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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
I went out on the balcony in the middle of the night
The hotel was dark except for just one light Television burning in the other room I couldn't sleep so i put on some of your Hollywood perfume I went out on the balcony and looked across the way Some guy was shadow boxing, he looked like sugar ray I was feeling dizzy - began to swoon Was it his punch or was it just your Hollywood perfume? I feel like a fugitive escaped from my life Seeking refuge in the sensual heat These paper-thin walls make me party to calls Of love wafting through the room The night jasmine bloom Of your hollywood perfume I went out on the balcony to clear my head I was burning up in my queen-sized bed Down on the strip beneath the billboard moon Teenaged girls look for love in the Neon sex and doom Of your hollywood perfume I went out on the balcony with your photograph I dropped it in the pool and that made me laugh You like your tan but you don't like to swim Meanwhile i feel like i'm drowning in Neon sex and doom The night jasmine bloom Of your hollywood perfume |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
I See Him Standing Silhouetted
In The Lamp-Light I Cross The Street And I Quicken My Pace He Cups His Hands And He Lights A Cigarette I Find Myself In The Bones Of His Face It's Just The Night In My Veins Oh Making Me Crawl In The Dust Again It's Just The Night Under My Skin Slipping It In He's Got His Hands In My Hair And His Lips Everywhere Oh Yeah It Feels Good It's Alright Even If It's Just The Night In My Veins He's Got Me Up Against The Back Of A Pick-Up Truck Out Of Sight Of The Neon And Glare We Might As Well Be On A Beach Under The Moonlight Love's Language Reads The Same Anywhere Yeah It's Just The Night In My Veins Oh Making Me Crawl In The Dust Again It's Just The Night Under My Skin Slipping It In He's Got His Chest On My Back Across A New Cadillac Oh Yeah It Feels Good It's Alright Even If It's Just The Night In My Veins Even If It's Just The Night In My Veins I've Got My Head On The Kerb And I Can't Produce A Word Oh Year It Feels Good It's Alright Even If It's Just The Night In My Veins It Feels Good It's Alright Even If It's Just The Night In My Veins Even If It's Just The Night In My Veins It Feels Good It's Alright |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
I'll come in your car to talk business,
No business, no money talk. Zero in on my full of intentions, I think you got it because you pulled up and stopped. If money is the root of all evil, I'm begging at the feet of the devil. Talk to me please, Money talk to me. Twenty gets you straight, Forty gets you other, Think of what a hundred could do. I've been gifted with the thing that you want, Who's better than who? Never underestimate a woman like me, The kids have got to eat, And man, that's reality, you see. Money talk to me. You're so deluded, You think that I'm real. You pass your hormones off as love, For five minutes you feel. You can buy a squeegy little silicone sack, But it won't feed the world like the ones that I pack naturally. Money talk to me. |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
Every Time I End Up Waking Up
In Some Hotel Without My Set Of Keys Coming To, Remembering The Way Your Turned Me Out When I Was On My Knees You Think That Was One Up For You But I Know I Scored Something Too When I See The Way You Have To Struggle Just To Do A Little Simple Thing I Feel Apologetic Just Because I'm Not Particularly Suffering So I Let You Take Me Down I'm Like Your Rent-A-Clown When I Saw My Baby Cry I Knew That He Loved Me That Was Some Great Victory He Cried Because Of Me He Hit Me With His Belt But His Tears Were All I Felt When I Saw My Baby Cry I Knew He Loved Me When You Try And Cut Me Down And Push Me Back If I Attack Your Attitude I Rise Up To The Challenge 'cause I Like To Taste The Sugar Of Your Violent Mood Just Like A Stormy Sea You're Natural Poetry To Me When I Saw My Baby Cry I Knew That He Loved Me That Was Some Great Victory He Cried Because Of Me He Hit Me With His Belt But His Tears Were All I Felt When I Saw My Baby Cry I Knew He Loved Me I Knew He Loved Me |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
Cats like me and you
Have got laws That they adhere to Laws outside the laws As laid down By those we don't subscribe to The world is getting stranger But we'll never lose heart We can't just wait for the Old guard to die Before we can Make a new start Bring on the revolution (keep the pressure on) I wanna die for something Bring on the revolution I wanna die for something Bring on the revolution I wanna die for something Bring on the revolution I don't wanna die for nothing For every freedom fighter I wanna hold on tighter To the hope and will you gave You were the brave You were the brave And one day When i hear your children sing Freedom will ring Freedom! When we watch the children play Remember How the privileged classes grew And from this day We set out To undo what won't undo Looking for the grand In the minute Every breath justifies Every step that we take To remove what the powers that be Can't prove And the children will Understand why Bring on the revolution (keep the pressure on) I wanna die for something Bring on the revolution I wanna die for something Bring on the revolution I don't wanna die for nothing Bring on the revolution I wanna die for something |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
