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That frightening little sound, it's just the world awake
It's just a way of saying we're in business It's just a lightning strike, it's just a family row It's just the give and take of forgiveness Chance being a fine thing brought us together But we're not magnets, well, not forever It's just the way I am, it's just the way we are It's just a nervous flickering of old flames Now everybody wears the look of the child Who wished to marry you Who, knocking proudly on your door Was greeted by your pretty wife If this is life make no mistake It keeps the weary world awake Chance being a fine thing brought us together But we're not magnets, well, not forever It's just the way I am, it's just the way we are It's just a nervous flickering of old flames So don't you cry they're, they're only words They're only the saddest thing you've ever heard Now everybody wears the look of the child Who wished to marry you Who, knocking proudly on your door Was greeted by your pretty wife If this is life make no mistake It keeps the weary world awake |
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| 2. |
| 4:05 |
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You can keep the good times righteousness
The best parting line Rather then pretend we are A1 ultrafine Shall I be the first then to say what we have found There's something in our lifetime won't let us settle down Darling it's a life of surprises It's n |
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| 3. |
| 4:22 |
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Hello Johnson your mother once gave me
A lift back from school That's no reason to get so excited I'd been playing football with the youngsters, Johnson says don't dramatize And you can't even spell salacious In a caravette with such a pretty widow, But wheels aren't there to be looked at. And it's cheap to say that she's delicious When she's someone's daughter Horse chimes so stupid and so mean On the offensive all wolf whistle and jeans Horse chimes they neigh they never bell All straw and piss they never kiss but tell Horse chimes Coarse times are here And don't I know it, and I'm ashamed And you won't say it, that we're to blame And I must change There is a saying tailor made for her she is the apple of your eye Lord don't smother her in soapy feelings You buy a pedestal only to rest it in a wheelchair Beauty can't be beauty 'till it's dying And I think I'll die unless I kiss you, please don't murder me Hark I hear the ghost of feeling leaving And you know what pushed her Horse chimes so stupid and so mean On the offensive all wolf whistle and jeans Horse chimes they neigh they never bell All straw and piss they never kiss but tell Horse chimes Coarse times are here And don't I know it, and I'm ashamed And you won't say it, that we're to blame And I must change |
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| 4. |
| 3:09 |
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Your Mother's got bags of good advice
The don'ts exceed the do's But she's not you All it takes is a little nerve As I close in for the kill Just stand still What could make a girl believe The wicked things he'd say? What could make a girl believe The wicked things he'd say? Like by the grace of God He'll be the bugle boy on judgment day All the jokers running wild, Their politics are street, But still elite The revolution's underway The dream is coming true But not for you All it takes is a little nerve As they close in for the kill You just stand still What could make a girl believe The wicked things he'd say? What could make a girl believe The wicked things he'd say? Like by the grace of God He'll be the bugle boy on judgment day Why must honest Joe reap The wicked seed they sow? Maybe honest Joe hides From things he hates to know If Joe goes on this way An honest wind will surely come and blow |
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| 5. |
| 3:40 |
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Who does not adore the sound
Of music in the name of towns To build a city on such picturesque ground That takes some sort of flair We draw a line the ink is fear You stay that side we'll stay here It's far harder to keep it up Than to tear it down Does it take you back to the kind of world Hindsight calls the good old days? Now that there's no room in an Einstein world For simple cause and effect Dublin Dublin home of pretty Coleens Dublin Dublin, nurse of such bitter dreams Behind the soft and peachy skin Where D.N.A. or God begin Where sub-Gaelic rot sets in With stories from your mother In myths and less exalted forms The heady cocktail glory is born You know it's not a bottled storm So why do you indulge it? Dublin Dublin home of pretty Coleens Dublin Dublin, nurse of such bitter dreams |
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| 6. |
| 3:50 |
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Time is the healer, time was on my hands
The bus stopped at tiffany's So i went to hear the band I saw Cinderella, then the curtain dropped Time hung heavy on my hands but today The clock just stopped I heard the music saw those pictures on the wall I fell in love with tiffany's i thought it said it all Soothed by your saxophones i thought you'd understand I'd love to sing my songs for you but i don't know if i can Said don't know if i can, don't know if i can Midnight is striking there's a pumpkin by the door It's five o'clock and the streets are clear am i alone once more ? I watched the dawn in an electric storm my compass blew haywire There she stands with a slipper in her hand And her eyes were the colour of fire I saw you crying from that doorway for sometime It's no use drying your eyes 'cause i see those tell tale signs I saw you crying from that doorway for sometime It's no use drying your eyes 'cause i see those tell tale signs I see those tell tale signs, i see those tell tale signs Time is no healer in truth she plays no part When money's got you in your pocket where can she put your heart ? She led a charmed life so i believe Before she left she wrote a note and this is how it reads I saw you crying from that doorway for sometime It's no use drying your eyes 'cause i see those tell tale signs I saw you crying from that doorway for sometime It's no use drying your eyes 'cause i see those tell tale signs I see those tell tale signs, i see those tell tale signs |
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| 7. |
| 4:09 |
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All the boys I know love diana, some calming apparition you bet she is
The world careering nightmare somewhere it is her arms reach out And stop the savagery at least they do for me Her eyes china blue saucers she's born that way She tastes of apple strudel you can tell she does With arms that hold sweet william to her breast I wish that it were true our family includes you Even though you're warped and unattractive I see I've made you cry by saying here comes the bride There's always some sweet petticoat grabs the eye That's why the boys and girls love diana Looking for a star, looking for a star Looking for a star is fine. if we don't find it here If we don't find it now what are we going to say What are we going to say ? Her eyes china blue saucers she's born that way She tastes of apple strudel you can tell she does With arms that hold sweet william to her breast The darling of, the darling of, creation of the editor I guess that's what, suppose that's what she's for I hope they're crying in their sleep for promises they cannot keep For disappointments rooted deep That's why the boys and girls love diana |
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| 9. |
| 4:12 |
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Aren't you a skinny kid - just like his poppa
Where's he working ? - he's not working Thin as the smile I wear Cold as the beaches you comb Till the cows come home Tell the truth again - tell the truth again Near to the knuckle, near to the knuckle Why're you laughing ? - you call that laughing ? Wearing your death's head grin - even the fishes are thin When the boat comes in Things are better now - things are better now We've education I doff my cap to a life that lets you Dream a poor man's dream But he can't have his coffee with cream Till the cows come home |
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| 10. |
| 5:29 |
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Feel the sun upon your back
Someone somewhere wants to steal it Pray each night you'll catch the thief But while you sleep he comes and takes it Does that make you think little girl ? Doesn't it just little boy There'll be no stampede on the Pearly Gates I'll say "after you" you'll say "I don't mind the wait" There'll be no stampede on those imposing doors Naked and afraid, cowering we crawl on all fours See the smile on her young face Watch life casually erase it Now I know she's all grown up She wears a look I can't quite place yet What makes you cry little girl ? Maybe I'm scared little boy There'll be no stampede on the Pearly Gates I'll say "after you" you'll say "I don't mind the wait" There'll be no stampede on those imposing doors Naked and afraid, cowering we crawl on all fours There'll be no stampede on the Pearly Gates I'll say "after you" you'll say "I don't mind the wait" |
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