Watercolor ponies..search help

[Barry Forbes]

I am looking for the artist and song to a song that has:

'There are watercolor ponies on my refrigerator door..
And something I don't really recognize"
other lyrics include:
'But honey what will we do...when it comes back to me and you'
and ends with...
'watercolor ponies will someday ride away'

[Tiny Dancer]

And so the word went out from "Barry Forbes" <barry....@snet.net>:

>I am looking for the artist and song to a song that has:
>
>'There are watercolor ponies on my refrigerator door..
>And something I don't really recognize"

Here are the lyrics I found here:

http://www.clevelandbride.com/lyrics/ponies.htm

Can't vouch for them as I'm not familiar with the tune.
Hope this helps!

Watercolor Ponies
Wayne Watson

There are watercolour ponies
On my refrigerator door
And the shape of something I don't really recognize
Brushed with careful little fingers
And put proudly on display
A reminder to us all of how time flies
 
Seems an endless mound of laundry
And a stairway laced with toys
Gives a blow by blow reminder of the war
That we fight for their well-being
For their greater understanding
To impart a holy reverence for the Lord
 
But Baby, what will we do
When it comes back to me and you
They look a little less like little boys every day
Oh the pleasure of watchin' the children growin'
Is mixed with a bitter cup
Of knowin' the watercolour ponies
Will one day ride away
 
And the vision can get so narrow
As you view thru your tiny world
And little victories can go by with no applause
But in the greater evaluation
As they fly from your nest of love
May they mount up with wings as eagles for his cause
 
Still I wonder, baby, what will we do
When it comes back to me and you
They look a little more like little boys every day
Oh the pleasure of watchin' the children growin'
Is mixed with a bitter cup
Of knowin' the watercolour ponies
Will one day -- one day
Ride away

Cheers,

TD

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'Bout the good old days and all
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[nancy g]

Barry Forbes wrote:

> I am looking for the artist and song to a song that has:
>
> 'There are watercolor ponies on my refrigerator door..
> And something I don't really recognize"

Doing a Web search for the phrase "watercolor ponies"
shows that the song is "Watercolor Ponies" by Wayne Watson.

This site has the lyrics, although he says they're by an
"unknown" artist:

http://www.uppereasttnhs.com/flotsam.htm#water