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I love you whether or not you love me
I love you even if you think that I don't Sometimes I find you doubt my love for you but I don't mind Why should I mind, Why should I mind What is Love anyway, Does anybody love anybody anyway What is Love anyway, Does anybody love anybody anyway Can anybody love anyone so much that they will never fear Never worry never be sad The answer is they cannot love this much nobody can This is why I don't mind you doubting What is Love anyway, Does anybody love anybody anyway What is Love anyway, Does anybody love anybody anyway And maybe love is letting people be just what they want to be The door always must be left unlocked To love when circumstance may lead someone away from you And not to spend the time just doubting What is Love anyway, Does anybody love anybody anyway What is Love anyway, Does anybody love anybody anyway |
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| 2. |
| 4:12 |
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No One Is To Blame
by Howard Jones you can look at the menu, but you just can't eat you can feel the cushion, but you can't have a seat you can dip your foot in the pool, but you can't have a swim you can feel the punishment, but you can't commit the sin and you want her, and she wants you we want everyone and you want her and she wants you no one, no one, no one ever is to blame you can build a mansion, but you just can't live in it you're the fastest runner but you're not allowed to win some break the rules, and let you cut the cost the insecurity is the thing that won't get lost and you want her, and she wants you we want everyone and you want her, and she wants you no one, no one, no one ever is to blame you can see the summit but you can't reach it its the last piece of the puzzle but you just can't make it fit doctor says you're cured but you still feel the pain aspirations in the clouds makes your hopes go down the drain and you want her, and she wants you we want everyone and you want her, and she wants you no one, no one, no one ever is to blame No one ever is to blame No one ever is to blame |
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| 3. |
| 4:00 |
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Like to get to know you well
Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well So we can be one We can be one together Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well So we can be one We can be one together Together we can cast away the fear Together we can wipe away the tear Together we can strip down the barriers And be one Don't wanna talk about the weather Don't wanna talk about the news Just wanna get to the real you inside Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well So we can be one We can be one together Don't you think now is the time We should be feelin' Just wanna simply say Won't let you slip away People wanna talk about the future Don't wanna linger on the past Just wanna reach the real you inside Forget cold glances and rejections Leave the things that separate Build on a trust that we can stand on Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well So we can be one We can be one together Finding all are insecure Opening the same door Leaving out a stubborn pride Seeing from the other side Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well So we can be one We can be one together Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well So we can be one We can be one together Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well So we can be one We can be one together Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well So we can be one We can be one together Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well Like to get to know you well So we can be one We can be one together |
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| 4. |
| 3:41 |
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Lift Me Up
by Howard Jones I've got your picture in the palm of my hand And I'm squeezin' it I'm teasin' it I'd follow you to the edge of this land But I'm losin' it, confusin' it This is a man who has lost control Lost the road to a higher soul Stop me from fallin' you know I need you To lift me up Won't you lift me up yeah Won't you take me to a place that I once knew And when you can see You've always been there for me I'm waiting for your love There'll be a time when all our rhythms of love Are shakin' it we're makin' it There'll be a place where life is livin' to give This harmony it will come to me And when I think of those who love you now If I had my chances again somehow Stop me from fallin' you know I need you To lift me up Won't you lift me up yeah Won't you take me to a place that I once knew And when you can see Another side of me I'm waiting for you I'm not eating I'm not sleeping this tension this worry You don't call you don't write me I need your love in a hurry Teach me, Reach me, Meet me, Beat me, Tease me, Please me, Come and seize me This is a man who has lost control Lost the road to a higher soul Catch me from fallin' you know I need you To lift me up Won't you lift me up yeah Won't you take me to a place that I once knew And when you can see You've always been there for me I'm waiting for your love And when you can see The changes I've made in me Well I'm waitin' for, you know I'm waitin' for your love |
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| 6. |
| 4:41 |
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You have watched me, safe in your anonymity
