Lyrics: Sun she burns mean and big I think I'll go to Cafe Noir Big screen turns me on I'm gonna be a western star How hard can it be?
I get my freon bingo Inside your cool soft sarong Rolling on the moquette Inside a cul-de-sac kampong How hard can it be?
How hard can it be? When you're a western star? Shining and free Don't you know that a star burns best? How hard can it be? And I said now How hard can it be?
She's so sentimental She's got my pictures in her head The tool-man is in her dreams I was lifted when she said How hard can it be?
How hard can it be? When you're a western star? Shining and free Don't you know that a star burns best? How hard can it be? And I said now How hard can it be?
Now he's headed skyward Standing up on piles of plywood And all he thinks about is how he Looks like Heroes-period Bowie And his figure blocks the light And he takes away the night And he's dancing to the new bolero
Yo soy un pistolero I'm not shakin' in my boots I'm ruler of this moon, boy So if you move I shoots How hard can it be?
How hard can it be? When you're a western star? Shining and free Don't you know that a star burns best? How hard can it be? And I said now How hard can it be? [x2]
How hard can it be ?
Dancing to the new bolero (x4)
Quotes: [Question]: Can you tell me about the song, Western Star? A little insight, where were you when you wrote it?
Frank Black: in my wife's office. - MusicToday.com Online Chat, January 28, 2001
Definitions and References: sa·rong (n.) A garment consisting of a length of printed cloth wrapped about the waist that is worn by men and women in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Pacific islands.
mo·quette (n.) A carpet with a deep tufted pile.
cul-de-sac (n.) A dead-end street.
bo·le·ro (n.) Spanish dance in triple time, accompanied by guitar and castanets
Kampong A native village in Malaysia
"Heroes-period Bowie" Heroes, an album released in 1977 by David Bowie.
