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Velvet Goldmine Soundtrack And Film Lyrics

Hold on to your hats you guys. There are about a trillion songs in this movie. My personal opinion: if you have not heard this album before, go get it now! The songs are just pure amazing. Know a song in the movie that's not here? E-mail me!

1. Hot One
2. 2HB
3. Sebastian
4. TV Eye
5. The Ballad Of Maxwell Demon
6. The Whole Shebang
7. Ladytron
8. Baby's On Fire
9. Bittersweet
10. 20th Century Boy
11. Gimme Danger
12. Tumbling Down
13. Needle In The Camel's Eye
14. The Fat Lady Of Limbourg
15. Cosmic Dancer
16. Virginia Plain
17. Personality Crisis
18. We Are The Boys
19. Satellite Of Love
20. Diamond Meadows
21. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)

Hot One

Well you're the grand Wilde
Have you noticed
When you walk in all the fairy boys are pale and nervous
Well my starship doesn't want me
And neither does his world
I'm glad I caught you on my view screen, sailor

You're the grand Wilde
Come and court me
'Cause this wooing
Is what I'm wanting
When my spaceship comes to orbit
Then hold me like a girl
I am the captain of the gravity, Maxwell
Everywhere I see your faces

Hot one
From the starship over Venus to the Sun
But, it's a crime
You're mistaken
A momentary seizure... of love
Oh love

Well you're the grand Wilde
But darling, I'm a mess
I've got to humanize my wrinkled form
But the boys are not impressed
When my spaceship comes to orbit
Just hold me like a girl
I'll be the captain of the gravity, Maxwell
I see your faces in the strangest places

Hot one
From the starship over Venus to the Sun
But, it's a crime
You're mistaken
Momentary seizure... of love
Oh love

Hot one
From the starship over Venus to the Sun
But, it's a drag
You're so mean
Destroying my belief in... in love
Oh love...

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2HB

Oh I was moved by your screen dream
Celluloid pictures living
Your death could not kill our love for you

Take two people romantic
Smoky nightclub situation
Your cigarette traces a ladder

Here�s looking at you kid
Celebrate years
Here�s looking at you kid
Wipe away tears
Long time since we�re together
Now I hope it�s forever

Ideal love flies away now
White jacket moon black tie wings too
You gave her away to the hero

Words don�t express my meaning
Notes could not spell out the score
But finding not keeping�s the lesson

Here�s looking at you kid
Hard to forget
Here�s looking at you kid
At least not yet
Your memory stays
It lingers ever
Will fade away never

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Sebastian

Radiate simply, the candle is burning, so low for me
Generate me limply, can't seem to place your name, Cherie
To rearrange all these thoughts in a moment is suicide
Come to a strange place, we'll talk over old times we never smile

Somebody called me Sebastian
Somebody called me Sebastian
Work out a rhyme, toss me the time, lay me, you're mine
And we all know, oh yeah

Your Persian eyes sparkle
Your lips, ruby blue, never speak a sound
And you, oh so gay, with Parisian demands, you can run around
And your view of society screws up my mind like you'll never know
Lead me away, come inside, see my mind in kaleidoscope

Somebody called me Sebastian
Somebody called me Sebastian
Mangle my mind, love me sublime, do it in style
So we all know, oh yeah

You're not gonna run, babe, we only just begun, babe, to compromise
Slagged in a Bowery saloon, love's a story we'll serialize
Pale angel face, green eye shadow, the glitter is out of sight
No courtesan could begin to decipher your beam of light

Somebody called me Sebastian
Somebody called me Sebastian
Dance on my heart, laugh, swoop and dart, la di di da
Now we all know you, yeah

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TV Eye

Well see that cat
Yeah, I do mean you
Well see that cat
Yeah, I do mean you

Shoot your TV eye on me
Shoot your TV eye
Shoot your TV eye on me
Shoot your TV eye

See that girl
Yeah, the one out there
See that girl
Yeah, the one out there

Well see that girl
Yeah I love her so
See that girl
You know I love her so

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The Ballad Of Maxwell Demon

Got tired of wastin' gas
Living above the planets
Mister, show me the way to Earth
The boys of Quadrant 44
With their vicious metal hounds
Never come round here no more

