Toyah - The Woman Who Had An Affair With Herself lyrics
rate meGeballe/Willcox)<br />
Well it's like this<br />
Hamlet said<br />
"Get thee to a nunnery, go, farewell, or it thou will't needs marry, marry<br />
a fool; for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them. God<br />
has given you one face and you make yourselves another. You jig, you amble<br />
and you lisp and nickname God's creatures and make your wantonness your<br />
ignorance. Go to: I'll no more on't: it hath made me mad. To a nunnery go"<br />
(drink me)<br />
To which Ophelia answered<br />
"Oh what a noble mind is here o'erthrown"<br />
There's this woman<br />
>From the land beyond the shore line<br />
The woman who had an affair<br />
Cos her man's attentions were somewhere else<br />
In the clouds<br />
It all began with her image<br />
She thought there was room to improve<br />
To win the admiration<br />
Of his wandering attentions<br />
Instead she discovered part of herself she never knew of<br />
The waves come<br />
The effect that followed<br />
Was like being thrown into the Hawaii surf<br />
Oh the glory in the liking of herself<br />
She was her own secret admirer<br />
She gives herself gifts<br />
Giving perpetuates<br />
And this person is<br />
Truly and faithfully hers alone<br />
Roll over my feet<br />
Every time she sees her glowing reflections<br />
She's reminded of true devotion<br />
But when a golden boy caught her eye<br />
Jealously she felt from within<br />
Instead of flirting with she ignored him<br />
I descend the shore<br />
She explores<br />
She goes forward<br />
And tries new ways<br />
And when she's had enough<br />
She tries new tastes<br />
And if things get stale<br />
With gentle consideration<br />
She spits it all away<br />
She's there<br />
She cares<br />
While down in the gutter pitter patter piss bile and ale<br />
There's this woman<br />
On the land beyond the shoreline<br />
The woman who had an affair with herself<br />
Cos her man's attentions were somewhere else<br />
In the clouds<br />
While she was being thrown into the Hawaii surf<br />
Hawaii surf<br />
Hawaii surf<br />
Hawaii surf<br />
And the waves drink me
