INFO
written by: Deborah Harry
FEATURED ON
The Thin Line/Out In The Streets/Puerto Rico/Platinum Blonde
[7" demo] (1975)
The Platinum Collection [best of] (1994)
REMIXES & OTHER VERSIONS
[no official remixes available] |
PUERTO RICO
You say you wanna take me down to Puerto Rico, crowded Puerto Rico, humid Puerto Rico
You say you wanna take me up to the mountains, the boring mountains
You say you wanna take out to Las Vegas, viva, viva Las Vegas
I heard it
I did it
I got the bill
I lived it
I paid it
Paying still
Compliments and promises can't fool me twice
Spreading lies like that around isn't very nice
You say I'm so fascinating like no one else you know
No one else, you know?
Your wife should know
You say you wanna put me on some TV show
The Johnny Carson show
Come on, let's go
You say you wanna buy me leather coats and cars
Make me a star
Take a trip to Mars
I did it
I got it
I got the jewel
I made it
I paid it
And I'm no fool
Compliments and promises can't fool me twice
You're such a low-life schemer
Beat it creep, dematerialize
Beat it creep, dematerialize |
COMMENTS
quoted from the book 'Deborah Harry: Platinum Blonde - A Portrait By Cathay Che' - 1999
"There's another song I wrote called 'Puerto Rico' around the same time, it's really sick and very camp. I like that one."
quoted from the 'Platinum Collection' booklet - 1994
Clem Burke: Here's another song. I don't know why we didn't use it. No one ever went back to these demos and said "Hey, here's a great song to do." As a matter of fact, the demos are all great, in general. All of it was so much against the grain at the time. It was hard to think we would get signed at the time. |