Sometimes I wonder if I'm still alive
I'm six feet down at age 25
Maxwell's led the demon rock hand jive

I came down like water
For the age of solar love
And hail to the father
Kiss your sons and daughters
Goodbye, goodbye
Steam scared and roller
Ladytron controller
Ten feet tall, better walk it back down

Despite the great duress
Always get off, cause damn it
It's the only sure-fire way to win
Your poison doesn't hurt me no
Tender wine disguised in a milk bath, bad TV show
I'm here to celebrate the one below
Last I heard from good God above
Was the slap on my ass
by a lipstick kissed elbow glove

I came down like water
For the age of solar love
And hail to the father
Kiss your sons and daughters
Goodbye, goodbye
Steam scared and roller
Ladytron controller
Ten feet tall, better walk it back down

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The Whole Shebang

Darling you can't live your life singing songs in exile
You were born for stardom's crown and not for self denial
So don't you close the door on fate
When she comes to call
And tell her that you'll join her there at the masqueraders ball
Funny how some people never love at all...

We'll take the whole shebang
All or nothing, anything
Ecstasy's the birthright of our gang
We'll take the whole shebang
Free your heart of guilt and shame
Come and claim what's yours, the whole shebang

Nothing on this earth could hold you prisoner, my dear
Except for contemplations evil, brother, known as fear
But love is extraterrestrial, and love falls from the stars
Like Maxwell Demon's silver disc into this world of ours

Kick up your heels and paint your face, wave goodbye to yesteryear
we could sway in outer space from the chandelier
Woe, sometimes it breaks my heart to hide my tears

We'll take the whole shebang
All or nothing, anything
Ecstasy's the birthright of our gang
We'll take the whole shebang
Free your heart of guilt and shame
Come and claim what's yours, the whole shebang

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Ladytron

You�ve got me girl on the run around, run around
You�ve got me all around town
You�re got me girl on the run around
And it�s getting me down, getting me down

Lady, if you want to find a lover
Then you look no further
For I�m gonna be your only

Searching at the start of the season
And my only reason
Is that I�ll get to you

I�ll find some way of connection
Hiding my intention
Then I�ll move up close to you

I�ll use you and I�ll confuse you
And the I�ll lose you
But still you won�t suspect me

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Baby's On Fire

Baby's on fire
Better throw her in the water
Look at her laughing
Like a heifer to the slaughter

Baby's on fire
And all the laughing boys are bitching
Waiting for photos
Oh the plot is so bewitching
Rescuers row, row
Do your best to change the subject
Blow the wind blow, blow
Lend some assistance to the object

Photographers snip snap
Take your time, she's only burning
This kind of experience
Is necessary for her learning

If you'd be my flotsam
I could be half the man I used to
They said you were hot stuff
And that's what baby's been reduced to

Juanita and Juan
Very clever with maracas
Making their fortune
Selling secondhand tobaccos
Juan dances at Chico's
And when the clients are addicted
He empties their ashtrays
And pockets all that he's collected

But baby's on fire
And all the instruments agree that
Her temperature's rising
But any idiot would know that

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Bittersweet

Well this is such
A sad affair
I've opened up my heart
So many times
But now it's closed

Oh my dear
Every salted tear
It wrings
Bittersweet applause

But when the show's in full swing
Every once in a while
High stepping chorus lines
Mean I'm forgetting
Mein lullaby liebchen

How rich in contrast
Love can be
Sometimes I'm quite amused
To see it twist and turn
To taste both sweet and dry

These vintage years!
Lovers you consume, my friend
As others their wine

Nein, dass ist nicht
Das Ende der Welt
Gestrandet an Leben und Kunst
Und das Spiel geht weiter
Wie man weiss
Noch viele Schoenste... Wiedersehn

And now, as you turn to leave
You try to force a smile
As if to compensate
Then you break down and cry

