Other Lyrics

ELECTED (LIVE)
(A. Cooper/M. Bruce/D. Dunaway/G. Buxton/N. Smith)
b-side to "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" cassette single

I'm your top prime cut of meat, I'm your choice
I wanna be elected
I'm a yankee doodle dandy in a gold Rolls Royce
I wanna be elected
The kids need a savior, they don't wanna fake
I wanna be elected
We're all gonna rock to the rules that I make
I wanna be elected

Elected
Elected
Respected
I wanna be selected

I never lied to you, I've always been cool
I wanna be elected
I have to get the votes, I told you about school
I wanna be elected

Elected
Elected
Hallelujah
I wanna be selected, come on
Ooh yeah

We're gonna rock this place, take the country by storm
I wanna be elected
You and me together, young and strong
I wanna be elected

Elected
Elected
Respected, selected, call collected
I wanna be elected, oh, oh, come on
This time

NOW I’M HERE (LIVE)
(May)
performed at the Freddie Mercury Concert For Life in 1992

Here I stand
Look around, around, around, around, around, around
But you won't see me
Now I'm there, now I'm there
I'm just a, just a new man
Yes you made me live again

A baby I was when you took my hand
And the light of the night burned bright
And the people all stared didn't understand
But you knew my name on sight

Whatever came of you and me
America's new bride to be
Don't worry baby I'm safe and sound
Down in the dungeon just Peaches 'n' me
Don't I love her so
Yes you made me live again

A thin moon me in a smoke-screen sky
Where the beams of your lovelight chase
Don't move, don't speak, don't feel no pain
With a rain running down my face

Your matches still light up the sky
And many a tear lives on in my eye
Down in the city just Hoople 'n' me
Whatever came of you and me
I love to leave my memory with you

Now I'm here
Think I'll stay around, around, around, around, around
Down in the city justa you 'n' me
One, two, three

Whatever comes of you and me
I love to leave my memory with you

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
(Jagger/Richards)
performed by The Acoustic Hippies from Hell, found on the "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" CD single

Go Viv ...

I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she was gonna meet her connection
As at her feet was a footloose man, of course

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes
You just might find
You'll get what you need, hmmm
Ooooh

I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse, ladadaaah
Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustrations
If we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse," yes we will

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
Oh, you can't always get what you want
Hmm, but if you try sometimes
Well, you just might find
You'll get what you need, oh baby
Oooooh

Hey, I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mister Jimmy
And man, did he look pretty ill, hey
We decided that we would have a soda
My favorite flavor, was cherry red
I sung my song to Mister Jimmy
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was "dead"

Ohhh, you can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want, keep going, keep going
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want, oh, yeah
You can't always get what you want
No no, you can't always get what you want
Oh, you can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes
You just might find
You'll get what you need
Yeah yeah yeah
You'll get what you need
Ohhhhhh

I saw her today at the reception
In her glass was a bleeding man
She was practiced at the art of deception
Well I could tell by her bloodstained hands
Oh, yes I could

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
Oh, you can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes
Yeah, you just might find
You'll get what you need, hey
Oh sugar, ooh, you'll get what you need, yeah yeah yeah
You'll get what you need, yeah yeah yeah
You'll get what you need, yeah yeah yeah
Oooh
Keep going, keep going
Okay, one, two, three, four ....

