Uploaded by hey5000 on Feb 13, 2008
From Franz Ferdinand.
LYRICS:
Jacqueline was seventeen
working on a desk
when Ivor
Peered above a spectacle
forgot that he had wrecked a girl
Sometimes these eyes
Forget the face they're peering from
When the face they peer upon
Well, you know
That face as I do
And how in the return of the gaze
She can return you the face
That you are staring from
CHORUS:
It's always better on holiday
So much better on holiday
That's why we only work when
We need the money
REPEAT CHORUS
Gregor was down again
Said come on, kick me again
Said, I'm so drunk
I don't mind if you kill me
Come on you gutless
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
and how I know it's true
But for chips and for freedom
I could die
CHORUS(3)
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i currently desperately need a shit but refuse to go until the song is finished.
4 months ago 77
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glad my name is Jacqueline :)
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funnily enough, my name is also jacqueline and I am actually seventeen. weird or not? could be my life :) haha
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najzajebistrze po słońcem!
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Like si esque quieres que FF venga a Chile!!
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@Reiken37 The first part of the song is about the poet Ivor Cutler and (Alex's friend) Jacqueline. Not too sure about the second part of the song
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@Reiken37 About jacqueline, she was seventeen for real
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@GutooLlyr You really have your priorities in order. +1
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36 people didn't get past the first 42 seconds...
2 months ago 19
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i was 17 when this song came out!
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Reiken37 1 year ago 8
@Reiken37 Here is a good interpretation I found:
"I think that it may be about gambling or some form of recreation that costs money. When Ivor peers above a spectacle it may represent wealth and the slaving girl behind the desk and Gregor is a compoulsive gambler which i think is indicated by the line "but for chips and for freedom i could die" Hence thats why we only work when we need the money."
hey5000 1 year ago 33