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Girl VII

Lyrics

Transcribed by Kevin Hong, Nicola and Jonno. Sorry about the question marks everywhere!

I'll run to you now / from somewhere you won't find me. / A different place, / a different time. / Together that summer / we raised some hell, yeah / but I couldn't forget / you're a kiss and tell. /

[repeated Sarah sample:] Carrie's got a boyfriend, Carrie's got a boyfriend...

June 4th, 1989: / Primrose Hill, Staten Island, Chalk Farm, Massif Central, Gospel Oak, Sao Paolo, Boston Manor, Costa Rica, Arnos Grove, San Clemente, Tufnell Park, Gracetown(?), York Way, Videoton, Clerkenwell, Portobello, Maida Vale, Old Ford, Valencia, Kennington, Galveston, Holland Park, Studamer(?), Dollis Hill, Fougeres, London Fields, Bratislava, Haggerston, Lavinia(?), Canonbury, Alice Springs, Tooting Graveney, Baffin Island, Pollard's Hill, Winnepeg, Plumstead Common, Hyderabad, Silvertown, Buffalo.

If I hadn't left you / suppose we'd still be lovers, / there'd still be the fights / and I'd ladder my tights. /

[repeated Sarah sample:] Carrie's got a boyfriend, Carrie's got a boyfriend...

Credits

Composition:
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References

At some point I will endeavour to provide details of some of the places mentioned during the song. For the moment, I will just note that the extremely unpleasant end to the Chinese student demonstration in Tiannemon Square(?), when government troops killed some of the demonstrators, occurred on June 4th, 1989. The spoken segment that alternates exotic places from around the world with not-so-exotic-but-magic-nonetheless bits of London is obviously based on Madonna's Vogue single, in which the mantra was of famous Hollywood stars.

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Girl VII


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