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20th Century Boy

Friends say it's fine
friends say it's good
Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood
I move like a rat
Talk like a cat
Sting like a bee
Babe I'm gonna be your man

And it's plain to see, you were meant for me
I'm your toy, your 20th Century Boy

Friends say it's fine
friends say it's good
Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood
Fly like a plane
Drive like a car
Hold out your hand
Babe I'm gonna be your man

20th century boy
I wanna be your toy

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Gimme Danger

Gimme danger, little stranger
And I'll feel you bleed
Gimme danger, little stranger
And I'll heal your disease

There's nothing in my dreams
Just some ugly memories
Kiss me like the ocean breeze

Now if you will be my lover
I will shiver and sing
But if you can't be my master
I will do anything
There's nothing left alive
but a pair of dark glassy eyes
Raise my fears one more time

Come on little danger, die a little stranger
Swear you're gonna feel my hands
Right on little stranger, try a little danger
Swear you're gonna feel my hands
Swear you're gonna feel my hands
Swear you're gonna feel my hands

Can you feel it?

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Tumbling Down

Gee, but it's hard
When one lowers one's guard
To the vultures

Now, me I regard it
A torturous hardship
That smoulders

Like a peppermint eaten away
Will I fight?
Will I swagger, or sway?

Tee hee, milady
She cries like a baby
Scold us

See her tumbling down

Hail to the monkey
We're having a funky reunion
Wasted and sunk
He can only have Sunday communion

He's got nicotine stains in his eyes
He's got nothing to protect but his pride
Oh smothered a kiss
Or be drowned in blissful confusion

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Needle In The Camel's Eye

Those who know
They don't let it show
They just give you one long glance
And you'll go oh, oh, oh, oh

Goes to show
How winds blow
The weather's fine
And I feel so, so, so, so, so

Birds of prey
With too much to say
Oh what could be my destiny
Another rainy day

Why ask why
For by the by and by
All mysteries are just more
Needles in the camel's eye

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The Fat Lady Of Limbourg

Well I rang up Pantucci spoke to Lucia
Gave them all they needed to know
If affairs are proceeding as we're expecting
Soon enough the weak spots will show
I assume you understand that we have options on your time
And will ditch you in the harbour if we must
But if it all works out nicely, you'll get the bonus you deserve
From doctors we trust

The fat lady of Limbourg
Looked at the samples that we sent
And furrowed her brow
You would never believe that
She'd tasted Royalty and Fame
If you saw her now
But her sense of taste is such that she'll distinguish with her tongue
The subtleties a spectrograph would miss
And announce her decision while demanding her reward
A jellyfish kiss

Now we checked out this duck quack
Who laid a big egg oh so black it shone just like gold
And the kids from the city finding it pretty
Took it home and there it was sold
It was changing hands for weeks
Till someone left it by their fire
And it melted to a puddle on the floor
For it was only a candle a Roman scandal
Oh, oh, and now it's a pool

That's what we're paid for
That's what we're paid for
That's what we're paid for here

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Cosmic Dancer

I was dancing when I was twelve
I was dancing when I was, aaah
I danced myself right out the womb
Is it strange to dance so soon
I danced myself right out of the womb

I was dancing when I was eight
Is it strange to dance so late
I danced myself into the tomb
Is it strange to dance so soon
I danced myself into the tomb

Is it wrong to understand
The fear that dwells inside a man
What's it like to be a loon
I liken it to a balloon I danced myself right out of the womb
Is it strange to dance so soon
I danced myself into the tomb
But then again once more
I danced myself right out of the womb
Is it strange to dance so soon
I danced myself right out of the womb

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Virginia Plain

Make me a deal and make it straight
All signed and sealed, I�ll take it
To Robert E. Lee I�ll show it
I hope and pray he don�t blow it 'cause
We�ve been around a long time just try, try, try, trying to
Make make the big time

