Pablo Picasso

The lyrics present a comic, exaggerated portrait of Pablo Picasso as someone who attracts women effortlessly. They contrast him with ordinary men, who may be insulted when they try to approach women. The repeated, playful lines about swinging on a porch and hanging by his fingernails interrupt this boastful story, giving the song a loose, almost absurd mood rather than a serious argument.

The girls turning “the colour of a juicy avocado” suggests they become green—perhaps with excitement, embarrassment, or jealousy—when Picasso passes. The lyrics do not specify which feeling, so the image works partly as a joke. His “stare” is described as irresistible, while the claim that he is only five-foot-three makes his appeal seem unrelated to conventional ideas about height. “Not like you” directly teases the listener, implying that Picasso gets away with behavior that would earn others an insult.

The song may be celebrating Picasso’s imagined charisma, but it also seems to poke fun at the idea that charm excuses rude or pushy behavior. Its claims are deliberately broad and repetitive, so they need not be taken as factual statements about Picasso or the women in the song. The final shift from fingernails to “picture nails” adds another surreal joke, linking the repeated image back to the artist’s identity.