Eyes Of A Painter
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Grey-haired and flint-eyed his sGunbuCrned faGce lined
GCrandpa was a mGan of few wDords
HGe had a wayG of noCt wantiGng to say
Any mFore than he tEmhought would be hDeard
TheG long years oGf liviCng day Gto day giving
Had cCarved out a mGap on his fAmace
With lGittle to lCose he'd lGearned how to cChoose
And his cGhoices were eDasy to tGrace
He had the eDyes of a painter C
Heart of a maker of sGongs
His wBmords fell like rain on the dCry desert plain D
Precious and so quickly gGone
From a long line of GteachersC white BGaptist preachers
He was bCorn with an IGndian wDill
HisG quiet Gdark eCyes readGing the light
As he rFode in the lEmow Osage hDills
HisG school was the praGirie theC Sage theG wild berry
The QCuail the wGide open sAmky
The CGottonwood tChicket by the sGlow rolling rCiver
The RGedbud and the hDot cattle dGrive
He had the eDyes of a painter C
Heart of a maker of sGongs
His wBmords fell like rain on the dCry desert plain D
Precious and so quickly gGone Bm C D G
There were days filled withG thinkinCg nights Gwith the drinking
For a lCost love that rGaged like a sDtorm
Ah but Ghow his eyes smiled Gwhen heC talkedG to a Fchild
The rough hands so gEmentle and wDarm
HisG strong arms were brown Gwhere tChe long sleevesG rolled down
On his fCaded bGlue cotton sAmhirt
When tGimes got hCard he'd go oGut in the yCard
And he'd cGuss away Dsome of his hGurt
He had the eDyes of a painter C
Heart of a maker of sGongs
His wBmords fell like rain on the dCry desert plain D
Precious and so quickly gGone
Now the garden's grown Gdusty thCe hand-axGe lies rusty
The dCoor's banging hGard in the wDind
GrGandpa's store is cGlosed dCown likGe mosFt of the town
And it won't be oEmpen agDain
And aG big Gwhite carC sits oGut in the yard
Of the hCouse he built sGolid and tAmrue
Ah but IG see his eCyes Gburning tonCight
Like the sGtars in the sDky he once kGnew
He had the eDyes of a painter C
Heart of a maker of sGongs
His wBmords fell like rain on the dCry desert plain D
Precious and so quickly gGone
His wBmords fell like rain on the dCry desert plain D
Precious and so quickly gGone