"rosie won't you please come home" (ray davies)

(fotografia de garry winogrand, "los angeles" (1964), retirada daqui).


"Rosie won’t you please come home?
Mama don’t know where you’ve been.
Rosie won’t you please come home?
Your room’s clean and no one’s in it.

Oh my rosie, how I miss you,
You are all the world to me.
Take a look and see if you like it,
If you like it please come back.

Rosie won’t you please come home?
Since you’ve joined the upper classes,
You don’t know us anymore.
Live and let your troubles pass.

Rosie, rosie, will you write and tell me,
If you don’t want to come back?
I would sacrifice all I have
To have a happy home once more.

Rosie won’t you please come home?
Two long years have passed away.
Since you tried to change your life,
Christmas wasn’t quite the same.

Rosie, rosie, got any answers?
You are miles across the sea,
And I’ll bake a cake if you tell me
You are on the first plane home.

Rosie won’t you please come home?
Mama don’t know where you’ve been.
Rosie won’t you please come home?
Your room’s clean and no one’s in it.

Oh my rosie, how I miss you,
You are all the world to me.
Take a look and see if you like it,
If you like it please come back.

Oh rosie, will you please come back?" (1)

the kinks


(1) retirado do disco dos kinks, face to face (1966) e daqui.

"dedicated follower of fashion" (ray davies)

(serigrafia de walter dahn, "sweet silver angel (g.p.)", 2006)


"They seek him here, they seek him there,
His clothes are loud, but never square.
It will make or break him so he's got to buy the best,
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.

And when he does his little rounds,
'Round the boutiques of London Town,
Eagerly pursuing all the latest fads and trends,
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.

Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is).
There's one thing that he loves and that is flattery.
One week he's in polka-dots, the next week he is in stripes.
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.

They seek him here, they seek him there,
In Regent Street and Leicester Square.
Everywhere the Carnabetian army marches on,
Each one an dedicated follower of fashion.

Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is).
His world is built 'round discoteques and parties.
This pleasure-seeking individual always looks his best
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.

Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is).
He flits from shop to shop just like a butterfly.
In matters of the cloth he is as fickle as can be,
'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.
He's a dedicated follower of fashion.
He's a dedicated follower of fashion." (1)

the kinks


(1) retirado do cd dos kinks, the kink kontroversy (1965) e daqui