Bar Italia Lyrics
Pulp
Lyrics
Now if you can stand I would like to take you by the hand, yeah
And go for a walk past people as they go to work.
Oh, let's get out of this place before they tell us that we've just died.
Move, move quick, you've gotta move.
Come on it's through, come on it's time.
Oh look at you, you, you're looking so confused just what did you lose?
If you can make an order could you get me one.
Two sugars would be great 'cos I'm fading fast and it's nearly dawn.
If they knocked down this place, this place, it'd still look much better than you.
Move, move quick, you've gotta move.
Come on it's through, come on it's time.
Oh look at you, you, you're looking so confused, what did you lose?
Oh, it's ok it's just your mind.
If we get through this alive I'll meet you next week, same place, same time.
Oh move, move quick you've gotta move.
Come on it's through, come on it's time.
Oh look at you, you, you're looking so confused, what did you lose?
That's what you get from clubbing it.
You can't go home and go to bed because it hasn't worn off yet
And now it's morning there's only one place we can go.
It's around the corner in Soho where other broken people go. Let's go.
Song & Lyrics Facts
Pulp's song "Bar Italia" is an iconic Britpop single released in 1995. The track was included on the band's album Different Class, which was released in October of that year.
Written by frontman Jarvis Cocker and bassist Steve Mackey, the lyrics to this song take a nostalgic look back at life in London during the 1980s. With its upbeat tempo and catchy chorus, it has become one of Pulp’s most beloved songs. Many fans consider it to be one of the best singles of the 1990s. The song contains references to popular culture like Italian espresso bars, 80s fashion trends and British political figures. The song's lyrical content is often interpreted as an ode to the joys of growing up in Britain.