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Pretenders
1980
Precious
----------------------------------The Phone Call
----------------------------------Up the Neck
----------------------------------Tattooed Love Boys
----------------------------------The Wait
----------------------------------Stop Your Sobbing
----------------------------------Kid
----------------------------------Private Life
----------------------------------Brass in Pocket
----------------------------------Lovers of Today
----------------------------------Mystery Achievement
----------------------------------Tequila
----------------------------------BACK TO DISCOGRAPHY
Pretenders II
1981
The Adulteress
---------------------------------- Bad Boys Get Spanked ----------------------------------Message of Love
----------------------------------I Go to Sleep
----------------------------------Birds of Paradise
----------------------------------Talk of the Town
----------------------------------Pack it Up
----------------------------------Waste Not Want Not
----------------------------------Day After Day
----------------------------------Jealous Dogs
----------------------------------The English Roses
----------------------------------Louie Louie
----------------------------------BACK TO DISCOGRAPHY
Learning To Crawl
1984
Middle of the Road
---------------------------------- Back on the Chain Gang ----------------------------------Time the Avenger
---------------------------------- Watching the Clothes ----------------------------------Show Me
----------------------------------Thumbelina
----------------------------------My City Was Gone
---------------------------------- Thin Line Between Love and Hate ----------------------------------I Hurt You
----------------------------------2000 Miles
---------------------------------- Fast or Slow (The Law’s the Law) ----------------------------------BACK TO DISCOGRAPHY
Get Close
1986
My Baby
---------------------------------- When I Change My Life ----------------------------------Light of the Moon
----------------------------------Dance!
----------------------------------Tradition of Love
---------------------------------- Don’t Get Me Wrong ----------------------------------I Remember You
---------------------------------- How Much Did You Get For Your Soul ----------------------------------Chill Factor
----------------------------------Hymn To Her
---------------------------------- Room Full of Mirrors ---------------------------------- Where Has Everybody Gone ----------------------------------If There Was A Man
----------------------------------BACK TO DISCOGRAPHY
Packed!
1990
Never Do That
----------------------------------Let’s Make A Pact
----------------------------------Millionaires
----------------------------------May This Be Love
----------------------------------No Guarantee
---------------------------------- When Will I See You? ----------------------------------Sense Of Purpose
----------------------------------Downtown (Akron)
----------------------------------How Do I Miss You?
---------------------------------- Hold a Candle To This ----------------------------------Criminal
---------------------------------- Spirit Of Life (Fall Down on your Knees) ----------------------------------BACK TO DISCOGRAPHY
Last of the Independents1994
Hollywood Perfume
----------------------------------Night in my Veins
----------------------------------Money Talk
----------------------------------977
----------------------------------Revolution
----------------------------------All My Dreams
----------------------------------I’ll Stand by you
----------------------------------I’m A Mother
----------------------------------Tequila
---------------------------------- Every Mother’s Son ----------------------------------Rebel Rock Me
----------------------------------Love Colours
----------------------------------Forever Young
----------------------------------BACK TO DISCOGRAPHY
Viva el Amor
1999
Popstar
----------------------------------Human
----------------------------------From The Heart Down
----------------------------------Nails in the Road
----------------------------------Dragway 42
----------------------------------Who’s Who
----------------------------------Baby’s Breath
----------------------------------One More Time
----------------------------------Legalise Me
----------------------------------Samurai
----------------------------------Rabo De Nube
----------------------------------Biker
----------------------------------The Homecoming
----------------------------------BACK TO DISCOGRAPHY
Loose Screw
2002
Lie To Me
----------------------------------Time
---------------------------------- You Know Who Your Friends Are ----------------------------------Complex Person
----------------------------------Fools Must Die
---------------------------------- Kinda Nice, I Like It ---------------------------------- Nothing Breaks Like A Heart ----------------------------------I Should Of
----------------------------------Clean Up Woman
----------------------------------The Losing
----------------------------------Saving Grace
----------------------------------Walk Like a Panther
----------------------------------BACK TO DISCOGRAPHY
Break Up the Concrete2008
Boots of Chinese Plastic ----------------------------------The Nothing Maker
---------------------------------- Don’t Lose Faith In Me ---------------------------------- Don’t Cut Your Hair ----------------------------------Love’s A Mystery
----------------------------------The Last Ride
----------------------------------Almost Perfect
---------------------------------- You Didn’t Have To ----------------------------------Rosalee
---------------------------------- Break Up The Concrete ---------------------------------- One Thing Never Changed ----------------------------------BACK TO DISCOGRAPHY
Alone
2016
Alone
----------------------------------Roadie Man
----------------------------------Gotta Wait
----------------------------------Never Be Together
----------------------------------Let’s Get Lost
----------------------------------Chord Lord
----------------------------------Blue Eyed Sky
----------------------------------The Man You Are
----------------------------------One More Day
----------------------------------I Hate Myself
----------------------------------Death Is Not Enough
----------------------------------Holy Commotion
----------------------------------BACK TO DISCOGRAPHY
DISCOGRAPHY
Pretenders 1980
Pretenders II 1981
Learning To Crawl 1984Get Close 1986
Packed! 1990
Last of the Independents 1994Viva el Amor 1999
Loose Screw 2002
Break Up the Concrete 2008Alone 2016
Pretenders
1980
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Precious
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I like the way you cross the street ’cause you’re precious Moving through the Cleveland heat how precious Taking rides and all the kicks was so precious But you know I was shittin’ bricks ’cause I’m precious Make me wanna, make me wanna, you made me make it Oh, you’re so mean East 55th and Euclid Avenue was real precious Hotel Sterling coming into view how precious It’s a pity that you bruised my hip ’cause I’m precious You shouldn’t let your manners slip you’re too precious Make me wanna, make me wanna to – Oh you make me make it Oh, you’re so mean We went around and round and round and round and round the Shoreway We was a do it do it do it on the pavement Oh maybe, maybe I’m gonna have a baby We was a duet, oh we do it on the pavement I was feeling kind of ethereal ’cause I’m precious I had my eye on your imperial you’re real precious Now Howard the Duck and Mr Stress both stayed “Trapped in a world they never made” But not me baby I’m too preciousI had to fuck off
Oh you make me wanna , you make me wanna Oh you made me make itYou’re so mean
Pretenders
1980
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The Phone Call
==============
This is a mercy mission From a faceless messenger Who don’t wanna see you hit Here’s the word, listen to it Somebody that you used to know Is back in town you better go This is a mercy mission A voice you’ll never hear again From a Southside call box Winged demons are the hardest to outfox The same one you lost on the run Gonna show you that it ain’t no fun You better get out of town cause you’re gonna get hit I didn’t wanna see you hit This is a mercy mission You’ll find your schedule underneath the door All the arrangements have been made Major expenses have been paid as you know Don’t forget the last detail Accept no parcels in the mailPretenders
1980
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Up the Neck
===========
Anger and lust, my senses running amok Bewildered and deluded, have I been hit by a truck? When my tongue lay inside his lip Felt like the time in the womb But I woke up with a headache that split my skullAlone in the room
I got down on the floor with my head pressed between my knees Under the bed with my teeth sunk into my own flesh I said, “Baby, oh sweetheart” Lust turns to anger, a kiss to a slug Something was sticky on your shag rug, look at the tiles I remember the way he groaned And moved with an animal skill I rubbed my face in the sweat that ran down his chest It was all very run of the mill But I noticed his scent started to change somehow His face went berserk and the veins bulged – on his brow I said, “Baby, oh sweetheart” Bondage to lust, abuse of facility Blackmailed emotions confuse the demon and devotee I was sure his intentions were sweet And that mine was as well But a wish is a shot in the dark When your coin’s down the well I got out in the hall with my teeth in my head Up to my neck and I said, said, said, “Dead” I said, “Baby, oh sweetheart”Pretenders
1980
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Tattooed Love Boys
================-=
The mid-twenty joys, around a heart that’s black and blue The ‘T’ love boys, I tore my knees up getting to you Cause I needed to find out what the thing was for Been reading, but man the time came to explore I went ape wire, cause I thought Like I’d like it. little tease, but I didn’t mean it But you mess with the goods doll, you gotta pay A good time was guaranteed for one and all The tattoos, did target practice in the hall While waiting for their number to get called out I, I, I, I found out what the wait was about I was a good time, yeah, I got pretty good At changing tyres, upstairs bro’I shot my mouth off
And you showed me what that hole was for Now I see you all impressed and half undressed You got paint stick all over the scars and lumps and bumps The ‘T’ love boys have got you where I used to lay Well ha ha and too bad, but you know what they sayStop snivellin’
You’re gonna make some plastic surgeon a rich man Oh, but the prestige and the glory Another human interest story,You are that
Pretenders
1980
========
The Wait
========
Said the wait child, magic child, work it on out , work it The wait child, pinball child, pool hall child hurts The wait child, pacing child, forth and back now hurts The wait child, a neon light, late night lights hurt Oh gonna hurt some child, child Gonna hurt some, whoa my baby Said the wait child, bruised ball child, pride slapped child hurts The wait child, crest felled child, tear eyed child hurts The wait child, bus stop child, late come child hurts The wait child, platform walk, idle talk hurts I said child, child stare into the street light Messed up child, lonely boy tonight Kick the wall, turn the street and back again Oh boy you’ve been forgotten Said the wait child, pacing child, forth and back now hurts The wait child, bus stop child, late come child hurts The wait child, pool hall child, pin table now hurts The wait child, magic child, work it on out now work itGonna hurt some
Child child child
Gonna hurt some – Oh my babyPretenders
1980
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Stop Your Sobbing
=================
It is time for you to stopAll of your sobbing
Yes, it’s time for you to stop All of your sobbing, oh oh oh There’s one thing you gotta do To make me still want you Gotta stop sobbing now Oh yeah , stop it stop it Gotta stop sobbin now It is time for you to laughInstead of crying
Yes, it’s time for you to laugh So keep on trying, oh oh oh There’s one thing you gotta do To make me still want you Gotta stop now oh yeahStop it stop stop
Gotta stop sobbin now Each little tear that falls from your eye Makes, makes me want To take you in my arms and tell you To stop all your sobbing There’s one thing you gotta do To make me still want you And there’s one thing you gotta know To make me want you so Gotta stop sobbing now Oh yeah, stop it, stop it Gotta stop sobbin now ohDon’t whinge,
Stop it stop it
Gotta stop sobbin
Stop it stop it
Pretenders
1980
===
Kid
===
Kid, what changed your mood You’ve gone all sad, so I feel sad tooI think I know
Some things you never outgrow You think it’s wrongI can tell you do
How can I explain
You don’t want me toKid, my only kid
Look so small, you’ve gone so quietI know you know
What I’m about, I won’t deny itBut you forgive
though you don’t understand You’ve turned your headYou dropped my hand
All my sorrow
All my blues
All my sorrow
Shut the light, go away Full of grace, you cover your faceKid, gracious kid
Your eyes are blue but you won’t cry I know, angry tears are too dear You won’t let them goPretenders
1980
============
Private Life
============
Your private life dramababy leave me out
x4
( You’ve been lying to someone about me – stop!) J’ai les glands with your theatrics your acting’s a drag It’s o-k on TV cause you can turn it offbut don’t try me
yes, your marriage is a tragedy but it’s not my concern I’m very superficial I hate anything officialYour private life
drama baby
leave me out x4
Sentimental gestures only bore me to death you’ve made a desperate appeal now, save your breath attachment to obligation through guilt and regret shit, that’s so wet and your sex life complications are not my fascinations Your private life dram baby leave me outdrama baby
leave me
out x4
You ask me for advice I said ‘use the door’ but you’re still clinging to somebody youdeplore
and now you want to use me for emotional blackmail I just feel pity when you lie contempt when you cryyour private life
drama baby, leave
me out
Pretenders
1980
===============
Brass in Pocket
===============
Got brass in pocket
got bottle, I’m gonna use it intention ,I feel inventive gonna make you make youmake you notice
Got motion, restrained emotion been driving, Detroit leaning No reason ,just seems so pleasing gonna make ,make youmake you notice
gonna use my arms
gonna use my legs
gonna use my style
gonna use my side step gonna use my fingersgonna use my my my
imagination
Cause I
gonna make you see
there’s nobody else hereno one like me
I’m special so special I gotta have some ofyour attention
give it to me
Got rhythm, can’t miss a beat got new skank, it’s so reet got something, I’m winking at you gonna make you ,make youmake you notice
Cause I gotta make you see There’s nobody else hereno one like me
I’m special so specialI gotta have some
of your attention
give it to me.
