Cat People (Putting Out Fire)

Album: Let's Dance (1982)
Charted: 26 67
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  • See these eyes so green
    I can stare for a thousand years
    Colder than the moon
    Well it's been so long

    And I've been putting out the fire with gasoline
    See these eyes so red
    Red like jungle burning bright
    Those who feel me near

    Pull the blinds and change their minds
    It's been so long
    Still this pulsing night
    A plague I call a heartbeat

    Just be still with me
    But it wouldn't believe what I've been through
    You've been so long
    Well it's been so long

    I've been putting out the fire with gasoline
    Putting out the fire
    With gasoline

    See these tears so blue
    An ageless heart that can never mend
    Tears can never dry
    A judgment made can never bend

    See these eyes so green
    I can stare for a thousand years
    Just be still with me
    You wouldn't believe what I've been through
    Well you've been so long

    It's been so long
    And I've been putting out fire with gasoline
    Putting out a fire with gasoline

    Putting out fire
    We've been putting out fire
    Well it's been so long, so long, so long
    Yes it's been so long so long so long
    I've been putting out fire (it's been so long, so long, so long)
    I've been putting out fire (it's been so long, so long, so long)
    Yeah, yeah, putting out fire (been so long, so long, so long)
    Been putting out fire (been so long, so long, so long)
    Yeah, putting out fire (been so long, so long, so long)
    Putting out fire (been so long, so long, so long)
    It's been so long (Been so long, so long, so long)
    It's been so long (been so long, so long, so long)
    I've been putting out fire (been so long, so long, so long) Writer/s: David Bowie, Giorgio Moroder
    Publisher: Third Side Music Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Lester from New York City, NyHaven't seen Tina Turner in quite awhile (20 years minimum), but she did a great version of this song at The Pier in NYC all those many years ago.

    Watch 'Cat People' for the longer, slower, but just as great film-ending version.
  • Jessica from Tulsa, OkThis song is used in Inglourious Basterds where Melanie Laurent's character Shosanna is looking out the window wanting revenge.
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