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Mekons

Dora

Release date: 1988

From So Good It Hurts
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"Dora" is a track by Mekons, from the album So Good It Hurts, released 1988. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

Dora

[Verse 1]

He stood naked outside the door

Handsome with dark eyes flashing

The winds blew straight in off the moor

The sisters stopped their pacing

Through the flickering firelight

Shadows jumped across the floor

Pounding hearts and rushing blood

Romantic thoughts and fears

[Chorus 1]

Dora, Dora, looking in the mirror

Dora, Dora, acting out in mother's clothes

Dreaming, dreaming, no-one will ever know

Dora, Dora

[Verse 2]

The autumn leaves are falling

Through a dreary evening sky

In St. John's Wood a woman waits

Sitting on a leather sofa

The psychiatrist smiles sadly

As she uncrossed her legs

The ticking of an antique clock

Penetrates the gloom

[Chorus 2]

Dora, Dora, see the man is writing

Writing down all the words you say

We know, don't we, the truth is locked away

Dora, Dora

[Verse 3]

In the pitch black dungeon

Slaves touched up the black paint

Upstairs the maid took details on the phone

While the minister waited in the bathroom

She's twenty seven with a lovely figure

Experienced in these careful arts

The purr of an expensive car

In the alleyway outside

[Chorus 1]

Dora, Dora, looking in the mirror

Dora, Dora, acting out in mother's clothes

Dreaming, dreaming, no-one will ever know

Dora, Dora

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Track details

From So Good It Hurts

1988
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Album
So Good It Hurts
So Good It Hurts
Mekons
Release year
1988
  1. —Road to Florida
  2. —Ghosts of American Astronauts
  3. —Dora
  4. —Heart of Stone
  5. —Maverick
  6. —Fantastic Voyage
  7. —I'm Not Here (1967)
  8. —Robin Hood
  9. —Vengeance
  10. —(Sometimes I Feel Like) Fletcher Christian
  11. —Revenge
  12. —Johnny Miner
  13. —Poxy Lips
  14. —Ghosts of American Astronauts
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