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| 1. |
| 5:16 | 
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It's a hot summer night in the blackboard jungle
Crime sits heavy on the city shoulder Can't get no work, I can't get a job I just sit and play my radio in the parking lot Well, they're breaking down doors in foreign countries Everybody thinks somebody's hiding something There's talk on the street and the nation is worried But you can't talk back when you're dead, when you're dead and Buried And everybody's restless Everybody's scared Everybody's looking for something that just ain't there Everybody's restless Everybody's scared - they think we're all in danger Everyone's taking cover from someone else's anger The walls have ears, Big Brother's watching They tell us that we're poisoned from everything that we're Touching Well, we could be children from the way we're acting We feed ourselves lies and then we scream for action We just breed, and we lose our nerve And there's bombs going off in every corner of the world |
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| 2. |
| 4:09 |
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Hey there, Georgie, got a couple of things to say
One, you're my friend; and two, it's hurting me Seeing you act this way But my hands are tied, and I can only try to talk you out of a fall 'Cause the reputation of the woman you're dating's About as nasty as the Berlin Wall Slow down, Georgie, she's poison Man, you've got to watch yourself She's gonna get in your head, she's gonna crawl in your bed You're just a stepping stone for someone else Slow down, Georgie, she's poison She's just another divorc챕e An undercover lover of a hundred Other little fish in the sea You better cut her loose before she gets her hooks in you If you give her the world, and it was covered in pearls She'd only ask for the moon She's got you hypnotized with her big brown eyes And a body that could stop a clock But if you think your face ain't gonna be replaced Georgie boy, you're in for a shock Well, it ain't my job to rain on your parade But if the chips were down, you'd do the same for me It's always been that way She's got you paralyzed with a pack of lies About honor and the single girl And if you buy that line, you must be out of your mind You must be living in another world |
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| 3. |
| 4:04 |
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There's a light on in your window
There's a shadow on the street Two silhouettes tell me it's over The shadow knows the shadow's me I won't crawl or cause you trouble Well that's the last thing I'll ever do But before I leave your life completely Tell me who wears these shoes, darling Lord knows the days just get longer The nights grow cold with you on my mind And I feel like an old jukebox Playing the same song all the time If these crazy dreams don't kill me It's more than I can take from you Not knowing where or when I'll see you Not knowing darling who wears these shoes My friends all say don't got to pieces I say that's fine but if I lose I want to know who's in my foot steps I want to know who wears these shoes My friends all think I must be crazy I see the facts but if it's true I want to know who's in my footsteps I want to know who wears these shoes, darling Oh and it's a chilling feeling When I can't see him What do I do When I face the two of you |
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| 4. |
| 3:36 |
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They used to say that boys are tough as nails
In every way he keeps his heart as guarded as a jail Now things have changed, I feel so old Like any girl could drag my heart across the coals I was always there in the thick of things I always had the heart of every woman on a string The danger zone shone from my eyes It seemed like every inch I gained became a mile It's not the night reaching in and touching me It's just that breaking hearts ain't what it used to be It seems that time has killed that cruel streak in me And breaking hearts ain't what it used to be It's not the light shining in and catching me It's just that breaking hearts ain't what it used to be But time has come and cast a spell on me And breaking hearts ain't what it used to be And now I know what lonely means I used to give so little and gain everything The darkest part of every day Is the shadow of another girl as she turns and walks away Can't say I blame them all for being hurt After all, I treated each and every one like dirt Who wants a heart that's never home? I face the facts and lock myself into a life alone |
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| 5. |
| 3:36 |
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She looked so easy 'cause she looked so young
With a geisha smile made in Taiwan She got cherry bombs inside her eyes And the luck of the Irish on her side Don't let her tell you that she loves your mind She's got her price, she can turn on a dime Those crocodile tears ain't tears of pain Look a little closer: that's acid rain And I don't know Why, Li'l frigerator, you're so cold Go, Li'l frigerator, go Get away from my soul Li'l frigerator, you're so cold She's calculated with the kiss of death Got a digital mind and expensive breath She's an empty shell, you're a piece of meat Just another statistic on her readout sheet |
