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Imelda Lyrics
She's going shopping, shopping for shoes.
She want them in magenta and Caribbean blue.
Platinum and buttercup, lilac and black.
They fill a bucket up and laugh behind her back.
Imelda baby, Imelda baby what to do?
All the poor people saying that they gotta quit paying for you.
In New York and Paris on the Champs Elyssée
They see her coming from a long, long way.
They clap their hands together when they get her in their store.
She's gonna wanna get more more more [and more and more]
Imelda baby, Imelda baby what to do?
All the poor people saying that they gotta quit paying for you.
Everyone's gone Jackie O
She was a regular here.
We thought madame would like to know
We've got the blood red rouge right here.
Now we've got all of madame's requisites and all in madame's size.
Madame's taste is truly exquisite she must accessorise.
The belts are alligator the bags are kangaroo.
Enchanté may I say the jade was made for you
Imelda baby ,Imelda baby what to do?
All the poor people saying that they gotta quit paying for you
Imelda baby, Imelda baby what to do?
All the poor people saying that they gotta quit paying for you
She want them in magenta and Caribbean blue.
Platinum and buttercup, lilac and black.
They fill a bucket up and laugh behind her back.
Imelda baby, Imelda baby what to do?
All the poor people saying that they gotta quit paying for you.
They see her coming from a long, long way.
They clap their hands together when they get her in their store.
She's gonna wanna get more more more [and more and more]
Imelda baby, Imelda baby what to do?
All the poor people saying that they gotta quit paying for you.
She was a regular here.
We thought madame would like to know
We've got the blood red rouge right here.
Madame's taste is truly exquisite she must accessorise.
The belts are alligator the bags are kangaroo.
Enchanté may I say the jade was made for you
Imelda baby ,Imelda baby what to do?
All the poor people saying that they gotta quit paying for you
All the poor people saying that they gotta quit paying for you
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Submitted by
berzerk On Jan 09, 2007
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This song is obviously about Imelda Marcos, the wife of late Philipine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. She was famous for her shopping tours in Paris, New York, etc. in the 80s. She was said to have one of the largest collections of shoes in the world. The song depicts one of her shopping tours paid for by the Philipine people. The last line of the refrain foreshadows the revolution of 1984
hmm...i've gotta consider an interview i watched wherein he said the "Imelda" reference wasn't necessarily about her specifically; rather, it was . . . and then something i didn't quite catch. but i agree there're all kinds of reasons to think exactly what you wrote, berzerk.
hmm...i've gotta consider an interview i watched wherein he said the "Imelda" reference wasn't necessarily about her specifically; rather, it was . . . and then something i didn't quite catch. but i agree there're all kinds of reasons to think exactly what you wrote, berzerk.
p.s.--are you? =0)
p.s.--are you? =0)