Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Dad, I'm in love with a Cherokee Indian squaw
We don't need to watch Miss World
Turn over to World of Sport
Miss Uganda, Miss UK, Miss Israel
We don't need you any more
We don't need you any more
We are unusual men
Though we walk with you
We don't think like you
We are not like you
We see with unusual eyes
We have unusual minds
We wear one-piece suits
We are not you
Mitzi and Rusty are on World of Sport
But I'm waiting for my Indian squaw
I'm waiting for my Indian squaw
Miss West Germany, Miss Yugoslavia, Miss Popular Front
I don't need you any more
I don't need you any more
We are unusual men
Though we walk with you
We don't think like you
We are not you
We see with unusual eyes
We have unusual minds
We wear one-piece suits
We are not you
There is no internet, and no mobile phones. You wanna meet up with someone, give them a call on the blower. Don't be late for a date. Sometimes you just gotta take a chance. 'Cause in this version of living, not everyone is connected up by the GPO.
Easy, easy, Gorgeous George
Easy, easy, Gorgeous George
The plumber, being a man of his time, knew all this, and figured that the most effective way to give his message over to the masses was by printing up leaflets that revealed his secret knowledge. Soon, a large proportion of the wrestling-loving West Midlands public would know the identity of Kendo Nagasaki, that most unusual masked man.
We are unusual men
Unusual men, unusual men
We are unusual men
Unusual men, unusual men
Dad, I'm in love with a Cherokee Indian squaw
We don't need to watch Miss World
Turn over to World of Sport
We don't need to watch Miss World
Turn over to World of Sport
Miss Uganda, Miss UK, Miss Israel
We don't need you any more
We don't need you any more
We are unusual men
Though we walk with you
We don't think like you
We are not like you
We see with unusual eyes
We have unusual minds
We wear one-piece suits
We are not you
Mitzi and Rusty are on World of Sport
But I'm waiting for my Indian squaw
I'm waiting for my Indian squaw
Miss West Germany, Miss Yugoslavia, Miss Popular Front
I don't need you any more
I don't need you any more
We are unusual men
Though we walk with you
We don't think like you
We are not you
We see with unusual eyes
We have unusual minds
We wear one-piece suits
We are not you
There is no internet, and no mobile phones. You wanna meet up with someone, give them a call on the blower. Don't be late for a date. Sometimes you just gotta take a chance. 'Cause in this version of living, not everyone is connected up by the GPO.
Easy, easy, Gorgeous George
Easy, easy, Gorgeous George
The plumber, being a man of his time, knew all this, and figured that the most effective way to give his message over to the masses was by printing up leaflets that revealed his secret knowledge. Soon, a large proportion of the wrestling-loving West Midlands public would know the identity of Kendo Nagasaki, that most unusual masked man.
We are unusual men
Unusual men, unusual men
We are unusual men
Unusual men, unusual men
Dad, I'm in love with a Cherokee Indian squaw
We don't need to watch Miss World
Turn over to World of Sport
Lyrics submitted by BrutalBart
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