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A collaboration with the excellent kcsaito, who supplied the piano part. Please check out his wonderful piano contributions at:
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The pure pleasure of playing with great musicians half a world away is hard to beat.
Another sad-but-jaunty song.
http://www.macjams.com/users.php?mode=profile&uid=4783
The pure pleasure of playing with great musicians half a world away is hard to beat.
Another sad-but-jaunty song.
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Lyrics
She wakes in the morning at seven oh three
Mixes her slimfast and gulps down her tea
A man on the news is saying that things
are not what they once used to be
She hears the post as it comes through the door
Picks up the letters that lie on the floor
The bank that likes to say yes just said no
There's a card from her ex-husband Joe
happy birthday
you're a beautiful girl
happy birthday
everything's going to be OK
Her colleagues from pensions and personel
Buy her a card and some nice shower gel
She catches the underground train back to hell
And places the card on the shelf
Chorus
She sits in a winebar and driniks Chardonnay
A man sits beside her says how's your day?
She looks at him and says she's not too sure yet
He offers a cigarette
He says she is beautiful he looks in her eyes
And tells her she looks half as young as she is
She looks at his finger and sees there's no ring
He buys her a Singapore Sling
Chorus
She wakes in the morning at seven o three
Things are still not what they once used to be
He's gone with her handbag and her jewellry
And all that he left was a note
It said
Chorus
Mixes her slimfast and gulps down her tea
A man on the news is saying that things
are not what they once used to be
She hears the post as it comes through the door
Picks up the letters that lie on the floor
The bank that likes to say yes just said no
There's a card from her ex-husband Joe
happy birthday
you're a beautiful girl
happy birthday
everything's going to be OK
Her colleagues from pensions and personel
Buy her a card and some nice shower gel
She catches the underground train back to hell
And places the card on the shelf
Chorus
She sits in a winebar and driniks Chardonnay
A man sits beside her says how's your day?
She looks at him and says she's not too sure yet
He offers a cigarette
He says she is beautiful he looks in her eyes
And tells her she looks half as young as she is
She looks at his finger and sees there's no ring
He buys her a Singapore Sling
Chorus
She wakes in the morning at seven o three
Things are still not what they once used to be
He's gone with her handbag and her jewellry
And all that he left was a note
It said
Chorus
Peter Greenstone
You write such great story songs. Funny, dark, and witty. The music itself is also very enjoyable and goes well with the lyrics. Great arrangement. You have a very soft way of singing that maybe would come through better with less reverb; bring it forward and more intimate. The backing "bom bom bom" and falsetto vocals are great, too. I love that.