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Tokyo, South America, Australia, France, Germany, UK, Africa
Calling out around the world
Are you ready for a brand new beat
Summers here and the time is right
For dancing in the street
Theyre dancing in Chicago
Down in New Orleans
In New York City
All we need is music, sweet music
Therell be music everywhere
Theyll be swinging, swaying, records playing
Dancing in the street, oh
It doesnt matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
So come on, every guy, grab a girl
Everywhere, around the world
Theyll be dancing, dancing in the street
Its an invitation across the nation, a chance for folks to meet
Theyll be laughing and singing and music swinging
Dancing in the street
Philadelphia, PA
Baltimore in DC now
Dont forget the motor city
On the streets of Brazil
Back in the USSR
Dont matter where you are
All we need is music, sweet music
Therell be music everywhere
Theyll be swinging, swaying, records playing
Dancing in the street, oh
It doesnt matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
So come on every guy, grab a girl
Everywhere, around the world
Theyll be dancing, dancing in the street
Way down in L.A., everyday
Dancing in the street
Cross in China too, me and you
Dancing in the street
Dont you know theyll be dancing
Dancing in the street
Dont you know theyll be d-d-d-d-dancing
Dancing in the street |
Youre just a little girl with grey eyes
Never mind, say something
Wait until the crowd cries
Oh, wait until the crowd cries
Youre just a little girl with grey eyes
So deep in your room
You never leave your room
Something deep inside of me
Yearning deep inside of me
Talking through the gloom
What in the world can you do?
What in the world can you do?
Im in the mood for your love
For your love
For your love
For your love
Im just a little bit afraid of you
Cause love wont make you cry
But, wait until the crowd goes
Oh, wait until the crowd goes
Im just a little bit afraid of you
So deep in your room
You never leave your room
Something deep inside of me
Yearning deep inside of me
Is talking through the gloom
What in the world can I do?
What in the world can I do?
Im in the mood for your love
For your love
For your love
Oh, what you going to say?
Oh, what you going to do?
Ah, what you going to be?
To the real me
To the real me |
No one ever saw you moving through the dark
Leaving slips of paper somewhere in the park
Hidden from your friends, stealing all they knew
Love is thrown in airless rooms, then vile rewards for you
And Im gonna tell, yes, Ive gotta tell
Gotta tell the things you said
When youre talking in the dark
And Im gonna tell the things youve done
When youre walking through the park
Some night on the thriller’s street
Will come the silent gun
Youve got a dangerous heart
You stole their trust, their moon, their sun
Therell come assassins needle on a crowded train
I bet you feel so lonely you could die
Buildings crammed with people, landscapes filled with wrath
Gray concrete city, rain has wet the street
I want to see you clearly before you close the door
A room of bloody history, you made sure of that
I can see you as a corpse hanging from a beam
I could read you like a book
I can feel you falling
I hear you moaning in your room
Oh, see if I care
Oh, please, please make it soon
Walls have got you cornered
Youve got the blues, my friend
And people dont like you
But you will leave without a sound, without an end
Oblivion shall own you
Death alone shall love you
I hope you feel so lonely you could die
Feel so lonely you could die
You feel so lonely you could die |
This is not America
Little piece of you
The little peace in me
Will die
For this is not America
Blossom fails to bloom this season
Promise not to stare
Too long
For this is not the miracle
There was a time
A storm that blew so pure
For this could be the biggest sky
And I could have the faintest idea
For this is not America
This is not America, no
This is not
Snowman melting from the inside
Falcon spirals to the ground
So bloody red, tomorrows clouds
A little piece of you
The little piece in me
Will die
For this is not America
There was a time
A wind that blew so young
For this could be the biggest sky
And I could have the faintest idea
For this is not America
This is not America, no
This is not
This is not America, no
This is not
This is not America, no
This is not |
Here, theres no music here
Im lost in streams of sound
Here, am I nowhere now?
No plan
Wherever I may go
Just where, just there
I am
All of the things that are my life
My desire, my beliefs, my moods
Here is my place without a plan
Here, second avenue
Just out of view
Here, is no traffic here?
No plan
All the things that are my life
My moods, my beliefs
My desires, me alone
Nothing to regret
This is no place, but here I am
This is not quite yet |
Dont talk of dust and roses
Or should we powder our noses?
Dont live for last years capers
Give me steel, give me steel, give me pulsars unreal
Hell build a glass asylum
With just a hint of mayhem
Hell build a better whirlpool
Well be living from sin
Then we can really begin
Please saviour, saviour, show us
Hear me, Im graphically yours
Someone to claim us, someone to follow
Someone to shame us, some brave Apollo
Someone to fool us, someone like you
We want you Big Brother, Big Brother
I know you think youre awful square
But you made everyone and youve been every where
Lord I think you’d overdose if you knew what’s going down
Someone to claim us, someone to follow
Someone to shame us, some brave Apollo
Someone to fool us, someone like you
Someone to claim us, someone to follow
Someone to shame us, some brave Apollo
Someone to fool us, someone like you
Someone to claim us, someone to follow
Someone to shame us, some brave Apollo
Someone to fool us, someone like you
We want you Big Brother |
Funny how secrets travel
Id start to believe
If I were to bleed
Thin skies, the man chains his hands held high
Cruise me blond
Cruise me, babe
A blond belief beyond beyond beyond
No return, no return
Im deranged
Deranged, down, down, down
Im deranged, down, down, down
So cruise me, babe; cruise me, baby
And the rain sets in
Its the angel-man
Im deranged
Cruise me; cruise me; cruise me, babe
The clutch of life and the fist of love
Over your head
Big deal Salaam
Be real deranged Salaam
Before we reel
Im deranged
And the rain sets in
Its the angel-man
Im deranged
And the rain sets in
Its the angel-man
Im deranged
Cruise me cruise me cruise me babe
Im deranged |
Ive nothing much to offer
Theres nothing much to take
Im an absolute beginner
And Im absolutely sane
As long as were together
The rest can go to hell
I absolutely love you
But were absolute beginners
With eyes completely open
But nervous all the same
If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Could laugh at the ocean
Just like the films
Theres no reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
Its absolutely true
Nothing much could happen
Nothing we cant shake
Oh were absolute beginners
With nothing much at stake
As long as youre still smiling
Theres nothing more I need
I absolutely love you
But were absolute beginners
But if my love is your love
Were certain to succeed
If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Sail over heartaches
Just like the films
If theres reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
Its absolutely true |
Ill make you a deal, like any other candidate
Well pretend were walking home cause your futures at stake
My set is amazing, it even smells like a street
Theres a bar at the end where I can meet you and your friend
Someone scrawled on the walls I smell the blood of Les Tricoteuses
Who wrote up scandals in other bars
Im having so much fun with the poisonous people
Spreading rumours and lies and stories they made up
Some make you sing and some make you scream
One makes you wish that youd never been seen
But theres a shop on the corner thats selling papier-mâché
Making bullet-proof faces; Charlie Manson, Cassius Clay
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
So you scream out of line:
I want you! I need you! Anyone out there? Any time?
Tres butch little number whines Hey dirty, I want you
When its good, its really good, and when its bad I go to pieces
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Well, on the street where you live
I could not hold up my head
For I gave all I have in another bed
On another floor, in the back of a car
In the cellar of a church with the door ajar
Well, I guess we must be looking for a different kind
But we cant stop trying til we break up our minds
Til the sun drips blood on the seedy young knights
Who press you on the ground while shaking in fright
I guess we could cruise down one more time
With you by my side, it should be fine
Well buy some drugs and watch a band
Then jump in the river holding hands |
Theres such a sad love
Deep in your eyes
A kind of pale jewel
Open and closed
Within your eyes
Ill place the sky
Within your eyes
Theres such a fooled heart
Beating so fast
In search of new dreams
A love that will last
Within your heart
Ill place the moon
Within your heart
As the pain sweeps through
Makes no sense for you
Every thrill is gone
Wasnt too much fun at all
But Ill be there for you-ou-ou
As the world falls down
Falling
Falling down
Falling in love
Ill paint you mornings of gold
Ill spin you Valentine evenings
Though were strangers until now
Were choosing the path
Between the stars
Ill leave my love
Between the stars
As the pain sweeps through
Makes no sense for you
Every thrill is gone
Wasnt too much fun at all
But Ill be there for you-ou-ou
As the world falls down
Falling
As the world falls down
Falling
As the world falls down
Falling
Falling
Falling
Falling in love
As the world falls down
Falling
Falling
Falling
Falling
Falling in love
As the world falls down
Makes no sense at all
Makes no sense to fall
Falling
As the world falls down
Falling
Falling in love
As the world falls down
Falling
Falling
Falling in love
As the world falls down |
I bless you madly
Sadly as I tie my shoes
I love you badly
Just in time, at times, I guess
Because of you I need to rest
Because its you
That sets the test
So much has gone
And little is new
And as the sparrow sings
Dawn chorus for
Someone else to hear
The Thinker sits alone growing older
And so bitter
I gave Them life
I gave Them all
They drained my very soul
...dry
I crushed my heart
To ease Their pains
No thought for me remains there
Nothing can They spare
What of me?
Who praised Their efforts
To be free?
Words of strength and care
And sympathy
I opened doors
That would have blocked Their way
I braved Their cause to guide
For little pay
I ravaged at my finance just for Those
Those whose claims were steeped in peace, tranquility
Those who said a new world, new ways ever free
Those whose promises stretched in hope and grace for me
I bless you madly
Sadly as I tie my shoes
I love you badly
Just in time, at times, I guess
Because of you I need to rest
Because its you
That sets the test
So much has gone
And little is new
And as the sunrise stream
Flickers on me
My friends talk
Of glory, untold dream, where all is God and God is just a word
We had a friend, a talking man
Who spoke of many powers that he had
Not of the best of men, but Ours
We used him
We let him use his powers
We let him fill Our needs
Now We are strong
And the road is coming to its end
Now the damned have no time to make amends
No purse of token fortune stands in Our way
The silent guns of love
Will blast the sky
We broke the ruptured structure built of age
Our weapons were the tongues of crying rage
Where money stood
We planted seeds of rebirth
And stabbed the backs of fathers
Sons of dirt
Infiltrated business cesspools
Hating through Our sleeves
Yea, and We slit the Catholic throat
Stoned the poor
On slogans such as
Wish You Could Hear
Love Is All We Need
Kick Out The Jams
Kick Out Your Mother
Cut Up Your Friend
Screw Up Your Brother or Hell Get You In the End
And We Know the Flag of Love is from Above
And We Can Force You to Be Free
And We Can Force You to Believe
And I close my eyes and tighten up my brain
For I once read a book in which the lovers were slain
For they knew not the words of the Free States refrain
It said:
I believe in the Power of Good
I Believe in the State of Love
I Will Fight For the Right to be Right
I Will Kill for the Good of the Fight for the Right to be Right
And I open my eyes to look around
And I see a child laid slain
On the ground
As a love machine lumbers through desolation rows
Ploughing down man, woman, listening to its command
But not hearing anymore
Not hearing anymore
Just the shrieks from the old rich
And I Want to Believe
In the madness that calls Now
And I want to Believe
That a lights shining through
Somehow
And I Want to Believe
And You Want to Believe
And We Want to Believe
And We Want to Live
Oh, We Want to Live
We Want to Live
We Want to Live
We Want to Live
We Want to Live
I Want to Live
I Want to Live
I Want to Live
I Want to Live
I Want to Live
I Want to Live
Live
Live
Live |
The hand that wrote this letter
Sweeps the pillow clean
So, rest your head and
Read a treasured dream
I care for no one else but you
I tear my soul to cease the pain
I think maybe you feel the same
What can we do?