Pretenders
1980
===============
Lovers of Today
============-==
I tried to talk to my baby I said, “No no no no babyPlease don’t cry
No, no, no, baby please ‘Cause all of the leaves come down Every time babies cry All of the leaves come down” I put my arms ‘round my baby I said, “Hush, hush, hush, hush Baby sleep tight now Hush, hush, hush, baby sleep ‘Cause all of the birds start to sing Every time babies dream All of the birds start to sing”Nobody wants to see
Lovers of today happy, so assume They’re going to part Nobody wants to be with someone So afraid they’ll be left withA broken heart
I kissed the eyes of my baby I said, “Dream, dream, dream, dreamBaby all night long
Dream, dream, dream all the night Cause all of the stars in the skies Twinkle on baby’s eyes All of the stars in the skies” I tried to talk to you babyNo, no, no, no
No, no
No I’ll never feel Like a man in a man’s worldPretenders
1980
===================
Mystery Achievement
===================
Mystery achievement
Don’t breathe down my neck, no I got no trophies on display, I sign them away I mean what the heck All of your promises Don’t fill me with pride, no I just want to get out on the floor And do the Cuban Slide, Slide, Slide, Slide But every day, every night time I find Mystery achievement, you’re on my mind, on my mind Every day, every night time I feel Mystery achievement, you’re so unrealMystery achievement
Where’s my sandy beach, yeah I have my dreams like everybody else But their out of reach, I said right out of reachI could ignore you
Your demands are unending, I got no tears on my ice cream But you know me, I love pretendingPretenders
1980
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Tequila
=======
I drink tequila ’cause I can’t have your lips tonight I don’t want to feel ya I don’t want to feel bad tonight You make me suffer, suffer suffer and you just don’t know I’m muy barrocho down in New Mexico I want to remember what I try to forget That scene in the car park that I still regret Just like before, five six times I even lost track I ran away crawling ’cause I fall every time I look back Miles, baby, hundreds of highways and truck stops I’ve used Cars, baby, hundreds of cars have passed and refused I stood on the shoulder with tears in my eyes I drink tequila and watch the game in the bar I don’t care who loses, I don’t know who the teams are We had our time, time, time, but the bell’s finally tolled And my Ohio winter was finally too coldPretenders II
1981
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The Adulteress
==============
I’m the adulteress but I didn’t want to be But I’m convenient and I make good tea I stand accused of the worst crime in historyThat’s my mystery
I’m the adultress
I go to the park with a bag of crumbs for the birds That’s where we meet without words He takes my hand and stares into the wood There’s nothing to understand, it’s understoodI’m the adultress
Look at the fool
Made up to go out
She’s desperate and lonely But she’s puttin’ it about Look at the spinster Comin’ down off the shelfShe’s in love
And she hates herself Don’t try to stop me, don’t get in my way It’s too late, I’ve made my play Does misery love company? I’ll be in the bar, you’ll find meI’m the adultress
Pretenders II
1981
==================== Bad Boys Get Spanked ==================== You’re not suppose to do that and you know you’re not allowed to But you seem to get your kicks out of doing what you’re not allowed to You deliberately defy the rules ’cause the law’s upheld by fools But you know that Bad boys get spanked.Huh!
You can look but don’t touch but no, you can’t resist Don’t you ever think aboutthe consequence?
guys like you never do That’s the kind of stuff that floorsare made out of
that’s the kind of stuff that whores are made out of but you know that bad boys get spankedHuh!
You don’t listen do you asshole Don’t be a punk all your life someone’s gonna sort you out they’ll try to make a man out of you now say ‘ yes sir’ say ‘ no sir’ say ‘ yes m’am’ say ‘ no m’am’ you know that bad boys get spankedHuh!
Bad boys get spankedPretenders II
1981
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Message of Love
===============
Now the reason we’re hereAs man and woman
Is to love each other Take care of each other When love walks in the roomEverybody stand up
Oh, it’s good, good, good Like Brigitte Bardot Now look at the people In the streets, in the bars We are all of us in the gutter But some of us are looking at the stars Look ’round the roomLife is unkind
We fall but we keep gettin’ up Over and over and over Me and you, every night, every day We’ll be together, always this way Your eyes of blue, like the heavens above Talk to me darling, with a message of love Now the reason we’re here Every man, every woman Is to help each otherStand by each other
When love walks in the roomEverybody stand up
Oh, it’s good, good, good Say I love you, I love you, I love you I love you, I love you, I love you Talk to me darlin’ Talk to me darlin’ Talk to me darlin’ Talk to me darlin’Pretenders II
1981
=============
I Go to Sleep
=============
When I look up from my pillow I dream you are there with me Though you are far away I know you’ll always be near to me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you’re there with me I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you’re there with meI look around me
And feel you are ever so close to me Each tear that flows from my eye Brings back memories of you to meI go to sleep sleep
And imagine that you’re there with me x2 I was wrong, I will cry I will love you till the day I die You were all, you alone and no one else You were meant for me When morning comes again I have the loneliness you left meEach day drags by
Until finally night time descends on meI go to sleep etc.
Pretenders II
1981
=================
Birds of Paradise
===============-=
I wrote a letter to you my friend So many letters that I never send I think about you at the day’s end The time that we hadI laughed in my bed
The stupid things you said We were two birds of paradise When I was a little girl With clay horses and lambs on the shelf I caught frogs in ditches and listened for elves My friends and I had a world unto ourselves No grown-ups could find us when we Made our plans so secretly To run away ever to be With the birds of paradise Once upon a time, my mind still there wanders Back in your room, the things I remember One time when we took off our clothes But you were cryin’, cryin’ You said ‘Nothing lasts forever.’ We were happy together I thought about you in Stockholm and Rome Me in my hotel room, you in your home This is the life they say that dreams are made of But don’t forget and please do forgive me I still have that something you did give me I meant to write but dreams will outlive meAnd dream
of paradise
Pretenders II
1981
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Talk of the Town
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It’s such a drag to want something sometime One thing leads to another I know Was a time I wanted you for mineNobody knew
You arrived like a day And passed like a cloud I made a wish, I said it out loudOut loud in a crowd
Everybody heard
‘Twas the talk of the town It’s not my place to know what you feel I’d like to know but why should I? Who were you then, who are you now? Common labourer by night, by day highbrow Back in my room I wonder, then I Sit on the bed and look at the skyUp in the sky
Clouds rearrange
Like the talk of the town Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday You’ve changed your place in this world You’ve changed your place in this world Oh, but it’s hard to live by the rules I never could and still never do But the rules and such never bothered you You call the shots and they follow I watch you still from a distance then go Back to my room, you’ll never know I want you, I want you but now Who’s the talk of the town?Pretenders II
1981
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Pack it Up
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You guys are the pits of the worldOh whoa whoa whoa,
this is no place for me Burnin’ down the innerbelt, from jacuzzi to jacuzzi, It’s all right for you man, gettin’ smashed and gettin’suntanned
But I know my place, where’s my suitcase? Pack it up or throw it away What I can’t carry – bury Oh you’ll remember me and I’ll remember you But that was a long, long time ago when I was passin’ through All my family, all my friends, my loversI got to find them
My enemies, my new family, my new friends My future enemies, I got to flush ‘em out So pack it all up, nothing goes in storage I’m burnin’ every bridge, burn, baby, burn I see your dog got shot, well, hell, never mind That’s showbiz, big boy, you’ve got to be cruel to be kindOh, whoa whoa whoa,
give over and admit it I’ve been tearing down the interstate like some kind of bleeding git It’s all right for the boss, his gain’s my lossAnd it gets me down
It really gets me down So pack it up – cut the crap When the clock starts talkin’, I’ll start walkin’ And when you pass in your Porsche, please don’t offer me a ride I may be a skunk but you’re a piece of junkAnd furthermore
I don’t like your trousers, And your appalling taste in women And what about your mind? And your insipid record collection. Home video centre, the usual pornography that all you scum lap up you’re the pits of the worldPretenders II
1981
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Waste Not Want Not
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Take, take, take, takin’ what you don’t need You’re get, get, gettin’ what you don’t need Stand back, take a look and take heed All the children in God’s kingdom bleed See the networks of concrete and steel They’ve no mystery but what they reveal Tells a story of a future that’s void Of the beauty and the majesty that life on Earth is meant to be Talk, talk, talk, talk about the government Not a word about political favour Everything touched is my political choice The life you take is your political voice The sacred cow’s come crashing to her knees The golden harvest reaped without intelligence There’s no chance between the heavens and the seas In a blood bath don’t laugh, grab your piece of golden calf Waste not, want not, pick it up Waste not, want not, pick it up Waste not, want not, pick it upWaste not, want not
Do unto others as you wish be done to you There’s a million lies around everything true You slaughter when you feast, you disrespect the beast We make our bed and lie there, take your share Waste not, want not, pick it up Waste not, want not, pick it up Waste not, want not, pick it up Pick it up and eat itWaste not, want not
Pretenders II
1981
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Day After Day
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Way up in the sky
Over the city, over Tokyo Silver light, summer moon You’ll be over somebody’s winter this afternoon While the dolphins swim in the sea You’re going grey, my baby Still the war is waging endlessly Day after day, day after dayWay up in the sky
Over the city and Lake Erie You remember the flats, you were there Out every night Mr. Moonlight Round and round and round we goJust like yesterday
Way up in the sky
Over the city where you sleep tonight The light outside your window blinks ‘Hotel, hotel, hotel’ Open the blind and dream in a moonbeam When the war’s finally overWe’ll meet again
And pick up where we left offPretenders II
1981
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Jealous Dogs
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Those jealous dogs, always on the alertterritorial rights
They’ll take your back and leave your shirt Like that jealous bitchAlways wanting more
The courts have made her rich And the click of high heels down the corridor Jealous, jealous, jealous dogs Those jealous dogs, detectives every one Don’t be a sucker all your life She’s gonna have you hung Evidence, evidence, evidence Suspicion invites treachery Oh you really got taken Bringin’ home the bacon Jealous, jealous, jealous dogsBow, wow, wow
Here come the dogs
grrrrrr
Here come the dogs
ruff ruff ruff
Here come the dogs
Stand straight, don’t slouch Get down off the couch! (You’re not allowed on the couch Get down off the couch!)Those jealous dogs,
they get worse and worse Every time you turn around They’re sniffin’ at your purse Who do they think we are? What do they think we do? It’s hard to get in the mood When you’re treated like some kind of dog food Jealous, jealous, jealous dogs Bow, wow, wow, here come the dogs Ruff ruff, here come the dogs Get down, here come the dogs Mind your leg, roll over and beg Happy birthday darlin’Empty heart
Merry Christmas, Merry ChristmasApart
Pretenders II
1981
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The English Roses
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Just before it rains and the wind whips ’round the balconyAnd the sky closes
On the English rosesShe’ll be pacing
‘Round and ’round and ‘Round and ’round her room These storms always findher to remind her
Into the endless skyThe pink over grey
She looks for an answerBut it’s too late
Maybe it’s true
Some things were justNever meant to be
–Maybe not
This is a story
Of fruit cut from the vine Forgot and left to rot Long before its timeThis is a story
About the girl
Who lived next door
Looking for someone to hold A wish made on a star Brought her here tonight In the courtyard she waits A thousand broken dates But she holds the hymnal Where so carefully pressedIs the English rose
She laid to rest
It’s only a story
Flowers in full bloom Bouquets in every roomThis is a story
Fruit cut from the vine Looking for someone to holdPretenders II
1981
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Louie Louie
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Shh, here they come… Now Louie, Louie had his day Nothin’ gonna change that now The rats and snakes will never fade away Not while I’m aliveHey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
There come the CossacksThe Road Spiders
The Supergliders
Burnin’ trash, flickin’ class, all the white trash, yeah!Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Now Louie Louie had his time Seems like only yesterday Sadie and Hattie got married and moved away Cause they had nothin left to say, yeah! You with the glasses, I’ll see you later And we’ll find love I know Rockin’, reelin’, double dealin’ One more time, this time with feelin’, yeah!Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Go boys!
