Discography

(tennant/lowe)
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(uuu.....us)

I get out of bed at half past ten
Phone up a friend, who's a party animal
Turn on the news and drink some tea
Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping

One day i'll read, or learn to drive a car
If you pass the test, you can beat the rest
But i don't like to compete, or talk street, street, street
I can pick up the best from the party animal

I could leave you, say goodbye
Or i could love you, if i try
And i could
And left to my own devices, i probably would
Left to my own devices, i probably would

Pick up a brochure about the sun
Learn to ignore what the photographer saw
I was always told that you should join a club
Stick with the gang, if you want to belong

I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy
In a world of my own at the back of the garden
I didn't want to compete, or play out on the street
For in a secret life i was a round head general

I could leave you, say goodbye
Or i could love you, if i try
And i could
And left to my own devices, i probably would
Left to my own devices, i probably would
Oh, i would

I was faced with a choice at a difficult age
Would i write a book? or should i take to the stage?
But in the back of my head i heard distant feet
Che guevara and debussy to a disco beat

It's not a crime when you look the way you do
The way i like to picture you
When i get home, it's late at night
I pour a drink and watch the fight

Turn off the tv, look at a book
Pick up the phone, fix some food
Maybe i'll sit up all night and day
Waiting for the minute i hear you say

I could leave you, say goodbye
Or i could love you, if i try
And i could
And left to my own devices, i probably would
Come on, baby, say goodbye
I could love you, if i try
And i could
And left to my own devices, i probably would
Left to my own devices, i probably would

Out of bed, at half past ten
The party animal phones a friend
Picks up news about the sun
And the working day has just begun

Sticks with the gang - at the back of the street
Pass the test - and you don't compete

Drive the car, if you're with me
Che guevara's drinking tea
He reads about a new device
And takes to the stage in a secret life

(uuu.....us)

Left to my own devices, i probably would
If i was left to my own devices, i possibly would

(uuu.....us)

If i was left to my own devices, i probably would
Left to my own devices, i probably would

I could leave you, say goodbye
Or i could love you, if i try
And i could
And left to my own devices, i probably would
Left to my own devices, i probably would
Come on, baby
Left to my own devices, i probably would

I've got the brains, you've got the looks
Let's make lots of money
You've got the brawn, i've got the brains
Let's make lots of -

I've had enough of scheming and messing around with jerks
My car is parked outside, i'm afraid it doesn't work
I'm looking for a partner, someone who gets things fixed
Ask yourself this question: do you want to be rich?

I've got the brains, you've got the looks
Let's make lots of money
You've got the brawn, i've got the brains
Let's make lots of money

You can tell i'm educated, i studied at the sorbonne
Doctored in mathematics, i could have been a don
I can program a computer, choose the perfect time
If you've got the inclination, i have got the crime

Oh, there's a lot of opportunities
If you know when to take them, you know?
There's a lot of opportunities
If there aren't, you can make them
Make or break them

I've got the brains, you've got the looks
Let's make lots of money
Let's make lots of -
(aahhhhh) money
(aahhhhh)
(aahhhhh - di du da di da bu di ba)

You can see i'm single-minded, i know what i could be
How'd you feel about it, come and take a walk with me?
I'm looking for a partner, regardless of expense
Think about it seriously, you know, it makes sense

Let's (got the brains)
Make (got the looks)
Let's make lots of money (oohh money)
(let's) you've got the brawn
(make) i've got the brains
Let's make lots of money (oohh money)

I've got the brains (got the brains)
You've got the looks (got the looks)
Let's make lots of money (oohh money)
Money

(tennant/lowe)
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At dead of night, when strangers roam
The streets in search of anyone who'll take them home
I lie alone, the clock strikes three
And anyone who wanted to could contact me
At dead of night, 'till break of day
Endless thoughts and questions keep me awake
It's much too late

Where've you been?
Who've you seen?
You didn't phone when you said you would!
Do you lie?
Do you try
To keep in touch? you know you could
I've tried to see your point of view
But could not hear or see
For jealousy

