Portraits and Pictures

[Verse 1]
Well, he showed me a picture
When he was a child
He was all in the nude
With a strange-looking smile
And I said "Good Lord
Wouldn't recognize you at all"

[Chorus]
Portraits and pictures
Of permanent stares
Photographs of faces
And family affairs

[Post-Chorus]
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai, da-dai
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai

[Verse 2]
Then he showed me another
Of his mother in lace
With a fan in her hand
An inquisitive face
And I said "Good Lord
She should hang it up on a wall"

[Chorus]
Portraits and pictures
Of permanent stares
Photographs of faces
And family affairs

[Post-Chorus]
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai, da-dai
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai

[Verse 3]
Took a look at a snapshot
You were dressed up so well
'Twas your holy communion
At Frères de la Salle
And I said "Good Lord
Didn't you look queer when you're small?"

[Chorus]
Portraits and pictures
Permanent stares
Photographs, faces
And family affairs

[Post-Chorus]
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai, da-dai
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai

[Verse 4]
There was one in your yearbook
On page twenty-two
Look, there you are, your hair is shorter
But I can tell that it's you
And by side, say my
Isn't that Silva Smiles?

[Post-Chorus]
Portraits and pictures
Of permanent stares
Photographs, faces
And family affairs

[Outro]
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai, dai
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai, dai
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai, dai
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai, dai
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai, dai
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai, dai
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai, dai
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai, dai
La-da-da-dee, da-dai, dai-dai, dai