Getting a Drag

Album: The Best of Lynsey de Paul (1972)
Charted: 18
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  • Could it be? Is it true?
    Was it me? Was it you?
    Because I thought you were a brother
    But you turned out like my mother
    And it's getting a drag

    I was sure, I was wrong
    But before very long
    I found that I had kissed a mister
    Just as pretty as a sister
    And it's getting a drag

    Bye bye, don't cry
    My, my, have I been had
    So sad, too bad
    It's getting a drag

    Who am I? Who are you?
    What am I gonna do?
    Most people make up when they break up
    But we break up 'cause you make up
    And it's getting a drag

    Bye bye, don't cry
    My, my have I been had
    So sad, too bad
    It's getting a drag

    Could it be? Is it true?
    Was it me? Was it you?
    Because I thought you were a brother
    But you turned out like my mother
    And it's getting a drag

    So sad, but it's getting a drag
    So sad, but it's getting a drag
    You let the cat out the bag
    Heh, heh, heh, heh
    Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Yeah, yeah, yeah Writer/s: DE PAUL, JORDAN
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Brian from AsiaLynsey said in a radio interview in 2009 that the problem was not so much that the boyfriend wore the girl's clothes but that he looked much better in them than she did.
  • Bobby from Atlanta, GaLove this song and the fact that the BBC didnt realise it was about a cross-dressing boyfriend (very glam rock!) and so would have normally made there "censored" list. Another one they missed was Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side".
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