Hot skin in the night
And the hour when the animals are born
Crimes of passion are committed
Take me to the morning light
Take me to your leader
It took a girl like me
To bring you to your knees
It took a girl like me
You were my heart
You are my only heart
But this cold air is killing me
And as we make love
The silence, the silence
Trying to find a thread of a failed romance
It took a girl like me
To bring you to your knees
You take a girl like me
I strained my face towards the sky
You put your hand over my mouth
Oh take me, take me to the frozen north
Skating, falling, falling down, down, down
Into icy water
I'll be what you want me to be
To bring you to your knees
Your lover, your daughter
We'll move in slow motion
Falling down, down, down
Into icy water
You took a girl like me
I might never leave this room again
Shut myself inside the old photographs
Faded light of a young girl
Patterns, shadows on the walls
Painted ladies
They look a lot like me
It took a girl like me
To bring you to your knees
You took a girl like me
Age Of The Dollar
He raised his hands
Stepped back inside
Putting on
His ammo belt
Rest his finger
On his gun
He felt god understood
He wandered out
With every step
His ammo belt
Began to change
Speaking in
Different tounges
He felt god understood
Fluttering
Of the dollar bills
Leaves in the wind
Blown from the hills
And the people came
From here or there
Picking up the chain
Of the dollar bills
Airplane Blues
My man's a pilot on the Birmingham airplane line
I say my man's a pilot on the Birmingham airplane line
When he comes to see me, my man sure comes a flying
I know that my flying man ain't true to me
I know that my flying man ain't true to me
But he's as true as any man can be
He takes me flying, flying, right up to the sky
He takes me flying, flying, right up to the sky
When I'm riding with my man, lord, he rides me so high
First he turns me over then he starts to loop the loop
First he turns me over then he starts to loop the loop
Takes a long long time till his wings begin to droop
He flies me slow, he flies me fast
And I'm hoping, I'm praying he don't run out of gas
So if he ain't true, there's nothing I'm gonna say
Cause I ain't gonna let a man that good fly away
Baby In A Plastic Bag
There was a man who told us all about his yesterdays
He said that come the come, come revolution praise
And though we talked about him, walked about his yesterdays
No crack could snap the fact, he bore them all the way
What a day
Oh what an education
Too bad, too bad
Oh what a reputation
Baby in a plastic bag
Calling out and falling out with everyone
He saw no application for this summering
Although it hurt a lot and burned a lot of offerings
No calling... turned the granary
Oh what an education
Too bad, too bad
Oh what a reputation
Baby in a plastic bag
Well I don't like your face
Well I don't like your taste
Well I don't like this place
And I don't need your embrace
Oh what an education
Too bad, too bad
Oh what a reputation
Baby in a plastic bag
Well I don't like your face
Well I don't like your taste
Well I don't like this place
And I don't need your embrace
In a white room, in a warm man
Warm bizarre
Come and get me
Come and get me
Hang it on, hang heavy
Come
Oh what an education
Too bad, too bad
Oh what a reputation
Baby in a plastic bag
Before The Poison
Before the poison
I wasn't down
If you'd been there
If you'd been around
I couldn't hear
Couldn't hear a sound
I was floating
Above the groud
Before the poison
I'd lost my fear
Maybe too happy
To even care
Safe in my dream
Couldn't see the fall
Coming on, coming from nowhere
My name to call
No more to say
Nothing's coming my way
No you, no me
No more how can it be?
Nowhere to run
Out of nowhere, poison
This is the end
What's left for you my friend?
Before the poison
I'd laugh out loud
I'd see your face
In any crowd
But speak sofly
Without fear
Hold on, to me
Hold me near
No more to say
Nothing's coming my way
No you, no me
No more how can it be?
Nowhere to run
Out of nowhere, poison
This is the end
What's left for you my friend?
Bitter Little Bird
I will change
I will transform
I will turn myself
Into a bitter bird
Bitter life fly
To your garden
Bitter life sit
By the lilac tree
I will change
I will transform
Don't shoot me down
This bitter bird
Bitter life fly
In through your window
And bitter stories why
To your sister tell
Oh this sister tell
What are your sorrows
And ask of us of ours
Bobby Don't Steal
Bobby, will you come to Mexico?
And help me spend the time there
And we’ll go out and wander
And remember what we’re here for
And keep moving, keep
Even when we sleep
Shall we talk about love?
And shall we talk about love?
And I’ll try not to steal or lie
And you try not to kill or steal
Broken Homes
Those men will break your bones
Don't know how to build stable homes
We lose our voice more each year
Maybe we won't bring soon
Is there cancer in the throat?
