Painting The Roses Red (the mellomen)

THE CARDS:

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



THREE OF CLOVERS:

Because we know



TWO & THREE OF CLOVERS:

They'll cease to grow



ACE OF CLOVERS:

In fact they'll soon be dead!



ALL CARDS:

And yet we go ahead

Painting the roses red!



Painting the roses red

We're painting the roses red!



ALICE:

Oh, pardon me

But Mister Three

Why must you paint them red?



THREE OF CLOVERS (SPOKEN):

Well the fact is, miss

We planted the white roses by mistake!

And...



ALL CARDS:

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!



ALICE (SPOKEN):

Oh, dear, then let me help you!



ALICE:

Painting the roses red...



ALL:

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



ALICE:

Yes, painting the roses red!



ACE:

Not pink...



THREE OF CLOVERS:

Not green...



ALICE:

Not aquamarine!



ALL:

We're painting the roses red!