Kenneth Donald “Kenny” Rogers (born August 21, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, entrepreneur and author, and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Though he has been most successful with country audiences, he has charted more than 120 hit singles across various music genres, topped the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the United States alone and has sold over 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the highest-selling artists of all time.
IF I WERE A PAINTING
Lyrics by Kenny Rogers
If I were a painting
Captured on canvas
Alone in the portrait I would stand
And brush strokes bold
Yet soft as a whisper
The work of a feminine hand
Caught in a still life
Surrounded by shadows
Or lost in a background of blue
If I were a painting
My price would be pain
And the artist would have to be you
I imagine the colors
Would all run together
If you ever allowed me to cry
So don’t paint the tears
Just let me remember me
Without you in my eyes
It’s only the frame
That holds me together
Or else I would be falling apart
If I were a painting
I wouldn’t feel
And you wouldn’t be breaking my heart.