Roger Taylor
More Kicks (Long Day’s Journey into Night… Life)
Part I of "More Kicks (Long Day's Journey into Night... Life)"
[Verse 1]
I was looking for trouble
I wasn't looking for a wife
I wasn't looking for an answer
To the meaning of life
[Verse 2]
I was young and stupid
I didn't feel no pain
I was looking for trouble
I didn't feel no shame
[Verse 2 Tag:]
I was heading for a long day's journey
In the night - light-
I wanted more kicks
[Verse 3]
I was looking for a party
I was looking for fun
I was headed for disaster
I was the song of a gun
[Verse 4]
I was young and stupid
I didn't feel no pain
I was looking for trouble
I didn't feel no shame
[Verse 4 Tag:]
I was heading for a long day's journey
In the nigt -
"life":
I wanted more kids
[Extended Instrumental saxophone to guitar
Back to saxophone]
[Part 2 of "More Kicks (Long Day's Journery into Night... Life)" (see note at end **) begins with an increased tempo. Mostly instrumental, it is punctuated by "ooh, more kicks", as an aimless rock & roll "jam", but more intense solo's]
Ooh yeah!
For kicks
Yeah
More kicks
(ooh-yeah)
More kicks
(ooh-yeah)
More kicks
More kicks
(Drums to guitar)
(ooh-yeah)
Morе kicks, hey
More kicks, hey ooh yеah
Want More kicks
More kicks
[Intensified guitar solo and harmonica/honky tonk piano]
Ooh, yeah
[pattern and words subsequently randomized, delivered the mix] between rock power ballad and jazz
More kicks
More kicks
(ooooh, oooh)
(ooh yeah)
More kicks
(ooh)
More kicks
(ooh)
More kicks
(ooh)
(oooh)
(ooh)
More kicks
**note: "Part 2" is meant herein to distinguish the song's shift in mood and tempo. Its lyrical intent may be best-served by the free-form lack of lyrics in "Part 2" (or "extended outro")