Lola - The Kinks

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Lola - The Kinks
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
  
I met her in a

 club down in 

old Soho
             
Where you drin

              
k champagne an

             
d it tastes ju

              
st like Cherry

 
 Cola 
        
C-O-L-A Cola.
    
She walked up 

to me and she 

asked me to da

nce.
             
I asked her na

             
me and in a da

              
rk brown voice

            
 she said, "Lo

la"
            
L-O-L-A Lola, 

             
lo lo lo lo Lo

           
la

[Verse 2]
      
Well, I'm not 

the world's mo

st physical gu

y,
             
But when she s

              
queezed me tig

              
ht she nearly 


broke my spine
             
Oh my Lola, lo

          
 lo lo lo Lola
      
Well, I'm not 

dumb but I can

't understand
             
Why she walked

              
 like a woman 

    
and talked lik

e a man
             
Oh my Lola, lo

             
 lo lo lo Lola

             
, lo lo lo lo 

            
Lola

[Chorus]
         
Well, we drank

 champagne and

 danced all ni

ght,

Under electric

 candlelight,
    
She picked me 

up and sat me 

on her knee,
    
And said, "Lit

tle boy, won't

 you come home

 with me?"

[Verse 3]
      
Well, I'm not 

the world's mo

st passionate 

guy,
           
But when I loo

ked in her eye

s,
             
Well, I almost

             
 fell for my L

ola,
             
Lo lo lo lo Lo

             
la, lo lo lo l

       
o Lola
             
Lola, lo lo lo

            
 lo Lola, lo l

                    
o lo lo Lola

[Bridge]
            
I pushed her a


way.
            
I walked to th

  
e door.
            
I fell to the 


floor.
          
I got down on 

   
my knees.
     
Then I looked 

at her and she

 at me.

[Verse 4]
      
Well, that's t

he way that I 

want it to sta

y.
             
And I always w

             
ant it to be t

              
hat way for my

 
 Lola.
            
Lo lo lo lo Lo

la.

Girls will be 

boys, and boys

 will be girls

.
             
It's a mixed u

              
p, muddled up,

 
 shook up worl

d,
             
except for Lol

              
a, lo lo lo lo

 
 Lola.

[Chorus]
      
Well, I left h

ome just a wee

k before,
    
and I'd never 

ever kissed a 

woman before,
    
But Lola smile

d and took me 

by the hand,
    
And said, "Dea

r boy, I'm gon

na make you a 

man."

[Verse 5]
      
Well, I'm not 

the world's mo

st masculine m

an,
             
but I know wha

              
t I am and I'm

   
 glad I'm a ma

n,
          
And so is Lola

.

[Outro]
             
Lo lo lo lo Lo

             
la, Lo lo lo l

       
o Lola.
             
Lola, lo lo lo

            
 lo Lola, lo l

             
o lo lo Lola
             
Lola, lo lo lo

            
 lo Lola, lo l

             
o lo lo Lola
             
Lola, lo lo lo

            
 lo Lola, lo l

             
o lo lo Lola
             
Lola, lo lo lo

            
 lo Lola, lo l

             
o lo lo Lola
             
Lola, lo lo lo

            
 lo Lola, lo l

             
o lo lo Lola

Lola,
(fade out)

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