listen to the music tragically hip musical hairs read my book Say the Word The Ultimate Guide to Wearable Song Lyrics "When he pulls his frilly nylon panties right up tight" The Kinks in "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" "You're trying my shoes on for a change, they look so good but fit so strange Out of fashion, so I can complain" No Doubt in "Sunday Morning" "I'm making you a coat of pink cashmere" Prince in "Pink Cashmere" "You dress me up in women's clothes, we play around with gender roles Line my eyes and call me pretty" James in "Laid" "Diamond rings, watches, alpaca sweaters, they got alligator shoes and coats made out of leather" Etta James in "Mellow Fellows" "I would go out tonight but I haven't got a stitch to wear" The Smith's in "This Charming Man" "They have been trying to get married sinch they stole the wedding dress" Elvis Costello in "Waiting for the End of the World" "The secret on your lips, that nobody knows Gentle in your eyes, you can wear my clothes" Matthew Sweet in "I've Been Waiting" "Do you want to find alligator cowboy boots they just put on sale?" Liz Phair in "Polyester Bride" "A friend in need's a friend in deed, a friend with weed is better A friend with breasts and all the rest, a friend who's dressed in leather" Placebo in "Pure Morning" "The boy in the bright blue jeans jumped on the stage Lady Stardust sang his songs of darkness and disgrace" David Bowie in "Lady Stardust" "You got crazy legs, you got amazing head. You got rings on your fingers and your hair's hot red" David Bowie in "Velvet Goldmine" "She's so swishy in her satin and tat in her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat" David Bowie in "Queen Bitch" "And dressed as you are girl in your fashions of fate Baby it's too late." Marc Bolan in "Monolith" "I love the velvet hat you know the one that caused a revolution." Marc Bolan in "Motivator" "Your hat strategically dipped below one eye, your scarf it was apricot" Carly Simon in "You're So Vain" "I had no radio show, nor did I have home-made clothes, home-made curtains Of the same material" Rufus Wainwright in "Beauty Mark" "Everytime I turn, a microscopic worm, is tellng me he's it Dressed in robes of cosmic ego, crawling round in shit" Kula Shaker in "S.O.S." "She thought she looked good in purple jeans from Santa Fe And she overdosed on magazines" Saint Etienne in "Lose that Girl" "Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac. Ooh, the boy's a time bomb" Rancid in "Time Bomb" "I've been walking with no shoes, fill my kidneys up with booze Today I'm killing you" The Charlatans in "With No Shoes" "I am a wolf but I like to wear sheep's clothing" Garbage in "Temptation Waits" "There's lipstick on her new dress she hadn't even paid yet" The Wallflowers in "Three Marlenas" "Dressed in a rock 'n' roll sweater, acting like a soap opera queen" Blondie in "Rip Her to Shreads" "I got it on, your favorite T. It never looked as good on you as it looks on me" Lemonheads in "Favorite T" "I'll be the boy in the corduroy pants, you'll be the girl at the high school dance" Tom Petty in "You Wreck Me" "Yeah, the girl in the dirty shirt, she knows exactly what she's worth" Oasis in "The Girl in the Dirty Shirt" "She thinks of him, and so she dresses in black. And though he'll never come back, She's dressed in black" The Beatles in "Baby's in Black" "Fingernails are pretty, fingernails are good" Foo Fighters in "This is a Call" "Lose your face, lose your name. Then get fitted for a suit of flame" Squirrel Nut Zippers in "Hell" "From her garden she could see me, in her silver plaid bikini Singing dancing 'round her fruit tree" The Move in "(Here We Go Round)The Lemon Tree" "I got a beard that would disappear if I dressed in leather" Beck in "Sissyneck" "I love the colorful clothes she wears And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair" The Beach Boys in "Good Vibrations" "I saw you walking dow the street, well you looked quite neat. Baggy jeans and long blonde hair, without a care in the world" The Farm in "Groovy Train" "They were all impressed with your Halston dress and the people that you knew at Elaine's" Billy Joel in "Big Shot" "Miss Emma Peel, black boots kick high in the face, one last look at the grace" Dishwalla in "Miss Emma Peel" "Crazy lady with the shiny shoes, where are you?" Live in "Insomnia and the Hole in the Universe" "You are the one supreme being. Just dressed to kill and fulfill any dream" The Soupdragons in "Divine Thing" "I am just a fashion accessory" The Manic Street Preachers in "Scream to Sigh" "And just like fashion it's a passion for the with it and hip" Smashmouth in "Walking on the Sun" "When you raise your pencil skirt like a veil before my eyes, like the look upon his face as he's zipping up his flies" Pulp in "Pencil Skirt" "And I feel like freak who can't let go and I'd like to start dancing 'round a pink handbag" Space in "Disco Dolly" "I took you home and dressed you up in polyester" Duran Duran in "Electric Barberella" "Your frilly skirts and satin shirts, everybody says she's oh so pretty" The Dandys in "Drag Queen" "There's no clothes I can buy that'd make me feel like myself" The Longpigs in "She Said" "Filmstar, an elegant sir in a terylene shirt tonight" Suede in "Filmstar" "You wear nothing but you wear it so well" The Dave Matthews Band in "Crash" "I spent all night dressing up, what for? A time to dance with you." Morella's Forest in "One Glorious Night" "I gotta girl who wears cool shoes, I gotta girl who wears them in the nude" Tripping Daisy in "I Got a Girl" "Well, if you