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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
In the middle of the road,
Is trying to find me. I'm standing in the middle of life with my pains behind me.But, I got a smile For everyone I meet. Long as you don't try dragging my bay, Or dropping a bomb on the street.Come on baby, Get in the road. Come on now, In the middle of the road, yeah.In the middle of the road, You see the darnest things. Like fat cats driving around in jeeps through the city, Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits. Past corrugated tin shacks holed up with kids and Man I don't mean a Hampstead nursery. But when you own a big chunk of the bloody third world, The babies just come with the scenery.Come on baby, Get in the road. Come on now, In the middle of the road, yeah.One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six.In the middle of the road, Is my private cul de sac. I can't get from the cab to the curb, Without some little jerk on my back, Don't harass me kid, Can't you tell I'm going home, I'm tired as hell, I'm not the cat I used to be, I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three baby. Get in the road. Come on now, In the middle of the road |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
I found a picture of you, o-o-oh, o-o-oh
You had hijacked my world at night To a place in the past we've been passed out of, o-o-oh, o-o-oh Now we're back in the fight We're back on the train, yeah O-oh, back on the chain gang Circumstance beyond our control, o-o-oh, o-o-oh The phone, TV and the news of the world Got in the house like a pigeon from Hell, o-o-oh, o-o-oh Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies And put us back on the train, yeah O-oh, back on the chain gang The powers that be That force us to live like we do Bring me to my knees When I see what they've done to you Well, I'll die as I stand here today Knowing that deep in my heart They'll fall to ruin one day For making us part I found a picture of you, o-o-oh, o-o-oh Those were the happiest days of my life Like a break in the battle was your part, o-o-oh, o-o-oh In the wretched life of a lonely heart Now I'm back on the train, yeah O-oh, back on the chain gang |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
Nobody's perfect
Not even a perfect stranger But oh what a gal She was such a perfect stranger And you're the best in your field In your office with your girls And desk and leather chair Thought that time was on your side But now it's time the avenger Nobody's permanent Everything's on loan here Even your wife and kids Could be gone next year And with what you have left You'll be forever under pressure To support her And a lover who looks strangely Like time the avenger Time, time, hear the bells chime Over the harbor and the city Time, one more vodka and lime To help paralyze that tiny little tick, tick, tick, tick Nobody's perfect Not even a perfect gent When your property took the a train I wonder where your manners went You were standing at the station In your briefcase Was your aftershave and underwear Can you hear the whistle blow? Sounds like time the avenger Time, time, hear the bells chime Over the harbor and the city Time to kill another bottle of wine To help paralyze that tiny little tick, tick, tick, tick |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
Oh, saturday night
Mmm, everyone's having fun I'm down at the laundromat Trying to get my washing done Like I done before Time and time again Watching the clothes go 'round Another week sees it's end Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Oh, I've been working hard Mmm, trying to make some money Would you like sour cream On your potato, honey? I been kissing ass Trying to keep it clean Serving the middle class Yeah, it's a clean routine Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round There go the whites Mmm, getting whiter There go the colors Getting brighter There go the delicates Through the final rinse There goes my saturday night I go without a fight Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round Watching the clothes go 'round |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
Show me the meaning of the word
Show me the meaning of the word 'Cause I've heard so much about it They say, "Hey, you can't live without it" Welcome to the human race With its wars, disease and brutality You with your innocence and grace Restore some pride and dignity To a world in decline Welcome to a special place In a heart of stone that's cold and gray You with your angel face Keep the despair at bay Send it away, and Show me the meaning of the word Show me the meaning of the word 'Cause I've heard so much about it I don't want to live without it I don't want to live without it Oh, I want love I want love I want love Welcome here from outer space The Milky Way is still in your eyes You found yourself a hopeless case One that's seeking perfection on earth That's some kind of rebirth, so Show me the meaning of the word Show me the meaning of the word 'Cause I've heard so much about it Don't make me live without it Oh, love I want love I want Love I want love |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
Hush little baby, don't you cry
