Eighty years, an old lady now, on the front porch Watching the clouds by They remind her of her lover, how he her, and of times long ago, When she used carelessly, painted his portrait A thousand times, or just his smile, Her and her would follow him wherever he would go
'Cause they were painters and they were painting A lovely
Oil streaked daisies covered the living room 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 as beautiful as you are to me"
I'm a painter and I want to paint you A way
So sat down and made a drawing of their love, They made it an art to by They painted every passion, home, created every beautiful child In the winter were weavers of warmth, In the summer they were of love They thought blue prints were too sad so 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 knew something was She went running through the screaming, "No God, don't him from me!" But by the she got there, she feared he already had gone She got to he lay, water colored roses in his hands for her She threw them down screaming, "Damn you man, leave me With nothing left behind but these cold paintings, these portraits To me!"
He said, "Love I leave a little, try to understand I put my soul in this life created with these four hands Love, I leave, but only a little, this world me still My body may die now, but paintings 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 face the flowers, to the trees and singing to his children, And when the blew, she knew he was listening, And how he seemed to laugh along, and how he seemed to her When she was
'Cause were painters and they had painted themselves A world
Eighty years, an old lady now, sitting on the porch Watching the clouds by They remind her of her lover, how he left her, and of times ago, When she used color carelessly, painted his A thousand times, or just his smile, Her and her canvas would follow him wherever he go Yes, she and her canvas follow
'Cause they are painters and they are themselves A 'Cause they are painters and are painting themselves A lovely