This tune gets my curiosity going as to about whom Ian McCulloch may have actually written it. Whomever she was, she was definitely a lucky gal to get to be Mr. McCulloch's make-out partner! Apparently, he was pretty pleased by her efforts, as well, because she got a song out of it!!!
Interestingly enough, Max Bell, who wrote a summary of Echo & The Bunnymen's accomplishments and history as a band for the liner notes of the 2003 reissue/compilation referred to this tune as "Keatsian" --- that's very bold on his part! I wonder how John Keats would feel about that; although, I could see him composing something along the lines of "Lips Like Sugar" for Fanny Brawne.
She floats like a swan
grace on the water
grace on the water
lips like sugar
lips like sugar
just when you think you've caught her
she glides across the water
she calls for you tonight
to share this moonlight
You'll flow down her river
She'll ask you and you'll give her
She'll ask you and you'll give her
Lips like sugar
sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
sugar kisses
She knows what she knows
I know what she's thinking
sugar kisses
sugar kisses
just when you think she's yours
she's flown to other shores
to laugh at how you break
and melt into this lake
You'll flow down her river
but you'll never give her
Lips like sugar
sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
sugar kisses
She'll be my mirror
Reflect what I am
A loser and a winner
The King of Siam
and my Siamese twin
Alone on the river
Mirror kisses
Mirror kisses
Lips like sugar
sugar kisses
sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
sugar kisses
sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
sugar kisses
sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
sugar kisses
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