Art Lover 
Composer(s): Ray Davies
First release by: The Kinks - 1981



Sunday afternoon there's something special 
It's just like another world 
Jogging in the park is my excuse 
To look at all the little girls

I'm not a flasher in a rain coat 
I'm not a dirty old man 
I'm not gonna snatch you from your mother 
I'm an art lover 
Come to daddy
Ah, come to daddy 
Come to daddy 

Pretty little legs, I want to draw them 
Like a Degas ballerina 
Pure white skin, like porcelain 
She's a work of art and I should know 
I'm an art lover
Come to daddy
And I'll give you some spangles 

Little girl don't notice me 
Watching as she innocently plays 
She can't see me staring at her 
Because I'm always wearing shades 
She feeds the ducks, looks at the flowers 
I follow her around for hours and hours 
I'd take her home, but that could never be 
She's just a substitute 
For what's been taken from me 
Ah, come to daddy, come on 

Sunday afternoon can't last forever 
Wish I could take you home 
So, come on, give us a smile 
Before you vanish out of view 
I've learned to appreciate you 
The way art lovers do 
And I only want to look at you