Ballad Of Mott (Album Version)

Song Ballad Of Mott (Album Version)
Artist Mott the Hoople
Album Greatest Hits

Lyrics

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[00:09.83] I changed my name in search of fame
[00:14.58] To find the midas touch
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[00:19.14] Oh I wish I'd never wanted then
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[00:23.96] What I want now twice as much
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[00:28.64] We crossed the mighty oceans
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[00:32.69] And we had a few divides
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[00:37.99] But we never crossed emotion
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[00:42.18] For we felt too much inside
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[00:47.44] You know all the tales we tell
[00:51.57] You know the band so well
[00:54.85] Still I feel somehow we let you down
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[01:05.13] We went off somewhere on the way
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[01:09.50] And now I see we have to pay
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[01:14.00] The rock'n'roll circus is in town
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[01:34.24] Buffin lost his child-like dreams
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[01:39.05] And mick lost his guitar
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[01:43.25] And verden grew a line or two
[01:47.56] And overend's just a rock'n'roll star
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[01:53.07] Behind these shades the visions fade
[01:56.94] As I learn a thing or two
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[02:01.19] Oh but if I had my time again
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[02:05.38] You all know just what I'd do
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[02:09.75] Rock'n'roll's a loser's game
[02:14.25] It mesmerises and I can't explain
[02:18.52] The reasons for the sights and for the sounds
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[02:28.08] We went off somewhere on the way
[02:31.89] And now I see we have to pay
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[02:36.83] The rock'n'roll circus is in town
[02:42.13]
[03:30.54] So rock'n'roll's a loser's game
[03:34.91] It mesmerises and I can't explain
[03:38.92] The reasons for the sights and for the sounds
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[03:48.04] The greasepaint still sticks to my face
[03:52.16] So what the hell I can't erase
[03:56.46] The rock'n'roll feeling from my mind
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[04:09.05] From my mind from my mind from my mind
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[04:36.42] From my miiiiiind from my miiiiind
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[04:53.14] From my miiiiiiiiind
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[05:01.38] From my miiiiiiiiiiiind