No stress
Maybe it's supposed to kill the success
Because success needs killing
Murder is media
False laugh, forged autograph
First my body, now my corpse
Those men will break your bones
Don't know how to build stable homes
Alive is pain, murder is fame
And if you're famous you may get acquitted
If you did it
There's nowhere to run away
Damn you, I hope you pay
And finish the day-to-day
The games we play
Those men will break your bones
Don't know how to build stable homes
I must stay at home
And talk on the telephone
Cause nothing in this world I want from you
Don't fool yourself, I won't cry
Too scared to live
Too quick to die
Those men will break your bones
Don't know how to build stable homes
Those men will break your bones
Don't know how to build stable homes
Claudine, My Inflatable One
Claudine I love ya don't be shy
Come 'round my place, I'll blow your mind
I'll show you heaven sure as I can lie
Come on Mr. Heaven let me give you my my my my Mr. Heaven
Um yeah, I'll be, my my my my my Mr. Heaven
Um yeah
I'll make sweet honey, I'll treat you nice
I'll show you sugar, how to juggle them dice
Nail my beard to the bathroom door
If it's what you want baby, come on, come on, take take your Mr. Heaven (scream blue murder)
Um yeah, I'll be, my my my my my Mr. Heaven (scream blue murder)
Um yeah, I'll be, my my my my my my my (scream blue murder)
Claudine, je vous aimais la Bete
I washed your dog, babe, don't forget
Inflate your body, my inflatable queen
Want to get right in your sack o' sack o' skin now Mr. Heaven (scream blue murder)
Um yeah, I'll be, my my my my my Mr. Heaven (scream blue murder)
My god, I'll be, my my my my my Mr. (scream blue murder)
Scream blue murder
Scream blue murder
Colour Me Grey
Pour yourself into a drink
It's what you think
I don't have anything to say at all
A funny mess, don't you agree
Just you and me
I don't have anything to do at all
Shall we go out tonight
Will that be alright
Shall we search for our fortune and fame
For oil on peaceful waters
Always stings the same
So just stab me in the back
And call me lover
For nothing now can ever be the same
We'll swap stories of past conquests
We'll tell each other lies
And I'll try so hard to shoulder all the blame
Shall we go out tonight
Will that be alright
Shall we search for our fortune and fame
For oil on peaceful waters
Always stings the same
Come To Me
Come to me
Light on my shoulder
Come to me
Burn your starry crown
My dark angel
I've tried, I can't get over
'Cause when I think I'm climbing
I'm really so far down
Time takes a while, to break ya
And now, only fire can wake ya
Oh weeping willow
Coughing up my heart
Asked God to see my shadow
And kept us apart
Through my mind's every riot, or revelation
You've just now gone
You've just now gone, as I arrive
At every station
Come to me
Either early or late
I've learned this by habit
Now I know how to wait
Come to me
Come to me
Come to me
Crawl Home
No more
It's done
Crawl home
Get gone
Your love
Is evil
Lonesome
My bones
Took me such a long time to figure it out
Now isn't too late I cant do without
Took me such a long time to figure it out
Don't take it away, away, away
Snow storm
My heart
Crawl home
Your love
Is evil
I'm lonesome
Just dead lonely
Were you there?
Took me such a long time to figure it out
Now isn't too late I cant do without
Took me such a long time to figure it out
Don't take it away, away, away
Daddy
Daddy
Hold me
It seems so very dark tonight
And day
Daddy
I can't sleep
Need you to come and sing to me
That the stars
Up in the sky
Will shine down gently on the two of us tonight
And soon enough (Daddy)
It will be light (Baby)
We'll hold on tightly to each other, you and I
I won't cry
Oh Daddy
Your baby
Is weak and calling out your name
My Daddy
Don't leave me
I beg you sing your song again
That the stars
Up in the sky
Will shine down gently on the two of us tonight
And soon enough (Daddy)
It will be light (Baby)
We'll hold on tightly to each other, you and I
And I won't cry
Daddy
That the stars
Up in the sky
Will shine down gently on the two of us tonight
And soon enough (Daddy)
It will be light (Baby)
We'll hold on tightly to each other, you and I
And I won't cry
Death Is Not The End
When you're sad and you're lonely
And you haven't got a friend
Just remember that death is not the end
And all that you hold sacred
Falls down and does not mend
Just remember that death is not the end
Not the end, not the end
Just remember that death is not the end
When you're standing on the crosroads
That you cannot comprehend
Just remember that death is not the end
And all your dreams have vanished
And you don't know what's up the bend
Just remember that death is not the end
Not the end, not the end
Just remember that death is not the end
When the storm clouds gather round you
And heavy rains descend
Just remember that death is not the end
And there is no-one there to comfort you
With a helping hand to lend
Just remember that death is not the end
Not the end, not the end
Just remember that death is not the end
For the tree of life is growing
Where the spirit never dies
And the bright light of salvation
Up in dark and empty skies
When the cities are on fire
With the burning flesh of men
Just remember that death is not the end
And you search in vain to find
Some law-abiding citizen
Just remember that death is not the end
Not the end, not the end
Just remember that death is not the end
Not the end, not the end
Just remember that death is not the end
Evol
What do you
Know about
Love?
You don't
Know what
I know
And how much?
How much
Will you give me
To tell you
What some
Would kill for
About love?
Yeah
Love
It'll twist out
Your limbs with
Pain
It'll stomp out
Your eyes and
Everything
Love
Evol
Baby how much money?
Read my lips baby
How much money?
Read my lips baby
How much money?
How much baby
Will you give me?
Some call
I the beating heart
Some call it
The god
They're just
romantic fools
I call it evol
Love you got a lot to answer for
Love you got a lot to answer for
Love you got a lot to answer for
Love you got a lot to answer for
Evol
Evol
Evol
Evol
Evol
Eyepennies
I will return here one day
And dig up my bones from the clay
I buried nails and strings and hair
And that old tooth I believe was a bear's
I held my hand in the fire
It burned me down to the wires
Blood suckers hide beneath my bed
And black fumes of skin so gently bled
I slept with a cat on my breast
Slowing my heart stealing my breath
At sunrise the monkeys will fly
And leave me with pennies in my eyes
I will return here one day
And dig up my bones from the clay
I buried nails and string and hair
And that old tooth I believe was a bear's
At sunrise the monkeys will fly
And leave me with pennies in my eyes
Featherhead
When will we ever meet?
Not in this life
When will I be a bird?
Is it this life?
