portrait life

[intro smooth sax d-minor solo] +- - +- - ++- - ++-- - –+ + + –++ - - –++ + + ++-- - - [sax break] [Verse 1] The moon pours a jug of phosphor light Frosted glass, a window's quiet night On a night just like this, God will see I’ll complete the portrait of my life, you'll see [Verse 2] A silhouette has long been taking shape Some sigh in awe, some shy away Seeing the same, yet interpreting apart The devil dips his brush, begins to start [Chorus] You added true colors to my life's art Blue waves, a lava hue, green swirling hearts [Verse 3] And lilac, dark and full of yearning The peach shade, tender and shyly burning Nostalgic gray, perfectly discerning [Verse 4] Found pink among old letters, kept tight Blue ribbon over heavy thoughts in flight Stole auburn from the robin's feather Light purple from first grape's heather [Verse 5] Took ocher from the candle's gleaming Draped silk from the bow of a rogue's dreaming Brown from the tambourine's sad tone Crimson from the clown's nose, all alone [Chorus] You added true colors to my life's art Blue waves, a lava hue, green swirling hearts [smooth sax d-minor solo] +- - +- - (++- - ++--) - –+ + +( –++ -) - –++ + + ++-- (- -) ( - -) [sax break] [Bridge] And black you did not spare at all Yet without black, white would pall Without black, white would fall [Verse 6] My heart is cracked and worn Like the bark of an old locust tree But in your eyes, like a fawn, it dreams gently [Verse 7] And barely, like whispers, softly and bright Golden ferns sprout in corners, in the night A strand of dreams weaves into the sight [Verse 8] The wind idly plays with shadows near A roar in the abyss of silence, clear On a night just like this, God will see I’ll complete the portrait of my life, you'll see [cymbal] --* --* - *- - *- - *- *- *- *- *- *- [cymbal break] [fade to out]