I'm Waiting For The Man

David Bowie

Originally recorded by
The Velvet Underground

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Album Information
Album Name (Year): Bowie At The Beeb: The Best Of The BBC Radio Sessions 68-72 (2000)
Record Label: Virgin Records
Billboard Chart: The Billboard 200
Entry Week (Position): 10/14/2000 (181)
Peak Position: 181	Weeks On Chart: 1
Songs On This Album: (Click For Lyrics) Disc 1: 1. In The Heat Of The Morning 2. London Bye Ta Ta 3. Karma Man 4. Silly Boy Blue 5. Let Me Sleep Beside You 6. Janine 7. Amsterdam 8. God Knows I'm Good 9. The Width Of A Circle 10. Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed 11. Cygnet Committee 12. Memory Of A Free Festival 13. Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud 14. Bombers 15. Looking For A Friend 16. Almost Grown 17. Kooks 18. It Ain't Easy Disc 2: 1. The Supermen 2. Eight Line Poem 3. Hang On To Yourself 4. Ziggy Stardust 5. Queen Bitch 6. I'm Waiting For The Man 7. Five Years 8. White Light/White Heat 9. Moonage Daydream 10. Hang On To Yourself 11. Suffragette City 12. Ziggy Stardust 13. Starman 14. Space Oddity 15. Changes 16. Oh! You Pretty Things 17. Andy Warhol 18. Lady Stardust 19. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide Disc 3: 1. Wild Is The Wind 2. Ashes To Ashes 3. Seven 4. This Is Not America 5. Absolute Beginners 6. Always Crashing In The Same Car 7. Survive 8. Little Wonder 9. The Man Who Sold The World 10. Fame 11. Stay 12. Hallo Spaceboy 13. Cracked Actor 14. I'm Afraid Of Americans 15. Let's Dance

Album Notes

This album also appeared on the following Billboard charts (Peak Position):
Top Internet Albums (9)
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Spent 4 weeks on the British Charts starting 10/07/00, peaking at #7.
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I'm waiting for the man
Twenty six dollars in my hand
Up to Lexington, one two five
So sick and dirty more dead than alive
I'm waiting for the man

Hey white boy, what you doing uptown?
Hey white boy, you're chasing all the women around
Oh pardon me sir it's furthest from my mind
I'm just looking for a good friend of mine
I'm waiting for the man

Here he comes; he's all dressed in black
PR shoes and a big straw hat
He's never early, he's always late
First thing you learn is that you've always got to wait
I'm waiting for the man

Brown stone building and three flights of stairs
Nobody stops you 'cause nobody cares
He's got the works and he gives you sweet taste
But then you've got to split because you've got no time to waste
I'm waiting for the man

Baby don't you holler, darling don't you scream and shout
I'm feeling good, I'm going to work it on out
I'm feeling good, I'm feeling so fine
Until tomorrow but that's just another time
I'm waiting for the man

I'm waiting for the man
Twenty six dollars lying there in my hand
Up to Lexington, one two five, five
So sick and dirty more dead than alive
I'm waiting for the man

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Song Information
Song Written By: Lou Reed
Track Number: Disc 2 - 06	Track Length: 5:24
Billboard Chart: Song did not chart
Entry Week (Position): - -
Peak Position: - -	Weeks On Chart: - -

Song Notes

Bowie's version featured in the movie Almost Famous

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