Brian Allossery and "The Lazy Poets"
Home    Songs    Albums    Bio    Events    Contact    Photos    Videos   
Work of Art
-   PLAY   -    BUY   -
Credits
Lyric Credits: Brian Allossery and Jeff Walker
Music Credits: Brian Allossery and
Producer Credits: Brian Allossery and Kevin Jagger
Publisher Credits: Brian Allossery
Label Credits: Lazy Poets Records
Description
Short Song Description:
Seeing a beautiful woman in a cafe
Story Behind the Song:
Inspired by a woman I knew but alas.....
Metadata
Song Length 3:39
Primary Genre Pop-Easy Listening
Secondary Genre Rap-West Coast
Tempo / Feel Medium (111 - 130)
Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Subject Matter 1 Love at First Sight
Subject Matter 2 Attracted, Crush
Mood 1 Charming
Similar Artist 1 Steely Dan
Similar Artist 2 Sugar Ray
Language English
Era 2000 and later
Lyrics
Work of Art
Written by Brian Allossery and Jeff Walker

A Cezanne in the mist
A Picasso with a twist
I saw you sitting there at that french cafe
Sipping your cafe ole
And I knew you could break my heart without even trying
With just one blissful kiss from those beautiful ruby lips

You are a work of art
I want to get closer to you to see if you are real
You are a work of art
With your Mona Lisa smile
I can't figure out what you're thinking

Everybody's looking for perfection
Too much inspection leads to detection of defection
All I can say is
I get blown away every time I look at you
And everytime you are walking away I know what you do to me

You are a work of art
You're really gettin in my heart
I wanna run away
But you always make me stay

Just to see how the picture's gonna turn out
When you chip away the stone what we'll learn now
Are you gonna be my soul's consolation
Are you gonna be my destination?

It was on the last night of the French Bi-Centennial celebration
And we were driviing into town with the steering wheel on the wrong side of the road
I was feeling lonely on my birthday wondering what I was going to do
And she kept looking at me

Bonjour madamoiselle, comment sa va?
Ah merci et vous?
Comment t'appelle tous?
Je parler francais un peut
Mais tu est tres cheri!

Like Jack Kerouc and Neil Cassidy chasing a jazz riff down the real American highway
Drinking and smoking and jokin' and finding Charlie Parker blowing his plastic saxaphone to a bunch of bohemians sitting around a campfire of furniture,
But they got nothing on you

You are a work of art
You're really gettin in my heart
I want to run away
But you always make me stay

If I could make a work of art
I'd make you

You are a work of art
I gotta see you again
You are a work of art
You got that Mona Lisa smile 'til the end

You are a work of art
You are a work of art baby.