Big Star
Nobody Can Dance - Lyrics
Alex Chilton - Vocals/Guitar
Jody Stephens - Drums/Vocals
John Lightman - Bass/Vocals

Recorded: 3/1974 (Ultrasonic Studios, N.Y.) &
5/1974 (Overton Park, Memphis, TN)
CD Release: 3/16/1999 (Norton)
Tracks 9-15 Engineered by Kenny Smith
Produced by Big Star

Tracks 1-8 Tracks 9-15

"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

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

Said you wouldn't
Yeah tell the truth now
Don't cross me babe

"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
And I can't find the lines

You know I love you a lot
I just don't know, should I or not
Waiting for a brighter day
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

Baby, I'm too afraid
I just don't know if it's ok
Trying to get away
From everything

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

"O MY SOUL"
(Chilton)

O my soul mama
I lose control
Go ahead and sing if you wanna
And I'll never know
Well come on
You know it's all right
We've got all night

You're driving me mad now
You shouldn't do that
Gotta get enough
Drink till we drop

I can't get a license
To drive my car
But, I don't really need it
If I'm a big star

Trying to see you
I knock off your doors
Dying to see you
I'm down on the floor

You're really a nice girl
And I think you're the most
And when we're together
I feel like a boss

Never you mind
Go on and have a good time

"MOD LANG"
(*Chilton*/Rosebrough)

I can't be satisfied
What you want me to do
So I moan, had to leave my home

Love my girl ooh yeh
She got to save my soul
I want a witness, I want to testify

How long can this go on

All night long I was howling
I was a barking dog

"SHE'S A MOVER"
(Chilton)

She don't believe anything
She can dance oh now all night
So wild, she's a mover
She's so wild

Draggin, fast we go
Ooh I dig speed so good
Destroy ya in the cruiser
And destroy ya

Shanae was Marsha
Marsha, Renee
She look like a dove now
And when she smile like crocodile

She tells the man to go to hell
And where that's at is where I'm coming from
So wild
Ooh she's a mover

She like devil you know
She finds herself in Catholic school
So wild, she's a mover
she's so wild, she's a mover

"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
Even though I 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

"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

"YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE"
(Chilton)

Try to understand what I'm going through
Don't blame me for what folks will do
For some of us it's not a good time
But, you're going to get choosed to
And you'd better resign yourself

You get what you deserve
You ought to find out what it's worth
And you've gotta have a lotta nerve.

You just do what pleases you
Go on and sigh out every move
You gonna get placed in a scene
All God's orphans give face in the dream now

Too bad such a drag
so much pain down the drain
and a lot of us ain't got many friends


"BABY STRANGE"
(Marc Bolan)

I see you walking, I see you talking
With all of my friends
I'm shadowed under, you're like some thunder
Wanna be your friend

I wanna call ya, I wanna ball ya
All night long
In whims of passion, my whip is lashin'
I wanna get you and then

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

The city's shakin', I ain't fakin'
Baby this is the end
I'm overloaded, my head exploded
I wanna get you and then

"MOD LANG"
(*Chilton*/Rosebrough)

I can't be satisfied
What you want me to do
So I moan, had to leave my home

Love my girl ooh yeh
Got to save my soul
I want a witness, I want to testify

How long can this go on

All night long I was howling
I was a barking dog

"YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE"
(Chilton)

Try to understand what I'm going through
Don't blame me for what folks will do
For some of us it's not a good time
But, you're going to get choosed to
And you'd better resign yourself

You get what you deserve
You ought to find out what it's worth
And you've gotta have a lotta nerve.

You just do what pleases you
Go on and sigh out every move
You gonna get placed in a scene
All God's orphans give face in a dream now

Too bad such a drag
so much pain down the drain
and a lot of us ain't got many friends

Try to understand what I'm going through
Don't blame me for what fucks will do
For some of us it's not a good time
But, you're going to get choosed to
And you'd better resign yourself

"THE LETTER"
(Thompson)

Give me a ticket for an airplane
Ain't got time to take no fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm going home
My baby just wrote me a letter

I don't care how much money I got to spend
Got to get back to my baby again
Lonely days are gone, I'm going home
My baby just wrote me a letter

She wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen Mister, can't you see
Got to get back to my baby once more
Anyway

"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
Even though I 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

"WAY OUT WEST"
(Hummel)

She's a schemer and she makes me mad
But I love her a lot, those lonely nights
I was in a big room, playing my things
Oh, I wish she were here, she 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

"O MY SOUL"
(Chilton)

O my soul mama
I lose control
Go ahead and sing if you wanna
And I'll never know
Well come on
You know it's all right
We've got all night

You're driving me mad now
You shouldn't do that
Gonna going to get enough
Drink till we drop

You're really a nice girl
And I think you're the most
And when we're together
I feel like a boss

Trying to see you
I knock off your doors
Dying to see you
I'm down on the floor

I can't get a license
To drive my car
But, I don't really need it
If I'm a big star

Never you mind
Go on and have a good time

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