| Velvet Goldmine Lyrics |
| PAGE 1: Songs sung in the movie PAGE 2: Songs in background of the movie |
| Hot One (Nathan Larson/Shudder to Think) Well you're the grand wild 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 wild 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. 2HB (Brian Ferry) 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 Sebastian (Steve Harley) 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 outasight 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! T.V. Eye (Dave Alexander/Scott Asheton/Ron Ashteon/Jim Osterberg, Jr.) Well see that cat yeah, I do mean you Well see that cat yeah, I do mean you Shoot your T.V. Eye on me Shoot your T.V. Eye Shoot your T.V. Eye on me Shoot your T.V. 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 The Ballad Of Maxwell Demon (C. Wedren/Shudder To Think) 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! The Whole Shebang (Grant Lee Phillips) Darlin' 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 Ladytron (Bryan Ferry) 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 Baby's On Fire (Brian Eno) 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 second-hand 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 Bitter-Sweet (Andy Mackay/Brian Ferry) 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 Bitter-sweet 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 20th Century Boy (Marc Bolan) 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 Gimme Danger (Iggy Pop/James Williamson) 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 Tumbling Down (Steve Harley) 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 Heil 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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