unknown

Now let's sit down too, 'cos I'm a ladies man / I've got my work cut out, I'm doing what I
can / So hold me, touch me, thrill me, don't ever let me go / Don't ask me to explain it
'cos you don't wanna know / Oh / your hair is beautiful tonight / Oh / And I know the
feeling's right / Just for the surfaces I feel / I just woke up so come on and hold me /
Come on and hold me, hold me, hold me / yeah yeah yeah / I know a place where we can go
and wear just what we want / I don't want to be me, I get so tired of (?) / So don't ask
any questions and I won't tell no lies / Stop moving like some housewife and give yourself
tonight / Oh / your hair is beautiful tonight / Oh / And I know the feeling's right / Just
for the surfaces I feel / I just woke up so come on and hold me / Come on and hold me,
hold me, hold me / yeah yeah yeah

Doorways / corners / and the street lights dance in your eyes / Behind the cinema / in the
rain / in the subway / where the walls crumble and cover you in fine dust / 'cos we
haven't got a home to go to / touch me / on the back seat, on the top deck / talk dirty /
on the back row / can you feel me / against you? / oh no / we shouldn't / we shouldn't /
we shouldn't / I want to / ...mmmm... / What you gonna do / if you go home and he's not
there? / it wouldn't be the same if we didn't know it was wrong / oh touch me / and then
go wherever he takes you / oh yeah leave me / and I'll walk it off in the rain somehow /
Someone wants to watch by the side of Alena Stores / in the doorway, in the rain / Did he
see us? / Do you care? / Pull the night-time tight around us / and we can keep each other
warm / while the cars drive by / en-route to dried-up dinners / and strip-lit kitchens and
the smell of gas and potato peelings / What you gonna do if you go home and he's not
there? / it wouldn't be the same if you didn't know it was wrong / oh touch me / and then
go wherever he takes you / oh yeah leave me / and I'll walk it off in the rain somehow
yeah / We've got to go on meeting like this / I don't want to live with you or anywhere
near you / I want to catch you unawares / undressing in front of a window maybe /
impressed with those things I drive by / Did you see me? / Could you tell that I was
watching? / Did it make it feel better? / Yeah, it was good for me too / Did you think
about me? / Oh did you close your eyes? / Think that maybe / it was my hand that was
touching you / my breath against your face? / and when you opened your eyes / did the
world tip off its axis for a few seconds? / And you thought you'd caught a tiny glimpse of
someone? / Something here with it's shoulders moving towards you? / Yeah I did too / and
it felt good / and it felt good / and it felt good / In a strange kind of way / in a way
that things that aren't supposed to feel good / sometimes do / oh take it away / yeah /
What you gonna do if you go home and he's not there? / it wouldn't be the same if you
didn't know it was wrong / oh touch me / and then go wherever he takes you / oh yeah leave
me / and I'll walk it off in the rain somehow / What you gonna do if you go home and he's
not there? / it wouldn't be the same if you didn't know it was wrong / oh touch me / and
then go wherever he takes you / oh yeah leave me / and I'll walk it off in the rain
somehow.

I thought that you were joking / When you said 'I want to see you / To discuss your
contribution / To the future of our nation's heart and soul / Six o'clock, my place,
Whitehall' / Well I arrived just after seven / But you said 'It doesn't
matter' / 'I understand your situation / And your image, and I'm flattered / Oh
and I'd just like to tell you / That I love all of your albums / Could you sign this for
my daughter? / She's in hospital, her name is Miriam / Now get down to the gist: / Do you
want a line of this? / Are you a (sniff) / socialist?' / 'Doin' fine, yeah! /
Buzzin' all the time / Just one hit / And I feel great / And I support / The welfare state
/ Oh, you must be socialist / 'Cos you're always off out on the piss / In your private
member's bar / Oh yes you are / Yer superstar / Well you sing about common people / And
the mis-shapes and the misfits / So can you bring them to my party / And get them all to
sniff this? / And all I'm really saying / Is come on and rock the vote for me / All I'm
really saying / Is come on roll up that note for me / The gist of all of this is / Do you
want hits or d'you want misses? / Are you a socialist, yeah / Socialist, yeah / Socialist,
yeah / Oh yeah' / 'Yeah, you can be just what you want to be / Just as long as
you don't try to compete with me / And we've waited such a long time / For the chance to
help our own kind, so now / Please come on and tow the party line / Oh you owe it to
yourself / Don't think of anybody else / And we promise we won't tell / Oh we won't tell,
and we won't sell' / No we won't / No we won't / No we won't

The dust has settled,
Replaces the bulbs in all the lights.
I guess i'll get no sleep tonight.
A revolution happened.
Oh, sorry, you haven't heard?
We are the children of the new world.
If you're quiet you can watch if you like.
They say the future's beginning tonight.
Whole empires will crumble.
Civilisations will fall.
Lie on the bed, hear the sound of it all.
No anger, no guilt and no sorrow;
It sounds unlikely, i know, but tomorrow
You will wake up to find that your whole life has changed.
Although nothing looks different
A revolution took place.
I love the way you do it.
I love the way you put them on.
You know the answers but you get it wrong.
(just to confuse things).
Why did it seem so difficult to realise a simple truth?
The revolution begins and ends with you.
Now all the breakdowns and nightmares look small.
Now we decided not to die after all.
Because the meek shall inherit absolutely nothing at all.
If you stopped being so feeble you could have so much more.
The answer was here all the time, you see.
Just how i missed it is a mystery to me.
I have waited and waited for this day to arrive.
The revolution was televised.
Now it's over, bye bye.
It's over, bye bye.
Yeah, we made it.
Just by the skin of our teeth.
Perfection is over
(the rave is over)
Sheffield is over.
The fear is over.
Guilt is over
(please leave the building quietly)
Bergerac is over.
The hangover is over
Men are over
Women are over.
Cholesterol is over.
Tapers are over.
Irony is over.
Bye bye.
Bye bye.

