No
No, no, no
No, no, no
Tesla girls, Tesla girls
Testing out theories
Electric chairs and dynamos
Dressed to kill, they're killing me
But heaven knows their recipe
No, no, no
You wouldn't believe me if I said
The things I've seen went over my head
I've been patient, heaven knows
I've learned the rules and how it goes
I can't sit still or settle down
And when I walk I don't touch the ground
See those girls, they're heaven blessed
I guess it's so they know best
Tesla girls, Tesla girls
Writing in their diaries
Now and then they'll watch TV
Now and then they'll speak to me
But heaven knows their recipe
No, no, no, what
You wouldn't believe them if they said
The things they've seen went over their heads
They've been patient, heaven knows
They seem to care and so it goes
They can't sit still or settle down
And when they walk they don't touch the ground
See those girls, they're heaven blessed
I guess it's so they know best
Tesla girls
Tesla girls
Tesla girls
Tesla girls
Tesla girls, Tesla girls
Testing out theories
Electric chairs and dynamos
Dressed to kill, they're killing me
Tesla girls, Tesla girls
I'm in love with Tesla girls
Now and then they'll watch TV
Now and then they'll speak to me
But heaven knows, but heaven knows, but heaven knows their recipe
No, no, no
No, no, no
No, no
No, no
No
No, no, no
No, no, no
Tesla girls, Tesla girls
Testing out theories
Electric chairs and dynamos
Dressed to kill, they're killing me
But heaven knows their recipe
No, no, no
You wouldn't believe me if I said
The things I've seen went over my head
I've been patient, heaven knows
I've learned the rules and how it goes
I can't sit still or settle down
And when I walk I don't touch the ground
See those girls, they're heaven blessed
I guess it's so they know best
Tesla girls, Tesla girls
Writing in their diaries
Now and then they'll watch TV
Now and then they'll speak to me
But heaven knows their recipe
No, no, no, what
You wouldn't believe them if they said
The things they've seen went over their heads
They've been patient, heaven knows
They seem to care and so it goes
They can't sit still or settle down
And when they walk they don't touch the ground
See those girls, they're heaven blessed
I guess it's so they know best
Tesla girls
Tesla girls
Tesla girls
Tesla girls
Tesla girls, Tesla girls
Testing out theories
Electric chairs and dynamos
Dressed to kill, they're killing me
Tesla girls, Tesla girls
I'm in love with Tesla girls
Now and then they'll watch TV
Now and then they'll speak to me
But heaven knows, but heaven knows, but heaven knows their recipe
No, no, no
No, no, no
No, no
No, no
No
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She also was one of the Marthas in Martha and the Muffins, and sang backing vocals for Roxy Music, performed on top of the pops with the Associates, worked with Robert Palmer, dated Peter Saville, and had one of her paintings on the cover of FACTUS 8, The Everythings Gone Green EP by New Order.
She is currently an associate professor of design at the Ontario College of Art and Design.
Aren't we generally beyond this, scientifically, if not culturally, the idea of intellectual equality/capability across gender, not to mention other demographics opportunists have ventured to claim any superiority?
I hope OMD had an alternate meaning that might be revealed. Just read the last post... curious reasoning behind Martha Ladly's suggesting this title.
I love Tesla Girls.
Also, I think there's a hidden code in here that in fact is in favor of women who can decipher code. English just isn't English...nor any language is. English as a Second Language is what this song is about.
Take for instance the line when they walk they don't touch the ground. It's all soulful to these girls. These guys are about a millennium ahead of their time on our current course for this planet.
His words, not mine.
Funny after all these years of not hearing the song I look it up to discover the correct title and accompanying lyrics. But as someone else mentioned, OMD used this song as an antecedent to what their record label demanded for the US music market so they must have been motivated to write a song utilizing word-play and sexual innuendo.
I personally think the song is about a guy that is really attracted to this group of really intelligent studious girls he knows. They're totally not interested in him however, though occasionally they'll deem him significant enough to briefly talk to him: "now and then they'll speak to me". The guy idolizes them however, and views them as heaven sent - these elusive creatures whose feet don't touch ground we n they walk (that's a metaphor, not really). How refreshing - a song about a guy who's attracted to a women's intelligence!