Mamouna – Bryan Ferry

Published on 3rd September 2013

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Clearly reinvigorated by the swift creation of the previous year’s Taxi album, Bryan Ferry returned to his protracted Horoscope project with a fresh ear and a new sense of purpose. After nearly eight years’ toil the album had become bogged-down by its own complexity, a maddeningly maximal endeavour that even Alan Turing would struggle toread more

Published on 5th September 1994

10. Chain Reaction

(Ferry) From time to time you get the sign Move your body right next to mine From day to day you get nowhere Oh baby don’t leave me there Lovey dovey on me Lovey dovey on me And when you tell me pass it on And I’ll pass it on It’s a chain reaction neverread more

Published on 5th September 1994

9. Gemini Moon

(Ferry) Tick tick time It don’t mean nothing Evil eye Me high above Tick tick time And time is money Deep inside You can’t deny my love (gemini moon) (gemini moon) Tick tick time Oh mad desire Black cat bone Moanin’ Tick tick time Oh light the fire (fire) Deep inside You can’t deny myread more

Published on 5th September 1994

8. Wildcat Days

(Ferry/Eno) Hanging round endlessly Dog eat dog Dead end street Dead end street Dead end street Brave new world I can’t break you down I can see There is no way out No way out no way out Wild and free In the dead of night I can dream What I want I get Outread more

Published on 5th September 1994

7. Which Way To Turn

(Ferry) I didn’t know which way to turn I didn’t know which way to turn Can’t control my feelings if I tried Right from wrong from left to right I didn’t know which way to turn Walk on ice feel the fingers burn Walk on ice feel your fingers burn And the world you knowread more

Published on 5th September 1994

6. The 39 Steps

(Ferry) Where do we go from here Your place or mine What do you want from me And is there time? Where do we go from here I wish I knew Getting too hot to bear Let’s keep it cool Where do we go from here I’m in the mood Living on borrowed time Let’sread more

Published on 5th September 1994

5. The Only Face

(Ferry) Havana moon you got me in the strangest mood Just me myself no one else Could ever be so blue No backstreet woman no grand hotel The only face, out of place An empty shell I want to be alone Me myself no one else I want to be alone Havana moon nobody knowsread more

Published on 5th September 1994

4. Mamouna

(Ferry) So you say You’re living just for fun Isn’t it enough? So you say You wait oh will it come? Isn’t it enough You’re a prisoner of loving You’re chained and bound I could never be the one In moonlight and the sun Oh Mamouna Mamouna run Oh Mamouna Mamouna run Oh Mamouna Mamounaread more

Published on 5th September 1994

3. Your Painted Smile

Ferry Too fast to live Too young to die One stolen kiss babe A certain smile We never close babe We dance all night I’m lost inside babe Your painted smile The name of the place The name of the place You’ll never know babe The state I’m in It’s a plastic world babe Noread more

Published on 5th September 1994

2. N.Y.C.

(Ferry) Hey there mister Let me tell ya I got something here It’s gonna blow your mind The way that it is There’s no turning back They can burn it out of your blood Never out of your mind No way out of this place My neighbourhood House and garden topiary Just like Hollywood Onread more