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Charlie No. 1 Lyrics
I've seen her type before
Sandals and the hair
They fall in love with big dumb boys
And we sit and stare
So we walked the long way home
Glasses in our hands
When the last of the ice is eaten
Throw them as far as we can
There's a problem, there's no sleepy girl
Wrap you in her loving arms
There's a lizard on the doorstep
And there is music in my head
We put the world on hold
Two young men growing old
Talk of years like lost weekends
And the harbour shrugs
Cos' Friends are getting fewer
And we vow life will be fuller
And if the last of our dreams are broken
We'll walk the same way home
There's a problem, there's no sleepy girl
Wrap you in her loving arms
There's no sleepy girl
Wrap you in her loving arms
There's a lizard on the doorstep
And there is music in my head
There's a gold star on your forehead
But there is trouble up a head, Charlie
What'll become of us?
I had my dreams for the both of us
For the both of us
You might be unworthy
You remember what I remember
That’s enough to care
You don't fall of the rails
Sandals and the hair
They fall in love with big dumb boys
And we sit and stare
So we walked the long way home
Glasses in our hands
When the last of the ice is eaten
Throw them as far as we can
There's a problem, there's no sleepy girl
Wrap you in her loving arms
There's a lizard on the doorstep
And there is music in my head
We put the world on hold
Two young men growing old
Talk of years like lost weekends
And the harbour shrugs
Cos' Friends are getting fewer
And we vow life will be fuller
And if the last of our dreams are broken
We'll walk the same way home
There's a problem, there's no sleepy girl
Wrap you in her loving arms
There's no sleepy girl
Wrap you in her loving arms
There's a lizard on the doorstep
And there is music in my head
There's a gold star on your forehead
But there is trouble up a head, Charlie
What'll become of us?
I had my dreams for the both of us
For the both of us
You might be unworthy
You remember what I remember
That’s enough to care
You don't fall of the rails
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Two friends are walking home, fresh out of the pubs, and they're lamenting about their lost youth and wondering what the future holds.
its so sad cosa charlies future i wonder what happen tp the other guy
This song is part of a trilogy (Charlie no. 1, Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie no. 2) and Charlie no. 3) that tell the story of Tim's best friend and former bandmate Stevie Plunder. This song in particular is just about the two friends and the good times they used to have. The ending is a hint of the troubled times that were to come - "and that's enough to care you don't fall off the rails" leads into Stevie's developing drug problem that is elaborated on in Buy Now Pay Later. Charlie no. 3, of course, then depicts the sad tale of Stevie's suicide in 1996, and how it affected Tim. I've always considered The Curse Stops Here as a bit of an epilogue to the Charlie trilogy, as it was written following the suicide of Tim's other best mate and bandmember Andy Lewis in 2000. It gives mention to Stevie in it, and just sort of wraps the whole ordeal up. It's a very sad topic.