When we get to tucson you'll see why We left the snowstorms and the thunder and rain For the desert sun, we're gonna be born again What's important in this world A little boy, a little girl Hush little darling, go to sleep Look out the window and count the sheep That dot the hillsides and the fields of wheat Across america as we cross america What's important here today The broken line on the highway All the love in the world for you, girl Thumbelina in a great big scary world All the love in the world for you, girl Take my hand and we'll make it through this world Hush little baby, my poor little thing You've been shuffled about like a pawned wedding ring It must seem strange, love was here then gone And the oklahoma sunrise becomes the amarillo dawn What's important in this life Ask the man who's lost his wife |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
I WENT BACK TO OHIO
BUT MY CITY WAS GONE THERE WAS NO TRAIN STATION THERE WAS NO DOWNTOWN SOUTH HOWARD HAD DISAPPEARED ALL MY FAVORITE PLACES MY CITY HAD BEEN PULLED DOWN REDUCED TO PARKING SPACES A, O, WAY TO GO OHIO WELL I WENT BACK TO OHIO BUT MY FAMILY WAS GONE I STOOD ON THE BACK PORCH THERE WAS NOBODY HOME I WAS STUNNED AND AMAZED MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES SLOWLY SWIRLED PAST LIKE THE WIND THROUGH THE TREES A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO I WENT BACK TO OHIO BUT MY PRETTY COUNTRYSIDE HAD BEEN PAVED DOWN THE MIDDLE BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD NO PRIDE THE FARMS OF OHIO HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS AND MUZAK FILLED THE AIR FROM SENECA TO CUYAHOGA FALLS SAID, A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
It's a thin line between love and hate
It's a thin line between love and hate It's five o'clock in the morning And you're just getting in You knock on the front door And a voice sweet and low says Who is it? She opens up the door and lets you in Never once asks where have you been She says are you hungry? Did you eat yet? Let me hang up your coat Pass me your hat All the time she's smiling Never once raises her voice It's five o'clock in the morning You don't give it a second thought It's a thin line between love and hate [2x] The sweetest woman in the world Could be the meanest woman in the world If you make her that way You keep hurting her She'll keep being quiet She might be holding something inside That'll really, really hurt you one day I see her in the hospital Bandaged from foot to head In a state of shock Just that much from being dead You couldn't believe the girl Would do something like this, ha You didn't think the girl had the nerve But here you are I guess action speaks louder than words It's a thin line between love and hate [2x] |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
I been crying like a woman
Because I'm mad, mad, mad like a man If you'd been in the s.s. in '43 You'd've been kicked out for cruelty I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me I been wondering about your dependency Your idea of defiance is a modern day mystery Arms and chest are cold When your back is on fire And the only time you come clean Is when you're talking to your buyer I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me Forget our philosophies That we admired when we were young And our popular points of view They can't mean much or nothing Or something or anything 'cause we can't say I love you I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me Happy birthday, darling and thank you for the schooling Your correction mistress warned me and she wasn't fooling Never trust a user with your television overnight When the show he wants to video is dallas on a tuesday night Don't try to paint your masterpiece under artificial light |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
HE'S GONE 2000 MILES
IT'S VERY FAR THE SNOW IS FALLING DOWN GETS COLDER DAY BY DAY I MISS YOU THE CHILDREN WILL SING HE'LL BE BACK AT CHRISTMASTIME IN THESE FROZEN AND SILENT NIGHTS SOMETIMES IN A DREAM YOU APPEAR OUTSIDE UNDER THE PURPLE SKY DIAMONDS IN THE SNOW SPARKLE OUR HEARTS WERE SINGING IT FELT LIKE CHRISTMASTIME 2000 MILES IS VERY FAR THROUGH THE SNOW I'LL THINK OF YOU WHEREVER YOU GO HE'S GONE 2000 MILES IT'S VERY FAR THE SNOW IS FALLING DOWN GETS COLDER DAY BY DAY I MISS YOU I CAN HEAR PEOPLE SINGING IT MUST BE CHRISTMASTIME I HEAR PEOPLE SINGING IT MUST BE CHRISTMASTIME |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
I drank tequila 'cause I can't have your lips tonight
I don't want to feel ya I don't want to feel sad tonight You make me suffer and you just don't know Estoy barrochos down in new mexico I want to remember but I try to forget That scene in the car park that I still regret Just like before, times I've even lost track I ran away crawling 'cause I fall everytime I look back Miles, baby, hundreds of highways and truck stops I've used Cars, baby, hundreds of cars have passed and refused I stood on the shoulder with tears in my eyes I drank tequila and watched the game in the bar I don' t care who loses, I don't know who the teams are We had our time, but the bell's finally tolled My ohio winter was finally too cold |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
I been crying like a woman
