Face Dances

Did you ever sleep in a bear pit
Did you ever sleep in a bear pit
With apple cores and mice along
With apple cores and mice along
Did you ever lay on ice and grit
Did you ever lay on ice and grit
Or search for a place where the wind was gone
Or search for a place where the wind was gone


Did you ever tramp up endless hills
Did you ever tramp up endless hills
Past cosy homes with secret beds
Past cosy homes with secret beds
Did you ever dream of a suicide pill
Did you ever dream of a suicide pill
And wake up cold to the smell of bread
And wake up cold to the smell of bread


Well I have slept there badly twice
Well i have slept there badly twice
And shared my straw with scratchin mice
And shared my straw with scratchin mice
Although you'll find some deep brown hair
Although you'll find some deep brown hair
I'll tell you something for nothing
I'll tell you something for nothing
There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)
There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)
Not a single bear in there (cache cache)
Not a single bear in there (cache cache)


Did you ever have to make a draw
Did you ever have to make a draw
For a hard wooden bench or a bed of stone
For a hard wooden bench or a bed of stone
Did you ever jemmy a stable door
Did you ever jemmy a stable door
Or scare the horse to escape the snow
Or scare the horse to escape the snow


Did you ever invade a neat little yard
Did you ever invade a neat little yard
Wake up the children who hope for ghosts
Wake up the children who hope for ghosts
Did you ever cause their dogs to bark
Did you ever cause their dogs to bark
Their guests to curse their noisy hosts
Their guests to curse their noisy hosts


Don't jump in expectin fun
Don't jump in expectin fun
Don't swagger in there with your elephant gun
Don't swagger in there with your elephant gun
Don't enter the cage with wavin chairs
Don't enter the cage with wavin chairs
Cos I'll tell you something for nothing
Cos i'll tell you something for nothing
There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)
There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)
Not a single bear in there (cache cache)
Not a single bear in there (cache cache)


Did you ever pass the police at work
Did you ever pass the police at work
And hope that they might take you in
And hope that they might take you in
Did you ever wonder why music hurts
Did you ever wonder why music hurts
When someone plays it aloof to sin
When someone plays it aloof to sin
Did you ever believe that a smile could cure
Did you ever believe that a smile could cure
A happy face keep you warm at night?
A happy face keep you warm at night?
Were you ever fooled by laughters lure
Were you ever fooled by laughters lure
Only to find that they laughed in spite?
Only to find that they laughed in spite?


Chorus: (as above)
Chorus: (as above)


Did you ever finally find a place
Did you ever finally find a place
A soft warm bed in a room of flowers
A soft warm bed in a room of flowers
And when you finally laid down your face
And when you finally laid down your face
You found you slept for a hundred hours
You found you slept for a hundred hours
A hundred hours.
A hundred hours.


There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)
There ain't no bears in there (cache cache)

You - you're wasting my time
You - you're wasting my time
We're making music we're doing fine
We're making music we're doing fine
Then a slap in the face takes me back to the starting line
Then a slap in the face takes me back to the starting line
You - your wasting my life
You - your wasting my life
You can't lose what you've already lost
You can't lose what you've already lost
Your arms are open but your legs are crossed
Your arms are open but your legs are crossed


Save me - save me
Save me - save me
I'm going down for the third time
I'm going down for the third time
Save me - save me
Save me - save me
Somebody throw me my next line
Somebody throw me my next line


Too hot for me to handle
Too hot for me to handle
So cold I'm getting nowhere
So cold i'm getting nowhere
Pinch me to see if I'm sleeping
Pinch me to see if i'm sleeping
Maybe it's only a nightmare
Maybe it's only a nightmare


You - why did it have to be you?
You - why did it have to be you?
Of all those girls I had to choose
Of all those girls i had to choose
You win and I lose
You win and i lose
You - you with the poisonous eyes
You - you with the poisonous eyes
One look and I'm hooked
One look and i'm hooked
One touch and my goose is cooked
One touch and my goose is cooked


Save me - save me
Save me - save me
I'm going down for the third time
I'm going down for the third time
Save me - save me
Save me - save me
Somebody throw me a life line
Somebody throw me a life line


Too late to change partners
Too late to change partners
Too late you've got no chance
Too late you've got no chance
Too late to change partners
Too late to change partners
Too late to say I don't dance
Too late to say i don't dance


You - there's a name for girls like you
You - there's a name for girls like you
You lead me on like a lamb to the slaughter
You lead me on like a lamb to the slaughter
Then you act like a fish out of water
Then you act like a fish out of water
You - there's a name for girls like you
You - there's a name for girls like you
You've coming on like a steam train
You've coming on like a steam train
Then you blow me away just like a hurricane
Then you blow me away just like a hurricane


Save me - save me
Save me - save me
I'm going down for the last time
I'm going down for the last time
Save me - save me
Save me - save me
Somebody throw me a lifeline
Somebody throw me a lifeline
Save me I'm falling
Save me i'm falling
]From the top of the page to the next line
From the top of the page to the next line
Save me I'm burning
Save me i'm burning
]From tips of my toes to my hairline
From tips of my toes to my hairline


Too hot for me to handle
Too hot for me to handle
So cold I'm getting nowhere
So cold i'm getting nowhere
Pinch me to see if I'm sleeping
Pinch me to see if i'm sleeping
Maybe it's only a nightmare.
Maybe it's only a nightmare.

