If I Were A Painting

I heard this song by Kenny Rogers a while back. Its words are beautiful. The Art and Painting imageries and references are wonderful and apt... I found it interesting how it uses many aspects of painting yet they all can tell different parts of the story and still be linked. Okay... I've said enough... Here's the lyrics... You all should listen to the song...


If I Were A Painting

If I were a painting
Captured on canvas
Alone in the portrait I would stand
And brush strokes bold
Yet soft as a whisper
The work of a feminine hand.

Caught in a still life
Surrounded by shadows
And lost in a background of blue
If I were a painting
My price would be pain
And the artist would have to be you.

I imagine the colours
Would all run together
If you ever allowed me to cry
So don't paint the tears
Just let me remember me
Without you in my eyes.

It's only the frame
That holds me together
Or else I would be falling apart
If I were a painting
I wouldn't feel
And you wouldn't be breaking my heart...