Black and Read
I am going to buy some paint
a tin of black then red,
so I can ask my lady
if she would like to Wed.
I"ve found the perfect wall
she passes everyday,
wait until she reads
what it is I have to say.
Gonna paint it really tall
the letters six feet high,
ask her if she"ll stay
with me until I die.
So I went in to the store
and ordered up my paint,
but the answer that I got
well, it made me feel quite faint.
Oh they had plenty black
but the red was out of stock,
so the women she just said
"please, if we could only talk"
"Never mind the red,
just you think of white,
and when she reads the message
I"m sure she"ll see the light"
So it was that I agreed
and bought the black and white,
then waited all that day
until it was the night.
My words they just stood out
oh they were quite a sight,
my lady she said yes
said yes with all her might.
So it was that we were married
my message won the day,
and I cleaned the wall
what more can I say.
The woman she was right
it was exactly as she said,
the white it really worked
and made the black paint read.
Copyright © Ned Flanders | Year Posted 2011
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