Let's start at the beginning again With brandy and a cigarette And your conspiracy theories on space travel Said you just hadn't bought it all yet Said you hadn't bought it all yet Let's start with your crushed velvet coat Laid across my bed All that sexual energy tangled in burgandy Said until then you hadn't found me yet Said you hadn't found me just yet Hey my little little la-di-da Hey my little la-di Hey my little little la-di-da Hey my little la-di You said you had an irish dream You said you led an irish life You saw fourteen stations and reincarnations Of some irish poet's mistress or wife Some poet's mistress or wife Hey my little little la-di-da... And i believed every word As only a young girl can And now that i'm older and many years wiser I long for a lover i can't understand I long for that kind of man Hey my little little la-di-da...