Solex Complete Lyrics Archive

B i o g r a p h y
(by Heather Phares)

Named after a small, Hungarian-made motor scooter, Solex is the project of Amsterdam-based record-shop owner and songwriter Elisabeth Esselink. Formerly a member of Dutch indie pop group Sonetic Vet, Esselink wanted to express her musical ideas more completely; after purchasing an 8-track recorder and a vintage sampler, Esselink began recording songs on her own. Combing the racks of her own store for kitschy records, Esselink took snippets of old records to make new ones, creating her own style of lo-fi techno-pop. Solex's debut, Solex Vs. The Hitmeister, came out on Matador in 1998; Pick Up followed a year later. Low Kick and Hard Bop arrived in 2001, and three years later, Solex resurfaced with The Laughing Stock of Indie-Rock on Arena Rock Recording Co. Early in 2005, In the Fishtank arrived.

I think we would better tactfully put
An end to the evening now, a
Little kicking
Over the traces goes
A long way at this age.
And we were both bundled
Up in nice tweeds and flannels.

What she needed she couldn't have.
For all I knew she was stone-deaf.

I said "front page,"
She heard "teenage,"
So I tried "read"
But she heard "sweet."

I think we would better tactfully put
An end to the evening now, a
Little kicking
Over the traces goes
A long way at this age.
And we were both bundled
Up in nice tweeds and flannels.

What she needed she couldn't have.
For all I knew she was stone-deaf.

"There's a bag of
Sweets floating
Around somewhere, let
Me see, I really
Had it with me
When I visited
The Grand Prix."

And I think once about you
Like I should
And I feel so lucky too

Like you
I don't feel at ease so easily
It's so easy to walk on

And put up the collar of my jacket
The more I show, the more I go
We're both anxious to say hello
Just put every story between brackets

And I think once about you
Like I should
And I feel so lucky too

So I turn my back
And scrunch up into an awkward position too
Somewhat unnatural too

Well I really wish we felt closer to
Each other too I thank you for having me around
But wouldn't it be better if we just wrote
And make up some kind of anecdote
To make up for each one I forgotAnd I think once about you

Like I should
And I feel so lucky too

Solex in a slipshow style

The straps kept slipping off my shoulder,
Kept on slipping in a slipshod style.
"Look Jimmy look,
Look at it, look,
Shoot!, ...I mistook
You for someone I knew for some time,
'Cause he also took his drinks with lime.
Look Jimmy look,
Look at it look!
Look, yes we took
A quick snifter before the party,
Fixed them in a slapdash way for me."
So slaphappy.
We were so slaphappy.
So slaphappy.

(repeat twice)

In the morning we soaped each other down.
Smooth down my nightgown hungry

'Cause the smells from the kitchen filled the room
Don't wear your perfume today.
"We had this habbit, ...we did."

And your water 's sloshing against the sides of the bathtub
And I smeared our faces with cream

Solex' snag

I can't feel my leg
I got a snag in my best thights
This was the best of all our nights
I got a snag in my best thights
We were curled up snugly in bed
After hours of smooching in the backseat of this car
Ahahahahaha ...

He gave a coy smile when
She
Paid for
Two rooms and one connecting
Door.
All yours.

He gave a coy smile when
She made her wish

Rolex by Solex
Rolex by Solex
Rolex by Solex
Rolex by Solex
Rolex by Solex

And she made a crack
About his fatness
And his hairy back

And she made a crack
About his fatness
And his hairy back

And she made a crack
About his fatness
And his hairy back

I would leave the place tomorrow with never a backward glance.
So I laughed and brushed past him out of the room with my spoon and plate still in my hands
You're a little tense, "...look at your hands."
"But why do you leave me here, here's where one goes to have a real good time."
He said: "my dear", just after I had finished my meal out there on the hallway.
Well well, not today.
You're a little tense.
Look at your hands from across the hall.
"Got to make a call..."

Solex all licketysplit

As soon as I got a paycheck,
You ask me to make it hightech
And to bleach my flecks.
Tabloids will be all over it.
Do you think I should be timid?
All licketysplit.

'Upswing,
plaything!'
That's very flattering.
'Brand new!'
And that's just a preview.
'One-two!'
I wouldn't know how to...

