A Perfect Day Elise

Album: Is This Desire? (1998)
Charted: 25
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  • He got lucky, got lucky one time
    Hitting with the girl in room 509
    She turned her back on him, facing the frame
    Said, "Listen Joe, don't you come here again"

    White sun scattered all over the sea
    He could think of nothing but her name, Elise
    God is the sweat running down his back
    The water soaked her blonde hair black

    It's a perfect day
    A perfect day, Elise

    He got burned by the sun (he's a lucky man)
    His face so pale and his hands so worn (and the sky)
    Let himself in room 509 (as she turned away)
    Said a prayer, pulled the trigger and cried (tell me why)

    It's a perfect day
    A perfect day, Elise

    It's a perfect day
    A perfect day, Elise Writer/s: Polly Jean Harvey
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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