Cosmo Jarvis

Released: September 26, 2011

Songwriter: Cosmo Jarvis

Producer: Cosmo Jarvis

[Verse 1]
I was walking down the road one day
And I saw a lonely light
Then I ran all the way home
In the middle of the night

I went down to the old arcade
And I saw your smiling face
You must be the most beautiful girl
In the whole of the human...

[Chorus 1]
What's wrong with Betty?
What's wrong with my sweet girl?
What's wrong with Betty?
What's wrong with my sweet...

[Verse 2]
I got into my beat up car
And suddenly I saw you
Yeah, I found myself totally fixated
On everything you do

I followed you round and round and round
'Til I ran out of gas
I was checking out my fuel gauge
As I checked out your...

[Chorus 1]

[Bridge]
She's a waitress, she waits for a living
But she ain't happy with the money they're giving
But she's driven, to make a little money on the side
Eyes darken, wide, so open up your flies and get inside

My Fiat Punto awaits
There ain't a lotta room, but the view is great
And I'll drive you away from Chez Roberto
I'll pay you twenty quid, main and dessert

Oh, darling, you're sweating from your shift
And it drips on my gearstick, lipstick lips are pouting
An hour ain't fit for a king
With twenty quid to spare on a queen who's always giving

She's more than willing to make a living, no other women act like this
So wait behind the restaurant if you want the best there is...

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2] x2
What's wrong with Betty?
What's wrong with my sweet girl?
What's wrong with Betty?
What's wrong with my sweet girl?

[Chorus 1]

[Refrain]
Betty walks, Betty saw everything
Betty walked, Betty saw everything
Betty walked, Betty saw everything
Betty walked, Betty saw everything...

[Chorus 1] x3

[Chorus 3] x3

[Outro]
What's wrong with my sweet girl, what's wrong
With my sweet girl, what's wrong with my sweet...

Critic, journalist, sometime musician, onetime actor, and full-time Midwesterner Mark Deming provides a discographic-based biography for Cosmo Jarvis:

“Singer, songwriter, and filmmaker Cosmo Jarvis has earned a devoted following for his witty, often satiric tunes about the foibles of relationships and contemporary life, often rooted in personal experience, as well as his own self-produced videos and short subjects that have given his work a global online audience. Harrison Cosmo Krikoryan Jarvis was born on September 1, 1989 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Jarvis' family relocated to the United Kingdom when he was young, and he grew up in Devon in Southwest England. Jarvis began writing songs when he was only 12 years old, around the same time he began making short films using a VHS video camera. While Jarvis' early videos were little more than documentation of pranks played with his friends, with time he began constructing more complex narratives, and similarly his songs began to evolve, ranging from folk-inspired acoustic guitar pieces and elaborate pop tunes to tongue-in-cheek hip-hop tracks.

At the age of 16, Jarvis quit school to focus on his creative work, and in 2009 he wrote and produced his debut album, an 18-song set called Humasyouhitch/Sonofabitch, which was released by the British indie label Wall of Sound. The album combined Jarvis' observational tunes with a cycle of songs reflecting the emotional turmoil of his parents' stormy relationship. Humasyouhitch/Sonofabitch received enthusiastic notices from the British music press, but it didn’t sell especially well, and Jarvis teamed with 25th Frame for his second release, Is the World Strange or Am I Strange? A track from the album, “Gay Pirates,” became an Internet sensation after Jarvis' low-budget video for the song was endorsed in a Twitter post by actor and author Stephen Fry, and subsequent airplay helped make the second album a commercial success. While continuing to tour, write songs, and record music, Jarvis has also been writing and directing a feature film, provisionally titled The Naughty Room. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi"

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Is The World Strange or Am I Strange?

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Is The World Strange or Am I Strange? (2011)

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