Oh, you move so fine Yeah what a scene I saidMmm, kinda aquiline
Yeah baby saw through this nowYou smell so good
Yeah, and your shirts always pressed You’ll be the best inside my baby Yeah, I’m all under arrest now! Louie, Louie made his mark On this tender heart of mine The Jamaican moon don’t let it get dark We rock out in the night time Let’s get on outta here now, let’s go!Learning To Crawl
1984
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Middle of the Road
=====-============
The middle of the road Is trying to find me Well I’m standing in the middle of life With my past behind meBut, I got a smile
For everyone I meet
As long as you don’t try dragging my bag Or dropping the bomb on my streetNow come on baby
Get in the road
Oh come on now
In the middle of the road yeah In the middle of the road You see the darndest things Like fat cats driving around in jeeps through the city Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits Past corrugated tin shacks full-up with kids And man I don’t mean a Hampstead nursery But when you own a big chunk of the bloody Third World The babies just come with the sceneryOh come on baby
Get in the road
Oh come on now
In the middle of the road yeah The middle of the road Is no private cul-de-sac I can’t get from the cab to the curb Without some little jerk on my back Well don’t harass me, can’t you tell? I’m going home, I’m tired as hell I’m not the cat I used to be I’ve got a kid, I’m thirty-three, babyGet in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road, yeahLearning To Crawl
1984
====================== Back on the Chain Gang ====================== I found a picture of youoh
What hi-jacked my world that night?Oh
To a place in the past we’ve been cast out ofOh
Now we’re back
in the fight
We’re back on the train back on the chain gang Circumstance beyond our controloh
The phone, TV
and The News of the WorldOh
Got in the house
like a pigeon
from hell
And threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies And put us back on the train back on the chain gangThe powers that be
that force us to livelike we do
bring me to my kneeswhen I see what
they’ve done to youBut I’ll die
as I stand here today knowing that deep in my heart, they’ll fall to ruin one dayfor making us part
I found a picture of youOh
those were the happiest days of my lifeOh
like a break in the battlewas your part
in the wretched lifeof a lonely heart
but now we’re back on the train back on the chain gangLearning To Crawl
1984
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Time the Avenger
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Nobody’s perfect
Not even a perfect strangerBut oh what a gal
She was such a perfect stranger And you, the best in your field In your office with your girls and desk and leather chair Thought that time was on your side But not time the avenger Nobody’s permanent Everything’s on loan here Even your wife and kids Could be gone next year And with what you’ll have left You’ll be forever, under pressure to support her And her lover who looks strangely Like time the avenger Time, time hear the bells chime Over the harbour and the city Time for one more vodka and lime To help paralyze that little tick, tick, tick, tickNobody’s perfect
Not even a perfect gent When your properly took the A train I wonder where your manners went You were standing at the station In your briefcase was your aftershave and underwear And can you hear the whistle blow? Sounds like time the avenger Time, time hear the bells chime Over the harbour and the city Time to kill another bottle of wine To help paralyze that little tick, tick, tick, tickLearning To Crawl
1984
==================== Watching the Clothes =-==================Oh, Saturday night,
everyone’s having fun I’m down at the Laundromat trying to get my washing done Like I’ve done before, time and time again Watching the clothes go ’round, another week sees its end Watching the clothes go ’round Watching the clothes go ’round Watching the clothes go ’round Watching the clothes go ’round Oh, I’ve been working hard, trying to make some money Would you like sour cream on your potato, honey? I’ve been kissing ass, trying to keep it clean Serving the middle class, yeah, it’s a clean routine watching the clothes go round x4 There go the whites,getting whiter
There go the colours,getting brighter
There go the delicates through the final rinse There goes my Saturday night, Out cold without a fight Watching the clothes go round x4Learning To Crawl
1984
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Show Me
===-===
Show me the meaning of the word Show me the meaning of the word ‘Cause I’ve heard so much about it They say you can’t live without it Welcome to the human race With its wars, disease and brutality You with your innocence and grace Restore some pride and dignity To a world in decline Welcome to a special place In a heart of stone that’s cold and grey You with your angel face Keep the despair at baySend it away, and
Show me the meaning of the word Show me the meaning of the word ‘Cause I’ve heard so much about it I don’t want to live without it I don’t want to live without itOh,
I want love,
I want love,
I want love
Welcome here from outer space The Milky Way’s still in your eyes You found yourself a hopeless case One seeking perfection on earth Some kind of rebirth, so Show me the meaning of the word Show me the meaning of the word ‘Cause I’ve heard so much about it Don’t make me live without itI want love
Learning To Crawl
1984
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Thumbelina
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Hush little baby
Don’t you cry
When we get to TucsonYou’ll see why
We left the snowstorms And the thunder and rainFor the desert sun
We’re gonna be born againWhat’s important
In this world
A little boy
A little girl
Hush little darling
Go to sleep
Look out the window
And count the sheep
That dot the hillsides And the fields of wheatAcross America
As we cross America
What’s important
Here today
The broken line
On the highway
All the love in the world for you, girl Thumbelina in a great big scary world All the love in the world for you, girlTake my hand and
we’ll make it through this worldHush little baby
My poor little thing You’ve been shuffled about Like a pawned wedding ring It must seem strange Love was here then gone And the Oklahoma sunrise Becomes the Amarillo dawnWhat’s important
In this life
Ask the man
Who’s lost his wifeLearning To Crawl
1984
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My City Was Gone
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I went back to Ohio
But my city was gone There was no train station There was no downtown South Howard had disappeared All my favourite places My city had been pulled down Reduced to parking spacesI said’
A.O. Way to go
Ohio
I went back to Ohio
But my family was gone I stood on the back porch There was nobody home I was stunned and amazed My childhood memories Sort of swirled past Like the wind through the treesI said
A.O.
Way to go
Ohio
I went back to Ohio
But my pretty countryside Had been paved down the middle By a government that had no prideThe farms of Ohio
Had been replaced by shopping malls And muzak filled the air From Seneca to Cuyahoga FallsI said
A.O.
Way to go
Ohio
Learning To Crawl
1984
=============================== Thin Line Between Love and Hate ================-============== It’s a thin line between love and hate It’s a thin line between love and hate It’s a thin line between Love and hate It’s a thin line between love and hate It’s five o’clock in the morning and you’re just getting in You knock on the door and a voice sweet and low says, who is it? She opens up the door and lets you in Never once asks where have you been She says “Are you hungry? Did you eat yet? Let me hang up your coat, pass me your hat” All the time she’s smiling, never once raises her voice It’s five o’clock in the morning and you don’t give it a secondthought
It’s a thin line between love and hate x4 The sweetest woman in the world Could be the meanest woman in the world if you make her that way You keep hurting her, she’ll keep being quiet She might be holding something inside That’ll really, really hurt you one day I see you in the hospital bandaged from foot to head In a state of shock, just that much from being dead You couldn’t believe the girl would do something like this You didn’t think the girl had the nerveBut here you are,
I guess action speaks louder than words It’s a thing line between love and hate x4 She’s gonna fool you one dayLearning To Crawl
1984
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I Hurt You
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I’ve been crying like a woman ‘Cause I’m mad, mad, mad like a man If you’d been in the SS in ’43 You’d have been kicked out for crueltyI hurt you
‘Cause you hurt meSo I hurt you
‘Cause you hurt me I’ve been wonderin’ about your dependency Your idea of defiance is a modern day mystery Your arms and chest are cold When your back is on fire And the only time that you come clean Is when you’re talking to your buyerI hurt you x4
Forget our philosophies That we admired when we were young And our popular points of view They can’t mean much Or something or anything If we can’t say “I love you” Happy Birthday darling And thank you for the schooling Your correction mistress warned me Man, she wasn’t fooling Never trust a user with your television overnight Don’t try to paint your masterpiece under artificial light I hurt you , cause you hurt me…….Learning To Crawl
1984
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2000 Miles
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He’s gone 2000 milesis very far
The snow’s falling down gets colder day by day,I miss you
The children will sing He’ll be back at Christmas time In these frozen and silent nights Sometimes in a dreamyou appear
Outside under the purple sky Diamonds in the snow ,sparkle Our hearts were singing It felt like Christmas time2000 miles
Is very far through the snowI’ll think of you
wherever you go
He’s gone – 2000 milesIs very far
The snow is falling down Gets colder day by dayI miss you
I hear people singing It must be Christmas time I can hear people singing It must be Christmas timeNote: This song was written by Martin Chambers and I do not know what
the lyrics are
Learning To Crawl
1984
===========-====-===================== Fast or Slow (The Law’s the Law) ================-===================== It’s happening in your own backyard But finding it is very hard Sitting on the garden fence Knowing which is your size Just a case of common sense Fast or slow, the law’s the law Doesn’t matter ’bout the truth at all The evidence before your eyesYour honour
Countryman is honest So you’ll never hear the lies Countryman is on the case Clearing up a big disgrace Your honour, your honour It’s open to interpretation The recording of the conversation Taken out of context so they sayYour honour
Countryman will get there Make that always a way It’s hit the fan, so pay the price We’re looking for the man with the right advice The hunted hunter’s gone to groundYour honour
The end of the day the job is done But he don’t feel so proud Clear it up and kick it in your face Your honour, your honourGet Close
1986
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My Baby
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I want you to love me That’s all I want from you I want you to love me one day I know I’m a peasant dressed as a princess But that doesn’t mean You have to take my clothes away If I could show you some happiness Then I would feel like a real princess That to me would be successMy baby
I see you dancing
A natural beauty
You make this dive seem sublime You really get to the heart of the music You’re the poetry of time If there’s a method to writing a song How come I’m getting it wrong You write the beautiful songsBaby
C’mon, c’mon c’mon babyTake my hand,
C’mon, c’mon c’mon show meTo the loveland,
to the Loveland
Can this really happen in this day and age? Suddenly – turn the page Like walking on stageMy baby
Hey
Get Close
1986
===================== When I Change My Life ===================== When I change my life There’ll be no more disgrace The deeds of my pastWill be erased
And you’ll forgive me And then you will come back Hold my hand and say “I still love you” When I change my life When I change my life And all the scars have faded I’ll be someone you look up to Not excuse when your friends come around And you’ll want meAlways to be there
You’ll be proud to say “I’m with her” When I change my life Everybody wants place in the sun, I believe Everybody wants to be in love with someone Everybody makes mistakes Everybody cuts his thumbEverybody wonders
What the moon is made of I want to forget every regret And all those rotten things that I put you through When I change my lifeAnd the idiot me
Leaves this town forever Leaves us to be Together for the rest of our lives Happily forever and ever When I change my lifeGet Close
1986
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Light of the Moon
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Take a message to my love And don’t say where you saw me Seven men crossed the river And they took all the moneyColour the wind
And search deep within And by the light of the moonLight of the moon
Light of the moon
We begin again
Secrets whispered in shadows While the village lay sleeping Guiding me to the answer Bang a drum and I’ll follow Say they’re taking the children Oh, I think they’ve forgotten Does their innocence wander On its way back to my loveGet Close
1986
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Dance!
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Dance
If you will
Dance
On your Capitol HillDance
If you can
Dance
Like a twentieth century man Take the public by the throat Give ‘em a reason to give you a vote Take your audience up on stage Let them think you’re a sage, come onDance
If you want
Dance
Like you’ve got a house to hauntDance
Like a freak
Dance
Like you needed it all week Take your people by the hand Tell ‘em you’ll get ‘em to the promised land Take your woman in the heat of the night Make her think you’re right, come onDance
Like a chimpanzee
Dance
In the land of the freeDance
Like a Russian balletDance
Like a funky situe’ Let ‘em know that you’re well-read Quote the things that Jesus said Lift your face and your whiskey neat To get you up on your feet, come onGet up
Get Close
1986
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Tradition of Love
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Don’t you go away
Come on, get close to me The hassles of the day Have made a real mess of me The moon is in the sky And the stars are out tonight They shimmer in the pools of your eyesIn the moonlight
You’re so nice to touchLovely to look at
Touch, touch
In the tradition of love Hear the summer breeze All the night time’s listening Your eyes are sparkling now And their oceans glisteningSail upon a sea
Of love filling the roomLilacs seem to be
Everywhere with their perfumeLove, love
Love, love
Love, love
You can in a breath
Blow the storm clouds out the sky A hurricane retreats In the blinking of your eye A flame within my heart Is ignited by your voiceCome on, baby, now
Let’s make love our final choiceShri gouranga
Jaya gouranga
Gour, gour gouranga nam Gour, gour gouranga namGet Close
1986
======-================= Don’t Get Me Wrong ======================== Don’t get me wrong, if I’m looking kind of dazzled I see neon lights, whenever you walk by Don’t get me wrong, if you say hello and I take a ride Upon a sea where the mystic moon is playing havoc with the tide Don’t get me wrong Don’t get me wrong, if I’m acting so distracted I’m thinking about the fireworks that go off when you smile Don’t get me wrong, if I split like light refracted I’m only off to wander across a moonlit mileOnce in a while,
two people meet
Seemingly for no reason, they just pass on the streetSuddenly thunder,
showers everywhere
Who can explain the thunder and rain, but there’s something in the air Don’t get me wrong, if I come and go like fashion I might be great tomorrow, but hopeless yesterday Don’t get me wrong, if I fall in the mode of passion It might be unbelievable, but let’s not say so long It might just be fantastic, don’t get me wrongGet Close
1986
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I Remember You
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I remember you
I remember the first time we met I may be a sentimental fool Forever in your debt For something I cannea forgetI remember you
I remember you
I remember the first time we spoke Sound of your voice like a lover’s tongue Got in my ear when I’d just begun To wonder if springtime was throughI remember you
How do we change so easily? You’ll always be a part of me I thought you’d never go It shows you what I know I remember the first time we slept What a surprise to wake up to Someone I hardly knew From asleep to a dream come trueI remember you
Get Close
1986
=============================-==== How Much Did You Get For Your Soul ==============-=================== Hey baby, I wanna know How much did you get for your soul?You had the gospel
when you were shackled to a tree Now you got your freedom, you sing for the money Soul, soul, soul, soulHow much did you
How much did you
How much did you get? Hey baby, well tell me please How much did you get that sleaze? Finally made it, baby, right up to the top Millions of kids are looking at you, you say “Let them drink soda pop” Soul, soul, soul, soulHow much did you
How much did you
How much did you get?Who’s got soul?
From the African nation to the Pepsi generationWho’s got soul?
Who’s got soul?
It dwell from tree to sea,every living entity
Share the super soul,we got super soul
Who’s got soul?
Who could think that you’re for real, a puppet in a cabaret To increase your wealth, baby, realize yourself Hey baby, I wanna know From the ‘a-go-go’ to the disco, where did you really go? You finally made it, baby, you’re gonna make it rich As long as some poor bastard in Africais lying in a ditch
Soul, soul, soul, soulHow much did you
How much did you
How much did you get?Get Close
1986
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Chill Factor
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She’s getting older yeah, she’s getting wise but a change has changed the girl gone’s the sparkle in her eyes she wants to be a good mother so she’ll do the best she can but what about the otherwhat about the man?
