Portrait Of A Man by Screaming Jay Hawkins

I am painting in oil,
a (1)________________ of a man
Who has taken all the heart aches,
And all the (2)________ he can stand.

I am using all the colors of blue,
I (3)________ here on my stand.
I am painting in oil, a portrait of a man.

I can tell he is dying.
I see (4)__________ in his eyes.
Oh yes I know, I know when he's crying
'Tis my tears, my tears that he cries.

I am so (5)__________ of how he feels inside,
I mix the paint (6)________ my hand.
I am (7)________________ in oil, a portrait of a man.

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

I am using all the (9)____________ of blue
I have here on my stand.
I am painting in oil, a portrait and I'm the man.

A portrait and I am the man

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