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| 6. |
| 3:23 |
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Deny the passenger, who want to get on
Deny the passenger, who want to get on Deny the passenger, who want to get on Want to get on He want to get on Want to get on He want to get on To make a chain of fools You need a matching pair One hypocritical fool And a crowd that′s never there There′s anger in the silence There′s wheels upon the jail A black train built of bones On a copper rail Company conductor You need the salt of tears Falling on a ticket That no one′s used in years Non-commercial native It′s tattooed in your veins You′re living in a blood bank And riding on this train The spirit′s free, but you always find Passengers stand and wait in line Someone in front and someone else behind But passengers always wait in line |
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| 7. |
| 4:20 |
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Lipstick and lashes, the traces of stardom
Lit up on a billboard so everyone sees them in neon Behind a counter she stares out the window Up at the billboard that's like a reminder in neon She hates how she feels but she hangs like a mirror Maybe a stranger could walk in and see her in neon For two cents of danger she'd trust anybody She'd smoke like a gun if it meants she might wind up - [Chorus] In neon the dreams in the light of a promise that dies A shimmering city, a glimmer of hope and a lie In neon the name's gone there's no reason why anymore Trust them and wind up alone behind a locked door In neon, in neon... Pictures and patterns, the touches of glamour Cut into fashion that flashs above 'em in neon A hot cup of coffee held in her fingers A perfect complexion that lingers above her in neon She hates how she feels but she hangs like a mirror Maybe a stranger could walk in and see her in neon For a shot at the title, she'd slip into something She'd smoulder like ashes if it meant she might wind up - In neon... [Chorus] |
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| 8. |
| 4:01 |
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It used to be a sweet sensation
No price too high for love Now I pay for this bitter taste And the price is not enough Such cruel sport for your kicks Such hard knocks on my heart How long before the pain ends? Tell me where living starts And lovers leap off burning buildings Waking up on a sky high wire Desperation leaves us clinging On the edge of a house on fire Lovers leap off burning buildings Live our life on borrowed time Every flame that ever moved you Touched your lips but never mine Lovers leap off burning buildings No room for conversation Cold stares and angry words Fall in pieces from our faces We read "Do not disturb" Some lovers just go hungry Others beg for just a bite You use me under pressure To whet your appetite |
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| 9. |
| 3:21 |
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Sling your hook in with him baby
He's a real sharp-shooter now If he's out there hiding in the tall grass Tell him I said he was a coward This ain't any old western honey It's the twentieth century now But if he thinks he's some kind of tough cowboy And he's hurt her then I want to know how Did he shoot her with his compromise Like a heart attack he can paralyse Or did he hang her in a noose On the telephone line Did he shoot her with a 45 Did he leave his mark right between her eyes Oh did he shoot that girl That used to be mine Tell him I'm ready any time he chooses The pay-off for the things, for the things he's done He ain't messing with no two-bit bandit Armed with a couple of guns If he wants to see it as a two reel movie He's living in the head of someone else But better take him down and dust him honey I want to hear the truth for myself Did he shoot her Did he shoot her |
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| 10. |
| 4:49 |
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Sad Songs (Say So Much)
Guess there are times when we all need to share a little pain And ironing out the rough spots Is the hardest part when memories remain And it's times like these when we all need to hear the radio `Cause from the lips of some old singer We can share the troubles we already know Turn them on, turn them on Turn on those sad songs When all hope is gone Why don't you tune in and turn them on They reach into your room Just feel their gentle touch When all hope is gone Sad songs say so much If someone else is suffering enough to write it down When every single word makes sense Then it's easier to have those songs around The kick inside is in the line that finally gets to you and it feels so good to hurt so bad And suffer just enough to sing the blues Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say so much |
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