LITTLE WING
(Hendrix)
performed by The Acoustic Hippies from Hell, found on the "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" CD single

Well she's walking through the clouds
With a circus smile that's running round
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales
That's all she ever thinks about
She's riding with the wind

When I'm sad she comes to me
With a thousand smiles she gives to me free
"It's alright," she said, "it's alright
Take anything you want from me, anything, anything," yeah

Well she's walking through the clouds
With a circus smile that's running round
Oh, butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales
That's all she ever thinks about
She's riding with the wind, yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah, little wing

DON'T LOOK DOWN
found on Mick Ronson's Heaven and Hull, released in 1994

Don't know what I'm doing here, but I say it again
Don't know what I'm doing here, but you might know my name
Room full of faces laughing, I'm so alone
Feel a little strange, 'cause I'm so far from home

Don't wanna fall
Remember don't look down
Don't wanna fall
Remember don't look down
Yeah, don't look down

Had a woman's love, but she sent me away
Can't live with a broken heart, but there's no place to stay
I won't be crying, I don't have the time
Better keep my head on straight, 'cause I'm walking the line

Don't wanna fall
Remember don't look down
Don't wanna fall
Remember don't look down
Don't look down

Getting kinda scared but you see, I'm here just the same
Gonna face the day, 'cause there's no one else I can blame
I got my trouble, I'll get it over and done
I'll never get too far if I keep trying to run

Don't wanna fall
Remember don't look down
Don't wanna fall
Remember don't look down
Don't look down
Don't look down

CAN'T KEEP AWAY FROM THE FLAME
(Savage/Elliott)
found on the Japanese release of Vault and the "When Love & Hate Collide" single (U.S.) and on one of the "Slang" singles

Lonely, lonely, lonely child
Crystalline and lace
Won't you walk me awhile
Put a smile upon my face

I don't wanna take your love in vain
I'm gonna keep on coming back again

Beauty leads the full grown child
A rose among the thorns
Like a ray of sunshine
She comes, heaven in my arms

Now, I don't wanna take your love in vain
I'm gonna keep on coming back again

'Cause when I see you smilin'
It takes away my pain
Oh, there's no denyin'
I can't keep away from the flame

A thousand Indian summers
Die in desert sands
The moon and lover's shadows
They go slippin' through our hands

Now I don't wanna take this love in vain
I'm gonna keep on coming back again

'Cause when I see you smilin'
It takes away my pain
Oh, there's no denyin'
I can't keep away from the flame

I don't wanna take your love in vain
I'm gonna keep on coming back again

When I see you smilin'
It takes away my pain
Oh, there's no denyin'
I can't keep away from the flame

ZIGGY STARDUST
(Bowie)
(Joe's Video Archive version)

Ooh yeah

Ziggy played guitar
Jamming good with Weird and Gilly
And the spiders from Mars
He played it left hand
But made it too far
Became the special man
Then we were Ziggy's band

Ziggy really sang
Screwed up eyes
And screwed down hairdo
Like some cat from Japan
He could lick 'em by smiling
He could leave 'em to hang
Came on so loaded man
Well hung and snow white tan

So where were the spiders
While the rats tried to break our balls
Just the beer light to guide us
So we bitched about his fans
Should we crush his sweet hands, oh

Ziggy played for time
Jiving us that we were voodoo
The kids were just crass
He was the nazz
With God given ass
He took it all too far
But boy could he play guitar

Making love with his ego
Ziggy sucked up into his mind, ah
Like a leper messiah
When the kids had killed the man
I had to break up the band, oh

Oh yeah, ooooooh

Now
Billy rocks all night . . . oh wrong song

Ziggy played guitar

GET IT ON (BANG A GONG)
(M. Bolan)
hard to find live track, this particular version was played during their Secret Gig in Tokyo in 1995

Well you’re dirty and sweet
Clad in black, don’t look back
Girl I love you
You’re dirty and sweet oh yeah

Well you’re built like a car
You got a hubcap diamond star halo
You're dirty, sweet, and you're my girl

Get it on, bang a gong, get it on
Get it on, bang a gong, get it on

Well you’re windy and wild
You got the blues in your shoes and your stockings
You’re windy and wild, oh yeah

Well you’re built like a car
You got the teeth of the Hydra upon you
You’re dirty, sweet, and you’re my girl

Get it on, bang a gong, get it on
Get it on, bang a gong, get it on

Well you’re dirty and sweet
Clad in black, don’t look back
Girl I love you
You’re dirty and sweet, oh yeah

Well you’re built like a car
You got the teeth of the Hydra upon you
You’re dirty, sweet, and you’re my girl, whoo

Get it on, bang a gong, get it on
Get it on, bang a gong, get it on
Get it on, bang a gong, get it on
Get it on, bang a gong, get it on

Take me
But meanwhile, I'm still thinkin' ...

