HAYSI FANTAYZEE · The Sabres Of Paradise (1982)

Healy: “Recorded with Tony Visconti of Bowie/T-Rex fame - he was a brilliant vocal producer. The lyric was about a beautiful girl that I knew, who kept slashing her wrists. I got the title from a totally un-connected book. Andy Weatherall named his label after it a few years later.“ “THE SABRES OF PARADISE“ · yeah, you know she was a strange girl · you know she was so young · she bit, yeah she bit right back · she was kind of difficult to get to know · i mean she wasn’t really the kind of girl · you’d really want to meet and i mean meet · yeah she was bitter, yeah a little twisted · she’d sit and watch the clouds · and use her fancy dirty words · and she’d say she dreamed of liars in tins · and babys with fins, and jars with alarms · and subways that laughed · the sabres of paradise · cut through the strings of our love · the sabres of paradise · cut through the strings of our love · yeah, she was shooting wild alright · she’d never admit it · no not her, not tha