Lyrics

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom. A little boy went first day at school, and got some crayons and he started to draw. He put colors all over the paper, for colors was what he saw. The teacher said, what you doing young man? I'm painting flowers, see? Well this is not the time for art young man, and anyway flowers are green and red. There's a time for everything young man, a way things should be done. You got to show concern for everyone else, you're not the only one. And she 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. But the little boy said, there are so many colors in the rainbow, so many colors in the morning sun, so many colors in the flower, and I see everyone. Well the teacher said, you're sassy, there's a way that things should be, and you'll paint flowers the way they are. So repeat after me, she 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. But the little boy said again, there are so many colors in the rainbow, so many colors in the morning sun, so many colors in the flower, and I see everyone. Well the teacher put him in a corner, she said, it's for your own good, and you won't come out till you get it right, responding like you should. Well finally he got lonely, frightening thoughts filled his head, then he went up to that teacher, and this is what 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. Well time went by like it always does, he moved to another town, and the little boy went to another school, and this is what he found. The teacher there was smiling, she said, painting should be fun, and there are so many colors in a flower, so let's paint every one. And that little boy painted flowers, he beat rows of green and red, and when the teacher asked him why, this is what 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. But there must still be a way to have our children say, there are so many colors in the rainbow, so many colors in the morning sun, so many colors in the flower, and I see everyone. There are so many colors in the rainbow, so many colors in the morning sun, so many colors in the flower, and I see everyone.