ian hunter Profile
Singles
Alice was a drunken Mona Lisa
Arching up some American wall
She said, "I really want to please you"
I said, "That's easy, let yourself fall"
All you got to do is go
Ride on down rock and roll
Shine on, Miss Silver Dime
Ride on down, rock and roll
Blow my sweet mind
Blow my sweet mind
As I was posing down
Some empty broken street said
The world is coming to an end
She screamed out loudly
I'm so...
Wrote this poem called, 'The Floods Roll On'
He said, this ain?t yours
Where?d you get it from?
You must have stole it from a book, oh yeah
You must have stole it from a book.
?Cause you ain?t frail
You ain?t beautiful
And I don?t fancy you at all
You?d be a ruin
If looks could kill
23A, Swan Hill
Stiff with rage, screaming at the sky
Innocence breaks
Says she wants to die
I?m assuming I?m ali...
Fare thee well, gentle maid
I'll see you on your way
And the sun will rise tomorrow
And wash my sins away
For I know that I've abused you
But I only had a day
And I know that's why you left me
In your own sad little way
I am gone, disappeared
But I hear a young dove crying
Three thousand miles from here
Some would say you were a loser
'Cause you play a loser's game
But then if I am a winner
Wh...
I'm just a whitey from Blighty, heading out west
I got my little green card an' my bulletproof vest
I goin' to New York City, oh, where the buzz is the best
On down the line, down the line
Well, I remember all the good times, me an' Miller enjoyed
Up and down the M1 in some luminous yo-yo toy
It's so sad you got to change 'cause the change you've got to destroy
Oh, look out Kennedy here I come...
I said, "Girl, I'm living in the middle of a mystery"
"Girl, things ain't been goin' too good for me
You're the only one that can turn me on
An' now that you're gone", I said
Girl, I'm livin' in the middle of your memory
I said, "Girl, you're still the figure in my favorite fantasy"
"I know you know but that's the way it goes
And still my love grows", I said
All o' the good
All o' the good one...
Forgot my six-string razor, hit the sky
Half way to Memphis 'fore I realized
Well, I rang the information my axe was cold
They said she rides the train to Oreoles
Now it's a mighty long way down the dusty trail
And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails
And I look like a bum and I crawl like a snail
All the way from Memphis
Well, I got to Oreoles you know it took a month
And there was my gu...
Well Billy rapped all night about his suicide
How he'd kick it in the head when he was twenty-five
Speed jive don?t wanna stay alive when you?re twenty-five
And Wendy?s stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks
And Freedy?s got spots from ripping off the stars
From his face, funky little boat race
The television man is crazy saying we?re juvenile delinquent wrecks
Oh man I need TV when I got T-Re...
ian hunter
I have a dream-its only one dream
But I know dreams can come true
And I have a wish-its only one wish
But I know wishes can too
I wanna be-faraway from here
With those honky tonk heroes-burnin' my ears-oh
Love american music-i play it all night long
Just me n' records-n' a vivid imagination
I love to dance in the mirror-i practice every single word
And it seems to me american music-...
Alright
Neon lights in the pouring rain
It's just another Saturday
Avoid the bomber boys comin' out the Indian
Looking for a [Incomprehensible]
I left home on the 4th of July
In nineteen hundred and seventy five
I'm just a pirate with a patch over one eye
Wanna buy a drink for an American spy?
I spent fourteen years on the factory floor
I never took a day off sick
I was workin' away all day on...
Well, you rang me up you say you wanna get high
Now I'm underpaid and I'm overtired
Riding shotgun 'round the world
I'm too young to die, too old for the girls
You wanna know something, I've had it with you
Another fine mess you got me into
Well, you're always in one hole or another
And I come runnin' just like a brother
When are you ever going to get yourself cleared
You'll keep on running 't...
I'm standin' on the edge of Vesuvius
My mouth is runnin' dry
Drunk on wine and wisdom
Giving it all away
Old enough to hate tomorrow
Young enough not to know where to run
Oh there ain't no rock 'n' roll no more
Just the music of the young
And it's apathy for the devil
Apathy for the devil
Apathy for the devil
'N' apathy for the son
The moon shines brightly on some summer lawn
And envy caught l...
ian hunter
Vestal virginia - ain't got a bad thought in ya - you're a bastard
Mean as a killer - instinct that's within ya - you're a bastard.
Laughs like a drain and it messes up my brain
Cos you know I like the pain of never knowing
Space cow I'll chew the bad blood running through ya
Kiss you as you hit the floor 'cos you don't even know that you're a bastard
There's a crisis in the kitchen...
hunter/mcnasty
Life takes a little piece of you away
Most everyday of your life
Oh learn to get wise, you learn to compromise-
You learn to criticise yourself
I guess we all grow up 'cos one day everything-
Seems so further from the truth
And you try to find yourself- in this endless youth
I said you try to find yourself-and you
Beg a little love
Fate takes another stab at your face
And you ca...
ian hunter
One more town on the merry-go-round
One more room with no view
One more punk eatin' nothing but junk
Trin' to make a phone call to you
Well maybe I'll never, get myself together
But something's in the back of my mid
It only takes one call-you can laugh at 'em all
You're never too small to hit the big time
One more slob feeling sick as a dog
After one more night on the booze
One more...
Genocidal tendencies are silly to extreme
After all you're still quite small
You don't know where you've been
You was only swearing yesterday
Oh you want to win the world away
But now you got nothing to say
Boy you're getting out of hand
You've got to make a stand
So put the coke away
Boy you got the do the show
Got to let the people know
You got the strength to stay
I can see you run, I can s...
Green lights on Broadway
All the magic seems to say
Come and ride with me, baby, you know
It's got to be the greatest show on Broadway
Out here on the streets they say
You can see your life in one day
I long, I long, I long, I long
I long to hear every single street singer
Oh, what a mood that feeling brings
You can capture life in a jar
Chances are that you'll find out on Broadway
Who you rea...
ian hunter
Captain to candida - we just hit earth
Everyone's strange here - don't know what they're worth
Got this idea - we're gonna be machines
We'll play a part in their imaginary dreams
Say hi - hi - hi
Have you ever stopped to figure out why
We're captain void 'n' the video jets
Go go get - go go get
Your captain void 'n' the video jets
We're the original space cadets
Captain to candida -...
Now come on in and sit right down and make yourself at home
If I had one wish, I wish I could
Go back to my old neighborhood
Where the good folks, they all love you as their own
Then I'd go over to my neighbor's house
Knock on the door and they'd all sing out
"Come on in and sit right down and make yourself at home"
I'd sing their praises long and loud
'Cause they're all my folks and I'm might...
ian hunter
transcribed by colin ford
China, china, the evening's moving in
See you, soon now, the boat moves with the wind
China, china, I can see the harbour lights
Light your, fire, we'll be warm tonight
China, china, the thoughts drift from the sea
I'm dreaming, of you, wear your dress for me
China, china, the oceans on the wheel?
