PAINT YOURSELF A RAINBOW
Peter De Rose (m) Carl Sigman (l)

as rec by Nat "King" Cole w Joe Lipman & his Orch  
Dec 13th 1950 Hollywood


Paint yourself a rainbow around your heart
Every time the world gets you down.
Take some green from the fields,
Some red from the rose,
Some white from the sand;
Who needs rain for rainbows?

Add a bit of blue from your baby's eyes,
And some gold from the gold in her hair.
A little love can be the paintbrush for your work of art,
Just paint yourself a rainbow 'round your heart.

Now you add a bit of blue from your baby's eyes,
And some gold from the gold in her hair.
A little love can be the paintbrush for your work of art,
Just paint yourself a rainbow 'round your heart,
Just paint yourself a rainbow 'round your heart.





(Transcribed by Peter Akers - September 2011)