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In the city of nights
In the city of nights As the lights go on there's a magic glow to the sea But as we move through the streets we can feel the fear As night goes on there's a tragic show in the city Those songs are on the ebb and mixed with tears And down the alleyway the drunks are fighting Over who will have the last drink from the can It all seems so romantic in the lying But what a sad existence for a man There's speeders, dealers, girls of easy virtue Laughter, lies and lovers sparkling eyes Glitter boys and girls out for the dancing Good time girls and boys out for the highs And there's a hotel on hope street Where the concierge will understand your needs She doesn't care your colour or religion And she always has a room for you and me In the city of nights In the city of nights There's an oriental flavour in the city Marta Haries, saris and sarongs Incense candles, prayer and incantations Golden girls Arabia in their song It seems the doors are closed on the asylums And in the street they're putting on a show Talking to themselves they get no answer Or suggestions for a better place to go In the city of nights In the city of nights A young man dreams of the open sea In the year from no God knows where he'll be No open door to set him free No open door to set him free Girls sell kisses to the lonely men Boys turn tricks with the sleight of hand Women fear to walk where men desire Inspiration, hope and fire Hey don't be a stranger Make a friend don't let it end you Hey don't be a stranger There's a light burning in the city In the city In the city of nights As the sun goes down there's a wind blowing through the city A darker day as summer says goodbye Another world is waking in the city All live fears, important knowing eyes And there amongst the litter and the debris The sally army busking out a song Drowning out the sound of breaking windows Sing along, sing along, sing along Come on sinners, yeah, yeah Come on sinners Come on sinners, yeah, yeah Come on sinners Come on sinners, yeah, yeah Come on sinners Discos, bringers Discos, bars Women, winners Stiffs and stars Kings and queens And cabs and cars Famous, you know Who they are Drugs and punks and Tarts with heart Corpses, candle Works of art Losers, loomers Never hads Groups and dreams Of hope and fads Passing fences Phase and fads Happy hookers Lookers, fags In the city In the city In the city |
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| 2. |
| 4:34 | 
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| 4:17 |
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Oh there he goes
The king with the wooden crown A throne alone He's looking so sad and alone King of his world He roams through his kingdom at night It looks so good Until it all fades into the morning light Tonight's looking beautiful Sad but so beautiful Dark yet so wonderful Hold your head high because Sorrow becomes you, you wear it so well Sorrow becomes you it's easy to tell Though my heart always rules I'll be king of the fools Wearing sorrow with my crown of tears Look at the world Ruled by kings with wooden crowns They are the fools These princes with nothing to say - Hey hey! Sometimes I feel Like a king with a wooden crown It's a lonely world When your dreams keep fading away Tonight's looking beautiful Sad but so beautiful Dark yet so wonderful Hold your head high because Sorrow becomes you, you wear it so well Sorrow becomes you it's easy to tell Though my heart always rules I'll be king of the fools Wearing sorrow with my crown of tears King of the fools I'll be king of the fools With my crown of sorrow I'm king of the fools Sorrow becomes you, you wear it so well Sorrow becomes you it's easy to tell Though my heart always rules I'll be king of the fools Wearing sorrow with my crown of tears I dressed you in sorrows I dressed you in blues So my heart felt so hollow My whole life was you I'll be king of the fools I'll be king of the fools With my crown of sorrow I'm king of the fools |
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| 4. |
| 3:25 |
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| 5. |
| 6:27 |
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The clock on the wall Has just told you Your hour has come And you know those that God loves Die young Chorus But remember There is never forever Only the moment There is never forever Only the moment You're thinking too much about Who will think badly of you You throw away chances Let love pass you by Repeat chorus Don't be afraid Of the dark of the night Just reach for your feelings Let your mood tell you You're making the right move The days fade away And before you can say I wish I'd made all the right moves I'ts too late With guilt on your shoulder And fear in your heart You're bedevilled by angels Belittled by fools Repeat chorus |
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| 6. |
| 5:27 |
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On a dark night in a lost hour
