Rip-Off

T. Rex

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 the mud
It's a rip-off
Bleached on the beach
I want to tickle your peach

It's a rip-off
Such a rip-off
See the girl 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 a 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 Governors 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 vodoo man
There's very little that's ever said

All of which I understand
Caught like a skunk
In space and time
It's a rip-off
If it's her's

Well it must be mine
It's a rip-off
Such a rip-off


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Rip Off Lyrics as written by Marc Bolan

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    OH MY GAAAAAAAAAAAAAWSH ARE YOU SERIOUS?????? NO COMMENTS???? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE??? MY ALL TIME FAVORITE T REX SONG HAS NO COMMENTS! THAT SAXOPHONE IS LIKE HEROIN FOR YOUR EARDRUMS GAAAAHHH THE LYRICS MAKE ME LAUGH AND RUN DOWN THE STREET AND PUNCH SOMEONE IN THE FACE AT THE SAME TIME LOOOL SO GREAT
    Willboeon February 16, 2010   Link
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    John Frusciante said he thought it would be funny to rip off a song called 'rip off'. He's a Bolan fan. That one long bridge chord's the one he used in 'Under the bridge'. Bolan for all his fame is still very underrated IMO.
    buriedinmyskinon December 18, 2018   Link

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