In the moonlight
Fighting with the night
It's a rip-off
Kissing all the slain
I'm bleeding in the rain
It's a rip-off
Such a rip-off
Rocking in the nude
I'm feeling such a dude
It's a rip-off
Dancing in the dark
With the tramps in the Park
It's a rip-off
Such a rip-off
See your baby's stud
Sliding in my mud
It's a rip-off
Bleached on the beach
I want to tickle your peach
It's a rip-off
See the girl in dance
In her man-skin pants
It's a rip-off
Terraplane Tommy
Wants to bang your gong
It's a rip-off
Such a rip-off
Gypsy girl's good
People treat her like a fool
It's a rip-off
The President's weird
He's got burgundy beard
It's a rip-off
Such a rip-off
I'm the King of the highway
I'm the Queen of the hop
You should see me
At the Governor's ball
Doing the rip-off bop
I'm a social person
I'm the creature in disguise
There's a man with a whip
On his silver lip
Living inside my eyes
I'm the cat from the alley
I'm the fleetfoot voodoo man
There's very little that's ever said
All of which I understand
Caught like skunk
In space and time
It's a rip-off
If it's hers
Well it must be mine
It's a rip-off
Such a rip-off
Dancing in the nude
Feeling such a dude
It's a rip-off
Mountings of the moon
Remind me of my spoon
It's a rip-off
Such a rip-off
Bleached on the beach
I want to tickle your peach
It's a rip-off
See the girl in dance
In her man-skin pants
It's a rip-off
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All songs written and composed by Marc Bolan
for Essex Music ( International ) Ltd.
Inside Sleeve
Cover layout by Hypnosis
Conception: June Child
Marc Bolan - Vocals, Guitar
Mickey Finn - Percussion, Vocals
Steve Currie - bass
Bill Legend - drums
Rick Wakeman - piano
Howard Kaylan &
Mark Volman - backing vocals
Burt Collins - flugel horn
Ian McDonald - saxophone
Produced by Tony Visconti for Straight Ahead Productions
Recorded at: Wally Heider LA Media Sound N.Y.
Trident and Advision Studios, London
Engineers: Rik Pekkonen, Malcolm Cecil, Roy Thomas Baker, Martin Rushent
Photography: Spud Murphy
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