Portrait

Paint my picture if you must
Please remember to be kind
But darlin, your broken heart was never on my mind

Paint me with a villain heart
Like some cruel Valentine
But darlin, your broken heart was never on my mind

And when you feel the clash
And you don’t want me around
Could you endure the rasp
As my kisses filled with fibre-glass rain down?

Heavy as a humming bird
But more difficult to find
Darlin, your broken soul was never on my mind

Clumsy as a rag-time clown
Or some dancing Frankenstein
Darlin, your broken heart was never on my mind

so pull that canvas down
Beneath this angry moon
As you endure the sound
Of one more singer who’s singing out of tune

Paint my picture if you must
Not forgetting to be kind
But darlin, your broken heart was never on my
Darlin, your broken heart was never on my
Darlin, your broken heart was never on my mind

Where you been, man?
I’ve been here all afternoon
Waiting for the lightning to strike
In my summer monsoon

And where you been, kid?
You say you’re over six feet tall
But it didn’t stop you going off the walls
It’s just a phase, is all

My, you don’t fall easily, do you?
You know it takes one to know it in another
But if you were I
You’d learn to keep your head to the ground
And your feet in the sky

So where you been, man?
And who d’you think you’re talking to?
It’s just your lightning strike
Just your summer monsoon

My, you don’t fall easily, do you?
You know it takes one to know it in another
But if you were I
You’d learn to keep your head to the ground

My, you don’t fall easily, do you?
You know it takes one to know it in another
But if you were I
You’d learn to keep your head to the ground
And your feet in the sky

Pack up
I’m straight
Enough
Oh, say say say
Oh, say say say
Oh, say say say
Oh, say say say
Oh, say say say

Wait, they don’t love you like i love you
Wait, they don’t love you like i love you
Ma-a-a-a-ps, wait!
They don’t love you like i love you…

Made off
Don’t stray
My kind’s your kind
I’ll stay the same

Pack up
Don’t stray
Oh, say say say
Oh, say say say

Wait! they don’t love you like i love you
Wait! they don’t love you like i love you
Ma-a-a-aps, wait!
They don’t love you like i love you…
Wait! they don’t love you like i love you
Ma-a-a-aps, wait!
They don’t love you like i love you…

Wait, they don’t love you like i love you
Wait, they don’t love you like i love you
Ma-a-a-a-ps, wait!
They don’t love you like i love you…
Wait, they don’t love you like i love you
Ma-a-a-a-ps, wait!
They don’t love you like i love you…

Mercy me and mercy you
I’ve stained your dress and bruised you too
I pledged a million sorry eyes
Stumbling, undignified

All the cards came crashing down
Spin the wheels to leave the crown
Mercy you and mercy me
You’re still in love in spite of me

There’s comfort in the rushing wind
The silence, God, is deafening
But I’ve forgotten how to feel
It’s easier to fake it

So calling all the born agains
I need your tears and sweet amends
Mercy out and mercy in
I hope that I can make it

Low, low, carry me low
Low, low, carry me low

So flicker through like radio
You never know, you never know
My promises are paper thin
Swallow up your joy

So calling all the born agains
I need your tears and sweet amends
Mercy out and mercy in
I hope that I can make it

Low, low, carry me low
Low, low, carry me low
Low, low, carry me low
Low, low, carry me low