"Paint the Town Red" Released April 19, 2005
-Written by: T. Welbeck, Instrumentation Written and Arranged by E. Mooring-
Biblical References: Genesis 2:18-24, Ezekiel 13, Psalm 139 (4-7), Proverbs 31:10-31, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Jeremiah 29:11-12, I Corinthians 11:7-12
Verse 1
Your hair is nappy, your lips are big, your nose is huge/You’re too heavy, too short, but your clothes are cute/So when you walk the avenues no one will notice you/You’re beginning to believe that, because that’s what’s told to you/So you burn your hair with permanent lies/And pop pills of Ephedra hoping it will firmen your thighs/You buy pounds of paint and pray they won’t discern the disguise/Looking to see a new you through the bluest of eyes/The visage in the mirror is the one that’s hardest to face/And every compliment you get, you argue away/Thinking now, you should start carving your face/And then, that will take those comments away, and then, they’ll look upon you and say, “You’re beautiful,”/In the most honest of ways/”You’re beautiful”
Hook
You are beautiful to me, so beautiful to me (repeat)
Verse 2
“If those hips could talk would they talk to me/Shawty Red, you over there, you callin’ me”/That’s all that you ever hear when you walk the streets/Your ears are filled with the most appalling speech/Fondled and groped by the eyes of all who see/And you feel so worthless because their talk is cheap/I know the lines guys try have got to be demeaning/But the attention they pay buys higher self-esteeming/So you do all you can to appease their whims/Expose your body in cut-up baby tees and tims/Undress yourself just so they can see a glimpse/You’re in the club gyrating before the weekend ends/So when they talk, all that they’re speaking is, “You’re beautiful/Don’t you think she is, so beautiful”
Hook
You are beautiful to me, so beautiful to me (repeat)
Verse 3
So who called you ugly, with fear and loathing/And said you were judged by your clothing/And regard your appearance as revolting/And sent you walking head down and sulking/Who are you consulting/When it was with fear and wonder the Father began your sculpting/When you don’t believe that, you renounce the whole thing/When it was the world that taught you shame and taught you this loathing/When the Father exchanged your shame for His virtue/And set you price high above the earth’s jewels/Listening to the lies of the world they hurt you/And believing the lies of the world, they hurt you/And hearing you repeat them is the most insulting part/Because you’re beautiful, and you don’t even know you are/But you’re beautiful, know you are, so beautiful, you need to know you are/You’re beautiful
© 2005
