Man Of Colours lyrics

There's a noise upstairs in the attic it's the shuffle of worn out shoes and the scent of the oil and brushes drifts down like a pale perfume and he says, "I... I am a man, a simple man, ...a man of colours, and I can see see through the years, years of a man, ...a man of colours" and the old man rubs his failing eyes and takes a moment to watch the view from a window nobody knows is there he can see the empty street below [chorus] he says, "I keep my life in this paintbox I keep your face in these picture frames and when I speak to this faded canvas it tells me I have no need for words anyway..." [chorus] and he says, "I... I am a man, a simple man, ...a man of colours, and I can see see through the tears, tears of a man, ...a man of colours"