- (Miss) Silver Dime
(Ian Hunter/Earl Slick) Alice was a drunken Mona Lisa Arching up some American wall She said I really want to please you I said that's easy let yourself fall ...
- 23a, Swan Hill
(Ian Hunter) (Transcribed by Justin Purington; corrections by Colin Ford) Wrote this poem called "the floods roll on" he said this ain't yours, whe...
- 3,000 Miles From Here
(Ian Hunter) Fare thee well, gentle maid, I'll see you on your way; And the sun will rise tomorrow And wash my sins away. For I know that I've abused you But I...
- All American Alien Boy
(ian hunter) I packed my bags - in the land of rags ’cos I don’t believe in them dimmo drags Don’t wanna vote for the left wing - don’t wanna vote for ...
- All The Good One's Are Taken
Girl-things ain't been goin' too good for me Girl-I'm living in the middle of a mystery You're the only one that can turn me on 'N' now that you're gone I said...
- American Music
(ian hunter) I have a dream-its only one dream But I know dreams can come true And I have a wish-its only one wish But I know wishes can too I wanna be-farawa...
- American Spy
Neon lights in the pouring rain - it's just another Saturday Avoid the bomber boys comin' out the Indian - looking for a holiday I left home on the 4th of July ...
- Another Fine Mess
(ian hunter/darrell bath/honest john plain) Well you rang me up you say you wanna get high Now I’m underpaid and I’m overtired Riding shotgun ’round the ...
- Apathy 83
(Ian Hunter) Standin' on the edge of Vesuvius - my mouth is runnin' dry Drunk on wine & wisdom - giving it all away Old enough to hate tomorrow - young eno...
- Bastard
(ian hunter) Vestal virginia - ain’t got a bad thought in ya - you’re a bastard Mean as a killer - instinct that’s within ya - you’re a bastard. Laughs...
- Beg A Little Love
(hunter/mcnasty) Life takes a little piece of you away Most everyday of your life Oh learn to get wiseyou learn to compromise- You learn to criticise yourself ...
- Boy
(ian hunter/mick ronson) Genocidal tendencies are silly to extreme After all you’re still quite small you don’t know where you’ve been You was only swear...
- Broadway
(ian hunter) Green lights on broadway All the magic seems to say Come and ride with me baby you know It’s got to be the greatest show on broadway Out here on...
- Captain Void 'n' The Video Jets
(ian hunter) Captain to candida - we just hit earth Everyone’s strange here - don’t know what they’re worth Got this idea - we’re gonna be machines Weв...
- Central Park N' West
(ian hunter) The gulf and western garbage Just ain’t the prettiest smell When you’re sleeping on the 4th floor up It’s like a living hell New york’s fi...
- China
(ian hunter) (transcribed by colin ford Chinachinathe evening’s moving in See yousoon nowthe boat moves with the wind ChinachinaI can see the harbour lights...
- Cleveland Rocks
(ian hunter) Three! four! Three! four! Three! four! (bunch of ah-ah-ah’s here) All this energy calling me Back where it comes from It’s such a crude atti...
- Cool
(ian hunter) You might be a celebrity-everybody sits up and begs You might be the sexiest thing since God invented legs You might be a dictatora dealer or a sa...
- Dancing On The Moon
(ian hunter/darrell bath/honest john plain) (transcribed by colin ford) Oh!! Well I climbed through the fenceout with the (? )head for the river plate(? ). Th...
- Dead Man Walkin' (Eastenders)
(Ian Hunter) I've been here before - this is where my fingers slipped into yours This is where I trembled - when you touched mine This is where the seeds we pl...
- Death 'n' Glory Boys
(ian hunter) Get your son - young ’n’ dumb Give him a gun - make him run Hot stuff - on a saturday night Wait a minute - this ain’t right It’s that sa...
- Death Of A Nation
(Ian Hunter) I was having a drink with Prince Charles and the Queen When Winston Churchill stepped into my dream His head it was heavy, his voice was shakin' H...
- Detroit (Out-Take 5 - Vocal)
(Ian Hunter) (Transcribed by Nicole Apostola) He used to ride through the streets, crying through the alleyway Freezing cold in the early morning light Out to...
- Easy Money
(corky laing/ian hunter) Once upon a time She was the virgin of a million lonely minds And now it’s such a crying shame She does not even know her name No-on...
