becoming more like alfie

• divine comedy'nin en güzel şarkılarından biri...
  (bkz: hastasıyım)
  (bkz: tapilasi sarkilar)
  
  "are you all settled in? right, then we can begin. my name is..."
  "alfie!"
  once there was a time
  when my mind lay on higher things
  and once there was a time
  i could find pretty words to sing
  but now, well now i find
  it saves time to say what you mean
  i know it seems so unrefined
  but it's time to let off some steam
  oh come on!
  everybody knows that no means yes
  just like glasses come free on the n.h.s.
  but the more i look through them the more i see
  i'm becoming more like alfie
  once there was a time
  when a kind word could be enough
  and once there was a time
  i could blindfold myself with love
  but not now - now i'm resigned
  to the kind of life i had reserved
  for other guys less smart than i
  y'know - the kind who will always end up with the girls
  and besides
  everybody knows that no means yes
  just like glasses come free on the n.h.s.
  but the more i look through them the more i see
  i'm becoming more like alfie
  oh come on!
• divine comedy featuring valerie lemercier "comme beaucoup de messieurs" şeklinde başka bir versiyonuda bulunmaktadır..ama tabi ki orjinalinin yanına yaklaşamaz...
• 1966 yapımı alfie filmindeki kazanova karakter alfie'ye gönderme yapan şarkı. gereksiz ayrıntı olarak filmdeki alfie'yi michael caine canlandırmış. şimdi konumuza dönelim ve klibi şurdan izleyelim:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5o0dwrc0he