Human Being ('72) Songtext
von New York Dolls

Well, if you don′t like it, go ahead
Find yourself a saint, go ahead now
Try to find a boy who's gonna
Be what I ain′t

Now what you need is
A plastic doll with a fresh coat of paint
Who's gonna sit through the madness
And always acts so quaint
I said yeah, yeah, yeah

Well, with your new friend
You're really making a scene
And I see you bouncin′ around
From machine to machine

And you know they′re never real
They're never what they seem
And you can try to generate some warmth
And you see just what I mean, I said yeah, yeah
Yeah


And If I′m acting like a king
Well, that's cause I′m a human being
And if I want too many things
Don't you know that I′m a human being
And if I've got to dream
Baby, baby, yeah, I'm a human being
And when it gets a bit obscene (whoa!)
I′m a human being

And I′ve just gotta go around
With my head hung down
Just like a human being, oh no, human being
I can hold my head so high
Because I'm a human, a riff-raff human being

Why won′t you give me a little sip
Why don't you try me on a drag of that cigarette
Why don′t you try to give me something
That I will never ever forget

But now don't you blow it all
On a million dollar bet
Because you′re liable to lose it
On the best lovin' you've had yet
I′m beggin, yeah-yeah-yeah


Oh yeah, and If I′m acting like a king
Well, that's ′cause I'm a human being
I want too many things
Don′t you know that I'm a human being
And if I′ve got to dream
I said well, I'm a human being
And when it gets a bit obscene (whoa-woo!)
I'm a human being

And I′ve just gotta go around
With my head hung down
Just like a human, says, oh no, human being
I can hold my head so high
′Cause I'm a human, a riff-raff human being

In fact I′m talkin' ′bout the human race
You're trying to cover up the big disgrace
I said yeah-yeah-yeah, wow!
C′mon, c'mon, c'mon, c′mon, c′mon, c'mon!

Said yeah-yeah, oh yeah
Well, I may think that this whole scene
Is just a too appalling for me
Or I may be the type who′s just a mad about
Every little thing that I see

But I can color that with history
Or make it just what I want it to be
While I'm blowing my change on the fan magazines
With all the Hollywood refugees
Screaming, "Yeah-yeah-yeah, oh yeah"

And If I′m acting like a king
I said, "Well, I'm a human being"
And if I want too many things
Don′t you know, well, I'm a human being
And I've got to dream, baby baby, baby
I′m a human being
And when it gets a bit obscene, woo-woo-woo!
I′m a human being

I'm a human being
I′m a human being
I'm a human being
I′m a human being