White doves only see
From up high
When will another bird
Kiss my mind
Featherhead all fucked
Up and down days
No, not another night
Another dark place
White doves only see
From up high
When will another bird
Bend my mind
Glorious
A ruined man
Ruined man
Sun set on a seaside town
A lover's sigh
A lover ran
Through the barricades and swam
Hard as diamonds
Strong as steel
A love so deep
It will not heal
The horse won't eat
The bird won't sing
That princess she took everything
And the day will be glorious
And the night will fall over us
And the sea is calm
Hard as diamonds
Strong as steel
A love so deep
It will not heal
I love you inside
I love you out
A love so deep it can't be found
And the day will be glorious
And the night will fall over us
And the sea is calm
Green Eyes
He called me Magdolene
So much my eyes have seen
Cleopatra would have wept for these of green
I watch the people leave
I Walk the sorry town
When I saw him first
He was looking down
He called me Magdalene
My say Queen
But he would not look
Into these eyes of green
He lay there alone
No-one else around
When I turned to him
He was still looking down
I came
I witnessed
Followed
Found
Returned
Returned
He's still looking down
Still looking down
And the people leave
Leave this girl
Leave this girl
Leave this town
And still he kneels
Does not look at me
He's drawing circles in the ground
Henry Lee
Get down, get down, little Henry Lee
And stay all night with me
You won't find a girl in this damn world
That will compare with me
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
I can't get down and I won't get down
And spend all night with thee
For the girl I have in that merry green land
I love far better than thee
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
Come take him by his lilly-white hands
Come take him by his feet
And throw him down this deep deep well
Which is more than one hundred feet
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
Lie there, lie there, little Henry Lee
Till the flesh drops from your bones
For the girl you have in that merry green land
Can wait forever for you to come home
And the wind did howl and the wind did moan
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
Hit The City
The dark descends through the promised land
Down kingdom come and the acid band
I'm babylon, burn inside out
Nothing to kill it
I hit the city
In Marianne I dug the hole
And watched her trip on my hollow soul
And in the end all that crawled, was my skin
I couldn't kill it
I hit the city
I hit the city
Ghost arrives at its bitter end
To the promised land and the dark descents
I'm babylon, burn inside out
Nothing to kill it
I hit the city
Hitting The Ground
I was beaten up, I was beaten down
By my life and a photographic sound
I was filled with love, I was filled with rage
My life book shook with the turning of it's page
Hitting the ground, hitting the ground
And there ain't no friend round, never be found
Hitting the ground, hitting the ground
And there ain't no-one there to help you come down
I was not on drugs, I was not on beer
I was still with love, I was full of fear
If I asked the question, life will tell no lie
Love will ask the question are you willing to die
Hitting the ground, hitting the ground
And there ain't no friend round, never be found
Hitting the ground, hitting the ground
And there ain't no-one there to help you come down
I'm gonna go way up in an aeroplane
I'm gonna go way out insane
I don't know if I'd ever come down
I don't know if I can reach the ground
Hitting the ground, hitting the ground
And there ain't no friend round, never be found
Hitting the ground, hitting the ground
And there ain't no-one there to help you come down
I'm gonna go way up in an aeroplane
I'm gonna go way out insane
I don't know if I'd ever come down
I don't know if I can reach the ground
I was beaten up, I was beaten down
By my life and a photographic sound
I was filled with love, I was filled with rage
My life book shook with the turning of it's page
Hitting the ground, hitting the ground
And there ain't no friend round, never be found
Hitting the ground, hitting the ground
And there ain't no-one there to help you come down
Homo Sappy Blues
A jaw, a leg bone, a reconstructed skull
No continents or oceans
They died so young
What God sent you?
Sent you from your cave
I need your wisdom
Homo Sapiens
Your path of migration
Is marked upon a map
Looking like a tattoo
On a kid's forehead
What God sent you?
Sent you from your cave
I need your wisdom
If only for a day
What God sent you?
What God sent you?
They die young around here
With a hunger in their guts
And a taste for Vodka
Their friends faces on their shirts
Last year they killed one
Just for his shoes
Tell me what God sent you?
I got the Homo Sappy Blues
What God sent you?
What God sent you?
I Wonder As I Wander
I wonder as I wander out under the sky
How Jesus our Saviour was born for to die
For poor on'ry people like you and like I
I wonder as I wander out under the sky
When Mary birthed Jesus 'twas in a cow's stall
With wise men and farmers and shepherds and all
But high from God's heaven, a star's light did fall
And the promise of ages it then did recall
If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing
A star in the sky or a bird on the wing
Or all of God's Angels in heaven to sing
He surely could have it, for he was the King
I wonder as I wander out under the sky
How Jesus our Saviour was born for to die
For poor on'ry people like you and like I
I wonder as I wander out under the sky
In A Silent Violent Way
So your hearts gone round the bend
How many roads have I crossed again
With a friendly grin all over my face
It's a favourite old trick of mine
I knew you'd let me down in a silent violent way
My eyes, they're in the back of my head
How I'd love to look straight ahead
Not over my shoulder
It's an old favourite trick of mine
I knew you'd lket me down in a silent violent way
The tap drps on the verdigris
With every drop it seems to me
I've been here before
Into Deep Neutral
When you're off-kilter and the World it makes no sense
When you spy intruders at your first line of defence
Switch into deep neutral
Drop everything you know
Switch into deep neutral
And everything goes
When everyone's so uptight their laces are undone
Keep taking the tablets, keep the darkness on the run
If you switch into deep neutral
Your consumer choice is made
Switch into deep neutral
And the competition fades
In a deep neutral state there's no race to be won
There's nothing to do cause there's nothing to be done
Switch into deep neutral
Say "That's the way it goes"
Switch into deep neutral
And everything flows
When I make a small commitment, that's when I get the fear
I up the dose of neutral, it's the only legal gear
The cost of living's so dear
Switch into deep neutral
Drop everything you know
Switch into deep neutral
And anything goes
Talking to my best friend, she said that she was going to die
I said "Living is for losers, so there's no need to cry"
Switch into deep neutral
As you hit the endless night
Slide along the tunnel
To the distant wheel of light
In The Factory
It's hard to believe
In the factory
How they made you
And they made me
Made of ideas
Made to think and feel
Do you feel too much?
Do you feel too real?
You're so full of life
What do you want with mine?
