Bernard Butler

Black Or Blue


There was a girl who flew the world from a lonely shore
Through southern snow to Heathrow to understand the law
There was a boy who loved the noise of the underground
He left the coast and overdosed on that London sound

He said,
"I don't care if you're black or blue,
me and the stars stay up for you
I don't care who's wrong or right
and I don't care for the U.K. tonight so stay, stay"

And then one day she moved away from those garden walls
She left some flowers, he smoked for hours
She understood the law

I don't care if you're black or blue
Me and the stars stay up for you
I don't care who's wrong or right
And I don't care for the U.K. tonight
So stay, stay, stay, stay..........
........there was a girl who flew the world

Whiplash caught the silver son
Took the film to No. I
Crashed the car and left us here
Broken glass for teenage boys trapped in steel and celluloid
Crashed the car and left us here.

And daddy burned a million eyes
Dared the dogs to criticize
He crashed the car and I was born

And daddy turned a million heads
Took the teenage dream to bed
He crashed the car and left us here

With dreams of gasoline drying our eyes
Green fields of destiny high in the sky
But oh can you see him?
Oh Daddy's speeding

Whiplash caught the silver son
Killed the sad American
Crashed the car and left us here

And sorrow turns his eyes to mine
Come with me now it's your time
Let's crash the car and I'll be born

And sorrow breaks the silent day
Takes the teenage boys away
They crash the cars and leave us here

With dreams of gasoline drying our eyes
Green fields and death machines high in the sky

But oh can you see him?
Oh, when Daddy's speeding

She walks in beauty like the night
Discarding her clothes in the plastic flowers
Pornographic and tragic in black and white
My Marilyn come to my slum for an hour
I'm aching to see my heroine
I'm aching been dying for hours and hours
She walks in the beauty of a magazine
Complicating the boys in the office towers
Rafaella or Della the silent dream
My Marilyn come to my slum for an hour
I'm aching to see my heroine
I'm aching been dying for hours and hours,
been dying for hours and hours
She walks in beauty like the night
Hypnotising the silence with her powers
Armageddon is bedding this picture alright
My Marilyn come to my slum for an hour
I'm aching to see my heroine
Aching, been dying for hours and hours
I'm 18, I need my heroines
Aching, been dying for hours
Oh and I'm never alone now
Now I'm with her

Dog man star took a suck on a pill
And stabbed a cerebellum with a curious quill
Europe, America, Winterland
Introducing the band

Chic thug stuttered through a stereo dream
A fifty knuckle shuffle heavy metal machine
The tears of suburbia drowned the land
Introducing the band

So steal me a savage, subservient son
Get him shacked-up, bloodied-up and sucking on a gun
I want the style of a woman, the kiss of a man
Introducing the band

And as the sci-fi lullaby starts to build
See them whipping all the women, cracked governments killed
Oh let the century die to violent hands
Introducing the band

Killing of a Flash Boy


All the white kids shuffle to the heavy metal stutter
And go shaking on the scene like killing machines
And they know that when she's stacked up top
She'll be a sucker for the shotgun show
Shaking obscene like killing machines here we go

It's the same old show, he's a killer he's a flash boy oh
He's a killer he's a flash boy oh

Oh if you shake your fake tan thru aerosol land you'll know
That you'll suffer your sex by the caravenettes oh no
And that shitter with the pout won't be putting it about no more
Or shaking obscene like a killing machine here we go

It's the same old show, he's a killer he's a flash boy oh
He's a killer he's a flash boy oh...

...oh and Athena loves your body
So think of the sea my darling
Think of the sea as you murder me, murder me, murder me,
murder me, murder me...

It's the same old show, he's a killer, he's a flash boy oh
This is the killing of a flash boy oh.

Come unto me my winter son
We could lie on the rails
And when the morning comes
We'll be miles away
Miles away
Slipping away while the city sleeps
Running away from this cruel disease
Miles away, miles away
Modern boys, modern boys
Hand in hand, sick of the fear
Chasing away all the hungry years
We're the modern boys
Come onto me my sickly thing
We could lie on the rails
But to really win we'll just drive away, drive away
Yes, the world calls my international
So let the decades die, let the parties fall
And we'll be miles away, miles away
Because we'll be living like
Modern boys, modern boys
Hand in hand, sick of the fear
Chasing away all the hungry years
Into the night, under the stars
Jumping the lights in the silent cars
He's on your left, I'm on your right
It's so easy in the concrete night

In a hired car she will come to England from the sea,
And as the tide flows the London snows will come.
And from the skyline shines the lies of the government's singular history
So in a hired world she will buy a gun

And she will come from India with a love in her eyes
That say, oh how my dark star will rise

In rented gear 2000 years we waited for a man
But with a tattoed tit she'd die for us all tonight.

And she will come from India with a gun at her side,
Or she will come from Argentina
With her cemetery eyes that say
Oh, how my dark star will rise,

...and she will rise.

I wake up every day
to find her back again
Screaming my name through the astral plain
And in this catalogue fown she takes me down
Down through the platinum spires
Down through the telephone wires
And we shake it around in the underground
And like a new generation rise
And like all the boys in all the cities
I take the poison, take the pity
But she and I, we soon discovered
we`d take the pills to find each other
Oh but when she is calling
here in my head
Can you hear her calling
And what she has said
Oh but when she is calling
here in my head
It`s like a new generation calling
Can you hear it call
And I`m losing myself,
I`m losing myself to you
losing myself
and l`m losing myself
I wake up every day,
to find her back again
Breeding disease on her hands and knees
While the styles turn and the books still burn
Yes it`s there in the platinum spires
It`s there in the telephone wires
And we spread it around to a techno sound
But like a new generation rise
Cos like all the boys in all the cities
I take the poison, take the pity
But she and I we soon discover
We take the pills to find each other
Oh but when she is calling here in my head
Can you hear her calling
and what she has said
And what she is calling here in my head
It`s like a new generation calling
Can you hear her call
And I`m losing myself,
losing myself to you
losing myself
and I`m losing myself to you
to you to youto you

Come to my house tonight
We can be together in the nuclear sky
And we will dance in the poison rain
And we can stay a while in Heaven today

Let's stay together
Let's stay, these days are ours
Let's die together?
Two hearts under the skyscrapers

There's a time bomb in the high rise
There's a blue suburban dream
Will I see you up in paradise
Or have you come to catch me?

Come to my arms tonight
Just you and me together under electric light
And she will dance in the poisoned den
Just you and me forever by the motorway there

Let's stay together
Let's stay, these days are ours
And we can stay together
Two hearts under the skyscrapers

There's a time bomb in the high rise
There's a blue suburban dream
Will I see you up in Paradise
Or have you come to catch me?

Come to my arms I'm lost
Just you and me together in the year of the horse
Single file in the nuclear night
And we could feel a little closer
As we tumble through the sky

Let's stay together, let's stay these days are ours
Let's stay together
Two hearts under a skyscraper
Let's stay together, let's stay in this broken down love
Let's stay together, two hearts under the skyscrapers

This still life is all I ever do
There by the window quietly
killed for you
In the glass house my insect life
Crawling the walls under
electric lights
I'll go into the night
into the night
She and I into the night
Is this still life all
I'm good for too
There by the window
quietly killed for you
And they drive by like insects do
They think they don't know me
They hired a car for you
To go into the night
into the night
She and I into the night
And this still life is
all I ever do
There by the window
quietly killed for you
And this still life is all
I ever do
But it's still still life
But it's still still life
But it's still still life

This still life is all I ever do
There by the window quietly
killed for you
In the glass house my insect life
Crawling the walls under
electric lights
I'll go into the night
into the night
She and I into the night
Is this still life all
I'm good for too
There by the window
quietly killed for you
And they drive by like insects do
They think they don't know me
They hired a car for you
To go into the night
into the night
She and I into the night
And this still life is
all I ever do
There by the window
quietly killed for you
And this still life is all
I ever do
But it's still still life
But it's still still life
But it's still still life

