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Eighties Fan Lyrics
You know it really wont surprise me
If you're a wreck by the age of fourteen
The way you look
The way you look is fine
So often colour coordinated
your sister she's an Eighties fan
But that's alright
Have I told you so is mine
You say your life will be the death of you
Tell me, do you wash your hair in honey dew?
And long for all of them to fall in love with you
But they never do
Drinking vodka on the fly
Your mother has a watchful eye
So look out kid
She's onto you this time
Run away to a bed and breakfast
Console yourself with the Reader's Digest
Ringing the Yellow Pages all alone
You say your life will be the death of you
Tell me, do you wash your hair in honey dew?
And long for all of them to fall in love with you
But they never do
No they never do
I'm gonna tell you something good about yourself
I'll say it now and I'll never say it about no one else
I'm gonna tell you something good about yourself
I'll say it now and I'll never say it about no one else
About no one else
If you're a wreck by the age of fourteen
The way you look
The way you look is fine
your sister she's an Eighties fan
But that's alright
Have I told you so is mine
Tell me, do you wash your hair in honey dew?
And long for all of them to fall in love with you
But they never do
Your mother has a watchful eye
So look out kid
She's onto you this time
Console yourself with the Reader's Digest
Ringing the Yellow Pages all alone
Tell me, do you wash your hair in honey dew?
And long for all of them to fall in love with you
But they never do
No they never do
I'll say it now and I'll never say it about no one else
I'll say it now and I'll never say it about no one else
About no one else
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no fucking way!! i just spent the last 20 mins writing down the lyrics to this song!! and u beat me!! i cant believe this....incredible.....you rule dude. lets go get milk shakes sometime
where are they from? some things she sings makes it sound like they're from some crazy place.... I like the song though.
Glasgow is a crazy place.
actually i found some mistakes. or perhaps i was the one who got it wrong, but i think it should be: 'You say YOUR life will be the death of you'. 'Tell me do you wash your hair in honey DEW' 'READING yellow pages all alone'
isn't it "so often color-coordinated" instead of "So often calico words in eighties" ?
Ah, Cámera Obscura rock... yes, they're from Glasgow, where I too spent most of my life (and saw them often... ironically, though, I mostly saw them down in London.) I love this track; although my favourite has to be 'Before you cry,' whose lyrics are unfortunately not up here; you should try to find the track-- from Underacheivers Please Try Harder-- and fall in love witht. Anyway, a few points:
. yeah, Misfit Creep and Kay-arla are absolutely right... although I find the idea of Calico words in Eighties really evocative.
. she's saying 'your love will be the death of you,' not life. For people not used to Tracyanne's accent, love & life can seem interchangeable, but there is a definite difference...
it is honey dew. the lyrics are in the CD fold out.
i absolutely loooooooveeeeee this song!!!! this was the first camera obscura song i ever heard and remains to be my favourite. possibly one of my favourite all time songs! if i could only listen to one song for the rest of my life this may well be the song i would choose... Yeh i think it makes more sense to be "love" rather than "life" - its the glaswegian accent-tricky to understand sometimes!
those lyrics are wrong, i've tried to post the correct lyrics but i was unsuccessful:
You know it really wont surprise me If you're a wreck by the age of fourteen The way you look The way you look is fine
So often colour coordinated your sister she's an Eighties fan But that's alright Have I told you so is mine
You say your life will be the death of you Tell me, do you wash your hair in honey dew? And long for all of them to fall in love with you But they never do
Drinking vodka on the fly Your mother has a watchful eye So look out kid She's onto you this time
Run away to a bed and breakfast Console yourself with the Reader's Digest Ringing the Yellow Pages all alone
You say your life will be the death of you Tell me, do you wash your hair in honey dew? And long for all of them to fall in love with you But they never do No they never do
I'm gonna tell you something good about yourself I'll say it now and I'll never say it about no one else
I'm gonna tell you something good about yourself I'll say it now and I'll never say it about no one else About no one else
i absolutely adore this song. most definitely one of my favorites to date. gosh.