HW Alien (I Am)

[Andrew Gilham]

OK, "Sputnik Stan" was easy...  this is my best shot at the lyrics to
"Alien (I Am)".  I'm not 100% certain about much of this, but I've marked
the dodgiest lines.  It's the chorus that really bugs me!


I lack emotion
I've no love that I will find
I once found devotion
To be the worried mind

The heart is suffered [?]
The soul is scorched [?]
Lying here ruptured
With such empty mental thoughts [?]

Your world is closed
The door slammed shut
A light that's gone out
Say no more, speak no less
For you I know the alien I am
The alien I am
My mind is marble [?]
The belt steel tight [?]
The eye looks within
Say no more, speak to no less
While I, the alien, reject your human touch
I reject your human touch

Alien control calling Earth
Are you receiving, Earth?
Are you receiving?
We are the aliens
We have warned you about the danger


It's a long time since I tried to work out an entirely new Hawkwind
lyric! :)

BTW, re: the line about the eye that looks within... is this track a
version of the unreleased cut on the Griffin set?  Or vice versa?

- Andy