Gary Numan & Tubeway Army Discography
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GARY NUMAN DISCOGRAPHY • SONG ARCHIVE

Do Your Best

1978 live recording • Included on Tubeway Army (1998 CD reissue)
Tubeway Army 1998 CD reissue front cover
1978Original recording year
2:41Song duration
Gary NumanWritten by
Beggars BanquetRecord label

Song Information & Live Performances

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Do Your Best — Lyrics

 

 

See the strange boy keeping to the shadows
He's a very good friend of mine
I've seen you running from the ladies
Don't tell me you're not that kind
I've got the time if you've got the money
Mister you'll be pleased you'll see
We'll meet by the tubeway as the screamer cries eleven
And you can have your way with me

See my one love talking to the pretty boy
I never did like her taste
My skin is rubber on a skeletal body
I'm physically going to waste
Feel my eyes and the tongue of a killer
I'm a humanoid logic machine
Don't touch me with your painted little fingers
'Cos I know where they've been


I must hide from a thousand grinning faces
All sucking from my crazy mind
Take a ride out in my imagery of ages
And heaven knows what you will find
I've no time for the chitter-chatter ladies
I'm so busy trying to break this wall
Hear my words 'cos emotion now is leaving
You see I'm really not a human at all
And I don't think I wanna stay

 

Song Included On

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Song Statistics
Total live performances 1
From The Original Album Tubeway Army Reissue
Performances by Year
1978
1
Do Your Best (Early version of Friends)
Live Performances in 1978 - 0
 
 
Do Your Best
Live Performances in 1978 - 1

 
01 February 1978 London, Covent Garden, The Rock Garden England
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

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08 November 2026

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