Lyrics for Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) (Looking Gla... as interpreted by spyro201

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) (Looking Gla... Lyrics

Theres a port on a western bay
And it serves a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time a way
And talk about their homes

Theres a girl in this harbor town
And she works laying whiskey down
They say Brandy, fetch another round
She serves them whisky and wine
The sailors say...


Chorus: Brandy, you're a fine girl
< you're a fine girl >
What a good wife you would be
< she'll be fine girl >

Your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea


< doo doo doo doo>
Brandy wears a braided chain
Made of finest silver from the north of spain
A locket that bears the name of the man that Brandy loves
He came on a summers day - bearing gifts - from far away
But he made it clear he couldnt stay
The harbor was his home

- Chorus -


Brandy used to watch his eyes
As he told his sailor stories
She could feel the ocean fall and rise
She saw its raging glory
But he had always told the truth
Lord he was an honest man
And Brandy does her best to understand

At night when the bars close down
Brandy walks through a slient town
And loves a man who's not around
She still can hear him say
She hears him say...


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spyro201
07-24-2006

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Yeah, I dont know who origianally done it though. Its only on Hyde Park, great song though

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naveed
07-30-2006

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This song was originally by Looking Glass, a band active in the 70's.

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mikey4444
08-04-2006

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for those with enigma taste during those times says flea

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spyro201
09-04-2006

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It owned at Hyde Park

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Wengistein
10-02-2006

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I think this song is about this woman called Brandy, and every sailor who comes by to this bar adore her and would love to marry her. But the thing is, she's married to her husband, who is also sailor and who is never home, yet Brandy will always be loyal to him.

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lambretta006
04-30-2007

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Thats a really gd idia i thought that but i didnt think about the loyal to husband part

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lambretta006
04-30-2007

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Thats a really gd idia i thought that but i didnt think about the loyal to husband part

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twiggy moe
07-22-2007

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i disagree to the husband... i think brandy loves a sailor, and he loves her too, but he canīt give up the sea, because he loves the sea too. to be sailor is very dangerous and he lives on a ship for weeks and months and brandy misses him very much, but she canīt marry him because sheīd be alone for a long time and she canīt know if her sailor is alive or not, and so they havenīt got a real chance for a future and a family together. heīs got the decision: a family with brandy or the sea. i think he choose the sea: but my wife my lover my lady is the sea. very sad, but great song and story!!

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nicolelovesrhcp
08-21-2007

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wow!!! twiggy moe- thats reallyy great! never thought of it that wayy. thanks so much! =]

and omg whatta grat cover by the peppers. =] i love the way johnny will sing the "doo doo doo doo doo" part. its greattt.

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RayMan
02-10-2008

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Haven't heard the Chili Peppers cover yet, but I LOVE the original version by Looking Glass. It was written and sung by the guitarist, Elliot Lurie, and the character "Brandy" is loosely based on a girl he knew with a similar sounding name. To me, "Brandy" is a beautiful but sad story of a "fine girl" who is in love with a man who can't put her first in his own life. Nevertheless, he's an "honest man" who always tells the truth. The paradox is that as soon as this guy gives up his career for her, he ceases to be the man she fell in love with! So, instead, she decides to see him whenever she can and just love him in her memory the rest of the time. A poetic tragedy.

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leathefrenchy
01-01-2009

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I agree with twiggy moe!!
It's a great song too

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