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This Mortal Coil — Song to the Siren (Oakenfold remix)
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I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
Ever since I was a tiny boy
I don't want no candy, I don't need no toy
I took a stick and an old coffee can
I bang on that thing 'til I got blisters on my hand
Because
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (yes, I do)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (that's right)
When I get older they think I'm a fool
The teacher told me I should stay after school
She caught me pounding on the desk with my hands
But my licks was so hot
I made the teacher wanna dance
And that's why
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (hey, why not?)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (listen to this)
Every day when I get home from work
I feel so frustrated, the boss is a jerk
And I get my sticks and go out to the shed
And I pound on that drum like it was the boss's head, because I...
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (hey, hey)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (I can bang that drum)
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day (hey, you wanna take a bang at it?)
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
I don't want to play
I just want to bang on the drum all day (I can do this all day)
I don't want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day
And who by fire, who by water,
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time,
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial,
Who in your merry merry month of may,
Who by very slow decay,
And who shall I say is calling?
And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate,
Who in these realms of love, who by something blunt,
And who by avalanche, who by powder,
Who for his greed, who for his hunger,
And who shall I say is calling?
And who by brave assent, who by accident,
Who in solitude, who in this mirror,
Who by his lady's command, who by his own hand,
Who in mortal chains, who in power,
And who shall I say is calling?
Summer's gone, winter's in your eyes
I can feel the thunderstorms inside
I wake every morning, and the cold winds cover me
All I've got's a ghost of what could be
If you can see, the lights shine in front of me
If you can see the lights, shout out where you'll be
I'm in a broken dream, I stare out into space
You know, I called you up 'cause nothing takes your place
I've got a heart of stone, and it's sinking deep inside
I want to tell you, love, I'm too proud to cry
If you can see, the lights shine in front of me
If you can see the lights, shout out where you'll be
Summer's gone, and I can't tell you lies
Oh, forgive me, love, I'm too proud to cry
If you can see, the lights shine in front of me
If you can see the lights, shout out where you'll be
Summer's gone, and I can't tell you lies
Forgive me, love, I'm too proud to cry
Too proud to cry
Too proud to cry
Too proud to cry
Oh Lord, won't you listen in to me now?
Oh love, I got to get me back to you somehow
I never knew that life was loaded
I'd only hung around birds and bees
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Oh boy, you've no idea what I've been through
Oh Lord, I feel so stuck that I can't get to you
Had no idea that I was heading toward a state of emergency
I had no fear where I was treading
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Caught up on me with intensity
Had no idea where I was heading
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Oh boys, you don't have idea where I've been through
Oh Lord, I got to get back somehow to you
I never knew that life was loaded
I'd only hung around birds and bees
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
I never got any G.C.E.s
I never knew that things exploded
I only found it out when I was down upon my knees
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Looking for my life
Sounds like a signal from you
Bring me to meet your sound
And I will bring you to my heart
Love like a signal you call
Touching my body my soul
Bring to me, you to meet me here
Home be the temple of your heart
Home be the body of your love
Just like Holy water to my lips
Yes I do know how I survive
Yes I do know why I'm alive
To love and be with you
Day by day by day by day
Time, time again, it is said
We will hear, we will see
See it all-in his wisdom-hear
His truth will abound the land
This truth will abound the land
This State of independence shall be
This State of independence shall be
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
Love like a signal you call
Touching my body my soul
Bring to me, you to meet me here
Home be the temple of your heart
Home be the body of your love
Just like Holy water to my lips
Hey
Yes I do know how I survive
Yes I do know why I'm alive
To love and be with you
Day by day by day by day
Time, time again, it is said
We will hear, we will see
See it all-in his wisdom-hear
His truth will abound the land
This truth will abound the land
This State of independence shall be
This State of independence shall be
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
This State of independence shall be
His truth will abound the land
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
(Hey, hey Yayah yaya oh)
Don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Clarendon (you are an African)
And if you come from Portland (you are an African)
And if you come from Westmoreland, you're an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Trinidad (you are an African)
And if you come from Nassau (you are an African)
And if you come from Cuba, you're an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your complexion
There is no rejection
You're an African
'Cause if your 'plexion high, high, high
If your 'plexion low, low
And if your 'plexion in between, you're an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man
You're an African
No mind denomination
That is only segregation
You're an African
'Cause if you go to the Catholic (you are an African)
And if you go to the Methodist (you are an African)
And if you go to the Church of gods, you are an African
So, don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man, you're an African
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Brixton (you are an African)
And if you come from Weesday (you are an African)
And if you come from Wingstead (you are an African)
And if you come from France (you are an African)
And if you come from Brooklyn (you are an African)
And if you come from Queens (you are an African)
And if you come from Manhattan (you are an African)
And if you come from Canada (you are an African)
And if you come from Miami (you are an African)
And if you come from Switzerland (you are an African)
And if you come from Germany (you are an African)
And if you come from Russia (you are an African)
And if you come from Taiwan (you are an African)
And if you come from-
Goin' to California
To live in the summer sun
The streets are made of silver
I'm like a rabbit on the run
Philadelphia freedom
Well, it's not like you have heard
The City of Brotherly Love
Is full of pain and hurt
I'm goin' to California
To find my pot of gold
Corruption on every corner
Hustlers selling sweets
Baby is home crying
While her momma's on the streets
Everybody's dying
Have you heard the news today?
A woman in north Philly is mourning
The bullet took another son away
I'm goin' to California
I'm goin' far, far away
Goin' to California, yes
To resurrect my soul
The sun is always shining
Or at least that's what I'm told
Goin' to California
There's a better life for me
Goin' to California
I'll write and tell you what I see
Goin' to California
Somebody say a prayer for me
Well, it's 3 a.m., I'm out here riding again
Through the wicked, winding streets of my world
I make a wrong turn, break it
Now I'm too far gone
I've got a siren on my tail and that ain't the fine I'm lookin' for
I see a stairway so I follow it down
Into the belly of a whale where my secrets echo all around
You know me now, but to do better than that
You got to follow me
Boy, I'm trying to show you where I'm at
Hey pretty, don't you wanna take a ride with me
Through my world?
Hey pretty, don't you wanna kick and slide
Through my world?
I got a mind full of wicked designs
I got a non-stop hole in my head, imagination
I'm in a building that has 2000 floors
And when they all fall down
I think you know it's you they're fallin for
I can't forget I am my sole architect
I built the shadows here
I built the growlin' voice I fear
You add it up, but to do better than that
You got to follow me
Boy, I'm trying to show you where I'm at
Hey pretty, don't you wanna take a ride with me
Through my world?
Hey pretty, don't you wanna kick and slide
Through my world?
Hey pretty, my pretty baby
Rock it through my world
Hey pretty, my pretty baby
Rock it through my world
Hey now, can't you feel me longing?
(Do-do-do-do you get the gist of this song now?)
Hey now, can't you feel me?
(Feel me now)
Hey pretty, hey pretty, hey pretty baby
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
My pretty baby
(Don't you wanna)
Rock it through my world
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
Don't you wanna?
My baby
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(Do you get the gist of this song now?)
(Do you get the gist of this song now?)
My pretty baby
Woah, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow
To the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea, yeah
Lonely rivers sigh
"Wait for me, wait for me"
I'll be coming home, wait for me
Woah, my love, my darling
I've hungered, hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Hmm... hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill
Those of your needs that you won't let show
You just call on me brother when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
You just call on me brother
When you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
If there is a load you have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me
Call me
If you need a friend
(Call me)
Call me (call me)
If you need a friend
(Call me)
If you ever need a friend
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me)
If you need a friend
(Call me)
Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me)
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes, I would
If I could
I surely would, mmm hmm
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes, I would
If I only could
I surely would, mmm hmm
Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world its saddest sound
Its saddest sound
I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes, I would
If I could
I surely would mmm, hmm
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes, I would
If I only could
I surely would
Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told, and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it
Look what it's done so far
What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
All of us under its spell
We know that it's probably magic
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
La-da-da-di, da-da-do
La-la, da-da-da-di-da-do
I am a lighthouse
Worn by the weather and the waves
I keep my lamp it
To warn the sailors on their way
I'll tell a story
Paint you a picture from my past
I was so happy
But joy in this life seldom lasts
I had a keeper
He helped me warn the ships at sea
We had grown closer
'Til his joy meant everything to me
And he was to marry
A girl who shone with beauty and light
And they loved each other
And with me watched the sunsets into night
And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
She'd had to leave us
My keeper he prayed for a safe return
But when the night came
The weather to a raging storm had turned
He watched her ship fight
But in vain against the wild and terrible wind
In me so helpless
As dashed against the rock she met her end
And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
Then on the next day
My keeper found her washed up on the shore
He kissed her cold face
That they'd be together soon he swore
I saw him crying
Watched as he buried her in the sand
And then he climbed my tower
And off of the edge of me, he ran
And the waves crashing around me
The sand slips out to sea
And the winds that blow remind me
Of what has been, and what can never be
I am a lighthouse
Worn by the weather and the waves
And though I am empty
I still warn the sailors on their way
Oh no, I see
A spider web is tangled up with me
And I lost my head
The thought of all the stupid things I'd said
Oh no, what's this?
A spider web, and I'm caught in the middle
So I turned to run
The thought of all the stupid things I'd done
And I never meant to cause you trouble
I never meant to do you wrong
I, well, if I ever caused you trouble
And oh no, I never meant to do you harm
Oh no, I see
A spider web and it's me in the middle
So I twist and turn
But here am I in my little bubble?
Singing out, I never meant to cause you trouble
I never meant to do you wrong
I, well, if I ever caused you trouble
Oh no, I never meant to do you harm
They spun a web for me
They spun a web for me
They spun a web for me
Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
Who said that every wish would be heard
And answered when wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that and someone believed it
Look what it's done so far
What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
All of us under it's spell
We know that it's probably magic
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that called the young sailors
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me
I want to live life and never be cruel
And I want to live life and be good to you
And I want to fly and never come down
And live my life and have friends around
We never change, do we?
No, no
We never learn, do we?
So I want to live in a wooden house
I want to live life and always be true
And I want to live life and be good to you
And I want to fly and never come down
And live my life and have friends around
We never change, do we?
No, no
We never learn, do we?
So I want to live in a wooden house
Where making more friends would be easy
Oh, and I don't have a soul to save
Yes, and I sin every single day
We never change, do we?
We never learn, do we?
So I want to live in a wooden house
Where making more friends would be easy
I want to live where the sun comes out
Rowers gliding on the river
Canadian geese crap along the bank
Back wheel of my bike begins to quiver
The chain is wrapped around the crank
Old ladies, who must be doggie training
Walking, throwing balls, chasing all the sheep
While the farmer stands around,
And he's complaining
His mad cows are being put to sleep
And I'm a Pisces fish and the rivers runs
Through my soul
Smoke signals from the brewery
Like someone in there found the latest Pope
In a vat of beer that keeps pumping
Out with fury
While the churchbell ringer's tangled
In his rope
There's a temple on an island
I think of all the Gods and what they feel
You can only find them in the deepest silence
I got to get off of this big wheel
And I'm a Pisces fish and the river runs
Through my soul
I'm a Pisces fish and the river runs
Through my soul
And I'll be swimming until I can find
Those waters
That one unbounded ocean of bliss
That's flowing through your parents,
Sons and daughters
But still an easy thing for us to miss
Blades go skimming through the water
I hear the coxswain shouting his
Instructions about
With this crew oh it could be a tall order
Have we time to sort all of these things out?
