On Lana Del Rey's previous album (not her current one) Ultraviolence, she has a song called The Other Woman. That one is a cover of the 1959 song by Jessie Mae Robinson, performed and popularized by Nina Simone on the album Nina Simone at Town Hall. Today's song pick is NOT this song. Today's pick is Other Woman, and you are going to love it!
Other Woman was written and produced by Lana and The Rural, the collective name for the songwriters and producers James Vernon Dring and Jody Street. This song was recorded in 2009 and leaked in 2016. If you follow Lana's music, you will totally be able to hear the difference between this and her newer stuff. It's a different sound and different feel.
I provided the lyrics below the video. They're good! Not genius, but just good and fun. Do I think being the "other woman" is cool? No, obviously, but this is totally fun to sing along with. Enjoy!
Lyrics to Other Woman
I'm the other woman, other woman,
Other woman, other woman,
Other woman, other woman,
Other woman.
You, you, l-l-lie,
You, you, l-l-lie,
Who else knows you're not a stand up guy?
Trouble in paradise,
They can see it in your eyes.
Livin' double lives,
Yeah, you're livin' double lives.
He says he loves me,
I don't believe him.
If I'm so angry,
Why don't I leave him?
But he knows that I,
I really need him.
I'm tired of being,
Tired of being
The other woman, other woman,
Other woman, other woman,
Other woman, other woman,
Other woman.
Chase that high,
Chase that high,
Is there nothing that will satisfy?
There's trouble inside your mind,
And you're desperate for the fire,
Addicted to surprise,
Addicted to the lies.
He says he wants me,
Why can't I see him?
Only at late nights,
Not on the weekend.
I know it's tough, like,
I know his girlfriend,
I'm tired of hearin',
Hearin' he's leaving
That other woman, other woman,
Other woman, other woman,
Other woman, other woman,
Other woman.
At the supermarket, waitin' in line,
Hair done, nails on, gold design,
She walks up, and whispered from behind,
"Everyone knows your little secret",
I'm the other woman.
I'm everyone's bridesmaid, nobody's bride,
Everyone's mistress, nobody's wife.
Oh, we knew, when you moved,
That you were the troubled type.
You the kinda girl who,
You the kinda girls.
That other woman, other woman,
Other woman, other woman,
Other woman, other woman,
Other woman.