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Composer: Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Wainwright III - The Picture lyrics



There are pictures on the piano,
Pictures of the family,
Mostly my kids but there's an old
Picture of you and me.
You were five and I was six
In 1952;
That was forty years ago—
How could it be true?

We were sitting outside drawing
At a table meant for cards,
And it must have been in autumn,
Falling leaves in the front yard,
With a shoebox full of crayons,
Full of colors oh so bright,
In a picture in a plastic frame,
A snapshot black and white.

You were looking at my paper,
Watching what I drew;
It was natural: I was older,
Thirteen months more than you.
A brother and a sister,
A little boy and girl,
And whoever took that picture
Captured our own world.

A brother needs a sister
To watch what he can do,
To protect and to torture,
To boss around—it's true;
But a brother will defend her
For a sister's love is pure,
Because she thinks he's wonderful
When he is not so sure.

In the picture there's a fender
Of our old Chevrolet
Or Pontiac—our dad would know,
Surely he could say;
But dad is dead and we grow old;
It's true that time flies by;
And in forty years the world has changed
As well as you and I.
Songs list of album: So Damn Happy [live] (2003)
         Title Rating
01    Much Better Bets lyrics Add lyrics   -
02   So Damn Happy lyrics   -
03    Between lyrics Add lyrics   -
04   The Picture lyrics   -
05   Cobwebs lyrics   -
06    Heaven lyrics Add lyrics   -
07    Something for Nothing lyrics Add lyrics   -
08   Dreaming lyrics   -
09   Westchester County lyrics   -
10   Tonya's Twirls lyrics   -
11   A Year lyrics   -
12    You Never Phone lyrics Add lyrics   -
13   4 X 10 lyrics   -
14    The Sh*t Song lyrics Add lyrics   -
15   Primrose Hill lyrics   -
16    The Home Stretch lyrics Add lyrics   -
17   Men lyrics   -
 

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