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Whenever I am sad | |||
Whenever I am blue | |||
I contemplate what is a portrait | |||
A portrait of you | |||
It's stained and worn | |||
And dirty and scummy | |||
A photograph of your brother | |||
Thought funny | |||
Dropped in the snow | |||
Got vague and runny | |||
(What were talking about here | |||
Is a portrait of you | |||
This thing got lost | |||
And my heart is aching) | |||
A friend who found it | |||
Called another friend | |||
Who heard a description | |||
Beginning and end | |||
Drew your picture | |||
Every shadow and bend | |||
Xeroxed his drawing | |||
Got stoned and lost it | |||
(If I ever get my hands on that... | |||
I suppose I ought to be grateful) | |||
A radio ham | |||
Inconsequently, found it | |||
And sent it in morse code... | |||
Dit dot... | |||
I received this message | |||
And made a drawing | |||
(Actually) I made a scrawl | |||
(A kind of) graphical carnage | |||
A mess of erasures | |||
But (somehow) it looked like you | |||
I still have this drawing | |||
It looks like a couple of boyscouts | |||
In a soggy tent | |||
But I don't care | |||
It's only a picture since I went | |||
That I've got of you | |||
To see me through | |||
The only portrait of you | |||
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Lyrics
Whenever I am sad Whenever I am blue I contemplate what is a portrait A portrait of you It's stained and worn And dirty and scummy A photograph of your brother Thought funny Dropped in the snow Got vague and runny
(What were talking about here Is a portrait of you This thing got lost And my heart is aching)
A friend who found it Called another friend Who heard a description Beginning and end Drew your picture Every shadow and bend Xeroxed his drawing Got stoned and lost it
(If I ever get my hands on that... I suppose I ought to be grateful)
A radio ham Inconsequently, found it And sent it in morse code... Dit dot...
I received this message And made a drawing (Actually) I made a scrawl (A kind of) graphical carnage A mess of erasures But (somehow) it looked like you I still have this drawing It looks like a couple of boyscouts In a soggy tent But I don't care It's only a picture since I went That I've got of you To see me through The only portrait of you
Chronology
Interpretations
Live recordings
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 Three Songs on a Trip to the United States
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