The seagulls flying lower now
China I can feel you by my sid...
All this energy callin' me back where it comes from
It's such a crude attitude, it's back where it belongs
All the little kids goin' up on the skids go
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Jumpin' Jane Jean and moonin' James Dean go
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Momma knows but she don't care, she...
All this energy callin' me back where it comes from
It's such a crude attitude, it's back where it belongs
All the little kids goin' up on the skids go
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Jumpin' Jane Jean and moonin' James Dean go
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Momma knows but she don't care, she...
You might be a celebrity, everybody sits up and begs
You might be the sexiest thing since God invented legs
You might be a dictator, a dealer or a saint
Cool is here to tell you when you're cool and when you ain't
If you lose your cool, if you lose your cool, if your cool don't work
If your cool gone fishin' you ain't nothing but a cool jerk
Now you might be a Nazi, lookin' for a friend
You mi...
ian hunter/darrell bath/honest john plain
transcribed by colin ford
Oh
Well I climbed through the fence, out with the ? , head for the river plate? .
The river's not tame, heat in the city meant dogs can't smell the same.
Don't wait up, I'll be home soon, but I can't come now cos i'm
Dancing on the dancing, dancing moon, yeah.
dancing, dancing....
I crawl like a snake, seen a better daybreak, ...
Ian Hunter
I've been here before - this is where my fingers slipped into yours
This is where I trembled - when you touched mine
This is where the seeds we planted long ago
Grew up to tell us we're too old to know
I've been here before - this is where the novelty starts wearing off, wearing off, wearing off
And all the world's a stage - it's just that I ain't on it anymore, anymore
This ain't E...
ian hunter
Get your son - young 'n' dumb
Give him a gun - make him run
Hot stuff - on a saturday night
Wait a minute - this ain't right
It's that same old story
Talkin' 'bout the death 'n' glory boys
When your head is on the scaffold
'n' your ass is on the line
You gotta give it that old religion
One mo' time
Get the death 'n' glory boys
Midnight - no light
Cool sand - like mud in my hands
Got...
I was having a drink with Prince Charles and the Queen
When Winston Churchill stepped into my dream
His head it was heavy, his voice was shakin'
He said, "Look what they've done, it's the death of a Nation"
I followed his shadow right out of the bar
And we talked all night 'neath the light of the stars
He said, "This used to be a cradle of civilization
And now look what they've done, it's the ...
ian hunter
transcribed by nicole apostola
He used to ride through the streets, crying through the alleyway
Freezing cold in the early morning light
Out to get a salary
Detroit, detroit
Tv image ain't gonna pay the bills
Big big cars
Detroit, detroit
The fan
Detroit, detroit
Big big shots
Got their heads in the sand
The usual
buzzing cars noises from ian
You're late
Detroit, detroit
He's a work...
corky laing/ian hunter
Once upon a time
She was the virgin of a million lonely minds
And now it's such a crying shame
She does not even know her name
No-one ever knew
All the heavy changes she's been going through
All the sons and lovers on her mind
Cos easy money's hard to find
I've been searching
All night long
You know, she's been searching all night long
Easy money
She gets down on her kne...
I used to see you on the avenue
You were the girl that let me follow you
You used to hang out in the alleyway
You sewed a button on my shirt one day
I asked around 'til I found your name
Then underneath the arches in the pourin' rain
I said you, yeah you
I want you, every step of the way
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you wanna dance?
Take a chance baby, take a chance
I'll be with you every st...
darrell bath/roig
He asked me home at a midnight
Hey you'll be lucky if it's daylight
When you saw me down the alley
Yeah I swear's I'm not with annie, hey annie, yeah
'cause everyone's a fool, child
Everyone's wild
I'll say I was your fool, babe
'cause you know that's a lie
Now everybody gets lonesome
And we all need a friend
So take it easy baby-love
I'm not here to do you in
'cause everyone...
ian hunter/mick ronson
Some folk leave courage,
Some folk leave you hope
Why am I out here hangin'
Like a fool at the end o' my rope
Some folk leave you wisdom,
Some folk leave you signs
You can never be sure
What went on before
Life is just a matter of time
Picture of you,
Clouding my view
I'm following in your footsteps,
Tryin' to make some sense of it all
Maybe it's a sign of weakness,
But ...
ian hunter/mark clarke/hilly michaels
I got a shower curtain stickin' to my back
And the o'd' cologne sure packs a whack
I got blood on my razor - my face is in shock
'n' my hair hangin' down like a rastaman's locks
I think I'm ready - I'm gettin' ready
Gettin' ready teddy - we're all gonna have fun
I gotta rock 'n' roll - rocket says quot;you gotta go fastquot;
'n' the radio's blarin' out a b...
ian hunter
God said to me quot;gonna kick your ass - 'cos all you do is ask ask ask
All that energy looking for me when I'm sitting here inside you - plain to see
How I built you cell for cell gave you sights to see - gave you tales to tell
Even let you help yourself for a while - to take some weight off this busy childquot;
I said to God quot;i found you out - I know what this world is all ab...
The kids are okay they're telling you now
But you're letting them down
'Cause you just don't know how
And it's a golden opportunity
I'm spinning in space
I'm laughing away your so pathetic
I can just hear them say
It's like a golden opportunity
You better hear it, see hear it
It's a golden opportunity
You better hear it, get near it
It's a golden opportunity
We reckon they're rats
Now see how ...
honest john plain
It's cold outside - it looks like rain
To make matters worse, I missed me last train
Now I was thinking she'd show me a bed
To my surprise got shown the door instead
Whoa-oh where have all the good girls gone?
Whoa-oh where have all the good girls gone?
She said she wants a fella with a gti
Always home on time, steak and kidney pie
She made it quite pretty, it was plain to se...
Ian Hunter
The sun shone through the window as I lay down on your carpet
Staring at the speakers - pretending to be tortured
And I never moved a muscle
No, I never moved a muscle
The sunlight turned to shadows, and the minutes turned to hours
Somebody turned the lights on, there was conversation, laughter
And you know just what I'm after - you know just what I'm after
You will look at me, and ...
Lost in the middle of nowhere
As cold as a stone in the sky
Regretting the mistakes that I made
When I was a young boy
Looking for a guiding light
Looking for a guiding light
Looking for a guiding light
Looking for a guiding light
Lookin' for an answer that I ain't found yet
A twinkle in a blind's man eye
Lookin' for the light at the end of the tunnel
Looking for a reason why
You're my guiding...
ian hunter
All right
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control.
Stick to your guns, boys, stick to your guns.
We'll make a lot of money if we stick to the guns.
The president's with us boys, so join in the fun.
We can make a lot of money if we stick to our guns.
Yeah
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun control, we don't want no
Gun cont...
ian hunter
You're breakin' my heart
Stealing my thunder
How much more can I take
You're draggin' me down
Holding me under
How much more can I take
How much more can I take
Won't somebody break
The news to you gently.
