HW:Hawkwind Album and song titles

M Holmes fofp at TATTOO.ED.AC.UK
Thu Sep 12 09:10:53 EDT 1996


Michael G Karschner writes:

> Hi!  I hope some of you knowledgable Hawkwind fans out there can help
> me.  So that I could see what HW sounded like, a friend dubbed me a tape
> that someone had given to her.  Unfortunately, she didn't had neither
> the album title nor song titles for it.  I don't even know if it was an
> actual album, or if someone made a compilation of songs for her.
> Anyway, I'll list some of the song lyrics (that I could understand), and
> maybe someone will know the album/song titles.
>
> One of the songs with vocals had the following lyrics: "I've got this
> fascination....(repeated several times)...LEVITATION!"  Another had:
> "Who's gonna win the war, now...who's gonna win the war?"

These are both from the Hawkwind album "Levitation". The tracks are,
yep, you guessed it, "Levitation" and "Who's Gonna Win The War?". The
latter track was released as a charity 7" single with the proceeds going
to the Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament.

> The very first song (and the one I hope I can get the title for, because
> I really like it, and it keeps running through my head), had the
> following lyrics:
>
>         I crept up on my daybed,
>         and looked down on my town.
>         I saw a shrinking violet,
>         and crushed it into the ground.
>         And I'm never gonna tell you why.
>
>         I got my face in the furnace <?>,
>         I got my feet in the <freeze?>,
>         I got drowned in a bowl of cereal,
>         And I have to ask you to leave.
>         And I'm never gonna tell you why.
>
>         <some stuff I can't understand>
>         ...and it sounds like a <diesel hog?> that just won't go.
>         <more stuff>
>         ...and I'm standing on the edge of Mars...
>
>         <more stuff>
>
>         I'll see you around, baby <repeated several times>
>
> I'd really appreciate it if someone could tell me the name of that
> song.

I'm certain that this isn't a Hawkwind song. Maybe it's by Turner or someone?

FoFP



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