Well I hear you are a painter now   Though you're almost halfway through   You pulled a pallet knife, you cut away a wife   And you started something new      But it was not the strife of married life   That ordained what you would do   A quick look back through your history   Shows the same things goading you      It's just like you to try painting   Because you're color blind   Each time you conquer something   That's the time you change you're mind      And now your new preoccupations   Give you your handicap to start   Yes you're happiest when you're chasing clouds   With a halfway broken heart      Paint a picture of yourself   Let the images flash past   Don't weep on watercolors   Michael make this moment last      Paint the kid with restless eyes   Yeah the way you looked back then   'Cause the man keeps getting frightened   When that boy's not born again      I remember how you led us   Back when we all were kids   And the fact that you were older   Made us copy what you did      And that day you bought that cheap guitar   We all fell into line   We got hooked on music   But you drifted off in time      So I can see you at your easel   Splay legged there you stand   And your eyes are darting back and forth   Brush flashing in your hand      Yeah you're reaching always for that dream   You need to make you real   Leaning in a heavy wind   That no one else can feel      Paint a picture of yourself   Let the images flash past   Don't weep on watercolors   Michael make this moment last      Paint the kid with restless eyes   Yeah the way you looked back then   'Cause the man keeps getting frightened   When that boy's not born again, again