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