kinks - Two Sisters Lyrics

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Two Sisters



Sylvilla looked into her mirror
Percilla looked into the washing machine
And the drudgery of being wed
She was so jealous of her sister
And her liberty, and her smart young friends
She was so jealous of her sister

Sylvilla looked into the wardrobe
Percilla looked into the frying pan
And the bacon and eggs
And the breakfast is served
She was so jealous of her sister
And her way of life, and her luxury flat
She was so jealous of her sister

She threw away her dirty dishes just to be free again
Her women's weekly magazines just to be free again
And put the children in the nursery just to be free again
Percilla saw her little children
And then decided she was better off
Than the wayward lass that her sister had been
No longer jealous of her sister
So she ran 'round the house with her curlers on
No longer jealous of her sister

• Anonymous

  sorry, you are incorrect - Prescilla is NOT the name "throughout". Syvilla is the libertine sister who's "freedom" Percilla is "jealous" of until she realizes what she has that her sister doesn't. could have been better, but short and sweet I guess was the order of the day.

• Anonymous

  It must be either magic or schizophrenia that causes "Sylvilla" to become "Percilla" within two song lines. I guess the would-be transcriber cannot understand Ray Davies's accent. The woman's name is "Priscilla." Throughout. Really. And, "Sylvilla"? "Percilla"? This is not about medieval England.