Everything But The Girl

Songwriter: Tracey Thorn

Producer: Ben Watt Tracey Thorn

[Intro]
If you lose your faith, babe
You can have mine
And if you're lost I'm right behind
'Cause we walk the same line

[Verse 1]
Now I don't have to tell you
How slow the night can go
I know you've watched for the light
And I bet you could tell me
How slowly four follows three
And you're most forlorn just before dawn

[Chorus]
So if you lose your faith babe
You can have mine
And if you're lost I'm right behind
'Cause we walk the same line
When it's dark baby
There's a light I'll shine
And if you're lost I'm right behind
'Cause we walk the same line

[Verse 2]
And I don't need reminding
How loud the phone can ring
When you're waiting for news
And that big old moon
Lights every corner of the room
Your back aches from lying
And your headaches from crying

[Chorus]
So if you lose your faith babe
You can have mine
And if you're lost I'm right behind
'Cause we walk the same line
When it's dark baby
There's a light I'll shine
And if you're lost I'm right behind
'Cause we walk the same line

[Verse 3]
And if these troubles
Should vanish like rain on midday
Well I've no doubt there'll be more
And we can't run and we can't cheat
'Cause baby when we meet
What we're afraid of
We find out what we're made of

[Chorus]
So if you lose your faith babe
You can have mine
And if you're lost I'm right behind
'Cause we walk the same line
When it's dark baby
There's a light I'll shine
And if you're lost I'm right behind
'Cause we walk the same line (Hey, yeah)

[Outro]
And if you're lost I'm right behind
'Cause we walk the same line (Yeah)
Walk the same line
And if you're lost I'm right behind
'Cause we walk the same line (Yeah, oh yeah)
Lost I'm right behind
We walk the same line (Yeah)
Walk the same line (Yeah)

Originating at the turn of the 1980s as a leader of the lite-jazz movement, Everything but the Girl became an unlikely success story more than a decade later, emerging at the vanguard of the fusion between pop and electronica.

Founded in 1982 by Hull University students Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, the duo took their name from a sign placed in the window of a local furniture shop, which claimed “for your bedroom needs, we sell everything but the girl.” At the time of their formation, both vocalist Thorn and songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Watt were already signed independently to the Cherry Red label; Thorn was a member of the sublime Marine Girls, while Watt had issued several solo singles and also collaborated with Robert Wyatt.

Everything but the Girl debuted in 1982 with a samba interpretation of Cole Porter’s “Night and Day”; the single was a success on the U.K. independent charts, but the duo nonetheless went on hiatus as Thorn recorded a solo EP, A Distant Shore, while Watt checked in with the full-length North Marine Drive in 1983. EBTG soon reunited to record a cover of the Jam’s “English Rose” for an NME sampler; the track so impressed former Jam frontman Paul Weller that he invited the duo to contribute to the 1984 LP Cafe Bleu, the debut from his new project, the Style Council.

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