Poem - Living Doll - A Song For Stalkers

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Cliff Richard's Living Doll - A Song For Stalkers Cliff, If You call a girl your ‘Living Doll’ I’m going to have to call You out about Treating ladies like some inanimate object. Surely I’m right to object When you want to lock a woman away In a trunk expecting her to stay Loyal to you When you’re prepared to do That to her, as it is abduction, Kidnapping and forced seduction When all is said and done. She’s not going to have much fun When you show her off to your envious friends Inviting them to touch and feel the ends Of her hair to check she’s not wearing a wig. It’s a really big Problem if a lady gets her hair patted, pulled and poked. How would you like it if leering fans stroked Your hair while someone treats you like a possession? It’s a wonder the police don’t come round to question You and your accomplice Shadows Oh yeah, Hank Marvin knows all About how you treat a girlfriend like a living doll. Your backing singers are your accomplices in crime Hank (and The Young Ones) should also be doing jail time. Let the lady go Cliff, set her free from that trunk If you don’t want to end up in a cell block bunk For stalking, kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment Oh I know you think your song cheerfully innocent But your lyrics give me the creeps You sound like someone who leaps About grabbing girl’s hair And chaining them up in some dungeon lair without their consent While family and friends wonder where the poor woman went While she is locked in a box on the whims of a pop star Who has the gall to go as far As to boast about his stalking in the words of his songs. She’s not your property Cliff, she belongs Free. Don’t you see How much your song makes my flesh shiver and tingle? With your possessive attitude is it any wonder you’re still bloody single? Arthur Chappell I do quite like this song, but it does strike me as rather over-possessive. Youtube - Cliff Richard - Living Doll