Waiting For The Man (Live Friars, Aylesbury, 25th September, 1971)

[Intro]
This is, uh, one that, thank God, you'll probably appreciate
But not being in Beckenham it's, uh
Are you ready Mick?
It's a Velvet Underground number, it's called "Waiting for the Man"
(Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)

[Verse 1]
I'm waiting for the man
Twenty-six dollars in my hand
Up to Lexington, 1-2-5
So sick and dirty, more dead than alive
I'm waiting for the man

[Verse 2]
Hey, white boy, what you doing uptown?
Hey, white boy, you chasing all the women around?
Oh, pardon me, sir, it's speaks from my mind
I'm just lookin' for a good friend of mine
I'm waiting for the man

[Verse 3]
Here he comes, he's all drеssed in black
With high heel shoes and straw hat
He's nеver early, he's always late
First thing that you learn is that you've always gotta wait
I'm waiting for the man

[Verse 4]
Went past the buildings and up three flights of stairs
Nobody stops you 'cause nobody cares
He's got the works, he gives you sweet taste
But then you've gotta split because you've got no time to waste
Ah, I'm waiting for the man

[Outro]
Dollar man
Waiting for then man
Oh, the man, yeah

Thank you, that really is all we know
Thank you very much
Uh, we, we really haven't got anymore numbers, we only rehearsed for today
And I, I killed myself, I killed myself singing
We'd like, just a moment, shut up
We, we, that was going to be our last gig, but, um, look, we'd like to learn some more numbers and if you want us back we'd like to come back before we go to the States once again nearer Christmas sometime, but thank you very much
Well, first of all I wanna thank you very, very much for coming 'cause it's been one of the greatest evenings of my life tonight
With some of the finest musicians and people that I've ever met and have ever heard
Before you go let's have one very, very warm, beautiful round of applause for David Bowie!