i met a frenchman in a field last night he was out there with an easel painting carnival light he said i used to paint the princess i used to paint the frogs now i paint moustaches on dangerous dogs sometimes it s a country sometimes it s a girl you know everybody got to have a purpose in this world you yankees are so silly about matters of the heart don t you know that women are the only works of art and you re drivin with your eyes closed you re drivin with your eyes closed you re drivin with your eyes closed and you re gonna hit somethin but that s the way it goes some guys were born to rimbaud some guys breathe baudelaire some guys just got to go and put their rockets everywhere you can breed em by the thousands you can check em you can train just look at all those poor dogs that are dragged down by the seine how many arrows must i shoot into the blue ahh you little maniac i m crazy over you so before the death of lovers and the punishment of pride let s go scrape on the terrazzo it s just too hot outside and you re drivin with your eyes closed you re drivin with your eyes closed you re drivin with your eyes closed and you re gonna hit somethin but that s the way it goes 