Al Stewart - Paint By Numbers Lyrics
When all the help in the world won't get you by
When all the friends that you lean on let you down,
You'll wonder why
I see you there with your painting box
What'll you do if the Muse gets lost
When I'm gone?
You painted me in the way you said you knew
I don't believe that I saw myself
In anything you drew
I say you never quite caught it right
You say you see me in a different light
What'll you do with your black and white
You paint by numbers
I never noticed it before
You paint by numbers
It's just a closing of an open door
When you're looking round
You won't see me no more
You paint by numbers
Staying here in this room just makes me pale
I never really could fit into your geometric scale
I see you measure my profile up
And you mix your paints in a broken cup
What'll you do if the brush gets stuck
When I'm gone
You paint by numbers
I never noticed it before
You paint by numbers
It's just a closing of an open door
When you're looking round
You won't see me no more
You paint by numbers
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Al Stewart Paint By Numbers Comments
There's a lot of good guitar in this.
this has a slight feel of Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear The Reaper at the beginning
The way the guitar rings for just a couple of seconds.
I think the whole thing sounds like Blue Oyster Cult, musically.