Artists And Models

Written for: Artists And Models (1955)
Performer: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
Lyric: Jack Brooks
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1955, 1956
Original publisher: Paramount Music Corporation

Verse:

All you very lovely ladies in your very fancy frocks,
And you fellows with the palettes, in your most artistic smocks,
Use your thumb to get perspective of a world that's drab and gray,
Add a lot of color and frame it just that way;

Chorus 1:

You can trace the myst'ry of ancient hist'ry
Through art of artists and their models.
You can comb through the Rome Coliseum
In the rear of your nearest museum.
There's the Mona Lisa, the Tow'r of Pisa,
A cowhand's daughter out in Texas;
And there's modern art to see
That makes ya wonder what the heck it's meant to be!
On the streets of Montmarte,
There's a Frenchie kind of art
That is strictly for the tourist from the sticks;
And those wise Greenwich guys
Really open up your eyes
Painting portraits of their pretty little chicks.
So, to each creator and imitator
Who daubs 'n' dabbles with the brushes,
To the guys who draw the bunnies
For the Sunday morning funnies,
And brighten up the world today,
And to ev'ry girl that poses
And to ev'ry Grandma Moses,
We'd like to tip the old berét!

Chorus 2 (from movie):

Let me warn you, stranger, that red means danger,
Beware of any gal that wears it.
I agree she may be very gracious,
But you'll find that she's kinda flirtatious.
Oh, I'd like to pilot a gal in vi'let,
A shrinking vi'let is my pleasure.
Hear my heart go "Whoop-de-doo,"
To any baby dressed in periwinkle blue.
If a girl's wearing lime,
You can squeeze her ev'ry time,
For a lime is something anyone can squeeze.
Any gal wearing green 
Makes a most enchanting queen,
She's the kind of queen who always aims to please (Ooh).
Oh, I'm really sold on a gal with gold on,
If I could find her, what a treasure;
To a gal that's wearin' yella,
I'm a very mellow fella,
This shade of blue is just my kind,
You will never hear me knocking
Any pink that's really shocking,
I think we're going color-blind.