Lola
Words & Music:
Ray Davies (The Kinks)
You can find this in the
July 2007 issue of Acoustic Guitar.
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I met her in a club down in old
Soho
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Where you drink champagne and
it tastes just like Coca Cola.
C-O-L-A, cola.
She walked up to me and she
asked me to dance.
I asked her her name and in a
dark brown voice she said, "Lola". L-O-L-A, Lola.
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La-la-la-la Lola!
Well, I'm not the world's most
physical guy,
But when she squeezed me tight
she nearly broke my spine.
Oh my Lola, la-la-la-la Lola.
Well, I'm not dumb but I can't
understand
Why she walked like a woman and
talked like a man.
Oh my Lola, la-la-la-la Lola,
la-la-la-la Lola.
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Well, we drank champagne and
danced all night under electric candlelight.
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She picked me up and sat me on
her knee and said,
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"Little boy won't you come
home with me?"
Well, I'm not the world's most
passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes,
well, I almost fell for my Lola.
La-la-la-la Lola, la-la-la-la
Lola.
Lola, la-la-la-la Lola,
la-la-la-la Lola
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I pushed her away, I walked to
the door, I fell to the floor,
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I got down on my knees, then I
looked at her and she at me.
Well that's the way that I want
it to stay.
I always want it to be that way
for my Lola, la-la-la-la Lola.
Girls will be boys, and boys
will be girls,
It's a mixed up, muddled up,
shook up world
Except for Lola, la-la-la-la
Lola.
Well I left home just a week
before and I'd never ever kissed a woman before.
But, Lola smiled and took me by
the hand, she said,
"Pretty boy, I'm gonna
make you a man!"
Well I'm not the world's most
masculine man
But I know what I am and I'm
glad I'm a man and so is Lola,
La-la-la-la Lola, la-la-la-la
Lola.
Lola, la-la-la-la Lola,
la-la-la-la Lola. [repeat and
out]