Picasso's Mandolin Songtext / Lyric

Like Picasso said in 1910

? I'm gonna paint me a mandolin?

Could be cubes, it could be curves

I like to mix the paint with nerve

I'm load my brush and fire away

Paint me a hole in the light of day



Well, you can play it straight or play it from left field

You got to play it just the way you feel

Come on boys, play it again

Play it on Picasso's mandolin



Well, it's colorin' books and drinkin' wines

It? s hard to stay between the lines

Now there ain? t no rule if you don't break it

Ain? t no chance if you don't take it

Said the damndest thing he'd ever heard

Was tryin' to learn to sing from a mockingbird






Well, you can play it straight or play it from left field

You got to play it just the way you feel

Come on boys, play it again

Play it on Picasso's mandolin



Like Picasso said before he died

? There? s one more paintin' I'd like to try?

Well, the doctor held his breath

And then Picasso nailed a mandolin

He? s born in Spain and died in France

He was not scared of baggy pants



Well, you can play it straight or play it from left field

You got to play it just the way you feel

Come on boys, play it again

Play it on Picasso's mandolin



Play it straight or play it from left field

You got to play it just the way you feel

Come on boys, play it again

Play it on Picasso's mandolin