Im not quite sure what
Were supposed to do
So, Ive been writing just for you
They say your life is going very well
They say you sparkle like a different girl
But something tells me that you hide
When all the world is warm and tired
You cry a little in the dark, well so do I
Im not quite sure
What youre supposed to say
But I can see its not okay
He makes you laugh, he brings you out in style
He treats you well
And makes you up real fine
And when hes strong
Hes strong for you
And when you kiss
Its something new
But did you ever call my name
Just by mistake?
Im not quite sure what
Im supposed to do
So, Ill just write some love to you
Do, do, do, do |
He looked a lot like Che Guevara
Drove a diesel van
Kept his gun in quiet seclusion
Such a humble man
The only survivor of the National Peoples Gang
Panic in Detroit
I asked for an autograph
He wanted to stay home
I wish someone would phone
Panic in Detroit
He laughed at accidental sirens
That broke the evening gloom
The police had warned of repercussions
They followed none too soon
A trickle of strangers were all that were left alive
Panic in Detroit
I asked for an autograph
He wanted to stay home
I wish someone would phone
Panic in Detroit
Putting on some clothes, I made my way to school
And I found my teacher crouching in his overalls
I screamed and ran to smash my favorite slot machine
And jumped the silent cars that slept at traffic lights
{Verse 3}
Having scored a trillion dollars
Made a run back home
Found him slumped across the table
A gun and me alone
I ran to the window, looked for a plane or two
Panic in Detroit
Hed left me an autograph
Let me collect dust.
I wish someone would phone
Panic in Detroit
Panic in Detroit
{Instrumental Outro} |
Something kind of hit me today
I looked at you and wondered if you saw things my way
People will hold us to blame
It hit me today, it hit me today
Were taking it hard all the time
Why dont we pass it by?
Just reply, youve changed your mind
Were fighting with the eyes of the blind
Taking it hard, taking it hard
Yet now
We feel that we are paper, choking on you nightly
They tell me: son, we want you, be elusive, but dont walk far
For were breaking in the new boys, deceive your next of kin
For youre dancing where the dogs decay, defecating ecstasy
Youre just an ally of the leecher
Locator for the virgin King, but I love you in your fuck-me pumps
And your nimble dress that trails
Oh, dress yourself, my urchin one, for I hear them on the rails
Because of all weve seen, because of all weve said
We are the dead
One thing kind of touched me today
I looked at you and counted all the times we had laid
Pressing our love through the night
Knowing its right, knowing its right
Now Im hoping some one will care
Living on the breath of a hope to be shared
Trusting on the sons of our love
That someone will care, someone will care
But now
Were todays scrambled creatures
Locked in tomorrows double feature
Heavens on the pillow, its silence competes with hell
Its a twenty-four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell
And the streets are full of pressmen
Bent on getting hung and buried
And the legendary curtains are drawn round Baby Bankrupt
Who sucks you while youre sleeping
Its the theatre of financiers
Count them, fifteen round a table
White and dressed to kill
Oh, caress yourself, my juicy
For my hands have all but withered
Oh, dress yourself my urchin one, for I hear them on the stairs
Because of all weve seen, because of all weve said
We are the dead
We are the dead
We are the dead |
You promised me the ending would be clear
Youd let me know when the time was now
Dont let me know when youre opening the door
Stab me in the dark, let me disappear
Memories that flutter like bats out of hell
Stab you from the city spires
Life wasnt worth the balance
Or the crumpled paper it was written on
Dont let me know were invisible
Dont let me know were invisible
Hot cash days that you trailed around
Cold cold nights under chrome and glass
Led me down a river of perfumed limbs
Sent me to the streets with the good time girls
Dont let me know were invisible
Dont let me know were invisible
We could dance, dance, dance through the fire
Dance, dance, dance through the fire
Feed me no lies
I dont know about you, I dont know about you
Breathe through the years
I dont know about you, I dont know about you
Bring me the disco king
I dont know about you, I dont know about you
Dead or alive, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king
Spin-offs with those who slept like corpses
Damp morning rays in the stiff bad clubs
Killing time in the 70s
Smelling of love through the moist winds
Dont let me know when youre opening the door
Close me in the dark, let me disappear
Soon therell be nothing left of me
Nothing left to release
Dance, dance, dance through the fire
Dance, dance, dance through the fire
Feed me no lies
I dont know about you, I dont know about you
Breathe through the years
I dont know about you, I dont know about you
Bring me the disco king
I dont know about you, I dont know about you
Dead or alive, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king |
Cold fire, youve got everything but cold fire
You will be my rest and peace child
I moved up to take a place
Near you
So tired, its the sky that makes you feel tried
Its a trick to make you see wide
It can all but break your heart
In pieces
Staying back in your memory
Are the movies in the past
How you moved is all it takes
To sing a song of when I loved
The prettiest star
One day though it might as well be someday
You and I will rise up all the way
All because of what you are
The prettiest star
Staying back in your memory
Are the movies in the past
How you moved is all it takes
To sing a song of when I loved
The prettiest star
One day though it might as well be someday
You and I will rise up all the way
All because of what you are
The prettiest star |
Nabokov is sun-licked now
Upon the beach at Grunewald
Brilliant and naked just
The way that authors look
Clare and Lady Manners drink
Until the other cows go home
Gossip till their lips are bleeding
Politics and all
I’d rather be high
I’d rather be flying
I’d rather be dead
Or out of my head
Than training these guns on those men in the sand
I’d rather be high
The Thames was black, the tower dark
I flew to Cairo, find my regiment
City’s full of generals
And generals full of shit
I stumble to the graveyard and I
Lay down by my parents, whisper
Just remember duckies
Everybody gets got
I’d rather be high
I’d rather be flying
I’d rather be dead
Or out of my head
Than training these guns on those men in the sand
I’d rather be high
I’m seventeen my looks can prove it
I’m so afraid that I will lose it
I’d rather smoke and phone my ex
Be pleading for some teenage sex
Yeah
I’d rather be high
I’d rather be flying
I’d rather be dead
Or out of my head
Than training these guns on the men in the sand
I’d rather be high |
Fill your heart with love today
Dont play the game of time
Things that happened in the past
Only happened in your mind
Only in your mind
Oh, forget your mind
And youll be free, yeah
The writings on the wall
Free, yeah
And you can know it all if you choose
Just remember, lovers never lose
Cause they are free, of thoughts unpure
And of thoughts unkind
Gentleness clears the soul
Love cleans the mind and makes it free
Oh, happiness is happening
The dragons have been bled
Gentleness is everywhere
And fears just in your head
Only in your head, fear is in your head
Only in your head, so forget your head
And youll be free
The writings on the wall
Free, yeah
And you can know it all if you choose
Just remember, lovers never lose
Because they are free of thoughts unpure
And of thoughts unkind
Gentleness clears the soul
Love will clean your mind and make you
Fuh-ree-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee, yeah!
Free-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
Free-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
Free-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
Free-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
Free-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
Free-yeah |
Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, flow sister
Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, flow sister
He met marmalade down in old Moulin Rouge
Struttin her stuff on the street
She said hello, hey Joe, you wanna give it a go?
Itchi gitchi ya ya da da
Itchi gitchi ya ya here
Mocha-choca-lata ya ya
Creole lady marmalade
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?
He sat in her boudoir while she freshened up
That boy drank all that magnolia wine
On her black satin sheets where he started to freak
Itchi gitchi ya ya da da
Itchi gitchi ya ya here
Mocha-choca-lata ya ya
Creole lady marmalade
Hello, chickens!
Yes! It’s me
Your own beloved Harold Zidler
In the flesh!
Welcome...
To the Moulin Rouge!
Because the can-can can
Because the can-can can
Ari-ari-ari-ah
Ori-ori-ori-oh
Because the can-can can
Because the can-can can
Because the can-can can can can can can can
Everybody can can can!
Everybody can can!
Itchi gitchi ya ya da da
Itchi gitchi ya ya here
Mocha-choca-lata ya ya
Creole lady marmalade
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Everybody can-can
For the gallery
It’s peanuts and lager
But for the aristocracy
It’s quail eggs and caviar
Ladies and gentleman
May I introduce
The Duke du Monroth
Aint nobody dope as me Im dressed so fresh so clean
Dont you think Im so sexy Im dressed so fresh so clean
The best things in life are free
But you can keep them for the birds and bees
I got money
That’s what I want
That’s what I want
That’s what I want
That’s what I want
Your love is such a thrill
But your love wont pay my bills
Money dont get everything its true
What it dont get, I cant use
I got money
I got money
I got money
Why must I live this way?
But there is another Paris, yes?
These are the rats of the latin quarter
The starving artists and thieves of Montmartre
Our own
Beloved
Bohemians!
Watch out you might get what youre after
Rouge, baby
Strange but not a stranger
Im an ordinary guy
Burning down the house
My house! out of the ordinary
Thats right! Dont wanna hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house
Heres your ticket pack your bag
Time for jumpin overboard
Transportation is here
Close enough but not too far
Maybe you know where you are
Fightin fire with fire
Let’s dance
Let’s sway
Let’s dance
Let’s sway
And now it’s time for the breakdown
Watch out you might get what youre after
Shakedown! Dreams walking in broad daylight
Hold tight wait till the partys over
Burning down the house
Burning down the house
Burning down the house
Burning down the house
This is where all your dreams come true
You are the Moulin Rouge!
Marmalade
Lady marmalade
Marmalade
Hey, hey, hey
Itchi gitchi ya ya da da
Itchi gitchi ya ya here
Mocha-choca-lata ya ya
Creole lady marmalade
Ah, Ah
Creole lady marmalade
Whooo! |
Mmm num ba de
Dum bum ba be
Doo buh dum ba beh beh
Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you, no man ask for
Under pressure that burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets
Um ba ba be
Um ba ba be
De day da
Ee day da - thats okay
Its the terror of knowing what this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming, Let me out
Pray tomorrow gets me higher
Pressure on people, people on streets
Day day dum mm hm
Da da oh, yeah
Okay
Chipping around, kick my brains round the floor
These are the days it never rains, but it pours
Ee do ba be
Ee da ba ba ba
Um bo bo
Uh oh
Ee da de da de
Ee da de da de da de da
Its the terror of knowing what this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming, Let me out
Pray tomorrow gets me higher, higher, high
Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it dont work
Keep coming up with love but its so slashed and torn
Why—why—why?
Love, love, love, love, love
Insanity laughs under pressure were breaking
Cant we give ourselves one more chance?
Why cant we give love that one more chance?
Why cant we give love, give love, give love, give love
Give love, give love, give love, give love?
Because loves such an old fashioned word
And love dares us to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves under pressure
Under pressure, yeah
Under pressure, uh
Pressure |
Blue Jean, I just met me a girl named Blue Jean
Blue Jean, she got a camouflaged face and no money
Remember they always let you down when you need em
Oh, Blue Jean, is heaven any sweeter than Blue Jean
She got a police bike
She got a turned up nose
Sometimes I feel like
Jazzin for Blue Jean
Blue Jean can send me
Somebody send me
One day Im gonna write a poem in a letter
One day Im gonna get that faculty together
Remember like everybody has to wait in line
Oh, Blue Jean, look out world, oh you know Ive got mine
She got Latin roots
She got everything
Sometimes I feel like
Jazzin for Blue Jean
Blue Jean can tempt me
Somebody sent me
{Hook}
Sometimes I feel like
Jazzin for Blue Jean
Blue Jean can tempt me
Somebody sent me
Somebody, somebody
Somebody send me |
Heaven loves ya
The clouds part for ya
Nothing stands in your way when youre a boy
Clothes always fit ya
Life is a pop of the cherry when youre a boy
When youre a boy, you can wear a uniform
When youre a boy, other boys check you out
You get a girl, these are your favorite things
When youre a boy
Boys
Boys
Boys keep swinging
Boys always work it out
Uncage the colors, unfurl the flag
Luck just kissed you hello
When youre a boy
Theyll never clone you, you are always first on the line
When youre a boy
When youre a boy, you can buy a home of your own
When youre a boy, learn to drive and everything
Youll get your share
When youre a boy
Boys
Boys
Boys keep swinging
Boys always work it out |
And in the death
As the last few corpses lay rotting on the slimy thoroughfare
The shutters lifted an inch in temperance building, high on Poachers Hill
And red mutant eyes gazed down on Hunger City
No more big wheels
Fleas the size of rats sucked on rats the size of cats
And ten thousand peoploids split into small tribes
Coveting the highest of the sterile skyscrapers
Like packs of dogs assaulting the glass fronts of Love-Me Avenue
Ripping and rewrapping mink and shiny silver fox, now legwarmers
Family badge of sapphire and cracked emerald
Any day now, the year of the Diamond Dogs
This aint rock and roll! This is genocide! |
Theres a graveyard by the station where the girls
Wear vinyl skirts and sandals from Hungary
The boys ride their Riga 1s upon the little hills
Such sadness and grief, the kids die standing
Thats where we made our tryst and struggled with our guns
Would you still love me if the clocks could go backwards?