I have dreamed you, held in your security Some people believe a photograph traps your mortal soul Your eyes were the camera and you've take hold And you captured me I need you to take control I am a prisoner of no confidence You've entered me now make me whole Every place I go I feel your lenses trained on me This distant concentration takes away my energy Your image burns it's negative Behind my waking eyes Then the night comes and you stalk your prize And you captured me I need you to take control I am a prisoner of no confidence You've entered me now make me whole Some people believe a photograph traps your mortal soul Your eyes were the camera and you've taken hold And you captured me I need you to take control I am a prisoner of no confidence You've entered me now make me whole |
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| 7. |
| 4:21 |
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Everlasting Love
by Howard Jones He wasn't looking for a pretty face She wasn't searching for the latest style He didn't want someone who walked straight off the tv She needed someone with an interior smile She wasn't looking for a cuddle in the back seat He wasn't looking for a five minute thrill She wasn't thinking of tomorrow or of next week This vacancy he meant to permanently fill I need an everlasting love I need a friend and a lover divine An everlasting precious love Wait for it, wait for it, give it some time Back in the world of disposable emotion In the climate of temporary dreams He wasn't looking for a notch on his bedpost A love to push, pull, and burst at the seams I need an everlasting love I need a friend and a lover divine An everlasting precious love Wait for it, wait for it, give it some time Is this love worth waiting for? Something special, something pure [chorus] Is this love worth waiting for? Bitterness will die for sure Something precious, something pure Is this love worth waiting for? |
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| 8. |
| 3:56 |
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Things Can Only Get Better
by Howard Jones We're not scared to lose it all Security throw through the wall Future dreams we have to realize A thousand sceptic hands Won't keep us from the things we plan Unless we're clinging to the things we prize And do you feel scared - I do But I won't stop and falter And if we threw it all away Things can only get better Wow wow wow oh, wow wow wow oh oh oh oh Treating today as though it was The last, the final show Get to sixty and feel no regret It may take a little time A lonely path, an uphill climb Success or failure will not alter it And do you feel Wow wow wow oh... And do you feel... |
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| 9. |
| 3:56 |
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Ride the wild one cowboy in the rodeo
Love like crazy juliet and romeo Living only to consume Bruising hearts collecting gloom Seems no place to hide away From the hammer and caress Dress with passion Fashion for the parking lot Make some action Pushing time out of the clock Take away identity Parcel up what's left of me Water down the youthful drop Call the sane insanity All I want is to live with you All I want is to cry with you Dance til sunrise Reggae til the cows come home Fight the bigot Champion you're not alone I can sort of work things out Juggling the fear and doubt Even when it's watertight In the end I have to say All I want is to live with you All I want is to cry with you I can sort of work things out Juggling the fear and doubt Even when it's watertight In the end I have to say I have to say Ride the wild one cowboy in the rodeo Love like crazy Juliet and Romeo |
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| 10. |
| 3:39 |
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Life in One Day
by Howard Jones The old man said to me Said don't always take life so seriously Play the flute And dance and sing your song Try and enjoy the here and now The future will take care of itself somehow The grass is never greener over there Time will wear away the stone Gets the hereditary bone CHORUS: Don't try to live your life in one day Don't go speed your time away Don't try to live your life in one day Don't go speed your time away The old man said to me Said you can't change the world single handedly Raise a glass enjoy the scenery Pretend the water is champagne And fill my glass again and again While the wolves are gathering round your door Time will wear away the stone Gets the hereditary bone CHORUS The old man said to me Said don't always take life so seriously Play the flute And dance and sing your song Try and enjoy the here and now The future will take care of itself somehow The grass is never greener over there Time will wear away the stone Gets the hereditary bone I tried to live my life in one day Don't go speed your time away I bit off more than I can chew Only so much you can do Wolves are gathering round my door Ask them in and invite some more I tried to live my life in one day Don't go speed your time away Don't try to live your life in one day |
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| 5:39 |
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Hide And Seek
