Eurythmics

Songwriter: Annie Lennox David A. Stewart

Producer: David A. Stewart

[Verse]
And the dream is running
Hungry when...
And he comes, he comes to this little hut, and he knocks on the door
A little woman comes out
He says, "Do you have anything for me?"
And the lady says, "You know, look, I don't have any food already made, but here is some lentils and here is some rice, please cook them yourself and I can, you know, help you"
And he comes, he comes to this little hut, and he knocks on the door
A little woman comes out
He says, "Do you have anything for me?"
See he takes his little pot and he puts his lentils and his rice in there and he puts some water
And the lady says, "You know, look, I don't have any food already made, but here is some lentils and here is some rice, please cook them yourself and I can, you know, help you"
It's, it's a very, very simple
You know, I can help you that way
And finally he's ready and he takes and he sits and with a little plate he made out of the leaves
See he takes his little pot and he puts his lentils and his rice in there and he puts some water in there and starts cooking and it takes a long time, the wood's really wet and smoking, and it's, it's a very, very agonizing
And finally he's ready and he takes and he puts it on a plate he has made out of the leaves

While working as a waitress at a health food restaurant in London, Annie Lennox met Dave Stewart, with whom she formed the band Catch with singer-songwriter Peet Coombes. Catch released one single before adding two more members and changing their name to The Tourists. Under that name, the band scored five UK hits before Coombes' substance abuse broke the band apart.

Lennox and Stewart continued writing together – with Stewart moving from guitar to synthesizer and Lennox adopting an androgynous look – and formed Eurythmics. Within a few years, the duo was propelled into international stardom when “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)”, a single from their second album, became a top ten hit in nine countries.

Over the decade, the duo moved away from their dark new wave sound and S&M imagery, evolving into a more mainstream synthpop band. In that time, they scored twenty-one UK top 40’s (ten of which were also US top 40 hits). In 1990, Eurythmics quietly disbanded and Lennox took a break from music to have her first child.

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