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(Uuu.....us) I get out of bed at half past ten Phone up a friend, who's a party animal Turn on the news and drink some tea Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping One day I'll read, or learn to drive a car If you pass the test, you can beat the rest But I don't like to compete, or talk street, street, street I can pick up the best from the party animal I could leave you, say goodbye Or I could love you, if I try And I could And left to my own devices, I probably would Left to my own devices, I probably would Pick up a brochure about the sun Learn to ignore what the photographer saw I was always told that you should join a club Stick with the gang, if you want to belong I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy In a world of my own at the back of the garden I didn't want to compete, or play out on the street For in a secret life I was a round head general I could leave you, say goodbye Or I could love you, if I try And I could And left to my own devices, I probably would Left to my own devices, I probably would Oh, I would I was faced with a choice at a difficult age Would I write a book? Or should I take to the stage? But in the back of my head I heard distant feet Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat It's not a crime when you look the way you do The way I like to picture you When I get home, it's late at night I pour a drink and watch the fight Turn off the TV, look at a book Pick up the phone, fix some food Maybe I'll sit up all night and day Waiting for the minute I hear you say I could leave you, say goodbye Or I could love you, if I try And I could And left to my own devices, I probably would Come on, baby, say goodbye I could love you, if I try And I could And left to my own devices, I probably would Left to my own devices, I probably would Out of bed, at half past ten The party animal phones a friend Picks up news about the sun And the working day has just begun Sticks with the gang - at the back of the street Pass the test - and you don't compete Drive the car, if you're with me Che Guevara's drinking tea He reads about a new device And takes to the stage in a secret life (Uuu.....us) Left to my own devices, I probably would If I was left to my own devices, I possibly would (Uuu.....us) If I was left to my own devices, I probably would Left to my own devices, I probably would I could leave you, say goodbye Or I could love you, if I try And I could And left to my own devices, I probably would Left to my own devices, I probably would Come on, baby Left to my own devices, I probably would |
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| 2. |
| 3:47 |
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You dress me up, I'm your puppet
You buy me things, I love it You bring me food, I need it You give me love, I feed it And look at the two of us in sympathy With everything we see I never want anything, it's easy You buy whatever I need But look at my hopes, look at my dreams The currency we've spent (Ooooh) I love you, oh, you pay my rent (Ooooh) I love you, oh, you pay my rent You phone me in the evening on hearsay And bought me caviar You took me to a restaurant off Broadway To tell me who you are We never-ever argue, we never calculate The currency we've spent (Ooooh) I love you, oh, you pay my rent (Ooooh) I love you, you pay my rent I'm your puppet I love it And look at the two of us in sympathy And sometimes ecstasy Words mean so little, and money less When you're lying next to me But look at my hopes, look at my dreams The currency we've spent (Ooooh) I love you, oh, you pay my rent (Ooooh) I love you, you pay my rent Look at my hopes, look at my dreams The currency we've spent (Ooooh) I love you, oh, you pay my rent (Ooooh) I love you, you pay my rent (Ooooh) I love you, oh, you pay my rent (Ooooh) I love you, you pay my rent (Ooooh) I love you, you pay my rent (It's easy, it's so easy) |
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| 3. |
| 3:17 |
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What a performance tonight Should I react or turn off the light? Looks like you're picking a fight in a blurring of wrong and right But how your mood changes You're a devil, now an angel Suddenly subtle and solemn and silent as a monk You only tell me you love me when you're drunk It's better than nothing, I suppose some doors have opened, others closed but I couldn't see you exposed to the horrors behind some of those Somebody said: listen don't you know what you're missing? You should be kissing him instead of dissing him like a punk But you only tell me you love me when you're drunk You only tell me you love me when you're drunk All of my friends keep asking me Why, oh, why do you not say goodbye? If you don't even try you'll be sunk 'Cause you only tell me you love me when you're drunk What's the meaning when you speak with so much feeling? Is it over when you're sober? is it junk? You only tell me you love me when you're drunk You only tell me you love me when you're drunk |
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| 4. |
| 5:20 |
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I lived a quiet life
