79년 앨범 [PARTNERS IN CRIME]에 수록되었던 <ESCAPE> 일명 THE PINA COLADA SONG으로 그 해 최고의 인기를 누렸던 영국 NORTHWICH 출신의 싱어송라이터 RUPERT HOLMES의 베스트 음반! 빌보드 싱글 차트 1위곡 <ESCAPE>을 비롯 톱10히트곡 <HIM>등 국내에서 사랑 받았던 그의 히트송들이 모두 수록되어 있는 베스트 음반이다. .... ....
I was tired of my lady, We've been together too long. Like a worn-out recording, of a favorite song. So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed. And in the personals column, There was this letter I read:
"If you like Pina Coladas, And getting caught in the rain. If you're not into yoga, If you have half-a-brain If you like making love at midnight, In the dunes of the cape. I'm the lady you've looked for, Write to me, and escape."
I didn't think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean. But me and my old lady, Have fallen into the same old dull routine. So I wrote to the paper, Took out a personal ad. And though I'm nobody's poet, I thought it wasn't half-bad.
"Yes, I like Pina Coladas, And getting caught in the rain. I'm not much into health food, I am into champagne. I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon, And cut through all this red tape. At a bar called O'Malley's, Where we'll plan our escape."
So I waited with high hopes, Then she walked in the place. I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face. It was my own lovely lady, And she said, "Oh, it's you." And we laughed for a moment, And I said, "I never knew..
That you liked Pina Coladas, And getting caught in the rain. And the feel of the ocean, And the taste of champagne. If you like making love at midnight, In the dunes of the cape. You're the love that I've looked for, Come with me, and escape."
"If you like Pina Coladas, And getting caught in the rain. If you're not into yoga, If you have half-a-brain. If you like making love at midnight, In the dunes of the cape. I'm the lady you've looked for, Write to me, and escape."
Over by the window There's a pack of cigarettes Not my brand, you understand Sometimes the girl forgets
She forgets to hide them I know who left those smokes behind She'll say, "Oh he's just a friend" And I'll say, "Oh, I'm not blind to
Him, him, him What's she gonna do about him She's gonna have to do without him Or do without me, me, me No one gets to get it for free It's me or it's him
Don't know what he looks like Don't know who he is Don't know why, she thought that I Would say what's mine is his
I don't want to own her But I can't let her have it both ways Three is one too many of us She leaves with me, or says with
Him, him, him What's she gonna do about him She's gonna have to do without him Or do without me, me, me No one gets to get it for free It's me or it's him
If she wants to, she can have him Just exactly how we once were It's goodbye to you and I Back to her and I without
Him, him, him What's she gonna do about him She's gonna have to do without him Or do without me, me, me Not one gets to get it for free
Time for me to make the girl see It's me or it's him, him, him What's she gonna do about him She's gonna have to do without him Or do without me, me, me
I don't need you I don't need you half as much As you need me And I thank my lucky stars That you have freed me
'Cause I'm losing weight at last Losing weight and losing sleep And losing my mind fast
I don't need you I don't miss you in the way I expected I have time to clean the sink And feel neglected
Will I call you up? I won't I forgot your number 6364831
And I don't need you I don't need you like my life depended on it You're gone, you're gone, you're gone It only affects me in the hours When I need you, I need you
But I don't want you I do crosswords And I'm weaving a basket And I'd never take you back Unless you ask it
I don't need you I don't need you like my life depended on it You're gone, you're gone, you're gone It only affects me in the hours When I need you, I need you
But I don't love you I don't love you like With whom you are living Only twenty times as much And all's forgiven
If you'd come by today So that I can have you near forever while I say That I don't need you, I don't need you I don't need you
I don't need you I don't need you I don't need you I don't need you
A little while ago I went and placed a call To tell this girl I know that she could have it all The wedding ring, the whole dumb thing I was willing to tie the knot So i called her up, and this is the answer I got...
*Chorus* I'm so sorry you have just reached my answering machine I'm not in, and listen, I'm sure you know this whole routine Leave your name and number And I'll try and get back to you You have thirty seconds to talk to me before you're threw
And I said, "Baby lets go get married. I need to know you're mine! I am hangin' on, I am hangin' on, I am hangin' on this line And if I can leave one message Before you go to bed, I would say to you..." *BEEP* And the phone went dead
So I stepped down to buy some dog food for the cat Of course she called about three minutes after that Will she be my wife and share my life? Well of course she can write the plot Cause she called my up, and this is the answer she got
*Chorus* I'm so sorry you have just reached my answering machine I'm not in, and listen, I'm sure you know this whole routine Leave your name and number And I'll try and get back to you You have thirty seconds to talk to me before you're threw
And she said, "Baby I got your message. Well I'm answering your call. I have thought it out, I have thought it out and I think that all in all If you ask if we can marry, and make it for all time then my answer is..." *BEEP* and the phone went
*Chorus* I'm so sorry you have just reached my answering machine I'm not in, and listen, I'm sure you know this whole routine I'm so sorry you have just reached my answering machine I'm not in, and listen, I'm sure you know this whole routine I'm so sorry you have just reached my answering machine I'm not in, and listen, I'm sure you know this whole routine
I was tired of my lady, We've been together too long. Like a worn-out recording, of a favorite song. So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed. And in the personals column, There was this letter I read:
"If you like Pina Coladas, And getting caught in the rain. If you're not into yoga, If you have half-a-brain If you like making love at midnight, In the dunes of the cape. I'm the lady you've looked for, Write to me, and escape."
I didn't think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean. But me and my old lady, Have fallen into the same old dull routine. So I wrote to the paper, Took out a personal ad. And though I'm nobody's poet, I thought it wasn't half-bad.
"Yes, I like Pina Coladas, And getting caught in the rain. I'm not much into health food, I am into champagne. I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon, And cut through all this red tape. At a bar called O'Malley's, Where we'll plan our escape."
So I waited with high hopes, Then she walked in the place. I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face. It was my own lovely lady, And she said, "Oh, it's you." And we laughed for a moment, And I said, "I never knew..
That you liked Pina Coladas, And getting caught in the rain. And the feel of the ocean, And the taste of champagne. If you like making love at midnight, In the dunes of the cape. You're the love that I've looked for, Come with me, and escape."
"If you like Pina Coladas, And getting caught in the rain. If you're not into yoga, If you have half-a-brain. If you like making love at midnight, In the dunes of the cape. I'm the lady you've looked for, Write to me, and escape."
RELEASES
2006-04-12
Universal Music (SPECTRUM:111-824-2, 008811182427)