There's a noise upstairs in the attic
It's the shuffle of worn out shoes
And the scent of the oil and brushes
Drifts down like a pale perfume


And he says, I...
I am a man
A simple man
...a man of colours
And I can see
See through the years
Years of a man
...a man of colours;


And the old man rubs his failing eyes
And takes a moment to watch the view
From a window nobody knows is there
He can see the empty street below

[Chorus]

He says
I keep my life in this paintbox
I keep your face in these picture frames
And when I speak to this fadеd canvas it tells me
I have no need for words anyway...;
[Chorus]

And hе says, I...
I am a man
A simple man
...a man of colours
And I can see
See through the tears
Tears of a man
...a man of colours;