Alice-Mott The Hoople

[ti:Alice] [ar:Mott The Hoople] [al:The Hoople] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.31]Alice - Mott The Hoople [00:01.17] [00:16.89]Now Alice needed money [00:18.51]I put 10 dollars on the breeze [00:20.43] [00:20.99]As the wind died away [00:22.80]She sank way below her knees [00:25.19]And as a hurricane passed by [00:26.91] [00:27.47]She clutched the money from the sky [00:29.75]She must have been at least a fathom high [00:32.43] [00:33.68]She works the 42nd beat on 42nd street [00:37.24] [00:37.79]With all her golden ambitions [00:40.15]And dead rhinestones in her feet [00:42.24]Wnd when a stranger said she sucked [00:44.17]She just smiled believing luck [00:46.45]Ws she climed into his truck to make a buck [00:49.17] [00:50.92]Oh my god she's running round the trees [00:54.54] [00:55.29]Said she couldn't touch them [00:57.08]Because they're so real [01:00.55] [01:01.87]Alice you remind me of Manhattan [01:05.02] [01:05.84]The seedy and the snaz [01:07.10] [01:07.72]The shoeboys and the satins [01:09.82]Like a throne made of gilt [01:11.67]That too many johns have sat in [01:13.53] [01:14.09]Oh I got my eyes on you [01:17.56] [01:22.27]Now keep a watch on your watch [01:24.45]And a watch on her watch [01:26.64]'Cause if you ain't too careful [01:28.75]He's gonna kick you in the crotch [01:31.23]And you're out in the cold [01:33.06]And you know that you've been rolled [01:34.86] [01:35.37]And the cops don't even stop and you feel old [01:38.33] [01:39.43]See Alice really liked you [01:41.71]But you stayed a while too long [01:43.31] [01:43.90]Now she wants you to forget it [01:45.69]And come back before too long [01:47.74]But make it quick if you could [01:49.48]She's gonna star in Hollywood [01:51.93]The producer seems to think [01:53.19] [01:54.02]She's kinda good [01:54.94] [01:56.86]Me and my camera eyes sitting on a fence [02:00.39] [02:01.08]Laughing at the lights of New York City [02:06.70] [02:07.35]Alice you remind of Manhattan [02:11.08]The seedy and snaz the shoeboys and the satins [02:15.08]Like a throne made of gilt [02:16.95]That too many johns have sat in [02:19.27] [02:19.78]Oh just come over [02:23.20] [02:58.68]Roll up [02:59.57]See Alice on the palace [03:01.15]Where her name adorns the boards [03:03.54]Ain't no flash in her Cannes [03:05.31]She got the willpower of a horse [03:07.44]And it's a long way to Broadway from a 42nd lay [03:11.22] [03:11.92]Or is it really just a couple of blocks away [03:14.90] [03:15.64]Now I wonder if she wonders [03:17.72]If I wonder if she wonders [03:19.39] [03:19.92]About the times I put her down [03:21.56]When she seemed to be right under [03:24.11]She told me morals are traditions [03:26.02]Contradictions superstitions [03:27.59] [03:28.31]See Alice is always based on split decisions [03:31.07] [03:32.66]Me and my stupidity sittin' on a fence [03:36.49]And digging what I thought was New York City [03:41.04] [03:42.45]Oh Alice you remind me of Manhattan [03:46.67]The seedy and snaz the shoeboys and the satins [03:50.28] [03:50.81]Like a throne made of gilt [03:52.79]That too many johns have sat in [03:55.08]Oh I like you [03:57.55] [03:58.97]Yeah Alice the lights were meant for you [04:02.55] [04:03.10]Your weaknesses successful [04:05.06]And your selfishness the clue [04:06.50] [04:07.05]You gotta lose what you get [04:08.81]And for what you get you lose [04:10.33] [04:10.99]Oh I know it [04:13.58] [04:14.78]Oh Alice don't stop and think a minute [04:18.94]Or your brain is gonna get ya [04:20.99]Drop your heart right in it [04:22.52] [04:23.11]And you're a shooting star [04:24.92]And you'll die if you don't win it [04:27.09] [04:29.06]Yeah [04:31.17]You didn't make the book [04:34.11] [04:46.63]You didn't make the book [04:50.23] [05:02.74]You didn't make the book