As the musical mood of ‘For Your Pleasure’ takes measured cool to freezing point, so the climate of ‘Stranded’, the third Roxy Music album, seems heavy with sultry drama and febrile languor. Bryan Ferry’s conception and direction of Roxy Music’s artwork had always been an integral enhancement to the musical…
(Ferry) Oh look at the sun – it’s all a-glow Slow burning star – sinking low Heaven knows where you go Out of sight, out of minds eye, no Aw such a shame – you must leave All day long you were a friend to me Still – the…
(Ferry) Turn the lights down, way down low Turn up the music, hi as fi can go All the gang´s here, everyone you know It´s a crazy scene, hey there just look over your shoulder Get the picture? No no no no …….(Yes) Walk a tightrope, your life-sign-line Such…
(Ferry/MacKay) Here as I sit at this empty cafe Thinking of you I remember all those moments Lost in wonder that we’ll never Find again Though the world is my oyster It’s only a shell full of memories And here by the Seine Notre Dame casts a long Lonely…
(Ferry) Darkness falls around your window pane A light still burns but just a smouldering flame Is it the end of another affair? An open engagement with gloom Or will you be smiling When the sun conjures up? A broken spell au clair de lune Silhouette as you draw…
(Ferry) Try on your love like a new dress The fit and the cut your friends to impress Try on your smile square on your face Showing affection should be no disgrace Try out your God hope He will send Kindness from strangers on whom you depend Try on…
(Ferry/Manzanera) Amazona is a zone where There is no doubt No more fall-out Why don’t you step through the mirror and see? From Arizona to Eldorado Sure is a mighty long way Hey little girl is something wrong I know it’s hard for you to get along The bell-tower…
(Ferry) Buttercups daisies and most anything They wither and fade After blossom in Spring Time conquers innocence Pride takes a fall In knowledge lies wisdom That’s all Everything changes Weather blows hot or cold Through alchemy iron turns gold Quicksilver baby So hard to pin down Oh when are…
(Ferry) Wish everybody would leave me alone, yeah They’re always calling on my telephone When I pick it up there’s no one there So I walk outside just to take the air Come on with me cruising down the street Who knows what you’ll see, who you might meet…