As soon as I got a paycheck,
You ask me to make it hightech
And to bleach my flecks.
Tabloids will be all over it.
Do you think I should be timid?
All licketysplit.

'Upswing,
plaything!'
That's very flattering.
'Brand new!'
And that's just a preview.
'One-two!'
I wouldn't know how to...
I wouldn't know how to...
I wouldn't...

As soon as I got a paycheck
You ask me to make it hightech
And to bleach my flecks.

"Your boy is not stupid, miss.
He does not learn easily
But he gets there bit by bit, miss."
So he bit his lip
And said "No more for a while."

'Cause he knew
A boy's best friend is his mother.
"A man with money
To spend has no lack of friends, honey."
And he bit his lip.

'Cause he knew
A boy's best friend is his mother.
"A man with money
To spend has no lack of friends, honey."
And he bit his lip.

"Your boy is not stupid, miss.
He does not learn easily
But he gets there bit by bit, miss."
So he bit his lip
And said "No more for a while."
"Your boy is not stupid, miss.
But he gets there bit by bit, miss."

'Cause he knew
A boy's best friend is his mother.
"A man with money
To spend has no lack of friends, honey."
And he bit his lip.

And he was afraid
It was one of those beautiful
Spring mornings that made
You feel life was really worth living.
With the honest light of day on the world.

Some girl at the door is asking to see you.
Well-to-do, looks like aircrew.
She liked the view of you.
Some girl at the door is asking to see you.
She's just doing a background-check about a kind of hijack.
Some girl at the door is asking to see you.
Like a prize money can't buy, honey I'm here to blow-dry.

When solex just stood there

You smashed your new car in the fog. "
So shall we sit in a smoker or a non-smoker?"
Walk smartly into the room.
Slink around in full costume.
What a nice honeymoon.
Brown hair shot with grey
It's a shame you're gay
I just stood there, you just loved my hair

Peppy solex

"I've got to hang up now
Got to write a song somehow
Because today went out the small backway
I stood there on some freeway
I catched an ashtray
Today I can handle whatever comes up
You are still sulking over what has happened to your review
Went down to the U-turn, just like a confident girl and got a ride
And got it open-eyed just like a confident girl
Bye bye miss Hyde.

She's barely dressed
But she is
Now she's slumbering peacefully
She's just a soppy girl
And if I had the chance to go
Than I would take it like a shot
She is such a slender girl, with fake curls
"She's just a soppy girl", said her younger brother
"She's just a soppy girl
Like in my cheap novel full of slush."

As ever you said nothing to me
Your manners are always so smarmy
So clever
My shabby appearance drew sniggers from the guests
Made a shot at Mae West

Kissing a man with a beard
With a beard under a tree
It rains dear, my old friend
Kissing my dear old beard

Come on
You know
You're not
Like her

Got me on my knees
I'd never heard her say
Wished that I could stay
I'm like her maybe be be be be be be

But I
Love to
Catch up
With her

I want to oversleep
I'm in this way too deep
Wish that I could stay
I'm like her maybe be be be be be be

You can
Make some
Hay with
This kid

I'm in this way too deep
I'd never heard her say
That she's straight or gay
I love her maybe be be be be be be be

Randy Costanza

He's got a generous
Smattering of charm yes
Maybe some day
He's able to
Spot me a mile
Away

He said with a grin to show
He was kidding so and so
What to do do do do
What to do do do do
I'm confused tu tu tu
Nothing new tu tu tu
Tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu

Made great faces and frowns
Standing there naked with
His cute undies
Every weekend
Undies in both his
Hands

He said with a grin to show
He was kidding so and so
What to do do do do
What to do do do do
I'm confused tu tu tu
Nothing new tu tu tu
Tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu

Well I stood with my back
To that old kitchen rack
He said: "I'm bad"
Well I wish I
Had a response to
That

He said with a grin to show
He was kidding so and so
What to do do do do
What to do do do do
I'm confused tu tu tu
Nothing new tu tu tu
Tu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu

And there I stood
Facing a
Remote control
Camera
Well well

Did he come back
Did he come?
Did he come back
Did he come?