Lying in my bed, I think of you
That song goes through my head,
the one we both knew
In each line lies another line
full of sacred sound
But you're outside where the
companies dream
and the money goes round
Lying in my bed
Watching my mistakes,
I listen to the band they said
that it could be the 2 of us
The snow might fall and write
the lines on the silent page
But you're outside making
permanent love to the nuclear age
Two silhouettes by the cash
machine make a lovers dance
It's a tango for the lonely
wives of the business class
Lying in my bed
Watching my mistakes
I listen to the band
Lying in my bed
With nothing much to say so
I listen to the man
He said that it could be
the 2 of us
I heard you call from across
the city through the stereo sound
And so I crawled there
sickeningly pretty
as the money went round
Lying in my head watching
my mistakes
I listen to the band
And the drums beat in my head
Pianos chime the sound in this
prison of the house
And as the illness comes again
can you hear me through the rain
As I listen to the band
As I sing the silent song
Mime each lonely word
Please listen to the man he said
that it could be the 2 of us
Alone but not lonely
you and me Alone but loaded
you and me Alone but loaded
but loaded but loaded

Lying in my bed, I think of you
That song goes through my head,
the one we both knew
In each line lies another line
full of sacred sound
But you're outside where the
companies dream
and the money goes round
Lying in my bed
Watching my mistakes,
I listen to the band they said
that it could be the 2 of us
The snow might fall and write
the lines on the silent page
But you're outside making
permanent love to the nuclear age
Two silhouettes by the cash
machine make a lovers dance
It's a tango for the lonely
wives of the business class
Lying in my bed
Watching my mistakes
I listen to the band
Lying in my bed
With nothing much to say so
I listen to the man
He said that it could be
the 2 of us
I heard you call from across
the city through the stereo sound
And so I crawled there
sickeningly pretty
as the money went round
Lying in my head watching
my mistakes
I listen to the band
And the drums beat in my head
Pianos chime the sound in this
prison of the house
And as the illness comes again
can you hear me through the rain
As I listen to the band
As I sing the silent song
Mime each lonely word
Please listen to the man he said
that it could be the 2 of us
Alone but not lonely
you and me Alone but loaded
you and me Alone but loaded
but loaded but loaded

I know a girl she walks the asphalt world
She comes to me and I supply her with Ecstasy
Sometimes we ride in a taxi to the ends of the city
Like big stars in the back seat like skeletons ever so pretty

But where does she go?
And what does she do?
And how does she feel when she's next to you?
And who does she love in time-honoured fur?
Is it me or her?

I know a girl she walks the asphalt world
She's got a friend, they share mascara I pretend
Sometimes they fly from the covers to the winter of the river
For these silent stars of the cinema
It's in the blood stream, it's in the liver
I know a girl, she walks the arse felt world

But where does she go?
And what does she do?
And how does she feel when she's next to you?
And who does she love in time-honoured fur?
Is it me or is it her?

With ice in her blood
And a Dove in her head
Well how does she feel when she's in your bed?
When you're there in her arms
And there in her legs
Well I'll be in her head

Cos that's where I go
And that's what I do
And that's how it feels when the sex turns cruel
Yes both of us need her, this is the asphalt world

I know a girl she walks the asphalt world
She comes to me and I supply her with Ecstasy
Sometimes we ride in a taxi to the ends of the city
Like big stars in the back seat like skeletons ever so pretty

But where does she go?
And what does she do?
And how does she feel when she's next to you?
And who does she love in time-honoured fur?
Is it me or her?

I know a girl she walks the asphalt world
She's got a friend, they share mascara I pretend
Sometimes they fly from the covers to the winter of the river
For these silent stars of the cinema
It's in the blood stream, it's in the liver
I know a girl, she walks the arse felt world

But where does she go?
And what does she do?
And how does she feel when she's next to you?
And who does she love in time-honoured fur?
Is it me or is it her?

With ice in her blood
And a Dove in her head
Well how does she feel when she's in your bed?
When you're there in her arms
And there in her legs
Well I'll be in her head

Cos that's where I go
And that's what I do
And that's how it feels when the sex turns cruel
Yes both of us need her, this is the asphalt world

Where's all the money gone?--
I'm talking to you,
All up the hole in your arm,
Is the needle a much better screw?
But oh, what will you do alone?
'Cos I have to go.

Where is this life of fun that you promised me?
Nothing here works but your works and I mean it
I have to leave
But oh, what will you do alone?
'Cos I have to go.

If I was the wife of an acrobat would I look like the living dead, boy?
You're on the wire and can't get back, let's talk about the living dead
Could have had a car, could have had it all,
Could have walked in the sky but we stare at the wall.

I know where the money's gone--
I know what you do
'Cos I've seen the hole in your arm and
The needle's a much better screw
But oh, what will you do alone?
'Cos I have to go.

Where's all the money gone?--
I'm talking to you,
All up the hole in your arm,
Is the needle a much better screw?
But oh, what will you do alone?
'Cos I have to go.

Where is this life of fun that you promised me?
Nothing here works but your works and I mean it
I have to leave
But oh, what will you do alone?
'Cos I have to go.

If I was the wife of an acrobat would I look like the living dead, boy?
You're on the wire and can't get back, let's talk about the living dead
Could have had a car, could have had it all,
Could have walked in the sky but we stare at the wall.

I know where the money's gone--
I know what you do
'Cos I've seen the hole in your arm and
The needle's a much better screw
But oh, what will you do alone?
'Cos I have to go.

Through endless Asia, through the fields of Cathay
or enslaved in pebble-dash grave with a kid on the way
If you're far over Africa on the wings of youth
or if you're down in some satellite town and there's nothing you can do

Just give me, give me, give me the power
And I'll make them bleed
Give me, give me the power
(Although I'm just the common breed)

You might live in a screen kiss, it's a glamorous dream
Or belong to a world that's gone, it's the English disease

But give me, give me the power
And I'll make them bleed

Give me, give me, give me the power
(Although I'm just the common breed)

There`s a song playing on the radio
Sky high in the airwaves on the morning show
And there`s a lifeline slipping as the record plays
As I open the blinds in my mind
I`m believing that you could stay
And oh, if you stay
I`ll chase the rain blown fields away
We`ll shine like the morning and sin in the sun
Oh if you stay
We`ll be the wild ones running with the dogs today
There`s a song playing through another wall
All we see and believe is the D.J. and debts dissolve
And it`s a shame the plane is leaving
On this sunny day
Cause on you my tattoo will be bleeding
And the name will stain
But oh, if you stay
We`ll ride from disguised suburban graves
We`ll go from the bungalows
Where the debts still grow each day
And oh if you stay
I`ll chase the rain blown fields away
We`ll shine like the morning and sin in the sun
Oh if you stay
We`ll be the wild ones
Running with the dogs today
We`ll be the wild ones
Running with the dogs today
Oh if you stay... ....

There`s a song playing on the radio
Sky high in the airwaves on the morning show
And there`s a lifeline slipping as the record plays
As I open the blinds in my mind
I`m believing that you could stay
And oh, if you stay
I`ll chase the rain blown fields away
We`ll shine like the morning and sin in the sun
Oh if you stay
We`ll be the wild ones running with the dogs today
There`s a song playing through another wall
All we see and believe is the D.J. and debts dissolve
And it`s a shame the plane is leaving
On this sunny day
Cause on you my tattoo will be bleeding
And the name will stain
But oh, if you stay
We`ll ride from disguised suburban graves
We`ll go from the bungalows
Where the debts still grow each day
And oh if you stay
I`ll chase the rain blown fields away
We`ll shine like the morning and sin in the sun
Oh if you stay
We`ll be the wild ones
Running with the dogs today
We`ll be the wild ones
Running with the dogs today
Oh if you stay... ....

