81년 영국 맨체스터에서 결성되어 지난 2001년까지 롱런했던 브리티쉬 인디록 그룹 JAMES의 대표곡을 모은 [FRESH AS A DAISY: THE SINGLES]!!! 국내에서는 역시 영화 "아메리칸 파이"에 수록되었던 "LAID"로도 잘 알려진 이들은 THE SMITHS, THE STONE ROSES와 함께 80년대 영국에서 가장 인기있는 밴드로 활동했었다. 포스트 펑크스타일의 이들의 대표곡 "LAID"외에 브릿팝스타일의 "SIT DOWN" 영국차트 9위까지 올랐던 "SHE'S A STAR" 미국쪽에서도 통했던 이들의 브릿팝넘버 20곡을 담고 있다. .... ....
Ring ring the bells Wake the town Everyone is sleeping Shout at the crowd Wake them up This anger’s deeper than sleep
Got to keep awake to what is happening I can’t see a thing through my ambition, I no longer feel my God is watching over me Got to tell the world we’ve all been dreaming This is not the end, a new beginning I no longer feel my God is watching over me ...
Break break the code Concentrate Let the doors swing open See through all your walls All your floors Now you’re in deeper than sleep
Got to keep awake to what is happening I can’t see a thing through my ambition, I no longer feel my God is watching over me Got to tell the world we’ve all been dreaming This is not the end, a new beginning I no longer feel my God is watching over me ...
When you let me fall Grew my own wings Now I’m as tall as the sky When you let me drown Grew gills and fins Now I’m as deep as the sea When you let me die My spirit’s free There’s nothing challenging me ...
There's a storm outside, and the gap between crack and thunder Crack and thunder, is closing in, is closing in The rain floods gutters, and makes a great sound on the concrete On a flat roof, there's a boy leaning against the wall of rain Aerial held high, calling "come on thunder, come on thunder"
Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes, I swear I can see your soul Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes, I swear I can see your soul
It's a monsoon, and the rain lifts lids off cars Spinning buses like toys, stripping them to chrome Across the bay, the waves are turning into something else Picking up fishing boats and spewing them on the shore
The boy is hit, lit up against the sky, like a sign, like a neon sign And he crumples, drops into the gutter, legs twitching The flood swells his clothes and delivers him on, delivers him on
Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes, I swear I can see your soul Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes, I swear I can see your soul
There's four new colors in the rainbow An old man's taking polaroids But all he captures is endless rain, endless rain He says listen, takes my head and puts my ear to his And I swear I can hear the sea
Somtimes, when I look in your eyes I can see your soul (I can touch your soul ) (I can reach your soul) Sometimes
Well they said you are as good as you look but that Would be impossible For you look better than the face of god on a sunny day You look good enough to eat but I’ve had a bellyful And now I have this bill I don’t wanna pay How was it for you How was it for you How was it for you
How was it for you How was it for you How was it for you
How was it for you
Do you really need that drink to disarm defences Can you ever face the flak when you’re in control Well I don’t believe my luck I am defenceless Do with me what you want but don’t tell a soul Don’t tell my soul
How was it for you How was it for you How was it for you
How was it for you How was it for you How was it for you
Was it as good as it was for me Well that’s the best it’s ever been And you’re the best I’ve ever seen How was it for you How was it for you
How was it for you my love Was it good for you my dear How was it for you my love Was it good for you my dear
If you ain’t out of your head can you ever enjoy yourself But if you ain’t in your head then who’s at home? I’m so possessed by sex I could destroy my health We could be dancing over coals and we’d never know We’d never know
How was it for you How was it for you How was it for you
How was it for you How was it for you How was it for you
How was it for you How was it for you How was it for you Was it as good as it was for me Well that’s the best it’s ever been And you’re the best I’ve ever seen
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
We lie awake and feel it warm I need to feel your feeling hands We lie awake and rise at dawn Only your fingers can understand Your feeling warm Can understand The feeling calls Your feeling hands It’s such a feeling, yeah It’s such a feeling, woah It’s such a feeling, yeah It’s such a feeling, woah It’s such a feeling
It's that time again when I lose my friends Go walkabout, I've got the bends from pressure This is a testing time when the choice is mine Am I a fool for love or foolish for desire You can throw him out you can spit on him Call what he does a sin if it makes you feel better
And I can't believe you're all I'll ever need And I need to feel that you're not holding me And the way I feel just makes me want to scream Come home, come home, come home Come home, come home, come home
After thirty years I've become my fears I've become the kind of man I always hated I am pulled apart, and my swollen heart Has flipped out of the pan into the fire I am in love insane with a sense of shame That I threw stones at the condemned and Now I'm slated
And I don't believe you're all I'll ever need And I need to feel that you're not holding me And the way I feel just makes me want to scream Come home, come home, come home Come home, come home, come home Come home, come home, come home