I never knew time passed so slow
I wish i'd never met you, or that i could bear to let you go
At dead of night, 'till break of day
Endless thoughts and questions keep me awake
It's much too late

Where've you been?
Who've you seen?
You didn't phone when you said you would!
Do you lie?
Do you try
To keep in touch? you know you could
I've tried to see your point of view
But could not hear or see
For jealousy
Where've you been?
Who've you seen?
You didn't phone when you said you would!
Do you lie?
Do you try
To keep in touch? you know you could
I've tried to see your point of view
But could not hear or see
For jealousy

Where've you been?
Who've you seen?
You didn't phone when you said you would!
Do you lie?
Do you try
To keep in touch? you know you could
I've tried to see your point of view
But could not hear or see
For jealousy
Where've you been?
Who've you seen?
You didn't phone when you said you would!
Do you lie?
Do you try
To keep in touch? you know you could
I've tried to see your point of view
But could not hear or see
For jealousy

I never knew 'till i met you

(tennant/lowe)
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(all day, all day)

I don't know why, i don't know how
I thought i loved you, but i'm not sure now
I've seen you look at strangers too many times
A love-you-once is of a, a different kind

Remember when we felt the sun
A love like paradise, how hot it burned
A threat of distant thunder, the sky was red
And when you walked, you always - turned every head

(all day, all day) watch them all fall down
(all day, all day) domino dancing
(all day, all day) watch them all fall down
(all day, all day) domino dancing

I thought that when we fought i was to blame
But now i know you play a different game
I've watched you dance with danger, still wanting more
Add another number to the score

(all day, all day) watch them all fall down
(all day, all day) domino dancing
(all day, all day) watch them all fall down
(all day, all day) domino dancing

When you look around you wonder
Do you play to win?
Or are you just a bad loser?

(all day, all day)
(all day, all day)

(all day, all day) watch them all fall down
(all day, all day, domino dancing)

(all day, all day)
(all day, all day)

I don't know why, i don't know how
I'd thought i loved you, but i'm not sure now
I hear the thunder crashing, the sky is dark
And now a storm is breaking within my heart

(all day, all day) watch them all fall down
(all day, all day) domino dancing
(all day, all day) watch them all fall down
(all day, all day, domino dancing)

(all day, all daeheheheheheheh)
(all day, all daeheheheheheheh)

(all day, all day)
(all day, all day)
(domino dancing)

(all day, all day)
(all day, all day)

(all day, all day) watch them all fall down
(all day, all day, domino dancing)

(all day, all day) watch them all fall down
(all day, all day) domino dancing
(all day, all day) watch them all fall down
(all day, all day)

(tennant/lowe)
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(twenty seconds and counting...
T minus fifteen seconds, guidance is okay)

[?]

When i look back upon my life
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything i long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything i've ever done
Everything i ever do
Every place i've ever been
Everywhere i'm going to
It's a sin

At school they taught me how to be
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn't quite succeed
For everything i long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything i've ever done
Everything i ever do
Every place i've ever been
Everywhere i'm going to
It's a sin

Father, forgive me, i tried not to do it
Turned over a new leaf, then tore right through it
Whatever you taught me, i didn't believe it
Father, you fought me, 'cause i didn't care
And i still don't understand

So i look back upon my life
Forever with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything i long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything i've ever done
Everything i ever do
Every place i've ever been
Everywhere i'm going to - it's a sin
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin

(confiteor deo omnipotenti vobis fratres, quia peccavi nimis cogitatione,
Verbo, opere et omissione, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa)
[trans. "i confess to almighty god,
And to you my brothers,
That i have sinned exceedingly
In thought, word, act and omission,
Through my fault, through my fault,
Through my most grievous fault"]

(zero!)

(thompson/james/christopher)
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Maybe i didn't treat you quite as good as i should
Maybe i didn't love you quite as often as i could
Little things i should've said and done, i never took the time
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Maybe i didn't hold you all those lonely, lonely times
And i guess i never told you, i'm so happy that you're mine
If i made you feel second best, i'm so sorry, i was blind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied
Satisfied

Little things i should've said and done, i never took the time
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Maybe i didn't treat you quite as good as i should
Maybe i didn't love you quite as often as i could
Maybe i didn't hold you all those lonely, lonely times
And i guess i never told you, i'm so happy that you're mine

(maybe i didn't love you...)