Well it’s cold to leave a woman with family, on her own it’s chill factor to the bone Resignation in her sighs is a sorry indication of how time can brutalise take away the hope and the will, will followtake away the faith
and goodbye tomorrow well it’s cold to leave a woman with family on her own it’s chill factor to the bone She had her dreams too but how can she pursueher ambitions
be they great or small you took her wings and flew but remember when you’re throughyour rise was due
to somebody else’s fall. And when the hard part’s over and the kids have almost grown you’ll be their big hero whenever you make it home shower them with presents things she could never buy delight them with your stories about the great big world outside but dig – it’s cold to leave a woman with family on her ownit’s chill factor
chill factor
chill factor
to the bone.
Get Close
1986
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Hymn To Her
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Let me inside you
Into your room
I’ve heard it’s lined With the things you don’t showLay me beside you
Down on the floor
I’ve been your lover From the womb to the tomb I dress as your daughter When the moon becomes round You’ll be my mother When everything’s gone And she will always carry on Something is lost, but something is found They will keep on speaking her name Some things change, some stay the same Keep beckoning to me From behind that closed door The maiden, the mother And the crone that’s grown oldI hear your voice
Coming out of that holeI listen to you
And I want some moreI listen to you
And I want some more And she will always carry on etcA-men
Get Close
1986
==-================= Room Full of Mirrors ==================== I used to live in a room full of mirrors All I could see was me Well I took my spirit and I crashed my mirrors Now the whole world is here for me to see I said the whole world is here for me to see Now I’m searching for my love to beHey!
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!!! Broken glass was all in my brain Cuttin’ screamin’ crying in my head Broken glass was all in my brain It used to fall in my dreams cut me in my bed It used to fall in my dreams cut me in my bed I said makin’ love was strange in my bedHey!
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!!!All right
Yeah yeah yeah
Nowhere to stumble
Nowhere to fall
Can’t find y’allSee only sunshine
All through the day
Yeah yeah yeah
Love comes shinin’ over the mountains Love comes shinin’ over the sea Love will shine on my baby Then I’ll know exactly who’s for me Then I’ll know exactly who’s for me Until that time I still got a lot of groovy timeHey!
Get Close
1986
=-====================== Where Has Everybody Gone ======================== Where has everybody gone? I’ve got this feeling, God, am I here on my own? Where’s my support now, where’s the ranks of the strong? In this faceless crowd,where can I belong?
Everybody’s gone insane to catch a plane to hold the heavens closer, oh They want the kingdom but they don’t want the king They want his throne There’s no time, there’s no time at all Where has everybody gone? With great pleasure I singyour national song
Because your beautiful land will soon be long gone And the ashes of your memoirs will be strewn across the lawn Hack your face, save your case, reserve your place in the ever-after, oh Cause hallowed halls are lined with walls That are cracked by the myriads laughter There’s no time, there’s no time at all Where has everybody gone? There’s no time, there’s no time at all You won’t survive and soon be long gone, gone Gone, gone, gone, gone, goneGet Close
1986
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If There Was A Man
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If there was a man I could dream of I’d dream about a dream come true If there was a man I could ever love I’d wait a million years for someone just like you All my life I have been waiting Never taking any chances, always hesitating Where’s the pay off, where’s the glory? Where’s the one I’m holding out for When’s he walking through the door the one that you walked throughIf he isn’t you?
If there was a man etc Happy endings never find me I put all my fantasies and hopes of love behind me all my chances all fell throughbut
If there was a man out there for meI wish it would be
Someone who could love me tooIf someone was you
Packed!
1990
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Never Do That
===-=========
Let me stay
one more day
It would mean so much to me I won’t make a sound I’ll just hang around I’ll sit where the last one sat But oh no, I’d never do that Take my mouth as far as you can see It stretches farther than I care to think Put me out of my misery If I could keep it shut I wouldn’t be in this rut With less chance than a laboratory rat Oh no, I’d never do that You’re a master of illusion You say you do, but you don’t You think I will, I know I won’t When I see you sitting there It sends a shock right through me I never thought an ordinary chair Could have such poetry I don’t deserve your time I haven’t got the tact I live above my means in fact Oh no, I’d never do thatNever do that
Never do that
I’d never do that
Packed!
1990
=======================Let’s Make A Pact
=======================Empty me
Like a dustman rids a rubbish bin Fill me up with glimpses of you And let the music beginOh oh oh
Take me to the altar And let’s make a pact One we’ll never take back Let me prove that I’m trueLet’s make a pact
Alter me
The change could only do me good Others have tried to and failed I wish that somebody couldOh oh oh
Do what no one can doLets make a pact
One we’ll never take back Promise me you’ll be trueLet’s make a pact
Take me to the world and let me wonder at the view Set me off in motion and let me dance After twenty years of doubt and then a week with youI’m ready baby,
follow through
Cover me in dirt
And leave me to the wind and the rain If I should ever hurt the one who made me human againOh oh oh
Take me to the altarLet’s make a pact
One we’ll never take back Let me prove that I’m trueLet’s make a pact
Packed!
1990
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Millionaires
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They’re just millionaires They got the money, but who cares? They’ll never be like you and me Cause money can’t buy poverty They think they govern our affairs They’re just millionaires When they pass us in their cars They look at us like we’re from Mars Those distant eyes look sympathetic We slash their tyres ‘cause we’re pathetic And we get paid for the repairs By the millionaires! They’re just millionairesThey got the money
They got the money yeah! They’re just millionaires They got the money child They got the money yeah! If they’d just leave us in their will We’d all be dressed to kill And burn our polyester flares With the millionaires!Packed!
1990
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May This Be Love
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Waterfall
Nothing can harm me at all My worries seem so very smallWith my waterfall
I can see
My rainbow calling me Through the mysteriesOf my waterfall
Some people say
Daydreams are for all thelazy-minded fools
With nothing else to doSo let them laugh
Laugh at me
So just as long as I have youTo see me through
I have nothing to loseLong as I have you
Waterfall
Don’t ever change your waysStay with me for
For a million days
You’re my waterfallPacked!
1990
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No Guarantee
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No guarantee
Is what I’m getting today Appetites so rampant And they’re demanding money Everybody want a good time Yeah – yeah – yeah And wild terms to agreeNo credit taken
Oh oh oh whoa whoa whoa whoaNo guarantee
No guarantee
When we kiss
Your lips are tempting Well baby, listen to this I gotta have some action Yeah – yeah – yeah You know I got to be free Contracts are binding Oh oh oh whoa whoa whoa whoaNo guarantee
To my baby
To my love
Guarantee me for a month of good Sundays Promise me every single one’ll be fun days Give me a dime for every party revolution Launder my debts in paragorical solution Even the boss has been slandered and slagged Now he’s sitting in the alley with a bottle in a paper bagNo guarantee
When we play
Turn the house lights up Bob Fella’s look over dey!This hall is empty
Yeah – yeah – yeahUp to 17 B
But what’s depressing Oh, oh, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoaNo guarantee, yeah
Guarantee me
Guarantee, baby
Guarantee my love
Oh guarantee when you’re coming in me You got a rubber on baby Guarantee when I love you for free I`m gonna pay one dayOh guarantee
When you sock it to me When you punch it to me When you hook it to me When you knock it to me When you talk it to me You guarantee my loveOh!
Packed!
1990
========-=========== When Will I See You? ==================== When the days are getting longer And the people come out on the streets at night I’ll be among the starry eyes I’ll be among the wishful sighs I’ll be among the foolsforever fantasizing
When will I see you? Summertime would be perfect When will I see you? It’ll be a long summertime When will I see you? Endless nights of love could be ours When will I see you? When the nights are getting warmer And the dawn comes in on the wings of a song I’ll be among the hopeful few I’ll be among the morning dew I’ll be among everything new When will I see you? Summertime would be perfect When will I see you? There’ll be no-one around When will I see you? Endless nights of love could be ours When will I see you? Demand the impossible, everyone will be free We’ll walk down the Avenueopenly – openly!
When the days are getting longer And the people come out on the streets at night I’ll be the one who knows your name I’ll be the one who plays the game I’ll be the one, again and again and againAnd again
When will I see you? Summertime would be just perfect When will I see you? Could be a long summertime When will I see you? Endless nights of love could be ours When will I see you?Packed!
1990
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Sense Of Purpose
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Everybody chokes
when they see someone cut down in their primeIt may not show
when you look at me
but i know I’m in mine I’m potent baby I’m potent dangerous to the naked eye rest your head on this bed of mother’s prideand find out why
Don’t you wanna take me home? don’t you wanna take me home? Give me a sense of purpose a real sense of purpose Bully boys don’t bother me I purse my lips and they run away guys like you who are gentle and true don’t come around here everyday I’m potent baby I’m potent just one swig of me would get most guys smashed but a drop of yours makes me stagger and swerve I guess I’m outclassedEverybody chokes
when they see someone cut down in their prime take this plea to your heartand lift me in mine
don’t you wanna take me home? don’t you wanna take me home?Baby!
give me a sense a of purpose a real sense of purposePacked!
1990
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Downtown (Akron)
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Get to the heart
baby, the heart of the city meet me in a fire fight of lusty boys and candlelightMove to the heart
baby the heart of the city veins pop and cry for more lick it off the killing floord- d- d- d-
downtown
C’mon!
d-d-d-d-
downtown
C’mon!
d-d-d-d
downtown
C’mon!
d-d-d-d-
Downtown Akron.
Move to the heat
baby, the heat of the city rubber glove me when you love me promise me protectionDance to the beat
baby, the beat of the city glorify my oozing head raise me from the living deadd-d-d-d-d etc
Downtown me, baby strip mechop me ,adopt me
bend me like a rubber dolly Downtown me, demolition me raze me, appraise me The Portage hotel and me Downtown me with a lobotomy take me to the Cuyahoga Valley And make a man of me Get to the heart baby, the heart of the city say you love it when you shove it don’t be sentimental Move to the heart ,baby the heart of the city This is where the future lies beneath the burning sulphur skies.Downtown, C’mon!
d- d- d- d-
Downtown – C’monDowntown Akron
Packed!
1990
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How Do I Miss You?
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How do I miss you?
How do I miss you?
When you’re gone
When you’re gone
You silly Welsh git
You were sold down the river Like a slave changing hands From master to master The leaves will turn brown And fall to the ground And another summer is gone Gone is the summer of you. ohHow do I miss you
How do I miss you
How do I miss you when you’re goneWhen you’re gone
It got so when I looked at you I did it for a laugh Now your laughter fills the room When I’m trying to take a bath When the chorus of the dawn Fills the valley with song Baby what could be wrong? My heart is breaking in twoOh
That’s the way, the mighty they fall Break their legs, and they don’t stand so tall Bundled up and trussed up Were the goods to be delivered I stood in the doorway And cried and I shivered I be walking down the street To the carnival beat But I’m dragging my feet Because I’m hopelessly blueOh
How do I miss you?
When you’re gone
You’re gone
Packed!
1990
-==================== Hold a Candle To This ===========-========= So much for banning the bomb The President’s wife is carrying a hand gun If you want blood sports for fun now They call me ‘The Hunter’ – better run now You hear a crack in the distance baby Your phoney mating calls resistance maybe Don’t smile – we’re gonna get you We’ll have your rifle off you tooOh, gimme a kiss
And hold a candle to this Foxy lady dressed to kill You say you won’t but you will What’s on your face and your breath Mama? You wear your glory or death mama But liberation’s on the way Every dog gonna have it’s day Pack up your rape racks and crush box out of hellFarmer in the dell
Oh, please I insist
Now hold a candle to this Bring on the ecstasy!And the bliss
Bring on my wedding day And everybody’s birthday Blow up the abattoirDetonate!
We’re going home
To where the buffalo roam Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O And on this farm there was a cow There’s a new generation From Osaka, Siam and Saigon The sailors mixed it on the shore They were making love and making war Well here’s a present for The Navy Same meat, different gravy Those chicks will find you, that’s for sure One, two, three, four, tell the people what she wore You’re American Miss Hold a candle to thisOh
Packed!
1990
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Criminal
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Look at me, high upon the hill you could say, I’m on top of the worldBaby, I’m blue
all because of you
I can see this city crumble all around me press me to your chest, block out the viewOh oh oh oh
You made me some kind of criminal you put me outlaw because I loved you In my time, one thing I’ve learned if you play with fire, you get burnedbaby, it’s true
I got burned by you
I put everything i had into a bag and trusted you to do what youdidn’t do
Oh oh oh oh oh
You made me some kind of criminal you put me outlaw, because I loved you the first thing I think when I wake up –When can I see you?
The last thing I think when I’m drifting off –When can I see you?
Oh look at me, I’m addicted still at first I refused- now I just swallow the pillbaby, won’t you
fix me like you used to? I could spend my time in hell I might as well ‘cause hell is where I’m bound to dwellwithout you.
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You made me some kind of criminal You put me outlaw because I loved youPacked!
