Throttle to the stop

Boy oh boy...it's been some time since I visited a karaoke joint (the clean family one la, not the OTHER type..ish, otak blue/kuning la korang ni). Ok, my voice (and style) will not win me any votes in AF or M'sian Idol..but who cares, right? I wanna sing my blues away!!!!

The eccentricity (is there such a word?) in me will not allow me to sing the latest songs in the chart (ok, ada la once in a while) but of the oldies, which is good coz I know most of them anyway.

The lyrics below are for a song yang sedang berkumandang diudara, oops sorry..playing in my mind la. Whatever it is, this has always been my lagu wajib...mesti kena cari punya kalau pi karaoke. Cara nak nyanyi? Selamba aje..malas style.

LOLA

I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola
C-o-l-a cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola
L-o-l-a Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Well I'm not the world's most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said dear boy won't you come home with me
Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me

Well that's the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola
La-la-la-la Lola

Well I left home just a week before
And I'd never ever kissed a woman before
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said dear boy I'm gonna make you a man

Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man
And so is Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Recorded by "Kinks"
Written by: Raymond Douglas Davies ©Hill & Range Songs, Inc. - BMI
Album: "Lola Versus Powerman & The Moneygoround" - 1970