SCORPIONS - 1978
"Best Of Scorpions"
Track List:
 1. Steamrock Fever
 2. Pictured Life
 3. Robot Man
 4. Backstage Queen
 5. Speedy's Coming
 6. Hell - Cat
 7. He's A Woman, She's A Man
 8. In Trance
 9. Dark Lady
10. The Sails Of Charon
11. Virgin Killer

1. Steamrock Fever
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We'd like to introduce tonight
The kings of a brand-new style
They are hungry to play
We'd like to introduce tonight
The new heavy steamrock style
Quite different and strange

Alright, how do you feel tonight
Get up to see and cry the name of the band
Steam right with hands and feet tonight
Get up to see and cry and they will begin
Here they are

Steamrock fever, screaming rock believers
Steamrock fever in L.A.
Steamrock fever, screaming rock believers
Steamrock fever in L.A.

Alright, how do you feel tonight
Get up to see and cry the name of the band
Steam right with hands and feet tonight
Get up to see and cry and they will begin
Here they are


2. Pictured Life
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Ooh! Dark meditation,
Your second sight can show my light
In a crystal bowl.
Sweet are the days, intoxication
Crow-black the night caging mind
Behind the wall.

Into the rock through walls of red dreams
Into the rock to find the cream
Into the rock through walls of red dreams
Pictured life from yesterday.

Ooh! Dark meditation,
Deep down inside a stream of light
Begins to flow.
Sweet are the days, intoxication
Crow-black the night caging mind
Behind the wall.


3. Robot Man
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Grave communication
See me this is my life
In the crazy robot man reservation
Do you feel
The cold vibration
'Cause men everywhere
Could use the greatest scientific creation

And I say "Oooh, Oooh I'm a robot man"
And I say "Oooh, Oooh I'm a loser"
I say "Oooh, Oooh I'm a robot man"
I lost my mind
I lost my life
I lost my soul

Babe, it's a magic station
Where we live what we do
With our magic from my generation
I say "Babe, it's not a vision"
It's reality
Cause it's a robot scene what we live in


4. Backstage Queen
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Hey little Donna, sweet little Donna I know
You wanted my love and I gave it to you.
Hey little Donna, sweet little Donna I know
Goodbye is hello, 'cos I'm on the road.

Take it easy, don't get me wrong,
Just keep me in your dreams.
Take me easy, like goes on
My little backstage queen.

Hey little Donna, sweet little Donna so good
My feeling with you was all very true.
Hey little Donna, sweet little Donna you know
Goodbye is hello, 'cos I'm on the road.
Hey little Donna
Sweet little Donna
Goodbye Donna...


5. Speedy's Coming
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You look at a poster
You look at the wall
The wall in the room where you live
Where you live with your stars
Just listen to his records
Now hear what he says
For he says, "I love you little girl
Come to see me today"

Speedy's Coming
You live in his heart
Speedy's Coming
You live in his heart

You like Alice Cooper
You like Ringo Starr
You like David Bowie
And friends in the Royal Albert Hall
Stick up the pictures, movies, TV
And I'll bring you the show little girl
Come to see me today

Speedy's Coming
You live in his heart
Speedy's Coming
You live in his heart

You like Alice Cooper
You like Ringo Starr
You like David Bowie
And friends in the Royal Albert Hall
Stick up the pictures, movies, TV
And I'll bring you the show little girl
Come to see me today


6. Hell - Cat
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Fire in her eyes... burn...
Perfume in the skies...
Fingers cold as ice... freeze...
Devil in disguise!
Well, she's a, she's a, she's a
You know that she's a hell - cat
(She's gonna scratch up your mind...)
You know that guy with peccadilly-eyes
Was talking to the French boy
Bud didn't realize.
An' he tried to get a wife
But he couldn't stay alive
Well, you know that lad with the rubber-dad
Paints his fingers yellow, blue and red.
An' you also know that she's a liar
Knowing only her desire...


7. He's A Woman, She's A Man
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I saw it walking lonely down the street
Cool like a cat and like a crazy dream
I'm looking twice again and can't believe
No No No
It turned around and then it looked at me
I thought 'oh no' it really couldn't be
It was a man and was a woman too

He's a woman - She's a man
He's a woman - She's a...

I think it really came from far away
I'm feeling hypnotised I have to stay
It takes my hand and says "Come on let's go"
We're going home there's nothing more to say
He starts to move, She starts to play
I need a body, why not you

He's a woman - She's a man
He's a woman - She's a... woman

He's a woman - She's a man
He's a woman - She's a...
Oooh, a man


8. In Trance
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I wake up in the morning
And the sun begins to shine
The day did sneak up on the night
I see your face and I see myself
And I get a little taste of life
I try to stand it for awhile

But I'm In a Trance
Hey baby tell me can't you hear me calling
I'm In a Trance
I take too much in the Saturday Night, Hey Yeah
Hey baby tell me can't you hear me calling
I'm In a Trance
I wanna try to stop this life

I feel so sad, I'm feeling down
On the radio the music plays
I'm in love with her and I feel fine
I close my eyes, I think today
It's getting better with a sip of wine
And I can stand it for awhile

While I'm In a Trance
Hey baby tell me can't you hear me calling
I'm In a Trance
I take too much in the Saturday Night
Hey baby tell me can't you hear me calling
I'm In a Trance
I wanna try to stop this life

I'm In a Trance
Hey baby tell me can't you hear me calling
I'm In a Trance
I take too much in the Saturday Night, Hey Yeah
Hey baby tell me can't you hear me calling
I'm In a Trance
I wanna try to stop this life


9. Dark Lady
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Sitting alone in the dark house
Thinking of you all the time
Sighing, crying
Sitting alone in the dark house
Thinking of you all the time
Sighing, crying
Dark Lady

Sitting alone by the window
Counting the stars of the night
Waitin', hatin'
Sitting alone by the window
Counting the stars of the night
Waitin', hatin'
Dark Lady

Sitting and watching the sunrise
Darkness is filling my eyes
Sighing, crying
Sleeping and watching the sunrise
Darkness is filling my eyes
Sighing, crying
Dark Lady


10. The Sails Of Charon
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Dark Night!
There is no light
In the realm of the black magic man

Souls Flight
Into the cold blight
Of the destroyers magic land

Poor Man!
Those spirits are stronger
There the one's who will reign
Your strugglings are in vain

Blind Man!
You're sucking your own blood
Soon black magics dying
You'd better start crying

Burn out
Your evil desire
The Dark Angel's Kingdom
Is built out of mire

Keep Out!
For the kingdom of light
There is no darkness
And there is no night


11. Virgin Killer
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Cry like you feel,
Try like you feel, feel it...!
Try to escape,
Cry to escape, escape it...!
It's so hard to run away
He's a virgin killer...

No, no, no, can't you see?
No, no, no, can't you see?
You're a demon's, you're a demon's,
You're a demon's desire!

Death on screen,
Sadistic magazines, watch out
Sadistic everyday,
Political ways, get it
Well, you can't find new ways...
But he's a virgin killer...

No, no, no, can't you see?
No, no, no, can't you see?
You're a demon's, you're a demon's,
You're a demon's desire!

Garbage in the streams,
A-bombs in your dreams, look out
Sharks in the pictures,
Exorcist prescriptions, forget it
Try to get away from that,
Cos he's a virgin killer...