You make a nice piece of art

I wanna nail my colours up next to yours

Splash me over your canvass

Chalk me up to experience

I don’t know much about art

But I guess I know what I like

I do like Egon Schiele,

Louise Bourgeois, and Man Ray

Mix me with your media

Mix me into your life

Loving you gets easier

When you drop me in

the mix

of your artistic vice

You say that art is your life

Yeah, but the washing up needs doing

And I think I should be hoovering

cos the paintbrush seems like tinkering

But if I picture it right

You’re saying, “Art makes life worth living”

And I don’t think that’s a given

But I must say you brush me up the right way

Mix me with your media

Mix me into your life

This song could get seedier

And I think it might

Cos you look alright

So let’s stay up all night

And paint the world to rights