Intro (8x) Verse 1: When all the help in the world won’t get you by When all the friends that you lean on let you down You’ll wonder why I see you there with your painting box And your oils and brushes and your artist’s smocks What’ll you do if the Muse gets lost When I’m gone? Instrumental x4 Verse 2: You painted me in the way you said you knew I don’t believe that I saw myself in anything you drew I say you never quite caught it right You say you see me in a different light What’ll you do with your black and white When I’m gone You paint by numbers I never noticed it before You paint by numbers It’s just a closing of an open door When you’re looking round You won’t see me no more You paint by numbers Instrumental x4 Solo x14 Verse 3: Staying here in this room just makes me pale I never really could fit into your geometric scale I see you measure my profile up And you mix your paints in a broken cup What’ll you do if the brush gets stuck When I’m gone You paint by numbers I never noticed it before You paint by numbers It’s just a closing of an open door When you’re looking round You won’t see me no more You paint by numbers Instrumental /u> Outro (repeat and fade)