1. |
Eventually
02:07
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And I'm not saying this to you, I never could you see
I'm just wiping away the tears
I will, I will, I do believe that I will
Eventually
And if you say that it's
Then it's fa-fa-fine
Such a fine, fine time
A date, a time, a place to hide form prying eyes
While I just wipe away the tears
I can, I can, I do believe that I can
Eventually
And if you say that it's fine
Then it's fa-fa-fine
Such a fine, fine time
And you're not saying this to me, you never could I see
You're just wiping away the tears
We will, we will, I do believe that we will
Eventually
And if you say that it's fine
Then it's fa-fa-fine
Such a fine, fine time
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2. |
Happily Mad
03:02
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I don’t like to argue, but when alone with my thoughts
I want to scream at myself (to try and think)
To wake myself up (to make a change)
To kick me where it hurts
Then pray to change our luck
Then pray to change our luck
I don’t want to speak out, but when I’m in a crowd
I want to scream at them (to make them think)
To shatter their sleep (to blow a fuse)
To wipe the smug smiles off their face
Wave goodbye to our dreams
Wave goodbye to our dreams
Don’t get mad at me, don’t get mad at me
I just want you to be happy, so don’t get mad at me
You’ve got to come of age, you’ve got to come of age
I wrote this song for you, badly written but certainly true
You’re still mad at me, you’re still mad at me
I just wanted you to be pleased, but why are you mad at me?
I think you’ve come of age, I think you’ve come of age
I wrote this song to you but I don’t think it could be true
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3. |
JK Rant
03:10
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Oh God I’ve had it up to here with you
Your clothes, your face, your voice just grates and grates and grates
And you, you hypocrite oh was I fooled
White soul boy on the pull, which girlfriend is she on the pill?
Your pack of six will soon be full, but not of gold
As I’ve heard the words behind the backs
Give me fiction dismiss the facts
You can have it all, You can have it all
The words that I speak aren’t quite what I feel
Even my mouth can’t get that contorted, may the truth be distorted
Dope head or smack head it’s all the same to me
Blow by blow she’ll make you grow that I can guarantee
But into a man or a cripple you’ll just have to wait and see
As I’ve heard the words behind the backs
Give me fiction dismiss the facts
You can have it all, You can have it all
You see I’ve heard it so many times before
And I’ve seen it so many times before
I don’t have to explain myself to you, you know
The price was right but it’s you they’ve sold
I’d rather rip my tongue out than be told
Oh daddy darling daddy, I want that one
It’s gotta be pink so I can get turned on all day long
Now I’m in the driving seat but I think I’ve said something wrong
As I’ve heard the words behind my back
Goodbye to fiction this is fact
I don’t want it all, I don’t want it all
As I’m hearing the words behind my back
Goodbye to fiction this is fact
You can have it all, You can have it all
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4. |
Push
03:15
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The honest are few when it comes to the heart
Better to steal and lie from the start
Get what you can from that generous hand while it lasts
Deception is easy we're taught from our birth
Take what you want before you get hurt
There's only one end, no such thing as a friend now you've learnt
I know, I've got nowhere to go
So I might as well stay here with you
Push it in easy, push it in slow
Take your time while you've go it there's nowhere to go
Gone, gone, gone, until it's all gone
My way is slower I don't care about that
I sit and I dream and I dream where I'm sat
The picture isn't clearer through a telescope I can cope
So hello, good evening, welcome, goodnight
Let me fall down it will avoid a fight
The scene is a dream and form what I've seen, it's outta sight
I know, I've got nowhere to go
So I might as well stay here with you
Push it in easy, push it in slow
Take your time while you've go it there's nowhere to go
Gone, gone, gone, until it's all gone
On a lovely summer's afternoon
I'd like to walk in the park with you
Hold you in my arms and Sue
Tell you I'm in love with you
Push it in easy, push it in slow
Take your time while you've go it there's nowhere to go
Gone, gone, gone, until it's all gone
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5. |
Naff Song
03:35
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I would indiscreetly, smile, when you meet me
But that would give away my heart
So I sadly deny my mind and do not gaze into your eyes
You'd surely laugh if you knew my heart
So you say, you wouldn't have it any other way
So I say, it's getting kinda late. Kate
Kate, though I'm late. I'm looking to see what you could mean to me
Kate, I know I'm late. But wait until after this current disaster
I'm so sure I want you, tell me what I should do
I'm scared you'd laugh and break my heart
Is it lust at first sight, am I blinded by your light
At last I know I have a heart
So you say, you wouldn't have it any other way
So I say, it's getting kinda late. Kate
Kate, though I'm late. I'm looking to see what you could mean to me
Kate, I know I'm late. But wait until after this current disaster
Wait a while. Please wait a while. I want to see you smile
So you say, you wouldn't have it any other way
So I say, it's getting kinda late. Kate
Kate, though I'm late. I'm looking to see what you could mean to me
Kate, I know I'm late. But wait until after this current disaster
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6. |
I Was Right
02:36
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Another day to waste away
Caught hoping I wouldn't have to stay
To clear up all the doubt of what was meant
That goes to show that I was right
I was right. Yes I was right
Written out to sell the show
The script that sold you tears will someday show
If tendered with your well known loving care
Will go to show that I was right
I was right. Yes I was right
I was right to say it anyway and anyway I'm right to say
I'm right. Yes I am right
How do you know what I say is true?
Why do you trust me when I never trusted you?
Why tell the truth when it's easy to deceive?
Why face the future when it's easier to grieve?
Another letter gone astray
Another chance left to slip away
Another choice that I got wrong
Just goes to show that I was right
I was right. Yes I was right
I was right to say it anyway and anyway I'm right to say
I'm right. Yes I am right
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7. |
That Dunkirk Feeling
03:05
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Demand action, demand all that you need
If power's what you're after, then stick with me
Haven't you heard I'm the new messiah
So demand action 'till you're blue in the face
It's so shocking, what they've printed about me
I think I'll have to sue them, great prime T.V. time
Even more publicity
And it's so shocking, c'mon keep on printing about me
But no more home truths
Aim high but always wide of the mark
You must obey, must obey
Aim high but always wide of the mark
You must obey, you must obey
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8. |
The Greatest Gift
02:45
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I am tired and I am lonely in this God forsaken town
The noise of silence is so nervously loud
The ticking of a watch or a car in the street
Is enough to make this poor boy shiver in the heat
Why can’t I be near you now, why can’t I touch your face
Your eyes I know are beautiful, but lost without a trace
Sitting all alone with cigarettes as his friend
I think of all my heroes’ and pathetically pretend
I am that man, the one that gets the girl
The one that is so far away living in a separate world
Your picture is on wall like a sentimental guard
Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you hide, but I always try too hard
So rest my imagination and consider the truth
He is a romantic and you have all your youth
Summer dreams and summer looms like the greatest gift of all
Tell her she is beautiful and tell her not to full
Why can’t I be near you now, why can’t I touch your face
Your eyes I know are beautiful, but lost without a trace
Your picture is on wall like a sentimental guard
Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you hide, but I always try too hard
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9. |
The Chance To Fail
02:40
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As I look into those drunken eyes I see behind those well meant lies
You tell me what I want to hear there's nothing left for me to fear
My mind my mind is so unkind I'm glad it's as little yours as mine
Not kept within some sacred book those words I said which you mistook
For honesty when the thought was greed when selfishness is all I need
I think I think I think it's true, I don't deserve it as much as you
Like some old blues record I'm in love with a friends girlfriend
I'm as much in love as I've been in love which is never in love before
And like some old blues record I'm gonna have to cry a little more
If I'm asked what's behind those eyes I won't repeat it I will lie
For what I thought you confirmed was true what you say is a corrupted truth
It's not your fault no more than mine the same desire but I see behind
Whatever use you put it to I will not follow the path you choose
There's nothing wrong and nothing right so I'll take my leave and say goodnight
What you say isn't what you do and I don't deserve it as much as you
Like some old blues record I'm in love with a friends girlfriend
I never wanted to be and though I try I know that it won't end
I'm as much in love as I've been in love which is never in love before
And like some old blues record I'm gonna have to cry a little more
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10. |
I'm Hit
03:05
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See the fist, but wait for the smile
Here it comes rushing to my face
I’m it, I’m it, I’m it, But I’m hit
I’m falling and calling on bended knee
Don’t take me down here with you
I never meant what I said but say it I did
You know it hurts to be hit with the truth
My nose in the dirt, palming the sweat
Muscle taught, biting at the bit
I’m it, I’m it, I’m it, But I’m hit
I’m falling and calling on bended knee
Don’t take me down here with you
I never meant what I said but say it I did
You know it hurts to be hit with the truth
But don’t even the score
I couldn’t take that again
But don’t even the score
So you’ve evened the score
I can’t take it again
Not again
So here’s the twist, you missed by a mile
And now I’m laughing, laughing at your face
’cause I’m it, I’m it, I’m it, but I’m hit
I’m falling and calling on bended knee
Don’t take me down here with you
I never meant what I said but say it I did
You know it hurts to be hit with the truth
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11. |
Desire
03:00
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Answer, just one answer is all I want, and please try this time to be true
Did the past seem too distant or the future all too clear
When I faced your back was it out of fear
Try hard not to feel used for there's nothing I can do
Keep me away from it all. To see you smile won't break my fall
Passion's burning, burning like fire. Keep me away from this desire
I now know that beauty is only skin deep you told me that it was true
Despite it all and because of it all, my goal is always out of reach
I now know that it's not true. And I'm not yet through
Keep me away from it all. To see you smile won't break my fall
Passion's burning, burning like fire. Keep me away from this desire
Maybe this time it wasn't even luck, I'll just have to wait and see
Damning you won't do any good. My mind says I shouldn't my heart says I should
I've waited and I've seen, so listen to me
Keep me away from it all. To see you smile won't break my fall
Passion's burning, burning like fire. Keep me away from this desire
Answer and just one answer is all I got. And this time it was true
The past it has gone now it's the future that's here
I turned my back so you wouldn't see the tears
Which were in my eyes 'cause I knew. I don't desire you
Keep me away from it all. To see you smile won't break my fall
Passion's burning, burning like fire. Keep me away from this desire
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12. |
Touch Down
02:48
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These last two days have been a revelation
I’m back is what I think I said
Feeling boxed in, out of time and out of tune
Was I glad to be alive or still wishing I was dead
Touch down
I’m not a buck an hour
That’s why I’m driving away
My mind is full of diamonds
You too will be great one day
My brother he was so right
Personality that is the key
So what’s the secret how could you do so well
Did he throw it all away because of me
Touch down
I’m not a buck an hour
That’s why I’m driving away
My mind is full of diamonds
You too will be great one day
I look back at what could have been achieved
Of a hero turned to waste
Who looked at me with spite in his eyes
Now I see tears of love streaming down his face
Touch down
I’m not a buck an hour
That’s why I’m driving away
My mind is full of diamonds
You too will be great one day
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13. |
Cut
03:14
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Saturday, turn out the lights, settle down and draw some blood from you
You know I only if I really have to
Winter dawns, summer rains are long since gone, the scars are thanks to you
Even in the daylight all is old
Hate is blind. Am I out of time
I'm in the way when there's money to make
When you're hearts on your sleeve when you're getting in debt
When it's pleasure and pain when you're falling away
When the person you've wed has got up and left
Don't delay, the games away and they won't miss you if you turn up late
The pleasures in the taking of the best
How's your arm? You brought that on yourself the son that you once new is dead
Put the needle back into the draw
All is mine. All the time
I'm in the way when there's money to make
When you're hearts on your sleeve when you're getting in debt
When it's pleasure and pain when you're falling away
When the person you've wed has got up and left
Now's the time. Time to lie
I'm in the way when there's money to make
When you're hearts on your sleeve when you're getting in debt
When it's pleasure and pain when you're falling away
When the person you've wed has got up and left
I'll cut you down and leave you for dead
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14. |
Fire In The Engine Room
03:59
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Land told water and water told sky
Sky told sun and sun asked why
Sun asked father why sister had gone
Sister had gone to look for sun
Mother had died while giving birth
And was buried with her child down in the dirt
Dirt asked when the rain would come
Rain could come when sun had gone
Sun would go and rain would fall
Mud would slide and children would die
Slag would smother any trace of life
Womb would comfort the outcast life
Still some time before it's due
Developed in a hurry on their honeymoon
She will laugh and he will smile
Friends again for at least a while
Half-past five time to close the shop
Business is good his wife is not
Ten past six and his back at home
Nothing on the telly so he's all alone
She's run off with his neighbours wife
Left the money in the bank but taken his life
Samaritan's engaged on the telephone
Piece of rope and he's never alone
Not much left and the price is high
Supply and demand are the judges of pride
Not much room for purveyors of art
Pretentious crap done without any heart
Someone asked where the hope had gone
Hope had gone when money had come
Someone asked when Christ had died
Christ he died when religion came alive
Put the basket in the back and get in the car
We'll beat the build up of the traffic if we get away fast
Land told water and water told sky
Sky told sun and sun knew why
And water told land that sky would come
Rain would follow after the sun
Father told sun and sun asked why
Why his mother had to die
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15. |
Hold Me Now
03:25
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Hold me now, in your arms
I'll rise to the bait of your feminine charms
But talking and talking
Won't make you understand
I'd hate to love you and leave you behind
It's the time of our lives
Please don't cry, Please don't cry
I have had my doubts from time to time
I'm sorry so sorry it came out this way
But shut up and listen to what I say
It's the time of our lives
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16. |
Very Little Point
03:36
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“What’s the matter with you?” She said, she said
“What’s wrong with you?”, I replied
“All of a sudden I feel very quiet”
So very quiet, so very quiet
Very little to say, so very little point
And I said, and I said
“I know what you mean” She said, she said
“I’ve been there before”
“Eloquence in silence, so very clear”
So very clear, so very clear
But how could she know, could she know?
“What’s the matter with you?” She said, she said
“What’s wrong with you?”, I replied
“All of a sudden I feel very quiet”
So very quiet, so very quiet
Very little to say, so very little point
“Of a kin” I said. “But it can’t be the same”
“What’s the matter with you?” She said. “He’s dead”
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17. |
Spend & Learn
03:13
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As the actress said to the Bishop, “This will only take a minute”
“You must be joking” he replied, “Less than five would hurt my pride”
She hid the sound of laughter by saying
It’s just a matter of time, and time means money
So spend as much as you can
As the jet roared down the valley, bombing reds camouflaged as sheep
The pilot saw angels up in the clouds, “I think I’ll join them” he said out loud
Waving goodbye from his ejector seat
It’s just a matter of time, and time means money
So spend as much as you can
They analysed all the moves and soon came to a decision
It’s a strange game in the way that the only winning move is not to play
Lets hope that they can keep a promise
It’s just a matter of time, and time means money
So spend as much as you can
I’ve seen him bear that cross so many times before
A cross of his own choosing, a cross of his wrong doing
He should have learned by now
It’s just a matter of time, and time means money
So spend as much as you can
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18. |
The 17th 23rd
02:50
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She saw him from the 17th floor
She cried out but he was gone
He found himself on the 23rd
Not wanting to stop what he’d begun
Please never make this change
Don’t want to loose more sleep
But he’s diving in so deep
His heart and mind can’t keep on taking
What he is feeling
And if he turned the tables he’d end up wrong
Just like so many times before
He tries to understand why she cries
But time may heal what he never thought he had
Please never make this change
Don’t want to loose more sleep
But he’s diving in so deep
His heart and mind can’t keep on taking
What he is feeling
Please never make this change
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19. |
Happy Song
03:03
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You look at me so nervously, but I'm happy now
The things I feel I don't believe, but I'm happy now
You make me act so hurriedly, but I'm happy now
And leave you where I want to be, I'm happy now
And you are true
I loved you once that was in a dream, but I'm happy now
You left me to search for sanity, I'm happy now
You found it in everyone but me, but I'm happy now
Now that's something I can believe, but I'm happy now
And you are true
You get a lift as I catch you up, but I'm happy now
Slight to replace the sense of touch, but I'm happy now
All I want is all to much, but I'm happy now
I shouldn't have left it all to luck, I'm happy now
And you are true
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20. |
Tidal Wave
02:53
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You were in my dreams last night
You seemed desperate and anxious to know
I told you that when the dust dies they'd realise
That you weren't trying to walk on water but to float
It's useless to try and fight the tidal wave of hope
It's useless to try and fight when only nothing lasts forever
But I hope that you can prove me wrong
You will be on the screen tonight
Reasoning without fault and calming the storms
I like you 'cause you're different, or is it a dream
If this is a bluff then God help us now as we're fit to burst at the seams
It's useless to try and fight the tidal wave of time
It's useless to try and fight when only nothing lasts forever
But I hope that you can prove me wrong
You will be in the hearts and minds of millions tonight
The wind from the shore is blowing a sea change
I like you 'cause you're different, or is it a dream
If this is a bluff then God help us now as we're fit to burst at the seams
It's useless to try and fight the tidal wave of life
It's useless to try and fight when only nothing lasts forever
But I hope that you can prove me wrong
When nothing like this can last forever
But I hope that you can prove me right
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21. |
The 24th December
03:26
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Looking back really isn't something you oughta do
But I do and I think of you
Time is passing way to fast but I waste my time thinking of the past
It's the way I feel, it was something real
But I've got to go. You know
How I wish I could hate you
How I wish I didn't care
I chose the time to try to take what's mine
And I try not to think of you
But I do
I got it wrong so what's knew a man's go to do what a mans go to do
I wish I could feel that way today
How I wish I could hate you
How I wish I didn't care
I'm feeling up and down, lost not found
How I wish I could hate you
How I wish I didn't care
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22. |
Bear Up
02:54
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As I stand here alone all I can see around me
Are clowns, so in love with themselves
Excuse me if that’s too precise
You’re well past taking my advice
So just keep on sniffing away girls
And here from our sponsors is the final word
You’re only one of five billion people
And I hope that makes you feel real small
Your mind is your own cage and keeper
If you find the key you’ll grow up tall
And guess who I think is the cause of this disaster, it’s Clare Rayner
For the population explosion how could you not blame her
She took the fun out of fear of being in love
The fun out of fear of being in love
And that’s why I think it feels so empty
And here from our sponsors is the final word
You’re only one of five billion people
And I hope that makes you feel real small
Your mind is your own cage and keeper
If you find the key you’ll grow up tall
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23. |
Factory
03:47
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With my mouth in my heart
I wake up in a sweat
Remembering what might have been
In my utopian dream
Don’t throw stones in greenhouses
You’ll only end up hurting yourself
The vision is clear but yours is misting
Everything I say you just keep a twisting
Remembering what might have been
In my utopian dream
I tried to be good
But it came out as God
What felt like a river soon became a flood
So if what I say comes out in a muddle
It’s because I want you, plain and simple
Remembering what might have been
In my utopian dream
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24. |
Lift
02:50
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So, that memory's the hole in your armour
The feeling that you tried to hide
The crime that forced your new disguise
And though it always seems to show the stranger
It never was quite poetry
But still it said it all to me
Dreams are dreams and lies are life
Now I see you in a different light
I used to know what I thought was right
But I'm giving all up for you tonight
Afraid, well so am I however often
The games that always must be played
The losers cover up their shame
And now the dealer makes her final offer
And you're the one who knows the price
The hunger seen in others eyes
Dreams are dreams and lies are life
Now I see you in a different light
I used to know what I thought was right
But I'm giving all up for you tonight
I know, it always had to go
Now, the same remains without an answer
Foolish to have ever tried
A new crime and a new disguise
Behind you leave the only one who listened
But two can't force a revolution
I know it always had to to
Dreams are dreams and lies are life
Now I see you in a different light
I used to know what I thought was right
But I'm giving all up for you tonight
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25. |
Kinda Pretty
03:08
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26. |
Two Many People
03:49
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So I thought I'd catch you out
Though I knew I never could, but I did
Hard to watch your heroes fall
To ignore you when you call, but you did
I don't like to speculate on why you changed your mind
But I do and I don't like the things I find
I can't explain maybe we're too much the same
And you know two can't be the same two's too many people
Now it's barely on my mind
Just four or five times every day, so I lied
A brave and gallant sixteenth place
Promotion earned a crueller fate, did you lie
And I don't like to speculate on why you turned away
But I do and I don't like the things I find
I can't explain maybe we're too much the same
And you know two can't be the same two's too many people
Nearer I get the further you are
Though it soon is far away, far away
Dream a week of one false end
If only doubt can I be sure, did you lie
And I don't like to speculate on what you'd say today
But I do and I'm not sure of my mind
I can't explain maybe we're too much the same
And you know two can't be the same two's too many people
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27. |
Mother Knows How
02:30
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They walked up the hill hand in hand
Her thoughts were pure his were bad
She came back home a crying, he forgot to tell her he was only lying
How soon will her mother know
Now Jill has a plan for revenge
To finally get even with Jack
So she invited him up for a picnic and laced the well with arsenic
And told him to drink deep
But he’d been warned before and so he knew the score
Your mother knows how, your mother knows
Ask my dad he should know that your mother knows how
His face was smug when she told him to go away
Another win lad well done that’s what his father would say
The cacophony of the explosion made her feel quite ill
That she really meant to tell him she had mined the hill
Just like her mother had told her
Your mother knows how, your mother knows
Ask my dad he should know that your mother knows how
Erase him from your heart she said
Erase him from your heart she said
I’ve erased him for my heart as only mother knows how
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28. |
Turn Away
02:58
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Oh Annie I haven't heard from you in a long time
And I wonder where you are
Oh Annie colours clash and people pass me by
It's just like living from afar
Three kisses and a life in me remembered
Every hope and dream are slowly blown away
In the wind I can here your voice it's calling me, it says
Turn away like I turned
Slow driving the passing of my life in a second
The windscreen wet and fine in ice
Slow changes freeway life and motion in the heat
A touch of moonshine inner peace
Three kisses and a life in me remembered
Every hope and dream are slowly blown away
In the wind I can here your voice it's calling me, it says
Turn away like I turned
Oh Annie I wish that I could let you go again
Well I succeeded once before
God Annie memories don't die if left alone
It's just paternal me the core
Three kisses and a life in me remembered
Every hope and dream are slowly blown away
In the wind I can here your voice it's calling me, it says
Turn away like I turned like I turned away
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29. |
Happy Ending
02:49
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Drifting through this sea of lovers damned with everlasting hunger
Sin of flesh but not of soul for those whose lives have long been sold
To live out life in black and white colours impotent thrust the knife
Into visions and into dreams destroy the one thing I believed
The saddest sight is hope subdued the fear of doubt at once renewed
Reality again restored. Idols to worship, adore
Just one bullet and the job is done. Just one jump and your life's begun
Just one thought and the thought is you. The saddest sight is the sight of you
Dream, I was so enchanted by the things you said
Lies and then we parted the love between us dead
Don't remember me this way forget what I had to say
It didn't matter anyway you're the price I have to pay
The tank is empty and the well is dry the time has come for all to decide
To save the good and apportion blame but one and all deserve the same
The rich man, the poor man, the wise man, the fool here and listen and obey the call
Betray themselves and say it's love, admit it's lust when it's not enough
Sad is a feeling when you've got no one
Alone is a feeling when you've got no one
Afraid is a feeling when you've got no one
What is a feeling when you've got someone?
Dream, I was so enchanted by the things you said
Lies and then we parted the love between us dead
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The Gits (UK) Horsham, UK
They came, they hung around, they left.
Hopeless optimists from Horsham in the UK who set out to
achieve very little and were wholly successful.
1987 - 1990.
Power Pop or Neo-Acoustic, nee Indie.
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