Portrait of a Man, Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins,

"I am painting in oil, a portrait of a man
Who has taken all the heart aches,
And all the pain he can stand.

I am using all the colors of blue,
I have here on my stand.
I am painting in oil, a portrait of a man.

I can tell he is dying. I see death in his eyes.
Oh yes I know, I know when he's crying
'Tis my tears, my tears that he cries.

I am so tired of how he feels inside,
I mix the paint with my hand.
I am painting in oil, a portrait of a man.

As I paint a wrinkled brow and hair that is turning grey,
Oh tell me how, how can I paint a smile
And eyes that keep turning away?

I am using all the colors of blue
I have here on my stand.
I am painting in oil, a portrait and I'm the man.

A portrait and I am the man."

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Portrait
• of
• man
• screamin
• jay
• hawkins

[persevittukakka]

nice. can you tell me who's the painted fella? i'd like to have that picture on my wall.

[thomeisa]

Hello, I don't know exactly as I got the file from one of my friends, all I know is, it is called "Homeless man"

[29Hazard]

I will never understand why people remember Screamin' Jay for a "Spell". This is the best of his songs.

[IronicallyVague]

You ever notice how inexplicably one piece of popcorn in the bag will taste better then all of the others combined?

This song is like that

[MsCrazytoo]

Many people bag Screamin Jay Hawkins but miss the fact of the quality of the songs, his journey as a musician brought him to write the best for the best, Nina Simone .....

Beautiful in every way the songs are written in every detail heart wrentching and rich in musical detail

[spontanrapmc]

This is the best recorded number.

[arabest100]

Zillion thanks for uploading such a beautiful song. Thank you

[theguitariste]

what a beautiful song, thank you

[gaba540901]

one of his beautiests

[n000k]

very good!

[ritoklajos]

it is interesting