1990
==========-========================-==== Spirit Of Life (Fall Down on your Knees) ======================================== Your body is trouble , rarely at rest Running and wandering in sleeplessness The stars are majestic, peaceful and all But where in this room will a little light fall? We all have to mourn and we all have to die But can you fall down on your knees tothe spirit of life?
We’ve all lost something, just what I don’t know The body it trembles, the tears overflow Your breath comes and goes of its own accord Out of your lungs to speak a few words Mothers and fathers, lovers and friends Parties and tantrums all come to an end Memories washed out like cans to the sea Lost in the joys of eternity I saw death standing out by your car When I called you up a strange woman was there You lit a cigarette, she was dressed in black I’m still waiting for you to call me back We all have to mourn and we all have to die But can you fall on your kneesTo the spirit
Of Life.
Last of the Independents1994
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Hollywood Perfume
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I went out on the balcony In the middle of the night The hotel was dark except for just one light Television burning in the other room I couldn’t sleep so I put on some of yourHollywood perfume
I went out on the balcony And looked across the way Some guy was shadow boxing, he looked like Sugar Ray I was feeling dizzy, began to swoon Was it his punch or was it just yourHollywood perfume?
I feel like a fugitive escaped from my life Seeking refuge in the sensual heat These paper thin walls make me party to calls Of love wafting through the room The night jasmine bloom Of your Hollywood perfume I went out on the balcony to clear my head I was burning up in my queen-sized bed Down on the strip beneath the billboard moon Teenage girls look for love in theNeon, sex and doom
Of your Hollywood perfume I went out on the balcony with your photograph I dropped it in the pool and that made me laugh You like your tan but you don’t like to swim Meanwhile I feel like I’m drowning inNeon sex and doom
The night jasmine bloom Of your Hollywood perfume Last of the Independents1994
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Night in my Veins
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I see him standing silhouetted in the lamplight I cross the street and I quicken my pace He cups his hands and he lights a cigarette I find myself in the bones of his face It’s just the night in my veins Making me crawl in the dust again It’s just the night Under my skin, slipping it in He’s got his hands in my hair and his lips everywhereOh yeah!
It feels good, it’s alright Even if it’s just the night in my veins He’s got me up against the back of a pick-up truck Out of sight of the neon and glare We might as well be on a beach under the moonlight Love’s language reads the same anywhere He’s got his chest on my back across a new CadillacOh yeah!
It feels good, it’s alright Even if it’s just the night in my veins Even if it’s just the night in my veins I’ve got my head on the curb and I can’t produce a wordOh yeah!
I feels good
It’s aright
Even if it’s just the night in my veins x4 Last of the Independents1994
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Money Talk
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I’ll come in your car to talk business No business, no money talk Zero in on my full intention I think you got it ’cause you pulled up and stopped If money is the root of all evil I’m begging at the feet of the DevilTalk to me please
Money talk to me
Twenty gets you straight, forty gets you other Think of what a hundred could do I’ve been gifted with the thing that you want So who’s better than who? Never underestimate a woman like me The kids have got to eat And man, that’s reality, you seeMoney talk to me
So deluded
You think that I’m real You pass your hormones off as love For five minutes you feel Now you can buy a squidgy little silicone sack But it won’t feed the world Like the ones that I pack naturallyMoney talk to me
Last of the Independents1994
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977
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Every time I end up waking up in some hotel without my set of keys coming to, remembering the way you turned me out when I was on myknees
you think that was ‘one up’ for you but i know I scored something too. When i see the way you have to struggle just to do a little, simple thing I feel apologetic just because I’m not particularlysuffering
So i let you take me down I’m like your rent a clown When I saw my baby cry i knew that he loved me That was some great victory he cried because of me he hit me with his belt but his tears were all i felt When I saw my baby cry I knewHe loved me.
When you try to cut me down and push me back if I attackyour attitude
I rise up to the challenge coz I like to taste the sugar of your violent mood Just like a stormy sea you’re natural poetry to me When I saw my baby cry i knew that he loved me That was some great victory he cried because of me he hit me with his belt but his tears were all I felt When I saw my baby cryI knew
he loved me
I knew
he loved me
Last of the Independents1994
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Revolution
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When we watch the children play Remember – when it was me and you Those were the days, The things we got up to! The funfair of danger That’s what set us apart We couldn’t wait for the real world To test the strength of the lion’s heart Bring on the Revolution I wanna die for something Bring on the revolution Keep the pressure on – I wanna die for something Bring on the Revolution I don’t wanna die for nothing Cats like me and you have got lawsThat they adhere to
Laws outside the laws as laid down By those we don’t subscribe to The world is getting stranger But we’ll never lose heart We can’t just wait for the old guard to die Before we can make a new start Bring on the revolution Keep the pressure on I wanna die for something Bring on the revolution I wanna die for something I wanna die for something Bring on the revolution I wanna die for something Bring on the revolution I don’t wanna die for nothing For every freedom fighter I wanna hold on tighter To the hope and will you gave You were the brave, you were the braveAnd one day
When I hear your children singFreedom will ring
Freedom
When we watch the children play Remember, how the privileged classes grew And from this day we set out To undo what won’t undo Looking for the grand in the minute Every breath justifies, every step that we take to remove What the powers that be can’t proveAnd the children
will understand why
Last of the Independents1994
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All My Dreams
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All my dreams
Still re-live you
If this is what you left for meI forgive you
Never do I despair
When I kneel to say my prayers When slumber fills my head I’ll be visiting your bedAll my dreams
Recollect you
And so darling in a way Our love remains newFunny little things
You touch my fingers and fondle my rings Then tenderly without violence We make love in perfect silence Come, come into my room againCome, come again
Oh come, come into my gloom again End this solitude again I finally took that picture down I’d been staring at it for hours and hours Slipping in and out of consciousness But what I can’t figure out Why did you do that? Disappear on me like that? Oh, baby please, come back where I can touch you Right here where I can see you Come, come into my room againCome, come again
Oh baby come, come into my gloom again Break, break this solitude againAll of my dreams
Of your affection
Never have I known
Such sweet perfection No drug induced bliss Could ever reach the heights of thisEternal and so pure
Help me to endure
To endure
all my dreams
Last of the Independents1994
===================-===I’ll Stand by you
======================= Oh, why you look so sad? Tears are in your eyes Come on and come to me now Don’t be ashamed to cry Let me see you through ‘Cause I’ve seen the dark side too When the night falls on you You don’t know what to doNothing you confess
Could make me love you less I’ll stand by you, I’ll stand by you Won’t let nobody hurt youI’ll stand by you
So, if you’re mad, get mad Don’t hold it all inside Come on and talk to me now Hey, what you got to hide?I get angry too
Well I’m a lot like you When you’re standing at the crossroads And don’t know which path to chooseLet me come along
‘Cause even if you’re wrong I’ll stand by you, I’ll stand by you Won’t let nobody hurt youI’ll stand by you
Take me in, into your darkest hour And I’ll never desert youI’ll stand by you
And when, when the night falls on you, baby You’re feelin’ all alone You won’t be on your ownI’ll stand by you
I’ll stand by you
Wont let nobody hurt you And I’ll never desert you Take me deep into your darkest hour And l’ll never desert youI’ll stand by you
Last of the Independents1994
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I’m A Mother
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I’m a mother, treat me like a mother You want to suck on my breast, It’s no surprised you do I’m the source and the force to your life to, brotherI’m a mother
I understand blood and I understand pain There can be no life without it never doubt itI’m a mother
I gave you all my money to help the family But what you do to me -don’t humiliate me Remember, I’m a life-long member Oh, oh, oh, I’m a mother, treat me like a mother In the middle of the night I be deep in a dream You fancy little company you only have to scream loud, brother Oh, oh, oh I’m a mother and I fake like a mother I understand time and it isn’t on my side But to service mankind I have to suffer his prideLike a mother
Oh, oh, oh
You say your protection is proof of your affection If I need security, I’ll keep a gun on me Don’t, don’t barter with me, don’t barter with me Little sacrifices, go straight to heaven But hunting season’s over, this is the 20th century Oh, don’t barter with me Oh, oh, oh, I’m a mother and I ache like a mother If there’s a terrible crash and bodies thrown everywhere I’ll wrap them up and carry them, if someone has to bury them,brother
Oh, oh, call upon mother I’m the vessel of life, I got the trauma here to prove it When it’s time for me to labour for you everybody move itLike a mother
Last of the Independents1994
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Tequila
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I drink Tequila
And watch the game in the bar I don’t care who loses I don’t know who the teams areWe had our time
But the bells finally tolledAnd my Ohio winter
Was finally too cold Last of the Independents1994
=======-================ Every Mother’s Son ======================== I was born with my hand in a fist And my eyes shut tight Any wonder that I cannae resist Punching blindly, in a fight First time I saw swans flying to the sunI wanted to be one
Like every mother’s son When I saw my life had begun I wanted to be someone Like my brother, and my one and only father And like every mother’s son I was raised within a cause With a purpose to fulfil I was taught to defend what was mine And instructed not to kill My small mortal eyes can see eternity In the clouds that dissolve and then regroup endlessly Like every mother’s son When a man showed me how to use a gun I wished I’d never need one Like my brother, and my one and only father And like every mother’s son Everything in domesticity Assumes its role better than me I’m a displaced person whose culture let me down I raise my own daughters in a pornographic town Like every mother’s son I’ve lost some and some I’ve won Now I’m waiting for a new dawn Like my brother, and my one and only father And like every mother’s son Last of the Independents1994
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Rebel Rock Me
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I’m as solid as a rock throw me at the powersthat be
I’m as solid as a rock throw me at the powersthat be
I’m as user friendly asa lead filled glove
Rebel Rock me
I’ve got money in the bank come with me you can have itfor free
I’ve got money earning interestin the bank
come with me you can have itfor free
I’ve got assets big as holesup in the sky
Rebel rock me
I’m as heavy as a crowdin east LA
fling me at the oppressorand flee
I’m as heavy as a crowd in east LA fling me at the oppressor and flee I’m a seething, burningmoving mass of love
Rebel rock me
Last of the Independents1994
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Love Colours
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The sun goes down, The sky turns black I can hardly wait for you I can’t believe the madness in Everything you do I used to dream In black and white Now I see the world In a different light Your love colours, colour everything x4Come into me
Fill me and fill me
Show me your colours, babyYour love colours
I slept in fear, And woke in pain ‘Til you came in close to me I was cold like frozen rainYour kiss melted me
You speak your mind Just like a child Won’t be defined By when you smile Your love colours x4 Now come into me etc Last of the Independents1994
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Forever Young
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May God bless and keep you always May your wishes all come true May you always do for others And let others do for you May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rungAnd may you stay
Forever young
Forever young
Forever young
May you stay
Forever young
May you grow up to be righteous May you grow up to be true May you always know the truth And see the lights surrounding you May you always be courageous Stand upright and be strongMay you stay
Forever young
May your hands always be busy May your feet always be swift May you have a strong foundation When the winds of changes shift May your heart always be joyful May your song always be sungMay you stay
Forever young
Viva el Amor
1999
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Popstar
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So your girlfriend wants to be a popstar And beat the charts out of me She wants to move a million units man Probably just to prove she can And after a couple of hits She’ll be buying a new pair of mitts I can see just where she’s heading She’s as predictable as Armageddon Oh, they don’t make ’em like they used to They don’t make ’em like they used to No, they don’t make ’em like they used to You should have just stuck with me Your girlfriend wants to be a popstar And live in Primrose Hill Well, she’ll join the meritocracy Get to meet all of rock’s aristocracy And be someone everyone knows Who all the designers send all their new clothes When she starts to look like Kylie Minogue She might even get her picture in Vogue Your baby wants to be a popstar Probably just to spite me Well, she thinks it’s so easy to get to the top But a girl like that, she won’t know where to stop But when her most recent therapist Suggests that maybe she become a Buddhist She might even consider giving up red meat Man, you’re gonna look back to when your life was so sweet Oh they don’t make ‘em like they used to No they don’t make em like they used to They don’t make em like they used to You should have just stuck with meViva el Amor
1999
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Human
