Terrific song by Marc Almond of Soft Cell — which has been very well covered by David Gray in an acoustic
as shown below. It?s a moot point whether there really are E chords at the end of each line of the verse
bass seems to suggest it). The rhythm and timing are more difficult than the chords. A little gem if ever there was one.
×2
Standing at the door of the
Pink Flamingo crying
in the
rain,
It was a kind of
so-so love and I?m
gonna make sure it doesn?t
happen again,
You and I — it
had to be the
standing joke of the
year,
You were a runaround,
a lost and found and
not for me I
feel
Take your
hands off
me, hey,
I don?t be
long to
you, you
see,
Take a
look in my
face, for the
last time,
I never knew you,
you never knew me,
Say hello
goodbye,
Say hello and
wave goodbye
We tried to make it work,
you in a cocktail skirt and
me in a suit but it
just wasn?t
me,
You?re used to wearing less,
and now your life?s a mess,
so insecure you
see,
Well I put up with all the scenes,
this is one scene that?s
going to be played my
way
Take your
hands off
me, hey,
I don?t be
long to
you, you
see,
Take a
look in my
face, for the
last time,
I never knew you,
you never knew me,
Say hello
goodbye,
Say hello and
wave goodbye
Say hello and
wave goodbye
Under the deep red light
I can see the make-up
sliding down,
Well hey little girl you will
always make up so
take off that
unbecoming frown,
As for me, well
I?ll find someone who?s
not going cheap in the
sales,
A nice little housewife who?ll
give me a steady life and
not keep going
off the
rails.
Take your
hands off
me, hey,
I don?t be
long to
you, you
see,
Take a
look in my
face, for the
last time,
I never knew you,
you never knew me,
Say hello
goodbye,
Say hello and
wave goodbye ? repeat to fade