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Cindy Tells Me Lyrics
Cindy tells me, the rich girls are weeping,
Cindy tells me, they've given up sleeping alone
And now they're so confused
By their new freedoms.
And she tells me
They're selling up their maisonettes
Left their Hotpoints to rust in their kitchenettes
And they're saving their labors for insane reading.
Some of them lose, and some of them lose,
But that's what they want, and that's what they choose.
It's a burden, such a burden
Oh what a burden to be so relied on.
Some of them lose, and some of them lose,
But that's what they want, and that's what they choose.
It's a burden, such a burden
Oh what a burden to be so relied on.
Cindy tell me
What will they do with their lives?
Living quietly, like laborers' wives
Perhaps they'll reacquire those things
They've all disposed of.
Cindy tells me, they've given up sleeping alone
And now they're so confused
By their new freedoms.
They're selling up their maisonettes
Left their Hotpoints to rust in their kitchenettes
And they're saving their labors for insane reading.
But that's what they want, and that's what they choose.
It's a burden, such a burden
Oh what a burden to be so relied on.
But that's what they want, and that's what they choose.
It's a burden, such a burden
Oh what a burden to be so relied on.
What will they do with their lives?
Living quietly, like laborers' wives
Perhaps they'll reacquire those things
They've all disposed of.
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It's about the trials and tribulations of college girls. 'They've given up sleeping alone.' Goodbye mom and dad, hello bringing strangers home. 'Left the hot points to rust in the kitchenettes/And they're saving their labor for insane readings.' Ignoring domestic standards and instead throwing themselves into their studies. 'Living quietly'.. This is Britain in the early-70s so these aren't your spring break drunkards but upper-class or art-school women who take their studies seriously.
@RobotBoy nope. It's a sarcastic, sardonic jab at feminism. The lyrics are pretty obvious, but if that's not enough, there are interviews with Eno where he clarifies things with regards to the song
@RobotBoy nope. It's a sarcastic, sardonic jab at feminism. The lyrics are pretty obvious, but if that's not enough, there are interviews with Eno where he clarifies things with regards to the song