Flowers Are Red-Harry Chapin

[ti:Flowers Are Red] [ar:Harry Chapin] [al:Legends Of The Lost And Found ] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Flowers Are Red (花是红色的) - Harry Chapin [00:35.48]Little boy on the first day of school [00:37.54]Got some crayons and started to draw [00:40.53]He drew colors all over the paper [00:42.64] [00:43.34]For colors was what he saw [00:44.95] [00:46.08]And the teacher said ＂What you doin＇ young man ＂ [00:49.41]＂I＇m paintin＇ flowers＂ he said [00:52.03]＂It＇s not the time for art young man [00:54.90]And anyway flowers are green and red [00:56.71] [00:57.71]There＇s a time for everything young man [00:59.95] [01:00.57]And a way it should be done [01:02.45] [01:03.14]You＇ve got to show concern for everyone else [01:06.00]For you＇re not the only one [01:08.01] [01:08.62]And she said [01:09.31]Flowers are red young man and [01:11.55] [01:12.38]Green leaves are green [01:13.68] [01:14.99]There＇s no need to see flowers any other way [01:17.69]Than they way they always have been seen [01:20.07] [01:20.75]But the little boy said [01:22.18] [01:23.69]There are so many colors in the rainbow [01:26.06] [01:26.87]So many colors in the morning sun [01:28.99] [01:29.80]So many colors in a flower and I see every one [01:33.91] [01:43.77] [01:45.52] [01:46.77]There＇s ways that things should be [01:48.65] [01:49.53]And you＇ll paint flowers the way they are [01:51.96] [01:52.71]So repeat after me [01:54.16] [01:55.04]And she said [01:55.95]Flowers are red young man and [01:57.76] [01:58.50]Green leaves are green [02:00.07] [02:01.50]There＇s no need to see flowers any other way [02:04.06]Than they way they always have been seen [02:06.50] [02:07.18]But the little boy said again [02:08.80] [02:10.12]There are so many colors in the rainbow [02:12.11] [02:13.23]So many colors in the morning sun [02:15.42] [02:16.23]So many colors in a flower and I see every one [02:20.56] [02:33.60]The teacher put him in a corner [02:36.03]She said It＇s for your own good [02:38.34] [02:39.16]And you won＇t come out ＇til you get it right [02:41.91]And are responding like you should [02:44.07] [02:45.32]Well finally he got lonely [02:47.38] [02:48.20]Frightened thoughts filled his head [02:50.19] [02:51.32]And that little boy went up to the teacher [02:54.18] [02:54.69]And this is what he said and he said [03:00.36] [03:01.42]Flowers are red green leaves are green [03:07.79] [03:10.22]There＇s no need to see flowers any other way [03:13.59] [03:14.47]Than the way they always have been seen [03:18.22] [03:31.39]Time went by like it always does [03:33.70] [03:34.57]And they moved to another town [03:36.13] [03:37.19]And the little boy went to another school [03:39.44] [03:40.19]And this is what he found [03:41.94] [03:43.37]The teacher there was smilin＇ [03:45.24] [03:46.11]She said Painting should be fun [03:48.05] [03:49.11]And there are so many colors in a flower [03:51.42] [03:52.11]So let＇s use every one [03:54.04] [03:55.79]But that little boy painted flowers [03:57.78] [03:59.10]In neat rows of green and red [04:01.10] [04:02.22]And when the teacher asked him why [04:04.90] [04:05.65]This is what he said and he said [04:11.70] [04:12.64]Flowers are red and green leaves are green [04:18.68] [04:20.93]There＇s no need to see flowers any other way [04:23.99] [04:24.55]Than the way they always have been seen [04:28.29] [04:31.04]But there still must be a way to have our children say [04:34.16] [04:35.72]There are so many colors in the rainbow [04:37.90] [04:39.34]So many colors in the morning sun [04:41.71] [04:42.64]So many colors in a flower and I see every one