Tuesday Tunes: Eliza Doolittle 'Skinny Genes'

This song makes me want to silly smile with a naughty glint in my eyes. It's quirky and cool in the best of ways. How could I not like a singer with 'Eliza Doolittle' as a stage name (if you are missing the literary and musical reference take a gander here). The British singer-songwriter was born Eliza Sophie Caird in 1988 (what a fab year to be born!) and released her debut self-titled album on 12 July 2010. Her parents are both thespians / musicians and she chose 'Eliza Doolittle' as her stagename as it was her nickname as a child.


This is a live acoustic version of her track'Skinny Genes'

I really don't like your point of viewI know you'll never changeStinging me with your attitudeI've got the mind to walk away

I really don't like your arroganceOr your policiesYou're ninety-nine percent an embarrassmentOf just wrong qualities

[Chorus:]I don't mind it when you [whistles]Brings out the best in me when you [whistles]Show your expertiseWhen the night always ends with a fight I'm excitedWhen you wind up next to me

I like it when you [whistles]Can I have some please of that [whistles]Satisfy my needsSometimes I fake that I hate you and make upAnd you wind up next to me

I really don't like your skinny jeansSo take them off for meShow me what you've got underneathSo we can do this properly

I really don't like the way you smileWhen you think you're rightBut I will forgive you, the yoke is in the middleAnd I'm chewing through the white

[Chorus]

I dreamt that you were on a trainAnd you were leaving, you were leavingYou made me think of what I'd missDo you believe it, you believe it

I don't mind it when you [whistles]Brings out the best in me when you [whistles]Show your expertiseWhen the night always ends with a fight I'm excitedWhen you wind up next to me

I like it when you [whistles]Can I have some please of thatTake off your skinny jeansSometimes I fake that I hate you and make upAnd you wind up next to me

I dreamed that you were on a trainAnd you were leaving, you were leaving