Love it
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Best song in slc punk, took me a minute to find it...
mooglywoogle
"I don't want perfect. I want Robin"
MariaHIMYM
Turn the lights down
Way down low
Turn up the music
Hi as fi can go
All the gang's here
Everyone you know
It's a crazy scene
Hey there just look over your shoulder
Get the picture'
No no no no
Walk a tightrope
Your life-sign-line
Such a bright hope
Right place, right time
What's your number'
Never you mind
Take a powder
But hang on a minute what's coming round the corner'
Have you a future'
No no no no
Well I've been up all night again
Party-time wasting is too much fun
Then I step back thinking
Of life's inner meaning
And my latest fling
It's the same old story
All love and glory
It's a pantomime
If you're looking for love
In a looking glass world
It's pretty hard to find
Oh mother of pearl
I wouldn't trade you
For another girl
Divine intervention
Always my intention
So I take my time
I've been looking for something
I've always wanted
But was never mine
But now I've seen that something
Just out of reach - glowing -
Very Holy grail
Oh mother of pearl
Lustrous lady
Of a sacred world
Thus: even Zarathustra
Another-time-loser
Could believe in you
With every goddess a let down
Every idol a bring down
It gets you down
But the search for perfection
Your own predilection
Goes on and on and on and on
Canadian Club love
A place in the Country
Everyone's ideal
But you are my favorita
And a place in your heart dear
Makes me feel more real
Oh mother of pearl
I wouldn't change you
For the whole world
You're highbrow, holy
With lots of soul
Melancholy shimmering
Serpentine sleekness
Was always my weakness
Like a simple tune
But no dilettante
Filigree fancy
Beats the plastic you
Career girl cover
Exposed and another
Slips right into-view
Oh looking for love
In a looking glass world
Is pretty hard for you
Few throwaway kisses
The boomerang misses
Spin round and round
Fall on featherbed quilted
Faced with silk
Softly stuffed eider down
Take refuge in pleasure
Just give me your future
We'll forget your past
Oh mother of pearl
Submarine lover
In a shrinking world
Oh lonely dreamer
Your choker provokes
A picture cameo
Oh mother of pearl
So so semi-precious
In your detached world
Oh mother of pearl
I wouldn't trade you
For another girl
nadiarozhentcova
FINALLY I FOUND YOU DAMN SONG!! LOVE HIMYM
hipersonicc
Bryan Ferry is an amazing musician and even better song-writer. The lyrics in this song are about as good as it gets.
domais
I found this song and Roxy Music through my dad. Few bands have touched my heart like this band has.
UltiEd
"if your looking for love in a looking glass world its pretty hard to find"
musicthedeaf
I can listen to this song over and over again. The bass is so bouncy, ferry's lyrics and vocals are some of the most interesting and brilliant approaches to singing. And there's so much fun stuff with the synths and percussion in the background. Way ahead of its time
cosmicslopass
" I don't want perfect, I want Robin " HIMYM :-)
bgmaa
"ONLY POSERS R.I.P. Bob!!!!
#SLCpunk
wendelltso
... just give me your future you'll forget your past ... the whole song is so beautiful and poetic ...
MrSebboxxx
This song still ranks very highly for me. And I love him.
eugeniamartinodeconde
This bassist in this song is a genius.
Abonodi
"Ive been looking for something I've always wanted, but was never mine. But now I've seen that something just out of reach glowing, very holy grail" damn 👐
chelseyfwler
Truly unique. Love it since I've heard it in HIMYM.
aljosathewise
Thanks to Annie (old girlfriend from college), …for introducing Roxy Music 🥸👍💟💞❣️💕🩷💖❤️🔥🔈🎶🎶🎶
chuyhighman
Sad, in a way, that decades later this song is still way ahead of 2 many.
MrNemo-oicl
This scene gives me goosebumps in SLC punk. Perfect editing
seanpalatial
most beautiful song ever recorded. no contest.
thechevettefanatic
The first Album I ever bought...not too shabby. Ferry is a genius...or was. Love this track, along with so many others, Eno or no Eno, Ferry was the brainchild behind roxy.
