"Vanishing Girl" is a song by Colin Moulding under the pseudonym "The Red Curtain". It appeared on and was released as a promo single for the 1987 The Dukes of Stratosphear LP Psonic Psunspot and the co-released CD compilation Chips from the Chocolate Fireball.
Single tracklisting[]
- A-side: "Vanishing Girl"
- B-side: "Vanishing Girl"
Quotes[]
Andy: “ ‘Vanishing Girl’ was steered towards The Hollies a lot. They had two lead singers at the same time, so both Colin and I sang the same so that the voices got smashed into this amorphous Hollies mess.”
Gary Pig Gold: “Hollies tune, circa '66 (i.e., ‘Pay You Back with Interest’), harmonies and bass line especially. Beatles ending chord (6th, I think).”
Lyrics[]
Someone's knocking in the Distance
But I'm deaf and blind
She's not expected home this evening
So I leave the world behind
for the Vanishing Girl
The Vanishing Girl
Yes she'd give you a twirl
But she vanishes from my world
So burn my letters and you'd better leave
Just one pint a day
The whole street's talking about my
White shirts looking so grey
People gossip on the doorstep
Think they know the score
She's giving him the runaround
The man from number four
Has a Vanishing Girl
a Vanishing Girl
Yes she'd give you a twirl
But she vanishes from my world
Yes the paint is peeling and my
Garden is overgrown
I got no enthusiasm to even answer the phone
When she's here it makes up for the time she's
not and it's all forgotten
But when she goes I'm putting on the pose for
for the Vanishing Girl
The Vanishing Girl
Yes she'd give you a twirl
But she vanishes from my world
So burn my letters and you'd better leave
Just one pint a day
The whole street's talking about my
White shirts looking so grey
the Vanishing Girl