In a town built from neon and chrome Where las vegas seeks the desert In an old broken down casino There the gambler slapped his money down Dirty dollars one hundred or more Placed his last bet on a poker game Crossed his heart for the winning score But the players at the table Two men of the phantom creed Seemed to play with sombre purpose Than a reason and pure greed And the gambler felt his back freeze And fear brushed his ageing brow For he'd seen those men before in his dreams Here they sat before him now And the one smoothed back his black hair With a comb slicked by brylcream and grease Flipped the cards with a flippancy Of a wily and slippery ease With his sharp suit shade of lilac On a shuffle he made the cards sing Gold studs and menthol cigarettes Rubies set in a skull ring And the other of the clergy With a colour and robe of pale ivory Silver grey at the temples And a smile that was stern and was kindly Jack of hearts lead, wait for aces Became faces of family and friends Until the deck showed him a picture Of his life from beginning to end Reverend life he flipped an ace And the gambler felt blood in his heart For he knew this was the game of games He would need all the reverend's heart Anger, lust and gluttony The gambler seems hit hard Each failure and each feature Mapped out in the slippery cards Greasy mr.d. flashed a winning grin And stood facing reverend life The reverend paled as he saw the score The gambler felt pain as a knife His troubles, tribulations Revelations and regrets A wife, a child, a fight to trial Turned by the hand of death And the gambler saw his hand stained With the blood of his family ties And with the yellow smile of mr.d. In his mind he crumples and dies And these two great men from different worlds Faced each other and shook of hands The reverend shrugged "ah well next time" And departed for heaven's land And the flames leapt and the soul screamed And the cards scattered round the room And life is always a gamble A game from the cradle to tomb And the flames leapt and the soul screamed And the cards scattered round the room And life is always a gamble A game from the cradle to tomb And the flames leapt and the soul screamed And the cards scattered round the room And life is always a gamble A game from the cradle to tomb |
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| 7. |
| 7:09 |
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On heavenly rain You fell into my life Unforgettable smile Unforgettable lies In the name of the cross Or a banner of love With the hand of a friend Or under a blanket of trust Chorus The angels sighed The little girl cried The tears run rings around my eyes We're going to set fire To the house in my heart We're going to set fire To the whole damn world I don't understand The wicked things we do In the name of the good In the name of the few Repeat chorus Don't look at me With your innocent smile When the bed is burning Around my head When a war breaks out It'll be no surprise Your unforgettable smile Your unforgettable lies And I've got to stop running To make my start We've got to get together Before we fall apart They're pulling down the old slums To build the new They're bringing back the old rules To please the few In the name of the cross Or a banner of love With the hand of a friend Or under a blanket of trust Repeat chorus Pull down the old slums To build the new Pull down the love I built with you Promise of tomorrow You never kept And you try to burn the house down When I slept The nation's in disorder There's chaos in my heart We've got to get together Before we fall apart Before we fall apart... |
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| 8. |
| 3:13 |
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(I hoped it would be)
I want love to make me happy (I hoped it would be) I want love to make me cry (I hoped it would be) I want love to be a promise (I hoped it would be) I want love to make me die I want love to be a river I want love to be the wind I want love to be forever I want love to be a sin (I hoped it would be) I want love to be an arrow (I hoped it would be) I want love to be the heart (I hoped it would be) I want love to be a painting (I hoped it would be) I want love to be the art I want love to be a building I want love to be a bridge I want love to be a castle I want love to be the edge (I hoped it would be) I want love to be a window (I hoped it would be) I want love to be the sea (I hoped it would be) I want love to be real (I hoped it would be) I want love to be a train I want love to be the magic (I hoped it would be) I want love to be a spell (I hoped it would be) I want love to be heaven (I hoped it would be) I want love to be hell I want love to be the circus (I hoped it would be) I want love to be the fair (I hoped it would be) I want love to be the devil (I hoped it would be) I want love to be the dare I want love to make me tender I want love to make me wild I want love to be a teacher I want love to be a child I want love to be a cadalliac (I hoped it would be) I want love to be a ship (I hoped it would be) I want love to be a journey (I hoped it would be) I want love to be a trip I want love I want love I want love Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, some kind of love (I hoped it would be) Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, some kind of love (I hoped it would be) Love, Yeah L.o.v.e Love isn't everything I hoped it would be No,no (I hoped it would be) (I hoped it would be) (I hoped it would be) (I hoped it would be) Everything I hoped it would be I wish I wish I wish it would be Everything I want it to be |