This argument is right out
Of his greatest hits
Just because
Well well

Did he come back
Did he come?
Did he come back
Did he come?

That stuff gives him a bang
There's nothing like that man
Pretty dark out there
But kept chucking the ball around anyway.

And there I stood
Facing a
Remote control
Camera
Well well

Did he come back
Did he come?
Did he come back
Did he come?

And we both caught a cold
That's what I've been told
And we both caught a cold
That's what I've been told
He had me glued to my
Seat with this crap

I won a cruise
I'm on the loose, loose loose loose loose
Jump in a pool with lots of booze

In my bright blue suits
From Taiwan, China
And bright yellow shirts
With my collar spread open.

I won a cruise
I'm on the loose, loose loose loose loose
Jump in a pool with lots of booze

In my bright blue suits
From Taiwan, China
And bright yellow shirts
With my collar spread open.

In my bright blue suits
From Taiwan, China

And she felt in her pockets and
Pulled out all... nananana
That was inside
A handful of
Bits and bobs nanananana
On the table
Oh blimey!
All shiny
From suntan
Some coins and
A ballpoint
Oh Shiny

She was facing me and
Walking backwards, and I
Could see her eyes growing
As round as saucers yes

Fresh as a rose
On the day of
The battle, or whatever that
Poem is
Truly sweet
All Shiny

She was facing me and
Walking backwards, and I
Could see her eyes growing
As round as saucers

And she felt in her pockets and
Pulled out all... nananana
That was inside
A handful of
Bits and bobs nanananana
On the table
Oh blimey!
All shiny
From suntan
Some coins and
A ballpoint

The burglars are coming!!!

Picked with a hairpin
I saw you, come on now Eddy, Eddy, Eddy!
Picking it, come on now Bonnie, Bonnie, Bonnie
The refrigerator is right there, right there, right
When you were
Young you had
Bones to chew I know

I saw you, come on now Eddy, Eddy, Eddy!
Picking it, come on now Bonnie, Bonnie, Bonnie
The refrigerator is right there, right there, right
When you were
Wish I had
A brick served
A brick served with cream

I said
And a
Chinese
Take away
Is food
For the
Gods to
You am I right?
Besides

I saw you, come on now Eddy, Eddy, Eddy!
Picking it, come on now Bonnie, Bonnie, Bonnie
The refrigerator is right there, right there, right
When you were
Young you had
Bones to chew I know

I saw you, come on now Eddy, Eddy, Eddy!
Picking it, come on now Bonnie, Bonnie, Bonnie
The refrigerator is right there, right there, right
When you were
Wish I had
A brick served
A brick served with cream

I'll be right back
Don't forget the cognac
Makes you warm inside somehow
Inside somehow
So delicious
Tu tu lu du lu
And nutritious
Tu tu lu du lu
Superfluity
Tu tu lu du lu
And delicious

Or else she pulls
The shades down
There she goes
There she goes
Parties at home
Buffalo's roam

So delicious
Tu tu lu du lu
And nutritious
Tu tu lu du lu
Superfluity
Tu tu lu du lu
And delicious
And delicious

She settled on
The cold floor
Feeling it
Become warm beneath her as
She went to sleep

So delicious
Tu tu lu du lu
And nutritious
Tu tu lu du lu
Superfluity
Tu tu lu du lu
And delicious

Snappy & cocky

I slapped a pound note
Down on the counter
"Make that three I ordered and make it snappy, sir"
"Make that three I ordered and make it snappy, sir"

And they thought I looked
The other way when
They were standing
They were standing in the lee of a slag-heap, making water
And I'm glad I did

I slapped a pound note
"Make that three I ordered and make it snappy, sir"
They are quite touchy
About anything
Like that personal
Stuff I had simply pasted the new photo over the old one
And I'm glad I did

And they thought I looked
The other way when
They were standing
They were standing in the lee of a slag-heap, making water
And I'm glad I did

He had
He had never done
Anything like that one
Oh my, five stars
I got him tanked up
Took him out in the car
Pass me this new tape

With a little luck we might get
An idea of what it is like
To get famous as Hawaii bums
Kind of sounds like I've played this before
Not this film edit, sure
You should play this when that lean-jawed guy
Tries shellfish in Hawaii
For the first time

