Painting the Roses Red / March of the Cards (From "Alice in Wonderland"/Soundtrack Version)

Painting the Roses Red / March of the Cards (From "Alice in Wonderland"/Soundtrack Version) - The Mello Men/Kathryn Beaumont

Bum bum bum bum

Painting the roses red

We're painting the roses red

We dare not stop or waste a drop

So let the paint be spread

We're painting the roses red

We're painting the roses red

Oh painting the roses red

And many a tear we shed

Because we know

They'll cease to grow

In fact they'll soon be dead

And yet we go ahead

Painting the roses red

Painting the roses red

We're painting the roses red

Oh pardon me

But mister three

Why must you paint them red

Well the fact is miss

We planted the white roses by mistake

And

The queen

She likes them red

If she saw white instead

She'd raise her voice

And each of us would quickly lose his head

Since this is the thought we dread

We're painting the roses red

Oh dear then let me help you

Painting the roses red

We're painting the roses red

Don't tell the queen that's what you've seen

Or tell her what we've said

We're painting the roses red

Yes painting the roses red

Not pink

Not green

Not aquamarine

We're painting the roses red