Lennon, John - Steel And Glass Lyrics






(This is a story about your friend and mine
Who is it, who is it, who is it?)

There you stand with your L.A. tan
And your New York walk and your New York talk
You're mother left you when you were small
But you're gonna wish you wasn't born at all

Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass

Your phone don't ring no one answers your call
How does it feel to be off the wall

Well your mouthpiece squawks as he spreads your lies
But you can't pull strings if your hands are tied
Well your teeth are clean but your mind is capped
You leave your smell like an alley cat

Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass
Steel and glass





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  1. R.... M....

    Liam Gallagher of Oasis has basically lifted his vocal style from this:)

  2. R.... M....

    When How Do You Sleep meets I Don't Want to be a Soldier:)

    R.... M....

    Rémy Macca hahah ur smart that’s right

  3. P.... J....

    Great song,album and artist.

  4. g.... m....

    Ice Cold Old Style Bottled Beer and Blonde Lebanese Hash perhaps!!! *) Dream #10!!! hehhe :)

  5. A.... L....

    Steel and glass was the "isolation" of walls and bridges

  6. C.... f....

    John said this was the sequel to How Do You Sleep it's about Allen Klein the lyrics aren't as cutting as How Do You Sleep musically it works better as a song. Ironic that the Beatles split because Paul didn't want Klein as their manager and there John is a few years down the line singing a dirty on him after being screwed over. Paul was right about Klein...the other Beatles were wrong. If they'd listened to Paul they might have stayed together a few more years.

    C.... f....

    That's not why they split.

    C.... f....

    I think you make a great point Cliff for #1

  7. C.... m....

    perfeição

  8. R.... T....

    Better than "How do you sleep" except of course it doesn't have Harrison's gorgeous slide guitar solo.

  9. V.... M....

    👍🍷🎩🌖🌞

  10. G.... K....

    Masterpiece album.Had it on LP. World missing you John!

  11. J.... R....

    Steel and glass on the stairway to heaven?

  12. g.... m....

    Hello my old friend!!! Listened to this on 8 track, West End, Penthouse apartment, Pacific and thurlow, facing the Planetarium, across the Waters!!! hehhe Awesomeness as is the finest of these Gods of Music!!! *)

  13. p.... ....

    had my mom take me to music plus to buy this album in 1974, what a great album !

  14. R.... W....

    Was about Allen Klein but perfectly apt about Donald Trump.

  15. J.... L....

    Steel and glass was about Allen Klein screwing him over ! Sound much like How do you sleep!

    J.... L....

    I'm glad someone else knows this fact

  16. B.... S....

    This is how do you sleep

  17. k.... m....

    Son of "How Do You Sleep"

  18. K.... H....

    “Your phone don't ring,no one answers your call How does it feel to be off the wall?”

  19. A.... L....

    This song is about Allen Klein.. the cunt who ripped off the verve, as well as Lennon

  20. C.... W....

    It's a song about someone taking Methamphetamine.

  21. G.... C....

    How do you sleep but John roasts himself instead of Paul

    G.... C....

    Lol ur right

    G.... C....

    This song is about Allen Klein

    G.... C....

    @Patriot Warrior Yes All about Klein, though John backpedaled and said it was about himself.

  22. C.... B....

    0:46 MUST...GET...AIR!!!

  23. M.... D....

    There you stand with your L.A. tan
    And your New York walk and your New York talk
    You're mother left you when you were small
    But you're gonna wish you wasn't born at all
    Hey!
    Steel and glass
    Steel and glass
    Steel and glass
    Steel and glass
    Mm, mm, mm, mm
    Mm, mm, mm
    Mm, mm, mm
    Your phone don't ring, no one answers your call
    How does it feel to be off the wall?
    Hey!
    (Hey, hey! All right)
    Mm, hmm, hmm
    Mm, hmm
    Mm, hmm
    Well your mouthpiece squawks as he spreads your lies
    But you can't pull string if your hands are tied
    Hey, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
    Hey!
    Well your teeth are clean but your mind is capped
    You leave your smell like an alley cat
    Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
    Eh!
    Steel and glass
    Steel and glass
    Steel and glass
    Steel and glass
    Nah, nah, da, da, nah
    Nah, da, da, da
    Da, da
    Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Eh, eh, eh, eh
    Hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey
    Hey!
    Hey, hey, hey, hey

  24. I.... P....

    This sounds eerily similar to...hmm. But no, it couldn't be....

  25. S.... G....

    Stella and glass' la mia preferita la canticchio quando sono felice

    S.... G....

    Non è una canzone da cantare quando sei felice

    S.... G....

    De gustibus non est disputandum.

  26. D.... V....

    Beautiful. It is very like HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT

  27. P.... G....

    how do you sleep anyone?

    P.... G....

    The only similararity is the strings.

  28. �.... �....

    "СТАЛЬ" и "СТЕКЛО"

    Сталь и стекло
    (Это история о нашем общем друге
    Кто это? Кто это? Кто это?)

    И вот ты стоишь там — с лос-анджелесским загаром,
    Нью-йоркской походкой и нью-йоркским говором.
    Твоя мама ушла, когда ты был совсем маленьким,
    Но ты будешь жалеть, что вообще появился на свет.

