A life-long renegade, singer/songwriter David Allan Coe was one of the most colorful and unpredictable characters in country music history. One of the pioneering artists of the outlaw country movement of the '70s, he didn't have many big hits — only three of his singles hit the Top Ten — but he was among the biggest cult figures in country music throughout his career. Born in Akron, OH, Coe first got into trouble with the law at age nine. As a result, he was sent to reform school. For the next 20 years, he never spent more than a handful of months outside of a correctional facility — he spent much of his twenties in the Ohio State Penitentiary.
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Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile Lyrics

David Allan Coe

Mona Lisa lost her smile,
The painter's hands are trembling now.
And if she's out there running wild,
It's just because I taught her how.
The masterpiece that we had planned
Is laying shattered on the ground.
Mona Lisa lost her smile,
And the painter's hands are trembling now.
And the eyes that used to burn for me,
Now they no longer look my way.
And the love that used to be,
Why it just got lost in yesterday.
And if she seems cold to the touch
Well, there used to be a flame.
I gave too little, took too much,
'Till I erased the painter's name.
Mona Lisa lost her smile,
The painter's hands are trembling now.
And if she's out there running wild,
It's just because I taught her how.
The masterpiece that we had planned
Is laying shattered on the ground.
Mona Lisa lost her smile,
And the painter's hands are trembling now.
Mona Lisa lost her smile,
And the painter's hands are trembling now.
And if she's out there running wild,
It's just because I taught her how.
And the masterpiece that we had planned,
It's laying there shattered on the ground.
Mona Lisa lost her smile,
And the painter's hands are trembling now.