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Garden Parties

B-side of various Naked singles (1983)

Vox: Nick Whitecross


I don't have the book anymore
I remember the cover was clear plastic with black edges
And underneath was a painting of ships on a rough sea
And a girl that gave strange parties

Each year, she'd open the gates and in came the smart people
All straight backed and payed fees
And moved into the tables
They did the look-up
To the girl that gave strange parties

And she smiles through strange days
And she smiles through strange days

In the look-up place, high above the garden
The girl moved quickly from one place to another
And someone moved next to her and shouted
"Come slowly, come slowly, hello?
Come slowly, come slowly"
It was the girl that gave strange parties.

And she smiles through strange days
And she smiles through strange days

Come to the garden party
Come to the garden parties
Come to the garden party
Come to the garden party
Come to the garden party
Come to the garden parties
Come to the garden party
Come to the garden party
Come to the garden party
Come...


Notes

This is a redone version of Garden Parties (vox Sylvia). The instrumental is much simpler and slower compared to that version.