The Kinks- Lola

**This version is the original before copyright laws meant that Kinks had to change 'coca cola' to 'cherry cola', as some of you have noticed :)**

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-lo lola

Well Im not the worlds most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Well Im not dumb but I cant understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said dear boy wont you come home with me
Well Im not the worlds most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me

Well thats the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
Its a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Well I left home just a week before
And Id never ever kissed a woman before
But lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said dear boy Im gonna make you a man

Well Im not the worlds most masculine man
But I know what I am and Im glad Im a man
And so is lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

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[alexBOSS5]

Kinks are cool!!

[gypsydog24]

FANTASTIC to HEAR LOLA performed as it was originally written and recorded,Tastes Like COCA-COLA,before they were forced to change it to CHERRY-COLA because of copyright legal action from COCA-COLA.

[musicalman77]

Funny how times change. I'm sure at the time Coke considered it trademark infringement & didn't want their name associate with such a controversial subject. Flash forward a few decades--- NOW rather than suing to have it taken out, they would probably PAY huge 'product placement' fees to have their product named in a pop song about such a progressive song promoting a gay or transgendered lifestyle!

[gypsydog24]

@LylythTV Love that sense of humour "Lady' Gaga, ha ha it's funny cause it's true

[gioGism]

Damn, I love your username. My Chem ftw. I'm bird-walking, here, sorry.

[johobe1]

Being an old guy, what I remember the DJs saying way back when, was that the Coca-cola was changed to cherry cola because Lola couldn't get airplay in England because their mostly non commercial stations radio weren't allowed to play anything with copyrighted/patented/licensed etc names in them. So there were two versions of Lola, the American version, (Coca-cola) and the British version (cherry cola).

[ajjaspers]

@KitTyrocKerluv dude, the kinks literally wrote the song, I think they know the lyrics lol

[KitTyrocKerluv]

wrong lyrics in the start it says cherry cola and its coca cola...cherry cola is the oldest version

[icyzm]

@clashboy1977 that's retarded dude, at least they're getting some good music in somewhere!