Some times my life it seems like fiction
Some of the days it's really quite serene
I'm a living proof of all life's contradictions
One half's going where the other
Half's just been
And I'm a Pisces fish and the river runs
Through my soul
Very superstitious
Writing's on the wall
Very superstitious
Ladder's 'bout to fall
13-month-old baby
Broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck
The good things in your past
When you believe in things
That you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeah
Ooh, very superstitious
Wash your face and hands
Rid me of the problem
Do all that you can
Keep me in a daydream
Keep me going strong
You don't want to save me
Sad is my song
When you believe in things
You don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeah
Very superstitious
Nothing more to say
Very superstitious
The devil's on his way
13-month-old baby
Broke the looking glass
Seven years of bad luck
Good things in your past
When you believe in things
That you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way
No, no, no
The test begins now
I thought I was smart
I thought I was right
I thought it better not to fight
I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
So it came time to fight
I thought I'll just step aside
And that the time would prove you wrong
And that you would be the fool
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
Oh, to fight is to defend
If it's not now, then tell me when would be the time
That you would stand up and be a man
For to lose, I could accept
But to surrender I just wept and regretted this moment
Oh that I, I was the fool
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides
What's right for his own life
It's all a mystery
'Cause I'm a man, not a boy
And there are things you can't avoid, you have to face them
When you're not prepared to face them
If I could, I would
But you're with him now, I'd do no good
I should have fought him, but instead I let him
I let him take you
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides
What's right for his own life
It's all a mystery
I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery
'Cause I don't know how a man decides
What's right for his own life
It's all a mystery
And I don't know where the sunbeams end
And the starlights begin
It's all a mystery (but instead I wanna take it)
Mystery
The test is over now
Santa Maria, Santa Teresa, Santa Anna, Santa Susannah
Santa Cecilia, Santa Copelia, Santa Dominica, Mary Angelica
Frater Achad, Frater Pietro, Julianus, Petronella
Santa, Santos, Miroslaw, Vladimir
And all the rest
A man is placed upon the steps, a baby cries
High above it hear the church bells start to ring
And the heaviness
The heaviness settles in
Somewhere you can hear a mother sing
Then it's one foot then the other
As you step out onto the road, steppin' on the road
How much weight? How much?
Then it's how long? And how far?
And how many times before it's too late?
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
Walk me through this one
Don't leave me alone
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
We're trying, we're hoping
But we're not sure how long
And every day you gaze upon the sunset
With such love and intensity
Why it's almost as if
If you could only crack the code
You'd finally understand what this all means
But if you could
Do you think you would trade it all?
All the pain and suffering?
Ah, but then you'd have miss
The beauty of the light upon this earth
And the sweetness of the leaving
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Walk me through this one (walk me through this one)
Don't leave me alone
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
We're trying, we're hoping
But were not sure how
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Walk me through this world (walk me through this one)
Don't leave me alone (don't leave me alone)
Calling all angels
Calling all angels
We're trying
We're hoping
We're loving
And we're hurting
We're crying
We're calling
'Cause we're not sure how this goes
Calling all angels (calling all angels)
Let my arms be a tree
Let my eyes be a bee
Let my hair be
A bed of roses
Let my lips kiss the ocean
Let my feet feed
An earthworm
Let my ears feed a beetle
Let my thights feed a wolf
Let my nose be a plum
Oh it's the sweet cycle of life
Oh yes it's the
Sweet cycle of life
Well who am I to complain
About a bit of earthly pain
Let my heart be
An orchard of artichokes
Let my chest be
A bridge of Mesquite
Let my cock feed a crow
Let my stomach feed
A flock of geese
Oh it's the sweet cycle of life
Oh yes it's the
Sweet cycle of life
Well who am I to complain
Are we not one and
The same
Let me celebrate my life
In the way that I want to
In a feast of all the pieces
That were meant to be used
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
Once I had a love and it was divine
Soon found out I was losing my mind
Seemed like the real thing but I was so blind
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
In between what I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine
Love is so confusing
There's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good
You teasing like you do
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
Lost inside, adorable illusion
And I cannot hide
I'm the one you're using
Please don't push me aside
We coulda made it cruising, yeah
Yeah, riding high on love's true bluish light
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
In between what I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine
Love is so confusing
There's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good
You teasing like you do
We had no way of staying afloat
We had to leave on the ferry boat
Economic refugees
On the run to Germany
We had the back of Maggie's hand
Times were tough in Geordieland
We got our tools and working gear
And humped it all from Newcastle to here
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
We're the nomad tribes, travelling boys
In the dust and dirt and the racket and the noise
Drills and hammers, diggers and picks
Mixing concrete, laying bricks
There's English, Irish, Scots, the Lot
United nation's what we've got
Brickies, chippies, every trade
German building, British-made
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Nae more work on Maggie's farm
Hadaway down the autobahn
Mine's a portacabin bed
Or a bunk in a nissen hut instead
There's plenty Deutschmarks here to earn
And German tarts are wunderschoen
German beer is chemical-free
Germany's alreet with me
Sometimes I miss my river Tyne
But you're my pretty fraulein
Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
Keep our spirit levels high
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Now, that we've run this road so many times
Tonight it will not take us home
Gonna go to that deep river
Where the water's moving slow
Feels like there's nothing to explain (nothing left to hear)
One more or less it's all the same
Now, that it's feeling so much colder (coming back again)
Just be glad that it's all over
Now, that we've closed our eyes so many times
Tonight I cannot see a thing
Gonna go to that deep river
Where the water's moving slow
Feels like there's nothing to explain (nothing left to hear)
And now you know just who to blame
For why, you're feeling so much colder (coming back again)
Just be glad that it's all over
Gonna go to that deep river
Hey love
Is that the name you're meant to have
For me to call
Look love
They've given up believing
They've turned aside our stories of the gentle fall
But don't you believe them
Don't you drink their poison too
These are the scars that words have carved
On me
Hey love
That's the name we've long held back
From the core of truth
So don't turn away now
I am turning in revolution
These are the scars that silence carved
On me
This is the same place
No not the same place
This is the same place, love
No not the same place we've been before
Hey love
I am a constant satellite
Of your blazing sun
My love
I obey your law of gravity
This is the fate you've carved on me
This law of gravity
This is the fate you've carved on me
On me
Here's another song that
Maybe you remember this one
Very nice little song
Nice and sweet, I say
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me, for me
Cupid, please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me
And now, I don't mean to bother you but I'm in distress
There's danger of me losing all of my happiness
For I love a girl who doesn't know I exist
And this you can fix
So
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go, uh
Straight to my lover's heart for me, nobody but me
And oh, Cupid, please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly, yeah
Straight to my lover's heart for me
Now, Cupid, if your arrow make her love strong for me
I promise I will love her until eternity
I know between the two of us, her heart we can steal
Help me if you will
So
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me, nobody but me
Cupid, please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me, get it babe, get it
Now, Cupid
Don't you hear me?
Calling you
I need you
Cupid
I want to hear me
I need you
I need you Cupid
Help me, help me, help me, help me
Cupid take me
Straight to my lover's heart for me
Ya-choo-choo-choo-choo-choo-choo-choo
Cupid, draw back your bow
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break
When the levee breaks, I'll have no place to stay
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, Lord
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan
It's got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home
Oh well, oh well, oh well
Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home
You don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down south
They got no work to do
If you're going down to Chicago
A-ah, a-ah, a-ah
Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
No, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move, ooh
All last night sat on the levee and moaned
All last night sat on the levee and moaned
Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home
Ah-oh
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Goin'
I'm goin' to Chicago
Goin' to Chicago
Sorry, but I can't take you, ahhh
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down
Goin' down, goin' down
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down now
Goin' down, goin' down-down-down-down-down
Sunbeam, stop tugging me
Pull that door shut quietly
Darling, what are you doing
We don't have time for this
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
I'm crazy, mmh, what are you then?
Give me an hour and I'll give you your dream
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Don't make a sound, shh, listen
Keep your head down
We're not safe yet
Don't make a sound and be good for me
'Cause I know they're waiting
Somewhere out here
Leave it, I won't go back
We have to do it 'cause there's nothing left here
Don't care, what do they know?
I've seen it, baby, and I know it's real
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Showtime, I knew they'd come
Whoa, are we having fun or what?
Yeah
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Don't make a sound, shh, listen
Keep your head down
We're not safe yet
Don't make a sound and be good for me
'Cause I know they're waiting
Somewhere out
Don't make a sound, shh, listen
Keep your head down
We're not safe yet
Don't make a sound and be good for me
'Cause I know they're waiting
Somewhere out here
I feel good all over
I feel good all over
I feel good all over
Mmh, wear your inside out
Inside out
Inside out
Inside out, out, out, out, out
Inside out
Out, out, out, out
Out, out, out, out
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Mmh de, mmh da, mmh de eh, oh
Drink up, baby, down
Mmm, are you in or are you out?
Leave your things behind
'Cause it's all going off without you
Excuse me, too busy
You're writing your tragedy
These mishaps you bubble wrap
When you've no idea what you're like
So let go, so let go, hmm, jump in
Oh, well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, yeah let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
It gains the more it gives
And then it rises with the fall
So hand me that remote
Can't you see that all that stuff's a sideshow?
Such boundless pleasure
We've no time for later now
You can't await your own arrival
You've twenty seconds to comply
So let go, so let go and jump in
Oh, well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, yeah, let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, hmm, jump in
Oh, well, whatcha waiting for? It's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, yeah, let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here, it's alright
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
In the breakdown
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
Yeah, the breakdown
So amazing here
'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now
I hope you're keeping some kind of record
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every
Train, and You came home without Lili Marlene
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well, I see Jane's awake
She sends her regards
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
LET IT FALL
So you say we have no future
As father and daughter;
I wish you could see me in your skin,
And the hole you left within
But you never stop to see what you begun
Oh lord, look what you've done
The consequences of your slick Italian style
Rumbling beneath the home truth
And all the seas here will carry a breeze of
A scent I do not know;
The breath of my father
My sister of another
Bathing the wounds.
So you say we have no future,
What with no past either.
But you were never stuck for your excuses;
Just say you remember,
Don't let it slip from your mind...
Blood is all around
Would you say my name the way it's meant to be said;
Let it fall from your mouth...
To see a flicker in my father's eye,
To feel his breath upon my brow
And all the seas here wil carry a breeze of
A scent I do not know;
The breath of my father,
My sister of another,
Bathing the wounds
Julia, you're here in my fingers.
You seem to flip between my skies;
Sharing the dream of, of a life I will never know.
I will never know...
And all the seas here will carry a breeze of
A scent I do not know;
The breath of my father,
My sister of another,
Bathing the wounds
Would you say my name the way it's meant to be said;
Let it fall from your mouth,
Let it fall from your hands,
Let it slip from your hips,
Let it slip from your skin,
Let it skin from your mind.
I am knee deep in your blood and you are knee deep in mine...
Say my name the way it's meant to be said.
Let it fall from your mouth,
I am knee deep in your blood and you are knee deep in mine...
