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Sweet Thing

from Skin: Deep by Penelope Swales

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About a very attractive person who was still a very nice person because they hadn't yet realised how gorgeous they were. This song exhorts that person to "use their powers for good"...

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Sweet Thing
© Penelope Swales


Hey sweet thing
When you walk in the room
Boys and girls, all alike
They take a number and the get in line
You walk in
And a ripple goes round the room
Suddenly everybody’s contemplating
Having a mmm – much better time

And I say – Oh, darling, use your powers for good?
I do hope you will choose to use your talents
For the benefit of the wider community
Please, darling – use your power for good!
Spread it round, now, don’t be shy
Don’t let your golden age pass you by

Sweet thing
Now, don’t you waste your time
The sooner the others get their turn
Mmm – the sooner I might get mine
Pace yourself!
Don’t you wear it out
I need there to be something left
When it’s my turn to shout

And I say – Oh, darling, use your powers for good?
Don’t use them for evil, use them for good
I do hope you will choose to use your talents
For the benefit of the wider community
Coz you never know
That might include me

Ah, now what makes it work
Is that you’re so pure of heart
Humbleness is a very endearing quality
In a tart
So please don’t get conceited
Coz that’s not where it’s at
You wouldn’t be half as sexy
If you turned into a prat

And I say – Oh, darling, use your powers for good
I do hope you will choose to use your talents
For the benefit of the wider community
Please, darling – use your power for good!
I just wanna sing your praise
And watch that shy grin on your face
And urge you darlin’
Urge you darlin
Use your powers for good--------

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from Skin: Deep, released July 1, 2007

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Penelope Swales Boolarra, Australia

Penelope Swales has been articulating the human condition with passion and humour for 30+ years. She sings about politics, love, friendship, the unbreakable bond between us and dogs and the impact of the Internet on society. She won the 2019 Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice Award with “Cambridge Analytica”. “The Ides of March in Christchurch" was short-listed for the same award in 2020. ... more

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