From the recording My Heart Plays These Songs
Lyrics
Baby You’re a Work of Art
(Effron White / Lauren Blaine)
If I took a little paint
And put it on a canvas
And swirled it all around
Like old Van Gogh and Michelangelo
Do you think I’d get the essence down
Would I capture your look
The way you look right now
With eyes that see right through
Darling I don’t think I could ever paint
A picture beautiful as you
CHORUS:
How could anyone ever improve
On the way that God made you
Blinded by the muse
Even Rembrandt could miss the mark
In the eye of this beholder
Baby you’re a work of art
I could give it a try
But why would I wanna
With perfection right in front of me
That smile Leonardo painted on Mona
Can’t compare with the one I see
And Venus on a half shell
Floatin’ on the water
Is just an amateur fantasy
If only Botticelli had got to know you Baby
He might’ve stuck with reality
CHORUS…
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
I’d put you in a song
And sing it all day long
With a melody that fits the rhyme
But I’d know in my heart
I shouldn’t even start
Cause there’s always a better line
Words couldn’t shape the difference you make
In my world of the here and now
No poet could envision a dream to replace
Being right here with you anyhow
CHORUS…
REPEAT CHORUS (with changes):
How could anyone ever improve
On the way that God made you
The light of the muse
Would leave Picasso stumbling in the dark
In the eye of this beholder
Baby you’re a work of art
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