How I loved you once
How I loved you twice
Did I have to pay
Such a heavy price
How I loved you more
Than my own life
Just to be
You and me
Almost real
Almost free
It's hard to believe
In the factory
How we satin feels
And the diamonds gleam
How they made our eyes
Made our hearts and minds
How they built us to
Leave it all behind
Just to be
You and me
Almost real
Almost free
Janet, Johnny & James
What if the world crashed in
Unfolding behind your eyelids
Crash your mind
Cracked your mind
Janet and Johnny and James
Crash your mind
Behind your eyelids
The people behind you
With nepotism
Explodes
All that rubbish
That you create
In the lock
Suddenly cranking
Nepotism
Janet and Johnny and James
Janet and Johnny and James
Dearest Lord, hear me now
Janet and Johnny
Coming over the mountain
From New Guinea
They see a star
They see a future
From you, our creator
They see the future
That would never happen
Johnny Hit & Run Pauline
Shooting sterilis hypo
Sex machine drug
24 hours
Shoot Pauline between the legs
96 tears to 24 hours
Sex once an hour
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
L.A. bust, doors open
Kicking both doors open
Arrested on 6th street
That's when it (brought) drove our girl inside
She was spreading her legs and didn't mind dying
He was still awake
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
He was waking up beside the bed
Found clumps of hair
At least Pauline wouldn't co-operate
She was not what you'd call living
He was still awake
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Just A Working Girl
A sixteen year old virgin out drinking with his mates
A layman, with the key to the Pearly Gates
Signs his fake name in illegible scrawl
And a right-on type, the most ashamed of all
Just A Working Girl
Schemes and missed appointments
Just A Working Girl
Dreams and disappointments
A fishmonger who hasn't washed for a week
A graphic artist who rinses so much he squeaks
A butcher with knotted muscles and a potted belly
Medical students, all schoolboy chuckles and petroleum jelly
Just A Working Girl
Schemes and missed appointments
Just A Working Girl
Dreams and disappointments
The overalls of bricklayers on a saturday night
The suits of glum professionals with midweek blight
The glasses of computer freaks who've laid their software down
And the arses of accountants heaving up and down, up and down
Just A Working Girl
Schemes and missed appointments
Just A Working Girl
Dreams and disappointments
A sales assistant with his petty hand in the till
The gasman is collecting just one more bill
A headmaster with a polaroid and a pleated uniform
The nightwatchman stops by quickly on his long walk home
Just A Working Girl
Schemes and missed appointments
Just A Working Girl
Dreams and disappointments
Lonely Avenue
Now my room has got two windows but the sunshine never comes through
You know it's always dark and dreary since I broke it off with you
I live on a Lonely Avenue
My little girl wouldn't say, "I do"
Well, I feel so sad and blue
And it's all because of you
I could cry, I could cry, i could cry
I could die, I could die, I could die
On Lonely Avenue, Lonely Avenue
And my covers they feel like lead and my pillow it feels like stone
Well, I've tossed and turned so every night, I'm not used to being alone
I live on a Lonely Avenue
My little girl wouldn't say, "I do"
Well, I feel so sad and blue
You know it's all because of you
I could cry, I could cry, i could cry
I could die, I could die, I could die
On Lonely Avenue, Lonely Avenue
I could cry, I could cry, i could cry
I could die, I could die, I could die
On Lonely Avenue, Lonely Avenue
Now I've been so sad and lonesome since you've left this town
If I could beg or borrow the money I would be a highway bound
Well I live on a Lonely Avenue
My little girl wouldn't say, "I do"
Well, I feel so sad and blue
It's all because of you
I could cry, I could cry, i could cry
I could die, I could die, I could die
Lonely Avenue, Lonely Avenue
Love Too Soon
I have loved
In my life
As a child
I often cried
And Love Too Soon
Can fade away
Love Too Soon
Can fade away
In the sun
Light of day
I can see
Your face change
And Love Too Soon
Fades away
Love Too Soon
Can fade away
And this dreadful
Crime to see
Breaks my heart
Into pieces
Love Too Soon
Can fade away
Love Too Soon
Can fade away
How false the heart
How false the day
When you swore your love
The branches now decay
Love Too Soon
And fades away
Love Too Soon
And fades away
My Friends Have
My friends have many features
Many reasons, I can believe them
My friends have many things that
I am needing, to keep me singing
Yeah, you're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
Yeah, you're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
My friends have many mountains,
Many mountains that I can breathe in
My friends have many houses,
Many caves that I can choose to live in
Yeah, you're a friend of mine
I love these friends of mine
Yeah, you're a friend for life
I love these friends of mine
My friends have many pathways,
Many roads that I can choose to take
My friends have many highways,
Where I can find my way back home again
Yeah, you're a friend of mine
I love these friends of mine
Yeah, you're a friend for life
I love these friends of mine
My friends have always been there,
To help me shape my crooked features
My friends have picked me up again,
And pushed my enemies out of the picture
Yeah, you're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
Yeah, you're a friend of mine
You're a friend for life
I love these friends of mine
I love these friends of mine
You're a friend of mine
I love these friends of mine
Naked Cousin
My naked cousin
I see him running
All over headland
Scared as a chic-a-chicken and
His naked skin fries
Fries in the sun, but my
My naked cousin can
Cook till he's good, good and done
I hate his smell and
I hate his company but
But most of all I hate that
He looks just-a-just like me
His naked skin fries
Fries in the sun, but my
My naked cousin can
Cook till he's good, good and done
Running naked through the trees
Scared the shit right out of me
Bought my ticket, take my ride
Take me to the sunny side
Running naked through the trees
Scared the shit right out of me
Bought my ticket, take my ride
Begging of you please please please
Please please please (he's running)
Please please please (he's running)
Please please please (he's running)
Nickel Under The Foot
Maybe you wonder what it is
Makes people good or bad
Why some guy, an ace without a doubt
Turns out to be a bastard
And the other way about
I'll tell you what I feel
It's just the nickel under the heel
Oh you can live like hearts and flowers
And everyday is a wonderland tour
Oh you can dream and scheme and happily put
And take, take and put
But first be sure
That nickel's under your foot
Go stand on someone's neck while you take him
Cut into somebody's throat as you put
For every dream and scheme, depending on whether
All through the storm
You've kept it warm
That nickel under your foot
And if you're sweet then you'll grow rotten
Your pretty heart covered over with soot
And if for once you're gay and devil-may-care-less
And oh so hot
I'll know you've got
That nickel under your foot
No Child Of Mine
You are my child
And how you've grown
But there are things
That you must learn
That everyman
Must stand alone
And family
You must disown
Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
Don't cry my child
You must know
That everyman
I've ever loved
Has been a child
And fatherless
Trust in yourself
It's all that you can trust
Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
I have no time for hate or love
Hey child, you're so full of woe
I have no time for hate or lying
Hey child, you're no child of mine
Piano Fire
I got sunburnt waiting for the jets to land
Circus people with hairy little hands
Come on boys strike up the army band
I got sunburnt waiting for the jets
How do you feel?
