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

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

I am so (3)__________ of how he feels inside,
I mix the paint with my hand.
I am (4)________________ in oil, a portrait of a man.

As I paint a (5)________________ brow and hair that is (6)______________ grey,
Oh (7)________ me how, how can I (8)__________ a smile
And (9)________ that keep turning away?

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

A portrait and I am the man
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