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Paint Me A Picture
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Stan Rogers
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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 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 pa**ed I saw my face it the window gla** Just another whino on the street 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 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 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 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 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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