Rick James — Painted Pictures

[Verse 1: Rick James & background singers] Love is not a color You can paint black or white, no, no Picture that in your mind Love is not a feeling That you let go to at night, no, no Picture that in your mind [Refrain 1: background singers] You can play the game, you're so strong You can say you're right when you're wrong Still your life is just painted pictures You can laugh when you want to cry Say hello when you mean goodbye Still your life is just painted pictures [Chorus] Painted pictures, painted pictures Painted pictures, painted pictures [Verse 2: Rick James & background singers] Love is not a candle That you turn on like a light, no, no Picture that in your mind Love is not a collar You can call wrong or right, no, no Picture that in your mind [Refrain 2: background singers] You can give the things you don't have You can lose the things that you love Still your life is just painted pictures You can play you're straight when you're not You can say you're cold when you're hot Still your life is just painted pictures [Refrain 3: Rick James & background singers] Play you're good when you're bad You can play you're good when you're bad Say you're glad when you're sad You can say you're glad when you're sad Still your life is just painted, yeah Still your life is just painted pictures [Refrain 4: Rick James & background singers] You can lose, yeah You can lose when you want to win You an die and be born again You can die and be born again Still, your life is painted Still your life is just painted pictures, ooh-oh [Chorus] Painted pictures, painted pictures Painted pictures, painted pictures [Refrain 5: Rick James & background singers] You can play the game, you're so strong Say you're right when you're wrong You can say you're right when you're wrong Still, your life is just painted Still your life is just painted pictures Oh-oh, oh yeah [Refrain 6: Rick James & background singers] You can laugh when you want to cry You can laugh, ha ha Say hello when you mean goodbye Say hello Still your life is just painted pictures, ooh-oh [Outro: Rick James] You can cry, you can listen... [fadeout]