With a little luck we might get
An idea of what it is like
To get famous as Hawaii bums

Chris the birthday boy

Well he had insisted
On paying for the meal but
His jaw dropped when he saw
The bill, the bill, the bill, the bill
And suddenly he is
He is just about at vague as you can get
Without being actually invisible
I have to keep this body going
He must
Have thought

Well he had insisted
On paying for the meal but
His jaw dropped when he saw
The bill, the bill
But if
Someone
Jumped the queue he would give them a sharp crack
On the head
With his enormous wooden
Brown wooden spoon
Where do you think
Where do you think
He's going with her
Handbag? handbag

Well he had insisted
On paying for the meal but
His jaw dropped when he saw
The bill, the bill, the bill, the bill

And suddenly he is
He is just about at vague as you can get
Without being actually invisible
I have to keep this body going
He must
Have thought

Athens, Ohio

And I listened to her
Without trying to come up with an excuse to leave
She used to laugh so hard at
Something she thought of on the toilet
That she just about fell off the toilet seat
Wasn't snowing out anymore
But every once in a while you could hear a car not
Being able to get started
All too easily, all too easily, all too easily
She might have been the
Usual sort of
Landlady smelling
Of washing-soda
And backing-powder

She was one of these very tall
Round-shouldered
Women, she was
About six-four with lousy teeth. She
Came over to me, and gave me
These two playful as hell slaps
On both my cheeks
I gave her the wrong idea perhaps
She shouldn't be allowed to watch
Any and every program
All too easily, all too easily, all too easily
She might have been the
Usual sort of

Fifty-three miles
Miles an hour
In a forty mile-zone and attempted bribery
Mary Springer married Jerry
And everything
Smelled as if she
Had loads and loads
Of Vicks nose-drops

Escargot!

Well I cannot take you
Anywhere, but it is no fun
Going without you, hon
Well I can use figures to prove
Anything, Tapes and such
You bought to play
Along with

You're the sort of guy one runs into in London
If you must drive at a crawl like this
You should be in the near side lane
I sometimes think the only
Thing to
Do with
My car
Is to
Push it
Over
A cliff
A cliff
Richard

Think you could get high on
Water if you believed
It was
A somewhat tasteless rum
I've come to look
After you
It's just as
Well by the
Look of things

You're the sort of guy one runs into in London
If you must drive at a crawl like this
You should be in the near side lane
I sometimes think the only
Thing to
Do with
My car
Is to
Push it
Over
A cliff
A cliff
Richard
Push it
Over
A cliff

Another tune like "not fade away"

She looked as though she
Might be
In shock
Please open the door
I had to knock
Wish I could see her
Feet on the floor

The old routine
I'm not sure I
Know what you mean
Till she's drip-dry

I had to wait
For her classmate
To fill me in
On her last date

The old routine
I'm not sure I
Know what you mean
I swear I could hear
Her hum a tune
Another tune like
"Not fade away"
I guess she could look
At it that way
Not fade away

The old routine
I'm not sure I
Know what you mean
Tu lu tu lu tu lu tu lu...

He was back
On the track
Coming at her
Acting more
Like a girl
Than ever
Coming at her
He was back

He straightened his curls
He straightened his curls
Moving his shoulders
Veiling he's
Balder
He knows but
Quite a fuss over a haircut

He was back
On the track
Coming at her
Acting more
Like a girl
Than ever
Coming at her
He was back

Nobody would know
About it but us
He just is
My dear
Supermarket
Cashier
Never went
During lunch breaks to the gents

He was back
On the track
Coming at her
Acting more
Like a girl
Than ever
Coming at her
He was back

Low kick and hard bop

Elisabeth : "Cab!"
Carry mine and I'll walk like you
Will nod or go and get a cab
Think nothing of it. I feel fine
Carry mine and I'll walk like you
Will nod or go and get a cab
Here in thenorth part
Here's my sweetheart
He's a bit like you some others too
If I only knew

