Waiting For The Man (Live Friars, Aylesbury, 25th September, 1971)

Lyrics

[Intro] This is, uh, one that, thank God, you'll probably appreciate But not being in Beckenham it's, uh Are you ready Mick? It's a Velvet Underground number, it's called "Waiting for the Man" (Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy) [Verse 1] I'm waiting for the man Twenty-six dollars in my hand Up to Lexington, 1-2-5 So sick and dirty, more dead than alive I'm waiting for the man [Verse 2] Hey, white boy, what you doing uptown? Hey, white boy, you chasing all the women around? Oh, pardon me, sir, it's speaks from my mind I'm just lookin' for a good friend of mine I'm waiting for the man [Verse 3] Here he comes, he's all drеssed in black With high heel shoes and straw hat He's nеver early, he's always late First thing that you learn is that you've always gotta wait I'm waiting for the man [Verse 4] Went past the buildings and up three flights of stairs Nobody stops you 'cause nobody cares He's got the works, he gives you sweet taste But then you've gotta split because you've got no time to waste Ah, I'm waiting for the man [Outro] Dollar man Waiting for then man Oh, the man, yeah Thank you, that really is all we know Thank you very much Uh, we, we really haven't got anymore numbers, we only rehearsed for today And I, I killed myself, I killed myself singing We'd like, just a moment, 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 have ever heard Before you go let's have one very, very warm, beautiful round of applause for David Bowie!