From the recording Whodunit
Song about Nellie, a young impulsive woman who likes to live and love to the full. Until her father dies and she discovers this happened in suspicious circumstances…
Lyrics
She wears a single red bikini
A camera on her left wrist
Lights a cigarette like a wahine
Acts like an idealist
Her father died of a heart attack
But she thinks he was killed
What remains is a vague flashback
All her dreams left unfulfilled
She's got love to give
In a way they call impulsive
Torn between hope and despair
The burden she has to bear
She fucked a black man and when people talked she fucked another one
Surrounded by sharks who want to rip her apart she can't be outdone
She can't believe these things are true
Finds herself a naive cow
It's a fool's paradise she outgrew
Opinions she has to disavow
Her brother and sister give her the blame
But those men enjoyed it too
She'll keep on going without shame
A feeling she has to pursue
She's got love to give
In a way they call impulsive
Torn between hope and despair
It's a burden she has to bear
She's got love to give
In a way they call impulsive
Torn between hope and despair
It's a burden she has to bear