Charles Bukowski
Style Is the Answer
[Lyrics "Style Is the Answer"]

[Intro]
Style is the answer to everything
Fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing
To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without style
To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art

[Verse 1]
Bullfighting can be a, an art
Boxing can be an art
Loving can be an art
Opening a can of sardines can be an art

Not many have style
Not many can keep style
I have seen dogs with more style than men
Although not many dogs have style
Cats have it with abundance

[Chorus]
Style is the answer to everything

[Verse 2]
When Hemingway put his brains to the wall with a shotgun
That was style
Or sometimes people give you style
Joan of Arc had style
John the Baptist
Jesus
Socrates
Caesar
García Lorca
[Verse 3]
I have met men in jail with style
I have met more men in jail with style than men out of jail
Style is the difference, a way of doing, a way of being done
Six herons standing quietly in a pool of water
Or you, walking naked out of the bathroom without seeing me

[Chorus]
Style is the answer to everything
Style is the answer to everything