Big Star
The Best Of - Lyrics
Chris Bell - Vocals/Guitars
Alex Chilton - Vocals/Guitars
Andy Hummel - Bass/Vocals
Jody Stephens - Drums/Vocals

CD Release: 1999 (Ace Records, ENG.)
Produced by Big Star

Tracks 1-7 Tracks 8-14

"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'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

"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
Listen to my radio
Been in school and dropped right out
Tryin' to find what I didn't know

"FEEL"
(*Bell*/Chilton)

Girlfriend, 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

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

Years ago, my heart was set to live, oh
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, 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 who 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 will get ours if you can
Just-a hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on

Years ago my heart was set to live, oh
But I've been trying hard against strong odds
It gets so hard at times like now to hold on
Well, I'll fall if I don't fight, and at my side is God

"O MY SOUL"
(Chilton)

O my soul mama
I lose control
Go ahead, sing if you wanna
And I'll never know
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

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
Yes, indeed

"WHAT'S GOING AHN"
(*Chilton*/Hummel)

I liked her face and oh, those eyes
She left today, oh, goodbye
And looking at you I'm drained outright
And isolated in the light

Don't resent everyone
Ever since I was young
I'm starting to understand
What's going ahn and how it's planned

I like love, but, I don't know
All these girls, they come and go
Always nothing left to say

Oh, no

"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


"THIRTEEN"
(Bell/*Chilton*)

Won't you let me walk you home from school
Won't you let me meet you at the pool
Maybe Friday I can
Get tickets for the dance
And I'll take you

Won't you tell your dad, "Get off my back"
Tell him what we said 'bout 'Paint It Black'
Rock 'n Roll is here to stay
Come inside where it's okay
And I'll shake you.

Won't you tell me what you're thinking of
Would you be an outlaw for my love
If it's so, well, let me know
If it's "no", well, I can go
I won't make you

"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

"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

Know I love you alot
I just don't know, should I or not
Waiting for a brighter day
And 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

"WATCH THE SUNRISE"
(Bell/*Chilton*)

I can feel it, now it's time
Open your eyes
Fears be gone, it won't be long
There's a light in the sky
It's okay to look outside
The day it will abide
And watch the sunrise

Sun, it shines on all of us
We are one in it's hands
Come inside and light my room
Like the heart of every man
It's okay to look outside
The day it will abide
And watch the sunrise

"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
Ooh, I want you here
How can you leave me here
I lie in the stream, I'm floating fine
Receiving things in my beautiful mind
Sometime drags, sometime, sometime, so sublime
Lover, yes I am, lover, you know I am

Now I'm in a bar, it's gotta be where they are
Gonna dance in the bar, they're gonna fight on the floor
Faster than I can see

Now I'm gonna score, break for the door
who is this whore
Soon be beggin drags

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, gonna decease

"GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE"
(Bell/*Chilton*)

You feel sad 'cause I got mad
And I'm sorry, I'm sorry
Things I said made things seem bad
But don't worry
'Cause it's gonna be all right now, be okay
You know I just don't think before I speak

I've been looking for to find
Something to believe in my mind
And I thought it was you

All this time since you've been mine
I've been angry, so angry
Made it known I could make it alone
But I'm changing
And I'm gonna be all right now, be okay
You know I just woke up and I see the way

Don't give up on me so fast
I see it's me that's wrong at last
Give me another chance

It's so hard just to stay alive each day
I really can't go on this way, oh no, oh no

"I'M IN LOVE WITH A GIRL"
(Chilton)

I'm in love with a girl
Finest girl in the world
I didn't know I could feel this way

Think about her all the time
Always on my mind
I didn't know about love

All that a man should do is true

I'm in love with a girl
Finest girl in the world
I didn't know this could happen to me

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