Beauty and the Beast Lyrics
Weaving down a byroad
Singing the song
That's my kind of highroad
Gone wrong
[Chorus]
My-my, smile at least
You can't say no to the Beauty and the Beast
[Verse 2]
Something in the night
Something in the day
Nothing is wrong but darling
Something's in the way
There's slaughter in the air
Protest on the wind
Someone else inside me
Someone could get skinned, how?
[Chorus]
My-my, someone fetch a priest
You can't say no to the Beauty and the Beast, darling
[Instrumental]
My-my
You can't say no to the Beauty and the Beast
My-my
You can't say no to the Beauty and the Beast
[Bridge]
I wanted to believe me
I wanted to be good
I wanted no distractions
Like every good boy should, my-my
[Verse 3]
Nothing will corrupt us
Nothing will compete
Thank God heaven left us
Standing on our feet
[Chorus]
My-my, Beauty and the Beast, my-my
Just Beauty and the Beast
You can't say no to the Beauty and the Beast, darling
My-my, my-my
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I was at home in my apartment in New York, Waterside Plaza, in July 1977, and the telephone went. It was Brian Eno, calling from Berlin. He said, “Hang on, I’m here with David Bowie. I’ll pass you over.” Then David Bowie said to me, “Do you think you can play some hairy rock ‘n’ roll guitar?” I said, “Well, I haven’t played guitar for a while, I’m not sure. But if you’re prepared to take the risk, so am I.”
Shortly afterwards, a first class ticket arrived on Lufthansa to Germany. This was the first time I’d ever flown first class. As I sat in my seat, and the stewardess poured me my champagne and leaned forward, she said, “First class. It’s the only way to fly,” and I believed her. So, in three days in Berlin, I played all my guitar parts on David Bowie’s “Heroes”. Now, keeping up – little guitarist from Dorset – keeping up with characters and artists of the quality of David Bowie and Brian Eno, you have to be quick.
- Robert Fripp, on being requested to play on this album
- 1.Beauty and the Beast
- 2.Joe the Lion
- 3.“Heroes”
- 5.Blackout
- 8.Moss Garden
- 9.Neuköln