Lola

Ray Davies / the Kinks: Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part I (1970)

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I	met her in a club down in old Soho where you

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	drink champagne and it	tastes just like cherry	cola C-O-L-A	co	la

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She	walked up to me and she asked me to dance

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I	asked her her name and in a	dark brown voice she said

Well I'm not the world's most physical guy, but when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine

Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand - Why she walked like a woman but talked like a man:

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Well we	drank champagne and danced all night	under electric candle light

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She	picked me up and sat me on her knee and	said "	Dear 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

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I	pushed	her a	way 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, And I always want it to be that way for

Girls will be boys and boys will be girls, It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world,

Well I left home just a week before, And I've never ever kissed a woman before

But Lola smiled and took me by the hand, Said: Dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man.

Well I'm not the world's most passionate man,

But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola.