Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
Looking Glass
De tekst verhaalt over Brandy, een barmeisje in een havenstad. Veel zeilers dingen naar haar liefde, maar zij kan hun gevoelens niet beantwoorden. De liefde van haar leven was niet bereid om zijn ware liefde, de zee, te verlaten. Ondanks dit blijft Brandy van de liefde van haar leven houden en draagt ze een gevlochten zilveren ketting met een medaillon waarin zijn naam staat.
Er is gesuggereerd dat het lied geïnspireerd is op het echte levensverhaal van Mary Ellis, wier graf ligt in New Brunswick, New Jersey, de stad waar de band werd opgericht.
Artiest
Titel A-kant
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
Lengte A-kant
2:55
Componist(en) A-kant
E. Lurie
Producer(s) A-kant
Mike Gershman, Bob Liftin, Looking Glass
Titel B-kant
One By One
Lengte B-kant
6:01
Componist(en) B-kant
P. Sweval
Producer(s) B-kant
Mike Gershman, Bob Liftin, Looking Glass
Platenlabel
Epic
Catalogusnr
EPC 8213
Hoogste positie US
1
Album
Looking Glass
Tipparade
Songtekst
(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda)
There's a port on a western bay
And it serves a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes
And there's a girl in this harbor town
And she works layin' whiskey down
They say "Brandy, fetch another round"
She serves them whiskey and wine
The sailors say "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
"Yeah your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea"
(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
Brandy wears a braided chain
Made of finest silver from the North of Spain
A locket that bears the name
Of the man that Brandy loves
He came on a summer's day
Bringin' gifts from far away
But he made it clear he couldn't stay
No harbor was his home
The sailor said " Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea"
(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes
When he told his sailor stories
She could feel the ocean foam rise
She saw it's ragin' glory
But he had always told the truth, lord, he was an honest man
And Brandy does her best to understand
(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
At night when the bars close down
Brandy walks through a silent town
And loves a man who's not around
She still can hear him say
She hears him say " Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea"
(dooda-dit-dooda), (dit-dooda-dit-dooda-dit)
"Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
FADE
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea"
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