Story Behind The Song
A modern day love song about what a fantasy millions of ordinary men have about having a meaningfull (or possibly just sexual) realtionship with a beautifull girl that they see daily in their newspaper.
Song Description
Song about a bloke who fancies the model who appears on Page 3 of a well known British tabloid newspaper. He dreams of meeting her and impressing her and her falling in love with him but he eventually admits it is highly unlikely and 'only a dream'.
| Song Length |
3:38 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Folk - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Content |
Subject |
Unrequited Love, Long |
| Language |
English |
Era |
1970 - 1979 |
Lyrics
You can keep your. Venus de Milo. and the Mona Lisa with her smile
Cos the females that, I like looking at
Are an Art-Form of a different style.....
The girl on page three steals my heart every week, what can I do?
I know she would like me if she got to know me well
But I stand as much chance as a snowball in hell
Of ever coming face to face with the belle
Who greets me every morning but who never sees me yawning at...
The girl on page three was not meant for me
I wonder if I'll ever see her
And not just in the tabloid press
I'd like to see her in a dress
I'd always respect her and never neglect her
I'd treat her like a Royal Princess
But she's only a dream for a bloke like me
It's only in my mind's eye she's probably not my kind of girl
The girl on page three is much younger than me
I'm old enough to be her father
And what makes it worse is my son feels the same
He fancies her rotten and I know his game
He's got her statistics and he knows her name
But he doesn't know her number so I'll just sit here and wonder if
The girl on page three would ever agree to let me take her out one evening
A quiet table just for two
We'd romance the whole night through
I'd never refuse her, use or abuse her
Unless of course she wanted me to
But she's only a dream for a bloke like me
Everytime I see her I wonder who'll be with her tonight
When I wake at break of dawn
She's lying there beside my flakes of corn
In amongst the headlines
She's never missed a deadline
She even lets them call her soft porn
But she's only a dream for a bloke like me
Every time I see her I wonder who'll be with her tonight
It's only in my mind's eye she's probably not my kind of girl
I'm just an old fool who has a dream of the Girl On Page Three.