Portrait Of A Man by Screaming 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 (1)__________ all the (2)____________ of blue,
I (3)________ here on my stand.
I am painting in oil, a (4)________________ of a man.

I can tell he is dying.
I see death in his eyes.
Oh yes I know, I (5)________ when he's crying
'Tis my tears, my tears (6)________ he cries.

I am so tired of how he feels inside,
I mix the paint with my hand.
I am (7)________________ in oil, a portrait of a man.

As I paint a wrinkled brow and hair (8)________ is turning grey,
Oh tell me how, how can I paint a smile
And eyes that keep turning away?

I am using all the colors of blue
I have (9)________ on my stand.
I am painting in oil, a (10)________________ and I'm the man.

A portrait and I am the man

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