You fill my eyes
But you don't fill the hunger
How much more can I take
I see your face
Everywhere, everyplace
How much more can I take
You're here in the night
You're here in the...
corky laing/ian hunter
I told my baby girl
That I live by all the rules
She laughed and said to me
Don't you take me for a fool
Then she ran me down
People saw me over town
Then word got back to her
That I was fooling round
I, I ain't no angel
I, I ain't no angel
So good, goodbye love
Good, goodbye love
Now I'm living on my own
Since my baby set me free
Seems I hurt her pride
And caused her mi...
I hear a thousand drums a million miles away
I feel the Wembley rock I get a buzz off a big parade
I get the music
Everywhere
Get off on the music
If this is the end there I don't care
I get
So excited
So excited
Call me a fan that's just what I am
I said, "I, I, I, I, I get
So excited
So excited"
My nerves are alive
I feel like a knife
I said I get so excited
I hear a choir singin' way up abo...
It was a cold, cold house, I was a cold, cold room
No one lived in me, I was an empty tune
Lovers came to view and they looked all around
But they couldn't see nothin', nothin' but the ground
They really put me down and then someone broke inside of me
And I found myself learnin' how to fight free
And it feels so good when I can turn to you
And look you straight in the eye
Say, "I need you, nee...
One, two, three
Well, I woke up this morning here's a girl in my bed
How did she get there? Was it something I said?
I don't understand it but somehow it seems
She visits me in invisible dreams
Over and over I try to explain
How did that girl get into my veins?
Did somebody send her? Was it my velvet wings?
And how does she touch my invisible strings?
Invisible strings, invisible strings
These...
ian hunter
When I was just sixteen - I stood waiting for a dream -
At barker street bus station every night
When I tried to get it on - she just looked at me with scorn - my courage
Turned to dust and I took flight
For those looks they seemed to say
You ain't nuthin' - go away
You're just a face in the crowd so I went home and I vowed
I'm gonna be somebody - someday
Her name was irene wilde - ...
ian hunter
You used to float just like a boat upon the tide
You used to run when things were done you used to hide
You talk of ships you talk of boats you talk of games
And now you're down you ain't around it's such a shame
Cause you got something to give
Something to hold onto
Why don't you live
And you just forget about fixing up fate
Maybe you'd stop pick yourself up
Now it's too late oh
It...
matheson/casino steel
Give me magic misery
Give me two shots - first one is free
Watch me cover - watch me grin
Jump for the juice in your syringe
You're the poison - you're the pain
You're the needle in my vein
Come on jab it - come go quick
The only habit I can't kick
Junkee see - junkee do
Junkee me - junk is you
Pusher comes to shove
Junkee love
Ooh...i've got my trembles - I got the shake...
Oh no, the fuzz, all in a line
My oh my, I think I?m gonna die
And it?s just another night
It?s just another night
Got a long black face; who goes there?
All the reefer madness put a poor kid in jail
And it?s just another night
Yeah, it?s just another night
Oh take it easy boy or it?s doa
Chrome on my body and a lot of folks say
That it?s just another night
Hey, it?s just another night
Oh, it?...
Oh no, the fuzz, all in a line
My oh my, I think I?m gonna die
And it?s just another night
It?s just another night
Got a long black face; who goes there?
All the reefer madness put a poor kid in jail
And it?s just another night
Yeah, it?s just another night
Oh take it easy boy or it?s doa
Chrome on my body and a lot of folks say
That it?s just another night
Hey, it?s just another night
Oh, it?...
Just When I Needed You Most
You packed in the morning
I stared out the window
And I struggled for something to say
You left in the rain without closing the door
I didn't stand in your way
Now I miss you more
Than I missed you before
And now where I'll find comfort, God knows
'Cause you left me
Just when I needed you most
Yes, you left me
Just when I needed you most
Now most every morning
I sta...
Its such a terrible shame it was only a game
Then her brothers found out seven Johnny be good's
We was only pretending at mummys and daddys
They totally misunderstood
Oh what a terrible plight, what a terrible fight
It was too much to bear her father said, Ere
I think you better sign it's a letter designed
To have you married by the first of the year"
Get the justice of the peace
Get the justi...
ian hunter
Oh
Well there ain't no sense
In burning bridges.
No, there ain't no sense
In burning bridges.
If we're sorry
Then it's our failure
So says the jailor,
Fade? away.
Now there ain't no debts,
Just destinations.
Like birds made out of steel,
They fly by.
Lost lovers in a moonlit night,
Broken lovers in a starless night.
I lay my clothes down at your feet
'cause all I want is for you
To ...
Ian Hunter
How do I begin - where do I start
When did you first scrape the knees of my heart
You said you would never marry a musician
I said that's all right - 'cos I ain't good enough to be one
You dragged this basket case - in out of the dark
And I fell for you - from the knees of my heart
The Registrar's Office was a bold council gray
I slipped the ring on your finger - it's there to this ...
Why can I be like any guy?
Why do they try
To make me run
Son of a gun
Now, what do they care
About the clothes I wear?
Why get their kicks
From making fun
Yeah, this world's
Got a lot of space
And if they don't like my face
It ain't me that's
Going any where, no
So I don't care
Then laugh at me
If that's love affair
I have to beg to be free
Then baby laugh at me
And I'll cry for you
And I'll ...
I love your sulky eyes, I love your raven hair
I often fantasize a beautiful affair, a broken paradise
'Cause you don't even care
I love your sultry smile, I love to see you dance
Sometimes it drives me wild to know I've got no chance
Your boyfriend doesn't see, you're flirting, teasing me
Why don't you leave me alone, leave me alone?
Won't you leave me alone, leave me alone
Sometimes I'll act...
Poor Britannia, drowning in your waves
With the body of the unknown soldier and the best of the brave
I have known you ever since I was a child
How come you don't salute me now when I smile?
You was always so young and on all o' that money
How come these mourners pass you by and think it's so funny?
I'd be there with you but I'm chained unto this stake
For I am loyalty but my mast I cannot for...
ian hunter
Is there life, is there life?
Is there life after death?
Do you believe? oh yeah
Is there life, is there life?
Is there life after death?
Do you believe? oh yeah
Do you stop take another roller coaster ride
Do I beg, steal, cheat or lie? oh my is there life after death?
Oh I wish I'd never smoked so much
I wish I'd never felt the devil's touch
All that passes through my eyes so fast...
ian hunter
There's a wango-tango
At the peppermint inn
I'm gonna be there
Shakin' my thing
Be bop a lula
Little peggy sue
We both got company
Don't know what to do
But that's alright
Yeah that's ok
In the middle of the night
Here's lisa
Chorus:
Lisa likes rock 'n' roll,
She plays it every day.
Down by the drugstore
Everybody ? ?
She turnin' on the radio,
She's shootin' up the stereo,
Puttin' o...
mick, I've got a...
There must be one million stories in new york city, the naked city, and this is one of 'em
I live out on the island, and I got problems
My mom don't like me, cause she says I know sultan?
