The Idol

<br>Hail Hail the Idol<br>Hail Hail the Idol<br><br>Idol be bad<br>Idol be wild<br>Martyr your heart<br>Father a love child<br>We need all your kinks<br>And your dark attitude<br>We live on your sins<br>And your volatile moods<br><br>We love you, we love you<br>We love you, we love you<br>You`re a pop up poster of a teenage dream<br>We love you, we love you<br>We love you, we love you<br>A fur inferno on a twisted scene<br><br>Go for the gold<br>Never grow old<br>In the bed or the car<br>It`s the end of the star<br>Burn yourself out<br>Do yourself in<br>Don`t try to mend<br>All gods fall in the end<br><br>Hail Hail the Idol<br>Hail Hail the Idol<br><br>We loved you in black<br>We adored you in pink<br>Up in the dock<br>Or drowned in the drink<br>Wrapped up in foil<br>Anointed in oil<br><br>We love you, we love you<br>We love you, we love you<br>Rip out your soul as you`re playing the role<br>We love you, we love you<br>We love you, we love you<br>Nail up your hands to fulfil our demands<br><br>Go for the gold<br>Never grow old<br>In the bed or the car<br>It`s the end of the star<br>Burn yourself out<br>Do yourself in<br>Don`t try to mend<br>All gods fall in the end<br><br>Sweet crucifixion<br><br>We hate you, we hate you<br>We hate you, we hate you<br>Watch them turn cold as you start to grow old<br>We hate you, we hate you<br>We hate you, we hate you<br>Vinyl to burn as the crowd starts to turn<br><br>Go for the gold<br>Never grow old<br>In the bed or the car<br>It`s the end of the star<br>Burn yourself out<br>Do yourself in<br>Don`t try to mend<br>All gods fall in the end<br><br>Be what you are<br>In the bed or the car<br>In the bath or the bar<br>It`s the end of the star<br>Burn yourself out<br>Do yourself in<br>Don`t try to mend<br>All gods fall in the end<br><br>Fail Fail the Idol<br>Fail Fail the Idol<br>Fail Fail the Idol<br>Fail Fail the Idol<br><br>All gods fall in the end<br><br>Valentino the sheik was the God of them all<br>But his macho was dented and he took a fall<br>Garland sang tragedy touching our hearts<br>But her life was a tragedy more than her art<br>Fabian and Avalon gold lamed and cute<br>Kissed fickle fame and went straight down the chute<br>Elvis the cat loved us tender with youth<br>But what we were seeing was never the truth<br>Just wanted to sing but fame made its demands<br>And died while still young trying to please all his fans<br>James was a rebel that stood for an age<br>A drink and a drive and then death took the stage<br>Poor Billie Holliday paid all her dues<br>When her close friend the needle gave her the blues<br>Janis at night cruised for boys on the strip<br>But death by the bottle is what made her hip<br>Marylin`s beauty showed age every day<br>But her sinister end helped her keep age away<br><br>We love you, we love you<br>We love you, we love you<br>We love you, we love you<br>We love you, we love you<br><br>Brian Jones had an aura that Mick soon would crave<br>But pills and a pool set the scene for the grave<br>Jim lived his life to put edge to his songs<br>But he died in the bath to reach where he belongs<br>Jimi played notes that were all heaven-sent<br>But the drink and the drugs made sure that`s where he went<br>Osmond and Cassidy records all gold<br>But they made the mistake of growing too old<br>Bolan got fat was not pleasant to see<br>But we loved him again when he met with a tree<br>Kurt was unhappy with fame and success<br>A gun in the mouth and one hell of a mess<br>And who will be next on the big cross of fame?<br>A white sequinned glove and a big famous name?<br><br>We hate you, we hate you<br>We hate you, we hate you<br>We hate you, we hate you<br>We hate you, we hate you