This lyric was a late entry on the Bowden submission; so much so that the lyric is dated after the date on the submission note.
I don’t think he used this lyric. I was not sure anyone used it…until I found this letter from Michael Eriera, click here. Michael used it rather well.
I’m glad, because I think it is rather good. Perhaps not ideal for NewsRevue, though.
I’m pretty sure Janie liked my lyric, though. And Anthea.
♬ DESIGNER ♬
(To the Tune of “Delilah”)
VERSE 1
I turned away when I saw C&A on her label,
As I grew tenser skirts from Marks and Spencer were worn;
Shoes came from Dolcis,
Had she not been so alluring I’d have left in scorn.
CHORUS 1
I shall not deny her,
Fine garb I must buy her,
Sod the cost,
I’ll get her a shirt from Lacoste,
The garments I buy her will restore the love I have lost.
VERSE 2
I thought she’d swoon when we went to Monsoon the next morning,
She seemed perplexed when we filled Next The Gap in her range;
Mad Dash to Naff Naff,
She lost her Principles in The Warehouse and turned strange.
CHORUS 2
She does look diviner,
Now that I refine her,
Clothes from Elle,
Scent from YSL or Chanel,
But the Geiger counter would take all Armani to hell.
VERSE 3
She changed her ways came home with some Hermes and I worried,
Soon only Gucci, Escada and Pucci she’d wield;
I wore Browns trousers,
She simply bought clothes from Zandra Rhodes or Bruce Oldfield.
CHORUS 3
Why why why designer?
Why not made in China?
Haute couture,
From Jean Muir or Christian Dior,
With all this designer I just can’t afford any more,
With all this designer I just can’t afford any more.
copyright © Ian Harris 1993
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