The girls would fill with blood, and the grass will be green again
Remember the dead, they were so great, some of them
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
How does the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Where do the boys lie? Mud, mud, mud
How does the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood
Well I lived a blind life, a white face, a prison
That you made, a life out of nothing, now I ride by
Black roads. I miss you more than youll never, ever know
Waiting with my red eyes and my stone heart
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
How does the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Where do the boys lie? Mud, mud, mud
How does the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood
I gaze in defeat at the stars in the night
The light in my life burnt away
There will be no tomorrow
Then youll sigh in your sleep
And meaning returns with the day
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Where do the boys lie? Mud, mud, mud
How does the grass grow? Blood, blood, blood |
Share bride failing star
Care-line, care-line
Care-line, care-line riding me
Shirley, Shirley, Shirley, own
Share bride failing star |
Shakey threw a party that lasted all night
Everybody drank a lot of something nice
There was an old fashioned band of married men
Looking up to me for encouragement - it was so-so
The ladies looked bad but the music was sad
No one took their eyes off Lorraine
She shimmied and she strolled like a Chicago moll
Her feathers looked better and better - it was so-so
Yea! it was time to unfreeze
When the Reverend Alabaster danced on his knees
Slam! so it wasnt a game
Cracking all the mirrors in shame
Watch that man!
Oh honey, watch that man
He talks like a jerk but he could eat you with a fork and spoon
Watch that man!
Oh honey, watch that man
He walks like a jerk but hes only taking care of the room
Must be in tune
A Benny Goodman fan painted holes in his hands
So Shakey hung him up to dry
The pundits were joking, the manholes were smoking
And every bottle battled with the reason why
The girl on the phone wouldnt leave me alone
A throw back from someones LP
A lemon in a bag played the Tiger Rag
And the bodies on the screen stopped bleeding
Yeah! I was shaking like a leaf
For I couldnt understand the conversation
Yeah! I ran to the street
Looking for information
Watch that man!
Oh honey, watch that man
He talks like a jerk but he could eat you with a fork and spoon
Watch that man!
Oh honey, watch that man
He walks like a jerk but hes only taking care of the room
Must be in tune
Watch that man
Watch that man
Watch that man
Watch that man |
You knew just everything
But nothing at all
Now the luminous dark
Feels like pain again
You could feel my breath
You opened my eyes
For I could not see
When I met you
When I met you
I could not speak
You opened my mouth
You opened my heart
My spirit rose
The marks and stains
Could not exist
When I met you
Now its all the same
Its all the same
The sun is gone
Its all the same
But when I met you
When I met you
When I met you
When I met you
When I met you
You were afraid
She stole your heart
You dont understand
You should be ashamed
You should have known
She tore you down
She tore you down
The edge had become
The centre of my world
The seams of my life
The streams of debris
Neither wounds of a friend
Nor the kiss of a foe
The peck of a blackened eye
An eye for the crowd
When I met you
I could not speak
I met you
Then I met you
My spirit rose
My kind of truth
Could not exist
When I met you
Now its all the same
Its all the same
The sun is gone
Its all the same
But when I met you
When I met you
When I met you
When I met you
When I met you
When I met you
I was the walking dead
I was kicked in the head
It was such a time
It was such a time
I was crushed inside
I was torn inside
When I met you
When I met you
I was too insane
Could not trust a thing
I was off my head
I was filled with truth
It was not Gods truth
Before I met you |
The blazing sunset in your eyes
Will tantalise every man who looks your way
I watched them sink before your gaze
Señorita sways, dance with me before their frozen eyes
Im so much in love
Like the ragged soldier catching butterflies
No man loved like I love you
Wouldnt you like to love me too?
In the heat of the morning
In the shadow, Ill clip your wings
And Ill tell you I love you
In the heat of the morning
Ill tie a knot in rainbows end, challenge the trees
Light my candle from the sun
Ill give you daylight for a friend, Ill do all of these
Ill prove that it can be done
Oh, Im so much in love
Like a little boy who races with the wind
No man loved like I love you
Wouldnt you like to love me too?
In the heat of the morning
In the shadow, Ill clip your wings
And Ill tell you I love you
In the heat of the morning
In the heat of the morning
In the shadow, Ill clip your wings
And Ill tell you I love you
In the heat of the morning |
In the event that this fantastic voyage
Should turn to erosion
And we never get old
Remember its true
Dignity is valuable
But our lives are valuable too
Were learning to live with somebodys depression
And I dont want to live with somebodys depression
Well get by, I suppose
Its a very modern world
But nobodys perfect
Its a moving world
But thats no reason
To shoot some of those missiles
Think of us as fatherless scum
It wont be forgotten
Cause well never say anything nice again
Will we?
And the wrong words make you listen
In this criminal world
Remember its true
Loyalty is valuable
But our lives are valuable too
Were learning to live with somebodys depression
And I dont want to live with somebodys depression
Well get by, I suppose
But any sudden movement
Ive got to write it down
They wipe out an entire race and Ive got to write it down
But Im still getting educated
But Ive got to write it down
And it wont be forgotten
Cause Ill never say anything nice again
How can I? |
Its a God-awful small affair
To the girl with the mousy hair
But her mommy is yelling, No
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Now she walks through her sunken dream
To the seat with the clearest view
And shes hooked to the silver screen
But the film is a saddening bore
Cause shes seen it ten times or more
She could spit in the eyes of fools
As they ask her to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man, look at those cavemen go
Its the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man, wonder if hell ever know
Hes on the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?
Its on Americas tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Now the workers have struck for fame
Cause Lennons on sale again
See the mice with their million hordes
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
But the film is a saddening bore
Cause she writ it ten times or more
Its about to be writ again
As I ask you to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man, look at those cavemen go
Its the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man, wonder if hell ever know
Hes on the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?
Is there life on Mars? |
Sons of the silent age
Stand on platforms blank looks and notebooks
Sit in the back rows of city limits
Lay in bed coming and going on easy terms
Sons of the silent age
Pace their rooms like a cells dimension
Rise for a year or two then make war
Search through their one inch thoughts
Then decide it couldnt be done
Baby, Ill never let you go
All I see is all I know
Lets take another way down
Baby, baby, Ill never let you down
I cant stand another sound
Lets find another way in
Sons of the silent age
Listen to tracks by Sam Therapy and King Dice
Sons of the silent age
They pick up in bars and cry only once
Sons of the silent age
Make love only once but dream and dream
They dont walk, they just glide in and out of life
They never die, they just go to sleep one day
Baby, I will never let you go
All I see is all I know
Lets take another way down
Baby, baby, baby, I wont ever let you down
I cant stand another sound
Lets find another way in
Baby, baby, baby
Find another way |
Something like tobacco road
Living on a lonely road
I will pull you out of there
We will go to Finchley fair
I will buy you feather hat
I will steal a cricket bat
Smash some windows, make a noise
We will run with dirty boys
When the sun goes down
When the sun goes down and the die is cast
When the die is cast and you have no choice
We will run with dirty boys
We all gone mad
We all want you
Vinny and the boys, we all go through
You got to learn to hold your tongue
This aint the moon this is burnin sun
When the sun goes down
When the sun goes down and the die is cast
When the die is cast and you have no choice
We will run with dirty boys |
I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, forever and ever
Oh we can be heroes, just for one day
I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing, will drive them away
We can be heroes, just for one day
We can be us, just for one day
I, I can remember
Standing, by the wall
And the guns, shot above our heads
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall
And the shame, was on the other side
Oh we can beat them, forever and ever
Then we could be heroes, just for one day
We can be heroes
We can be heroes
We can be heroes
Just for one day
We can be heroes |
Well, Annies pretty neat
She always eats her meat
Joeys almost strong
Bet your life hes putting us on
Oh lordy, oh lordy
You know I need some loving
Move me, touch me
John, Im only dancing
She turns me on
But Im only dancing
She turns me on
Dont get me wrong
Im only dancing
Ah, Shadow love was quick and keen
Lifes a well thumbed machine
Saw you watching from the stairs
Youre everyone that ever cared
Oh lordy, oh lordy
You know I need some loving
Move me, touch me
John, Im only dancing
She turns me on
But Im only dancing
She turns me on
Dont get me wrong
Im only dancing
John, Im only dancing
She turns me on
But Im only dancing
She turns me on
Dont get me wrong
Im only dancing
Dancing
Wont someone dance with me?
Touch me |
The end is coming!
The end is coming!
The end is coming!
This just in:
The end is in our future
Evidence has come to light
Its all deranged
No control
Sit tight in your corner
No point in making plans
Its all deranged
No control
The science is clear
Im afraid its true
The ends really here
Theres nothing we can do
And if I read these numbers right
Our time is up
Tomorrow night!
Time runs out tomorrow
Terror in our final hours
Its all deranged
No control
Lava will flow
And well burn when it does
Just ashes and smoke
Where me money once was
Theres gotta be a scheme
Theres gotta be a plan
I think we should run
While we still can
While we...
No control!
Stay away from the future
No point in making plans
Its all deranged
No control
Everyones so scared and sad
Just one volcano, thats not so bad
Until Bikini Bottoms gone
Lets all keep calm and carry on
Ahhh!
No control
I cant believe Ive no control
Its all deranged
I cant believe Ive no control
Its all deranged
Deranged!
Deranged!
AAAAAAAHHHH!!!
AAAAAAAHHHH!!!