"She-rocker you're wasting your time,
Cos you're only a girl"
She'rocker sacked the factory line for a chance of a dance in a surreal world

She said, "come rescue, rescue me from this Hollywood life
come rescue, rescue me from this Hollywood life"

She'rocker hear the audience scream for the death of the king
But a hand-job is all the butchery brings
Cos fame ain't as easy as him (how sad)

Oh, come rescue, rescue me from this Hollywood life
come rescue, rescue me from this Hollywood life

Come take this Hollywood life

hold on, he's coming
through the wheels of the star machine
hold on, he's coming
through the tears of your shit stained dream

in an anthem for the world
let him waltz you down the river
let him feel like boy or girl
with his sci-fi lullaby
let the light of the bomb shine from him tomorrow
yes this world needs a father for the sorrow
so let's have one, for the lovers
and one more, for the friends
'cos drink to you is all i can do
as life slips down, down the drain

hold on, he's coming
with the screen kissed spine of the past
hold on, he's coming
with the style of the wormwood star

sing an anthem for the world
sing a farewell for the river
if you feel like boy or girl
sing a sci-fi lullaby
let the light of the bomb shine from him tomorrow
yes this world needs a father for the sorrow
so let's have one more, for the lovers
and one more, for the friends
for drink to you is all i can do
as life slips down, down the drain

Well the church bells are calling
Police cars on fire
And as they call you to the eye of the storm
All the people say "Stay at home tonight"

I say we are the pigs, we are the swine
We are the stars of the firing line

And as the smack cracks at your window
You wake up with a gun in your mouth
Oh let the nuclear wind blow away my sins
And I'll stay at home in my house

I say, we are the pigs
we are the swine
we are the stars of the firing line

But deceit can't save you so

We will watch them burn

Whipsnade


We are only young,
But we style our future with a cattle gun
And we aren't idle rich,
So we smile for tomorrow with a bitch of an itch

Cause when the firelight shocks like a cop shop pyre
We'll sack the politics for premonition and fire
And we'll move like nureyev that night

Coast to coast, side to side
Shines the lies of fine enlightened minds
Coast to coast

We are only young
But we style our future in the shadow of guns
And we are not idle rich
So we smile for tomorrow with a bitch of an itch

Cause when the stylised kick of the filmstar whip
Cracks down on the millions,
Cracks the kids on their hips
Then we'll move like nuryev that night

'Cos coast to coast, side to side
Shines the lies of fine enlightened minds
Coast to coast, side to side

Feel the steel that shines outside the blinds
Coast to coast, side to side
Blades engraved with babies' names
While pylons hide the suicide
Coast to coast, side to side
Shines the light of fine enlightened minds

Coast to coast, side to side
Feel the steel that shines outside the blinds
Coast to coast, side to side
Blades engraved with babies' names
While pylons hide the suicides

I see you're moving, see you're moving, moving in her
You'll pierce your right ear, pierce your heart here, this skinny boy is one of the girls
'Cos around my neck and around her neck hangs everything you are
I know you've been inside but what were you in for?
Animal lover, animal lover, animal lover?
I see you're moving, see you're moving like wildlife from the waist
But when your name's scratched in on a shiny ring your waist is my resting place
And around my neck and around her neck hangs everything you are
I know you've been inside but what were you in for?
Animal lover, animal lover, animal lover?

Like he's dead you know that he's had
Animal nitrate in mind
Oh in your council home he jumped on your bones
Now you're taking it time after time
Oh it turns you on, on now he has gone
Oh what turns you on now your animal's gone?
Well he said he'd show his bed
And the delights of a chemical smile
So in your broken home he broke all your bones
Now you're taking it time after time
Oh it turns you on, on now he has gone
Oh what turns you on now you're animal's gone?
What does it take to turn you on, on
Now he has gone?
Now you're over 21?
Now your animal's gone?
...animal, he was animal, an animal...he's just an animal

Got brass in pocket
Got powder i'm gonna use it
Intention i feeling myself
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Got motion extreme emotion
I've been driving Detroit leaning
No reason just seems so pleasing
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Gonna use my arms
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my senses
Gonna use my fingers
Gonna use my, my, my imagination
Oh, 'cause i gonna make you see
There's nobody else here
No one like me
I'm special, so special
I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me
I got rhythm i can't miss a beat
It's got me so scared it's so sweet
Got something i'm winking at you
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
Gonna use my arms
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my senses
Gonna use my fingers
Gonna use my, my, my imagination
'Cause i gonna make you see
There's nobody else here
No one like me
I'm special, so special
I gotta have some of your attention
Give it to me
'Cause i gonna make you see
There's nobody else here
No one like me
I'm special, so special
I gotta have some of your attention
Give it to me

Back where the dogs bark
where still life bleeds the concrete white
try not to go too far inside your mind
back where the cars decide
where the lame star limps an endless mile
have I gone too far inside my mind?
oh if you were the one
would I even notice now my mind has gone?
oh if you were the one, would I even notice?
Back where the car was parked
where the canine in the a-line stole your time
you can only go so far for womankind
oh if you were the one
would I even notice now my mind has gone?
oh if you were the one would I even notice?

...

you can only go so far
you can only go so far
you can only go so far in your mind
(Instrumental break)
Does your love only come
Does your love only come
Does he only come... in a Volvo?
Does he only come...
Does your love only come
Does he only come... in a Volvo?

See my dolly she's over there, see her grooving on down
Dressed in thought she is real yeah,
her real hair is what counts
Taught my baby the alphabet, ABC don't let you down
Dressed in thought we are set in jet,
the jet set messed us around

I'm so so down
Are you never coming round?
So so down
Are you never coming round?

See my dolly on three wheels yeah,
see her grooving on down
Dressed in thought she is real yeah, her real hair is what counts
Bought my baby an ambulance,
driving her mad around town
She'll take the hand of a lucky man, in dogshit land

We're so so down
Are you never coming round?
So so down
Are you never coming round?

So so down
Are you never coming round?
Never coming round...

I wake up every day,
But I don't want it that way
I take my thoughts to the round about
Cause me and them we like to get out
Oh what you do in your head,
You do in your head
Oh if he is dead
He said he had a horrible house
I looked in it and learnt to shut my mouth
He said I had the luck of a son
With all the love and poison of London
Oh what you do in your head
You do in your head
Oh if he is dead
Oh what you do in your head
You do in your head
Oh if he is dead...

I wake up every day,
But I don't want it that way
I take my thoughts to the round about
Cause me and them we like to get out
Oh what you do in your head,
You do in your head
Oh if he is dead
He said he had a horrible house
I looked in it and learnt to shut my mouth
He said I had the luck of a son
With all the love and poison of London
Oh what you do in your head
You do in your head
Oh if he is dead
Oh what you do in your head
You do in your head
Oh if he is dead...

You'll hide among the covers and wave
as the aeroplanes go by,
There's nothing to say when you sleep all day,
but "bye-bye".

Your mind will find another,
and that's where the days have gone,
And all you can hear is a stereo somewhere playing
a pig-of-a-song

And you'll know her, know her, when she comes.
When you turn the light out, light out, she'll come.

She called you from across the city,
you hired a car to crawl,
But with the high rise still in your eyes you wonder
who's out there at all.

And you'll know her, know her, when she comes.
When you turn the light out, light out, she'll come.
When you turn the light out, she'll come.

Stop making me older, start making me new.

Just a girl, North of England way
Came to me one sweet December day
Is your heart dear as cold as your room?
Told her several times that I didn't like her tunes
Come to me softly
Come to me sweet
Are we so pale cos we don't eat meat?
Are your arms dear as warm as mine?
Things could have been so different if we only have more time
And as I turn the page of my favourite book
Sweet Jean Vincent (?) was never that good
Can you see dear as good as me
?? and ?? will never set you free

Just a girl, North of England way
Sang to me on a darkest day
Is your heart dear as cold as your room?
I told her several times that I didn't like her tunes
Sing to me softly
Sing to me sweet
Sing so weakly ??
Were your clothes dear as cheap as mine?