- Every Step Of The Way
(ian hunter/mark clarke) I used to see you on the avenue You were the girl that let me follow you You used to hang out in the alleyway You sewed a button on my...
- Everyone's A Fool
(darrell bath/roig) He asked me home at a midnight Hey you’ll be lucky if it’s daylight When you saw me down the alley Yeah I swear’s I’m not with anni...
- Following In Your Footsteps
(ian hunter/mick ronson) Some folk leave courage Some folk leave you hope Why am I out here hangin’ Like a fool at the end o’ my rope Some folk leave you w...
- Fun
(Ian Hunter/Mark Clarke/Hilly Michaels) I got a shower curtain stickin' to my back And the o'd' cologne sure packs a whack I got blood on my razor - my face is...
- God (Take 1)
(Ian Hunter) God said to me "Gonna kick your ass - 'cos all you do is ask ask ask All that energy looking for me when I'm sitting here inside you - plain ...
- Golden Opportunity
(ian hunter) The kids are ok They’re telling you now But you’re letting them down Cause you just don’t know how And it’s a golden opportunity I’m sp...
- Good Girls
(honest john plain) It’s cold outside - it looks like rain To make matters worseI missed me last train Now I was thinking she’d show me a bed To my surpris...
- Good Samaritan
(Ian Hunter) The sun shone through the window as I lay down on your carpet Staring at the speakers - pretending to be tortured And I never moved a muscle No, I...
- Gun Control
(ian hunter) All right Gun controlwe don’t want no Gun controlwe don’t want no Gun controlwe don’t want no Gun control. Stick to your gunsboysstick to y...
- How Much More Can I Take
(ian hunter) You’re breakin’ my heart Stealing my thunder How much more can I take You’re draggin’ me down Holding me under How much more can I take H...
- I Ain't No Angel
(corky laing/ian hunter) I told my baby girl That I live by all the rules She laughed and said to me Don’t you take me for a fool Then she ran me down People...
- I Get So Excited
(ian hunter) I hear a thousand drums a million miles away I feel the wembley rock I get a buzz off a big parade I get the music Everywhere Get off on the music...
- I Need Your Love
(ian hunter) It was a coldcold house I was a coldcold room. No one lived in me. I was an empty tune. Lovers came to view ’n’ they looked all around. But th...
- Invisible Strings
(ian hunter) Onetwothree Well I woke up this morning - there’s a girl in my bed. How did she get there? was it something I said? I don’t understand it but...
- Irene Wilde
(ian hunter) When I was just sixteen - I stood waiting for a dream - At barker street bus station every night When I tried to get it on - she just looked at me...
- It Ain't Easy When You Fall
(ian hunter) You used to float just like a boat upon the tide You used to run when things were done you used to hide You talk of ships you talk of boats you ta...
- Junkee Love
(matheson/casino steel) Give me magic misery Give me two shots - first one is free Watch me cover - watch me grin Jump for the juice in your syringe You’re t...
- Just Another Night
(Ian Hunter/Mick Ronson) Oh no, the fuzz, all in a line My oh my, I think I'm gonna die And it's just another night It's just another night Got a long black f...
- Just When I Needed You Most
Just When I Needed You Most You packed in the morning I stared out the window And I struggled for something to say You left in the rain without closing the d...
- Justice Of The Peace
(ian hunter) Its such a terrible shame it was only a game Then her brothers found out seven johnny be goode’s We was only pretending at mummys and daddys The...
- Keep On Burning
(ian hunter) Oh Well there ain’t no sense In burning bridges. Nothere ain’t no sense In burning bridges. If we’re sorry Then it’s our failure So says t...
- Knees Of My Heart
(Ian Hunter) How do I begin - where do I start When did you first scrape the knees of my heart You said you would never marry a musician I said that's all righ...
- Letter To Britannia From The Union Jack
(ian hunter) Poor britannia - drowning in your waves With the body of the unknown soldier and the best of the brave I have known you ever since I was a child H...
- Life After Death
(ian hunter) Is there lifeis there life? Is there life after death? Do you believe? oh yeah! Is there lifeis there life? Is there life after death? Do you ...
- Lisa Likes Rock N' Roll
(Ian Hunter) There's a wango-tango at the peppermint inn I'm gonna be there Shakin' my thing be bop a lula little Peggy Sue we both got company don't know what...
- Listen To The Eight Track
(mickI’ve got a...) There must be one million stories in new york citythe naked cityand this is one of ’em I live out on the islandand I got problems My m...