enviado por: Marys Incubus
Ta raa ta taa
It shouldn't be such a different world
It shouldn't be such a different world
Think for daddy
Nice print sheets and a made up bed
I sleep with a book written in my head
Late night calls to nowhere
And no one answers back
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin' but blues
If I ain't got you
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin'
If I ain't got blues
Backed up sink and a bathtub ring
Nothin' in the fridge and plenty to drink
I know nowhere left to go
Nowhere left to go, nowhere
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin' but blues
If I ain't got you
Yeah
I ain't got nothin', I ain't got nothin'
It's not where you're goin'
(Its not where you're goin')
It's what you been through
(It's what you been through)
It's not where you're goin'
(Its not where you're goin')
It's what you been through
(It's what you been through)
Dirty sheets and a messed up bed
Over worked and underfed
Yeah
Late night conversations
It was so good
It was so good
I've got nothin' but blues for you
See, I ain't got nothin'
If I ain't got blues
Yeah
I ain't got nothin'
I ain't got nothin'
See, I ain't got nothin'
Sitting' on the back of my time
Fishing' through the cities phone lines
Suddenly, Suddenly 'til my back's out of line
Who today will be knocked off
And who controls all the chalk talk
Will they let you see
And will you believe
May there be a charm in your shine
Lies about the big find But shouldn't he, so deservingly
Okay
Ah one, two
Ah one, two, three, four
After the glow, the scene, the stage
The sad, talk becomes slow
But there's some things you'll never forget
Hey buddy, pay your tolls before you pay the rent
Over the turnstiles and out in the traffic
There's ways of living
And it's the way I'm living, right or wrong
If I could guess
But I wouldn't want to let you be
Freeing life
Someday, you'll settle down
I hope you settle down
I hope you'll settle down
Range life
I hope you'll settle down
And if you settle down
Gone for so long
Run from the pigs, the fuzz
The cops, the heat
Pass me your gloves
This crime is never complete
Snort the line, shoot it up
Then it will never make you feel free
Out on my skateboard
The night is just coming
The gum smacks are the pulse
I follow if my Walkman fades
You better repair your dues
Because the matter won't let you be
Don't worry, we're in no hurry
School's out, what did you expect
I want a range life
Where I can settle down
If I could settle down
Where I would settle down
Range life
I wanna settle down
If I could settle down
Uh, I would settle down
Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone's hard earned pay
You and me Sunday driving
Not arriving on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
Two of us sending postcards
Writing letters on my wall
You and me burning matches
Lifting latches on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
You and I have memories
Longer than the road
That stretches out ahead
Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo in the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
You and I have memories
Longer than the road
That stretches out ahead
Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing solo in the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere on our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home
We are not together here
Though we lie entwined
To make room for the other presence
We both draw back in our minds
I have a prophecy
Threatening to spill into words
This growing certainty
Of Over
There once was a time I was sure of the bond
When my hands and my tongue and my thoughts were enough
We are the same but our lives move along
And the third one between replaces what once was love
Freedom is being alone
I fear liberation
But something more alive than silence
Swallows conversation
No pleasing drama
In subtle averted eyes
The swelling fermata
As the chord dies
There once was a time I was sure of the bond
When my hands and my tongue and my thoughts were enough
We are the same but our lives move along
And the third one between replaces what once was love
There's no denying we feel the third one
We do
I'm tired of hiding and so are you
There once was a time I was sure of the bond
When my hands and my tongue and my thoughts were enough
We are the same but our lives move along
And the third one between replaces what once was love
Strange how you know inside me
I measure the time and I stand amazed
Strange how I know inside you
My hand is outstretched toward the damp of the haze
And of course I forgive
I've seen how you live
Like a phoenix you rise from the ashes
You pick up the pieces
And the ghosts in the attic
They never quite leave
And of course I forgive
You've seen how I live
I've got darkness and fears to appease
My voices and analogies
Ambitions like ribbons
Worn bright on my sleeve
Strange how we know each other
Strange how I fit into you
There's a distance erased with the greatest of ease
Strange how you fit into me
A gentle warmth filling the deepest of needs
And with each passing day
The stories we say
Draw us tighter into our addiction
Confirm our conviction
That some kind of miracle
Passed on our heads
And how I am sure
Like never before
Of my reasons for defying reason
Embracing the seasons
We dance through the colors
Both followed and led
Strange how we fit each other
Strange how certain the journey
Time unfolds the petals for our eyes to see
Strange how this journey's hurting
In ways we accept as part of fate's decree
So we just hold on fast
Acknowledge the past
As lessons exquisitely crafted
Painstakingly drafted
To carve us as instruments
That play the music of life
For we don't realize
Our faith in the prize
Unless it's been somehow elusive
How swiftly we choose it
The sacred simplicity
Of you at my side
Soon, love, soon
Soon, love, soon
Soon, love, soon
There'll be a fire burning in the temple of our peace
(Soon love soon)
There'll be the soaring voice for a silent plea
(Soon love soon)
We will hold a broken circle and begin to pray
(Soon love soon)
We will find a black and white in the grey
And we will be as one god
And we will be as one people
And we will be as one god
And we will be as one people
(Soon love soon)
We will find illumination in unnatural light
(Soon love soon)
You will travel a thousand miles without leaving my sight
(Soon love soon)
We will find we never knew hatred ran so deep
(Soon love soon)
Such a wide, wide chasm of faith to leap
But we will be as one god
And we will be as one people
And we will be as one god
And we will be as one people
Yes we will be as one god
And we will be as one people
(Soon love soon)
There'll be an evolution of the human soul
(Soon love soon)
We will know that to be a part is to be truly whole
(Soon love soon)
We will know the pattern of centuries' rise and fall
(Soon love soon)
We will know that the fate of one is the fate of all
And we will be as one god
And we will be as one people
[X6]
(What's happening here?)
No time no place to talk about the weather
Promise of love is hard to ignore
You said the chance wasn't getting any better
Labour of love is ours to endure
Highest branch on the apple tree
It was my favourite place to be
I could hear them breaking free
But they could not see me
I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
It feels like nothing matters
In our private universe
I have all I want is that simple enough
Whole lot more I'm thinking of
Every night about six o'clock
Birds come back to the palm to talk
They talk to me, birds talk to me
If I go down on my knees
I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
It feels like nothing matters
In our private universe
Feels like nothing matters
In our private universe
And it's a pleasure that I have known
And it's a treasure that I have gained
And it's a pleasure that I have known
It's a tight squeeze but I won't let go
Then is on the table and the dinner's cold
I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
Feels like nothing matters
In our private universe
I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
Feels like nothing matters
In our private universe
I think I'm going back
To the things I learned so well
In my youth
I think I'm returning to
Those days when I was young enough
To know the truth
Now there are no games
To only pass the time
No more electric trains
No more trees to climb
But thinking young and growing older is no sin
And I can't play the game of life to win
I can recall a time
When I wasn't ashamed to reach out
To a friend
Now I think I've got
A lot more than just my toys to lend
Now there's more to do
Then watch my sail boat glide
But every day can be
A magic carpet ride
A little bit of courage
Is all we lack
So catch me if you can
I'm goin' back
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
Now there's more to do
Then watch my sail boat glide
And every day can be
A magic carpet ride
A little bit of courage
Is all we lack
So catch me if you can
I'm goin' back
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
Ah, ah, ah
Here I lie in my hospital bed
Tell me, Sister Morphine, when are you coming round again?
Oh, I don't think I can wait that long
Oh, you see that I'm not that strong
The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears
Tell me, Sister Morphine, how long have I been lying here?
What am I doing in this place?
Why does the doctor have no face?
Oh, I can't crawl across the floor
Ah, can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score
Well it just goes to show
Things are not what they seem
Please, Sister Morphine, turn my nightmares into dreams
Oh, can't you see I'm fading fast?
And that this shot will be my last
Sweet Cousin Cocaine, lay your cool cool hand on my head
Ah, come on, Sister Morphine, you better make up my bed
'Cause you know and I know in the morning I'll be dead
Yeah, and you can sit around, yeah and you can watch all the
Clean white sheets stained red
Yes, star crossed in pleasure the stream flows on by
Yes, as we're sated in leisure, we watch it fly
And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me
And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me
Time can tear down a building or destroy a woman's face
Hours are like diamonds, don't let them waste
Time waits for no one, no favours has he
Time waits for no one, and he won't wait for me
Men, they build towers to their passing yes, to their fame everlasting
Here he comes chopping and reaping, hear him laugh at their cheating
And time waits for no man, and it won't wait for me
Yes, time waits for no one, and it won't wait for thee
Drink in your summer, gather your corn
The dreams of the night time will vanish by dawn
And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me
And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me
No no no, not for me...
I'm looking through you, where did you go?
I thought I knew you, what did I know?
You don't look different, but you have changed,
I'm looking through you, you're not the same
Your lips are moving, I cannot hear,
Your voice is soothing, but the words aren't clear
You don't sound different, I've learned the game,
I'm looking through you, you're not the same
Why, tell me why did you not treat me right,
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight
You're thinking of me, the same old way,
You were above me, but not today
The only difference is you're down there,
I'm looking through you, and you're no where
Why, tell me why did you not treat me right,
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight
I'm looking through you, where did you go?
I thought I knew you, what did I know?
You don't look different, but you have changed,
I'm looking through you, you're not the same
Yeah, oh, baby you've changed,
aah, I'm looking through you Yeah,
I'm looking through you, you've changed,
You've changed, you've changed, you've changed
Well, I live with snakes and lizards
And other things that go bump in the night
'Cause to me every day is Halloween
I have given up hiding and started to fight
I have started to fight
Well anytime, any place, anywhere that I go
All the people seem to stop and stare
They say, "Why are you dressed like it's Halloween?"
"You look so absurd, you look so obscene!"
Oh, why can't I live a life for me?
Why should I take the abuse that's served?
Why can't they see they're just like me?
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world
Well, I let their teeny minds think
That they're dealing with someone who is over the brink
And I dress this way just to keep them at bay
'Cause Halloween is every day, hey
It's every day, hey
Oh, why can't I live a life for me?
Why should I take the abuse that's served?
Why can't they see they're just like me?
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world
Oh, why can't I live a life for me?
Why should I take the abuse that's served?
Why can't they see they're just like me?
I'm not the one that's so absurd
(Why can't I live a life for me? Oh) Why hide it? Why fight it?
(No! Why should I?) Hurt feelings, best to stop feeling hurt
From denials (oh), reprisals
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide
It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide
Oh, it's the same, it's the same in the whole wide
Black the sky, weapons fly
Lay them waste for your race
Black the sky, weapons fly
Lay them waste for your race
Black the sky, weapons fly (walk away)
Lay them waste for your race (walk or die)
Black the sky, weapons fly (walk along)
Lay them waste for your race
Paralysed
Lips of ashes
Synchronised
Blue vein crashes
Touching
Touching you
Inside, inside, inside, inside
Inside, inside, inside, inside
Idolised
Black eyes fading
You and I
Connection failing
I drill
I drill down
Inside, inside, inside, inside
Inside, inside, inside, inside
La, la, la, la-la-la, la
La, la, la, la-la-la
La, la, la, la-la-la, la
La, la, la, la-la-la
This broken wheel is coming undone
And the road's exploding
But you're keeping me strong
Rolling along with you
Love is a tower
And you're the key
Leading me higher
Will you let me in?
Keeping us close, so close
On down the line
Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun
With no one knowing
But you're keeping me strong
Moving along with you
You are a tower
Of strength to me
The darkening hour
Sees light again
Again
Ooh, you are
Ooh, you are
You are
You are
You are
You are
You are
You are
You are
Love is a tower
Of strength to me
I am the shoreline
But you're the sea
The sea
You are
You are
You are
You are
You
Set out on the voyage of the conquering fools
Lookin' for the gold and the modern-day jewels
It come to pass what was stuck in my head
And if I didn't quit on lookin', then I'm probably dead
I hit the road and I rolled up north
Lookin' for the origin, the place of my birth
I didn't notice when I ran a red sign
Hopin' that everything would really be fine, uh-huh, huh
People come and people go
But they never know what is goin' on
So, they gotta try to be what they wanna be
What the hell is happenin' to me?
I hit the road and I rolled up north
Lookin' for the origin, the place of my birth
I didn't notice when I ran a red sign
Hopin' that everything would really be fine
I set out about an hour ago
Lookin' for some gold, said, "Hey-oh"
And then I went down, lookin' for the big
The Big Brass show
So I, I went and then I started to go
Walkin' down the same old, same old road
Think to myself, "This is quite a struggle
What am I gotta do tomorrow?" (Tomorrow)
I'm gonna find that gold and
Conquer me some fools, ay-hey, ay, hey-oh
Conquering fools
Conquer some fools
Conquer some fools
Yeah, I'm conquering fools
Thank you
Thank you very much
One, two, three, four
Na-na-na, Jane says, "I'm done with Sergio
He treat me like a rag doll"
She hides the television
Says, "I don't owe him nothing
But if he comes back again
Tell him to wait right here for me
Or try again tomorrow
I'm gonna kick tomorrow
I'm gonna kick tomorrow
Jane says, "Have you seen my wig around?
I feel naked without it"
She knows they all want her to go
But that's OK, she don't like them anyway
My Jane says, "I'm going away to Spain
When I get my money saved
I'm gonna start tomorrow"
I'm gonna kick tomorrow
I'm gonna kick tomorrow
She get mad and start to cry
As she take a swing, she can't hit
She don't mean no harm
She just don't know (don't know, don't know)
What else to do about it
Jane goes to the store at eight
She walk up on Saint Andrews
She wait and gets her dinner there
Pulls her dinner from her pocket
My Jane says, "I've never been in love
I don't know what it is"
Only knows if someone wants her
I want 'em if they want me
I only know they want me
She get mad and start to cry
And she take a swing, but she can't hit
She don't mean no harm
But she just don't know (don't know, don't know)
What else to do about it
Jane says
Jane says
Love me for what I am
Couldn't sleep so I went out walking
Thinking about you and hearing us talking
And all the things I should have said
Echo now, inside my head
I feel something falling from the sky
I'm so sad I made the angels cry
Tears from the moon
Fall down like rain
I reach for you
I reach in vain
Tears from the moon, tears from the moon
It just ain't fair this thing called loving
When one's still there and the other feels nothing
I would have done anything for you
I still love you, baby I adore you
All day I keep from falling apart
But at night when the sky gets dark
Tears from the moon
Fall down like rain
I reach for you
I reach in vain
Stop,
Stop haunting me
It should be easy
As easy as when you stopped wanting me
Tears from the moon
Fall down like rain
I reach for you
I reach in vain
Tears from the moon
Fall down like rain
but tears from the moon
can't wash away the pain
Tears from the moon, tears from the moon
Tears from the moon, tears from the moon
On your mark
Get set let's go
You got to move on
Before she explodes
Look out the window
Lookout below
Back away from the glass
There she blows
The city's been leveled
Hills are in flames
Streets cracked open
And they're pushin' up clay
Temperature's dropped
Sky is grey
And it ain't even over
Here comes drivin' rain
It ain't me
That you feel
There's something moving
Around in here
That's blood
That's tears
This ain't a warning...