Sitting in the cark park, in my old buick skylark
Getting high, getting high,
Getting high on the eight track
Oh, listen to the eight track
Oh, listen to the eight track
Oh, listen to the ...
Once upon a time
Somewhere in the back of my mind
I fell in love with you
But then
Everything went wrong
I couldn't even write a song
There was nothing to look forward to
I don't go out very much
I'm always home on my own
Baby, I was just too blind to see
I wanted to conquer the world
But the world had a mind of its own
Maybe I tried a little too hard
Maybe I pushed you away too far
Got a room...
Well, I picked her up on a Saturday night
[Incomprehensible] poison but she felt alright
Oh dear, what a sight, when I saw her in the light of day
She was a speakeasy sleazer of the highest degree
Oh, you should hear the stories, she was laying on me
We really got it on as she held my point of view, oh oh
Oh, she's a lounge lizard
Coming on strong
Who you fooling
It's me you're with
Lounge liz...
Verse 1:
Long haired young girl, here beside me
Fit my body, warm my mind
Sleeping quiet, never knowing
By tomorrow she'll be one more thing I'm gonna leave behind
Verse 2:
Like them big wheels, I'll be rolling
Like them rivers, gonna flow to sea
Cause I'd rather leave here knowing
That I made a fool of love before it made a fool of me
Chorus:
Low down freedom, you've done cost me
Everything I...
ian hunter/mick ronson
I never brush my teeth and I never wash
I guess I never bother with no brush
I don't care about a knife and fork
And don't you argue with the way that I talk
And all you ladies want my autograph
And have you seen my photo, have you seen my photographs....yeah
I hit the city when the sun goes down
I get this feeling that I'm running around
I love virgins, I like 'em petit...
ian hunter
transcribed by justin purington
Once upon a time
Not so long ago
People used to stand and stare
At the spider with the platinum hair
They thought you were immortal
We had our ups and downs
Like brothers often do
But I was there for him
He was always there for me
And we were there for you
How can I put into words
What my heart feels?
It's the deepest thing
When somebody you love dies...
Ian Hunter
We were morons from the day we were born
We believed every word that you said - boy were we wrong
We're all fat now - on the sofas - mini morons - taking over
Cos we're older now, older now, older now, older now
We were morons - red, white and blue
We were working class kids on the skids - with nothing to do
We're all dead now - in our boxes - holding on to what little we go left
Co...
You were just a twinkle in your teenage mother's eyes
I was squeezing brylcreem on my hair
No one taught us how to be politically correct
And no one told our winkles what to wear
I've been there, I've done it
I've seen it all
That was my contribution oh, oh
So much for the revolution
When someone said, "Let's go to bed" nobody was scared
We were up to no good all the time
We were up to no good...
darrell bath
transcribed by colin ford
A thousand pin-up girls to stepney to bombay
Take me to fancy restaurants to be amongst the ?
And all the blue-eyed gals of 6 foot 3
Are gonna leave you broken down on your knees
Cause in the golden locks and fluttering lashes
You say, quot;i told youquot;, all day long
Never never trust a blonde
Yeah, never never trust a blonde
Just when you thought it w...
Ian Hunter
I used to come home each night to no one - no one
All by myself, turn out the light - no one - no one
One knife, a fork 'n' a spoon
An empty bed in a cold room
Oooh I needed someone - maybe you could help
I called you up, I said quot;There's no one, baby there's no one elsequot;
No one ever looked twice at me - no one - no one
Take a look at my life - what do you see - no one - no o...
ian hunter/tommy morrongiello
Noises are taking away my freedom.
Noises seem to rob me of myself.
Noises are the sound of mediocrity.
Noises ... to take that ... from out of myself.
Noises are taking away my casualness.
Noises are making me scared.
Big noises are made by big shots.
Some noises should never be heard.
Noises,
Noises,
Noises,
Noises,
Give me noises
Noises are looking over my shou...
I can smile on a warm summer day
I can laugh, I can listen to the children play
But I?m going to miss the killer with the kiss
He was a friend of mine
Now is the time, now is the time
It?s going to rain, hope it don?t rain on you
There?s going to be a lot of pain before this thing is through
If Jesus was alive, He?d be standing on the M5
Holding up a neon sign screaming
Now is the time, now is...
Sometimes you realize
That there is an end to life
Yesterday I heard them say
A hero's blown away
And it's so hard to lose
Someone who's close to you
Oh me, I did not see
The danger every day
But music's something in the air
So he can play it anywhere
Old records never die
Get, you're healing from a song
Just when everything goes wrong
Play it right through the night
Till morning brings you li...
Well the times gettin' hard for you little girl
I'm a hummin' and a strummin' all over God's world
You don't remember when you got your last meal
And you forgot just how a woman feels
You didn't know what Rock 'n' Roll was
Until you met a drummer on a Greyhound bus
I got there in the nick of time
Before he got his hands across your state line
Well in the middle of the night, on the open road
A...
Well the times gettin' hard for you little girl
I'm a hummin' and a strummin' all over God's world
You don't remember when you got your last meal
And you forgot just how a woman feels
You didn't know what Rock 'n' Roll was
Until you met a drummer on a Greyhound bus
I got there in the nick of time
Before he got his hands across your state line
Well in the middle of the night on the open road
An...
ian hunter/darrel bath
transcribed by colin ford
On the avenue of dead umbrellas
In a place where nothin' sleeps
No one's pickin' up the pieces - no one speaks
Snow falls down - God dusts funky town
For once this place looks pure
Tell that to the people who live in the wind - they ain't so sure
In the middle of a violent night - in the glare of a naked light
In the middle of a nightmare
At the...
In the heat of the Indian summer
Out along the appalachian way
You can hear the sound of the overnight angels
As they pray, charged by the light of some mariners lantern
Spitting out a cold but triangular spray
Can't you hear the screams of the overnight angels as they play?
Talking to the spirits through a silver curtain
Reaching out beyond the length of the light
You can catch a glimpse of a...
Well, I believe in magic
Ain't it kinda tragic
When you find out
Angels can be devils
You were never on the level
With me, babe, at all
Pain, pain, pain
I got this pain, pain
Sittin' on a midnight train
Well now, winners can be losers
Beggars can be choosers
I'll get over you somehow
It's gonna take a little time
To put you to the back
Of my mind forever
Pain, pain
Shootin' down the length of ...
honest john plain
If I'd known then what I know now
I'd do it all again 'cause I'm crazy and how
About my mixed-up, messed-up pretty little psycho girl
I should've given her a swift body swerve
I didn't so I got what I deserve
A freaked-out, spaced-out crazy little psycho girl
Psycho girl - look what you're doing
How come you have to be this way?
Psycho girl - you'll be my ruin
With the softy ...
