Lisa, I love you You paint the city gray to happiness green It's just a matter of time before the planet is under your spell It's just the lemon and lime of your sweet-talkin, never-takin-no soft sell I worked in grindstone gray So colorblind, so tame (dusty, treadmill brown, ever hummin-drummin) You splashed the scene, you planted tangerines, you came Won't you let me love your lovin Lisa, I love you You paint the city gray to happiness green Lisa, dreamin of two You're paintin pictures that this world's never seen Some artists paint, some of 'em sing, some dance, but you, your canvas is life Lisa, dreamin of you I'm damn lucky that I made you my wife It's just your emerald eyes, and your cherry-flavored, hypnotizin, main street-wisin way I know I'll never own a charm school diploma, no (cold & grizzly gray, goon-in-uniform) But with you beside, I'll flow with the Kaleidoscope Won't you let me love your lovin Lisa, I love you You paint the city gray to happiness green Lisa, dreamin of two You're paintin pictures that this world's never seen Some artists paint, some of 'em sing, some dance, but you- Your canvas is life