Postcards From Picasso (original song)

The first song of the New Year! Now, wouldn't this sound great with an accordion? Sorry about the dark picture, but I simply forgot to turn on the light. I also mess up a few of the words... here's what they're supposed to be:

POSTCARDS FROM PICASSO
-- william hoover

I once saw the Louvre on a post card
Sent by Picasso himself
The Guggenheim aint got nothin on Paris
Excepting for Paris herself

Lautrec has been scene at the Moulin Rouge
Capturing the night life of France
While Degas attends the backstage ballet
Waiting in the wings for the dance

Surrealist scenes surround parasol dreams
From pastel to hard line extremes
Does life as they say imitate art
Or does art lie somewhere between?

Id picture it all as Grant Wood would
Or Van Rijn when in his prime
Give a little whisper to Vincent van Gogh
And Salvador Dali real time

Angelo and El Greco put on a show
Renoir and Rubens the same
I missed Monet at the station today
As a greyed rainbow stood in my way

Surrealist scenes surround parasol dreams
From pastel to hard line extremes
Does life as they say imitate art
Or does art lie somewhere between?

[musical bridge]

And did I not mention da Vinci?
There are two reasons for that smile
Both have survived through the centuries
Still no one yet knows quite why

Surrealist scenes surround parasol dreams
From pastel to hard line extremes
Does life as they say imitate art
Or does art lie somewhere between?

I still get post cards from Picasso
Andy Warhol and the like
We all have breakfast at an outdoor café
Overlooking the City of Lights

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Dave Leigh
• William Hoover
• original
• song
• free
• music
• Creative
• Commons
• musette

[BorbaSpinotti]

I love it - very evocative, and with a huge amount of room for interpretation. Do twist other people's arms into covering it too!

[leighdf]

Then I'll start with you, because I not only know that you'd do a stupendous job with it, but in the back of my mind I was thinking of that when I wrote it.

[RockingJamboree]

A jaunty tune! Buy a beret for this one! When someone asks, "Dave, why do you have a beret?", you can say, "I wrote a song about Picasso once. And my friend Russ told me I should have one!"

[leighdf]

Based on my friend Russ' recommendation, I will have a beret to wear when I'm playing this song!

[Spintown7]

Cool song. There's a number of accordion players at TMA. I'm sure you could pester someone into helping. :D

[Chela1012]

Haha. This totally got me geeked. I love all the art/artist references! =D

[annapmusic]

Haha a really fun song. I like it. "Well that's as close as you're gonna get it...today" haha