Alice-Mott The Hoople

[ti:Alice] [ar:Mott The Hoople] [al:The Essential] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Alice - Mott The Hoople [00:17.34]Now Alice needed money I put $10 on the breeze [00:21.34]As the wind died away she sank way below her knees [00:25.38]And as a hurricane passed by [00:27.84]She clutched the money from the sky [00:29.89]She must have been at least a fathom high [00:32.96] [00:33.95]She works the 42nd beat on 42nd street [00:37.53] [00:38.05]With all her golden ambitions [00:40.03]And dead rhinestones in her feet [00:42.33]And when a stranger said she sucked [00:44.26]She just smiled believing luck [00:46.49]As she climed into his truck to make a buck [00:49.39] [00:51.32]Oh my god she's running round the trees [00:55.05] [00:55.60]Said she couldn't touch them [00:57.18]Because they're so real [01:01.78] [01:02.43]Alice you remind me of Manhattan [01:05.89]The seedy and the snaz [01:07.83]The shoeboys and the satins [01:09.75]Like a throne made of gilt [01:12.31]That too many johns have sat in [01:14.20]Oh I got my eyes on you [01:18.11] [01:22.73]Now keep a watch on your watch [01:24.88]And a watch on her watch [01:26.87]'Cause if you ain't too careful [01:29.24]He's gonna kick you in the crotch [01:31.44]And you're out in the cold [01:33.67]And you know that you've been rolled [01:35.74]And the cops don't even stop and you feel old [01:38.83] [01:39.93]See Alice really liked you [01:42.16]But you stayed a while too long [01:44.22]Now she wants you to forget it [01:46.18]And come back before too long [01:48.22]But make it quick if you could [01:49.84]She's gonna star in Hollywood [01:52.66]The producer seems to think she's kinda good [01:55.73] [01:57.43]Me and my camera eyes sitting on a fence [02:01.33]Laughing at the lights of New York City [02:07.22] [02:07.84]Alice you remind of Manhattan [02:10.21] [02:11.49]The seedy and snaz the shoeboys and the satins [02:15.20]Like a throne made of gilt [02:17.26]That too many johns have sat in [02:20.08]Oh just come over [02:23.75] [02:59.57]ROLL UP [03:00.19]See Alice on the palace [03:01.68]Where her name adorns the boards [03:04.16]Ain't no flash in her Cannes [03:05.76]She got the willpower of a horse [03:08.12]And it's a long way to Broadway from a 42nd lay [03:12.34]Or is it really just a couple of blocks away [03:15.83] [03:16.41]Now I wonder if she wonders [03:18.31]If I wonder if she wonders [03:20.44]About the times I put her down [03:22.47]When she seemed to be right under [03:24.73]She told me morals are traditions [03:26.54]Contradictions superstitions [03:28.92]See Alice is always based on split decisions [03:31.82] [03:33.55]Me and my stupidity sittin' on a fence [03:37.28]And digging what I thought was New York City [03:41.55] [03:43.30]Oh Alice you remind me of Manhattan [03:47.61]The seedy and snaz the shoeboys and the satins [03:51.57]Like a throne made of gilt [03:53.75]That too many johns have sat in [03:55.68]Oh I like you [03:59.48]Yeah Alice the lights were meant for you [04:03.22] [04:03.98]Your weaknesses successful [04:05.59]And your selfishness the clue [04:07.96]You gotta lose what you get [04:09.55]And for what you get you lose [04:11.51]Oh I know it [04:14.58] [04:15.78]Oh Alice don't stop and think a minute [04:19.54]Or your brain is gonna get ya [04:21.49]Drop your heart right in it [04:23.51] [04:24.02]And you're a shooting star [04:25.64]And you'll die if you don't win it [04:27.78] [04:29.96]Yeah [04:31.06] [05:02.38]You didn't make the book