Because I'm mad, mad, mad like a man If you'd been in the s.s. in '43 You'd've been kicked out for cruelty I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me I been wondering about your dependency Your idea of defiance is a modern day mystery Arms and chest are cold When your back is on fire And the only time you come clean Is when you're talking to your buyer I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me Forget our philosophies That we admired when we were young And our popular points of view They can't mean much or nothing Or something or anything 'cause we can't say I love you I hurt you 'cause you hurt me So I hurt you 'cause you hurt me Happy birthday, darling and thank you for the schooling Your correction mistress warned me and she wasn't fooling Never trust a user with your television overnight When the show he wants to video is dallas on a tuesday night Don't try to paint your masterpiece under artificial light |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1984)
When i change my life
There'll be no more disgrace The deeds of my past Will be erased And you'll forgive me Then you will come back Hold my hand and say "i still love you" When i change my life When i change my life And all the scars have faded I'll be someone you look up to Not excused when your friends come around And you'll want me always to be there You'll be proud to say "i'm with her" When i change my life I want a place in the sun - i do I want to be in love with someone I want to forget every regret And all those rotten things that i put you through When i change my life And the idiot me Leaves this town forever Leaves us to be Together - for the rest of our lives Happily forever and ever When i change my life |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Get Close (1986)
I want you to love me
That's all I want from you I want you to love me One day I know I'm a peasant Dressed as a princess But that doesn't mean you have To take my clothes away If I could show you Some happiness Then I would feel Like a real princess That to me would be success My baby I seen you dancin' A natural beauty You make this dive Seem sublime You really get To the heart of the music You're the poetry of time If there's a method To writing a song How come I'm getting it wrong You write the beautiful songs Baby C'mon, c'mon, c'mon baby Take my hand C'mon, c'mon, c'mon show me To the love land Can this really happen In this day and age Suddenly To just turn the page Like walking on stage My baby |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Get Close (1986)
When i change my life
There'll be no more disgrace The deeds of my past Will be erased And you'll forgive me Then you will come back Hold my hand and say "i still love you" When i change my life When i change my life And all the scars have faded I'll be someone you look up to Not excused when your friends come around And you'll want me always to be there You'll be proud to say "i'm with her" When i change my life I want a place in the sun - i do I want to be in love with someone I want to forget every regret And all those rotten things that i put you through When i change my life And the idiot me Leaves this town forever Leaves us to be Together - for the rest of our lives Happily forever and ever When i change my life |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Get Close (1986)
Kid what changed your mood
You've gone all sad so I feel sad too I think I know some things we never outgrow You think it's wrong I can tell you do How can I explain When you don't want me to Kid my only kid You look so small you've gone so quiet I know you know what I'm about I won't deny it But you forgive though you don't understand You've turned your head You've dropped by hand All my sorrow, all my blues All my sorrow Shut the light, go away Full of grace, you cover your face Kid gracious kid Your eyes are blue but you won't cry I know angry tears are too dear You won't let them go |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Get Close (1986)
Dance!
If you will Dance! On your capitol hill Dance! If you can Dance! Like a twentieth century man Take the people by the throat Give 'em a reason to give you a vote Take your audience up on stage Let them think you're a sage Dance! If you want Dance! Like you've got a house to haunt Dance! Like a freak Dance! Like you needed it all week Take your people by the hand Tell 'em you'll get 'em to the promised land Take your woman in the heat of the night Make her think you're right C'mon! Dance! Like a chimpanzee Dance! In the 'land of the free' Dance! Like a russian ballet Dance! Like a funky situe Let 'em know that you're well read Quote the things that jesus said Lift your face and your whiskey neat To get you up on your feet C'mon! |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Get Close (1986)
Don't you go away
C'mon get close to me The hassles of the day Have made a real mess of me The moon is in the sky And the stars are out tonight They shimmer in the pools of your eyes In the moonlight You're so nice to touch Lovely to look at Touch, touch In the tradition of love Hear the summer breeze All the nighttime's listening Your eyes are sparkling now And their oceans glistening Sail upon a sea Of love filling the room Lilacs seem to be Everywhere with their perfume Love, love Love, love Love, love You can in a breath Blow the storm clouds out the sky A hurricane retreats In the blinking of your eye A flame within my heart Is ignited by your voice C'mon baby now Let's make love our final choice Ooh you're nice to touch Lovely to look at Touch, touch In the tradition of love Love, love Love, love Love, love Shri gouranga Jaya gouranga Gour gour gouranga Nam Gour gour gouranga Nam |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Get Close (1986)
Don't get me wrong