How do you feel?
I can't seem to see through solid marble eyes
Fiery pianos wash up on a foggy coast
Squeaky old organs have given up the ghost
Fire them up and kill the pianos
There's creaky old organs burning on the coast
How do you feel?
How do you feel?
I can't seem to breath with a rusted metal heart
I can't seem to see through solid marble eyes
Polly Jean (tribute to PJ by JL Murat)
Je
voulais voir des corsaires
User des espadons
Me baigner nu dans la mer
Changer de religion
Enfin
sauter du manège
Chavirer dans la nuit
Voir si je serais le même
Sur la mer en furie
J'avais
rêvé de poursuivre
Sur des rochers luisants
Le galurin de PJ
Galure rouge sang
Profilée
dans ses étoffes
Elle hâtait le pas
Elle embrasa
Comme fastoche
Toutes nos haies de lilas
La
houle du désir
Emportait Saint-Malo
Nos coeurs évanouis
Gisaient au fond de l'eau
J'ai
soulevé la mantille
Aspergé de citron
L'âme grise qu'on aspire
Je
regarde et me fascine
La vague où je m'ébats
J'y vois rouler des mantilles
Que je ne connais pas
Voilà
déjà que claque
Son tissu rouge sang
Elle en coiffe sa tête
Et me glace Le sang
J'avais
rêvé de poursuivre...
Même
pris par la police
Police des sentiments
Je garde intact mon désir
Rouge sang Dedans
Sur
les mâts de misaine
Les marins vous diront
Que le galure de la reine
N'existe qu'en chansons
J'avais
rêvé de poursuivre...
Powdered Wig Machine
Won't you take this dance, this dance with me?
Oh wont you take my hand, my hand and lead?
Come on, come to me
Take off your mask, your mask, kiss me
Come on, come with me
Dance on, dance on my heart said your feet
Come on, come to me
Come on
You charm the joy the right out of me
Seduce my mind, make my heart sing
Primed & Ticking
I believe I fell from above
Primed and ticking for your love
I believe I could rub you right
And I'll adore you day and night
I believe I could stretch your hopes
Widely as his mercy flows
Come on baby, give me your time
I've seen it in the stars, you're mine
I believe my days will end with you
It's you
I'm so young and I'm so strong
Get my blood up when I'm gone
Nothing, baby, is too big for me
Take it from his company
I could take you to heaven's highs
Trust me baby, I'll rub you right
I don't eat, I don't need to sleep
Fire and desire's good enough for me
I believe my days will end with you
It's you
I think I'm ticking
I think I'm ticking
I'm primed and ticking
I think I'm ticking
I believe my days will end with you
It's you
I believe my days will end with you
You look at me like I shot your dog
Venus, me, I'm the god of love
Don't you turn your back, beauty queen
Remember how I wiped you clean
I could stretch your wildest hopes
As widely as his mercy flows
You gorgeous stack of pancakes, you
You're going nowhere till I'm through
I believe my days will end with you
It's you
I believe my lonesome days are through
It's you
I think I'm ticking
I think I'm ticking
I'm primed and ticking
I think I'm ticking
I believe my days will end with you
Putty
Silly putty
What he was in this sculptress' hands
Will gone bendy
Done swaying in a rubber band
And his feet gone first
Then a desert thirst in his throat
Lips gonna burst
Cap of a bottle
Rolled down to the edge of the bin
She noticed the beer wasn't cooling him
And his feet gone first
Then a desert thirst in his throat
Lips gonna burst
The tip of her knife
Cut a nick in his vein
She said "Model today?
(you're all the same)"
Silly putty
What he was in this sculptress' hands
She cut a tension line
She had him standing
And his feet gone first
Then a desert thirst in his throat
Lips gonna burst
The tip of her knife
Cut a nick in his vein
She said "Hey hey you're all the same"
Rest Sextet
I'd kill you
Or you'd kill me
I could wreck that head of yours
Move it from side to side
Then we'll see
You can't take that away from me
Try to be strong
Try to be kind
Try to pretend
But I can't live a lie
And nor he
Oh he could have been a friend to me
No matter what you think or do
It always comes back to you
Here I am
Round again
Is this the end?
