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|album=''[[Secret Treaties]]'' | |album=''[[Secret Treaties]]'' | ||
|released=April 1974 | |released=April 1974 | ||
|length=3:59 | |length=3:59 | ||
|writers=[[Albert Bouchard]]<br>[[Patti Smith]] | |writers=[[Albert Bouchard]]<br>[[Patti Smith]] | ||
|lead-vocals=[[Eric Bloom]]<br>Albert Bouchard}} | |lead-vocals=[[Eric Bloom]]<br>Albert Bouchard}} | ||
'''Career of Evil''' is the first track from [[Blue Öyster Cult]]'s third studio album, ''[[Secret Treaties]]'' | '''Career of Evil''' is the first track from [[Blue Öyster Cult]]'s third studio album, ''[[Secret Treaties]]''. | ||
== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
<poem style="border: 1px solid #8eb6d4; background-color: #0b0b14; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 3em; border-radius: 10px; width: fit-content"> | <poem style="border: 1px solid #8eb6d4; background-color: #0b0b14; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 3em; border-radius: 10px; width: fit-content"> | ||
I plot your rubric scarab | I plot your rubric scarab | ||
I steal your satellite | I steal your satellite | ||
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I'm making a career of evil | I'm making a career of evil | ||
I'm making a career of evil | I'm making a career of evil | ||
I'm making a career of evil | I'm making a career of evil</poem> | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* The single version of this song differs from the album version by removing Albert Bouchard's part of the lead vocal, removing the second verse and chorus, and changing the following lyrics: | * The single version of this song differs from the album version by removing Albert Bouchard's part of the lead vocal, removing the second verse and chorus, and changing the following lyrics: | ||
** "I want your wife to be my / Baby tonight, baby tonight" was changed to "I want your life to be mine / Maybe tonight, maybe tonight." | ** "I want your wife to be my / Baby tonight, baby tonight" was changed to "I want your life to be mine / Maybe tonight, maybe tonight." | ||
** "I'd like to do it to your daughter on a dirt road" was changed to "I'd like to do it like you | ** "I'd like to do it to your daughter on a dirt road" was changed to "I'd like to do it like you oughtta' on a dirt road." | ||
{{Songs}} | {{Songs}} | ||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Secret Treaties]] | [[Category:Secret Treaties]] | ||