영국 런던 출신의 싸이키 델릭 록 밴드 스테이터스 큐오의 초창기 베스트 앨범. 30년이 넘는 지금도 왕성한 활동을 벌이고 있는 이 밴드의 최고 장점은 아마도 끊이지 않은 음악에의 열정일 것이다. 그들의 최고 히트곡인 Pictures of Matchstick Men이 수록되어 있는 앨범으로 그들이 현재까지 이어오며 식지 않는 매력을 풍기는 직접적인 이유를 체험할 수 있을 것이다.
When I look up to the sky I see your eyes a funny kind of yellow I rush home to bed I soak my head I see your face underneath my pillow I wake next morning, tired, still yawning See your face come peeping through my window
Pictures of matchstick men and you Pictures of matchstick men and you All I ever see is them and you
Windows echo your reflection When I look in their direction now When will this haunting stop? Your face it just won't leave me alone
Pictures of matchstick men and you Mirages of matchstick men and you All I ever see is them and you
You in the sky, you with this guy You make men cry, you lie You in the sky, you with this guy You make men cry, you lie
Pictures of matchstick men and Pictures of matchstick men and you Pictures of matchstick men ....
You never seem, seem to have the time to listen to what I say How can I know just what goes on in your mind if you always walk away So what's the good, what's the good of trying And hanging around you begging for your love When it seems theres someone else in your dreams And I can't be sure of you anymore
Are you growing tired of my love? Have you had too much of my love? Are you growing tired of my love? Where is the love you once gave me?
And when we meet, things are not the same now, you always hurry away And all the friends that once you used to share with me are ignored now, and you're bored now I guess we're through, but still I go on hoping Because you never put it into words Can't you see you should be honest with me And I've got to find what is in your mind
Are you growing tired of my love? Have you had too much of my love? Are you growing tired of my love? Where is the love you once gave me?
Are you growing tired of my love? Have you had too much of my love? Are you growing tired of my love? Where is the love you once gave me?
Are you growing tired of my love? Have you had too much of my love? Are you growing tired of my love? Where is the love.....
Drop your silver in my tambourine Help a poor man fill a little dream Give me pennies, I'll take anything Now listen while I play my green tambourine
Watch the jingle-jangles start to chime Reflections of the music that was mine When I toss a coin you'll hear it sing Now listen while I play my green tambourine
Rub-a-dub before I walk away Anytime you want, I'll gladly play Money feeds my music machine Now listen while I play my green tambourine Listen while I play my green tambourine
I see your face at the dawn of the day, gold as the sun begins to shine I see your face now at the end of the day, purple shadows dancing in your eyes.
Technicolour dreams are all I see Technicolour dreams of you and me
I see your shadow tripping through a silver glade, tiptoeing over crimson sand Luring me onwards into a sea of jade, leading me gently by the hand
Technicolour dreams are all I see Technicolour dreams of you and me
If I could escape through the windows of my mind I would fly to your magic mountain land There we would stay 'til the world had passed away With a love only we could understand
Technicolour dreams are all I see Technicolour dreams of you and me
I see your face at the dawn of the day, gold as the sun begins to shine I see your face now at the end of the day, purple shadows dancing in your eyes
She's a face without a soul This lady's heart is gold She's a face without a soul This lady's heart is gold
Though her hands are cool they'll burn You may kiss her but you'll have to take your turn In her life you're just another bird in the sky When she says you must be ready to fly Ready to fly, up and fly away
She's a face without a soul This lady's heart is gold She's a face without a soul This lady's heart is gold
This lady has no love Herself, perhaps, is who she puts above Everything, and of course, everyone Knows this lady thinks she's number one Number one, yes the only one
She's a face without a soul This lady's heart is gold She's a face without a soul This lady's heart is gold
She's gonna fall on her face someday Find other men for her games to play I'm gonna make sure everyone knows What she is trying to do
She's a face without a soul This lady's heart is gold She's a face without a soul
Heading down the back turnpike, signposts are pointing west Fell into the lonely dustpipe, hope my pick-up can stand the test But I'm doing all right now Rolling down the dustpipe, na-na-na-na nana-na-nana-na
Rolling down the dustpipe now, got a ten dollar bill in my jeans Because there ain't no room for a kosher cowboy in a town like New Orleans But I'm doing all right now Rolling down the dustpipe, na-na-na-na nana-na-nana-na
Guess I didn't make it in the city, but that's just the way that it goes 'Cos there's a lotta lunatics, crazy ghostmen, baby, don't like the shape of my nose But I'm doing all right now Rolling down the dustpipe, na-na-na-na nana-na-nana-na
Rolling down the dustpipe now, got a ten dollar bill in my jeans Because there ain't no room for a kosher cowboy in a town like New Orleans But I'm doing all right now Rolling down the dustpipe, na-na-na-na nana-na-nana-na
Rolling down the dustpipe now, got a ten dollar bill in my jeans Because there ain't no room for a kosher cowboy in a town like New Orleans But I'm doing all right now..