Well she's show showing it off then
The glitter in her lovely eyes
Show show showing it off then
And all the people shake their money in time
She sells heart she sells meat
Oh dad she's driving me mad come see
We shake shake shake to the trumpet
And through the slippery city we ride
Skyline swine on the circuit
Where all the people shake their money in time
She sells heart she sells meat
Oh dad she's driving me mad, come see
She sells heart she sells meat
Oh dad she's driving me mad, come see
She sells heart she sells meat

Well she's show showing it off then
The glitter in her lovely eyes
Show show showing it off then
And all the people shake their money in time
She sells heart she sells meat
Oh dad she's driving me mad come see
We shake shake shake to the trumpet
And through the slippery city we ride
Skyline swine on the circuit
Where all the people shake their money in time
She sells heart she sells meat
Oh dad she's driving me mad, come see
She sells heart she sells meat
Oh dad she's driving me mad, come see
She sells heart she sells meat

Shame on me well I had the beast you see
And if he can take I can take him home with me
Shame on her she's a lovely little number
and when we go lassooing you get lassoed, all of you
if you can take, I can take it
And we're moving, so moving, so we are a boy, we are a girl
So moving, so moving...
Shame on the girl, she's got a big black dog in her
And while thogh kids sing about tough kids she just skins the world
We'll never never play the harp, and we'll stick like sick on the stars
And if you can take it, I can take these stones from my heart
If you can take it, I can take it
And we're moving, so moving, so we are a boy we are a girl
So moving, so moving...
If you can take it, I can take it, all of me
If you can take it, I can take it all
If you can take it, I can take it, all of me
If you can take it, I can take it all!

Shame on me well I had the beast you see
And if he can take I can take him home with me
Shame on her she's a lovely little number
and when we go lassooing you get lassoed, all of you
if you can take, I can take it
And we're moving, so moving, so we are a boy, we are a girl
So moving, so moving...
Shame on the girl, she's got a big black dog in her
And while thogh kids sing about tough kids she just skins the world
We'll never never play the harp, and we'll stick like sick on the stars
And if you can take it, I can take these stones from my heart
If you can take it, I can take it
And we're moving, so moving, so we are a boy we are a girl
So moving, so moving...
If you can take it, I can take it, all of me
If you can take it, I can take it all
If you can take it, I can take it, all of me
If you can take it, I can take it all!

in the high life, i've got this feeling now
i've got this horrible feeling
on the escalator they took it out on him,
as the ridiculous world went by

oh, he is gone
he's my insatiable one . . .

on the high wire, dressed in a leotard
there wobbles one hell of a retard
on the escalator we shit paracetamol,
as the ridiculous world goes by

oh, he is gone
he's my insatiable one
and he was my inflatable one . .

in the high life, i've got this feeling now
i've got this horrible feeling
on the escalator they took it out on him,
as the ridiculous world went by

oh, he is gone
he's my insatiable one . . .

on the high wire, dressed in a leotard
there wobbles one hell of a retard
on the escalator we shit paracetamol,
as the ridiculous world goes by

oh, he is gone
he's my insatiable one
and he was my inflatable one . .

painted people get you going and i'll smother that pig in a holy scene
it ain't too hard to see
the paint, my love gets you going like you wanna be got for the next world
scene
it ain't too hard to see

the pills' taken everything
the pills you're taking
the pills' taken everything
it's in your skin
it's in my skin

painted people get you going and i'll smother that pig in a holy scene
it ain't too hard to see
yeah well i can striptease with you like a silly old cow in a touching
dream
it ain't too hard to see

the pills' taken everything
the pills you're taking
the pills' taken everything
it's in your skin
it's in my skin

I was born as a pantomime horse
Ugly as the sun when he falls to the floor
I was cut from the wreckage one day
This is what I get for being that way
Well did you ever, did you ever go round with them?
Well did you ever, did you ever go round the bend?
I was conned by a circus hand
Tragic as the son of a superman
"I would die for the stars" she said
This is what I get for my beautiful head
Well did you ever, did you ever go round with them?
Well did you ever, did you ever go round the bend?
...ever tried it that way, have you ever tried it that way?

I was born as a pantomime horse
Ugly as the sun when he falls to the floor
I was cut from the wreckage one day
This is what I get for being that way
Well did you ever, did you ever go round with them?
Well did you ever, did you ever go round the bend?
I was conned by a circus hand
Tragic as the son of a superman
"I would die for the stars" she said
This is what I get for my beautiful head
Well did you ever, did you ever go round with them?
Well did you ever, did you ever go round the bend?
...ever tried it that way, have you ever tried it that way?

she'll come to her end locked in a car somewhere with exhaust in her hair
What's she called? I dunno, she's fucking with a slip of a man while the engine ran

And he said "She's not dead, she's gone away, gone away" he said
He said "She's not dead, just go away go away" he said

In the car he couldn't afford they found his made up name on her ankle chain
so don't call, don't call her at home
she's fucking with a slip of a man while the engine ran

and he said "she's not dead, she's gone away gone away" he said
he said "she's not dead, she's gone away gone away"
he said "just gone away, gone away" he said
she's gone away to someone else's bed

Angel, don't take those sleeping pills, you don't need them
Though it's just time they kill,
Angel, give me your sleeping pills, you don't need them
Give me the time they kill,
천사(같은 이), 수면제를 먹지 말아요, 당신에겐 필요치 않아요
그들을 죽일 시간이라고 해도 말이죠...
천사, 당신의 수면제를 주세요, 당신에겐 필요치 않아요
내게 저들을 죽일 시간을 주세요...

You're a water sign, I'm an air sign
Gone gone to Valium, can you get me some?
You're a water sign, and I'm an air sign
Too Siamese to catch the leaves from those trees
당신은 물과도 같아요, 나는 대기와도 같아요.
진정제에 취해 있네요, 내게도 조금 주겠어요?
당신은 물과도 같고, 난 대기와도 같아요.
너무 달라붙어 있어서 저 나무들의 이파리들을 잡을 수는 없겠네요.

Angel, don't take those sleeping pills, you don't need them
Though it's just time they kill,
천사, 수면제를 먹지 마세요, 당신에겐 필요치 않아요
비록 그들을 죽일 시간이라곤 해도 말이에요...

You're a water sign, I'm an air sign
Pumped up with Valium, could you get me some?
You're a water sign, I'm an air sign
With sweet F.A. to do today, with sweet F.A. to do today...
당신은 물과도 같아요, 나는 대기와도 같아요.
진정제에 붕 떠버렸네요, 내게도 주었던가요?
당신은 물과도 같아요, 나는 대기와도 같죠.
오늘 달콤한 F.A.와 함께 하고 있어요... <-...-_-;a

...Angel, don't take those sleeping pills.
...천사, 수면제를 먹지 말아요...

Angel, don't take those sleeping pills, you don't need them
Though it's just time they kill,
Angel, give me your sleeping pills, you don't need them
Give me the time they kill,
천사(같은 이), 수면제를 먹지 말아요, 당신에겐 필요치 않아요
그들을 죽일 시간이라고 해도 말이죠...
천사, 당신의 수면제를 주세요, 당신에겐 필요치 않아요
내게 저들을 죽일 시간을 주세요...

You're a water sign, I'm an air sign
Gone gone to Valium, can you get me some?
You're a water sign, and I'm an air sign
Too Siamese to catch the leaves from those trees
당신은 물과도 같아요, 나는 대기와도 같아요.
진정제에 취해 있네요, 내게도 조금 주겠어요?
당신은 물과도 같고, 난 대기와도 같아요.
너무 달라붙어 있어서 저 나무들의 이파리들을 잡을 수는 없겠네요.

Angel, don't take those sleeping pills, you don't need them
Though it's just time they kill,
천사, 수면제를 먹지 마세요, 당신에겐 필요치 않아요
비록 그들을 죽일 시간이라곤 해도 말이에요...