a stranger to champagne I never dared to venture out to cities of the plain I'd heard about their way of life took it with a pinch of salt The freedom and the time to play a life so easy it intrigued me when you called to say: "Are you gonna go to the Sodom and Gomorrah Show? It's got everything you need for your complete entertainment and instruction Sun, sex, sin, divine intervention, death and destruction The Sodom and Gomorrah show is a once-in-a-lifetime production" I think it's true to say my life was changed that night In the liberated atmosphere all around me Someone found me whispered in my ear "Are you gonna go to the Sodom and Gomorrah Show? It's got everything you need for your complete entertainment and instruction Sun, sex, sin, divine intervention, death and destruction The Sodom and Gomorrah Show is a once-in-a-lifetime production" Then we went on after-hours there was place down below It was there I realised the meaning of the show You've got to love to learn to live where angels fear to tread I did it and I don't regret the day Even now I think of how you turned to me to say "Are you gonna go to the Sodom and Gomorrah Show? It's got everything you need for your complete entertainment and instruction Sun, sex, sin, divine intervention, death and destruction The Sodom and Gomorrah Show is a once-in-a-lifetime production" |
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The girl's perfection
inspires affection It's queer that here he can't cast his spell in her direction Somewhere near One senses fear Casanova in Hell The girl is naked The boy is naked He hides inside a secret chamber There to gape through a velvet drape and dream of rape Casanova in Hell Her sharp suggestion he couldn't get an erection came as a shock He finds himself a laughing-stock His ageing fate to contemplate Casanova in Hell Back in the library his revenge is his story What he will write will recall the bite of his wit and legendary appetite The sybarite Casanova is well For Casanova has the last laugh Creates the myth and vindication of his sexual vocation Makes the definitive collection His lives and lovers and above all his erection will live in history |
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| 7:31 | 
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| 7. |
| 3:48 |
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BILLIE
An inspirational tirade against me How to explain my life? Girls to the left of me boys to the right of me neither husband nor wife Though the days are filled with pain there is no one who'll explain why I'm coming under friendly fire shot in the fatal cause of rock-and-roll but there's no-one, really no-one, to say: Why I endure under force majeure slandered without shame or tact I who studied make-up, mime and Buddha who taught two generations to react About me the critics lied I ignored them and survived in spite of coming under friendly fire shot in the fatal cause of rock-and-roll But there's nothing, really nothing, to deny When I look back my eyes are filled with tears Danger to mascara, applause to my peers When fame sustained me and arenas acclaimed me I floated through life on a cloud of love and insanity and pagan profanity before a worshipping crowd Now my status is ill-defined As an icon I'm inclined to be coming under friendly fire shot in the fatal cause of rock-and-roll but whatever dull or clever points they've scored I have never, oh no never, been ignored |
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| 3:59 |
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If you've done nothing wrong
you've got nothing to fear If you've something to hide you shouldn't even be here Long live us the persuaded we integral collectively to the whole project it's brand new conceived solely to protect you One world One reason Unchanging One season If you've done nothing wrong you've got nothing to fear If you've something to hide you shouldn't even be here You've had your chance now we've got the mandate If you've changed your mind I'm afraid it's too late We're concerned you're a threat You're not integral to the project Sterile Immaculate Rational Perfect Everyone has their own number in the system that we operate under We're moving to a situation where your lives exist as information One world One life One chance One reason All under one sky unchanging one season If you've done nothing wrong you've got nothing to fear If you've something to hide you shouldn't even be here You've had your chance now we've got the mandate If you've changed your mind I'm afraid it's too late We're concerned you're a threat You're not integral to the project Sterile Immaculate Rational Perfect |
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| 1. |
| 4:52 |
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Don't wanna hear the news
What's going on What's coming through I don't wanna know don't wanna know Just wanna hide away make my my escape I want the world to leave me alone Feels like I feel too much I've seen too much For a little while I want to forget I wanna be numb I don't wanna feel this pain no more Wanna lose touch I just wanna go and lock the door I don't wanna think I don't wanna feel nothing I wanna be numb I just wanna be wanna be numb Can't find no space to breathe World's closing in right on me now Well that's how it feels that's how it feels Too much light There's too much sound Wanna turn it off Wanna shut it out I need some relief Think that like I think too much I've seen too much There is just too much thought in my head I wanna be numb I don't wanna feel this pain no more Wanna lose touch I just wanna go and lock the door I don't wanna think I don't wanna feel nothing I wanna be numb I just wanna be wanna be taken away from all the madness Need to escape escape from the pain I'm out on the edge about to lose my mind For a little while For a little while I wanna be numb I don't wanna think I don't wanna feel nothing I wanna be numb I don't wanna feel this pain no more Wanna lose touch I just wanna go and lock the door I don't wanna think I don't wanna feel nothing I wanna be numb I just wanna be wanna be numb I just wanna be wanna be numb |
