Wednesday, November 23, 2005

My gift to you: Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf"



So, I heard Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf" three times today. First I heard it at the gym; next I heard it in the car, as my mom and I drove to the mall (I couldn't help but listen to it. There was nothing but ads on the other stations); and then, I heard it at Macy's (their idea of Christmas music, apparently).
I figured this was all a sign that I needed to post the lyrics of the song on this blog, that I need to reacquaint you, dear blog reader, with "Hungry Like the Wolf." So here's my good deed for the year (*disclaimer: I am NOT hungry like a wolf. I'm not hungry like anything. I enjoyed a lovely dinner and happen to be full at the moment. Also, there is no way that I could ever be hungry like a wolf, seeing that wolves are carnivores (or are they omnivores??) and I'm a herbivore...well I eat fish, does that make me a herbi-, pesce-vore...or am I in fact, a carnivore and, therefore, hungry like the wolf when I am hungry? I have a headache. Enjoy the song lyrics below). I present to you "Hungry Like the Wolf." :

(ha ha!)

Dark in the city, night is a wire
Steam in the subway, earth is a fire
Do-do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do, do do
Woman you want me, give me a sign
And catch my breathing even closer behind
Do-do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do, do do

In touch with the ground
I’m on the hunt I’m after you
Smell like I sound, I’m lost in a crowd
And I’m hungry like the wolf
Straddle the line, in discord and rhyme
I’m on the hunt I’m after you
Mouth is alive with juices like wine
And I’m hungry like the wolf

Stalked in the forest, too close to hide
I’ll be upon you by the moonlight side
Do-do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do, do do
High blood drumming ony our skin it’s so tight
You feel my heart, I’m just a moment behind
Do-do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do, do do

In touch with the ground
I’m on the hunt I’m after you
Scent and a sound, I’m lost and I’m found
And I’m hungry like the wolf
Strut on a line, it’s discord and rhyme
I howl and I whine I’m after you
Mouth is alive all running inside
And I’m hungry like the wolf

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(hungry like the wolf
Hungry like the wolf
Hungry like the wolf)

Burning the ground I break from the crowd
I’m on the hunt I’m after you
I smell like I sound, I’m lost and I’m found
And I’m hungry like the wolf
Strut on a line, it’s discord and rhyme
I’m on the hunt I’m after you
Mouth is alive with juices like wine
And I’m hungry like the wolf

Burning the ground I break from the crowd
I’m on the hunt I’m after you
Scent and a sound, I’m lost and I’m found
And I’m hungry like the wolf

Strut on a line, it’s discord and rhyme
I howl and I whine I’m after you
Mouth is alive all running inside
And I’m hungry like the wolf...

2 comments:

Abstracting Silliness said...

great song, but now that I read the lyrics I would hate to be at the receiving end of this song! there is just too much desperation in there.

Nefertiti said...

love that 80's stuff. i was a george michael nerd. and still am.