Song Lyrics
For all those fans that like a good singalong, here are the, er... correct (!) words or more appropriately what is thought to be the correct words! Underlined sections are guesses at the words and if you know better please email me using the address at the bottom of the page, thanks. Click on the title to take you to the songs. The songs for each album are as the UK release, the additional tracks that are B-Sides or found on the foreign releases will be found in the B-Sides Etc section. Many thanks to contributers to this section including Bryan Sykes.
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Liquidizer Move Mountains Never Enough The Real World All The Answers What's Going On Song 13 Info Freako Bring It On Down Too Much To Learn What Would You Know? One For The Money Someone To Blame MOVE MOUNTAINS Mary hangs from the rear view mirror On the dash her son's come off worse We've got a carload of faith here And we're saved from the world by some verse Nothing I can do or say Will ever move people this way I want it, if it moves mountains I want it, move mountains for me You can twist and turn and bend it 'Til it's the cruellest shape in the world But i still want it The last free thing in the world Back to Top Back to The Song List For Liquidizer NEVER ENOUGH This is the real world made wrong made right Or maybe just made You waste my time with explanations So all the big colours fade So you want to be happy So you want to be happy So you want to be happy Don't you know happy is never enough Looking for big answers getting nowhere But then you're swimming in the shallow end You take these broken bones I'll tell you something, these things don't mend So you want to be happy So you want to be happy So you want to be happy Don't you know happy is never enough I'm on the wrong train i can tell 'Cause I'm the only one who thinks so Hard on the heels of getting somewhere But there are things that we don't know So you want to be happy So you want to be happy So you want to be happy Don't you know happy is never enough Back to Top Back to The Song List For Liquidizer THE REAL WORLD I don't mind if I never ever meet you I love you just the way you seem And I don't mind all the things they say about you Jealous words won't spoil this dream (The real world, it comes to get you) I believe in the unknown So I'm sure you won't disappoint me These home truths fall on deaf ears So I know you won't disappoint me Smile, smile, smile, while the glory days are here Where's the hurry, worry all next year And don't mind me 'cause I'm really only looking It may seem strange, but that's all I want to do I believe in the unknown So I'm sure you won't disappoint me These home truths fall on deaf ears So I know you won't disappoint me The real world it comes to get you There is no way it will forget you The real world it comes to get you There is no way it will forget you I don't mind if I never ever meet you I love you just the way you seem And I don't mind all the things they say about you Jealous words won't spoil this dream (The real world, it comes to get you) I believe in the unknown So I'm sure you won't disappoint me These home truths fall on deaf ears So I know you won't disappoint me Back to Top Back to The Song List For Liquidizer ALL THE ANSWERS Yes you know how some things seem like God's gift Easy come and easy go They disappear before you know it And in the light of this new day dawning We see things a different way With such a price on what we say But I'm so pleased for you I'm so pleased You have all the answers Thanks a million for your thoughts on culture Please feel free to speak your mind Though people say it turns you blind And did you know there's a God here with you He knows what is right or wrong 'Cause he's read the book for far too long But I'm so pleased for you I'm so pleased You have all the answers What do you know about good and evil? So here's a thought while we burn our bridges If the pen's not worth the sword Then pass the gun and praise the Lord But I'm so pleased for you I'm so pleased You have all the answers Back to Top Back to The Song List For Liquidizer WHAT'S GOING ON How time flies when you're biting your lip 'til it hurts going over and over the same old things in your mind, oh my Hours gone by and hours yet to go Just what I'm waiting for, I don't really know But then there's you You know what's going on You know what's taking place It's only me that's lost in space Spin me around yes, give me more of your lies Give me the gospel according to you And that's fine by me I'm sure that I'm wrong and all is not what it seems But a hundred to one says you Give the same old lines to me But then that's you You know what's going on You know what's taking place It's only me that's lost in space In every good story there's always a twist in the tale So there's a note on your door that I really feel sure Will make your face go pale You know what's going on You know what's taking place It's only me that's lost in space Back to Top Back to The Song List For Liquidizer SONG 13 Never met you, but how I love you so Never met you, and yet you take up all my time, you know So say hello to the whole in my world So say hello to the desperation girl She's my, She's my, She's my desperation girl She's my, She's my, She's my desperation girl Too much time I have spent alone And in that time the seeds of something bad were sown What's going on with the state of my mind When I look in, it's always her that I find She's my, She's my, She's my desperation girl She's my, She's my, She's my desperation girl These are desperate signs of desperate times And desperate times breed desperate minds She's my, She's my, She's my desperation girl She's my, She's my, She's my desperation girl Back to Top Back to The Song List For Liquidizer INFO FREAKO You know that sleep is getting hard to get 'Cause you never know what you'll forget And I've got to know of all the news 'Cause one day there'll be news for me I never let a headline by 'Cause every one will catch my eye And though it's tough to keep alert You never know what could hurt me But it gets me down You know it gets me down It really gets me down Yes it gets me down Info Freako, There is no end to what I want to know There's what you feel And what you know And it wasn't all that long ago I found that Info Freako thing Now nothing ever gets to me But it gets me down You know it gets me down It really gets me down Yes it gets me down Info Freako, There is no end to what I want to know But it means I'll have the edge over you And it means I'll always have the edge over you And you know there's nothing that you can do Info Freako, There is no end to what I want to know Back to Top Back to The Song List For Liquidizer BRING IT ON DOWN You know it hurts so good Like all the best things always should And I'm being led astray I'm saying all the words I'll regret someday But life's too short for me to care Bring bring bring Bring it on down I'm feeling fit to burst But of all the words I'll choose the worst And I'm confused But I know that there's no time to lose Bring bring bring Bring it on down We could spend our whole lives and let it pass by So let's bring it on down why watch the time fly? Bring bring bring Bring it on down Back to Top Back to The Song List For Liquidizer TOO MUCH TO LEARN Why don't you let someone be rude to you Kick you around and say that there is Nothing wrong with you that a good kick in the pants wouldn't cure Haven't you heard that they're all too scared Yes they're all too scared so no one says there's Nothing wrong with you that a little bit of truth wouldn't cure Shoot my mouth off Too much to learn Don't you know there is So much to learn Don't you know you have When he's nodding his head it means yes or no But you'll never know which until you find there's Nothing wrong with you that a quick walk down the street wouldn't cure Shoot my mouth off Too much to learn Don't you know there is So much to learn Don't you know you have Didn't you know how much it cost That the price you pay is when we say there's Nothing wrong with you that a jump in the lake wouldn't cure Too much to learn Don't you know there is So much to learn Don't you know you have Back to Top Back to The Song List For Liquidizer WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW? Now mostly you don't like me And mostly that's okay The mouth that launched a thousand words Has nothing much to say To say to me You've been there, seen it, done it all There no surprise for you I know you think I waste your time But I have news for you Here's news for you What would you know? But maybe I should thank you For all your kind advice And now I'll return the favor Don't try to be so nice Don't waste my time What would you know? Your point of view is worthless 'Cause you don't understand There are so few things worse than The cynic's hired hand So I want to know What would you know? Back to Top Back to The Song List For Liquidizer ONE FOR THE MONEY Well I don't know about you But there's not alot that I want to do I could get a job in a bank... ...No I don't think so But I've seen the ad I want the car And all the things that make life just fine, don't they? If you can have it, I can have it All that's yours can surely be mine And it's one for the money To keep