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The Deborah Harry song catalog you find on this page was compiled by me, the webmaster, with the help of my personal record collection, booklets, biographies, setlists, ASCAP, the LoC (Library of Congress), articles and (live) bootlegs. It's my goal to create a page which features Deborah's complete musical body of work, no matter if Deborah was in any way musically involved herself or whether she contributed her own lyrics to a project. In order to keep up the standard of this page and to make it grow you can help by submitting song titles and/or information which are missing on this site. Every contribution is greatly appreciated. Official song lyrics were taken from booklets. I transcribed those songs myself where no official lyrics were available (with no guarantee for their accuracy). I apologize for possible errors and will gladly take corrections. I kindly ask you not to copy any of these lyrics from this page.
All song pages include links to the albums, singles and/or live albums which they were released on. Best Ofs and soundtracks were only listed if there is a special mix available on the record or the song title itself was previously unreleased.

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originally by The Rolling Stones

 

MEMO FROM TURNER

Didn't I see you down in San Antone on a hot and dusty night?
We were eating eggs in Sammy's when the black man there drew his knife
Aw, you drowned that Jew in Rampton as he washed his sleeveless shirt
You know, that Spanish-speaking gentlemen, the one we all called "Kurt"

Come now, gentleman, I know there's some mistake
How forgetful I'm becoming
Now you fixed your business straight

I remember you in Hemlock Road in nineteen fifty-six
You're a faggy little leather boy with a smaller piece of stick
You're a lashing, smashing hunk of man
Your sweat shines sweet and strong
Your organs working perfectly but there's a part that's not screwed on

Weren't you at the Coke convention back in nineteen sixty-five
You're the misbred grey executive I've seen heavily advertised
You're the great, gray man whose daughter licks policemen's buttons clean
You're the man who squats behind the man who works the soft machine

Come now, gentleman, your love is all I crave
You'll still be in the circus when I'm laughing, laughing in my grave

When the old men do the fighting and the young men all look on
And the young girls eat their mothers meat from tubes of plasticon
Be wary of these my gentle friends of all the skins you breed
They have a tasty habit
They eat the hands that bleed

So remember who you say you are and keep your noses clean
Boys will be boys and play with toys so be strong with your beast
Oh Rosie dear, doncha think it's queer
So stop me if you please
The baby is dead my lady said
You gentlemen, why you all work for me?

FEATURED ON

unreleased - performed by Deborah solo during several live shows

e.g.

° Poughkeepsie, NY/USA - May 28, 1994
° Pittsburgh, PA/USA - May 26, 1994
° Trenton, NJ/USA - May 22, 1994
° Asbury Park, NJ/USA - May 21, 1994
° New York, NY/USA - May 18, 1994
° Birmingham/UK - December 9, 1993
° Crawley/UK - December 8, 1993
° Cardiff/UK - December 6, 1993
° London/UK - December 4, 1993
° Southend/UK - December 2, 1993
° Glasgow/UK - November 26, 1993
° Cambridge/UK - November 21, 1993

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