Foxes is a 1980 American drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and written by Gerald Ayres. The film stars Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman, Randy Quaid, and Cherie Currie. The original music score is composed by Giorgio Moroder.
The film was generally ignored at the box office when it was first released in February 1980. At the time of its release the film received a positive review from prominent film critic Roger Ebert, who stated, "The movie's a rare attempt to provide a portrait of the way teen-agers really do live today in some suburban cultures." It was also one of Jodie Foster's last major roles before she took a four-year hiatus from acting to attend Yale University. Foxes was Lyne's film debut as a director. He went on to direct hits such as Flashdance, 9½ Weeks and Fatal Attraction.
A group of four teenage girls in the San Fernando Valley during the late 1970s have the usual problems. Deirdre (Kandice Stroh) is a disco queen who is fascinated by her sexuality, likes boys and has many boyfriend troubles. Madge (Marilyn Kagan) is unhappily overweight and angry that she is a virgin. Her parents are overprotective, and she has an annoying younger sister. Annie (Cherie Currie) is a teenage runaway who drinks and pops pills, and runs away from her abusive father, a policeman. Jeanie (Jodie Foster) has to take care of them, is fighting with her divorced mother, and is yearning for a closer relationship with her distant father, a tour manager for the rock band Angel. It is implied that her mother had her when just a teenager herself.
As a child, my mother said to me
Dont be afraid to lead the way you see
And its only you who knows
Nobody else can see
But do I chase myself into the dark?
In the thousand ways to lead me back to start
But you make it easy, you
To be who I want to be
And if the man in white comes over
I know youll still be there for me
To chase down the wolves around us
I keep the memories inside my mind
To show me how to leave the darkness
You will take me home and then believe me
Take my hand and lead me out from here
Hunted down, their footsteps drawing near
And if the man in white comes over
I know youll still be there for me
To chase down the wolves around us
I keep the memories inside my mind
To show me how to leave the darkness
You will take me home and then believe me
And now I was so scared, I could not see the light
I didnt want to be alone
But you just stand there watch them hold me down
I need to know that youre around
And now I was so scared, I could not see the light
I didnt want to be alone
But you just stand there watch them hold me down
You come and see me,
when you’re,
all lost at sea,
and I’d like to help you,
but I’ve got to be free because,
I’ve got to get away from your heart,
You think you’re special like,
your old mom’s best china,
Yes you’re half painted,
and you think that no one’s finer,
Oh god, a take me away,
a to your heart,
I am your oxymoron,
messed up lover killer,
‘cause I got to get away from your heart,
I’ve got to get away from you,
I’ve got to get away from your heart,
Help me to see, I’m coming down,
Help me to see,
Help me to see, I’m coming down,
Help me to see
What will you do when there is no more superficial?
When men don’t stare at you and they don’t stop and whistle?
Oh god, a take me away,
a to your heart,
I am your oxymoron,
messed up lover killer,
‘cause I got to get away from your heart,
I’ve got to get away from you,
I’ve got to get away from your heart,
Help me to see, I’m coming down,
Help me to see,
Help me to see, I’m coming down,
Help me to see,
Fell from the sky,
We fell from the sky and started walking
Leaving our footprints on the ground
It might be a prayer, or maybe a piece of conversation
Wherever we go we make a sound
So I call your name, the only thing I know
Is I need you here will you be gone forever
All that I know, all that I know
Is we're here tonight
Turn off the lights
Let go for tonight baby
Let love in your life and be shown
Let go for tonight baby
Who needs sleep tonight
I need to let go, let go,
Let go, let go, turn off the lights
Let go for tonight baby
Who needs sleep tonight
I wanna drive, I wanna drive into the open
Looking for reasons I can't find
So I call your name, the only thing I know
Is I need you here will you be gone forever
All that I know, all that I know
Is we're here tonight
Turn off the lights
Let go for tonight baby
Let love in your life and be shown
Let go for tonight baby
Who needs sleep tonight
I need to let go, let go,
Before we're gone
I wanna drive, I wanna drive into the open
Looking for reasons I can't find
So I call your name, the only thing I know
Is I need you here will you be gone forever
All that I know, all that I know
Is we're here tonight
Turn off the lights x 2
Let go for tonight baby
