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there’s aggression in the air this morning
got your ballerina tights around my head
in a samurai pose on the bed
vanessa from queens
and the water dripping from the faucet
is like mardi gras on the twelfth of june
why don’t you let me let me let me love you
vanessa from queens
i've got the right to fly
i'm gonna show you the time of your life
i got the rights to fly
so give it up right then now x2
what about
well the avenue is in a panic
bob packwood wants to suck your toes
such a lovely lovely lovely way to go
vanessa from grecia that’s right
do you today wipe that body
keep the elements off with a smile
and never have to work another day
vanessa from queens
i've got the right to fly
i'm gonna show you the time of your life
i got the right to fly
so give it up right then now x2
got your ballerina tights around my head
in a samurai pose on the bed
vanessa from queens
is like mardi gras on the twelfth of june
why don’t you let me let me let me love you
vanessa from queens
i'm gonna show you the time of your life
i got the rights to fly
so give it up right then now x2
what about
bob packwood wants to suck your toes
such a lovely lovely lovely way to go
vanessa from grecia that’s right
keep the elements off with a smile
and never have to work another day
vanessa from queens
i'm gonna show you the time of your life
i got the right to fly
so give it up right then now x2
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Submitted by
foreverdoomed On Feb 27, 2005
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This song is a perfect reproduction of a 70's AM gold tune. It's got a light, early summer or early fall, airy, sort of urban populist Sesame Street New York tube tops and tube socks going to work in the morning or coming home from the office stepping over potato chip wrappers and streams of water from stripped fire hydrants kind of vibe. Oooh - that's right!
I believe in the fourth verse, it's "vanessa from gresham" not "grecia," whatever that even means...
Gresham is a suburb of Portland, which is where Stephen lives. Mystery solved.
Gresham is a suburb of Portland, which is where Stephen lives. Mystery solved.
Bob Packwood was a Republican senator from Oregon who's political career ended in the mid-nineties after he was accused of sexual assault by no fewer than 29 women. The song alludes to the life of a trophy wife, but takes on a contrastingly darker tone when paired with this little tidbit.
it should be "do your duty, work that body"not "do you today wipe that body"
You are right, it is "work that body". I think it is actually Vannessa from 'gression. And a lovely way to go may be a reference to Bob packwood resigning. That being with her would be a lovely way for him to "go"-- that resignation would be worth it.
You are right, it is "work that body". I think it is actually Vannessa from 'gression. And a lovely way to go may be a reference to Bob packwood resigning. That being with her would be a lovely way for him to "go"-- that resignation would be worth it.
I get the trophy wife reference with "the avenue" lyric and her ballerina tights. She's high society and he is well... kind of goofy. He's trying to prove that being with him would be on hell of a ride.
I get the trophy wife reference with "the avenue" lyric and her ballerina tights. She's high society and he is well... kind of goofy. He's trying to prove that being with him would be on hell of a ride.
I am actually more of...
I am actually more of a neo soul hip hip fan but man, alot of this sort of music is really getting to me (alot of these artists defy genre). I am so impressed. Kind of brings an old rock and roll feel back.