Golden Earring

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[fox69]

"42nd Street"

"42nd Street"



Spiraling leapers, wearing Nike sneakers
Some of them laugh, some of them sing
Some of them don't do a goddamn thing
Trip-skipping drifters, grafters and lifters
Chicks with big tits, school boys with zits
Moonlight circus of earthly delights
Pimpmobile cruising the soft velvet night
Deals going down, midnight in town
Down into the subways, the underground tunnels
A musician is playing, a drunk stumbles and mumbles
Out in the park it's scary with frights
Somebody shot out all the streetlights

Hookers and bookies, floozies and boozers
All kinds of misfits, perverts and losers
Out of the limo that looks like a boat
The pimp steps out in a mink fur coat
Sporting a Fedora, that creates its own aura
A ruby-tooth grin and a diamond stick pin
A deal's going down this side of town

People walk on fleet feet
On the way down 42nd Street
Except for the bums, down for the count
That one's dead but no one's found out
And look at the bitch, with her dress up ass
When she moves that thing, she must move it fast
Cop with a nightstick, checking around
A neon lit junkie slides to the ground
Here comes a flasher, a jogger, a punk
Check out that guy, drunk as a skunk
Blinking, reflection, lights melt in the rain
The sidewalks are empty, nothing's the same
4 A.M. people are crashing
Where the hookers are huddled
Colored raindrops are splashing
The deals have gone down, the bimbo's split town
Burned from the hustle, burned from the hype
But under the lights, I'm feeling alright
On 42nd Street, it's just another night

 

[fox69]

"A Shout In The Dark"

"A Shout In The Dark"



It's rainin' on a summer night
I'm gonna take a ride on a dreamboat
Don't know 'bout it's destination
Higher than the clouds and the angels
Further than a million roads forever away
From the death-patrol

'Cause when I close my eyes, I dream of freedom
And when I open 'em, I see a multitude of good reasons
To get the hell out a here

Tonight I'm breaking out
Tonight I made a vow
That any minute now
I'm gonna climb the wall of freedom on my own
Yeah, tonight I'm full of doubt
Tonight there's no more doubt
That any second now
I'm gonna face a life of treason on my own

I hear a shout in the dark
A scream in the alley
It seems like the devil runs this whole city
I hear a shout in the dark
A scream in the alley
It seems like the devil shows me no pity
I'm going home

Tried it all day, lord
Time for me to kick off my working shoes
There's nothin' left to lose
Behind the tired buildings
Places that are haunting me, lie lingering
Beyond the Berlin Wall
I hear it whisper, I can hear it call
At night the sky for my hungry eye, hides a rainbow
Behind the concrete door

Tonight I'm breaking out
Tonight I made a vow
That any minute now
I'm gonna climb the wall of freedom on my own
Yeah, tonight I'm full of doubt
Tonight there's no more doubt
That any second now
I'm gonna face a life of treason on my own

I hear a shout in the dark
A scream in the alley
It seems like the devil runs this whole city
I hear a shout in the dark
A scream in the alley
It seems like the devil shows me no pity
I'm going home

 

[fox69]

"A Sound I Never Heard"

"A Sound I Never Heard"



I'm kicking down the road
I got my top hat on
With my head in overload
I heard a radio song

There was something in the air
I think I know it well
Watchin' everybody stare
You know I never tell

You knocked me to the floor
With a sound I've never heard
You knocked me to the floor
With a sound I've never heard
With a sound I've never heard

I was walking down the street
Saw you sneakin' out your house
Now who you're gonna meet
In the criminal hour
Saw you sneak right through the door
You whispered just a word
Then you knocked me to the floor
With a sound I never heard

You knocked me to the floor
With a sound I've never heard
You knocked me to the floor
With a sound I've never heard
With a sound I've never heard

 

[fox69]

"Acrobats And Clowns"

"Acrobats And Clowns"



All or nothin’, a change of look
Whisperin’ without a sound
You’re on your knees begging for bucks
And hear black crows singing your song

You came this far
You can’t go back
You got a noose already ‘round your neck
Memories of better days
Jumpin’ through your grave like acrobats and clowns

Remember it and you’re the look
The sunny days are without clouds
Got no reason to say you’re not
Your hands are free, with no handcuffs

I came this far
I can’t look back
I got the blues breathin’ down your neck
Memories of better days
Jumpin’ through your grave like acrobats and clowns

You’ll see the acrobats and crazy and crazy clowns
Turn your whole world upside down
Tearin’ up your pretty town
Inside out and stone by stone

Acrobats and crazy and crazy clowns
Turn your whole world upside down
Digging up your holy ground
Inside out and bone by bone

All or nothing, count me out
Here to scream, here to shout
Faithful boy without a doubt
And all good nights are my red on the cloud

I came this far
I can’t look back
I got a noose swingin’ ‘round my neck
Memories of better days
Jumpin’ through my grave like acrobats and clowns

You’ll see the acrobats and crazy and crazy clowns
Turn your whole world upside down
Tearin’ up your pretty town
Inside out and stone by stone

Acrobats and crazy and crazy clowns
Turn your whole world upside down
Digging up your holy ground
Inside out and bone, bone by bone

 

[fox69]

"Adrenaline"

"Adrenaline"



Don't make me count my seven deadly sins
Don't you know that I'm my own worst friend
Before the dying it's just livin' hell
But don't tell the needle where the tattoo ends
Got no peace, it's overkill
Here's my coffin, there's the nail
You don't wanna drink my cocktail deeper than the ocean
You don't wanna push my lips into locomotion

25 shots of adrenaline
Lots of blood and sweat and tears
You gotta shake it till your arms fall off
Thinking about the act of love
But basically the secret is you win

