Alice-Mott the Hoople

[00:02.065] [00:17.267]Now Alice needed money. I put $10 on the breeze [00:21.160]As the wind died away, she sank way below her knees [00:25.522]And as a hurricane passed by, she clutched the money from the sky [00:30.119]She must have been at least a fathom high [00:34.001]She works the 42nd beat on 42nd street [00:38.156]With all her golden ambitions and dead rhinestones in her feet [00:42.569]And when a stranger said she sucked, she just smiled believing luck [00:46.723]As she climed into his truck, to make a buck [00:51.385]Oh my god, she's running round the trees [00:55.572]Said she couldn't touch them because they're so real [01:02.305]Alice you remind me of Manhattan [01:06.114]The seedy and the snaz, the shoeboys and the satins [01:10.089]Like a throne made of gilt that too many johns have sat in [01:14.666]Oh, I got my eyes on you [01:18.420] [01:22.801]Now keep a watch on your watch and a watch on her watch [01:27.184]Cause if you ain't too careful, he's gonna kick you in the crotch [01:31.790]And you're out in the cold and you know that you've been rolled [01:35.737]And the cops don't even stop, and you feel old [01:39.947]See, Alice really liked you, but you stayed a while too long [01:44.365]Now she wants you to forget it, and come back before too long [01:48.325]But make it quick if you could, she's gonna star in Hollywood [01:52.575]The producer seems to think she's kinda good [01:57.323]Me and my camera eyes sitting on a fence [02:01.628]Laughing at the lights of New York City [02:07.807]Alice you remind of Manhattan [02:11.655]The seedy and snaz, the shoeboys and the satins [02:15.731]Like a throne made of gilt that too many johns have sat in [02:20.249]Oh, just come over [02:24.244] [02:59.471]Roll up [03:00.360]See Alice on the palace where her name adorns the boards [03:04.176]Ain't no flash in her Cannes, she got the willpower of a horse [03:08.143]And it's a long way to Broadway from a 42nd lay [03:12.510]Or is it really just a couple of blocks away? [03:16.490]Now I wonder if she wonders if I wonder if she wonders [03:20.768]About the times I put her down when she seemed to be right under? [03:24.951]She told me morals are traditions, contradictions, superstitions [03:29.126]See Alice is always based on split decisions [03:33.199]Me and my stupidity sittin' on a fence [03:37.360]And digging what I thought was New York City [03:43.417]Oh Alice, you remind me of Manhattan [03:47.494]The seedy and snaz, the shoeboys and the satins [03:51.565]Like a throne made of gilt that too many johns have sat in [03:55.912]Oh, I like you [04:00.088]Yeah Alice, the lights were meant for you [04:03.998]Your weaknesses successful and your selfishness the clue [04:07.850]You gotta lose what you get and for what you get you lose [04:12.170]Oh, I know it [04:15.766]Oh Alice, don't stop and think a minute [04:19.873]Or your brain is gonna get ya, drop your heart right in it [04:23.882]And you're a shooting star and you'll die if you don't win it [04:30.077]Yeah [05:02.485]You didn't make the book [05:05.171]