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"Extrovert" is a song by Andy Partridge. It originally appeared in 1986 as a B-side to the "Grass" 12" single. It later appeared on the 1990 odds-and-ends compilation Rag and Bone Buffet.

The demo appeared on Andy's Fuzzy Warbles Volume 8 in 2006.

Quotes[]

Andy: “Originally for Skylarking: It's the only vocal I ever did while drunk. But this gives me the opportunity to finally thank Todd Rundgren for producing that album and ask him to forgive me for making it appear that I did not like him.”

Andy (on the demo): “Banged out in the attic for Skylarking. An untypically boastful kind of lyric, but then again, I am feeling like someone else.”

Lyrics[]

Yes, it's true


I want that apple, just like William Tell

No more floor gazing, no more head down the well

I'm feeling extrovert

I should be shaking the stars instead of hugging the dirt


I swear!


I'm really burning, fit to boil up the sea

Human volcano at a zillion degrees

I'm feeling extrovert

Instead of quiet and shy I'm really dying to blurt out


I feel like someone else

Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do

I feel like someone else

I feel new, not so blue

I feel

Extrovert


No hidden message, nothing political

You needn't listen, I just wanted to show

I'm feeling extrovert

I am the lion who's roaring not the mouse that gets hurt


I feel like someone else

Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do

I feel like someone else

I feel new, not so blue

I feel

My trumpet plays for you

I'm gonna blow it now