Adrenaline, adrenaline
Adrenaline, adrenaline, yeah

I sleep and dream identical
To a wild and crazy animal
Always short and never too long
Before you know it's come and gone
Slow and easy for a snail
There's your coffin, here's your nail
You don't wanna drink my cocktail, deeper than the ocean
You don't wanna set my lips into locomotion

25 shots of adrenaline
Lots of blood and sweat and tears
You gotta shake it till your arms come off
Thinking about the act of love
But basically the secret is you win

Adrenaline, adrenaline
Adrenaline, adrenaline

I sleep and dream identical
To a wild and crazy animal
Slow and easy for a snail
There's your coffin, here's your nail
You don't wanna drink my cocktail, deeper than the ocean
You don't wanna set my lips into locomotion

25 shots of adrenaline
Lots of blood and sweat and tears
You gotta shake it till your arms come off
Thinking about the act of love
But basically the secret is you win

Adrenaline, adrenaline
Adrenaline, adrenaline

 

[fox69]

"Against The Grain"

"Against The Grain"



Once I dreamt I was falling, like a feather from a tree
The welcoming committee cheered, must have been a sight to see
Right there in the middle of a sweaty night in Rome
Someone showed a million feathers, how to be a bird on their own
Though we never got to flyin', I was woken by the phone

I can hear it calling, get aboard the last train
It's a one way goin' against the grain
I can hear it calling, get aboard the last train
It's a one way goin' against the grain

Once I thought I was flyin', had a taste of the witches seed
Got me so excited, couldn't get back on my feet
Then without a warning, soft whisper in my ear
If you feel like playin' honey, let's go get out of here
But we never got to playin', 'cause I passed out, out of fear

I can hear it calling, get aboard the last train
It's a one way goin' against the grain
I can hear it calling, get aboard the last train
It's a one way goin' against the grain

 

[fox69]

"Albino Moon"

"Albino Moon"



Well you look real good in your blue-jeans
And a pink sweater
But in a cocktail dress I guess
You look even better
I got your photographs and the memories
Lined up on the table
But you're gone with the wind and I wish I was dead
Just like Clark Gable

The sun goes down for a lonely fool
Like darkness in the temple of doom
I need a guiding light
Tell me, what am I supposed to do

Albino Moon
Where you been tonight?
Hidin' behind a cloud, Albino Moon
Albino Moon
What's it all about?
Hidin' behind a cloud
Albino Moon

Am I blind or am I right
Pour your light into my room
Make my baby find her way back home, real soon
Albino Moon

Put your red lips on my daydream
Imagine we're together
In the back-seat of my car
On the shiny white leather
I got your photographs and the memories
Lined up on the table
But you're gone with the wind and I wish I was dead
Just like Clark Gable

The sun goes down for a lonely fool
Like darkness in the temple of doom
I need a guiding light
Tell me, what am I supposed to do

Albino Moon
Where you been tonight?
Hidin' behind a cloud, Albino Moon
Albino Moon
What's it all about?
Hidin' behind a cloud
Albino Moon

Am I blind or am I right
Pour your light into my room
Make my baby find her way back home, real soon
Albino Moon

Albino Moon, Albino Moon
Hu hu, hu hu, hu hu, hu hu

 

[fox69]

"All Day Watcher"

"All Day Watcher"



Well in a few more hours, and millions of people
Hate their alarm clock even more than their wives
The day is beginning, you can tell by the sunrise
People get ready for a day in their lives
They're getting together in the streets of the city
Like lost computers of a shattered tribe
They're all in a hurry, to be in time
Some for promotion, some to stay alive
Yeah, yeah

I'm the all day watcher, that's all I do
I'm the all day watcher, I'm watching you

Well I shake my head and I shake my brain
And I don't understand why they're all the same
I weigh pro's and con's, against their lives and mine
But I don't know, it's beyond my frame of mind
Beyond my frame of mind, yeah

Oh, in a few more minutes, and millions of people
Hear the whistle of freedom blowing through their head
They push and they hurry and the herd starts moving
They follow the trail back home again
Where they're taking it easy with a box of beer
Watching the late late show on color TV
And life ain't easy when you're livin' that way
But sometimes I wonder, maybe it's fun everyday
Yeah, yeah

I'm the all day watcher, that's all I do
I'm the all day watcher, I'm watching you

 

[fox69]

"Angel"

"Angel"



Oh, oh, fly angel fly
Angel, angeeeellll, angeeeeeelllllllll!

The one time I didn't know what to do
I had a problem with my attitude
'cos I never had, never had
The young man blues, the blues before
Well I know it means none, none to you
Everyman's gotta walk in his own shoes
Ain't that hard, it sure is hard to see
Straight from the heart

I can't find nothing on my shopping list
I only keep hammerin' the nail I miss
I just cannot help, believin',
That heaven is a hard on
Well I know it don't mean a damn to you
The left hand guessin' what the right will do
Now ain't that, ain't that,
The way it is, as a matter of fact
Straight from the heart

While I'm floating like a swan on a waterbed
Drowning in a pond, in a pool of regret
I'm tryin' to remember not to forget
How you bring me down with your kiss of death
Angel, angel, angel, angeeeeeellllllll

I'm entertaining all the Gods for you
Buddha and Jesus and the other one too
Now ain't that, ain't that
Like apple juice, forbidden fruit
Moon jump, flyin' back to the sun
Cool burn visible for everyone
And the blood flows, don't you know
All through your body and back to your soul
Straight from the heart

While I'm floating like a swan on a waterbed
Drownin' in a pond, in a pool of regret
I'm tryin' to remember not to forget
How you bring me down, with your kiss of death
Angel, angel, angel, angeeeeeeellllllll