Bar Italia is a bar in Soho, London, popular with bohemians.
The song is not precisely a sequel to Sorted for E’s and Wizz, which is set in Hampshire (Hampshire is two hours' drive away from London), but does depict a state of post-rave, pre-comedown fatigue which will probably befall the character...
[Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
Let's get out of this place before
They tell us that we've just died, oh
[Chorus]
Move, move quick, you've gotta move
Come on it's through, come on it's time
Oh, look at you, you looking so confused
Just what did you lose? Oh
[Verse 2]
If you can make an order
Could you get me one?
Two sugars would be great
Cause I'm fading fast and it's nearly dawn
[Pre-Chorus 2]
If they knocked down this place, this place
It'd still look much better than you, oh now
[Chorus]
Move, move quick, you've gotta move
Come on it's through, come on it's time
Oh, look at you, you looking so confused
Just what did you lose? Oh
It's OK, it's just your mind
[Bridge]
If we get through this alive
I'll meet you next week, same place, same time, oh
[Chorus]
Move, move quick, you've gotta move
Come on it's through, come on it's time
Oh, look at you, you looking so confused
Just what did you lose? Oh
[Outro]
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 'round the corner in Soho
Where other broken people go
Let's go
Bar Italia was written by Nick Banks & Jarvis Cocker & Steve Mackey & Russell Senior & Candida Doyle & Mark Webber.
Bar Italia was produced by Chris Thomas.
Pulp released Bar Italia on Mon Oct 30 1995.