In a dream it would seem I went to those who close the open door Turning the key, I sat and spoke to those inside of me
They answered my questions with questions And pointed me into the night Where the moon was a star-painted dancer And the world was just a spectrum of light
They reached to my center of reason And pulled on the touchstone that's there The shock of that light had me reeling And I fell into the depths of despair
They answered my questions with questions And set me to stand on the brink Where the sun and the moon were as brothers And all that was left was to think
They answered my questions with questions And pointed me into the night The power that bore me had left me alone To figure out which way was right
Verse 1: Lover, lover why do you push, why do you push, why do you push. Baby, baby, did you forget about me. 'Cause I've been standing in the back of your life, back row centre just above the ice, please don't ask me how I've been getting off.
CHORUS: It's a fine line between pleasure and pain, you've done it once, you can do it again, whatever you've done don't try to explain, it's a fine, fine line between Pleasure and Pain.
Verse 2: Sooner or later you'll find your place, find your body and you'll find your grace. I won't ask you, how you've been getting off. No, I won't ask you how you've been getting off.
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Well you've got your diamonds And you've got your pretty clothes And the chauffeur drives your car You let everybody know But don't play with me 'cause you're playing with fire Your mother she's an heiress On the block in St Johns Wood And your father be there with her If he only could But don't play with me 'cause you're playing with fire You're playing with fire Old man took her diamonds And tiaras by the score Now she gets her kicks in Stepney Not in Knightsbridge any more
So don't play with me 'cause you're playing with fire You're playing with fire Well you've got your diamonds And you've got your pretty clothes And the chauffeur drives your car You let everybody know So don't play with me 'cause you're playing with fire You're playing with fire
Post office clerk puts up a sign saying "Position Closed" and secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats. Janitors padlock the gates for security guards to patrol and bachelors phone up their friends for a drink while the married ones turn on a chat show and they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow.
CHORUS: And Nothing Ever Happens, nothing happens at all, the needle returns to the start of the song and we all sing along like before. And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow.
Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there, the Martians could land in the car park and no one would care. Closed circut cameras in department stores shoot the same movie every day and the stars of these films neither die nor get killed, just survive constant action replay.
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By five o'clock everything's dead and every third car is a cab. Ignorant people sleep intheir beds like the doped white mice in the college lab.
'Twas in another lifetime One of soil and blood When blackness was a virtue And the road was full of mud I came in from the wilderness A creature wild in form Come in, she said, I'll give you Shelter from the storm Not a word was spoken between us There was little risk involved Everything up to that point Had been left unresolved Try imagining a place Where it's always safe and warm Come in, she said, I'll give you
Shelter from the storm The deputy walks on hard nails And the preacher rides a mount But nothing really matters very much It's the doom alone that counts And the one-eyed undertaker He blows a futile horn Come in, she said, I'll give you Shelter from the storm
Maybe I'll remember The old house standing on the avenue Till the day I die Maybe I'll remember The kids coming home from the playground Sand in their shoes and their mother's eyes Surely I'll recall the day in my life When I looked in the eyes of a woman And I knew right then and there that's my wife And the world keeps turning Like a big blue tumbling ball And the times that you spend With the ones you love just seem so small Am I just a drop in the ocean after all Maybe I will always Think of myself as a young man Holding both hands to the rod and the reel Maybe I will always Remember the day dad passed away And I still don't know how to feel There's nothing I love more than my family When we all get to heaven I hope for a minute
That they still remember me... And the world keeps turning Like a big blue tumbling ball And the times that you spend With the ones you love just seem so small And the world keeps spinning Like a big blue tumbling ball And it's hard to believe That you ever really played a part at all Am I just a drop in the ocean after all And the world keeps spinning Like a big blue tumbling ball And the world keeps spinning Like a big blue tumbling ball And it's hard to believe That you ever really played a part at all Am I just a drop in the ocean after all
Out on the road Late at night The highway is so inviting Since you said that we were through I remember what you told me I'm trying to drive away these blues I can do a lot of things But let me tell you girl I can't make it on my own in this great big world The price I pay for loving you Deep in my mind I'm trying to fight This lonely feeling that I face tonight Never thought that I would lose I can't shake this awful feeling I'll never stop loving you I can do a lot of things But let me tell you girl I can't make it on my own in this great big world The price I pay for loving you Do I love her any more
Or is it loneliness that I feel Do our hearts still beat as one Or are we held together by the years The price I pay for loving you I'm goin' home It's started rainin' Got to find a phone, hope she's waiting Gonna say I've been a fool Put my head back on my shoulders Take a little time and see things through I can do a lot of things But let me tell you girl That I can't make it on my own in this great big world The price I pay for loving you The price I pay for loving you
Been running down the pavement From my sworn enemy He's right there behind He's been shadowing me No way to know where he's coming from Don't know where to turn when I need someone I took your open hand just to pull myself free of the strain And I didn't think I could breathe so easily again Didn't think I could breathe so easily again And I don't want to lose the touch Cause I feel so much with you there Been running down the pavement From my sworn enemy I don't know who he is realistically Don't even know whose side I've been fighting on Didn't even know there was a war to be won Stay in my open arms And I'll keep you in from the rain
And I didn't think I could breathe so easily again Didn't think I could breathe so easily again And I don't want to lose the touch Cause I feel so much with you there I don't want to lose the touch Cause I feel so much with you there Been running down the pavement From my sworn enemy He's right there behind He's been shadowing me No way to know where he's coming from Don't know where to turn when I need someone