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Paint It Black - 1966

 

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I see a red door and I want it painted black

 

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No colors anymore I want them to turn black

 

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I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes

 

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I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

 

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I see a line of cars and they're all painted black

 

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With flowers and my love both never to come back

 

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I see people turn their heads and quickly look away

 

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Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day

 

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I look inside myself and see my heart is black

 

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I see my red door I must have it painted black

 

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Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts

 

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It's not easy facin' up, when your whole world is black

 

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No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue

 

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I could not foresee this thing happening to you

 

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If I look hard enough into the settin' sun

 

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My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes

 

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I see a red door and I want it painted black

 

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No colors anymore I want them to turn black

 

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I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes

 

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I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

 

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Hmm, hmm, hmm

 

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Hmm, hmm, hmm

 

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Hmm, hmm, hmm

 

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Hmm, hmm, hmm

 

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I want to see it painted, painted black

 

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Black as night, black as coal

 

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I want to see the sun, blotted out from the sky

 

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I want to see it painted, painted, painted, painted black

 

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Yeah! Hmm, hmm, hmm


 

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