You live your life Painting by numbers from one to five Figures outlined Neatly outlined But those you try So hard to control will step out of line 'Cause nothing in life Is so clearly defined You know that I've tried To play by your rules I've smiled Mona Lisa To your Leonardo You color me red Though I'm feeling blue Alone in your bed Waiting for you You brush aside All sign of emotion never denied No clouds in your sky No waves on your ocean You know that I've tried To play by your rules You played the king And I played the fool You painted my heart The likeness so true So why did your pen Have to tear it in two? You live your life Painting by numbers from one to five Figures outlined Neatly outlined But as the years go by Your colors will run and fade into nothing And one day you'll find That your life has run dry