Em I D have to G turn my D head A until my darkness B goes. Em I D see the G girls walk D by dressed Em in their summer clothes. Em No colours anymore I B want them to turn black. Wikipedia tells me that Maori adds the prefix whaka- to make a verb into its causative counterpart, so ako is 'learn' and whakaako is 'teach' (literally 'cause to learn'). Em I see a red door and I B want it painted black. Other languages have inflections to indicate causation, or a regular alternation in the verb. We have this have construction (as in the murder example), or other kinds of passivisation (as in the Stones song), and also the similar make, but we also have causative versions of lexical verbs (so the causative counterpart to eat is feed, where feed means 'cause (someone) to eat'), and some verbs can be causative or not with the same form. It's a type of passive construction, in the song: the verb is in the passive form and the passive auxiliary be is optionally present, or alternatively have:Įnglish doesn't have a regular way of indicating causation. (Not all causatives require intention, but with have they do.) It implies intention and responsibility for the action as if you had done it yourself: if you're accused of murder it's not going to do you any good to say 'I didn't kill him, I had him killed'. Exteriors of houses that are painted white, beige, black, or any neutral will be enhanced with a red door. This is known as the causative (because he is causing someone else to do something). If he says 'I want it painted black', he's going to get someone else to do it. If he says 'I want to paint it black', he is going to do the painting himself. But the way he wants that effect to be achieved differs. The message is the same: he wants the door to be black. 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. In fact, he never sings the words 'Paint it black'. Everyone else already knew this, apparently, and the lyrics sites agree.
Dm A A7 I see a line of cars and theyre all painted black, Dm A A7 With flowers and my. Dm C F G Dm I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes, Dm C F G A A7 I have to turn my head until the darkness goes. Listening with more than usual carefulness, I noticed that what he sings is 'I see a red door and I want it painted black'. Dm A A7 I see a red door and I want it painted black, Dm A A7 No colors any more I want them to turn black. Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones famously sang 'I see a red door and I want to paint it black'.
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