Flowers Are Red lyrics

Artist  : Harry Chapin 
Song : Flowers Are Red
 


The little boy went first day of school
He got
some crayons and started to draw
He put colors
all over the paper
For colors was what he
saw
And the teacher said.. What you doin'
young man
I'm paintin' flowers he said
She
said... It's not the time for art young
man
And anyway flowers are green and
red
There's a time for everything young
man
And a way it should be done
You've got
to show concern for everyone else
For you're
not the only one

And she
said...
Flowers are red young man
Green
leaves are green
There's no need to see
flowers any other way
Than the way they always
have been seen

But the little boy
said...
There are so many colors in the
rainbow
So many colors in the morning
sun
So many colors in the flower and I see
every one

Well the teacher said.. You're
sassy
There's ways that things should
be
And you'll paint flowers the way they
are
So repeat after me.....

And she
said...
Flowers are red young man
Green
leaves are green
There's no need to see
flowers any other way
Than the way they always
have been seen

But the little boy
said...
There are so many colors in the
rainbow
So many colors in the morning
sun
So many colors in the flower and I see
every one

The teacher put him in a
corner
She said.. It's for your own
good..
And you won't come out 'til you get it
right
And all responding like you
should
Well finally he got
lonely
Frightened thoughts filled his
head
And he went up to the teacher
And this
is what he said.. and he said

Flowers are
red, green leaves are green
There's no need to
see flowers any other way
Than the way they
always have been seen

Time went by like it
always does
And they moved to another
town
And the little boy went to another
school
And this is what he found
The
teacher there was smilin'
She said...Painting
should be fun
And there are so many colors in
a flower
So let's use every one

But
that little boy painted flowers
In neat rows
of green and red
And when the teacher asked
him why
This is what he said.. and he
said

Flowers are red, green leaves are
green
There's no need to see flowers any other
way
Than the way they always have been seen.