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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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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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Between every man there is a division
Nobody ever seems to get it right Even between friends there is a long gap One of them makes a mistake, there is a fight Whatever you do you have the benefit of the doubt Whatever I do please understand Whatever we do let's make a pledge to put it right So we can end the rule of the division Putting the dream into action, into action Putting the dream into action, into action Whatever you like to do then let that be my pleasure Whatever you like to say I'll try to understand Whatever you do you have the benefit of the doubt Whatever I do please understand Whatever we do let's make a pledge to put it right So we can end the rule of the division Putting the dream into action into action You are strong We are strong You feel it We feel it You are strong We are strong You are action Putting the dream into action |
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Honey, I think Audrey's a little mature for you
No I don't think she's mature I think she's nice Hey mom when are we going Look mama I Love you But you gotta let me live my life Look mama I Love you But you gotta let me live my life Don't wrap me up in cotton wool You can't treat me like a fool Anyway if I was, you gotta let me be one OK give me your advice It's not my fault if I can't be wise Show me a person who hasn't been done Look mama I Love you But you gotta let me live my life Look mama I Love you But you gotta let me live my life Don't try to stick your rules on me I wasn't born as a carbon copy I came out of you But don't think that you own me I have my respect for you I won't try to change the things you do Give me a break Let me learn it my way You think you know more than me Experience hasn't set you free Look mama I Love you Look mama, look, look mama, look Look mama I Love you Loom mama, look, look mama, look I gotta make my own mistakes Why can't you treat me like a friend Look mama I Love you But you gotta let me live my life Look mama I Love you But you gotta let me live my life Look mama I Love you Look mama, look, look mama, look Look mama, look |
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The lives were taken
For feasts at the table A life of misery Ending with a shock Brutal murder (brutal murder) All hands to the slaughter Mass torture All hands to the knife And I can hear the screams With the knife, the jolt, the wring They must follow in our dreams Carrying a twisted sting Children's stories with their farmyard favourites At the table in a different disguise Don't talk to me of health Or something someone else will do We're talking about the act Of taking life for me and you And I hear their screams |
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He arrived on the scene
With no past and no future He seemed to know your dreams Replace tears with laughter Street corner whispers Would mention his name Selfish? Benevolent? What was his game Some say he's perfect Some say a spy A hidden power They all wonder why The rumors mounted But still no fact? I need to find out Some say perfect hidden power We all wonder why Questions unanswered Suspicion alerted I went round to his place If felt quite deserted I climbed the stairs to where His body lay without motion No spirit lives in there The cord had been broken His skin was reptile No life in there Not young not old A long hollow glare His breath had stopped No hearts beat there Is this a man Should I believe hidden power They all wondered why My attention was caught By a sound from the door Panic gripped the mind What lay in store A being stared at me Benevolent, not cold Automaton - He is controlled His skin was reptile..... Automaton - No life in there No past and no future Is this a man Automaton - No life in there No past and not future Is this a man |
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Please don't look at me this way
I am from the same seed as you Take me back to the womb I am weary of this life Don't believe in my eyes Don't believe in my mind Don't believe in right or wrong Don't believe in cruel or kind But all this talk is only poetry Only as true as we would believe We must live to fight the negative Not to court the self in defeat oh oh oh oh In defeat oh oh oh oh Oh the pain of life is sweet Is it wrong to long for death? Must I cling to the thrills of life Ash to ash and dust to dust But all this talk is only poetry Only as true as we would believe We must live to fight the negative Not court the self in defeat oh oh oh oh In defeat oh oh oh oh You have looked at me this way We are all from the same seed Take us forward through the tomb There's no finish to a life |
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Don't chop off his head
To make yourself look tall Don't tear a strip off To make yourself feel wonderful Who wants to compare As if this was a competition Leave that to teachers at school Must preserve their tradition 'Bout time you realized You are a specialty There is no one like you Spend your life worrying 'Bout what you could have been Can't you like being you Don't need a scalp Don't need to be a juror Take care of yourself No need to feel so insecure Waste of energy To prove a holier than him Waste of energy To find out who commits what sin 'Bout time you realized You are a specialty There is no one like you Spend your life worrying 'Bout what could have been Can't you like being you Don't chop off his head ... 'Bout time you realized ... |
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And they made the secret pact
His knowledge would be tapped The link was based on a respect On their lives they would reflect A perfect state of non-attachment Was striven for and claimed as fact The younger grew and learnt his lesson well All his ideals were intact Why look for the key in another The answer lay in his own heart Won't find yourself in some other It always was there right at the start But power it corrupted That's where attachment starts The power had erupted The spell will crack As each mental bond was broken Strength grew in the young man's heart What began as love not passion Had left a seed in his heart Why look for the key in another ... |
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Spare a thought for the souls
Who cannot leave this earth The attachments bind so tightly, not a chance Not a chance of a new birth The river gently beckons But the answer is no Gripping their illusions They cannot let them go Hunger for the flesh Leads them to a weaker heart Mortals who imprisoned themselves Let them have a new start Wishing to hold onto life and all its games Singing their lament song Holding back the change They came here for to dance To learn and not to cling Holding onto life As if it were the important thing Hunger for the flesh Hunger for security Caught up in the mesh Caught up for eternity Hunger for the flesh Hunger for security Caught up in the mesh Caught up for eternity The river gently beckons But the answer is no Gripping their illusions They cannot let them go Hunger for the flesh Leads them to a weaker heart Mortals who imprison themselves Let them have a new start Let them have a new start Hunger for the flesh Hunger for security Caught up in the mesh Caught up for eternity Hunger for the flesh Hunger for security Caught up in the mesh Holding back the change |
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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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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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