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On A Summer's Day
02:45
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On a summer's day
Lie down in the hotel
I think I'll get me a tan
Beneath the electric fan
On a summer's day
On a summer's day
Wander through the old town
A sad Napoleon
Slaps an accordion
On a summer's day
And I don't
Speak the language
No I don't
Speak the language
Vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
Voulez vous?
On a summer's day
Feel a little thirsty
I'll sit down in the square
Write her a postcard from there
On a summer's day
But I don't
Speak the language
No I don't
Speak the language
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2. |
That's What I Like
03:12
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Girls with glasses and twopenny asses
That's what I like
Big ol' fat ones, yellow and black ones
That's what I like
Ladies from Boston with college degrees
Swimmers and gymnasts with knobbly knees
Working class mothers and rich divorcees
That's what I like
Fun ones with dimples, young ones with pimples
That's what I like
Sly ones and strippers, shy ones in slippers
That's what I like
Farmer's daughters, engineers wives
Girls who throw parties and girls who throw knives
Spinsters who've made the most of their lives
That's what I like
But only just to look
Darling, I promise on the book
Born again Christians who read Solzhenitsyn
That's what I like
Brunettes and redheads, feminists and deadheads
That's what I like
Girls who've been thirty for twenty five years
They like to dirty, so cover your ears
Ladies who ride you like charioteers
That's what I like
But only just to look
Darling, I promise on the book
Vegetarians hooked on vitamins
Arabs, Jews, senior citizens
Russians, Turks, Tutsis, Hutus
Busty girls from Tonga in tutus
Is it so strange? Is it so wrong?
I'm not ashamed to sing this song
'Cos that's what I like
That's what I like
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3. |
Skinny Little Girl
03:23
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Well, there's yellow, green and brown and there's red and blue
And she’s running me around in her second-hand shoes
She's just a girl
Skinny little girl
She's just a girl
Skinny little girl
I saw her mummy and her daddy at the factory
I said I call her on the phone she don't get back to me
She's just a girl
Skinny little girl
She's just a girl
Skinny little girl
But she's breaking my heart
That skinny little girl
Yes she's breaking my heart
That skinny little girl...
She’s got cinnamon eyes and a chocolate head
And when she smiles all the chocolate melts
She's just a girl
Skinny little girl
She's just a girl
Skinny little girl
She's just a girl
Skinny little girl
She's just a girl
Skinny little girl
But she's breaking my heart
That skinny little girl
Yes she's breaking my heart
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4. |
In The Pouring Rain
03:49
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Well the fog's coming down
And the moon is a blur
And you want something to eat
So you're wandering the streets
In the pouring rain
And your friends are all there
With a girl on each arm
Laughing, smoking cigarettes
And you’re all soaking wet
In the pouring rain
And everyone is smiling everyone is beautiful
And there's a silver lining, silver lining in your soul
And everything is shining everything is beautiful
All the policemen are drunk
Though the night's just begun
The whole city's gonna drown
And the wind will blow you down
In the pouring rain
And everyone is smiling everyone is beautiful
And there's a silver lining, silver lining in your soul
And everything is shining everything is beautiful
And the girl at your side
Holds your umbrella high
She's got everything you need
And her kisses are so sweet
In the pouring rain
And everyone is smiling everyone is beautiful
And there's a silver lining, silver lining in your soul
And everything is shining everything is beautiful
In the pouring rain
In the pouring rain
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5. |
Oh, Jeremy
03:16
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Oh Jeremy
You're scaring me
You look so weird
You've grown a beard
My Jeremy
I used to like
Your shiny face
You've changed your style
Your angel's smile
Looks out of place
When you see your elder sister you should pay her
To fetch a pair of scissors and a razor
'Cause you can't grow up
No you can't grow up
Have you forgotten who you are?
Oh Jeremy
Listen to me
Life's just begun
You're still so young
My Jeremy
Those silly girls
They'll break your heart
And plague your mind
Don't waste your time
Don't even start
I remember when you were just a little brat
Back when you elder sister still was fat
And you can't grow up
No you can't grow up
Have you forgotten who you are?
You're little Jeremy
And you're scaring me
Sweet little Jeremy
And tell your sister
I miss her
Tell your sister
I miss her
I really really miss her
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I'm taking a train to Istanbul
Carriage is full of sad-eyed men
Down to the shores of the phosphorous
Bosporus from the River Seine
She wrote me a postcard so wittily
I'll follow her like a ghost
Down through the ruins of Italy
On to the Barbary Coast
When will the sun and the moon combine
Realign to make her mine?
Soldiers are eating caviar
From a samovar, don't know who they are
Pheasants and capers and Turkish Delight
Women dressed in white on a moonlit night
She showed me a head on a golden coin
Of Alexander the Great
But when she danced like Salome I feared she'd have mine
On a silver plate
My lady is smoking a cigarette
From a minaret, close as I can get
Watching the people with all of their dreams
Pulling their longings behind
Finding that life is much more than it seems
So sweet yet so unkind
Flowers are blooming, so are the dead
Meadows are red in paradise
Steeples, scarecrows, wheels in the mud
Furrows of blood through fading eyes
She wrote me a postcard so wittily
I'll follow her like a ghost
Down through the ruins of Italy
On to the Barbary Coast
When will the sun and the moon combine
Realign to make her mine?