STILL RELIVE YOU IF THIS IS WHAT YOU LEFT FOR ME I FORGIVE YOU NEVER DO I DESPAIR WHEN I KNEEL TO SAY MY PRAYERS WHEN SLUMBER FILLS MY HEAD I'LL BE VISITING YOUR BED ALL MY DREAMS RECOLLECT YOU AND SO DARLING IN A WAY OUR LOVE REMAINS NEW FUNNY LITTLE THINGS YOU TOUCH MY FINGERS AND FONDLE MY RINGS THEN TENDERLY WITHOUT VIOLENCE WE MAKE LOVE IN PERFECT SILENCE COME, COME INTO MY ROOM AGAIN COME, COME AGAIN OH COME, COME INTO MY GLOOM AGAIN END THIS SOLITUDE AGAIN I FINALLY TOOK THAT PICTURE DOWN I'D BEEN STARING AT IT FOR HOURS AND HOURS SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS BUT WHAT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY DID YOU DO THAT? DISAPPEAR ON ME LIKE THAT? OH BABY PLEASE COME BACK WHERE I CAN TOUCH YOU RIGHT HERE WHERE I CAN SEE YOU COME, COME INTO MY ROOM AGAIN COME, COME AGAIN OH COME, COME INTO MY GLOOM AGAIN BREAK, BREAK THIS SOLITUDE AGAIN ALL OF MY DREAMS OF YOUR AFFECTION NEVER HAVE I KNOWN SUCH SWEET PERFECTION NO DRUG-INDUCED BLISS COULD EVER REACH THE HEIGHTS OF THIS ETERNAL AND SO PURE HELP ME TO ENDURE ALL MY DREAMS |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
oh, why you look so sad?
the tears are in your eyes come on and come to me now But don't be ashamed to cry Let me see you through Cause I've been in the dark side too When the night falls on you and you don't know what to do Nothing you confess could make me love you less I'll stand by you,I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you,I'll stand by you So, if you're mad, get mad, don't hold it all inside Come on and talk to me now Hey, what you got to hide? Iget angry too Well, I'm a lot like you, when youre standing At the ctossroads, but don't know, which path to choose Let me come along 'Cause even if you're wrong I'll stand by you,I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you,I'll stand by you Take me in to, your darkest hour And I'll never desert you, I'll stand by you And when, when the night falls on you, baby You're feeling all alone, you won't be on your own I'll stand by you,I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you,I'll stand by you Take me in to, your darkest hour And I'll never desert you, I'll stand by you I'll stand by you,I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you,I'll stand by you I'll stand by you,I'll stand by you Won't let nobody hurt you,I'll stand by you |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
I'm a mother
Treat me like a mother You wanna suck on my breast It's no surprise you do I'm the source and the force You owe your life to, brother Oh Oh Oh I'm a mother And I take like a mother I understand blood And I understand pain There can be no life without it Never doubt it I'm a mother I gave you all my money To help the family But what you do to me Don't humiliate me Remember I'm a life-long member Oh Oh Oh I'm a mother Treat me like a mother In the middle of the night I be deep in a dream You fancy little company You only have to scream Loud, brother Oh Oh Oh I'm a mother And I fake like a mother I understand time And it isn't on my side But to service mankind I have to suffer his pride Like a mother Oh Oh Oh You say your protection Is proof of your affection If I need security I'll keep a gun on me Oh Don't barter with me Don't barter with me Little sacrifices Go straight to heaven But hunting season's over This is the 20th century Oh Don't barter with me Oh Oh Oh I'm a mother And I ache like a mother If there's a terrible crash And bodies thrown everywhere I'll wrap 'em up and carry 'em If someone has to bury them Brother Oh Oh Oh Call upon mother I'm the vessel of life I got the trauma here to prove it When it's time for me to labour for you Everybody move it Like a mother-ac |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
I drank tequila 'cause I can't have your lips tonight
I don't want to feel ya I don't want to feel sad tonight You make me suffer and you just don't know Estoy barrochos down in new mexico I want to remember but I try to forget That scene in the car park that I still regret Just like before, times I've even lost track I ran away crawling 'cause I fall everytime I look back Miles, baby, hundreds of highways and truck stops I've used Cars, baby, hundreds of cars have passed and refused I stood on the shoulder with tears in my eyes I drank tequila and watched the game in the bar I don' t care who loses, I don't know who the teams are We had our time, but the bell's finally tolled My ohio winter was finally too cold |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
I was born with my hand in a fist
And my eyes shut tight Any wonder that I cannot resist Punchin' blindly in a fight The first time I saw swans flyin' to the sun I wanted to be one Like every mother's son When I saw my life had begun I wanted to be someone Like my brother and my one and only father And like every mother's son I was raised within a cause With a purpose to fulfill I was taught to defend what was mine And instructed not to kill My small mortal eyes can see eternity In the clouds that dissolve and then regroup endlessly Like every mother's son When a man showed me how to use a gun I wished I'd never need one Like my brother and my one and only father And like every mother's son Everything in domesticity Assumes it's role better than me I'm a displaced person whose culture let me down I raise my own daughters in a pornographic town Like every mother's son I've lost some and some I've won Now I'm waiting for a new dawn Like my brother and my one and only father And like every mother's son |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
