Holly Golightly (born Holly Golightly Smith on September 7, 1966) started h… Read Full Bio ↴Holly Golightly (born Holly Golightly Smith on September 7, 1966) started her musical career as a founding member of all girl garage band Thee Headcoatees, a Billy Childish / Thee Headcoats splinter group in 1991. She spent a good few years as a Headcoatee before making her debut solo record, The Good Things, in 1995.

Where the Headcoatees sound was a blend of girl-group sounds and three-chord garage-rock, with all the original songs coming from the pen of Billy Childish, Holly’s solo sound is more a blend of pre-rock electric blues, folk, soul and less frantic elements of rock & roll. Apart from the wide range of covers of such artists as Willie Dixon, Ike Turner, Lee Hazelwood, Wreckless Eric, and Bill Withers, Golightly also writes her own material.

Since her debut LP in 1995, Golightly has been very prolific, releasing fifteen albums and a bounty of singles for a wide variety of labels. Holly’s sound has remained remarkably consistent throughout, but each record has a quality that sets it apart from the other releases.

In 1999 Surefire released an LP, In Blood, on which Billy Childish and Holly Golightly sing duets and the two of them celebrate One Chord, One Sound, One Song.

2001’s Desperate Little Town, released on Sympathy for The Record Industry, another collaboration (this time with Dan Melchior) marked a bit of a stylistic diversion as it is a relaxed and mostly acoustic record. In the same year she also collected up all thirteen of her singles and E.P’s onto one double album called Single’s Round-Up.

After playing several shows with The White Stripes, in the USA, and then supporting them at their some of their London shows, Holly has been good friends with Jack and Meg for some time, recording a duet with them ’It’s True That We Love One Another’, for their album Elephant.

Holly has also recorded in the US with The Greenhornes and they released a special Christmas 2002 single together on Damaged Goods called Little Stars. Holly appeared on the Greenhornes album Dual Mono which is out in the States on Telstar. And Holly sings lead vocal on the track ’There’s An End’, which featured as the title track for the film, Broken Flowers.

Over the years Holly has been guest vocalist on various other bands projects, including live with Mudhoney and on several Rocket From The Crypt releases. Her most recent album 2005’s ’Slowly But Surely’ released on Damaged Goods and recorded, as usual, by Liam Watson at ToeRag Studios in London.

There was also a 7", ’Walk A Mile’ taken from the album, with an exclusive b-side Don’t Fuck Around With Love featuring the ever wonderful Sexton Ming.

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Holly Golightly is also the name of an indiepop band from Germany who released a four track 7" single in 1992.

Directly From My Heart
Holly Golightly Lyrics

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Direct
Directly from my heart to you
Direct
Directly from my heart to you
Oh, you know that I love you
That's why I feel so blue

Oh, I pray

Our love would last away
I pray
That our love would last away
Yeah, we'd be so happy together
But you're so far away

Well, I need
(Oh, baby, need you baby)
I need you by my side
Well, I need
Yes, I need you by my side

Oh, I'd loved you little darlin'
Your love I could never hide

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Holly Golightly's song Directly From My Heart express the longing and desire of an individual to be with their lover. The song opens up by telling the lover that they are expressing their emotions directly from the heart. The repetition of the word 'directly' emphasizes the authenticity and credibility of the emotions being shared. The second repetition adds weight to the context and conveys the urgency and intensity of the situation. The lyrics further explain that the singer is feeling blue because they have strong feelings of love for their lover who is not near them at the moment.

The lyrics go on to express the hope that the love between them will last forever. The prayer of the singer for a long-lasting romance is sincere, and the longing in the lyrics is heartfelt. The singer imagines a happy life together but is saddened by the distance separating them. The song comes to an end with the singer stating their need to be close to their lover. The last verse sings out about the love that cannot be hidden and the deep affection the singer feels.

Overall, the song is a classic rendition of a heartfelt love song, beautifully capturing the emotions of an individual in love.

Line by Line Meaning

Direct
I am singing this song directly from my heart to you

Directly from my heart to you
I'm not holding back anything, my feelings are raw and unfiltered

Oh, you know that I love you
I hope you understand how deeply I care for you

That's why I feel so blue
It hurts me that we're not together right now

Oh, I pray
I'm hoping with all my heart

Our love would last away
That our love would endure for a long time

Yeah, we'd be so happy together
Being together would bring us both so much joy

But you're so far away
Distance is keeping us apart

Well, I need
I'm telling you how badly I require

(Oh, baby, need you baby)
I am craving you, my love