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| 1. |
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I'll say it again this is not my city
I don't belong looking for a town of plenty There weren't these thieves We had some thing in common Goals to achieve We had some thing in common In a town of plenty Can't you see it, this is not my writing I only asked if this was a town of plenty There were many archives We had no media Only art survived there Yeah we had no media In a town of plenty And laid across the airstrip Were the passports and the luggage All that once remained Of a rugged individual And laid across the airstrip Were the passports and the luggage I came looking for a town of plenty I'll say it again, this is not my city I only asked if this was a town of plenty There were many archives We had no media Only art survived there Yeah we had no media In a town of plenty |
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| 2. |
| 4:39 |
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I don't know why I just know I do I just can't explain In this language that I use Something leaves me speechless Each time that you approach Each time you glide right through me As if I was a ghost If I only could tell you If you only would listen I've got a line or two to use on you I've got a romance we could christen And there's a word in Spanish I don't understand But I heard it in a film one time spoken by the leading man He said it with devotion, he sounded so sincere And the words he spoke in Spanish brought the female lead to tears A word in Spanish, a word in Spanish If you can't comprehend Read it in my eyes If you don't understand it's love In a thin disguise And what it takes to move you Each time that you resist Is more than just a pretty face To prove that I exist If I only could tell you If you only would listen I've got a line or two to use on you I've got a romance we could christen And there's a word in Spanish I don't understand But I heard it in a film one time spoken by the leading man He said it with devotion, he sounded so sincere And the words he spoke in Spanish brought the female lead to tears A word in Spanish, a word in Spanish When manners make no difference And my gifts all lay undone I trade my accent in on chance And fall back on a foreign tongue there's a word in Spanish I don't understand But I heard it in a film one time spoken by the leading man He said it with devotion, he sounded so sincere And the words he spoke in Spanish brought the female lead to tears A word in Spanish, a word in Spanish there's a word in Spanish, a word in Spanish |
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| 3. |
| 4:13 |
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I used to think that New York City Fell from grace with God And innocence abroad Waged a war for the underdog When the snow falls And Central Park looks like a Christmas card I just looked beyond the bagman And the madness that makes this city hard I heard a basketball Somewhere out beyond a chain link fence Inner city prisoners Argue for the right of self-defense But there's a fast break And every work of art wakes something in the soul Just focus on the brush strokes And the bouquets that the dancers hold Spanish Harlem still sounds good to me Yeah Mona Lisa's getting older Standing in the shadow of Miss Liberty While I walk along the west side Down through Little Italy Searching for the city that That took away the kid in me Spanish Harlem still sounds good to me Yeah Mona Lisa's getting older Standing in the shadow of Miss Liberty While I walk along the west side Down through Little Italy Searching for the city that That took away the kid in me Spanish Harlem still sounds good to me Yeah Mona Lisa's getting older Standing in the shadow of Miss Liberty While I walk along the west side Down through Little Italy Searching for the city that That took away the kid in me, kid in me |
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| 4. |
| 4:35 |
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I've always said that one's enough to love Now I hear you're bragging one is not enough Something tells me you're not satisfied You got plans to make me one of four or five I guess this kind of thing's just in your blood But you won't catch me carving up my love I ain't no puzzle piece that needs to fit If it takes more than me let's call it quits `Cause I don't wanna go on with you like that Don't wanna be a feather in your cap I just wanna tell you honey I ain't mad But I don't wanna go on with you like that It gets so hard sometimes to understand This vicious circle's getting out of hand Don't need an extra eye to see That the fire spreads faster in a breeze And I don't wanna go on with you like that Don't wanna be a feather in your cap I just wanna tell you honey I ain't mad But I don't wanna go on with you like that No I don't wanna go on with you like that One more set of boots on your welcome mat You'll just have to quit them if you want me back `Cause I don't wanna go on with you like that Oh if you wanna spread it around sister that's just fine But I don't want no second hand feeding me lines If you wanna hold someone in the middle of the night Call out the guards, turn out the light |
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| 5. |
| 4:41 |