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I play a good game but not as good as you I can be a little cold, but you can be so cruel I’m not made of brick, I’m not made of stone But I had you fooled enough to take me on If love was a war, it’s you who has won While I was confessing it You held your tongue Now the damage is done Well there’s blood in these veins and I cry when in pain I’m only human on the inside And if looks could deceive make it hard to believe I’m only human on the inside I thought you’d come through, I thought you’d come clean You were the best thing I should never have seen But you go to extremes, you push me too far Then you keep going ’til you break my heart Yeah, you break my heart See I bleed and I bruise, oh, but what’s it to you? I’m only human on the inside And if looks could deceive make it hard to believe I’m only human on the inside I crash and I burn, maybe someday you’ll learn I’m only human on the inside I stumble and fall, baby, under it all I’m only human on the inside And the damage is done Well there’s blood in these veins etcViva el Amor
1999
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From The Heart Down
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We watch each other even when we sleep For some small protection It’s a promise we keep Love is hard to define It runs in circles round the mind But a circle ain’t a circle If it’s not complete Oh, love me from the heart down If it hurts or if it’s bliss Love me from the heart down Reveal me with a kiss My senses must compete With a brain that lets me downDown, down
We satisfy each other But the hunger still remains You sink into my flesh like a knife When day comes to an end We take off all our clothes And stand naked face to faceWith real life
Oh, love me from the heart downGet me on the floor
Love me from the heart down Go under and then come up for moreAnalytical patter
Gives love the run around, around You can’t hold a theoryWon’t you love me
Love me from the heart down We misconstrue intentions When there’s distance in between Longing hurts the teeth Like something sweet When you’re not here with meYou become a memory
This aching feels like some kindOf defeat
Oh, love me from the heart downGet me on the phone
Love me from the heart down Lie and say you’re coming home True confessions need the make-upOf a clown, clown
Smiles are deceivingWon’t you love me
Love me from the heart downViva el Amor
1999
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Nails in the Road
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If this is public transportation What are you doing here? Royalty and people like thee Should queue up in the rear My patience has worn thin My tyres are gonna explodeYeah, yeah
Every time I try to get close to you You throw nails in the road This is a sticky situation Will require a measure of tact We just don’t like to mix it with y’ all It’s a cultural fact My patience has worn thin My tyres’ about to explode But every time I try to get close to you You throw nails in the road This is a clean-up job Everybody grab a mop You wanna further your position Well look what floats on top,on top
Well there’s class and then there’s class But we’re above all that The butcher and the baker and the thief and the witchAnd the aristocrat
My patience has worn thin etcViva el Amor
1999
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Dragway 42
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I walk the streets at night, under artificial light Looking for somewhere to live I’ve been on the East Side where a lady can reside But I’m waiting for you, waiting for youIn the falling rain
Oh, heal me,
heal me again
What’s the cost of fame? What’s in a name?Maybe, can you
vibrate and clarify
So that even lowly I can find the road That leads to youIn the falling rain
Oh heal me, heal me,Heal me again
One more little heartache One more little heartache One more little earthquakeWash me down
Wash me down
Ghostly memory come back to meFill me and then
take me to your graveI promise to behave
And let me in the whole of youIn the falling rain
Oh heal me heal me
heal me again
Viva el Amor
1999
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Who’s Who
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When we meet again
Just refer to me as ‘Back Then’ Or pretend not to recall Ever knowing me at all Or hanging round my doorBegging for more
When you begin- playing to win That’s when the losers rush in And I, I got better than you At jumping the queue To get closer to seeing who’s who A man without a homeIs never alone
Well just look what he’s got The whole parking lot In those unsheltered places There’s always other faces Take mine for a start It’s like a modern work of art Disturbing and lacking in heart And I – got better than you At jumping the queue to get closer To seeing who’ who It must be so wonderfulBeing you every day
Oh it must be so wonderful Always getting your wayA common dialogue
Is the best thing that you’ll get From the woman you call your wife So try not to forget To tear out and burn The things you unlearnYour future exists
In her shopping lists Please call your office And I got better than you At jumping the queue to get closer to seeing Who’s whoViva el Amor
1999
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Baby’s Breath
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There was a time you thought I was in love with youWell, think again
you can’t read my thoughtsYou’re so pretty
I’d like to break
your smile in two
You’re so correct
I’d like to disconnectthe dots
You’re such a child but you’re not innocent Another kid for rent. Why did you send me roses? Save them for someone’s death The love you have to offer Is only baby’s breath There was a timeI thought you were magnificent but you’ve got nothingto have or to hold
You’re so pensive
but your thoughts areinsignificant
Wrap ’em up
another 20 billion sold You think you’re wild and know what danger means in your designer jeans Why did you send me roses? Save them for someone’s death the love you have to offer Is only baby’s breath I’d like to have you alone tonight and rearrange your mind I’d like to have you but I know I’d be wasting my time. Why did you send me roses Save them for someone’s death The love you have to offer is only baby’s breathViva el Amor
1999
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One More Time
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You believed in me
When you had nothing to gainYou stood by me
You walked out in the falling rainTo find me
Waiting in the shadows behind meBaby please
Please
Won’t you do it one more timeDo it one more time
Do it one more time
Please
Won’t you do it one more time You stayed when no one else wouldWhen I was delayed
You understood
I’ve done some low down things Alright but you said I was good I couldn’t forgive myselfBut you could
I know I’ve made you promisesThen I forget
I’ve let you down darling I’m forever in your debt In my darkest hour I’veTurned you out
But when the mood has passed You came back in spite of me Saying “This love, this love was meant to last”Wont you do it
One more time
One more time
With feeling
Viva el Amor
1999
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Legalise Me
===========
Legalise me
Oh I want the legal right to be meOnly me
Legalise me
Bail me, jail me but they’re never gonna nail mePharmaceutically
I was sleeping like a baby in bed When I woke up to a voice in my head ‘We’re all outta rooms try down the road’ is what I said” I’m just a farmer and I grow marijuanaOh, baby doll
Can you tell that I like that?Oh, baby doll
We’re gonna rattle your combinationsUp and down
Legalise me
Oh, I gotta gotta gotta feel freeReally free
Legalise me
Wake me, shake me
If they’re gonna come and take meMake it legally
I been campaigning for the rights of the meek I’ve been holed up in a tree most the week Hey sir your crush boxes are starting to leak They’re saying ‘never’ but we’ll wait here Forever and ever and ever and ever And if I wanna shake my hair in the sun Don’t try to flail me for offending anyone I don’t take Prozac and I’ll never own a gun I’m just a farmer but I swear I’d never harm herViva el Amor
1999
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Samurai
=======
When you came into my room last night And took off all your clothes Did you think I would resistLetting you inside?
Did you think I could resist you? My favourite Samurai You swam across the bedroom Drunk on my champagne You got into the air Across the River Wye And pushed aside your headstone My favourite Samurai Then you showed me somethingI didn’t know
How to let go
I was falling
Through the Tivoli skyExpecting to fly
Expecting to fly
When I stood beside your tomb last night Recalling how you rose Did you think I would persistRefusing to die?
See how I’ve persisted My favourite SamuraiViva el Amor
1999
============
Rabo De Nube
============
Si me dijeran pide un deseo Preferiria un rabo de nube Que se llevara lo feo Y nos dejara el querube Un barredor de tristezas Un aguacero en venganza Que cuando escampe parezca nuestra esperanzaViva el Amor
1999
=====
Biker
=====
Biker they tell me
that you’re a dangerous lover well that might be true oh, but I’d never ridewith another
maybe they’ve never had their arms around anything so wild and freeyou bring the biker
out in me.
I can’t understand it why people give you grief you play the one armed bandit like an outlaw with a belief to them it’s the norm for a man to conform to a Godless societyyou bring the biker
out in me.
Because you’ve no interest in the struggle to obtain the status and bogus desires that drive most peopleinsane
you who have nothinghave something
that only the 1%
could ever see
you bring the biker
out in me.
Viva el Amor
1999
=-=============================The Homecoming
====================-==========I fell
by the way
The reason you haven’t heard from me I just didn’t wantto tell you
Or see me this way
Having fun with
my new someone
Circumstance,
who would’ve guessed?Force my hand
when I was homeless
You just, wouldn’t understandIf you saw me
Holding his hand
I fell
from your grace
The reason you haven’t seen me here I just, I didn’t want to tell you to your faceBut I left clues
you couldn’t refuse Obvious, your friends would see I knew you’d get the word eventually and I’d rather have them tell you ‘It’s just as well The bitch is gone’I fell
while you were away
You leave a woman like that Anyone will tell youShe’s gonna stray
Well I confessed
and you know the rest Promises you never kept Where were you baby?You overslept
And when you hear that prison bell,think of me
You’re not the only oneLoose Screw
2002
=========
Lie To Me
=========
That’s not honest
Nothing you’ve said Why don’t you tell someone Who’ll believe you instead? ‘Cause I got this feeling Is it what they call déjà vu? I’m nodding my head, yeah But I don’t believe you If you lie to me again… If you lie to me again… If you lie to me again… If you lie to me again… If you lie to me again… If you lie to me again…I don’t even care
So there’s nothing to defend It’s so long-winded Like a story without an endThis elaborate yarn
You left behind, like a breadcrumb trail It’s too hard to find the way outOf your fairytale
If you lie to me again… If you lie to me again… And you say that you’re my friend And you take me to your bed As somebody else instead And I wonder where you’ve been And the other one began If you lie to me again… If you lie to me again… Don’t take me there, oh, please, I do thee implore Spare me the details The entrails and the gore I can see there’s a point You want to drag me in To impress me and depress me With your web of sin If you lie to me again… If you lie to me again… If you lie to me again… If you lie to me again… If you lie to me again…If you…
Loose Screw
2002
====
Time
====
You’re always welcomeTo stop on by
I’ll be there babyTo get you high
You’re thinking maybe This one’s for realYou don’t know
How good you fell
Chorus:
Gimme some time
Real good time
Gimme some time
Time
Gimme some time
Real good time
Gimme some time
Time
Come on in
We can be free
No one will be here
No one will see
It’s nobody’s businessWhat we do
You want me
Baby I want you
Chorus
Life is too tough
To work all day
What does it cost
To earn your pay
If the man is breaking your will He won’t reward youBut I will
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Loose Screw
2002
============================= You Know Who Your Friends Are ===-=========================Along by the canal
You can see the remnants of last night’s reverie As left by the local tenants But these aren’t the gifts they give free in shopping malls This is real life that’s sprayed across the tunnel walls You know who your friends are You know who your friends are They’re the ones who want to see you go far You know who your friends are The last time you tried to leave here for a working holiday You said your mother needed you two thousand miles away But no sooner on the tarmac you were met to be told We’ve been waiting for you You just can’t leave the fold You know who your friends are You know who your friends are They’re the ones who want to see you go far You know who your friends are They’ll never let you go They’ll never let you know who your friends are Know who your friends are They say that loyalty is just for those who’ve earned it Is that why they stole the sofa from your parking space and burned it You were hoping you could leave here with some teeth still in yourhead
But your friends on curtain row would rather see you dead You know who your friends are You know who your friends are They’re the ones who want to see you go far You know who your friends areLoose Screw
2002
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Complex Person
==============
I’m a very very complex person I try to improve but you see how I worsen I’ll do anything to make you adore me Or deplore me, but never ignore me I got senses that I cannot control My stomach’s like a bottomless hole My desires command me like a slave I’m a knave, I can hardly behave I’m a very very complex person I try to improve but you see how I worsen I’ll do anything to make you adore me Or deplore me, but never ignore me I’m a peacenik but I’m going off to war I couldn’t even tell you what I’m really fighting for It seems right; at least it doesn’t seem wrong I’m a mixed-up, fucked-up singer of a song I’m a very very complex person I try to improve but you see how I worsen I’ll do anything to make you adore me Or deplore me, but never ignore me I refuse to keep a gun in my purse Imagine if I was feeling perverse The builders and the workers when they whistle and they shout I’d like to give them something to shout at me about I’m a very very complex person I try to improve but you see how I worsen I’ll do anything to make you adore me Or deplore me, but never ignore me I’m a very very complex person I’m a very very complex person Anyway I got a plan to give it all away I won’t need a suitcase on judgment day I’m a very very complex person…Loose Screw
2002
==============
Fools Must Die
==============
Fools must die
So it shall be
Take your place in historyShow your face
Don’t be shy
The world rejoices
When fools die
They die, they must die They die, they must die Everybody gather round Watch them falling toThe ground
Fools must die
So it shall pass
Bow your head
Raise your glass
Don’t ask when
Don’t ask why
Ask for mercy
Cause fools die
They die, they must die They die, they must die Everybody gather round Watch them stumble toThe ground
Fools must die
One by one
Indulge yourself
As I have done
