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ZIGGY I'm born and bred in pollution's grip First three weeks fed by the CO drip Ain't no breast Passed the test I needed stronger stuff Carbon mon- Oxide on Tap couldn't get enough By the time I was eight I passed my sell-by date My metal lungs never felt no pain I ran around in the acid rain Drank and smoked Never choked I was immune to dirt Whisky, gin Pumped it in I never ever hurt Got a car, got ahead On the road burning lead I'm happy as I am I dig this greenhouse scam All summer on the beach Aerosols in easy reach Needles floating out to sea Sunshine beats down on me No ozone in my way Every day's a holiday If I get bored with all the modern toys I got a Walkman for my private noise Move around with the sound Inject it into me If I'm blue I just do Another ten db Sony was heaven sent I'm in my element Yeah I'm a consumer therefore I consume I buy a lot of things so gimme room Being green Ain't my scene I need the parking space Hello crack Hello smack Bye bye the human race Gimme another shot Gimme the best you got That's my credentials filed Truly pollution's child MARIE-JEANNE Bravo Bravo Bravo You're numero uno ZIGGY Once I get up there on the album charts I'm gonna win myself a billion hearts When they see Little me Saving the world tonight Pious rage On the stage Turn on your brightest light There go a million trees Covers for my CDs That's my credentials filed Truly pollution's child Yeah |
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MARIE-JEANNE Ziggy, what have you got there? Talk to me, show me ZIGGY You wouldn't really want to know Its what I've written for that show I'm gonna be on Starmania MARIE-JEANNE What on earth are you going to say? ZIGGY Just a little about my life MARIE-JEANNE What on earth are you going to sing? What life? ZIGGY Oh you don't know the slightest thing About my life ~~ its wonders The world will know it all |
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ZIGGY I used to line in bed at night ~~~ as my mother ~~~~~~ Oh my precious little mite Don't grow up don't leave my sight Don't grow up don't leave my sight And all the other boys my age They never ~~~~~~ mama said They're all there running wild I was such a protected child Don't want my baby to get hurt Mama said I didn't need friends Mama warmly recommends ~~~~ sensible shoes ~~~~ not a schoolboys ~~~~~~ Its mama's will Its mama's will She used to try to make me play Tchaicowski night and day But I loved David Bowie MARIE-JEANNE You changed your name and changed your life ZIGGY Wanting to be that Thin White Duc [inadvertent humour due to Ziggy's broad French accent. He means 'Duke', not 'Duck'] MARIE-JEANNE Changed your name and changed your life Ziggy, Ziggy ZIGGY I ran away from Mamasville I got away on man-made steel I changed my life, I changed my name David Bowie – One : Tchaicowski – Nil I'm gonna be a rock singer I'm gonna be a rock singer I'm gonna be a rock singer I'm gonna be a rock singer ZIGGY I'm gonna be a rock singer MARIE-JEANNE He wants to be a rock singer ZIGGY I'm gonna be a rock singer MARIE-JEANNE He wants to be a rock singer ZIGGY I'm gonna be a rock singer No no no no no no no ZIGGY I'm gonna be a rock singer MARIE-JEANNE He wants to be a rock singer ZIGGY I'm gonna be a rock singer |
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SADIA OK now pretty boy, you think that you're a star Johnny, you can show him what it really means to be a rocker Show him exactly why you're called Johnny Rockford JOHNNY ROCKFORT On that freak show. They're not for me. SADIA If anybody's going tp make noise on Starmania, well it won't be you Ziggy, more likely Johnny here MARIE-JEANNE But Ziggy's got so much to give SADIA D'you hear what I just said They'd call him 'Pretty girl', 'That little bimbo head' Hey Cristal sharpen up and meet the real thing The world will know it all Don't waste your voice pretty boy ~~ sing MARIE-JEANNE Ziggy SADIA I'm here to offer you an exclusive interview with Johnny Rockfort at the Underground Cafe JOHNNY ROCKFORT Subway block 30 corridor B I'll be your greatest scoop She couldn't pass it up JOHNNY ROCKFORT What a break what a scoop she'll be getting the truth ZIGGY But I got so much to give JOHNNY ROCKFORT What a break what a scoop she'll be getting the truth MARIE-JEANNE Ziggy ZIGGY I'm gonna be a rock singer SADIA I'm gonna offer you an exclusive interview with Johnny Rockfort at the Underground Café MARIE-JEANNE Ziggy, won't you talk to me? ZIGGY I'm gonna be a rock singer SADIA I'm gonna offer you an exclusive interview with Johnny Rockfort at the Underground Café MARIE-JEANNE Ziggy, you've got so much to give JOHNNY ROCKFORT What a break what a scoop she'll be getting the truth ZIGGY I'm gonna be a rock singer SADIA I'm gonna offer you an exclusive interview with Johnny Rockfort at the Underground Café MARIE-JEANNE Ziggy, won't you talk to me? SADIA I'm gonna offer you an exclusive interview with Johnny Rockfort at the Underground Cafe MARIE-JEANNE Ziggy, you've got so much to give ZIGGY I'm gonna be a rock singer MARIE-JEANNE Yeah, that's it |
