Sunday Girl Lyrics
I know a girl from a lonely street
Cold as ice cream but still as sweet
Dry your eyes, Sunday Girl
Hey, I saw your guy with a different girl
Looks like he's in another world
Run and hide, Sunday Girl
[Chorus]
Hurry up, hurry up and wait
I stay away all week and still I wait
I got the blues, please come see
What your loving means to me
[Verse 2]
She can't catch up with the working crowd
The weekend mood and she's feeling proud
Live in dreams, Sunday Girl
Baby, I would like to go out tonight
If I go with you my folks'll get uptight
Stay at home, Sunday Girl
Ooh
[Verse 3]
Hey, I saw your guy with a different girl
Looks like he's in another world
Run and hide, Sunday Girl
When I saw you again in the summertime
If your love was as sweet as mine
I could be Sunday's girl
Hurry up, hurry up and wait
I stay away all week and still I wait
I got the blues, please come see
What your loving means to me
Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up and wait
I got the blues, please, please
Please come see what'cha do to me
I got the blues
[Outro]
Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up and wait
Hurry up, please come see what'cha do to me
About
Written for Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry’s runaway cat, Sunday Man, “Sunday Girl” details a pious woman whose restrictions in life have lead to a depressed state of mind. Released following their chart-topping “Heart of Glass,” it served as the ninth track of their 1978 album Parallel Lines.
Similar to “Hanging on the Telephone” for its double backbeat rhythm, the original demo of the song had a more Latin-influenced style, though it would eventually merge into a pop-based sound. This would eventually prove successful, with “Sunday Girl” holding the number one spot on the UK charts for three weeks in May 1979. Even then, Chris Stein, the lyricist for the track, had reserves about being credited:
I wrote that one all by myself, but I was so nervous about having my own song, I asked [Debbie Harry] to put her name on it. […] We left [the credit] to me in the long run.
In the end, “Sunday Girl” transformed into a satisfying and well worth it single.
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- 2.In the Flesh
- 5.Denis
- 8.I’m on E
- 10.Poets Problem
- 11.Detroit 442
- 12.Picture This
- 15.Just Go Away
- 18.Heart of Glass
- 19.Rifle Range
- 20.11:59
- 21.Sunday Girl
- 24.Dreaming
- 25.Sound-A-Sleep
- 27.Union City Blue
- 28.The Hardest Part
- 29.Atomic
- 31.Slow Motion
- 32.Call Me
- 33.The Tide Is High
- 35.Rapture
- 36.Walk Like Me
- 38.Dragonfly
- 39.War Child
- 40.Little Caesar
- 42.Platinum Blonde
- 43.The Thin Line
- 44.Puerto Rico