Blue Oyster Cult - Mirrors (1979) Produced by Tom Werman ---------------------- DR. MUSIC ( - R. Meltzer - J. Bouchard - D. Roeser - ) Dance on fire with me babe The flames ain't gonna stop Come on and show me That you're ready to trot So if you really wanna do it You better do it hot Ah my babe You tell me that you're scared But your fear Is just driving me mad Well, you can call me Dr. Music Music is my game Well, you can call me Dr. Music Music is my name Girl don't stop that screamin' You're sounding so sincere So much beauty In the tracks of your tears So if you wanna face the music Open up your ears Meet my friend Calamity Jane Hear the rhythm In the sound of her pain Well, you can call me Dr. Music Music is my game Well, you can call me Dr. Music Music is my name THE GREAT SUN JESTER ( - M. Moorcock - J. Trivers - E. Bloom - ) They have killed the great sun jester Who danced between the stars They have stripped him of his manhood Signs of Venus and of Mars The cynics left him weeping And the jackals left him torn And the jester reaches out bind hands He can touch the stars no more. CHORUS: And he took the stars in his hands And as he scattered them he'd shout "I'm the joker of the universe I'm what it's all about." Now he's dying in his grief And the hard men dragged him down They have killed the wild-eyed jester They have killed the fireclown Now his blind eyes seek the starlight And his fingers seek controls To take him into space again Where he was both young and old The dancers stiff with pain And they've made him kneel too long And the madness they have driven out They've left him cold and sane. CHORUS He'll never - sing his songs - again.... He'll never dance between the stars - again.... He'll never laught - again.... No he'll never ever laugh again.... Oh, no.... IN THEE ( - A. Lanier - ) Maybe I'll see you again baby And maybe I won't Maybe you've bought your ticket Gone back to Detroit Airplanes make strangers of us all Give us distance Much too easily. Jim says some destinies Should not be delivered But you and I seen now baby That still they are Winning it makes losers of us all 'Cause the dice roll So indifferently. CHORUS: Well, I'll wrap myself in cities I travel I'll wrap myself in dreams I'll wrap myself in solitude ("stranger's arms" FOR 3RD CHORUS) But I wish I could wrap myself In thee. Tonight it's hot, without you Tomorrow'll be cold Winter will come along Driven by snow Love it makes strangers of us all When we part Oh so thoughtlessly CHORUS Once we breathed the breath Of sweet surrender Pure, pure Arab air filled our Atmosphere But pride it makes stars of us all Until we fall For everyone to see. CHORUS CHORUS MIRRORS ( - D. Roeser - B. Abbott - ) A mirror is a negative space With a frame and a place for your face It reveals what the rest of us see It conceals what you'd like it to be Pretty girls can't look away Pretty girls can't look away Pretty girls can't look away Pretty girls can't look away Pretty girls have a love afair With their eyes and their shining hair Fantasize that the world adores Tantalize like a cover girl Mirrors are the basis of beauty Give rise to self love or self pity The prize if a woman is pretty She tries like a superstar Hollywood girl Pretty girls can't look away Pretty girls can't look away Pretty girls can't look away Pretty girls can't look away Vanity's a deadly sin It's what the flesh is packaged in Vanity's a deadly sin It's what the flesh is packaged in A mirror is a negative space With a frame and a place for your face It reveals what the rest of us see It conceals what you'd like it to be Vanity's a deadly sin It's what the flesh is packaged in MOON CRAZY ( - J. Bouchard - ) Did you catch the fever Flying toward the moon? Sailing in space to a distant shore You kind of wondered What they came here for We lived days for lovin' Falling for all we met A world gone crazy from the lunacy The tides kept rising and falling Like you and me Moon crazy Summer of changes Let the night shine on (and on) and on Shine on until the feeling is gone Dreaming about, what could it be Summer's embraces Had a hold on me On the hill they danced 'til dawn While the video flickered along But in your heart was an empty need You just didn't know Where the dream would lead Moon crazy Summer of changes Let the night shine on (and on) and on Shine on, shine on Moon crazy Summer of changes Let the night shine on (and on) and on Shine on until the feeling is gone Dreaming about, what could it be Summer's embraces Had a hold on me Moon crazy Summer of madness Let the night shine on (and on) and on Shine on until the feeling is gone Dreaming about, what could it be Summer's embraces Had a hold on me THE VIGIL ( - D. Roeser - S. Roeser - ) In a purple vision Many thousand years ago I saw the silent stranger Walk the earth alone Twenty-seven faces With their eyes turned to the sky I've got a camera And an airtight alibi I know they're out there We see them coming Faster than the speed of light They greet us in the dead of the night Somewhere, someday, someone They'll be light and sound They'll alight on the ground On which we stand Somewhere, someday, someone Will help us to survive They're gonna show us hell And bring us back alive Well, I'm no poet, but I can't be fooled The lies don't count, the whispers do I hear the whispers on the wind They say the earth has fallen due We run in circles Our days are numbered Every night I look away To the heavens and I pray Come to us Come to us Our lights are dim Our roads are crumbling And we don't know what to do We're sick and tired And dying to meet you 'Cause we bit off more than We can chew I AM THE STORM ( - J. Bouchard - R. Binder - ) You scorned the love that I gave you You lied now nothing can save you Blue skies are turning to grey I know the games that you play Winds of rage they start to build Too much madness will lay you under The cards you draw don't help at all Hear the sound of approaching thunder When you see the clouds blacken Remember you've been warned No shelter from my fierce winds Because, I am the storm You'll hear my echoes of anger You'll fear the roar of my thunder Nightmares, confusion will come true Aces and eights are the fate that you drew Lightning bolts become my swords When I pull them from the sky Run my gauntlet of slashing rain You won't survive to testify When you see the clouds blacken Remember you've been warned No shelter from my fierce winds Because, I am the storm YOU'RE NOT THE ONE (I WAS LOOKING FOR) ( - A. Bouchard - C. Bouchard - ) I used to lie in my bed Sleep wouldn't come Thinkin' 'bout things that they said They led me on All of the fancy ladies Oh they could talk and talk I shot for the highest star But I aimed too high You wanted a rich rock star But he made you cry Now that we have each other We can laugh about it CHORUS: You're not the one I was lookin' for but You're the one for me (you're the one) I'm not the one you were lookin' for but You can't go wrong with me You're not the one I was lookin' for but You're oh so good for me Now I can't make it without I can't go on We can make beautiful music And prove them wrong We've been put down by the best And now we laugh about it, ya (CHORUS) You're oh so good for me (You're so good) (3X'S) LONELY TEARDROPS ( - A. Lanier - ) Lonely teardrops, you been crying I hear them fall In the night the empty night I hear your song It goes right through me It used to move me (Lonely, lonely) Lonely Paris, met a dancer We did the stroll Through the night the empty night Four years ago I thought you know me She gave it to me (Lonely, lonely) CHORUS: I seem to see a rose I reach out then it goes Now in its thorns I roam The sky is grey and I am cold Lord I tell you, Lord I tell you All I want to do is get back home Lonely teardrops, we did shoot them They came on strong Vials of rain to kill the pain So far from home I thought you knew me You did it to me (Lonely, lonely) Lonely teardrops, I've been cryin' All week long Love is willing but the bed is cold Goodbye, Laurence I thought I knew you What good did that do (Lonely, lonely) CHORUS: I seem to see a rose I reach out then it goes Now in its thorns I roam You never know until you know Lord I ask you, Lord I beg you All I want to do is get back home Lonely teardrops (REPEAT)