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Outside I can hear the fireworks Beyond the paper walls Where the symbols painted black and white Run together when the rain falls And the wind chimes across Kyoto Each time the earth moves Was it the quake that shook me Or was it something to do with you And the hot wind heats the bamboo blinds And your almond eyes always shine Sitting cool behind your painted fan All the secrets of the east Conceal the beauty and the beast For tender is the man in her Japanese hands Flesh on silk looks different Than on a cotton sheet back home Where no one wears their hair like yours Beneath those oriental combs And with your thirsty fingers Running up and down my spine You forget the western woman When you're sleeping on Kyoto time And the sky explodes and the moon grows cold To the distant sound of drums And the sky explodes And the moon grows cold As the dragons on the mainland Wait to heat the sun |
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| 6. |
| 3:31 |
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Say goodbye to loneliness, say goodbye to Marlon Brando Say goodbye to latitudes and the confusion that surrounds you Say goodbye to misery, say goodbye to the morning news Say goodbye to prime time and the fools that choose to view Say goodbye to Wendy, say goodbye to Rhonda Say goodbye to the Beach Boys from the Palisades to Kona Say goodbye to Glasnost, say goodbye to Malathion Say goodbye to the clowns in congress and the belt around Orion Say goodbye to the tabloids, say goodbye to diet soda Say goodbye to new age music from the Capa to the Coda Say goodbye to gridlock, goodbye to Dolly's chest Goodbye to the ozone layer if there's any of it left Don't it make you wanna crawl back to the womb Find a sanitarium rent yourself a room This overload is edging me further out to sea I need to put some distance between overkill and me, me Say goodbye to Jackie Collins, say goodbye to illiterate fools Goodbye to evangelists and geeks with power tools Goodbye to statuettes, say goodbye to lists Say goodbye to articles on who the senator kissed Say goodbye to hair styles, goodbye to heaven's gate Goodbye to Rocky Five, Six, Seven and Eight |
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| 7. |
| 4:36 |
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I see you tempt the night I see you take a bite You can tell me you were home But the camera never lies You walk out in disguise To pull the wool over my eyes You play me for a fool To believe your alibis And you can count on being safe as houses Underestimate my eyes But you can't argue with the image The camera never lies There's no distance put between us Safe enough for you to hide I'm watching all of your secrets The camera never lies I recommend first prize For acting so surprised For acting like you love me The camera never lies I'll take my wounded pride I'll take it on the chin Your profile fills the frame How good you look on film Smoke screens and sweet deceiving Replace the face of trust The shutter falls each time you meet him A negative becomes my plus |
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| 8. |
| 3:30 |
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Shakey wake up thirsty from a night in the bar And snake hips Joe is Mr. Cool Out on the boulevard The pimp from the Jack of Diamonds Just got another Jane Doe She just got off the last bus from Montecedo Sailor boys find trouble in the alien state It's one on one from Las Palmas to the Golden Gate Fly boys on the corner waiting for a ride For twenty bucks he'll pull the cork on the man inside `Cause we're rolling in heavy traffic Judy's in the jump seat and Jody's in the bucket Billy likes to drive and Jackie's just high And Cindy thinks we're all gonna commit suicide `Cause we're rolling in heavy traffic Yeah we're rolling in heavy traffic Mack he's got his Marlboros tucked up in his sleeve He's shacked up in his basement making P.C.P. He used to shake the french fries Down on 12th and Maine And now he stays up nights on apple juice and cocaine |
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| 9. |
| 3:51 |
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There's another one due in three month's time She'll have to paint the spare room blue She'll work a little overtime And hope it all works out for Frank and her If she can keep him home nights Away from those factory girls And the gas bills come and the money burns And Frank just keeps complaining How little they both earn And mother drops by Mondays Just to nag about the world Then she stays to nag at Dallas `Cause she hates those Texas girls Poor cow You'll get your dumb man You'll see your whole life coming at you In the back of his hand Poor cow It's a monkey see town You'll walk down the aisle In the hand me down gown Of some poor cow Oh them rich bitch girls Ain't like our lass Got no spine for labour Like us working class Us gamey lot Still got our pride We got our health It's just the truth that's died |
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| 4:55 |
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The mother of invention made it good for me
Tighter in the rear Longer in the seam Kicked out yards of leather Wrapped around her waist Trimmed it to perfection And left a little space Yeah they got competition now All across the world But there ain't been no looking back Since God invented girls Now I know what Brian Wilson meant Every time I step outside I see what Heaven sent There may be seven wonders Created for this world But one is all we need Since God invented girls Higher on the heel, paler than pure cream Leaner on the sidewalk Cutting through the steam After claws and feathers He took skin and bone Shaped it like an hourglass And made the angels moan Oh here's a little heat boys To straighten out them curls Now there ain't been no angels round Since God invented girls |
