I’ve taken a day off of work to get my head in order after the Melbourne trip. Rather than spend any time blogging about it, or putting up the many photos I took, I’ve spent the day pottering about the house and listening to mp3s, one of which just happened to be See You Home Tonight from the Pictures’ 2007 release The Fantastic Sounds of the Pictures.
Not only is this a great song, but it features the vocal talents of the Spazzys, so there’s frankly no circumstances under which I could ever dislike it. That said – somewhat ironically given the album title – the sound production on the track is fairly muffled and muddy, which makes it rather difficult to pick out the lyrics. This hasn’t previously bothered me unduly, but today I was struck with a sudden desire to find them out. “No problem!” I thought “I’ll look them up on the interwebs!” but to my shock and horror, I couldn’t seem to locate them anywhere.
This is not a situation that can be allowed to stand, so I’ve just spend the last half hour playing the song over and over, and listening intently to a live version some kind soul put up on YouTube. As a result, I can now present the following lyrics, which (apart from one bit in the first verse) I am 100% certain are correct.
(The bits in italics are sung by the Spazzys, just so that’s clear…)
See You Home Tonight
by The Pictures (featuring The Spazzys)
I know you won’t want to come to my party,
But if you do we’ll throw good times away,
Dance and drink the whole night long,
Until my pal, he finally lets me say…
So I’m asking you,
‘Cause he can’t ask himself,
Can he see you home, tonight?
No he can’t,
No he can’t,
I know there must be something I missed,
If he’s too shy, for it to come to this,
Well that all might be very well,
But with the crush he got on you, well I just can’t tell!
So I’m asking you,
‘Cause he can’t ask himself,
Can he see you home, tonight?
No he can’t,
See you home tonight…
No he can’t,
Now we got the sun rise up,
It’s time to know if he’s all out of luck,
Before you run and get away,
Just give us one more chance to hear me say…
So I’m asking you,
Can he ask himself?
Can he see you home, tonight?
Can he see you home?
He can’t see me home,
Can he see you home, tonight?
No he can’t,
See you home tonight…
No he can’t,
No he can’t,
See you home tonight…
No he can’t,
