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BBC Radio session and live - Waiting For The Man
David Bowie
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This is, er, one that, thank God, you'll probably appreciate
Not, not being in Beckenham, it's, er, are you ready, Mick? It's
A Velvet Underground number, it's called "Waiting for the Man"
I'm waiting for the man
Twenty-six dollars in my hand
Up to Lexington and 125th
So sick and dirty, more dead than alive
I'm waiting for the man
Hey, white boy, what you doing uptown?
Hey, white boy, you chasing all the women around?
Pardon me, sir, if it speaks to my mind
I'm just looking for a good friend of mine
I'm waiting for the man
Here he comes, he's all dressed in black
With high heel shoes and a tall hat
He's never early, he's always late
First thing that you learn is that you always gotta wait
I'm waiting for the man
He lives in a building, up three flights of stairs
Nobody stops him 'cause nobody cares
He's got the whips, he gives you sweet taste
But then you gotta split because you got no time to waste
I'm waiting for the man
The man
Waiting for the man
Oh, the man, yeah
Oh, oh
Thank you. That really is all we know. Thank you very much. Er
We, we really haven't got any more numbers, we only rehearsed for
Today. And I, I killed myself, I killed myself singing. We'd like
. Just a minute, shut up. We, we, that was going to be our last
Gig but, um, look, we'd like to learn some more numbers and if
You want us back we'd like to come back before we go to the States
Once again, nearer Christmas sometime, but thank you very much
Well, first of all I wanna thank you very, very much for coming '
Cause it's been one of the greatest evenings of my life tonight
With some of the finest musicians and people that I've ever
Met and ever, ever heard. Before you go, let's have one very
Very warm, beautiful round of applause for David Bowie
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