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| 9. |
| 4:41 |
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Something's gotten hold of my heart
Keeping my soul and my senses apart Something's gotten into my life Cutting its way through my dreams like a knife Turning me up, turning me down Making me smile and making me frown In a world that was small I once lived in a time that was peace With no trouble at all But then you came my way And a feeling unknown shook my heart Made me want you to stay All of my nights and all of my days Yeah I gotta tell you now Something's gotten hold of my hand Dragging my soul to a beautiful land Yeah something has invaded my nights Painting my sleep with a colour so bright Changing the grey, changing the blue Scarlet for me and scarlet for you I've got to know if this is the real thing I've got to know what's making my heart sing, woah yeah You smile and I'm lost for a lifetime Each minutespent with you is the right time Every hour, yeah, every day, yeah You touch me and my mind goes astray And baby yeah... |
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| 10. |
| 6:02 |
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A little bitter A little sweet That's how I like my life to be I'll take it neat Bitter sweet That's how I see the world I like the rain I like the dark I like mornings in the park The summer heat Bitter sweet That's how I see the world Chorus Oh lets go Let's go To paradise, Jack Paradise, Jack Let's go Let's go To paradise, Jack Paradise, Jack I got the sorrow I got the smile I got a box under the stars Shoes on my feet Bitter sweet That's how I see the world. I got the joke I got the twist I got a lazy afternoon I'm a man over the moon Man of the world Repeat chorus Chain me to a tree Watch me I'll set myself free Escape from situations Houdini would be proud of me I'll lie around like Byron And write verses to the moon I'm the crime and I'm the siren I'm a fighter in the ring of life I've got the medals I've got the scars I've got a pocket full of hope I got the beat Bitter sweet That's how I see the world And the moon is in my head The moon is in my head The moon is in my head |
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| 4:18 |
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Weary of life you retired from the world
The voice in your soul that cried follow (follow) Told you of treasures of silver and gold Locked up in an heart that seemed hollow (hollow) Secretly yearning to open the gate To escape from your hurt and your sorrow (sorrow) Painfully learning the cost of experience Comes with the frost of tomorrow You were always in a world of your own At night leaving out food for the angels (angels) You tried hard to capture them like little birds You would keep them in cages forever and ever Frightened by all that seemed golden and pure causing All around you hurt and sorrow (sorrow) Painfully learning the cost of experience Comes with the frost of tomorrow Resisting temptaion to unlock your heart Living all of the time you could borrow (borrow) Afraid to be free in a world without freedom A life spent from to shadow to shadow (to shadow) Once back in time in a white house of dreams You hid all of your hurt and your sorrow (sorrow) Painfully learning the cost of experience Comes with the frost of tomorrow Though you search all your life for what Lay in your heart And the treasure The pleasure you follow Painfully learning the cost of experience Comes with the frost of tomorrow Tomorrow, tomorrow The cost comes tomorrow Tomorrow, tomorrow Youre learning tomorrow Painfully learning the cost of experience Comes with the frost of tomorrow |
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| 10:21 |
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Once in a night I spent in Istanbul I had a dream of a forbidden world Where even angels fear to look upon A place where all of love is doomed to die Her face appeared Through clouds of bitter wine Sour as the morning's early hours She took my hair and she curled it around Her fingers I was but a fool for love The scent of Turkish oils Mixed with the harsh tobacco In the overcrowded bar Hashish and cool mint in her hair I was a fool for love I was a fool She sang to me A torch song softly laced With mysteries Arabian It poisoned my mind, a sickness in my soul I tried I didn't want to hear at all A curtain fell Before my eyes I did Succumb into her healing breast She sang that song I gave her all my soul and my all To the pleasures of the flesh I cried that night For those forsaken times Those times when I was