From Tanx (1973) by T. Rex

Tenement Lady (Bolan) - 2:55

Ow!

Tenement lady, stone drug mama, street hawk stone heart,
Mind that swiftly falls apart,
Sudden Sid groove lid, sharp as the dark park, pickle pump peeper,
Mind that swiftly falls apart.

Count lurch hearse head, prince of the snick snacks
Got a pierced ear mind fear, of the sailors with their perfume,
Molly mouse dream talk, gin house milk shake,
She steals my magazines, she's a laser lipped lover yeah!

Repeat 1st verse

Oh my darling there are many ways to, love you
Underneath sheets of silk I slyly peep at you,
The giants and the dwarfs all call the same, Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Oh my darling there are many ways to view you,
To me your almost like a hammer and screw,
People on the street call out your name,
The giants and the dwarfs all call the same, Oh yeah, oh yeah oh.

Rapids (Bolan) - 2:48

Your mama said, "clean out your head boy, don't lay nothing on my child"
Your friends they said, "Your heads in a noose boy lay some boogie on our minds"
And we stood like the rapids and I was like a new born child.

Your father said, "clean out your head boy, go and kick cans along the street"
Your father said "clean out your toes rose and go and lick some uncooked meat'
And we stood like the rapids and I was like a new born child.

Your mama said, "my babe is not free son, but I'm loose about midnight'
Your father said, "Your sisters a groove boy, what I said it just ain't right"
But then I stood like the rapids and I was like a new born child.
Won't you tell me why?

Mister Mister (Bolan) - 3:29

Mister mister mister I'm just looking for a change in my luck,
Mister mister mister I'm just looking for a change in my luck,
Looking for a change. Baby baby baby I'm just looking with my eye to the sky,

Baby baby baby I'm just looking with my eye to the sky With my eye to the sky.*
Looking, I'm gonna keep on looking babe
Keep on looking, I'm gonna keep on looking babe, for a change.

Sister sister sister I'm just looking for a change in my love,
Sister sister sister I'm just looking for a change in my love, Looking for a change.

*Repeat

Looking, I'm gonna keep on looking babe,
Keep on looking, I'm gonna keep on looking babe,
Looking I'm gonna keep on looking babe,
Keep on looking, I'm gonna keep on looking babe,

Dee-dee bom bom, de-de bom bom, dee-dee bom bom

*'*Repeat until fade.

Broken Hearted Blues (Bolan) - 2:02

This is a song, that I wrote when I was young,
And I call it, the broken hearted blues,
The air on that night, was tempered like a knife,
And the people wore the face masks of a clown,
Don he was long, misshapen and forlorn, And his woman ran away without a smile.
Days of the earth, are unbroken changeless turf,
But the faces of the men are something else.
In the wind, as a boy, was a spacious sexual toy,
But baby, now he's a toothless baggy man,
When the hills of the sun, make you feel that you are young,
Get good now, and face your face into the wind.
This is a song, that I wrote when I was young,
And I called it the broken hearted blues.

Shock Rock (Bolan) - 1:43

Oh baby, pretty baby, oh baby your my girl,
Oh baby, pretty baby, oh baby your my, your my girl

If you know how to rock, you don't have to shock,
If you know how to rock, you don't have to shock.

*Repeat
**Repeat

If you know how to rock
You don't have to shock.

***Repeat

Country Honey (Bolan) - 1:47

Take me down to the country honey,
Take me down to the country honey,
In a jeep that's sweet,
In a jeep that's neat,
Take me down to the country honey.

Take me down to the sea-side baby,
Take me down to the sea-side baby,
In a jeep that's neat,
In a jeep that's sweet,
Take me down to the country honey.

Electric Slim and the Factory Hen (Bolan) - 3:03

On the street, people call you a foxy girl,
Me, I'm loose, like a golden goose, you can have my juice.

Steady on soldier, watch what your doing to my girl,
Steady on soldier, watch what your doing to my girl.

Electric slim, and the factory hen man, they ain't my kind,
At dead of night, like a fiery kite, you've been on my mind.

