Lola - The Kinks ( 1970)

Ray Davies – Author

I met her in a club down in old Soho
where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Cherry Cola
C-O-L-A Cola.
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance.
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, "Lola"
L-O-L-A Lola, lo lo lo Lola
Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy,
but when she squeesed me tight she nearly broke my spine
HE BOAST OF PHYSICAL WEAKNESS
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola
Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand
why she walks like a woman and talks like a man
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola
HE LIKES HIS WEAKNESS AND REVELS IN THE EFFIMINATE MALE BEREFT OF STRENGTH AND MANLINESS
Well, we drank champagne and danced all night,
under electric candlelight,
she picked me up and sat me on her knee,
She said, "Little boy won't you come home with me?"
IT IS MORE THAN AN ATTEMPT TO REVERT TO INFANCY; IT’S A DESIRE TO BE BEREFT OF ALL MANLINESS.
Well, I'm not the world's most passionate guy,
but when I looked in her eyes,
I almost fell for my Lola,
Lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola
I pushed her away. I walked to the door.
I fell to the floor. I got down on my knees.
IS THERE A MORE COWARDLY BEING THAN THIS…
I looked at her, and she at me.
Well that's the way that I want it to stay.
I always want it to be that way for my Lola.
Lo lo lo Lola.
Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls.
MAYBE IN THIS COWARD’S WORLD. THAT’S WHAT HE WANTS; HE WANTS TO BE A GIRL.
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world,
except for Lola. Lo lo lo Lola. Lo lo lo Lola.
Well I left home just a week ago,
and I never ever kissed a woman before,
Lola smiled and took me by the hand,
she said, "Little boy, gonna make you a man."
THAT’S ENTIRELY UNLIKELY… A MALE WHO WOULD WRITE AND SING THIS SONG WOULD NOT EVER BE ABLE TO ENTER MANHOOD.
Well I'm not the world's most masculine man,
THAT’S VERY CLEAR.
but I know what I am and that I'm a man,
YOU MEAN A MALE…
so is Lola.
IS LOLA A TRANSVESTITE OR A MASCULINE FEMALE? IN EITHER CASE THIS IS NOTHING BUT GARBAGE FILTH…. WRITTEN BY A PERVERSE COWARD….
Lo lo lo Lola. Lo lo lo Lola.