WHEN SATURDAY COMES
(Elliott)
found on the soundtrack to the movie When Saturday Comes

Wind me up and see what I can do for you
Switch me on, I'd do anything you want me to
Let me go and I come ticking like a time bomb
Just call my name and I'll come running like a marathon

The magic and the mystery
Out here on this field of dreams

When Saturday comes, nothin' else matters to me
When Saturday comes, you gotta wear your heart on your sleeve
When Saturday comes, nothin' else matters to me
When Saturday comes, the winner takes it all
So don't let me down, don't you let me down

Sweat and blood, you know I couldn't give ya any of this
Pain and pride, there ain't no room for second best
Clock strikes three and it's time to be the hero
Do you wanna be the Blade, it's a feeling that you'll never know

You've got to fight it tooth and nail
Out here on this Battlefield

The magic and the mystery
Out here on this field of dreams

When Saturday comes, nothin' else matters to me
When Saturday comes, you gotta wear your heart on your sleeve
When Saturday comes, nothin' else matters to me
When Saturday comes, you gotta wear your heart
You gotta wear your heart

MOVE WITH ME SLOWLY
(Collen)
found on the Japanese release of Slang and as a b-side to the "All I Want Is Everything" single (U.S.) and a "Work It Out" single

I'm lost in imagination
I still contemplate animation
I just groove on your breathing
I do it all for you
You got a problem wicha boyfriend
He don't squeeze you right
He gotcha face down and waiting, baby
Keep you waiting all night
So do me a favor

Won't you move with me slowly
Get too close to me
Won't you move with me slowly, yeah
Just like we're meant to be
Just like we're meant to be

Hey say sister, you're dreaming
You got stars in your eyes
A little conscious behavior, yeah, yeah
Is gonna cut you down to size

So won't you move with me slowly
Get too close to me
Yeah, won't you move with me slowly, yeah, yeah
Just like we're meant to be
Just like we're meant to be

You hear me knocking so let me in
When your blood runs cold and your love wears thin
It's over passion, it's under the skin
If love ain't a miracle, it sure ain't a sin
So let me in

Take me to the city
Take me on my knees
Take me anyway you find me, baby
I've got this love disease
And there ain't nothin' I can do

Won't you move with me slowly
And get too close to me
Yeah won't you move with me slowly, yeah, yeah
Just like we're meant to be
Won't you move with me slowly
And get too close to me
Yeah, won't you move with me slowly, yeah, yeah
Just like we're meant to be
Just like we're meant to be
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Won't you move with me slowly
And get too close to me
Yeah won't you move with me slowly, yeah yeah
Just like we're meant to be
Just like we're meant to be
Just like we're meant to be
Yeah

UNDER MY WHEELS
(M. Bruce/D. Dunaway)
from the tribute album Humanary Stew and found as an extra track to the "Goodbye" single (Japan) and a bonus track on Euphoria (Australia)

The telephone is ringing
You got me on the run
I'm driving in my car now
Anticipating fun

I'm driving right up to you, babe
I guess that you couldn't see, yeah yeah yeah
But you under my wheels, honey
Why don't you let me be

'Cause when you call me on the telephone
Say, "Take me to the show"
And then I said, honey, I just can't go
Wait a minute, I can't leave her home

The telephone is ringing
You got me on the run
I'm driving in my car now
I got you under my wheels
I got you under my wheels
I got you under my wheels
I got you under my wheels
I got you under my wheels

The telephone is ringing
You got me on the run
I'm driving in my car now
Anticipating fun