So we may be gorgeous So we may be famous Come back when we’re getting old Cover us in chocolate Sell us to the neighbours Frame us in a video Clone us in a test tube Sell us to the multitude Guess that’s the price of fame She likes the black one He likes the the posh one Cute ones are usually gay Here we come this is our destiny calling We’re freaks This is our destiny calling Unique This is our destiny calling now Don’t believe the adverts Don’t believe the expert Everyone will sell our souls Get a little wiser Get a little humble Now we know that we don’t know Tell us when our time’s up Show us how to die well Show us how to let it all go Here we come, this is our destiny calling We’re freaks This is our destiny calling Unique This is our destiny calling now Some fat cats playing roulette with lives This game is fixed it’s all a lie Some fat cats playing roulette with lives This time is curved, there’s no straight lines Some fat cats playing roulette with lives Forget myself we’re all entwined There’s no straight lines Here we come, this our destiny calling We’re freaks This is our destiny calling Unique This is our destiny calling now Here we come, this our destiny calling We’re freaks This is our destiny calling Unique This is our destiny calling now This is our destiny calling This is our destiny calling This is our destiny calling Now Now Now
This bed is on fire With passionate love The neighbours complain about the noises above But she only comes when she's on top
My therapist said not to see you no more She said you're like a disease without any cure She said I'm so obsessed that I'm becoming a bore, oh no Ah, you think you're so pretty
Caught your hand inside the till Slammed your fingers in the door Fought with kitchen knives and skewers Dressed me up in women's clothes Messed around with gender roles Lined my eyes and call me pretty
Moved out of the house, so you moved next door I locked you out, you cut a hole in the wall I found you sleeping next to me, I thought I was alone You're driving me crazy, when are you coming home
All this frustration I can't meet all my desires Strange conversation Self control has just expired All an illusion Only in my head you don't exist Who are you foolin' Don't need a shrink or an exorcist
La la la la la, la la la la la La la la la la, la la la la la la
Show me the movie Of who you are and where you're from Born of frustration Caught upon the webs you spun Where's the confusion A vision of what life is like Show me the movie That doesn't deal in black and white
Stop stop talkin 'bout who's to blame But all that counts is how to change Stop stop talkin 'bout who's to blame When all that counts is how to change
La la la la la, la la la la la La la la la la, la la la la la la
All this frustration All this frustration Who put brown owl eyes on a butterfly's wings All this frustration All this frustration Who gave the leopard spots and taught the birds to sing Born of frustration Born of frustration
I'm living in the weeds where nothing is the way it seems Where no one is who they need to be Where nothing seems that real to me 'Bout time we filled our lives Upon the walls of gold no solid ground The world is spinnin' endlessly We're clinging to our own beliefs Born of frustration Born of frustration
Blow me away Was that love you declared Only a word Love can mean anything Understand the world we’re living in Oceans apart What’s that view from your wave Beautiful craft Weather and change Understand the world we’re living in Love can mean anything
God made love to me Soothed away my gravity Made me a pair of angel’s wings Clear vision and some magic things
God is love to me Thank you for those things Understand the world we’re living in Love can mean anything
Darling I’m open Unguarded Unbroken
Now we’ve done our time We can drift away Like the heavy cloud With the weight of rain
Understand the world we’re living in Love can mean anything
Understand the world we’re living in Love can change anything
Doctor what is happening to me? Palpitations, my mind is diseased Even my vision is impaired I’m losing my hair Cause when I hold her in my arms I feel like Fred Astaire
Lovesick, my temperature’s high Just met a girl, who believes we can fly I’m a bull, not a bear I’m a millionaire Cause when I hold her in my arms, I feel like Fred Astaire
I believe in happiness I believe in love I believe she fell to earth from somewhere high above I believe in Hollywood Don’t believe that love must bring despair Cause when I hold her in my arms, I feel like Fred Astaire
He said love is just a disease A plague for the naive These days no one believes ...
Meteors may strike the earth Nations live and die I’m the boy who got the girl And now we’re gonna fly We can cross the race divide Bridge a gap that wasn’t really there Cause when I hold her in my arms, I feel like Fred Astaire
I’m gonna hold her in my arms, I feel like Fred Astaire I’m gonna hold her in this charm, Like Fred Astaire (come dance the water’s rising) Like Fred Astaire (come dance the water’s rising) Like Fred Astaire
Help comes when you need it most I'm cured for laughter Mood swings not sure I can cope My life's in plaster (in plaster)
May your mind set you free (Opened by the wonderful) May your heart lead you on May your mind let you breathe all of disaster (Opened by the wonderful) May your heart lead you on
These wounds are all self-imposed Life's no disaster, disaster All roads lead unto death-row Who knows what's after?
