Lola ~ The Kinks ~ Acoustic Cover w/ Ovation Legend 1717

Описание: (c)1970 Words & Music by Ray Davies,
From album "Lola vs. Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part 1"
Arr. stagwolf
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I met her in a club down in old Soho where you drink champagne
And it tastes just like Cherry 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, lo lo lo 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, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola
Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand why she walks like a woman
And talks like a man oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola.
Well, we drank champagne and danced all night,
Under electric candlelight, she picked me up and sat me on her knee,
She said, "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,
I almost fell for my Lola, Lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola.
I pushed her away. I walked to the door. I fell to the floor. 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. Lo lo lo Lola.
Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls. It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world,
Except for Lola. Lo lo lo Lola. Lo lo lo Lola.
Well I left home just a week ago, and I never ever kissed a woman before,
Lola smiled and took me by the hand, she said, "Little boy, gonna make you a man."
Well I'm not the world's most masculine man, but I know what I am
And that I'm a man, so is Lola. Lo lo lo Lola. Lo lo lo Lola.
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Authatellitcha
   • The Kinks - Lola (from One For The Road)  
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Lovely rendition
   • Lola -- The Kinks cover  
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This song is about a transvestite. According to a 2004 piece in Rolling Stone magazine, it may have been inspired by the famous transvestite Candy Darling, who Kinks lead singer Ray Davies allegedly dated for a brief time. This is the same Candy mentioned in Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side" ("Candy came from out on the island, in the backroom she was everybody's darling").
The other possibility, which is stated in The Kinks: The Official Biography, is that Ray Davies wrote the lyrics after their manager got drunk at a club and started dancing with what he thought was a woman.
Toward the end of the night, his stubble started showing, but their manager was too tanked to notice.