{"id":3946,"date":"2003-05-01T11:43:53","date_gmt":"2003-05-01T10:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grayblog.co.uk\/?p=3946"},"modified":"2003-05-01T11:43:53","modified_gmt":"2003-05-01T10:43:53","slug":"me-in-the-shower-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grayblog.co.uk\/index.php\/2003\/05\/01\/me-in-the-shower-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Me, in the shower this"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Me, in the shower this morning:<\/p>\n<div class=\"quote\">Her name was Lola, she was a show girl.<br \/>\nWith yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there.<br \/>\nShe would meringue, and do the cha-cha.<br \/>\nAnd while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar.<br \/>\nAcross the crowded floor, they worked from eight til four,<br \/>\nThey were young and they had each other,<br \/>\nWho could ask for more?&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>At the Copa, Copa Cobana.<br \/>\nThe hottest spot north of Havana.<br \/>\nAt the Copa, Copa Cobana&#8230;<br \/>\nMusic and passion were always the fashion&#8230;<br \/>\nAt the Copa&#8230;.<br \/>\nThey fell in love&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>His name was Ricco, he wore a diamond.<br \/>\nHe was escorted to his chair, and saw Lola dancing there.<br \/>\nWhen she finished, he called her over.<br \/>\nBut Ricco went a bit too far, Tony sailed across the bar.<br \/>\nAnd then the punches flew, and chairs were smashed in two.<br \/>\nThere was blood and a single gun shot,<br \/>\nBut just who shot who?<\/p>\n<p>(Chorus)<\/p>\n<p>Her name is Lola, she was a show girl.<br \/>\nBut that was thirty years ago when they used to have a show,<br \/>\nNow it&#8217;s a disco, but not for Lola.<br \/>\nStill in the dress she used to wear, faded feathers in her hair.<br \/>\nShe sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind.<br \/>\nShe lost her youth and she lost her Tony,<br \/>\nnow she&#8217;s lost her mind!&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Chorus)<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t fall in love&#8230;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&quot;Why?&quot;, I ask you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me, in the shower this morning: Her name was Lola, she was a show girl. With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there. She would meringue, and do the cha-cha. And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar. Across the crowded floor, they worked from eight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-old-blogging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grayblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grayblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grayblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grayblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grayblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/grayblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grayblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grayblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grayblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}