paint me a picture - stan rogers lyrics
paint me a picture lyrics
[chorus]
paint me a picture of the old homestead
of a country churchyard where my parents lie
paint me a picture of the house where we once lived
cause it stands like a mansion on the hillside
[verse 1]
well, i was just a farmer’s son
who left the hills like everyone
was doing that year when we finished school
went to the city and looked for work
with a porridge emblem on my shirt
no one was gonna take me for a fool
well woman i lost a hundred jobs
it seemed no matter what i got
there was no kind of work that suited me
and before i knew it the years had passed
i saw my face it the window glass
just another whino on the street
[chorus]
paint me a picture of the old homestead
of a country churchyard where my parents lie
paint me a picture of the house where we once lived
cause it stands like a mansion on the hillside
[verse 2]
one day when i was on the street
begging poor just so a boy could eat
i just bought a port of cheap chambly
i saw a man with a box of chalk
drawing pictures on the grey sidewalk
with a little sign that said donations please
well as that man looked up and me
something weird come over me
yes, i could swear it was someone i once knew
well, as it turned out we were high school chums
now here we were, just drunken bums
now ain’t it sweet what thirty years can do
[chorus]
and i said paint me a picture of the old homestead
of a country churchyard where my parents lie
paint me a picture of the house where we once lived
cause it stands like a mansion on the hillside
[verse 3]
we went, we drank that jug of wine
we talked about the good old times
our heads were full of booze and memories
well then the old man said i got to go
but i dragged his sleeve and whispered low
before you go one thing please do for me
[chorus]
that is paint me a picture of the old homestead
of a country churchyard where my parents lie
paint me a picture of the house where we once lived
cause it stands like a mansion on the hillside
yes it stands like a mansion on the hillside
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