Be My Girl - Sally

Album: Outlandos d'Amour (1978)
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  • Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my, be my
    Be my girl

    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my, be my
    Be my girl

    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my, be my
    Be my girl

    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my, be my
    Be my girl

    I was blue and lonely
    I couldn't sleep a wink
    And I could only get unconscious
    If I'd had to much to drink

    There was somehow, something wrong somewhere
    And each day seemed grey and dead
    The seeds of desperation
    Were growing in me head

    I needed inspiration
    A brand new start in life
    Somewhere to place affection
    But I didn't want a wife

    And then by lucky chance I saw
    In a special magazine
    An ad that was unusual
    The like I'd never seen

    "Experience something different
    With our new imported toy
    She's loving, warm, inflatable
    And a guarantee of joy"

    She came all wrapped in cardboard
    All pink and shriveled down
    A breath of air was all she needed
    To make her lose that frown

    I took her to the bedroom
    And pumped her with some life
    And later in a moment
    That girl became my wife

    And so I sit her in the corner
    And sometimes stroke her hair
    And when I'm feeling naughty
    I blow her up with air

    She's cuddly and she's bouncy
    She's like a rubber ball
    I bounce her in the kitchen
    And I bounce her in the hall

    And now my life is different
    Since Sally came my way
    I wake up in the morning
    And have her on a tray

    She's everything they say she was
    And I wear a permanent grin
    And I only have to worry
    In case my girl wears thin

    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my, be my
    Be my girl

    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my, be my
    Be my girl

    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my, be my
    Be my girl

    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my girl
    Won't you be my, be my
    Be my girl Writer/s: Andrew James Summers, Gordon Sumner
    Publisher: Red Brick Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 8

  • Apple-o from UsaThis is so damn catchy, I love it, and can still recite the spoken part word for word. The Police were bloody brilliant!
  • Sandgroper Norm from Perthbloody brilliant! I grew up with the police. our local band - Spiny Norm - played this all the time. great leaping about music and lovely funny poem :)
  • Wintermute from FranceThegripester if one's girlfriend can get this humour, better get rid of her.
  • Terry from UkObviously no sense of humour (from Brsbane and NZ), personally I love it and feel it fits in nicely on the album - some decent music features as well!
  • Talisman78 from BrisbaneThe start and end bits are so strong but it's wasted on a silly poem breakdown! It infuriates me to no end!!!
  • Miles from Vancouver, CanadaFunny you mention that, Wade! My friend and former roommate thought the poem sounded like Nadsat when he first heard me play the album. Yes, a song like this wouldn't make it on the radio.
  • Wade from TopekaThe poem always sounded like it was being recited by Alex DeLarge :)
  • Thegripester from Wellington, New ZealandI always thought that this was the most useless track on any top-selling album of the era. Especially if you had it on while entertaining your girlfriend. If you didn't get up from the couch to change the album before it started playing this song, that might be your last date!
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