Eighty years, an old lady now, sitting on the porch Watching the roll by They remind her of her lover, how he left her, and of long ago, When she color carelessly, painted his portrait A thousand times, or just his smile, Her and her canvas follow him wherever he would go
'Cause they were painters and they were themselves A lovely
Oil streaked daisies covered the room walls He put water roses in her hair 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"
'Cause I'm a painter and I want to you A way
So they sat down and made a of their love, They made it an art to by painted every passion, every home, created every beautiful child In the winter they weavers of warmth, In the they were carpenters of love They blue prints were too sad so they made them yellow
And they were painters and they had painted A lovely
Until one day the fell as thick as black oil And in her heart she knew was wrong She running through the orchard screaming, "No God, don't him from me!" But by the she got there, she feared he already had gone She got to where he lay, water colored roses in his for her She threw down screaming, "Damn you man, don't leave me With nothing left behind but cold paintings, these cold portraits To me!"
He said, "Love I only leave a little, try to I put my in this life 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 seasons came and many seasons went And many times she saw her love's watering the flowers, Talking to the trees and to his children, And the wind blew, she knew he was listening, And how he seemed to laugh along, and how he to hold her she was crying
'Cause they were and they had painted themselves A lovely
years, an old lady now, sitting on the front porch Watching the clouds by They her of her lover, how he left her, and of times long ago, When she used color carelessly, painted his A times, or maybe just his smile, Her and her canvas would follow him wherever he go Yes, she and her canvas still
'Cause they are painters and they are painting A 'Cause they are and they are painting themselves A world