Children and Art

[MARIE]
You would have liked him
Mama, you would
Mama, he makes things
Mama, they're good
Just as you said from the start
Children and art...
Children and art...

He should be happy
Mama, he's blue
What do I do?
You should have seen it
It was a sight
Mama, I mean it—
All color and light

I don't understand what it was
But, Mama, the things that he does—
They twinkle and shimmer and buzz
You would have liked them...

[MARIE, spoken]
It...
Him...
Henry, Henry...

[GEORGE, spoken]
It's George, grandmother

[MARIE, spoken]
Ah, of course it is
I thought you were your father for a moment
Did I ever tell you who that was?

[GEORGE, spoken]
That is your mother

[MARIE, spoken]
That is correct

[MARIE]
Isn't she beautiful? There she is—
There she is, there she is, there she is
Mama is everywhere
He must have loved her so much...

This is our family, this is the lot
After I go, this is all that you've got
Honey
Isn't she beautiful, though?

You would have liked her
Mama did things
No one had done
Mama was funny
Mama was fun
Mama spent money
When she had none

Mama said, "Honey
Mustn't be blue
It's not so much do what you like
As it is that you like what you do"
Mama said, "Darling
Don't make such a drama
A little less thinking
A little more feeling—"
I'm just quoting Mama...

The child is so sweet
And the girls are so rapturous
Isn't it lovely how artists can capture us?

You would have liked her—
Honey, I'm wrong
You would have loved her
Mama enjoyed things
Mama was smart
See how she shimmers—
I mean from the heart

I know, honey, you don't agree
But this is our family tree
Just wait till we're there, and you'll see—
Listen to me...

Mama was smart...
Listen to Mama...
Children and art...
Children and art...