Bryan Ferry – Kiss and Tell Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
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Kiss and Tell

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Nov. 2, 19871 viewer7.3K views

Kiss and Tell Lyrics

Ten cents a dance
It's the only price to pay
Why give 'em more
When it's only love for sale?
Adam and Eve
It's the oldest game in town
Just a one way street
To a faded magazine

Kiss and tell
Money talks - it never lies
Kiss and tell
Give and take
- eye for an eye
Fever - the heat of the night
Dreamer - stealer of sighs

One public face
In a private limousine
Flash photograph
It's the only light you see
No secret life
There's no secret you can't steal
Your lips are moving
But I will never know
What they mean
Kiss and tell
Money talks - and love...it burns
Kiss and tell
Give and take - we live and learn
Fever - the heat of the night
Dreamer - stealer of sighs

Fever - the heat of the night
Dreamer - stealer of sighs

Kiss and tell
We never lie
Kiss and tell
Eye for an eye
Kiss and tell
Blood on a nail
Kiss and tell
Kiss me again
Kiss and tell
Kiss and tell
Kiss and tell
Kiss and tell
Kiss and tell
Kiss and tell
Kiss and tell

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This track off Bête Noire seems to have been inspired by Texan supermodel Jerry Hall’s tell-all book, Jerry Hall’s Tall Tales, published in 1985. Hall had dated Bryan Ferry between 1975 and 1977, before leaving him for Mick Jagger.

Although the general tone of the book reflected Hall’s carefree and cheerful persona, it featured a not very flattering portrayal of Bryan Ferry. The man himself avoided talking about the book to the media, but confessed that he found the idea of tell-all books ‘disturbing’ and later claimed that Hall was ‘addicted to publicity’.

A review of the single from Melody Maker, 6th February 1988:

“Bryan denies the scurrilous rumour that this smooth croon is about his less than smooth relationship with leggy Texan temptress Jerry Hall – an authoress, no less. We believe Bry coz he’s okay. Could do with a new choreographer but basically he’s alright. So what’s it all about? Well, an adultress no less. Now we’re not getting all high and mighty and male but the point is the Jezebel took Bry for a ride. She kissed and she told. And then she published. And then she legged off with someone else, someone who, in the dark, looks like Mick Jagger but who, in the cold light of day, looks like Mick Jagger, only older. The vicious hussy. We’re on your side, Bry. Give us a ring sometime.”

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November 2, 1987
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