Billy Squier - The Stroke Lyrics
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If you're in the game, then the stroke's the word
Don't take no rhythm, don't take no style
Got a thirst for killin', grab your vile...
You put your right hand out give a firm hand-shake
Talk to me about that one big break...
Spread your ear-pollution both far and wide...
Keep your contributions by your side and stroke me,
stroke me
Could be a winner boy, you move quite well...
You got your number down...
Say you're a winner but man you're just a sinner now
You put your left foot out keep it all in place...
Work your way right into my case
First you try to bed me you make my backbone slide
But when you found you bled me-- skip on by...
keep on---stroke me, stroke me
Give me the business all night long...
You're so together boy...
Say you're a winner but man you're just a sinner now
Better listen now (said) it ain't no joke
Let your conscience fail ya, just do the stroke
Don'tcha take no chances keep your eye on top
Do your fancy dances you can't stop you just stroke me,
stroke me
The Video
Don't Say No
"The Stroke" is a single by Billy Squier from the album Dont Say No.
Perhaps his most enduringly popular song, this was Squiers first single, reaching #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 594. It was an even bigger hit at rock radio, hitting #3 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Squier's song even dented the British pop charts, rising to #52. It was named the 59th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.
The song is a reference to the music industry and how musicians are used by an industry wanting more and bigger hits, and the concept of "strokes" from transactional analysis. It is not, as was widely but erroneously believed, about masturbation.
At around 2:57 into the song, an excerpt from the melody of The Volga Boatmen's Song can be heard on keyboard.
Videos and DVD Footage
Video Hits
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Billy Squier - Live in the Dark [VHS]
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Billy Squier
William Haislip "Billy" Squier (born May 12, 1950 in Wellesley, Massachusetts) is an American rock musician. Squier had a string of arena rock hits in the 1980s. He is probably best known for the song "The Stroke" on his 1981 album release Dont Say No''. Other hits include "In the Dark", "Rock Me Tonite", "Lonely Is the Night", "My Kinda Lover", "Everybody Wants You", "All Night Long" and "Emotions in Motion".
The Stoke - Acoustic
Billy Squier - The Stroke - Unplugged
http://www.myspace.com/billy_squier Billy Squier performing a blues version of the Stroke live in Phoenix 1998 http://www.myspace.com/billy_squier
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Billy Squier's Music Library
Absolute Hits
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Don't Say No
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Emotions in Motion
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Signs of Life
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The Best of Billy Squier: 10 Best Series
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Chazz Michael Michaels
Chazz Michael Michaels Skating (The Stroke)[ORIGINAL]
YES............. 10,000 views This is Chazz Michael Michaels Skting the stroke from Blades of glory
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Blades of Glory (Widescreen Edition)
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