A Better Friend
There's no reason to be bored when,
a face like yours is adored by all men.
Your making up for lost time,
and your best ideas were mine.
At the age of twenty-seven,
you realised your bed was empty.
A child is what I need but your face is all I see.
Those bruises don't betray any violence on my part,
You've taken my possessions and your dressing like a tart,
but it's miserable and sluttish to be acting like I do in front of you.
No matter how you try you'll never be as cheap as me,
When people have got no one else they can always sleep with me,
and no one else could be a better friend to you than me.
It's not love it just smells like it,
the scent of summer is so exciting.
No matter how you brush your teeth,
I can still smell the nicotine.
And there's no face I'd rather kiss than,
your sweet face, oh when it's smiling.
I loved you until you were bedded,
and our parents still talk of a wedding.
Those bruises don't betray any violence on my part,
You've taken my possessions, we're both dressed up like tarts,
but it's miserable and sluttish to be acting like I do in front of you.
No matter how you try you'll never be as cheap as me,
When people have got no one else they can always sleep with me,
and no one else could be a better friend to you than me.
Christian Girls
Now I believe an angel crossed my path and realised,
That the hair on my head will be pass my chin when I've earnt this type of prize.
The scent that she brings makes me feel alright like the pleasure of sleeping safe tonight,
But I won't sleep tight ‘til I know she's been cleaned from her toes to the top of her head.
Christian Girls should be kept pristine and totally devoid of pain,
I can't hold back the rain, the dirty, dirty rain.
Gloria's freckles just titter and tease, but they're no bloody use to me,
No bloody use to me.
Too much telly and too many books and so many films to keep me hooked,
But the idea of sex seems so bleeding stale when her heart is as big as a house.
And the red, red lips just keep reminding me of Sarah Brown,
And the cool, cool breeze makes me feel like settling down.
Christian Girls should be kept pristine and totally devoid of pain,
I can't hold back the rain , the dirty, dirty rain.
Gloria's freckles just titter and tease, but they're no bloody use to me,
No bloody use to me.
It's a shame that she feels this way, to my hearts dismay I want to kiss all her fingers
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Other Information
 The first proper Hefner release in so much as John had joined the band, well not officially. Hefner really at this stage was still me, Antony and John played on this record as a favour. As far as my memory serves, we only rehearsed once the week before in my loft room in mine and Antony's flat. So what you have here really is the birth of the band. Listening to it now, it still sounds fantastically fresh, I think we were really stunned at how great and easy it had become now that John had joined.
The single was released and found its way to Too Pure and shortly afterwards. Too Pure had come to see a very different line up of Hefner a few  years earlier and saw perhaps our worse show ever. The single somehow persuaded them to give us a second chance and they came to see us Upstairs at the Garage and asked to sign us the next day; May the 1st 1997, the day Blair got elected. I stayed up all night watching the election and had to drive my parents to Heathrow, on the way home I fell asleep at the wheel of my car and nearly killed myself, which would have been a shame after seeing the end of 18 years of tory rule and finally getting signed.
 Too Pure offered the record deal to just me, but I went to John and Antony and asked them if they wanted Hefner to be a proper band with all three of us signed. They of course agreed.
(photos, Darren, John Morrison (Bass) and Antony Harding (Drums) recording 'A Better Friend' at Cafe Eric (all photos by the band). An early flyer for the band. |
