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New York City Girl
05:49
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Let me tell you 'bout a girl who floats 'round this old town and my mind
She's got gypsy eyes and raven's hair, she's dressed in leather that fits her just right
She keeps the sad sacks at a distance and they wonder what they're missing and why
But she doesn't see them in her eyes as the liquor flows throughout the night in style
I was in her eyeline once, we spent some nights just talking, it was nice
Then I blew my little cool, before I knew it she was out of sight
She travelled 'cross the Big Pond, to teach some kids some sing-song and dance
But she kept us in the picture with her Instagram and scripture of jive.
She's a New York City Girl, she goes at ninety miles per hour 'round my world
She's a New York City Girl, she's got the rhythm of the city in her soul
She's a New York City Girl, hits the sidewalks in her pretty winter coat
She's a New York City Girl, so refined and always busy on the go
Now she's back in town and with her retinue around she's still the same
Hitting town again on a night that never ends to dull the pain
The shadows of the city hang too heavy on her pretty brow, my friend
So she's off to some utopia where there's booze and pills and dope and you're not there
She's a New York City Girl, she goes at ninety miles per hour 'round my world
She's a New York City Girl, she's got the rhythm of the city in her soul
She's a New York City Girl, I'm de Niro, you're Minelli, that's the show
She's a New York City Girl, dressed like Hepburn A at Tiffany & Co
And I'm counting on the day when you come 'round my way
And we'll find ourselves a little hideaway
In Brooklyn Heights we'll play and there we'll hear the strains
Of a little song I wrote today
New York City Girl, New York City Girl, New York City Girl
New York City Girl, New York City Girl, New York City Girl
New York City Girl, New York City Girl, New York City Girl
New York City Girl, New York City Girl, New York City Girl
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Hollywood Smile
05:09
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It's four in the morning, my fever's running high
I've got a sweet senorita deep-breathing in my ear
And fifty types of evil on my mind,
It's a crime.
I can't quite believe it, she's twisting me inside
She's telling me things that I don't want to hear
While fixing me another glass of wine,
Looking fine.
Hollywood Smile
The girl's got style
Hollywood Smile
I wanna make you mine
It's four in the morning, my future's in disgrace
She's showing me places I don't want to go
While swinging her new handbag in my face,
It leaves a trace
I try to be rescued by a taxi in the rain
But she's squeezing me tightly in her little night-piece
I can't find a polite way to escape,
What a date
Hollywood Smile
The girl's got style
Hollywood Smile
I wanna make you mine
Ooh aah, when you're running with a star
The girl's gonna drive you wild
My bad she's making me sad
But I can't get enough of her, can't get enough of her,
Can't get enough of her
Hollywood Smile
Ooh aah, when you're running with a star
The girl's gonna drive you wild
My bad she's making me sad
But I can't get enough of her, can't get enough of her,
Can't get enough of her
Hollywood Smile
Hollywood Smile
Hollywood Smile
Hollywood Smile...
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Les Rues de Paris
05:07
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As I follow you 'round les rues de Paris
Melancholy holds the clue to our sad fate
I can't stand to be alone but I lost my phone
As soon as I waved you goodbye on the San Pancras line
On a moonlit night of blue
And the quarter suits me fine pour cinque minutes
Saint Germain drinks in style but I'm so tired
Will I ever find that fantasy I had in mind
When I blew all my hard-earned cash to mix with Eurotrash
On the boulevards of truth?
Where can I find the true heart of the mystery?
Where can I spy on you with sun beaming down on me?
I can't find you here at all,
Just my sweet insanity
Poring over every empty stall
As I follow you 'round les rues de Paris
This ennui won't go away, that's my sad fate
And the pretty Ile de St Louis is calling out your name
Down Rue Poulletier I see visions appear
But there's nothing there again
Where can I find the true heart of the mystery?
Where can I spy on you with sun beaming down on me?
I can't find you here at all,
Just my sweet insanity
Poring over every empty stall
Where can I find the true heart of the mystery?
Where can I spy on you with sun beaming down on me?
I can't find you here at all,
Just my sweet insanity
Poring over every empty stall
Where I can find the true spark of the mystery?
Where can I write my new Parisian symphony?
I can't find a line to call
To resolve my misery
Walking 'til the night turns blue
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Adieu
03:54
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I fell so far down when you kicked my poor old heart around
You kept me hanging on with a stray text sent at the crack of dawn
But you had your girls and your dumb friends to call upon
Now they're finding out that you're untrue your luck is out.
Adieu,
Monsieur,
I think we can be sure
You are a failure
You were once my king with your sweet little looks and your diamond ring
But I grew to find that underneath you were not so fine
It was plain to see that you had no feelings for me
So I've shut the door on you my cold ex-paramour
Adieu,
Monsieur,
I think we can be sure
You are a failure
Adieu,
Monsieur,
I think we can be sure
Your heart is not pure
You can't break me, this road will take me
To where I need to be and you won't share my destiny
You won't replace me so take it gracefully
When I succeed you won't be pleased to see me singing my "adieu"
So I'm moving on with my eyes on the prize and you off my mind
You can see I'm strong when you put your peeping glasses on
But I don't look back 'cos the future's bright and your heart is black
All I say to you is study this song for the clue
Adieu,
Monsieur,
Adieu,
Failure
Adieu,
Monsieur,
Adieu,
Loser.
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Simon Taylor & The Sundowners Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Simon Taylor & The Sundowners were a Latin/funk/jazz 5-piece from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. With Ivel Goverda also featuring on vocals, as well as Simon they recorded an E.p ("New York City Girl", 2015) & l.p ("Continental Girl", 2013). Simon Taylor (guitar, vocals) Paul Taylor (piano), Jon Forster (drums), Pete Morris & Jamie Shields (bass), Simon Coleman (percussion), Eddie Bellis (trombone) ... more
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