JUST LIKE FRED ASTAIRE

First released 1999

Just Like Fred Astaire is an unashamed love song, written for Tim for his fiance Kate.  It was originally titled simply Fred Astaire, but Fred's estate objected to the use of the name and his image.

The song reached a disappointing number 15 in the charts despite being described the band as a potential number one and a song to replace Sit Down as the band's most well-known song.

WHERE TO GET

Studio Version : Just Like Fred Astaire CASS (JIMMC23), CDS1 (JIMCD 23), CDS2 (JIMDD 23)

Studio Version : CDS promo (JIMCJ 23), Mexican promo with The Charlatans / Tam (CDP 395-2)

Studio Version : Millionaires CAS (546 386-4), CD (546 386-2), 2CD (546 789-2)

Studio Version : Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles (1 disc version)

Studio Version : Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles (2 disc version)

Album Version : The Gathering Sound boxset USB stick

Acoustic Version (Glasgow Lighthouse 14.9.99) : Millionaires 2CD (546 789-2)

Acoustic Version (Glasgow Lighthouse 14.9.99) : Live Mercury CDR (no catalogue number)

GUITAR TABS

LYRICS

Doctor what is happening to me?

Palpitations, my mind is diseased

Even my vision is impaired

I'm losing my hair

Cause when I hold her in my arms I feel like Fred Astaire

Lovesick, my temperature's high

Just met a girl, who believes we can fly

I'm a bull, not a bear

I'm a millionaire

Cause when I hold her in my arms, I feel like Fred Astaire

I believe in happiness

I believe in love

I believe she fell to earth from somewhere high above

I believe in Hollywood

Don't believe that love must bring despair

Cause when I hold her in my arms, I feel like Fred Astaire

He said love is just a disease

A plague for the naive

These days no one believes

Meteors may strike the earth

Nations live and die

I'm the boy who got the girl

And now we're gonna fly

We can cross the race divide

Bridge a gap that wasn't really there

Cause when I hold her in my arms, I feel like Fred Astaire

I'm gonna hold her in my arms, just like Fred Astaire

I'm gonna hold her in this charm, like Fred Astaire

Like Fred Astaire (come dance the water's rising)

Like Fred Astaire (come dance the water's rising)

Like Fred Astaire