Ian Hunter
Beautiful people - got their beautiful lives - got their
Beautiful husbands - got their beautiful wives - got their
Beautiful bankers - got their beautiful lawyers
All things bright and beautiful
The beautiful people are sent to destroy us
Beautiful people - got their beautiful kids - got their
Beautiful schools where the beautiful other half live - got their
Beautiful futures in th...
ian hunter
Billy said this town is dying,
It's dying just to be like me.
He was fighting everything in sight,
Died when he was 23.
I used to meet him down at his cafe,
He had one eye on the door
And the other on the writing on the wall.
He'd get restless and angry and we'd all laugh
'cause we weren't really scared,
We was his friends, he wouldn't hurt us at all
And all he'd say was rain, rain,...
I am singin' in a rain
I am singin' in a rain
What a glorious feelin'
And I am happy again
Well, he searched through his love like a thief on the run
He searched through his face to see the guilt water run
But he's fresh out of tears and nobody has come
And justice has got to be done
Oh moon in the city stay open and clear
For his vision ain't good and his mind's disappeared
Get along mother n...
Red letter day
Red letter day
Red letter day
Late at night, I drift away somewhere
I'm walking on the moon, talking to you there
I miss you babe, oh, I miss you
In my empty room on a crowded avenue
Oh, I've been rolling down the river, girl and I bump into you
I miss you babe, oh, I miss you
When I come home, the love is gonna last forever
'Cause deep in my heart, the loving never went away
Wh...
ian hunter
He's much the same as anyone - he don't do what he's told
He got hostile on his school report - and he leaves his mother cold
His father owned a bakery - one day they found him hanged
It ain't good to be free in little italy - his son's the leader of the gang
Chorus
Restless youth - restless youth
Restless youth - restless youth
He soon found out he could not work - the money was no...
In 1935, I was living in paradise, I had a friend up in Cicero
We used to go out to the track, we'd knock a few whiskeys back
I'd lose my shirt and then I would lose my way home
I was driving my Stutz Black Hawk through Justice in the dark
When suddenly the blood froze in my veins
She was standing by the road in an incandescent glow
My heart stood still, my foot slammed on the brakes
She said,...
Ian Hunter
I don't wanna be no traitor to the cause
But England is a luxury - not many can afford
There's people going under - it's getting out of hand
Whatever happened to our - our green and pleasant land?
It turned into a wilderness; it turned into a third world country
Most people ain't getting what they pay for
Some people gettin' more than they should be
I know, I know - I'm an alien - b...
Well, I still got your blood running through my veins
Yeah, I still got your blood running through my veins
And even though the circumstances change
I know we never got along, the pieces would not fit
And I still got the scars to show for it
Was staring through the window at the rain
Is it me or have all the colors changed?
I was sick with jealousy, I know why you had to split
And you still go...
Ohh
Doctor, doctor, am I alright?
I keep on stayin' up, all through the night
I'm smokin', drinkin', watchin' TV 'til the light
It's been a long time since I slept
All I seem to think about is what I ain't get
I'm seein' double, I'm seein' double
Doctor, doctor, you know I'm in need
Seems like there's somethin' wrong with me
Underneath this stone lies a different guy
My head says yeah, my body...
Where do you go when you've somewhere to run
But the time isn't right and there's things to be done
And you're trapped half-way up, you don't want to go back
So you keep going on - compromising the lack
And you see the green fields as you travel on by
And you look at the things you'd forgotten to try
And you wish you were young and you wish you were old
For the songs always sung and the storie...
Her life gets smaller in his eyes
And he wonders if he thinks he should cry
Oh mother the color's gone and left your hair
And he wonders if he thinks he should care
She told him how to play a guitar
She told him how to be a star
But mother were you really there?
My friend don't speak he's such a mixed up boy
I wonder if she sold him his toys
A kiss on the cheek a conversation decoy
In his cute...
We walked to the sea, just my father and me
And the dogs played around on the sand
Winter cold cut the air, hanging still everywhere
Dressed in gray did he say hold my hand?
I said love's easier when it's far away
We sat and watched the distant lights
We're two ships that pass in the night
And we smile when we say it's alright
We're still here, it's just that we're out of sight
Like those ship...
corky laing/ian hunter
Well the school bell rings
I carried your things
Getting on the yellow bus
With the whole world watching us
And our love was like a silent movie
Ain't got nothing to say
Our love was like a silent movie
I wish we could have kept it that way
Now the door bell rings
I'm gonna get my things
Take another bright ?
At the lion's side
Cause our love was like a silent movie
Ain'...
ian hunter/earl slick
Alice was a drunken mona lisa
Arching up some american wall
She said I really want to please you
I said that's easy let yourself fall
All you got to do is go
Ride on down rock and roll
Shine on miss silver dime
Ride on down rock and roll
Blow my sweet mind
Blow my sweet mind
As I was posing down some empty broken street
Said the world is coming to an end
She screamed out ...
ian hunter
You're just a stranger in the past
Just another mug that could never last
You came up slow but you burned out fast didn't ya
It ain't silver needles on the run
No it ain't silver needles on the run
It ain't silver needles on the run
Shh you make me feel so bad
You thought you was the only one that got messed up
Me 'n all the others never had it so rough
Well how come you're dead and...
Bimbo, flirts, sluts in skirts
Muscles brightly glisten
Conversation's full of filth
Let's all have a listen
Oh dear, oh dear, we live in fear
Media bulbs a poppin'
If you're bent, they're on your scent
There can be no stoppin'
Peroxide blondes, vagabonds
Into 'eavy metal
Your hair looks like its been done
By a dyke with a score to settle
Mud needs raking
Photos taken of your murky past
Haunts...
I can't believe what you did, you know, you just can't let it go
I'm sick and tired of listening to your innuendo
I can't believe what you did, you know, you sawed me in half
When I was at the end of my endurance
All you did was bite the hand that fed you from the start
Oh, oh, oh, oh, a little soap and water
Na, na, na, na, na, na, would not come amiss
Oh, oh, a little soap and water
A little...
ian hunter
The spirit of war is all around us
'n' everybody knows somethin's goin' on
Fasten your seat belts - say goodbye to your mothers
Cos everybody knows somethin's goin' on
Nuclear missiles - cover to cover
Everybody knows somethin's goin' on
The world is a subway - all the leaders are muggers
'n' everybody knows somethin's goin' on
Well I say
Roll up to the party - welcome to the show
W...
Well, I lay underneath an ageless sky
I watched the universe breathing
There's more going on up there than meets the eye
Give me something to believe in
Which way's in and which way's out
Every step is misleading
Well, which way is up which way is down?
You gotta have something to believe in
Oh, let me dream, let me dream
I spend my whole life dreaming
I've been lucky but I'm still mean
You go...
ian hunter
There's a place in the city they call the archway
Where we rented three rooms for a dollar a day
And I worked semi-skilled at the capstans for years
And my wife was a good woman but the love disappeared
Sons and daughters, daughters and sons
When a marriage goes down they're the loneliest ones
Sons and daughters, daughters and sons
How I hope they can cope with the damage I've done
...