- Livin' In A Heart
(ian hunter) Once upon a timesomewhere in the back of my mind I fell in love with you But theneverything went wrongI couldn’t even write a song There was not...
- Lounge Lizard
(ian hunter) Well I picked her up on a saturday night Pool hall poison but she felt alright Oh dear what a sight when I saw her in the light of day She was a s...
- Lowdown Freedom
Verse 1: Long haired young girl, here beside me Fit my body, warm my mind Sleeping quiet, never knowing By tomorrow she'll be one more thing I'm gonna leave be...
- Man O'war
(Ian Hunter/Mick Ronson) I never brush my teeth and I never wash I guess I never bother with no brush I don't care about a knife and fork And don't you argue w...
- Michael Picasso
(ian hunter) (transcribed by justin purington) Once upon a time Not so long ago People used to stand and stare At the spider with the platinum hair They thoug...
- Morons
(Ian Hunter) We were morons from the day we were born We believed every word that you said - boy were we wrong We're all fat now - on the sofas - mini morons -...
- My Revolution
(Casino Steel/Ian Hunter/Dangerfield) You were just a twinkle in your teenage mother's eyes I was squeezing Brylcreem on my hair No one taught us how to be pol...
- Never Trust A Blonde
(Darrell Bath) (Transcribed by Colin Ford) A thousand pin-up girls to Stepney to Bombay Take me to fancy restaurants to be amongst the (?) And all the blue-ey...
- Noises
(ian hunter/tommy morrongiello) Noises are taking away my freedom. Noises seem to rob me of myself. Noises are the sound of mediocrity. Noises ... to take that...
- Old Records Never Die
(ian hunter) Sometimes you realize That there is an end to life. Yesterday I heard them say A hero’s blown away. And it’s so hard to lose Someone who’s c...
- Once Bitten Twice Shy
(ian hunter) Well the times gettin’ hard for you little girl I’m a hummin’ and a strummin’ all over god’s world You don’t remember when you got you...
- Open My Eyes
(ian hunter/darrel bath) (transcribed by colin ford) On the avenue of dead umbrellas In a place where nothin’ sleeps No one’s pickin’ up the pieces - no...
- Overnight Angels
(ian hunter) In the heat of the indian summer Out along the appalachian way You can hear the sound of the overnight angels As they pray Charged by the light of...
- Psycho Girl
(honest john plain) If I’d known then what I know now I’d do it all again ’cause I’m crazy and how About my mixed-upmessed-up pretty little psycho girl...
- Purgatory
(Ian Hunter) Beautiful people - got their beautiful lives - got their Beautiful husbands - got their beautiful wives - got their Beautiful bankers - got their ...
- Rape
(ian hunter) He searched through his love like a thief on the run He searched through his face - to see the guilt water run But he’s fresh out of tears and n...
- Red Letter Day
(Ian Hunter) Red Letter Day (3) mmmm... Late at night I drift away somewhere I'm walking on the moon - talking to you there I miss you babe, oh I miss you I...
- Restless Youth
(Ian Hunter) He's much the same as anyone - He don't do what he's told He got hostile on his school report - and he leaves his mother cold His father owned a b...
- Resurrection Mary
(Ian Hunter) (Studio version) (Transcribed by Justin Purington) In 1935 I was living in paradise, I had a friend up in Cicero. We used to go out to the track...
- Ripoff
(Ian Hunter) I don't wanna be no traitor to the cause But England is a luxury - not many can afford There's people going under - it's getting out of hand Whatev...
- Scars
(Ian Hunter/Darrell Bath/Honest John Plain) Well I still got your blood running through my veins I still got your blood running through my veins And even thoug...
- Seeing Double
(ian hunter) Doctor, doctor, am I alright? I keep on stayin’ up - all through the night Smokin’, drinkin’, watchin’ t.v. ’til the light It’s been...
- Shades Off (Spoken)
(Ian Hunter) Where do you go when you've somewhere to run But the time isn't right and there's things to be done And you're trapped half-way up, you don't want...
- Shallow Crystals
(Ian Hunter) Her life gets smaller in his eyes And he wonders if he thinks he should cry Oh mother the colour's gone and left your hair And he wonders if he th...
- Ships
(ian hunter) We walked to the sea, just my father and me And the dogs played around on the sand. Winter cold cut the air, hanging still everywhere Dressed in g...