You're a water sign, I'm an air sign
Pumped up with Valium, could you get me some?
You're a water sign, I'm an air sign
With sweet F.A. to do today, with sweet F.A. to do today...
당신은 물과도 같아요, 나는 대기와도 같아요.
진정제에 붕 떠버렸네요, 내게도 주었던가요?
당신은 물과도 같아요, 나는 대기와도 같죠.
오늘 달콤한 F.A.와 함께 하고 있어요... <-...-_-;a

...Angel, don't take those sleeping pills.
...천사, 수면제를 먹지 말아요...

Angel, don't take those sleeping pills, you don't need them
Though it's just time they kill,
Angel, give me your sleeping pills, you don't need them
Give me the time they kill,
천사(같은 이), 수면제를 먹지 말아요, 당신에겐 필요치 않아요
그들을 죽일 시간이라고 해도 말이죠...
천사, 당신의 수면제를 주세요, 당신에겐 필요치 않아요
내게 저들을 죽일 시간을 주세요...

You're a water sign, I'm an air sign
Gone gone to Valium, can you get me some?
You're a water sign, and I'm an air sign
Too Siamese to catch the leaves from those trees
당신은 물과도 같아요, 나는 대기와도 같아요.
진정제에 취해 있네요, 내게도 조금 주겠어요?
당신은 물과도 같고, 난 대기와도 같아요.
너무 달라붙어 있어서 저 나무들의 이파리들을 잡을 수는 없겠네요.

Angel, don't take those sleeping pills, you don't need them
Though it's just time they kill,
천사, 수면제를 먹지 마세요, 당신에겐 필요치 않아요
비록 그들을 죽일 시간이라곤 해도 말이에요...

You're a water sign, I'm an air sign
Pumped up with Valium, could you get me some?
You're a water sign, I'm an air sign
With sweet F.A. to do today, with sweet F.A. to do today...
당신은 물과도 같아요, 나는 대기와도 같아요.
진정제에 붕 떠버렸네요, 내게도 주었던가요?
당신은 물과도 같아요, 나는 대기와도 같죠.
오늘 달콤한 F.A.와 함께 하고 있어요... <-...-_-;a

...Angel, don't take those sleeping pills.
...천사, 수면제를 먹지 말아요...

Because we`re young
Because we`re gone
Oh we`ll take the tide`s electric mind
Oh yeah oh yeah
We`re so young and so gone
Let`s chase the dragon oh
Because we`re young because we`re gone
Oh we`ll scare the skies with tiger`s eyes
Oh yeah oh yeah
We`re so young and so gone
Let`s chase the dragon oh
Let`s chase the dragon oh
Let`s chase the dragon
From our home high in the city
Where the skyline stained the snow
I fell for a servant who kept me on the boil
We`re so young and so gone
Let`s chase the dragon.. from our home home home...
From our home, home home...
From our home, home home...
From our home, home home...

I watch the slow hand
Kill the day
I see my starring mode
Take away
I watch the skyline for him to come
And when he comes alone
We`ll be gone.
And we`ll go into the city
Into the light
We`ll be there in the headlines
Care of the night
Cause this is the big time
This is the way
Now he`s in the big time
He`ll show you the way
This is the big time
This is the way
Now he`s in the big time
And you`re in the way
...

Won't someone give me a gun
oh well it's for my brother
well he writes the line
wrote down my spine
It says Oh do you believe
in love there
So slow down, slow down
you're taking me over
And so we drown, sir we drown
stop taking me over
Won't someone give me some fun
as the skin flies all around us
We kiss in his room
to a popular tune
Oh, real drowners
slow down, slow down
you're taking me over
And so we drown, sir we drown
stop takin' me over
slow down, slow down
you're taking me over
And so we drown, sir we drown
stop takin' me over
you're taking me over
you're taking me over
you're taking me over
you're taking me over
stop takin' me over
you're taking me over
you're taking me over

Won't someone give me a gun
oh well it's for my brother
well he writes the line
wrote down my spine
It says Oh do you believe
in love there
So slow down, slow down
you're taking me over
And so we drown, sir we drown
stop taking me over
Won't someone give me some fun
as the skin flies all around us
We kiss in his room
to a popular tune
Oh, real drowners
slow down, slow down
you're taking me over
And so we drown, sir we drown
stop takin' me over
slow down, slow down
you're taking me over
And so we drown, sir we drown
stop takin' me over
you're taking me over
you're taking me over
you're taking me over
you're taking me over
stop takin' me over
you're taking me over
you're taking me over

see you in your next life
when we'll fly away for good
stars in our own car we can
drive away from here
far away, so far away down to
Worthing and work there
far away, we'll go far away
and flog ice creams til the
company's on its knees
see you in your next life
when we'll fly away for good

To The Birds


Don't take your life, 'cos your bicycle won't fly
You could be going to heaven tonight
Don't spoil the show for the love of some albino
You won't be going to heaven alone

I see her by the window waiting every night
So I wouldn't give a shit if my bicycle's in bits
I think I'm going to heaven on it

I see her by the window pour the poison for you
I'll go there through the window in my sixteen-hole boots
And I'll sing to the birds here at my side
And I'll sing to the birds who will save my life

Don't take your life 'cos your bicycle won't fly
You could be going to heaven tonight
And I wouldn't give a shit if your bicycle's in bits
I think I'm going to heaven on it

I see her by the window, and I see there's a day
We'll walk out through the traffic
And pour the poison away
So I'll sing to the birds here at my side
And I'll sing to the birds who will save my life

I will lie down for her

To The Birds


Don't take your life, 'cos your bicycle won't fly
You could be going to heaven tonight
Don't spoil the show for the love of some albino
You won't be going to heaven alone

I see her by the window waiting every night
So I wouldn't give a shit if my bicycle's in bits
I think I'm going to heaven on it

I see her by the window pour the poison for you
I'll go there through the window in my sixteen-hole boots
And I'll sing to the birds here at my side
And I'll sing to the birds who will save my life

Don't take your life 'cos your bicycle won't fly
You could be going to heaven tonight
And I wouldn't give a shit if your bicycle's in bits
I think I'm going to heaven on it

I see her by the window, and I see there's a day
We'll walk out through the traffic
And pour the poison away
So I'll sing to the birds here at my side
And I'll sing to the birds who will save my life

I will lie down for her

Out in the sticks, out in the stickiness
They're chasing round in stolen ice cream vans
They're sparking up with someone, oh
They're covering up their jumpers in roses, oh

Where pigs don't fly, oh

Out over there, out in the sticky wire fire,
Your royal stickiness your highness
I've heard there's someone saying "I do"
And banging at the old piano tune

Where the pigs don't fly, I do
Where the pigs don't fly, I do

I do...

If I'd known you were cheating me,
I would have saved myself and set you free.
If I learned you weren't the loving kind,
I would have saved some peace of mind.

My friends told me you would break my heart,
And never last, we would surely part.

There's no smoke without fire,
Baby, baby you're a liar.

People talk in this little town,
Rumours keep spreading all around.
And now word has it you've been foolin' me,
I'm so blind that I cannnot see.

My friends told me never to believe in you,
You never loved me you were never true.

There's no smoke without fire,
Baby, baby you're a liar.

No there's no smoke without fire.
Baby, baby you're a liar.
You're a liar
You're a liar
You're a liar
Baby you're a liar.

There's no light without a flame,
There's no use in having you to blame.

