As I walked through that hospital door
I was sewn up like a coat.
I got a smile from the bite of the wind.
Watched the fresh fall of snow.
I knew then that my life took turn.
I felt strong and secure.
And with adhesive tape over my nose,
I felt almost demure.
Goodbye, Sister Disco
With your flashing trash lamps.
Goodbye, Sister Disco
And to your clubs and your Tramps.
Goodbye, Sister Disco
My dancing's left you behind.
Goodbye, now you're solo
Black plastic, deaf, dumb and blind
Bye, goodbye, Sister Disco
Now I go,
I go where the music fits my soul.
And I,
I will never let go
I'll never let go
Till the echo of the street fight
Has dissolved.
I will chase nightmares and cold stormy seas.
I will take over your grief and disease.
I'll stay beside you and comfort your soul
When you are lonely and broken and old.
Now I walk with a man in my face
A woman in my hair.
I've got you all looking out through my eyes.
My feet are a prayer.
Goodbye, Sister Disco
With your flashing trash lamps.
Goodbye, Sister Disco
And to your clubs and your Tramps.
Deep in the back of my mind
Is an unrealized sound
Every feeling I get from the street
Says it soon could be found
When I hear the cold lies of the pusher
I know it exists
It's confirmed in the eyes of the kids
Emphasized with their fists
But the high has to rise from the low
Like volcanoes explode through the snow
The mosquito's sting brings a dream
But the poisons derange
The music must change
For we're chewing a bone
We soar like the sparrow hawk flies
Then we drop like a stone
Like the tide and the waves
Growing slowly in range
Crushing mountains as old as the earth
So the music must change
Change!
Sometimes at night I wake up
And my body's like ice
The sound of the running wild stallion
The noise of the mice
And I wondered if then I could hear into all of your dreams
I realize now it was really the sound of your screams
But death always leads into life
Like the street-fighter swallows the knife
Am I so crazy to feel that its here pre-arranged?
The music must change
It gets higher and higher
Smoldering like leaves in the sun
Then it bursts into fire
Its rhythm grows strong
It's so new and so strange
Like bells in the clouds then again
The music must change
Change!
But is this song so different?
Am I doing it all again?
It may have been done before?
But the music's an open door
Deep in the back of my mind
Is an unrealized sound
Every feeling I get from the street
Says it soon could be found
When I hear the cold lies of the pusher
I know it exists
It's confirmed in the eyes of the kids
Emphasized with their fists
But the high has to rise from the low
Like volcanoes explode through the snow
The mosquito's sting brings a dream
But the poisons derange
The music must change
For we're chewing a bone
We soared like the sparrow-hawk flies
Then we dropped like a stone
Like the tide and the waves
Growing slowly in range
Crushing mountains as old as the earth
The music must change!
Wide awake in the middle of the night
I wonder how she's feeling
Is it just a trick of the light
Or is the ceiling peeling?
She's sitting up in bed
Shaking her head
At a copy of "True Confessions"
Ooh, it must seem like a fairy tale
To a woman of her profession
But was I alright? (Was I alright?)
Did I take you to the height of ecstasy
Was I alright? (Was I alright?)
Did a shadow of emotion cross your face
Or was it just another trick of the light?
Was I alright? (Was I alright?)
Did I take you to the height of ecstasy?
Was I alright? (Was I alright?)
Did a shadow of emotion cross your face
Or was it just another trick of the light?
So tell me,
What's a nice girl like you
Doing in a place like this?
They don't make girls like you no more
And I'd like to get to know you
On closer terms than this
But I guess you've heard it all before, ain't ya?
Lady of the night
Won't you steal away with me?
Lady of the night
Won't you steal away with me?
Her money's lying on the floor
She looks at me, shakes her head and sighs
Out of time, out the door
Red light shinin' on my eyes
But was I alright? (Was I alright?)
Did I take you to the height of ecstasy
Was I alright? (Was I alright?)
Did a shadow of emotion cross your face, alright?
But was I alright?
Was I alright, etc.