Loretta's Tale Lyrics - Singles - Steve Harley

Watch Loretta taste the wine 

Kick the Actor from behind 

Sprawl across the sofa, then 

Speak of foreign towns again 

Like the loner, seek Marlene, 

Ask the waitress: "Where you been?" 

She says: "Don't give me no lies, 

"I been inside your head at least three times..." 

chorus: 

I never lost control 

It was a very weird show 

And all I ever got was oh! 

Are you never gonna go? 

Spy Ramona by the door 

Calling me the Perfect Whore 

Only Sweet Loretta speaks 

"Wipe the humour from your cheeks" 

And as the make-up starts to fade 

She doesn't wait, she hides away 

Noticing her friends had gone 

She cried to me: "Oh! What went wrong?" 

Chorus 

For Loretta-one 

She only played for fun 

She gave her life away 

Counted hundreds, came to none... 

Chorus