clifford t. ward
scullery
You're my picture by Picasso  Lighting up our scullery  With your pans and pots and hot-plates  You'd brighten up any gallery.     I could paint a different picture  Leafy lanes and flower scenes  But amid your cooking mixture  You still have ingredients that make you shine  And when you take your apron off I know you're mine.    You're my photogenic model  From the glossy magazine  In among your kitchen structure  Soapy water, washing machine.    I could take a different picture  Rolling hills and flowing gowns  But amid the foaming texture  Dirty linen isn't all that starts to shine  In rubber gloves and faded jeans you still look fine.    INSTRUMENTAL    I could paint a different picture  Leafy lanes and flower scenes  But amid your cooking mixture  You still have ingredients that make you shine  And when you take your apron off I know you're mine.    You're my picture by Picasso  Lighting up our scullery  With your pans and pots and hot-plates  You'd brighten up any gallery.  