No
There's no smoke without fire.
Baby, baby you're a liar.
You're a liar

Put it in perspective
Put it in perspective
Put it in perspective

It's been a long
And uphill journey
Getting
To where i am today
It's been real tough
And I'm still learning
That workin' hard's
The only way

For happiness
In this life
Success and things
Must sacrifice
For success
With your desires
You just gotta aim high
You gotta
Put it in perspective
Put it in perspective
You gotta
Put it in perspective
(Yes, you do)
Put it in perspective

The road
I had me
Was so winding
Reaching
Where I had to go
It wasn't easy
For me finding
It's not what you are
But who you know
But for happiness
In this life
Success and things
Must sacrifice
For success
With your desires
You just gotta aim high
You gotta
Put it in perspective
Put it in perspective
You gotta
Put it in perspective
(Yes, you do)
Put it in perspective

Oh, bend your minds
And you will surely see
That everyday
There's a new opportunity
Oh
Put it in perspective
Put it in perspective
(Put it in perspective)
Put it in perspective
Put it in perspective

You gotta
Put it in perspective
You gotta
Put it in perspective
(Put it in perspective)
You gotta
Put it in perspective
Put it in perspective
Put it in perspective
(Put it in perspective)

Although you think I cope,
my head is filled with hope...
of some place other than here.

Although you think I smile,
inside all the while...
I'm wondering about my destiny.

I'm thinking about,
all the things,
I'd like to do in my life.

I'm a dreamer,
a distant dreamer,
dreaming for hope, from today.

Even when you see me frown,
my heart won't let me down,
because I know there's better things to come (Woah Yeah).

And when life gets tough,
I feel I've had enough,
I hold on to a distant star,

I'm thinking about,
all the things,
I'd like to do in my life...

I'm a dreamer,
A distant dreamer,
dreaming for hope from today.

I'm a dreamer,
A distant dreamer,
dreaming for hope from today.

Yeah, I'm a dreamer

Oooooooh...
Oooooooh...
Oooooooh...

I'm a dreamer,
a distant dreamer,
dreaming for hope from today,

Yeah i'm a dreamer...

Oooooooh...
Oooooooh...
Oooooooh...

I'm a dreamer.


S.Drury.

Is this something on your mind?
What do you try to hide?
I can't seem, no I can't seem to get a hold on you

Sitting on the bench
You will think we are just friends
'Cause there's no lies, there's no lies that's with us two

What more can I give?
What more can I say?
'Cause I can't make you love me anyway

Oh maybe I'm not the one
Oh maybe I'm too young
But for reasons why I can't deny
I'm a fool for you
Fool for you

Who are you talking to?
Is she in love with you?
I can see and I can feel you're thinking of her again

Lying by your side
You would turn to its eyes
Oh where is the sense? Where is the sense in living with pretence?

What more can I give?
What more can I say?
I can't make you love me anyway

Oh maybe I'm not the one
Oh maybe I'm too young
But for reasons why I can't deny
I'm a fool for you
Fool for you
Fool for you

Oh maybe I'm not the one
Oh maybe I'm too young
But for reasons why I can't deny
I'm a fool for you
Fool for you
I'm a fool for you
I'm a fool for you

I′d move to Rockferry,
Tomorrow
And I′d build my house, baby
With sorrow

I′d leave my shadow,
To fall behind
And I wouldn′t write to you
′cos I′m not that kind

The midnight trains are boarding
All wrap up 8s
I pich my load and i fill my truck
before its too late

I leave the stars to judge
my every move
I′m not going to think of you, oh
I′d get the blues

Theres no sleep on the journey
away from time
A bag of songs and a heavy heart
won′t make me down

i′ll give it all my strength and my mind
i′ll make this decision with or without

I′d move to Rockferry,
Tomorrow
And I′d build my house, baby
With sorrow

I′d leave my shadow,
To fall behind
And i wouldn′t write to you
′cos i′m not that kind
not that kind

Rockferry, not that kind
Rockferry, not that kind
Rockferry, not that kind
Rockferry, not that kind
Rockferry, not that kind
Rockferry, not that kind
Rockferry, not that kind

I always wanted to see
What colour's your destiny
I always wanted to know
That we'll grow

Serious
Serious

I'm a trophy on your arm
You wear me like a charm, yes you do
An accessory that suits
Your new swede boots

I get a feeling deep down inside
Something just ain't right
I get a feeling that tells me I know
Baby, you never show
How you really feel for me
Tell me can we ever be...

Serious
Serious in love

A joke on my expense
In front of all your friends, all the time
A game you like to play leaves me so low
Every day

I get a feeling deep down inside
Something just ain't right
I get a feeling that tells me I know
Baby, you never show
How you really feel for me
Tell me can we ever be...

Serious
Serious in love
(Serious) Ooh, yeah
Serious in love

I get a feeling deep down inside
That something just ain't right
I get a feeling that tells me I know
Baby, you never show

How you really feel for me
Tell me can we ever be...
Tell me...

Serious
Serious in love
(Serious) Ooh
(Serious) Serious in love, oh

(Serious) Serious in love
(Serious) Serious in love
[repeat to fade]

Treading down the street
I've got the vibe in my feet
I'm feeling angry (angry)
Thoughts of what you said
Are spinning round in head
I'm feeling confused (confused)
I'm lovin' life right now
But you're dragging me down
I don't know what to do
But say it to you

Chorus

Stop
Just what you're doin' to me
You drive me mad
Oh baby, why don't you see
That I'm sad
You spin me round
And you make me dizzy

Sitting with my friends
I wait by the phone
I'm gonna give you (give you)
A piece of my mind
Cause&nbsp;?it's not my type?
Someone told you (told you)
You're actin like a child
And its drivin me wild
I don't know what to do
But say it to you

Chorus

Stop
Just what you're doin' to me
You drive me mad
Oh baby, why don't you see
That I'm sad
You spin me round
And you make me dizzy

Stop
Just what you're doin' to me
You drive me mad
Oh baby, why don't you see
That I'm sad
You spin me round
And you make me dizzy

You better stop
You better stop
You better stop
Boy
You better stop

don't you be wastin' all your money
on syrup and honey because i'm sweet enough
don't you be usin' every minute on makin' a livin'
because we got our love

listen to me 1, 2, 3,
baby, baby, baby,
spend your time on me

don't you be out all night long
leavin' me all alone
because i, i need your love
don't you be spendin' every day workin' away
because i'm waitin for you

listen to me 1, 2, 3,
baby, baby, baby,
spend your time on me

spend it, spend it, spend it
your time on me
please baby
mmmmmmm
please baby

We're all looking for a love as strong as death
That's part of our mind and part of our flesh
Looking for a love that takes away our breath
It's equally heart and equally head
To be a wave that crashes over us
To be a wave that crashes over us
Like summer rain that washes over, over us
Like summer rain that washes over
Looking for a love as strong as death
It's equally heart and equally head
And I wonder if this love
That people say is as strong as death
Is out there somewhere (or just in their heads)
Is it a wave that crashes over us?
Is it a wave that crashes over us?
Or summer rain that washes over, over us
Or summer rain that washes over, over us


Over us
Over us
Over us
It's over

Estuary girl you're not the one
You don't belong to the world that I'm from
Your lazy words blow like confetti in the wind
In the wind
Estuary girl you're not part of my scene
Your feet don't belong in my upholstery
Sometimes I sink when you call me on the phone
On the phone
Oh but if you follow me I will follow you to the unknown
Oh like Apollo, like Apollo we'll fly to the moon
Oh yes if you follow me I will follow you to the unknown
Oh like Apollo, like Apollo 13 we'll explode
Sad as a song, a child of the streets
Your skin don't belong on my designer sheets
In eyeliner you wrote me a note that I'll never read at all
Estuary girl
Oh but if you follow me I will follow you to the unknown
Oh like Apollo, like Apollo we'll fly to the moon
Oh yes if you follow me I will follow you into the unknown
Oh like Apollo, like Apollo 13 we'll explode
Oh yes if you follow me I will follow you into the unknown
Oh like Apollo, like Apollo we'll sink like a stone
(You don't belong to the world that I'm from)
Oh yes if you follow me I will follow you into the unknown
(Estuary girl you're not the one)
Oh like Apollo, like Apollo 13 we'll explode
(You don't belong to the world that I'm from)
(Estuary girl you're not the one)
(You don't belong to the world that I'm from)
(Estuary girl you're not the one)
You don't belong to the world that I'm from

