https://t.inks.page/wiki/Keith_Richards Follow any website on Inks inks.page https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Keith_Richards?t=2026-04-05 I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors 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, I must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up, when your whole world is black

• Paint It Black, 7 May 1966, co-written with Mick Jagger

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