AAAAAAAHHHH!!! |
When we saw Mishimas dog
Trapped between the rocks
Blocking the waterfall
The songs of dust
The world would end
The night was always falling
The peacock in the snow
And I tell myself, I dont know who I am
And I tell myself, I dont know who I am
My father ran the prison
My father ran the prison
I can only love you by hating him more
Thats not the truth, its too big a word
He believed that love is theft
Love and war, the theft of love
And I tell myself, I dont know who I am
And I tell myself, I dont know who I am
My father ran the prison
My father ran the prison
But I am a seer, I am a liar
I am a seer, but I am a liar
My father ran the prison
My father ran the prison |
Joe the lion went to the bar
A couple of drinks on the house an he said
Tell you who you are if you nail me to my car
Boy, thanks for hesitating
This is the kiss off
Boy, thanks for hesitating
Youll never know the real story
Just a couple of dreams
You get up and sleep
You can buy God
Its Monday
Slither down the greasy pipe
So far so good no one saw you
Hobble over any freeway
You will be like your dreams tonight
You get up and sleep
You get up and sleep
Joe the lion
Made of iron
Joe the lion went to the bar
A couple of drinks on the house an he was a fortune teller
He said, nail me to my car and Ill tell you who you are
Joe the lion, yeah, yeah
Went to the bar, yeah, yeah
A couple of dreams and he was a fortune teller
He said, nail me to my car, tell you who you are
You get up and sleep
The wind blows on your cheek
The day laughs in your face
I guess youll buy a gun
Youll buy it secondhand
And youll get up and sleep
Joe the lion
Made of iron
Joe the lion, made of iron
Joe the lion
Made of iron
Joe the lion
Made of iron |
Your face when sleeping is sublime
And then you open up your eyes
Then comes pancake factor number one
Eyeliner, rose hips and lip gloss, such fun
Youre a slick little girl
Youre a slick little girl
Rouge and coloring, incense and ice
Perfume and kisses, ooohhh, its all so nice
Youre a slick little girl
Youre such a slick little girl
Now, were coming out
Out of our closets
Out on the streets
Yeah, were coming out
When youre in bed its so wonderful
Itd be so nice to fall in love
When you get dressed I really get my fill
People say that its impossible
Gowns lovely made out of lace
And all the things that you do to your face
Youre a slick little girl
Oh, youre a slick little girl
Eyeliner, whitener then color the eyes
Yellow and green, ooohhh, what a surprise
Youre a slick little girl
Oh, youre such a slick little girl
Now, were coming out
Out of our closets
Out on the streets
Yes, were coming out
Yeah, were coming out
Yeah, were coming out |
If you can see me I can see you
I could wear your new blue shoes
I should wear your old red dress
And walk to the crossroad, so take this knife
And meet me across the river
Just chutes and ladders
And this is the kiss
American anna fantasticalsation
From nowhere to nothing
And neither way back
Children swarm like thousands of bugs
Towards the light
The beacons above the hill
The stars to the West, the South, the North
And to the East
Now you can say Ive got a gift of sorts
A fear of rear windows and swinging doors
My love of violence and tenants sighs
If you can see me I can see you
If you can see me I can see you
I have seen these bairns wave their fists at God
Swear to destroy the beast, stamping the ground
In their excitement for tomorrow
I could wear your new blue shoes
I should wear your old red dress
And walk to the crossroad, so take this knife
And meet me across the river
I will take your lands and all that lays beneath
The dust of cold flowers, drizzle of dark ashes
I will slaughter your kind, descend from belief
I am the spirit of greed, the lord of theft
Burn all your books and the problems they make
If you can see me I can see you
If you can see me |
I am home, lost my job
And incurably ill
You think this is easy, realism
Ive got a girl out there, I suppose
I think shes dancing
Feel like Dan Dare lies down
I think shes dancing, what do I know?
I am a D.J., I am what I play
Cant turn around, no, cant turn around, no, oh ooh
I am a D.J., I am what I play
Cant turn around, no, turn around no, oh no
I am a D.J., I am what I play
Ive got believers
Believing in me
One more weekend
Of lights and evening faces
Fast food, living nostalgia
Humble pie or bitter fruit
I am a D.J., I am what I play
Cant turn around, no, cant turn around, no, oh, ooh
I am a D.J., I am what I say
Cant turn around, no, cant turn around, ooh
I am a D.J., I am what I play
Ive got believers
Believing me
I am a D.J., I am what I play
Cant turn around, no, cant turn around
I am a D.J., I am what I play
Cant turn around, no, cant turn around
I am a D.J., I am what I play
Cant turn around no
Time flies when youre having fun
Break his heart, break her heart
He used to be my boss and now he is a puppet dancer
I am a D.J., and Ive got believers
Ive got believers, Ive got believers
Ive got believers in me
I am a D.J., I am what I play, I am a D.J |
What happened to Zeke?
Hes dead on Jones, man
How about Dave?
O.Dd on alcohol
Oh, whats Rock doing?
Oh, hes living with his mother
What about James?
Hes gone straight
Well, things have been tough
Without the Dum Dum Boys
I cant seem to speak the language
I remember how they
Used to stare at the ground
They looked as if they
Put the whole world
Looked as if they put
The whole world down
The first time I met the Dum Dum Boys
I was fascinated
They just stood in front of the old drug store
I was most impressed
No one else was impressed, not at all
And wed sing da, da, da, da, da, dum, dum, day
Well, where are you now my Dum Dum Boys?
Are you alive or dead?
Have you left me the last of the Dum Dum daze?
And then the sun goes down
And then the boys broke down
People said we were negative
They said we would take but we would never give
But wed sing da, da, da, da, da, da, dum, dum, day
Wed sing da, da, da, da, da, da and hope it would pay
Wed sing da, da, da, da, da, dum, dum, dum, dum, day
Dum, dum day
Well now, Im looking for the Dum Dum Boys
Hey, where are you now when I need your noise?
Now, Im looking for the Dum Dum Boys
The walls close in and I need some noise |
Midnight in the Village
Seeger lights the candles
From Bitter End to Gaslight
Baez leaves the stage
Ochs takes notes
When the black girl and guitar
Burn together hot in rage
Youve got what it takes
You say too much
Oh you will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
I can work the scene and
I can see the magazines
I can hear the nation
I can hear the nation cry
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
You will set it on fire
Kennedy would kill for the lines that you’ve written
Van Ronk says to Bobby she’s the next real thing
Crouched in the half light, screaming like a banshee
You’re in the boat babe, were in the water
You say too much
Oh you will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
I can work the scene and
I can see the magazines
I can hear the nation
I can hear the nation cry
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
You will set it on fire
Oh you will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
I can work the scene and
I can see the magazines
I can hear the nation
I can hear the nation cry
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
You will set it on fire
Oh you will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
I can work the scene and
I can see the magazines
I can hear the nation
I can hear the nation cry
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
You will set it on fire |
Oh you, you walk on past
Your lips cut a smile on your face
To the cage, to the cage
She was a beauty in a cage
Its too, too high a price
To drink rotting wine from your hands
Get me to the doctors, Ive been told
Someones back in town, the chips are down
I just cut and blackout
Im under Japanese influence and my honour’s at stake
The weathers grim, ice on the cages
Me, Im Robin Hood, and I puff on my cigarette
Panthers are steaming, stalking, screaming
If you dont stay tonight
I will take that plane tonight
Ive nothing to lose, nothing to gain
Ill kiss you in the rain, kiss you in the rain
Kiss you in the rain
In the rain
Get me to the doctor
Get me off the streets
Get me on my feet
Hot air gets me into a blackout
Oh, get me off the streets
Get some protection
Oh get me on my feet
While the streets block off
Getting some skin exposure to the blackout
Get me on my feet
Oh get me on my feet
Get me off the streets |
My death waits like an old roué
So confident Ill go his way
Whistle to him and the passing time
My death waits like a bible truth
At the funeral of my youth
We drank for that and the passing time
My death waits like a witch at night
As surely as our love is bright
Lets not think of that or the passing time
But whatever lies behind the door
There is nothing much to do
Angel or devil, I dont care
For, in front of that door
There is you
My death waits like a beggar blind
Who sees the world through an unlit mind
Throw him a dime for the passing time
My death waits to allow my friends
A few good times before it ends
Lets not think about the passing time
My death waits there between your thighs
Your cool fingers will close my eyes
Lets not think about the passing time
But what ever lies behind the door
There is nothing much to do
Angel or devil, I dont care
For, in front of that door
There is you
My death waits there, among the leaves
In magicians mysterious sleeves
Rabbits and dogs and the passing time
My death waits there among the flowers
Where the blackest shadow cowers
So lets pick lilacs for the passing time
My death waits there, in a double bed
Sails of oblivion at my head
Lets not think about the passing time
But whatever lies behind the door
There is nothing much to do
Angel or devil, I dont care
For, in front of that door
There is you |
All you need is love
Youre being ridiculous
All you need is love
Just one night, give me just one night
Theres no way cause you cant pay
In the name of love, one night in the name of love
You crazy fool, I wont give in to you
Its so easy, all you have to do is fall in love
Love hurts
All you have to do is play the game
Love scars
All you have to do is
Take on me
No, no, no, it aint me
Take me on
No, no, no because youll be gone in a day or two
I love you, always, forever
Near or far, closer together
Everywhere I will be with you
Love is a battlefield
Everything I will do for you
Dont speak
I know just what youre thinking
So please stop explaining
Dont tell me cause it hurts
Open up your eyes, then youll realize
Here I stand with my everlasting love
Need you by my side, girl, youll be my pride
Youll never be denied, everlasting love
Whats love got to do, got to do with it?
Whats love, but, a second hand emotion?
Whats love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart, when a heart can be broken?
Youre breaking my heart
Spose I never, ever met you
Whats love got to do with it?
Suppose we never fell in love
Who needs a heart?
Suppose I kept on singing love songs
All of this music breaks my heart
Yes, it breaks my heart
Yes it breaks my heart
I cant help falling in love with you
Im all out of faith
This is how I feel
Im cold and Im ashamed lying naked on the floor
Take me on
Illusion never changed into something real
Im wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn
They will see us coming from such great heights
Come down now, theyll say
Everything looks perfect from far away
Come down now, but well stay
Cause, love lifts us up where we belong
Where the eagles fly on a mountain high
Love makes us act like we are fools
Throw our lives away for one happy day
We can be heroes, just for one day
Though nothing can keep us together
We can steal time, just for one day
We can be heroes forever and ever
We can be lovers just for one day
We can be heroes forever and ever
We can be lovers just for one day
And you can tell everybody
This is your song
It may be quite simple but, now that its done
I hope you dont mind, I hope you dont mind
That I put down in words
We can be heroes
How wonderful life is
We can be heroes
How wonderful life is
We can be heroes
How wonderful life is
While youre in the world
I will always love you
And I will always love you
And I will always love you |
I was walking down the high street
When I heard footsteps behind me
And there was a little old man
In scarlet and gray, chuckling away
Well, he trotted back to my house
And he sat beside the telly
With his tiny hands on his tummy
Chuckling away, laughing all day
I ought to report you to the Gnome Office.
Gnome Office? Ahahahah!
Ha, ha, ha, hee, hee, hee
Im a laughing gnome and you cant catch me
Ha, ha, ha, hee, hee, hee
Im a laughing gnome and you cant catch me
Said the laughing gnome
Well, I gave him roasted toadstools
And a glass of dandelion wine.
Then I put him on a train to Eastbourne
Carried his bag, and gave him a fag
Have you got a light, boy?
Here, where do you come from?
Gnome-mans land, heehee!
Oh, really?
In the morning, when I woke up
He was sitting on the edge of my bed
With his brother, whose name was Fred
Hed brought him along to sing me a song
Alright, lets hear it... ere, whats that clicking noise?
Thats Fred, hes a metro-gnome, haha!
Ha, ha, ha, hee, hee, hee
Im a laughing gnome and you cant catch me
Ha, ha, ha, hee, hee, hee
Im a laughing gnome and you cant catch me
Oh now, Im a gnome, anyway, haha!
Havent you got a home to go to?
No, we are gnome-ads, hehe!
Didnt they teach you to get your hair cut at school?
You look like a rolling gnome.
Nah, not at the London school of Eco-gnome-ics.
Now theyre staying up me chimney
And were living on caviar and honey
Cause theyre earning me lots of money
Writing comedy prose for radio shows
Its the, errrr... its the gnome-service, yes, of course!
Ha, ha, ha, hee, hee, hee
Im a laughing gnome and you...
Ha, ha, ha, hee, hee, hee
Im a laughing gnome and you cant catch me
Ha, ha, ha, hee, hee, hee
Im a laughing gnome and you cant catch me |
Maybe I should announce it, should I?
Memory of a free festival.