Just behind the station, before you reach the traffic island, a river runs thru' a concrete channel.
I took you there once; i think it was after the leadmill.
The water was dirty & smelt of industrialisation
Little mesters coughing their lungs up & globules the colour of tomato ketchup.
But it flows. yeah, it flows.
Underneath the city thru' dirty brickwork conduits
Connecting white witches on the moor with pre-raphaelites down in broomhall.
Beneath the old trebor factory that burnt down in the early seventies.
Leaving an antiquated sweet-shop smell & caverns of nougat & caramel.
Nougat. yeah, nougat & caramel.
And the river flows on.
Yeah, the river flows on beneath pudgy fifteen-year olds addicted to coffee whitener
And it finally comes above ground again at forge dam: the place where we first met.

I went there again for old time's sake
Hoping to find the child's toy horse ride that played such a ridiculously tragic tune.
It was still there - but none of the kids seemed interested in riding on it.
And the cafe was still there too
The same press-in plastic letters on the price list & scuffed formica-top tables.
I sat as close as possible to the seat where i'd met you that autumn afternoon.
And then, after what seemed like hours of thinking about it
I finally took your face in my hands & i kissed you for the first time
And a feeling like electricity flowed thru' my whole body.
And i immediately knew that i'd entered a completely different world.
And all the time, in the background, the sound of that ridiculously heartbreaking child's ride outside.

At the other end of town the river flows underneath an old railway viaduct
I went there with you once - except you were somebody else -
And we gazed down at the sludgy brown surface of the water together.
Then a passer-by told us that it used to be a local custom to jump off the viaduct into the river
When coming home from the pub on a saturday night.
But that this custom had died out when someone jumped
Landed too near to the riverbank
Had sunk in the mud there & drowned before anyone could reach them.
I don't know if he'd just made the whole story up, but there's no way you'd get me to jump off that bridge.
No chance. never in a million years.

Yeah, a river flows underneath this city
I'd like to go there with you now my pretty & follow it on for miles & miles, below other people's ordinary lives.
Occasionally catching a glimpse of the moon, thru' man-hole covers along the route.
Yeah, it's dark sometimes but if you hold my hand, i think i know the way.
Oh, this is as far as we got last time
But if we go just another mile we will surface surrounded by grass & trees & the fly-over that takes the cars to cities.
Buds that explode at the slightest touch, nettles that sting - but not too much.
I've never been past this point, what lies ahead i really could not say.
I used to live just by the river, in a dis-used factory just off the wicker
The river flowed by day after day
"one day" i thought, "one day i will follow it" but that day never came
I moved away & lost track but tonight i am thinking about making my way back.
I may find you there & float on wherever the river may take me.
Wherever the river may take me.
Wherever the river may take us.
Wherever it wants us to go.
Wherever it wants us to go.

Are you trying to put me on?
I turned around and it was gone.
Did i leave it in your car?
On a table in a bar?
Or in your bed between the sheets?
The places where we used to meet.
Wherever love has gone i need to know.

Cos she's a woman,
Oh yeah, she's a woman.
Ma ma ma ma ma ma she's a lady.
And i just love the way she moves,
The way she moves, watch her.

When you left,
I didn't know how i was going to forget you.
I was hanging by a thread and then i met her.
Selling pictures of herself to german business men.
Well, that's all she wants to do.
Come on, come on.
I don't want to try too hard.
I don't want to wait too long.
I don't want to live alone,
With all this crap that pulls me down.
Oh, tell me now,
How would it feel,
If i could touch you once again.
Where have you gone, where have you gone.
The moon has gone down on the sun, oh yeah.
I know that you're coming home.
You wouldn't leave me on my own.
Everybody can't you see,
She's coming back to me.

Whilst you were gone i got along.
I didn't die,
I carried on
I went drinking every night
Just so i could feel alright.
Stayed in bed all day to feel ok.
I felt ok.
Oh i felt sick and tired,
Yes i did.
She lived at her father's place,
Played his records though they jumped.
Wore her body back to front.
I tried hard to make it work,
Kissed her where she said it hurt
But i was always underneath.

She's a woman,
Oh yeah, she's a woman.
Ma ma ma ma ma ma she's a lady.
And i just love the way she moves,
The way she moves, watch her.

I don't know why you pretend,
That it causes you pain,
When you know very well,
You're going to do it again.
You're going to do it again
And again
And again
But can you keep it going all nite long?
I know it's going to happen.
It might not be today.
It might not be tomorrow,
Or even the day after,
But some time soon, you'll see,
You're going to come back to me.

Whilst you were gone i got along.
I didn't die,
I carried on
I went drinking every night
Just so i could feel alright.
Stayed in bed all day to feel ok.
I felt ok.

Whilst you were gone i got along.
I didn't die, i carried on.
Oh yeah i went with other women,
What else can i say?
I guess i kind of missed you,
Whilst you were away.
Whilst you were gone.
(stop)

Here comes your bedtime story: mum & dad have sentenced you to life.
Don't think twice; it's the only reason i'm alive.
I feel alright as long as i don't forget to breathe.
Breathe in, breathe in, breathe out.
Look at all these buildings & houses
I love my life. i love my life.
Hey now, slow down a minute.
Take my arms & fill them full of life.
Don't think twice.
Does it ease the pain of being alive?
Or is it why - why you keep nodding out on me?
Breathe in, breathe in, breathe out.
Another day, another major disaster
I love my life. i love my life.
You got a problem.
I lost my keys when i stayed at your place.
On the floor of your living room, you made the scene but it'll never get shown on tv.
So tonight prepare to kiss goodbye to my lovelife.
So get this right- i love my life; it's the only reason i'm alive.
It's mine, all mine - as long as i don't forget to breathe.
Breathe in, breathe in, breathe out.
Corny i know, but you had better believe it
I love my life. i love my life. i love my life. god, how i love my life.
That's right: you've got to fight to the death for the right to live your life.
Alright: i'm gonna fight to the death 'til they give me back my life.
That's right: you're in the land of the living but there's so few signs of life.
Alright.
Breathe in. breathe out. breathe out.

