The Eyes of Rembrandt
Words and music by Tom May


Hoping that there still is a place for beauty, art, and introspection in this contemporary world.


Chorus
Through the eyes of Rembrandt, the colors are still brilliant
Peaceful and vivid as a Dutch country town
Lost amidst the still lifes, the flowers remember
Romance and Rhone wine, and a quilt of eider down.

Verse 1
Sometimes I wonder, if nothing is sacred
If ideas and art, have outlived their day
But look as the canvas, see that vision is timeless
Even centuries of changes, cannot take it away

Chorus
Through the eyes of Rembrandt, the colors are still brilliant
Peaceful and vivid as a Dutch country town
Lost amidst the still lifes, the flowers remember
Romance and Rhone wine, and a quilt of eider down.

Verse 2
Was it yesterday the dances, they waltzed in the parlor
Stepping to the tune, that the violin played
Were lit by your brush, in an indigo starscape
Or caressed by the end of a warm summers day

Chorus
Through the eyes of Rembrandt, the colors are still brilliant
Peaceful and vivid as a Dutch country town
Lost amidst the still lifes, the flowers remember
Romance and Rhone wine, and a quilt of eider down.

Bridge
The museums soft lights, catch the texture of oils
The weathered old canvas, tells a story so true
From the shirt of a merchant, to the eyes of a lover
In shades of burgundy, forest green and dark blue

Chorus
Through the eyes of Rembrandt, the colors are still brilliant
Peaceful and vivid as a Dutch country town
Lost amidst the still lifes, the flowers remember
Romance and Rhone wine, and a quilt of eider down.

Verse 3
Now the ladies are waiting, in crinoline fashion
For their brave foreign solders, to travel back home
The frame of antiquity, betrays their emotions
But the artist has painted them, never, alone.

Chorus
Through the eyes of Rembrandt, the colors are still brilliant
Peaceful and vivid as a Dutch country town
Lost amidst the still lifes, the flowers remember
Romance and Rhone wine, and a quilt of eider down.

©2007 Blue Vignette Publishing, ASCAP