Story Behind The Song
Semi auto biographical - observations of young kids today compared to when I was young, realisation that very little changes with time. Growing up is always the same old story but, with time, packaged slightly differently.
Song Description
Teenagers, growing into delightfully reckless, fun loving, young adults - discovering the pleasures of of the world. People at the transitional stage between teenager and adulthood - with only 2 things on their mind, looking good and getting laid
| Song Length |
3:00 |
Genre |
Pop - Classic, Pop - Standards |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
In High Spirits, Sociable |
Subject |
Happiness, Communication |
| Similar Artists |
Annie Lennox, John Cougar Mellencamp |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Vultures of Love
© Peter Farr 25th June 2007
Verse 1
Please lend me your ear while I tell you the story of the Vultures of Love,
A tail of youthful excess and as we all know you just can't get enough,
With beer in our bellies, the wind in our hair and the sun on our backs,
We spend our meagre wage; oh the devil may care as we fall through the cracks.
With hearts full of fire we had to rebel,
People shook their heads as we took on the world,
With a yippy-yi-yeh we rode off into the night.
Verse 2
I combed my hair in the mirror; I combed it so I looked just like James Dean,
Pull on my tight blue jeans and kid myself that I look real mean,
My car, it roars like an angry lion and my foot's made of lead,
We run through the alleys from the screaming sirens like we're running from the dead.
We had to run; run like the wind
We had to fight; didn't know where to end,
Handsome and innocent we lived for the night, oh lived for the night. Oh!
Chorus
Cos' we're the Vultures of Love,
The Vultures of Love,
The Vultures of Love,
The Vultures of Love.
Verse 3
Me and my buddy; we had a thing going we were hip; we were hot,
He said he was in love; I couldn't stop laughing 'till it cracked me up,
Come on; me and you; let's go for a ride just for one more time,
But with your leather pants and your eyes like diamonds; you could see through the lies.
We had to try at giving everything,
But I couldn't live within the laws laid before me,
We take another pill and we drive off into the night. Oh!
Chorus
Cos' we're the Vultures of Love,
The Vultures of Love,
The Vultures of Love,
The Vultures of Love.