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7. |
Olivia
04:03
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Olivia
What you laughing for?
Your husband's lying on the street
Olivia
Please close the door
Put some slippers on your feet
Does this mean that you love me?
Does this mean that you want me inside you?
Did he love you as much as I do?
Olivia
Olivia
Don't kiss me now
They'll see your lipstick on my face
No need to fear
I'll dig a hole in the ground
We mustn't leave any trace
I won't let them accuse you
I won't let them abuse you or do you harm
Hold your baby in your arms
Olivia
Does this mean that you love me?
Does this mean that you want me inside you?
Did he love you as much as I do?
Olivia
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8. |
Sweet Little Isabel
01:41
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Sweet little Isabel
She treated me oh so well
But I didn't appreciate
My sweet little Isabel
She took me to restaurants
And she paid the bill
Then she took me home to bed
She asked so many questions
About my love affairs
But she never got upset
Sweet little Isabel
She told me I'd go straight to hell
Then she'd kiss me and laugh like a girl
My sweet little Isabel
She came to my concerts
And she never complained
When she had to stand in line
She let me do what I wanted
If it caused her pain
She said that it was fine
Oh, I wish that I'd treated her well
'Cause I miss my Isabel
My sweet little Isabel
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9. |
Queen Napoleon
03:38
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I'm so afraid
Of Queen Napoleon
I choose my words so well
Still I'm always wrong
She hurts me so
She thinks I'm strong
She doesn't know
The damage that she's done
Queen Napoleon
To catch a fly
I said to her
It takes a spoonful of honey
Not vinegar
Just comfort me
And understand
If you want me
Love me for who I am
Queen Napoleon
When we fight I know that I never can win
When it's time to stop she thinks that it’s time to begin
Should I dig myself out before she can dig herself in?
Just comfort me
And understand
If you want me
Love me for who I am
Queen Napoleon
Queen Napoleon
Queen Napoleon
Love me for who I am
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10. |
She Looks Like Catherine
02:42
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Do you see that stranger with the Isadora smile?
She's dressed up like a mannequin that's going out of style
I think I'll get a drink and talk with her a while
She looks like Catherine
Why do I go for girls like that?
A blue-eyed angel in a pork-pie hat
Oh baby come down
Oh baby come down
The way she stirs her soda and gets her fingers wet
The way she turns her shoulder as she smokes a cigarette
I've seen a lot of things I wish I could forget
She looks like Catherine
I'm gonna ask her how it feels
To be a pearl string necklace in a jar of eels
Oh baby come down
Oh baby come down
She looks like Catherine
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11. |
Lousy Mood
04:10
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They're playing music in the square
The birds are flying everywhere
The sun is shining; the sky is blue
There are so many things to do
Still I'm in a lousy mood
Lanterns hanging from the tree
A pretty girl in love with me
She's looking fine; yes life is good
Chianti wine and fancy food
Still I'm in a lousy mood
I'm not broken-hearted
I'm not in debt
Perhaps it's time I started medication
No, not yet
I know that I've been happy
I'll be happy once again
You'd like to hear a reason why
But I'm too tired to even try
Don't ask me to explain
Forgive me, dear, my company
I'm sure you hate this side of me
Forgive my frown, my attitude
You know I love you; don't think me rude
I'm just in a lousy mood
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12. |
Nobody Love Me
07:48
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Party's over
I'm walking home
A little drunk
All alone
Talked to a woman
With unusual eyes
We stared at the full moon
Then we said goodbye
Nobody love me
I should be blue
Nobody love me
Like they used to do
Ah, but there was a time
I'd get so scared
But nobody love me now
And I don't care
Taxi drivers
Think I need a ride
They slow down beside me
Before they pass on by
Got a feeling someone's watching me
Down from up on high
Advertising lady
Pasted to the sky
Nobody love me
I should be blue
Nobody love me
Like they used to do
Ah, but there was a time
I'd get so scared
But nobody love me now
And I don't care
Did the dishes
Before I left the flat
There'll be no mess
When I get back
I've lived a good life
Gonna live some more
I don't know who I don't know what
I don't who I don't know what
I don't know who or what's in store
Nobody love me
I should be blue
Nobody love me
Like they used to do
Ah, but there was a time
I'd get so scared
But nobody love me now
And I don't care
Just gonna live my life
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Spottiswoode & His Enemies New York, New York
For over 2 decades, Spottiswoode & His Enemies have been a constantly self-reinventing New York institution. The IMA winners
recently earned three more nominations for their 7th record, LOST IN THE CITY, “an immersive theater-of-the-mind love letter to New York”.
Spottiswoode's songs appear in numerous TV shows and films including Either Side Of Midnight for which he also wrote the screenplay.
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