Blue Öyster Cult & Patti Smith
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“Career of Evil” is Secret Treaties opening track. The lyrics were written by Patti Smith in collaboration with the band’s drummer, Albert Bouchard.
The song was based on Patti Smith’s poem titled “Poem of Isadore Ducasse” (Isadore Ducasse was the real name of a 19th-century author who used the pse...
[Verse 1: Albert Bouchard]
I plot your rubric scarab
I steal your satellite
I want your wife to be my
Baby tonight, baby tonight
[Pre-Chorus: Eric Bloom & Albert Bouchard]
I choose to steal what you choose to show
And you know I will not apologize
You’re mine for the taking
[Chorus: Eric Bloom]
I’m making a career of evil!
I’m making a career of evil!
I’m making a career of evil!
I’m making a career of evil!
[Verse 2: Albert Bouchard]
Pay me, I’ll be your surgeon
I’d like to pick your brain
Capture you, inject you
Leave you kneeling in the rain, kneeling in the rain
[Pre-Chorus: Eric Bloom & Albert Bouchard]
I choose to steal what you choose to show
And you know I will not apologize
You’re mine for the taking
[Chorus: Eric Bloom]
I’m making a career of evil!
I’m making a career of evil!
I’m making a career of evil!
I’m making a career of evil!
[Bridge: Albert Bouchard]
I’d like your blue-eyed horseshoe
I’d like your emerald horny toad
I’d like to do it to your daughter on a dirt road
[Verse 3: Albert Bouchard]
And then I’d spend your ransom money
But still, I keep your sheep
I’d peel the mask you’re wearing
And then rob you of your sleep, rob you of your sleep
[Pre-Chorus: Eric Bloom & Albert Bouchard]
I choose to steal what you choose to show
And you know I will not apologize
You’re mine for the taking
[Chorus: Eric Bloom]
I’m making a career of evil!
I’m making a career of evil!
I’m making a career of evil!
I’m making a career of evil!
I’m making a career of evil!
I’m making a career of evil!
I’m making a career of evil!
I’m making a career of evil!
Career of Evil was written by Albert Bouchard & Patti Smith.
Career of Evil was produced by Murray Krugman & Sandy Pearlman.