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Someone as pretty as you could be a model -
that’s what he told you
Someone as clever as you knew that tomorrow
he’d leave without attention
or affection
or a message
or a number
or a name
That’s OK - it’s what you wanted, for the record,
and you would’ve done the same
But he left a little token

Time-shifted, you drifted
Weeks passing in static inaction
He kicked it - well scripted
You got the message and saw the attraction

Oh, Gabrielle
Uh-huh, you’re up!

Try and write it all down -
a list on the back of a scrap of paper
But as the choices whirl round, statistically speaking,
it doesn’t make the blindest bit of difference
to what you think
you know
you oughta feel
Tear it up - just for the drama
for the camera
for the record -
it’s the deal
Are you ready for your close-up?

We paid it - post-dated
A small token for canon reactions
Exploited - you enjoyed it
In the way you enjoyed the contractions

Oh, Gabrielle
But listen up!

As I watched the streaming live video
I was struck with paranoid feeling, oh no

Oh baby, what’ve I done?
Still so obsessed with being number one
Another notch, another parade
One whisper - and now it’s all over London

Oh, Gabrielle

I’m so sorry, Gabrielle
We’re so sorry, Gabrielle
But cheers anyway

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from Oh Gabrielle (single), released August 28, 2014
Written by Cola/Venegas/Leather

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Jonny Cola & The A-Grades UK

Jonny Cola and his band of A-Grades - right-hand man Mauro Venegas and producer extraordinaire Jez Leather on guitars, bassist Simon Drowner supplying extra eyeliner, with drums given a sound thrashing by Marco Testa-Ryan - are starry-eyed pushers of edgy glam-rock pop songs to a growing number of disenfranchised refuseniks. Their new album SPITFIRE is out now. ... more

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