Little Red Lyrics

Everybody took everything that they could and they
Made a little town out of stones and out of wood and they
Made a little king out of plasticine and they
Threw the rules away, but they kept the wisdom in

And all of the birds and the bees lived so peacefully
And all of the babies they slept so, so gently until

Little Red, Little Red, Little Red, Little Red
Little Red, Little Red, Little Red, Little Red
Little Red, Little Red, Little Red, Little Red
Little, Little Red came knocking

Little garden, how do I make your flowers grow
When I already do everything that I know
I bring you sunshine and I bring you rain
Still you refrain

All the other gardens are so full of flowers
They're so colorful, yet, I spend all these hours
Trying to make you as beautiful as them
But still you refrain

Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock
Knock, knock, knock, knock, scratch
And a knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock
Knock, knock, knock, knock, scratch
And a knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock
Knock, knock, knock, knock, scratch
And a knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock
Knock, knock, knock, knock, scratch
Little girl, why are you crying?
Just because the flowers in your garden are dying?
There's so much that you could be doing
And all of your neighbors, well, they haven't got a clue
Come on with me, we'll have a little fun, yeah
It's not too dangerous and we won't hurt anyone
Yeah, we'll cause some havoc between the birds and the bees
Yeah we'll, we'll paint the town red and we'll shake the trees
Oh, come on with me and I'll show you a good time
All you have to do is a jump and a climb
Yeah I'll, I'll take you over to the other side of town
Yeah there's so much to do there and nobody wears a crown

Should I go or should I stay?
My flowers are dying and I'm sick and tired anyway
This boy seems kind of cool, his jeans are kind of low
Well, I think I'll go

Jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump
Jump, jump jump, jump, climb
And a jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump
Jump, jump jump, jump, climb
And a jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump
Jump, jump jump, jump, climb
And a jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump
Jump, jump jump, jump, climb
Oh let's pack a picnic and we'll go for a drive
We'll go to a fun fair and go on all the rides
We'll climb up a mountain and we'll take in the sights
We'll jump in a plane and fly

If you want you can come back to mine
We'll drink some coffee and you can spend the night
We'll do anything that makes you smile
Cause your smile is beautiful and it makes me happy
Cause your smile is beautiful and it makes me happy

This little girl, she grew up and moved away and she
She lived her life full of risk and full of play and she
She lived her life with so much to say
And her flowers, they grow more beautiful every day

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Kate wrote “Little Red” as “a fantasy of escape from a monotonous life”. She wrote it when she was supposed to be at work and then, when arriving late, lied and said her car broke down.

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What did Kate Nash say about "Little Red"?
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In 2011, Kate told The Guardian:

My favorite task was manning the chip (french fry) fryer. You could daydream over it and I’d use the time to write stories. But the job could be monotonous and one day I arrived late and had to pretend the car had broken down, whereas really I’d been writing a song – “Little Red”. It was a fantasy of escape from a monotonous life, and featured on my album Made of Bricks.

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