Picasso's Mandolin - Guy Clark

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 gonna load my brush and fire away

Paint me a hole in the light of day

You can play it straight or play it from left field

You got to play it just the way you feel

Come on boys and play it again

Play it on Picasso’s mandolin

Well it’s colorin’books and drinkin’wine

It’s hard to stay between the lines

Ain’t no rule if you don’t break it Ain’t no chance if you don’t take it He said the damndest thing he ever heard

Was tryin’to learn to sing from a mockingbird

Picasso said before he died

There’s one more paintin’I’d like to try

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