Details
- Status: Album track
- Length: 4:09
- Significant releases: His 'n' Hers (album) (11 April 1994) (all releases)
- First played live: L'Olympic, Nantes (29 January 1993)
- Recorded: October 1993 - February 1994 (Britannia Row Studio, London)
Credits
- Writers: Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey and Russell Senior
- Producer: Ed Buller for 140dB
- Engineers: Ed Buller and Adi Winman
- Includes a sample of My Little Pony Needs New Shoes from Music for Children by Carl Orff & Gunild Keetman
Lyrics
I fell asleep on your sofa
and I had a dream about a small child
in dungarees
who caught his hands in the doors of the Paris metro
Then my face cracked open and you were there
you were there
dressed in green
saying something obscene
But that's why I came here in the first place
Oh well that and the tea
Can I stay here
lying under the table together with you now?
Can I hold you?
Forever in acrylic afternoons
I want to hold you tight
whilst children play outside
and they wait for their mothers
to finish with lovers
and call them inside for their tea
Cushions and TV
and the table's set for tea
One for you, one for me
Come and lie down on the settee
In that green jumper
you can have anything you want
and the, the clock is saying that it's half past four
but you know, you know I want to, I want to stay a little more
I want to stay a little more
Can I stay here
lying under the table together with you now?
Can I hold you?
Forever in acrylic afternoons
I want to hold you tight
whilst children play outside
and they wait for their mothers
to finish with lovers
and call them inside for their tea
On a pink quilted eiderdown
I want to pull your knickers down
Net curtains blowing slightly in the breeze
Lemonade light filtering through the trees
It's so soft and it's warm
Just another cup of tea please
One lump, yeah - thank you
thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you...
Woooooo!
Can I stay here
lying under the table together with you now?
Can I hold you?
Forever in acrylic afternoons
I want to hold you tight
whilst children play outside
and they wait for their mothers
to finish with lovers
and call them inside for their tea
Oh Wayne, Julie, Diane, Heather, Rachel - come home
Alternative versions
Acrylic Afternoons (Peel Session)
- Length: 3:46
- Releases: The Complete Peel Sessions (compilation) (23 October 2006)
- Recorded: Peel session, BBC Maida Vale, London (7 February 1993)
- Producer: Mike Engles
- Engineer: Mike Engles and Simon Askew
Notes
-
In early live versions of this song, it was a rabbit in dungarees, rather than a small child, who got his fingers trapped in the doors of the Paris metro. This was presumably derived from the sign below, which warns child to keep their fingers away from the metro doors.
- The sound of children singing during the intro of the studio version is sampled from the 1958 LP Music for Children by Carl Orff & Gunild Keetman. The sample is treated with a lot of echo, rendering most of the words inaudible, but they are: "My little pony needs new shoes, how many nails must I use? My little pony needs new shoes, how many nails must I use? One, two, three, tie him to a tree, let him have a bag of hay then he will not run away. My little pony needs new shoes..."