Meltin' in a pot of thieves,
wild card up my sleeve.
Thick heart of stone.
My sins, my own,
they belong to me. Me.
People say "beware!"
But I don't care.
The words are just
rules and regulations to me. Me.
I walk in a room; you know I look so proud.
I'm movin' in this here atmosphere; well, anything's allowed.
And I go to this here party, and I just get bored,
until I look out the window, see a sweet young thing
humpin' on the parking meter, leanin' on the parking meter.
Oh, she looks so good! Oh, she looks so fine!
And I got this crazy feeling, and then
I'm gonna ah-ah make her mine.
Ooh I'll put my spell on her.
Here she comes.
Walkin' down the street,
here she comes.
Comin' through my door,
here she comes.
Crawlin' up my stair,
here she comes.
Waltzin' through the hall
in a pretty red dress,
and oh, she looks so good. Oh, she looks so fine,
and I got this crazy feeling that I'm gonna ah-ah make her mine.
And then I hear this knockin' on my door,
hear this knockin' on my door,
and I look up into the big tower clock
and say, "oh my God here's midnight!"
And my baby is walkin' through the door,
leanin' on my couch. She whispers to me, and I take the big plunge
And oh, she was so good; and oh, she was so fine.
And I'm gonna tell the world that I just ah-ah made her mine.
And I said darling, tell me your name, she told me her name.
She whispered to me. She told me her name.
And her name is, and her name is, and her name is
And her name is G-L-O-R-I-A
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
I was at the stadium
There were twenty thousand girls
Called their names out to me
Marie and Ruth but to tell you the truth
I didn't hear them I didn't see
I let my eyes rise to the big tower clock
And I heard those bells chimin' in my heart
Going ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong.
Ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong
Counting the time, then you came to my room
And you whispered to me and we took the big plunge
And oh. You were so good, oh, you were so fine
And I gotta tell the world that I make her mine make her mine
Make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
And the tower bells chime, "ding dong" they chime
They're singing, "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine."
Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A
Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A, G-L-O-R-I-A
Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A
Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A
Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A
Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, and author whose 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement. Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work. In 1978, her most widely known song, "Because the Night", co-written with Bruce Springsteen, reached 13th on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and fifth on the UK Singles Chart.
In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In November 2010, Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids, written to fulfill a promise she made to Robert Mapplethorpe, her longtime partner. She is ranked 47th on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, published in 2010, and was awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2011.
