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can anyone post lyrics to ''Girls don't cry'' b-side?
thanks!

This is what I could transcript:

Somewhere out in the heart of Suburbia
Flinching from the words that could almost murder her
Listen
It's the final day

Whatever boys say
Girls don't cry

Whatever boys say
Girls don't cry

She's wearing platin jeans
Like a walkman on the road
Pinching on West Road
Her personal stereo playing
Lady, lady, lay

Whatever boys say
Girls don't cry

Whatever boys say
Girls don't cry

In the heart she's not even ?
From the start ?
"I had instincts
Lead a different way"

In the pocket by a heart
This dark ? boy
The picture of a girl with the wrong boy
She went missing
The final day

Whatever boys say
Girls don't cry

Whatever boys say
Girls don't cry

Whatever boys say (I don't care what they say)
Girls don't cry

Whatever boys say (I don't care what they say)
Girls don't cry

thank you!

Here's the best I could do.


Girls Don't Cry (Tennant/Lowe)

Somewhere out in the heart of Suburbia
Flinching from the words that could almost murder her
Listen
It's the final day

Whatever boys say
Girls don't cry

Whatever boys say
Girls don't cry

She's wearing plaid and jeans
Like a workman on the road
Hitching out West with her personal stereo playing
Lay Lady Lay

Whatever boys say
Girls don't cry

Whatever boys say
Girls don't cry

In her heart she's not even a renegade
From the start she knew why she would not be saved
All her instincts
Lead a different way

In the pocket by her heart
Is a darkened polaroid
The picture of a girl with her arm around a boy who went missing
The final day

Whatever boys say
Girls don't cry

Whatever boys say
Girls don't cry

Whatever boys say (I don't care what they say)
Girls don't cry

Whatever boys say (I don't care what they say)
Girls don't cry


Columbine massacre anyone?

Drico.

Just listening to it now and I think you've pretty much nailed the lyrics Drico. I'm not sure I can quite decipher what the songs about though.

Its quite a grower though, even if its not Neil's finest vocal performance. Its a lovely little track and quite an atmospheric and strangely affecting song imo.

Frequency wrote:I'm not sure I can quite decipher what the songs about though.

it was inspired by the 1999 film ''Boys don't cry'', which told the true story of the Nebraska teenager Brandon Teena, who was born a girl Teena Brandon but lived as a boy, which led to her being brutally raped and murdered in 1992.

Hillary Swank played Brandon Teena. I was shocked when I found out about this.
I'd never guess that she could play a boy and she really looked like one in that movie.

has anybody watched this film?

i didn't. but i'm not much into films although i go to the cinema almost every week. it must be the snacks really.

m+

Drico One wrote:In the pocket by her heart is a darkened polaroid

it's dog-eared polaroid (just found it here on official site)
btw, what's a polaroid anyway? i searched in my dictionary and there were no matches found, I only found out that dog-eared is another expression for words cheesy or lame

Gorgeous track!

what's a polaroid anyway

It's a photograph taken by a polaroid camera (very popular in the 50's, 60's and 70's)...they took photographs that developed in a minute or so right before your eyes!

boyjohn wrote:It's a photograph taken by a polaroid camera (very popular in the 50's, 60's and 70's)...they took photographs that developed in a minute or so right before your eyes!

thank you for explanation; these lyrics are really wonderful - they make more sense if you saw the film

Integralist wrote:Gorgeous track!

indeed, it's my favourite track from new Fundamental-era for now
if ''Drunk'' worked as a single, this could work too - even better