Golden Oldie

It´s difficult for me to choose one favourite song because I´m always listening to music and I always have lots of top songs of the moment. However, the other morning I listened to a song that I hadn´t heard in ages and it brought back good memories.

The song was ¨Forest Fire¨by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, a Scottish band from the early 80s. They were never going to be the best band in the world but they produced good songs with clever )intelligent) lyrics.

I was living in London when I first heard of this band. They had a song called ¨Perfect Skin¨which I liked. I remember that it was a track on a tape that came free with The New Musical Express, a music paper I always used to buy. This was their third single and possibly their biggest hit.

Here are the lyrics.

She crossed herself as she put on her things
She has promised once before not to live this way
If she don't calm down she will burn herself out
Like a forest fire, well doesn't that make you smile
If you don't slow down, I swear that I'll come round
And mess up your place, let's go for a spin
They say we shouldn't even know each other
And that we'll be undone
Don't it make you smile like a forest fire
I believe in love, I'll believe in anything
That's gonna get me what I want and get me off my knees
Then we'll burn your house down, don't it feel so good
There's a forest fire every time we get together
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Hey pick you up, put you down
Rip you up and spin you round
Just like we said we would
'cause we're a forest fire
Believe you me, we'll tear this place down
If we get caught in this wind then we could burn the ocean
If we get caught in this scene we're gonna be undone
It's just a simple metaphor, it's for a burning love
Don't it make you smile like a forest fire