Georgie and Her Rival Lyrics

Lyric discussion by OJWay 

Cover art for Georgie and Her Rival lyrics by Elvis Costello

So what's this one about anyway? Georgie has dated some guy, but she doesn't really like him - she considers him a "tiny man". Anyway, there's another woman that guy's also into, that's her rival. That woman talks dirty with him, which Georgie won't do. In fact, Georgie's a bit of a homebody who talks to her mother on the phone a lot.

Well, the guy is a drunk, and he's going through his address book to call the rival, but he calls Georgie by mistake and leaves a message on her answering machine (Early '90s technology there, answering machine and address book!) which is dirty. It makes her blush! So whenever she has company over she plays the guy's message to her friends and it's a laugh!

Am I right about this?