The Children of the summers end
Gathered in the dampened grass
We played Our songs and felt the London sky
Resting on our hands
It was Gods land
It was ragged and naive
It was Heaven
Touch, We touched the very soul
Of holding each and every life
We claimed the very source of joy ran through
It didnt, but it seemed that way
I kissed a lot of people that day
Oh, to capture just one drop of all the ecstasy that swept that afternoon
To paint that love upon a white balloon
And fly it from the topest top of all the tops
That man has pushed beyond his brain
Satori must be something just the same
We scanned the skies with rainbow eyes
And saw machines of every shape and size
We talked with tall Venusians passing through
And Peter tried to climb aboard but the Captain shook his head
And away they soared
Climbing through the ivory vibrant cloud
Someone passed some bliss among the crowd
And We walked back to the road, unchained
The Sun Machine is coming down, and were gonna have a party
The Sun Machine is coming down, and were gonna have a party
The Sun Machine is coming down, and were gonna have a party
The Sun Machine is coming down, and were gonna have a party
The Sun Machine is coming down, and were gonna have a party
The Sun Machine is coming down, and were gonna have a party |
Silhouettes and shadows
Watch the revolution
No more free steps to heaven
Just walkie-talkie
Heaven or hearth
Just big heads and drums
Full speed and pagan
And its no game
I am barred
From the event
I really dont understand the situation
So wheres the moral?
People have their fingers broken
To be insulted by these fascists its so degrading
And its no game
Documentaries on refugees
Couples gainst the target
Throw a rock against the road
And it breaks into pieces
Draw the blinds on yesterday
And its all so much scarier
Put a bullet in my brain
And it makes all the papers
And its no game
Children round the world
Put camel shit on the walls
Theyre making carpets on treadmills
Or garbage sorting
And its no game |
Spy, spy, pretty girl
I see you see me through your window
Dont turn your nose up
Well, you can if you need to
You wont be the first or last
It must strain you to look down
So far from your fathers house
And I know what a louse like me
In his house could do for you
Im the cream
Of the great Utopia dream
And youre the gleam
In the depths of your bankers spleen
Im a Phallus in pigtails
And theres blood on my nose
And my tissue is rotting
Where the rats chew my bones
And my eye sockets empty
See nothing but pain
I keep havin this brainstorm
About twelve times a day
So now, you could spend the morning walking with me
Quite amazed
As I am unwashed and somewhat slightly dazed
Ive got eyes in my backside
That see electric tomatoes
On credit card rye bread
There are children in washrooms
Holding hands with a Queen
And my heads full of murders
Where only killers scream
So now you could spend your morning talking with me
Quite amazed
Look out, Im raving mad and somewhat slightly dazed
Now you run from your window
To the porcelain bowl
And youre sick from your ears
To the red parquet floor
And the Braque on the wall
Slides down your front
And eats through your belly
Its very catching
So now, you should spend the morning, lying to your father
Quite amazed
About the strange unwashed and happily slightly dazed
Im not following
Yeah, yeah, baby, yeah
Yeah, yeah, baby, yeah
Yeah, yeah, baby, yeah
Yeah
Dont sit down
Dont sit down
Dont sit down |
The vacuum created by the arrival of freedom
And the possibilities it seems to offer
Its got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
Its got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
A series of shocks - sneakers fall apart
Earth keeps on rolling, witnesses falling
Its got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
Its got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
Yeah, yeah, yeah, up the hill backwards
Itll be alright, ooh-ooh
While we sleep, they go to work
Were legally crippled, its the death of love
Its got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
Its got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
More idols than realities, ooh-ooh
Im OK, youre so-so, ooh-ooh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, up the hill backwards
Itll be alright, ooh-ooh |
Look up here, Im in Heaven
Ive got scars that cant be seen
Ive got drama, it cant be stolen
Everybody knows me now
Look up here, man, Im in danger
Ive got nothing left to lose
And Im so high, it makes my brain whirl
Dropped my cell phone down below
Aint that just like me?
Aint that just like me?
By the time I got to New York
Mm, I was livin like a king
There I used up all my money
When I was lookin for your ass
Hmm, hmm-hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm-hmm, hmm-hmm
This way or no way, you know Ill be free
Just that like that bluebird, oh, aint that like me?
This way I know it, you know Ill be free
Just like that bluebird, oh, aint that just like me?
Oh, Ill be free, just like that bluebird
Oh, Ill be free, aint that just like me?
Look up here, Im in Heaven
Ive got scars that cant be seen
Ive got drama, it cant be stolen
Everybody knows me now |
President Joe once had a dream
The world held his hand, gave their pledge
So he told them his scheme for a Saviour Machine
They called it the Prayer, its answer was law
Its logic stopped war, gave them food
How they adored till it cried in its boredom
Please dont believe in me
Please disagree with me
Life is too easy
A plague seems quite feasible now
Or maybe a war
Or I may kill you all
Dont let me stay, dont let me stay
My logic says burn so send me away
Your minds are too green, I despise all Ive seen
You cant stake your lives on a Saviour Machine
I need you flying, and Ill show that dying
Is living beyond reason, sacred dimension of time
I perceive every sign, I can steal every mind
Dont let me stay, dont let me stay
My logic says burn so send me away
Your minds are too green, I despise all Ive seen
You cant stake your lives on a Saviour Machine |
Nightclubbing, were nightclubbing
Were whats happening
Nightclubbing, were nightclubbing
Were an ice machine
We see people brand new people
Theyre something to see
Nightclubbing, were nightclubbing
Bright-white clubbing
Oh isnt it wild?
Nightclubbing, were nightclubbing
Were walking through town
Nightclubbing, were nightclubbing
We walk like a ghost
We learn dances brand new dances
Like the nuclear bomb
When were Nightclubbing
Bright-white clubbing
Oh isnt it wild? |
I couldnt escape this feeling
With my China girl
Im just a wreck without
My little China girl
Id hear her heart beating
Loud as thunder
Saw the stars crashing
Im a mess without
My China girl
Wake up mornings
Theres no China girl
Id hear hearts beating
Loud as thunder
Id see stars crashing down
Id feel tragic
Like I was Marlon Brando
When Id look at my China girl
I could pretend that nothing
Really meant too much
When Id look at my China girl
Id stumble into town
Just like a sacred cow
Visions of swastikas in my head
And plans for everyone
Its in the white of my eyes
My little China girl
You shouldnt mess with me
Ill ruin everything you are
Ill give you television
Ill give you eyes of blue
Ill give you men
Who want to rule the world
And when I get excited
My little China girl says
Oh, Jimmy, just you shut your mouth
She says, Shh |
Here shall we live in this terrible town
Where the price for our minds
Shall squeeze them tight like a fist
And the walls shall have eyes
And the doors shall have ears
But well dance in their dark
And theyll play with our lives
Like a Slow Burn
Leading us on and on and on
Like a Slow Burn
Turning us round and round and round
Hark who are we
So small in times such as these
Slow Burn
Slow Burn
Oh, these are the days
These are the strangest of all
These are the nights
These are the darkest to fall
But who knows?
Echoes in tenement halls
Who knows?
Though the years spare them all
Like a Slow Burn
Leading us on and on and on
Like a Slow Burn
Twirling us round and round
And upside down
Theres fear overhead
Theres fear overground
Slow Burn
Slow Burn
Like a Slow Burn
Leading us on and on and on
Like a Slow Burn
Turning us round and round and round And here are we
At the center of it all
Slow Burn
Slow Burn
Slow Burn |
Me, I hope that Im crazy
I feel you driving and youre only the wheel
Slow down, let someone love you
Ooh, Ive never touched you since I started to feel
If theres nothing to hide me
Then youve never seen me hanging naked and wired
Somebody lied, I say its hip
To be alive
Now your smile is spreading thin
Seems youre trying not to lose
Since Im not supposed to grin
All youve got to do is win
Me, Im fresh on your pages
Secret thinker sometimes listening aloud
Life lies dumb on its heroes
Wear your wound with honor, make someone proud
Someone like you should not be allowed
To start any fires
Now your smile is spreading thin
Seems youre trying not to lose
Since Im not supposed to grin
All youve got to do is win
It aint over
Now your smile is spreading thin
Seems youre trying not to lose
Since Im not supposed to grin
All youve got to do is win
All you got to do is win
And your smile is spreading thin
It seems youre trying not to lose
Since Im not supposed to grin
All youve got to do is win
All youve got to do is win
Woo-hoo! All youve got
Is all youve got
It aint over |
All of my life Ive tried so hard
Doing my best with what I had
Nothing much happened all the same
Something about me stood apart
A whisper of hope that seemed to fail
Maybe Im born right out of my time
Breaking my life in two
Throw me tomorrow
Now that Ive really got a chance
Throw me tomorrow
Everythings falling into place
Throw me tomorrow
Seeing my past to let it go
Throw me tomorrow
Only for you I dont regret
That I was Thursdays child
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
Sometimes I cried my heart to sleep
Shuffling days and lonesome nights
Sometimes my courage fell to my feet
Lucky old sun is in my sky
Nothing prepared me for your smile
Lighting the darkness of my soul
Innocence in your arms
Throw me tomorrow
Now that Ive really got a chance
Throw me tomorrow
Everythings falling into place
Throw me tomorrow
Seeing my past to let it go
Throw me tomorrow
Only for you I dont regret
That I was Thursdays child
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
Thursdays child
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
Thursdays child
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was |
If I could stick my pen in my heart
And spill it all over the stage
Would it satisfy you? Would it slide on by you?
Would you think the boy is strange? Aint he strange?
If I could win you, if I could sing you
A love song so divine
Would it be enough for your cheating heart
If I broke down and cried? If I cried
I said, I know its only rock and roll, but I like it
I know its only rock and roll, but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it
I said, cant you see that this old boy has been a-lonely?
If I could stick a knife in my heart, suicide right on stage
Would it be enough for your teenage lust
Would it help to ease the pain? Ease your brain
If I could dig down deep in my heart
Feelings would flood on the page
Would it satisfy you? Would it slide on by you?
Would you think the boys insane? He is insane
I said, I know its only rock and roll, but I like it
I said, I know its only rock and roll, but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, yeah, I like it, I like it
I said, cant you see that this old boy has been a-lonely
And do you think that youre the only girl around?
I bet you think that youre the only woman in town
I said, I know its only rock and roll, but I like it
I said, I know its only rock and roll, but I like it
I know its only rock and roll, but I like it, yeah
I know its only rock and roll, but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it
I like it, I like it
I like it
I like it
Ooh, I like that
Ooh yeah, I like it
Yeah, I like it
Oh yeah, I like it
Oh yeah, but I like it
Yeah, I like it
Oh yeah, but I like it
Oh I, I like it
Oh yeah, I like it
Yeah, I like it
Oh, I like it
Oh, I like it
Ooh yeah, I like that |
Oh yeah
Mm
Still dont know what I was looking for
And my time was running wild
A million dead-end streets
Every time I thought Id got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But Ive never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
Im much too fast to take that test
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Ch-ch-changes
Dont want to be a richer one
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Ch-ch-changes
Just gonna have to be a different one
Time may change me
But I cant trace time
I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence
So the days float through my eyes
But stil the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Theyre immune to your consultations
Theyre quite aware of what theyre going through
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Ch-ch-changes
Dont tell them to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Ch-ch-changes
Wheres your shame
Youve left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me
But you cant trace time
Strange fascination, fascinating me
Ah changes are taking the pace Im going through
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Ch-ch-changes
Oh, look out you rock n rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Ch-ch-changes
Pretty soon now youre gonna get a little older
Time may change me
But I cant trace time
I said that time may change me
But I cant trace time |
Harry was a rich young man who would become a priest
He dug up his dear father who was recently deceased
He did it with tarot cards and a mystically attuned mind
And shortly therein after he did find
Jeanie was a spoiled young brat, she thought she knew it all
She smoked mentholated cigarettes and she had sex in the hall
But she was not my kind or even of my sign
The kind of animal that I would be about
Woh-woh-woh, you keep hangin round me
And Im not so glad you found me
Youre still doing things that I gave up years ago, oh woh woh
You keep hangin round me
And Im not so glad you found me
Youre still doing things that I gave up years ago
All right now
Ah-huh-huh
Kathy was a bit surreal, she painted all her toes
And on her face she wore dentures clamped tightly to her nose
And when she finally spoke her twang her glasses broke
And no one else could smoke while she was in the room
Hark the herald angels sang and reached out for a phone
And plucking it with a knife in hand dialed long distance home
But it was all too much sprinkling angel dust
To AT&T who didnt wish you well
Oh, but you keep hangin round me
And Im not so glad you found me
Youre still doing things that I gave up years ago, ho ho ho ho
You keep hangin round me
And Im not so glad you found me
Youre still doing things that I gave up years ago
Hangin round
Hangin round, thats all youre doing baby
Hangin round
Hangin round, ooohhh
Hangin round
Hangin round
Hangin round
Hangin round |
You know who I am, he said
The speaker was an angel
He coughed and shook his crumpled wings
Closed his eyes and moved his lips
Its time we should be going
Look back in anger, driven by the night
Til you come
Look back in anger, see it in my eyes
Til you come
No one seemed to hear him
So he leafed through a magazine
And, yawning, rubbed the sleep away
Very sane he seemed to me
Look back in anger, driven by the night
Til you come
Look back in anger, feel it in my voice
Til you come |
Taking it all the right way
Keeping it in the back
Taking it all the right way
Never no turning back
Never need, no, never no turning back
Flying in just a sweet place
Coming inside and safe
Flying in just a sweet place
Never been known to fail, never been, no
Never been known to fail
wishing you
wishing that sometimes
Doing it, doing it right
Till one time
Gets you when youre down
Ah, sometimes, doing
Wishing sometimes
Up there, up there
Oh, my darling
Ah, my darling, ah why?
