Plastic, plastic, take the modern way. Simulation, for my instant day. Why should I care, if you say that it's no good. It's for me, can't you see? Convenience, everything is clean and easy.
I can't read, but then I watch T.V. Stimulation, they can do it for me. How can you say, what is right and what is wrong. It's for you, for me, too. Convenience, everything is clean and easy.
Just believe me, it runs like a big machine It's just for me, can't you see? Convenience, everything is clean and easy.
Everyday they clock me, everyday is just the same. And the people I see, wear the same face as me. As I turn the handle, time goes slowly by. Is that all that there is until the day that I die?
[Chorus] All through the night. Through the night. All through the night. I can't believe I'm free til morning.
If I wipe the dirt and sweat, Then I find that more's still there. If the summer don't get you, Then the winter always will. Try not to think, it never gets nowhere. But at least everyday ends, and the night's always there.
You walk in here, and it seems you think You own the place. You ruin the sinks and you write on the wall. After all the consideration given you, I thought you would be grateful, But no, you're not at all.
[Chorus] What can I do, what can I do, I've tried. What can I say, do it my way. Don't you forget, never forget, I'm Number One, yes, I'm Number One. Number One, and you're still no one.
You say you're angry, It doesn't make much sense to me. You're paying your rent, And at least you've got a job. I've explained all the sacrifices offered you. You take them without thanks, I forget that you're still slobs.
Wheels go 'round, from end to end, A passage run, go down, descend. And underground the air is stale With blurring light and endless rail. On the wheels in motion, underground.
Silent noise, relentless sound. Through shuttered aisle, the wheels go 'round. The day is night, yet never still, >From port to port, with miles to kill. On wheels in motion, underground. Just the locomotion, underground.
Windows dark, no view obscured. With moving eyes, no sight assured. Yet moving on, from place to place, Through corridors, without a face. On the wheels in motion, underground. Just the locomotion, underground.
My eyes are ready, They're focusing on you. I'm watching every move and all you do. I see you everywhere, I'm here and now I'm there. Nowhere you can hide, you're still in view.
And when the shutter's open, Images on my screen, Sent to the people waiting, People you've never seen, 'cause
[Chorus] I am a camera, Looking at pictures of you. I am a camera. SMILE, Now you see me, now you don't.
I'm always working, At night and in the day. I'm your security, that's what they say. And if you think you're free, Then turn your back on me. I'll catch you as you look the other way.
And when the shutter's open, Images on my screen, Sent to the people waiting, People you've never seen, 'cause
As I sit, as the world goes 'round, In the room I've known before. Is it me? Am I inside out? In a dream, as I watch the floor.
Everywhere, see, they are closing in, (Do I need lifting, do I need lifting.) But you say, no, there's nobody there, (Do I need lifting, do I need lifting.)
How the colors seemed so bright, Now it feels they've lost their glow. And the dreams, only nightmares now, Images, from down below. Everything is spinning 'round, 'Round and 'round I go. (Do I need lifting, do I need lifting.) Where's the door, now I don't know. (Do I need lifting, do I need lifting.)
Funny how I lose control. Funny how, I don't feel me. But I do feel I'm inside out. But I hear, I feel, I see. Everything is getting dark. No, please don't lock me in. Am I here, the light is growing dim. (Do I need lifting, do I need lifting.)
Looked in the papers, looked in the magazines Wanted to find out, to know. Was there an answer, was there really something. Hidden beneath them below. Searched in the light and underneath the pictures. Something was written there. And through the smiles and under all the color A message on everything there.
[Chorus] But it's not imagination Not imagination It's not me, look and see for yourself.
Didn't believe it, although I saw myself. Wanted to look there again, But it was real and everybody saw it. When it was shown, pointed out to them, S.e.xisting, s.e.x.exciting Written where it doesn't show. What do we see, the product or the message. So hard to tell I don't know.
[Chorus] But it's not imagination Not imagination It's not me, look and see for yourself.
