Morrissey at The Hammerstein Ballroom October 28 2007

Morrissey Performing a Cover of the New York Dolls song "Human Being"

Well if you dont like it
Go ahead, find yourself a saint
Go ahead now,
Try to find a boy
Whos gonna be what I aint

Now what you need is
A plastic doll with a fresh coat of paint
Whos gonna sit through the madness
And always acts so quaint
Said yeah yeah yeah

With your new friend
Youre really making a scene
And I see you bouncing around
From machine to machine

And you know
Theyre never real, theyre
Never what they seem
And you can try to generate some warmth
And you see just what I mean
I said yeah yeah yeah

And if Im acting like a king
Well thats cause
Im a human being
And if I want too many things
Dont you know that Im a human being
And if Ive got to dream
Baby baby baby yeah
Im a human being
And when it gets a bit obscene (wooah)
Im a human being

And Ive just got to go around
With my head hung down
Just like a human, babe,
An unknown human being
And I can hold my head so high
Cause Im a human, a riff raff human being

Why wont you give me a little sip
Why dont you try me on a drag of that cigarette
Why dont you try to give me something that
I will never ever forget

But now dont you blow it all
On a million dollar bet
Because youre liable to lose it
On the best lovin youve had yet
Im beggin yeah yeah oh yeah

And if Im acting like a king
Well thats cause Im a human being
I want too many things
Dont you know that Im a human being
And if Ive got to dream I said well,
Im a human being
And when it gets a bit obscene (wooah)
Im a human being

And Ive got to go around
With my head hung down
Just like a human, babe
An unknown human being
And I can hold my head so high
Cause Im a human, a riff raff human being

In fact Im talking about the human race
Youre trying to cover up the big disgrace
I said yeah yeah yeah,
Oh cmon cmon cmon
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah

Well I may think that this whole scene is
Just a too appalling for me
Or I may be the type whos just a mad about
Every little thing that I see
Well I can color that with mystery
Or make it just what I want it to be
While Im blowing my change on the fan magazines
With all the hollywood refugees, screaming
Yeah yeah, oh yeah

And if Im acting like a king
I said well, Im a human being
And if I want too many things
Dont you know that Im a human being
And if Ive got to dream
Baby baby, Im a human being
And when it gets a bit obscene (wooah)
Im a human being

And Ive got to go around with my head hung down
Just like a human being
Were all just human being
And I can hold my head so high
Cause Im a human, a first class human being

Im a human being
Im a human being
Im a human being
Im a human being

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• Morrissey
• live
• NYC
• Hammerstein
• Ballroom
• Human
• Being
• New
• York
• Dolls
• Cover
• Song
• October
• 28
• 2007

[ristol]

I was also at this show. To hear his voice and know it was no recording, that he was in the room with me singing, was one of the great spiritual experiences of my life.

[phenumpkin]

Amen.

[giardinas3]

this is awesome! I was at this show in the very very front! thanks for sharing it!!

[smilepogo]

THANK YOU, this was my favorite song of the four nights I saw him! He aced this cover. Love the original, even his B-side studio version, but this had so much energy and was sped up that I was truely mesmerized by it. Thank you! Sorry that the only other night I missed was Tuesday where he performed it as well. Anyone been to both and could tell me if it was just as good? Sunday might have just been particularly excellent b/c David J (NY Dolls) was in the audience.