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| 11. |
| 3:49 |
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I don't make the rules around here
A tear starts at the edge It takes two hands to rip it It takes a lot more than either one of us has said But I come from indecision A place you ain't never been Living in the state of confusion On a map that runs like the veins under your skin We got Miss Communication kicking out the stool We got mass determination making up the rules But saving us is something that we can't do And it's easier sometimes to throw a rope around a fool And love is just another means by which we hang ourselves It takes two to execute One to leave with innocence and one to leave with guilt But I just see no reality Just shades drawn on remorse We've whipped this beast beyond the limit Staggered out of breath along this course It's easier to lose a rope around a fool Easier sometimes to throw a rope around a fool A ring of your indifference thrown anywhere you choose Easier sometimes to throw a rope around a fool |
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| 12. |
| 7:17 |
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I've always said that one's enough to love
Now I hear you're bragging one is not enough Something tells me you're not satisfied You got plans to make me one of four or five I guess this kind of thing's just in your blood But you won't catch me carving up my love I ain't no puzzle piece that needs to fit If it takes more than me let's call it quits `Cause I don't wanna go on with you like that Don't wanna be a feather in your cap I just wanna tell you honey I ain't mad But I don't wanna go on with you like that It gets so hard sometimes to understand This vicious circle's getting out of hand Don't need an extra eye to see That the fire spreads faster in a breeze And I don't wanna go on with you like that Don't wanna be a feather in your cap I just wanna tell you honey I ain't mad But I don't wanna go on with you like that No I don't wanna go on with you like that One more set of boots on your welcome mat You'll just have to quit them if you want me back `Cause I don't wanna go on with you like that Oh if you wanna spread it around sister that's just fine But I don't want no second hand feeding me lines If you wanna hold someone in the middle of the night Call out the guards, turn out the light |
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| 13. |
| 4:38 |
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I've always said that one's enough to love
Now I hear you're bragging one is not enough Something tells me you're not satisfied You got plans to make me one of four or five I guess this kind of thing's just in your blood But you won't catch me carving up my love I ain't no puzzle piece that needs to fit If it takes more than me let's call it quits `Cause I don't wanna go on with you like that Don't wanna be a feather in your cap I just wanna tell you honey I ain't mad But I don't wanna go on with you like that It gets so hard sometimes to understand This vicious circle's getting out of hand Don't need an extra eye to see That the fire spreads faster in a breeze And I don't wanna go on with you like that Don't wanna be a feather in your cap I just wanna tell you honey I ain't mad But I don't wanna go on with you like that No I don't wanna go on with you like that One more set of boots on your welcome mat You'll just have to quit them if you want me back `Cause I don't wanna go on with you like that Oh if you wanna spread it around sister that's just fine But I don't want no second hand feeding me lines If you wanna hold someone in the middle of the night Call out the guards, turn out the light |
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| 14. |
| 6:19 |
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Now I know, "Spanish harlem" are not just pretty words to say. I thought I knew, but now I know that rose trees never grow, in New York city. Until you've seen this trash can dream come true, You stand at the edge, while people run you through. And I thank the Lord, there's people out there like you, I thank the Lord there's people out there like you. While Mona Lisas and mad hatters, sons of bankers, sons of lawyers, turn around and say, "good morning" to the night. For unless they see the sky, but they can't and that is why, they know not if it's dark out side or light. This Broadway's got, its got a lot of songs to sing, if I knew the tunes I might join in. I go my way alone, grow my own, my own seeds shall be sown, in New York city. Subways no way , for a good man to go down, Rich man can ride, and the hobo he can drown. And I thank the Lord for the people I have found, I thank the Lord for the people I have found. While Mona Lisas and mad hatters, sons of bankers, sons of lawyers, turn around and say, "good morning" to the night. For unless they see the sky, but they can't and that is why, they know not if it's dark out side or light. And now I know, "Spanish harlem" are not just pretty words to say. I thought I knew, but now I know that rose trees never grow, in New York city. Subways no way, for a good man to go down, Rich man can ride, and the hobo he can drown. And I thank the Lord for the people I have found, I thank the Lord for the people I have found. While Mona Lisas and mad hatters, sons of bankers, sons of lawyers, turn around and say, "good morning" to the night. For unless they see the sky, but they can't and that is why, they know not if it's dark outside or light, they know not if it's dark outside or light. |
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