up with the Jones' So you can look around and see you're not alone Money wasn't meant for the poor And it's truer now than ever before You either have it or you don't So where do you fit? It's never never when you need it Always always when you don't but that's life And I really wouldn't mind if I could only have a share of the good life And it's one for the money To keep up with the Jones' So you can look around and see you're not alone All in all, you know it's too easy All in all, you know it's too easy And it's one for the money To keep up with the Jones' So you can look around and see you're not alone Back to Top Back to The Song List For Liquidizer SOMEONE TO BLAME Understand that we don't dislike you Nothing ever goes quite as planned Well you know that these things happen So we just know you'll understand But it's not you fault No it's not your fault No it's not your fault We just need someone to blame You really needn't take it so hard You know how quickly people forget We've heard it said that you're no bad loser So we just know that you'll have no regrets But it's not your fault No it's not your fault No it's not your fault We just need someone to blame Back to Top Back to The Song List For Liquidizer Doubt Trust Me Who? Where? Why? International Bright Young Thing I'm Burning Right Here Right Now Nothing To Hold Me Real Real Real Welcome Back Victoria Two And Two Stripped Blissed TRUST ME (trust me... i know what i'm doing!) from day one i got things wrong one day i'll get things right (MAYBE) i never thought i knew the answers while the whole world thinks they might big headed, wrong-headed anything under the sun i'm really no-one trust me trust me trust me you were pushed away you were lead astray you were dragged up the garden path i made damn sure that i never (EVER) did things by half trust me trust me trust me (... i know what i'm doing!) trust me trust me trust me trust me trust me trust me trust me trust me trust me trust me (trust me... i know what i'm doing!) Back to Top Back to The Song List For Doubt WHO? WHERE? WHY? who am i? where am i? why do i feel this way? where am i? why do i feel this way? have you ever felt that it's someone else living your life? the image of you only better, it's true at the outside, at the outside, at the outside, at the outside... who am i? where am i? why do i feel this way? where am i? why do i feel this way? is there nothing i've done that was truly begun be the real me? have i stood to the side aware of the tide that drags... me... out to the sea.... who am i? where am i? why do i feel this way? where am i? why do i feel this way? who am i? where am i? why do i feel this way? where am i? why do i feel this way? Back to Top Back to The Song List For Doubt INTERNATIONAL BRIGHT YOUNG THING Please introduce yourself let's shock the world with what we know squeeze the world 'til it's small enough to join us heel to toe (heel to toe) international bright young thing now you know for sure that you make the world swing international bright young thing make it swing high in the air between here and there somewhere anywhere (anywhere but here) i feel that i'm always home and i'm never alone (never alone in) international bright young thing now you know for sure that you make the world swing international bright young thing make it swing Atsuko's dropping dishes while Sam is making wishes while Aki's up there somewhere Anca's on the air i'm so tired i can hardly think so i feel instead and let you loose inside my head (inside my head) i hear you yelling it to me spelling it out to me when i thought i came from nowhere i came from everywhere instead (everywhere instead) international bright young thing now you know for sure that you make the world swing international bright young thing make it swing Back to Top Back to The Song List For Doubt I'M BURNING So, when i cried where were you? and you know i cried 'cause i saw you sometimes i think you don't know what you say I'm insecure so insecure you don't mind don't be so sure... one day i might just stop.. turn away so did you know yeah i'm burning so what do you say i'm burning well he-he-hey i'm burning i'm burning up for you under the skin I bruise easy and you say i'm soft that's as may be you'll never know until you push.. it too far so did you know yeah i'm burning so what do you say i'm burning well he-he-hey i'm burning i'm burning up for you so did you know yeah i'm burning so what do you say i'm burning well he-he-hey, yeah i'm burning i'm burning up for you so did you know yeah i'm burning so what do you say i'm burning well he-he-hey, yeah i'm burning i'm burning up for you Back to Top Back to The Song List For Doubt RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW A woman on the radio talked about revolution when it's already passed her by Bob Dylan didn't have this to sing about you you know it feels good to be alive I was alive and I waited, waited I was alive and I waited for this Right here, right now there is no other place I want to be Right here, right now watching the world wake up from history I saw the decade in, when it seemed the world could change at the blink of an eye And if anything then there's your sign... of the times I was alive and I waited, waited I was alive and I waited for this Right here, right now I was alive and I waited, waited I was alive and I waited for this Right here, right now there is no other place I want to be Right here, right now watching the world wake up from history Right here, right now there is no other place I want to be Right here, right now watching the world wake up from history Right here, right now there is no other place I want to be Right here, right now watching the world wake up... Back to Top Back to The Song List For Doubt NOTHING TO HOLD ME I changed my name and you changed your mind the only thing you left was me behind to try and talk so bitter you make me feel so small driving so fast, alive behind a dead wall is it all so much art that keeps us apart the fine line goes, contradiction's start a case of the face in the place that doesn't fit which way to turn, why don't you just stop it i hope my feet stay on the ground (yeow stop it now) with nothing around to hold me, to hold me, (now!) to hold me now something just went wrong inside of my head all the things that i've done and i've said disappear 'cause these things don't keep when you wake up one day and find you won't go back to sleep so don't tell me what is right and what is wrong it's no good i've stood and listened for too long you don't understand what it means, what it's about you can pay another day so shut up and drink up and get out all of the things i say now (now!) sound to me like someone wrote them for me cheap greeting cards, hollywood films lent to me a language no-one really uses or do they? do they? do they? i always leave, never stay making promises for someday someday hasn't yet come and you know you're not the only one to wonder when we'll ever meet again, again, again... Back to Top Back to The Song List For Doubt REAL REAL REAL I think I know what you mean and although it sounds obscene I will always do my best to understand you have so many words and your voice is always heard but who can say they really understand? real, real, real do you feel real? and if so i'd like to know how to feel real real do you feel real? and if so i'd like to know well you say you have a big love and it really sounds like fun if i knew what it was then i'm sure i'd like to have one give me a sign that you feel some emotion real, real, real do you feel real? and if so i'd like to know how to feel real real do you feel real? and if so i'd like to know say what you like you know that no-one really minds and if there's nothing to say, then why don't we all go away? do you real- do you real- do you really feel real? real, real, real do you feel real? and if so i'd like to know how to feel real real do you feel real? and if so i'd like to know but if there's nothing to say, then why don't we all go away? real, real, real do you feel real? and if so i'd like to know how to feel real real do you feel real? and if so i'd like to know do you real- do you real- do you really feel real? Back to Top Back to The Song List For Doubt WELCOME BACK VICTORIA Welcome back Victoria since you've gone you know that no-one's really missed you welcome back victoria and now your friends watch over everything that we-ee do welcome back victoria so the pendulum swings back welcome back victoria you went away, OK we got a little slack and once again you'll cover up what you don't understand don't close your eyes you can't hide behind your hands welcome back victoria we'll be no threat when we're deaf, dumb and blind welcome back victoria clean books, clean screens, clean words, dirty minds i am a child of the sixties and for that i must pay you wag your finger all you like i'll tell you something, it's my children they'll have no choice but to say welcome back victoria i trust your piano legs are covered up again welcome back victoria double standards are you forte, now as then welcome back victoria we'll tip our tophats to those who walk the streets, and you know what i mean, now welcome back victoria on commercial street be careful who you meet, but you're alright, jack welcome back, welcome back, yeah