    Сталь и стекло.
    Сталь и стекло.
    Сталь и стекло.
    Сталь и стекло.

    Твой телефон не звонит, на твои звонки никто не отвечают.
    Каково это — быть не таким, как все?

    Ну, твой мундштук скрипит, когда он разгребает твою ложь,
    Но ты не можешь ничего изменить, если связан по рукам и ногам.
    Ну, твои зубы чисты, но твой разум затуманен.
    Ты метишь территорию, как бродячий кот.

    Сталь и стекло.
    Сталь и стекло.
    Сталь и стекло.
    Сталь и стекло.

  29. I.... r....

    I think this song is about Allen Klein but I can't be certain. Another put down with a very similar musical arrangement to HOW DO YOU SLEEP?

    I.... r....

    So Paul was right

    I.... r....

    I've heard it's about Allen Klein, but what was John Lennon's trademark? His steel and glass round bifocals. Who's mother left when he was small? John's. Walls and Bridges was recorded after his 18 month lost weekend in Los Angeles, enough for an LA tan, while he was living in New York City.

    I think it's about himself.

    I.... r....

    It is indeed, A stab at Klein. It's just too bad, the other Beatles didn't see that scheister for what he really was.
    Paul saw right through him.

    I.... r....

    Yes. And John later admitted that Paul was right about him.

    I.... r....

    @Actually, in his 1975 interview with Bob Harris when regretted about Paul's references in "How do you sleep?" he said that someone told him that "Steel and glass"could be about John himself and he started thinking that he wrote the song about himself.

  30. �.... �....

    Steel and glass

    Steel and Glass
    (this is a story about your friend and mine
    Who is it, who is it, who is it?)

    There you stand with your L.A. tan
    And your New York walk and your New York talk
    You're mother left you when you were small
    But you're gonna wish you wasn't born at all

    Steel and glass
    Steel and glass
    Steel and glass
    Steel and glass

    Your phone don't ring no one answers your call
    How does it feel to be off the wall

    Well your mouthpiece squawks as he spreads your lies
    But you can't pull strings if your hands are tied
    Well your teeth are clean but your mind is capped
    You leave your smell like an alley cat

    Steel and glass
    Steel and glass
    Steel and glass
    Steel and glass

    �.... �....

    Who is it...who is it

    �.... �....

    @Rocky Lombardo
    Ooh DUDE .....
    YOU BEAT ME TO IT BY: 🖐🏼5ive DAYZ.
    😁 Snickering Here.....
    [ Who Iz It 🤔 - Who Iz It 🤔 ] .....
    ( KNUCKLE👊🏽BUMP ) Rocky L. .....

    �.... �....

    @Rocky Lombardo a younger trump

    �.... �....

    Dirty Allan Klein of course !

  31. J.... ....

    Happy Birthday John 10-9-2018. You will forever live in our hearts

  32. a.... ....

    "How Do You Sleep: Yoko Version"

    a.... ....

    @MattOnWheels Not at the time that the band broke up.

    a.... ....

    @stan469 This song is from 1974 when John found out Klein cheated him

    a.... ....

    @MattOnWheels John Lennon was quoted in regards to the song: "It actually isn't about one person in particular, but it has been about a few people and, like a novel writer, if I'm writing about something other than myself, I use other people I know or have known as examples. If I want to write a 'down' song, I would have to remember being down, and when I wrote Steel And Glass I used various people and objects. If I had listed who they were, it would be a few people, and you would be surprised. But it really isn't about anybody. I'm loathe to tell you this, because it spoils the fun. I would sooner everybody think, 'Who's it about?' and try and piece it together. For sure, it isn't about Paul and it isn't about Eartha Kitt."

    a.... ....

    @stan469 very informative. although John does tend to change stories on his more angry songs :)

    a.... ....

    @MattOnWheels Thank you. I don't remember where he ever said that it was about Klein. Other people said that.

  33. E.... B....

    WouLdn't want to be the recepient of this aggressive number.

  34. P.... A....

    To get a better perspective on "Steel and Glass" and the entire "Walls and Bridges" album I recommend finding and listening to the John Lennon bootleg "Something Precious and Rare". It contains Walls and Bridges rehearsal sessions as well as several takes (and false starts) of the track "I'm the Greatest". It is something precious and rare, indeed.

  35. q.... ....

    I know John loved best songs "that stood on their own" like poems that don't need musical accompaniment. And I loved the concept of "Steel and Glass". But I even looked up the lyrics here (because I was trying to find some value) and it goes nowhere. I assume it was typical cynical Lennon looking at the world through the lens of himself, which makes it even more disturbing in how incomplete this effort was.

    q.... ....

    It's so funny...if this album was from any other artist people would say , its a good album , but not for John Lennon because hes an Ex-Beatle and every song and every album he make should change the history of music right ? All ofThe Beatles were Victims of their own high standards that they created for the such called artists...for me is a great album .

    q.... ....

    @quitwastinmytime


    *shut it*

    q.... ....

    quitwastinmytime : quitwastineveryones time,,, no one needs to know what you don’t like,,, who cares ???

    q.... ....

    @Smash Runner Other people are full of hogwash. All his solo albums are good. Some great. This one is great.

    q.... ....

    @Tony Di Paolo "why are you even here" If you don't like it, find something you do like.