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Come up to my lighthouse for I have something I wish to say
It can wait for a moment; well in fact it can wait all day I just wanted to bring you up here so you could have the chance to see the beauty of this situation that you could share with me It may seem strange to talk of love and then lighthouses It's not strange to me Hey All alone you and I in our high tower That's the way to be Some laugh at my lighthouse they say it's just an ivory tower But I don't mind because I know their envy grows by the hour See I have a purpose up here to guide the ships upon their way All this is mine; it could be yours too what do you say? It may seem strange to talk of love and then lighthouses It's not strange to me Hey All alone you and I in our high tower That's the way to be Hehehey hey. |
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When I was with this girl last night
she held me tight; it turned me on The moon was dark and those clothes were tight her perfume strong; it turned me on Fleeting moments touched in the night then so strong but banished by the light Her presence gone, memories remain of how she kissed and turned me on Now there's this love inside of me I've got this love inside of me And I still have dull aching pain desire to reach and touch you once again Distractions cannot sate the need it grows once more, it grows once more I've got this love inside of me I've got this love inside of me I've got this love inside of me I've got this love inside of me I have this pain inside of me Why can't you see? Why can't you see? I'm stranded here with no way home Please rescue me, oh won't you rescue me? I've got this love inside of me I've got this love inside of me I've got this love inside of me I've got this love inside of me. |
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I hate to complain, you know, but then again
I cannot pretend nothing's wrong Looking at my present situation, the act cannot last for long Viewed from outside these pursuits I might try seem possessed of a certain allure Now they're no longer a source of mystery my faith in them's more unsure Now the time to play is over Time to dispose of the lies Time to show what's really on my mind Yes I'd like to turn you over to see what's on your other side To see if the problem's in my mind In my mind The choice is quite clear, to move on or stay here Decision is harder to take Reject what I have for something unstable could easily be a mistake So I walk round the place with a smile on my face pretending the best that I can Hoping to lose the inclination to desire what I can't understand And the time to play is over Time to dispose of the lies Time to show what's really on my mind Yes I'd like to turn you over to see what's on your other side To see if the problem's in my mind In my mind Lalalalala lalalalala... Now the time to play is over Time to dispose of the lies Time to show what's really on my mind Yes I'd like to turn you over to see what's on your other side Like to turn it over in my mind In my mind In my mind In my mind In my mind. |
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The blue girls that bake in the sun
Skin falls in flakes from each one Like leaves from autumn trees they float upon the breeze These girls you have loved are slowly decaying Ah Drying out in the sun before your eyes Wild stares in your face they seem to accuse you Oh What have you done to earn this prize? The flesh underneath candy-pink Quite a strange affair you might think They gasp and moan for air Beached fish on your lawn-chair These girls you have loved are slowly decaying Ah Drying out in the sun before your eyes Wild stares in your face they seem to accuse you Oh What have you done to earn this prize? Fragments left at the end of the day A pile of blue that is soon swept away Goodbye, blue girls, goodbye Would it be too much to cry? These girls you have loved have slowly decayed Ah They dried out in the sun before your eyes Wild stares in your face they seem to accuse you Oh What did you do to earn this prize? |
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I thought so long and suddenly I realised
I love love I thought so long and suddenly I realised I love love Am I loving the girl or the feeling I feel? Is it just the idea that I like or is it for real? I recall a special friend, I invited her home for tea And while my mother cooked a meal she was under the table with me I thought so long and suddenly I realised I love love I thought so long and suddenly I realised I love love These ideas that I have remain fixed in my head Only the characters change someone else there instead One day we went down to the park to feed the ducks some bread Foul fowls wouldn't touch a scrap so we jumped in the duckpond instead I thought so long and suddenly I realised I love love I thought so long and suddenly I realised I love love Lalalalala... |
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Hey
you're treading on my life You're leaving marks, but that's alright In a year or so, I'll look back and I'll smile These things last only for a while In many ways this is a waste of time what will become of it all? I make you cry know you in crowded streets not what I wanted at all Then what else could I do instead of thinking about you? Pleasure now will justify our love See, I even call it "love" In many ways there's nothing I'd rather do one kiss makes sense of it all And what's to come? Let's just not think about it, it might never happen at all. |