And the morning comes with coffee we can share
And the smell of cigarettes is in your hair
There's the sound of shouts outside the hotel room
Like the night before when cameras flattered you
And if we don't have a future
If our lives split like shattered bits of glass
And if we don't have a future
Just leave your autograph
Your autograph
And the night that saw the neon lit our fate
And our shadows painted many different shapes
But now the moon has turned complex and altered you
There's just the smell of cigarettes left in the room
And we made saved conversation
And we kick through broken bits of glass
And it's all just complication
And too complex to ever last
cause if we don't have a future
And if this kiss dissolves into the past
And if we don't have a future
Just leave your autograph
Your autograph
Just leave your autograph
Your autograph
Just leave your autograph
Your autograph

I'm shaking and aching and talking to the sky
I shiver in the night but I can't sleep
You're as dark as the mascara that drips down from your eyes
Look what you've done to me
You're as dark as the ocean
As cold as the rain
You've got me weak with emotion
You're such a beautiful pain
Such a beautiful pain
So I shelter in the wardrobe
And shiver on the stairs
And I slide down in the gutter with the leaves
And I tried to talk to God as if he is really there
Look what you've done to me
You're as dark as the ocean
As cold as the rain
You've got me weak with emotion
You're such a beautiful pain
And I cling to my pillow
And scratch out my veins
You kiss like a killer
You're such a beautiful pain
Such a beautiful pain
Such a beautiful pain
(Such a beautiful pain)


As dark as the ocean
As hard as the rain
You've got me weak with emotion
You're such a beautiful pain
And I cling to my pillow
And scratch out my veins
You kiss like a killer
Such a beautiful pain

The pages burn, the babies scream
And lovers text in Japanese
The more you give, the more they need
The more you live, the less you see


Religion breeds
(Religion breeds)
Like a disease
(Like a disease)
More people spit on refugees
(can't get in with immigration)
The more you live, the less you see
The more you give, the more they need
In this brave new century


So mother where do I belong?
And mother what should I believe?
Just look what's happened to your son
In this brave new
In this brave new century


We sit and choke
(We sit and choke)
On magazines
(On magazines)
And worship shit celebrities
(No more mental masturbation)
The more you give, the more they need
The more you live, the less you see
In this brave new century


Century
Century
Century
Century
Century

Alone in my room
I switch on the tube
And wave at the screen
It stares back at me
So I turn to the sky
And watch as it cries
Just waiting in here
For the car to appear
cause when we're together the world smiles
And when we're together it feels right
We'll live for the future and its scenes
When we're together, my co-star and me
Your plane is delayed
So I walk from the gate
But when you appear
I'll stick to you dear
And we'll stumble outside
And dance in the sunlight
Like ice in the sun
We'll melt into one
Yes when we're together the world smiles
And when we're together it feels right
We'll live for the future and its scenes
When we're together, my co-star and me
When we're together the planets align
When we're together I burn from the inside
We'll live for forever in this insanity
When we're together, my co-star and me


When we're together the world smiles
And when we're together it feels right
We'll live for the future and its scenes
When we're together, my co-star and me
When we're together the planets align
And when we're together the stars gonna shine
We'll live for forever in this insanity
When we're together, my co-star and me

Eyes that stare through television
Intermission in his mind
Where there once was such ambition
Blared like a bass line when the bass line's right
Shame he's just this fallen idol
Shattered like some broken glass
Shame he's just this fallen idol
Bits of paper for his past
Years are scattered like the rain drops
Sits at the window through the empty day
Competitions in the paper
Stares in the sky
When the sky turns grey
Shame he's just this fallen idol
Shattered like some broken glass
Shame he's just this fallen idol


Shame he's just this fallen idol
Scattered on the bit of grass
Shame he's just this fallen idol
Bits of paper for his past
Bits of paper for his past

You grow your nails too long
There's scratches on your arms
You taste like orange chocolate
You always put your hands in my pockets
Your teeth are not quite straight
Your mood swings oscillates
Your language is appalling
And you play with my hair in the morning
Your imperfections are so beautiful
I can't control my animal soul
Your imperfections have got me on a chain
Can't concentrate
I'm a sucker for your beautiful mistakes


And sometimes when we kiss
You touch my fingertips
Synthetic words can't hide me
Passion creeps like death inside me
And slowly we become one
We stick like chewing gum
I want your language to be appalling
I want you to play with my hair in the morning
Your imperfections are so beautiful
I can't control my animal soul
Your imperfections have got me on a chain
Can't concentrate
I'm a sucker for your beautiful mistakes


Your imperfections are so beautiful
I can't control my animal soul
Your imperfections have got me on a chain
Can't concentrate
Your imperfections make you what you are
My defective star
My inelegant love
Your imperfections are so beautiful
I'm out of control
I'm a sucker for the defects in your, your soul

She shivers in the rain
it's the capital connecting
with her veins
Stepping under statues and
on trains 'till we are under covers
She giggles like a child with
no sign of all the tension
in her life
It's written on her T shirt and
in her eyes that there is no other
Cos we are the lovers
we are the lovers
We're different colours
but we stand up as one
We are the lovers
we are the lovers
Two different colours
but we stand up as one
All the silly things
we do just remind me of the
flippancy of youth
Kissing under statues
throwing food and getting
into trouble
She shivers in the cold
it's the capital connecting
with her bones
Jumping into taxis here we go
yes there is no other
Cos we are the lovers
we are the lovers
We're different colours
but we stand up as one
We are the lovers
we are the lovers
Two different colours
but we stand up as one

We are the lovers
we are the lovers
We're different colours
but we stand up as one
We are the lovers
we are the lovers
Two different colours
but we stand up as one

You are the dust and,
I am the rain,
Let's go out in the rust and
Let's gather the change
Let's take to the streets
You and I we're life's refugees
But like Bonnie and Clyde we're free
Don't say there's nothing between us
You stain the pavements
I'll take the blame
Our love is our saviour
Our life is our grave
Let's take to the streets
You and I we're life's refugees
But like Bonnie and Clyde we're free
Don't say there's nothing between us
cause we're all refugees
And we're all drifting like leaves
But like Bonnie and Clyde we're free
Don't say there's nothing between us
We'll live for the sunshine
And smile through the rain


And we're all refugees
And we're all drifting like leaves
But like Bonnie and Clyde we're free
Don't say there's nothing between us
So let's take to the streets
You and I compete with the freaks
And like Bonnie and Clyde we're free
Don't say there's nothing between us
Well there's nothing between us
Well there's nothing between us

When I hear the men outside my window kicking down my door
All the megaphones are screaming letters of the lord
Would you walk in through the gate and visit me?
Would you please?, in the asylum


When they're counting out the chemicals
and doing daily tasks
Giving out presciption drugs and putting on their masks
Would you wander through the ground to visit me?
As they opened up the gates and turned the key
Would you please?, in the asylum


If they burn my brain away would you understand?
If they try to hold me down would you hold my hand?
Could you stand?, stand the asylum


In the asylum
In the asylum
In the asylum

I threw out the photographs
Like yesterdays flowers
I tried to erase the past
But it won't go away
And those where the curtains
That you had made
One thing's for certain
The ghost of you stays
I painted the second room
And cleared out the basement
And smelled some of your perfume
On the scarf that you made
The Salvation Army collected your things
I gave them the jewellery, all the bracelets and rings
Your clothes in black bin bags I gave them away
I tried to move on but the ghost of you stays
The ghost of you stays
The ghost of you stays


I threw out the photographs
Like yesterdays flowers
I tried to erase the past
But it won't go away
I wake in the morning
And try to be brave
But it's hard to move on
When the ghost of you stays


It's hard to move on
When the ghost of you stays
The ghost of you stays
The ghost of you stays

