Babylon Blues Songtext
von Ian Hunter

Take a look at yourself baby – take a look at yourself –
Take a look at yourself
You ain′t exactly a picture of health
In your finest hour – at the height o'your power –
Everything′s gone sour
Your ivory tower morphed into a cell

Confidence shattered, mad as a hatter – what's the matter with you?
Don't try pulling me down to your level –
Ain′t nothing worse than a phony-assed rebel
You do what you want to but leave me out o′this
You're tangled up in Babylon blues

You a yellowin′ book – got a amethyst skin –
You been taken in by the paradise
Feeding off your adrenalin
You gotta fight without – you gotta fight within –
You gotta flat-out swim
That ominious current that's sweeping you in


Meals on wheels? Sympathy? What d′ya want from me?
There's a big black cloud hangin′ over your head –
Looks like silver but it's heavy as lead
You do what you want to but leave me out o'this
You′re tangled up in Babylon blues

Say you gonna quit – that′s the end of it –
But the peaces don't fit – what am I stupid?
I don′t buy it
Just another blind beggar on the road to fame –
With a messed up body and a messed up brain
I don't buy it

It′s a cynical world – it's a bad old world –
It′s a sinister world babe
You get what you want an' your still miserable
At the terminal gate – at the terminal gate –
At the terminal gate
You better back off before it's too late
I remember when you opened your mouth an′
Everything freaked at what come out
When I′m gone – remember that
You can't take the alley outta some o′ these cats

You do what you want to but leave me out o'this
You′re tangled up in Babylon blues