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Pyjamarama Lyrics
Couldn't sleep a wink last night
Oh how I love to hold you tight
They say you have a secret life
Made sacrifice your key to paradise
Nevermind, take the world by storm
Just boogaloo a rhapsody divine
Take a sweet girl just like you
How nice if only we could bill and coo
I may seem a fool to you
for everything I say or think or do
How could I apologise for all those lies
The world may keep us far apart
but up in heaven, angel
you can have my heart
Diamonds may be your best friend
But like laughter after tears
I'll follow you to the end
Oh how I love to hold you tight
They say you have a secret life
Made sacrifice your key to paradise
Nevermind, take the world by storm
Just boogaloo a rhapsody divine
Take a sweet girl just like you
How nice if only we could bill and coo
for everything I say or think or do
How could I apologise for all those lies
The world may keep us far apart
but up in heaven, angel
you can have my heart
Diamonds may be your best friend
But like laughter after tears
I'll follow you to the end
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Although at a first look Pyjamarama might seem like a song about puppy love, after a few listens, the lyrics acquire a weird compelling meanness. I always imagine this song as a conversation over the telephone. On one side, a man; on the other, the object of his affection, a woman of luxurious living. She appears to find him totally grating (“I may seem a fool to you for everything I say or think or do”, our hero concedes). On top of it, she has discovered that he has been lying to her. Not great grounds for a relationship. But that’s not going to stop him: she may know about his shady business but now he knows all about hers too (“They say you have a secret life, made sacrifice your key to paradise”). She cannot get rid of him. The last line perfectly sums up this miniature musical play: “Diamonds may be your best friend but like laughter after tears I’ll follow you to the end”.
@gloomymonday Good interpretation. Any idea what the word 'Pyjamarama' actually means/implies.
@gloomymonday Good interpretation. Any idea what the word 'Pyjamarama' actually means/implies.
@forlonus Thank you! I've always linked the "rama" to something like "cinerama", a way of projecting a film on a panoramic screen, a bit of a novelty. "Pyjama" itself sets the scene (echoed in the opening line with "couldn't sleep a wink last night").
@forlonus Thank you! I've always linked the "rama" to something like "cinerama", a way of projecting a film on a panoramic screen, a bit of a novelty. "Pyjama" itself sets the scene (echoed in the opening line with "couldn't sleep a wink last night").
@forlornus Thank you! I've always linked the "rama" to something like "cinerama", a way of projecting a film on a panoramic screen, a bit of a novelty. "Pyjama" itself sets the scene (echoed in the opening line with "couldn't sleep a wink last night").
@forlornus Thank you! I've always linked the "rama" to something like "cinerama", a way of projecting a film on a panoramic screen, a bit of a novelty. "Pyjama" itself sets the scene (echoed in the opening line with "couldn't sleep a wink last night").