Man Of Colours Lyrics - Singles - Icehouse

There's a noise upstairs in the attic 

It's the shuffle of worn out shoes 

And the scent of the oil and brushes 

Drifts down like a pale perfume 

And he says, "I I am a man 

A simple man, a man of colors 

And I can see, see through the years 

Years of a man, a man of colors" 

And the old man rubs his failing eyes 

And takes a moment to watch the view 

From a window nobody knows is there 

He can see the empty street below 

And he says, "I I am a man 

A simple man, a man of colors 

And I can see, see through the years 

Years of a man, a man of colors" 

He says, "I keep my life in this paintbox 

I keep your face in these picture frames 

And when I speak to this faded canvas it tells me 

I have no need for words anyway" 

And he says, "I I am a man 

A simple man, a man of colors 

And I can see, see through the years 

Years of a man, a man of colors" 

And he says, "I I am a man 

A simple man, a man of colors 

And I can see, see through the tears 

Tears of a man, a man of colors"