by Howard Jones There was a time when there was nothing at al Nothing at all, just a distant hum There was a being and he lived on his own He had no one to talk to, and nothing to do He drew up the plans, learnt to work with his hands A million years passed by and his work was done And his words were these... Hope you find it in everything, everything that you see Hope you find it in everything, everything that you see Hope you find it, hope you find it Hope you find me in you So she had built her elaborate home With it's ups and it's downs, its rains and its sun She decided that her work was done, time to have fun and she found a game to play Then as part of the game She completely forgot where she'd hidden herself And she spent the rest of her time Trying to find the parts Hope you find it in everything, everything that you see Hope you find it in everything, everything that you see Hope you find it, hope you find it Hope you find me in you There was a time when there was nothing at all, nothing at all Just a distant hum |
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| 12. |
| 4:13 |
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Some people I know have given up on their lives
Drowning their sorrows, and mumblin', and forgot the fight We can tip the balance we can break those barriers down Little things count as much as the big and turn it all around And it's oh, don't always look at the rain No, don't look at the rain Some people I know have lost their feel for mystery They say everything has got to be proved, this isn't a nursery And Joseph who's five years old, stops fights in his playground yard No more fights and bigotry, oh is it so hard And it's oh, don't always look at the rain No, don't always look at the rain Ha, don't always look at the rain And tell me, is it a crime to have an ideal or two Evolving takes it's time, we can't do it all in one go Doesn't have to drive us all mad, we can only do our best Let the mind shut up, and the heart do the rest |
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| 4:15 |
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New Song
by Howard Jones I've been waiting for so long To come here now and sing this song Don't be fooled by what you see Don't be fooled by what you hear This is a song to all my friends They take the challenge to their hearts Challenging preconceived ideas Saying goodbye to long standing fears Don't crack up Bend your brain See both sides Throw off your mental chains I don't wanna be hip and cool I don't wanna play by the rules Not under the thumb of the cynical few Or laden down by the doom crew |
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| 4:28 |
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Don't talk to me about ban the bomb
Don't talk to me about who's side I'm on Replace the system with one just the same Don't you know that we are all to blame It's so easy as an armchair blamer Get off your seat and make a personal change sir Can't change the system by smashing it down Inside route personal revolution Chorus Change the Man Rip out the root Let's get rid of this insanity When the mothers had told the kids straight When the fathers felt no more hate When a man can walk down the street without fear Then thing must change and it's not too late |
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| 3:34 |
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Matter matter oh no no
If i haven't got any friends It just doesn't matter If nobody understands well It just doesn't matter If Im not good to anyone It just doesn't matter If Im completely alone It just doesn't matter If I've been misunderstood It just doesn't matter My best friends think Im no good It just doesn't matter If my horoscope looks bad It just doesn't matter My girlfriend even thinks Im mad It just doesn't matter (Instrumental) If my world falls apart It just doesn't matter I'll pick it up right from the start It just doesn't matter (?) Me up It just doesn't matter My children have had enough It just doesn't matter Matter matter oh no no |
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| 3:50 |
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| 3:19 |
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Law of the jungle only the fit survive.
Better make your life your own, do the survival jive. There are no answers, words are Cul-de-sac And the pity with actions... difficult turning back Don't give a thought about those lucky dice paranoid thoughts of worldly vice The big thumb it never rests on you Anything you want lies here for you... Takes a bit of time, means a bit of work Heart will give the sign it'll make me look. Ain't got a clue why I'm here at all So while I'm here I'm gonna have it all Science men won't explain a thing In this prison my soul must sing. Don't give a thought about those lucky dice paranoid thoughts of worldly vice The big thumb it never rests on you Anything you want lies here for you... Takes a bit of time, means a bit of work Heart will give the sign it'll make me look |
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| 7:29 |
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I was walking down the street
With my old friend Luke And the strangest thing we saw There was a flash like dynamite And we fell down to the floor And as we looked up this weird dude stood I guess he was standing about four feet five With a nonchalance and a joie de vivre His face was grinning from side to side Chorus Well he said button up and tighten your lip Keep a check on what you say Those crazy words you fling from your mouth Are going to bounce back on you some day Now several years pass I thought nothing more It was down to a nine to five grind I was shuffling round to my old friend's house I had party on my mind While chatting this chick A guerilla muscled in A brace of henchmen right behind My blood boiled hard I'll give you a piece of my mind And this guy appeared by my side Don't you know what he said Chorus I was walking down the street with my old friend Luke We were getting into a bit of a heavy scene He say yes and I say no He say what do you mean I pulled my piece and he pulled his We stared each other right in the eye There was a flash like dynamite And this guy appeared by our side Chorus |
