This Is What She’s Like Songtext
von Dexys Midnight Runners

Alright Bill, alright
Tell me, where you′ve been?
Um, round and about, you know
Yeah, nowhere special

Oh, have you been down Bearwood?
Yeah, that's right, I′ve been down there
What, The Little Nibble? Yeah, that's it
You've seen anybody down there?
Any mutual friends or acquaintances or anything down there?
No, not really, there was no one down there
No one down there? No one

What were you talking about when I came in?
What do you mean, just now?
Yeah, just as I walked in
Well just, you know, just different things really, you know, um, nothing specific
No? No, nothing special? No central thing, no
Yeah? No


You weren′t talk about me, were you?
′Bout you? Yeah, me
No honestly, no, no I don't know where you got that idea from
Are you sure?
Uh, look, you know, we talked about different things but we never mentioned you honestly
I mean, you don′t have to worry about that, Bill
Um, so
Your name wasn't mentioned
I know what you were all talking about
Oh you do? Yeah, I know
Yeah, hows that then?

Come on, tell me
Tell you what?
What′s she like?
Who? You know
Who? Who? You know what I mean
I know what you mean but

What's she like?
What′s she like?
Well, you know the kind of people that put creases in their old Levis? Oh yeah, sure
The type that use expressions like tongue in cheek?
Indeed l do

I don't like these people (No?)
May I state here and now
But I can't help thinking
All the time I′m thinking of her


What′s she like?
What's she like?
In time, in time
In time, in time
I′ll tell you what she's like

Alright, let me put this in other way, let me put it another way (Please do)
Well you know, how the English upper classes are thick and ignorant (That′s true)
And you've seen the scum from Notting Hill and Moseley
They′re called the CND? (Sure)
They describe nice things as wonderful
She never would say that, oh no
She's totally different in every way
She is sa, sa and sa-sa-sa-sa-sa

What's she like? (What was that?)
What′s she like?
In time, in time
In time, in time
Oh

Tell me what′s she like (Uh, come again)
Tell me what's she like
In time
In time
Well, this is what she′s like

I would like to express myself
Go ahead (Go ahead)

What you mean?

What you mean?

Ah, yeah

Bill, you know the newly-wealthy peasants
You know, with their home bars and hi-fis and all that stuff? (Yeah)
You know how they use words like fabulous and super in every sentence they spit out (Yeah, I know)
Well I don't really like these scumbags (You don′t?) No
May I be clear on this point?
Oh, but everywhere I see, their faces appear, they say questions to me
They say

What's she like?
What′s she like?
In time, in time
In time, in time
Oh-oh, tell me what's she like (What?)
Tell me what's she like
Bill, I′m trying, I′m trying to tell you she's like

Oh, I′ll tell you what she's like, give her a chance
Can I make this clear, what she′s like
I'll present a picture of what she′s like
You'll be in no doubt to what she
But listen close, listen closer and I will tell you, just to tell you, just to what she
You'll be in no doubt to what she′s like, oh well listen close my friend, listen close, alright

One, two, three, four

Come on, are you gonna tell us what she′s like or not
Oh yeah, I have every intention, every intention
Yeah, I'll tell you now, listen, you won′t forget this
Listen

You-a, do you get my drift?
Oh yeah, I'm starting to get a picture
Yeah, yeah, well listen, I can expand on this if you′d like
Yeah, if you would

Oh, I see, I see yeah
I'm starting to get the picture
You′re starting to get my drift? (Yeah)
Well how did all this happen?
Just all at once really (Yeah?)
Just all at once
The Italians, I believe the Italians have a word for it
What word, what is it?
I don't really know, a thunderbolt or something
What, you mean the Italian word for thunderbolt? (Yeah, something like that, something like that)
I don't speak Italian myself you understand (No)
No, but I knew a man who did

That′s my story
Strongest thing I′ve ever seen