I wake up on broken glass
I wake up on broken glass
But you left your number
But you left your number
All the members of the cast
All the members of the cast
Reckon I was lumbered
Reckon i was lumbered


Did you steal it
Did you steal it
Did you screw me
Did you screw me
Did you peel it
Did you peel it
Did you do me
Did you do me


Are you out there Mr no-one
Are you out there mr no-one
Is my investment growing
Is my investment growing
Sorry that I got so drunk
Sorry that i got so drunk
But I wrote you a poem
But i wrote you a poem


Did you search me
Did you search me
Did you turn me over
Did you turn me over
While I cold turkeyed
While i cold turkeyed
On the sofa
On the sofa


Did you steal my money
Did you steal my money


How can we forgive a grievance
How can we forgive a grievance
Now that we all live with demons
Now that we all live with demons
Did you know that poor old veteran
Did you know that poor old veteran
That you kicked out of his bed
That you kicked out of his bed
Says that he cannot forget you
Says that he cannot forget you
But he does not wish you dead
But he does not wish you dead
Leave his gold watch in reception
Leave his gold watch in reception
He will keep the sixteen stitches in his head
He will keep the sixteen stitches in his head
Did you steal his money
Did you steal his money


Did you pinch my trainer football
Did you pinch my trainer football
Say if you half inched it
Say if you half inched it
Thought I heard a female foot fall
Thought i heard a female foot fall
While I washed my kitchen
While i washed my kitchen


Did you use me
Did you use me
Why'd I trust you
Why'd i trust you
Why'd you abuse me
Why'd you abuse me
I won't bust you
I won't bust you


Did you steal my lorry
Did you steal my lorry
It fell right off my lorry
It fell right off my lorry


Did you pinch my brasso
Did you pinch my brasso
Nick my gelt you asshole
Nick my gelt you asshole

I can't be held responsible for blown behaviour
I can't be held responsible for blown behaviour
I lost all contact with my only saviour
I lost all contact with my only saviour
No-one locked me out because I failed to phone up
No-one locked me out because i failed to phone up
I can't bear to live forever like a loner
I can't bear to live forever like a loner


Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat


It's easy to be sad: when you lack a partner
It's easy to be sad: when you lack a partner
But how would I react to a broken heart now
But how would i react to a broken heart now
It ain't really true rock and roll unless I'm
It ain't really true rock and roll unless i'm
Hanging onto you and when I hold it next time
Hanging onto you and when i hold it next time


I won't let go the coat
I won't let go the coat


I try to explain but you never understand it
I try to explain but you never understand it
I need your body but I can't just demand it
I need your body but i can't just demand it
I won't let go like a stray at heel
I won't let go like a stray at heel
(Never let it out of your sight)
(never let it out of your sight)
Every lonely wife knows the way I feel
Every lonely wife knows the way i feel
(Don't let go tonight)
(don't let go tonight)
Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
Never let go the coat
Never let go the coat


Your friends all pass for life is just a market
Your friends all pass for life is just a market
But you have to finish everything you started
But you have to finish everything you started
So I live my life tearing down the runway
So i live my life tearing down the runway
Sure to get the hang of hanging in there someday
Sure to get the hang of hanging in there someday


Don't let go the coat
Don't let go the coat
Won't get no more chances - forget the war dances
Won't get no more chances - forget the war dances
Go blind and hang on - don't try the slang son
Go blind and hang on - don't try the slang son
Never let go the coat.
Never let go the coat.

Saw a man about fifty or so
Saw a man about fifty or so
He looked lonely but his eyes were bright
He looked lonely but his eyes were bright
He was walking up the Holland Park Road
He was walking up the holland park road
And I stopped him to ask for a light
And i stopped him to ask for a light
He practacally froze when I spoke
He practacally froze when i spoke
But eased when he saw my cigarette
But eased when he saw my cigarette
Then I saw as he lit up my smoke
Then i saw as he lit up my smoke
Beneath his coat he was naked and wet
Beneath his coat he was naked and wet


With eyes full of shame
With eyes full of shame
For he knew that I knew
For he knew that i knew
He slumped to the wall with a moan
He slumped to the wall with a moan
I said 'I know there's no name
I said "i know there's no name
For what you go through
For what you go through
But how can you do it alone.'
But how can you do it alone."


I crossed the street to the local newstore
I crossed the street to the local newstore
Flicked through some cheap magazines
Flicked through some cheap magazines
Beside me some schoolkid I saw
Beside me some schoolkid i saw
Push some girlie mags down into his jeans
Push some girlie mags down into his jeans
The shop girl was watching amazed
The shop girl was watching amazed
Asked me to call for the police.
Asked me to call for the police.
She screamed at his blushing young face
She screamed at his blushing young face
And he escaped into the streets.
And he escaped into the streets.


With eyes full of shame etc.
With eyes full of shame etc.


Do it alone, how can you do it alone,
Do it alone, how can you do it alone,
I need your help, so I can do it by myself.
I need your help, so i can do it by myself.
Do it alone, don't have to breathe down a phone
Do it alone, don't have to breathe down a phone
I ain't got a clue, 'bout the things that you do
I ain't got a clue, 'bout the things that you do
But how...can you do it alone.
But how...can you do it alone.


How can you do it.
How can you do it.


Back at the flat my girl sat in the shower
Back at the flat my girl sat in the shower
And wasn't too keen on me sharing
And wasn't too keen on me sharing
She came out well after an hour
She came out well after an hour
And by that time I was past caring
And by that time i was past caring
Some women it seems have the knack
Some women it seems have the knack
Of attaining that stars in their dreams
Of attaining that stars in their dreams
They simply relax and lay back
They simply relax and lay back
While people like us scratch our jeans.
While people like us scratch our jeans.


With eyes full of shame
With eyes full of shame
And I know it must show
And i know it must show
I slump - and I fall and I groan
I slump - and i fall and i groan
Will somebody explain
Will somebody explain
What I need to know
What i need to know
How can you do it alone.
How can you do it alone.


How can you do it.
How can you do it.


How can you do it without any help
How can you do it without any help
How can you do it all by yourself.
How can you do it all by yourself.