As i lay
Down in the bedroom,
There came a sound
From far away.
As i strained
My ears to listen
I could hear
A thin voice say:

"in your heart
There's no emotion,
And your soul,
Your soul just dried away.
There's no love,
No love left in your body;
Standing empty forever,
And colder
Every day."

So i spent
A night without you,
Oh yes, i spent
A night outdoors.
Staring in
To unknown faces,
Trying to feel
Just like before.

In your heart
There's no emotion,
And your soul,
Your soul just dried away.
There's no love,
No love left in your body;
Standing empty forever,
And colder every day.

Oh yeah.
No i don't
Believe in voices,
Because i hear
Them all the time,
Scraping tears
From hardened faces
With their stupid ugly rhymes.

In your heart
There's no emotion,
And your soul,
Your soul just dried away.
There's no love,
No love left in your body;
Standing empty forever,
And colder every day.
Standing empty forever,
And colder every day.

And this is where the story starts,
Holding hands
That hold you forever,
Only love
Will keep you together.
Holding hands
That hold you forever,
Holding hands
That throw you forever
Away,
Away,
Oh.

Tomorrow never lies so live for today / Don't be afraid of the skeletons of yesterday /
Each morning brings you closer to your goal so grab your chance don't let it go / The city
streets are littered with the casualties / the could'ves and the should'ves and the
would've beens / Don't let this chance slip by / Because tomorrow never lies / Tomorrow
never lies if you live tomorrow today / There are those who would shoot you down / ah /
there's always someone wants to shoot you down / but you know they're never gonna be able
to shoot you down / if you live tomorrow today / if you live tomorrow today / The night
time blazes with all your nightmares come to life / But you can face the danger knowing
that your cause is right and leave them all below you / bleeding as you rise into the
night / Because you know tomorrow never lies / no, tomorrow never lies / no, it's never,
never gonna lie if you leve tomorrow today / There are those who would shoot you down / ah
/ there's always someone who wants to shoot you down / but they're never ever gonna be
able to shoot you down / if you live tomorrow today / yeah if you leve tomorrow today /
Cos you, you gotta live tomorrow today / Live it because tomorrow never lies / tomorrow
never lies / oh no.

First you let him in your bed.
Now he's moved inside your head.
And he directs all the dreams you are dreaming.
I saw a friend of yours today,
She called me over just to say,
"i dunno if you've seen her lately but god she's looking rough".

No don't go round to see him tonight,
He's already made such a mess of your life.
Find something else to do with your time,
And do it quickly while you've still got the chance.

Do you think he'll fall apart?
Do you think you'll break his heart?
If you leave him on his own.
You are dreaming.
Cos he can fasten all his clothes,
Tie his laces,
Blow his nose.
It's time to teach him how to walk,
Yeah, teach your baby how to walk away.

No don't go round to see him tonight,
He's already made such a mess of your life.
Find something else to do with your time,
And do it quickly while you've still got the chance.

You're not his mother,
You're not sister & brother.
He's not even your lover.
He's just a piece of luggage you should throw away.

No don't go round to see him tonight,
He's already made such a mess of your life.
Find something else to do with your time,
And do it quickly while you've still got the chance.

No don't go round tonight,
You'll never make it right.
He's already made such a mess of your life.
Find something else to do with your time,
And do it quickly while you've still got the chance.

Sitting alone on a cold bar stool,
Your cold, hard eyes make me feel a fool.
Pastel-white features,
High cheek-bones,
Scarlet-blooded lips and deathly tones.

The girl of my nightmares,
Sultry and corpse-like.
The girl
Of my
Nightmares.

Brittle fingers,
And thin cigarettes,
So hard to tell apart,
She hasn't spoken yet.
You put your hand on mine,
Death white on brown,
Those whirlpool eyes;
Well, i begin to drown.

The girl of my nightmares,
Erotic and skull-faced.
The girl
Of my
Nightmares.

Anorexic beauty,
Feather-weight perfection,
Anorexic beauty,
Underweight
Goddess.

Sitting alone on
A cold bar stool, your
So hard to tell apart,
She hasn't spoken yet.
Pastel-white features,
High cheek-bones,
Scarlet-blooded lips and deathly tones.

The girl of my nightmares,
Sultry and corpse-like.
The girl
Of my
Nightmares.

Anorexic beauty,
Feather-weight perfection,
Anorexic beauty,
Underweight
Goddess.

I used to try very hard to make friends with everyone on the planet.
I've seen you havin' it, havin' it yeah
But now you've just had it.
Entertainment can sometimes be hard
When the thing that you love
Is the same thing that's holding you down.
This man is dangerous,
He just shed his load on your best party frock.
Before you enter the palace of wisdom you have to decide:
Are you ready to rock?
Oh can you party with me?
Can you show me a good time?
Do you even know what one looks like?
And i don't need to hear your stories again -
Just get on the floor and show me what you're made of.
Just what exactly are you made of?
Baby, you're driving me crazy.
Baby, you're driving me crazy.
I was having a whale of a time until your uncle psychosis arrived.
Why do we have to half kill ourselves just to prove we're alive?
I'm here whenever you need me
And whenever you need me
I won't be here.
And have you ever stopped to ask yourself?
If you didn't come to party, then why did you come here?
Baby, you're driving me crazy.
Baby, you're driving me crazy.
And do you really want to know
Just how come you turned out so dumb?
When the party's over will you come home with me?
Now the party's over will you come home to me.
Will you come home to me?

Well, imagine it's a film and you're the star
And pretty soon we're coming to the part
Where you realise that you should give your heart,
Oh, give your heart to me.
And now the orchestra begins to make a sound,
That goes round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round
& round again
We kiss to violins.
Well some sad people might believe in that i guess.
But we know better don't we?
We know all about the mess.
The aftermath of our affair,
Is lying all around and i can't clear it away.
No.
And d'you think that it's so easy to find?
Somebody who is just your kind?
Well it might take you a little time,
But i'm going to have to try.
Oh yeah i'm gonna try.
And i know no-one can ever know,
Which way to head.
But don't you remember,
That you once said,
That you liked happy endings?
And no-one can ever know,
If it's going to work,
But if you try,
Then you might get your happy ending.

