Holiday Girl
I'm telling you it's the same girl
She's always there on holidays when you're wee
She never grows and she's everywhere
She was in the lift in Covent garden last week and she was in Torquay when I was fourteen
She said she was called Tina then and claims she was from Germany
I watch her from the Balcony as she swam in the pool and tanned herself all day
And spying on her from hotel windows when she was playing tennis with her mum and dad
I would try and impress her with my sensitive side by being usually affectionate to my wee brother as she passed us in the lobby
There was a Royal Wedding I dunno which one
But the hotel was a fancy do some sort of celebration thing
She sat at the table she usual sat at dinner just across from ours
It was the I'd first time in my formative years I'd had a drink
A champagne and cocktail affair
Later when there was a dance and all the parent were drunk
And my dad tried to make me join in the conga
I wasn't into it so I went outside and stood on the patio staring at the night sea trying to look date
She came and stood beside me
Her naked elbow touched mine, she turned round and smiled.....but I couldn't say a thing
Garota de Férias
Tô te dizendo que é a mesma garota
Ela tá sempre lá nas férias quando você é pequeno
Ela nunca envelhece e tá em todo lugar
Ela estava no elevador em Covent Garden na semana passada e estava em Torquay quando eu tinha quatorze
Ela disse que se chamava Tina na época e dizia que era da Alemanha
Eu a observava da varanda enquanto ela nadava na piscina e tomava sol o dia todo
E espionava ela das janelas do hotel quando jogava tênis com a mãe e o pai
Eu tentava impressioná-la com meu lado sensível, sendo carinhoso com meu irmãozinho enquanto ela passava por nós no saguão
Teve um Casamento Real, não sei qual
Mas o hotel era chique, uma espécie de celebração
Ela sentou na mesa onde costumava jantar, bem em frente à nossa
Era a primeira vez na minha adolescência que eu tinha uma bebida
Um affair de champanhe e coquetéis
Mais tarde, quando teve uma dança e todos os pais estavam bêbados
E meu pai tentou me fazer entrar na conga
Eu não tava a fim, então fui pra fora e fiquei no pátio olhando o mar à noite tentando parecer descolado
Ela veio e ficou ao meu lado
O cotovelo dela tocou o meu, ela se virou e sorriu... mas eu não consegui dizer nada