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Flowers Are Red (Intro) - Harry Chapin



     
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The little boy went first day of school
He got some crayons and he started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he sawAnd 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 saw
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
And green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they 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
And green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they 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 are 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 saidAnd he said
"Flowers are red, and 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 foundThe 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 saidAnd he said
"Flowers are red, and green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen"
Songwriters
CHAPIN, HARRY F.Published by
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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Harry Chapin (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter. Chapin's debut album, Heads and Tales (1972), was a success thanks to the single "Taxi". His follow-up album, Sniper and Other Love Songs, was less successful; but his third, Short Stories, was a major success. Verities & Balderdash, released soon after, was even more successful, bolstered by the chart-topping hit single "Cat's in the Cradle". He also wrote and performed a Broadway musical, The Night That Made America Famous.

In the mid 1970s, Chapin focused on social activism, including raising money to combat hunger in the United States and co-founding the organization World Hunger Year, before returning to music with On the Road to Kingdom Come. He also released a book of poetry, Looking...Seeing, in 1977.

His fellow Long Islanders loved him for his support of local artists, as well. He and his wife Sandy raised funds for the Performing Arts Foundation, a now-defunct local theatre group. They also supported the Long Island Ballet. The band shell at Huntington's Hecksher Park is named for Harry Chapin.

Chapin died on July 16, 1981 in an automobile accident on the Long Island Expressway at the age of 38. He was headed west from Huntington Bay, where he lived with his wife and three children, to perform a concert in Eisenhower Park in Nassau County when his car was struck by a truck. An autopsy showed that he had suffered a heart attack, but it could not be determined whether that occurred before or after the collision. Supermarkets General, the owner of the truck, paid $12 million in the ensuing litigation.

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