Walk On Water

Tell me now and i'll understand
Does venus hold you in the palm of her hand
Has her blackness touched your very heart
She'll smile sweetly as your world falls apart

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And i just can't quit it babe
I just can't stand the pain
And i just can't quit it babe
I keep running back again

Little by little piece by piece
Your defenses have all slipped away
And real beauty's such an elusive thing
Somewhere down the line you'll have to pay

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Oh no, its such a cold, cold feeling
Cuts your body to the bone
Oh no, its a strange, strange feeling
Loves been abandoned and i'm so alone

And everyday i see my flame growing dimmer
I've nothing left but this very life to save
And evry night i feel that i'm a winner
She's taking me down to the grave

And everyday i see my flame growing dimmer
I can't seem to chase the ghosts away
And every night i get too high, i'm a winner
I've nothing left but to pray

And every night she makes me feel like a winner
And every night she makes me think i'm a winner

Venus smiles and encircles me
And wraps me in a soft princely gown
Waves of darkness rise like the sea
In her addiction i will drown

Wind blows back and the batons charging
It winds all the way
Right to the butt of my gun
Maybe now your time has come

From the back streets there's a rumblin'

Smell of anarchy
No more nice time, bright boy shoe shines
Pie in the sky dreams

* lights out, lights out in london
Hold 'em tight 'til the end
Better now you know we'll never
Wait 'til tomorrow
Lights out, lights out in london
Hold 'em tight 'til the end
God knows when i'm comin' on [my] run

Heaven help those who help themselves
That's the way it goes
The frightening thoughts of what's been taught
And now it shows

* repeat

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* repeat

You keep comin', there's no runnin'
Tried a thousand times
Under your feet grass is growin'
Time we said goodbye

* repeat

Lights out, lights out in london

Lights out, lights out in london

Take me to the highway
Take me to heaven
I can feel jesus, right in my bones

Looking for a high class up-market doorway
With no connections, no telephones

And i don't care what it's all about
I don't need to know

Walking on water
Walking on the mountain
I've got no whiskey running through my veins

They take me to the justice
And i wave old glory
There's no sentence for all these pains
Cause i don't care what it's all about
I don't need to know

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Darker days surround me now i'm older
Longer nights freeze me it seems colder
Darker days they will take me under now
So help me please

Take me to the river, cleanse me with water
Because the good lord has baptized me
I can't live like you good people
I'll bare my soul for the world to see

I don't care what it's all about
I don't need to know

Darker days surround me now i'm older
Longer nights freeze me it seems colder
Darker days they will take me under now

I don't think so
I don't know so
I keep falling down like little drops of rain
I don't know you
Tell me what's true
What is real, and what it is you call insane

Take me to the highway
Take me to heaven
I can feel jesus, right in my bones
Looking for a high class up-market doorway
With no connections, no telephones

And i don't care what it's all about
I don't need to know

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Oh yeah
Gotta help me please

The tide crashed on the shore
As he held her in his arms
They swore their love would stay forever more
And never slip away
From this moment on
As they made their wedding vows
He knew how life would change, oh
Love was blind for now

Hey, but knock, knock, knock
Put the chain on the door
She's back again and now she wants more
Knock, knock, knock
The thief's back to steal
The shirt off my back, my next meal

I'm not living anymore
I'm just breathing day to day
Everything i had has gone, she has taken it away
Heaven's door has opened and looked me in the eye
And there is no mt. olympus, just before you die

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Knock, knock, knock
She's got the house and the car
The only thing left is my old guitar
Knock, knock, knock
Her foot's in the door
The shirt's off my back, now she wants more

And tonight on t.v. well they show a happy pair
I almost wept with laughter
As some fool caught the bouquet the bride threw in the air

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At the final curtain call, in the neon light display
I see all the ugly scars that illuminate my day
And hail the promised land, it's upped and gone to bed
Bleeding hearts and mothers weeping
Sometimes i wish her dead

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Hey, but knock, knock, knock
Put the chain on the door
She's back again and now she wants more
Knock, knock, knock
The thief's back to steal
The shirt off my back, stays in my next meal

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Woke up on a manchester morning
No sun up on the sky
Caught the train down to london
So broke i could make you cry
When you get right down to it
There's really nothing in it

I got a copy of the evening paper
If there's a job i will apply
The dhs says it's now or never
This is a case of do or die

When it comes right down to it
I've got to struggle through it

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Put the lights way down low
Come closer
Tell me heroes don't fade away, they're forever
Just a little bit of something
Just a little bit of real
Tell me heroes don't fade away, become a memory
So come on darling now
I still need to know
Are we gonna fade away or stay forever

Took a walk down to soho
I've got t.v. on my mind
It says these days you have it easy
Oh lord, i must be blind
When it comes right down to it
I can see right on through it

I really love my old lady
Much more grief she can't take
Wish i could take her somewhere fancy
I still need that lucky break

When it comes right down to it
There's really nothing in it

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And i'm dreaming of summer
Of just me and you now

But a love with no money
How long will it ring true

One big city smells like another
I get lost in this maze
When i get home should i lie
The bottle's gone i'm in a daze

When it comes right down to it
I've got to struggle through it

Things look bleak out of this window
Sometimes i wanna run away
And the light fades down this tunnel
It merges into another day

Repeat *