Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945 in New York City) is an American musician who emerged as one of the leading lights of the early 1970s singer-songwriter boom. Simon's major breakthrough was 1972's No Secrets. The album spawned several successful singles, including Simon's biggest hit, "You're So Vain". Simon continued to produce sucessful albums though the 70s and early 80s, moving into film scores after she was dropped by her record label in 1985. "You're So Vain" is a sarcastic profile of a self-absorbed lover.
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Dan, My Fling Lyrics
Carly Simon
(jacob brackman/fred gardner)
I said that I felt jailed up
As if our doors were nailed up
I said I needed separate places,
Parties, room to move around in.
I said I needed my fling
Had to get out and do some other thing.
It took me months to calculate
That I had nothing left without you-
(chorus)
Dan, my fling is all flung out
Now Ive got to fall back on dreams
I thought Id try and write you
I thought Id try and phone you
I thought Id try to tell you
That I smell your hair still on my pillow
But youd just mile to please me
Youd shake your head, youd tease me -
Remind me it was I who first claimed
That we both required freedom
(chorus)
Id dream up schemes to meet you,
Id nonchalantly greet you,
Id ask you up for coffee
Anytime you had an hour open.
You say you like my hair long,
You ask me if Ive written any new songs,
Youd laugh, youd turn and cross the street
And leave me dizzy with your laughter -
(chorus)
I hear youre leaving this town,
You and some girl gonna travel around,
You bought a car with foldback seats,
Youll camp out by the lakes and forests.
I lie alone in our old bed,
Your laughter its echoin inside my head.
I close my eyes, I smell your hair
Its like I havent slept in years -
(chorus)