on every other day i feel the urge to run away
from all the people bugging me as if they're stranglers hugging me
i'm paranoid beyond belief, they love to lie and to deceive
and each time they are on their knees i don't know how to feel at ease
this year i saw many faces in a million different places
they know who i am they say, that is why i run away
those faces follow me around, they love to torture, love to haunt
i need freedom, i need space, easy money never pays
don't know which world i'm living in but don't expect me giving in
i still do the things my way as if it's saturday everyday
fresh air gives me the strength i need to face the faces i might meet
and when i'll meet myself one day i don't think that i can stay
my generation's getting older by the year
you seem to know exactly whan i mean
rock 'n' roll is not a privilege of the young
in this world of techno benzedrine
as i look around in teenage desperation
most girls are classy tarts, but you're a dream
come true
my generation's an adulterous brat
yearning for late night satisfaction
ready steady go but they've already gone
i'm one of the few who still needs action
and i'm glad that you also belong to
my generation, an attraction
to me
a secondbottle of bacardi rhum
a cocktail waitress and a bongo drum
that is paradise to me
tequila sunrise, sound of the sea
friends under a coconut tree
that is paradise to me
hello honey, i'm going to tiki's tonight
passing out on a bamboo chair
happy faces everywhere
that is paradise to me
a jungle combo on stage
lotsa girls like bettie page
that is paradise to me
hello honey, i'm going to tiki's tonight
last night i saw a space ship floating over my backyard
how could i have known my life would get a brand new start
unearthly purple beams were scanning the neighbourhood
and when i opened my back door i suddenly understood
they had come back for me as i always had expected
even if i were already dead, they'd have me resurrected
i'm the prince of aldebaran i'm on a stellar throne
i am so glad they have returned so i can go back home
alien queen
but only one hour later they took off into space
they told me to become the saviour of the human race
that's why they left behind the youngest daughter of the king
of the first moon of vega cuz they know that she can swing
she listened to my music all night long, my metal dolly
boy i was glad she told me that she hated metal molly
at sunset we both went to bed and we fucked ten times or more
this evening we got out of bed, she couldn't walk no more
my burning body fluids deep inside, thrust after thrust
were poisonous for my queen as she began to rust
i'm walking on air
it's not my shoes
and i don't care
it's front page news
i'm walking on air
light as a feather
and i don't care
if i don't feel better
i'm walking on air
head in the clouds
and i don't care
taken over by doubts
i'm walking on air
hello big sun
you don't seem to care
that i'm having fun
i'm walking on air
and i got no shoes
it's only fair
that it's front page news
i am unlike
the record spinning heroes
i only spin the tunes that i love
got no mike
no bits, ones or zeroes
vinyl, i just can't get enough
CH: 33 or 45
rpm rpm
+ or - 8%
r - p - m
and since i gave
up things that might happen
i never take unnecessary risks
wanna feel safe
headphones as a weapon
i'll hide behind my pile of disks
CH:
rise and fall
the price of a would-be star
a dj should be a dancer in disguise
music is all
i can really live for
music is the heartbeat of my life
as i watch my fellow citizens i don't know what to say
scared in my own town i keep my mouth shut and i pray
how could things come so far; the point of no return?
we're 70 years back in time and still we haven't learned
as i listen to my fellow citizens i can't believe my ears
i see normal people turned into rabid fans of fear
i really can't stand the idea of being labeled man of hate
i never judge a mand for his colour, work or faith
invasion of the body snatchers comes close to what i feel
but that was just a story and today is way too real
as i think of my fellow cititzens i wonder who's to blame
for the first time in my life i'm overwhelmed by deepest shame
i can't explain what happened and i don't really care
life's a bitch and now i know as well that life ain't fair
it takes about half an hour to get out of my lazy bed
i reach out for the light switch as i get dizzy in the head
i stumble to the bath room, smack my head against the door
all i can see are stars and then i'm lying on the floor
it never shows at work on monday i'm a total mess
it takes about an hour or so to get completely dressed
thank god i only got black socks so i can never err
the recollection of past days always is a blur
the weekend demons try to kill me, starting friday night
when i'm on the loose, on the booze 'til morning light
i avoid their greedy hands although they look me in the eye
every single monday morning i believe i cannot die
i always try not to take a girl back to my place
cuz when we wake up in the afternoon i gotta look upon her face
i never seem to able to remember the girl's name
and when she sees me that we're undressed, she often is ashamed
the weekend demons try to kill me, starting friday night
when i'm on the loose, on the booze 'til morning light
i avoid their greedy hands although they look me in the eye
every single morning i believe i cannot die
she was the star at the old shoe horse saloon
i know her life will be over pretty soon
she danced near the piano all through the night
she entertained boys till moning light
she had all it took to be a swinging star
her glory days were over come the war
now she's over ninety and still alive
she used to teach boys how to treat a wife
every night one boy could be her prince
no more cheating in that town ever since
why confess your sins to a curious priest
as she was why the pack o' sinners decreased
the old shoe horse saloon, the place to be
she gave boys a night of fantasy
everybody always laughed, no time to fight
the cheers of the boys helped her through the night
at dawn the lucky boy left behind his purse
in god's eyes she was worse than a devil's curse
cleopatra was the egyptian betty page
adored by millions of men of every age
she danced naked in the hippodrome
news went fast and it even reached rome
marc anthony, the roman number three
was sent to the pyramid land across the sea
he conquered egypt for the roman war machine
but he himself was caught by the pharaoh queen
she danced on the banks of the river nile
she had rome and egypt reconciled
her land was saved from devastation
she was the saviour of the nation
together with marc anthony she ruled the land
her force excelled those buried in the sand
she even restored the ancient belief
and news went fast and reached to roman chief
julius caesar and the roman army came
but when he saw her, it happened all again
he lost his heart; ain't love great
but this love could never be as told by fate
she danced on the banks of the river nile
she had rome and egypt reconciled
caesar or marc anthony, who's it gonna be
she finally realized egypt wasn't free
she danced on the banks of the river nile
she had rome and egypt reconciled
had she only known it was all a big mistake
she chose immortality by a poisonous snake