Dreamin' / that you are in my world, / wishin' / like a little girl. / Watchin', / closely, / you suddenly appear. / Like a dream, / you're gone, then you're here. / You take to emotion / like a bird to flight. / You drop an invitation, / maybe I just might / be your lover / or better / a friendly / aquaintance. / Truly as I duly pay my love to you like maintenance. /

Calico, / Calico, / Calico, / Calico. / Calico, / Calico, / Calico, / Calico. /

You're realistic, / your face conceal. / Accentuate the passion. / I will reveal. / You're like an angel that delights with the day. / I'm pleadin' / don't ever go away, / story's reaching peak / the outlook is bleak. / Please talk, say that you'll speak. / You're strong and I am weak. / I need / the fortune at the end of the rainbow. / I see you like a lantern - / you have a certain glow. / Calico. / Your smile is warm soft, / forever / appealing. / Whenever you are present like a letter I am sealing. / My love / like a dove / that blesses from above. / The shower in an hour / won't you let me be your towel? / Calico. / Affection / affects you like a weapon. / You're extreme and supreme / and nothing that you seem. / A fateful chance / with a twist of hope. / I'll be with you all the way / down the magical slope.

Calico, / Calico, / Calico, / Calico. / Calico, / Calico, / Calico, / Calico. / Calico, / Calico, / Calico, / Calico. /

Babe, don't be afraid, / I'm wit' you everywhere. / Gliding through enchanted waters / to you I swear. / Expression is the key, / it's good enough for me. / Cali can't you see, / forever yours? / There's a feeling / of warmth, / a serious / sensation. / It's true, / you have that / good vibration. Your charm is overwhelming, you have reaches that I seldom see, / Calico just let me be the one! /

Calico, / Calico, / Calico, / Calico. / Calico, / Calico, / Calico, / Calico. / Calico, / Calico, / Calico, / Calico. / Calico, / Calico, / Calico, / Calico. /

Calico. / I see / that we were meant to be. / Goin' in ???

[outro samples:] I never take of my hat except when I'm out of doors! She made a prize from Jenkins' ear, / and washed it down with a bottle of beer.

Credits

Composition:

• Bob Stanley
• Pete Wiggs
• ??? Mais (Q-Tee)

Vocals:

• Q-Tee
• Sarah Cracknell

References

The keyboard riff comes from Up Wareika Hill, by Augustus Pablo, and the drum pattern is from The Beastie Boys' Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun.

The first of the outro samples is George Sanders in a film of Oscar Wilde's The Picture Of Dorian Gray.

Versions and sources

Calico

• So Tough album [vinyl twelve inch]
• So Tough album [CD]
• So Tough album [cassette]
• So Tough album [double CD]
• So Tough album [CD (US first release)]
• So Tough album [CD (European release)]
• So Tough album [CD (US second release)]
• So Tough album [cassette (US first release)]
• So Tough album [cassette (US second release)]
• So Tough album [minidisc]
• So Tough album [CD (Japan)]