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For the price of a cup of tea
You’d get a line of coke
For the price of a night with me
You’d be the village joke
For the price of a pint of milk
I’ll tell you all I know
About the state of the world today
Sit down, enjoy the show
She had several hours to find a place to stay
Try the coffee shop, but somewhere on the way
She heard about a place, somewhere she could go
Walked a couple of blocks to her destination
For the price of a cup of tea
You’d get a seven inches
Soul black vinyl to stop your tears
You can use my stereo
You might be the village joke but
Don’t listen to the gossip of the other folk
She just wants to be accepted in this place
There’s something in her face
She will always seem exotic and aloof
If you want to know the truth
Her friend the stars dripping from the jewelled sky
When she was passing by
Would keep her calm
There was people that she knew, at least she thought she did
Be easy on the kid!
She took her winter coat from her plastic wrapper
Pushed back her fringe, see her birthmark
She can finally be the person she wanted to be
You’d get a line of coke
For the price of a night with me
You’d be the village joke
For the price of a pint of milk
I’ll tell you all I know
About the state of the world today
Sit down, enjoy the show
She had several hours to find a place to stay
Try the coffee shop, but somewhere on the way
She heard about a place, somewhere she could go
Walked a couple of blocks to her destination
For the price of a cup of tea
You’d get a seven inches
Soul black vinyl to stop your tears
You can use my stereo
You might be the village joke but
Don’t listen to the gossip of the other folk
She just wants to be accepted in this place
There’s something in her face
She will always seem exotic and aloof
If you want to know the truth
Her friend the stars dripping from the jewelled sky
When she was passing by
Would keep her calm
There was people that she knew, at least she thought she did
Be easy on the kid!
She took her winter coat from her plastic wrapper
Pushed back her fringe, see her birthmark
She can finally be the person she wanted to be
Lyrics submitted by madedge
Track duration: 03:19
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"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..
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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"
You'd get a line of coke"
arn't random
Coke was very cheap in the Glasgow area for a long time
and this line probably represents
that she could either have the cup of tea
or choose the more risky option
Love, love, love this song, by the way. It was my introduction to B&S, it inspired me to seek out their entire body of work, and I cannot listen to it without singing and dancing. And there's just something so resonant about "She will finally be the person she wanted to be." Best thing on The Life Pursuit, for sure.
but. Think of it this way.
The girl would rather have a cup of tea, but to fit in with the people around her she should probaaaaably buy a line of coke. Maybe that's not what it is exactly. but i think it makes the "line of coke" not seem completely random and thrown in there. ya know?
and this sticks with the theme of the song very well. so. ya know. heh.
It's my favorite song by B&S.