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Well
Some people try to pick up girls
And get called asshole
This never happened to Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist to stare
And so Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole
Well, the girls would turn the color of an avocado
When he would drive down their street
In his El Dorado
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist to stare
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole
Not like you
Alright
Well he was only five foot three
But girls could not resist to stare
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole
Not in New York
Ah, well
Show me not, smock me not, obnoxious me not, bell bottom, bummer or asshole
Remember the story of Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist to stare
Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole
All right, this is it
Well
Some people try to pick up girls
And get called an asshole
This never happened to Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist to stare
And so Pablo Picasso was never called
Some people try to pick up girls
And get called asshole
This never happened to Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist to stare
And so Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole
Well, the girls would turn the color of an avocado
When he would drive down their street
In his El Dorado
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist to stare
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole
Not like you
Alright
Well he was only five foot three
But girls could not resist to stare
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole
Not in New York
Ah, well
Show me not, smock me not, obnoxious me not, bell bottom, bummer or asshole
Remember the story of Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist to stare
Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole
All right, this is it
Well
Some people try to pick up girls
And get called an asshole
This never happened to Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist to stare
And so Pablo Picasso was never called
Lyrics submitted by erik.yefeng, edited by two sheds1
Pablo Picasso Lyrics as written by Jonathan Richman
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I love this song! Not only does it only have one chord, also it's about the greatest artist of the 20th century and entirely fails to mention painting even once. Jonathan Richman is a genius. Respect!
I don't think he literally refers to Picasso. To me it's about an artist making himself feel better/venting about his failures by believing that some succesful artist in hisory(in this case Picasso) had it easy in getting his way. Overall, I think this song is poking fun at that notion.
His delivery in this song is so great.
Pablo Picasso got called an asshole all the time, just never to his face. In fact, I think he's more famous today for being an asshole than for his art. Short man's disease, etc.
I feel like this song is about a womanizer. A guy who gets the ladies, despite not being all that attractive.
@HeyPrettyBoy <br /> <br /> I agree somewhat. It is about a womanizer. I think that the message is: in order to be a womanizer and not to be called an "asshole", you gotta be a lot more than a womanizer - e.g., a genius artist such as PP. If not, you're just an asshole. 'Cause that's what womanizers are. And yes, he's poking fun at that notion. And perhaps, at PP, too, at the same time honoring fully his genius.<br />