"This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us" is a song by Sparks from their 1974 album Kimono My House.
Background[]
The Last Dinner Party covered the song on March 6, 2024 during Sofa Sessions with Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2.[1][2]
They chose to cover the song because a friend of Emily Roberts had messaged her two years before saying they thought the band sounded a lot like this specific song by Sparks, after which Roberts got obsessed with it.
On August 28, 2024, the band announced that they’d release a version of their debut album which contained the studio album, acoustic versions and some of their favourite covers,[3] the cover was released as a single the same day.
Lyrics[]
Zoo time is she and you time
The mammals are your favourite type, and you want her tonight
Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
You hear the thunder of stampeding rhinos, elephants and tacky tigers
This town ain't big enough for the both of us!
And it ain't me who's gonna leave!
Flying, domestic flying
And when the stewardess is near, do not show any fear
Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
You are a khaki-coloured bombardier
It's Hiroshima that you're nearing
This town ain't big enough for both of us!
And it ain't me who's gonna leave!
Daily, except for Sunday
You dawdle in to the café where you meet her each day
Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
As 20 cannibals have hold of you
They need their protein just like you do
This town ain't big enough for the both of us!
And it ain't me who's gonna leave!
Shower, another shower
You got to look your best for her, and be clean everywhere
Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
The rain is pouring on the foreign
Town, the bullets cannot cut you down
This town ain't big enough for the both of us!
And it ain't me who's gonna leave!
Census, the latest census
There'll be more girls who live in town, though not enough to go round
Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
You know that this town isn't big enough
Not big enough for both of us!
This town isn't big enough
Not big enough for both of us
And I ain't gonna leave!
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Tracklist
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Acoustics and Covers
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Other Eras
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| Prelude to Ecstasy ❦ Second studio album | ||
Live
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Extras
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| Poems | Heather | |
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| Scrapped songs | Godzilla | |
| Other | In Store Signings ❦ Short Film | |
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