Strawberry Swing
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Strawberry Swing is a track included on Coldplay's fourth album.
This is one of several potential album cuts with Afro-pop and high-life influences: Here, distortion-free finger-picked guitars which sound straight out of Mali mix with a heavy bassline and psychedelic synths. "My Mum comes from Zimbabwe, so I spent a lot of time there," says Martin. "I used to work in a studio where people played that." More gentle than much of the album, it is built around a repetitive African-inspired guitar as a blissed-out Martin sings the touching and slightly psychedelic love song about "such a perfect day".
Key lyric: "The sky could be blue, I don't mind, without you it's a waste of time."
It is thought that Now My Feet Won't Touch The Ground was an earlier/alternate title for Strawberry Swing, due to its presence in the song's lyrics below.
Lyrics
They were sitting They were sitting on the strawberry swing Every moment was so precious They were sitting They were talking under strawberry swing Everybody was for fighting Wouldn't wanna waste a thing Cold, cold water, bring me round Now my feet won't touch the ground Cold, cold water, what you say When it's such, it's such a perfect day Such a perfect day I remember we were walking up to strawberry swing I can't wait until the morning Wouldn't wanna change a thing People moving all the time Inside a perfectly straight line Don't you wanna just curve away? When it's such, it's such a perfect day It's such a perfect day Now the sky could be blue I don't mind Without you, it's a waste of time Could be blue I don't mind Without you, it's a waste of sky Could be blue, could be grey Without you I'm just miles away Could be blue I don't mind Without you it's a waste of time
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Strawberry Swing is part of Coldplay's fourth album, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends:
- Life In Technicolor
- Cemeteries Of London
- Lost!
- 42
- Lovers In Japan/Reign Of Love
- Yes (Chinese Sleep Chant)
- Viva La Vida
- Violet Hill
- Strawberry Swing
- Death And All His Friends (The Escapist)
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| EPs: Safety EP | The Blue Room EP | Norwegian Live EP |
| Albums: Parachutes | A Rush of Blood to the Head | X&Y | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends |
| Live albums: Live 2003 |
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| Unofficial collections: A Rush Of B-Sides To Your Head | Castles | After After Before |
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| Tours: A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour | Twisted Logic Tour | Latin America Tour 2007 | Viva La Vida Tour |
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