Flowers are Red
by Harry Chapin
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
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.