Energy Vampires - Peter Hammill

Hunched in the corner of the dressing-room

Trying to get back to the real…

Uh-oh, here they come, ready for their meal:

Energy Vampires, crawling out of the wall

They want to steal my vitality

They want to drink it all

This guy says that he wrote all my songs

This girl says she’s had my baby —

Me, I don’t know them from Adam and Eve

Sometimes I really believe I’m going crazy

«Excuse me while I suck your blood

Excuse me when I phone you

I’ve got every one of your records, man

Doesn’t that mean I own you?»

Oh, sure, I long ago decided to make myself an exponent

Of public possession in the private obsession zone

But now I’m serious, let’s be serious

I’m not selling you my soul

Try to put it in the records

But I’ve got to keep my life my own

One thing I’ve not got a lot of is time

And it’s slipping away…

I’ve got a life to live too

Ah, here they come…

Vampires!