The Legendary Jim Ruiz - Ariel

from various artists: all’s fair in love and chickfactor: cf mixtape 1 by chickfactor enchanté

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The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group is from Minneapolis; Jim and Stephanie were interviewed in chickfactor #9

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Find out more about Legendary Jim Ruiz at Minty Fresh and Korda Records:
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lyrics

Ariel (or Il Postino)

(Ariel, it's my sacred duty, for me to inform you of your most un-petulant beauty... .)

You walked into the place and through my drunken haze
I could tell you dressed like young Billy Bragg
You know a moth to the flame is what I became
as I inveigled my way into your pinball game
I immediately fell under your spell
and since your glance turns me to stone
you know my heart belongs in this five chord song
and darling, he's yours

For Ariel, you've got a dangerous beauty
It hurts like hell you know when you look right through me
I could say that your physique so much more than Greek
I could say 'you have a lovely smile'
When in truth the sight of your hips could sink a thousand ships
at a distance of thirty miles
You know that your tattoos made my front page news
and when I read between the lines
I found out everyone must have their ideal
and honey, your mine.

Ariel, Ariel, to you, I bring, this message from a pinball king

Ariel, you've got a piquant beauty
Has the time finally come, for me to wake up and smell that cup of coffee?
I'm still finding it hard trying to reconcile
that our bodies and lives won't be intertwined
I always believed that love at first sight was like Italian screen logic
something you can't fight
You know of "all the libraries in all the world"
she doesn't walk into mine
I guess I'll dwell in the eternal hell of the incurably shy

Ariel, Ariel, to you, I bring, a message from a pinball king

credits

from various artists: all’s fair in love and chickfactor: cf mixtape 1, released October 10, 2002
Written by the Legendary Jim Ruiz
Jim Ruiz: guitar, vocals
David Schelzel: bass, lead guitar
Dawn Schot: keyboards
Peter Anderson: drums

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Enchanté Records (US) launched in 1994 in order to put out records by Containe and later the Pacific Ocean. Our seventh release, Connie Lovatt’s Coconut Mirror, is out Sept. 2023.

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