The Take - Ray Davies

Page 13, America is made up of many different cultures

In the midwest, you’ve gotta be tough

They said we were heading for a storm

I’m gonna get me an icon tonight

I’m gonna find me an icon tonight

I’m gonna see me an icon tonight

I’m gonna take me an icon tonight

I met her at a meet and greet after a show in Minneapolis St. Paul

She was the epitome of rock chick, long slim frame

She must have been 5 foot 10 even without the high heels

She had flowing natural blonde hair that came down to her waist

And piercing blue eyes that gave away her Scandinavian origins

She flicked her hair out of her eyes as she walked down the corridor

Her smile was crisp like a warm Midwest summer

But her eyes were icy cold like a dark Scandinavian winter

And when she spoke there was a broodiness in her voice

A warm smile, then a chill like ice

Because I want you

I’m gonna take you

To make you feel good

I’m gonna shake you

And if I can’t come

I’m gonna fake for you

But if you leave me

I’m gonna break you

I’m gonna fuck me an icon tonight

This is the way it works

I’m gonna take you, break you

I’m gonna take me an icon tonight

Hello, goodnight to ya’all

Nice to be here in Minneapolis St. Paul

Where Johnny Cash saw his Big River

Then he sat down by the river and cried

Everybody said stay away from that girl

She’s a rock and roll chick and where she comes from?

Minnesota, Minnesota

Minnesota in a storm

Hear that power chord slam against the wall

As we’re rocking Minneapolis St. Paul

That’s where I let my life explode

Then I sat down by the river and cried

Put my life in overload

Took a wrong turn somewhere on the road

Minnesota, Minnesota

Minnesota in a storm

Get me an icon tonight

Gonna find me an icon tonight

Gonna see me an icon tonight

I’m gonna take me an icon tonight

Minnesota

Ah ah ah

And when she spoke there was a broodiness in her voice

A warm smile, then a chill like ice, colder than all the snow in Minnesota

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