*Repeat

Frozen feet on a winter street, man that ain't your fate,
Greased in the sun, California fun, man that's more my style

*Repeat
**Repeat

Mad Donna (Bolan) - 2:16

I'm a foxy man, don't you understand,
Would take a rocket ship, to let me get my thighs on you.
I'm gonna change Mad Donna, I'm gonna change Mad Donna,
I'm gonna change Mad Donna, for you. In a coach of blue I'm gonna love you too,
Like the gods of old, I'm gonna get my teeth into you.
I'm gonna change Mad Donna, I'm gonna change Mad Donna,
I'm gonna change Mad Donna for you. I'm gonna change.
I'm a foxy man, don't you understand,
Like the gods of old, I'm gonna get my mouth on you.
I'm gonna change Mad Donna, I'm gonna change Mad Donna,
I'm gonna change Mad Donna for you,
I'm gonna change Mad Donna, I'm gonna change Mad Donna,
I'm gonna change Mad Donna for you,
I'm gonna change Mad Donna, I'm gonna change Mad Donna,
I'm gonna change Mad Donna for you.

Born to Boogie (Bolan) - 2:04

Baby baby I was born to boogie,
Baby baby l was born to boogie,
Spend some time with you, I wanna do all I wanna do.*

Baby baby I was born a motivation,
Baby baby l was born a motivation,
Spend some time with you, l wanna do all I wanna do.

Boogie children, uh ah,
Boogie children, uh ah,
Boogie children, uh ah,
Boogie children, uh ah,

*Repeat
**Repeat
**Repeat

Life Is Strange (Bolan) - 2:30

Strange, life is strange, life is strange,
Oh life is strange.

O god, life is strange,
People come and people go,
Some move fast and some move slow,
No, no, no, no, no.

O god, life is good,
Some are fat and some are thin,
Some don't even ask you how you've been,
No, no, no, no, no.
Strange, life is strange, life is strange.
Oh life is strange.

O god, life is strange,
Some are fast and some are slow,
Some believe, me don't even know,
No, no, no, no, no.
Strange life is strange, life is strange.
Oh my life is strange.

*Repeat

Street and Babe Shadow (Bolan) - 2:18

Tiger Tim, the tightrope walker,
Tried to steal, the dragons daughter,
Babe, l do mean, babe.

Menace lurks in houses only,
Where the hearts are fat and bony,
Babe, I do mean babe.

Golden risks and follies rainbow,
Down the drain where all the time goes,
Babe, I do mean babe.

Frozen Joe the ballet boxer,
Chromed his toes to get his rocks off
Babe, I do mean babe.

All the rats and all the peacocks,
Built a ship and flew to Venus,
Babe, l do mean babe.

Pain is meat and meat is people,
Your heads a house, your soul the steeple,
Babe, I do mean babe.

Painted toes and purple earlobes,
Life's a gas but it's such a scene though,
Babe, l do mean babe.

Shake

Babe, I do mean babe,
L could tell you something,
I could tell you something,
Babe, I do mean babe.

Highway Knees (Bolan) - 2:34

She could have laid, could have stayed, on the highway,
I could have loved her, O yes I could.
Her children stayed, could have played, on the highway,
I could have known them. O yes I could.

On my knees I'm Begging please uh huh.

She could have laid, could have stayed, on the highway.
I could have loved her, O yes I could.

On my knees I'm begging please uh huh,
On my knees I'm begging please uh huh,
On my knees I'm begging please uh huh.

Left Hand Luke (Bolan) - 5:18

Call yourself friend, and look me in the eye,
I'll un-strap my knees an apologize, 'Cos I'm, left hand Luke and the beggar boys,
O yes we are.*

Ain't no neighbors, upon our hill,
'Crept slight thigh Be-bop and old gumbo Jill,
But I'm, left hand Luke and the beggar boys,
O yes we are.

Ain't nobody's some-one,
And it, hurts deep inside,
Just call us taxi mama and we'll take you for a ride,
'Cos we're, left hand Luke and the beggar boys.
O yes we are.

Wow.

Left hand Luke and the beggar boys,
O yes we are.

Myxomatosis is an animal's disease,
But I got so shook up mama that it ate away my knees,
And I'm left hand Luke and the beggar boys,
O yes we are.

Ain't had no money lord, but it's plain to see,
If you had some silver mister how much would you pay for me?
'Cos I'm, left hand Luke and the beggar boys, O yes we are.

*Repeat

No one's gonna fool me baby

Children of the Revolution [Bonus track] (Bolan) - 2:29

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Jitterbug Love [Bonus track] (Bolan) - 2:55

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Sunken Rags [Bonus track] (Bolan) - 2:52

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Solid Gold Easy Action [Bonus track] (Bolan) - 2:20

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Xmas Message [Bonus track] (Bolan) - 0:12

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20th Century Boy [Bonus track] (Bolan) - 3:39

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Free Angel [Bonus track] (Bolan) - 2:12

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