Joe Rathburn

Lyrics

ROCKWELLS AND PICASSOS
words and music by Joe Rathburn

La di da, la la la, la la, la la
La di da, la la la, la la, la la
La di da, la la la, la la, la la
La di da, la la la, la la, la la, la

A Norman Rockwell husband,
and his Norman Rockwell wife,
with their Norman Rockwell children,
in their Norman Rockwell life,
had just begun to notice,
as things began to change,
the new folks in the neighborhood
were simply way too strange

A showing of Picassos
Just hangin’ on the wall
Checked out the Norman Rockwells
Hung up across the hall. They thought…
What boring looking people
in their boring little scene
It all looked way too normal
Way too simple and too clean

Life’s just too full of color
to be all black and white
What strikes some as entirely wrong
strikes other folks just right
That’s why we've got to have a care
for all the other folks out there
Rockwell or Picasso
their equal in God’s sight

The art museum opened
the public funneled in
all up and down that hallway
the viewing did begin
they loved the juxtaposition
of the two contrasting styles
The wonder of creation
reflected in their smiles

Life’s just too full of color
to be all black and white
What strikes some as entirely wrong
strikes other folks just right
That’s why we've got to have a care
for all the other folks out there
Rockwell or Picasso
their equal in God’s sight

Bridge

Sometime after closing
the paintings were alone
they’d gained a fresh perspective
respect for each had grown
So a Norman Rockwell husband
gave his hat a tip
a Picasso fella winked an eye
where there shoulda been a lip

Life’s just too full of color
to be all black and white
What strikes some as entirely wrong
strikes other folks just right
That’s why we've got to have a care
for all the other folks out there
Rockwell or Picasso
their equal in God’s sight

La di da, la la la, la la, la la
La di da, la la la, la la, la la
La di da, la la la, la la, la la
La di da, la la la, la la, la la, la
La di da, la la la, la la, la la
La di da, la la la, la la, la la
La di da, la la la, la la, la la, Ooooh!