Still... you turn me on

[Oeditpus Rex]

Do you want to be an angel
Do you want to be a star
Do you want to play some magic on my guitar
Do you want to be a poet
Do you want to be my string
You could be anything
Do you want to be the lover of another
Undercover
You could even be the man on the moon

Do you want to be the player
Do you want to be the string
Let me just tell you something
It just don’t mean a thing
You see it really doesn’t matter
When you’re buried in disguise
By the dark glass on your eyes
Though your flesh has crystalised
Still... you turn me on

Do you want to be the pillow where I lay my head
Do you want to be the feathers lying in my bed
Do you want to be a colour cover magazine
Create a scene
Every day a little sadder
A little madder
Someone get me a ladder

Do you want to be the singer
Do you want to be the song
Let me tell you something
You just couldn’t be more wrong
You see I really have to tell you
That it all gets so intense
From my experience
It just doesn’t seem to make sense
Still... you turn me on

[KitchenWitch]

1. Hey!

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Alfalfa!

:hi:

[loosecannon]

3. ELP..Whoohoo.

Great Song!!!

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. Great album

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[loosecannon]

5. Thank you and yes. Most were good.

I liked the live version also.

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Benny was the bouncer

at the Palais de Dance
'e'd slash yer granny's face up, given 'alf a chance
'e'd' sell you back the pieces, all for less than 'alf a quid

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Great lyrics, my dear Oeditpus Rex!

Who sang/wrote them?

:loveya: :hug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Emerson, Lake and Palmer

From "Brain Salad Surgery" (1973)

Greg Lake wrote most of their stuff, sometimes with Keith Emerson.

Here's a seasonal one:


They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on Earth
But instead it just kept on raining
A veil of tears for the Virgin's birth
I remember one Christmas morning
A winters light and a distant choir
And the peal of a bell and that Christmas Tree smell
And their eyes full of tinsel and fire

They sold me a dream of Christmas
They sold me a Silent Night
And they told me a fairy story
'Till I believed in the Israelite
And I believed in Father Christmas
And I looked at the sky with excited eyes
'Till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn
And I saw him and through his disguise

I wish you a hopeful Christmas
I wish you a brave New Year
All anguish pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear
They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on Earth
Hallelujah Noel be it Heaven or Hell
The Christmas you get you deserve

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. I thank you!

MORE wonderful lyrics.....wow.....

:loveya: :hug:

[SeattleGirl]

13. I love this Christmas song!

It's on a tape an old boyfriend made for me over 20 years ago, and I still play the thing every year. Thanks for posting the lyrics to both these songs. :loveya:

[NMMNG]

8. I don't recognize it, but I like the lyrics

:hi:

[hfojvt]

11. this is supposed to be an earworm?

I have never heard it, although I may have heard a couple Emerson, Lake and Palmer songs,

[Dangerously Amused]

12. ...

Do you want to be an angel
I'm a bitch.

Do you want to be a star
I'm a lover.

Do you want to play some magic on my guitar
I'm a child.

Do you want to be a poet
I'm a mother.

Do you want to be my string
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint.

You could be anything
I do not feel ashamed.

Do you want to be the lover of another undercover
I'm you hell, I'm your dream; I'm nothing in between.

You could even be the man on the moon
You know you wouldn't want it any other way.