Now you won't ever find me
Right To Fly
Bowling along the street like an empty carton
Mouthing words to music no-one else can hear
Rolling in the gutter like a stolen hubcab
The force field means no-one will come near
I've got a right to fly
And you're wrong to bring me down
I've got my head in the clouds
And my feet on the ground
I've got a right to fly
And you're wrong to bring me down
I've got a right to fly
Try and engage some conversation
But people's teeth grind and hackles rise
And then they get that glazed look in their eyes
They press a tarnished coin into my greasy mitt
My clothes catch the rain, the sun, the sweat
I've got a right to fly
And you're wrong to bring me down
I've got my head in the clouds
And my feet on the ground
I've got a right to fly
And you're wrong to bring me down
I've got a right to fly
One last soldier behind a shield of offense
People attacking with curled lips and glances
Mind grows propellers and pilots
And retro-rockets taking off to where the alley wind dances
I've got a right to fly
And you're wrong to bring me down
I've got my head in the clouds
And my feet on the ground
I've got a right to fly
And you're wrong to bring me down
I've got a right to fly
You're wrong
You're so wrong
River Of Diamonds
As I wander madly long this sun-cracked river bed
A hundred carrion crows are circling
High above my head
They cast an evil shadow as they wheel and cry above
Me, I'm just walking down the river
Searching for
Hey
Where is the place where I belong
Carry on carry on carry on
Back to the place where you belong
The clouds hand deep and heavy
As I see the house below
A wind both kind and fragrant melts the last
Remnants of snow
I'm crazy and you know it as I walk this final mile
Me, I'm just walking down the river
Searching for
Hey
Where is the place where I belong
Carry on carry on carry on
Back to the place where you belong
A cat slinks out beneath me as I take a step inside
The dust lies thick and heavy on the things
I owned with pride
The memory of your face still lingers
And your spirit too
Me, I'm just walking down the river
Searching for
Hey
Where is the place where I belong
Carry on carry on carry on
Back to the place where you belong
Run On
You may run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Let me tell you that God's gonna cut you down
Let me tell you that God's gonna cut you down
Go tell that long tongue liar
Tell that midnight rider
Tell the gamblers, the ramblers, the back biters
Tell them that God's gonna cut them down
Tell them that God's gonna cut them down
You can throw your rock, hide your hand
Working in the dark against your fellow man
Sure as God made the day and night
What you do in the dark will be brought to the light
You may run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Let me tell you that God's gonna cut you down
Let me tell you that God's gonna cut you down
Well my goodness let me tell you the news
My head's been wet with the midnight dew
I've been down on bended knee
Talking to the man from Galilee
God has spoken, his voice so sweet
I thought I heard the shuffle of angel's feet
He put a hand upon my head
Pray God Almighty tell you what he said
Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the gamblers, the ramblers, the back biters
Tell them that God's gonna cut them down
Tell them that God's gonna cut them down
You may run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Let me tell you that God's gonna cut you down
Let me tell you that God's gonna cut you down
Satisfaction
I can't get no
Satisfaction
I can't get no
Satisfaction
And I try
And I try
And I try
And I try
I can't get no
No, no, no
When I'm driving in my car
And a man comes on the radio
Telling more and more
About some useless information
Designed to fire my imagination
I can't get no
No, no, no
Hey, hey, hey
That's what I'd say
I can't get no
Satisfaction
I can't get no
Satisfaction
And I try
And I try
And I try
And I try
When I'm riding round the world
And I'm doing this and I'm signing that
And I'm trying to make some girl
Tell me, Baby, maybe come back
Maybe next week
Cause you see I'm on a losing streak
I can't get no
No, no, no
Hey, hey, hey
That's what I say
I can't get no
Satisfaction
I say hey, hey, hey
That's what I say
Shake Your Hips
I wanna tell you ’bout a dance
That’s goin’ around
Everybody’s movin'
From the grownups down
Don’t move your head
Don’t move your hands
Don’t move your lips
Just shake your hips
Do the hip shake, babe
Do the hip shake, babe
Shake your hips, babe
Shake your hips, babe
What you don’t know
Don’t be afraid
Just listen to me
Do what I say
Don’t move your head
Don’t move your hands
Don’t move your lips
Just shake your hips
Do the hip shake, babe
Do the hip shake, babe
Shake your hips, babe
Shake your hips, babe
Now ain’t that easy
I met a little girl
In a country town
She said what do you know
There’s slim harpo!
Didn’t move her head
Didn’t move her hands
Didn’t move her lips
Just shook her hips
Do the hip shake, babe
Do the hip shake, babe
Shake your hip, babe
Shake your hip, babe
Now ain’t that easy
Shot Of Love
I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love
Don't need a shot of heroin to kill my disease
Don't need a shot of turpentine, to bring me to my knees
Don't need a shot of codeine to help me to repent
Don't need a shot of whiskey, help me to be president
I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love
Doctor, can you hear me? I need some Medicaid
I seen the kingdoms of the world and it's making me feel afraid
What I got ain't painful, it's just bound to kill me dead
Like the men that followed Jesus, they put a price upon His head
I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love
I don't need no alibi when I'm spending time with you
I've heard all of them rumors and you have heard em too
Don't show me no picture show or give me no book to read
It don't satisfy the hurt inside nor the habit that it feeds
I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love
Why would I want to take your life?
You've only murdered my father, raped his wife
Tattooed my babies with a poison pen
Mocked my God, humiliated my friends
I don't wanna be with nobody tonight, Veronica ain't nowhere, Mavis just ain't right
There's a man that hates me, he's swift, smooth and near
Am I supposed to set back and wait until he's here?
I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love
Slow-Motion-Movie-Star
In slow motion
Make love to me
Fall in slow motion
So easily
I'd do anything
To see you again
I'd do anything
I want to protect you
Want to poccess
All in slow motion
I wished we'd kissed
I'd do anything
To see you again
I'd do anything
How will,
As we fall in love,
You put on your make up?
Slow motion movie
Slow motion movie
Look nothing like Mary
Another virginal mother
Have we taken it too far?
slow-moition-movie-star
I'd do anything
To see you again
I'd do anything
So You Got A Horse
So you got a horse
Did it come in a box
Almost got my heel caught in the stirrups
Woah feeling giddy..er..giddy..er..clip clop
Mmmm I like the feel of these reins
Kind of power steering
Take her out a while
There's a bit of play
Four feet and something
Feels like nothing
Careful with that mouth of yours boy
I don't want she should bolt
So you got a horse
So what you gonna do with it
Aw she's madonna
All cloven hoof and flared nose
You whp her ass and you watch her go
Hey hey grandad, hey let it go
I'm feeling sick, I'm letting go
Four feet and something
Feels like nothing
Careful with that mouth of yours boy
I don't want she should bolt
Sorry For Your Loss
I'm sorry for your loss
Of soul and hope
You find a better ride
American saddlebred
Moto Guzzi, comet tail
A faithful dog, a yard sale
I'm sorry for your loss of will
To keep the fire burning still
The sun never felt colder
The window rattled, and I wondered if you’d just passed over
I'm sorry for your loss
Of spirit that drained
From the gas tank leak you couldn’t plug
But only keep on topping up
The sun never felt colder
The window rattled, and I wondered if you’d just passed over
And in that lame untethered state
You ran for years, featherweight
Beating best wing forward
The sun never felt colder
The window rattled, and I wondered if you’d just passed over
Straight
You sleep better when you're
You eat better when you're
You sing better when you're
You need me more when you're straight
Is this the weekend?