know who I mean then there's no need to ask He wears a pin stripe suit and always has the last laugh. Have you seen him?" Spacehog in "Anonymous" "I've seen the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes" The Rolling Stones in "Paint it Black" "She wears my love like a see-through dress Her lips say one thing, her movements something else" U2 in "So Cruel" "And on that fateful day when she was crucified, she wore Shiseido Red" Tori Amos in "Muhammad My Friend" "The girls walk by dressed up for each other" Van Morrison in "Wild Nights" "Pale September, I wore the time like a dress that year The autumn days swung soft around me, like cotton on my skin" Fiona Apple in "Pale September" "Wearing nothing is divine, naked is a state of mind" Luscious Jackson in "Naked Eye" "We're a mess of eyeliner and spraypaint. D.I.Y destruction on Chanel chic." The Manic Street Preachers in "Stay Beautiful" "Well when your sitting there in your silk upholstered chair, talking to some rich folks that you know, Well I hope you don't see me in my ragged company, you know I could never be alone." The Rolling Stones in "Dead Roses" "Should be sewing the seams of a jacket of dreams." Malluka in "Straight-Jacket Tailor" "You walk around quite well in your Lonsdale shirt You think you´re cool, so cool that it hurts." The Hand(Some) People in "Lonsdale 130" "I'm wearing black French knickers under my suit, I got stockings and suspenders and I'm feeling rather loose." Blur in "Mr. Robinson's Quango" "She goes to college and she wears the nice shoes, She wears a polo neck jumper and she's really cool All dressed in black it's a fact she my Beatnik girl." Snug in "Beatnik Girl" "If you want to destroy my sweater, pull this thread as I walk away." Weezer in "Undone (The Sweater Song)" "He's got a tie-dyed Rancid shirt, wears his Birkenstocks to work Is he a jerk or just confused? Jeff don't wear regular shoes." NOFX in "Jeff Wears Birkenstocks" "I'm making good friends with you, when you're shaking your good frame Fall on your face in those bad shoes, lying there like you're tame." The Pixies in "Tame" "Still looking for that blue-jean baby queen, prettiest girl I've ever seen" David Essex in "Rock On" "In my paisley shirt, I feel like a jerk. In my yellow shoes, I get the blues. When I wear my blue velvet trousers...I wonder how long I'm going to wear my blue velvet trousers..." Pink Floyd in "Vegetable Man" "He wore a scarlet tunic, a blue-green hood. It looked quite good." Pink Floyd in "The Gnome" "Don't give me no hand me down shoes." The Guess Who in "Hand Me Down World" "Can I join your band, go on parade, with my guitar and my coat of suede?" The Creation in "Can I Join Your Band?" "Turquoise bracelets and beads make it all seem right. Bangles and furs, put them on they're yours...to go with the color of the diamonds and pearls." Electric Prunes in "Bangles" "I don't wear continental clothes, Stetson hats. But I keep a fat bankroll, in my pocket, baby." Lowell Fulsom in "Tramp" "He's always lookin' sharp, you never see him smile. He's got sunglasses black, he always dressed in style" Cannonball Adderley in "Mohair Sam" "I liked it when you wore old blue jeans but now you only dress for the magazines." The Syn in "Created by Clive" "Every hair in place, scent of Inglewood aftershave. Clothes that cost a mint, bracelets inkling when I wave." The Herd in "Diary of a Narcissist" "White French cuffs with pearly links, empire-line elites Yellow shirt and a pink cravat, and he lives on Beasley Street." The Mood Mosaic in "Beasley Street" "The boys are all wearin' seersucker, sharkskin, and mohair." Esther Phillips in "Yes Sir, Brother" "My name's Freddie Scott and I'm gonna get down, I got mohair suits, black, silver, brown All the girls on this scene got them beautiful miniskirts I keep my out for them 'til my eyeballs hurt." Freddie Scott in "Am I Grooving You?" "Top coat, top hat, I don't worry coz my wallet's fat. Black shades, white gloves, lookin' sharp and lookin' for love." ZZ Top in "Sharp Dressed Man "Now you've done it once, now he wants you to wear your pink glove all the time." Pulp in "Pink Glove" "It's a silk sash bash." Suzi Quatro in "48 Crash" "She's the girl with the red blue jeans. She's the queen of all the teens." Gene Vincent in "Be-Bob-a-Lula" "Sweet sixteen and leather boots, body and soul, I go crazy." Iggy Pop in "Sixteen" "What costumes shall the poor girl wear, to all tomorrow's parties. A hand-me-down dress from who knows where, to all tomorrow's parties." The Velvet Underground in "All Tomorrow's Parties" "Fee, fee, fi, fi, fo-fo, fum. Look at Molly now, here she comes Wearin' her wig hat and shades to match, she's got high-heel shoes and an alligator hat." Mitch Ryder in "Devil With the Blue Dress" "He wears the finest clothes, the best designers, heaven knows Ooh, from his head down to his toes, Halston, Gucci, Fiorucci He looks like a still, that man is dressed to kill." Sister Sledge in "He's the Greatest Dancer" "Draperies wrapped gently 'round her shoulder Life has made her that much bolder now that she's found out how Dressed in silk, latin lace and envy, pride and joy of the latest penny faire pretty passing care." The Velvet Undergound in "Lady Godiva's Operation" Contributors: Marty, Donna, Kristi, Ashe, Beth, Alessandro, Angelchild, Semidoubt, Brandie, Flufibunny, Courtney, Kristy, MadamHeidi, Emma, Deborah, Miia, Nisse, Ellen, Janet T., Billy, Lori, Brother Lowe, John H, Flora, Alli, Sophia . If you know a cool lyric, don't hesitate to e-mail us! 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