Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
“Room 19” is the first track from Bob Geldof’s third solo album The Happy Club. The lyrics include characters like Stalin or Lenin, we can also find there a possible reference to the written book by Doris Lessing “To Room Nineteen.”
[Intro]
"Sha-la-la-la-la, 'yeah'
Sha-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la
I feel free"
Sha-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-lee
Sha-la-la-la-la
I feel free
[Hook]
Sha-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-lee
Sha-la-la-la-la
I feel free
Sha-la-la-la-la, hey-hey
Sha-la-la-lee
Sha-la-la-la-la
I feel free
[Verse 1]
Now, when I woke up I was freezing
Shaking like a leaf
I was stuck up on a shelf
With the other guys in Room 19
And then the brain here right beside me
Speaking telepathically
He said "Hi, my name is Stalin
Glad to see you here in Room 19"
[Bridge]
Hey, na-na
Sha-la-la-la-la
Set me free
[Verse 2]
Yeah, Tchaikovsky played the music
While Pasternak wrote poetry
As they sliced our brains to study
Why we ended up in Room 19
[Bridge]
Hey, now
When I was dead
I thought I've been free
[Hook]
Sha-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-lee
Sha-la-la-la-la
Set me free
Sha-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-lee
Sha-la-la-la-la
Set me free
[Verse 3]
Lenin never shut up talking
And every talk became a speech
"Speaking dialectically," he said
"We don't exist in Room 19"
Well 'ol Sakharov was outraged
And said "Exactly what you mean?"
And Lenin said "There is no Heavan
So I can't believe in Room 19"
[Bridge]
Hey, now
Sha-la-la-la-la
Set me free
[Hook]
Sha-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-lee
Sha-la-la-la-la
Set me free
Sha-la-la-la-la, hey-hey
Sha-la-la-lee
Sha-la-la-la-la
Set me free, set me free, oh
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Outro]
So, set me free, free, free
So, set me free, free, free
So, set me free, free, free
So, set me free, free, free
So, set me free, free, free
So, set me free, free, free
So, set me free, free, free
Won't you, won't you set me free, free, free
Just a little bit free, free, free
Just a little bit free, free, free
Don't you wanna set me free, free, free
Oh, set me free, free, free
Don't you wanna set me free, free, free
Don't you wanna set me free, free, free
Na-na-na-na, yeah, free, free, free...
Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee) was written by Bob Geldof.
Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee) was produced by Bob Geldof & Pete Briquette & Rupert Hine.