Portrait Of A Man by Screamin' Jay Hawkins

I am painting in oil, a portrait of a man
Who has taken all the heart aches,
And all the pain he can stand.

I am using all the (1)____________ of blue,
I have here on my stand.
I am painting in oil, a portrait of a man.

I can (2)________ he is dying. I see death in his eyes.
Oh yes I know, I know when he's crying
'Tis my tears, my tears (3)________ he cries.

I am so (4)__________ of how he feels inside,
I mix the paint with my hand.
I am (5)________________ in oil, a (6)________________ of a man.

As I paint a (7)________________ brow and hair that is turning grey,
Oh tell me how, how can I paint a smile
And eyes that keep turning away?

I am (8)__________ all the colors of blue
I have here on my stand.
I am (9)________________ in oil, a portrait and I'm the man.

A portrait and I am the man.

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