Everybody out of the water
Up on dry land
Take what you can
Cause' you won't be here again
Everybody out of the water
Now I'm treadin' high water
To get back to you
Been looking for a low spot
Or something to cling to
There's too many bodies
There's not enough room
God help me
And God help you
They say nobody panic
Help is on it's way
We're already on it
You've got to be brave
If you can fix it now
Then don't make us wait
Man there ain't nobody coming
Back away from the gates
That bell
That you hear
That's hell
Ringing in your ears
I fear
That my dear
This ain't a warning...
Now I'm looking up
And the shit keeps coming
Like shooting ducks
In a barrel of honey
Got to learn how to pray
Love won't be enough
Admit it now
Your information sucks
As I slip
Down in
I think of us someplace
High on a mountain
Smoke clears
Fog lifts
Little by little
We rebuild again
Till' then...
When you're weary
Feeling small
When tears are in your eyes
I will dry them all
I'm on your side
when times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
when darkness comes
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Sail on Silver Girl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
if you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
En ensam kvinna söker en man
Svar till: Hjärtat talar sant
En pessimist i sitt livs form
Jag vädrar blod, det luktar sorg
En utomjordings kärlekstörst
En undran vem som svek vem först
Ät fett och socker tills du spyr
Eller bli en fyratonsmartyr
Sälj dig, sälj dig dyrt
Kom låna törnekronan min
Lid för konsten eller brinn
Jag slåss och håller kroppen varm
En dröm om mammas ömma famn
En utomjordings kärlekstörst
En undran vem som svek vem först
Och jag blir gärna en martyr
Vi behöver nog en ny
Sälj dig, sälj dig dyrt
Ett långfinger åt döden
Vi gick över lik
Och skylta med vår kärlek
Vårt rika inre liv
Men plåtarna till himlen
Var slut när vi kom dit
Och priset vi betalat
För att klassas som elit
Var att vi blev som de andra
Vi blev som de andra
Vi blev som de andra
Och vi kommer inte längre
Vi är tillbaks på noll
Men ingen kommer sörja
Vi har spelat ut vår roll
Vi glömmer hela skiten
Det betyder ingenting
Vi skulle kommit längre
Men räckte inte till
Vi blev som de andra
Vi blev som de andra
Vi blev som de andra
Well, she's my woman of gold
And she's not very old, uh-huh
Well, she's my woman of gold
And she's not very old, uh-huh
I don't mean to be bold
But may I hold your hand?
Well, she ain't no witch
And I love the way she twitch, uh-huh
Well, she ain't no witch
And I love the way she twitch, uh-huh
I'm a labourer of love
In my Persian gloves, uh-huh
Well, she's faster than most
And she lives on the coast, uh-huh
Well, she's faster than most
And she lives on the coast, uh-huh
I'm her two-penny prince
And I give her hot love, uh-huh
Take it out on me, mama
Well, she ain't no witch
And I love the way she twitch, uh-huh
Well, she ain't no witch
And I love the way she twitch, uh-huh
I'm her two-penny prince
And I give her hot love, uh-huh
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
Ooh
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
Ooh
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
Ooh
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
Ooh
Yeah, oh, yeah
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
Ooh
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
Ooh
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
La la la la-la la-la
Ooh
The threads that run through your life
Hang from your sleeve
Wind through your soul
The kind you can't control
The kind you can't conceive
The kind you can't believe
But wish you could break
Wish you could weave
I wish you could see
It ties you to me
And you fly in the face of the sun
And you float in the tides of the moon
The paths that run from your door
Climb through the trees
Wind like a snake
The kind you can't escape
The kind you can't conceive
The kind you can't believe
With prickly little thorns
Sharp tiny teeth
They're hungry for the threads
Hanging from your sleeve
Waiting on a path
The kind you can't conceive
But wish you could take
And wish you could leave
You wish you could see
I wish you could see
It leads you to me
And fly in the face of the sun
And you float in the tides of the moon
And fly in the face of the sun
And float in the tides of the moon
In the tides of the moon
In the tides of the moon
In the tides of the moon
In the tides of the moon
(Ooh)
What's the matter with the boy?
(Ooh)
Did he really have to be so sure?
But you're not thinking
Ride around without a sound, restless boy in restless town
And you commence to drinking
A bottle up, a bottle down
A bottle white, a bottle brown
Another day peels away
(Ooh)
What's the matter with the boy?
(Ooh)
Do you really wanna know, will you try?
Part of the process
Is sifting through the piles of shit
Tell us you don't mind a bit
From a different angle
Such power rarely deviates in times of love, in times of hate
Another spring will come
Faithful friends all around
You wonder why you feel so low
Look at me, if you really want to see the comedy and the clown
(Ooh)
What's the matter with the boy?
(Ooh)
Has he really given up for sure?
Here's a new solution
Be square and kind to all your friends
Stop staring through the bitter lens
Ancient institution
This learning not demonstrate, your asinine, and callous traits
It could take some practice, I know
It could take some practice, I know
Hokey-skoki, skoki-oki-aan
Okey-dokey, anybody can
Ooh, far away in Africa
Happy, happy Africa
They sing a-bing-a-bang-a-bingo
They have a ball and really go
Skokiaan
Ooh, take a trip to Africa
Any ship to Africa
Come on along and learn the lingo
Beside a jungle bungalow
The hot drums are drumming
The hot strings are strumming
And warm lips are blissful
They're kissful of skokiaan
Ooh, if you go to Africa
Happy, happy, Africa
You live along like a king-o
Right in the jungle bungalow
Skoki-skoki-skoki-skokiaan
Okey-dokey, anybody can
(Skoki-skoki) man, oh man, oh man
You sing a-bing-a-bang-a-bingo
In hokey-pokey skokiaan
I don't see you through the windshield
I don't see you in faces looking back at me
alcohol doesn't have much that matters to say
can't imagine where you and time to kill will stay
when the bible is a bottle
and the hardwood floor is home
when morning comes twice a day or not at all
if I break in two will you put me back together
when this puzzle's figured out will you still be around
to say you've just been there
walking the line upside down
walked and breathed many a cancerous mile
where the bat of an eye is too slow to beat the coffin
they won't tell it on the TV
they can't say it on the radio
they pay to move it off the shelf and into our minds
until you can't tell the truth
when it's right in front of your eyes
when the bible is a bottle
and the hardwood floor is home
when morning comes twice a day or not at all
if I break in two will you put me back together
when this puzzle's figured out will you still be around
to say you've just been there
walking the line upside down
I believe right now if I could I would swallow you whole
I would leave only bones and teeth
We could see what was underneath
And you would be free then
Once I thought only tears could make us free
Salt wearing down to the bone
Like sand against the stone
Against the shoreline
I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you
Ooh
I wanted to learn all the secrets from the edge of a knife
From the point of a needle
From a diamond
From a bullet in flight
I would be free then
I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you
I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you
I wanted to see how it would feel to be that sleek
And instead I find this hunger's made me weak
I believe right now if I could I would swallow you whole
I would leave only bones and teeth
We could see what was underneath
And you would be free then
Free then
I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you
I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you
Ooh
I'm taking a ride with my best friend
I hope he never lets me down again
He knows where he's taking me
Taking me where I wanna be
I'm taking a ride with my best friend
We're flying high
Watching the world pass us by
Never want to come down
Never want to put my feet back down on the ground
I'm taking a ride with my best friend
I hope he never lets me down again
He promised me I'm safe in his houses
As long as I remember who's wearing the trousers
I hope he never lets me down again
We're flying high
Watching the world pass us by
We're flying high
Watching the world pass us by
Never want to come down, never want to come down
Never want to come down
Never want to put my feet back down on the ground
See the stars, they're shining bright
Everything's all right tonight
See the stars, they're shining bright
Everything's all right tonight
I beg your pardon, hello darlin'
This is me you're talkin' to
Sit down and tell me about it
And you don't have to shout it at me
Tell me what you really want to do
Don't give me no alibis
No untrue stories you're tryin' ta justify
Don't want no alibis
Just another reason for another lie
Mountain gets steeper, the hole you dig gets deeper
You better stop, climb out (yeah)
Tryin' to give it all to you (all to you, but baby)
Baby, I can see right through you
Sometimes you lose what it's all about
Don't give me no alibis
Can't go through life (through life) tryin' ta justify (justify)
Don't want no alibis
Just another reason for another lie
Don't give me no alibis
No untrue stories you're tryin' ta justify
Don't want no alibis
Just another reason for another lie (lie)
The mountain gets steeper, the hole you dig is gettin' deeper
You better reach and pull yourself out
No one's ever gonna love you the way that I love you
I never want to see you doin' without
Don't give me no alibis
No untrue stories you're tryin' ta justify
Don't want no alibis
Just another reason for another lie (alibis)
No untrue stories you're tryin' ta justify
Don't want no alibis
Just another reason (reason) for another lie
Corporal Clegg had a wooden leg
He won it in the war, in 1944
Corporal Clegg had a medal too
In orange, red, and blue
He found it in the zoo
Dear, dear, were they really sad for me?
Dear, dear, will they really laugh at me?
Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud of him
Mrs. Clegg, another drop of gin
Corporal Clegg, umbrella in the rain
He's never been the same
No one is to blame
Corporal Clegg received his medal in a dream
From Her Majesty the Queen
His boots were very clean
Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud of him
Mrs. Clegg, another drop of gin
There is an indentation from where she lay.
Her tiny stature is sleek, now she's far away.
Only the thoughts of her remain,
Despairing, desperate, full of self blame.
Under the water, I saw her lying there,
Creamy skin, lots of flowing golden hair.
It was alive, that I know,
I saw her gesture to me with the ebb and the flow.
Tormented by the futility of life,
I can see the stars from a million miles.
Are you out there, somewhere?
Transposed?
Tormented by the futility of life,
I can see the stars from a million miles.
Are you out there, somewhere?
The corpse was dredged from the sea that night.
Hair matted around its body tight.
It was no comfort to identify,
The pallid flesh, the life, deprived.
The sea, is writhing now,
It's like a bed of rising passion.
When something is, that intense, you can never tell,
What will happen next.
Tormented by the futility of life,
I can see the stars from a million miles.
Are you out there, somewhere?
Tormented by the futility of life,
I can see the stars from a million miles.
Tormented by the futility of life,
I can see the stars from a million miles.
All i wanna do is just embrace this fat young boy
Because it's all he needs and then you'll see
All i wanna do is just to whisper to your ear
Tales of wisdom and of majesty
Where the clouds are just like human beings
Kill the fear dipping your souls into soil
All these red suns come and go... come and go
All i wanna do is just to smile at round king boy
Because the joker's weeping by the sea, oh no
All i wanna do is just to whisper to your ear
Tales of wisdom and of majesty
Where the fallen leaves are human beings
Kiss the fear dipping your souls into soil
All these red suns come and go... rise and fall
All i wanna do is just embrace this fat young boy
Because it's all he needs and then you'll see
All you gotta do is just to let your small crown shine
And throw the throne away
And throw the throne away...
Unsealed on a porch, a letter sat
Then you said: I wanna leave it again
Once I saw her on a bech of weathered sand
And on the sand
I wanna leave it again, yeah
On a weekend
I wanna wish it all away, yeah
And they called, and I said
That I want what I said
And then I call out again
And the reason oughta'
Leave her calm, I know
I said: I don't know
Whether I'm the boxer or the bag
Ah, yeah, can you see them
Out on the porch?
Yeah, but they don't wave
I see them round the front way, yeah
And I know, and I know
I don't want to stay
Make me cry
I see, oh, I don't know
Why there's something else
I wanna drum it all away
Oh, I said: I don't
I don't know
Whether I'm the boxer or the bag
Ah yeah, can you see them
Out on the porch?
Yeah, but they don't wave
But I see them round the front way, yeah
And I know, and I know
I don't wanna stay at all
I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna stay, I don't oh oh oh
Yeah, Oh-oh oh oh oh oh
Oh-oh oh oh oh oh oh
I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
And the touch of a world that is older
I turn the switch and check the number
I leave it on, when in bed, I slumber
I hear the rhythms of the music
I buy the product and never use it
I hear the talking of the DJ
Can't understand just what does he say
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa, radio
I dial it in and tune the station
They talk about the U.S. inflation
I understand just a little
No comprende, it's a riddle
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa, radio
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa, radio
I wish I was in Tijuana
Eating barbequed iguana
I took requests on the telephone
I'm on a wavelength far from home
I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
I dial it in from south of the border
I hear the talking of the DJ
Can't understand just what does he say
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa, radio
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa, radio
Radio, radio
Radio, radio
Radio, radio
Radio, radio
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa, radio
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa, radio
Radio, radio
Radio, radio (what does he say?)
