Ego Boogie

A dead man's hand and a circus fool
My pretty little girl who just left school
Shelves of cheap books and piles of plates
All „too earlies” and all „too lates”
Pretty little skirt and pretty boots
Let's go dancing, c'mon hit the blues
Tell your momma you're a big girl now
Tell your poppa that you're going out
On your ego boogie
Ego boogie

Well you think I'm your reflection and a mirror by your side
But I'm a fierce burning flame, you're the lady in white

Sitting in the sun, waiting for the train
Looking at your watch, yeah the ticking is insane
Stardust falling on your pretty hair
Changing their color, making people stare
Wayward attractions, reefer in your mouth
Hitching up your skirt for the wind in the south
Riding on that wind is your man in black
Yeah your savior and your killer, I am never ever late
For your ego boogie
Ego boogie

You say the tide's too high for a pretty little girl
But I go jumping through the ring and you follow like a swirl

„Smokestack Lightning'”, „Avalon Blues”
Old-time favorites way better than the news
Smoky bars, winos and whores
Dancing on the sidewalk, you should powder up your nose
Counting up the hours still remaining to the dawn
Laughing in the moonlight, laying naked on the lawn
Then a bottle was smashed and the other was too
Oh, the wine we wasted and the things we knew
Ego boogie
Ego boogie

Someone's getting in our way, someone's stealing our ride
If you wanna keep your face, motherfucker, step aside

Feathered boys, colored girls
Uptown spleen, downtown thrills
No more buskers playing in the streets
No more hatchets buried in the deep
No more hippies at the Citadel
We are hidden in a casket going straight to hell
Too young to lose but too old to win
We are caught in the middle, living in the between
Ego boogie
Ego boogie

Well we surely had our chances but the moon wasn't full
So we couldn't make a choice and we decided to burn

No more fairies and their magic spells
No more tricks that the cards can't tell
Roller on the left, rocker on the right
Leather in the middle, mama hold me tight
I need some peace, I'm gonna find it in you
Lay by your side if you let me to
I ain't asking for your company
I'm just asking for your body, wanna have it for free
Ego boogie
Ego boogie

Well the title of his record's saying „Rock'n'roll is dead”
C'mon, motherfucker, I will smash your head

Never mind the rant, acid went out
No need to twist and no need to shout
Put on The Dead in the morning sun
Put on your boots, make sure the dancing's done
Trying to write some poems, trying to sell your soul
I tell you something bro, you've ran out of alcohol
What you're gonna do, all the stores are closed
No more stairways to heaven, no more hammers of the gods
Ego boogie
Ego boogie

I'm not feeling quite right, in fact I'm feeling quite bad
Oh you crazy little woman, I see you're bleeding to death