Pretty much any Roxy song from the first two albums sounds pretty remarkable on the radio. But this in particular just now. Not least for its lyrics. It's almost the archetypal Roxy song title and manages to offer a showpiece for each of its remarkable players. Of course they weren't quite ever going to be quite the same once Eno left. Listen in wonder!
'Valerie please believe
It never could work out
The time to make plans
Has passed, faded away
Oh the way you look
Makes my starry eyes shiver
Then I look away
Too much for one day
One thing we share
Is an ideal of beauty
Treasure so rare
That even devils might care
Your swimming-pool eyes
In sea breezes they flutter
The coconut tears
Heavy-lidded they shed
Swaying palms at your feet
You're the pride of your street
While you worship the sun
Summer lover of fun
Gold number with neighbours
Who said that you'll go far
Maybe someday be a star
A fast mover like you
And your dreams will all come true
All of my hope, and my inspiration
I drew from you
Our life's pattern's drawn in sand
But the winds could not erase
The memory of your face
Deep in the night
Plying very strange cargo
Our soul-ships pass by
Solo trips to the stars, in the sky
Gliding so far
That the eye cannot follow
Where do they go
We'll never know.'
Beauty Queen lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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