Radio, radio
Radio, radio
Radio, radio
Aéroport, aérogare, mais pour tout l'or m'en aller
C'est ni le blues, l'coup d'cafard, le check out assuré
Vienne la nuit et sonne l'heure et moi je meurs
Entre apathie et pesanteur où je demeure
Changer d'optique, prendre l'exit et m'envoyer en Amérique
Sex appeal, c'est Sunset, c'est Marlboro qui me sourit
Mon amour, mon moi, je sais qu'il existe
La chaleur de l'abandon, c'est comme une symphonie
C'est sexy le ciel de Californie
Sous ma peau, j'ai LA en overdose
So sexy, le spleen d'un roadmovie
Dans l'rétro, ma vie qui s'anamorphose
Tu-tulu-tu
J'ai plus d'ID, mais bien l'idée de me payer le freeway
C'est l'osmose, on the road, de l'asphalte sous les pieds
Vienne la nuit, c'est le jet lag qui me décale
LAPD me donne un blâme, c'est pas le drame
Se faire un trip, s'offrir un streap sous le soleil en plein midi
6 a.m., j'suis offset, j'suis l'ice dans l'eau, j'suis melody
Mon amour, mon Wesson, mon artifice
La chaleur du canon, c'est comme une symphonie
C'est sexy le ciel de Californie
Sous ma peau, j'ai LA en overdose
So sexy, le spleen d'un roadmovie
Dans l'rétro, ma vie qui s'anamorphose
Tu-tulu-tu
C'est sexy le ciel de Californie
Sous ma peau, j'ai LA en overdose
So sexy, le spleen d'un roadmovie
Dans l'rétro, ma vie qui s'anamorphose
C'est sexy le ciel de Californie
Sous ma peau, j'ai LA en overdose
So sexy, le spleen d'un roadmovie
Dans l'rétro, ma vie qui s'anamorphose
C'est sex-
So sex-
C'est sexy le ciel de Californie
Sous ma peau, j'ai LA en overdose
So sexy, le spleen d'un roadmovie
Dans l'rétro, ma vie qui s'anamorphose
The hated journey on the train,
Always been the same,
Looking out windows,
Second class and second best,
What a waste of time,
Sleep for five stops in a row,
Prepare yourself to go,
Waterloo station,
Bought a '69 Capri,
failed the M.O.T.,
What a waste of time,
The Worker, the worker,
The worker, the worker.
Always kiss the wife goodbye,
Often wonder why,
At seven in the morning?
Think it's time we had a change,
Wouldn't that be strange,
What a waste of time.
The worker, the worker,
The worker, the worker.
Do you feel safe, here in my arms?
There's so much more to this than just being here
And time won't erase, the way that you feel
The search for something new
Is that what you fear?
It's gonna show, the static in the flow (2x) Uh-huh
You scratched the itch, and now it's sore
I know you liked it, and you'll scratch some more
It's gonna show, the static in the flow (2x) Uh-huh
What you hidin' from? (3x)
In your heart you're good Maybe he doesn't treat you right
It's gonna get harder
To make it right through the night, yeah
It's gonna show, the static in the flow (3x) Uh-huh, uh-huh
The static in the flow
What you hidin' from? (5x)
She fell to the mattress
with the grace of an actress
You're falling like a thief from a roof.
She's asking for proof, "Are you staying?"
Outside you hear mission bells.
Welcome to Maria's beautiful mess,
In a cluttered apartment on the West Side.
She pulls the blinds while,
You watch how her dress falls round her .
And the world slows, a clock shows
A wrinkle in the flow of time
And she steps close, her eyes glow,
Lips pop open like a bottle of wine
And she loves like it's thirst
Like she's never been hurt,
She dances just like nobody's watching.
Is this love? Is this cursed?
It feels like the first time falling
Nobody's watching, Nobody's watching,
Nobody's watching, watching
Now she puts on some music,
She asks you to choose it
You sang her back a Gershwin line.
Now Ella is singing holy, soulfully
Bringing up better times
And beneath the tunes,
She's smiling on an unmade bed
She says, "What's in the middle that scares you,
Does it dare you
To take a moment and just slow down?"
And the world slows, a clock shows
A wrinkle in the flow of time
And she steps close, her eyes glow,
Lips pop open like a bottle of wine
And she loves like it's thirst
Like she's never been hurt,
She dances just like nobody's watching.
Is this love? Is this cursed?
It feels like the first time falling
Nobody's watching,
Pull the curtains all down
The stars fall round you,
She's smiling like the Mona Lisa.
You could conquer this town.
If your feet touched the ground,
But you're falling boy
I know, I see you
I see you, I see, I see,
I see you
The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind
The north is to south what the clock is to time
There's east and there's west and there's everywhere life
I know I was born and I know that I'll die
The in-between is mine
I am mine
And the feeling, it gets left behind
All the innocence lost at one time
Significant behind the eyes
There's no need to hide
We're safe tonight
The ocean is full 'cause everyone's crying
The full moon is looking for friends at high tide
The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied
I only know my mind
I am mine
And the meaning, it gets left behind
All the innocence lost at one time
Significant, behind the eyes
There's no need to hide
We're safe tonight
And the feelings that get left behind
All the innocence broken with lies
Significance, between the lines
We may need to hide
And the meanings that get left behind
All the innocence lost at one time
We're all different behind the eyes
There's no need to hide, yeah
Same old place, same old city
What can I do? I'm fallin' in love
I'm just an old hound dog
Roamin' around, oh, Lord
I've got all this and Heaven above
Oh, Atlanta, I hear you callin'
I'm comin' back to you one fine day
No need to worry, there ain't no hurry
'Cause I'm on my way back to Georgia
On my way back to Georgia
I get a feeling in me when I remember
All those crazy days and crazier nights
Can't you hear the music playing?
You must have heard them saying
We're gonna rip 'em up and light up the night?
Oh, Atlanta, I hear you callin'
I'm comin' back to you one fine day
Hey, no need to worry, there ain't no hurry
'Cause I'm on my way back to Georgia
On my way back to Georgia
Same old place, it's the same old city
What can I do? I'm fallin' in love
I'm just an old hound dog
Roamin' around, Lord, Lord
I've got all this and Heaven above
Oh, Atlanta, I hear you callin'
I'm comin' back to you one fine day
Hey, no need to worry, there ain't no hurry
'Cause I'm
Well, Atlanta, I hear you callin'
I'm comin' back to you one fine day
Hey, no need to worry, there ain't no hurry
'Cause I'm on my way back to Georgia
On my way back to Georgia
Let me say that since, baby
Since we've been together
Ooh, loving you forever is all I need
Let me be the one you come running to
I'll never be untrue
Oh, baby let's
Let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad
I'm so in love with you
Whatever you want to do
Is alright with me
You make me feel so brand new
I want to spend my whole life with you
Let me say that since, baby
Since we've been together
Ooh, loving you forever is all I need
Let me be the one you come running to
I'll never be untrue
Oh baby, let's
Let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad
Good or bad, happy or sad
Why, oh tell me
Why do people break up?
Ooh then turn around and make up
I just can't deceive
You'd never do that to me
Would you baby?
'Cause being around you
Is all I see
So baby
Let's, we oughta stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad
Let's, whoo (let's stay together) stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad
Never need to chase off with me, oh baby
Let's (let's stay together) stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Good or bad, happy or sad
Good or bad, happy or sad
Let's try to stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Good or bad, happy or sad
When I was a young boy
Well they tried to tell me
That I was movin'
Movin' way too fast
And I knew everything
About everything
But I really didn't wanna listen
To a bunch of old folks talkin' trash
So I got out on the highway
Pedal to the floor
Smokin' and drinkin'
And a whole lot more
But when they came to collect me
Out of that jail
They said boy next time
You get no bail
You better slow down
You better slow down
Woke up one mornin'
Ooh to a hunger
I moaned
And I began to twitch
Felt the need
For some lovin'
A little sweet somebody
To scratch my itch
Momma said I don't mean to pry
But I'm here to advise you
Seeds like to grow
When you put 'em in fertilizer
You better slow down
You better slow down
Doin' my own thing
I'm all grown up
Yes I am
Little bit older
But I feel like a young buck
I'm ridin' down the highway
In a brand new mini van
Wife and kids screamin'
Ooh God I'm a family man
I'm outta mind
Losin' control
I could leave tomorrow
But there ain't nowhere to go
You better slow down
You better slow down
Say the west is a story we made up to erase
Conestoga wagons left tracks you can see from space
From the Northwest passage to the Great Divide
Everybody's looking for the other side
I'm still waitng for the whsikey to whisk me away
And I'm still waiting for the ashra to lead me astray
I twist the culdesacs into one way signs
I ain't going round in circles on the other side
So at night I sit and watch for stars to stay
They wink and then they're gone down the Milky Way
But when You're left in the middle of the Midwest sky
Everywhere you look is the Other Side
Slow down
You're breaking up
Use your words
Don't yell so much
I don't understand a word
That you're saying
Now move in
Come up close
You look like
You've maybe seen a ghost
Tell me
Has someone gotten to you baby
Now open your arms
Pick up your head
Open your eyes
So you can see
What happens next
You won't believe
Just how good it can get
We'll make a lover
Out of you yet
The fog is so thick
I can't see my hands
It got much worse
Soon as I got in
And I know you're somewhere
Here in the water
It's ten feet deep
And the river won't stop
I'll tell you what's in it
When I make it across
You could make it too
If you let someone help you
But you gotta give in
And you gotta let go
Then you can begin
To come up slow
Like a desert rose
(chorus)
Take a deep breath
And hold it in tight
And put your face up
Right into the light
Can't you feel that full moon
Shining down on you
Help is coming
From the great unknown
Just maybe not
When you needed it most
'Cause I can see you already
Know that you're leaving
But I wish you'd stay
And just let me in
'Cause everything can change
But you gotta be ready
'Cause you won't know when
(chorus)
Baby, life's what you make it
Can't escape it
Baby, yesterday's favourite
Don't you hate it?
(Everything's alright) life's what you make it
(Everything's alright)
Baby, life's what you make it
Don't backdate it
Baby, don't try to shade it
Beauty's naked
(Everything's alright) life's what you make it
(Everything's alright) what you make it
Baby, life's what you make it
Celebrate it!
Anticipate it
Yesterday's faded
Nothing can change it
Life's what you make it
(Everything's alright) life's what you make it
(Everything's alright) life's what you make it
Marco's shadow falls on the door
to the 7 lost cities of gold
finds a raven's head and rattler's tail
dead in his tracks, this godforsaken soul's
unwanted here and his ghost lingers for years
amalia's face hides behind the mask
sweating on the tv factory line
that smile on her face is starting to crack
while welding back the pieces of shattered heart
that's scattered out here, with the ghosts of her peers
searched for her lost love along the river of tears
at the end of the working week
when drunken worlds meet
both sides keeping a close eye
for a break in the line here...
on the crystal frontier
blood spills out on the streets
and bodies are missing for weeks
both sides keeping a close eye
watching the bullets fly here...
on the crystal frontier
ramón tightens up his leather belt
and slips through a hole in the fence
he can get you anything you want
might cost you a life, might cost you
the whole price of freedom here...
on the crystal frontier
Marco's shadow falls on the door
to the 7 lost cities of gold
finds a raven's head and rattler's tail
dead in his tracks, this godforsaken soul's
unwanted here and his ghost lingers for years
amalia's face hides behind the mask
sweating on the tv factory line
that smile on her face is starting to crack
while welding back the pieces of shattered heart
that's scattered out here, with the ghosts of her peers
searched for her lost love along the river of tears
at the end of the working week
when drunken worlds meet
both sides keeping a close eye
for a break in the line here...
on the crystal frontier
blood spills out on the streets
and bodies are missing for weeks
both sides keeping a close eye
watching the bullets fly here...
on the crystal frontier
ramón tightens up his leather belt
and slips through a hole in the fence
he can get you anything you want
might cost you a life, might cost you
the whole price of freedom here...
on the crystal frontier
Nine planets around the sun
Only one does the sun embrace
Upon this watered one
So much we take for granted
So let us sleep outside tonight
Lay down in our mother's arms
For here we can rest safely
If green should turn to grey
Would our hearts still bloody beat
If a mountain tumbled away
River dry, would it stop the stepping feet
Oh let us sleep outside tonight
Lay down in our mother's arms
For here we can rest safely
Oh yes we can
Take all that we can get
When it's done
Nobody left to bury here
Nobody left to dig the holes
And here we can rest safely
Oh yes we can
One sweet world
Around this star is spinning
One sweet world
And in her breath I'm swimming
And here I will rest in peace
And we can run
Snake got your money way
Come on everyone circle now
No more worries, oh we're sharing now
And we'll go hard along the movies yeah
My my my dance alone my
Oh woah woah woah
Oh woah again
Come away with me, in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song
Come away with me, on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us
With their lies
And I wanna walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won't you try to come
Come away with me, and we'll kiss
On a mountain top
Come away with me, and I'll never stop loving you
I wanna wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me, in the night
Come away with me
Four seasons in one day
Lying in the depths of your imagination
Worlds above and worlds below
The sun shines on the black clouds hanging over the domain
Even when you're feeling warm
The temperature could drop away
Like four seasons in one day
Smiling as the shit comes down
You can tell a man from what he has to say
Everything gets turned around
And I will risk my neck again, again
You can take me where you will
Up the creek and through the mill
Like all the things you can't explain
Four seasons in one day
Blood dries up
Like rain, like rain
Fills my cup
Like four seasons in one day
It doesn't pay to make predictions
Sleeping on an unmade bed
Finding out wherever there is comfort there is pain
Only one step away
Like four seasons in one day
Blood dries up
Like rain, like rain
Fills my cup
Like four seasons in one day
You're high, I love it
Inside and all of your days
Feel everyday
You're high, so don't look down
And when you touch a little bit dies in me
And in yer eyes
Alive for all the world to see
And what of life?
