Mott The Hoople - Ballad of Mott Lyrics

(ian hunter/overend watts/mick ralphs/verden allen/dale griffin) I changed my name in search of fame To find the midas touch Oh I wish I’d never wanted then What I want now twice as much We crossed the mighty oceans And we had a few divides But we never crossed emotion For we felt too much inside You know all the tales we tell You know the band so well Still I feel, somehow, we let you down We went off somewhere on the way And now I see we have to pay The rock’n’roll circus is in town Buffin lost his child-like dreams And mick lost his guitar And verden grew a line or two And overend’s just a rock’n’roll star Behind these shades the visions fade As I learn a thing or two Oh but if I had my time again You all know just what I’d do Rock’n’roll’s a loser’s game It mesmerises and I can’t explain The reasons for the sights and for the sounds We went off somewhere on the way And now I see we have to pay The rock’n’roll circus is in town So rock’n’roll’s a loser’s game It mesmerises and I can’t explain The reasons for the sights and for the sounds The greasepaint still sticks to my face So what the hell, I can’t erase The rock’n’roll feeling from my mind From my mind...from my mind...from my mind From my miiiiiind...from my miiiiind...from my miiiiiiiiind From my miiiiiiiiiiiind Mott The Hoople Lyrics Ballad of Mott Lyrics