Mere imposters

Of course they just tried to remove
The apple from a bucket of
(Water without using their hands)
A drink would make you feel better
They raced the waiter with a tray
Hey! They raced each other the same way
Hey! Raced him with their tray, only for a day
Of course they just tried to remove
The bucket from that little mad
(man I then saw with the huge head)
Hey! They raced each other the same way
Hey! Raced him with their tray, only for a day
He snapped his fingers and then recited a sing-song one
Part of a play-party game
No one did catch it's name
they began about a quarter past one o'clock in the morning
A rhythmic quick-cadenced walking around the dining room table
And they're still at it

Have you no shame girl

The show's highlight was
A good cat fight
The dancing girls were practicing
Their high kicks
I've also been skanking across
My kitchen floor to these sounds
Or, as one critic might have phrased it
(And they love to scream at people too)
A few chords embracing each other
That were not even kissing cousins

Not a hoot!

They had turkey wing fans and they felt kind of elegant
Nothing to do but just sit there
I wanted them to walk by him the way
They would pass by a person asking for money in an alley
They not only wrote like him
They also walked with his rolling slouch
Drank likehis heroes and heroines,
Cultivated a hard-boiled melancholy
And he writes slowly in longhand
Possibly forty lines a day (rhymes)

Knee-High

Some sock in the eye
And she fell in the inglenook
She's so flat and tenderfoot
Forelocks in the way
Absolute
If you will, romp in the nook
And a bit knee-high
And she fell in the inglenook
She's so flat and tenderfoot
Forelocks in the way
Absolute
If you will, romp in the nook

Honey (Amsterdam is not L.A!)

A colony of bees swarmed on the saddle of his brand new bike yeah
Ha ha aha
They have all this sunshine but they still buy hardtop cars
Cross your hands on the steering wheel
A little curve in the road
And suddenly you are proceeding east ... another and you head north
A colony of bees swarmed on the saddle of his brand new bike yeah,
Ha ha aha
He was clearly making an impression on the two beauties
Ann and Jill, yeah, and he sat down.

Shoot Shoot!

I'll tell you a better story than
'Little Kay of the skates'
Or 'The Snow Ghost'
He tore off some tender new tips and
Rubbed them on his hands
Until the air was filled with the sharp smell
Just tore off some tender new tips
The afternoon wind struck him and
Blew up his hair and ruffed his shirt
Shoot shoot!
He came in his breeches and his shirt
The tail was flying out behind him
He stood there, looking up at me
Like a wild-eyed cow moose
Surprised in the sheriff's only cornfield
Blew up his hair and ruffed his shirt
Shoot shoot!

Comely row

'I'm Popeye the sailorman'
Or whichever old tune he sang
Spiced up with a few hot damns
The sailorman
He made a comely row of trees
On each side of the country road
So that a daily sort of man
Driving beneath them in his lumber wagon
Might fancy himself lord of a private road
Right after the first few notes
All the goats turned their heads
They would get fed
He was a tall lanky guy
With stooped shoulders and a shy seemed studious face
'Popeye the Sailorman'

Ease up you fundamentalist!

They were all
using mirrors
To study thei mouth
Movements for themselves
They were all
Learning that
The curve is the thing
When making up lips

The dot on the I between the H and the T

What you'll do I do too
So that The dot on the I between the H and the T
The tap on the knee
The pot for the pee
Keep on doing what you're doing
'cause you're doing something right
What you'll do I do too
They all gazed at me a long time
As if I were a slot machine
Into which they had
Without results
Dropped a nickel
Coin-op on the countertop
Of the record shop
What you'll do I do too

Good comrades go to heaven

Claims to have the world most dangerous variety trick
The wife sits perched on his desk ready to take the next dictation
She was the embodiment of the 'good comrade'
I just don't think they never ever had a better day
What a day that was. Hmmm...
Sure she had to much manly gossip and old brandy
She reported the first warm spring weather over the weekend
They could have cheerfully gone on being in debt
I just don't think they never ever had a better day
What a day that was. Hmmmm

Cayenne

We went to the local fish-shack restaurant
And ordered two dozen crabs dusted with cayenne
Steamed up and served with a pair of wooden mallets
I never had anything like that
They all seem to earn a living by jumping off city-bridges
Visitors could only rub their eyes in amazement
Just beause they were not used to so much happiness