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Sure you had something to hide
I took your bag and looked inside I was looking for life Nothing inside but memories the same as those I keep with me I'm still looking for life Yes I'm looking for life Yes I'm looking for life There's more to love than holding hands but I think that we both understand it's part of looking for life I thought so long I couldn't think but thought was what was hindering me and now I'm looking for life Yes I'm looking for life Yes I'm looking for life Yes I'm looking for life Yes I'm looking for life Yes I'm looking for life Yes I'm looking for life I'm looking for life I'm looking for life. |
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You're just a
little girl (with blue eyes) Everybody looks at you (well, it's your day) and you're stepping from the black car but you'll be getting back in soon (and on your way) Little girl (with blue eyes) there's a hole in your heart and one between your legs You've never had to wonder which one he's going to fill in spite of what he said You'll never get away hey you'll give it up one day come what may Dad's not got a shot-gun but his look's enough to murder you (see what you've done) and forget about the paintings cos you'd better get the washing done (oh something's wrong) Little girl (with blue eyes) there's a hole in your heart and one between your legs You've never had to wonder which one he's going to fill in spite of what he said You'll never get away hey you'll give it up one day come what may Face down on the pavement chalk lines round your little hands (hit and run) and now a mother sits in silence in a darkness she can't understand (where you've gone) Oh Little girl (with blue eyes) there's a hole in your heart and one between your legs You've never had to wonder which one he's going to fill in spite of what he said You'll never get away hey you'll give it up one day come what may. |
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So late looking up at your window
as it bathes me in your blue midnight glow I wonder why you're not sleeping and I wonder if you could know Tonight make it tonight Tonight make it tonight Crouched down by a bush at the roadside I watch as you pass me by Lost down by the side of the river and no light comes from the empty sky Tonight make it tonight Tonight make it tonight I left home at midnight made for the horizon no sense of direction I walked on for miles, oh I hope that I find you I hide from the headlamps no lights in the window the whole town is sleeping and somewhere you lie, oh, I wish I could find you Oh I'm lost by the river my clothes are in tatters my face scarred by branches I shiver with cold, no, I don't think I'll find you Tonight make it tonight Tonight make it tonight Won't you make it tonight? Oh say you'll meet me tonight Won't you make it tonight? Say you'll meet me tonight. |
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Walking from the scene of some humiliation feeling like a dog.
Walking from the scene of some romantic triumph feeling like God. Walk towards the small town lights, felt brighter than the lot of them, can have anything, can never fail. The will to power, the force of destiny and efficiency. Generations glimpse the high pitch, play it for real, four billion spectators look on; judging, analysing, losing; sinking, swimming, striving, longing, failing. Weak flesh projected through Europe on speed of all the needs; suck and sate, forces of fate. A polemic, a sharp cutter, a fashion, a spirit, a simplicity. The only choice, the only voice, in the darkness. The only choice, the only voice. 1933, where are you now? Where are the broken bottles? Where's the toffs slumming it? Where's the fanaticism? Where's truth and beauty? Walk towards the small town lights, felt brighter than the lot of them, can have anything, can never fail. The will to power, the force of destiny and efficiency. Generations glimpse the high pitch, play it for real, four billion spectators look on; judging, analysing, losing; sinking, swimming, striving, longing, failing. Weak flesh projected through Europe on speed of all the needs; suck and sate, forces of fate. A polemic, a sharp cutter, a fashion, a spirit, a simplicity. The only choice, the only voice, in the darkness. The only choice, the only voice. 1933, where are you now? Where are the broken bottles? Where's the fanaticism? Where's truth and beauty? Where's truth and beauty? |
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Dogs are everywhere
almost everywhere that I go They have too much and then They have too much again and then more They leave their scent behind them everywhere they go Oh dogs are everywhere that I go Oh dogs are everywhere almost everywhere that I go They have too much and then they have too much again and then more They leave their scent behind them everywhere they go Oh dogs are everywhere yes dogs are everywhere yes dogs are everywhere that I go They always wag their tails at all the pretty girls and older women They find their own way in and they rip up everything that I believe in Sometimes I have to wonder about the dog in me Oh dogs are everywhere yes dogs are everywhere yes dogs are everywhere that I go They get down on all fours when you walk through the door They whine and beg around your feet like a dog for something sweet They sink their teeth in you they're tearing you in two Remains are buried out of doors Oh I want some more I want some more Sometimes I have to wonder about the dog in me Oh dogs are everywhere yes dogs are everywhere oh dogs are everywhere that I go Sometimes I have to wonder about the dog in me Oh dogs are everywhere yes dogs are everywhere yes dogs are everywhere that I go that I go that I go that I go Everywhere everywhere everywhere everywhere Dogs are everywhere |