up there! gimme, doing
Taking with me
Loving it, doing it until one time
Gimme
Giving it
taking it
hey, hey
Taking it all the right way
Keeping it in the back
Taking it all the right way
Never no turning back, never need, no
Never no turning back
Taking it
Taking it
Flying in just a sweet place
Coming inside and safe
Flying in just a sweet place
Never been known to fail, never been, no
Never been known to fail
Taking it all the right way
Keeping it in the back
Taking it all the right way
Never |
Well Im just out of school
Like Im real, real cool
Got to dance like a fool
Got the message that I got to be
A wild one
Ooh yeah, Im a wild one
Got to break it loose
Going to keep them moving wild
Going to keep a swinging baby
Im a real wild child
Going to meet all my friends
Going to have ourself a ball
Going to tell my friends
Going to tell them all
That Im a wild one
Ooh yeah, Im a wild one
Got to break it loose
Going to keep them moving wild
Going to keep a swinging baby
Im a real wild child
Im a real wild one
And I like a wild fun
In a world gone crazy
Everything seems hazy
Im a wild one
Ooh yeah, Im a wild one
Got to break it loose
Going to keep them moving wild
Going to keep a swinging baby
Im a real wild child
Im a wild one
Im a wild one
Im a wild one
Oh baby
Im a wild one
Got to break it loose
Going to keep them moving wild
Going to keep a swinging baby
Im a real wild child |
Hearts filthy lesson
Hearts filthy lesson
Hearts filthy lesson
Theres always the Diamond friendly
Sitting in the Laugh Motel
The Hearts filthy lesson
With her hundred miles to hell
Oh, Ramona
If there was only something between us
If there was only something between us
Other than our clothes
Something in our skies, something in our skies
Something in our blood, something in our skies
Paddy, Paddy
Whos been wearing Mirandas clothes?
Its the Hearts filthy lesson
Hearts filthy lesson
Hearts filthy lesson
Falls upon deaf ears
Hearts filthy lesson
Its the Hearts filthy lesson
Hearts filthy lesson
Hearts filthy lesson
Falls upon deaf ears
Falls upon deaf ears
Hearts filthy lesson
Hearts filthy lesson
Hearts filthy lesson
Oh Ramona, if there was only some kind of future
Oh Ramona, if there was only some kind of future
And these cerulean skies
Something in our skies, something in our skies
Something in our blood, something in our skies
Paddy? Paddy?
Paddy, will you carry me?
I think Ive lost my way
Hearts filthy lesson, hearts filthy lesson
Im already five years older, Im already in my grave
Im already
Hearts filthy lesson, hearts filthy lesson
Im already
Im already
Hearts filthy lesson, hearts filthy lesson
Will you carry me?
Oh Paddy
I think Ive lost my way
Paddy, what a fantastic death abyss
Hearts filthy lesson
Paddy, what a fantastic death abyss
Hearts filthy lesson
Its the Hearts filthy lesson
Tell the others
Hearts filthy lesson
Its the Hearts filthy lesson
Paddy, what a fantastic decade
Tell the others
Hearts filthy lesson
Its the Hearts filthy lesson
Paddy, what a fantastic death abyss
Hearts filthy lesson
Its the Hearts filthy lesson
Tell the others |
See the great white scar
Over Battery Park
Then a flare glides over
But I wont look at that scar
Oh, my nuclear baby
Oh, my idiot trance
All my idiot questions
Lets face the music and dance
Dont ever say Im ready, Im ready, Im ready
Ill never say Im better, Im better, Im better
Dont ever say Im ready, Im ready, Im ready
Ill never said Im better, Im better, Im better, Im better than you
All the corners of the buildings
Who but we remember these?
The sidewalks and trees
Im thinking now
I got a better way
I discovered a star
I got a better way
Ready, set, go
I got a better way
A new killer star
I got a better way
Ready, set, go
I got a better way
The stars in your eyes
I got a better way
Ready, set, go
I got a better way
I discovered a star
I got a better way
Ready, set, go
See my life in a comic
Like the way they did the Bible
With the bubbles and action
The little details in color
First a horseback bomber
Just a small thin chance
Like seeing Jesus on Dateline
Lets face the music and dance
Dont ever say Im ready, Im ready, Im ready
Ill never said Im better, Im better, Im better
Dont ever say Im ready, Im ready, Im ready
Ill never said Im better, Im better, Im better, Im better than you
All the corners of the buildings
Who but we remember these?
The sidewalks and trees
Im thinking now
I got a better way
I discovered a star
I got a better way
Ready, set, go
I got a better way
A new killer star
I got a better way
Ready, set, go
I got a better way
The stars in your eyes
I got a better way
Ready, set, go
I got a better way
I discovered a star
I got a better way
Ready, set, go
I got a better way
I got a better way
Ready, set, go
I got a better way
I got a better way
Ready, set, go
I got a better way
Oooh oo
I got a better way
Ready, set, go |
Oogie waits for just another day
Drags his bones
To see the Yankees play
Bones Boy talks and flickers gray
Oh, they slip away
Once a time
They nearly might have been
Bones and Oogie on a silver screen
No one knew what they could do
Except for me and you
They slip away
They slip away
Dont forget
To keep your head warm
Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd
Watching all the world
And war torn
How I wonder where you are
Oo-o
Sailing over
Coney Island
Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd
We were dumb
But you were fun, boy
How I wonder where you are
Oo-o
Oogie knew theres never ever time
Some of us will always stay behind
Down in space its always 1982
The joke we always knew
Oo-oo
Whatsa matter with you
Cmon, lets go
Slip away
Oo-o
Dont forget
To keep your head warm
Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd
Watching all the world
And war torn
How I wonder where you are
Oo-o
Sailing over
Coney Island
Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd
We were dumb
But you were fun, boy
How I wonder where you are
Oo-o
Sailing |
You always were the one that knew
They sold us for the likes of you
I always wanted new surroundings
A room to rent while the lizards lay crying in the heat
Trying to remember who to meet
I would take a foxy kind of stand
While tens of thousands found me in demand
When you rock and roll with me
No one else Id rather be
Nobody here can do it for me
Im in tears again
When you rock and roll with me
Gentle hearts are counted down
The queue is out of sight and out of sounds
Me, Im out of breath, but not quite doubting
Ive found a door which lets me out!
When you rock and roll with me
No one else Id rather be
Nobody down here can do it for me
Im in tears again
When you rock and roll with me
Oh, when you rock and roll with me
Theres no one else Id rather be
Nobody down here can do it for me
When you rock and roll with me
When you rock and roll, when you rock and roll with me
No one else Id rather, Id rather be
Nobody here can do it for me
Im in tears, Im in tears
When you rock and roll with me |
With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue
The only thing I ever got from you
Was sorrow
Sorrow
You acted funny trying to spend my money
Youre out there playing your high class games
Of sorrow
Sorrow
You never do what you know you oughta
Something tells me youre a Devils daughter
Sorrow
Sorrow
Ahh, ooh, ooh
I tried to find her cause I cant resist her
I never knew just how much I missed her
Sorrow
Sorrow
With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue
The only thing I ever got from you
Was sorrow
Sorrow
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
With your long blonde hair
I couldnt sleep last night
With your long blonde hair |
Cutting through the water
Hands upon the ghost
To the city of solid iron
Through the kingdom of the boats
Send your friend away now
Let him sail back home tonight
Something like religion
Dancing face to face
Something like a drowning
Dancing out in space
No-one here can see you
Dancing face to face
No-one here can beat you
Dancing out in space
Silent as Georges Rodenbach
Mist and silhouette
Girl, you move like water
You’ve got stars upon your head
You’ve got my name and number
Youve got to take the floor
Something like religion
Dancing face to face
Something like a drowning
Dancing out in space
No-one here can see you
Dancing face to face
No-one here can beat you
Dancing out in space
Dancing face to face
Dancing out in space
Dancing face to face
Dancing out in space
Dancing face to face
Dancing out in space |
Well, I wouldnt buy no merchandise
And I wouldnt go to war
And I mixed with other colours
But the nurse doesnt care
And I hide under blankets
Or did I run away
I really cant remember
Last time I saw the light of day
But I remember Sam
Cause he was like me
Scream like a baby
Sam was a gun
And I never knew his last name
And we never had no fun
Well, they came down hard on the faggots
And they came down hard on the street
They came down harder on Sam
And they all knew he was beat
He was thrown into the wagon
Blindfolded, chains and they stomped on us
And took away our clothes and things
And pumped us full of strange drugs
And, oh, I saw Sam falling
Spitting in their eyes
But now I lay me down to sleep
And now I close my eyes
Now Im learning to be a part of societ... societ... s...