This country looks like one big car park
The winters are so very long
And everybody wonders where the light has gone
And Europe has its moving state lines
But Africa has winter sun
And you and me we're just two creatures on the run
And we'll go where the crowds don't stare
And no one laughs at what we wear
The phone might ring
The rain might sting oh but we don't care
We'll fly over the endless ocean
We're heading for the winter sun
'Cause you and me we're just two creatures on the run


And Europe has its moving state lines
But Africa has winter sunshine
And you and me we're just two creatures on the run
And we'll go where the crowds don't stare
And no one hates us for our hair
The phone might ring
The rain might sting oh but we don't care


We'll fly over the endless ocean
We're heading for the winter sun
'Cause you and me we're just two creatures on the run
America's our supermarket
In India we'll take some stopping
'Cause you and me we're just two creatures on the run
In Asia we can mend our breakdown
'Cause you and me we must escape now
And you and me we're just two creatures on the run
You and me we're just two creatures on the run
You and me we're just two creatures on the run
You and me we're just two creatures on the run

Maybe, maybe it`s the clothes we wear,
The tasteless bracelets and the dye in our hair,
Maybe it`s our kookiness,
Or maybe, maybe it`s our nowhere towns,
Our nothing places and our cellophane sounds,
Maybe it`s our looseness,
But we are trash, you and me,
We`re the litter on the breeze,
We`re the lovers on the streets,
Just trash, me and you,
It`s in everything we do,
It`s in everything we do
Maybe, maybe it`s the things we say,
The words we`ve heard and the music we play,
Maybe it`s our cheapness,
Or maybe, maybe it`s the times we`ve had,
The lazy days and the crazes and the fads,
Maybe it`s our sweetness,
But we`re trash, you and me,
We`re the litter on the breeze,
We`re the lovers on the street,
Just trash, me and you,
It`s in everything we do,
It`s in everything we do
instrumental break
But we`re trash, you and me,
We`re the lovers on the street,
We`re the litter on the breeze
Just trash, me and you,
It`s in everything we do,
It`s in everything we do
ah you and me,
We`re the lovers on the streets,
We`re the litter on the breeze,
ah you and me,
It`s in everything we do,
It`s in everything we do.......
ah you and me...

Blue come today
Put color on the trees and on the ground
Blue come today
Shine on the town and turn the blues around
Save London from the grey and all the brown

I wanna walk you through a summer's day
I want the clouds to leave the town
I need the sun to make a stand today
Now that everybody looks so down

I'm begging you
Blue come today
The wind so cold don't wanna be outside
Blue be winter's grave
Shine on the town and turn the blues around
Shine on the town and turn my life around

I wanna walk you through a summer day
I want the clouds to leave the town
I need the sun to make a stand today
Now that everybody looks so down

I'm begging you
Blue, blue, blue, blue
Shine on the town

I wanna walk you through a summer day
I want the clouds to leave the town
I need the sun to make a stand today
Now that everybody looks so down

I'm begging you
Blue, blue, blue, blue.

Shine on the town, Shine on the town
Shine on the town, Shine on the town

Blue

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Written By PAUL CANTELON, THAD COREA, ANGELA MCCLUSKEY, SCOTT ROEWE, DAVID M. SHAW PKA: SHARK
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Feeling lost and I don't wanna be here
Burning up inside the atmosphere
If I should spread my wings I could fly away
But I don't wanna stay up here all night

And if you take my hand, you could take command
Can't you hear me calling I'm falling
Won't you take my hand, won't you understand?
Can't you hear me calling I'm falling

See the world below and I'm floating by
All alone here in the fearless sky
Feeling weightless please don't let me go
Cause I need you so, tonight, tonight
????
If you take my hand, you could take command
Can't you hear me calling I'm falling
Won't you take my hand, won't you understand?
Can't you hear me calling I'm falling

The sky at night is cool when your feet are on the ground
But I need your sense of gravity
Something to pull me down

Aha
Aah
Ooh
Falling

If you take my hand, you could take command
Can't you hear me calling I'm falling
Won't you take my hand, won't you understand?
Can't you hear me calling I'm falling
For you ahh yeah
Falling
For you
????

A strange relationship has started
A strange relationship indeed
It's like a word to call out for me
Between the pages of a dream
And it's calling you
It's calling me
It's calling everyone to be
In a future world with an astrogirl
One on one is all you need
In a future world with an astrogirl
One on one is all you need
A strange experience has started
Between our molecules and me
It's like a cease between us for me
For obsolete technology
And it's calling you
It's calling me
It's calling everyone to be
In a future world with an astrogirl
One on one is all you need
In a future world with an astrogirl
The sky goes on and on for you and me?

In a future world with an astrogirl
There'll be no,you see
Coz we'll be making friends with the supermen
And the sky goes on and on for you and me?
sky goes on and on for you
sky goes on

you belong among the wild flowers
picked at the side of the road
you belong among the silent hours
and broken telephones

you belong among the tv screens
with the sound turned down again
you belong where there's cctv
watching you every day

well you beautiful loser
well you beautiful lay
well you beautiful loser
you're coming down the hard way

you belong under electric lights
with the hand-me-down surrounds
you belong out in the countryside
with your hands deep down in the ground

well you beautiful loser
well you beautiful lay
well you beautiful loser
i said you're coming down the hard way

your brain is drip-connected to the satellite
your heart is not a part of your brain
aesthetics and inventions well they pass you by
and complicate your day

you belong sat on a motorbike
doing 161 in the rain
50cc through the wild life
getting trashed in the slow lane

well you beautiful loser
well you beautiful lay
well you beautiful loser
i said you're coming down the hard way

well you loser
well you beautiful lay
well you beautiful loser
you're coming down the hard way
you're coming down the hard way
you're coming down the hard way

Stephanie stares at the posters on the wall
Tina sits and waits for a telephone call
Maxine mixes alcohol with paraphin and paint

Sylvie stays in bed on her own
She can heat the cats outside and wanders where they to
And if you call her answer phone,
she'll get back to you one day

And lonely girls, lonely girls
feel the words

Julie dreams while she's typing away
Jackie Kills time while the company pays
Tracie is still ? ringing in her brain

Jane slaps ? on the wallsof her home
Leenie sings when she thinks she's alone
Jeane gets drunk and wanders home
Through the car parks to meet her Jane

Yeah, lonely girls, lonely girls
Feel the words

And they smile through the summer
And they laugh in the rain
And sing through the winter
But never show the pain

Sometimes our lives are not what they seem
Sometimes things aren't like what they are
in lifestyle magazines
We see what we want to see in this miracle of clay

Well, lonely girls, lonely girls
Feel the words

I see you in my life I see you on the screen
An ascending socialite Orbiting the scene
Everybody wants you now
Everybody wants to be a part of your crowd
But baby it seems sometimes you're lost in TV
Lost in a dream baby
We wander through our minds
With images and scenes With animated lives
Rehearsing for our dreams
Everybody wants it now
Everybody wants to be a face in the crowd
But baby it seems sometimes we're lost in TV
Trapped in a screen lost in a scene Lost in TV baby
Everybody wants it now
Everybody wants to be a face in the crowd
But baby it seems sometimes we're lost in TV
Lost in a dream baby

It's the way you pick your clothes off the floor
It's the way you scratch your skin when you yawn
It's the t-shirts that you choose
like you're in the Air Force
Yeah the language that you use reacts like chemicals
Obsessions in my head Don't connect with my intellect
It's called obsession Can you handle it?
It's connected to the hip sounds
And it moves with the underground
It's called obsession When you're around
It's the way you close the doors of my car
It's the stupid things you bought with my credit card
It's the way you don't read Camus or Brett Easton Ellis
Yeah the TCP you use, it stings when we kiss
Obsessions in my head Don't connect with my intellect
It's called obsession Can you handle it?
It's connected to the hip sounds
And it moves with the underground
It's called obsession When you're around

Obsessions is like sex It's simple and complex
It's called obsession Can you handle it?
It's connected to the hip sounds
And it moves with the underground
It's called obsession When you're around