I'm driving right up to you, babe
I guess you that couldn't see, yeah yeah yeah
But you were under my wheels, honey
Why don't you let me be

Under my wheels
Under my wheels
I gotcha under my wheels
I gotcha under my wheels
I gotcha under my wheels
Yeah
I gotcha under my wheels
I gotcha under my wheels
Under my wheels

Hey roadkill!
I don't wanna get my hands dirty ...
(chuckles)

I AM YOUR CHILD
(Collen/Elliott)
found as an extra track on Euphoria (Japan)

Was it something I did
Was it something I said
Was the vision you had
Just a voice in your head
Can you run through the flames
Can you see through the haze
Is this the end of your world
Or just one of those days

I've yet to taste it on my tongue
I get so dangerous on my own

I am your child, the one you need
The love you crave, the mouth you feed
The more you give, the more I take
I am your child, I could be your last mistake

Would you say it untrue
Would you call it a sin
With the burden of proof
Breathing under my skin
Like a ghost from the past
I'm the face in the crowd
And the name that you scream
When you're dreaming out loud

I've yet to taste it on my tongue
I get so dangerous on my own

I am your child, the one you need
The love you crave, the mouth you feed
The more you give, the more I take
I am your child, I could be your last mistake

I've yet to taste it on my tongue
I get so dangerous on my own, oh

I am your child, the one you need
The love you crave, the mouth you feed
The more you give, the more I take
I am your child, I could be your last mistake
I am your child, the one you need
The love you crave, the mouth you feed
The more you give, the more I take
I am your child, I could be your last mistake
I am your child, I could be your last mistake
I am your child, I could be your last mistake
I am your child, I could be your last mistake
I am your child, I could be your last mistake

WORLDS COLLIDE
(Elliott/Savage)
found as an extra track on Euphoria (Australia) and on the "Promises" part 2 single (UK) and "Goodbye" (Japan) single

One, two, three, four

Never gonna die now
Crawling from the wreckage
And I'm laughing out loud
Angel on my shoulder
Living at the speed of sound
Heavenly distraction
I'm hanging on the edge
And spinning out of control
Choose your medication
It's a generation overload

I can see it falling from the sky
Can you feel me
I can hear you calling when you cry
Can you see me
Pain and suffer when your needs are tight
Will you hear me
Ever-changing as your worlds collide

Running going nowhere
Take it to the limit
Then it's pay back time
Nothing but a heartache
Waiting at the end of the line
Take a look around me
You're looking down the barrel of a loaded mind
Generation landslide
Crawling through the enemy lines

I will be the one you justify
Will you hear me
I will kiss you with a last goodbye

I thought I was the one who could survive
Does anyone get outta here alive
I gotta find the courage, gotta make a change
And start all over again
Taken for a ride against my will
And taking it is always such a bitter pill
Shaken for the sake of it, no more
Gotta get away 'cause I don't know what I'm doing it for

I can see it falling from the sky
Can you feel me
I can hear you calling when you cry
Can you see me
I will be there when you close your eyes
Will you hear me
Ever-changing as your worlds collide

WHO DO YOU LOVE
(Ian Hunter)
found as an extra track on the "Goodbye" part 2 single (UK)

Driving off in the rain and snow
Oh the jets ain't jumping 'cause the clouds too low
I wanna know, I wanna know
Hahaha, I wanna know
Ice on the window, the highway's a sea
Who do you love, is it him or is it me
Hey hey, I wanna know

I called Detroit city on the telephone
Who do you love, who do you love
The man on the line tells me you ain't home
Who do you love, who do you love
I don't know
Who's that voice
What's in a name
There's a deep red glow in the early morning sky
Who do you love, better make up your mind

Don't wanna try love
Don't wanna buy love
I just want your love babe
All right

Hey hey!

