Alice-Mott The Hoople

[ti:Alice] [ar:Mott The Hoople] [al:The Essential] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Alice - Mott The Hoople [00:17.49]Now Alice needed money I put $10 on the breeze [00:21.49]As the wind died away she sank way below her knees [00:25.53]And as a hurricane passed by [00:27.99]She clutched the money from the sky [00:30.03]She must have been at least a fathom high [00:33.10] [00:34.09]She works the 42nd beat on 42nd street [00:37.67] [00:38.19]With all her golden ambitions [00:40.17]And dead rhinestones in her feet [00:42.47]And when a stranger said she sucked [00:44.40]She just smiled believing luck [00:46.63]As she climed into his truck to make a buck [00:49.53] [00:51.46]Oh my god she's running round the trees [00:55.20] [00:55.75]Said she couldn't touch them [00:57.33]Because they're so real [01:01.93] [01:02.58]Alice you remind me of Manhattan [01:06.04]The seedy and the snaz [01:07.98]The shoeboys and the satins [01:09.89]Like a throne made of gilt [01:12.45]That too many johns have sat in [01:14.34]Oh I got my eyes on you [01:18.25] [01:22.87]Now keep a watch on your watch [01:25.02]And a watch on her watch [01:27.02]'Cause if you ain't too careful [01:29.39]He's gonna kick you in the crotch [01:31.59]And you're out in the cold [01:33.82]And you know that you've been rolled [01:35.89]And the cops don't even stop and you feel old [01:38.98] [01:40.08]See Alice really liked you [01:42.30]But you stayed a while too long [01:44.36]Now she wants you to forget it [01:46.32]And come back before too long [01:48.36]But make it quick if you could [01:49.98]She's gonna star in Hollywood [01:52.80]The producer seems to think she's kinda good [01:55.87] [01:57.57]Me and my camera eyes sitting on a fence [02:01.48]Laughing at the lights of New York City [02:07.37] [02:07.99]Alice you remind of Manhattan [02:10.36] [02:11.64]The seedy and snaz the shoeboys and the satins [02:15.34]Like a throne made of gilt [02:17.40]That too many johns have sat in [02:20.22]Oh just come over [02:23.89] [02:59.71]ROLL UP [03:00.33]See Alice on the palace [03:01.82]Where her name adorns the boards [03:04.30]Ain't no flash in her Cannes [03:05.91]She got the willpower of a horse [03:08.27]And it's a long way to Broadway from a 42nd lay [03:12.49]Or is it really just a couple of blocks away [03:15.98] [03:16.56]Now I wonder if she wonders [03:18.46]If I wonder if she wonders [03:20.59]About the times I put her down [03:22.61]When she seemed to be right under [03:24.87]She told me morals are traditions [03:26.68]Contradictions superstitions [03:29.06]See Alice is always based on split decisions [03:31.96] [03:33.69]Me and my stupidity sittin' on a fence [03:37.42]And digging what I thought was New York City [03:41.70] [03:43.45]Oh Alice you remind me of Manhattan [03:47.76]The seedy and snaz the shoeboys and the satins [03:51.72]Like a throne made of gilt [03:53.90]That too many johns have sat in [03:55.83]Oh I like you [03:59.63]Yeah Alice the lights were meant for you [04:03.37] [04:04.13]Your weaknesses successful [04:05.73]And your selfishness the clue [04:08.10]You gotta lose what you get [04:09.69]And for what you get you lose [04:11.65]Oh I know it [04:14.72] [04:15.92]Oh Alice don't stop and think a minute [04:19.68]Or your brain is gonna get ya [04:21.64]Drop your heart right in it [04:23.66] [04:24.17]And you're a shooting star [04:25.79]And you'll die if you don't win it [04:27.93] [04:30.11]Yeah [04:31.21] [05:02.53]You didn't make the book