Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones, from the album Aftermath (US version) (Decca, 1966)An in-joke. When
All Along the Watchtower played (see above), Dave commented that he associated it with the Vietnam War and Hueys, even though Hendrix's
Purple Haze was his "war song".
Paint It Black is now commonly associated with the Vietnam War too, even though
Gimme Shelter was The Rolling Stones' war song at the time.
This is the end theme for Chesca and Leanne, and the song the Nigerian girls plays on the ghetto-blaster at the BP oil refinery in Lagos.
"I remember this one."
Listen free at Last.fmLYRICSI see a red door and I want it painted black
No colours anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colours anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!LINKSPaint It, Black - WikipediaAmazon.com: Aftermath