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Eighty years ... Sitting on the front porch watching...
clouds roll by they ..And of times long ago When she used
Color carelessly ... Portrait a thousand times or maybe just his smile
her and her canvas.. Wherever he would go 'Cause they were
CHORUS:
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painters and they were painting themselves a
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lovely
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world
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Oil streaked daisies...He put water colored ...
"Love, I love you.... The sunset too
I just want to give ...beautiful as you are to
CHORUS:
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me Cuz I'm a painter and I want to
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paint you A lovely
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world"
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So they sat down ... And they made it an art...
Painted every passion ..beautiful child
In the winter they ... summer they were carpenters..
blue prints were too... yellow 'cause they were
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painters and they were painting themselves a
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lovely
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BRIDGE:
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Until one day the rain fell as
thick as black oil
And in her heart she knew
something was wrong she went
running through the orchard screaming
"No God, don't take him from me!" and
by the time she got there she feared
he al - ready had
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gone
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She got to where he lay
Water colored roses in his
hands for her She threw them down screaming
"Damn you man, don't leave me with
nothing left be - hind but these cold
paintings these cold portraits to
remind meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee........
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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" He said
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Love I only leave a little Try to under - stand
I put my soul in this life We've created with these four hands
Love, I leave, but only a little This world holds me still
My body may die now but these paintings are real"
La-di-da la-di-da la-di-da di-da
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So many seasons ... went and many times ...
Watering the flowers ...singing to his children
And when the winds... oh how he seemed to laugh along
And how he seemed ... crying 'cause they were
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painters and they had painted themselves a
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lovely
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Eighty years ... Sitting on the front porch watching...
clouds roll by they ..And of times long ago When she used
Color carelessly ... Portrait a thousand times or maybe just his smile
her and her canvas.. Wherever he would go yes
her and her canvas... follow 'cause they are
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painters and they are painting themselves a
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lovely yes they are
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painters and they are painting themselves a
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lovely (X2)
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