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| 2. |
| 4:50 |
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It's alright)
(It's alright) I can hear it (Alright Alright Alright Alright) (Alright Alright Alright Alright) Dictation being forced in Afghanistan Revolution in South Africa taking a stand People in Eurasia on the brink of oppression I hope it's gonna be alright 'Cause the music plays forever (For it goes on and on and on and on) Yeahah I hope it's gonna be alright (Alright Alright Alright Alright) Generations will come and go (will come and go) But there's one thing for sure Music is our life's foundation And shall succeed all the nations to come Yeahah I hope it's gonna be alright 'Cause the music plays forever (For it goes on and on and on and on...) (Yeahah) I hope it's gonna be alright (On and on and on...) 'Cause the music plays forever (For it goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on) The year three thousand may still come to pass But the music shall last I can hear it on a timeless wavelength Never dissipating but giving us strength I hope it's gonna be alright (Alright Alright Alright Alright) (Alright Alright Alright Alright) (Alright Alright Alright Alright) I hope it's gonna be alright (Pu bu dup dup pu pu du bu dup...) (Alright Alright Alright Alright) (Alright Alright Alright Alright) (For it goes on and on and on and on) (Alright Alright Alright Alright) Let your body move tonight 'Cause it's gonna be alright (It's alright) (It will be alright) (It's alright) (It's gonna be alright) (It's gonna be) (It's gonna be) (Alright) (It's gonna be all) (Alright) (It's gonna be all) (Alright) (It's gonna be all) (Alright) 'Cause the music plays forever (It's gonna be all) (It's gonna be all) (It's gonna be alright) (It's alright) I can hear it on a timeless wavelength (eeeeeehhhhhhh...) Never dissipating but giving us strength (eeeeeehhhhhhh...) I hope it's gonna be alright (aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh...) 'Cause the music plays forever on and on and on and on and on and on and on... ("I hope it's gonna be alright") |
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| 5:31 |
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Shadows on the sun
Another night's begun It's always dark in Luna Park Wind across the moon Electric storms and soon a flying spark in Luna Park And when we're getting higher we're happy Somebody's eating fire we're happy The big wheel in the sky will make you scream Come on, join a line The ghost train leaves on time It's always dark in Luna Park On the shooting range the plastic prizes never change So make your mark on Luna Park And when we're getting higher we're happy Somebody's eating fire we're happy The big wheel in the sky will make you scream Thunder. I wonder? A storm will come one day to blow us all away like dust on the moon In Luna Park it can't be dark too soon A storm is coming soon Like dust on the moon Every night we go to the latest horror show and hear the screams in Luna dreams Fortune-tellers muse on palms that bode bad news The future's dark in Luna Park And when we're feeling scared we're happy With circuses and bread we're happy The whirling fair machines are all we need Thunder. I wonder? A storm will come one day to blow us all away like dust on the moon In Luna Park it can't be dark too soon |
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| 4. |
| 4:21 |
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======================= Taken from the soundtrack to Scandal
Mandy's in the papers, 'cause she tried to go to Spain She'll soon be in the dock, and in the papers once again Vicki's got her story about the mirror and the cane It may be false, it may be true But nothing has been proved Stephen's in his dressing-gown now, breakfasting alone Too sick to eat, he's on his feet and to the telephone The police inspector soothes him with his sympathetic tone It may be false, it may be true But nothing has been proved In the House a resignation, guilty faces everyone Christine's fallen out with Lucky, Johnny's got a gun "Please, please me"'s number one (It's a scandal, it's a scandal, such a scandal) Now Stephen's in the dock for spending money that was earned By Christine, and the prosecution says that money burned A hole in Stephen's pocket, for expensive sins he yearned It may be false, it may be true But nothing has been proved In the news a suicide note, in the court an empty space Even Mandy's looking worried, Christine's pale and drawn "Please, please me"'s number one (It's a scandal, it's a scandal, such a scandal) Last night he wrote these words to his friend: "Sorry about the mess" "I'm guilty 'til proved innocent in the public eye and press" The funeral's very quiet, because all his friends have fled They may be false, they may be true They've all got better things to do They may be false, they may be true But nothing has been proved, ooh Nothing Nothing has been proved No, nothing Nothing No, nothing Nothing No, nothing Nothing No, nothing Nothing No, nothing |
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At dead of night, when strangers roam
