In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Just like a rollin' stone
I'm outside lookin' in
But if your chance came would you take it
Where on earth do I begin
I'm Mandy fly me
I've often heard her jingle
It's never struck a chord
With a smile as bright as sunshine
She called me through the poster
And welcomed me aboard
She led me she fed me
She read me like a book
But I'm hiding in the small print
Won't you take another look
And take me away
Try me Mandy fly me away
The world was spinning like a ball
And then it wasn't there at all
And as my heart began to fall
I saw her walking on the water
As the sharks were comin' for me
I felt Mandy pull me up give me the kiss of life
Just like the girl in Dr. No No No No
Ah when they pulled me from the wreckage
And her body couldn't be found
Was it in my mind it seems
I had a crazy dream
I told them so but they said no no no no
I found me on a street
And starin' at a wall
If it hadn't have been for Mandy
Her promise up above me
Well I wouldn't be here at all
So if you're travellin' in the sky
Don't be surprised if someone said Hi
I'm Mandy fly me
I'm outside lookin' in
But if your chance came would you take it
Where on earth do I begin
I'm Mandy fly me
I've often heard her jingle
It's never struck a chord
With a smile as bright as sunshine
She called me through the poster
And welcomed me aboard
She led me she fed me
She read me like a book
But I'm hiding in the small print
Won't you take another look
And take me away
Try me Mandy fly me away
The world was spinning like a ball
And then it wasn't there at all
And as my heart began to fall
I saw her walking on the water
As the sharks were comin' for me
I felt Mandy pull me up give me the kiss of life
Just like the girl in Dr. No No No No
Ah when they pulled me from the wreckage
And her body couldn't be found
Was it in my mind it seems
I had a crazy dream
I told them so but they said no no no no
I found me on a street
And starin' at a wall
If it hadn't have been for Mandy
Her promise up above me
Well I wouldn't be here at all
So if you're travellin' in the sky
Don't be surprised if someone said Hi
I'm Mandy fly me
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The guy is looking up at a National Airlines poster at the stewardess on there, and has a fantasy about her saving him. However when he snaps out of it, he's back on the street in America - and he would never have been there if it hadn't of been for the allure of the poster getting him to fly from the UK (presumably - it is 10cc after all) in the first place.
This song is like Part 2 of Clockwork Creep. The man takes the flight because he is attracted to the Mandy on the poster. The plane blows up, he is thrown in the water, and the stewardess saves him--only she was dead! 10cc should never be taken too seriously--this a jokey song.
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This is a song of pure imagination. He sees the girl in the poster and goes on an impossible adventure with her before he returns to reality... but then he concludes, "If it hadn't have been for Mandy... I wouldn't be here at all." It completely blurs the lines between fantasy and reality.
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Really...this song "I'm Mandy. fly me.." is about being on a acid trip...Mandy is the trip you lick and enjoy.
I immediately thought of the drug, ''Mandies'' as well. Also Bill Wyman of the Stones had an affair with 13 year old Mandy Rice-Davis, hence the line, ''Just like a Rolling Stone, I'm outside looking in, but if your chance came would you take it?'' meaning, would you do the same as Bill in that situation? I think the singer is high on ''Mandies'' and fantasising about going with a (much) younger woman and being 'rescued' by her.
I meant Mandy Smith. How do you edit your comments on here?
@hippychick67 <br /> The song was written in 1974-5, long before the Bill Wyman thing.
Mandy Rice-Davies was a model in the UK, who was involved in the Profumo affair in 1963. I only know that from a Phil Ochs song. (And then it was also on The Crown, but I can't remember if Mandy was in that episode or just Christine Keeler.)
I remember this song from when I was a teenager. I always thought it was about someone driving along, seeing the sexy poster, getting distracted and ending up crashing (maybe half-conscious in his crashed car seeing the poster again and thinking, "If it hadn't have been for Mandy, I wouldn't be here at all").
Ah well, it could have been.
I think this song is about a man who sees an ad for an Airline. There is a lady (flight attendant) on there called Mandy. The man fantasises about him going on a flight with her but the plane crashes. Mandy saves him.
the drug thing seems quite relevant but i wonder if he was tripping saw this sexy poster imagined him flying without a plane of course! with her the world was spinning then went he was coming down and realised it was just a fantasy well whatever its a great song holds lots of teenage memories and lets face it who the hell understands 10cc songs anyway? if you are tripping no doubt they will make perfect sense let you know