Flowers are Red
And she
said...
But the little boy said...
Well the teacher said..
You're sassy
And she
said...
But the little boy said...
The teacher put him in a
corner
Flowers are red, green leaves are green
Time
went by like it always does
But that
little boy painted flowers
Flowers
are red, green leaves are green
by Harry Chapin
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
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are
green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way
they always have been seen
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
There's ways that things should be
And you'll paint
flowers the way they are
So repeat after me.....
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are
green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way
they always have been seen
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
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
There's no need to see
flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen
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
In neat rows of green and red
And when
the teacher asked him why
This is what he said.. and he said
There's no need to see flowers any
other way
Than the way they always have been
seen.