Ololo

He writes rhymes for his friends' children
Dotes on mystery stories
And at the slightest provocation he sings folk songs
Of key and in key
Here and there people sat on benches
Reading newspapers or straining their faces to the sun
Their eyes closed
Trying to catch a bit of sunburn to carry home proudly
He pulled his feet under his bench as he was ashamed of his shoes
His dog loves to walk and travel in cars, in planes, on rafts, in elevators and on escalators.
Then we'll let some daylight into it for once if it kills us right on the spot
No sort of middle state, no easy jog trot with him
If he never wrote when he wasn't in the mood
He would make no headway
Ololo

You say Potato, I say Aardappel

Say to
Say Pel

Look ... No fingerprints!

He replaces his hat and rubbed his hands like that
Two dogs waved their tails and ran ahead to jail, wow!
He combs his whiskers and rubs up his shoes
And brushes his clothes
His name's Kelly. Kelly Scored his first knockout when he was only fifteen
The knockee was his brother Jean.
I don't think he has a subtle bone in his body
Kelly "When the money's gone, it is gone. I shall smoke a lot and burn holes.
When the money's gone, it is gone'
he replaced his hat and rubbed his hands like that
Two dogs waved their tails and ran ahead to jail; wow!
He combs his whiskers and rubs up his shoes
And brushes his clothes
His name's Kelly. Kelly Scored his first knockout when he was only fifteen
The knockee was his brother Jean.
Only thirteen

I think it's that girlfriend
I'm a failed country
You're in it for one
And western yodeller
You're in it for two
Trying our hands
You're in it for two
I'm in it for two
Delivery girl
And that's for starters
I say what harm can
And hunt that bootleg
One little sip do

At something so new
Even hunt a few
Years of brylcreeming
A couple of bars
Nearly grown out hair
You make your come back
You sign the contract
Into a ducks' ass
With a paperback
Delivery girl
You sign the contract
You make the soundtrack
And hunt that bootleg

Are you a used car, car dealer ?
You want to sell your four-wheeler ?

Seven hundred miles from here.
And maybe three motels dear.
You came a long long way, you came long long way.
Oh come on baby

He shuts the door with a noise.
Is this the one of your choice ?
Say pretty weird stuff
Got cash but not enough
Is this the one of your choice ?
Say pretty weird stuff
Got cash but not enough

Are you a used car, car dealer ?
You want to sell your four-wheeler ?
You think this won't be the single most numero uno party joke throughout the fuckin' nation
I think this won't be the single…

You gotta move in !

Suppose that what you drink…
Deep or not at all…
What on earth are you,
Are you going to do…
Live a leisured life

Move into the ball !
Move into the ball !
And not away from it !

A week or so after the crocuses appeared you began to grow your beard
Aiming for King Kong Lear
Take it to the zoo

Sure you are wholehearted !

You gotta move in !
Sure you are wholehearted !

Because I happen to be a foolish thick headed honkey donkey.
And when a thick headed donkey like me makes up her foolish thick headed mind,
most of the time she gets what she wants. And you are going to help me.
Ah ah ah ah ah

Ah ah ah ah ah
Give me a kiss and I'll smile again.
‘As long As I Toughen Up My Sound', played about a dozen shows or so under that name, all neighbours came.
Should have married a quiet little girl who's afraid of everything.
Ah ah ah ah ah

Ah ah ah ah ah
I could not hear a drum beat, but my heart beat, with it,
go go go go beat it
and I want it
and I need it
Because I happen to be a foolish thick headed honkey donkey

Should make it, honkey, short and sweet !

