Eighty years, an old lady now, on the front porch the clouds roll by They remind her of her lover, how he left her, and of times ago, When she used color carelessly, painted his A times, or maybe just his smile, Her and her would follow him wherever he would go
they were painters and they were painting themselves A lovely
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 to give you a world as beautiful as you are to me"
'Cause I'm a and I want to paint you A way
So they sat down and made a drawing of love, made it an art to live by They painted passion, every home, created every beautiful child In the winter they were of warmth, In the summer they were carpenters of They thought blue prints too sad so they made them yellow
And they painters and they had painted themselves A world
Until one day the rain fell as thick as oil And in her heart she knew something was She went through the orchard screaming, "No God, don't him from 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 threw them down screaming, "Damn you man, don't me With nothing left behind but these cold paintings, these portraits To me!"
He said, "Love I only leave a little, try to I put my soul in this we've created with these four hands Love, I leave, but only a little, this world me still My body may die now, but these are real" La li lai la li lai la li lai
So many seasons came and many seasons And many times she saw her love's face the flowers, to the trees and singing to his children, And when the wind blew, she he was listening, And how he seemed to along, and how he seemed to hold her she was crying
'Cause they were painters and they had painted A world
Eighty years, an old lady now, sitting on the porch the clouds roll by They her of her lover, how he left her, and of times long ago, When she used carelessly, painted his portrait A times, or maybe just his smile, Her and her canvas 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 they are themselves A lovely