THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND - DELILAH

DELILAH

THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND

SONGWRITERS: BARRY MASON & LESS REED

COUNTRY: SCOTLAND

ALBUM: THE COLLECTION

LABEL: VERTIGO RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1994

 

     Alexander James Harvey (5 February 1935–4 February 1982) was a Scottish rock and blues musician. Although his career spanned almost three decades, he is best remembered as the frontman of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, with whom he built a reputation as an exciting live performer during the era of glam rock in the 1970s.

          The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were a rock band formed in Glasgow in 1972. Fronted by Alex Harvey accompanied by Zal Cleminson on guitar, bassist Chris Glen, keyboard player Hugh McKenna and drummer Ted McKenna, their music veered from glam rock to experimental jazz, around a core of experimental and avant-garde rock, dealing with themes from environmentalism to Chinese take away food. They achieved a critically acclaimed status in the UK, were very popular in continental Europe, and were also highly influential in Australia, most notably on the young Nick Cave and his first band The Boys Next Door.

I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window

I saw the flickering shadows of love on the blinds

She was my woman

And as she betrayed me I watched and went out of my mind

 

My, my, my Delilah

Why, why, why, Delilah

I could see that girl was no good to me

And just like a slave I was lost and no man could free

 

At break of day when this man drove away, I was waiting

I crossed the street to her house, she opened the door

She stood there, laughing

And I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more

 

My, my, my Delilah

Why, why, why, Delilah

So before they come to break down the door

Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take anymore

 

She stood there, laughing

And I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more

 

My, my, my Delilah

Why, why, why, Delilah

So before they come to break down the door

Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take anymore

 

Oh, my, my, my Delilah

Oh, why, why, why, Delilah

So before they come to break down the door

Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take anymore

Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take anymore.