Metal Guru

Album: The Slider (1972)
Charted: 1
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  • Metal Guru, is it you?
    Metal Guru, is it you?
    Sittin' there in your armor-plated chair, oh yeah

    Metal Guru, is it true?
    Metal Guru, is it true?
    All alone without a telephone, oh yeah

    Metal Guru, could it be
    You're gonna bring my baby to me?
    She'll be wild
    You know, a rock 'n' roll child, oh yeah

    Metal Guru, has it been
    Just like a silver-studded sabre-tooth dream?
    I'll be clean, you know
    Pollution machine, oh yeah

    Metal Guru, is it you?
    Metal Guru, is it you? Oh yeah

    Metal Guru, could it be
    You're gonna bring my baby to me?
    She'll be wild
    You know, a rock 'n' roll child, oh yeah

    Metal Guru, is it true?
    Metal Guru, is it true?
    All alone without a telephone, oh

    Metal Guru, could it be
    You're gonna bring my baby to me?
    She'll be wild
    You know, a rock 'n' roll child, oh yeah

    Metal Guru, is it you?
    Metal Guru, is it you? Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Metal Guru, is it you? Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Metal Guru, is it you? Yeah, yeah, yeah

    Metal Guru, is it you? Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Metal Guru, is it you? Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Metal Guru, is it you? Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Metal Guru, is it you? Yeah, yeah, yeah

    Metal Guru, is it you? Yeah, yeah, yeah Writer/s: Marc Bolan
    Publisher: Spirit Music Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Nady from Adelaide, Australia"She'll be wild, ya know a rock and roll child oh yeah" that's me to a T hahahahaha, why the hell isnt Ride a White Swan on the list??? tsk tsk tsk
  • Kenny from Clydebank, Scotlandmetal guru is better than any drug for taking one higher and higher and into orbit, teenage dreams are hard to beat when music like this is on the street.
  • Wyatt from Anywhere, United StatesMetal Guru is great but I liked "the Slider the best of the songs onthe album, it just has this visceral rythym that grabs you. I'd post it but I don't have the Lyrics handy. Baby Boomarang was pretty good as well.
  • Mz Maihem from Melbourne, AustraliaMetal Guru simply kicks butt.
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