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| 1. |
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There's a young boy in the queue
There's not much else here for him to do He's had a drink, he's had a few Down the pub on Hope Street Dear old lady, you're looking thin Got a shopping bag with your life in Your old man's going through the bins And so it goes on hope street Rain on me come pouring down Clean the dirt off this old town Tell the sun to come around And show his face on Hope Street There's a fight right down the street The betting shop has got him beat He blew his money for the week On a horse called Hope Street No old faces out today Someone took them all away Cleaning up or so they say The dirty face of Hope Street Rain on me come pouring down Clean the dirt of this old town Tell the sun to come around And show his face on hope street Rain on me come pouring down Clean the dirt of this old town Tell the sun to come around And show his face on hope street Everyday I look at you Dressed up in your ties of blue Saying there's not much that you can do To help the kids on Hope Street You don't seem to even care That it was you that put them there You seem to think they like it there Hanging out on Hope Street Rain on me come pouring down Clean the dirt off this old town Tell the sun to come around And show his face on hope street |
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| 2. |
| 3:22 |
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Do you wake up every day
In a world that seems crazy A world you love to hate Are you scared or do you feel pretty safe Do you think you have nothing Or do you think you've got it made You know it feels like you're going insane I've done everything you told me To take away the pain Then you change my medication again It's getting harder to tell Just who or what's insane Do your nightmares tear you apart Do you wake up screaming Shouting in the dark The demons keep you awake Does the clock tick more slowly With every breath you take You know it feels like you're going insane I've done everything you told me To take away the pain Then you change my medication again It's getting harder to tell Just who or what's insane Does each day seem like the next You turn on the morning Coz turning offs the best Do think that it will never change Or does mass self delusion meddle with your brain You know it feels like you're going insane I've done everything you told me To take away the pain Then you change my medication again It's getting harder to tell Just who or what's insane You see I think I know it all I think I know the way You've given me the power By making me insane You know it feels like I'm going insane Well maybe you love me better a little bit deranged But it may be a different way If it keeps on the way it's going There'll be no-one staying sane |
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| 3. |
| 4:18 |
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It's simple cos it is the people
Fighting for and claiming what remains Dreaming this is not dreaming This is the exodus from the game Dance beneath the stars We the sound system We the collective With an open heart We the solution Should be respected At midnight the pharises plant the poison False evidence to bring all back in line It's no method just dealing out by justice When no-one here's committed any crime We'll turn the dust to soil Turn the rust of hate back into passion It's not water into wine but it's here And it's happening Massive but passive To bring the peace back Respect here for all the people Good copper jah lawyer all good minds Can see there is no evil The only wrong is fighting changing times |
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| 4. |
| 3:49 |
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She's the maid of the river
So beautifully plain As fresh as the country That gave her her name As crisp as the snow And as swift as the rain She shone like the sun Before all of our games She shone like a jewel But her price was not gold She cried more than most When her story was told But her people were evil Left her barren and cold And her heart went to market Where her body was sold I said : 'Hey, hey won't you take me away 'Cos I can't see the point In the dawn of the day When so many killers gonna take you away They'll leave nothing left except hatred' She's the goddess of love The goddess in green The goddess of all That I've ever seen The goddess of hope The goddess in brown The goddess of all That you've burned to the ground There's all kind of hatred Flows out of man's hands There's the hatred that strangles The throat of a man But the worst of all hatred Is that which is planned Against what we have In this goddess of land |
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| 5. |
| 3:12 |
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Saturday to sunday's waste
Then monday's soon around It's always time to leave The nightlife first And catch the last bus out of town And the sentiment of the last song that I heard Stays with me as if I'd written every word I thought I saw an open door With a bright light shining through But what it was I don't recall But I think you've seen it yoo And there are the days and the ways I've known Dreaming that this bird has flown And if you burnt your fingers in the fire Remember me and my desire It might be easier this way If you're trying to change the world I saw a film just made for me Said you've got to walk the line The day will come when I feed the flames I'm just biding my time These are the days and the ways I've known Dreaming that this bird has flown |
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| 6. |
| 3:42 | 
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| 7. |
| 4:20 |
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Come onto me, it's easy for a long life
Don't be denied forever under the night Come along To be this free Is what you want to Breaking the line forever under the sun It will be done together for each to be one Come along To be is easy Taking the stars Across the road at the end of this place It's not far and anyone can go there It's waste ground There's no name on this place But it always has and always will be there There's no fence, no walls, no fools Just the summer sun And what you choose But was it only yesterday Tomorrow came And handed you the tools To burn it down Your forgotten ground The golden bough with a rope Lies there for you to climb Higher and higher But by this rope you can hang If you've forgotten why it was You came there And you burn it down Your forgotten ground When you are old and see this Know this is cold That when the sun rises Tall shadows will hold The ground you loved To you is broken Taken from you And I carve my name And then you wrote yours The black smoke Will rise up to cover the stars Nothing said to be forever Except for the night That will come When we burn you down |
