Watching Nicky turn from a girl into a wife
is like watching all the life drain out of Nicky
17 last June; 34 this May
What else can I say about you Nicky?
Oh, no she's not painting anymore
Spends the evenings locked in doors
And now something's just not going right for Nicky
Oh yeah
Her mother said she'd mind the kid
But when it came she never did
And now, you're not smiling anymore, no Nicky
Oh no no no no no no no Nicky
I remember we went out, we got stuck under a bridge
Oh, kids were throwing stones at me and Nicky
If I could see her now, I'd shout across and say
"Hey Nicky, run away, do now Nicky."
'Cos she's not painting anymore
She spends her evenings locked in doors
And now something's just not going right for Nicky
Oh yeah
Her mother said she'd mind the kid
But when it came she never did
And now, you're not smiling anymore, no Nicky
Oh no no no no no no no Nicky
Oh Nicky
Oh Nicky
Nicky
Ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma
Ma ma ma ma ma
Ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma
Oh, she's not painting anymore
Spends the evenings locked in doors
And now something's just not going right for Nicky
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Nicky
Ma ma ma ma ma ma Nicky
Wa wa wa wa oh Nicky
Ma ma ma ma ma ma Nicky
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Nicky
Another one from the "audition tape" - I guess this was an attempt to write another song like "Babies" - seeing as Nick came up with the guitar bit for "Babies" maybe that explains the title. It was actually based on the true-life story of a girl I'd gone out with about a year before. And the "kids throwing stones" incident took place underneath the viaduct that was later to star in "Wickerman" on 2001 's "We Love Life".