Is that your girlfriend?
She's green and innocent
You smoke her like she's incense
She's smilin'
I'll wait 'til summer's over
I'll love you through october
I'll give you everything
I'll trade you anything for her
Stay straight for me
Stay straight for me
Stay straight for me
Stay straight for me
The Crowded Cell
I'm in a crowded cell
The super calls my name
He shuts me in a room
He calls two soldiers in
They clamp my head with irons
Their hands becoming fists
You will see us again
You will remember this
They tied me up with ropes
They beat my legs with sticks
I cannot use my legs
They drag me to a desk
Behind it sits a man
Fingernails are on the floor
He laughs and asks
'What kind of freedom do you want?'
They push me down the stairs
I'm lying on the ground
Behind the cellar door
I hear two women howl
I see three men on rags
Their hands tied to their feet
Their faces pinched with clamps
Guards pulling at their teeth
They drag me to the gates
They dump me on the ground
The super laughs and says
'Walk to your freedom now'
This image on repeat
A mouth that cannot speak
A huge force pressing in
A giant looming fist
You will see us again
You will remember this
The Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife
What was sent to the soldier's wife
From the ancient city of Prague
From Prague came a pair of high heeled shoes
With a kiss or two came the high heeled shoes
From the ancient city of Prague
What was sent to the soldier's wife
From Oslo, over the sound
From Oslo there came a collar of fur
How appeases her, little collar of fur
From Oslo, over the sound
What was sent to the soldier's wife
From the wealth of Amsterdam
From Amsterdam
He got her a hat
She looked sweet in that
In a little dutch hat
From the wealth of Amsterdam
What was sent to the soldier's wife
From Brussels in Belgium land
From Brussels he sent
Her laces so rare
To have and to wear
Oh those laces so rare
From Brussels in Belgium land
What was sent to the soldier's wife
From Paris, city of light
In Paris he got her a silken gown
T'was end in town
Oh silken gown
From Paris, city of light
What was sent to the soldier's wife
From the south from Bucharest
From Bucharest
He sent her his shirt
Embroidered and pert
That Rumanian shirt
From the south of Bucharest
What was sent to the soldier's wife
From far-off Russian land
From Russia there came
Just a widow's veil
A death to be wed
In her widows veil
From the far-off Russian land
The Mystery Of Love
When you're not by my side
The world's in two, and I'm a fool
When you're not in my sight
Then everything, just fades from view
The mystery of love belongs to you
The mystery of love belongs to you
Tell me, have you changed your mind?
Am I a fool, because of you?
Tell me, do we still have time?
To make this wrong somehow be right
The mystery of love belongs to you
The mystery of love belongs to you
Show me sweetness, show me summer skies
Show me how to make this wrong seem right
Show me laughter in your pale blue eyes
Tell me, tell me have you changed your mind?
The Rider (Jim Yamouridis)
Now the rider cannot see the sky
And the air is beginning to lie
Said he'll cut the branches that twist themelves around your eyes
He'll make a fire to warn that crows that kill themselves for your sighs
He said 'Oh lover please believe my lies'
He said 'Lover my red shirt was white'
Got these sparrows in my fist
Got these arrows stuck deep in my chest
And I'll bow to your beauty
I will bow
Said I'll bow to your beauty
Carry out the dury of a slave
She said 'Lover the charity came and I caved'
He said 'Lover I left my name at the gate, I left it at the gate'
Now the rider he's dancing a waltz
And his steps, theyve got all these faults
Said he'll cut the branches that twist themselves around your eyes
He'll make a fire to warn the crows that have stabbed their wings for your sighs
He said 'Lover please believe my lies'
He said 'Lover my red shirt was white'
Oh lover
Lover
There Will Never Be A Better Time
There will never be a better time
There will never be a greater time
Oh
If I could change, change everything
If I could change my name, learn to forgive
There's never been a better time (oh i know)
There will never be a greater time
When i look for god I lose my way
When I look for you I lose my place
Kissing anything that comes my way
Burning anything that will burn
I wanna change, change everything
Gonna change my name, learn to forgive
Love passes me by in all the wrong places
Love passes me by, I'll lose my way
I wanna catch them all
There will never be a greater time
There will never be a better time
There will never be a better time
There will never be a greater time
This Is Mine
All of this is mine
All of this is mine
Want it like a crime
All of this is mine
The beat
Of a bird
Too fast
For my heart
All of this
All of this is mine
All of this is mine (this is mine)
Want it like a crime (this is mine)
Give these lips of mine (this is mine)
The beat
Of a bird
Too fast
For my heart
Too fast
For my heart
I fail to see
All with my tears
I drown your fears
You will remember, remember me
Wang Dang Doodle
Tell automatic Slim
Tell razor totin' Jim
Tell butcher knife toting Nanny
Tell fast talking fanny
We're gonna pitch a ball
Down to the union hall
We're gonna romp and trump till midnight
We're gonna fuss and fight till daylight
We're gonna get your wang dang doodle all night long
Tell cooda-crawling Ray
To tell abyssinia Ned
To tell old pistol Pete
To tell everybody he meets
Tonight we need no rest
We're gonna really throw a mess
We're gonna knock down all the windows
We're gonna kick down all the doors
We're gonna get your wang dang doodle all night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
Tell fats and washbone Sam
Everybody gonna jam
Tell shaking boxcar Joe
We got sawdust on the floor
Now tell Peggy and Colin Die
We're gonna have a heck of a time
Now when the fish scent fill the air
There'll be snuff juice everywhere
We're gonna get your wang dang doodle all night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
Water
Pulled the pin Look at that guy
Count to three Writing postcards
His arm twist like a cat's spine Nothing on his mind
Closed his eyes and hummed I'm confused and thirsty
Waited to explode He got orangeena by his side
Waited to feel fine You speak English?
