I Didn't Know When to Stop

[Verse 1] Sunrise, landscape, I portrait it to ya Abstract cubist and specialist view A delicate line, a bolt shone a blind Once the brush hits the canvas there's no turnin' back [Chorus] I didn't know when the paint would dry Kept goin' back for another try I start at the bottom, I dig at the top I didn't know when to stop I didn't know when to [Verse 2] I think I captured you in spite as I was But you couldn't see it but only because My first attempt, stay with doubt I grab my coat, find the door and make my way out [Chorus] I didn't know when the paint would dry Kept goin' back for another try I start at the bottom, I dig at the top I didn't know when to stop I didn't know when to [Bridge] Well you see a fraud and no one else knows A catwalk phenomenon, the emperor's clothes A faithful likeness but something ain't right I painted over you in cadmium blue light [Chorus] I didn't know when the paint would dry Kept goin' back for another try I start at the bottom, I dig at the top I didn't know when to stop I start at the bottom, I dig at the top I didn't know when to stop I didn't know when to