Lola
Ray Davies feat. Paloma Faith Lyrics

I met her in a club down in old Soho,
I first saw Lola at a club in the neighborhood of Soho.

Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola,
The champagne tasted like cherry-cola when I started to drink it in the club.

C-O-L-A cola,
The name of the drink was cola, spelled C-O-L-A.

She walked up to me and she asked me to dance,
Lola approached me and requested me to dance with her.

I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola,
When I asked her name, she replied Lola in a deep brown voice.

L-O-L-A Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Her name was Lola and it was reiterated several times in the song.

Well I'm not the world's most physical guy,
I am not known to be the strongest person in the world.

But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine,
Despite this, when Lola hugged me tightly, it felt like she almost broke my back.

Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola.
I felt a strong attraction towards Lola.

Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand,
Even though I am not stupid, I find it hard to comprehend

Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man,
The way Lola moved and spoke made it seem like she was both a woman and a man.

Well we drank champagne and danced all night,
We drank champagne and danced all night long.

Under electric candlelight,
The setting was illuminated by artificial candlelight.

She picked me up and sat me on her knee,
Lifting me up, Lola sat me down on her lap.

And said dear boy won't you come home with me,
Addressing me affectionately, Lola requested me to come home with her.

Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy,
I am not known to be the most passionate man in the world.

But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my Lola,
But when I looked into Lola's eyes, I almost fell in love with her.

I pushed her away,
However, I resisted Lola's advances and pushed her away.

I walked to the door,
I walked towards the door.

I fell to the floor,
Suddenly, I fell on the floor.

I got down on my knees,
I went down on my knees.

Then I looked at her and she at me,
Lola and I looked at each other.

Well that's the way that I want it to stay,
I knew that was was the decision I wanted to stick to.

And I always want it to be that way for my Lola.
I knew I always wanted things with Lola to remain the same.

Well I left home just a week before,
I had only left home one week prior to meeting Lola.

And I'd never ever kissed a woman before,
Furthermore, I had never even kissed a woman before.

But Lola smiled and took me by the hand,
Nonetheless, Lola's affections for me continued as she smiled and held my hand.

And said dear boy I'm gonna make you a man.
Lola showed her readiness to help make me a man.

Girls will be boys and boys will be girls,
She concluded by acknowledging a world where gender norms were irrelevant.

It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola,
In a world turned upside down, Lola was the only consistent, comforting figure.