Portrait Lyrics - Singles - The Ripples

Heuser/Pierce 

I painted back in school to pass the time 

The time behind the easel eased my mind 

There's still a still hanging in my den 

The strokes in white all rushing to the sand 

Past few years I haven't done too much 

Since open canvass tops have done enough 

And even if I found time in the day 

I wouldn't have a glance to give away 

Take me home to my brick house back in Brentwood 

The only one my parents could afford 

Set the fireflies and purple skies in moonstone 

And let me stay outside a little more 

Dreams that once dripped off my father's brush 

Don't mean too much beside my daughter's touch 

So find for me the cadmium blue paint 

Her little eyes look gorgeous at the age 

Let me mind and let me find time for my family 

To hear the things they never need to say 

And when there's someone missing from the kitchen window 

I'll paint one where her smile never fades