Picassos Mandolin

Now Picasso said in 1910, I’m gonna paint me a mandolin

It could be cubes it could be curves

I like to mix paint with nerve

I load my brush and fire away

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 colouring books and drinking wine

It’s hard to stay between the lines

There ain’t no rule if you don’t break it

There ain’t no chance if you don’t take it

The damdest thing he’d ever heard

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

Now Picasso said before he died

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

Well the doctor held is breathe and then

Picasso nailed a mandolin

He was born in Spain and died in France

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