Flowers are red...

De tekst van het onderstaande lied kreeg ik door via een kennis. Nog nooit eerder had ik van Harry Chapin gehoord, maar de tekst intrigeerde me, zodat ik op zoek ging naar wat info over deze man. Via google kan je hopen links vinden, enkele daarvan heb ik onderaan dit bericht geplaatst.
Spijtig genoeg is dit trieste lied soms wel herkenbaar. Niet alleen als het over kleuren gaat hoor, maar over vele dingen in het leven…
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Flowers are red
By Harry Chapin
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

And she said...
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen

But the little boy said...
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
Well the teacher said..
You're sassy
There's ways that things should be
And you'll paint flowers the way they are
So repeat after me.....

And she said...
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen

But the little boy said...
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
The teacher put him in a corner
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
Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen

Time went by like it always does
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
But that little boy painted flowers
In neat rows of green and red
And when the teacher asked him why
This is what he said..

and he said
Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen.

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De officiële website, gemaakt door de familieleden van Harry Chapin:
http://www.harrychapinmusic.com/intro.html

Iemand die een website begonnen is, met liedjesteksten, artikels, foto’s enz. van Harry Chapin:
http://harrychapin.com/about/

En als je nou eens even in het kort wilt lezen wie die Harry Chapin is, dan kan dat hier:
http://www.classicbands.com/chapin.html
(en helemaal Amerika gewijs heeft zijn weduwe een smak geld gekregen uit een rechtzaak die ze aanspande n.a.v. het ongeval waarbij haar man stierf)