Big Star
Columbia - Lyrics
Alex Chilton - Vocals/Guitar
Jody Stephens - Drums/Vocals
Jonathan Auer - Guitar/Vocals
Ken Stringfellow - Bass/Vocals

Recorded: 4/25/1993 (Columbia, Missouri)
CD Release: 10/7/1993 (Zoo/Volcano Records)
Produced by Jim Rondinelli

Tracks 1-7 Tracks 8-14

"IN THE STREET"
(Bell/Chilton)

Hanging out, down the street
The same old thing we did last week
Not a thing to do, but talk to you

Steal your car, and bring it down
Pick me up, we'll drive around
Wish we had a joint so bad

Bust a street light
Out past midnight

"DON'T LIE TO ME"
(Bell/Chilton)

Don't lie to me, don't lie to me
Don't lie to me, don't lie to me

I know where you been
And I know what you've been doing
Don't lie to me

Don't push me 'round, don't push me 'round
Don't push me 'round, don't push me 'round

I told my dad
And now I'm telling you
Don't push me 'round

Don't cross me babe, don't cross me babe
Don't cross me babe, don't cross me babe

Yeah, don't do it

"WHEN MY BABY'S BESIDE ME"
(Bell/*Chilton*)

Don't need to talk to my doctor
Don't need to talk to my shrink
Don't need to hide behind no locked doors
I don't need to think

'Cause when my baby's beside me, I don't worry
When my baby's beside me, All I know
When my baby's beside me, I don't worry
When my baby's beside me, All I know

Read all my books and talked about it
Listen to the radio
Been in school and dropped right out, baby
Tryin' to figure out what I didn't know

"I AM THE COSMOS"
(Bell)

Every night I tell myself
I am the cosmos, I am the wind
But that don't get you back again

Just when I was starting to feel ok
You're on the phone
I never wanna be alone

Never wanna be alone
Hate to have to take you home
Wanted too much to say "no, no"

My feelings always have been something
I couldn't hide, I can't confide
Don't know what's going on inside

I'd really like to see you again
Really wanna see you again
Never wanna see you again
Really wanna see you again

"THE BALLAD OF EL GOODO"
(Bell/*Chilton*)

Years ago, I was all set to live, oh yeah
And I've been trying hard against unbelievable odds
It gets so hard in times like now to hold on
But guns they wait to be stuck by, and at my side is God

And there ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round
Ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round

There's people around that tell you that they know
And places where they send you, and it's easy to go
They'll zip you up and dress you down and stand you in a row
But you know you don't have to, you can just say "no"

I've been built up and trusted, broke down and busted
But they'll get theirs and we'll get ours if we can
Just-a hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on

Years ago, you know, I was all set to go, baby
But I've been trying hard against strong odds
It gets so hard at times like now to hold on
But I know I'm gonna stand or fall
And I believe I'm gonna stand tall

"BACK OF A CAR"
(*Chilton*/Hummel)

Sitting in the back of a car
Music so loud, can't tell a thing
Thinkin' 'bout what to say
But I can't find the lines

You know I love you alot
I just don't know, should I or not
Waiting for a brighter day
But I can't find the way

I'll go on and on with you
Like to fall and lie with you
I'd love you too

Maybe I'm just afraid
I just don't know should I stay
Meant to get away
Didn't find the way

Why don't you take me home
It's gone too far inside this car
I know I'll feel a whole lot more
When I get alone

"WAY OUT WEST"
(Hummel)

She's a schemer and she makes me mad
But I love her alot, those lonely nights
I was in a big room, playing my things
Oh, I wish you were here, you can be so kind
When she's not trying to hide
She tries not to love me but she knows she can't

And why don't you come on back
From way out west
Love me, we can work out the rest

She thinks she's a mystery to all
But I know what's behind those eyes
Sometimes I think she'll make me forget
What I need most to remember
And then I'll slip on back
Even if they say it's better


"DAISY GLAZE"
(*Chilton*/Hummel/Stephens)

I'm drivin' alone, sad about you
Not goin' home, what's to do
You better not leave me here
Better not leave me here
Oh, I wish you're near
How could you leave me here
I lie in the stream, I'm floating fine
Receiving things in my beautiful mind
Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes
Lover, yeah I am, lover, you yes I am

Now we gonna go, gonna be where they are
Gonna dance in the bar, gonna fight on the floor
Faster than I can see

Now we gonna score, let's head for the door
who is this whore
Soon be back (soon we'll be) at the drag

And I'm thinking Christ
Nullify my life, nullify my life

You're gonna die, yes, you're gonna die
Right now
You're gonna die, yes, you're gonna cease
Oh yeah

"BABY STRANGE"
(Marc Bolan)

I see you walking, I see you talking
With all of my friends
In whims of passion, my whip is lashin'
I wanna get you and then

I wanna call ya, I wanna ball ya
All night long
I'm shadowed under, you're like the thunder
I think you're a friend

Ooo, you're strange
Don't lame me, baby strange
Don't lame me, baby

I'm overloaded, my head exploded
Wanna be your friend

"FOR YOU"
(Stephens)

Sometimes I can't help but worship you
I love you and all the things that you do
I thought I'd sit and write this song just for you
To let you know that I am thinking of you

When I come home so cold at night
You'll have the fireplace burning bright
Thoughts of how it's going to be
And how I'll spend those cold, cold nights
Warmed by you

And in these autumn days I wander through the leaves
Thinking of those winter nights I'll spend with you

"FEEL"
(*Bell*/Chilton)

Woman, what are you doing
You're driving me to ruin
The love that you've been stealing
Has given me a feeling

I feel like I'm dying
I'm never gonna live again
You just ain't been trying
It's getting very near the end

I feel like I'm dying
I feel like I'm dying

"SEPTEMBER GURLS"
(Chilton)

September gurls do so much
I was your butch and you were touched
I loved you, well, never mind
I've been crying all the time

December boys got it bad

September gurls, I don't know why
How can I deny what's inside
But even though I'll keep away
Maybe we'll love all our days

When I get to bed, late at night
That's the time she makes things right
Ooh when she makes love to me

"THANK YOU FRIENDS"
(Chilton)

Thank you, friends
Wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you
I'm so grateful
For all the things you helped me do

All the ladies and gentlemen
Who made this all so probable

Thank you, friends
I rejoice up to the skies
Dear ones like you, the best I do
As far as can see my eyes

All you ladies and gentlemen
Who made this all so probable

Without my friends I got chaos
I'm off in a bead of light.
Without my friends I'm swept up high by the wind

Thank you, friends (thank you, again)

"SLUT"
(Todd Rundgren)

See that girl, watch her dance
If I knew her name I wouldn't have to
Sit on my hands
If my mouth don't work, I get some help
And she don't mind if I don't keep
My hands to myself

You're allright
You put up such a good, clean fight
I'm afraid that you'll lose tonight
S.L.U.T.
She may be a slut, but, she looks good to me

You're so clean, so refined
You don't care to get messy
Just to have a good time
She's got baggy eyes and saggy thighs
But she loves me in a way
I can still recognize

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