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| 4:19 | 
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Caught in the chaos in the market square
I don't know what, I don't know why, but something's wrong down there Their bodies twistin' and turnin' in a thousand ways The eyes all rollin' round and round into a distant gaze Ah, look at that crowd! Some are jumping up in the air - say "We're drowning in a torrent of blood!" Others going down on their knees, seen a saviour coming out of the mud Oh Mother! It's eating out my soul Destroying law and order, I'm gonna lose control What can I do to stop this plague, spread by sight alone Just a glimpse and then a quiver, then they shiver to the bone Ah, look at them go! Bunderschaft, you are going daft? Better seal off the castle grounds "This is Moribund, the Burgermeister, I'm gonna keep this monster down, Somebody sent the subversive element; going to chase it out of down." No-one will tell what all this is about But I will find out. I will find out. I will find out. This thing's really outrageous, I tell you on the level It's really so contagious must be the work of the devil You better go now, pick up the pipers, tell them to play Seems the music keeps them quiet, there is no other way. Ah, close the doors! "We've tried potions and waxen dolls, but none of us could find any cures," Mother please, is it just a disease, that has them breaking all my laws, Check if you can disconnect the effect and I'll go after the cause No-one will tell what this is all about But I will find out I will. |
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| 2. |
| 4:20 |
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Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light Wind was blowing, time stood still Eagle flew out of the night He was something to observe Came in close, I heard a voice Standing stretching every nerve Had to listen had no choice I did not believe the information I just had to trust imagination My heart going boom boom boom "Son," he said "Grab your things, I've come to take you home." To keepin' silence I resigned My friends would think I was a nut Turning water into wine Open doors would soon be shut So I went from day to day Tho' my life was in a rut "Till I thought of what I'd say Which connection I should cut I was feeling part of the scenery I walked right out of the machinery My heart going boom boom boom "Hey" he said "Grab your things I've come to take you home." When illusion spin her net I'm never where I want to be And liberty she pirouette When I think that I am free Watched by empty silhouettes Who close their eyes but still can see No on taught them etiquette I will show another me Today I don't need a replacement I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant My heart going boom boom boom "Hey" I said "You can keep my things, they've come to take me home." |
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| 3. |
| 3:38 |
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Hey, I'm feeling so dirty, you're looking so clean
All you can give is a spin in your washing machine I fly off to Rome to my prima bella She leaves me in the rain with telescopic umbrella Ooh the pain -- Modern love can be a strain I trusted my Venus was untouched in her shell But the pearls in her oyster were as tacky as hell For Lady Godiva I came incognito But her driver had stolen her red hot magneto Ooh the pain -- Modern love can be a strain I don't know why they leave me in the lurch To carry on the search It's driving me up the wall Pity when I have so much passion Romance is out of fashion Can't handle modern love at all So I worship Diana by the light of the moon When I pull out my pipe she screams out of tune In Paris my heart sinks when I see the Mona Lisa She gives me the wink, then she shows me the freezer Ooh the pain |
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| 4. |
| 3:20 |
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Excuse me
You're wearing out my joie de vie Grabbing those good years again I want to be alone Excuse me I'm not the man I used to be Someone else crept in again I want to be alone Excuse me please I'm looking for Los Angeles Soaking up the sin again I want to be alone I want to be alone I want to be alone You got the money back, that's okay Who needs a Cadillac anyway I got the medicine, make you see the light Call me in Alaska if it all turns out right (alright) Excuse me please You're standing on my memories Stealing souvenirs again I want to be alone Leave me alone, I wanna be alone... I wanna be alone I wanna be alone I wanna be alone You got the money back, that's okay Who needs a Cadillac anyway I got the medicine, (to) make you see the light Call me in Alaska, if it all turns out right (alright) |
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| 3:25 |
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I saw the man at J.F.K.
