A Bit Of You - Rufus Wainwright (song only)

My all time favorite song ever (and equally very difficult to obtain!)

Lyrics:

A bit of you the only drug I must abuse
A bit of you is the only substance I cannot refuse
When I walk on Spring
Beneath the stench a bit of you is all I smell
Upon the shelves a bit of you I ask "they sell?"
When I walk on Spring

Cause there ain't no style
No there ain't no style
Cause there ain't no style
And in fact there is just one other problem
You live up in Harlem

Of course I had no knowledge of this at the time
That came après July on the Upper West Side
Waiting for the fall
When from the Battery on up to your front door
From mother ship the rocket launching twister whores
Would blow up it all

Cause there ain't no style...
And in fact there is just one other problem
I would have spared Harlem

Affections sent, straight to Chekov, say you need me
Don't you need me, wait I thought we're on Broadway
No, my daddy said so: "still outside of Moscow"

And so the days creep up to my big final show
And not a word from you, an hour I must blow
So I walk and see
Upon the streets a faded island, press on eyes
A big old pool of you's, zillions I realize
And just one of me

Cause there ain't no style...
You've infected Harlem
Guess I won't be waiting several hours
Before nightfall for that A train,
just the hiss of the dumes band play.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• rufus
• wainwright
• bit
• of
• you

[PasCorrect]

Thanks for posting this! One of my favourites :-)

[Mongrelgrey]

I was one of one of the ones in love with this in 2000, the first year of the popular downloading programmes. And I have never been able to obtain it ever since. Thank you!

[Jasna88]

I have unhealthy obsession over this song. I am even listening it on iPod (for 15th time in a row) while i am writing this.

[Cantantaranta]

he's just...amazing I don't know what else to say!

[Sshelly34213]

Thanks for posting, would you happen to have the song Danny Boy?

[jane828jan]

thanks for posting this!

[liveo27]

Anyone know who is singing backup on this? I know it's not Martha but sounds a bit like her!

[DrWeiland]

a bit of love, and a bit of death - a blow-up doll and a rolex watch - strait to chicken!

[xgunther]

OMG. I love finding Rufus treasures like this! Thank you!

[krusher181]

very good, his singing in this is highly reminiscent of Thom Yorke's