Dua Lipa - Houdini Lyrics

Dua Lipa Lyrics

"Houdini"

Okay
(Mmm)

I come and I go
Tell me all the ways you need me
I'm not here for long
Catch me or I go Houdini
I come and I go
Prove you got the right to please me
Everybody knows
Catch me or I go Houdini

Time is passin' like a solar eclipse
See you watchin' and you blow me a kiss
It's your moment, baby, don't let it slip
Come in closer, are you readin' my lips?

They say I come and I go
Tell me all the ways you need me
I'm not here for long
Catch me or I go Houdini
I come and I go
Prove you got the right to please me
Everybody knows
Catch me or I go Houdini

If you're good enough, you'll find a way
Maybe you could cause a girl to change her ways
Do you think about it night and day?
Maybe you could be the one to make me stay

Everything you say is soundin' so sweet (Ah-ah)
But do you practice everything that you preach? (Ah-ah)
I need something that'll make me believe (Ah-ah)
If you got it, baby, give it to me

They say I come and I go
Tell me all the ways you need me
I'm not here for long
Catch me or I go Houdini
I come and I go (I come and I go)
Prove you got the right to please me
Everybody knows (I'm not here for long)
Catch me or I go Houdini

If you're good enough, you'll find a way
Maybe you could cause a girl to change her ways
Do you think about it night and day?
Maybe you could be the one to make me stay

Oh-oh
Ooh

I come and I go
Tell me all the ways you need me (Ooh)
I'm not here for long
Catch me or I go Houdini
I come and I go (I come and I go)
Prove you got the right to please me
Everybody knows (I'm not here for long)
Catch me or I go Houdini

Houdini
Catch me or I go Houdini

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Writer(s): Tobias Macdonald Jesso, Dua Lipa, Caroline Ailin, Kevin Richard Parker, Daniel Jack Harle

"Houdini" is the first single from Dua Lipa's third studio album. The song was premiered on November 9, 2023, accompanied by the music video.

Dua Lipa teased this song by posting a video snippet on social media on the 31st of October, 2023 (an anniversary of Harry Houdini's death in 1952). The end of the video showed the numbers "4 8 9 9 14 15 21" which turned to be correspondent with the alphabet letters "D H I I N O U" hinting at the title of the song.

Explaining Apple Music the meaning of this track, Dua Lipa said, "'Houdini' embodies the energy of a good night out. This was the first track I wrote about that fun and freeing time of being single. The lyrics are a bit cheeky, but there is a real underlying message of understanding yourself deeply and having no guilt about knowing your self-worth. Sometimes you just have to pull a Houdini and leave a situation that's no longer serving you."

Dua Lipa said in the announcement of "Houdini", "This track represents the most light and freeing parts of my singledom. 'Houdini' is very tongue-in-cheek, exploring the idea of whether someone is really worth my while or if I'll ghost them in the end. You never know where something may take you. That's the beauty of being open to whatever life throws your way."

album: "Radical Optimism" (2024)

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