"Steel and Glass" Lyrics

by John Lennon

Original Manuscript (1974)

Intro
This is the story of your friend
and mine ... who is it who is it?

(1) there you stand with your L.a. tan
and your new york walk and your
new york talk

(2) your mother left you when you
were small and you so you
don't know if you were born
at all . . . .

Steel and glass
Steel and glass

(3) With every step you take and
every hand you break. will be
The guilt you feel is hard to shake - - -

Steel and glass
Steel and glass

As Released by John Lennon (1974)

Heh heh heh...heh heh...this here is a story about your friend
and mine - who is it? Who is it?

There you stand
With your LA tan
And your New York walk
And your New York talk

Your mother left you
When you were small
But you're gonna wish
You wasn't born at all

Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass

Your phone don't ring
No one answers your call
How does it feel
To be off the wall?

Well your mouthpiece squawks
As he spread your lies
But you can't pull strings
If your hands are tied

Well your teeth are clean
And your mind is capped
You leave your smell
Like an alley cat

Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass