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1. _ Great Things
I want to do great things,
I don't want to compromise,
I want to know what life is,
I want to know everything,
I want to do great things,
I don't want to compromise,
I want to know what love is,
Is it something I do to myself.
All is fair in love and war,
Or so they say and so the saying goes,
But I've seen more broken hearts,
Than you can count the bullets in a war,
Oh what do I know,
There's gotta be so much I don't know.
I want to do great things,
I don't want to compromise,
I want to know what life is,
I want to try everything,
I want to do great things,
I don't want to compromise,
I want to know what love is,
Is it something I do to myself,
Something I do to myself.
What is life apart from memories or
Dreams and friendships we have known
And it smells childhood tales
Contemplating clothes that you have worn
Oh what do I know
There's gotta be so much I don't know
I want to do great things,
I don't want to compromise,
I want to know what life is,
Is it something I do to myself,
Something I do to myself.
Never wanted many things,
Except the chance to learn,
From my mistakes
Funny how you never learn,
But know them when they,
Come around again,
Oh what do I know,
There's gotta be so much I don't know.
I want to do great things,
I don't want to compromise,
I want to know what life is,
I want to try everything,
I want to do great things,
I don't want to compromise,
I want to know what love is,
Is it something I do to myself,
Something I do to myself,
Something you do to yourself.
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2. _ Insomniac
I think you ought to know,
I think we've lost control dear,
Whatever turned you on,
You put it up your nose dear,
And though the feeling was sublime,
I think we?re running out of time,
?'cause when you found it, you'd fix it,
Then lose it and then you'd go.
Will you be long, will you be long dear,
Will you be long, I'm waiting,
No sleep at all, carry me home,
No sleep at all, carry me home,
won't you take me there.
I serenade the walls,
Young people have it all dear
And surely life is a gas,
We never had it bad dear
Oh was it pointless from the start
Or did we cultivate the arts
I swim in circles, in puddles, in trouble and then I go
Will I be long, will I be long dear,
Will I be strong, you're waiting
No sleep at all, carry me home,
No sleep at all, carry me home,
won't you take me here,
I don't feel good inside,
I don't feel good inside,
My darling don't you cry, home, home.
No sleep at all, carry me home,
No sleep at all, carry me home,
won't you, won't you home home,
won't you take me there,
I'm ready home, home, won't you take me there,
I'm willing home, home, won't you take me there,
I want you home, home, won't you take me there.
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3. _ King of the Kerb
Sugar smile savvy,
The king of the kerb,
Got a temper in the style of a bomb,
Got his friends in his pocket,
Or safe behind bars,
All the local boys know what he's done.
He turns if on, he turns it on, he turns it on.
Same boys doing it for themselves,
There's somebody out there doing it for you,
Safe white you're paying out for your health,
They're the kings of the kerb,
And everybody knows what they're worth.
Sugar smile savvy,
The king of the kerb,
Keeps the order in this part of the town,
All the shadows in the alley,
The shapes at the bar,
Like to service him when he does the round.
He turns if on, he turns it on, he turns it on.
Same boys doing it for themselves,
There's somebody out there doing it for you,
Safe white you're paying out for your health,
They're the kings of the kerb,
And everybody knows what they're worth.
Safe from ham and safe from greed,
A little protection is at that you need,
Safe from ham and safe from greed,
They're just a racket machine.
Same boys doing it for themselves,
There's somebody out there doing it for you,
Same boys doing it for themselves,
There's somebody out there doing it for you,
Same boys doing it for themselves,
There's somebody out there looking it for you,
Safe white you're paying out for your health,
They're the kings of the kerb,
They're the kings of the kerb,
They're the kings of the kerb,
And everybody knows what they're worth.
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4. _ Car Fiction [French Version]
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5. _ Go Away
Here it comes the fools parade,
Another clueless masquerade,
And they're way too slow,
A waste of space,
Yes they're way too slow,
Get out of the way.
Go away,
In my way,
Go away,
In the way oh.
Here we go a suckers ride,
Hearts and minds are paralyzed,
And they're way too stupid,
They'll be just fine,
Yes they're way too stupid,
A waste of time,
Everybody's looking for something,
Everybody's looking for clues,
And they're way too late,
They missed the news,
And they think they're great,
With their fucked up points of view.
Go away,
In my way,
Go away,
In the way oh.
All because you thought for yourself now,
Naughty girl you thought for yourself now.
Go away,
Go away.
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6. _ Bellyache
Impotence, the price of a dark affair,
It's more than a bellyache,
There's something alive in here.
What do I, what do I care now that it's over,
What do I care I, what do I care now that it's over.
Splinters, shatter my one track mind
I lie on a sea of nails and thorns
Spitting out the same old line.
Oh, what do I, what do I care now that it's over,
What do I care I, what do I care now that it's over.
Now you shoot me down,
Serenade my ears my heart I'm falling falling,
Echoing your sound.
Winter's breath all fall down,
Spin me out and spin me round,
Enter darkness enter lies, oh no.
What do I, what do I care now that it's over
What do I care I what do I care now that it's over
Now you shoot me down, serenade my ears my heart
I'm falling, falling, echoing your sound.
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7. _ Give Her a Gun
Let the fear dislocate,
Lest we frown upon the female aggressor,
Makes no sense, goes against the gender,
Let her anger curse the years of oppression,
Blame the mother, sell the sister,
Before she blows you away.
Won't someone give her a gun,won't someone,
Won't someone give her a gun, won't someone.
In a lifetime full of changes,
A woman?s group is still a second-class convention,
Look around who has the power,
Am I a big mouth with a fix of paranoia,
On your side, on your side,
Not here for the ride.
Won't someone give her a gun,won't someone,
Won't someone give her a gun, won't someone.
Oh oh a gun.
Half the population, one percent of wealth,
Half the population, one percent of wealth,
Blame the mother sell the sister,
Blame the mother, sell the sister,
Oh before I blow you away.
Won't someone give her a gun, won't someone,
Won't someone give her a gun, won't someone,
Won't someone give her a gun, won't someone,
Won't someone give her a gun, won't someone.
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8. _ Bulldog Baby
Stood up at a border street
A souped up strut on swollen feet
My loss remembered incomplete
What memory knows I can't repeat
Offered army soul salvation
Sandwich choice of God and nation
Haloed voices, chiselled faces
Fill my head with empty spaces
Out of the breakdown of the whole
Back to the choices on repeat
Out of a life put on hold
Once again a bulldog baby
Classified as cheap and lazy
Inner pity meat mutation
Pay the price for approbation
Welcome to the new dictators
Power, drugs and imitators
Out of the breakdown of the whole
Back to the choices on repeat
Out of a life put on hold
Mother's dressed in alligator
All good children love to hate her
Out of the breakdown of the whole
Back to the choices on repeat
Out of a life put on hold
Into the fallout of belief
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9. _ World Is Flat
It is not too late to carry on
So you've made mistakes, and here's another one
Oh, but you deserve another chance
Chasing 'round until you phase yourself
[Chorus:]
The world is flat and we're insane
And we have fallen off again
It really helps to know the way
What if you take more than you deserve?
(more than you deserve)
What if you give all and you get nothing back?
Sell your soul, nature's stereo
Take your favorite songs and sail away
The world is flat and we're insane
And we have fallen off again
The world is round and we are mad
And world opinion's where it's at
Don't make this so
Don't take the blow
The world is flat and we're insane
I won't be sad, I won't be sorry
I've no regrets and I don't worry
I'll roll this sail and I won't let go
I'd rather wait until tomorrow
There are some who do, and some do not (there are some who don't)
There are some who can't and we're the other ones
Shave your face, let your body go
Take your favorite songs and sail away
The world is flat and we're insane
And we have fallen off again
The world is round and we are mad
And world opinion's where it's at
Don't make this so
Don't take the blow
The world is flat and we're insane
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10. _ Father Ruler King Computer
Is it wrong to be alone
An adventure of my own
A celebration of myself and me
Discovering what I can be
The half a couple fantasy
[Chorus]
Oh luck is on my side
I celebrate my life
Don't try to come
Don't pin me down with vows and flowers
I was brought up, I've been told
That a husband is the goal
What connotations in these loaded words
A spinster and a bachelor
I am whole all by myself
I don't need nobody else
[Chorus: x2]
Father ruler king computer
Father ruler king computer
Father ruler king computer
Hello destiny is this what you want from me
Don't anybody try to stop me
[Chorus]
Oh luck is on my side
I celebrate my life
Don't try to come
Don't pin me down
Don't pin me down
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11. _ Nobody Like You
Inside it harbors,
Desire bruises my skin,
So near I'm hungry,
I'd like to have more,
In control, I've lost it,
I'd like to try it again,
It warms inside me,
We're moving one step closer each time.
