Eyes without a face. Billy Idol from 1983. I was 15 when this was released and I desperately wanted to be just like him. I bleached my hair often but as it was so black it never went much beyond orange! Never could get the sneer but had these wonderful suede bondage boots that I used to wear with skintight jeans...... jeans where you actually had to get in the bath with them on to shrink them to size. None of your elastane Lycra in those early days. I used to wear a big of guy liner now and again as well!
I don't suppose I really knew what the lyrics meant as a kid. I was very naive, so naive that I lost my virginity at the age of 14 to a girl I didn't even know until I met her at the village shop!
Anyway I digress. The lyrics make perfect sense now and speak volumes for me thinking back. Anyway, I think it's one of, if not the best song he did!
I'm all out of hope
One more bad dream
Could bring a fall
When I'm far from home
Don't call me on the phone
To tell me you're alone
It's easy to deceive
It's easy to tease
But hard to get release
Eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
Got no human grace
You're eyes without a face
I spent so much time
Believing all the lies
To keep the dream alive
Now it makes me sad
It makes me mad at truth
For loving what was you
Eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
Got no human grace
You're eyes without a face
When you hear the music, you make a dip
Into someone else's pocket then make a slip
Steal a car and go to Las Vegas
Oh, gigolo pool
Hanging out by the state line
Turning holy water into wine
Drinkin' it down, oh
I'm on a bus on a psychedelic trip
Reading murder books, tryin' to stay hip
I'm thinkin' of you, you're out there so
Say your prayers
Say your prayers
Say your prayers
Now I close my eyes
And I wonder why
I don't despise
Now all I can do
Love what was once
So alive and new
But it's gone from your eyes
I'd better realize
Eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
(Les yeux sans visage)
Eyes without a face
Got no human grace
You're eyes without a face
Such a human waste
You're eyes without a face
And now it's getting worse
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