Harry Chapin Flowers Are Red Lyrics

Flowers Are Red Lyrics

The little boy went first day of school
He got some crayons and started to
draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw
And
the teacher said.. What you doin' young man
I'm paintin' flowers he
said
She said... It's not the time for art young man
And anyway flowers
are green and red
There's a time for everything young man
And a way it
should be done
You've got to show concern for everyone else
For you're
not the only one

And she said...
Flowers are red young man
Green
leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the
way they always have been seen

But the little boy said...
There are
so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many
colors in the flower and I see every one

Well the teacher said.. You're
sassy
There's ways that things should be
And you'll paint flowers the way
they are
So repeat after me.....

And she said...
Flowers are red
young man
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other
way
Than the way they always have been seen

But the little boy
said...
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the
morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one

The
teacher put him in a corner
She said.. It's for your own good..
And you
won't come out 'til you get it right
And all responding like you
should
Well finally he got lonely
Frightened thoughts filled his
head
And he went up to the teacher
And this is what he said.. and he
said

Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see
flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen

Time
went by like it always does
And they moved to another town
And the little
boy went to another school
And this is what he found
The teacher there was
smilin'
She said...Painting should be fun
And there are so many colors in
a flower
So let's use every one

But that little boy painted
flowers
In neat rows of green and red
And when the teacher asked him
why
This is what he said.. and he said

Flowers are red, green leaves
are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they
always have been seen.