Sailor
The Girls of Amsterdam.
By Marcel Veltman
This curious British Popband made it to the top of the charts
in the 1970 s with cute songs like Traffic Jam In the streets
and Sailor . Beside that, they were among the first ever to use
a synthesizer in popular light music, long before there were
Simple Minds, Petshop Boys and portable Rolands.
This song was on an LP I owned many years ago.
If someone still knows all the words, please fill me in
(thanks calpicker53 for the missing verse)
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Beautifull dolls in the windows
Patiently biding their time
But their eyes looking out to a street full of men
Who are trying to make up their minds
And the lights they keep shining
From eve to silvery down
But who needs to sleep when you re fallen in love
With the girls of Amsterdam, boy, the girls of Amsterdam
Late last night we were drinking
Down in the corner café
When fighting broke out with terrible shouts
And people were running away
From the cops that came stream in
Trying to bring us all in
But we spent the night in soft, silky beds
With the girls of Amsterdam, boy, the girls of Amsterdam
(bridge)
Some people shout at them, blush them with shame
Others may call them by silly old names
But nobody loves a sailor
Like the girls of Amsterdam, boy, the girls of Amsterdam
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And thus the day came creeping,
Boy how the good times fly,
As we watched the girls in the morning sun,
Sadly waving goodbye,
But at least our dreams they last,
Like a sound caught in the wind,
And I for one shall remember,
The girls of Amsterdam boy,
The girls of Amsterdam.