Career of Evil

"Career of Evil" is the first track from Blue Öyster Cult's third studio album, Secret Treaties. Its lyrics describe a man who desires the possessions of others and begins to take them.

Blue Öyster Cult

 * Eric Bloom - lead vocals, stun guitar, keyboards
 * Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser - lead guitar
 * Allen Lanier - keyboards, synthesizers, guitar
 * Joe Bouchard - bass, vocals
 * Albert Bouchard - drums, vocals

Production

 * David Lucas - producer
 * Murray Krugman - producer
 * Sandy Pearlman - producer
 * Tim Geelan - engineer
 * Jerry Smith - engineer
 * Lehman Yates - recording
 * Lou Schlossberg - recording

Lyrics
I plot your rubric scarab I steal your satellite I want your wife to be my Baby tonight, baby tonight

I choose to steal what you choose to show And you know I will not apologize You’re mine for the taking

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

Pay me, I’ll be your surgeon I’d like to pick your brain Capture you inject you Leave you kneeling in the rain Kneeling in the rain

I choose to steal what you choose to show And you know I will not apologize You’re mine for the taking

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’d like your blue-eyed horseshoe I’d like your emerald horny toad I’d like to do it to your daughter on a dirt road

And then I’d spend your ransom money But still, I keep your sheep I’d peel the mask you’re wearing And then rob you of your sleep Rob you of your sleep

I choose to steal what you choose to show And you know I will not apologize You’re mine for the taking

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 I’m making a career of evil I’m making a career of evil

Trivia

 * For the single release, "Career of Evil" had its second verse omitted and part of the bridge lyrics changed from "I'd like to do it to your daughter on a dirt road" to "I'd like to do it like you oughtta on a dirt road."