- Silent Movie
(Corky Laing/Ian Hunter) Well the school bell rings I carried your things Getting on the yellow bus With the whole world watching us And our love was like a s...
- Silver Needles
(Ian Hunter) You're just a stranger in the past Just another mug that could never last You came up slow but you burned out fast (didn't ya) It ain't Silver Ne...
- Skeletons (In Your Closet)
(Ian Hunter/Darrel Bath/Honest John Plain) (Transcribed by Adrian Perkins; corrections by Colin Ford) Bimbo, flirts, sluts in skirts - muscles brightly gliste...
- Soap And Water
(Ian Hunter) I can't believe what you did, you know - you just can't let it go I'm sick 'n' tired of listening to your innuendo I can't believe what you did, y...
- Somethin's Goin' On
(ian hunter) The spirit of war is all around us ’n’ everybody knows somethin’s goin’ on Fasten your seat belts - say goodbye to your mothers Cos every...
- Something To Believe In
(Ian Hunter) (Transcribed by Justin Purington; minor corrections by Colin Ford) Well I lay underneath an ageless sky I watched the universe breathing There's ...
- Sons And Daughters
(Ian Hunter) There's a place in the city they call the Archway Where we rented three rooms for a dollar a day and I worked semi-skilled at the capstans for yea...
- Sons N' Lovers
(Ian Hunter) I was your baby-you were my girl When I asked you to marry me- the tears fell Sons N' lovers, sons n' lovers, waving My childhood goodbye-it seem...
- Standin' In My Light
(Ian Hunter) Well I finally found you out All through your mess of dreams You won't make it to the night and your standing in my light You know you've been bad...
- Still Love Rock N Roll
(Ian Hunter) Way back in the 50's - you never said a wrong word People were clean - people were mean Children should be seen, but children should be not heard ...
- Still The Same
(Ian Hunter) (Transcribed by Adrian Perkins) They say that some people never grow up Lost in time shackled to the past for ever, stung by love Still weaving, ...
- Sweet Dreamer
(D. Gibson/Mick Ronson) (Instrumental)
- Tell It Like It Is
(Ian Hunter/Mick Ronson) Do you remember truth-you used to tell it everyday Oh what a feelin'-there was nuthin' in the way I won't get excited- if you don't sl...
- That Girl Is Rock 'n' Roll
(ian hunter) She dresses in leather She isn’t too together She looks then she lowers her eyes at me She smokes cigarettes She likes to get wet And she’s a...
- The Artful Dodger
(Ian Hunter) (Transcribed by Adrian Perkins; minor correction by Colin Ford) How ya doin' - all right? I-I-I spy with my little eye Something beginning with ...
- The Ballad Of Little Star
(ian hunter) You don’t look a day over ten so why be Do you have to pretend to be older than you are Beads and mirrors by your body And in some roadside bar ...
- The Best Thing
(corky laing) You try to love the way that you did before But he don’t be that loved anymore and i’m I’m coming from the pouring rain My eyes are red but...
- The Loner
(Ian Hunter) I was born On the 3rd of June-hard labor-Gemini moon I was raised In a country town-livin' dead were all puttin' me down And my flesh and blood-m...
- The Other Man
(ian hunter) I forgive you when you can’t look straight into my eye I forgive you when you never want to hold my hand I forgive you ’cause you’re all IвЂ...
- The Outsider
(ian hunter) Death be my mistress, guns be my wife Breath is my witness and roads are my life Just give my future’s clean as a knife Far on the way from l.a....
- The Penis Named Smf
From: Steve
[email protected] There once was a penis from Kazu It dreamt it was eating a shoe it woke with a fright in the middle of the night to find he wa...
- The Truth Whole Truth, Nuthin' But The Truth
(ian hunter) Lonely days lonely nights Hoping thing’s gonna turn out right You had me hanging on a string For you I did most anything You don’t give me no ...
- The Truth, The Whole Truth, Nuthin' But The Truth
(Ian Hunter) Lonely days lonely nights Hoping thing's gonna turn out right You had me hanging on a string For you I did most anything You don't give me no The ...
- Theatre Of The Absurd
(ian hunter) My tea turned seven shades darker As I sit ’n’ write these words And london’s gettin’ paler In my theatre of the absurd. You figured for a...
- To Love A Woman
(ian hunter) To love a woman Lost and lonely through the night My baby doesn’t hear me right Cross my heart and hope to die The words won’t come although I...