welcome back, welcome back, eehee hee Back to Top Back to The Song List For Doubt TWO AND TWO Everyone's giving a piece of their mind the deaf, the dumb, the stupid and blind crushing the words to the people who doubt with the weight of the hard of the fast COMING OUT days that seem clear to me are the days that you're near to me everything is fine and you know the sun will always shine two and two always equals four and life is simple when you're sure the world's on someone else's shoulders leave it there 'til it gets colder two and two always equals four did you never hope for something more? black and white and wrong and right real and real and how do you feel? the louder you shout the better you're heard the meek shall inherit the earth--THAT'S UBSURD! the bigger they come, the harder they fall 'til you're big enough you don't fall at all help, save, change me you can rearrange me but never let me say i know for certain everything is fine and you know the sun will always shine two and two always equals four and life is simple when you're sure the world's on someone else's shoulders leave it there 'til it gets colder two and two always equals four did you never hope for something more? Back to Top Back to The Song List For Doubt STRIPPED Can't feel my head, my heart everything aches and i can't cure it imagine being afraid to think sink into to the ground, endure it i'm mad enough to kill and thrilled i'm moved enough to cry too much, too much let all in don't let it all pass you by STRIPPED STRIPPED, aoh STRIPPED, oh everyone is hungry everyone needs to know at the end of it all you've got to get what you want or you'll have nothing else to show STRIPPED, oh STRIPPED, oh everyone is hungry everyone needs to know everyone is hungry STRIPPED, oh everyone needs to know STRIPPED, oh at the end of it all you've got to get what you want STRIPPED, oh or you'll have nothing else to show STRIPPED Back to Top Back to The Song List For Doubt BLISSED If the sun shines today I think i'll stay here anyway and if the world makes demands of me then i'll wait and see it's at times like these I do what i please (do what I please) and i'm pleased to say it's like i've always wanted to feel this way blissed, blissed when i'm going somewhere, going nowhere blissed, blissed when i'm going nowhere, going somewhere no-one ever else could feel like this i couldn't settle for less than this let the feel the air wash over me let the ground sink beneath my feet and i expect so much more from today than just a time between tomorrow and yesterday blissed, blissed when i'm going nowhere, going somewhere blissed, blissed when i'm going somewhere, going nowhere there'll be a time when all my dreams come to an end when i'll run out of postcards for you all to send but i'll keep with me all the things i feel and see blissed, blissed when i'm going somewhere, going nowhere blissed, blissed when i'm going nowhere, going somewhere Back to Top Back to The Song List For Doubt Perverse Zeroes And Ones The Devil You Know Get A Good Thing From Love To War Yellow Brown Magazine The Right Decision Your Crusade Don't Believe It Tongue Tied Spiral Idiot Stare ZEROES AND ONES Across the world the message flies Information, truth and lies It's all yours and it's all mine You just have to find the time We're all the same, we share the blame, we play the games If it's yes or no the decision is easy, it's easy Zeroes and ones will take us there. Zeroes and ones will take us there. This time the revolution will be computerised You'll know it as you do it In real time before your eyes Slip between realities There's more to this than anything that you or I can see The world is mine the world is yours and here's the cause Zeroes and ones will take us there. Zeroes and ones will take us there. I've stared into the heart of it all Seen the pictures on the wall The beat of a heart The oceans part and the patterns in my mind This time, we've split the world once more There's those that have and that don't in information wars We're not alone 'cos all is known and it's everywhere, it's everywhere Zeroes and ones will take us there. Zeroes and ones will take us there. Zeroes and ones will take us there. Back to Top Back to The Song List For Perverse THE DEVIL YOU KNOW A life to call our own That is ours alone Is as hard as hell to come by these days Time that I took what's mine, took it now Things aren't what they were, they're what they are There's no time of our own And the devil you know is the only one And the devil you know is the only one Is time too fast for us to grasp something of our own? The ghost of the past has its arms around me It moves everywhere in all I hear and see And the devil you know is the only one And the devil you know is the only one Look at you now, look at you then, see how you will be All of your life belongs to me Things aren't what they where, they're what they are There's no time of our own And the devil you know is the only one Back to Top Back to The Song List For Perverse GET A GOOD THING Oh we had some magic and used it all There's a tinge of regret now but not what you'd call real sorrow Didn't think much, if at all Whatever the cost we'll pay it all tomorrow But I'd rather be damned than let you go And I'd rather be damned 'cos I know You've gotta get a good thing when you see it You've gotta get a good thing when you see it We let our lives slip, just for a while It took all we had but it made you smile too And I'd rather be damned than let you go And I'd rather be damned 'cos I know You've gotta get a good thing when you see it You've gotta get a good thing when you see it But I'd rather be damned than let you go And I'd rather be damned 'cos I know You've gotta get a good thing when you see it You've gotta get a good thing when you see it You've gotta get a good thing when you see it You've gotta get a good thing when you see it Back to Top Back to The Song List For Perverse FROM LOVE TO WAR If I hold you to the light Should I see right through you? If I question what you are will it bring me any closer to you? From Love to War What we aim for is to keep the illusion You can take your conscience for a lover And satisfied there is no other You can dream Any doubts we had Had better not show What good would they do us Leaving us nowhere to go? From Love to War What we aim for is to keep the illusion Taking a stand for the benefit of man And angry with pride because God is on our side I could do with some sleep 'Cos the rubbish I talk is getting deep And if I don't believe in you Then there's nothing I can do But throw myself at the walls And love no-one at all From Love to War What we aim for is to keep the illusion You can take your conscience for a lover And satisfied there is no other You can dream Back to Top Back to The Song List For Perverse MAGAZINE All the things I read come from magazines My concentration never was what it might have been And I know that I'm impatient but there isn't really time To have all these ideas going through my mind Magazine For your survival Magazine There's no modern rival Magazine Choose what I want to read so I'm never bored All the time I save I use to read more Magazine It's just like the real thing Magazine But better looking Magazine From the absurd to the obscene Uncovered here in Magazine All of life in fun size Magazine And you can win this great prize Magazine Magazine Magazine Magazine Back to Top Back to The Song List For Perverse YELLOW BROWN There is a line between good and evil That separates light from dark But a colour now spells our end And everywhere I see its mark, it's Yellow Brown In the city air, in all our seas You can see every other colour bleed into Yellow Brown There is no time to spend Concerned that this is just a trend To lay the blame everywhere When it's yours that is the lion's share of Yellow Brown And I won't do 'Cos you won't do 'Cos we know there's nothing they will do about Yellow Brown There's nothing to save us from ourselves But the world keeps turning The world keeps turning Back to Top Back to The Song List For Perverse THE RIGHT DECISION (Compromise and confusion steal us away) When they say ignorance is bliss It makes it sound too good to miss How about that? And the problem with success is you become what you detest How about that? So who to believe and who do you trust Well, it might as well be you 'Cos it seem that no-one else has got a clue Get it wrong get it right You can try as hard as you like But there's no such thing in the world as the right decision (Compromise and confusion steal us away) Now it's okay for you to smoke Just as long as it's not dope How about that? Two wrongs don't make a right But there's a Gulf where they just might How about that? Suspended by trust Reserved my belief And did all I could do In the hope that I might pick up any clues Get it wrong get it right You can try as hard as you like But there's no such thing in the world as the right decision Compromise and confusion steal us away Compromise and confusion steal us away When to serve and protect Means we may just break your neck How about that? For every question why There's an answer on the sly That few will look in the eye Get it wrong get it right You can try as hard as you like But there's no such thing in the world as the right decision (Compromise