As you are now
So once was I
Prepare for death
Cause fools must die They die they must die They die they must die Everybody gather round Watch them falling to the groundLoose Screw
2002
===================== Kinda Nice, I Like It ==-================== You came to me, I was alone, Tried to drag me in to your danger zone. You told me things got right inside And showed me things I’d never tried. You got a hold, you wouldn’t let go, You lied and lied and lied It was a great big show. Everything about us looks wrong but I swear it feels right. (people talk) people talk, I hear them do it (they think think they know)they think they know, when I never knew it (you’re a gigolo) you’re gigolo I’ve heard it said. (I’ve got a sweet name)I’ve got a sweet name for you instead. They imagine, “what must give them a thrill?” They’ll never know for sure, but I will Everything about us looks wrong but I swear it feels right. Everything about us looks wrong but I swear it feels right. Whispering is rude in public places (its so obvious)it’s so obvious, written on their faces They think your taking me for a great big ride But you know whats more? they’re probably right I’m hoping on withyou tonight…
You take me up and let me down Don’t like my friends to come around. (if your not center) if your not center of the stage You sulk and rant and go into a rage. Ohohoh but I can leave at any time, But I’d miss the oh so absurd and so sublime. Everything about us looks wrong but I swear it feels right. Everything about us looks wrong but I swear it feels right. Everything about us looks wrong but I swear it feels right.Loose Screw
2002
=-========================= Nothing Breaks Like A Heart =-================-======== You don’t love me anymoreI can feel it
But I want you more than beforeSo I conceal it
Walk on, walk on babyDon’t look back
This happy face is just a disguiseOh baby
When love dies
Nothing breaks like a heart Nothing breaks like a heart Glass shatters, even cars fall apart Nothing breaks like a heartWhen you walked out
At first I celebrated But this footloose, fancy free stuff’s overratedOh I got my way
Now I’m free to roam These tears of laughter are just liesOh baby
When love dies
Nothing breaks like a heart Nothing breaks like a heart Glass shatters, even cars fall apart Nothing breaks like a heartOh, oh, oh
I feel so bad bad badOh, oh oh
I’m so sad sad sad I wasn’t this shook in the L.A. earthquake How much can one heart break? You don’t love me anymoreI can feel it
But I want you more than beforeSo I conceal it
Walk on, walk on babyDon’t look back
This crumbling heart is no surprise Oh baby, when love dies Nothing breaks like a heart Nothing breaks like a heart Glass shatters, even cars fall apart Nothing breaks like a heart Oh, nothing breaks like a heart Oh, nothing breaks like a heart Oh, nothing breaks like a heartLoose Screw
2002
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I Should Of
===========
If I’d known then
If only I had known
What, where or when
I would of kept you on the phoneHindsight is tough
It’s so obvious
Never enough for the two of us I would of tried a little harder I would have cried a little louder I would have lied with more aplomb I, I, I, I, I, I, I should have knownWhen we made love
Sometimes it was greatJust once or twice
I would have called it second rate Anyway the days passed by in peace I never though you neededMore release
I would of tried a little harder I would have cried a little louder I would have lied with more aplomb I, I, I, I, I, I, I should have known If I had…if, if, if I should have, I should have I could have, I could have Oh fuck, I really miss youI really miss you
I should have tried a little harder I should have cried a whole lot louderI should have lied
With more aplomb
I, I, If only I, I should have knownLoose Screw
2002
==============
Clean Up Woman
==============
I’m the cleaning woman Here to clean up your mess I’m the clean up woman Here to clean up your mess I’m the cleaning woman Here to clean up your mess I’m the clean up woman Here to clean up your mess Women think men belong in resorts We watch the children They watch the sports A man wouldn’t help usEven if he could
While we clean up the mess He’s made of the neighborhood I’m the cleaning woman Here to clean up your mess I’m the clean up woman Here to clean up your mess I’m the cleaning woman Here to clean up your mess I’m the clean up woman Here to clean up your mess Women refuse to witness the kill Of man’s safaris and his battles of will She washes the wound he sustains in his fight She cradles him in her arms all nightWoman is there
At the end of the dayShe works as hard
As a man can play
She carries the blame She doesn’t deserveShe bears his name
When he loses his nerve I’m the cleaning woman Here to clean up your mess I’m the clean up woman Here to clean up your mess I’m the cleaning woman Here to clean up your mess I’m the clean up woman Here to clean up your messLoose Screw
2002
==========
The Losing
==========
If it’s games you want I’ve played a few Let me say up front I’ll lose to you I can see you’re a beginner Well beginner’s luck runs out You think you’re a winnerBut let me tell ya
The winning’s not what it’s all about You see, it’s about the losing Can’t rest until I’m losing At first you feel hungry Then you’re thirsty too Then a desperate feeling comes over you You think you can beat What no one has before Then you start to cheatBefore you know it
You’re back for more You see it’s about the losing Can’t stop when I’m at the top It’s about the losing Every time I win I have to start again Can’t rest, rest until I’m losing A bluff’s about as good as the getting will get You see in this neighborhoodWe’re all in debt
A little more money
A little more fame
Who amongst us, if anybody Wouldn’t risk it allTo stay in the game
You see it’s about the losing Can’t stop when I’m at the top It’s about the losing Every time I win I have to start again Can’t rest, rest until I’m losing Can’t rest, rest until I’m losing Can’t rest, rest until I’m losing It’s about the losing It’s about the losing It’s about the losingLoose Screw
2002
===-===--===
Saving Grace
============
I’ve really made a fool of myself I hit the wall but it never bothered you at allOohhh
My pony bolted out too soon Left me howling at the moon You are my saving grace (oo my saving grace) You put me in my place (you put me in my place) I see your smiling face (I see your smiling face) The clouds disappear, and blue skies fill the space You are my saving grace I didn’t know what I was s’posed to be I tried to bluff, but I never offered you enough,Oohh
Now I’m feeling the remorse I want you back because of course You are my saving grace (oo my saving grace) You put me in my place (you put me in my place) I see your smiling face (I see your smiling face) The clouds disappear, and blue skies fill the space You are my saving grace Do you remember when, you gave your heart to me I want it back again, I want it back againOh baby, Sweet baby
Won’t you reconsider me? Coz as anyone can see.. You are my saving grace (oo my saving grace) You put me in my place (you put me in my place) I see your smiling face (I see your smiling face) The clouds disappear, and blue skies fill the space You are my saving grace You are my saving grace You are my saving grace You put me in my place I see your smiling face (I see your smiling face) The clouds disappear, and blue skies fill the space You are my saving grace You are my saving grace You are my saving graceLoose Screw
2002
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Walk Like a Panther
===================
Miguel has set up home With a woman half my age A half-wit in a leotardStands on my stage
The standards have fallen My value has dropped But don’t shed a tear Some walk like they own the place Whilst others creep in fearTry if you can
To walk like a man
But if you don’t come near You’ve got to fly like an eagle Prowl like a lion in Africa Leap like a salmon home from the seaTo keep up with me
You’ve got to walk like a panther tonight The old home town just looks the same Like a derelict man who has died out of shame Like a jumble sale left out in the rainIt’s not good
It’s not right
The standards have fallen My value has dropped But don’t shed a tear Some walk like they own the place Whilst others creep in fearTry if you can
To walk like a man
But if you don’t come near You’ve got to fly like an eagle Prowl like a lion in Africa Leap like a salmon home from the seaTo keep up with me
You’ve got to walk like a panther tonight Where did you leave your self respect You like look like a reptile Your house is a wreck Your existence an insult And stains that are suspectCover your clothes
The standards have fallen My value has dropped But don’t shed a tear Some walk like they own the place Whilst others creep in fearTry if you can
To walk like a man
But if you don’t come near You’ve got to fly like an eagle Prowl like a lion in Africa Leap like a salmon home from the seaTo keep up with me
You’ve got to walk like a panther tonight Walk like a panther tonight To keep up with me you’ve got to walk like a panther Break Up the Concrete2008
======================== Boots of Chinese Plastic ==-===================== nam yo ho ren gay kyo – Buddah please pity a humble little peasant who’s beggin’ on her knees illusion fills my head like an empty can I spent a million lifetimes loving the same manChorus:
every drop
that runs through the vein always makes its way back to the heart again – and by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic Hari Krishna – Hari Rama too Govinda I am still in love with you I see you in the birds and in the trees that’s why they call me ‘Krishna Mayi’chorus
the prophet told us we should tolerate the people and the things that make me want to hate Allah have a little mixed mercy on me To see some beauty in this human pageantry Jesus Christ came down here as a living man if he can live a life of virtue then I hope I can do unto others as you would have returned come back here and repeat until you’ve learnedlearned learned
chorus
and every dog,
that’s lived his life on a chain knows what it’s likewaiting for nothing
– and by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic Break Up the Concrete2008
=================
The Nothing Maker
=================
he doesn’t make shoes or design a new shirtor take photographs
but not gets hurt
and he doesn’t look trendy like guys in magazines you won’t see him at parties he’s not the face behind the scenesChorus:
he makes nothing
he’s the nothing maker he’s the maker of nothing he’s the nothing maker and he doesn’t paint picturesor write poetry
or act on a stage
for others to see
and he don’t expect muchsanta clause knows
cause he doesn’t make lists of toys and new clotheschorus
everyone’s chasinga reason to live
mostly they take more than they give the succeeder justifies why he needs more than the rest and believes his own lies and things he’s the bestbut my guy
he doesn’t make movies to suit an audience’s whimhe lives by a code
known only to him
and he doesn’t make money to buy watches and cars cause there’s no time and no place to go for a man who has nothing to showChorus
Break Up the Concrete2008
============================ Don’t Lose Faith In Me =====================-====== don’t lose faith in me don’t lose faith in me if you lose faith in me you lose faith in us don’t lose harmony don’t lose harmonyif you lose harmony
you won’t need me
look at me
can you see how I’m trying?only you
see me crying
look at me
these tears ain’t lying one pays the butcherone pays the thief
I’m looking for you darlingshow me some belief
the artist on the cover. is a phoney and a crook I’m looking for you love show me where to look don’t lose faith in me please don’t lose faith in me if you lose faith in me you lose faith in us Break Up the Concrete2008
===================== Don’t Cut Your Hair ===================== from Ipanema to the Copacabana the monkeys give their asses for a piece of banana porn stars, playboys, they’re all after the money but you never got a taste for that, that’s whyI love you honey
oh don’t don’t don’t don’t don’t don’twhatever you do!
beef steak, clothes and a box at the races – they love that dirty paper with the ugly faces if I could see you in your glory baby even for a minute I’d give up my shelter and everything that’s in it oh don’t don’t don’t don’t don’t don’tyeah!
don’t cut it
don’t chop it
it’s like a bomb
if you got it don’t drop itif you got it man
go ahead and flaunt it any guy is lying if he says he doesn’t want it any guy is lying if he says he doesn’t want it! from Miami to the sunset strip all the guys are gay, it’s the way it is today but though you look like a lady when reviewed from afar when you close that curtain round my face I know what you are oh don’t don’t don’t don’t don’t don’t cut your hair don’t cut your hair don’t cut your hairwhatever you do!
Break Up the Concrete2008
======================Love’s A Mystery
====-=================lovers of today
aren’t like lover of the past they used to find a way to get a love affair to lastI saw him leaving
that’s all I had to see if seeing is believing then love’s a mysteryChorus:
love’s a mystery
it arrives with out a warning leaving evidence and clues making headlines in the morningthen it’s history
love’s a mystery
but I’d
do it again
do it again
lovers of today
are becoming too well versed you get the feeling you’re on stagebadly unrehearsed
we had the moves
down so perfectly
I guess that all it proves is love’s a mysterychorus
but I’d
do it again
I’d do it again
a multiple offender should learn from his mistakes I’m ready to surrender if that’s what it takeswe did our time
but I’m still in custody if loving him’s a crime then love’s a mysterybut I’d
do it again
I’d do it again
chorus
Break Up the Concrete2008
=============
The Last Ride
=============
I made my bed but I couldn’t sleep in it with the man in red tracking me minute by minute running like a horse always looking behind me but of course he would always find meChorus:
hey buddy
hey friend
my pal
my brother
we take shelter in each otherI’ll keep it true
I owe my last ride to you heaven and hell ride in tandem I used to mix them up at random I spent my youth on a reckless futile race where love and truth could never placechorus
after all, nobody can save the mortal body from the grave who can arrest the soul’s sad journey in its plight? – one more day to get it right I decided to stop dying no more cheatin’ no more lyin’ what kind of club opens its gates to sinner like me? and bids them forth unto eternitychorus
under the buckeye trees where the rubber city grew I owe the last ride to you Break Up the Concrete2008
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Almost Perfect
========-=====
Narcissistic, anorexic So unstuck but so prettyI love you
Vira lotta, very donkey You’re the only truth in this cityDon’t ever change
Don’t change good champagne For some sad idiot and then complain – That’s good advice But a lady who has two black eyes is not The best one to advise She’s already been told twiceChorus:
Don’t ever change
Why oh why oh why oh Would you ever changeOh oh oh
Please don’t ever change You’re almost perfect You’re almost perfect You’re almost perfect Paranoiac, drug addicted Pornographically afflicted– Sleep with me
Two legs, a cock, a woman’s soul Strange habits that you can’t control– Show them to me
You can hardly say this womanOnly wants you
For yoru money
You who have naught
Come inside my hive
Where the bees are busy making honeyOoo love is about!