There's not much time for talking,
All your friends are
Going to walk away.
If there was time for talking
All too soon you'd be
Lost for things to say.
Don't you know she could break you,
Every bone that's inside of you?
Then again she might make you
Everything that you want her to,
And if you could walk away,
Where would you go
Anyway?
And if you've still got the chance,
I know you know you'll stay,
Stay.
I don't need your excuses;
Are you tired of
Trying to stay on top?
So just lie back and enjoy it
And save your tears for
When the kissing stops
Oh, you know it's got to stop.
Don't you know she could break you,
Every bone that's inside of you?
Then again she might make you
Everything that you want her to,
And if you could walk away,
Where would you go
Anyway?
And if you've still got the chance,
I know you know you'll stay,
Stay.
Oh, you'll stay,
Oh, you'll stay.
Don't you know she could break you,
Every bone that's inside of you?
Then again she might make you
Everything that you want her to,
And if you could walk away,
Where would you go
Anyway?
And if you've still got the chance,
I know you know you'll stay,
Stay.
Oh, you'll stay,
Oh, you'll stay.
Oh, you'll stay,
Oh, you'll stay,
Oh, you'll stay,
Oh, you'll stay,
Oh, you'll stay.

You're in safe hands here cos i'm a ladies' man.
I got my work cut out i'm doing what i can.
So hold me, touch me, thrill me.
Don't ever let me go.
Don't ask me to explain it,
Cos you don't wanna know

Ahh ahh.
Your hair is beautfiul tonight.
Oooh oooh.
Hold me now the feeling's right.
Just below the surface is a fear that just won't go.
So come on and hold me.
Come on and hold me, hold me, hold me

I know a place where we can go and be just what we want.
I don't wanna be me;
I get so tired and bored.
So don't ask any questions,
And i will tell no lies.
Stop living like some housewife,
And be yourself tonight.

Ahh ahh.
Your hair is beautfiul tonight.
Oooh oooh.
Hold me now the feeling's right.
Just below the surface is a fear that just won't go.
So come on and hold me.
Come on and hold me, hold me, hold me

The night was ending
He needed her undressed
He said he loved her
She tried to look impressed
After the break-up
It's just something you do
To stop the night-time
From falling down on you

The world is ending
The sky is falling down
She's at the station
Because she's leaving town
Oh you could stop her
If you get out of bed
She wants to see you
At least that's what she said
You've got a minute
At the very most
And she's gone gone gone gone gone yes she's going away
Oh yes she's going away
Oh yes she's going away
Oh yes she's going away

And now it's over
Cos i just saw the end
I saw the credits
I turned around and then
I saw her running
Coming back to me
The sky exploded
But i couldn't see

The world is ending
The sky is falling down
She's at the station
Because she's leaving town
Oh you could stop her
If you get out of bed
She wants to see you
At least that's what she said
You've got a minute
At the very most
And she's gone and she's gone and she's gone
Oh yes she's going away

As the signs outside proclaimed,
Nature sometimes makes mistakes.
Was it the mother or the father to blame,
Inside the damp grass and tilted tent?
As the signs outside proclaimed,
Nature sometimes makes mistakes.
Was it the mother or the father to blame,
Inside the damp grass and tilted tent?

Won't you come with me to the fairground?
Your head
Will be spinning,
I said your head
Is your feet.
And the man at the side of me starts a lewd laugh
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
At the cat with two heads and the dog with eight legs.
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
The man has come between us,
His cheeks rattle like a fence,
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
He's come between us, and he starts a lewd laugh.
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!)

I sought shelter from the storm in a small inn by the coast.
In the children's room three identical sisters sat,
Except for the one who was hideously deformed;
Her grotesque features seemed to parody her sisters' beauty,
Ridiculing and mocking everything i held dear.

Won't you come with me to the fairground?
Your head
Will be spinning,
I said your head
Is your feet.
And the man at the side of me starts a lewd laugh
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
At the cat with two heads and the dog with eight legs.
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
The man has come between us,
His cheeks rattle like a fence,
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
He's come between us, and he starts a lewd laugh.
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!)

The fish-eyed foetus floated blankly in the yellowed waters, still as wax.
The man came between us,
My sister and i,
Ridiculing and parodying everything we held dear,
Making a mockery of our former emotions.
Dragging it all down to his level.

Won't you come with me to the fairground?
Your head
Will be spinning.
And the man at the side of me starts a lewd laugh
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
At the cat with two heads and the dog with eight legs.
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
The man has come between us,
His cheeks rattle like a fence,
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
He's come between us, and he starts a lewd laugh.
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
And then we went for rides.
[jarvis:] roll up, roll up, nice rides...
Come on, spin those cars boys and make the girls scream!
The louder you scream the faster we go!
Come on, roll up, go on, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
For the ride of a lifetime.
There's plenty of seats, come on, don't be shy!
Roll up, come on, come on!
[shreiking and wailing laughter]
And then we went for rides.

There's a picture by his first wife on the wall
Stripped floor-boards in the kitchen and the hall
A stain from last week's party on the stairs
No-one knows who made it
Or how it ever got there
They were dancing with children round their necks
Talking business, books and records, art and sex
All things being considered
You'd call it a success
You wore your black dress

He's an architect and such a lovely guy
And he'll stay with you until the day you die
And he'll give you everything you could desire
Oh well almost everything
Everything that he can buy
So you sometimes go out in the afternoon
Spend an hour with your lover in his bedroom
Hear old women rolling trolleys down the road
Back to lyndhurst grove
Lyndhurst grove, oh

If you stay out all nite that's alright by me / but if you must kiss those guys you could
at least clean your teeth / I don't mean to put you down / but you've taken everything
that I own / Don't tell me you want some more 'cos I'm closed / Who is this laughing boy
who ladders your tights? / Please tell him to cut the noise / 'cos it's spoiling my nites
/ I just want to get some rest / and he's talking to his Ma on the phone / Well, if he's
so homesick he can go home / I don't need this anymore / and it's written in the stars I
must go / And will I come back for more? / I don't know / I don't know.

