“Sometimes” was the first single released from James' fifth studio album Laid. It features fast-paced acoustic strumming. The “Lester Piggott” part of the song’s title is inspired by the jockey of the same name, which Booth said was “because it has a racing beat”. During recording, Eno “went white a...
[Verse 1]
There's a storm outside, and the gap between crack and thunder
Crack and thunder, is closing in, is closing in
The rain floods gutters and makes a great sound on concrete
On a flat roof, there's a boy leaning against the wall of rain
Aerial held high, calling, "Come on thunder, come on thunder"
[Chorus]
Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes
I swear I can see your soul
Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes
I swear I can see your soul
[Verse 2]
It's a monsoon and the rain lifts lids off cars
Spinning buses like toys, stripping them to chrome
Across the bay, the waves are turning into something else
Picking up fishing boats and spewing them on the shore
The boy is hit, lit up against the sky, like a sign, like a neon sign
And he crumples, drops into the gutter, cuts strange, legs twitching
The flood swells his clothes and delivers him on, delivers him on
[Chorus]
Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes
I swear I can see your soul
Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes
I swear I can see your soul
[Verse 3]
There's four new colors in the rainbow
An old man's taking Polaroids
But all he captures is endless rain, endless rain, endless rain
He says listen, takes my head and puts my ear to his
And I swear I can hear the sea
[Outro]
Sometimes, when I look in your eyes
I can see your soul, I can reach your soul
Sometimes, when I look in your eyes
I can see your soul, I can touch your soul
Sometimes, when I look in your eyes
I can see your soul, I can hear your soul
Sometimes, look in your eyes
I can see your soul
Sometimes, look in your eyes
I can see your soul
Sometimes, look in your eyes
I can see your soul
Sometimes, look in your eyes
I can see your soul
Sometimes (Lester Piggott) was written by Tim Booth & Jim Glennie & Larry Gott.
Sometimes (Lester Piggott) was produced by Brian Eno.
James released Sometimes (Lester Piggott) on Mon Aug 30 1993.