HUNGER
(Lee Frey)

Tompall Glaser - 1976


They said in her younger days 
Her beauty was enough to drive men wild
But the hunger in her body then 
Was not the hunger of some lonely child
Like a butterfly in springtime 
Searching every field for loving's sweetest rose
The embrace of many strangers 
Still could not release her from the hold

In the backstreets and the bedrooms 
All she's found is disappointments 
While the love that she's too often found 
Was not enough to satisfy her needs
She's older than the years she holds 
And ageing fast with each day passing by
On a downhill run to nowhere 
'Cause the hunger never can be satisfied

The reflection in her mirror's 
Not the image she remembers in her mind
Her beauty has been eaten by the hunger 
And the acid winds of time
She has danced the tune her demons play 
And paid the piper dearly for his song
Empty now of all her pride 
But still inside her hunger's just as strong

(Instrumental Break)

The reflection in her mirror's 
Not the image she remembers in her mind
Her beauty has been eaten by the hunger 
And the acid winds of time
She has danced the tune her demons play 
And paid the piper dearly for his song
Empty now of all her pride 
But still inside her hunger's just as strong



(Contributed by Mel - July 2004)