I was your baby and you were my girl
When I asked you to marry me
The tears fell, the tears fell, the tears fell
Sons n' lovers, sons n' lovers, wavin'
My childhood goodbye, it seems so sad
Well, how long, well, how long
How long have you been my best friend
This won't be the end of sons n' lovers, sons n' lovers
She don't wanna talk anymore about it
And you were my lady, I was your number one...
Every time I watch you
Gotta switch you off, you surely can't be serious
Every time I see you
I just can't believe you go below ridiculous
All those days I spent starin' at your wilderness
All those ways you got to me
Through me, you, you leave me speechless
You, you make me scared of you
You make me scared of losing concentration
You make me afraid of you
Make me afraid of losing conver, conv...
ian hunter
Well I finally found you out
All through your mess of dreams
You won't make it to the night
And your standing in my light
You know you've been bad for me
You ain't got the weight to hate
But you ain't no pretty sight
And your standing in my light
Move over cause your standing in my light
Move over cause your standing in my light
Move over cause your standing in my light yeah
Move ov...
Ian Hunter
Way back in the 50's - you never said a wrong word
People were clean - people were mean
Children should be seen, but children should be not heard
You learned to keep your mouth shut - you did what you were told
But then one day the radio played the sound that we'd all been waiting for
The whole of our lives 'n'
I still love Rock 'n' Roll - I play it every day
Hummin' along, singin' ...
They say that some people never grow up
Lost in time, shackled to the past for ever, stung by love
Still weaving, still believing yesterday's dreams
If life is real then so is my imagination
All I feel is who I am? Who I am? Who I am?
And if I wished so hard I bled, would you come true?
All I need's a bottle and the memories come flooding back
And I see you though the rain, through the rain, t...
d. gibson/mick ronson
instrumental
ian hunter/mick ronson
Do you remember truth-you used to tell it everyday
Oh what a feelin'-there was nuthin' in the way
I won't get excited- if you don't slash your wrists
Oh oh oh-something is gravely amiss
You gotta tell it like it is
Whats the matter baby- cat got your tongue?
You bin creepin' 'round the alleyways-all night long
You can't hide a secret-more than a week
Oh oh oh- we gotta g...
She dresses in leather, she isn't too together
She looks then she lowers her eyes at me
She smokes cigarettes, she likes to get wet
And she's about a woman as a woman can be I said
That girl is rock 'n' roll
She got the cutest figure, I think it's gettin' bigger
She's about, hangin' out, over me
She feels just right in the middle of the night
An' she's about a woman as a woman can be I said
Th...
How ya doin', all right?
I-I-I spy with my little eye
Something beginning with you
Drool, drool, drool, nearly fell off me stool
I hope you fancy me too
Now I don't wanna set the world on fire
Any old iron, any old iron will do
All right
Smirk, smirk, smirk the G and T's work
She can knock 'em back like a fish
Smarm, smarm, smarm, I turned up me charm
I think I'm on a promise
He thinks he's on...
Ian Hunter
You don't look a day over ten so why be
Do you have to pretend to be older than you are
Beads and mirrors by your body
And in some roadside bar you feel the pain
Little Star
Lost on a merrygo round, on the game
You can never be found cause you don't know who you are
The reservation killed your nation
And in some tourists car you feel the pain
Little Star
You know you know
We grow an...
corky laing
You try to love the way that you did before
But he don't be that loved anymore and i'm
I'm coming from the pouring rain
My eyes are red but they still see through
The feeling that's coming over you
And I'd love to come again come again
I wanna love you over again
You, you wanna know
You're the best thing that's happening to me
In a long long time
Be wise, open up your eyes
You, you...
Well, I was born on the 3rd of June
Hard labor, Gemini moon
I was raised in a country town
The livin' dead were all puttin' me down
And my flesh and blood
My flesh and blood, they kicked me out
They never understood
That it's alright, it's alright, it's alright to be a loner now
It's alright, I say it's alright, it's alright to be a loner
It's alright, you know it's alright, oh babe, I'm a lon...
I forgive you when you can't look straight into my eyes
I forgive you when you never wanna hold my hand
I forgive you 'cause you're all I've got and I love you
But I'll never forgive the other man
I forgive you even though I know the secret you keep
I forgive you even though you don't give a damn
I forgive you 'cause deep inside you're part of me
But I'll never forgive the other man
Somewhere ...
ian hunter
Death be my mistress, guns be my wife
Breath is my witness and roads are my life
Just give my future's clean as a knife
Far on the way from l.a.
The sun heats the saddle, sand in my hair
Looking for water and there's sweat everywhere
Know that I'm nearer I smell damp air
I ain't tasted coffee for days
When the leaves are down I'll be southward bound
Hunters hunt the outsider.
When t...
Lonely days, lonely nights
Hoping thing's gonna turn out right
You had me hanging on a string
For you I did most anything
You don't give me no
The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth
It's a blind mans eye, baby ain't no youth
The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth
Don't need your lies, I got my proof
Put your face up to my window
Ask me baby, what did I see?
Well I know, I...
ian hunter
My tea turned seven shades darker
As I sit 'n' write these words
And london's gettin' paler
In my theatre of the absurd.
You figured for an evening
And you made it all worthwile.
It's seldom people have a job
And even rarer that I smile.
Play me some, play me some,
Play me brixton power.
Teach your children to be them
And never ever ours.
Play me some, play me some,
Play me brixton ...
To love a woman
Lost and lonely through the night
My baby doesn't hear me right
Cross my heart and hope to die
The words won't come although I try
It's there beneath me deep and strong
And when I speak it sounds so wrong
Oh, cross my heart and hope to die
I'll never know the reason why
You and I were so in love
And if the sun won't shine
I'll be warm enough for the both of us
To love a woman
T...
All I ever wanted
Was to lose myself in you
All I ever needed
Was you to need me too
You're all I ever think about
I hunger for your touch
And all I ever wanted
Was you, is that too much?
I hate the pain of loving you
It happens all the time
I never needed anything or anybody
Until your eyes met mine
I'm waiting for your answer, babe
What's gonna become of us?
'Cos all I ever wanted
Was you, i...
Traitor, traitor, traitor, traitor
Traitor, you don't know your mind
It says hi, you walk straight by
Missing person, you can't take
A look in your book 'cause it makes you shake
Traitor, traitor, traitor, traitor
Traitor, you don't ever change
Same mistakes, again and again
You're so shallow, you try to get
Your feet in your mouth but they never get wet
Traitor, traitor, traitor, traitor
I ga...
Little flame tormented soul
Tried to get lost in all that rock and roll
Came crashing through here like some hurricane
Too much, too soon for you little flame
You can't walk on water
You can't walk on water, don't try
Like a lamb to the slaughter
Oh, but for the grace of God, go, I
Little flame caught that savage sound
He liked to turn it upside down
Well, I think I know what you were talking ...
