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Georgie and Her Rival Lyrics

georgie grew to hate her name
it sounded like a tiny man
and the one she had said
"i can't see you, but i'll call you whatever i can"
sometimes the phone would ring, when she was half asleep
a voice would drag her down with its suggestions
though she often felt cheated, she never felt cheap

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well heaven knows what fills the heart
and makes you feel so alive
it's impossible to tear apart
georgie and her rival

it was half past february
and he hadn't called new year's day
maybe he'd found another woman
to say those words no chapel girl should say
her mother would phone and always keep her talking
she'd try to be polite, making faces
but somewhere in the back of her mind her rival was stalking

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her rival would always wait 'til the eighth or ninth bell
he'd be desperate anyway and drunk as well
she always liked to hurt him to prove he was prepared
to lover her anyway that she wanted
so she could tell which she preferred

he sat up with his address book
trying to think what mood he's in
his finger traced past georgie's name
to someone who needed less persuading
he didn't hear through her disguise he didn't leave her in a rush
just like the promise that he left on her machine
that almost made her blush
the radio plays a lover's symphony
"the number you have dialed has been re-directed"
now she puts him on the speaker-phone
whenever she has company

(chorus)
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Cover art for Georgie and Her Rival lyrics by Elvis Costello

So what's this one about anyway? Georgie has dated some guy, but she doesn't really like him - she considers him a "tiny man". Anyway, there's another woman that guy's also into, that's her rival. That woman talks dirty with him, which Georgie won't do. In fact, Georgie's a bit of a homebody who talks to her mother on the phone a lot.

Well, the guy is a drunk, and he's going through his address book to call the rival, but he calls Georgie by mistake and leaves a message on her answering machine (Early '90s technology there, answering machine and address book!) which is dirty. It makes her blush! So whenever she has company over she plays the guy's message to her friends and it's a laugh!

Am I right about this?