Charles Aznavour - The Painted Child lyrics

Album: You & Me (1995)

I´m the pain´ted child, the maker of confusion
With rainbows in my hair & magic on my face
A phantom of the street, an optical illusion
Who hears a different beat, who runs a different race.

I´m the pain´ted child, I´m the mischief maker
The beggar at the feast, the fiddler at the ball
I know the words of songs, I´m the Sabbath breaker
The caller in the night, the writing on the wall.

The name on the wall...is me
The cry in the dark…is me
The mark of the child…I sign
The name on the wall

I´m the pain´ted child, the child who is a stranger
And those who once came near now turn & walk away
And everywhere´s fear & everywhere´s danger
These are the masks we wear, these are the parts we play

I´m the pain´ted child, the crier & the chorus
I strike upon the drum for funerals & games
And others there have come in centuries before us
To fill the world with noise & dance among the flames

The name on the wall...is me
The cry in the dark…is me
The mark of the child…I sign
The name on the wall

I´m the pain´ted child, the clown & the protester
A creature of the time & seldom what I seem
And call me what you´ll, a renegade or jester
But still I chill your heart, & still I haunt your dream

I will sing beside your grave, half-minstrel & half-mourner
I will sing of yeahrs gone by & bridges never crossed
I´m the pain´ted child who stands on any corner
I´m the child you loved, I´m the child you lost.

The name on the wall…is mine
Look in to my face & see
The strange pain´ted child
Is me

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