Well it's five in the morning and the place is dead
Who do you love, who do you love
I'm gonna rest my body on a empty bed
Who do you love, who do you love
I don't know
What's his name baby
What's your game
Make up your mind, are you his, are you mine
When I get back, I ask you one more time
Hey hey!
Hey hey!

BURNOUT
(Allen/Campbell/Collen/Elliott/Savage)
found as an extra track on the "Goodbye" part 1 single (UK) and on the "Goodbye" single (Japan)

Friday night and I crashed your party
Saturday night and I crashed your car
Sunday night when you threw me out
Couldn't believe I even got that far
Look out of your bedroom window
Tell me what you see
Who's that standing in the shadows
Oh baby you belong to me, yeah

Place your bets 'cause I got a good feeling
Hey over there, are you looking my way
Electrified like a shock to the system
You walk right through my DNA

If you could just walk for a mile in my shoes
If you don't lose your mind, you got no mind to lose

Bang bang, gonna shoot you down
I got me a gun but I gotta get a better one
Sweating hard, buzzing like a fly
Laughing like a thief with a water tight alibi
High hopes are sinking like a stone
I swallow my pride like I'm choking on a fishbone
Oh my, I gotta try, so step right up
I'll give you what you want, it's what you need
You know I'm gonna give you what you want
And what you need, yeah

Head over heels and it's making me nervous
Got on my knees and it's making me worse
There's no way out so I'm paying lip service
This thing's bigger than the both of us

If you could just walk for a mile in my shoes
If you don't lose your mind, you got no mind to lose

Bang bang, gonna shoot you down
I got me a gun but I gotta get a better one
Oh my, I gotta try, so step right up
I'll give you what you want, it's what you need
You know I'm gonna give you what you want
And what you need, yeah
You know I'm gonna give you what you want
You know I'm gonna give you what you want
You know I'm gonna give you what you want
And what you need, yeah

IMMORTAL
(Elliott)
found as an extra track on the "Goodbye" part 1 single (UK) and on the "Goodbye" single (Japan)

Do you have the will to walk on water
Do you have the strength to part the waves
Do you have the lips to kiss a blood red rose
Before the colour starts to fade

Are you tough enough to walk through the fire
Are you suss enough to slip the hangman's noose

Wanna ride, gonna slide
Take it over the line
Hit the pin, kick it in
I'm gonna win again

I don't wanna live forever
I just want a slice of the pie to call my own
I don't wanna live forever
Do you wanna be, like I wanna be
Immortal

Do you have the bread to feed the hunger
Do you have the juice to turn water to wine
Do you have the tears to cry me a river
Build a bridge to the other side

Are you holding out for the late edition
Gonna read all about it, 'cause it's front page news

So high, bone dry
Got a thirst for life
Kiss the skin, drink it in
I'm gonna win again

I don't wanna live forever
I just want a slice of the pie to call my own
I don't wanna live forever
Do you wanna be, like I wanna be
Immortal

And just like the gates of heaven
There's no way back, there's no way back
I'm ten miles high, got the keys to the kingdom
I'm back on track, got a life that I'm living in

Do you have the guilt to tell me your secret
Or will I read all about it when it's front page news

Wanna ride, gonna slide
Take it over the line
Hit the pin, kick it in
I'm gonna win again

I don't wanna live forever
I just want a slice of the pie to call my own
I don't wanna live forever
Do you wanna be, like I wanna be
I don't wanna live forever
I just want a slice of the pie to call my own
I don't wanna live forever
Do you wanna be, like I wanna be
Immortal

I don't wanna live forever
'Cause I wanna be immortal
Do you wanna be immortal
I don't wanna live forever
Like I wanna be immortal
Don't you wanna be immortal
I don't wanna live forever
'Cause I wanna be immortal
Do you wanna be immortal
I don't wanna live forever
Like I wanna be immortal
Don't you wanna be immortal
I don't wanna live forever
'Cause I wanna be immortal

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