Let love in your life and be shown
Let go for tonight baby
Who needs sleep tonight
I need to let go, let go,
I need to let go, let go,
Fell from the sky,
We fell from the sky and started walking
When the monsters are sleeping under your bed
They've crawled out from under and into your head
And outside the carcass, into your skin
And you need someone to keep it like it's said
Your wishes into the air
So someone listens, someone is there
And you won't know anything about it
Until you have to live without it
Chasin' the fire for you
Light in the night in bed
Watching from high above you
If you can make it then you saved your eyes
It doesn't matter if you closed your eyes before you wake up
I'll keep you safe tonight ‘cause I'm a warrior
And I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight
Your ears are moving behind your face
Your arms are directing the time and the place
And you only have to do the travelling
You don't have to design the engine
Doin' the fightin' for you
Breakin' the walls down
Finding the right one maybe
If you can make it then you saved your eyes
It doesn't matter if you closed your eyes before you wake up
I'll keep you safe tonight ‘cause I'm a warrior
And I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight
If you wake up in darkness before the dawn breaks
There is a strength inside in this magic and mistakes
Chasin' the fire for you
Light in the night in bed
Watching from high above you
If you can make it then you saved your eyes
It doesn't matter if you closed your eyes before you wake up
I'll keep you safe tonight ‘cause I'm a warrior
And I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight
If you can make it then you saved your eyes
It doesn't matter if you closed your eyes before you wake up
I'll keep you safe tonight ‘cause I'm a warrior
Ive been dreaming over,
Ive been dreaming over half the lies
Youve been looking at me,
Youve been looking at me eye to eye
Take it easy, lift your feet up off the burning ground
You dont see it, you get so high cause you dont look down
She wants to hold you in her arms
She wants to tear you away from my heart
Does she light up like a lantern, to show you a way through the dark
Does she give you what youre missing? Its more than enough where we are
In her arms, in her arms
In her arms, in her arms
If you believe in me, you believe in me alone tonight
But in my empire I am king and I own the sky
Are you slipping? Now I bet you made this burning ground
Keep breathing, all the burst you caged is breaking out
She wants to hold you in her arms
She wants to tear you away from my heart
Does she light up like a lantern, to show you a way through the dark
Does she give you what youre missing? Its more than enough where we are
In her arms, in her arms
In her arms, in her arms
Let there be smokin now
Stop slippin there
I see her arms open wide
I stop slippin then
She wants to hold you in her arms
She wants to tear you away from my heart
Don't
Don't bring me down
Don't
Don't bring me down
Don't
Don't bring me down
Don't
Don't bring me down
Don't
Don't bring me down
Don't...
Don't tell me our youth is running out
It's only just begun
Don't tell me our youth is running out
It's only just begun
Don't tell me our youth is running out
It's only just begun
Don't tell me our youth is running out
It's only just begun
Begun
Begun
Begun
Begun
Begun
Begun
Don't bring me
Don't bring me
Don't bring me
Don't bring me...
Don't bring me down
Don't bring me down...
Don't
Don't
Don't tell me our youth is running out
It's only just begun
These fading beats
A thousand dreams
[2x]
Don't bring me down, running wild [?x]
These fading beats
A thousand dreams
These fading beats
Out in the woods for a breath of fresh air
Picked up a leaf, turned 'round and she was there
So I looked in her eyes, there was too much for me
So I went for a swim, but I fell in the sea
And I saw for a moment in a wrap-around smile
A strange kind of passion with an animal's guile
Inside, outside
Who are you, what are you?
I said, inside, outside
Who are you, what are you?
And I thought I was fine, so I got right inside
Then I had to escape from a born-again rape
And I asked her to dance and she wanted to dance
Then the floor spun around and I felt myself fall
She said, "now we're friends, would you please come to tea?"
So like a lamb, I went to meet the family... family
Well I had to say grace, and I had to say when
At a table of foxes with the manners of men
Well I made my excuses and got up to leave
But they pulled at my arm and they tore at my sleeve
Inside, outside
Who are you, what are you?
I said, inside, outside
Who are you, what are you?
Then she hung on a gate and she whistled a tune
And she said to me soft, "won't you come again soon?"
And I wanted to run, the floor wasn't there
And I started to run, and I felt myself fall... fall... fall