Australian Crawl

Beautiful People

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I said-a beautiful people
They've got a Robert Palmer t-shirt in their travel bag
Beautiful people
They've got a price upon their head
I said-a beautiful people
Have got some friends who just flew in from LA
Beautiful people
They haven't really much to say

I said - people, they just want to take you
People, they just want to make you
People, they just want to break you dow-ow-own
They just want to take you down

I said-a beautiful people
They ride two hundred dollar pushbikes in the park
Beautiful people
They won't admit it but they make love in the dark
Beautiful people
Snap frozen potted palms in the corner of the sitting room
Beautiful people
The art-decor sonic boom

I said - people, they just want to take you
People, they just want to make you
People, they just want to break you down
Want to take you down, yes they know-ow how
They're gonna get you

I said-a beautiful people
You know they're going out tonight to get their Bombay rocks off
Beautiful people
They've got a Kerouac conditon, got a cocaine cough
Beautiful people
Studio 54 is the only place to dance
Beautiful people
You know the garden's full of furniture, the house is full of plants

People, they just want to take you
People, they just want to make you
People, they just want to break you dow-ow-own
Want to take you -
People, they just want to make you
People, they just want to take you
People, they just want to break you dow-ow-own
They just want to take you down

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blood Is Thin On Jul 31, 2008

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I said - people, they just want to take you
People, they just want to make you
People, they just want to break you dow-ow-own
They just want to take you down

I said - people, they just want to take you
People, they just want to make you
People, they just want to break you down
Want to take you down, yes they know-ow how
They're gonna get you

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2008-07-31 15:50:37

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by exobscura

1y ago

A great rocking number by The Crawl. It's like an itemised list of affluence to check off. It's clever and off-the-cuff in its cynical look at social climbing. There a few funny asides that still raise a smirk. The reference to owning a Robert Palmer t-shirt is certainly a giggle that the young one's would never understand, after all, what's a Robert Palmer. Australian Crawl were definitely a great band in the history of modern music that only the world of the music lover would even know existed

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