(Ian Hunter)
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 gotta get out of here We gotta get out of here right now Hey Rock and Roll feel the holes in my brain I promise you I'll never come here again It's all so sad, what a waste of a night Cause nothing's wrong, but nothing's right (hey) So don't get along, out of my way I'm not a robot, I've got something to say It's such a joke, are you ready to go Here comes that beat again, oh oh oh oh (Dance) No! (Dance) No! (Dance) No! (Dance) No! We gotta get out of here We gotta get out of here right now We gotta get out of here We gotta get out of here right now We gotta get out of, we gotta get out We gotta get out of here right now We gotta get out of, we gotta get out We gotta get out of here right now [repeat while Ellen speaks] (Oh please I don't wanna go home yet Come on, can't you do anything I wanna do? Lets dance, come on please, just once for me I never get to do anything like this You're such a drag, you know that? Everything for you, everything for you, nothing for me, right What are we gonna do? Go home and watch the Super Bowl Re-runs of the Mohammed Ali uh Marlene Dietrich fight, what? There must be somebody here who wants to dance with me There must be a lot of people here who would like to dance with me, you know that? Come on, one, two, three, four - I'll jump right up and do the bump, come on Listen this place gets really good, this place gets really..... I heard that the that the the spoon comes down and the moon comes down and the stars and all sorts of great stuff happens in a little while).
(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) Oh growing up was your sole excuse Your body was tight but your head was so lose I guess I could have told you but what's the use 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 I'm still stood up Well it ain't Silver Needles on the run Silver Needles on the run No it ain't Silver Needles on the run Oh I remember.... All your plans were made on some PR floor 'N all your bags were packed, they never reached the door. All over in your thought exchange All your brains were acting strange You never lied in dreams before There must be more to life than getting sore (What do you think?) I seen in some music paper that you was gone And I went right out and wrote you a farewell song Boy, they had you dead before you was born And it's a shame - you were such a great mover But it ain't Silver Needles on the run No it ain't Silver Needles on the run Silver Needles on the run Silver Needles on the run Silver Needles on the run Silver Needles on the run (Next)
(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 petite Cute little sister won't you sit on me End up scoring, over 5 dollars down You don't have to tell me I'm a clown Cause I'm a bad mother - try me and see I'm a bad mother - check my I.D. I'm a bad mother - got nothing to do If I could spit, I'd spit all over you. I'm a Man O' War, hey hey The demon of the semen, I'm a Man O' War And you know it for sure, yeah You better get back on your feet, I'm a Man O' War I tol' my woman that I got this disease She says, "Honey, please! Get down on your knees" "You look so sexy when you sing with the band Tie me up, tie me up, tie my hands!". How'd you like to do it with the leader of the band You better kick out the jams, the back seat's wet Cause I'm a bad mother - I get around I'm a bad mother - I know the sound I'm a bad mother - nothing to do If I could spell, I'd put a spell on you Cause I'm a Man O' War hey hey Ain't nobody told you I'm a Man O' War I got a gun for show, yeah So get up on your feet I'm a Man O' War (Come on Mickey) Cause I'm a bad mother - check me and see I'm a bad mother - I got VD I'm a bad mother - got nothing to do, oh If I could spit, I'd spit all over you I'm a Man O' War hey hey The demon of the semen, I'm a Man O' War And you know it for sure, yeah Oh baby get up on your feet, I'm a Man O' War I'm a Man O' War, I'm a Man O' War Give me an image, I'll take it to the limit I'm a Man O' War, I'm a Man O' War Mamma's little soldier, I'm a Man O' War All right, yeah.
(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 found me a band, I went out on tour So the kids wouldn't know I was with them no more When they said, "Where's me dad?" She'd say, "He's a star!" Oh if only stars knew what fools they all are. 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 got a new contract, I got a new life No more capstans for me and I've got a new wife Sometimes she gets angry, says she wants a family Then that nightmare returns like a ghost haunting me Sons and Daughters, Daughters and Sons When a marriage breaks up you're the loneliest ones Sons and Daughters, Daughters and Sons How I hope you all cope with the damage we done
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Transcribed by Colin Ford. Minor corrections to Man o' War by Ed Prestas and Brent Riegel-Coursey. Correction (missing verse!) to Silver Needles by Dave Bell. Minor correction to Silver Needles by Olivier Burggraaff.