Scream like a baby
Sam was a gun
And I never knew his last name
And we never had no fun
No athletic program
No discipline, no book
He just sat in the backseat
Swearing hed seek revenge
But he jumped into the furnace
Singing old songs we loved
Scream like a baby
Sam was a gun
And I never knew his last name
And we never had no fun
Scream like a baby
Sam was a gun
And I never knew his last name
And we never had no fun |
In the port of Amsterdam
Theres a sailor who sings
Of the dreams that he brings
From the wide-open sea
In the port of Amsterdam
Theres a sailor who sleeps
While the river bank weeps
To the old willow tree
In the port of Amsterdam
Theres a sailor who dies
Full of beer, full of cries
In a drunken town fight
In the port of Amsterdam
Theres a sailor whos born
On a hot muggy morn
By the dawns early light
In the port of Amsterdam
Where the sailors all meet
Theres a sailor who eats
Only fish heads and tails
And hell show you his teeth
That have rotted too soon
That can haul up the sails
That can swallow the moon
And he yells to the cook
With his arms open wide
Hey, bring me more fish
Throw it down by my side
And he wants so to belch
But hes too full to try
So he stands up and laughs
And he zips up his fly
In the port of Amsterdam
You can see sailors dance
Paunches bursting their pants
Grinding women to porch
Theyve forgotten the tune
That their whiskey voice croaked
Splitting the night
With the roar of their jokes
And they turn and they dance
And they laugh and they lust
Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts
And then out of the night
With their pride in their pants
And the sluts that they tow
Underneath the street lamps
In the port of Amsterdam
Theres a sailor who drinks
And he drinks and he drinks
And he drinks once again
Hell drink to the health
Of the whores of Amsterdam
Whove given their bodies
To a thousand other men
Yeah, theyve bargained their virtue
Their goodness all gone
For a few dirty coins
Well, he just cant go on
Throws his nose to the sky
And he aims it up above
And he pisses like I cry
On the unfaithful love
In the port of Amsterdam
In the port of Amsterdam |
Please trip them gently, they dont like to fall
Oh by jingo
Theres no room for anger, were all very small
Oh by jingo
Were painting our faces and dressing in thoughts
From the skies, from paradise
But they think that were holding a secretive ball
Wont someone invite them, theyre just taller children
Thats all
After all
Man is an obstacle, sad as the clown
Oh by jingo
So hold on to nothing, and he wont let you down
Oh by jingo
Some people are marching together and some on their own
Quite alone
Others are running, the smaller ones crawl
But some sit in silence, theyre just older children
Thats all
After all
I sing with impertinence, shading impermanent chords
With my words
Ive borrowed your time and Im sorry I called
But the thought just occurred
Were nobodys children
At all
After all
Live till your rebirth and do what you will
Oh by jingo
Forget all Ive said, please bear me no ill
Oh by jingo
After all, after all |
African night flight one-time Mormon
More men fall in Hullabaloo men
I slide to the nearest bar
Undermine chairman, I went too far
Bent on a windfall, rent a Sony
Wonder how the dollar went down
Got to get a word to Elizabeths father
Hey ho, he wished me well
Seemed like another day I could fly
Into the eye of God on high
His burning eye will see me through
One of these days, one of these days
Got to get a word through one of these days
His burning eye will see me through
One of these days, one of these days
Got to get a word through one of these days
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Getting in the mood for a Mombasa night flight
Pushing my luck, going to fly like a mad thing
Bare strip takeoff, skimming over Rhino
Born in slumber, less than peace
Struggle with a child, whose screaming, dreaming
Drowned by the props all steely sunshine
Sick of you, sick of me
Lust for the free life, quashed and maimed
Like a valuable loved one left unnamed
Seems like another day I could fly
Into the eye of God on high
Seems like another day I could fly
Into the eye of God on high
Over the bushland, over the trees
Wise like orangutan, that was me
His burning eye will see me through
One of these days, one of these days
Got to get a word through one of these days
His burning eye will see me through
One of these days, one of these days
Got to get a word through one of these days
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na |
When all the world was very young
And mountain magic heavy hung
The supermen would walk in file
Guardians of a loveless isle
And gloomy browed with superfear
Their tragic endless lives could heave nor sigh
In solemn, perverse serenity
Wondrous beings chained to life
Strange games they would play then
No death for the perfect men
Life rolls into one for them
So softly a supergod cries
Where all were minds in uni-thought
Powers weird by mystics taught
No pain, no joy, no power too great
Colossal strength to grasp a fate
Where sad-eyed mermen tossed in slumbers
Nightmare dreams no mortal mind could hold
A man would tear his brothers flesh
A chance to die, to turn to mold
Far out in the red-sky
Far out from the sad eyes
Strange, mad celebration
So softly a supergod cries
Far out in the red-sky
Far out from the sad eyes
Strange, mad celebration
So softly a supergod dies |
Du
Könntest du schwimmen
Wie Delphine
Delphine es tun
Niemand gibt uns eine Chance
Doch können wir siegen
Für immer und immer
Und wir sind dann Helden
Für einen Tag
Ich
Ich bin dann König
Und du
Du Königin
Obwohl sie
Unschlagbar scheinen
Werden wir Helden
Für einen Tag
Wir sind dann wir
An diesem Tag
Ich
Ich glaub das zu träumen
Die Mauer
Im Rücken war kalt
Schüsse reissen die luft
Doch wir küssen
Als ob nichts geschieht
Und die Scham fiel auf ihre Seite
Oh, wir können sie schlagen
Für alle Zeiten
Dann sind wir Helden
Nur diesen Tag
Dann sind wir Helden
Dann sind wir Helden
Dann sind wir Helden
Nur diesen Tag
Dann sind wir Helden |
Stinky weather, fat shaky hands
Dopey morning Doc, grumpy gnomes
Little wonder then, little wonder
You little wonder, little wonder you
Big screen dolls, tits and explosions
Sleepy time, bashful but nude
Little wonder then, little wonder
You little wonder, little wonder you
Im getting that
Intergalactic, seeming to be you
Its all in the tablets, sneezy Bhutan
Little wonder then, little wonder
You little wonder, little wonder you
Mars happy nation, sit on my karma
Dame meditation, take me away
Little wonder then, little wonder
You little wonder, little wonder you
Sending me so far away, so far away
So far away, so far away
So far away, so far away
So far away, so far away
So far away, so far away
So far away, so far away
So far away, so so far away
So far away, so far away
So far away, so so far away
You little wonder, little wonder you
You little wonder, little wonder you
Sending me so far away, so far away
So far away, so far away
So far away, so far away
So far away, so far away
So far away, so far away
So far away, so far away
So far away, so so far away
So far away, so far away
So far away, so so far away
Little wonder, little wonder you
You little wonder, you little wonder you
You little wonder you
Little wonder then, little wonder
You little wonder, little wonder you |
You
You
You
You
You
You
All our friends
Now seem so thin and frail
Slinky secrets
Hotter than the sun
No peachy prayers
No trendy réchauffé
Im with you
So I cant go on
All my violence raining tears upon the sheets
Im bewildered, for were strangers when we meet
Blank screen TV
Preening ourselves in the snow
Forget my name
But Im over you
Blended sunrise
And its a dying world
Humming Rheingold
We scavenge up our clothes
All my violence raging tears upon the sheets
Im resentful, for were strangers when we meet
Cold tired fingers
Tapping out your memories
Halfway sadness
Dazzled by the new
Your embrace
It was all that I feared
That whirling room
We trade by vendu
Steely resolve is falling from me
My poor soul, poor bruised passivity
All your regrets ran rough-shod over me
Im so glad that were strangers when we meet
Im so thankful, that were strangers when we meet
Im in clover, for were strangers when we meet
Heel head over, but were strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet
Strangers when we meet |
Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight
Its time to say goodbye, let me tell you now
Goodnight ladies, ladies goodnight
Its time to say goodbye
Now, all night long
Youve been drinking your tequila
But now youve sucked your lemon peel dry
So why not get high, high, high and
Goodnight ladies
Ladies goodnight
Goodnight ladies, ah, ladies goodnight
Its time to say goodbye
Goodnight sweet ladies, ah, ladies goodnight
Its time to say goodbye, bye-bye
Ah, weve been together for the longest time
But now its time to get high
Come on, lets get high, high, high
And goodnight ladies
Ladies goodnight
Oh, Im still missing my other half
Oh, it must be something I did in the past
Dont it just make you wanna laugh
Its a lonely Saturday night
Oh, nobody calls me on the telephone
I put another record on my stereo
But Im still singing a song of you
Its a lonely Saturday night
Now, if I was an actor
Or a dancer who is glamorous
Then, you know, an amorous life would soon be mine
But now the tinsel light of star break
Is all thats left to applaud my heart break
And at eleven oclock I watch the network news
Oh, woh, woh, something tells me that youre really gone
You said we could be friends
But thats not whats not what I want
Ah, anyway, my TV-dinners almost done
Its a lonely Saturday night
I mean to tell you, its a lonely Saturday night
One more once, its a lonely Saturday night |
How you turn my world
You precious thing
You starve and near exhaust me
Everything Ive done
Ive done for you
I move the stars for no one
Youve run so long
Youve run so far
Your eyes can be so cruel
Just as I can be so cruel
Oh I do believe in you
Yes I do
Live without your sunlight
Love without your heartbeat
I, I cant live within you
I cant live within you
I, I cant live within you |
The secret life of Arabia
Secret secrets, never seen
Secret secrets, evergreen
I was running at the speed of life
Through mornings thoughts and fantasies
Then I saw your eyes at the cross fades
Secret secrets, never seen
Secret secrets, evergreen
The secret life of Arabia
Never here, never seen
Secret life, evergreen
The secret life of Arabia
You must see the movie, the sand in my eyes
I walk through a desert song when the heroine dies
Arabia
Secret, secret
Arabia
Secret, secret
Arabia
Secret, secret
The secret life of Arabia
Never here, never seen
Secret life, evergreen |
Hes everybodys token, on everybodys wall
Blessing all the papers, thanking one and all
Hugging all the babies, kissing all the ladies
Knowing all that you think about from writing on the wall
Hes so divine, his soul shines
Breaks the night, sleep tight
His ever loving face smiles on the whole human race
He says Im somebody
Hes got his eye on your soul, his hand on your heart
He says dont hurry, baby
Somebody up there likes me
Hes the savage son of the TV tube, planets wrote the day was due
All the wisest men around, predicted that a man was found
Who looked a lot like you and me, yeah
Everyone with sense could see
Nothing left his eye unmoved, he had the plan, he had to use
hes so divine, his soul shines
Breaks the night, sleep tight
his ever loving face
Smiles on the whole human race
hes got his eye on your soul
and his hand on your heart
He says dont hurry, baby
Somebody up there
Somebody plays my song in tune
Makes me, makes me, makes me stronger for you, babe
Was a way when we were young, that
Any man was judged by what hed done
But now youve pick them on the screen
Where theyve been
Keep your eye on your soul and your hand on your heart
He says dont hurry, baby
Somebody up there
Leaders come, they hate all the people know
That given time, the leaders go
Tell me, can they hold you under their spell?
Can they walk and hold you as well as a
Smile like Valentino? Could he sell you anything?
Keep your eye on your soul, keep your hand on your heart
He says Dont hurry, baby
Somebody up there likes me
Somebody somebody
Somebody
Somebody somebody
Somebody
Yeah, cant remember peace so well
Oh, space to ramble, space to boogie
Soul shine , so divine
Somebody
Soul shine , so divine
Somebody
Somebody, somebody, somebody
Yeah, cant remember peace so well
Cant remember peace so well
Cant remember peace so well
Soul shines
Soul shines, so divine, somebody
Soul shines, so divine, somebody |
No one can blame you
For walking away
Too much rejection
No love injection
Life cant be easy
Its not always swell
Dont tell me truth hurts, little girl
Cause it hurts like hell
But down in the underground
Youll find someone true
Down in the underground;
A land serene;
A crystal moon
Ah..
Its only forever
Not long at all
Lost and lonely
Thats underground
Underground
Daddy, daddy, get me out of here
Heard about a place today
I, Im underground
Nothing ever hurts again
Heard about a place today
Daddy, get me out of here
Where nothing ever hurts again
Daddy, daddy, get me out of here
I, Im underground
Sister, sister, please take me down
I, Im underground
Daddy, daddy, get me out of here
No one can blame you
For walking away
Too much rejection
No love injection
Down in the underground
Youll find someone true
Down in the underground;
A land serene;
A crystal moon
Ah..
Its only..
Its only forever
Its not long at all
Lost and lonely
Thats underground
Underground
Daddy, daddy, get me out of here
Heard about a place today
Nothing never hurts again
Daddy, daddy, get me out of here
Im, Im underground
Sister, sister, please take me down
Im, Im underground
Daddy, daddy, get me out
Wanna live underground
Wanna live underground
Wanna live underground
Wanna live underground
Wanna live underground
Wanna live underground
Wanna live underground
Wanna live underground
Daddy, daddy, get me out of here
Im, Im underground
Sister, sister please take me down
I, Im underground
I, Im underground
I, Im underground
Daddy, daddy, get me..
