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So Like Candy Lyrics
here lies the powder and perfume
the pretty clothes are scattered 'round the room
and it's so like candy
here lies the lipstick and the face
the coloured tablets keep it all in place
and it's so like candy
so like candy
(chorus)
what did i do to make her go
why must she be the one
that i have to love
so like candy
here lies a picture of a girl
her arms are tight around that lucky guy
and it's so like candy
and in her eyes a certain look
i thought i'd seen the last of long ago
and it's so like candy
so like candy
(chorus)
i remember the day that picture was taken
we were so happy then
but that's so like candy
she seemed so sweet to me i was mistaken
oh no not that again
but that's so like candy
she just can't face the day
so she turns and melts away
here lie the records that she scratched
and on the sleeve i find a note attached
and it's so like candy
"my darling dear it's such a waste"
she couldn't say "goodbye"
but "i admire your taste"
and it's so like candy
so like candy
the pretty clothes are scattered 'round the room
and it's so like candy
the coloured tablets keep it all in place
and it's so like candy
so like candy
what did i do to make her go
why must she be the one
that i have to love
so like candy
her arms are tight around that lucky guy
and it's so like candy
i thought i'd seen the last of long ago
and it's so like candy
so like candy
we were so happy then
but that's so like candy
she seemed so sweet to me i was mistaken
oh no not that again
but that's so like candy
she just can't face the day
so she turns and melts away
and on the sleeve i find a note attached
and it's so like candy
"my darling dear it's such a waste"
she couldn't say "goodbye"
but "i admire your taste"
and it's so like candy
so like candy
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This is one of a group of songs EC wrote with Paul McCartney. Too bad they didn't do more, because they are some of the greatest that either produced, IMHO.
At first blush, the lyrics seems to be a lament for a failed relationship with a girl named Candy, who is messy and careless with others' possessions. The ambiguous mention of powder and tablets hint that either Candy died of a drug overdose, or the relationship failed because of her drug use.
Alternately, Candy may not be the name of the girl at all, but a euphemism for drugs. Looked at this way, the girl is unnamed. It is so like Candy to be great in the early stages of use, but to eventually make your life ruined and chaotic and drive your loved ones away.
I'm getting a ex-girlfriend-dead-from-overdose vibe from this...
First of all, this is my favorite song, for 17 years. I think Candy and the guy there singing about were soul-mates but Candy had enough so she had to leave, I personaly think she did do something to herself, and now he's saying "its so like candy"