Eurotrash Girl - Cracker, 1994

 
 
Well I've been up to Paris
and I've slept in a park
Went down to Barcelona
someone broke in my car
And I'll search the world over
for my angel in black
Yeah, I'll search the world over
for a Euro-trash Girl

Took the train down to Athens
and I slept in a fountain
Some Swiss junkie in Turin
ripped me off for my cash
Yeah, I'll search the world over
for my angel in black
Yeah, search the world over
for a Euro-trash Girl

The CRS on the metro
shook me down for a bribe
On my knees for the sergeant
when my passport arrived
Yeah, I'll search the world over
for my angel in black
Yeah, I'll search the world over
for a Euro-trash Girl

Euro-trash Girl, Euro-trash Girl
Euro-trash Girl, Euro-trash Girl

Called my mom from a payphone
I said "I'm down to my last"
She said "I sent you to college...
now go call your dad"
And the waitress that he married
well she hung up the phone
You know she never did like me
but I can stand on my own

Sold my plasma in Amsterdam
Spent it all in a night
buying drinks at the Melk Weg
for a soldier in drag
And I'll search the world over
for my angel in black
Yeah, I'll search the world over
for a Euro-trash Girl

Euro-trash Girl, Euro-trash Girl
Euro-trash Girl, Euro-trash Girl

Yeah, I'll search the world over
for my angel in black
Yeah, I'll search the world over
for a Euro-trash Girl

Got a tattoo in Berlin
and a case of the crabs
A rose and a dagger
on the palm of my hand
And I'll search the world over
for my angel in black
Yeah, I'll search the world over
for a Euro-trash Girl

Euro-trash Girl, Euro-trash Girl
Euro-trash Girl, Euro-trash Girl

Yeah, I'll search the world over
for my angel in black
Yeah, I'll search the world over
for a Euro-trash Girl
 
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When the band Camper Van Beethoven broke up in 1990, vocalist David Lowery started working with guitarist Johnny Hickman and bassist Davey Faragher. They soon named their new project Cracker, and signed with Virgin Records. In 1993, they released their most successful album, Kerosene. This gold-selling record contained Low, Get Off This and Eurotrash Girl.

Although not a commercial hit like Low, Eurotrash Girl is a gritty, amusing song with an unusual pace; the chorus comes in half-way through the song. An all-girl band, interestingly named Chics on Speed, also covered the song in 1998.

Connections: check out my page about Camper Van Beethoven, featuring Take the Skinheads Bowling.