simply satisfied I turned to dust That night a thousand times That night a thousand times I died inside And through what's left Of my sad life I hear Her singing in the fevers of the night Look into the mirror of my eyes And tell me what you see It's not your love I need You'll see Sorrow, tears and darkness These are the pleasures Beyond your dreams I found myself Down by the sea a hundred Years ago when I was in my teens And years go by I turned into a man My childhood trapped within the sand I crawled through life on broken glass Though hell it seems I wakened My desires And woke one day with the sweat of fear Wet with the sweat of fear As now with you I'll reveal your mother Come to me I'll take you to the safety of the womb Tell me your secrets Sorrow, tears and darkness Pour out your heart Sorrow, tears and darkness You'll be a fool A fool for love And hell had never Seemed so good As when I lost my soul Became a fool for love Help me, please to find my way Look into the mirror of my eyes Your kiss has clouded up my mind And tell me what you see I was a fool, a fool for love It's not your love I need I cried for those forsaken times You'll see She took my soul in Instanbul Sorrow, tears and darkness She left me on that night to die These are the pleasures beyond your dreams These are the pleasures beyond all my dreams I am lost Help me to find my way Here in a world where angels fear to gaze My love is doomed to die Alone tonight in Istanbul And I a fool For Love |
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| 1. |
| 6:02 |
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| 2. |
| 7:16 |
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A lover spurned
A lesson learned On love you've got Your fingers burnt Shed bitter tears Now love has turned The sweet revenge Of a lover spurned A passing phase A week of love But all at once You had enough It pales so soon Waned with the moon No deep concern For a lover spurned She'll destroy you with her little games See you swallow all the blame Make you pay in many ways For the pleasure of watching you squirm She'll tell her friends to treat you rough That you just weren't good enough Make the going really tough For the pleasure of watching you burn in hell And every day More guilt to pay A lesson learned From a lover spurned It was all so cosy for you You had a wife, two children And a beautiful house And me, well you wanted me When it suited your needs And now, now I have nothing Just a handful of faded photographs Nothing but a cold empty heart But I'm not easily forgotten I'll appear when you least expect To make you pay You asked for it that way She'll come to get you with a knife Write poison letters to your wife Totally destroy your life For the pleasure of watching you squirm She'll make a fool of you at work Drag your name through the dirt Make sure that it really hurts For the pleasure of watching you burn in hell Repeat first verse The sweet revenge Of a lover spurned |
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| 5:10 |
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Real evil
I feel real evil You're gonna fight hard to get out alive Real evil- beware people All you hold dear brutalized Give me your symptoms, I'll be your drugstore I've got the sedative you need Bring me your troubles, lay down your head Just leave all of your fears at the door (I'm gonna give you one more) Real evil Come on for a free sample Gonna rain upon your little life Real evil- beware people All that you fear realized Give me your symptoms, I'll be your drugstore I've got the sedative you need Bring me your troubles, lay down your head Just leave all of your fears at the door (I'm gonna give you one more) Real evil It teaches us that we're all equal When all of the while it divides Real evil, each choice that you make A thousand alternatives denied Give me your symptoms, I'll be your drugstore I've got the sedative you need Bring me your troubles, lay down your head Just leave all of your fears at the door (I'm gonna give you one more) Give me your symptoms, I'll be your drugstore I've got the sedative you need Bring me your troubles, lay down your head Just leave all of your fears at the door (I'm gonna give you one more) Give me your symptoms, I'll be your drugstore I've got the sedative you need Bring me your troubles, lay down your head Just leave all of your fears at the door (I'm gonna give you one more) If I could get away If I could get away If could get away with murder I want to get away with murder |
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| 3:47 |
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Exotica rose