Well he weren't holed up in no bunker you know What a dummy
Just walking the bank
21 and never been unbuttoned
Watching the river go
Yeah - he was already lost
Past a queen in crocodile shoes
Still gave me a drink of course
Square-toes from out of town
Was going to ask him if he wanted
Past a fridge on wheels forgetting the news
Something in it and
Past a wrinkled breast that's
To send me a card from this little island
Going to brown
But he stood up brushing lunch
Pulled the pin
From his shirt
Count to three
And I'm already back at work
He arch his back into the sun
Look at that jerk
Saw Lawrence on the water
On Lawrance on the water
He felt the water run
He make me wanna run
He waited to explode
He make me put my head in my hands
The Water Is Wide
The water is wide, I cannot cross over
And neither have I wings to fly
Oh, build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
There is a ship, and she sails the seas
She's laden deep, as deep can be
But not so deep as the love I'm in
I know not if I sink or swim
Oh, love is handsome and love is fine
Bright as a jewel when first it's new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away, like the morning dew
We're Making War
We're making war, lover
We are not getting on
I will not change to keep the peace
You won't admit you're wrong
I've got a bellyful of grudges and I will not let them out
The wreckage of your previous life
You will not sort it out
The dirt we keep on raking
The giving up, the taking
And we keep on making war, darling
The stand off is coming
The wounds should heal without a scar
But the stitches keep on breaking
And you keep on phoning
And I keep on moaning
And we keep on making war
Sweetheart, destroying our best laid plans
I will not explain myself and you refuse to understand
Our friends all become traitors as we wave our piece of paper
The ammunition's loaded
And the troops are at the border
But I might be bluffing
And you might be faking
But we keep making war
Who By Fire
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
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?
Why D'ya Have To Go To Cleveland?
Baby
Oh man, why d'ya do it?
My dead end love affair
Turned me to alcahol
Took me to 'big nowhere'
Took me to 'out of town'
I was just seventeen
He had a motor car
Gave me a wedding ring
Gave me a rubber doll
Man i believed him
And what he say about Cleveland
My American dreamboat
Dreamland Ohio
He said one day I'd be something
My dead end love affair
Drove me to seek out god
Turned me from beaty queen
Turned me to alcahol
Man i believed him
And what he say about Cleveland
My American dreamboat
Dreamland Ohio
He said one day I'd be something
Why d'ya have to go down there?
Why d'ya have to go down there?
He'd say someday I'd be
Someday I'd be something
Will's Song
Silly boy
Have you no place to wait for me?
Wait outside
Through the window, look and see
I am here
Sitting straight up in this chair
Figuring
How a boy like you could care
I'm a girl
With a rose upon each cheek
Lady love
That a boy like you would seek
I just need
Here a bit to hold my thought
Where you can't, where you can't
See a way it could be bought
I am here
I'm a girl
I just need
Had a will
I am easy
It's too hard to say no
A request
Helps decide where I should go
Have I a will
Of my own?
It's gone away, it's gone away
To the assertive one
I am here
I'm a girl
I just need
Had a will
You deserted me one day
But I don't mind
I worked so hard to be safe
A waif here (let it rest, okay)
Happily blown out to sea
Yell Hollow
Carve yourself another tongue drum
Beat upon yourself
You find that you're resonating some?
Yell hollow
Float down this river
Make out like a pleasure boat
Make out like your day delivers
You might be someone's politician
You might be someone's wife
You might think you're someone's ticket to Eden
I think you done nothing with your life
Carve yourself into another totem
Believe it of yourself
You reckon you're filled with something?
You might be someone's politician
You might be someone's wife
You might think you're someone's ticket to Eden
I think you done nothing with your life
Yell hollow
Your Last Friend In This Town
Well, my clothes are my badge of business
My associates are satellites
My product's all that you deserve
The last ditch my merchandise
The only shelter you have found
I'm a rumour goes round
And I'm your last friend in this town
Saw you coming from miles away
Whites of your eyes as clear as day
I'm a voice fading in from the general hum
You wouldn't believe things I have done
I'm the only safety net around
You slipped and you're going down
And I'm your last friend in this town
Last friend now
In this town
Well, one day you'll learn how to read a face
When you find your final resting place
And when you've learnt all the tricks of the trade
In my image, you'll be made
You'll be out in the hunting ground
Preying on weaknesses you've found
With your last friend in this town
Zaz Turned Blue
Zaz had red hair
He didn't care
He always laughed aloud
He wasn't proud
Just a real easy guy
Wouldn't tell a lie
But then one day
Zaz turned blue
Zaz turned blue
What were we supposed to do?
Zaz turned blue
What were we supposed to do?
When Zaz turned blue
One night in the park
For a lark
Zaz let Steve Brown
Fool around
Steve squeezed his neck
Figured what the heck
But Zaz hit the ground
He was down
Zaz turned blue
What were we supposed to do?
Zaz turned blue
What were we supposed to do?
When Zaz turned blue
After high school
Zaz was cool
He worked on cars
And went to bars
And then one day
He went away
And became a marine
At the age of eighteen
But he didn't want to fight
Didn't do it out of spite
And he didn't want to die, no
He didn't want to die
And he seemed kind of strange
Could it be that he'd changed
On that night in the park
When he fainted in the dark
Zaz didn't die
Lucky guy
There were no parades
How the glory fades
Now he shoots lots of pool
And as a rule
Wears a silly grin
On his chin
It all started when
Zaz turned blue
What were we supposed to do?
Zaz turned blue
What were we supposed to do?
When Zaz turned blue
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