(....forever)

Sometimes you're better off dead
There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head
You think you're mad, too unstable
Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
In a restaurant in a west end town
Call the police, there's a madman around
Running down underground to a dive bar
In a west end town

In a west end town, a dead end world
The east end boys and west end girls
In a west end town, a dead end world
The east end boys and west end girls
West end girls

Too many shadows, whispering voices
Faces on posters, too many choices
If, when, why, what?
How much have you got?
Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often?
And which do you choose, a hard or soft option?
(how much do you need?)

In a west end town, a dead end world
The east end boys and west end girls
In a west end town, a dead end world
The east end boys and west end girls
West end girls
West end girls

(how much do you need?)

In a west end town, a dead end world
The east end boys and west end girls
Oooh west end town, a dead end world
East end boys, west end girls
West end girls

You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone
Just you wait 'till i get you home
We've got no future, we've got no past
Here today, built to last
In every city, in every nation
From lake geneva to the finland station
(how far have you been?)

In a west end town, a dead end world
The east end boys and west end girls
A west end town, a dead end world
East end boys, west end girls
West end girls

West end girls

West end girls
(how far have you been?)

Girls
East end boys
And west end girls
And west end girls
And west end girls

East end boys
The west end girls
The west end boys
And west end girls

The west end girls
The west end boys
The west end girls

(tennant/lowe)
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I came across a cache of old photos
And invitations to teenage parties
"dress in white" one said, with quotations
From someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door
She said: "we were never feeling bored

'cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end

When i went i left from the station
With a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said: "if you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But i sat back and looking forward
My shoes were high and i had scored
I'd bolted through a closing door
I would never find myself feeling bored

'cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend

Now i sit with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the people i was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
I never dreamt that i would get to be
The creature that i always meant to be
But i thought in spite of dreams
You'd be sitting somewhere here with me

'cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend

And we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "make amends"
And we were never being boring
We were never being bored
'cause we were never being boring
We were never being bored

(lowe/willis/tennant)
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You always wanted a lover
I only wanted a job
I've always worked for my living
How am i gonna get through?
How am i gonna get through?

I come here looking for money
(got to have it)
And end up living with love, oh, oh
Now you left me with nothing
(can't take it)
How am i gonna get through?
How am i gonna get through?

I bought you drinks, i brought you flowers
I read you books and talked for hours
Every day, so many drinks
Such pretty flowers, so tell me
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
What have i, what have i, what have i ...

Since you went away i've been hanging around
I've been wondering why i'm feeling down
You went away, it should make me feel better
But i don't know, oh
How i'm gonna get through?
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
How i'm gonna get through?
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?

You always wanted me to be something i wasn't
You always wanted too much, oh, oh
Now i can do what i want to - forever
How am i gonna get through?
How am i gonna get through?

At night, the people come and go
They talk too fast, and walk too slow
Chasing time from hour to hour
I pour the drinks and crush the flowers
What have i, what have i done to deserve this?
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
What have i, what have i, what have i ...

Since you went away i've been hanging around
I've been wondering why i'm feeling down
You went away, it should make me feel better
But i don't know, oh
How i'm gonna get through? (baby)
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
How i'm gonna get through? (baby)
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
How i'm gonna get through? (baby)
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
How i'm gonna get through? (tell me)
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
How i'm gonna get through? (baby)
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
How i'm gonna get through? (yeah)
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?

Gonna get through?
Gonna get through?
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
I'm gonna get through, right?
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?

We don't have to fall apart, we don't have to fight
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
We don't need to go to hell and back every night
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
You never ever left me, baby, think of me...
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
Oh, babe
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?

We don't have to fall apart, we don't have to fight
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
We don't need to go to hell and back every night
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?

Gonna get through, baby, i'm gonna get
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
Forever
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
Gonna get through, baby, yeah,
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?
Gonna get through, get through, baby, ooh
What have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this?