Painters lyrics

Artist  : Jewel 
Song : Painters



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 Eighty years, an old lady now, sitting on the
front porch
Watching the clouds roll by
They remind her of her lover, how he left her,
and of times long ago.
When she used to color carelessly painted his
portrait
A thousand times-or maybe just his smile-
And she and her canvas would follow him wherever
he would go
'Cause they were painters and they were painting
themselves
A lovely world.
Oil streaked daisies covered the living room wall
He put water-colored roses in her hair
He said, "Love, I love you, I want to give you
mountains, the sunshine,
the sunset too
I want to give you everything as beautiful as you
are to me
'Cause they were painters and they were painting
themselves
A lovely world.
So they sat down and made a drawing of their
love, an art to live by
They painted every, passion every home, created
every beautiful child
in the winter they were weavers of warmth,
in summer they were carpenters of love
They thought blue prints were too sad so they
made them yellow
'Cause they were painters and they were painting
themselves
A lovely world.
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!,'
But buy the time she got there, she feared he
already had gone
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 behind but these cold
paintings, these cold portraits
to remind me!
He said, 'Love I leave, but only a little, try to
understand
I put my soul in this life we 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.'
So many seasons came and many seasons went
and many times she saw her loves face watering
the flowers,
talking tot he trees and singing to his children
And when the wind blew, she knew he was
listening,
and how he seamed to laugh along, and how he
seemed to hold her
when she was crying
'Cause they were painters and they were painting
themselves
A lovely world.
Eighty years, an old lady now, sitting on the
front porch
Watching the clouds roll by, they remind her of
her lover
how he left her and of times long ago, when she
used to color carelessly,
Painted his portrait a thousand times, or maybe
just his smile,
and she and her canvas would follow him wherever
he would go
Yes, she and her canvas still follow
Because they are painters and they are painting
themselves
A lovely world