A Perfect Day Elise CD2 -

Released: September 1998
ID: CIDX 718 / 572 410-2 / LC 0407 / PY 940 / BIEM/MCPS

Track List:
1. A Perfect Day Elise
2. The Bay
3. Instrumental #3

Liner Notes:
All titles written by Polly Jean Harvey
Hot Head Music Ltd. / EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Made by Flood, Polly Jean Harvey and Head
Additional production and mix on 1 by Steve Osborne for 140dB

©1998 Island Records Ltd. ©1998 Island Records Ltd. A Polygram Company.
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Song trivia:

A Perfect Day Elise-
Alternative lyrics (handwritten in booklet of 'A Perfect Day Elise CD2'):

    Took her hands and took her to the shore
    And waited on that girl all through the war
    ??de the white hot sun
    Held her back until he heard her scream

This is a more direct connection to JD Salinger's "A Perfect Day For Bananafish" than merely the song title and the room number mentioned. The story is about a couple, Muriel and Seymour, who go on a vacation. The story begins with Muriel in hotel room 507 (harder to rhyme than room 509) convincing her mother, over the phone, that Seymour won't do anything crazy. Apparently Seymour came back from the war not quite right. Cut to Seymour: he's on the beach, when a young girl, Sybil, begins talking to him. He tells her it's a perfect day for catching bananafish. They try to catch some, to no avail. When Seymour returns to the hotel, Muriel is asleep. Seymour takes a gun, looks at his wife, and shoots himself in the head.

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