Top Songs By Big Audio Dynamite
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Big Audio Dynamite
Performer
Mick Jones
Guitar
Greg Roberts
Drums
Dan Donovan
Keyboards
Leo Williams
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mick Jones
Composer
Don Letts
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mick Jones
Producer
Joe Strummer
Producer
Chep Nunez
Editing Engineer
Paul Smykle
Engineer
Alan Fovlder
Assistant Engineer
DENNIS MITCHELL
Assistant Engineer
Chris Athens
Mastering Engineer
Howie Weinberg
Mastering Engineer
Sam Sever
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
The messiahs of the Milk Bar, hellraisers to the end
Had a drop too many in a toast to all their friends
Movie stars and writers are present, A to Z
Now these ain't common people, they're personalities
And they've all got a story, ohoh
Tattle talk from Tinseltown, ohoh ("Yeah, yeah, look at that, yeah...")
Some of them survivors, ohohoh
Others gone to ground
There's Brendan B and Hunter T, what's a poet got to say?
Hunter's looking for a story about the IRA
And Lenny isn't laughing, he nearly lost his life
Transsexual from the Transvaal slipped in as his wife
It's a star-studded scandal, ohoh
So raise your glass, my friend, ohoh
The messiahs of the Milk Bar, ohohoh
Hellraisers to the end
"The rose garden is already littered with my victims..."
And they've all got a story, ohoh
Tattle talk from Tinseltown, ohoh
Some of them survivors, ohohoh
Others gone to ground
Bukowski wants to talk, but he's had too much to drink
Threw up in the piano 'cause he thought it was the sink
Little Richard and Sal Dali singing out of key
Both hallucinated, the Sandoz was for free
Osbourne's at a party, Colin Wilson's on the line
Saying, "Listen, Johnny Baby, that catchphrase is mine"
Flynn and Reed in conversation, renowned throughout the land
Used a calculator, work out who's the better man
Now Errol's got the looks, and Ollie's got the strength
One is talking numbers, and the other's talking length
Fatty's feeling frisky, orders more champagne
Women run out screaming, "Oh no, not again!"
And they've all got a story, ohoh
Tattle talk from Tinseltown, ohoh
Some of them survivors, ohohoh
Others gone to ground
It's a star-studded scandal, ohoh
So raise your glass, my friend, ohoh
The messiahs of the Milk Bar, ohohoh
Hellraisers to the end
The messiahs of the Milk Bar, ohohoh
Hellraisers to the end
"There's out, and there's out."
Written by: Don Letts, Mick Jones