CHINA GIRL

First released 1998

A David Bowie cover resurrected by the band as a one-off broadcast for Radio 1 to celebrate the 50th birthday of Iggy Pop, one of Tim’s most quoted influences in 1997. Appeared 18 months later on Sit Down after fan requests for an official release.

WHERE TO GET

Sit Down Apollo 440 Mix CASS (JIMMC 21), CDS1 (JIMCD 21)

Ultra CD (548 440-2)

LYRICS

She said Jimmy just you shut your mouth

She said Shhhhh

I couldn't escape this feeling

With my China girl (China girl)

I'm just a wreck without my China girl (China girl)

I hear her heart beat loud as thunder

I see stars crashing down

I'm a mess without my China girl (China girl)

Wake up mornings, there's no China girl (China girl)

I feel hearts beating

Loud as thunder

I see stars crashing down

I feel a tragic like I was Marlon Brando

When I look at my China girl

I could pretend that nothing really meant too much

When I look at my China girl

I'd stumble into town

Just like a sacred cow

Visions of swastikas in my head

A plan for everyone

It's in the white of my eyes

My little China girl

You shouldn't mess with me

I'll ruin everything you are

I'll give you television

I'll give you eyes of blue

I'll give you marajuana rules

And when I get excited

My little China girl says

Oh Jimmy, just you shut your mouth

She says Ssshhh

She says Ssshhh

She says Ssshhh