It's a first person song done from a paedophile's perspective.
Ray is also saying that artists use a lot of dodgy sexual overtones in their work, but we let them off because it's art. The narrator here is stalking a little girl around a park and using the excuse that he only wants to paint her. He may well be a paedophile, but the listener does feel rather sorry for this man, because the song sounds so innocent and is done with such pathos.
It's a first person song done from a paedophile's perspective.
Ray is also saying that artists use a lot of dodgy sexual overtones in their work, but we let them off because it's art. The narrator here is stalking a little girl around a park and using the excuse that he only wants to paint her. He may well be a paedophile, but the listener does feel rather sorry for this man, because the song sounds so innocent and is done with such pathos.