He took your ticket yesterday In the humdrum I ride tandem with a random Things don't run the way I planned them In the humdrum Hey Valentina, do you want me to beg? You got me cooking I'm a hard boiled egg In the humdrum Empty my mind -- I find it hard to cope Listen to my heart -- don't need no stethoscope Seem' to me that television She come to cut me a deep incision In the humdrum Empty my mind -- I find it hard to cope Listen to my heart -- don't need no stethoscope Out of woman come the man Spend the rest of his life gettin back when he can As a bow, so a dove As below, so above From the black hole Come the tadpole With the dark soul In coal she burn, she burn As I drove into the sun Didn't dare look where I had begun Lost among echoes of things not there Watching the sound forming shapes in the air From the white star Came the bright scar Our amoeba My little liebe schon |
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| 6. |
| 4:36 |
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We're character actors from the Tower of Babel
Bewildered, burnt out, hardly able To sit astride the high wire cable It's hard to balance, a little unstable. Through broken eyes and contact lenses 'Watched you draw your future tenses See kisses of flame blow out of your lips You're back telling me your Apocalypse. Don't get me wrong, I'll be strong When the slowburn sunset come along You've gotta stay the night I gotta think that you might. We've tried a hanful of bills and a handful of pills We've tried making movies from a volume of stills But the words fell like hailstones, bouncing at our feet Covering our feelings with a frozen sheet. A chance to move, I take a shot I get cold -- you get hot We look outside, lyin' awake See birds breaking surface on a silent lake. But don't get me wrong, I'll be strong When I'm back on the Isle of Avalon Don't get me wrong, I'll be strong When the slow burn sunset come along You've got to stay the night I've got to think that you might. Don't try to make it easy, it'll cut you down to size Darlin' we've got to trust in something We're shooting down our skies shooting down our skies. |
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| 7:14 |
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The wine's all drunk and so am I
Here with the hoi polloi, don't ask me why We're celebratin' anticipatin'; end of the year everybody come, everybody here -- well more or less Some already in a mess I guess they're waiting for the big one. Wonder why I'm cold. How did I get this far? Had no money, had no car I pray the snow goes, be bad if it settles 'cos I follow my nose and the dried up rose petals -- like the man says, Sure hope Moses knows his roses Or we'll all be waiting for the big one. Once I was a credit to my credit card spent what I hadn't got, it wasn't hard No trust in judgements no trust in money Someday I'll find myself like a bee finding honey But in the meantime, I'm gonna have me some fun Waiting for the big one. One too many, where ego I go too Looking for the real thing It don't come from what I do No real communication moves out of my face I'm beginning to think I'm just out of place Won't get in too deep, I want to get some sleep To be ready for the big one -- waiting for the big one. |
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| 8. |
| 4:43 |
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"Hey Mac, see you down the Dolce Vita!"
"Get back, we don't have time" "'Cause I hear we're sending off the heroes When the year goes, they're out of the bay, Trying to find a way To make it alive" "So long", said four men to their families, "Be strong, 'till we get back home. And if not, take care of all the children Until then just hope and pray We're gonna find a way To make it alive" "You guys are crazy!" They shout and then we leave the harbour. In doubt, they're acting weird And the sea is whipping up a welcome If hell come we're all easy prey, Trying to find a way To make it alive "You guys are crazy" The captain's hand shook for the guys to get in place He said "Let's look behind your face." With each corner covered, they were all around Waiting for the midnight bell to sound. "Out of sight", cried Aeron through his glasses "Don't fight", said Gorham's smile All the while, his hand was on my shoulder I was scared of being easy prey, Trying to find a way To make it alive I won't be easy prey, Gonna find a way To make it alive |
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| 9. |
| 5:54 |
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When the night shows The signals grows on radios All the strange things They come and go, as early warnings Stranded starfish have no place to hide Still waiting for the swollen easter tide Theres no point in direction if we cannot even choose a side. I took the old track The hollow shoulder, across the waters On the tall cliffs They were getting older, sons and daughters The jaded underworld was riding high Waves of steel hurled metal at the sky And as the nail sunk in the cloud, the rain was warm and soaked the crowd. Lord, here comes the flood We will say goodbye to flesh and blood If again the seas are silent In any still alive It'll be those who gave their island to survive Drink up, dreamers, youre running dry. When the flood calls, You have no home, you have no walls In the thunder crash Youre a thousand minds, within a flash Dont be afraid to cry at what you see The actors gone, theres only you and me And if we break before the dawn, they'll use up what we used to be. Lord, here comes the flood We will say goodbye to flesh and blood If again, the seas are silent In any still alive Itll be those who gave their island to survive Drink up, dreamers, youre running dry. |
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