[Verse 1]
There's a noise upstairs in the attic
It's the shuffle of worn out shoes
And the scent of the oil and brushes
Drifts down like a pale perfume

[Chorus 1]
And he says, "I, I am a man
A simple man, a man of colours
And I can see, see through the years
Years of a man, a man of colours"

[Verse 2]
And the old man rubs his failing eyes
And takes a moment to watch the view
From a window nobody knows is there
He can see the empty street below

[Chorus 1]
And he says, "I, I am a man
A simple man, a man of colours
And I can see, see through the years
Years of a man, a man of colours"

[Verse 3]
He says, "I keep my life in this paintbox
I keep your face in these picture frames
And when I speak to this faded canvas
It tells me I have no need for words anyway"
[Chorus 1]
And he says, "I, I am a man
A simple man, a man of colours
And I can see, see through the years
Years of a man, a man of colours"


[Chorus 2]
And he says, "I, I am a man
A simple man, a man of colours
And I can see, see through these tears
Tears of a man, a man of colours"

[Outro]
And he says, "I, I am a man"
"A man of colours"