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The mark of the devil is upon you
Your look is no happier than mine Damnation is waiting in the mirror but you shouldn't mind Their legs start a feeling in your stomach Their eyes knock you backwards with a glance Your pride sinks unnoticed in the river given half a chance And your past is just a bedroom full of implements of cruelty and a list will bind your eyes as you grow old but you want to join the laughter sharing simple shreds of feeling but you fidget and your heart is growing cold Smiles left unfollowed start to haunt you Chances that perished long ago The devil is waiting in the bathroom with your worthless soul The years pull their weight down on your cheekbones the nights out are hanging from your waist The years float like dust held in the sunlight with an aftertaste And your past is just a bedroom full of implements of cruelty and a list will bind your eyes as you grow old but you want to join the laughter sharing simple shreds of feeling but you fidget and your heart is growing cold La la lala lala la la... And your past is just a bedroom full of implements of cruelty and a list will bind your eyes as you grow old and you want to join the laughter sharing simple shreds of feeling but you fidget and your heart is growing cold And your past is just a bedroom full of implements of cruelty and a list will bind your eyes as you grow old and you want to join the laughter sharing simple shreds of feeling but you fidget and your heart is growing cold La la lala... Oh... |
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Ninety-seven lovers
twisted out of shape and just one kiss could set them straight Ninety-seven lovers twisted out of shape and just one kiss could set them straight I know a woman with a picture of Roger Moore in a short towel and dressing-gown pinned to her bedroom wall She married a man who works on a building site Now they make love beneath Roger every Friday night Ninety-seven lovers twisted out of shape and just one kiss could set them straight Ninety-seven lovers rose to meet the sun and when the day was over there were only ninety-one Another I know well, she laughs too loud with her friends playing it safe on the surface to give her heart time to mend and then one day without warning he walks unannounced through the door and he picks her heart up off the table and he watches it smash on the floor Ninety-seven lovers twisted out of shape and just one kiss could set them straight Ninety-seven lovers rose to meet the sun and when the day was over there were only ninety-one. |
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Starts so slowly, just a place to stay
Somewhere warm where they can spend their days Air is stagnant and he feels unclean Hair hangs greasy and he smells obscene Something's happened and it's not so good broken bottles in the face of love Mottled flesh under the harsh strip-light Nylon sheets to keep them warm at night Once it's started it can never stop fills his head with a dark damp fog In the distance is a constant cry growing louder as the years go by Days get longer and he starts to drink spews his stomach in the kitchen sink Tells his children they should have respect Tells his wife that she's a nervous wreck He hates his wife and he hates them all He hates his wife and he hates them all Can't be bothered when it's all the same leave it long enough, it goes away In the meantime stomach turns to fat She tries to tell him but he can't have that She's only jealous and she's telling lies Standing naked in his flesh disguise It took him months to get her into bed now he's got her he just wants her dead She wants excitement and she needs romance all she gets are dirty underpants Stupid animal that can't know why something's wrong so someone has to die The wind is blowing and the rain falls down Sends his family on a trip down town Sees them die in a burning wreck Sees them burn, smokes a cigarette He hates his wife and he hates them all He hates his wife and he hates them all He knows he's finished but he can't stop now and he wants to end it but he can't see how and it's all in pieces, thrown it all away Oh, but he's not ugly, he just looks that way And he wants some quiet and he needs it now but the scream he's started's getting far too loud and he still pretends he does it just for now His day will come he'll lose it all somehow Killing time until his ship arrives been dead ten years but he's still alive and the time is wasted and the ship has sunk but he hasn't noticed and he comes home drunk and he's just dead weight, he'll never leave the ground He tries to stand but he keeps falling down and it's hard to know he doesn't count for much He's not a has-been, just a never-was Oh he hates his wife and he hates them all He hates his wife and he hates them all Hates his wife Hates them all. |
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Now it's coming to the end of the evening
