Bombshell

[Spoken: David Thomson]

Gene Harlow was one of the outstanding sex goddesses of talking pictures - voluptuous and very relaxed. Probably, in the early 30s, the rawest, sexiest person on the American screen. She marries this man Paul Bern, and...

[Jarvis Cocker]

Now we're in the bathroom

I would like to hold you

It's hard to hold a bombshell

When it's soaking wet

Eyebrows plucked to nothing

Skin as pale as porcelain

I can't believe you're here

I can't believe you haven't started yet

I would like to hold you, I would like to touch

But you're such a slippery proposition

Wouldn't you be rather

Working up a lather?

Water's turning tepid

And I should pull the plug

My stock is at a maximum

My blonde it is a platinum

I'm out of body lotion

Mister, you are out of luck

Scalded on the left side, freezing on the right

Nothing seems to work tonight

Two minutes into the second reel

Life was at it's best I feel

I froze the frame, approach the screen

Now you're too close

And I can't focus

No I, no I can't see you clear

The guys will say I've got it made

Coming home tonight at the end of every day

But I can feel you slipping away

Now the water's cold

Lying here alone

I guess I dropped a bombshell

She got bored and left

I never got to hold you, never got to touch

She slipped through my fingers

Thank you very much