Art On The Run Songtext

Take the best idea you got, sprouting from your brain like cauliflower Stick it in the microwave leave it for a quarter of an hour Write poems on the freeway Write screenplays in between submitting faxes Draw pictures at the Wendy's drive through window on your way to do your taxes Because you're not a child, you're not a child Days flash by, like numbers on a TV dial Forget that novel, man, could be Haiku is more your style Making art on the run art on the run Ar-ar-art on the run Art on the run, ar-ar-art on the run Chopin in his Chevrolet and digital machine Singing melodies while pumping gasoline Picture Michelangelo with a briefcase and a beeper When's the last time that you had a really good night's sleep? Stick your canvas by your car phone, Maybe paint a sailboat after lunch I hear you wrote a sonnet, One line every two days for a month Finish up that story, you can get another napkin from the waiter Put some clay inside your glove compartment Maybe you can sculpt a little later Shakespeare in the airport lobby drinking wine Calculating how to pay his rent on time Pack a lunch of liverwurst and half a dozen rhymes Making Art on the run, art on the run art on the run, ar-ar-art on the run art on the run, ar-ar-art on the run Mozart with his Casio and walkman and his pen Tries to write an opera before the phone can ring again Van Gogh painting greeting cards for a little extra cash I?ll finish that thought later, now I really have to dash Making art on the run Art on the run, ar-ar-art on the run Making art on the run Art on the run, ar-ar-art on the run Art on the run, ar-ar-art on the run Art on the run, ar-ar-art on the run