Daddy, daddy, get me..
Wanna live underground..
Sister, sister, take me down |
Once we were lovers
Can they understand?
Closer than others I was your
I was your man
Dont talk of heartaches
Ooh, I remember them all
When Im checking you out one day
To see if Im faking it all
Can you hear me?
Can you feel me inside?
Show your love, love
Take it in right
Take it in right
Theres been many others
so many times
Sixty new cities, and what do I
What do I find?
I want love so badly
I want you most of all
You know, its harder to take it from anyone
Its harder to fall
Can you hear me call ya?
Well, can you
Can you
Show your
Take it in right
Take it in right
Well, can you hear me?
Can you feel me inside?
Show your love
Show me your sweet, sweet love, show me your love
Take it in right
Take it in right
Take it in right
To your love life, baby
Take it in right to your love life
Take it in right, take it in right
Right to your love life
Take it in right, ah
take it in, take it in right
Right down, right down
mmm, why dont you take it?
can you hear me?
can you feel me?
can you take it in right?
ooh, right down, right down
can you take it? Feel me?
down, to right down
to your heart
to your heart
take it down, take it down
take it in right |
Its safe in the city to love in a doorway
Wrangle some screams from the dawn
And isnt it me, putting pain in a stranger?
Like a portrait in flesh, trails on a leash
Will you see that Im scared and Im lonely?
So Ill break up my room, and yawn and Ill
Run to the center of things
Where the knowing one says:
Boys, boys, its a sweet thing
Boys, boys, its a sweet thing, sweet thing
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
Im glad that youre older than me
Makes me feel important and free
Does that make you smile, isnt that me?
Im in your way, and Ill steal every moment
If this trade is a curse, then Ill bless you
And turn to crossroads and hamburgers
Boys, boys, its a sweet thing
Boys, boys, its a sweet thing, sweet thing
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
Ill make you a deal, like any other candidate
Well pretend were walking home cause your futures at stake
My set is amazing, it even smells like a street
Theres a bar at the end where I can meet you and your friend
Someone scrawled on the wall I smell the blood of les tricoteuses
Who wrote up scandals in other bars
Im having so much fun with the poisonous people
Spreading rumors and lies and stories they made up
Some make you sing and some make you scream
One makes you wish that youd never been seen
But theres a shop on the corner thats selling papier mache
Making bullet-proof faces; Charlie Manson, Cassius Clay
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
So you scream out of line:
I want you! I need you! Anyone out there? Any time?
Tres butch little number whines Hey dirty, I want you
When its good, its really good, and when its bad I go to pieces
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Well, on the street where you live I could not hold up my head
For I put all I have in another bed
On another floor, in the back of a car
In the cellar of a church with the door ajar
Well, I guess we must be looking for a different kind
But we cant stop trying til we break up our minds
Til the sun drips blood on the seedy young knights
Who press you on the ground while shaking in fright
I guess we could cruise down one more time
With you by my side, it should be fine
Well buy some drugs and watch a band
Then jump in the river holding hands
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
Is it nice in your snow storm, freezing your brain?
Do you think that your face looks the same?
Then let it be, its all I ever wanted
Its a street with a deal, and a taste
Its got claws, its got me, its got you ... |
I, I wish I could swim
Just like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
But nothing, nothing will keep us together
Yeah, we can beat them, forever and ever
Cause we can be heroes, just for one day
I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
And nothing can drive us away
We can be heroes, just for one day
And we can be us, oh, just for one day
And I, I can remember
Standing, by the wall
And the guns, the guns shot above our heads
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall
And the shame, was on the other side
Oh, we can beat them, oh, forever and ever
Then we could be heroes, oh, just for one day
We, we can be heroes
We, we can be heroes
And we, we can be heroes, just for one day
We can be heroes |
I staggered through this criminal reign
Im not in love, no phony pain
Creeping through this tidal wave
No warm embrace, just a lovers grave
This symphony
This rage in me
Ive got a handful of songs to sing
To sting your soul
To fuck you over
This furious reign
Im falling, man
Im choking, man
Im fading, man
Im the broken line
Im falling, man
Im choking, man
Im fading, man
Just killing a little time
I love the sound of an empty room
The screams of night, the end of love
Two beating hearts, one labored start
One open wound, wasted and drawn
No sympathy
This furious reign
I lay in bed
The monster fed, the body bled
I turned and said
I get some of you all the time
All of you some other time
This rage in me
Get away from me
Im falling, man
Im choking, man
Im fading, man
Im the broken line
Im falling, man
Im choking, man
Im fading, man
Just killing a little time
This symphony
Get away from me |
Said you took a big trip
They said you moved away
Happened oh, so quietly
They say
Shoulda took a picture
Something I could keep
Buy a little frame
Something cheap
For you
Everyone says hi
Said you sailed a big ship
Said you sailed away
Didnt know the right thing
To say
Id love to get a letter
Like to know whats what
Hope the weathers good
And its not too hot
For you
Everyone says hi
Everyone says hi
Everyone says
Dont stay in a sad place
Where they dont care how you are
Everyone says hi
If the money is lousy
You can always come home
We can do the old things
We can do all the bad things
If the food gets you leery
You can always phone
We could do all the good things
We could do it, we could do it
We could do it
Dont stay in a bad place
Where they dont care how you are
Everyone says hi
Everyone says hi
Everyone says hi
And the girl next door
And the guy upstairs
Everyone says hi
And your mum and dad
Everyone says hi
And your big fat dog
Everyone says hi
Everyone says hi
Hi hi hi hi |
Now
Not tomorrow
Yesterday
Not tomorrow
It happens today
The damage today
They fall on today
They beat on the outside
And Ill stand by you
Now
Not tomorrow
Its happening now
Not tomorrow
Its happening now
The crazed in the hot-zone
The mental and divas hands
The fisting of life
To the music outside
To the music outside
It happens outside
The music is outside
Its happening outside
The music is outside
Its happening
Now
Not tomorrow
Yesterday
Not tomorrow
The music is outside
Its happening outside
The music is outside
The music is outside
Outside
Outside
Outside |
I count the corpses on my left, I find Im not so tidy
So I better get away, better make it today
Ive cut twenty-three down since Friday
But I cant control it
My face is drawn, my instinct still emotes it
I slashed them cold, I killed them dead
I broke the gooks, I cracked their heads
Ill bomb them out from under the beds
But now Ive got the running gun blues
It seems the peacefuls stopped the war
Left generals squashed and stifled
But Ill slip out again tonight
Cause they havent taken back my rifle
For I promote oblivion
And Ill plug a few civilians
Ill slash them cold, Ill kill them dead
Ill break them gooks, Ill crack their heads
Ill slice them till theyre running red
But now Ive got the running gun blues |
This story is about love
The woman I loved is... dead
There was a boy
A very strange, enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far
Very far, over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he
And then one day
One magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me:
The greatest thing youll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return |
When comes the shaking man
A nation in his eyes
Striped with blood and emblazed tattoo
Streaking cathedral spire
They say
They say
They say
He has no brain
They say
He has no mood
They say
He was born again
They say
Look at him climb
They say jump
They say jump
They say
He has two gods
They say
He has no fear
They say
He has no eyes
They say
He has no mouth
They say hey thats really something
They feel he should get some time
I say he should watch his ass
My friend dont listen to the crowd
They say jump
They say jump
Watch out!
Watch out!
Watch out!
They say hey thats really something
They feel he should get some time
I say he should watch his ass
My friend dont listen to the crowd
They say jump
Got to believe somebody
They say jump
Jump
Got to believe somebody
They say jump
Jump
Got to believe
They say jump
Got to believe somebody
Jump
Got to believe
Jump
Got to believe somebody
Jump
Got to believe
Jump
Got to believe somebody
Jump
They say jump
They say jump
They say jump
They say jump |
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
For hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
Is it nice in your snow storm, freezing your brain?
Do you think that your face looks the same?
Then let it be, its all I ever wanted
Its a street with a deal and a taste
Its got claws, its got me, its got you |
You got crazy legs, you got amazing head
You got rings on your fingers and your hairs hot red
You got the width of my tongue, name on the sun
I clutch you close to my breast cause youre the only one
Who uses school to pleasure
You make me act real gone, you make me troll along
I had to ravish your capsule, suck you dry
Feel the teeth in your bones, heal ya head with my own
Why if I dont have you whole, is that your final love?
Here all together
Velvet goldmine, you stroke me like the rain
Snake it, take it, panther princess you must stay
Velvet goldmine, naked on your chain
Ill be your king volcano, right for you again and again
My velvet goldmine
Youre my taste, my trip, Ill be your master zip
Ill chop your hair off for kicks, youll make me jump to my feet
So youll give me your hand, give me your sound
Let me sea wash your face, Im falling, I cant stand
Ooh, clutch your makeup
Velvet goldmine, you stroke me like the rain
Snake it, take it, panther princess you must stay
Velvet goldmine, naked on your chain
Ill be your king volcano, right for you again and again
My velvet goldmine
Oh
Shoot you down, bang, bang
Velvet goldmine, you stroke me like the rain
Snake it, take it, panther princess you must stay
Velvet goldmine, naked on your chain
Ill be your king volcano, right for you again and again
My velvet goldmine
Velvet Goldmine |
Everybody’s raised in blindness
Everbody knows it’s true
Everybody feels that everything is real
Anbody’s point of view
Nobody can break their bondage
Everyone can feel their chains
But even in my life I knew you found your sight
And nothing would be quite the same
Please help me
Who can I be now?
You found me, Oooo
Can I be held apart?
You found me, now can I be?
Now you found me, Now can I be real?
Can I be real?
If it’s all a vast creation
Putting on a face that’s new
Someone has to see
A role for him and me
Someone might as well be you
Up in heaven, any angel
Writes a special game to play
Oh, could we, could we make a start
To snatch their Angels part?
A major role for everyday
Please help me
Who can I be now?
You found me, Ooo
Can I be held apart?
You found me, now can I be?
Now you found me, now can I be real?
Can I be real?
Whooo, can I be Nooow you found me
Whoooo, can I be held apart you found me
Nooow can I be, nooow you found me
Noooow can I, can I be real?
Can I be?
Can I be?
You found me
Ooo, can I be real?
Ye ye yeah
Can I be?
You found Love
Can I be real?
Can, can I? |
Tell me when youre sad
I wanna make it cool again
I know youre feeling bad
Tell me when youre cool again
Whod have ever thought of it?
Whod have ever dreamed
That a small-town girl like you
Would be the boss of me?
You fly through the night
With tears on your lips
Life has your mind and soul
It spins on your hips
Whod have ever thought of it?
Whod have ever dreamed?
Whod have ever thought of it?
Whod have ever dreamed?
That a small-town girl like you
Would be the boss of me?
Would be the boss of me?
Would be the boss of me?
You looked at me and you weeped for the free blue sky
I look to the stars as they flicker and float in your eyes
And under these wings of steel the small town dies
Whod have ever thought of it?
Whod have ever dreamed?
Whod have ever thought of it?
Whod have ever dreamed?
That a small-town girl like you
Would be the boss of me?
Who would have ever thought of it?
Who would have ever dreamed?
That a small-town girl like you
Would be the boss of me?
Would be the boss of me?
Would be the boss of me? |
Nothing remains
We could run when the rain slows
Look for the cars or signs of life
Where the heat goes
Look for the drifters
We should crawl under the bracken
Look for the shafts of light on the road
Where the heat goes
Everything has changed
For in truth its the beginning of nothing
And nothing has changed
Everything has changed
For in truth its the beginning of an end
And nothing has changed
Everything has changed
In your fear
Of what we have become
Take to the fire
Now we must burn
All that we are
Rise together
Through these clouds
As on wings
This is the trip
And this the business we take
This is our number
All my trials
Lord, will be remembered
Everything has changed |