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Perfect 10 Lyrics

Paul:
She's a Perfect 10
But she wears a 12
Baby, keep a little 2 for me
She could be sweet 16
Bustin' out of the seams
It's still love in first degree

Jacqui:
When he's at my gate
With a big fat 8
You wanna see the smile on my face
And even at my door
With a poor poor 4
There ain't no man can replace

Both:
'Cause we love our love
In different sizes
I love her body
Especially the lies
Time takes it's toll
But not on the eyes
Promise me this
Take me tonight

Jacqui:
If he's extra large (paul: "that's me")
Well I'm in charge
I can work this thing on top
If he's XXL
Well what the hell
Every penny don't fit the slot

Paul:
All the anorexic chicks
The model 6
They don't hold no weight with me
Well 8 or 9,
Well that's just fine
But I like to hold something I can see

Both:
'Cause we love our love
In different sizes
I love her body
Especially the lies
Time takes it's toll
But not on the eyes
Promise me this
Take me tonight

Paul:
I bought a watch
To time your beauty
But I've had to fit a second hand

Jacqui:
I've bought a calendar
And every month
Is taken up by loverman

Both:
'Cause we love our love
In different sizes
I love her body
Especially the lies
Time takes it's toll
But not on the eyes
Promise me this
Take me tonight
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real interesting tidbit: during one of their tours, jacqui just up and quit, so they had to go on without her. paul and another guy from the band did this duet. cool?

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How crap is that. where would the comedy value be with a man singing. Oh wait, there it is!

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"If he's XXL Well what the hell Every penny don't fit the slot"

is such a great lyric

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If he's extra large Well I'm in charge I can work this thing on top

lmao. larv it.

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I'm not a native english speaker and wonder, what the hell are things like "a perfect 10" or "she wears a 12"? Has it a real meaning or is it just nonsense?

JohnnyTrash, "perfect 10" is an expression meaning a very pretty girl (scores 10 out of 10 for attractiveness) and "she wears a 12" is about clothes sizes, girls' dress sizes go 8, 10, 12, 14 etc in the UK. It's a pun, they usually don't translate very well unfortunately.

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Uh- size 12 is not "worn my fat people", I'm hastened to add! It's smaller than the British average which is a 16..

@Fifem_x I know I'm a bit late to comment but I grew up in the 80s and the dress sizes have definitely shrunk a size and people got bigger. If you are a size 14 now you would have been a 12 back then. Average dress size back then was 12. 10 was preferred and size 8 for thin pretty people. 6 did not exist and no one would have thought 4 possible! Plus he was probably getting his womens dress size info from his mum/friend who may have lied about her dress size

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I think it means she's a perfect size 10, but she wears a size 12 so there's "a little two" left over, space for him to get his hands inside her clothes perhaps.

And a size 12 is not fat, "73" you may be thinking of an American size 12 which is a lot bigger than the British size 12 (the band is British) that they are singing about. A size 12 is often regarded as a highly sought after figure.

@Retrographic perfect 10 just means perfect. Nothing to do with size. It's a score. As in 10 out of 10. Meaning Perfect.

@Retrographic perfect 10 just means perfect. Nothing to do with size. It's a score. As in 10 out of 10. Meaning Perfect.

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is it me or are the lines

"When he's at my gate, with a big fat 8".. not actually what she says

i have ripped the lyrics off the song to listen and i can hear

"when hes at my game, with a big fat aim."

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One of the best songs written that tells it like it is,

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Btw The lyric is ..When he's at my door, With a four point four.

As in 4.4 like gymnastic scoring.

@ThornyFlower you misheard the lyric, it is as written above:

And even at my door with a poor, poor four.

The meaning, well just as with the previous line expressing her delight at the prospect of a “big fat 8” both refer to penis size. The point being she doesn’t mind if it’s a big fat 8 or a poor poor 4.

Nothing to do with gymnastic scoring.