Hot Spot - Phil Manzanera

I just drove in to town today

To sample the flesh pots

And all the girls I talk to say

«We need help at the hot spot»

I said «Well I think I got the help you seek»

Been deep-fishing all through the week

And I’ve never been no radio freak

So you can teach me the latest dancing, darling

Come on, let’s go where the night sky breaks

We’ve got the noise at a 1000 watts

Where the bass vibrations make the building shake

And everybody’s dancing, dancing at the hot spot

It’s a wildfire sensation

You just got to know

The neon radiation

Makes your body glow

My pickup told me I’m a lazy dog

Coz I dig to go cruising

And I was riding high on a hog

Until I saw what she was using

I said hey

Baby what do you need a needle for

She said, it used to be illegal

And now it’s the law

We are shooting atropine

To make damn sure

Everyday since they started up a the third world war

Let’s go where the night sky breaks

With your flame and your bear-skin rugs

Where the mounting vibes make the building quake

And everybody’s burning, burning at the hot spot

It’s a hellfire creation

Nobody wants to know

The neutron radiation

Makes your body glow

I said man

I read about this in a magazine

But I’m not prepared

I can’t stand what I’m seeing

There’s no fun on the disco scene

And there’s no future in America’s dream

Oh no, don’t go where the night sky breaks

Where the white sun rises at midnight

And there’s a heatwave coming makes the building shake

And everybody’s dying, dying at the hot spot

It’s a wildfire sensation

You don’t need to know

The neon radiation

Makes your body glow