More songs by The Stranglers
Description
Keyboards, Vocals: Dave Greenfield
Producer: Dave Greenfield
Guitar, Vocals: Hugh Cornwell
Producer: Hugh Cornwell
Bass Guitar: Jean Jacques Burnel
Producer: Jean Jacques Burnel
Vocals: Jean Jacques Burnel
Drums, Percussion: Jet Black
Producer: Jet Black
Composer: Dave Greenfield
Composer: Hugh Cornwell
Composer: Jean-Jacques Burnell
Composer: Jet Black
Lyrics and translation
Original
They woke to grey English morning and to a strange honeymoon.
The girl who gave him all her love and the man who said it still wouldn't do.
His parents always worked hard, never went to bed late, and though they were God's own people, they're still the ones he loves to hate.
He never wanted to suffer this fate.
All the girls have fallen for the man they love to hate.
The city is an animal.
It snores and by day it roars, and though he loved to hate it, he couldn't live without its flaws.
With pastel curtains moaning at a thousand harsh words, then hush!
The girl, she wanted to leave because she loved the man too much.
He never wanted to suffer this fate.
All the girls have fallen for the man they love to hate.
His father was a fighter, and he practiced on his son.
His mother was just some furniture who'd lost the will to run.
The girl, she wrote him a farewell note, and though he probably didn't care too much, the girl, she finally left him because she loved the man too much.
English translation
They woke to grey English morning and to a strange honeymoon.
The girl who gave him all her love and the man who said it still wouldn't do.
His parents always worked hard, never went to bed late, and though they were God's own people, they're still the ones he loves to hate.
He never wanted to suffer this fate.
All the girls have fallen for the man they love to hate.
The city is an animal.
It snores and by day it roars, and though he loved to hate it, he couldn't live without its flaws.
With pastel curtains moaning at a thousand harsh words, then hush!
The girl, she wanted to leave because she loved the man too much.
He never wanted to suffer this fate.
All the girls have fallen for the man they love to hate.
His father was a fighter, and he practiced on his son.
His mother was just some furniture who'd lost the will to run.
The girl, she wrote him a farewell note, and though he probably didn't care too much, the girl, she finally left him because she loved the man too much.