and confusion steal us away) Get it wrong get it right You can try as hard as you like But there's no such thing in the world as the right decision (Compromise and confusion steal us away) (Compromise and confusion steal us away) Back to Top Back to The Song List For Perverse DON'T BELIEVE IT You came at the right time, filled the right space And ever since then I've seen your true face You and me, what do we know of each other? You're a cartoon, the butt of bad jokes Every picture of you seems out of focus You're evil personified come to avenge Our perfect enemy out for revenge You and me, what do we know of each other? I, I, I don't believe it I don't believe it I, I, I don't believe it There's nothing here that seems to fit There no doubt what you did was wrong You'll get no excuse in this song But an eye for an eye makes no sense to me The state of us now is this how it'll always be? You and me, what do we know of each other? I, I, I don't believe it I don't believe it I, I, I don't believe it There's nothing here that seems to fit Who does it serve To believe every word you heard To hear without listening Look without seeing You came at the right time, filled the right space And ever since then I've seen your true face You and me, what do we know of each other? I, I, I don't believe it I don't believe it I, I, I don't believe it There's nothing here that seems to fit I, I, I don't believe it I don't believe it I, I, I don't believe it There's nothing here that seems to fit Back to Top Back to The Song List For Perverse YOUR CRUSADE Include me out You dig your own grave You build your own walls I don't believe enough to believe in you Oh no, not me, I'm not part of your crusade Don't need your approval Your safety in numbers You stay in your team I don't care enough to share your dream Oh no, not me, I'm not part of your crusade I don't need someone like you Expecting me to share your views 'Cos I don't expect that what you see has anything to do with me Oh no, not me, I'm not part of your crusade Oh no, not me, I'm not part of your crusade Back to Top Back to The Song List For Perverse TONGUE TIED I'm trapped in words Held hostage by my friends Tripped up by meaning Taking a road just to get to it's end Tongue tied It's killing me I want to see things for the first time Show you things that are brighter, darker, sharper, softer But I'm struck dumb and dead Thoughts like paper over fire There's a hole in my world That makes me talk like a liar Over there I see a fist fight A woman in a care full of toys smokes a cigarette Conversations twist and turn I get the feeling I am learning more than ever before This is the first time Tongue tied It's killing me Tongue tied It's killing me Tongue tied It's killing me Back to Top Back to The Song List For Perverse SPIRAL In my life there's a right time and a right place There is order There is method well, you know where There is routine, nothing spare Catch the light in a different way And all the bullshit falls away and I Stare, into a heart of darkness There is no good, no evil, only me There is no love, not anymore I don't think there ever was As for me, I feel no hate I may believe in luck But not in fate Stare, into a heart of darkness There is no good, no evil, only me Stare, into a heart of darkness There is no good, no evil, only me On the wall there is a red light When I close my eyes I see spirals. Back to Top Back to The Song List For Perverse IDIOT STARE I played with the fire Stared at the light, screamed at the pain Pushed to the centre Took no advice, waited in vain I questioned it too Thought about me, thought about you The corruption between us The power and lies, dreams come true I don't know if I care I can't feel, I can't speak, I can't think Caught in an idiot stare I won't let it go Hold it to me, it's mine to the end A shadow that hugs me My black dog, my enemy friend I don't know if I care I can't feel, I can't speak, I can't think Caught in an idiot stare I don't know if I care I can't feel, I can't speak, I can't think Caught in an idiot stare I don't know if I care I can't feel, I can't speak, I can't think Caught in an idiot stare Back to Top Back to The Song List For Perverse Already The Next Big Thing Run On Empty Look Out Tomorrow Top Of The World Rails Wishing It Away Chemical #1 Motion They're Out There For A Moment Addicton, Obsession And Me February THE NEXT BIG THING The next big thing Life can be so calm The next big thing So calm without you I am waiting for the next big thing Bring it on quick time to me I tap my fingers to the same old thing And dream of better things to see I couldn't tell you what path it comes by I couldn't tell you if it's plain to see I couldn't tell you if it's gonna change the world But I hope to Hell it's gona chagne me I am waiting for the next big thing I'm scared of all that's behind me All my faith is in the next big thing It's where I'll hide what you don't see I couldn't tell you what clothes it wears I couldn't tell yo if it's black or white I couldn't tell you if it's gonna change the world But any change at all would be alright Round and round the world we go Back and forth in time Always looking for the new sensation Bigger and better every time So calm without you, without you, without you, without you Back to Top Back to The Song List For Already RUN ON EMPTY Don't look up too quick You'll see the sky is falling down on you And when you run on empty The ground will wait to swallow you I have a dream returning every night The goal is out of reach but still in sight I'm getting thin but grinning every day I run on empty too much, it's just my way And in all your dreams doesn't it seem That you're wearing lead boots, growing tree routes, caught in quicksand? I can see ahead the end of the line This is some kind of meltdown just in time I see declining empires fade away The games were getting ugly anyway Back to Top Back to The Song List For Already LOOK OUT TOMORROW It's OK, it's OK, it's OK Stand back look out tomorrow Here comes a man without sorrow I guess it's OK if today's unlike the rest And it's OK that I'm not quite at my best But if you're looking at me to set your mind at ease Well then there's no way, let's just give it all a rest I know you and all you're thinking You know me, you know I'm sinking Stand back look out tomorrow Here comes a man without sorrow Good thing looks are deceiving Quick smile then I should be leaving And so it's OK that I shouldn't say a word And it's OK that what I think is never heard But I'm looking at you to help me understand why it is OK That I hide behind these words I know you and all you're thinking You know me, you know I'm sinking It's OK, it's OK, it's OK But it's OK, it's OK, it's OK, it's OK, it's OK, Back to Top Back to The Song List For Already TOP OF THE WORLD For the first time in my life I know how I want to go Spin through the warm air To a thousand feet below The top of the world's the place Where the canyons fall below And you can see from the there To the depts of your soul I'm not there yet Not weak enough yet I'll keep paying my bills If this is as hard as it gets On top of the world On top of the world Walk up to the edge And the silence fills your head You'll find right there If you will lead or just be led I'm not there yet Not weak enough yet Don't flatter me now I'm not there yet Not weak enough yet Don't forgive all my sins If this is as hard as it gets I'm not there yet Not weak enough yet Keep my name in your book Back to Top Back to The Song List For Already RAILS You live your life like it's on rails No choice where you go, you're on rails We stumble through And I think I am linked up to you 'Cos I can never think of you without this sorow What can you do In the face of all your dreams When your destination's never where it seemed, where it seemed We like to think that we choose our fortune Like spinning a whell But with leaves on the track you tell me How does it feel? Back to Top Back to The Song List For Already WISHING IT AWAY Live fast die young, the words of a fool it seems Hell bent getting there, seeing nothing on the way Where are you now, when all eyes would be on you Dumbstruck, disappeared, leaving everything to do You were wishing it away Sail up the stream travel so far But always get out of the boat Sail up the stream travel far But always leave the boat Here in my hands; all that I could wish for Timebomed, stick around see it all go up in smoke With these very hands, I'll pull it all apart I know in the end it'll sound like some sad joke 'Cos I'll be wishing it away Wishing it away Wishing it away Nothing is sacred, not life nor hapiness Least of all is the world that we live in unless we make it pay We're wishing it away Back to Top Back to The Song List For Already CHEMICAL #1 Here it comes! Here it comes! Here it comes! Here it Comes! It's adrenalin for me That is waiting patiently For when push comes to shove which it usually does for me No time here to explain All the many ways to gain The sneak-up-behind, jump start your mind for free And here it comes! It's a little bit sad But isn't it fun? To spend a life chasing chemical #1 Isn't it fun? The romantics out there say That emotions aren't this way But whatever the name, it feels the same to me And here it comes! Isn't it fun? Back to Top Back to The Song List For Already MOTION Reason you look for are reasons you find For climbing a mountain, for taking a gamble, to leave it all behind Motion takes me I have to have motion, I get release in motion If I move I'll be fine I've got to hit the right speed to shake off what I don't need Be free from my mind Reasons you look for are reasons you find I have to have motion, I get release in motion If I move I'll be fine Back to Top Back to The Song List For Already THEY'RE OUT THERE He doesn't have a friend just some occupations Staring at the sky or at computer screens It gets you in the neck, all this looking skywards But every marty knows that you suffer in belief But if only you could see that things that he has seen! 