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| 5:20 |
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Creeping through your bedroom door
Just after all the lights go out Feeling the warmth of your body And the sweetness of your mouth Set the alarm again for 5 am Uneasy sleep will soon be following Creeping back to my own bed again I will see you in our uneasy morning Chorus Learning how to love Learning how to love Learning how to love Learn how to love Sitting down at breakfast time A silence always fills the air Many things that should be said Are ending in a vacant stare And they know just what is going on But make us feel like we are criminals Our only wish is learning how to love Just a small word would make us feel it's natural Set the alarm again for 5 am Uneasy sleep will soon be following Creeping back to my own bed again I will see you in our uneasy morning |
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| 20. |
| 2:47 |
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| 21. |
| 2:55 |
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| 22. |
| 4:48 |
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Will the moon keep shining on
Can you stop the world from turning Stop running away from things that might fail you You have what you need you are the one You can't hold a person down 'Cos the truth will find its opening You must take it on the things you must feel We all feel the same you are the one Chorus Roll right up and feel it see the world Prison doors are open wide See the world you need it You were born with something special You were forged in open fire Stop running away form things that might fail you You have what you need you are the one |
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| 4:34 |
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With one thing and another
Banged my head against the wall Always looking over my shoulder And it makes no sense at all Chorus I'm going to dig this well deep It's a promise I must keep I'm going to dig this well deep 'Cos I want to find water I'm going to dig this well deep Going to sow before I reap I'm going to dig this well deep 'Cos I want to find water Cynics try to hold me in the graveyard of their egos Put my dreams out with the trashman and they left me on a plateau Holding on and keeping strong When you are walking on a tightrope Holding on and keeping strong When you are wilted down to your last last hope See it through to a conclusion even if it leads to nowhere Sometimes there is no solution but the water tastes as good there |
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| 3:47 |
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Where are the new rebels
We didn't ask for this Trying to be something different We will fight the bigots Fight them with our reason Fight them with our constancy Chorus River, our river, let it flow This is our lamp light Let it glow River, river, let it flow This is our reason Let it grow Don't keep looking back Living in the past Never built a golden future. Have, Have faith in the species We've come to far to fail I don't believe in our extinction Everyone of us Has got to take it on Don't build a dam on evolution. There, There are those who'd like us To cling on to the past Wallowing in their past glories River, (don't) Our river, (don't look back) Let it flow (we might fall) This is our lamp light Let it glow (have faith in the future) River, (don't) River, (don't look back) Let it flow (we might fall) This is our reason Let it grow |
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| 4:27 |
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Last of the trouble has followed through
This (?) your potential to I've seen your lifeline go out to you Sidestepping our convention But you always managed to find a way to avoid what the negative people say The sun will shine on a brighter day Stick to your own potential Failing hardly seems to bother you Winning was a compliment to failure A waking Earth is calling you Drive all night, you can't sit still Here comes the torment that eats inside (?) those who wish you well The callings strong but how can you hear Receivers dead, the transmissions clear The Moon will rise in your finest hour Lighting our potential Caught in perversion of our Human life Fall in confusion born of sacrifice But you always managed to find a way To avoid what the negative people say The sun will shine on a brighter day When you stick to your own potential Failing hardly seems to bother you Winning was a compliment to failure Failure! (Instrumental) Failing hardly seems to bother you Winning was a compliment to failure Failure! (Spoken) (?) to make a life, Beckon it Bodies of great beauty could not surrender Their rationality fading in (?) The security of sensation A historic harlequin (?) harks a mild The spirit of radio mortgage Holding their pre selection In the brutality of fact |
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| 4:47 |
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Flying through the airwaves
