Songwriter: Rupert Holmes
Producer: Jeffrey Lesser
She goes to discos with a hard-running crowd
Dressed up to kill, they never speak very loud
Her style and speed are from another decade
And when she struts the street, she's on parade
Deco lady, deco lady, spending money like rice
Deco lady, deco living really feels so nice
Her clothes ain't faggy, draggy Art Nouveau
She's gold and gilded, Metro-Goldwyn deco
She drinks Manhattans, swizzle stick ebony
And drags a cigarette from ivory
Deco lady, deco lady, dancing into your heart
Deco lady, deco loving tears your mind apart
Deco lady, don't need toke smoke coke scenes
Deco lady, deco sleep wakes up to deco dreams
Decked out in satin like a dream movie queen
Bigger than life upon the wide silver screen
Padded shoulders slashed with stripes to her hips
A thousand lines upon her painted lips
Deco lady
Dressed up to kill, they never speak very loud
Her style and speed are from another decade
And when she struts the street, she's on parade
Deco lady, deco lady, spending money like rice
Deco lady, deco living really feels so nice
Her clothes ain't faggy, draggy Art Nouveau
She's gold and gilded, Metro-Goldwyn deco
She drinks Manhattans, swizzle stick ebony
And drags a cigarette from ivory
Deco lady, deco lady, dancing into your heart
Deco lady, deco loving tears your mind apart
Deco lady, don't need toke smoke coke scenes
Deco lady, deco sleep wakes up to deco dreams
Decked out in satin like a dream movie queen
Bigger than life upon the wide silver screen
Padded shoulders slashed with stripes to her hips
A thousand lines upon her painted lips
Deco lady
more tracks from the album
Songs That Sound Like Movies: The Complete Epic Recordings
- I Don’t Want to Hold Your Hand
- Rifles and Rum
- Studio Musician
- The Man Behind the Woman
- The Place Where Failure Goes
- Who, What, When, Where, Why
- I Don’t Want to Get Over You
- You Make Me Real
- Aw Shucks
- The Last of the Romantics
- For Beginners Only
- Philly
- Queen Bee
- Love Out of Time
- Lullaby for Myself
- Magic Trick
- Deco Lady
- You Burned Yourself Out
- Too Scared to Sing
- Singles
- Widescreen
- Touch and Go
- Terminal
- Weekend Lover
- Bagdad
- Annabella
- Soap Opera
- Brass Knuckles
- Our National Pastime
- Everything Gets Better When You’re Drunk
- Second Saxophone
- Phantom of the Opera
- Letters That Cross in the Mail
- Talk
- The One of Us (Demo for A Star Is Born)
From the albums
Rupert Holmes popular songs
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
- Terminal
- Nearsighted
- The Mask
- Loved by the One You Love
- Blackjack
- Adventure
- The People That You Never Get to Love
- In You I Trust
- Weekend Lover
- Bagdad
- The O’Brien Girl
- Him (single edit)
- Annabella
- Special Thanks
- Cold
- Soap Opera
- Let’s Get Crazy Tonight
- Him
- Less Is More
- Drop It
- I Don’t Want to Hold Your Hand
- Perfect
- Crowd Pleaser