There's a god, asylum comes to me
Define the limits
In kind and I'll stay with your ways
Feel everyday
You're high, so don't look down, down, down
And when you touch a little bit dies in me
And in yer eyes
Alive for all the world to see
And what of life?
It's a kill, the way it's seen to be
And now for you
There's a god, asylum comes to me
And when you touch a little bit dies in me
And in yer eyes
Alive for all the world to see
And what of life?
It's a kill, the way it's seen to be
And now for you
A fire, and anyone can see
When you touch a little bit dies in me
And in yer eyes
There's a god, asylum comes to me
a cold and porcelain lonely
in an old new york hotel
a stranger to a city
that she used to know so well
bathing in a bathroom
that is bathed in the first blue light
of the beginning of a century
at the end of an endless night
then she is wet behind the ears and wafting down the avenue
pre-rush hour
post-rain shower
stillness seeping upwards like steam
from another molten sewer
summer in new york
they've been spraying us with chemicals in our sleep
us / they
something about the mosquitoes having some kind of disease
them / me
CIA foul play
if you ask the guy selling hair dryers out of a gym bag
chemical warfare
"i'm telling you, lab rat to lab rat," he says, "that's where the truth is at"
that's where the truth is at
that's where the truth is at
and everything seems to have gone terribly wrong that can
but one breath at a time is an acceptable plan
she tells herself
and the air is still there
and this morning it's even breathable
and for a second the relief is unbelievable
and she's a heavy sack of flour sifted
her burden lifted
she's full of clean wind for one lean moment
and then she's trapped again
reverted
caged and contorted
with no way to get free
and she's getting plenty of little kisses
but nobody's slippin' her the key
her whole life is a long list of what ifs
and she doesn't even know where to begin
and the pageantry of suffering therein
rivals television
tv is, after all, the modern day roman coliseum
human devastation as mass entertainment
and now millions sit jeering
collectively cheering
the bloodthirsty hierarchy of the patriarchal arrangement
she is hailing a cab
she is sailing down the avenue
she's 19 going on 30
or maybe she's really 30 now ...
it's hard to say
it's hard to keep up with time once it's on its way
and, you know, she never had much of a chance
born into a family built like an avalanche
and somewhere in the 80s between the oat bran and the ozone
she started to figure out things like why
one eye pointed upwards looking for the holes in the sky
one eye on the little flashing red light
a picasso face twisted and listing down the canvas
of the end of an endless night
10 9 8 seven six 5 4 three 2 one
and kerplooey
you're done.
you're done for.
you're done for good.
so tell me
did you?
did you do
did you do all you could?
What what what what what did you think you were doing?
How how how how how did you think this would go?
When when when when when you showed up on my radar
Where where where where where did you think you would show?
What what what what what do you make of this station
How how how how how it pulls away from the train?
When when when when when if at all will you realize
Where where where where where do and done are the same?
What what what what what now you're out in the open
How how how how how do you think you can hide?
When when when when when will you find some nice soft sand
Where where where where where you can bury your pride?
What what what what what do you want from this lifetime?
How how how how how does your story line flow?
When when when when when you finally get to the punch line
Where where where where where will the applause sign go?
And why why why why why don't you just take your bow
Cuz who's gonna love you now?
I think I'll go home and mull this over
Before I cram it down my throat
At long last it's crashed, its colossal mass
Has broken up into bits in my moat
Rip the mattress off the floor
Walk the cramps off, go meander in the cold
Hail to your dark skin
Hiding the fact you're dead again
Underneath the powerlines seeking shade
Far above our heads are the icy heights that contain all reason
It's a luscious mix of words and tricks
That let us bet when you know we should've fold
On rocks I dreamt of where we'd stepped
And of the whole mess of roads we're now on
Hold your glass up, hold it in
Never betray the way you've always known it is
One day I'll be wondering how
I got so old just wondering how
Never got cold wearing nothing in the snow
This is way beyond my remote concern of being condescending
All these squawking birds won't quit
Building nothing, laying bricks
Hold your glass up, hold it in
Never betray the way you've always known it is
One day I'll be wondering how
I got so old just wondering how
Never got cold wearing nothing in the snow
This is way beyond my remote concern of being condescending
All these squawking birds won't quit
Building nothing, laying bricks
Bangkok, Oriental City
But the city don't know what the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world
In a show with everything but Yul Brenner
Time flies, doesn't seem a minute
Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boards in it
All changed, don't you know that when you
Play at this level there's no ordinary venue
It's Iceland, or the Philippines, or Hastings
Or, or this place
One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but their pearls ain't free
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
And if you're lucky, then the god's a she
I can feel an angel sliding up to me
One town's very like another
When your head's down over your pieces, brother
(It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity
To be looking at the board
Not looking at the city)
Whattaya mean?
You've seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town
(Tea, girls, warm and sweet, sweet
Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite)
Get Thai'd, you're talking to a tourist
Whose every move's among the purest
I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the Devil walking next to me
Siam's gonna be the witness
To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness
This grips me more than would a muddy old river
Or reclining Buddha
Thank God I'm only watching the game, controlling it
I don't see you guys raging
The kind of mating I'm contemplating
I'd let you watch, I would invite you
But the queens we use would not excite you
So, you better go back to your bars, your temples
Your massage parlors
One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but their pearls ain't free
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
A little flesh, a little history
I can feel an angel sliding up to me
One night in Bangkok makes the hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the Devil walking next to me
He swivels his head
Tears his eyes from the screen
As his past puts him back in Atlantic City
There's not even a demon in Heaven or Hell
Is it all just human disguise?
As I walk down the aisle
And I'm gone gone gone
[Gone gone gone spinning slack through reality]
Now I'm older than movies
[Deadens my brain falling up through the years]
Let me dance away
[Till I swivel back round then I fly fly fly]
Now I'm wiser than dreams
[Losing breath from the water when I'm gone gone gone]
Let me fly fly fly
[Spinning slack through reality]
While I'm touching tomorrow
[Deadens my brain falling up through the years]
And I know who's there
[Till I swivel back round then I fly fly fly]
[Losing breath from the water when I'm gone gone gone]
When silhouettes fall
[Spinning slack through reality]
And I'm gone
Like I'm dancing on angels
And I'm gone through a crack in the past
Like a dead man walking
Like a dead man walking
Three old men dancing under the lamplight
Shaking their sex and their bones
And the boys that we were
An alien nation in therapy
Sliding naked and new
Like a bad tempered child
On a rain slicked street
And I'm gone gone gone
[Gone gone gone spinning slack through reality]
Now I'm older than movies
[Deadens my brain falling up through the years]
Let me dance away
[Till I swivel back round then I fly fly fly]
Now I'm wiser than dreams
[Losing breath from the water when I'm gone gone gone]
Let me fly fly fly
[Spinning slack through reality]
While I'm touching tomorrow
[Deadens my brain falling up through the years]
And I know who's there
[Till I swivel back round then I fly fly fly]
[Losing breath from the water when I'm gone gone gone]
When silhouettes fall
[Spinning slack through reality]
And I'm gone
[Gone gone gone spinning slack through reality]
[Deadens my brain falling up through the years]
[Till I swivel back round then I fly fly fly]
[Losing breath from the water when I'm gone gone gone]
[Spinning slack through reality]
[Deadens my brain falling up through the years]
[Till I swivel back round then I fly fly fly]
[Losing breath from the water when I'm gone gone gone]
[Spinning slack through reality]
And I'm gone, like I'm dancing on angels
And I'm gone, through the crack in the past
Like a dead man walking
Like a dead man walking
Like a dead man
Like a dead man walking
And I'm gone gone gone
[Gone gone gone spinning slack through reality]
[Deadens my brain falling up through the years]
Let me dance, dance, dance
[Till I swivel back round then I fly fly fly]
[Losing breath from the water when I'm gone gone gone]
And I'm gone, gone, gone
[Spinning slack through reality]
[Deadens my brain falling up through the years]
[Till I swivel back round then I fly fly fly]
Let me dance, dance, dance
[Losing breath from the water when I'm gone gone gone]
[Spinning slack through reality]
And I'm gone, like I'm dancing on angels
And I'm gone, through a crack in the past
And I'm gone, like I'm dancing on angels
And I'm gone, through the crack in the past
Like a dead man walking
Like a dead man walking
Like a dead man
Well, you can't turn him into a company man
You can't turn him into a whore
And the boys upstairs
Just don't understand anymore
Well, the top brass don't like him
Talking so much
And he won't play what they say to play
And he don't want to change
What don't need to change
There goes the last DJ
Who plays what he wants to play
And says what he wants to say
Hey, hey, hey
And there goes your freedom of choice
There goes the last human voice
There goes the last DJ
Well, some folks say they're gonna hang him so high
'Cause you just can't do what he did
There's some things you just can't
Put in the mind of those kids
As we celebrate mediocrity
All the boys upstairs want to see
How much you'll pay for
What you used to get for free
There goes the last DJ
Who plays what he wants to play
And says what he wants to say
Hey, hey, hey
And there goes your freedom of choice
There goes the last human voice
And there goes the last DJ
Well, he got him a station down in Mexico
And sometimes it'll kinda come in
And I'll bust a move
And remember how it was back then
There goes the last DJ
Who plays what he wants to play
And says what he wants to say
Hey, hey, hey
And there goes your freedom of choice
There goes the last human voice
There goes the last DJ
Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
Towering over your head
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes
And she's gone
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
That grow so incredibly high
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore
Waiting to take you away
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds
And you're gone
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky
Ooh ooh
Now, I've been happy lately,
Thinkin' about the good things to come
And I believe it could be;
Something good has begun.
Oh, I've been smilin' lately,
Dreamin' about the world as one
And I believe it could be;
Some day it's going to come
'Cause out on the edge of darkness,
There rides a peace train.
Oh, peace train take this country.
Come take me home again.
Now, I've been smiling lately,
Thinkin' about the good things to come
And I believe it could be;
Something good has begun.
Oh, peace train soundin' louder.
Glide on the peace train.
Ooh, ah, ee, ah, ooh, ah.
Come on, now peace train.
Yes, peace train holy roller.
Everyone jump on the peace train.
Ooh, ah, ee, ah, ooh, ah.
Come on, now peace train.
Get your bags together.
Go bring your good friends too
Because it's gettin' nearer;
It soon will be with you.
Now, come and join the livin'.
It's not so far from you
And it's gettin' nearer;
Soon it will all be true.
Oh, peace train soundin' louder.
Glide on the peace train.
Ooh, ah, ee, ah, ooh, ah.
Come on, now peace train.
Peace train.
Now, I've been cryin' lately,
Thinkin' about the world as it is.
Why must we go on hating?
Why can't we live in bliss?
'Cause out on the edge of darkness,
There rides a peace train.
Oh, peace train take this country.
Come take me home again.
Oh, peace train soundin' louder.
Glide on the peace train.
Ooh, ah, ee, ah, ooh, ah.
Come on, now peace train.