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| 8. |
| 3:18 |
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He thought he was as drunk as can be
New white skinny rebel was he Because he knew what mattered It's all in a clatter of the bands he's seen His words of wisdom would shock Whether he meant them or not He'd save the world All the boys and the girls But another single's all he'd be That's sad That's right Another night Of someone else's fantasy He thought he was cool with his tunes He practised the knack in his room And in the evening he'd DJ With the slider at eight plus Believing that at his feet we swoom Now he's always there in the queue While down on the dance floor it's you And when he starts playing He's up there playing You don't notice that they're not his tunes He thought he could measure the world Because he loved the flag when unfurled First he's a lawyer, excellent debator You should have heard the mud he hurled Now you've seen his face on TV Leading parliamentary When he makes decisions That meet your derision He reminds us all that we're free |
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| 9. |
| 3:53 |
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There's nothing new
In this sad story The slaughter of innocence Without glory At the foot of your hill Without warning The centre of operations They attack in the morning Now you can lie Like a lame before them You can dance in the dawn You can even ignore them But with your skin on file There's no escape P.C. Keen's got the snap shots And he knows your face And the press will declare That you're all mad and insane And you'll be accused Of not playing the game You'll stand in the court And declare your bravery For fighting all this That brings us all slavery But they won't even see you hey won't even hear you Because you are the truth So nothing can save you And the southern intelligence unit will say: 'Thanks to you P.C. Keen You've saved the day' |
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| 10. |
| 1:42 |
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Do you fancy a drink,
Just the one, To clear your head, We won't be long. It's a beautiful day, To waste away, There's plenty of time, For another one. You know you shouldn't do it, But see no reason why, So you blow your mind, Yeah, yeah, Uh-ha. Make mine a short, I'm getting there, But where that is, I couldn't care. There must be something I havn't tried, Perhaps that bottle before my eyes. You know you shouldn't do it, But you see no reason why, So you blow your mind, Yeah, yeah, Uh-ha. Through the haze, The sun goes down, It's getting late, Let's hit the town. Call some friends, To paint it red, And feed the animal, In your head. You know you shouldn't do it, But you see no reason why, So you blow your mind, Yeah, yeah, Uh-ha. They throw you out, You hit the night, You go to a club, You feel alright. You get a pill, You take just half, Then take the rest of it, For a laugh. You know you shouldn't do it, But you see no reason why, So you blow your mind, Yeah, yeah, Uh-ha. Across the floor, You think you see, The one in your dreams, Your fantasy. But that last drink, Has made you blind, You need the bar, But it's hard to find. You know you shouldn't do it, But you see no reason why, So you blow your mind, Yeah, yeah, Uh-ha. There's a brand new game, You want to try, You line them up, And it's the first to die. You think you've won, But it's time to leave, And back to your's, For a cup of tea. You know you shouldn't do it, But you see no reason why, So you blow your mind, Yeah, yeah, Uh-ha. When you find your keys, And you all fall in, You spend an hour, In search of skins. When all seems lost, And it's looking grim, You find the bottle, Of Christmas gin. You know you shouldn't do it, But you see no reason why, So you blow your mind, Yeah, yeah, Uh-ha. The rest is blank, And that's the worst, An empty head, For an empty purse. You had a laugh, So you think, But in the morning, You just stink. You know you shouldn't do it, But you see no reason why, So you blow your mind, Yeah, yeah, Uh-ha. So you fancy a drink, Just the one, To clear your head, We won't be long. |
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| 11. |
| 2:59 |
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You know the sky is blue
And the wind cuts right through The sun shines on you alone Every step takes you nearer, nearer home And I love the river That carries us on In one direction Bringing me nearer, nearer home But you haven't made it yet No you still haven't made it yet The sky turns gray And the river runs high Running faster Passes you by Ghosts of life Are following you With a bit of luck You can make it through I thought I heard you sigh When you thought that you were there But the world turns for you alone Every step takes you nearer, nearer home But you haven't made it yet No you still haven't made it yet The sky turns gray And the river runs high Running faster Passes you by Ghosts of life Are following you With a bit of luck We can make it, make it through But you haven't made it yet No you still haven't made it yet |
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| 12. |
| 3:06 |
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Wasting time at nowhere very special
Seems almost a part of it these days I know every crack along the pavement I remember what you said in '88 You said: 'It's time to leave this town The world keeps turning 'round The only thing that keeps me here is you' I'm drinking in the same bar where I met you Without you it wouldn't be the same We talk for hours and hours 'bout different places You said that you would see them all some day You were always so good with words The tales you told we've heard The thing you said to me that day Will never fade in memory Time is unforgiving You know that I won't make it without you No matter just what window you look out of The view just never ever seems to change And I swear that we ain't getting any younger But we'll chase all of our dreams all the same Just another lonely winter's day... |
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| 13. |
| 4:33 |
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