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VALENTINO

Once I was the romantic hero
Young girls used to dream about
For once I looked like Valentino
(Especially with me cutlass out)
They used to flock around me
Like a thousand moths towards a light
I used to sing myself to sleep
With pleasure every single night

But have you seen me lately?
Have you seen my eyes?
No more as bright as jade
It must have been the late nights
And the whiskey
And the girls, oh the girls...

Drunk as sin in silk I’d wander
Endless parties, endless balls
In and out of perfumed chambers
(Well in I’d run and out I’d crawl)
Stolen charms in bracelet arms
On pillows soft and pink and white
While men-folk raised their glasses to me
Their wives would raise their dresses high!

But have you seen me lately?
Have you seen my eyes?
No more as bright as jade
It must have been the late nights
And the whiskey
And the girls, oh the girls...

Now in Spain I sit and ponder
‘Where did all those good times go?’
What became of all those women
Whose names I never got to know?
There’s a girl who comes by once a week
I spend my pension on
But like me she is old and tired
And makes me keep my britches on!

But have you seen me lately?
Have you seen my eyes?
No more as bright as jade
It must have been the late nights
And the whiskey
And the girls, oh the girls...

It must have been the girls.

Words and Music by Frazer Douglas © Copyright 2011

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from A Man Could Get Killed, track released July 1, 2011

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The Villa Capri England, UK

A few years ago one of my musical heros Neil Hannon wrote me a very complimentary letter in which he advised me against over- producing demos - "record companies like to think they've found a diamond in the rough" he wrote. I probably should have listened! These albums are all very different so take your pick, listen and enjoy! The Villa Capri. ... more

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