He wears a shirt that says Jack, Jack Daniel
He wears a hat that says I, I love you
Yeah it was a bit surprising
Big black choir:
And they made the sun kept shining
Higher
Higher
Higher
Hoot and holler

Hot Diggity Dog Run Run Run

Look for some place where we can stay the night
Why did you have to get into a fight
That's just what I was going to ask you
I just thought that would put new life in you

Hot diggity dog run run run

Have some fun
Slap that girl on her bum
Have some fun

Hot diggity dog run run run

Look for some place where we can stay the night
Why did you have to get into a fight
That's just what I was going to ask you
I just thought that would put new life in you

Hot diggity dog run run

I thought we would buy tins of sardines.
It's not the kind of day I would want to go to sea.
If you ask me, you're a fine fellow to put yourself at the head of the party.
Now aren't you ?
Oh boy

My b-sides rock your world.
He said; “uh, yeah that's what I want”
He said; “uh, is there a way that I can stay”
That's a pretty good idea but I hope you've got a few more like that.
Two three or four.
Oh boy

He's sort of shiny on the cheeks and red around the eyes.
Dishes out clockwise but keeps his eyes on board and dice.

I came through this door.
I slept here before.
And made love, love, love
And I'm not ashamed that I forgot your name.
Yeah we made love, love, love
You talk like someone I had a crush on.
And we made love, love, love

Potatoes and eel.
It is an ordinary meal.
Iced café au lait
Oh on an ordinary day

I came through this door
I slept here before
And we made love, love, love
And I'm not ashamed that I forgot your name
Yeah we made love, love, love

An old short story as simply put as it can be.
Finish with brandy and celebrate it heavily.
Oh on an ordinary day.

Over to get Betty,
B B B Betty
Sweetheart of our Tony
Toe Tony
Exit five for Betty
B B B Betty
Three, four, five
On the gas, drive !

And fade into the light of common day, that's right!
In a large old black Ford.
I wish I had tour support.

Over to get Betty,
B B B Betty
Sweetheart of our Tony
Toe Tony
Exit five for Betty
B B B Betty
Three, four, five
On the gas, drive !

And as they flashed past farms
Ai ai ah, ai ai ah
Dogs ran out, barking “barns'
Ai ai ah, ai ai ah
Prepared at risk of their lives
Ai ai ah, ai ai ah
To run besides the car

Over to get Betty,
B B B Betty
Sweetheart of our Tony
Toe Tony

The thing about Homer was he was the owner of a reputation.
He made his hands hard with labour.
Oh come on

Co co co co co co
Oh come on babe, come on

And not so long ago he hired a boat to row his love up the river.
He made his hands hard with labour
Oh come on

Co co co co co co
Oh come on babe, come on
Take that gum out !
Take that gum out of your mouth!

I don't know why
I don't know how

I don't know how
I don't know why

Nobody told you.
How to unfold your love.
You were inverted too.
They bought and sold you.
How to unfold your love.
He sees the handle and pulled at the door, pulled off the uproar

You take somebody while they're home
That what you hear about his watch
? miss, I'll tell you that

Beh ba ba ba ba
Beh ba ba ba ba
Beh ba ba ba ba
Beh ba ba ba ba
Beh ba ba

He had this blond hair you could see
Clear across the yard
Another lover to play with
On a sunny day
He goes to ? just to get
Get out of the house

Beh ba ba ba ba
Beh ba ba ba ba
Beh ba ba ba ba
Beh ba ba ba ba
Beh ba ba ba ba
Beh

Oh ? to stay out at all
LIke ? you new crew cut low

She's barely
Dressed, but she is.
Now she's slumbering peacefully.
She's just a soppy girl.

And if (then I would take)
I had (it like a shot)
The chance (then I would take)
To go (it like a shot)

She is such a
Slender girl
With fake curls.

"She's just a soppy girl,"
Said her younger brother.
"She's just a soppy girl.
Like in my, in my, in my
Cheap novel full of slush.
Like in my, in my, in my
Cheap novel full of slush."
(in my in my in my in my...)

*** Thanx a lot to Joe for this one ***

Solex West

( On all licketysplit single )

As ever you said nothing to me,
Your manners are always so smarmy,
So clever.
As ever you said nothing to me,
Your manners are always so smarmy,
So clever.

My shabby appearance
Drew sniggers from the guests...
Made a shot at Mae West.

As ever you said nothing to me,
Your manners are always so smarmy,
So clever.
As ever you said nothing to me,
Your manners are always so smarmy,
So clever.

My shabby appearance
Drew sniggers from the guests...
Made a shot at Mae West.
My shabby appearance
Drew sniggers from the guests...
Made a shot at Mae West. (X10)