I'm as solid as a rock
Throw me at the powers that be I'm as solid as a rock Throw me at the powers that be I'm as user friendly as a lead-filled glove Rebel rock me Hey! I've got money in the bank Come with me and you can have it for free I've got money earning interest in the bank Come with me and you can have it for free I've got assets big as holes up in the sky Rebel rock me Hey! I'm as heavy as a crowd in east l.a. Fling me at the oppressor and flee I'm as heavy as a crowd in east l.a. Fling me at the oppressor and flee I'm a seething burning moving mass of love Rebel rock me Hey! |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
The sun goes down
The sky turns black I can hardly wait for you I can't believe the madness In everything you do I used to dream in black and white Now I see the world in a different light Your love colours, colours everything Your love colours, colours everything Your love colours, colours everything Your love colours, colours everything Oh oh Now come in to me Fill me and fill me Show me your colours baby Your love colours I slept in fear And woke in pain Till you came in close to me I was cold Like frozen rain Your kiss melted me You speak your mind just like a child Won't be defined by when you smile Your love colours, colours everything Your love colours, colours everything Your love colours, colours everything Your love colours, colours everything Oh oh Now come in to me Fill me and fill me Show me your colours baby Your love colours Your love colours everything Your love colours everything Your love colours everything Your love colours everything |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents (1994)
May God bless you and keep you always
May your wishes all come true May you always do for others And let others do for you May you build a ladder To the stars And climb on every rung And may you stay Forever young Forever young Forever young May you stay Forever young May you grow up To be righteous May you grow up to be true May you always know the truth And see the lights surrounding you May you always be courageous Stand up right and be strong And may you stay Forever young Forever young Forever young May you stay Forever young May your hands always be busy May your feet always be swift May you have a strong foundation When the winds of changes shift May your heart always be joyful May your song always be sung May you stay Forever young Forever young Forever young May you stay Forever young |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Kid [single, live] (1995)
Kid what changed your mood
You've gone all sad so I feel sad too I think I know some things we never outgrow You think it's wrong I can tell you do How can I explain When you don't want me to Kid my only kid You look so small you've gone so quiet I know you know what I'm about I won't deny it But you forgive though you don't understand You've turned your head You've dropped by hand All my sorrow, all my blues All my sorrow Shut the light, go away Full of grace, you cover your face Kid gracious kid Your eyes are blue but you won't cry I know angry tears are too dear You won't let them go |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Viva El Amor (1999)
So your girlfriend wants to be a popstar
And beat the charts outta me She wants to move a million units man Probably just to prove she can And after a couple of hits She'll be buying a new pair of mitts I can see just where she's heading She's as predictable as armageddon Oh, they don't make 'em like they used to They don't make 'em like they used to No, they don't make 'em like they used to - you should have just stuck with me Your girlfriend wants to be a popstar And live in primrose hell She'll join the meritocracy And get to meet all of rocks aristocracy And be someone everyone knows Who all the designers send all their new clothes But when she starts to look like Kylie Minogue She might even get her picture in Vogue Baby they don't make 'em like they used to They don't make 'em like they used to No, they don't make 'em like they used to - you should have just stuck with me Your baby wants to be a popstar Probably just to spite me She thinks it's so easy to get to the top But a girl like that, she won't know where to stop And when her most recent therapist Suggests that maybe she become a buddhist She might even consider giving up red meat Man, you're gonna look back to when your life was so sweet You know, they just don't make 'em like they used to No, they don't make 'em like they used to, baby They just don't make 'em like they used to Yeah - you should have just stuck with me You should have just stuck with me, baby |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Viva El Amor (1999)
I play a good game,
