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 color carelessly, painted his A times, or maybe just his smile, Her and her canvas follow him wherever he would go
they 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 give you a world as 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, They it an art to live by They painted every passion, every home, created every beautiful In the winter they were of warmth, In the summer they carpenters of love They blue prints were too sad so they made them yellow
And they were and they had painted themselves A world
Until one day the rain fell as thick as oil And in her heart she knew was wrong She went through the orchard screaming, "No God, don't him from me!" But by the time she got there, she he already had gone She got to where he lay, water colored in his hands for her She threw them screaming, "Damn you man, don't leave me With nothing left behind but these cold paintings, these cold To me!"
He said, "Love I only leave a little, try to I put my soul in this life we've created these four hands Love, I leave, but a little, this world holds me still My body may die now, but these are real" La li lai la li lai la li lai
So many 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 when the wind blew, she he was listening, And how he seemed to laugh along, and how he to hold her she was crying
'Cause they were painters and had painted themselves A world
Eighty years, an old now, sitting on the front porch the clouds roll by They remind her of her lover, how he her, and of times long ago, When she used color carelessly, his portrait A times, or maybe just his smile, Her and her canvas would him wherever he would go Yes, she and her canvas follow
'Cause they are painters and they are themselves A 'Cause they are painters and they are painting A world