Strawberry Swing
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Strawberry Swing is a track included on Coldplay's fourth album.
This is one of several potential album cuts with Afro-pop and high-life influences: Here, distortion-free finger-picked guitars which sound straight out of Mali mix with a heavy bassline and psychedelic synths. "My Mum comes from Zimbabwe, so I spent a lot of time there," says Martin. "I used to work in a studio where people played that." More gentle than much of the album, it is built around a repetitive African-inspired guitar as a blissed-out Martin sings the touching and slightly psychedelic love song about "such a perfect day".
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Track listings
- Promo CD
- radio edit
- album version
- instrumental
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Lyrics
They were sitting They were sitting under strawberry swing Every moment was so precious They were sitting They were talking under strawberry swing Everybody was for fighting Wouldn't wanna waste a thing Cold, cold water, bring me round Now my feet won't touch the ground Cold, cold water, what you say When it's such, it's such a perfect day Such a perfect day I remember we were walking up to strawberry swing I can't wait until the morning Wouldn't wanna change a thing People moving all the time Inside a perfectly straight line Don't you wanna just curve away? When it's such, it's such a perfect day It's such a perfect day Now the sky could be blue I don't mind Without you, it's a waste of time Could be blue I don't mind Without you, it's a waste of time Could be blue, could be grey Without you I'm just miles away Could be blue I don't mind Without you it's a waste of time
| Violet Hill | Viva La Vida | Lost! | Lovers In Japan | Life In Technicolor ii | Strawberry Swing |
| Life In Technicolor | Cemeteries Of London | 42 | Reign Of Love | Yes | Chinese Sleep Chant | Death And All His Friends | The Escapist |
| Postcards From Far Away | Glass Of Water | Rainy Day | Prospekt's March/Poppyfields | Now My Feet Won't Touch The Ground |
| B-Sides/Other Releases |
| A Spell A Rebel Yell | Death Will Never Conquer | The Goldrush | Lhuna (ft. Kylie Minogue) |
| Unreleased Songs |
| LeftRightLeftRightLeft | Famous Old Painters | Lukas | School | The Dubliners |
