'Some Weird Sin' by Iggy Pop

'Lust for Life' is a fabulous album and 'Some Weird Sin' is one of my favourite songs, expressing all the angst of some one who wants to be acceptable but at the same time, feels compelled to be himself/herself.


'Some Weird Sin' by Iggy Pop

Well, I never got my license to live.
They won't give it up,
So I stand at the world's edge:

I'm trying to break in,
Oh, I know it's not for me,
And the sight of it all
Makes me sad and ill:
That's when I want- Some Weird Sin.

Things get too straight,
I can't bear it;
I feel stuck, stuck on a pin:

I'm trying to break in,
Oh, I know it's not for me,
But the sight of it all
Makes me sad and ill.
That's when I want- Some Weird Sin
That's when I want- Some Weird Sin
Just to relax with...

Yeah, some dumb, weird sin
For a while anyway,
With my head on the ledge,
That's what you get out on the edge:
Some Weird Sin.

Things get too straight,
I can't bear it;
I feel stuck, stuck on a pin:

I'm trying to break in,
Oh, I know it's not for me,
When the sight of it all
Makes me sad and ill:
That's when I want- Some Weird Sin
That's when I want- Some Weird Sin
Just to relax with

That's some dumb weird sin
For a while anyway
With my head out on the ledge
That's what you get out on the edge
Some Weird sin

Some weird sin, Some weird sin...



'Tonight' by Iggy Pop

Another favourite in a very different vein...

I saw my baby,
She was turning blue.
Oh, I knew that soon, her
Young life was through;

And so I got down on my knees
Down by her bed,
And these are the words
To her I said:

Everything will be allright, tonight
Everything will be allright, tonight

No one moves
No one talks
No one thinks
No one walks, tonight...

Everyone will be allright, tonight...

No one moves
No one talks
No one thinks
No one walks, Tonight, Tonight...

I am gonna love her to the end:
I will love her 'til I die,
I will see her in the sky...Tonight.'