On the very first decade that we got to dream in
Our fathers were angry, our mothers were screamin'
At the clothes we were wearin' and the music we got off on
Hitler was dead, welcome to Babylon
Carved our initials out across the sand
The heart and the arrow, no-one understands
Then the tide rolled in and everything ran
Washed us away, washed us away, washed us away
Up in the attic ambition wa...
It's such a small town rodeo
Such famous people here with nowhere to go
Well, it don't get to me, I think it's the pits
I got no friends, I wanna split
The daily papers seek a desperate face
The television cameras join in the chase
It's much fun interviewing urban decay
I grab the microphone away
Dance
No
Dance
No
Dance
No
Dance
No
We gotta get out of here
We gotta get out of here right now
We...
It's such a small town rodeo
Such famous people here with nowhere to go
Well, it don't get to me, I think it's the pits
I got no friends, I wanna split
The daily papers seek a desperate face
The television cameras join in the chase
It's much fun interviewing urban decay
I grab the microphone away
Dance
No
Dance
No
Dance
No
Dance
No
We gotta get out of here
We gotta get out of here right now
We...
ian hunter
Oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, ooooo
Oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, ooooo
Sweet woman what's your name?
You smell as fresh as the rain
Instead of leaving you came
Let me feel your hair
A light shines in your eyes
The hungry years are so nice
Shadows shake in the lamplight
No writer could explain
But when the daylight comes
But when the daylight comes
But when the daylight comes
I'll be on my way
Oo-oo-oo...
Driving off in the rain and snow
Oh, the jets ain't jumping 'cause the cloud's too low
I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know
The ice on the window the highway the sea
Who do you love is it him or is it me?
Hey hey, I wanna know
I called Detroit city on the telephone
The man on the line tell me you ain't home
I wanna know, who's that voice
What's [Incomprehensible]
There's a deep red glow in...
Wild 'n free, wild 'n free
Wild 'n free, wild 'n free
Oh, I'd never known what it was like to free
I always thought it was never true
I got a feeling, I was lost in space
Did not like my face
Just wanted to be
Wild 'n free, wild 'n free
Like a hurricane
Wild 'n free, wild 'n free
Oh, insanity's so insane
Wild 'n free, wild 'n free
I ain't got no, got no, got no name
Wild 'n free, wild 'n free
...
Well, it's Tuesday night
How I'd like to be inside at this time
Watchin' T.V. is killin' me
It's such a drag, tonight
I feel like Jason
Just found a rusty fleece
And the Cyclops, all laughin' at me
You can't tame wild east
Wild east, wild east
Wild east, wild east
Now some cynic from the methadone clinic
He keeps on bothering me
He writes all my lyrics backwards on diapers
And hangs 'em from t...
Well, through the haze the mirror cries
Hits you right between the eyes
You don't know but you got the judas in you, babe
You can't trust, ya, you can't deliver
Always whinin' you were sold down the river
I gave you the best years of your miserable life
Where did you go wrong girl?
Where did you go wrong? I say
Where did you go wrong, girl?
Nice try, wrong guy
You're gonna wind up on your ass
...
ian hunter
See lonely shadows - silver needles
Abandoned in the evening war
Lost children of the night - come catch the candle bright
I hear a hollow sound - falling to the ground - she's lost before she's found
Sad broken angels takin' rainbows
Out on the street for all to see
If we are the chosen few - what ever happened to
All those things we knew, if this is being free -
I'd rather search ...
Ian Hunter
Transcribed by Colin Ford
That's it baby, take one last look
We gotta go catch a plane
Then you won't die, and I won't die
But we won't ever be the same
Oh I can feel a mood coming down on me
Such a good thing disappears
I can sense the loss creeping up on us
And it's deeper than any tears I've known
You stepped into my dreams
You opened up the door
You stepped into my dreams
I want...
Albums
All of the Good Ones Are Taken |
I said, "Girl, I'm living in the middle of a mystery"
"Girl, things ain't been goin' too good for me
You're the only one that can turn me on
An' now that you're gone", I said
Girl, I'm livin' in the middle of your memory
I said, "Girl, you're still the figure in my favorite fantasy"
"I know you know but that's the way it goes
And still my love grows", I said
All o' the good
All o' the good one...
ian hunter
Captain to candida - we just hit earth
Everyone's strange here - don't know what they're worth
Got this idea - we're gonna be machines
We'll play a part in their imaginary dreams
Say hi - hi - hi
Have you ever stopped to figure out why
We're captain void 'n' the video jets
Go go get - go go get
Your captain void 'n' the video jets
We're the original space cadets
Captain to candida -...
ian hunter
Get your son - young 'n' dumb
Give him a gun - make him run
Hot stuff - on a saturday night
Wait a minute - this ain't right
It's that same old story
Talkin' 'bout the death 'n' glory boys
When your head is on the scaffold
'n' your ass is on the line
You gotta give it that old religion
One mo' time
Get the death 'n' glory boys
Midnight - no light
Cool sand - like mud in my hands
Got...
I used to see you on the avenue
You were the girl that let me follow you
You used to hang out in the alleyway
You sewed a button on my shirt one day
I asked around 'til I found your name
Then underneath the arches in the pourin' rain
I said you, yeah you
I want you, every step of the way
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you wanna dance?
Take a chance baby, take a chance
I'll be with you every st...
ian hunter/mark clarke/hilly michaels
I got a shower curtain stickin' to my back
And the o'd' cologne sure packs a whack
I got blood on my razor - my face is in shock
'n' my hair hangin' down like a rastaman's locks
I think I'm ready - I'm gettin' ready
Gettin' ready teddy - we're all gonna have fun
I gotta rock 'n' roll - rocket says quot;you gotta go fastquot;
'n' the radio's blarin' out a b...
Ohh
Doctor, doctor, am I alright?
I keep on stayin' up, all through the night
I'm smokin', drinkin', watchin' TV 'til the light
It's been a long time since I slept
All I seem to think about is what I ain't get
I'm seein' double, I'm seein' double
Doctor, doctor, you know I'm in need
Seems like there's somethin' wrong with me
Underneath this stone lies a different guy
My head says yeah, my body...
ian hunter
The spirit of war is all around us
'n' everybody knows somethin's goin' on
Fasten your seat belts - say goodbye to your mothers
Cos everybody knows somethin's goin' on
Nuclear missiles - cover to cover
Everybody knows somethin's goin' on
The world is a subway - all the leaders are muggers
'n' everybody knows somethin's goin' on
Well I say
Roll up to the party - welcome to the show
W...
Every time I watch you
Gotta switch you off, you surely can't be serious
Every time I see you
I just can't believe you go below ridiculous
All those days I spent starin' at your wilderness
All those ways you got to me
Through me, you, you leave me speechless
You, you make me scared of you
You make me scared of losing concentration
You make me afraid of you
Make me afraid of losing conver, conv...
