Eighty years, an old lady now, sitting on the front Watching the clouds by They remind her of her lover, how he left her, and of long ago, When she used color carelessly, painted his A times, or maybe just his smile, Her and her canvas would follow him he would go
'Cause were painters and they were painting themselves A world
Oil streaked covered the living room walls He put water colored roses in her He said, "Love, I you, I want to you the mountains, the sunshine, The too I want to you a world as beautiful as you are to me"
I'm a painter and I want to paint you A way
So they sat down and made a drawing of love, They made it an art to by They painted passion, every home, created every beautiful child In the they were weavers of warmth, In the summer they carpenters of love thought blue prints were too sad so they made them yellow
And they were painters and they had painted A lovely
Until one day the rain fell as thick as oil And in her heart she something was wrong She went through the orchard screaming, "No God, don't take him me!" But by the time she got there, she feared he already had She got to where he lay, water colored roses in his for her She them down screaming, "Damn you man, don't leave me With nothing left but these cold paintings, these cold portraits To me!"
He said, "Love I leave a little, try to understand I put my in this life we've created with these four hands Love, I leave, but only a little, this holds me still My may die now, but these paintings are real" La li lai la li lai la li lai
So many came and many seasons went And times she saw her love's face watering the flowers, to the trees and singing to his children, And when the wind blew, she he was listening, And how he seemed to laugh along, and how he seemed to her When she was
'Cause they were painters and had painted themselves A world
Eighty years, an old now, sitting on the front porch Watching the roll by They remind her of her lover, how he her, and of times long ago, When she color carelessly, painted his portrait A thousand times, or maybe his smile, Her and her would follow him wherever he would go Yes, she and her canvas follow
'Cause they are painters and they are painting A 'Cause they are painters and are painting themselves A world