Yes, peace train holy roller.
Everyone jump on the peace train.
Ooh, ah, ee, ah, ooh, ah.
Come on, come on, come on.
Yeah, come on, peace train.
Yes, it's the peace train.
Ooh, ah, ee, ah, ooh, ah.
Come on, now peace train.
Peace train.
Ooh, ah, ee, ah, ooh, ah.
I can't look at the rocket launch
The trophy wives of the astronauts
And I won't listen to their words
'Cause I like
Birds
I don't care for walkin' down town
Crazy auto car gonna mow me down
Look at all the people like cows in a herd
Well, I like
Birds
If you're small
And on a search
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
I can't stand in line at the store
The mean little people are such a bore
But it's all right if you act like a turd
'Cause I like
Birds
If you're small
And on a search
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
If you're small
And on a search
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
If you're small
And on a search
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
I've got a feeder for you to perch on
(KHJ Los Angeles) portions of the day's programming are reproduced
By means of electrical transcriptions or tape recordings
You could hear the music on the AM Radio
Come on (AM Radio), no
The VCR and the DVD
There wasn't none of that crap back in 1970
We didn't know about a World Wide Web
Was a whole different game being played back when I was a kid
Wanna get down in a cool way?
Picture yourself on a beautiful day
Big bell-bottoms and groovy long hair
Just a walking in style with a portable CD player
No, you would listen to the music on the AM Radio
(AM Radio, AM Radio)
Yeah, you could hear the music on the AM Radio
(AM Radio, AM Radio)
Flashback to '72, another summer in the neighborhood
Hanging out with nothing to do
Sometimes we'd go driving around in my sister's Pinto
Cruisin' with the windows rolled down
We'd listen to the radio station
We were too damn poor to buy the eight track tapes
There wasn't any good time to want to be inside
My mom would want to watch that TV all goddamn night
I'd be in bed with the radio on
I would listen to it all night long
Just to hear my favorite song
You'd have to wait, but you could hear it on the
AM Radio (AM Radio, AM Radio)
Yeah, you could hear the music on the
AM Radio (AM Radio)
I can still hear mama say, "Boy, turn that radio down"
Aw, mom, not that show again
I don't want to watch that show
Can't we watch Good Times or Chico and The Man or something cool?
Turn it off! (Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off)
Things changed back in '75
We were all growing up on the in and the outside
We got in trouble with the police man
We got busted getting high in the back of my friend's van
I remember in 1977
I started going to concerts and I saw the Led Zeppelin
I got a guitar on a Christmas day
I dreamed that Jimmy Page would come to Santa Monica and teach me to play
Play, teach me to play, play, teach me to play
Play, play, play, play, play, yeah
There isn't any place that I need to go
There isn't anything that I need to know I did not learn from the radio
Yeah, when things get stupid
And I just don't know
Where to find my happy
I listen to the music on the
AM Radio (AM Radio)
You could hear the music on the
AM Radio (AM Radio)
You could hear the music on the
(AM Radio) I like pop, (AM Radio) I like soul
I like rock, but I never liked disco
(AM Radio) I like pop, (AM Radio) I like soul
I like rock, but I never liked disco
(AM Radio) we like pop, (AM Radio), we like soul
We like to rock (no, no), but we never liked disco
(AM Radio) we like pop, we like soul
We like to rock (no), but we never liked disco
(AM Radio) we like pop, (AM Radio), we like soul
We like to rock (no), but we never liked disco
(AM Radio) no, I never liked disco
(AM Radio) no, I never liked disco
(AM Radio) no, I never liked disco
(AM Radio) no, I never liked disco
(AM Radio) no, (AM Radio) no
(AM Radio) no, (AM Radio) no
(AM Radio) no, I never liked disco
(AM Radio) no, I never liked disco
(AM Radio) no, I never liked disco
It's the time of the season
When love runs high
In this time, give it to me easy
And let me try with pleasured hands
(To take you in the sun to) promised lands
(To show you every one)
It's the time of the season for loving
What's your name? (What's your name?)
Who's your daddy? (Who's your daddy?)
(He rich?) Is he rich like me?
Has he taken (has he taken)
A0ny time (any time)
(To show?) To show you what you need to live?
(Tell it to me slowly) Tell you why?
(I really want to know)
It's the time of the season for loving
What's your name? (What's your name?)
Who's your daddy? (Who's your daddy?)
(He rich?) Is he rich like me?
Has he taken (has he taken)
Any time (any time)
(To show?) To show you what you need to live?
(Tell it to me slowly) tell you why?
(I really want to know)
It's the time of the season for loving
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour, I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there
I hear your voice
It's like an angel sighin'
I have no choice
I hear your voice
Feels like flying
I close my eyes
Oh God I think I'm fallin'
Out of the sky
I close my eyes
Heaven help me
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour, I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there
Like a child
You whisper softly to me
You're in control
Just like a child
Now I'm dancing
It's like a dream
No end and no beginning
You're here with me
It's like a dream
Let the choir sing
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour, I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there
When you call my name, it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there
In the midnight hour, I can feel a power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home
Just like a prayer (oh-oh), your voice can take me there (oh-oh)
Just like a muse to me (oh-oh), you are a mystery (oh-oh)
Just like a dream (oh-oh), you are not what you seem
Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there
Mmm mm
(Just like a prayer, I'll take you there) I'll take you there
(It's like a dream to me) whoa oh-oh-oh
(Just like a prayer, I'll take you there) I'll take you there
(It's like a dream to me) oh yeah, oh yeah yeah yeah yeah
(Just like a prayer, I'll take you there) oh yeah yeah yee
(It's like a dream to me) whoa oh-oh
Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there (just like a prayer)
Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery
(your voice can take me there)
Just like a dream, you are not what you seem (just like a prayer)
Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there
Now they make new movies in old black and white
With happy endings, where nobody fights
So if you find yourself in that nostalgic rage
Honey, jump right up and show your age
I wish I had a pencil thin moustache
The Boston Blackie kind
A two toned Ricky Ricardo jacket
And an autographed picture of Andy Devine
I remember bein' buck-toothed and skinny
Writin' fan letters to Sky's niece Penny
Oh, I wish I had a pencil thin moustache
Then I could solve some mysteries too
Then it's Bandstand, Disneyland, growin' up fast
Drinkin' on a fake ID
Yeah, and Rama of the jungle was everyone's Bawana
But only jazz musicians were smokin' marijuana, yeah
I wish I had a pencil thin moustache
Then I could solve some mysteries too
Thin, thin, pencil thin mustache
Then it's flat top, dirty bop, coppin' a feel
Grubbin' on the livin' room floor, so sore
Yeah, they send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge
But all you want to do is learn how to score
Yeah, but now I'm gettin' old, don't wear underwear
I don't go to church and I don't cut my hair
But I can go to movies and see it all there
Just the way that it used to be
That's why I wish I had a pencil thin moustache
The Boston Blackie kind
A two-toned Ricky Ricardo jacket
And an autographed picture of Andy Devine
Oh, I could be anyone I wanted to be
Maybe suave Errol Flynn or the Sheik of Araby
If I only had a pencil thin moustache
Then I could do some cruisin' too
Yeah, Brylcreem, a little dab'll do ya
Oh, I could do some cruisin' too
Suzanne is waiting at your doorway
But all she does is waste your time
And she looks just like my sister
But she feels just like my mom
And all the times I mean to tell her
The cats in here are over-flowin'
She pulls aside a four leaf clover
And makes me feel right on my own
Suzanne
Suzanne
Suzanne
Suzanne
Suzanne is waiting at your doorway
But all she does is waste your time
And she looks just like my sister
But she feels just like my mom
Suzanne
Suzanne
Suzanne
Suzanne
Suzanne
Suzanne
Suzanne
Suzanne
Suzanne
Suzanne
I'm an ocean in your bedroom
Make you feel warm
Make you wanna re-assume
Now, we know it all for sure
I'm a dance hall
Dirty break beat
Make the snow fall
Up from underneath your feet
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you wanna go
I'm a meth lab, first rehab
Take it all off
And step inside the running cab
There's a love that knows the way
I'm the rainbow
In your jail cell
All the memories of
Everything you've ever smelled
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go
Ooh
Don't forget me, I can't hide it
Come again, get me excited
I'm an inbred and a pothead
Two legs that you spread
Inside the tool shed
Now, we know it all for sure
I could show you
To the free field
Overcome and more
Will always be revealed
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you wanna go
Ooh
Don't forget me, I can't hide it
Come again, get me excited, ooh
Don't forget me, I can't hide it
Never met now, let me light it
I'm the bloodstain
On your shirt sleeve
Coming down and more are coming to believe
Now, we know it all for sure
Make the hair stand
Up on your arm
Teach you how to dance
Inside the funny farm
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you wanna go
I'll be there but
Tell me when you wanna go
Come again and
Tell me when you wanna go
More will be revealed my friend
See what you lost when you left this world
This sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world
This sweet old world
The breath from your own lips
The touch of fingertips
A sweet and tender kiss
The sound of a midnight train
Wearing someone's ring
Someone calling your name
Somebody so warm
Cradled in your arms
Didn't you think
You were worth anything
See what you lost when you left this world
This sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world
This sweet old world
Millions of us in love
Promises made good
Your own flesh and blood
Looking for some truth
Dancing with no shoes
The beat
The rhythm
The blues
The pounding of your heart's drum
Together with another one
Didn't you think anyone loved you
See what you lost when you left this world
This sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world
This sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world
This sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world
This sweet old world
De Alto Cedro voy para Marcané
Llego a Cueto, voy para Mayarí
De Alto Cedro voy para Marcané
Llego a Cueto, voy para Mayarí
De Alto Cedro voy para Marcané
Llego a Cueto, voy para Mayarí
El cariño que te tengo
No te lo puedo negar
Se me sale la babita
Yo no lo puedo evitar
Cuando Juanica y Chan Chan
En el mar cernían arena
Como sacudía el jibe
A Chan Chan le daba pena
Limpia el camino de pajas
Que yo me quiero sentar
En aquél tronco que veo
Y así no puedo llegar
De alto Cedro voy para Marcané
Llego a Cueto, voy para Mayarí
De alto Cedro voy para Marcané
Llego a Cueto, voy para Mayarí
De alto Cedro voy para Marcané
Llego a Cueto, voy para Mayarí
De alto Cedro voy para Marcané
Llego a Cueto, voy para Mayarí
De alto Cedro voy para Marcané
Llego a Cueto, voy para Mayarí
De alto Cedro voy para Marcané
Llego a Cueto, voy para Mayarí
Thursday afternoon
You cast a shadow 'round my room
The breeze moved the curtains
And lifted my perfume into the air
And danced with lazy curls in your hair
The sun was in the sky like pink champagne
And it glistened in your eyes all day
I remember you put a chill across my face
Like the air of december, I swear I remember it that way
I swear I remember it that way
I swear I remember it
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
You stood by the lake
I wanted to take you for granted
The grass was thin and high
The water mirrored tiny sparkles to the sky
I remember you put a chill across my face
Like the air of december, I swear I remember it that way
I swear I remember it that way
I swear I remember it
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
In the by-myself mornings
The birds windchime
The treelimbs crackle
And the sunshine climbs up the sky
Like the pink champagne that glistened in your eyes all day
I remember you put a chill across my face
Like the air of december, I swear I remember it that way
I swear I remember it that way
I swear I remember it
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Ah, ah
Ah, ah
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through
You can say the sun is shining if you really want to
You can say the sun is shining if you really want to
You can take a road that takes you to the stars now
(I can see the moon and it seems so clear)
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through
You can take a road that takes you to the stars now
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through
(You can take a road that takes you to the stars now)
You can take a road that takes you to the stars now
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through
La, la, la
La, la, la
La, la, la
La, la, la
La, la, la
La, la, la
La, la, la (I can take a road that'll see me through)
La, la, la (I can take a road that'll see me through)
Holy Moses met the Pharaoh
Yeah, he tried to set him straight
Looked him in the eye
"Let my people go"
Holy Moses on the mountain
High above the golden calf
Went to get the Ten Commandments
Yeah, he's just gonna break 'em in half
All you zombies hide your faces
All you people in the street
All you sittin' in high places
The pieces gonna fall on you
No one ever spoke to Noah
They all laughed at him instead
Workin' on his ark
Workin' all by himself
Only Noah saw it comin'
40 days and 40 nights
Took his sons and daughters with him
Yeah, they were the Israelites
All you zombies hide your faces
All you people in the street
All you sittin' in high places
The rain's gonna fall on you
Holy Father, what's the matter?
Where have all your children gone?