but not as good as you I can be a little cold, but you can be so cruel I'm not made of brick, I'm not made of stone But I had you fooled enough to take me on If love was a war, it's you who has won While I was confessing it, you held your tongue Now the damage is done... *Well there's blood in these veins And I cry when in pain I'm only human on the inside And if looks can deceive Make it hard to believe I'm only human on the inside I thought you'd come through, I thought you'd come clean You were the best thing I should never have seen But you go to extremes, you push me too far Then you keep going 'til you break my heart Yeah, you break my heart See I bleed and I bruise, oh, but what's it to you I'm only human on the inside And if looks could deceive, Make it hard to believe I'm only human on the inside I crash and I burn, maybe some day you'll learn I'm only human on the inside I stumble and fall, baby, under it all I'm only human on the inside And the damage is done... *Repeat I crash and I burn, maybe some day you'll learn I stumble and fall, baby, I do it all I'm only human on the inside |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Viva El Amor (1999)
We
Watch each other even when we sleep For some small protection It's a promise we keep Love Is hard to define It runs in circles round the mind But a circle Ain't a circle If it's not complete Oh Love me from the heart down If it hurts or if it's bliss Love me from the heart down Reveal me with a kiss My senses must compete with a brain that lets me down Down down We Satisfy each other but the hunger still remains You sink into my flesh Like a knife When day comes to an end We take off all our clothes And stand naked Face to face With real life Oh Love me from the heart down Get me on the floor Love me from the heart down Go under and then come back for more Analytical patter Gives love the run around Around You can't hold a theory Won't you love me Love me from the heart down We Misconstrue intentions When there's distance in between Longing hurts the teeth Like something sweet When You're not here with me You become a memory Thic aching feels like some kind Of defeat Oh Love me from the heart down Get me on the phone Love me from the heart down Lie and say you're Coming home True confessions need the make-up Of a clown Smiles are deceiving Won't you love me Love me from the heart down |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Viva El Amor (1999)
If this is public transportation
What are you doing here? Royalty and people like thee Should queue up in the rear My patience has worn thin My tyres are gonna explode Yeah, yeah Every time I try to get close to you You throw nails in the road This is a sticky situation Will require a measure of tact We just don't like to mix it with you all It's a cultural fact My patience has worn thin My tyres are gonna explode Yeah, yeah Every time I try to get close to you You throw nails in the road This is a clean up job Everybody grab a mop You wanna further your position Well look what floats on top On top Well there's class and then there's class But we're above all that The butcher and the baker and the thief and the witch And the aristocrat My patience has worn thin My tyres are gonna explode Yeah, yeah, yeah Every time I try to get close to you You throw nails in the road... |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Viva El Amor (1999)
When we meet again
Just refer to me as "back then" Or pretend not to recall Ever knowing me at all Or hanging round my door Begging for more When you begin Playing to win That's when the losers rush in And I... I got better than you At jumping the queue To get closer to seeing Who's who... A man without a home Is never alone Well just look at what he's got The whole parking lot In those unsheltered places There's always other places Take mine for a start It's like a modern work of art Disturbing and lacking in heart And I... I got better than you At jumping the queue To get closer to seeing Who's who... It must be so wonderful Being you every day Oh, it must be so wonderful Always gettin' your way A common dialogue Is the best thing that you'll get From the woman you call wife So try not to forget To tear out and burn The things you unlearn Your future exists In her shopping list Please Call your office And I... I got better than you At jumping the queue To get closer to seeing Who's who... I got better than you I got better than you |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Viva El Amor (1999)
I walk the streets at night
Under artificial light Looking for somewhere to live I've been on the east side Where a lady can reside But, I'm waiting for you Waiting for you In the falling rain Oh heal me Heal me...again What's the cost of fame? What's in a name? Maybe, can you Vibrate and clarify So that even lowly I Can find the road that leads to you In the falling rain Oh heal me Heal me...again One more little heartache One more little heartache One more little earthquake Wash me down Wash me down Ghostly memory Come back to me Fill me and then Take me to your grave I promise to behave And let me in the whole Of you In the falling rain Oh heal me Heal me...again (Note: Fantastic song...awesome groove with a devilish hook. Chrissie at her hauntingly beautiful best!) |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Viva El Amor (1999)
There was a time you thought I was in love with you.
