Flowers Are Red Lyrics - Harry Chapin

Little boy on the first day of school 

Got some crayons and started to draw 

He drew 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 

"It's not the time for art, young man 

And anyway flowers are green and red... 

There's a time for everything young man 

And a way it should 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 and 

Green leaves are green 

There's no need to see flowers any other way 

Than they way they always have been seen 

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But the little boy said... 

There are so many colors in the rainbow 

So many colors in the morning sun 

So many colors in a flower and I see every one 

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 and 

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... 

There are so many colors in the rainbow 

So many colors in the morning sun 

So many colors in a flower and I see every one 

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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 that little boy went up to the teacher 

And this is what he said. and he said 

Flowers are red, green leaves are green 

There's no need to see flowers any other way 

Than the way they always have been seen 

Time went by like it always does 

And they moved to another town 

And the little boy went to another school 

And 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.