Lyrics Ray Davies – The Man Upstairs
Text:
«Girl, I want to be with you all of the time»
Touring relationships are fine
When the hotels take care of the housekeeping
And you’ve got room service
But once you check back in to the reality motel
The dust appears on your furniture
The laundry piles up
And there’s no room service to clear away the trash
The dust appears on your furniture
The laundry piles up
And there’s no room service to clear away the trash
That’s when the tempers get frayed
The emotions get heightened
And the fights break out
Once we tried renting an apartment together
But that was also a disaster
I can’t sleep when I write
My brain keeps working
The person in the apartment above me
Must have been an insomniac also
Because he was still shuffling around at 3:00 am
Amazingly he was shuffling around to the beat I had in my head
As if he were accompanying me
Then I decided to write this song for the unknown neighbor
The unseen person above me
As he listened to the fighting downstairs
Album
Ray Davies – Ray Davies - Americana
Ray Davies – Wings Of Fantasy
Ray Davies – The Invaders
Ray Davies – The Great Highway
Ray Davies – A Long Drive Home To Tarzana
Ray Davies – I’ve Heard That Beat Before
Ray Davies – The Man Upstairs
Ray Davies – Change For Change
Ray Davies – Rock ‘n’ Roll Cowboys
Ray Davies – Silent Movie
Ray Davies – The Mystery Room
Ray Davies – A Place In Your Heart
Ray Davies – Message From The Road
Ray Davies – Poetry
Ray Davies – The Deal
Ray Davies – Americana