stan ridgway
Stan Ridgway may sometimes appear as a cracked person, and haunted by persecution mania. Anyway; for years, he's been haunted by public media ... to write them film music, collaborate in productions and so on. His significant and narrating vocal has been a trademark for 30 years or so, and his effective melodies and arrangements have been spread around the world ever since he splitted group "Wall of Voodoo". This is the title song from his first solo album "The Big Heat" (1986, named after a 1953 film noir). Take a look around yourself; somebody may be following you :-?
the room was dark • it looked like someone had to get out fast
a window open by the fire escape
"how long have you been following this guy?" the bellboy asked
... not long enough 'cause we got here too late ...
"and everybody wants another piece of the pie today" he said
"you gotta watch the ones who always keep their hands clean"
it's the big heat
there's someone followin' you
it's the big heat
well we followed him from Tucson • ended up in Baton Rouge
we trailed him with the information by
a woman he knew in Barstow that would like to see him dead
that was four weeks ago ... well maybe five
"and everybody wants another piece of the pie today" she said
"you gotta watch the ones who always keep their hands clean"
it's the big heat
there's someone followin' you
it's the big heat
a block away he wondered if he'd left behind a clue
the front page of the paper dated 1992
he remembered when he used to be the chairman of the board
but that was when the world was young and long before the war
"and everybody wants another piece of the pie today" he said
"you gotta watch the ones who always keep their hands clean"
it's the big heat
there's someone followin' you
it's the big heat
step aside • we're comin' through
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
Em Cmaj7 C the room was dark, it looked like someone had to get out fast G Bm C D a window open by the fire escape Em Cmaj7 C how long have you been following this guy? the bellboy asked G Bm C D ... not long enough 'cause we got here too late ... G Bm Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 C D and everybody wants another piece of the pie today he said G Bm Cmaj7 C Am you gotta watch the ones who always keep their hands clean Em A Em A ... It's the big heat ... Em G a block away he wondered if he'd left behind a clue Em B G A the front page of the paper dated 1992 Em G he remembered when he used to be the chairman of the board Em B G B7 but that was when the world was young and long before the war Em A it's the big heat Em A there's someone followin' you Em A it's the big heat Em A step aside, we're comin' through
