Star Treatment

Album: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
Charted: 23
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  • I just wanted to be one of The Strokes
    Now look at the mess you made me make
    Hitchhiking with a monogrammed suitcase
    Miles away from any half-useful imaginary highway
    I'm a big name in deep space
    Ask your mates but golden boy's in bad shape
    I found out the hard way
    That here ain't no place for dolls like you and me
    Everybody's on a barge
    Floating down the endless stream of great TV
    1984, 2019

    Maybe I was a little too wild in the 70s
    Rocket-ship grease down the cracks of my knuckles
    Karate bandana
    Warp speed chic
    Hair down to there
    Impressive moustache
    Love came in a bottle with a twist off cap
    Let's all have a swig and do a hot lap

    So who you gonna call?
    The martini police
    Baby, that isn't how they look tonight, oh no
    It took the light forever to get to your eyes

    I just wanted to be one of those ghosts
    You thought that you could forget
    And then I haunt you via the rear view mirror
    On a long drive from the back seat
    But it's alright 'cause you love me
    And you recognize that it ain't how it should be
    Your eyes are heavy and the weather's getting ugly
    So pull over, I know the place
    Don't you know an apparition is a cheap date?
    What exactly is it you've been drinking these days?
    Jukebox in the corner
    Long hot summer
    They've got a film up on the wall and it's dark enough to dance
    What do you mean you've never seen Blade Runner?

    Oh, maybe I was a little too wild in the 70s
    Back down to earth with a lounge singer shimmer
    Elevator down to my make believe residency
    From the honeymoon suite
    Two shows a day, four nights a week
    Easy money

    So who you gonna call?
    The martini police
    So who you gonna call?
    The martini police
    Baby, that isn't how they look tonight
    It took the light absolutely forever to get to your eyes

    And as we gaze skyward, ain't it dark early?
    It's the star treatment, yeah
    And as we gaze skyward, ain't it dark early?
    It's the star treatment
    It's the star treatment
    The star treatment Writer/s: Alex Turner
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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