Pink Floyd
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Pink becomes a rock star and throws himself recklessly into the hedonism of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. This song is also a pastiche-style parody of arena rock that was very popular at the time.
[Verse 1: David Gilmour]
(Ah) I am just a new boy
A stranger in this town
Where are all the good times?
Who's gonna show this stranger around?
[Chorus: David Gilmour & Roger Waters]
Ooh, I need a dirty woman
Ooh, I need a dirty girl
[Verse 2: David Gilmour]
Will some woman in this desert land
Make me feel like a real man?
Take this rock-and-roll refugee
Ooh, baby, set me free
[Chorus: David Gilmour & Roger Waters]
Ooh, I need a dirty woman
Ooh, I need a dirty girl
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus: David Gilmour & Roger Waters]
Ooh, I need a dirty woman
Ooh, I need a dirty girl
[Outro]
*Phone beeping*
“Hello?”
“Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd. Will you accept the charge, it's from the United States?”
*Phone clicks*
“Oh, he hung up. That's your residence, right? Well, I wonder why he hung up. Is there supposed to be someone out there besides your wife there to answer?”
*Phone redials and beeps again*
“Hello?”
“This is the United States calling. Are we reaching…”
*Phone clicks*
“See, he keeps hanging up, and it's a man answering.”
Young Lust was written by David Gilmour & Roger Waters.
Young Lust was produced by David Gilmour & Roger Waters & James Guthrie & Bob Ezrin.
Pink Floyd released Young Lust on Fri Nov 30 1979.
When I wrote this song “Young Lust” the words were all quite different, it was about leaving school and wandering around town and hanging around outside porno movies and dirty bookshops and being very interested in sex, but never actually being able to get involved because of being too frightened ac...