Pretty Boy

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

Track 2 on Council Skies (Deluxe)

Featuring

Johnny Marr

Producers

Noel Gallagher & Paul Stacey

Oct. 31, 20221 viewer21.8K views

Pretty Boy Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Beneath the starry sky
Of a distant moon
At the magic moment
That's gonna come too soon
There was a girl like me
There was a boy like you
She made him sing like Elvis
When she's feeling blue

[Chorus]
You tell me that you want it, yeah-yeah
You tell me that you need it, yeah-yeah
You know you can't have it, yeah-yeah
So get your head down, pretty boy

[Verse 2]
You got the dreams of children
You gotcha eyes of gold
I hope you live to see them
Before you get too old

[Chorus]
You tell me that you want it, yeah-yeah
You tell me that you need it, yeah-yeah
You know you can't have it, yeah-yeah
So get your head down, pretty boy

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[Post-Chorus]
She was a lot like me
She was a lot like you
No matter what you say
No matter what you do
You bring the whole world down
I'll make your dreams come true

[Chorus]
Tell me that you want it, yeah-yeah
Tell me that you need it, yeah-yeah
You know you can't have it, yeah-yeah
So get your head down, pretty boy

[Post-Chorus]
She was a lot like me
She was a lot like you
No matter what you say
No matter what you do
You bring the whole world down

[Outro]
Can you delete my number?
I wanna get me free
I wanna change my star sign
Because it don't suit me
Because it don't suit me
Because it don't suit me
Because it don't suit me

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Of the song, which features former Smiths guitarist Marr, Gallagher said: “For this new record it was the first thing I wrote, the first thing I demoed and the first thing I finished, so it’s only right that it’s the first thing people get to hear.

“Massive shout out to my mainest man Johnny Marr for taking it somewhere special. Oh … and watch out for a cameo from me in the video … first one to spot me wins a bag of Flamin’ Hot Wotsits Giants!!”

Source: NME

The song explores the emotions and complexities associated with unfulfilled desires and unattainable goals.

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What did Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds say about "Pretty Boy"?

It was the first demo that I did and first song that I completed, so [making it the first single] seemed like the right thing to do. I won’t lie, I perversely thought, ‘Well, when people hear that it’s yet another drum machine, I shall bathe in their tears.’ Although I don’t go out of my way to challenge my audience, I do like to engage with them. So it keeps them on their toes a little bit. And you are in a pretty good spot if you’ve been making music for 30 years and you’re still dancing on the edge of ‘Is this acceptable or not?’ I haven’t fallen into a rut of trying to rewrite ‘Little by Little’ endlessly, I’m still pushing it a little bit.

–via Apple Music

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