I saw her talking, now My ears were burning Her feet started walking, now They started turning My eyes were half open But she didn't see me there We ran along walking 'cross the rooftops in my chair
Had a car in my pocket And we started moving A man in a helmet Said, what's that you're using My eyes were half open But we didn't see him there Put the car back in my pocket And I'm still here in my chair
My teeth were laughing, now We couldn't stop smiling We danced to the Mystery Band Without even trying My eyes were half open But we didn't see them there We ran along walking 'cross the rooftops in my chair
People all around they look at you, and I have seen them sneer But they don't realise how much I need you, so let me make it very clear That you won't have to worry just 'cos your clothes are torn
Your windows they need cleaning and the weeds are growing high But Little Miss Nothing I won't pass you by
You have no daddy to tell your troubles to, but don't you worry I'll share them with you We won't worry about the stormy weather, if you have troubles we'll share them together Your house is nearly falling, but I'll change all that for you
Your windows they need cleaning and the weeds are growing high But Little Miss Nothing I won't pass you by Now I will clean your windows, cut the weeds from high to low I will mend your rooftops, and the taps again will flow But Little Miss Nothing I won't let you go
Excuse me crying, can't you hear what I'm saying? I guess I'm dying, going on my way. I know there's something, something's going wrong now There's no tune to the music
My eyes are burning, can't nobody hear me? My head is turning, need somebody near me But since you wonder, everything is so wrong There's no tune to the music
The sounds are ringing, emptiness is all mine. Nobody bringing things to make me feel fine I know there's something, something's going wrong now There's no tune to the music
Excuse me crying, can't you hear what I'm saying? I guess I'm dying, going on my way. I know there's something, something's going wrong now There's no tune to the music, no words to my song
Now I'm a sad one, and she was a bad one A mean, mean girl. I never had one as greedy as that one A mean, mean girl.
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl I guess she's not the kind that I've been looking for Mean, mean, mean, mean girl She said I was the first but there were many more
She was a big one, a met-at-a-gig one A mean, mean girl. I felt a sick one, she was a quick one A mean, mean girl.
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl I guess she's not the kind that I've been looking for Mean, mean, mean, mean girl She said I was the first but there were many more
Now I'm a sad one, and she was a bad one A mean, mean girl. I never had one as greedy as that one A mean, mean girl.
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl I guess she's not the kind that I've been looking for Mean, mean, mean, mean girl She said I was the first but there were many more
She was a big one, a met-at-a-gig one A mean, mean girl. I felt a sick one, she was a quick one A mean, mean girl.
Mean, mean, mean, mean girl I guess she's not the kind that I've been looking for Mean, mean, mean, mean girl She said I was the first but there were many more
Railroad, she left me standing on the line Railroad, she's really leaving me this time Leaving on the midnight train Leaving, never gonna come back again
I'm living alone, a place of my own A bed, a chair and one back door Something went wrong with the words to my song And now she ain't around no more Something she said as she lay on my bed Six or seven hours ago I guess I was wrong I really didn't think she would go.
Railroad, she left me standing on the line Railroad, she's really leaving me this time Leaving on the midnight train Leaving, never gonna come back again
Her face was always smiling, guess she was always laughing at me I said her face was always smiling, guess she was always laughing at me If I'd realised I'd be less surprised to find That she was laughing at me
Well, I spent my money on the spinning wheel last night Well, I spent my money on the spinning wheel last night Well, red twenty-seven didn't do me right
Well, I went in smiling but I came out feeling down Well, I went in smiling but I came out feeling down Well, now that I'm a poor man, I got no frends around
I went high up that lonesome, high up that lonesome hill I went high up that lonesome, high up that lonesome hill I need a whole lotta money so I can pay my bills
Well, the spinning wheel blues have made me pack up my bags and go Well, the spinning wheel blues have made me pack up my bags and go I had to leave my home town, 'cos they don't want me no more
If I find a place to hide Where I can put those people of my mind I'm gonna lay my head down hard And sleep that stops my head from spinning round
Help me with my situation, I just wanna be me I'm living frustration just to be free, I must be free I just wanna be left on my own Leave me to a life that's mine alone.
Take my hand, come with me To a place where we'll be free
Help me with my situation, I just wanna be me I'm living frustration just to be free, I must be free I just wanna be left on my own Leave me to a life that's mine alone.
I just wanna be left on my own Leave me to a life that's mine alone
I gotta get along 'cause it's a long, long ride now I've been away too long, I gotta get on home now I'm getting far too old to know my dream of fortune But the time is flowing now, I know what I must do
I gotta go home, I gotta go home I gotta go home to ease my mind I gotta go home, I gotta go home I gotta go home to ease my mind
I gotta get along 'cause it's a long, long ride now I've been away too long, I gotta get on home now I'm getting far too old to know my dream of fortune The time is flowing now, I know what I must do
I gotta go home, I gotta go home I gotta go home to ease my mind I gotta go home, I gotta go home I gotta go home to ease my mind