Topic: The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

[Jahn]

This group, and Alex Harvey himself has had a significant impact on my transformation. It is a honor to present some of his lyrics here. Alex Harvey was outstanding in his Theatre, Rock'n Roll Style in the 1970's the golden decade when all the brilliant Rock was made, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Rod Stewart, Pink Floyd, Kevin Coyne, Frank Zappa, Elton John, Neil Young to name a few ...

[Jahn]

MAN IN THE JAR

I got a call on a rainy Monday
Business was uneasy
so I flipped open a fresh packet of cigarettes
and considered the situation
Was her daddy bad?
Was it bullets for my baby?
But there's one thing bothering me
Who was the man in the jar?
The fog drifted down over the river
I turned up the collar of my coat
I gotta get over there fast, fast, fast
Call me a cab, call me a cab
I entered the study
Through the french windows
There on the floor was all that was left
Of the man with no face

Crazy
Was the name of the case
Of the man with no face
The man in the jar
Daisy
Was the name of the dame
with the fabulous frame
The man in the jar
Brother
I'm telling a tale
Of a beautiful frail
Whose daddy was bad
Buddy
Don't give me no jive
Just staying alive
The man in the jar, The man in the jar
He wanna get out, he wanna get out
Smashin' the glass, smashin' the glass, smashin' the glass
The man in the jar

I knew this was the grande finale
'Cos Hot City was too hot for Daisy
That was the name of the frail who ended in jail
Leaving me as a patsy
Honey take my gun
Sixteen guys entered the elevator at the same time
that can only mean that
I must be the man in the jar

Hot shot-
Give me the phone
Then leave me alone
I'm like the man in the jar
Sister
You got me all wrong
I'm stringing along
With the man in the jar

Zaba zaba zaba da ba baba da za zaba da ba
Zaba zaba zaba da ba baba da za zaba da ba

The man in the jar
The man in the jar
He wanna get out
He wanna get out
He's smashin' the glass
He's smashin' the glass
He's smashin' the glass
The man in the jar




From the: The Impossible Dream
Harvey, McKenna, Cleminson
1974

[Jahn]

FRAMED

I'm walking down the street mindin' my own affair
when two policemen grabbed me and I'm unaware
They said "Is your name Alexander?" and I said "Why, sure!"
They said "You're the cat that we've been looking for."

Chorus:
But I was framed
I was framed
I never did nothing
but now I was, I was framed

The cops took me to a little room where the bright lights shine
there was ten poor souls like me standin' in the line
I knew I was the victim of somebody's evil plan
when a stool pigeon looked at me an' said....

That's your man!

But I was framed
I was framed
I never did nothing
but now I was, I was framed

Then the public prosecutor started prosecutin' me
that man wanted to find what was my pedigree
He said "Where were you on the third of June 1963?"
Them cats with rubber hoses started givin' me the third degree....

But I was framed
I was framed
I never did nothing
but now I was, I was framed




Album: Framed
1972 ?

[Michael]

that's great - i'll have to look out for them