Paint Box

Paint Box

  • Lyrics: Tali Sorek
  • Music: Kobi Oshrat
  • Arrangements: Kobi Oshrat
  • Album: Greatest Hits 2 (2004)

Ofra sang the song on the Peace Nobel prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway, December 1994.

Lyrics

I had a Paint Box
Each color glowing with delight
I had a Paint Box with colors
Warm and cool and bright

I had a Paint Box
Each color glowing with delight
I had a Paint Box with colors
Warm and cool and bright

I had no red
I had no red for wounds and blood
I had no black for an orphaned child
I had no white
I had no white for the face of the dead
I had no yellow for burning sands

I had a Paint Box
Each color glowing with delight
I had a Paint Box with colors
Warm and cool and bright

I had orange
I had orange for joy and life
I had green
Green for buds and blooms

I had blue
I had blue for clear bright skies
I had pink
Pink for dreams and rest

I had a Paint Box
Each color glowing with delight
I had a Paint Box with colors
Warm and cool and bright

I had a Paint Box
Each color glowing with delight
I sat down
I sat down and painted peace

Salam
Shalom
Shalom