Ah ah ah ah ah... / Tonight's the night / Open your door and I'll come inside / Don't be
afraid, it willbe alright / I will change your whole life tonight / and you're so
beautiful / too beautiful for this dead-end world / I'm taking you to a better place / oh,
far away from this stupid race, oh / Come with me / for ever / and ever / please come with
me / for ever / No, don't let me down / oh, don't make me cry / Lie in my arms / and be
mine tonight / Do it / Oh, did I tell you / that there was no need to be afraid? / Oh,
you've got such a beautiful body / Oh, you'll make such a beautiful body / I smoke these
yellow-lit cul-de-sacs at night / You hear my foot-step on your bedroom stair / and I will
take the first one in every house in town / I'll take your sisters and I'll lay them down
/ I'll lay them down / Tonight! / Mother (mother) / Father (father) / Brother (brother) /
Take them all a- / Ba ba ba ba... / Make you mine / I want your body / Mother (mother) /
Father (father) / Brother (brother) / The wind (the wind) / Streets (streets) / Those
girls (girls) / I walked into town (town) (town).

I've got the time / and you've got the space / I'm gonna wipe you down / and lick the
smile off your face, the smile off your face / Though we know that it's wrong / towel sets
/ matching combs / Oh it looks so good but does it turn you on? / Oh... / I want you now /
and I want you here / so lie down by the fire / and if the neighbours hear, the neighbours
hear / 'cos they don't understand / what you've got / in your hand / Oh it looks so good
but does it turn you on? / Oh... yeah! / Are we going to do it again? / Sideways? / I was
still in the queue when you came / Delivered me from his 'n' hers / you pulled the units
down / Delivered me from his 'n' hers / and when I saw his face / oh it made me feel
better / Oh now it's gone too far / we gave up hope / and the future's bleak / just a soap
on a rope, a soap on a rope / Put the rope around his neck / Pull it tight / he's erect /
oh and it looks so good but does it turn you on? / Oh... yeah! / Are we going to do it
again? / Shove it in sideways / I was still in the queue when you came / Delivered me from
his 'n' hers / you pulled the units down / Delivered me from his 'n' hers / and when I saw
his face / oh it made me feel better / So we laid in bed afterwards and / she asked me /
what made me frightened / and I said / 'I'm frightened of Belgian chocolates / I'm
frightened of pot pourri / I'm frightened of James Dean posters / I'm frightened of
twenty-six inch screens / I'm frightened of remote control / I'm frightened of endowment
plans / I'm frightened of figurines / I'm frightened of evenings in the Brincliffe Oaks
searching for a conversation.' / 'Oh you're stupid,' she said / and she
took my hand / she took my hand and she said / 'I want / I want you / I want you to /
I want you to touch / I want you to touch me / I want you to touch me.' / Oh... / Are
we going to do it again? / Shove it in sideways / I was still in the queue when you came /
Delivered me from his 'n' hers / you pulled the units down / Delivered me from his 'n'
hers / and when I saw his face / you know it made me feel better.

After many weeks in the wilderness we came upon a strange, exotic land.
A land of happy hours,
Where the sky is always grey and the food exceptionally greasy.
We drank strange brown liquids,
And our stomachs swelled up like balloons.
A thousand fake orgasms every night
Behind thick dralon curtains.
They go on and on and on and on.
We sank back into mauve p.v.c. sofas.
Outside dogs roamed the streets
And the rooftops glistened in the rain
But now we've grown so fat we can no longer pass through the door.
So stay we must,
Sprouting black hair beneath bri-nylon underwear.
Yes, here we will stay
These nights of suburbia go on and on and on and on and on.

I woke up in the morning i was still alive
The mirror says i'm fifty-five years old
If i don't look his way, i'm gonna do okay
I'm gonna last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
Last another day without your love
Oh no one lives alone for more than half a year
That's what a friend of mine once said to me
There's more things in the world than holding hands and kissing girls
You've got to last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
Last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
Last another day without your love

Oh but i dreamt of you last night
And the world split into two
I tried to listen to some records but they were all
Singing about you
I can't live on never knowing where my soul is going when i die
I can't last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
I can't last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
I can't last another day without your love

Oh yeah, well i realise
I should think about somebody new instead
That's what i tried to do, but the ones i liked looked just like you
Gotta last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
Last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
Last another day without your love

Oh but i dreamt of you last night
And the world split into two
I tried to listen to some records but they were all
Singing about you
I can't live on never knowing where my soul is going when i die
I can't last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
I can't last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
I can't last another day without your love

It's okay, i'm not a kid anymore
I can last another day without your love
If i focus all my thoughts on something stupid
I can last another day without your love
Ooh gonna last another day
Last another day
Last another day
Last another day
Last another day
Last another day
Last another day
Good god

Oh but i dreamt of you last night
And the world split into two
I tried to listen to some records but they were all
Singing about you
I can't live on never knowing where my soul is going when i die
I can't last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
I can't last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
I can't last another day without your love.

We're talking again / Smiling and laughing / Ignoring the past / Well I hope you're happy
/ I know there was something / Please don't / let it / die away / I know what you're
thinking / I know / what you / want to say / I won't give it names / For names have no
uses / Just shots in the dark / or easy excuses / I know there was something / Please
don't / let it / die away / I know what you're thinking / I know / what you / want to say
/ Lala lala... / I know there was something / Please don't / let it / die away / I know
what you're thinking / I know / what you / want to say.

