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The Painter

This version of The Painter was released by Chris De Burgh in 1975.

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I’d like you to meet my last queen,
over there large as life
She’s been hanging there for almost a week,
my poor late wife;

What do think of the colour of her skin,
it has the bloom of the rose,
You see she begged me to bring a certain painter in,
and for that picture in her bedroom she would pose;

Well after a while he was driving me mad,
as you could well understand,
Sitting in there, day after day,
with my wife in the palm of his hand…
It was –

“Madam please do this and Madam please do that”,
You’ve never heard such display,
But he didn’t mind he was taking his time,
it was me that had to pay,
“Oh Madam I think we should take a walk in the woods,
you understand it’s the light”,
And did I mind, no, I was so kind when they,
came back in the middle of the night,
and I swear I’ll take care of the painter, Oh the painter…

Well as you can see it was hard for me,
but something has to be done,
She only has eyes for him and his lies, and as for me,
not a glance, not a single one;
My orders were severe and she disappeared,
it really was such a shame,
And when they told me she was dead I broke down and said,
“It’s that painter, it’s him, he’s to blame.”

With his “Madam please do this and Madam please do that”,
You’ve never heard such display,
But he didn’t mind he was taking his time,
it was me that had to pay,
“Oh Madam I think we should take a walk in the woods,
you understand it’s the light”,
And did I mind, no, I was so kind when they
came back in the middle of the night,
And I hope it’s the rope for the painter,
When he’s found, it’s hellbound for the painter,
I’ll get that painter…

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Chris De Burgh has released many songs over the years besides The Painter. Chris De Burgh released songs from 1975 to 2006 spanning across albums like Spanish Train And Other Stories, Far Beyond These Castle Walls, At The End Of A Perfect Day, Crusader, Eastern Wind, The Getaway, Man On The Line, Into The Light, Flying Colours, Power Of Ten, This Way Up, Beautiful Dreams, Quiet Revolution, Timing Is Everything, The Road To Freedom, and The Storyman. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Chris De Burgh.

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About Lyrics and The Painter by Chris De Burgh

The lyrics to The Painter are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Chris De Burgh in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to The Painter are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Chris De Burgh and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for The Painter back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to The Painter by Chris De Burgh in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to The Painter" means the words set to the music of The Painter, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chris De Burgh. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to The Painter and the lyrics to The Painter are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chris De Burgh who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Painter, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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