The time when the ceiling sways and objects jerk out of place Your eyelids heavy, you make your way down the yellow streets past rows and rows of houses curtains drawn tight against the cold night air to a flight of stairs which lead to a room where a bed is waiting for you to lie down perhaps alone, perhaps not and go to sleep again They wait alone in unused rooms they sit and they remember Oh, please remember So you lie on your back in the dark and listen to the blood rushing in your ears and the soft "tick, tick, tick" of your watch against the mattress springs Patterns merge behind your eyes Purple and green, glowing gently and all is soft with furry darkness You yawn once turn on your side and fall to sleep again They wait alone they bathed your eyes when nights were cold Remember Oh, please remember There's something you've forgotten When you awoke later that night the bedroom was cold and you were alone Alone and afraid of the dark Watching Waiting Watching Waiting As you lie on your back naked beneath the cold sheets Not dead, just sleeping Sleeping And you will never wake again. |
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His body loved her
his mind was set on other things Keep your face out of sight and your thoughts to yourself And this went on for several nights festering in silence, growing in the dark and this they saw as love Love So sad to see They suffocate at night Oh this they saw as love Love So sad to see to see it slowly die She met his wishes he found that he had changed his mind Now the fit is too tight and the bedroom too warm The days are filled with things to do Night-time lies so hollow and memories betray Oh memories of love Love So sad to see They suffocate at night Those memories of love Love So sad to see to see it slowly die Two years have passed two years of emptiness inside and the grey skies above just show how far I went wrong I wonder if she's living there the way that I recall the way I'll always think of you And when I think of you I think of love Love So sad to see They suffocate at night You know I think of love Love So sad to see to see it slowly die I wrote you a letter I threw it away I wrote you a letter I threw it away I need her I know I don't need her I need her Oh Oh-oh |
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The tenth of July, 1985
Don't ask stupid questions I had nothing to do I was bored I had, I had not Fifteen weeks since the light has gone Fifteen weeks with the same shirt on A thousand bodies stink and sweat and somebody's trying to roll a cigarette Clean mister Clean mister Clean missed her Just relax and enjoy it, it's nothing really. Let's get you out of these damp clothes, just lift yourself up, get thous dreadful trousers off. You'll feel so much better afterwards. Just close your eyes and let it ooze all over you. Trickling down your back warm and sticky. Isn't that nice? No don't speak, just let yourself go, sink, sinking down deeper and deeper and deeper. At 3 o'clock that morning I awoke in an unfamiliar room in my hands like sodden paper a thick, glutinous pale green liquid sunlight through net curtains 6,000 miles an hour into brilliant white light. There's a brass band playing somewhere. Roll on your back and wait for the talbum. But what's that? Pull back the linen sheets to find the shirt they peeled off your back only two hours before the bed tips sideways. No and to one day wake up in green fields with the sky blue above me. And to be clean again. But I know I'll never be clean again. |
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I am the master of this universe
And I've got so big it hurts Raise your eyes and graze your knees Oh for your master is displeased Because you dared to doubt his word His polished surface dulls and cracks Your bitter laughter breaks his back I am the master of this universe I taught you everything you know Now you must bear your master's curse Oh for I will not let you go Now you must walk this town `til dawn In every public open place Your master's look upon your face Oh now look what you have done You've spoilt it all for everyone The master masturbates alone In a corner of your home You feed him scraps when in the mood You beat him hard and keep him nude You cut your master down to size Now he cries and he cries now Lalalalala lalala... And now he begs both night and day He lets you take him on your knee He keeps on losing consciousness He dearly loves his new mistress Now he repeats it every night Every night on point of death "You are the master of this universe" Now he cries and he cries now "You are the master of the universe You are the master of the universe You are the master of the universe You are the master of the universe!" |
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Manon
Manon keeps a corpse in his home Manon Manon picks the flesh from her bones Manon Manon Manon Manon hard and white as a stone Manon Manon sits alone, all alone Manon ManonManon Oh, Manon Manon Manon leave her body alone Manon Manon put a match to your home Manon Manon Manon Oh, Manon Dans les jardins on peut voir Manon un enfant de quarante-cinq ans Ca femme est morte oui, c'est vrai mais il cueillit la peau de ces os Derriere les arbres il voit une jeune fille en jouant avec son frere Il les approche Je vous renonce Manon Vous etes un vrai chien Laissez son corps en paix Manon Manon. |
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