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"Nicky"
87
Rock
"Nicky" was released on January 1, 1986 by Cherry Red Records as a part of the album Circus Maximus
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1986
LabelCherry Red Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM128

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Momus
Momus
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Brel/Jouannest
Brel/Jouannest
Songwriter

Lyrics

Suppose one day in Bromley, Kent
I live my nightmare and I'm sent
To sing for blonde suburban women
Before the wives of double-glazers
I'd be Julio Iglesias
Doing the greats in Argentinian
Suppose they Barry Manilow me
Screaming "Show me you're a man!"
With legs as mottled as salami
Ladies, I'm doing the best I can
This is how Casanova's bum
Becomes a lesson in virility
Set to a bossa nova drum
And sung to tarts decked out like Christmas trees
Then in my dressing room I'd see
This elephant as pink as me
Drinking and singing gloomily
About the time they called me
Yeah, the time they called me
About the time they called me Nicky
If I could be him for only an hour
If I could be him before his grand finale
If I could be me, if I could only be
Cute, cute, cute, absolutely banal
Suppose one evening in Mauritius
Entertaining high officials
High on whores and marijuana
With begging letters from celebrities
Begging "Couldn't you write songs?"
Me, I'd blackmail David Bowie
And the Dalai Lama
Then I'd be an industrialist of song
And I could sell you out with a wink
The best in showbiz and in drink
Korean floor shows and whisky from the Congo
Me, I'd have a ring on every finger
And a thumb in every state
And every state would be the singer's
And acknowledged I would legislate
Then in my Hong Kong organ den
Waiting for 1999
I'd spend the years of my decline
To rend the time they called me
Yeah, the time they called me
Oh, the time they called me Nicky
If I could be him for only an hour
If I could be him before his grand finale
If I could be me, if I could only be
Cute, cute, cute, absolutely banal
Suppose one day in paradise
I find myself to my surprise
Singing for ladies flapping swans' wings
Plucking on my little harp
I'd be a beacon in the dark
And save the souls of human beings
Then Jesus Christ is how they'd christen me
Son of the one in the directory
Between Vick and Jean-Luc Godard
And I'd grow my beard and walk on water
And if I really came on strong
And started prancing and Cliff Richarding
I know it wouldn't be too long
Before I heard the shadows whispering
How Satan's come in from the cold
He's now the shepherd and his fold
Is shouting out requests for oldies
From the time they called me
Yeah, the time they called me
Yeah, the time they called me Nicky
If I could be him for only an hour
If I could be him before his grand finale
If I could be me, if I could only be
Cute, cute, cute, absolutely banal
Written by: Brel/Jouannest
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