Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones

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I see a red do

              
or and I want 

             
it painted bla

     
ck
            
No colours any

              
more, I want t

             
hem to turn bl

      
ack
           
     I see the

            
 girls walk by

         
 dressed in th

eir summer clo

thes
           
    I have to 

            
turn my head u

             
ntil my darkne

         
ss goes


            
I see a line o

              
f cars and the

             
y're all paint

          
ed black
            
With flowers a

              
nd my love, bo

             
th never to co

       
me back
           
  I see people

            
 turn their he

        
ads and quickl

y look away
           
 Like a newbor

            
n baby, it jus

             
t happens ever

           
y day


            
 I look inside

              
 myself and se

              
e my heart is 

    
black
            
 I see my red 

             
door, I must h

              
ave it painted

 
 black
           
 Maybe then I'

            
ll fade away a

   
nd not have to

 face the fact

s
           
 It's not easy

            
 facing up whe

             
n your whole w

           
orld is black


            
 No more will 

              
my green sea g

             
o turn a deepe

  
r blue
            
 I could not f

              
oresee this th

             
ing happening 

   
to you
          
  If  I look h

           
ard enough int

o the setting 

sun
           
 My  love will

            
 laugh with me

             
 before the mo

           
rning comes


            
I see a red do

             
or and I want 

            
it painted bla

ck
            
 No colours an

             
ymore, I want 

             
them to turn b


lack
          
 I see the gir

             
ls walk by dre

     
ssed in their 

summer clothes
          
 I have to tur

            
n my head unti

              
l my darkness 

    
goes

            
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I wanna see yo

   
ur face, paint

ed black
             
Black as night

        
, black as coa

l
            
I wanna see th

              
e sun blotted 

     
out from the s

ky
              
I wanna see it

 
 painted, pain

ted, painted, 

painted
        
black

            
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