Works the shows in the evening Exotica rose Works for dollars and dimes Exotica rose Nobody knows her secret Wherever she goes men shout "hey rose got the time? " Exotica rose Dances in beads and in satin Tall and bejeweled Don't be fooled by her mystery and spice Her tangos fandangos Her grace unmistakingly latin You can buy her a drink But don't think she's a girl with a price Exotica rose Exotica rose Nobody knows Nobody knows When she powders her nose Nobody knows She's not exotica rose And after her dance In a dressing room dusty and dirty She squints in the mirror And tells herself never again She's pushing an age that hits on the wrong side of thirty She pulls off her wig But the stain of the make-up remains Exotica rose Lives in a rented apartment She's working all hours To meet all the bills and demands She's a girl with a difference Or two in every department Life isn't easy With a wife and two kids on her hands Exotica rose Exotica rose Nobody knows Nobody knows When she powders her nose Nobody knows It's not exotica rose |
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| 7:57 |
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Tonight's the night it said in my stars That love would be round the next bend I felt for a while that my run of good luck Would never come to an end This world was not made for me, no no no no no no no There was you, there was I, and the sea and the sky There was really no need to pretend, I saw Chorus Eyes of a girl, lips of a girl Could it be you or a call from my soul Could it be somewhere that I dare not dream Could it be you, be you Skull faced moon and dull faced you Grinning with mischief tonight The shimmer of stars The whisper of wind This minute, tonight is the night, I saw Repeat chorus Unlock the secret door to my vault Open the gate that leads to my heart Touch of a tempter, touch of a siren Could it be you, be you The desperate hours the scent of the flowers You put in my room Makes me think of you Repeat verse 2 more times In my dream I see Repeat chorus Unlock the secret door to my vault Open the gate that leads to my heart Touch of a tempter, touch of a siren Could it be you, be you Repeat chorus |
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| 6. |
| 3:50 |
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| 7. |
| 8:52 |
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I'm a labyrinth of hopes and fears Of tears of frustration and of anger But if you can break through this wall And search amongst it all You'll find a man there Who has a heart of love Who is afraid of getting jaded Growing older Who needs someone to love him Through life's winter When the weather grows a little colder I know I have a darker side A cruel streak I'm selfish and demanding But I'm a man with a vision It just takes a little understanding Chorus And in my hand The grains of sand A thousand million moments of emotion Oh... these Oh... these my dreams are yours I'm a boat well rocked by wave and wind I've sinned, I'd win No prizes for perfection But at best I've given all my all My shoulder for your tears And your protection And if one day I don't wake up Remember I was good upon reflection And if they say I was a fool Be cool, but demand correction Repeat chorus You can have my smile my tears My wishes here's a fortune To adorn you I'll whisper in the night to you Promise to adore and never scorn you And as we grow a little older Try to understand more of each other I will be your golden eye Your master of illusion Or just your lover I'll be a dragonfly, a butterfly A secret or a little lie to test you A song a verse a lullaby A symphony once in a while To try and impress you I'll take your heart to the limit The colours of my joy My tears to dress you But sometimes dear My heart's my own I don't wish to exclude you or Distress you But darling... Repeat chorus |
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| 3:33 |
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I remember the sea I remember How I thought she would sing forever Though her voice it became a whisper But the sea still sings in her heart To the furthest shores of Alaska From the bow of a floundering tanker Her shores in eternal winter But the sea still sings in her heart She waits for the moment so still and alone On her shoreline a necklace of feather and bone No laughter of children where nothing will grow, but Chorus The sea still sings The sea still sings The sea still sings In her heart I remember the sea I remember How she rose in a terrible anger On a stormy night in September How the sea still sings in her heart Taking back all her stolen treasure Giving back all our waste with pleasure Hand in hand with the furious weather How the sea still sings in her heart No longer distraught and no longer alone She took all our shorelines and made them her own Drowned all the people asleep in their homes Repeat chorus The mermaids were singing a warning The mermen were teasing and taunting The sirens a song that was haunting Tearing each ship from its mooring And the sea shed her black coat of mourning I remember the sea I remember The stillness and calm of the water And a song that went on forever Repeat chorus |
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| 4:30 |
