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Gene

A Simple Request

Release date: 29th October 2001

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"A Simple Request" is a track by Gene, from the album Libertine, released 29th October 2001. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Gene

Gene

Lyrics

A Simple Request

There is a world out there

So full of colour and flair

So sleek and free, not for me

So tell me what to wear

Some people know I don't care

Rule the west end

Again and again and again and again

This is a simple request

Oh, do I have to undress?

Tell me when will life start happening for me

For me

All I want to be

Is loved enough to make me happy

Can style come free

To little me

I'll throw my friends away

I'll do whatever you say

To get me in

Again and again and again and again

This is a simple request

Oh do I have to undress?

Tell me when will life start happening for me

For me

I know I'm not ugly

Just everyone's more lovely than me

Prada, Gucci, Armani, Armani, Armani, Armani

This is a simple request

Oh do I have to undress?

Tell me when will life start happening for me

For me

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Track details

From Libertine

2001
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Libertine
Libertine
Gene
29th October 2001
Release year
2001
  1. —O Lover
  2. —Walking in the Shallows
  3. —Does He Have a Name?
  4. —From Georgia to Osaka
  5. —Let Me Rest
  6. —A Simple Request
  7. —Somewhere In The World
  8. —Spy in the Clubs
  9. —We'll Get What We Deserve
  10. —You
  11. —Who Said This Is The End?
  12. —Yours for the Taking
  13. —With Love in Mind

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Rising For Sunset
2000

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  10. Be My Light, Be My GuideRising For Sunset
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