'Cos he knows that he can tell you just what all this means He knows, it's true that they're our there He knows, it's true that they're our there And there's very little faith left on this world There's so much in the sky, it must be hiding something He thinks that he's prepared and he's counting down the days And if only you could see the things that he has seen! 'Cos he's sure that he could tell you just what all this means It's so easy when we sneer And mock the faith that he holds dear But just like us he's chasing dreams If you look hard enough then you'll see it clearly There's something that we need always coming from the sky And there's very little faith left on this world Back to Top Back to The Song List For Already FOR A MOMENT Free for a moment, high above Just for a moment I am in the arms of love If I could be all that I want to be The greats of ths world would hang their heads in despair If you could hear what I want you to hear You'd think you couldn't breathe without that sound And there's always something more that I should tell you More lost that I am found So I'm trying to clear my head so I'll be If I could say all that I want to say I'd hide in shame for years when I was done But there's always something more that I should tell you More lost than I am found So I'm trying to clear my head so I'll be And there' sthe rub in being human It get in the way of all your dreaming Back to Top Back to The Song List For Already ADDICTION, OBSESSION AND ME It's addiction, it's obsession, it's a need to be me It's addiction, it's obsession, so I can feel that I'm free Born in a time that sanctions all desire I fight my insticts all the way Drawn to a strom of things I have to have With patience like other virtues still in the way I get enough of things to need them more Like love and destruction to name but two It's getting harder telling good from bad With you senses asking was it good for you It's addiction, it's obsession, it's a need to be me There's so much I feel I have to have Back to Top Back to The Song List For Already FEBRUARY You're never going to say the things you want to say The things you want to change will usually stay that way The promises you break outweigh the ones you keep The sky I'm told is blue is looking very grey Nothing's going to seem the way it seems to you It never turns out quite the way you want it to Paint upon the wall for the hundredth time But what you try to hide will come shining though But what you try to hide will come shining though There's so much you would do if you just had the time Like try to write a song but in never rhymes (only sometimes) You'd love to change the system but it works too well for you If you didn't have to patience you could turn to crime There's something that you fell that you can't explain That makes you feel lost when it starts to rain It bothers you the most when you are on your own It whispers your intentions will all be in vain The month you hate the most is always February Back to Top Back to The Song List For Already London Message Stranger The Rocket Ships Of La Jolla Asleep On The Motorway Hello Neon! The A Team Half Up The Hill The Princess Of My Heart Getaway Car To Get There Nowhere Slow In The Face Of All Of This MESSAGE This is a message, this is a wake up call If you've fallen further than you thought you could fall Go on, get up now, you screwed yourself to the floor But you're not screwed, if your choose, anymore This is a message for you, you should take this call This is a message for you, before you fall back down Hey automatic, disengage, cut the schedule, leave the plan alone Walk with the living, the flesh and blood are waiting for you back home This is a mesage for you, you should take this call This is a message for you, before your fall back down And when the pieces get picked up There are those edges that can cut It's a rish you're going to take You've got to seop this almost-clever Simple things should be simple said What you believe in, if there's anything Let it replace the mess in your head This was a message for you, I hope you took this call This was a message for you to stop you falling down, back down Back to Top Back to The Song List For London STRANGER Are you jealous, still super zealous Do you miss it, or kiss and dimiss it Do you get the guest list, may be the second best list Or are you lining up with all the rest list? Stranger Does the mirror hold surprise for you? Stranger So what comes next when dreams come true? (Was it good for you?) Blow the dust off, scrape the rust off Is it worth it if you could even unearth it? What are you thinking, are you swimming or sinking? Waht is it you're feeling now, happy or sad somehow? Everyone around you feels the heat They'd burn their fingers for a piece But you of all should sympathise A city full of those that never will Stand close enought to get their thrill Do you want what you see through their eyes? Back to Top Back to The Song List For London THE ROCKET SHIPS OF LA JOLLA The rocket ships of La Jolla are waiting to blast away, blast away Away for adventure, a trip of lifetime of discovery And you are the captain, going without me California drive-by, shooting film from the car Church by the road like rockets pointing at the stars How did we get here, what on earth went wrong? Leave the earth on a rocket ship if you feel you don't belong It's just an idle dream, a fantasy, but I'll tell you something a dream was good enought for me California sunshine, north London rain The same sky that launched them both will welcome you again A house of devotion, more than it seems? Fool myself with appearances If you know what I mean So what the hell is wrong with fantasy? A dream was good enough me Back to Top Back to The Song List For London ASLEEP ON THE MOTORWAY It could just be me but there's a phoniness about The magic and the mystery of 3am Pondering not so much the meaning of life More the miles per lonely hour before a coffee stop again Asleep on the moterway There is a world beyond the glare of these lights Asleep on the motorway Trying hard to believe it's just one of those nights No-one here to guide me thorugh the darkest hour Just lines on the road likes days ina year Trains of a thought run alongside, remot in the dark You've gotta keep alert to stop 'em getting to near And then it hits me, or rather, I hit it Back to Top Back to The Song List For London HELLO NEON! You can hear the night is calling with it's sentences unended And the promises it seldom ever keeps I have to hear some music make the windows shake Either that or sounds to make my heart ache Dressed like this, it's the best that I can do The mirror sees me out the door Hello Neon! Are you ready for me Turn up all your lights for me I'm a heavy passive smoker and a hyperactive drinker And I'm squashed between two people I don't know She thinks she once met me was it quite some time ago? He just looks away and he lets his boredom show This conversation, it's the best that I can do Beyond the weather and the news Is this the best that I can do? Help me! Decision time what's the best for me to do Is it a bus or a taxi home? Back to Top Back to The Song List For London THE A TEAM A lined red face burns in the sun, frying on the pavement This Mr T endorses rum, now you know T for Tennants fromt eh can, it's the choice of champions Become an extraordinary man, a super man Legal at 18 To try for the A Team It's the children most impressed, that clown's lost his make up He's raging at the damed success, at being the best We may never make the grade, not the likes of you and I But once or twice a week we try, then we dry It take sdedication To be on the A Team Not just teenage bravado You went the extra mile Forget the weekenders 'cos All the prcatice came good just like you knew it would The cream of the cream Go off in the A Team There are still placings now To be on the A Team Back to Top Back to The Song List For London HALF UP THE HILL Half up the hill, as near to you now as I ever will be All mixed up, nowhere to go All these remotes but I'm not in control Out of sight still in creach Early morning Germans on the beach I shoudl have said something What was it stopped me? So still I know nothing I'm only.. Half up the hill, as near to you now as I wever will be Terms and conditions will apply For not much detail, see inside Place false hope here Remain out of the clear Stuck in the riddle of you Emotional / personal superglue Back to Top Back to The Song List For London THE PRINCESS OF MY HEART THe princess of my heart, shee is someone I know She doesn't appear