Stephen Sondheim
Children and Art
[MARIE]
You would have liked him
Mama, you would
Mama, he makes things
Mama, they're good
Oh, just as you said from the start
Children and art...
Children and art...

You should have seen it
Oh, it was a sight
Mama, I mean it—
All color and light!
He should be happy
Mama, he's blue
What do I do?

I don't understand what it was
But, Mama, the things that he does—!
They twinkle and glitter and buzz

Well, isn't she beautiful?
There she is, there she is
Oh, Mama is everywhere
He must have loved her so...
Well, this is our family, this is the lot
After I go, this is all that you'vе got

Mama was funny
Mama was fun
Mama spent money
When shе had none
You would have liked her
Well, Mama did things
No one had done

I know, honey, you don't agree
But this is our family tree
Just wait for a while, and you'll see—
Oh, listen to me...

Mama was smart...
Children and art...
Children and art...
Children and art...