The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking
Roger Waters
1984
jaar
Top 40
16
piekpositie
Top 40
8
weken
Top 40
125
punten
Top 40
Het concept, zoals dat door Roger Waters in 1977 is bedacht, gaat over een man met een midlifecrisis tijdens een roadtrip ergens in Midden-Europa, die droomt van het plegen van overspel met een lifter die hij oppikt langs de weg. Op deze manier wordt hij ook geconfronteerd met andere angsten en paranoia, kortom al deze dingen die plaatsvinden in de vroege ochtenduren van 04:30 tot 05:12 op een niet nader genoemde dag.
Artiest
Titel A-kant
5.01 AM (The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking)
Lengte A-kant
4:34
Componist(en) A-kant
Waters
Producer(s) A-kant
Roger Waters, Michael Kamen
Titel B-kant
4.30 AM (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)
Lengte B-kant
3:22
Componist(en) B-kant
Waters
Producer(s) B-kant
Roger Waters, Michael Kamen
Platenlabel
Harvest
Catalogusnr
1A 006-2001297
Hoogste positie UK
76
Hoogste positie US
17
Album
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
Songtekst
An angel on a Harley
Pulls across to greet a fellow rolling stone
Puts his bike up on it's stand
Leans back and then extends
A scarred and greasy hand
He said "How ya doin' bro? Where ya been? Where ya goin'?"
Then he takes your hand
In some strange Californian handshake
And breaks the bone
(Have a nice day)
A housewife from Encino
Whose husband's on the golf course
With his book of rules
Breaks and makes a 'U' and idles back
To take a second look at you
You flex your rod
Fish takes the hook
Sweet vodka and tobacco in her breath
Another number in your little black book
These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
Oh babe, I must be dreaming
I'm standing on the leading edge
The Eastern seaboard spread before my eyes
"Jump" says Yoko Ono
"I'm too scared and too good looking" I cried
"Go on", she says
"Why don't you give it a try?
Why prolong the agony all men must die"
Do you remember Dick Tracy?
Do you remember Shane?
Child: "And mother wants you"
Could you see him selling tickets
Where the buzzard circles over
Child: "Shane"
The body on the plain
Did you understand the music Yoko
Or was it all in vain?
Child: "Shane"
The bitch said something mystical "Herro"
So I stepped back on the kerb again
These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
Oh babe, I must be dreaming again
These are the pros and cons of hitchhiking
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