Story Behind The Song

Inspired by a woman I knew but alas.....

Song Description

Seeing a beautiful woman in a cafe

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.