May your mind be wide open May your heart beat strong May your mind's will be broken By this heart-felt song May your mind set you free (Be opened by the wonderful) May your heart lead you on May your mind let you breathe all of disaster (Be opened by the wonderful) May your heart lead you on, may your heart lead you on May your eyes let you see all of disaster May your heart lead you on, lead you on (May your eyes be opened by the wonderful)
Set you free (May your heart lead you on) Lead you on
You're as tired as a hunter's trap Hiden well What are you concealing Poker face carved in stone Amongst friends but all alone Why do you hide Say something, say something Anything I've shown you everything Give me a sign Say something, say something Anything You silence is deafening Hey me in kind Take a drug to set you free Strange fruit from a forbidding tree You've got to come down soon More than a drug is what I need Need a change of scenery Need a new life Say something, say something Anything I've shown you everything Give me a sign Say something, say something Anything You silence is deafening Hey me in kind Say something, say something Anything I've shown you everything Give me a sign I'm open Wide open Wondering Have you swallowed everything Hey me in kind
How many lives to set you free? Cats got nine, eight more than me Near to death when I was 23 All I felt was peace
Am I a man or am I machine? Punch me in, my clock is ticking On my knees I count my rosary Wiping my slate clean
Tell me, who are you? Tell me, who are you? Tell me, who are you? Tell me, who are you?
Mother sing me a lullaby Stroke my head and tell me not to cry Tell me everything will be alright Tell me, who am I?
I’m a sinner, I believe Self control is killing me Too much choice, I crave simplicity Too much structure, spontaneity In my hive I’m just another bee Trying to be myself
Tell me, who are you? Tell me, who are you? Tell me, who are you? Tell me, who are you?
Warning, coming down Warning, coming down Coming down over you
Warning, coming down Warning, coming down Coming down over you
Warning, coming down Warning, coming down Coming down over you
Warning coming down Warning, coming down Coming down over…
Where is the love Where is the love Where is the love That everyone is talking of Where is the love Where is the love That everyone is dreaming of Come to bed Come to bed Come to bed I cannot sleep in all this heat Come to bed Come to bed This terror’s all within my head Don’t be deceived, no land in sight We’re all adrift in this dark night We float on seas of disbelief While singing songs of pain relief Shake my body - release my soul Punish my senses - lose control This body’s young but my spirit’s old Scatter my ashes and let these feelings grow Where is the love Where is the love Where is the love That everyone is talking of Where is the love Where is the love That everyone is dreaming of Don’t be deceived, no land in sight We’re all adrift in this dark night We float on seas of disbelief While singing songs of pain relief Shake my body - release my soul Punish my senses - lose control This body’s young but my spirit’s old Scatter my ashes and let these feelings grow Shake my body - release my soul Punish my senses - lose control
Ape your father's sins, your mother's mood swings To perfection Fall into a spin, shed another skin Strip away all your protection
Laugh at the wonder of it all Laugh so loud you break the fall And you see the gathering clouds Cry at the sadness of the world Cry so long you break its cold And you hear the gathering sounds
Do everything you fear In this there's power Fear is not to be afraid of
Laugh at the wonder of it all Laugh so loud you break your fall And you hear the gathering sounds
Come, dip on in Leave your bones, leave your skin Leave your past, leave your craft Leave your suffering heart
I see you falling How long to go before you hit the ground You keep on screaming Don't you see me here Am I a ghost to you
Now your grip's too strong You can't catch love with a net or a gun Gotta keep faith that your path will change Gotta keep faith that your luck will change tomorrow Tomorrow
Why are you phoning What am I to do when you're miles away You're always calling from the darkest moods and we're both scared
Now your grip's too strong You can't catch love with a net or a gun Gotta keep faith that your path will change Gotta keep faith that your love will change
Now your grip's too strong Can't catch love with a net or a gun Gotta keep faith that your path will change Gotta keep faith that your love will change tomorrow
I'm just out of your range Tomorrow All your suffering's in vain Tomorrow
Now your grip's too strong You can't catch love with a net or a gun Gotta keep faith that your path will change Gotta keep faith that your love will change tomorrow
I got out of your range Tomorrow All your suffering seems vain Change tomorrow Some forgiveness now Tomorrow Love's no sacred cow
I'll sing myself to sleep A song from the darkest hour Secrets I can't keep Inside of the day Swing from high to deep Extremes of sweet and sour Hope that god exists I hope I pray
Drawn by the undertow My life is out of control I believe this wave will bear my weight So let it flow
Chorus : Oh sit down ( X3 ) Sit down next to me Sit down, down, down, down, down In sympathy
Now I'm relieved to hear That you've been to some far out places It's hard to carry on When you feel all alone Now I've swung back down again It's worse than it was before If I hadn't seen such rishes I could live with being poor
Chorus
Those who feel the breath of sadness Sit down next to me Those who find the're touched by madness Sit down next to me Those who find themselves ridiculous Sit down next to me In love, in fear, in hate, in tears...