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Bitten by the Tailfly Lyrics

You're a girl in this vicinity
I'm a dog without a collar on
In this cattlemarket caberet
Is the sabbath every Saturday
I'm full of wit and chivalry
Until you've given in to me
I'm a dog without a collar on
You're a girl in this vicinity

Bitten by, the tail fly
Too many times to change
You're a girl in this vicinity

Bitten by, the tail fly
Too many times to change
You're a girl in this vicinity

It's a silent taxi ride away
But it's everything to get you there
You know when you are bitten shy
But still you will return my stare
From a crush of blushing brides- to- be
You bearly have a blossom on
You're eyes betray you're diaries
You're a girl in this vicinity

Bitten by, the tail fly
Too many times to change x2
You're a girl in this vicinity

Bitten by, the tail fly
Too many times to change

Bitten by, the tail fly
Too many times to change x2
You're a girl in this vicinity

I'll take you home
Get you
On you're own x 18
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Cover art for Bitten by the Tailfly lyrics by Elbow

he seems to be talking about himself like he's some sort of predator trying to get a girl home on a saturday night out

Cover art for Bitten by the Tailfly lyrics by Elbow

It's about an exceedinly randy guy trying to pull a girl in a club on a Saturday night - the most drunken girl there who is the easiest to seduce. She's obviously been in that situation a lot of times hence "bitten by the tailfly" but she'll never change.

Cover art for Bitten by the Tailfly lyrics by Elbow

Tailfly is a cocktai but a really harsh one, very alcoholic. I think the song is about a drunk guy wanting to pull a girl but he is being very honest about it...

Cover art for Bitten by the Tailfly lyrics by Elbow

Tailfly is a cocktai but a really harsh one, very alcoholic. I think the song is about a drunk guy wanting to pull a girl but he is being very honest about it...

Cover art for Bitten by the Tailfly lyrics by Elbow

at the end the singer alternates "sweetness, don't be natural" with the take you home verse

Cover art for Bitten by the Tailfly lyrics by Elbow

at the end the singer alternates "sweetness, don't be natural" with the take you home verse

Cover art for Bitten by the Tailfly lyrics by Elbow

I think this song deals with the horror of a late weekend night in every city. The bars have chucked their vomitous clients out onto the street, and the predatory males are hunting their latest quarry.

Cover art for Bitten by the Tailfly lyrics by Elbow

The assumption is as heartless as the song.

 
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