There's nobody like you,
Nobody like you,
Nobody like you,
Nobody like you anyway, oh anyway,
There's nobody like you,
Nobody like you,
Nobody can touch you,
Nobody like you anyway oh anyway,
Everyone knows.
We fall, slow motion,
I taste your breath in my veins,
Like waves, vibrations,
It's coming up again,
Let me climb inside you,
Caress your fever tongue,
Spread my wings around you,
And we can slide.
There's nobody like you,
Nobody like you,
Nobody like you,
Nobody like you anyway, oh anyway,
There's nobody like you,
Nobody like you,
Nobody can touch you,
Nobody like you anyway oh anyway,
Everyone knows.
I've always craved,
I tried to feed the hunger of an empty grave,
You've shown me secrets I've not forgotten,
I'll give you all the love that I take,
That I take.
Inside it harbors,
Desire bruises my skin,
So near I'm hungry,
We're moving one step closer each time.
There's nobody like you,
Nobody like you,
Nobody like you,
Nobody like you anyway, oh anyway,
There's nobody like you,
Nobody like you,
Nobody can touch you,
Nobody like you anyway oh anyway.
There's nobody like you,
Can you can you can oh oh oh,
There's nobody like you,
Can you can you can oh oh oh,
There's nobody like you,
Can you can you can oh oh oh.
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12. _ Cold Feet Warm Heart
You were grounded,
Hadn't eaten or slept for days,
When I found you,
You're washed out,
Your life, your loves,
Everyone founders,
But you are a spell that I'm under.
Alive, live for the rest of your life,
You're alive, live for the rest of your life,
It's the way it goes.
You were wounded,
Suck the poison from your vein,
Sow a seed for you,
A fever once again,
Your life, your death,
Everything's wrong,
But you are the heart of this song.
Alive, live for the rest of your life,
You're alive, live for the rest of your life,
You're alive, live, live, live, la la la la la la live,
You are alive, you are alive.
It's the way it goes,
It's the way we are,
It's the way we chose,
It's the way we are.
My life your death,
Everyone founders,
But you are a spell that I'm under.
Alive, live for the rest of your life
You're alive, live for the rest of your life
You're alive, live, live, live, la la la la la la live,
You are alive, you are alive.
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13. _ Today Tomorrow Sometime Never
Today I can't seem to find what I'm searching for
Oh well maybe tomorrow
I wait, devious thoughts, but no inspiration at all
I have shut down
[Chorus]
Generations, lost in the haze of these apathy days
When everyone falls
Segregation someone to blame but the problems remain
When everyone falls
Somewhere looking for shelter I still can't find myself
I am alone
Aware is it my color or culture who can tell
Should we be hated for ourselves
Where should we go
[Chorus]
Are you with me sometime or never
Are you with me sometime or never
Or never, never, never
Don't let me down
[Chorus]
Generations, lost in the haze of these apathy days
When everyone falls
Today tomorrow sometimes never
Today tomorrow sometimes never
Today tomorrow sometimes never
Today tomorrow sometimes never
Today tomorrow sometimes never
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14. _ I Can't Imagine the World Without Me
What I tell is a different story,
What I have, I take, then give it all away,
So if you'd like to come this way,
Then help me climb the walls that stand before me.
I want to know,
If this is just a game,
Can anybody play,
Can everybody win,
Can you believe it,
I may be lost, I may be blind,
I may be cursing most of the time
But it?s half the fun,
And in this world we spin and shout
We want it all we want it now,
They said ?oh shut your mouth
You don't know what you talk about?.
I want to know,
If this is just a game,
Can anybody play,
Can everybody win.
Another show another scene,
The city sleeps below you sing a lullaby,
Another show another scene and,
I can't imagine the world without me,
I can't imagine the world without me,
I can't imagine the world without me, hey,
I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll, la la la la.
I'm on a roll la la la la,
I'm on a roll la la la la,
I'm on a roll la la la la,
Me me me me me me me me me,
Me me me me me me me me.
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