Sittin' in the dark
Livin' all by themselves
You don't have to hide anymore
All you zombies show your faces
All you people in the street
All you sittin' in high places
The pieces gonna fall on you
All you zombies show your faces (I saw you out there)
All you people in the street (let's see you)
All you sittin' in high places
It's all gonna fall on you
I never thought that you would love me
The way that you do.
I never thought that you would love me
Half as much as I do.
You say you want to know everything about me,
Well, here you go;
You say you couldn't live your life without me,
I don't know;
But if you want it girl, you got it;
It's all right here in my box set.
I never thought that words like product
Could ever leave my lips,
But something happened to me somewhere
That made me lose my grip.
Well, maybe it's a lack of inspiration
That makes me stoop,
Or maybe it's a lack of remuneration;
I can't recoup.
But if you want it, folks, you got it;
It's all right here in my box set.
Disc One
It's where we've begun, it's all my greatest hits,
And if you are a fan then you know that you've
already got 'em
Disc Two
It was all brand new, an album's worth of songs,
but we had to leave the whole disc blank 'cause
some other label bought 'em
Disc Three
This is really me in a grade school play,
I had about a hundred thousand lines, but of course
I forgot 'em
I never thought there'd be days like this,
There was always someone at my door.
I never thought I would ever miss,
And the crowd would always holler for more.
But now it seems all that people want
Is what I used to be
And every time I try to do something new,
All they want is 1973.
I never thought I'd be regretful
Of all my past success,
But some stupid number one hit single
Has got me in this mess.
You can put it on every compilation -- that's alright.
You can hear it on the oldies radio station every night.
And if you want it again, you got it --
It's right here in my box set.
Disc Four
Never released before, and you can tell why;
It's just some demos I recorded in my basement.
Disc Five
I was barely alive, I was hacking up a lung
So they had to use a special computer as my replacement.
Disc Six
A dance remix, to catch the latest trend
and it'll make you scratch your head
and wonder where my taste went.
So now my fans are crying sellout,
They say I've lost my touch.
They say I should just get the hell out
Before I do too much.
Hear my songs in an ad for a bathroom cleanser --
They say it's greed,
And now I'm wondering where my friends are
In this time of need.
But if you change your mind and buy it,
I hope you enjoy my new box
I hope you enjoy my new box
I hope you enjoy my new box set.
Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help
Falling in love with you
Shall I stay
Would it be a sin?
If I can't help
Falling in love with you?
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand
Take my whole life too
For I can't help
Falling in love with you
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand
Take my whole life too
For I can't help
Falling in love with you
For I can't help
Falling in love with you
Are you lonesome tonight?
Do you miss me tonight?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memory stray to a bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?
I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
You know someone said that the world's a stage and each of us must play a part
Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweetheart
Act one was where we met
I loved you at first glance
You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a cue
Then came act two, you seemed to change, you acted strange
And why I've never known
Honey, you lied when you said you loved me
And I had no cause to doubt you
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than to go on living without you
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there
With emptiness all around
And if you won't come back to me
Then they can bring the curtain down
Is your heart filled with pain
Shall I come back again?
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?
This is my time, this is my tear
I can see clearly now that this is not a place
For playing solitaire
Tell me where you want me
This is my time, this is my tear
Comin' on strong Baudelaire
Seems to me like all the world gets high
When you take a dare
Let it rise before you
This is my crime
All in all and I'm
Loving every rise and fall
The sun will make and I will take
Breath to be sure of this
In the end and then
All will be forgiven when
Surrender rises high and I
Gave what I came to give
Say it now
Because you never know
Devil may cry, devil may care
Distiller's got a scream and now I know just why
When she's movin' air
Can you feel the voltage
This is my time
California skies got room to spare
This is my time
All in all and I'm
Loving every rise and fall
The sun will make and I will take
Breath to be sure of this
In the end and then
All will be forgiven when
Surrender rises high and I
Gave what I came to give
Say it now
Because you never know
Oh, never know
Take it outside, take it out there
Seems to me like all the world gets high
When you take a dare
In the final moment
This is my time
All in all and I'm
Loving every rise and fall
The sun will make and I will take
Breath to be sure of this
In the end and then
All will be forgiven when
Surrender rises high and I
Gave what I came to give
Say it now
Because you never know
Oh, never know
A one, two
A one, two, four
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane
Jane plays with Willy, Willy is happy again
Suki plays with Leo, Sacha plays with Britt
Adolf builds a bonfire, Enrico plays with it
Whistling tunes
We hide in the dunes by the seaside
Whistling tunes
We're kissing baboons in the jungle
It's a knockout
If looks could kill, they probably will
In games without frontiers
War without tears
If looks could kill, they probably will
In games without frontiers
War without tears
Games without frontiers
War without tears
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
Andre has a red flag, Chiang Ching's is blue
They all have hills to fly them on except for Lin Tai Yu
Dressing up in costumes, playing silly games
Hiding out in treetops, shouting out rude names
Whistling tunes
We hide in the dunes by the seaside
Whistling tunes
We piss on the goons in the jungle
It's a knockout
If looks could kill, they probably will
In games without frontiers
War without tears
If looks could kill, they probably will
In games without frontiers
War without tears
Games without frontiers
War without tears
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
Jeux sans frontières
"lyricDownPresserMan
Downpresser man
Where you gonna run to
(3x)
All along that day
(CHORUS)
You gonna run to the sea
But the sea will be boiling
When you run to the sea
The sea will be boiling(2x)
All along that day
You gonna run to the rocks
The rocks will be melting
When you run to the rocks
The rocks will be melitng(2x)
All that day
So I said
CHORUS
You drink your big champagne and laugh(3x)
All along that day
I wouldn't like to be a flea
Under your collar man
(3x)
All along that day
You can run but you can't hide(3x)
Telling you all along that day
You gonna run to the Lord
Beggin' to hide you
(2x)
You gonna run to Jah
Beggin' to hide you
All, all along that day
And I said Downpresser Man
Where you gonna run to
Where you gonna run to Downpresser man
Where you gonna run to
I said all along
All along, along that day Downpresser man(4x)
Wait, Downpresser man
Where you gonna run to
Downpresser man
I don't know where you gonna run to
All along that day
Downpresser man
You can't run, you can't bribe Jah-Jah
Can't call him in a bar
Fe can drink some
Devil soup
Can't bribe him to run a car now
Can't test him faith
Downpresser man(5x)
Where you gonna run to
Downpresser man
You can't bribe no one
Them no want no money
Them run'f money
That money get funny
Downpresser Man...
S here"
Ta tajabóne deñeo e tajabóne
Ta tajabóne deñeo e tajabóne
Abdu u yambal ñare malaicalá
Jawe e ticon daru seseron
Momun munidá degan yulingán
Momun munidá degan wongán
Jawe e ticon daru siseron
Momun munidá degan yuligán
Momun munidá degan wongán
Tajabone deñeo e tajabone
Tajabone deñeo e tajabone
Wulei wulei wulei wulei
Abdu yambbarr wulei
Ñari malaicala wulei
Chicoley yogué wulei
Danu siserron wulei
Munilá wulei
Degan yuligán wulei
Munilá wulei
Degan wongán wulei
Ahahaah
Long afloat on shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
'Til your singing eyes and fingers
Drew me loving to your isle
And you sang
"Sail to me, sail to me
Let me enfold you"
Here I am, here I am
Waiting to hold you
Did I dream, you dreamed about me?
Were you here when I was full sail?
Now my foolish boat is leaning
Broken lovelorn on your rocks
For you sing
"Touch me not, touch me not
Come back tomorrow"
Oh, my heart
Oh, my heart shies from the sorrow
Well, I'm as puzzled as the newborn child
I'm as riddled as the tide
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or should I lie with death my bride?
Hear me sing
"Swim to me, swim to me
Let me enfold you"
Here I am, here I am
Waiting to hold you
Comments (24)add comment
oakenfold did the TMC version a favor. the TMC version makes me want to slit my throat.
Love the album cover {#Hug}
This sounds like it ought to be movie music for the climactic martial arts showdown of the Tony Manero Saturday Night Dancers vs. evil kung fu chipmunks.  
 ottovonb wrote:
A stunningly beautiful song murdered by computerized bass hammer with ray-gun accompaniment. Swoosh! BoomBoom. Sizzle! Sparkle! BoomBoomBoom. Snap! Crackle! BoomBoomBoomBoomBoomBoom. Pop! Sparkle Sparkle! Boom. Boom. Boom. Draw a line around the corpse of a great song laying dead on the floor beneath Oakenfold's discorave goulash. 

 
Yep. The This Mortal Coil version raises goosepimples, but this raises hackles.
 Cagey wrote:
This is pure evil. There are some things which, when you remix them, break and completely loose all meaning, especially when they are not "treated" with respect and given the care and attention they truly deserve. Thanks Oakenfold for destroying a very delicate and beautiful song, this should never be played again. ...PLEASE play the TMC original version, or even the true "original" version, by Tim Buckley (from the album Starsailor) Click here for details Edited By Cagey at 7:07 am on 8/29/2002
 
See, I love a bit of Ravey Davey stuff, despite being rather too old to admit it.  Sadly, Oakenfold has murdered this and does not get this Grandad's seal of approval. 
 fedtho wrote:

I was about to declare myself unable to "approve" this dance version of a song not only dear to me, but which is all about floating, thoughts wandering etc.

Then I read the enthusiastic comment by someone who did *not* know the original song. I realized I'd love this if I just discovered now.

And they chose to use this song, rather than another, which isn't an obvious thing at all.

So I'm giving it a 6, against my first reaction. But not more {#Wink}



 
You're a generous soul, very generous.
Tasty for a change... Not like RP but nice try!
 Euskadita wrote:
This is why i support RP, nice trip, from Skatalites to here thank the PSD button.
 
Haha!  I landed here from PSD too!  Escaping horrid Mumford & Sons song today....  This is so different from the TMC version (which I love) but instead sounds rather like something from the Run Lola Run soundtrack (which I also like) so it's acceptable for filler.

I was about to declare myself unable to "approve" this dance version of a song not only dear to me, but which is all about floating, thoughts wandering etc.

Then I read the enthusiastic comment by someone who did *not* know the original song. I realized I'd love this if I just discovered now.

And they chose to use this song, rather than another, which isn't an obvious thing at all.

So I'm giving it a 6, against my first reaction. But not more {#Wink}


 vozdic wrote:
would much rather hear the tmc version
 
Absolutely !  Oakenfold oughtta be sued for malpractice for abusing this great song by slathering it in that monotonous monotonous monotonous candy-coated candy-coated candy-coated monotonous monotonous computer shell.
A stunningly beautiful song murdered by computerized bass hammer with ray-gun accompaniment. Swoosh! BoomBoom. Sizzle! Sparkle! BoomBoomBoom. Snap! Crackle! BoomBoomBoomBoomBoomBoom. Pop! Sparkle Sparkle! Boom. Boom. Boom. Draw a line around the corpse of a great song laying dead on the floor beneath Oakenfold's discorave goulash. 
This is why i support RP, nice trip, from Skatalites to here thank the PSD button.
PSD brought me here?! Wow!!! this is just screams unexpected AND as eclectic as it gets! I love RP!!!
A little monotonous A little monotonous A little monotonous A little monotonous A little monotonous A little monotonous A little monotonous A little monotonous and repetitious and repetitious and repetitious and repetitious and repetitious and repetitious and repetitious and repetitious and repetitious (repeat) Oh, and does it end or does it just get cut off by the next song? And even if I could dance decently I think I would have worn a groove in the dance floor from being stuck in one place. Sorry if I'm being repetitious - for some reason I'm in that mood. OH!! It's this song :D
would much rather hear the tmc version
This is pure evil. There are some things which, when you remix them, break and completely loose all meaning, especially when they are not "treated" with respect and given the care and attention they truly deserve. Thanks Oakenfold for destroying a very delicate and beautiful song, this should never be played again. ...PLEASE play the TMC original version, or even the true "original" version, by Tim Buckley (from the album Starsailor) Click here for details
Cool! Not only This Mortal Coil, but an Oakenfold twist. Nice selection Bill.
Paul Oakenfold is awesome. Thanks Bill for allowing many different types of music here.
Originally Posted by Lee: Disco still sucks. What next? Donna Summer? :D
Hang in there, Lee, Foghat might be coming up.
What the hell is this?? It\'s a complete bastardisation of a really nice song. In a word \"CRAP\"
This remix sucks just like any other
Disco still sucks. What next? Donna Summer? :D