@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Sunday afternoon there's something special
It's just like another world
Jogging in the park is my excuse
To look at all the little girls
I'm not a flasher in a rain coat,
I'm not a dirty old man,
I'm not gonna snatch you from your mother,
I'm an art lover
Come to daddy,
Ah, come to daddy,
Come to daddy
Pretty little legs, I want to draw them,
Like a Degas ballerina
Pure white skin, like porcelain,
She's a work of art and I should know
I'm an art lover
Come to daddy,
And I'll give you some spangles
Little girl don't notice me
Watching as she innocently plays
She can't see me staring at her
Because I'm always wearing shades
She feeds the ducks, looks at the flowers
I follow her around for hours and hours
I'd take her home, but that could never be,
She's just a substitute
For what's been taken from me
Ah, come to daddy, come on
Sunday afternoon can't last forever,
Wish I could take you home
So, come on, give us a smile
Before you vanish out of view
I've learned to appreciate you
The way art lovers do,
And I only want to look at you
It's just like another world
Jogging in the park is my excuse
To look at all the little girls
I'm not a flasher in a rain coat,
I'm not a dirty old man,
I'm not gonna snatch you from your mother,
I'm an art lover
Come to daddy,
Ah, come to daddy,
Come to daddy
Pretty little legs, I want to draw them,
Like a Degas ballerina
Pure white skin, like porcelain,
She's a work of art and I should know
I'm an art lover
Come to daddy,
And I'll give you some spangles
Little girl don't notice me
Watching as she innocently plays
She can't see me staring at her
Because I'm always wearing shades
She feeds the ducks, looks at the flowers
I follow her around for hours and hours
I'd take her home, but that could never be,
She's just a substitute
For what's been taken from me
Ah, come to daddy, come on
Sunday afternoon can't last forever,
Wish I could take you home
So, come on, give us a smile
Before you vanish out of view
I've learned to appreciate you
The way art lovers do,
And I only want to look at you
Lyrics submitted by jayphelps321
Art Lover Lyrics as written by Ray Davies
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First, is everybody from England? I'm in the USA where we spell it "pedophile". Second, I am pretty sure the narrator of this song is not a pedophile. Why? Because the APA (American Psychiatric Association) defines "pedophilia" as "a condition in which a person either has intense sexual urges towards children, and experiences recurrent sexual urges towards and fantasies about children that they have either acted on, or cause distress or interpersonal difficulty." The narrator may well be sad bordering on pathetic but he fails the official criteria. When I see an attractive young woman, I notice her, go away, and that's the end of that. (As I am a monogamous and faithful husband, the same goes for women of any age.) But I digress. Good songs are frequently vague. Ray Davies is a great songwriter and Art Lover is one of his best.
@chasbasnik Maybe everyone\'s from England, or maybe they can just spell the word paedophile correctly... It comes from the Greek paedo and phile. \'Pedo\' means precisely nothing unless it\'s Amercian for imbecile.
@chasbasnik Maybe everyone\'s from England, or maybe they can just spell the word paedophile correctly... It comes from the Greek paedo and phile. \'Pedo\' means precisely nothing unless it\'s Amercian for imbecile.