if I'm looking kinda dazzled I see neon lights whenever you walk by don't get me wrong if you say hello and I take a ride your sea of innocence is playing havoc with my tide don't get me wrong if I'm acting sorta distracted I'm thinking about the fireworks that go off when you smile don't get me wrong if I act like I'm unaffected I'm only off to wander across a moolit night once a while two people meet suddenly for no reason they pas on the street suddenly thunder and showers everywhere who can explain the thunder and rain but there's something in the air don't get me wrong if I come and go like fashion i might be great tomorrow but hopeless yesterday don't get me wrong if i fall in the mode of fashion it might be unbelievable but let's not say so long it might just be fantastic don't get me wrong |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Get Close (1986)
I remember you
I remember the first time we met I may be a sentimental fool Forever in your debt For something I cannae forget I remember you I remember the first time we spoke The sound of your voice like a lover's tongue Got in my ear when I'd just begun To wonder if springtime was through I remember you How do we change so easily? You'll always be a part of me I thought you'd never go It shows you what I know I remember the first time we slept What a surprise to wake up to Someone I hardly knew From a sleep to a dream come true I remember you |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Get Close (1986)
Hey baby
I wanna know How much Did you get for your soul? You had the gospel When you were shackled to a tree Now you've got your freedom You sing for the money Soul Soul Soul Soul How much did ya How much did ya How much did ya get? Hey babe Tell me please How much Did you get for that sleaze? You finally made it Right up to the top Millions of kids are looking at you You say let them drink soda pop Soul Soul Soul Soul How much did ya How much did ya How much did ya get? Who's got soul? Who's got soul? From the african nation To the pepsi generation Who's got soul? Who's got soul? It dwell from tree to sea Every living entity Share the super soul We got super soul Who's got soul? Who could think that you're for real - A puppet in a cabaret To increase your wealth Baby realise yourself Hey baby I wanna know From the 'a-go-go' to the disco Where did you really go? You finally made it You're gonna make it rich As long as some poor bastard in africa Is lying in a ditch Soul Soul Soul Soul How much did ya How much did ya How much did ya get? |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Get Close (1986)
She's getting older
Yeah, she's getting wise But a change has changed the girl Gone's the sparkle from her eyes She wants to be a good mother So she'll do the best she can But what about the other What about the man Well it's cold to leave a woman With family on her own It's chill factor To the bone Resignation In her sighs Is a sorry indication Of how time Can brutalise Take away the hope And the will will follow Take away the faith And goodbye tomorrow Well it's cold to leave a woman With family on her own It's chill factor To the bone She had her dreams too But how can she pursue Her ambitions, be they great or small You took her wings and flew But remember when you're through Your rise was due To somebody else's fall When the hard part's over And the kids are almost grown You'll be their big hero Whenever you make it home Shower them with presents Things she could never buy Delight them with your stories About the great big, great big world outside But dig - It's cold to leave a woman With family on her own It's chill factor Chill factor To the bone |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Get Close (1986)
Let me inside you
Into your room I've heard it's lined With the things you don't show Lay me beside you Down on the floor I've been your lover From the womb to the tomb I dress as your daughter When the moon becomes round You be my mother When everything's gone And she will always carry on Something is lost But something is found They will keep on speaking her name Somethings change Some stay the same Keep beckoning to me From behind that closed door The maid and the mother And the crone that's grown old I hear your voice Coming out of that hole I listen to you And I want some more I listen to you And I want some more And she will always carry on Something is lost But something is found They will keep on speaking her name Some things change Some stay the same |
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from The Pretenders, The Pretenders - Get Close (1986)
I used to live in a room full of mirrors
All i could see was me Well i took my spirit And i crashed my mirrors Now the whole world is here for me to see I've got a whole world that's here for me to see Now i'm searching for my love to be Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Broken glass was falling in my brain Cuttin' and screamin' and crying in my head Broken glass was falling in my brain It used to fall on my dreams and cut me in my bed It used to fall on my dreams and cut me in my bed I said making love was strange in my bed Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah. yeah. yeah, yeah Love come shining o'er the mountain Love come shining o'er the sea Love will shine on my baby Then i'll know exactly who's for me Then i'll know exactly who's for me (in the meantime we still got alotta groovy time) Hey!yeah.yeah.yeah.yeah.yeah.yeah.yeah.yeah |
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