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Grey Days Lyrics
Dressed in lilac
with a scarf wrapped 'round your head
All that beauty fading in the dark
Hope and youth they with come the grey
Dressed in Jackie
Dress she wore some fall before
Revolutionary for the day
Technicolour made it stay the same
Baby, baby, baby you have to leave this town
Flag in one hand
Polished shoes for perfect march
Eight hours of practice is too long
With no one there to see your victory dance
Like a kitten
You sure adored the sun
Ocean view, the blue called out for you
Swim suit on, what kept you in the grey
Love the city
Yet you stay in that old house
Mother's voice the only noise you know
Doing what she loves the most, not you
with a scarf wrapped 'round your head
All that beauty fading in the dark
Hope and youth they with come the grey
Dress she wore some fall before
Revolutionary for the day
Technicolour made it stay the same
Polished shoes for perfect march
Eight hours of practice is too long
With no one there to see your victory dance
You sure adored the sun
Ocean view, the blue called out for you
Swim suit on, what kept you in the grey
Yet you stay in that old house
Mother's voice the only noise you know
Doing what she loves the most, not you
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After the penultimate verse the chorus changes to "Baby, baby, baby you have to leave for good" and with the last verse sung, the two variations are rotated.
One of my favourites on In Colour, on face value it seems to paint a picture of a girl who's being smothered by her mothers rule, what adventurous nature she had being slowly sucked out of her. Accordingly, the Concretes urge the protagonist to escape the depressing clutches of her mother and live her life - for her self.
It should be "Mother's songs". No big deal though. This song is beautiful.
'Hope and youth they with come the grey' With should be changed to wither
'Hope and youth they with come the grey' With should be changed to wither
About Grey Gardens, perhaps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Gardens