Big Star
Third / Sister Lovers - Lyrics
Alex Chilton - Vocals/Guitars
Jody Stephens - Drums/Vocals
Host of others
Recorded: 1974 (Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN)
Original Release: 1978
CD Release: 02/18/1992 (Rykodisc)
Produced by Jim Dickinson
 
Tracks 1-10   Tracks 11-20

"KIZZA ME"
(Chilton)

Dreams and wishes, like shooting stars
Coming up rushes
I want to white out
I want to white out

I want to feel you deep inside
I want to feel you deep inside
I want to feel you, yeah
Kizza me
Lesa, why not

Curse wild, windy linen
Warm life, so and so
I want to white out
I want to come on out

Dreams and wishes, shooting stars
Coming up rushes, ok, ok
I want to white out
I want to white out

That's enough, baby
 

"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 to the skies
Dear ones like you do the best I do
As far as can see my eyes

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

All the ladies and gentlemen (I said all)
Who made this all so probable

Thank you friends (thank you, again)
Dear, dear friends (thank you, again)
And again, and again
Never too late to start
 

"BIG BLACK CAR"
(Chilton)

Driving in my big black car
Nothing can go wrong
I'm going and I don't know how far
So, so long

Maybe I'll sleep in a Holiday Inn

Nothing can hurt me
Nothing can touch me
Why should I care
Driving's a gas
It ain't gonna last

Sunny day, highway
If it rains it's all the same
I can't feel a thing
I can't feel a thing

I've got a big black car

The lights above, oh yes
I see the stars above
 

"JESUS CHRIST"
(Chilton)

Angels from the realms of glory
Stars shone bright above
Royal David's city
Was bathed in the light of love

Jesus Christ was born today
Jesus Christ was born

Lo, they did rejoice
Fine and pure of voice
And the wrong shall fail
And the right prevail

And we're gonna get born now
 

"FEMME FATALE"
(L.Reed)

Here she comes
You better watch your step
She's going to break your heart in two
It's true

It's not hard to realize
Just look into her false colored eyes
She'll build you up to just put you down
What a clown

'Cause everybody knows
(Elle est une femme fatale)
The things she does to please
She's just a little tease
See the way she walks
Hear the way she talks

You're written in her book
You're number 37, have a look
She's going to smile to make you frown
What a clown

Little boy, she's from the street
Before you start, you're already beat
She's going to play you for a fool
Yes it true
 

"O, DANA"
(Chilton)

I rather shoot a woman than a man,
I worry whether this is my last life
And girl, if you're listening
I'm sorry, I can't help it

O, Dana
O, Dana
Come on

I'm forevermore fighting with Steven
We do our big boo koos
But we know, over Boulder Dam
And strung out twice

We seldom know what things are
Two illusions going very far

I got busted across the bridge
They rounded up every soul
But, now I'm on the East Side
She says, "Don't give a girl a chance"
She's not afraid to take a chance

She's got a magic wand
That says play with yourself before other ones
 

"HOLOCAUST"
(Chilton)

Your eyes are almost dead, can't get out of bed
And you can't sleep

You're sitting down to dress, and you're a mess
You look in the mirror

You look in your eyes
Say you realize

Everybody goes, leaving those
Who fall behind

Everybody goes, as far as they can
They don't just care

They stood on the stairs
Laughing at your airs

Your mother's dead, she said
"Don't be afraid"

Your mother's dead, you're on your own
She's in her bed

Everybody goes, leaving those
Who fall behind

Everybody goes, as far as they can
They don't just care

You're a wasted face, you're a sad-eyed lie
You're a holocaust
 

"KANGA ROO"
(Chilton)

I first saw you, you had on blue jeans
Your eyes couldn't hide anything
I saw you breathing, oh
I saw you staring out in space

I next saw you, you was at the party
Thought you was a queen, oh, so flirty
I came against

Didn't say excuse, knew what I was doing
We looked very fine, as we were leaving

Like Saint Joan, doing a cool jerk
Oh, I want you, like a kanga roo
 

"STROKE IT NOEL"
(Chilton)

Child will you come on down
Come on in with me
Morning says to idle on
Stay clear of the street

On the wing
And on the land
Can you sing
With anything

Do you wanna dance
Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya wanna dance
Stroke it Noel

They say we're lazy men
Drinkin' our white wine
We could go right insane
'Cause we can buy the time