Two weeks in Spain makes the year disappear easy Two weeks in Spain, you forget, bored and yet weary We're back again, drink the wine, weather's fine, only Two weeks in Spain's not enough
Never think where you're going Paradise a while knowing Everything that you're doing It's a carnival
Two weeks in Spain makes the year disappear easy Two weeks in Spain, you forget, bored and yet weary We're back again, drink the wine, weather's fine, only Two weeks in Spain's not enough
Let it go so remember Counting sheep in September Let 'em know you're the master It's a roundabout
Never think where you're going Paradise a while knowing Everything that you're doing It's a carnival
Two weeks in Spain makes the year disappear easy Two weeks in Spain, you forget, bored and yet weary We're back again, drink the wine, weather's fine, only Two weeks in Spain's not enough Two weeks in Spain
Who would believe me now that my hands are free, that my hands are free I never thought it would ever come to me, ever come to me Now that my life's my own, I leave you behind, leaving you behind What ever made you think that I'd change my mind, that I'd change my mind
It wasn't hard to run, break away from you, break away from you, After all you'd done, what was I to do, what was I to do Who's gonna take my place in the games you play, in the games you play Nobody's listening now to the things you say, all the things you say
Now my hands are free from the ties, from the ties Now I look forward to the future, where it lies And with you, feeling low, looking black Here, now my head is clear, why should I look back
When it was over did you have regrets, did you have regrets Or did you really think it was over yet, it was over yet Now that my life's my own I leave you behind, leaving you behind What ever made you think that I'd change my mind, change my mind Change my mind Change my mind
In my way did I use you, do you think I really abused you On reflection now it doesn't matter: How can you say I made you need me more than anyone else Who can say it right now it's finished over: It's my act, it's my calling, I explained exactly the falling Different ways of life can never even: Be the same when you saw me, could you always take me the same way as I came and went I tried to remember you: Still you stay Tied in your way Changing times Watching the signs How: Could you see in me what you thought about all you want me to be Now: On reflection why should have I changed my ways for you All around all around Cry my sympathy's with you but I never lied to you all in all it seems it's just an experience: Placed my cards on the table told of everything I was able, Understanding still not anything different: Find another to lean on, start again for I should have long gone, on reflection now it's just an experience. Soon the pain will have ended, together never intended, as I come and go I'll try to remember you. Look back it's not your game, together just in name. I'll remember the good things how can you forget all the years that we shared in our way: Things were changing my life, taking your place in my life and our time drifting away: All around all around
See me, what I am, what I was, what I'll be, Hear me, understand that I'm not what you see Take this, take the man, middle term, common me Don't you see that I'm just doing what I want to do Nothing more and nothing less than you Read no thoughts I didn't think myself Just the same as anybody else
Make me someone else, put me up on a stand. Something that I don't really want on my hands Use me, idolise all you can understand Don't you see that I'm just doing what I want to do Nothing more and nothing less than you Read no thoughts I didn't think myself Just the same as anybody else
Change it, what you think, what you thought, what you say Look for something more than you sought yesterday. I don't want to be part of your life to-day. Don't you see that I'm just doing what I want to do Nothing more and nothing less than you Read no thoughts I didn't think myself Just the same as anybody else
As I hold the key to the back door of the world I feel my Hand touching bounds never had before. I can view the power of my position and my eyes can see more than anyone in any place, I'll play the game and never ever lose.
I'm the king in fighting competition and the other pieces are there for my art and my tactics now. All my games are won before they're played for I have planned that no opposition can stage a fight I'll play the game and never ever lose.
My thoughts never spoken only the visions inside my head the truth never broken within my silent words left unsaid.
I will steer the helm of all the nation as the captain take my rewards for all the good I'm doing now, and no words that I'm the knave will alter my philosophy for if any are heard, the games started again I'll never ever lose.
Now the wings fell to ground as the miles they were crossed All the years seemed like days as the time it was lost For without his solutions and reasons for why He should come up for air to the town once his by
So soon on his way Shadows from the pathways Memories of old days
That the journey was long many thoughts filled his mind As he neared the stop always a dream he would find But the road that he knew could no longer be seen And the city lights flickered where lake waters gleamed
With sadness today Hopes of joy yesterday Memories of old days
Sky and the trees of his youthful time spent Only smoke, only paper. No colour or scent
With sadness today Hopes of joy yesterday Memories of old days
I'm sorry to have been so much of a bore But in my own funny way I find I learn much more. I realise what you think from your eyes, But in your own funny way I find I learn much more. My ways are strange They'll never change They stay, strange ways I'm sorry to have been so close from the start, But for all that I cared we could be miles apart. I understood that you never would Understand a way of life that I never could. My ways are strange They'll never change They stay, strange ways Go your own way or wait for me Go your own way or wait for me Go your own way or wait for me Go your own way or wait for me
And so you see what happened to me Since the time when I judged my life in nights and days I realised that my life was lies So you see what I mean with all my funny ways. I'm sorry to have been so much of a bore But in my own funny way I find I learn much more Funny ways, Funny ways, Funny ways, Funny ways.
