Marc Almond - The Idol lyrics

Hail Hail the Idol hail Hail the Idol

Idol be bad idol be wild
Martyr your heart father a love child
We need all your kinks
And your dark attitude we live on your sins
And your volatile moods
We love you, we love you
We love you, we love you
You're a pop up poster of a teenage dream
We love you, we love you
We love you, we love you
A fur inferno on a twisted scene

Go for the gold never grow old
In the bed or the car
It's the end of the star burn yourself out
Do yourself in don't try to mend
All gods fall in the end

Hail Hail the Idol hail Hail the Idol

We loved you in black we adored you in pink
Up in the dock or drowned in the drink
Wrapped up in foil anointed in oil

We love you, we love you
We love you, we love you
Rip out your soul as you're playing the role
We love you, we love you
We love you, we love you
Nail up your hands to fulfil our demands

Go for the gold never grow old
In the bed or the car
It's the end of the star burn yourself out
Do yourself in don't try to mend
All gods fall in the end

Sweet crucifixion

We hate you, we hate you
We hate you, we hate you
Watch them turn cold as you start to grow old
We hate you, we hate you
We hate you, we hate you
Vinyl to burn as the crowd starts to turn

Go for the gold never grow old
In the bed or the car
It's the end of the star burn yourself out
Do yourself in don't try to mend
All gods fall in the end

Be what you are in the bed or the car
In the bath or the bar
It's the end of the star burn yourself out
Do yourself in don't try to mend
All gods fall in the end

Fail Fail the Idol fail Fail the Idol
Fail Fail the Idol fail Fail the Idol

All gods fall in the end

Valentino the sheik was the God of them all
But his macho was dented and he took a fall
Garland sang tragedy touching our hearts
But her life was a tragedy more than her art
Fabian and Avalon gold lamed and cute
Kissed fickle fame and went
Straight down the chute
Elvis the cat loved us tender with youth
But what we were seeing was never the truth
Just wanted to sing but
Fame made it's demands
And died while still young trying to please
All his fans
James was a rebel that stood for an age
A drink and a drive and
Then death took the stage
Poor Billie Holliday paid all her dues
When her close friend the needle
Gave her the blues
Janis at night cruised for boys on the strip
But death by the bottle is what made her hip
Marylin's beauty showed age every day
But her sinister end helped her keep age away

We love you, we love you
We love you, we love you
We love you, we love you
We love you, we love you

Brian Jones had an aura that
Mick soon would crave
But pills and a pool set
The scene for the grave
Jim lived his life to put edge to his songs
But he died in the bath
To reach where he belongs
Jimi played notes that were all heaven-sent
But the drink and the drugs made
Sure that's where he went
Osmond and Cassidy records all gold
But they made the mistake of growing too old
Bolan got fat was not pleasant to see
But we loved him again when
He met with a tree
Kurt was unhappy with fame and success
A gun in the mouth and one hell of a mess
And who will be next on
The big cross of fame?
A white sequinned glove and
A big famous name?

We hate you, we hate you
We hate you, we hate you
We hate you, we hate you
We hate you, we hate you