Information:
- A quote from Andrea from an interview with Barry Egan:
Barry: 'If anything is going to liberate Andrea from being yer wan in the Corrs, it is tracks like Champagne From A Straw'. It is about a girl who "looks like it she did everything right. On the surface she has got everything: the rich famous husband; all the clothes; the silly dog in the bag. In reality, she is desperately alone, half drunk in the afternoon and her husband is having an affair."
Is it anyone we know?'
Andrea: "I could not presume to know that that's anybody I know. It is a fictional character, obviously, but I take excerpts of certain things I see in celebrity magazines."
- More quotes (originally from Teletext) from Andrea:
Andrea's new single Champagne From A Straw tells of a showbiz airhead addicted to the spotlight.
"It's about a Big Brother-type," [Andrea] explains. "Not someone who's actually done anything, like make music or write a book, but wants fame for fame's sake."
"I feel sorry for women who have so little in their lives. I've seen shows about... certain women... which are jawdropping, they're so shameless."
How did Andrea avoid getting sucked into the Heat magazine life?
"I've not been a hypocrite," [Andrea] says. "Some people go to celebrity clubs and premieres then say 'Oh, don't take my picture' the next. I don't go to those places, I don't chase fame."
"Being in Ireland helps. We don't think someone's a better person than anyone else just because they've written a good song."
- Champagne From A Straw is a bold, straight-up critique of the "WAG" culture so celebrated in UK tabloids.
- This song was released as a download only single in the UK.
Written By:
- This song was written by Andrea for her Ten Feet High solo album.
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Lyrics:
Midday in the underground
There's a teenage girl
Selling music for her bed
I'll be the one that you look upon
Thank your lucky stars
That you walk in your own shoes
Clip clop past a sleeping bag
And a woolly hat
Lying open on the ground
Give money and sympathy,
Hold your little girl
Like you won't see her again
Does anyone know all
The places you go
On a day like today
I drink champagne from a straw
And I get my own way,
He loves me above them all
And there's no such thing as poor little rich girls
On a day like today
I've got my all-over-tan
And my tummy tuck,
My two babies, boy and girl
Big house in the country
With expensive bags
For my scary little dog
My man sleeps around a bit,
Keeps him from my bed,
One less job for me to do
I'm the one you look up to
And wish on every star
For one day in my high shoes
Can anyone hear mmmmm....
It's hollow in here
On a day like today
I drink champagne from a straw
And I get my own way,
He chose me above them all
And there's no such thing as poor little rich girls
In a day like today
A day like today
A day like today
A day like today
Oh,
Can anyone hear mmmmm....
It's hollow in here
On a day like today
I drink champagne from a straw
And I get my own way,
He loves me above them all
And there's no such thing as poor little rich girls
On a day like today
I drink champagne from a straw
And I get my own way,
He loves me above them all
And there's no such thing as poor little rich girls
On a day like today
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