Tonight's the night
Open your door and i'll come inside
Don't be afraid, it will be alright
I will change your whole life tonight
And you're so beautiful
Too beautiful for this dead-end world
I'm taking you to a better place
Oh, far away from this stupid race, oh

Come with me
For ever
And ever
Please come with me
For ever
No, don't let me down
Oh, don't make me cry
Lie in my arms
And be mine tonight
Do it

Oh, did i tell you
There was no need to be afraid?
Oh, you've got such a beautiful body
Oh, you'll make such a beautiful body
I smoke these yellow-lit cul-de-sacs at night
You hear my foot-step on your bedroom stair
And i will take the first one in every house in town
I'll take your sisters and i'll lay them down
I'll lay them down
Tonight

Mother (mother)
Father (father)
Brother (brother)
Take them all

Make you mine
I want your body

Mother (mother)
Father (father)
Brother (brother)
The wind (the wind)
Streets (streets)
Those girls (girls)
I walked into town (town) (town).

You know sometimes...when we're lying together...
And i know you're asleep...i can hear the soft sound of your breathing...
So i get up...and i go to the window...outside...i can see all the houses...
Curtains shut tight against the night...asleep beneath the roof-tiles...
And as i stand here...i wonder...i wonder how many more times...
I'm gonna come here...i wonder how many more times...i'm gonna lie here...
And most of all...most of all i wonder...i wonder what it means...
I just wanna know what it means...so i woke her...
And we went walking through the sleeping town...
Down deserted streets...frozen gardens grey in the moonlight...
Fences...down to the canal...
Creeping slowly past the cooling towers...
Deserted factories...looking for an adventure...
I wandered the streets calling your name...jumping walls...
Hoping to see a light in the window...let me in...
Let me come in...let me in tonight...
Oh i see you shivering in the garden...
Silver goose-flesh in the moonlight ...she's balancing...
There are so many others...with unbroken eyes...
No cellulite afternoons... and she is balancing...
Balancing on the edge of ugliness tonight...
She is balancing...

Good god!
My legendary girlfriend,
She is crying tonight,
Oh no she doesn't feel right,
She's got no-one to hold,
Her love is a sham,
He is dancing somewhere.
Oh no he doen't care,
Oh well, he'll never know.

Jump...touch my hair...i wanna...i don't care...cos tonight...we could,
Maybe we...maybe we can touch the sky...do you think that we can...
Do you think that we can...touch the sky...please...i know...
I know it's not forever...but tonight i don't care...
Your skin so pale in the moonlight...
And the way your lips swell up when you're asleep...
Nothing else matters...do you know how much i want you?...
Can you feel how much i want you?...
Oh
Pitsmoor woman
Oh let
Oh let me in tonight

My legendary girlfriend,
She is crying tonight,
Oh no she doesn't feel right,
She's got no-one to hold.
Her love is a sham,
He is dancing somewhere.
Oh no he doen't care,
Oh well, he'll never know.
And all the stars came out tonight,
And the moon came on it's face,
It shone right though the clothes she wore,
It shone right through the dress she wore.
Good god

Oh, y'know...listen...listen...please...oh...i just wanna...
I just wanna... ...he falls to sleep again...no cheese tonight...she knows

My legendary girlfriend,
She is crying tonight,
Oh no she doesn't feel right,
She's got no-one to hold.
Her love is a sham,
He is dancing somewhere.
Oh no he doen't care,
Oh well, he'll never know.
And all the stars came out tonight,
And the moon came on it's face.
It shone right through the dress she wore,
It shone right through the clothes she wore.
And the stars and the moon,
And the stars all came down today.
Oh please love me tonight
Good god now!

You look just like sylvia:
Well you look like her to me -
The way she wore her hair then.
Oh, he way she used to be.
I've not seen her for a long time
Though i've heard she's still around.
Her father's living with some girl
Who's a year younger than her.
She's living in the country now yeah.
Oh, she's trying to get better.
Her beauty was her only crime.
Yeah, i remember sylvia.

So keep believing
And do what you do,
I can't help you but i know things are gonna get better.
And please stop asking what it's got to do with you.
Oh, keep believing cos you know that you deserve better.

Who's this man you're talking to?
Can't you see what he wants to do?
He thinks if he stands near enough then he will look as good as you.
Oh, he don't care about your problems.
He just wants to show his friends.
I guess i'm just the same as him -
I just didn't know it then.
I never understood you really
And i know it's too late now.
You didn't ask to be that way.
Oh, i'm sorry sylvia.

So keep believing
And do what you do,
I can't help you but i know things are gonna get better.
And please stop asking what it's got to do with you.
Oh, keep believing cos you know that you deserve better.
Yeah you know that you deserve better.
Oh sylvia.

Take me down,
To the river,
Where i would not go before.
Through the trees and the rushes,
To a place we both know.
And i'm feeling much younger,
As i kneel on the ground,
Dip my toe in the water,
Of the river where i watched you drown
Nadadum nananana nana na...
Oh when the river ran dry that next year,
I could not find your body.
Now i'm standing here ready at last,
To dive down and reach you again.
And i long to be with you
Now these cold nights have come,
Oh i go down to the river,
But the river will stop for no-one.
Though i ask it it keeps flowing on,
When i ask it,
It tells me you're gone.
Dadow...

She / she used to live with his brother / Now she's an unmarried mother / with another /
on the way / He's seond rate / twisted out of shape / and he looks a state, it costs so
much to look this rough / They go to town / they like to shop around / and look at all
those things / All those things they never wnated anyway / She hates his hair / that
stupid coat he wears / but sometimes second best / is the best that you can get / Oh yes /
oh somebody told me / 'cos seconds turn to hours / and the hours turn into days / but
still it feels like morning / The first time leaves its trace / and then slides into
second place / and still it feels like morning / At night they try to fly / hold on tight
and close their eyes / and they hit the ground in the morning / But in the morning it's
raining / Oh Christ you're always complaining / can't you think of something else / It's
nearly-nu / a bargain basement made for two / and if you blur your eyes / you could be
anywhere / you want yourself to be / Oh yeah, it's bad / I know you want to laugh, so
laugh / But sometimes second best / Is all that you can get / Oh yeah / oh somebody told
me / the seconds turn to hours / and the hours turn into days / but still it feels like
morning / The first time leaves its trace / and then slides into second place / and still
it feels like morning / At night they try to fly / hold on tight and close their eyes /
and they hit the ground in the morning / But you're so perfect you don't interest me at
all / You're golden boy fell down / Don't you know / he hasn't got a personality? / And I
know / he said he'd last all night then gave you seconds / yeah / The seconds turn to
hours / and the hours turn into days / but still it feels like morning / The first time
leaves its trace / and then slides into second place / and still it feels like morning /
At night they try to fly / hold on tight and close their eyes / and they hit the ground in
the morning / My God they're still alive / they got it wrong but they still tried / and
they made it through to the morning.

