Iggy Pop

Released: October 23, 1986

Songwriter: David Bowie Iggy Pop

Producer: David Bowie David Richards

Needed you, you were only using
Needing you just tore me down
And here I stand in isolation
Feeling emptiness and doubt

Walking down the broken highway
Sucking sugar plain and sweet
Did your mother ever tell you
That the joyful are free?

I need some lovin' like an inmate needs a dime
I need some lovin' like a poet needs a rhyme

Here I stand (Isolation, isolation) In isolation (Isolation, isolate-I-I)
My empty hands (Isolation, isolation) In isolation (Isolation, uh!)

Walking down the broken highway
Sucking sugar cause it's my way
Find me one heart to complete with
Heading for the farthest reaches

I need some lovin' like a body needs a soul
I need some lovin' like a fastball needs control

Here I stand (Isolation, isolation) In isolation (Isolation, isolate-I-I)
My empty hands (Isolation, isolation) In isolation (Isolation, isolate-I-I)
Strike up the band (Isolation, isolation) In this proud land (Isolation, isolate-I-I)

Got a lot to do (Isolation, isolation) Got a lot to say
Got a life to live (Isolation, isolation) Got a lot to do
Got a lot to say (Isolation, isolate-I-I) Got a life to live
Got a lot to do
Here I stand (Isolation, isolation) In isolation (Isolation, isolate-I-I)
In isolation (Isolation, isolation)

After his previous band, The Stooges collapsed, Iggy Pop (the stage name of James Newell Osterberg, Jr.) initially struggled to establish a solo career. Working with David Bowie in Berlin helped him produce The Idiot and Lust For Life, essential albums which made him a household name.

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