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ROGER-ROGER Quiet in the studio please, Cameras rolling. CRISTAL Ladies and Gentlemen We got a treat tonight Johnny Rockfort the voice of the town alight Who for reasons that will soon be clear Doesn't want his pretty face to appear Johnny Rockfort, everybody's heard of you But they don't know what it is you're trying to do They talk of you and terror in the same breath You're revelling in violence blood and death Johnny Rockfort, tell us what's been going down The are millions watching you hit the town You and your deciples are the cause I guess Tell us what it is ~~ might interest ~~~ JOHNNY ROCKFORT We don't mess with politics We don't have some sacred goal But we're on the right road CRISTAL Johnny Rockfort, ~~~~~~~ and out of sight Won't you tell us in front of half the world tonight A bit about yourself so we can learn What it is that touches you and makes you burn? |
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JOHNNY ROCKFORT My name's Johnny Rockfort Or that's the name I use I come from the Northern side Or from anywhere I choose I grew up on the street Street's ~~~~ school Mama crazy father drunk That's ~~~~ story as a rule I know you know That if you hang around Bad towns, mean streets Drugs your pleasure grounds You're gone You're dead Before you even get grow'd Its called the ~~ Oh its such a common story And oh so sad A most unnecessary story And oh so sad Sure they offer us jobs But never offer a share And keep the world the way it is Money for the guy upstairs Here I got what I need Here friends tell me the truth Underground not on the cross Still a little spark of youth I know you know That if you hang around Bad towns, mean streets Drugs your pleasure grounds You're gone You're dead Before you even get to score No I am not ~~~~ no more I know you know That if you hang around Bad towns, mean streets Drugs your pleasure grounds You're gone You're dead Before you even get to score No I am not ~~~~~ no more I know you know That if you hang around Bad towns, mean streets Drugs your pleasure grounds I know you know That if you hang around Bad towns, mean streets Drugs your pleasure grounds |
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We've been told by the organisers that there are 100,000 people here The opposition say 50,000 But whatever the total a huge crowd has gathered in the Grand Stadium To listen to Zero Janvier unveil his election p-p-p-program And Stella Spotlight is among the invited guests on the platform |
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La foule Zero Janvier, Janvier for president Zero Janvier, Janvier for president Zero Janvier, Janvier for president ZERO JANVIER In order to crush the terrorist disease The steps I propose are quite simply these a) a curfew b) travel restriction, and c) the banning of crowds more than two or three In short I'm spinning for A spell of marshal law La foule Zero Janvier, Janvier for president ZERO JANVIER My energy policy, as if you need to be told Is frighteningly simple and dazzlingly bold Instead of continuing for all we are worth To pillage our planet and ravage the Earth I'll shift the human race; a capital in space! La foule Zero Janvier, Janvier for president ZERO JANVIER No longer will Third World be third as ~~~~~~ We help them, they hate us, let them rot in hell My enlightening views are why, in the end, You make me your president you'll need all your friends We shall achieve the perfect world we crave Where nature itself is under our control A planet that from self-destruction will be safe We must not relax we have a goal ROGER-ROGER Ladies and gentlemen we interrupt our normal schedule to bring you a newsflash We have just heard that Cristal, the sweetheart of Telecapital Has been kidnapped by Les Etoiles Noires |
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MARIE-JEANNE You mustn't believe everything you see on TV You wanna know what I think I don't think Cristal's been abducted by Johnny No I think she ran away with him Ha ha ha |
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CRISTAL I've been protected, been kept so clean So many places I've never been So I broke free to take my life in hand My new name's Cristal ~~~~ It cannot be denied I'm feeling something ~~~~~ JOHNNY ROCKFORT Up ~~~~~~ Downtown train[??] That's the way it could be played CRISTAL Its my life its not a game JOHNNY ROCKFORT But in so many ways we're really just the same When we're like this alone I know and I'm known How it could be played CRISTAL Up ~~~~~~ Downtown train That's the way it could be played JOHNNY ROCKFORT When we're like this alone We know and we are known CRISTAL /JOHNNY ROCKFORT Up ~~~~~~ Downtown train That's the way it could be played Although we crossed the line Its not a game But in so many ways we're really just the same When we're like this alone We know and we are known We know and we are known |
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CRISTAL Its getting harder to be reckless Its not so easy not to mind We're getting old Its getting harder not to notice We've left some innocence behind We were not told We were not told Nobody mentioned We'd be concerned For a world that we wanted to ignore Nobody mentioned We'd be concerned For the world that we wanted to ignore |
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CRISTAL This is our city Its all we need its all we know Beyond this life another glow The light of yet another city Where further millions come and go They flicker gently to and from Beyond the lights another city On and on the silence grows A never-ending neon show And we are just another city And you and I will never go Alone in just another empty city |