Without you my life has become a hangover without end.
A movie made for tv:
Bad dialogue, bad acting, no interest.
Too long with no story and no sex.
Is it a kind of weakness to miss someone so much?
To wish the day would go away?
Like you did yesterday.
Just like you did yesterday.
And i can't think of a way to get through this pain.
To be happy again to make it all alright
And i know it must be bad cos sitting here right now,
All i know is i can't even think,
I can't even think of anything clever to say.
So i say:
Why pretend any longer?
Cos i need you here with me.
It's obvious that i miss you so much
So please say you're gnna stay.
So please say you're gonna stay.
So please say you're gonna stay.
The night is getting darker now
And there's nothing on tv
But i'll sit tight
Til morning light.
Yeah, i'll wait until the day.
Until the day that you say you're gonna stay.

Standing there before you / defences thrown aside / I thought I heard you laughing / but
when I asked you said you'd cried / I wanted to believe you / Yes I wanted to feel strong
/ but looking at my picture / I realised I must be wrong / Sounds so weak / it sounds so
fey / it doesn't sound / like what I meant to say / I speak to you / with a borrowed
tongue / Shall I stop right now / or blindly carry on? / Choose one [?] / but I'm not
everyone / I only have one viewpoint / don't talk to me of right or wrong / And didn't I
often tell you / oh didn't I often say / that something in your manner / that really takes
my breath away? / It's not weak / to show I care / I know of those / who wouldn't even
bear / The fact remains / I feel a need / Is it love / or is it simply greed? / It's not
weak / to show I care / I know of those / who wouldn't even bear / The fact remains / I
feel a need / Is it love / or is it simply greed? / You choose what you believe in / as
far as I'm concerned / But one thing I can tell you / is innocence cannot be learned / I
wish you'd stop me talking / oh I wish you'd shut my mouth / Well the reason why I tell
you / is I think that you could help me out / and if you do then there's no doubt / that
all my problems won't just fly away.

No wonder you're looking thin,
When all that you live on is lipgloss and cigarettes.
And scraps at the end of the day when he's given the rest,
To someone with long black hair.
All those nights up making such a mess of the bed.
Oh you never ever want to go home.
And he wants you so you may as well hang around for a while,
Call your dad on the phone.

He changed his mind last monday,
So you've gotta leave by sunday, yeah.
You've lost your lipgloss honey, oh yeah.
Now nothing you do can turn him on,
There's something wrong.
You had it once but now it's gone.

And you feel such a fool,
For laughing at bad jokes,
And putting up with all of his friends,
And kissing in public.
What are they gonna say when they run into you again?
That your stomach looks bigger and your hair is a mess,
And your eyes are just holes in your face.
And it rains every day,
And when it doesn't,
The sun makes you feel worse anyway.

He changed his mind last monday,
Now you've gotta leave by sunday, yeah.
You've lost your lipgloss honey, oh yeah.
Now nothing you do can turn him on,
There's something wrong.
You had it once but now it's gone.

Though you knew,
There was no way it was gonna last for ever,
It still shook you,
When he told you in a letter,
That he didn't wanna see you.
You nearly lost your mind, oh yeah.

You've lost your lipgloss honey, oh yeah.
Now nothing you do can turn him on,
There's something wrong.
You had it once but now it's gone, oh yeah.
You've lost your lipgloss honey, oh yeah.
Now nothing you do can turn him on,
There's something wrong.
You had it once but now it's gone.
Oh yeah.

I never thought that you would come / your sister said your nerve had gone / You're trying
to make it straight right now / but I don't think that you know how / Your sister knows /
she wears your clothes / she laughs / at all those things you chose / Your sister knows /
takes off your clothes / we use your bed for goodness knows / Ow / I left something where
I knew you'd find it / Lift your pillow and you'll see / and he's coming round today / Hey
hey / Check out if you're still alive / talking dirt won't change your life / Listen hard
and you can hear her saying not to be so afraid / Loosen up and lay right down / watch her
as she's going down / It's easy when you stop pretending that you just got lost on the way
/ na na na now now / Your sister knows / she wears your clothes / she laughs at all those
things you chose / Your sister knows / takes off your clothes / We use your bed for
goodness knows / I can't remember where we met / I can't remember what we said / I can't
forget the things we did / when everything just seemed to fit / Your sister knows / takes
off your clothes / we use your bed for goodness knows / She's says it's better with two /
if you'd just stop being so stuck up / and he's coming round today / Hey hey / Check out
if you're still alive / talking dirt won't change your life / Listen hard and you can hear
her saying not to be so afraid / Loosen up and lay right down / watch her as she's going
down / It's easy when you stop pretending that you just got lost on the way / Try it; you
might like it / But you might / smudge your lipstick / and he's coming round today / Check
out if you're still alive / talking dirt won't change your life / Listen hard and you can
hear her saying not to be so afraid / Loosen up and lay right down / watch her as she's
going down / It's easy when you stop pretending that you just got lost on the way / Loosen
up and lay right down / watch her as she's going down / It's easy when you stop pretending
that you just got lost on the way / It's easy when you stop pretending that you'll never
ever see her, yeah you've seen her going down (and down and down and down and down)

The word's on the street: you've found someone new.
If he looks nothing like me i'm so happy for you.
I heard an old girlfriend has turned to the church -
She's trying to replace me, but it'll never work.
'cos every touch reminds you of just how sweet it could have been
And every time he kisses you it leaves behind the bitter taste of saccharine.
A bad cover version of love is not the real thing.
Bikini-clad girl on the front who invited you in.
Such great disappointment when you got him home -
The original was so good; the one you no longer own.
And every touch reminds you of just how sweet it could have been
And every time he kisses you, you get the taste of saccharine.
It's not easy to forget me, it's so hard to disconnect
When it's electronically reprocessed to give a more life-like effect.

