Iggy Pop

Released: August 29, 1977

Songwriter: David Bowie Iggy Pop

Producer: David Bowie

[Verse 1]
Here comes Johnny Yen again
With the liquor and drugs and the flesh machine
He's gonna do another striptease
Hey man where'd you get that lotion?
I been hurting since I bought the gimmick
About something called love
Yeah, something called love
Well, that's like hypnotizing chickens

[Chorus]
Well, I'm just a modern guy
Of course, I've had it in the ear before
'Cause of a lust for life
'Cause of a lust for life

[Verse 2]
I'm worth a million in prizes
With my torture film, drive a GTO
Wear a uniform all on a government loan
I'm worth a million in prizes
Yeah, I'm through with sleeping on the sidewalk
No more beating my brains
No more beating my brains
With the liquor and drugs
With the liquor and drugs

[Chorus]
Well, I am just a modern guy
Of course, I've had it in the ear before
'Cause of a lust for life (lust for life)
'Cause of a lust for life
I got a lust for life
Got a lust for life
Oh a lust for life
Oh a lust for life
A lust for life
I got a lust for life
I got a lust for life

Well I am just a modern guy
Of course I've had it in the ear before
'Cause of a lust for life
'Cause of a lust for life
'Cause of a lust for life

[Verse 3]
Here comes Johnny Yen again
With the liquor and drugs and the flesh machine
I know he's gonna do another striptease
Hey man where'd you get that lotion?
Your skin starts itching once you buy the gimmick
About something called love
Oh love love love
Well that's like hypnotizing chickens

[Chorus]
Well I am just a modern guy
Of course I've had it in the ear before
'Cause of a lust for life
(Lust for life)
'Cause of a lust for life
(Lust for life)
Got a lust for life
Yeah a lust for life
I got a lust for life
Oh a lust for life
I got a lust for life
Yeah a lust for life
I got a lust for life
A lust for life
Lust for life
Lust for life
A lust for life
(Lust for life)
(Lust for life)

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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Lust for Life

From the albums

Guitar Hero Live GHTV Soundtrack
Lust for Life (1977)
Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture (1996)
Indie 2000 Vol. 2 (1998)
Cleveland Rocks! Music from The Drew Carey Show (1998)
Greatest Hits of the 70's (2000)
John Cage To David Byrne: Four Decades of Contemporary Music (2001)
The Best Pub Jukebox … Ever! (2004)
Now That’s What I Call Running 2017 [UK] (2017)
NOW 100 Hits Movies [UK] (2019)

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