The Passenger

Album: Lust For Life (1977)
Charted: 22
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  • I am a passenger
    And I ride, and I ride
    I ride through the city's backsides
    I see the stars come out of the sky
    Yeah, they're bright in a hollow sky
    You know it looks so good tonight

    I am the passenger
    I stay under glass
    I look through my window so bright
    I see the stars come out tonight
    I see the bright and hollow sky
    Over the city's ripped back sky
    And everything looks good tonight

    Singin' la la la la la la la la
    La la la la la la la la
    La la la la la la la la, la la

    Get into the car
    We'll be the passenger
    We'll ride through the city tonight
    See the city's ripped backsides
    We'll see the bright and hollow sky
    We'll see the stars that shine so bright
    Oh, stars made for us tonight

    Oh, the passenger
    How, how he rides
    Oh, the passenger
    He rides and he rides
    He looks through his window
    What does he see?
    He sees the silent hollow sky
    He sees the stars come out tonight
    He sees the city's ripped backsides
    He sees the winding ocean drive
    And everything was made for you and me
    All of it was made for you and me
    'Cause it just belongs to you and me
    So let's take a ride and see what's mine

    Singin' la la la la la la la la
    La la la la la la la la
    La la la la la la la la, la la

    Oh, the passenger
    He rides and he rides
    He sees things from under glass
    He looks through his window's eye
    He sees the things that he knows are his
    He sees the bright and hollow sky
    He sees the city asleep at night
    He sees the stars are out tonight
    And all of it is yours and mine
    And all of it is yours and mine
    So let's ride and ride and ride and ride

    Singin' la la la la la la la la
    La la la la la la la la
    La la la la la la la la, la la

    Singin' la la la la la la la la
    La la la la la la la la
    La la la la la la la la, la la Writer/s: James Newell Osterberg, Ricky Gardiner
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 7

  • Richard Pickel from Massachusetts At The MomentThe Passenger was a famous at the time 1,975 theatrical film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni costarring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider. Soon after her Last Tango In Paris debut. Steal from the best is an old show business saying. You can't copyright titles, it turns out.
  • Nikolai from Los Angeles, CaThe flipside to this single ("Success") is one of the funniest songs I've ever heard. Why isn't it on this site?
  • William from Pheonix, AzThe backup vocals really effect the song. I can't tell if this is punk..( witch it is) but with a side of blues
  • P.a. from Paris, FranceI know about 50 songs with the same chords sequence and 5 or 6 where they are played exactly the same way, but Iggy's voice and way of singing makes this one unique, and makes you forget all the others.
  • Kris from Wichita, KsPossibly my favorite Iggy Pop song. but it's hard to choose just one considering Iggy is my favorite singer. my question is why aren't there alot of his songs on here.
  • Shawn from Nyc, NyIggy was born in the state of Michigan...Milwuakee is a city in the state of Wisconsin. He grew up in Ann Arbor...He's a big influence, along with the MC5 (of Detroit/Ann Arbor) on the Australian music scene of the mid-70's and beyond.
  • Nick from Edmonton, Canadagreat song
    cant believe im the first commentator
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