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The Word Girl Lyrics
To do what I should do to long for you to hear
I open up my heart and watch her name appear
A word for you to use a girl without a cause
A name for what you lose when it was never yours
The first time that I came to you
For I would do things that you want me to
The second time that I came to you
For you found my love for you
The third time that I came to you I knew
The last time that I came to you
How your flesh and blood became the word
A name the girl outgrew the girl was never real
She stands for your abuse the girl is no ideal
It is a word for what you do in a world of broken rules
She found a place for you along her chain of fools
How Your flesh and blood
How Your flesh and blood
How Your flesh and blood
How Your flesh and blood
I open up my heart and watch her name appear
A word for you to use a girl without a cause
A name for what you lose when it was never yours
For I would do things that you want me to
The second time that I came to you
For you found my love for you
The third time that I came to you I knew
The last time that I came to you
How your flesh and blood became the word
She stands for your abuse the girl is no ideal
It is a word for what you do in a world of broken rules
She found a place for you along her chain of fools
How Your flesh and blood
How Your flesh and blood
How Your flesh and blood
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"The Word Girl" is a UK hit single for British soul group Scritti Politti. It was released in 1985 as a single from the group's album, Cupid & Psyche 85. The song has a similar sound to many of the other group's songs, with a smooth R&B-inspired sound with Green Gartside's soulful vocals on top. On release, this song became the band's biggest UK hit single, climbing to #6 on the UK Singles Chart.
it seems to be about the construction of an idealized feminine other in pop music made by men, literally the word "girl" that green gartside uses constantly through the rest of cupid
it seems to be about the construction of an idealized feminine other in pop music made by men, literally the word "girl" that green gartside uses constantly through the rest of cupid
@arighost In the beginning was the Word. Then the Word was made flesh, and dwelt amongst us. \'Roughly\' the opening line from the Gospel of Saint John in the Christian Bible. You can work out the rest from there. The girl is no ideal.
@arighost In the beginning was the Word. Then the Word was made flesh, and dwelt amongst us. \'Roughly\' the opening line from the Gospel of Saint John in the Christian Bible. You can work out the rest from there. The girl is no ideal.
The 1980s brought sophisticated music. This song is top 10. Brutally good. A pleasure listening to this song.