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She's in my veins Gold in my veins She is my pain And my joy Time and again Waxing or waning I am insane For La Luna Madame de la Luna When she is sleepy She's creepy, mysterious and wicked When she is full She is full of promise and joy Beaming her smile All the while across Heaven's horizons Weaving her dreams Into hearts of lonely boys Chorus But when I'm under the moon with you I'm in Heaven When I'm under the moon with you I'm in Heaven She'll bring out the killer Bring out the lover She loves a tyrant, a pirate, a dreamer a crook and a liar A joker, a trickster, romancer, a dancer and fool Cold as the frost but in her heart is a fire Hanging around the dark throat of the night like a jewel Repeat chorus Moon, moon, delirious moon Alone in the blue like a silver baloon Moon, moon, delirious moon Dancing a waltz to a lunatic's tune Madame de la Luna Bewitching is she I cannot live without her She's scattering stars Dancing with Mars Cheek to cheek with La Luna Cheek to cheek with La Luna Madame de la Luna She sings as she brings in the harvest She pulls out her tongue At the cruel Ethiopian sun When she's hiding The dark can bring a terrible vengeance A pounce in the shadows A moment alone with a gun Adrift on a sea of indigo silk Passionate like an Arabian torch Enticing two lovers to jump off a bridge Changing the man into the wolf Sometimes she's a terrible flirt Causing mischief and mayhem wherever she can Sometimes she's a woman that hurts Sometimes she is a man Encouraging drunks to sing coarse serenades Lighting the way for the young renegades Repeat chorus She says better times are gonna come soon Better times are gonna come soon Trust in the moon Trust in the moon La Luna |
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| 3:48 |
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On Monday I took a flower Dried it in my hand Covered it in poison And I threw it on the land On wasted ground it tried to root But chiked upon the sand Chorus And there's room in my diary for you, my friend And there's room in my diary for you On Tuesday I took a bird Such pain to hear it sing I blackened it with petrol And oiled its little wings I tainted the breeze As I threw it to the wind Repeat chorus On Wednesday I took a man He begged please help me die For he lay in pain and suffering It made his loved ones cry I can be terrible and gentle In the blinking of an eye Repeat chorus On Thursday I took a woman Heavy with a child My old friend Rape had paid a visit Had stayed a little while In a back street I touched her With a wire and a smile Repeat chorus On Friday I took a city Cursed it with a plague Powdered crystals, smoking pipes To crush and to enslave And a row of dirty needles Lines the route onto the grave Repeat chorus On Saturday I took a country Praying for the rain Parched throats and swollen lips Without a harvest grain And I wiped out generations And I'll do it all again Repeat chorus On Sunday I took the world A bomb I did employ Seven days to create life And one day to destroy Every woman every man Every girl and boy Repeat chorus Now as I close my diary And I've made my final date I blow away the ashes And I stoke the smoking grate I've no distinction between pain and joy No line twixt love and hate There's no room in my diary for you, my friend There's no room in my diary for you |
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| 2:36 |
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| 12. |
| 4:47 |
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Orpheus in Red Velvet Sing that song again That song of jealousy and pain Orpheus in Red Velvet Sing that tearful tune The one that's coloured by the moon Chorus Take me through Hell For I deserve it Take me through Hell It's for my good Pain is sweet However hot you serve it And Hell is no hotter than My jealous blood Orpheus in Red Velvet Sing your sweet refrain My tears are falling like the rain Orpheus in Red Velvet Croon your lullaby It makes me cry Sing Repeat chorus Orpheus in Red Velvet Sorrow in your words The sweetest words I've ever heard Orpheus in Red Velvet Sing of one that once was mine Heartache sublime Orpheus in Red Velvet Like velvet was my valentine Sing |
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| 7:00 |
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You say I'm your mystery Please don't ever solve me Because I won't be a mystery Anymore Something's holding my breath Strikes the moment down Gives me greater heights to reach Chorus Sensual Seriously sensual We are all in search of the sensual Eros Erotomania Brings ecstasy, ecstasy, ecstasy Little lover Let's explore a little while Dance upon my heart Take me on, you say I'll be your mystery We'll unveil a little more Each time a little more Chorus Do I ever feel tired? I answer yes each time It takes a little more to feel inspired I'm a teardrop in a storm A storm at the end of the world I love you I'd love you if you weren't you at all Chorus My room is flooded blue and green It's completely real this dream seems I need you Or I need somebody now The hurt it takes me to the edge The moment when I taste my breath Sweet with fear And near to death A kiss tastes sweeter on the brink of life On the brink of life Chorus |
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