Child on a painted horse
Streams that will run their course
Gone to a far away shore
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping

Days of another kind
Frost gets a bruising vine
Why did the carpenter die
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping

Sweet as a rose so fine
Peaceful as a final time
How old could the lion man cry
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping

Thoughts of a winter moon
Warm in a distant room
Why did I fall asleep so soon
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping

All week long I been workin’ that nine to five
Dreamin’ in color but livin’ in black and white
Monday to Friday ain’t nothing but shades of gray
But tonight I’m gonna party
All my blue collar blues away

I’m a paint the town redneck when I get my paycheck
You ought to see my Chevy van go
Headin’ for the bright lights, I’ll be painting all night
I’m a honky tonkin’ Michelangelo
Picasso with a pool stick
Too loose with a two step
Rollin’ till my green’s all gone
I’m a paint the town redneck
Honey wanna come along

We can get there early
And draw us a pitcher of beer
Do a little dancin’ and make the blues disappear
Brushin’ up against each other in the neon light
You can be my Mona Lisa and I’ll make you smile tonight

I’m a paint the town redneck when I get my paycheck
You ought to see my Chevy van go
Headin’ for the bright lights, I’ll be painting all night
I’m a honky tonkin’ Michelangelo
Picasso with a pool stick
Too loose with a two step
Rollin’ till my green’s all gone
I’m a paint the town redneck
Honey wanna come along
I’m a paint the town redneck
Honey wanna come along

Suddenly before my eyes
Hues of indigo arise
With them how my spirit sighs
Paint the sky with stars

Only night will ever know
Why the heavens never show
All the dreams there are to know
Paint the sky with stars

Who has paced the midnight sky?
So a spirit has to fly
As the heavens seem so far
Now who will paint the midnight star?
Night has brought to those who sleep
Only dreams they cannot keep
I have legends in the deep
Paint the sky with stars

Who has paced the midnight sky?
So a spirit has to fly
As the heavens seem so far
Now who will paint the midnight star?
Place a name upon the night
One to set your heart alight
And to make the darkness bright
Paint the sky with stars.

From my youngest years
till this moment here
I’ve never seen
such a lovely queen

From the skies above
to the deepest love
I’ve never felt
crazy like this before

Chorus:
Paint my love
you should paint my love
it’s the picture of a thousand sunsets
it’s the freedom of a thousand doves
Baby you should paint my love

Been around the world
then I met you girl
It’s like comming home
to a place I’ve known

Chorus:
Paint my love
you should paint my love
it’s the picture of a thousand sunsets
it’s the freedom of a thousand doves
Baby you should paint my love

Since you came into my life
the days before all fade to black and white
Since you came into my life
Everything has changed

I see your red door and I want to paint it black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they’re all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Never see the sight of me that changes every day

I want you to paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black
Paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black
I want you to paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black

No more will my dream’s eagle turn a deeper blue (handcuffed, handcuffed)
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black

Paint it, paint it, paint it black
Paint it, paint it, paint it black
Paint it, paint it, paint it black
Paint it, paint it, paint it black as night, black as tar
Wanna see the sun blotted outside
Paint it black

I see a red door
And I want it painted black
No colors anymore
I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by
Dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head
Until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars
And they’re all painted black
With flowers and my love
Both never to come back
I see them turn their heads
Quickly look away
Like a newborn baby
It just happens every day

I look inside my self
See my heart is back
I see my red door
And I want it painted black
Maybe then I’ll fade away
And not have to face the facts
It’s not easy facing up
When your whole world is black

No more will my green sea
Go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee
This thing happening to you.
If I look hard enough
Into the setting sun,
My love will laugh with me
Before the morning comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they’re all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby it just happens ev’ryday

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I’ll fade away and not have to face the facts
It’s not easy facing up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

Hmm, hmm, hmm…

I wanna see it painted black, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun, blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah

I see a red door and I want it painted black
no colors anymore, I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they are painted black
with flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
like a new born baby it just happens every day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it’s heading into black
maybe then I’ll fade away and not have to face the facts
it’s not easy facing up when your whole world is black

I wanna see it painted painted, painted black, oh baby
I wanna see it painted painted, painted black, oh baby

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
my love will laugh with me before the morning comes

I wanna see it painted, painted black, oh
black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted from the sky
painted, painted, painted black oh baby
painted painted, painted black

It’s only self rejection
With a mean left
Cold carbon copied coping
And it’s mean theft
That’s been left behind
Paint pastel princess
Bo and arapax
The shelves when they’re broken
I’ll beg you, beg you

Waste life when youth is sweeter, neater
Content with contents
Cultures cringing at accents
And it’s too tense, camp out (nonsense)

She tastes the candy
Sugarless, cancerous
Crave cocaine cop shows
I’ll beg you, beg you

But it’s all the same to me
But it’s all the same to me
But it’s all the same to me
But it’s all the same to me

Fly, you greatest fool
Why can’t you say what they want you to?
Why can’t you do what they taught you?
And show what they wanted of you?

Fly, you greatest fool
Is this what everyone talked about?
You’ll spill your high flung phrases
And hush when the risk gets too much

And I, I wish you would do one…
Then I’d never have to notice if the bridges are burnt

Is this what everyone talked about?
Swallow anything that suits
Dress it up as truth
Swallow it all down

And I, I wish you would do one…
Then I’d never have to notice if the bridges are burnt
And I, I wish you would do one…
Then I’d never have to notice if the bridges are burnt

…so cold out here