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C.B.
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Soundtrack
C.B. was released on March 27, 1984 by LW Entertainment Ltd. as a part of the album Starlight Express
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Release DateMarch 27, 1984
LabelLW Entertainment Ltd.
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM117

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Starlight Express Original Cast
Starlight Express Original Cast
Lead Vocals
Michael Staniforth
Michael Staniforth
Performer
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer
Richard Stilgoe
Richard Stilgoe
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Producer

Lyrics

OK, I copy, I read you
I have you spend three
Who you talkin' to?
Who's that talkin' to you?
It's Electra!
Oh yeah?
What you got goin' there?
He gave me a call
I talk to them all
Just remember whose side you are on
I'm on mine
C.B, you brought me all this way
Okay, whatcha got to say?
Couldn't say it over the air
Want you to know I'm gonna wipe out Rusty!
You?! The red caboose?!
Hey! Shh, turn down the juice!
Just 'cause I smile all the time
Don't mean I'm not in for crime
Under the smiles
Under the fun
I'm public enemy number one!
Wide smile, high style
That's me
Out front, in back
C.B
Wrong side, wrong track
C.B
See the news on your TV:
Rail disaster
Ever wonder, Why was he getting faster?
Every time the red caboose takes a train
Seems to lose its braking shoes
Can't explain (Stop that train!)
Wide smile, high style
That's me
Out front, in back
C.B
Wrong side, wrong track
C.B
Hidin' at the back of the freight train
Unsuspected
When they robbed the Great Train
I collected
While the Feds shake their heads
I'm on the loose
There each time at the scene of the crime
The red caboose! (Stop that train!)
Wide smile, high style
That's me
Out front, in back
C.B
Wrong side, wrong track
C.B
The state police, they don't suspect
I got old '97 wrecked
Interpol don't know that I
Crossed the bridge on the River Kwai
Seems like any train that takes me just doesn't get the brakes
Somebody go fetch a cop
Another train
Failed to stop! (Brake that train!)
Wide smile, high style
That's me
Out front, in back
C.B
Wrong side, wrong track
C.B
Ten-four Smokey Bear
I could be anywhere
You know I'm to blame
But you don't know my name
Wide smile, high style
That's me
Out front, in back
C.B
Wrong side, wrong track
C.B
C.B, hangin' loose
C.B, the red caboose
I was robbed, it wasn't fair
No, boy, you lost
That C.B, he never took off the brake
Who, me?
Bet he did it for the other two's sake
So what?
It still don't get you anywhere
That's how it goes
Hey C.B, you did that good!
Wow, Greaseball, thanks!
Did it look like I was holding him back?
No way!
It looked like everything was totally slack
Mind you
After all these years it should
No one would know
Hey, hold on!
Don't tell me C.B's the reason that he
Went so slow?
Course it was
He had his orders
So, now you know
I'll go tell the Marshall
You're in it as well
They'll only suspend you
If you ever tell
This wasn't how I wanted it
This wasn't what I saw
Each time I try
It seems that I
Get farther from my vision than before
You held me back!
Ten-four, good buddy
Trust no one on the track!
That's the last time I race with you
That's right, the rerun is for just those two
The two real engines
Big, strong engines
Call yourself an engine?
You're no engine
Ten-ten, never again
You're no engine
Ten-seven, gone to heaven
You're no engine!
Ha! Ha, ha ha ha ha ha hahaha!
Written by: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe
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