The Painter

The Painter
by Paul Anka

The painter paints away the day
As he paints his life away
Will he rise in judgment's eyes or fall?

What a humble life he lives
He never sees the price they give
Another part of his soul upon the wall

Like a lonely soldier faces
Foreign shores and empty spaces
Such as he - who strokes to free his soul
Isolation steeped in sadness
Mellowed by the fears of madness
There he stands as he commands control

Deeper than the eye can see
Another man's philosophy
While he lives the price they give is small

Like a lonely soldier faces
Foreign shores and empty spaces
Such as he - who strokes to free his soul
Isolation steeped in sadness
Mellowed by the fears of madness
There he stands as he commands control

When he dies and on that day
The sky's as high a price they'll pay
While he lives the price they give is small

While he lives the price they give is small

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[shintarohati]

Beautiful song and I have been searching for this song for a long long time. Thank you redgron ,you bring good memories back.

[redgron]

@shintarohati  you're welcome

[lonelytortoise]

can you tell me the name of the paint?

[rodobondo]

One of the best songs he ever did.

[sunnychanan]

the entire LP 'the Painter' is very good.

[2004mojo]

The painting is beautiful!!! Thank you for posting. I just posted earlier I have the album 'The Painter' by Paul Anka. It is so underrated. I never tire of listening to it after all these years.