1 – 2 – 3 1 – 2 – 3 1 – 2 – 3Half of half
And half of half
And half of half
And half of that
Autistic, repetitious People phobically suspicious With an oversized schlong Unemployable, illegal You’re a whole film by Don SiegelWrite me a song
Go way and blow awayAnd fade away
And the next day
– You’re back in line If love is leaving everything for Homelessness and nothing – You’ll be just fineChorus
You’re the best part of Ohio (in 4th line of chorus) Break Up the Concrete2008
======================== You Didn’t Have To ======================== Thank you boy for your beautiful flower Thank you boy for the stars in your eyes Thank you boy for giving me your finest hourWhat a surprise
– You didn’t have to Thank you boy for the time that we wasted Thank you boy for the things that you said Thank you boy for every strange thought I tasted You’re off your head – You didn’t have to And hearing my story From your occupied territory Thank you boy for the sound of your voices Like a hammer or drill Thank you boy for giving me no choicesYou know I will
– You didn’t have to Break Up the Concrete2008
=======
Rosalee
=======
Rosalee
Where you been so longRosalee, Rosalee
Where you been so long When you smile at me All the lights come onRosalee, Rosalee
Come and dance with me againRosalee, Rosalee
Come and dance with me again You’re my one true love You’re my oldest friend It don’t matter now Who was right and who was wrong It don’t matter now Who was right and who was wrong Cause you’re here with meBack where I belong
Rosa come out here
In the summer night
Can you see off thereAlmost out of sight
Your love calls to me Like that far distant lightOh Rosa
Break Up the Concrete2008
===================== Break Up The Concrete ===================== There was a red brick road where I grew up on And a pretty stone wall around a fragrant lawn And fish in the pond that sparkled in the dawn But it ain’t no more it’s all gone gone goneChorus:
Whoa
Ram it, cram it, grand slam it Break up the concrete Prod it, sod it, metal rod it Break up the concrete Whack it, thwack it, line back it Break up the concrete Shake it, bake it, earthquake it Break up the concrete Break up the concrete Break up the concrete And a depot over there right next to the tracks That the slaves put down while breaking their backs But those Texans knew no one would ever get into a carriage Or anything that might lead to an interracial marriageChorus
Now don’t tell me it’s progress ‘cause that’s just a lie And don’t even try to come up with an excuse why We was so busy worrying ‘bout them dropping the bomb We didn’t notice where our enemy was really coming fromChorus
Break Up the Concrete2008
======================= One Thing Never Changed ======================= That old train keeps blowing Through the centre of this town It restores my faith When the chips are down It don’t take no passengers Since the streets got rearranged But that whistle still blows It’s one thing never changed The boy I was loving Had to say ‘so long’Go back to a world
Where I don’t belongIt affected me so
You could say I was deranged But that whistle’s gonna blow It’s one thing never changedSpeak to me
Speak to me again
Speak to me
Speak to me again
That old train keeps blowing I can hear it in the nightI hold on to myself
It’s gonna be all rightPeople come and go
Like cars changing lanes But that whistle’s gonna blow It’s one thing never changed One thing never changedAlone
2016
=====
Alone
=====
What am I gonna do today? Walk to the newsstand, Check out the warzone, Check the listings, see what’s good on, Oh, there’s one I’ve been wanting to see. Anyone here up for a movie? I am. Nobody tells me I can’t, Nobody tells me I shan’t, No one to say ‘You’re doing it wrong’, I’m at my best, I’m where I belong,Alone.
Yeah, I like it.
Now I’m out prowling the streets, With the poets and the Greeks and the deadbeats, I’m taking my time, sitting on park benches, And all the glamour it all starts down here, This is where the trends begin. Life’s a canvas and I’m on it. Nobody tells me I can’t, Nobody tells me I shan’t, No one to say ‘You’re doing it wrong’, I’m at my best, I’m where I belong,Alone,
I like it, yeah, I like being alone, And the other thing I like to do, Go to the graveyard and hang out with you, And have a smoke and practice my autograph, Then sit back and re-read your epitaph and it says: ‘Don’t you laugh as you walk by, For as you are so once was I, And as I am so you shall be, Prepare for death and follow me,’Alone.
Yeah, I like that. I like being alone, Yeah, what are you gonna do about it? Nobody tells me I can’t, Nobody tells me I shan’t, No one to say ‘You’re doing it wrong’, I’m at my best, I’m where I belong,Alone,
Yeah, I like it. I like being alone. What are you gonna do about it? Hmm? Absolutely fuck all, Yeah. I’ll do whatever I want.Alone
2016
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Roadie Man
==========
I’m in love with a man, He’s in love with the road. It’s no surprise, it’s no riddle, A roadie’s wife plays second fiddle, To the razzle dazzle on the stage, She has to be a widow and a sage.Roadie man,
Taking music to the people,Any way he can.
Propping up the falling stars, He’s there to bring light and sound and power, He’s the man who’s standing in the tower, He’s my long gone, doggone roadie man. Christmas time’s a lonely time, Even when the church bells chime, Hark, the herald angels sing ‘boo hoo’… What happens on the bus stays on the bus, It don’t mean nothing, or require a fuss, A vow of silence is the code. That keeps the backline on the road, Whatever happens, happens – has to be, But don’t rely on domesticity.Roadie man,
Taking music to the people,Any way he can.
Propping up the falling stars, He’s there to bring light and sound and power, He’s the man who’s standing in the tower, He’s my long gone, doggone, He’s my gol darn, long gone roadie man. He’s my long gone, doggone He’s my gol darn, long gone, He’s my doggone, long gone,Road man,
Roadie man, roadie man, roadie man…Alone
2016
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Gotta Wait
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I’m in love with a man, He’s in love with the road. It’s no surprise, it’s no riddle, A roadie’s wife plays second fiddle, To the razzle dazzle on the stage, She has to be a widow and a sage.Roadie man,
Taking music to the people,Any way he can.
Propping up the falling stars, He’s there to bring light and sound and power, He’s the man who’s standing in the tower, He’s my long gone, doggone roadie man. Christmas time’s a lonely time, Even when the church bells chime, Hark, the herald angels sing ‘boo hoo’… What happens on the bus stays on the bus, It don’t mean nothing, or require a fuss, A vow of silence is the code. That keeps the backline on the road, Whatever happens, happens – has to be, But don’t rely on domesticity.Roadie man,
Taking music to the people,Any way he can.
Propping up the falling stars, He’s there to bring light and sound and power, He’s the man who’s standing in the tower, He’s my long gone, doggone, He’s my gol darn, long gone roadie man. He’s my long gone, doggone He’s my gol darn, long gone, He’s my doggone, long gone,Road man,
Roadie man, roadie man, roadie man…Alone
2016
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Never Be Together
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Promises and champagne and cigars, Dizzy heights of passion’s ecstasy, These are just some things that can’t be ours,And will never be,
Restaurants and cinemas and taxis, Walking through the city hand in hand, Those are things for lovers, only lovers,Do you understand?
Oh no, we’ll never, We’ll never be together,Never, never,
We’ll never be together, I miscalculated what the price was, Falling for a pretty face can cost, Wondering for hours in the terminalI’m lost,
The colour of your eyes are like a palette, A thousand shades of blue are mixed up there, Drowning in a wave that pulled me under, I’m running, I’m running… Oh no, we’ll never, We’ll never be together,Never, never,
We’ll never be together, Oh no, we’ll never, We’ll never be together,Never, never,
We’ll never be together,Never,
We’ll never be together, Never, never, never, We’ll never be together.Alone
2016
======-=============Let’s Get Lost
==================== Let’s get lost, let’s get lost, Let’s get lost, let’s get lost. Well, I wear it like a charm,A tattoo on my arm,
Your name in a horseshoe,Talismans and such,
I rely on them to touch, And get close to you, Well, I try just a little,Try just a little,
Keeping my fingers crossed, Oh, I get high just a little,High just a little,
Now I’ve found you, Let’s get lost, let’s get lost, Let’s get lost, let’s get lost.Riding on a bus,
Thinking about us,
And what you’d be saying, If you and me were real, And you feel what I feel, And not just playing, Ooh, I get high just a little,Try just a little,
Keeping my fingers crossed, Ooh, I get high just a little,High just a little,
Now I’ve found you, Let’s get lost, let’s get lost, Let’s get lost, let’s get lost. It’s inexplicable, irrefutable,Now it’s begun.
Ooh, it’s undeniable, non-negotiable, You’re the only one, Let’s get lost, let’s get lost, Let’s get lost, let’s get lost.Alone
2016
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Chord Lord
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He likes her better than me, Everybody here tonight could see, He liked her, better than me, I couldn’t even get in the dance, In fact, I didn’t stand a chance, Clearly, it was her not me, Ooh, that’s the way I’m going down, Throw in the towel, that was my worst round, Ooh, I’m outclassed, pound for pound, I can’t compete on the street, I haven’t got the heat, Can’t keep up with the beat,Like I should,
In this neighbourhood, Thought I’d nothing to prove, Then the bouncer made me move, And that little piece of fluff, Moved in and ran with the groove, Ooh, that’s the way I’m going down, Watch me now, as I hit the ground, Ooh, take a look around.You see me?
Ooh, that’s the way I’m going down, Put a padlock on my door, they’re closing me down, Ooh, I’m in the best hotel in town… Sometimes, do you ever get the feeling it’s all over? Sometimes, do you ever get the feeling?Alone
2016
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Blue Eyed Sky
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No one understands me,Like my baby,
No one understands,
Like that man.
He knows,
I will never leave him, No one understands me,Like him…
When the morning comes,I go to him,
He’ll be standing in the sun,Hair gone blonde,
He’s waiting,
For the waves to reach as high, As the blue-eyed sky.He knows, he knows,
My love overflows,
Like rivers to the sea,He comes and goes,
My love it grows and grows, And doubles when he leaves, When the evening light,Starts to dim,
I’ll be entering another starry night,Without him,
The waves,
And the moon and I rely On his blue-eyed sky,He knows, he knows,
My love it overflows, Like rivers to the sea,He comes and goes,
My love it grows and grows, And doubles when he leaves, And doubles when he leaves, No one understands me,Like my baby,
No one understands,
Like that man,
Jiva spirits never die, In his blue-eyed sky.Alone
2016
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The Man You Are
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I don’t expect flowers, I don’t expect rings, I don’t expect promises, Or sentimental things,I just expect you,
To be the man you are,I just expect you,
To be the man you are, I don’t expect sobriety, I don’t expect stealth, I don’t expect you’ll ever be a man, Defined by your wealth,I just expect you,
To be the man you are,I just expect you,
To be the man, you are, When a woman loves a man, She’ll do anything he asks, She’ll do anything she can, When a woman loves a man, I don’t expect accolades, I don’t expect prizes, I don’t expect to ever see you babe, In different guises,I just expect you,
To be the man you areI just expect you,
To be the man, you areBe the man you are,
Be the man you are,
Be the man you are,
Be the man you are,
Be the man you are.
Alone
2016
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One More Day
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When do I get
To see you again?
When do I get
To see you again?
I wait, I wait,
I wait…
One more week,
One more year,
One more day,
Time passes slow,
When you watch every minute, The clock has two hands and a face, But I can’t find you in it,I wait, I wait,
I wait…
One more week,
One more year,
One more day,
Love, what a travesty, It sure made a fool out of me, I used to scoff at such lovers, Now I’m tossing and turning,In twisted covers
Walking the dog,
Singing my blues
Passing the synagogue,Paying my dues,
I wait, I wait,
I wait.
Alone
2016
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I Hate Myself
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I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myselfFor being jealous,
I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself For things that you can’t see, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself For using other fellas,To blindside you,
To get inside of me. Believe me I’m not saying that I’m proud, To undermine and sabotage your scene, I wouldn’t want to say some things out loud, But everybody does it, and you know what I mean. I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself For backing the wrong horse, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate my masqueradeOf black and blue,
I hate myself I hate my reckless, phoney Self-destruction course, And coming last, conceding second best to you, And if on Judgement Day, I’m told to make my way, To take up lasting residence downstairs, I’ll look to see if others, Who backstabbed their own brothers, Got a lighter sentence, Showing mercy and repentance. I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself I guess I’m just too smart, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself In body and in mind, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate these Perversions of the heart, I hate myself upfront, I hate myselfFrom behind.
So take my hand,
To the witness stand, I deserve the worst, My heart is gonna burst,So validate me
Hate me where it hurts, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself I hate myself, I hate myself. I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myself I hope that you do too, I hate myself, I hate myself, I hate myselfI hate myself.
But most of all I hate myself,Hating you.
Alone
2016
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Death Is Not Enough
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Goodnight,
Oh my sweet love,
Let me cover your heart with a rose,Sleep tight,
My deceived love,
Well you saw only thornsI suppose.
Funny how you look so peaceful, No more anger no more fear, On your cheek there shines a single tear, I’m the one to mellow you, Forever I will treasure you. Hold your hand and pull you through, When the going gets too rough. I’m the one to mellow you, Break the spell that’s killing you. I’m so willing just to see you through, ‘Cos death is not enough, ‘Cos death is not enough.Goodnight,
Oh my sweet love,
Let me shine the light of a million loves on you. We tried so hard to make some sense of it, But the world is just a joke. I promise you I know what’s gone and broke. I’m the one to mellow you, Forever I will treasure you. Hold your hand and pull you through, When the going gets too rough. I’m the one to mellow you, Break the spell that’s killing you, I’m so willing just to see you through… I’m the one to mellow you, Forever I will treasure you. Hold your hand and pull you through, ‘Cos death is not enough, ‘Cos death is not enough.Alone
2016
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Holy Commotion
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I-I-I-I-I
Am a mass of devotion,I-I-I-I-I
Am a Holy commotion, I just want, I want, I wantTo see your face,
I just want, I want, I want To change your place,Lift your veil up!
I-I-I-I-I
Am a mass of devotion,I-I-I-I-I
Am a Holy commotion, I just want, I want, I wantTo lead the blind,
I just want, I want, I wantTo free your mind,
Come on baby,
I-I-I-I-I
Am a mass of devotion,I-I-I-I-I
Am a Holy commotion, I just want, I want, I want,To see the light,
I just want, I want, I want,To dance all night,
Be my baby,
When the walls come tumbling down, And the love shines all around,And the dogs of war
Come around no more, No more rape or torture or mutilationOne word, one love,
One humanity,
One word,
One love,
One humanity,
Ooo ooo
Baby Jesus
Yes love
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