Living through the printed word Flasher in the living room Guru of the seen and heard Who decides what we get to hear Fuzzy round the edges or making it clear Blinding us with those facts Chorus The power of the media will make up our minds The power of the media will take down our minds Written on the black and white page We can't believe what we read Tarting up reality has become the new rage Who said the truth is stranger than fiction A few white lies for a nice little sensation Buy up a paper you can influence the nation Little box in the corner A picture worth a thousand words But who chooses which pictures we see Who decides on the commentary Keeping people in a state of confusion There's a thin line between facts and illusion Diverting our attention from big brother in the city When will we get to the real nitty gritty |
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| 4:20 |
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Quickly checking what company he's in
Absorbing values like a chameleon His rhythm and his method have got out of line When you sit on a fence you get a sore behind Must not upset the apple cart He'll choose your views today Having some kinda conflict Seems to get right in his way Chorus Whoa...Rubber Morals Whoa...Rubber Morals Whoa...Rubber Morals, Plasticine ideals See how this one feels The men in St. Peters will not agree to a slipping on his conscience like he slips on a johnnie He's a part time socialist and a part time tycoon Flags of convenience fly in his cocoon Must not upset the apple cart Preserve the status quo His heart felt convictions Left a long time ago A sign over his bed will testify Is there nothing in his life from which he'd live or die A pale shade of grey lines a vacant head With our condom-nation you are blessed Must not upset the apple cart He'll choose your views today Having some kinda conflict Seems to get right in his way |
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| 5:53 |
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No, he won't go drinkin' with his friends no more
Yes, he will do his share of all the chores He feels guilty about the kids he doesn't see But he'll try to make it up to the family Yes, he understands you need your room to breathe Yes, of course he'll do the minding in your hour of need No, he won't start leering when your friends [go/come] 'round No, he won't go to those shows when he's out of town CHORUS Yes, he's a New Man, he's the rage Yes, he's a New Man, turned a new page No, he won't try to make out that he's the boss He will try to [show a/share the] love, and share the cost No, he won't override you if you're not in the mood He will try to adopt a [tender/gentle] attitude CHORUS Instrumental break CHORUS |
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| 5:07 |
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| 30. |
| 3:39 |
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Don't put these curses on me oh no you don't
Don't put these curses on Don't put these curses on me oh no you don't Don't put these curses on Don't curse me with the love of money It will burn me up and waste my time Don't curse me with the love of intellect You know it knots up my brain and makes me think that you know more than I do Don't put these curses on me oh no you don't Don't put these curses on Don't put these curses on me oh no you don't Don't put these curses on Don't curse me with the idea that work is good and holy It only took you to the grave with a bitter heart Don't curse me with this patriotic love of parents, ideas, country and wife You invite war into your home Don't put these curses on me oh no you don't Don't put these curses on Don't put these curses on me oh no you don't Don't put these curses on Don't put these curses on me oh no you don't Don't put these curses on Don't put these curses, these curses on me oh no you don't Don't put these curses on |
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| 4:15 |
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Give him something to hang on to
give him something that won't fade give him dreams that won't be shattered give him a life with the bills all paid but it never ever comes his way they were telling him lies all day let him have a cast iron religion, give him something that's always right make love in one position give him justice without a fight But it never ever comes his way they were telling him lies all day ( I'm a modern man ) what's it like to be a modern man oh oh with a vision of a life that can't be found (I'm a modern man ) what's it like to be a modern man oh oh with a vision of a life that can't be found let him have a life without conflict while your at it give him everything he needs he wants the cake and he wants the pudding but he doesn't ever want to bleed But it never ever comes his way they were telling him lies all day ( I'm a modern man ) what's it like to be a modern man oh oh with a vision of a life that can't be found ( I'm a modern man ) what's it like to be a modern man oh oh with a vision of a life that can't be found you told him it was always black & white you wound up living in a world of grey but it never ever comes his way oh oh ( I'm a modern man ) what's it like to be a modern man oh oh with a vision of a life that can't be found ( I'm a modern man ) what's it like to be a modern man oh oh with a vision of a life that can't be found (I'm a modern man ) what's it like to be a modern man oh oh ( give me a life without conflict ) with a vision of a life that can't be found ( give me everything I need ) (I'm a modern man ) what's it like to be a modern man oh oh ( I want the cake and I want the pudding ) with a vision of a life that can't be found ( but I don't want to bleed ) |
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