[ Featuring The Mello Men, Kathryn Beaumont ]
Painting the roses red
We're painting the roses red
We dare not stop or waste a drop
So let the paint be spread
We're painting the roses red
We're painting the roses red
Oh, painting the roses red
And many a tear we shed
Because we know
They'll cease to grow
In fact they'll soon be dead
And yet we go ahead
Painting the roses red
Painting the roses red
We're painting the roses red
Oh, pardon me
But Mister Three
Why must you paint them red
The queen
She likes them red
If she saw white instead
She'd raise her voice
And each of us would quickly lose his head
Since this is the thought we dread
We're painting the roses red
Painting the roses red
We're painting the roses red
Don't tell the queen that's what you've seen
Or tell her what we've said
We're painting the roses red
Yes, painting the roses red
Not pink
Not green
Not aquamarine
We're painting the roses red
