Simply Red

Words and Music Mick Hucknall

'Before we go on the honeymoon is over...

Just because I've never known your face
Don't look at me in the wrong way
To try and pick you out from all this space
The coldest room in the whole damn place

Chorus
Lady Godiva's room
The only place she ever played in tune
Lady Godiva's room
The only place she ever played her bells in
Ah this is madness
This is insane
Gloom

Before we go on the honeymoon is over

When I asked I was beside myself
Thought that marrige would turn out well
The love we have is still inside us
The dreams we had have left inside and died
In this holly and Ivy age
The day we kissed on the Mistletoe train

Chorus

Before we go on the honeymoon is over
Bofore we go on the honeymoon is over
Lady Godiva the honeymoon is over

Simply Red is a British soul and pop band. The first incarnation of the band was a punk group called The Frantic Elevators, whose seven-year run produced limited releases on local labels and ended in 1984 upon critical acclaim for their final single, “Holding Back the Years”.

By early 1985, Mick Hucknall and manager Elliot Rashman had assembled a band of local session musicians and begun to attract record company attention. The group adopted the name “Red” (after Hucknall’s nickname, denoting his hair colour) but then Mick decided it would sound better with the addition of the word ‘Simply.’

Since the mid 1980s, the band has sold more than 50 million albums.

more tracks from the album

Men and Women

From the albums

Men and Women (1987)
Montreux EP (1992)

Simply Red popular songs

Lady Godiva’s RoomSimply Red

Simply Red

Men and Women