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Candy
G C Em
(spoken)
It's a rainy afternoon
In 1990
The big city geez it's been 20 years-
Candy-you were so fine
G
Beautiful beautiful
C Em
Girl from the north
G
You burned my heart
C D
With a flickering torch
Bm C
I had a dream that no one else could see
Am D C D C
You gave me love for free
chorus
D
Candy Candy Candy
C Bm7 Am G
I can't let you go
All my life you're haunting me
I loved you so
Candy Candy Candy I can't let you go
Em C
Life is crazy
Em C
Candy baby
(spoken)
Yeah, well it hurt me real bad when you left
I'm glad you got out
But I miss you
I've had a hole in my heart
For so long
I've learned to fake it
Just smile along
Down on the street
Those men are all the same
I need a love
Not games
Not games
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Hellspawn Average |
#1 by Hellspawn at Aug 5, 1987 at 10:57 AM EST |
| hell yea this song kicks ass both have cool vocals | |
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More Cowbell Lead Player |
#2 by More Cowbell at Jun 2, 2006 at 9:50 AM EST |
| Two people from the seedier side of life have found each other after 20 years. For them, their earlier relationship was passionate and intense. Notice that much of the words are in the past tense. IMHO, Candy was/is a prostitute. (I've learned to take it and Just smile along Down on the street Those men are all the same I need a love Not games...) However, she had feelings for Iggy from the start, and never considered him a trick or charged him. (You gave me love for free.) Why has Iggy been gone for 20 years? I think he's been in prison for those years and just got out. (Yeah, well it hurt me real bad when you left, I'm glad you got out...) I don't know if at this point they are ships passing in the night, or if they will renew their relationship, but they seem to be confessing their continuing love for each other. I would hope that at this point in their lives (they'd probably be 40-50), they could have the strenght and wisdom to really try to make something good happen in their lives. Candy says "I need (present tense) a love, not games...", and Iggy says "I can't (present tense) let you go" I think they make it. | |
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Nick Average |
#3 by Nick Meyer at Sep 8, 2006 at 3:09 AM EST |
| Gotta agree with everyone here - great vocals, awesome chemistry.... I love it. But, I have a somewhat different take on it's meaning than Duhaast. IMHO, of course, I don't think they've been reunited. Sadly, Iggy is reminiscing one rainy day, about Candy, a street-walker he encountered 20 years ago. The lyrics suggest he fell in love with her following a business transaction. His dream that no one else could see was that his love was reciprocated and she loved him for real, and not just for $$$. He's likely never seen Candy again, but he's never forgotton her. The female vocals aren't meant to be Candy. Instead, I believe this is one of Candy's former co-workers who either had a relationship, or wanted one, with Candy. She was hurt when she found Candy had left the streets but was happy that Candy had apparently gotten out of "the life". She describes faking her way through the days with male clients, all the while pining for Candy and cracing the real love she had, or believes she could have with her. Kinda sad. But again, it's just my humble opinion. We have no idea where Candy is. However, she touched the lives of at least two people of opposite sexes, who have kept her in their hearts ever since. 1 | |
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