Oh, keep an eye
On the sky
Will they come
Oh the bombs

But, do you wanna dance
Easy now, easy now
Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya wanna dance
Do ya wanna, do ya, ya wanna dance
 

"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
 


"YOU CAN'T HAVE ME"
(Chilton)

Espionage, the words to come back to me
Sidewinder, you clepto
You just steal things
Unawares, but I don't care

You can't have me
You can't have me
You can't have me
You can't have me, not for free

Gymnast, working out on the parallel rails
Cuttin' trails, screams and wails
Face go pale, never fails
You do steal things
Unawares, but I don't care

The drummer said you were not very clean
The drummer said you were not very clean
And I know what he means
And I know what he means
 

"NIGHTIME"
(Chilton)

At nightime, I go out and see the people
Air goes cool and hurrying on my way
And dressing so sweet, all the people to see
They're looking at me, all the people to see

And when I set my eyes on you
You look like a kitty
And when you're in the mood
Oh, you look so pretty

Caught a glance in your eyes
And fell through the skies
Glance in your eyes
And fell through the skies

I'm walking down the freezing street
Scarf goes out behind
You said, "Get them away"
Please don't say a word

Get me out of here
Get me out of here
I hate it here
Get me out of here
 

"BLUE MOON"
(Chilton)

Let me be your one light
And if you'd like a true heart
Take the time to show you're mine
And I'll be a blue moon in the dark

While you sleep, you'll see me there
Clouds race across the sky
Close your eyes and don't ask why
And I'll be a blue moon in your eyes

Morning comes and sleeping's done
Birds sing outside
If demons come while you're under
I'll be a blue moon in the sky
 

"TAKE CARE"
(Chilton)

Take care not to hurt yourself
Beware of the need for help
You might need too much
And people are such

Take care
Please, take care

Some people read idea books
And some people have pretty looks
But if your eyes are wide
And all words aside

This sounds a bit like goodbye
In a way it is, I guess
As I leave your side
I've taken the air
 

"NATURE BOY"
(E.Ahbez)

There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far
Very far over land and sea
A little child
Inside of us
But very wise was he

And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And as we talked of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
"The greatest thing
You'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"
 

"TILL THE END OF THE DAY"
(R.Davies)

Baby I feel good
From the moment I arise
Feel good from morning
Till the end of the day

You and me, we live a life
From when we get up
Till we go through the night

You and me, we're free, yeah
We do as we please, yeah
From morning till the end of the day
Till the end of the day

Yeah, I get up, I see the sun
And I feel good, yeah
'Cause my life has begun
 

"DREAM LOVER"
(Chilton)

You're a dream lover
And I'm never gonna let you go
And there's no other
Could look as good as you right now
And you shine like ice
And glare your eyes
Won't those daydreams come true

On Beale Street Green
My wishes visualized
The real, surreal scene
Twixt me and you
And I wake up and shiver
A lonely quiver
And I don't know where to look
Dream lover
Dream, you're a dream lover
Play it for me guitarist
 

"DOWNS"
(Chilton)

Take downs
Things sinkin' with a melody
Someone's gonna ask if you graduated
But as for you
Throw down

Isolated as far as you go
I'm well versed in the walls of worst
In the windows of most
Wind down

A.C.
Coast to coast
High cool 'cept when I lie with you
Naked on a southern love
Oh cool downs

Cool downs
Wise and prosperous
That I am
Flustered and erratic
'Cept when I lie with you
Naked on a southern love
Give downs
Rub downs
Lie downs
Any downs at all
Any downs at all
 

"WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON
(D.C.Williams)

Come on over baby
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on
Come on over baby
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on
Come on baby, I ain't fakin'
Lot of shakin' goin' on

Well, come on over baby
We got chicken in the barn, who's barn
I said, come on over baby
We got the bull by the horn
We ain't fakin'
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on

I said, shake, baby, shake
I said, shake, baby, shake
Come on over
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on
Let's do it now

I said, shake, baby, shake
Shake, baby, shake
I said, shake, don't let it break
Uh, huh, shake
Come on over
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on

I'm gonna come on over baby
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on
Come on over baby
Alex, he got the bull by the horn
I ain't fakin'
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on

I said, shake, baby, shake
Shake, don't let it break
Come on, now, shake, baby, shake
Shake, don't let it break
Come on over
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on

Easy now
Gonna shake, baby, shake
Shake, baby, shake
I said, shake, don't let it break
Shake, don't let it break
Come on over
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on
 

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