Her Coat and no Knickers
from Any Colour You Like by Black
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Original recording 2005
(Between Two Churches)
Performed by Black
(Between Two Churches)
Performed by Black
lyrics
You told a few lies and they came back on you
So you told a hundred more until she came back to you But she only stayed a while
Just long enough to say the kind of things left to be said
In the cold, cold light of day
And she smelled of Christmas trees, of coffee and vanilla
Calcutta after snowfall, she's no-one's stand-in mother But I drifted into her like I could run myself aground And keep her smiling at the sight of the darkness spilling out
And I don't mind if you don't care about it
I'll get by without her arms around me
As long as I can sit on my own
In her coat and no knickers
I believe it doesn't matter
So don't look at me that way
Like I should notice how you look at me that way
That's just the way you look when you look at me that way
And I believe it doesn't matter
At least not much anyway
I never dreamed I could be lost in a place I know so well
But I was running on the spot in the darkness 'til I fell And then pulling off my clothes I want to step out of my skin
And paint a tattoo on my heart that shows an arrow pointing in
So you told a hundred more until she came back to you But she only stayed a while
Just long enough to say the kind of things left to be said
In the cold, cold light of day
And she smelled of Christmas trees, of coffee and vanilla
Calcutta after snowfall, she's no-one's stand-in mother But I drifted into her like I could run myself aground And keep her smiling at the sight of the darkness spilling out
And I don't mind if you don't care about it
I'll get by without her arms around me
As long as I can sit on my own
In her coat and no knickers
I believe it doesn't matter
So don't look at me that way
Like I should notice how you look at me that way
That's just the way you look when you look at me that way
And I believe it doesn't matter
At least not much anyway
I never dreamed I could be lost in a place I know so well
But I was running on the spot in the darkness 'til I fell And then pulling off my clothes I want to step out of my skin
And paint a tattoo on my heart that shows an arrow pointing in
credits
from Any Colour You Like,
released September 5, 2011
Music and Lyrics by Colin Vearncombe
Published by Hornall Brothers Music
Musicians
Colin Vearncombe
Calum MacColl
Concorde Nkabinde
Barry Van Zyl
James Hallawell
Recorded at Radio Park Johannesburg & Intimate Studios London.
Engineered by Neal Snyman.
Mixed by Phill Brown MBE at Miloco Studio, London. Produced by Calum MacColl.
Music and Lyrics by Colin Vearncombe
Published by Hornall Brothers Music
Musicians
Colin Vearncombe
Calum MacColl
Concorde Nkabinde
Barry Van Zyl
James Hallawell
Recorded at Radio Park Johannesburg & Intimate Studios London.
Engineered by Neal Snyman.
Mixed by Phill Brown MBE at Miloco Studio, London. Produced by Calum MacColl.
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Black
Colin Vearncombe, otherwise known as Black, was born in Liverpool on 26 May 1962.
He had three top-
ten records across Europe and sold over two million albums before leaving the mainstream and going independent. He released a string of albums as Black and under his own name on his own label; Nero Schwarz.
He died in a motor accident in January 2016. His legacy lives on in the Love, Colin project.
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