Candy Lyrics
I was there to witness
Candice's inner business
She wants the boys to notice
Her rainbows and her ponies
She was educated
But could not count to ten
Now she got lots of different horses
By lots of different men
[Pre-Chorus]
And I say, "Liberate your sons and daughters"
The bush is high, but in the hole, there's water
You can get some when they give it
Nothing sacred, but it's a living
[Chorus]
Hey, oh, here she goes
Either a little too high or a little too low
Got no self-esteem and vertigo
'Cause she thinks she's made of candy
Hey, oh, here she goes
Either a little too loud or a little too close
Got a hurricane at the back of her throat
She thinks she's made of candy
Ring a ring of roses
Whoever gets the closest
She comes and she goes
As the war of the roses
Mother was a victim
Father beat the system
By moving bricks to Brixton
And learning how to fix them
[Pre-Chorus]
Liberate your sons and daughters
The bush is high, but in the hole, there's water
As you will, she'll be the whole of the law
And if it don't feel good
What are you doing it for?
Now tell me
[Chorus]
Hey, oh, here she goes
Either a little too high or a little too low
Got no self-esteem and vertigo
'Cause she thinks she's made of candy
Hey, oh, here she goes
Either a little too loud or a little too close
There's a hurricane in the back of her throat
And she thinks she's made of candy
Liberate your sons and daughters
The bush is high, but in the hole, there's water
As you will, she'll be the whole of the law
And if you don't feel good
What are you doing it for?
What are you doing it for?
What are you doing it for?
What are you doing it for?
What are you doing it for?
What are you doing it for?
What are you doing it for?
What are you doing it for?
What are you doing it for?
[Chorus]
Hey, oh, here she goes
Either a little too high or a little too low
Got no self-esteem and vertigo
'Cause she thinks she's made of candy
Hey, oh, here she goes
Either a little too loud or a little too close
Got a hurricane at the back of her throat
She thinks she's made of candy
Hey, ho, here she goes
Either a little too high or a little too low
Got no self-esteem and vertigo
'Cause she thinks she's made of candy
Hey, oh, here she goes
Either a little too loud or a little too close
Got a hurricane at the back of her throat
She thinks she's made of candy
About
Candy is track #3 on the ninth studio album released by British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams.
Williams said of the track: “It’s a summer song, very much in a similar vein to ‘Rock DJ’, about a girl who thinks she’s great. And she might be, but she’s a bit nefarious with her ways. Some songs take an age to write and some songs just fall out of your mouth completely formed, and you don’t have to think about it. I don’t know why that fell out of my mouth and out of my brain at that particular time – it just did.”
Robbie has kindly done our job when he decoded his lyrics on one of his blogs.
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“Candy” debuted and peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Charts for the chart week ending November 10, 2012, selling 137,000 copies first week. The song remained #1 on the UK Singles Chart for a second week, shifting an additional 90,000 copies. It was the 22nd best-selling single of 2012 in the UK, with total sales of 503,000 units.
“Candy” became Robbie’s first number-one in eight years (the last being 2004’s “Radio”), his seventh solo UK number-one and the 14th number-one of his career (including Take That and solo material).
