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| album: |
The Big Express |
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| year: |
1984 |
| written
by: |
Andy Partridge |
| length: |
3 minutes 41 seconds |
All You Pretty Girls
Do something for me, boys
If I should die at sea, boys
Write a little note, boys
Set it off afloat, saying:
Bless you, bless you, all of you pretty girls
 Village
and city girls by the quayside
Bless you, bless you, all of you pretty girls
Watching and waiting by the sea
Bless you, bless you, all of you pretty girls
Quiet or witty girls by the quayside
Bless you, bless you, all of you pretty girls
Watching and waiting by the sea
I think about your pale arms waving
When I see the caps upon the green
And the rocking roller-coaster ocean
Think about you every night when I'm fathoms asleep
And in my dreams
We are rocking in a similar motion
I think about the salt sea rolling
Down in pearly tears upon your cheeks
Just like the day the harbour pulled away
I think about your warm white sheets unfolding
The more I have to drink
The more that I can think to say
Quayside
A quay is a man-made structure which is used for ship landings,
usually built parallel to the bank of a waterway (ocean, river,
etc.) and creating an enclosure. Quayside is the land next to the
quay.
Caps upon the green
"Caps" is short for whitecaps, the white foam on the
top of water waves. "The green" is the ocean.
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