My Affair

About My Affair

"My Affair" is a song by British singer and songwriter Kirsty MacColl, released in 1991 as the second single from her third studio album Electric Landlady. It was written by MacColl and Mark E. Nevin, and produced by Steve Lillywhite. "My Affair" reached No. 56 in the UK and remained in the charts for two weeks. A music video was filmed to promote the single. Speaking of the song, MacColl told The Desert Sun in 1991: "We recorded "My Affair" live. We were all in the same room, looking at each other. You've got this song going and it's like, 'Wow, this is so good. I've never played like this before'. It was enormous excitement. That track I think was the most exciting, the happiest experience in my life, really.""My Affair" was one of a number of collaborations between MacColl and Nevin. Aware of her desire to produce a Latin-influenced song, Nevin presented MacColl with an instrumental demo he had. After MacColl had completed the lyrics, the pair recorded a demo version prior to the proper recording session at New York. When personal commitments prevented Nevin from traveling to the States, guitarist Pete Glenister replaced him. In a 2012 interview with The A. V. Club, Nevin recalled the phone call he had from MacColl shortly after the song had been recorded: "She was so excited, playing the whole song down the phone to me. She considered it to be the best thing she had ever done at that point." more »

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2005

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When I was just a child 
My folks would drive me wild 
They'd spy upon my every move 
Until it drove me to despair 
They told me what to wear 
They told me not to cut my hair 
But that's all over now 
I had to tell them anyhow 

It's my affair 
Where I go and what I do 
It's my affair oh yeah 
It's my affair 
It's up to me and not to you 
It's my affair 

That's the way I want to keep it 
I kissed the boy in secret 
Thrilled me to the very core 
I couldn't stop I wanted more and 
I didn't hear the door and 
They caught me on the floor 
With my affair 

And when we first got wed 
We used to stay in bed 
All day and night all night and day 
We bedded half our lives away 
But that's all over now 
We move in higher circles 
Chomping through the upper crust 
I couldn't see you for the dust 
And then you met that girl 
Who left you with your money spent 
And now it's no concern of yours 
If I sleep with the President 

It's my affair 
And if I don't come home tonight 
It's my affair alright 
It's my affair 
Who I see is up to me 
It's my affair 

That's how I want to keep it 
I kiss the boys in secret 
Hiding in the parking lot 
Is just as far as I have got but 
If the phone should ring and 
There's no one there 
Then it's my affair 

Eso es asunto de ella 
Donde va why lo que hare 

Well it's all over now 
You've seen the last of me 
And I don't have to put up with you 
Giving me the third degree 
So you go on your way 
And don't come sneaking round the back door 
Trying to get yourself

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Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was an English singer-songwriter. more »

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