Ferry, Bryan - Tokyo Joe Lyrics






My girl Friday, she no square
She like lotus blossom in her hair
Be-bop records and something new
Sometimes borrowed, but she's never blue
Oh no...not Tokyo Joe

Way past midnight, she not home
She cut the ice down the Danger Zone
Water-tight dresses, she don't care
A trifle risqué, a tart, no sir...
Oh no...sounds like Tokyo Joe

Geisha girl show you she adore you
Two oriental eyes implore you
Femme fatale or ingenue?
She very cunning, fiendish clever

Geisha girl suffer many times a fool
Sayonara moon
When all the world's a stage
Oh where are you?

Tokyo Rose on the radio
Or Diz 'n Bird puttin' on the moan
Tappin' out telexes to Tupelo
Dear John, doh ray me fah so?
Let's go...call for Tokyo Joe

Walkin' tall down the Danger Zone
She hokey-cokey till the cows come home
Big shot, from the hip, neon cool
Say, when you've been around, what's left to do?
Don't know? Ask Tokyo Joe

So inscrutable her reply
"Ask no question and tell me no lie"
GI boys howlin' out for more
VIP'S purrin' "Je t'adore"...
Ah so...that's Tokyo Joe





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  1. h.... ....

    This is my favourite song about a Japanese hooker ever.

    h.... ....

    And it's amusing too.

  2. m.... ....

    I hope that people will read my comment which was written in the following URL.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLYGsSX8xq0

  3. s.... ....

    ギフト!

  4. �.... ....

    あ, 多分ウイスキーじゃありません

  5. W.... A....

    John Wetton op bas :)

  6. G.... ....

    This is Tomorrow is brilliant. Love Brian Ferry.

    G.... ....

    You have good taste!

    G.... ....

    @SaxJockey Thanks. Got most of his solo LPS and Roxy Music LPS too. He performs brilliantly on stage.

    G.... ....

    @Gary80264 Likewise, particularly the early albums. I have seen RM and PM (801) in concert on three occasions in the 70s 😎

  7. P.... T....

    The Great Paul Thompson on drums , The Mighty John Wetton (r.i.p.) on bass . And Phil forgot his guitar .

  8. M.... O....

    I dig the dual bass attack...totally works here . BF drilled these guys hard...very tight performance.

  9. P.... ....

    *THE LESBIAN WHO LIVED IN A FANTASY LAND ~ Taylor was in college, a lesbian college. Everybody there was a lesbian, even the janitor. 1 day Taylor was in the library reading a racy book about lesbian jockeys when Mary Lou came in. Taylor had a crush on Mary Lou for 2 semesters in a row but knew to “back off” because Mary Lou was Olga's girl. “Hi, Mary Lou,” Taylor said. “Hey,” Mary Lou responded. “I broke up with Olga for good,” Mary Lou blurted out as her thick lesbian lips bore down on Taylor with a homosexual ferocity that Taylor hadn't experienced since she was much younger.*

    *LESBIANS IGNORING EACH OTHER is a film that I hope to make. It's a story of 6 distraught & unattractive lesbians who have no interest in romance, flirting, groping & fondling. The movie begins with the 6 of them, dressed for winter, sitting around a picnic table 1 hundred yards from the dump. Garbage trucks and bulldozers can be heard dumping and dozing enormous piles of garbage. The lesbians refuse to acknowledge one another.*

    *SECRET LESBIAN PREGNANCY ~ Mary was secretly a lesbian whose lesbian secret was unknown to Shirley, her secret lesbian girlfriend. It was in the emergency room, after Mary's water broke, that Shirley was told of Mary's secret lesbianism and pregnancy. Shirley was angry and slapped Mary for not being honest about her secret lesbianism. Mary cried and gave birth to a baby whom she named Larry, after Larry of the 3 Stooges.*

  10. C.... C....

    the instruments with this song are more likely China taste This is not Tokyo Joe but Beijing joe. This singer better changes the title to Beijing joe. LOL

  11. S.... ....

    What a slut.

  12. m.... ....

    I made some comments about this. Please look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL2AgqwhElA

  13. P.... ....

    ⏳ I cried with all my might because your poem touched me like an uncle in the night.

  14. M.... M....

    Too cool for school. Let's share a cigarette somewhere.

  15. V.... F....

    Love this performance

  16. r.... ....

    Looking good in those leather trousers

  17. J.... F....

    Two bass guitars. Cool! 

  18. �.... ....

    あのBOOWYが、ROXY MUSIC のコピーバンドだったとは、初めて知った。色々、策を講じて布袋も共演したらしいし、憧れのバンドと共演できるなんて、羨ましい

    �.... ....

    猫屋大吉 Whatever man!!!

  19. T.... F....

    First time I've seen this video.  Thanks for posting.  Great song.  Shame about the album

    T.... F....

    Tony F The album was very good.

    T.... F....

    @Gary80264 Agreed (for its time). 'This is Tomorrow' was one of BF best compositions I thought, possibly influenced by the classic material on his first solo albums; great guitar, sax and horn sections.

    T.... F....

    @SaxJockey So sorry. It is good LP, I misjudged it. Sorry.

    T.... F....

    So sorry. Forgive me. I really like his LP. I made a huge mistake to misjudged it. Sorry.

  20. M.... ....

    Is that Phil Manzanera kinda' pretending he's playing bass next to the guy who is playing bass?  I love this guy  :)

    M.... ....

    of course!

  21. J.... E....

    Why does he remind me of Richard Medley in this video???!

  22. k.... ....

    Love it Bryan

  23. E.... S....

    fabulous song one of my faves

  24. r.... m....

    "i FECKIIN LURVIT"

  25. M.... ....

    they had run their course by now hadn't they sad to say gOD'S OWN BAND FIRST FOUR ALBUMS

  26. N.... ....

    1. Song requires double bass, 2. to demonstrate how gifted Phil is: not just an awesome guitarist.

  27. D.... W....

    Phil Manzanera is doing absolutely nothing in this, why does he even have a bass when Wetton is there?

    D.... W....

    I agree on your comment about Wetters and Phil.

  28. 6.... ....

    OMG,, drummer looks like he jus stepped off the set of Olivia Newton John's Lets Get Physical,, hahahha bet we regrets that wardrobe choice now

  29. r.... ....

    "China Girl" first appeared on a Iggy Pop's 1977 album "The Idiot". The music was written by Bowie, but the lyrics are definitely written by Iggy.

  30. A.... L....

    Love it!