Well think again, you can't read my thoughts. You're so pretty I'd like to break your smile in two. You're so correct I'd like to disconnect the dots. You're such a child, but you're not innocent Another kid for rent. *Why did you send me roses? Save them for someone's death. The love you have to offer is only baby's breath. There was a time I thought you were magnificent But you've got nothing to have or to hold. You're so pensive but your thoughts are insignificant. Wrap 'em up, another 20 billion sold. You think you're wild and know what danger means In your designer jeans. Why did you send me roses? Save them for someone's death. The love you have to offer is only baby's breath. I'd like to have you alone tonight and rearrange your mind. I'd like to have you, but I know I'd be wasting my time. *Repeat (x2) |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Viva El Amor (1999)
You believed in me
When you had nothing to gain You stood by me You walked out in the falling rain To find me Waiting in the shadows behind me Baby please Please Won't you do it one more time Do it one more time Do it one more time Please Won't you do it one more time You stayed when no one else would When i was delayed you understood I've done some low down things Alright but you said i was good I couldn't forgive myself But you could Won't you please Please Won't you do it one more time Do it one more time Do it one more time Please Won't you do it one more time I know i've made you promises Then i forget I've let you down darling I'm forever in your debt In my darkest hour i've Turned you out But when the mood has passed You came back in spite of me Saying "this love, this love was meant to last" Oh baby Won't you please Won't you do it one more time Do it one more time with feeling Oh baby Please Won't you do it one more time One more time Please Won't you do it one more time With feeling |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Viva El Amor (1999)
Legalize me
Oh I want the legal right to be me Only me Legalize me Bail me, jail me But they're never gonna nail me Pharmaceutically I was sleeping like a baby in bed When I woke up To a voice in my head "We're all outta rooms Try down the road is what I said" I'm just a farmer And I grow marijuana Oh baby doll Can yo tell that I like that? Oh baby doll We're gonna rattle your combinations Up and down Legalize me Oh I gotta gotta gotta feel free Really free Legalize me Wake me, shake me If they're gonna come and take me Make it legally I been campaigning for The rights of the meek I've been holed up In a tree most the week Hey, sir, your crush boxes Are starting to leak They're saying "never" But we'll wait here Forever and ever and ever and ever Oh baby doll Can yo tell that I like that? Oh baby doll We're gonna rattle your combinations Up and down And if I want to shake my hair In the sun Don't try to flail me For offending anyone I don't take Prozac And I'll never own a gun I'm just a farmer But, I swear I'd never harm her Oh baby doll Can yo tell that I like that? Oh baby doll We're gonna rattle your combinations Up and down ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By HYNDE, CHRISSIE Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Viva El Amor (1999)
When you came into my
room last night And took off all your clothes Did you think I would resist letting you inside Did you think I could resist you My favourite samurai You swam across the bedroom Drunk on my champagne You got into the air Across the river Wye And pushed aside your headstone My favourite samurai Then you showed me something I didn't know How to let go I was falling through the tivoli sky Expecting to fly Expecting to fly When I stood beside your tomb last night Recalling how you rose Did you think I would persist Refusing to die See how I've persisted My favourite samurai |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Viva El Amor (1999)
Si me dijeran pide un deseo,
preferir? un rabo de nube que se llevara lo feo y nos dejara el querube, un barredor de tristezas, un aguacero en venganza, que cuando escampe parezca nuestra esperanza; un barredor de tristezas, un aguacero en venganza, que cuando escampe parezca nuestra esperanza ...nuestra esperanza. |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Viva El Amor (1999)
Biker they tell me
You're a dangerous love Well that might be true Oh, but I'd never ride with another Maybe they've never had Their arms around Anything so wild and free You bring the biker out in me I can't understand it Why people give you grief You play the one-armed bandit Like an outlaw with a belief To them it's the norm for A man to conform To a godless society You bring the biker out in me You bring the biker out in me Because they've no interest In the struggle to obtain The status and bogus desires That drive most people insane You who have nothing Have something that only the one percent Could ever see You bring the biker out in me You bring the biker out in me |
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