in the headlines wherever I I go The princess of my heart won't good fortune to see Oh but it's my good fortune that she is with me I hope she knows, yes she knows, then that's alright How dark would be my heart if sehe were take away? The death of a famous name would mean little that day I hope she knows, yes shee knows, then that's alright I hear the lynch mob baying I'd better guard what I am saying They've come to tear apart the few Heartless ones of a differnt view And I'm sitting here not much to show Just a few lines to let her know, maybe she knows Then that's alright The princess of my heart she is someone I know Back to Top Back to The Song List For London GETAWAY CAR Here come the getaway car Inside, the getaway star Here come the getaway car The getaway car don't get that far Here come the getaway car Inside, the getaway star Here come the getaway car Ther getaway car don't get that far Police sirens going the wrong way but it makes no difference There's nowhere left for you to go This is now way to spend a day Looking back, scared shitless I'm telling you nothing you don't know Here come the getaway car This ain't no film star Here come the getaway car The getaway car's no Jaguar Here come the getaway car This ain't no film star Here come the getaway car The getaway car's no Jaguar Some of the people stop and stare But where's the glamour? Just two scared kids in a dirt cheap car This is no way to spend a day Looking back, scared shitless I'm telling you nothing you don't know There sits the getaway car Smashed up, won't get that far Doors wide, the getawy car On foot, the getaway star There sits the getaway car Damn close but no cigar This was the getaway car The getaway car don't get... far! Back to Top Back to The Song List For London TO GET THERE There's little left to fight except the demons inside A pandemonium of pride The measure of the man, as seen on TV All the things that you could be Just trying to be advert man You don't have to dream to get there But it's harder than it seems to get there Everyone needs something to aim for It isn't life or death, I'm not searching a soul Trying to plug an absent hole But it's meaningful to me, trying to find the line See how I am defined All the people that I need to see now All the places that I need to be now Did the time slip by whn I looked the other way Thin of tomorrow when I should be thinking of today The measure of the man, as seen on TV All the things that you could be Back to Top Back to The Song List For London NOWHERE SLOW All the people going nowhere Going nowhere slow All the people going howhere Going nowhere slow I saw the apocalypse licking its lips Sat in a van on the M25 You could just sit and stare, it was going nowhere Chances are it will never arrive In my car, well, I don't go far And it's driving me insane Went to the park and ride But the city had parked then died There's nothing left there anyway Back to the motorway Fell asleep like yesterday Maybe I dreamed it, I coudln't say In my car, well, I don't go far And it's driving me isnsane I saw the apolalypse swinging its hips Back to Top Back to The Song List For London IN THE FACE OF ALL OF THIS Where there's an aircraft down There'll be casualties from some English town There's always an African war Meaning one vote, once, once more In the face of all of this What troubles do you and I possess? In the face of all of this Trouble enough it seems Down in Afghanistan They've killed a woman who dressed like a man A city is under mud But it's OK, there's no television blood In the face of all of this What troubles do you and I possess? In the face of all of this Our troubes are easy to resist Here's the chinese They do exactly what the please And the toll is climbing high What troubles do you and I possess? In the face of all of this Troubles I'll now put away Back to Top Back to The Song List For London B-Sides Etc Broken Bones Cut And Dried Dead Peoples Lives Damn Good At This Move Me Maryland Are You Satisfied? Need To Know Kill Today Caricature Phoenix Starting From Scratch Machine Drug I Don't Want That Kind Of Love Together Man On The Moon Nothing Out There At All Far Out In Nowhere Come On Home Wired And Windburned (both versions) Culture Vulture Find The Dial Head In The Sand Halfway House Hang On Every Word BROKEN BONES you can crawl you can walk you can beg or you can talk there'll always be broken bones you can crawl you can walk you can beg or you can talk there'll always be broken bones broken bones broken bones broken bones broken bones you can crawl you can walk you can beg or you can talk there'll always be broken bones you can crawl you can walk you can beg or you can talk there'll always be broken bones you can crawl (yeah) you can walk (yeah) you can beg or you can talk (ooh) there'll always be broken bones broken bones broken bones broken bones broken bones Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc CUT AND DRIED The things that scare me most are the things that i know least about like love and death and being alone and some things i don't talk about baby says to me to be as happy as can be she needs a little help from her friends and she says oh yes, I still love you and that's all very well, but where does it all end? cut and dried i want to be like a machine inside cut and dried i want to be like a machine inside should i leave this burning ship or should i stand on the deck till the end? I can choose but either way i lose but at least on that i can depend so how can i care for you when you won't even care for yourself? all i need is just some little way out that's not so bad for my health cut and dried i wanna be like a machine inside cut and dried i wanna be like a machine inside cut and dried i wanna be like a machine inside cut and dried i wanna be like a machine inside Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc DEAD PEOPLES LIVES page after page, day after day dead people's lives are on display caught by surprise, shot in the eyes man makes death a living and finally dies what have i done? good to his friends, comes to an end he's part of the history tour what have i done? see them all come alive in front of your eyes spare the poor feelings for the man who made the bomb it's tougher on you but you thought you'd got it wrong invented the jet, won all his bets surely this one isn't dead yet? time is on my side while i decide how to get there see them all come alive in front of your eyes dead people's lives see them all come alive in front of your eyes see them all come alive in front of your eyes dead people's lives Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc DAMN GOOD AT THIS it's your life, do what you want it's your life, and i'd love to say i couldn't care less to tell you the truth you know, that i'd love to say just something to you it's my life, and for now, it's still a mess don't waste your time asking me 'cause i feel fine all the times i've been through this before made me damn good at this take your time, don't hurry back ooh, but i didn't mean it it's only pride that makes me say that don't waste your time asking me 'cause i feel fine all the times i've been through this before made me damn good at this i'm open to suggestion, but only those i wan't to hear whoa-whoa cannot shed a single tear don't waste your time asking me 'cause i feel fine all the times i've been through this before made me damn good at -- damn good at this Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc MOVE ME around me, through me, over me you came you went there was no harm spent was it really worth our while? move me, move me move me (if you can't it's not worth a damn) move me, move me move me (if you can't it's not worth a damn) all the pain is ours to gain if it's dangerous it's good for us let's lose control, let it slip away move me, move me move me (if you can't it's not worth a damn) move me, move me move me (if you can't it's not worth a damn) move me, move me move me (if you can't it's not worth a damn) move me, move me move me (if you can't it's not worth a damn) Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc MARYLAND just when i thought that our paths would be crossed i was lost i thought all that lay between you and me was the sea i was wrong, that didn't take too long T.V. scenes are just as they seem i've watched all my life and never got under the skin meet my own new friends hello, how've you been? i was lost i was lost i was lost i was lost in maryland there's nothing to do except sit here alone and think of you what would you do? i was lost i was lost i was lost i was lost i was lost (maryland) i was lost i was lost (maryland) i was lost (maryland) i was lost (maryland) i was lost i was lost (maryland) i was lost i was lost (maryland) i was lost i was lost (maryland) i was lost Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc ARE YOU SATISFIED? Are you satisfied? do you know what you want? will it go with you when you die? oh, the things i could do for you if you want me to if you want me to you've lost the point, start again all the things you want from me don't come easily if i give them away they're worth even less than they are now are you satisfied? do you know what you want? will it go with you when you die? when the time's gone by will you ask why there was so much left to try? how do you do these things? i don't see any strings when you pull me in and everything is all i want from you here before my eyes you have set the prize but as soon as i touch it always turns to dust oh, how do you do it? oh, how do you do it? all the things i could do for you (i could do for you) if you want me to (if you want me to) all the things you want from me don't come easily are you satisfied? do you know what you want? will it go with you when you die? when the time's gone by will you ask why there was so much left to try? oh, how do you do it? how? how do you do it? oh, how do you do it? oh, how do you do it? Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc NEED TO KNOW i need to know what will make us happy? and i need to know will you always love me? i need to know where on earth is elvis? i need to know why you even listen to this 'cause it's no good taking second best i need to know where all the energy goes and i need to know are there really U.F.O.s? 'cause it's no good taking second best it's no good when you put it to the test i need to know will i really go to hell? i need to know if we only cry for ourselves i DON'T need to know who kill laura palmer? i need to know what's the winning formula? 'cause it's no good taking second best it's no good when you put it to the test Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc CARICATURE Well, let's draw a picture have some fun with ourselves Paint the outlines blur the details when i'm wrong i'm right how can i lose? when my mind mind is set i don't expect i'll need anything from you i draw what i feel doesn't matter if it's real the truth is no concern of mine if you laugh at the outline you're ugly and cruel you act like a fool have you no respect for yourself i don't care what's in there you didn't even share so you can drink to the state of your wealth I draw what i feel doesn't matter if it's real truth is no concern of mine if you laugh at the outline he thinks the world is his own you know he really should be shown that the world doesn't live behind his eyes so if you'll take the first step i'll take the next, 'cause the time has come to cut him down to size i draw what i feel doesn't matter if it's real truth is no concern of mine if you laugh at the outline i draw what i feel doesn't matter if it's real the truth is no concern of mine if you laugh at the outline i draw what i feel doesn't matter if it's real the truth is no concern of mine if you laugh at the outline Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc KILL TODAY cut my skin so i could bleed for you you didn't like the colour and now all that's left is a bleeding heart (and i hate that more than the other) don't talk to me don't think of me don't ask of me you won' 'ear from me as sad as it may seem there's not a lot i want to say, so i might as well go to sleep and kill today kill today kill today, what a fine idea murder all your sorrows but why design on killing time? (if you put off now, well it won't be done tomorrow) don't talk to me don't think of me don't ask of me you won' 'ear from me as sad as it may seem there's not a lot i want to say, so i might as well go to sleep and kill today kill today, ask me tomorrow kill today, ask me tomorrow don't talk to me don't think of me don't ask of me you won' 'ear from me as sad as it may seem there's not a lot i want to say, so i might as well go to sleep and kill today don't talk to me don't think of me don't ask of me you won' 'ear from me as sad as it may seem there's not a lot i want to say, so i might as well go to sleep and kill today Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc PHOENIX on the edge of there goes to nowhere too good to be good too good to lie gonna go away keep the world at bay... need to destroy oh, well is me it's started again pulling ___ ourselves up again gonna go away keep the world at bay... gonna go away keep the world at bay... Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc STARTING FROM SCRATCH if everything i know is wrong then it's high time i moved on cleanse myself of my mistakes be new to the world and celebrate it up from the ashes i'm starting from scratch a new lease in life, i'm starting from scratch looking for something i've lost so i can find what my future will cost see if i can look in my eyes go out in the world with no disguise up from the ashes i'm starting from scratch a new lease in life, i'm starting from scratch up from the ashes i'm starting from scratch a new lease in life, i'm starting from scratch back from the dead i'm starting from scratch a new lease in life, i'm starting from, starting from, starting from scratch Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc MACHINE DRUG machine drug, machine drug all my life i've wanted things the happiness that they might bring but most of all i want things now it really doesn't matter how i can see that the world will die and i've been the blink of an eye machine help me put the gun against my head you'll only be no use to me when i'm dead the turn of a thousand years it breeds all my deepest fears it hides in my strongest dreams it kills all hope and strips it clean... machine drug, machine drug, machine machine help me put the gun against my head you'll only be no use to me when i'm dead machine drug, machine drug, machine Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc I DON'T WANT THAT KIND OF LOVE I don't want that kind of love well, you're not very nice you make me feel small I should be standing in the room and not in the hall your father's kind to ask me if he keeps you fat an' everything it's tempting, but I won't come in Cos I don't want that kind of love I don't want that kind of love now I'm crawling up the wall to get a better view someone's ringing on the bell asking for me or you his finance gives you everything why worry what tomorrow brings? it's tempting but then so is sin I'm crawling up the wall I don't want that kind of love I don't want that kind of love I don't want that kind of love I don't want that kind of love I don't want that kind of love I don't want that kind of love I'm crawling on the wall, i'm crawling on the wall, I'm crawling on the wall, i'm crawling on the wall, I'm crawling on the wall, i'm crawling on the wall, I'm crawling on the wall I don't want that kind of love I don't want that kind of love I don't want that kind of love, no, no, no, no, no, no, no i don't want that kind of love I don't want that kind of love Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc TOGETHER When the sun's this bright I have to blind myself with the light I have to get too close To the things that hurt me the most When I'm pushed and pulled without ever knowning... Why does it seem I'm falling apart Just tell me where to start Show me how we'll be Together, together If you fail at so much Would it hurt to fail again? And if you've lost your touch It's time to feel once again When you're pushed and pulled without ever knowing why I know That you're going to save me in the end, in the end I know That you're going to save me in the end So tell me why does it seem I'm falling apart Just tell me where to start Show me how we'll be... Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc MAN ON THE MOON I never wrote a book like the ones I like to read 'Cos aiming for the stars, well, it brings me to my knees I thought I handled sin when it was sin that handled me When I thought I saw the light I couldn't see the wood for the trees There's a man on the moon and he says that he's not coming down But he's thinking of you every time the world spins around I could never eat enough so I bit the hand that fed Always talked too much but most was left unsaid I lost friends and influenced no-one Announced the ending before it was over Fought accusations that I was jaded But I look at the stars and know their lights already faded Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc NOTHING OUT THERE AT ALL If you think she won't hurt you, Try pulling the wool over her eyes But she hears corny love songs As he promises obvious lies And she says, and she says, I don't mind being here, There's nothing wrong at all, well, maybe, There's not much in here for me, But there's nothing out there at all. He's destined for great things, Or so he tells all his sceptical friends, Yeah, this job is just short term, It's a means to a glorious end, And he says, and he says, I don't mind being here, There's nothing wrong at all, well, maybe, There's not much in here for me, But there's nothing out there at all. Whatever happened to those dreams? Whatever happened to those dreams? I don't mind being here, There's nothing wrong at all, well, maybe, There's not much in here for me, But there's nothing out there at all. I don't mind being here, There's nothing wrong at all, well, maybe, There's not much in here for me, But there's nothing out there at all. Whatever happened to those dreams? Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc FAR OUT IN NOWHERE The hours pull at me with all their spped Never enough daydreaming Life goes so fast I catch only fleeting moments As they fly past, Always searching, scheming, pushing, squeezing Blood from a stone But now the sun is coming up over the hill Far out in nowhere time stands still I looked at the stars as a child And felt so small You'd think that might change with the years No change at all Always searching, scheming, pushing, squeezing Blood from a stone But now the sun is coming up over the hill Far out in nowhere time stands still What am I doing, I think I'm running Holed up in the hills far out in nowhere Where's there to go if I keep running? Hole up in the hills far out in nowhere, in nowhere But now the sun is coming up over the hill Far out in nowhere time stands still But now the sun is coming up over the hill Far out in nowhere time stands still The hours pull ta me with their speed Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc COME ON HOME You can save me just come on home You can save me just come on home I have a catalogue of woe nothing to sell but lots to show Mail-order misery free of charge, delivery Who's there to impress when you have gone and I've regressed To the kind of simple soul that needs some praise just to behold Well I didn't cut my hair so now I'm looking like a bear Dressed in mis-matched clothes from furry head to tail and toe There is much that I could say that would end up as a cliché Since these tried and trusted tools wasted in the hands of fools You can save me just come on home You can save me just come on home Well I may exagerate this laughable state When this time is guaranteed to seem biblical to me Christ without the cross my significance seems lost In my wilderness phase for forty nights and forty days You can save me just come on home You can save me just come on home You can save me just come on home You can save me just come on home You can save me just come on home You can save me just come on home Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc WIRED AND WINDBURNED (NEW VERSION) I like to think I could spend my days in the sunshine What a shame it burns my skin I like to think of me climbing every mountain But the pain not me Here's your adventure feature, that's when I'm here So now I have the t-shirt I wanna be wired and windburned I want to be your favourite case for me Be the nothing man with the maths degree It's easy making the grade from the photos I've got what it takes, got the right clothes Here's your adventure feature, that's when I'm here So now I have the t-shirt I wanna be wired and windburned I like to think of me climbing every mountain _________ it in style is the _________________? ______________________________________________? ______________________________________________? Here's your adventure feature, that's when I'm here So now I have the t-shirt I wanna be wired I wanna get wired I wanna get wired and windburned WIRED AND WINDBURNED (ESPN VERSION) I like to think I could spend my days in the sunshine What a shame it burns my skin I like to think of me climbing every mountain But the pain it does me in I'm your market research, here's what I am I'm the weekend soldier I wanna be wired and windburned I want to be your favourite case to be Neolithic man with a maths degree I could make the grade for the photos I've got what it takes, got the right clothes I could run a mile, well I think so Doing it in style is what counts though I know a bit about new technologies See these shoes, that's NASA expertise I'm your market research, here's what I am I'm the weekend soldier I wanna be wired and windburned Wired and windburned Count me in, count me out,count me in or out Don't mind if it's cruel and painful but, I'll be inside at the first sign of rainfall I'm your market research, here's what I am I'm the weekend soldier I wanna be wired and windburned Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc CULTURE VULTURE Suck it dry, drain the mainstream Offer nothing but your own scheme Fifteen minutes, more or less Showed me nothing but a nice dress Come on, come on, come on, come on and join the fun You'll be a star Come on, come on, come on, open to anyone Culture vulture you leave nothing worthwhile Don't need skill, special ability Can't see a talent for all the publicity Column inches, TV screens Not a good trace to show where you've been Come on, come on, come on, come on and join the fun You'll be a star Come on, come on, come on, open to anyone Culture vulture you leave nothing worthwhile This is the deal Don't make it seem real Don't make it easy Don't want reality Give us a message Sing us a song Give us the story of where it went wrong Come on, come on, come on, come on and join the fun You'll be a star Come on, come on, come on, open to anyone Just come as you are, too easy. Come on, come on, come on, come on and join the fun You'll be a star Culture vulture you leave us as empty as you are Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc FIND THE DIAL The human's lost its condition, it's out of sorts Wrapped in the miserable clogged eye, miserable faults Why would he lie and say it's all alright Give it one more prod, see if that turns on the light Find the dial, then one of you turn to make it smile, Then count to ten and reset it so it smiles again The human's pushing my patience, it's not playing ball, Playing ball is its interest, that seems about all, There are no details we have no technical plans, Give it one more go and then try in Japan. Find the dial, then one of you turn to make it smile, Then count to ten and reset it so it smiles again...so it smiles again It's dirty, it's scarey, it smells really bad, Something's pointless, it's making it sad, Why would it work, it doesn't make sense Fill it with alcohol, break its defence. The human's beaten us all, it's a law unto itself, Wuthering around like a juvenile, a picture of health, What's the difference now, from yesterday, We it'd disect to another one, before we can say. Find the dial, then one of you turn to make it smile, Then count to ten and reset it so it smiles again...so it smiles again... So it smiles again. Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc HEAD IN THE SAND If you see no bad, is your head in the sand, And if you can see no good, does it mean you misunderstood. Finding time to worry, drives you round the bend, Saving up for something special, trying to buzz a trend, There's nothing worse than cloudy weather that I can see ahead, You find the desire is mounting inside. If you see no bad, is your head in the sand, And if you can see no good, does it mean you misunderstood. See this badge of honour, shaped in frown, I'm proud of how it sits upon me, wear it like a crown, Poking fun at all your dreaming, it makes me feel so good, It doesn't light and I feel that it should, Angels and devils on your shoulders, pray you're getting wise, not just older All good, is it all bad, is it all good, is it all bad, If you see no bad, is your head in the sand, And if you can see no good, does it mean you misunderstood. If you see no bad, is your head in the sand, And if you can see no good, does it mean you misunderstood. Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc HALFWAY HOUSE Semi-detached, so when we say all the things that we shouldn't evenly matched, You want to shoot between the lines, is it time are you leaving, Staunch the flow, stop the bleeding, and then you learn to stand alone, A different smile on the same face, moving out to the new place...to halfway house. Semi-detached, neither one place nor the other, A brand new door on the latch but you still need a blessing from me, I couldn't sleep, time was stealing, Simple blow and now I'm reeling, and then you learn to stand alone. A different smile on the same face, moving out to the new place...to halfway house. Feel yourself as light as air, rise above the mess down there, Look above you don't look down, find the place without a sound, Semi-detached now you can see the things that you couldn't, Now you're evenly matched, you won't see a need for me. A different smile on the same face, moving out to the new place A different smile on the same face, moving out to the new place...to halfway house. Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc HANG ON EVERY WORD Hang on, hang on, hang on... There's a soft option, should the real words be hard to find Invisible image takes the weight off your mind So how do I tell you how I feel With words designed to hide or steal Just what it was I had to say, you need to say If you mean what you say and you say what you mean Hang on every word, hang on, hang on, hang on Tell me what you see? Hang on every word, hang on, hang on, hang on Tell me all you want to be? These are the words of business, chalk and cheese the language of war When you can be sure that no-one dies With all this called how do we know what's truth and what is lies Hang on every word, hang on, hang on, hang on Tell me what you see? Hang on every word, hang on, hang on, hang on Tell me all you want to be? Hang on every word, hang on, hang on, hang on Tell me all you know Hang on every word, hang on, hang on, hang on Tell me all that doesn't show Made a window for your revolver and your 18 ANC to be clear But I thought you might be DOA OK OK Yeaaaaahh Hang on every word, hang on, hang on, hang on Tell me what you see? Hang on every word, hang on, hang on, hang on Tell me all you want to be? Hang on every word, hang on, hang on, hang on All our arms what arms we've got and never go In other words in other worlds where we can always go Back to Top Back to The Song List For B-Sides Etc