Alice-Mott The Hoople

[ti:Alice] [ar:Mott The Hoople] [al:The Essential] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.00]Alice - Mott The Hoople [00:17.27]Now Alice needed money I put $10 on the breeze [00:21.26]As the wind died away she sank way below her knees [00:25.30]And as a hurricane passed by [00:27.76]She clutched the money from the sky [00:29.81]She must have been at least a fathom high [00:32.88] [00:33.87]She works the 42nd beat on 42nd street [00:37.45] [00:37.97]With all her golden ambitions [00:39.95]And dead rhinestones in her feet [00:42.25]And when a stranger said she sucked [00:44.18]She just smiled believing luck [00:46.41]As she climed into his truck to make a buck [00:49.31] [00:51.24]Oh my god she's running round the trees [00:54.97] [00:55.52]Said she couldn't touch them [00:57.10]Because they're so real [01:01.70] [01:02.35]Alice you remind me of Manhattan [01:05.81]The seedy and the snaz [01:07.75]The shoeboys and the satins [01:09.67]Like a throne made of gilt [01:12.23]That too many johns have sat in [01:14.12]Oh I got my eyes on you [01:18.03] [01:22.65]Now keep a watch on your watch [01:24.80]And a watch on her watch [01:26.80]'Cause if you ain't too careful [01:29.16]He's gonna kick you in the crotch [01:31.36]And you're out in the cold [01:33.59]And you know that you've been rolled [01:35.66]And the cops don't even stop and you feel old [01:38.75] [01:39.85]See Alice really liked you [01:42.08]But you stayed a while too long [01:44.14]Now she wants you to forget it [01:46.10]And come back before too long [01:48.14]But make it quick if you could [01:49.76]She's gonna star in Hollywood [01:52.58]The producer seems to think she's kinda good [01:55.65] [01:57.35]Me and my camera eyes sitting on a fence [02:01.26]Laughing at the lights of New York City [02:07.14] [02:07.76]Alice you remind of Manhattan [02:10.13] [02:11.41]The seedy and snaz the shoeboys and the satins [02:15.12]Like a throne made of gilt [02:17.18]That too many johns have sat in [02:20.00]Oh just come over [02:23.67] [02:59.49]ROLL UP [03:00.11]See Alice on the palace [03:01.60]Where her name adorns the boards [03:04.08]Ain't no flash in her Cannes [03:05.69]She got the willpower of a horse [03:08.04]And it's a long way to Broadway from a 42nd lay [03:12.26]Or is it really just a couple of blocks away [03:15.75] [03:16.33]Now I wonder if she wonders [03:18.23]If I wonder if she wonders [03:20.36]About the times I put her down [03:22.39]When she seemed to be right under [03:24.65]She told me morals are traditions [03:26.46]Contradictions superstitions [03:28.84]See Alice is always based on split decisions [03:31.74] [03:33.47]Me and my stupidity sittin' on a fence [03:37.20]And digging what I thought was New York City [03:41.48] [03:43.22]Oh Alice you remind me of Manhattan [03:47.53]The seedy and snaz the shoeboys and the satins [03:51.49]Like a throne made of gilt [03:53.67]That too many johns have sat in [03:55.60]Oh I like you [03:59.40]Yeah Alice the lights were meant for you [04:03.14] [04:03.90]Your weaknesses successful [04:05.51]And your selfishness the clue [04:07.88]You gotta lose what you get [04:09.47]And for what you get you lose [04:11.43]Oh I know it [04:14.50] [04:15.70]Oh Alice don't stop and think a minute [04:19.46]Or your brain is gonna get ya [04:21.42]Drop your heart right in it [04:23.44] [04:23.95]And you're a shooting star [04:25.57]And you'll die if you don't win it [04:27.70] [04:29.88]Yeah [04:30.98] [05:02.30]You didn't make the book [05:03.80]