Shakespears Sister

Released: July 19, 2019

Songwriter: Richard Feldman Marcella Detroit Siobhan Fahey

Producer: Alan Moulder

The things I said about you
Maybe we could work it out someday ...

Lah la, la-la-la
La-la-la, lah

Things were going pretty well 'till I died
On that summer afternoon
When you broke down before my eyes

Well I got a streak of meanness
A clumsy way of speaking
And I don't know where I get it from
It must run in my family

Do I have to go down on my knees
This is my 16th apology to you
With friends like me
Who needs enemies?

I got a river inside the size of my rage
Which is really something else
When you think of my tender age

Well I gotta way about me (oh yeah)
But it's hard for me to see it (oh yeah)
And I don't know when I'm in the wrong
Why am I so hard to please

This is my 16th apology to you
Do I have to go down on my knees (for you, yeah)
With friends like me
Who needs enemies?

The things I said about you
Were all said yesterday
I didn't mean to hurt you (ooh-ooh!)
Maybe we could work it out someday

Lah la, la-la-la
La-la-la, lah
La-la-la, la-la-la

Well I got a streak of meanness (oh yeah)
A clumsy way of speaking (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah)
And I don't know when I'm in the wrong
Why am I so hard to please?

Do I have to go down on my knees?
This is my 16th apology to you
With friends like me who needs enemies?

Lah la, la-la-la
La-la-la, lah

Lah la, la-la-la
La-la-la, lah
La-la-la, la-la-la
Didn't your mother ever tell you
(la-la-la)
To err is human, to forgive is divine
(la-la-la-la)
Lah la, la-la-la
La-la-la
Oh well, I'll see you in the next life
Lah la, la-la-la
La-la-la (to Coda)

Shakespear’s Sister is a pop-rock duo formed in 1988 by Siobhan Fahey, who left Bananarama after disagreements with the musical direction the band was going. The band was originally intended to be Fahey’s solo project, but immediately became a duo after she recruited American singer Marcella Detroit (aka Marcy Levy).

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