Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

2cv

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she drove her mother's car, 'twas a deux cheval
I was most impressed by the casual dress
I was most impressed
inside her rented room colored deepest blue
I suppose we found some kind of happiness
to fill the emptiness

we were simply wasting precious time
hiding from the cruelest summer sun

she drove her mother's car to get away from me
heaven knows that I, I can sympathize
oh I can sympathize
oh we were never close, if the truth were told
all we ever shared was a taste in clothes
oh we were never close

we were simply losing everything
underneath the cruelest london sun

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kipoda1618 On Mar 05, 2005

Are you ready to be heartbroken?

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by CharmingMan

20y ago

From the great Rattlesnakes album. Although he now lives in Mnhatten, English born Lloyd made his name on the Glasgow college circuit in the early 80s. He had a very literate writing style, highly descriptive lyrics dropping in anything from book quotes and actress names to french phrases and street names. Rattlesnakes 1984 album is one of the best 80s albums (NME regularly state it as a top 10 80s album) and is now acknowledged as a brit pop landmark. This song along with "ready to be heartbroken...) are my personal favourites from the album.
This song reflects a summer spent with a girl and her Mothers' 2CV.

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by wil_75

18y ago

Gre

the first line is "she drove her mother's car, 'twas a deux chevaux"

chevaux is the plural of cheval in french...for this exemple its mean is "horsepower"

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