She dresses in leather, she isn't too together
She looks then she lowers her eyes at me
She smokes cigarettes, she likes to get wet
And she's about a woman as a woman can be I said
That girl is rock 'n' roll
She got the cutest figure, I think it's gettin' bigger
She's about, hangin' out, over me
She feels just right in the middle of the night
An' she's about a woman as a woman can be I said
Th...
Traitor, traitor, traitor, traitor
Traitor, you don't know your mind
It says hi, you walk straight by
Missing person, you can't take
A look in your book 'cause it makes you shake
Traitor, traitor, traitor, traitor
Traitor, you don't ever change
Same mistakes, again and again
You're so shallow, you try to get
Your feet in your mouth but they never get wet
Traitor, traitor, traitor, traitor
I ga...
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Ian Hunter |
Fare thee well, gentle maid
I'll see you on your way
And the sun will rise tomorrow
And wash my sins away
For I know that I've abused you
But I only had a day
And I know that's why you left me
In your own sad little way
I am gone, disappeared
But I hear a young dove crying
Three thousand miles from here
Some would say you were a loser
'Cause you play a loser's game
But then if I am a winner
Wh...
Genocidal tendencies are silly to extreme
After all you're still quite small
You don't know where you've been
You was only swearing yesterday
Oh you want to win the world away
But now you got nothing to say
Boy you're getting out of hand
You've got to make a stand
So put the coke away
Boy you got the do the show
Got to let the people know
You got the strength to stay
I can see you run, I can s...
I hear a thousand drums a million miles away
I feel the Wembley rock I get a buzz off a big parade
I get the music
Everywhere
Get off on the music
If this is the end there I don't care
I get
So excited
So excited
Call me a fan that's just what I am
I said, "I, I, I, I, I get
So excited
So excited"
My nerves are alive
I feel like a knife
I said I get so excited
I hear a choir singin' way up abo...
ian hunter
You used to float just like a boat upon the tide
You used to run when things were done you used to hide
You talk of ships you talk of boats you talk of games
And now you're down you ain't around it's such a shame
Cause you got something to give
Something to hold onto
Why don't you live
And you just forget about fixing up fate
Maybe you'd stop pick yourself up
Now it's too late oh
It...
Well, I picked her up on a Saturday night
[Incomprehensible] poison but she felt alright
Oh dear, what a sight, when I saw her in the light of day
She was a speakeasy sleazer of the highest degree
Oh, you should hear the stories, she was laying on me
We really got it on as she held my point of view, oh oh
Oh, she's a lounge lizard
Coming on strong
Who you fooling
It's me you're with
Lounge liz...
Well the times gettin' hard for you little girl
I'm a hummin' and a strummin' all over God's world
You don't remember when you got your last meal
And you forgot just how a woman feels
You didn't know what Rock 'n' Roll was
Until you met a drummer on a Greyhound bus
I got there in the nick of time
Before he got his hands across your state line
Well in the middle of the night, on the open road
A...
Where do you go when you've somewhere to run
But the time isn't right and there's things to be done
And you're trapped half-way up, you don't want to go back
So you keep going on - compromising the lack
And you see the green fields as you travel on by
And you look at the things you'd forgotten to try
And you wish you were young and you wish you were old
For the songs always sung and the storie...
Lonely days, lonely nights
Hoping thing's gonna turn out right
You had me hanging on a string
For you I did most anything
You don't give me no
The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth
It's a blind mans eye, baby ain't no youth
The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth
Don't need your lies, I got my proof
Put your face up to my window
Ask me baby, what did I see?
Well I know, I...
Driving off in the rain and snow
Oh, the jets ain't jumping 'cause the cloud's too low
I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know
The ice on the window the highway the sea
Who do you love is it him or is it me?
Hey hey, I wanna know
I called Detroit city on the telephone
The man on the line tell me you ain't home
I wanna know, who's that voice
What's [Incomprehensible]
There's a deep red glow in...
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Shrunken Heads |
Lost in the middle of nowhere
As cold as a stone in the sky
Regretting the mistakes that I made
When I was a young boy
Looking for a guiding light
Looking for a guiding light
Looking for a guiding light
Looking for a guiding light
Lookin' for an answer that I ain't found yet
A twinkle in a blind's man eye
Lookin' for the light at the end of the tunnel
Looking for a reason why
You're my guiding...
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Welcome to the Club |
Forgot my six-string razor, hit the sky
Half way to Memphis 'fore I realized
Well, I rang the information my axe was cold
They said she rides the train to Oreoles
Now it's a mighty long way down the dusty trail
And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails
And I look like a bum and I crawl like a snail
All the way from Memphis
Well, I got to Oreoles you know it took a month
And there was my gu...
Well Billy rapped all night about his suicide
How he'd kick it in the head when he was twenty-five
Speed jive don?t wanna stay alive when you?re twenty-five
And Wendy?s stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks
And Freedy?s got spots from ripping off the stars
From his face, funky little boat race
The television man is crazy saying we?re juvenile delinquent wrecks
Oh man I need TV when I got T-Re...
All this energy callin' me back where it comes from
It's such a crude attitude, it's back where it belongs
All the little kids goin' up on the skids go
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Jumpin' Jane Jean and moonin' James Dean go
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Momma knows but she don't care, she...
Oh no, the fuzz, all in a line
My oh my, I think I?m gonna die
And it?s just another night
It?s just another night
Got a long black face; who goes there?
All the reefer madness put a poor kid in jail
And it?s just another night
Yeah, it?s just another night
Oh take it easy boy or it?s doa
Chrome on my body and a lot of folks say
That it?s just another night
Hey, it?s just another night
Oh, it?...
Why can I be like any guy?
Why do they try
To make me run
Son of a gun
Now, what do they care
About the clothes I wear?
Why get their kicks
From making fun
Yeah, this world's
Got a lot of space
And if they don't like my face
It ain't me that's
Going any where, no
So I don't care
Then laugh at me
If that's love affair
I have to beg to be free
Then baby laugh at me
And I'll cry for you
And I'll ...
ian hunter/mick ronson
I never brush my teeth and I never wash
I guess I never bother with no brush
I don't care about a knife and fork
And don't you argue with the way that I talk
And all you ladies want my autograph
And have you seen my photo, have you seen my photographs....yeah
I hit the city when the sun goes down
I get this feeling that I'm running around
I love virgins, I like 'em petit...
Well the times gettin' hard for you little girl
I'm a hummin' and a strummin' all over God's world
You don't remember when you got your last meal
And you forgot just how a woman feels
You didn't know what Rock 'n' Roll was
Until you met a drummer on a Greyhound bus
I got there in the nick of time
Before he got his hands across your state line
Well in the middle of the night on the open road
An...
It's such a small town rodeo
Such famous people here with nowhere to go
Well, it don't get to me, I think it's the pits
I got no friends, I wanna split
The daily papers seek a desperate face
The television cameras join in the chase
It's much fun interviewing urban decay
I grab the microphone away
Dance
No
Dance
No
Dance
No
Dance
No
We gotta get out of here
We gotta get out of here right now
We...
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