For the Price of a Cup of Tea Lyrics

Lyric discussion by SleepingWillow 

Cover art for For the Price of a Cup of Tea lyrics by Belle & Sebastian

On the B&S site, Stuart Murdoch wrote:

"the producer asked us to write a hit, and this is what we came up with. it's a very old song called "the olympian boy" crossed with a new chorus, set to a groove that bob came up with..

i bought some tea in a posh tea shop, and bob said, 'jeez, you could get a line of coke for that!'

actually, check this out..

http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858566021/

i sometimes go to this site to find out what i meant when i wrote something..

verity kindle and dancing till dawn have the best answers i think

; )

Stuart - 09/12/09"