Top Of The Pops

Written by: Ray Davies

Published by: Noma Music, Inc. - BMI

Chord file

Lyrics:

I've just come in at Number 25
I'm oh so happy, so glad to be alive
And everybody says it's going to get to the top
Life is so easy when your record's hot.
Go tell my mamma and my sister too
To press my trousers and polish my shoes
I might even end up a rock-and-roll god
It might turn into a steady job.
And my agent said to me: "Son, I always told you so."
Now my record's number 11 on the BBC
But number seven on the N.M.E.
Not the Melody Maker want to interview me
And ask my view on politics and theories on religion.
Now my record's up to number 3
And a woman recognized me and started to scream
This all seems like a crazy dream
I've been invited to a dinner with a prominent queen
And now I've got friends that I never knew I had before.
It's strange how people want you when you record's high
'Cos when it drops down they just pass you by
Now my agent just called me and said it me:
"Son your record's just got to Number One."

This song can be found on the following releases:

stereo mix (3:36), recorded Sep 1970 at Morgan Studios (1), Willesden, London

live, stereo mix (4:30), recorded 3 Mar, 1972 at Carnegie Hall, New York

live, stereo mix, 20 sec. of applause edited out (4:08), recorded 3 Mar, 1972 at Carnegie Hall, New York

stereo mix, by Jeff Hart and the Ruins, recorded 1997

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