Take me on a roller coaster
Take me for an airplane ride
Take me for a six days wonder but don�t you
Don�t you throw my pride aside besides
What�s real and make believe
Baby Jane�s in Acapulco we�re all flyin� down to Rio
Throw me a line I�m sinking fast
Clutching at straws can�t make it
Havana sound we�re trying hard edge the hipster jiving
Last picture shows down the drive in
You�re so sheer you�re so chic
Teenage rebel of the week

Flavors of the mountain streamline
Midnight blue casino floors
Dance the cha cha through till sunrise
Open up exclusive doors, oh wow
Just like flamingos look the same
So me and you, just we two got to reach for something new

Far beyond the pale horizon
Some place near the desert strand
Where my Studebaker takes me
That�s where I�ll make my stand but wait
Can�t you see that Holzer mane
What�s her name, Virginia Plain

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Personality Crisis

Well we can't take it this week
And her friends don't want another speech
Hoping for a better day to hear what she's got to say
All about that personality crisis you got it while it was hot

But now frustration and heartache is what you got
That's why they talk about personality
But now your tryin to be some no you got to do some
Wanna be someone who cow wow wows
But you think about the times you did, they took every ounce

When it sure got to be a shame when you start to scream and shout
You got to contradict all those times you were butterflyin' about
You were butterflyin' all about that
Personality crisis you got it while it was hot
But now frustration and heartache is what you got

And you're a prima ballerina on a spring afternoon
Change on into the wolfman howlin' at the moon hooowwwl
All about that Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
But now frustration and heartache is what you got Now with all the crossin fingers that mother nature says
Your mirrors get jammed up with all your friends
That personality everything starts to bend
Personality when your mind starts to bend
Personality impression of a friend, of a friend, of a friend
Of a friend, of a friend

Personality wonderin' how celebrities ever met
Look and find out on television
Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
Frustration and heartache is all you got
Don't you worry

Personality crisis please don't cry
It's just a Personality crisis, please don't stop
Because you walk a personality
Talk a personality

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We Are The Boys

We are the boys
And we are a class act
We're getting trashed
So make some noise
We are the boys

We are the lads
We're street wit swags
We need their fags
We got no choice
We are the boys

We are the boys
And we don't ask why
Because we're alive
We are the boys

We are the boys
We're in the place
So shut your face
You've got no choice
We are the boys

We are the guys
We're getting high
While you're getting by
So just make some noise

We are the boys
And we don't ask why
'Cause we're always right because we're alive
And we are the boys

We are the boys
And don't look now
'Cause we're coming down
To make new noise
'Cause we are the boys

Now we are the men
And that was then
It won't happen again
But we had no choice
'Cause we were the boys

We were the boys
But we're not anymore
No now we're so mature
Now we've got it short

Because we're not so sure
No we're not so sure
We're not so sure
That's for sure
Not so sure
Not so sure as we were
When we were the boys

We were the boys
We were the boys
C'mon, we're still the boys

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Satellite Of Love

Satellite's gone, up to the skies
Things like that drive me out of my mind
I watched it for a little while
I like to watch things on TV

Satellite of love

Satellite's gone, way up to Mars
Soon it will be filled with parking cars
I watched it for a little while
I like to watch things on TV

I've been told that you've been bold
With Harry, Mark, and John
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday through Thursday
With Harry, Mark, and John

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Diamond Meadows

If I could have grown
All upon my own
If I could have grown
I grew
If I could have grew
I do

If I had a throne
You could call it home
If I cry, my tears are yours
To open any frozen doors

Hey let's do it like we're friends
Let's do it do it
Hey let's do it like we're friends

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Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)

You've done it all, you've broken every code
And pulled the rebel to the floor
You spoilt the game, no matter what you say
For only metal... what a bore!
Blue eyes, blue eyes, how come you tell so many lies?

Come up and see me, make me smile
Or do what you want, running wild

There's nothing left, all gone and run away
Maybe you'll tarry for a while

It's just a test
A game for us to play
Win or lose, it's hard to smile

Resist, resist
It's from yourself you have to hide

There ain't no more
You've taken everything
From my belief in Mother Earth
Can you ignore
My faith in everything
'Cause I know what faith is and what it's worth
Away, away
And don't say maybe you'll try to...

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