“This one is about meeting someone for the very first time and chatting her up on the streets of Soho and thinking I’d closed the deal and she got in the taxi and went home.” – Damian Lewis
This is Soho Tango.
What sounds like a playful Soho story turns out to be the first chapter of a love story. This week’s Song of the Week looks at Soho Tango — the song Damian Lewis wrote about thinking he’d “closed the deal”… when he hadn’t…
And before I get to unpacking this song for you, if you missed the previous “Song of the Week” posts, you can catch up with them here.
I love the playful storytelling in Damian’s songs, and Soho Tango is no exception. Boy meets girl, boy flirts with girl, boy does not get the girl… 🙂
Two in the morning
Smokin’ on a Soho street
You told jokes, and I was laughin’
I asked if I could kiss you, please
But you said “no”
And you were gone
“I ain’t kissin’ you”
I said, “Why?”
But you had flown
You said, “‘Cause I ain’t in love with you” Continue reading “Damian Lewis’ Song of the Week: Soho Tango”
