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The Old Grey Whistle Test - S02E02
At BBC Television Theatre in Shepherd's Bush, London, England
September 19, 1972
Transcript
00:00Nobody believes anything
00:17Good nightly as I stand inside the rain
00:23Everybody knows the baby's got new clothes
00:31But lately I see her ripping down her bones
00:37And falling from her curls
00:42She tastes just like a woman
00:49And she waits just like a woman
00:55And she waits just like a woman
01:02But she waits just like a little girl
01:08Queen Mary, she's my friend
01:24Yes, I believe I won't see her again
01:31Nobody has to guess
01:36That baby can't be blessed
01:39Now she sees finally
01:43That she's like all the red
01:46With a bone that fell on me
01:49And she waits just like a woman
01:58And she waits just like a woman
02:04And she waits just like a woman
02:11But she waits just like a little girl
02:17It was raining from the first
02:31And I was dying there after
02:33So I came in here
02:36And your longtime curse hurts
02:44But what's worse is this pain in here
02:49I can't stay in here
02:53Ain't it clear that
02:58I can't stay in here
03:06I have to, it's coral
03:07Would just fallen out of our eyes
03:21When I was so hungry, it was your world
03:27Oh, you fade, just like a woman
03:33Yeah, you do and you hate, just like a woman
03:39Yeah, and you ache, just like a woman
03:46But you break, just like a little girl