The Walker Brothers
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The Walker Brothers
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The Walker Brothers
The Walker Brothers
The Walker Brothers
The Walker Brothers
The Walker Brothers
A thematic follow up to 1969’s “The Old Man’s Back Again”, Scott Walker revisits his commentary on Soviet authoritarianism in “Fat Mama Kick” although this time with the nightmarish and abstract lyrics that would become his artistic trademark in his later years.
On early presses of Nite Flights, th...
[Verse 1]
Sunfighters locked in right angle rooms
Watch their lovers sleep face down in the yellow lite
Keep the balance on a back curve
'Til the war with the nite is over
[Refrain]
The gods are gone, the air is thick
You cannot risk the fat fat mama kick
[Verse 2]
Armed angels walk the city Iites
Wait inside their master corpses peeled raw, betrayed
And fade and fade
As the noise goes over and over
[Refrain]
The gods are gone, the searchlites lick
You cannot risk the fat fat mama kick
[Bridge]
DEAF-DUMB-BLIND, DEAF-DUMB-BLIND
DEAF-DUMB-BLIND, DEAF-DUMB-BLIND
DEAF-DUMB-BLIND, DEAF-DUMB-BLIND
[Instrumental]
[Verse 1]
Sunfighters locked in right angle rooms
Burn the heat off with their lovers in the yellow lite
Keep the balance to the mirror flash
'Til the war with the nite is over
Fat Mama Kick was written by Scott Walker.
Fat Mama Kick was produced by Scott Walker & Dave MacRae.