The streets in search of anyone who'll take them home I lie alone, the clock strikes three And anyone who wanted to could contact me At dead of night, 'till break of day Endless thoughts and questions keep me awake It's much too late Where've you been? Who've you seen? You didn't phone when you said you would! Do you lie? Do you try to keep in touch? You know you could I've tried to see your point of view But could not hear or see For jealousy I never knew time pass so slow I wish I'd never met you, or that I could bear to let you go At dead of night, 'till break of day Endless thoughts and questions keep me awake It's much too late Where've you been? Who've you seen? You didn't phone when you said you would! Do you lie? Do you try to keep in touch? You know you could I've tried to see your point of view But could not hear or see For jealousy Where've you been? Who've you seen? You didn't phone when you said you would! Do you lie? Do you try to keep in touch? You know you could I've tried to see your point of view But could not hear or see For jealousy I never knew 'til I met you |
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Dreaming of the Queen
Visiting for tea You and her and I And Lady Di The Queen said: "I'm aghast Love never seems to last However hard you try" And Di replied That there are no more lovers left alive No one has survived So there are no more lovers left alive And that's why love has died Yes, it's true Look, it's happened to me and you Then carriages arrived We stood and said goodbye Diana dried her eyes And looked surprised For I was in the nude The old Queen disapproved But people laughed and asked For autographs And there were no more lovers left alive No one had survived So there were no more lovers left alive And that's why love had died Yes, it's true Look, it's happened to me and you I woke up in a sweat Desolate For there were no more lovers left alive No one had survived So there were no more lovers left alive And that's why love had died Yes, it's true Look, it's happened to me and you |
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When I look back upon my life
It's always with a sense of shame I've always been the one to blame For everything I long to do No matter when or where or who Has one thing in common, too It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin It's a sin Everything I've ever done Everything I ever do Every place I've ever been Everywhere I'm going to It's a sin At school they taught me how to be So pure in thought and word and deed They didn't quite succeed For everything I long to do No matter when or where or who Has one thing in common, too It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin It's a sin Everything I've ever done Everything I ever do Every place I've ever been Everywhere I'm going to It's a sin Father, forgive me, I tried not to do it Turned over a new leaf, then tore right through it Whatever you taught me, I didn't believe it Father, you fought me, 'cause I didn't care And I still don't understand So I look back upon my life Forever with a sense of shame I've always been the one to blame For everything I long to do No matter when or where or who Has one thing in common, too It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin It's a sin Everything I've ever done Everything I ever do Every place I've ever been Everywhere I'm going to - it's a sin It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin |
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I was lost
for so long Feels like it's taken half my life to find where I belong Seeing you here You're my nation This is my application Give me hope Keep me sane Give me indefinite leave to remain All the worlds that I saw I went so far away and still wanted you more It may sound superficial but can we make it official? Give me hope Keep me sane Give me indefinite leave to remain Tell me where I stand What do you envision? One way or another Give me your decision now Is it time to proceed? Will you give me a chance and the status I need? Seeing you here You're my nation This is my application Give me hope Keep me sane Give me indefinite leave to remain |
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Sometimes you're better off dead There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head You think you're mad, too unstableKicking in chairs and knocking down tables In a restaurant in a West End townCall the police, there's a madman around Running down underground to a dive barIn a West End town In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls West End girls Too many shadows, whispering voicesFaces on posters, too many choices If, when, why, what?How much have you got? Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often? And which do you choose, a hard or soft option?(How much do you need?) In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls West End girls West End girls (How much do you need?) In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls Oooh West End town, a dead end world East End boys, West End Girls West End girlsYou've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone Just you wait 'till I get you homeWe've got no future, we've got no past Here today, built to lastIn every city, in every nation From Lake Geneva to the Finland station(How far have you been?) In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls A West End town, a dead end world East End Boys, West End girls West End girls West End girls West End girls(How far have you been?) Girls East End boys And West End girls And West End girls And West End girls East End boys The West End girls The West End boys And West End girls The West End girls The West End boys The West End girls |
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