Bernadette Peters - Children and Art lyrics

[MARIE] You would have liked him Mama, you would Mama, he makes things Mama, they're good Just as you said from the start Children and art Children and art He should be happy Mama, he's blue What do I do? You should have seen it It was a sight Mama, I mean it All color and light I don't understand what it was But, Mama, the things that he does They twinkle and shimmer and buzz You would have liked them (spoken) It... him... Henry! Henry! Henry... [GEORGE, spoken] It's George, grandmother [MARIE, spoken] Of course it is. I thought you were your father for a moment. Did I tell you who that was? [GEORGE, spoken] Of course. That is your mother [MARIE] Isn't she beautiful? There she is, there she is There she is, there she is Mama is everywhere He must have loved her so much [GEORGE, spoken] Is she really in all those places, Marie? [MARIE] This is our family, this is the lot After I go, this is all that you've got, honey Wasn't she beautiful, though? You would have liked her Mama did things no one had done Mama was funny, Mama was fun Mama spent money when she had none Mama said, "Honey, mustn't be blue It's not so much do what you like As it is that you like what you do" Mama said, "Darling, don't make such a drama A little less thinking, a little more feeling" I'm just quoting Mama! The child is so sweet And the girls are so rapturous Isn't it lovely how artists can capture us? [GEORGE, spoken] Yes, it is, Marie [MARIE] You would have liked her Honey, I'm wrong You would have loved her Mama enjoyed things Mama was smart See how she shimmers? I mean, from the heart I know, honey, you don't agree But this is our family tree Just wait 'til we're there, and you'll see Listen to me Mama was smart Listen to Mama Children and art Children and art