Flowers Are Red (花是红色的) (LP Version) - Harry Chapin

Written by：Harry Chapi/Stephen Chapin

The little boy went first day of school

He got's crayons and he started to draw

He put colors all over the paper

For colors was what he saw

And 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 man

A way it shoot 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

Green leaves are green

Us road 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

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 again

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's

Well 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 said

And 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

I'll could time went by like it always does

The moved to another town

And the little boy went to another school

This is what he found

The 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 said

And 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

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