Aah, sing your song about all the sad imitations that got it so wrong
It's like a later "tom & jerry" when the two of them could talk
Like the stones since the eighties, like the last days of southfork.
Like "planet of the apes" on tv, the second side of "'til the band comes in"
Like an own-brand box of cornflakes: he's going to let you down my friend.

Oh now the lonely nights begin,
And there is nowhere left to go,
But watch my spirit melt away,
Down at the d-i-s-c-o.
I must have died a thousand times,
The next day, i was still alive.
And i still believe in you,
Yes i do.
Let's do it now.
No. i was not crushed, i did not cry
You know that everything's o.k.
It's just sometimes i wake at night,
All alone and see your face.
Oh, thousands feel the same,
But the night-time falls away.
Oh no but still sometimes i feel,
Oh sometimes i feel like jesus christ now, hey,
I feel this night will never end,
And i will never see the day.
Oh i was nothing when you came,
I'm no-one now you've gone away.
Oh all i do is just o.k.
All of my nights,
And all of my days.
Oh-oh if you came home right now,
I'd run away,
Oh run away now.
O.k. now
Alright.
You can go out and make love to whoever, or whatever you like babe
So i go out and fill my eyes with other women,
Oh they look good to me and i think that i might kiss them,
Oh now it's two a.m. and i'm still stood here waiting,
So i go home and wonder why i bothered going.
Yeah every week turns out the same,
The sun, the wind, the snow, the rain.
Oh no but still sometimes i feel,
Oh sometimes i feel like jesus christ now, hey,
I feel this night will never end,
And i will never see the day.
Oh i was nothing when you came,
I'm no-one now you've gone away.
Oh all i do is just o.k.
All of my nights, and all of my days.
Oh-oh if you came home right now,
I'd run away.
I can't believe it.
I can't remember your face anymore.
Or the sound of your voice.
Or any touch of your skin,
Is a legend.
By the way,
Did i tell you that i loved you?
Oh if i didn't i'm so sorry.
You know i,
I really,
I really meant to tell you.
It's o.k. there's no need to hurry.
But the bed is full of memories,
Full of memories of you.
Oh i've tried to get them out but,
But there's nothing i can do.
Oh if i knew the moon i'd ask him,
Shine his light in through your window,
And send your body home to me today.
Hey,
I feel this night will never end,
And i will never see the day,
Oh i was nothing when you came,
I'm no-one now you've gone away
Oh all i do is o.k.
All of my nights,
And all of my days.
Oh-oh if you came home right now,
I'd run away,
Run away,
Run away.

Hey,
You can look, you can look just like anyone else
If that's what you want to do.
I,
I could laugh,
I could laugh in your face if i want
Oh, but i'm not going to.
When we met last week on saturday,
I couldn't make a sentence,
I couldn't even say
What i meant to say:

That i want you
It doesn't hurt to say i want you,
I need you
I never thought i'd say i need you,
I'll keep you,
Oh yes i'll keep you and i'll throw myself away, away, away,
And i'll break you
Because i lose myself inside you,
I'll make you
Fit in the space that i provide you, i'll take you,
Oh yes, i'll take you just to push you far away, away, away.

Yes,
Yes, you're all,
Yes you're all that i ever desire,
Still i'll kill you in the end.
When,
When it seems,
When it seems that it's getting too soft,
When you lapse into a friend,
There's someone just behind the door
So don't betray your feelings,
No don't talk anymore,
Never dare to say

That i want you
It doesn't hurt to say i want you,
I need you
I never thought i'd say i need you,
I'll keep you,
Oh yes i'll keep you and i'll throw myself away, away, away,
And i'll break you
Because i lose myself inside you, i'll make you
Fit in the space that i provide you, i'll take you,
Oh yes, i'll take you just to push you far away, away, away.

Now,
Now we come,
Now we come to the end of it all,
See it squirming, almost dead.
No,
You can't leave,
You can't leave it to die here in pain.
You've got to stamp upon it's head.
I'll go out and you'll stay home
Facing up to living,
Living on your own,
And i'll curse my pride,
Curse my pride,
Curse my stupid pride

Because i want you
It doesn't hurt to say i want you,
I need you
I never thought i'd say i need you,
I'll keep you,
Oh yes i'll keep you and i'll throw myself away, away, away,
And i'll break you
Because i lose myself inside you, i'll make you
Fit in the space that i provide you, i'll take you,
Oh yes, i'll take you just to push you far away, away, away.

Wearing a shirt that was trying too hard,
Pissed on a train and he's falling around.
And then i turned around and you were out of sight,
And now there's nowhere for me to stay tonite.
And then i walked around town just to catch you out,
I thought i'd lost myself somewhere in the nite.
Oh is he bigger? and does he make you laugh?
Mamamamamamamamamamamamamamamama let it go.
I could never do anything else,
So what am i gonna do with myself?
I saw him kiss you in the afternoon
Cos i was next door in a double room.
I was listening through the wall as he laid you down.
I don't know what you did,
Oh but i heard the sound.
Oh is he better?
Does he make you scream?
Mamamamamamamamamamamamamamamama let it go.
You've got to tell me know if he's better than me.
I need to know, oh can't you see?
Something strange is getting stronger.
I can't hang on any longer.
Don't you know i want to go away?
Oh jesus christ i know i'm gonna lose the game,
I've only got myself to blame, oh yeah.
Oh yeah.
All right.
I'm gonna leave town,
I'm gonna catch a train.
I'm going somewhere where i can start again.
I'm gonna let it all go just like you said,
I'll look for someone else who can take the blame.
And is he younger?
And can he make you laugh?
Mamamamamamamamamamamamamamamama let it go.
Oh, let it go.
After seven years down a dead-end road i'm gonna get off here,
I'm gonna let it go,
Let it go.