To whom it may concern Whatever your address I didn't think I'd have the nerve To write this I confess To get it off my chest But now that I have your attention I must make sure I get it right
To whom it may concern Dear madam or sir I don't know your name Or if you'll ever read these words I know that sounds absurd I know you don't know who I am You know that we haven't met Yet
And I hope this is alright with you I hope this is alright with you I remain your faithful servant
To whom it may concern Let me cut to the chase We're gonna have to meet one time Before we quit this place Gone without a trace And you may have already won So please fill out this questionnaire And say a prayer
To whom it may concern Now we will begin I'm not gonna post this I'll just throw it in the wind And wonder where it lands But I know that it will reach you somehow I know that it will be received I must believe
I hope we'll be alright with you I hope we'll be alright with you I remain your faithful servant....
Maybe you're insecure Neck deep in life's manure Maybe your heart's impure Inured to all small compensations Maybe you're born to lose Could be caught out or confused Wearing the condemned man's shoes Worn out, beyond a warning There might be one million ills that ail ya But why do you take pleasure in other people's failure?
Each day since time began You'll meet a modest man Who says he understands Your plans, your dreams, your schemes, your feelings But rather you than me
That's his mentality He's a slave to gravity And he watches laughing as you fall down He doesn't even have to nail ya That's why he takes pleasure in other people's failure
It is a rule of thumb Inside the coliseum That when the time will come We'd rather see the losers slaughtered And no-one can resist This vicarious kiss It is our greatest bliss The twist that gives success it's flavour A psychopathic psychedelia.... That's why we take pleasure in other people's failure
The secret angel fell from grace Condemned to wear a human face Evicted from her paradise Excommunicated twice Settled for second best And so she found me
Don't ask the nature of her crime Don't ask her why she's serving time Don't ask this girl why she can't cry Don't ask her questions that start "why" I'm trying to help her start anew To learn to walk when once she flew Above the ups and downs That floor and ground us
Into the dark, she was reborn She says tonight will have no dawn And all the light drains from her eyes As she forgets to say goodbye To one more memory That tries to lift her high
She drafts new plans and draws designs To find a way for her to fly I hide them when her back is turned The secret angel never learns She just gets burned again And falls eternally....
In Westminster, the bell fell down Took three hundred years to touch the ground Fall leaves drifted by and turned brown A foreign plane was downed
Dogs came running from their cold dog pound They leapt through the fence and ran downtown And the convicts turned their ship around And they were homeward bound
Kiss me, miss liberty Take me to bed So I can be free as well Not just in my head Kiss me, miss liberty Lift me alone Unchain my heavy heart Fill me with love Miss liberty, kiss me
And the slave were saved from their chain-gang Knives cut men down just about to hang Lost love returned just like a boomerang
And it was I who sang
Kiss me, miss liberty Take me to bed So I can be free as well Not just in my head Miss liberty, kiss me
Freedom, show me to your foreign shore Lay me in your arms at your front door I can't face confinement anymore I won't be ignored
Kiss me, miss liberty Take me to bed So I can be free as well Not just in my head Kiss me, miss liberty Lift me above Unchain my heavy heart Fill me with love Miss liberty, kiss me
There was this man Who lived on the seashore The house with the steel door You passed it on the way to where you are He stares at the sand From his bedroom window Shakes as the wind blows Through the passing tail-fins of your car
Nothing matters anymore If it does, he doesn't care The devil lives below him God lives upstairs
He's trying to sleep So hard in the daylight Impossible at night Between those neighbours driving him insane Footsteps from above Below, it's all-night parties And it's drink up, my hearties They're stoking up for the furnace once again
Nothing matters anymore If he does, he doesn't care The devil lives below him God lives upstairs
He hasn't a prayer Between the heated floorboards And the quiet guy on the third floor Who never even picks up all his mail He knows where it goes Downstairs is stealing He stares at the ceiling He knows that all he has to do is fail
Nothing matters anymore If it does, he doesn't care The devil lives below him God lives upstairs The devil lives below him God lives upstairs
There was you and me and then there was him Which leaves me out on a limb Out in the cold where the wild things grow Where no one talks because no one knows That there are 26 letters, just five vowels And you can use them all, it's allowed If you've got the patience Because there are infinite combinations
There are cars on fire and burst balloons Which one of us must mend soon But it's a dark old path through the dead of night And only one way to get there right Because there are 20 million roads
And 20 million coming home You can find the longest way, it's not unknown If you've got the patience Cos there are infinite combinations
Your heart is safe, I don't have a key Your heart is a safe that's locked to me But when the lights go out, I'll place my bets Because we're not finished yet There are endless numbers and finite moves But you can try them all, it's been proved If you have the patience Because there are infinite combinations
The king puts on his raiment And surveys the royal scene And tries to put his finger on The source of all his ennui But when something goes, it's gone, you know Starts at the top, spreads down Just check out the faded bodywork Beneath his rusted crown
They're waiting for impeachment But they can't see the day The queen can't give him any heirs The word is he's to blame So he beheads her for amusements And now he's quoting nietzsche You'd think that he would have known She was his one redeeming feature
But the king isn't dead, the king's dead boring That's the song that the millions sing You name it, he's lost it, he lacks everything The king is dead boring
He used to be a don juan Now he's just the royal slut Knocking up the servant girls Waking up a half-cut He gets a chance to win them back
But gives them some old spiel And all they see's the ghost Of his former ex-appeal
But the king isn't dead, the king's dead boring That's the song that his minions sing You name it, he's lost it, he lacks everything The king is dead boring
They used to sing long live the king He was the man with everything But now they shout "get that dull bastard out"
He used to be so carnaby So out of all our leagues Now it's all that he can do To zip up his fatigues If only he could make excuses Engage with us somehow But effort is so out of place And failure's not allowed
Because the king isn't dead, the king's dead boring That's the song that the millions sing You name it, he's lost it, he lacks everything The king is dead boring
I sing of the triumph of trash The rise to success of hard cash The birth of annihilation The end of my patience I sing of the triumph of trash
Trash is the product of greed Selfishness planted the seed Everybody knows Money makes it grow Trash is the product of greed
Trash needs nostalgia to breathe It brings a familiar relief Deja vu is all that matters Unless we predicted it, it never happened Trash needs nostalgia to breathe
Trash is at once high and low It panders to the worst parts of both We're so pleased we're in agreement Our heads in clouds, our feet in cement Trash is at once high and low
Hope is left out in the cold Looking for pieces of gold Our refuse has no limits She tries to live in it Hope is left out in the cold
I sing of the triumph of trash The past is a grate full of ash No morals and no sinners So there's no losers and no winner And I sing of the triumph of trash
As I was out walking one night in the park Cupid was out on the town in the dark And I couldn't resist as I saw him walk by So I asked him why he had a tear in his eye
He said "i'm an outlaw but my hands are clean And I love this girl who won't look twice at me I've made love work for others and now it's my turn But these arrows are useless, they just crash and burn They're wide of the mark"
Cupid and psycho, a couple much better apart When cupid's in love It's psycho left holding the darts And it tears us apart
Psycho was sitting on her balcony Framed on the wall by a heart made of ivy Cupid said "stay here with me and you'll see what I mean" And he climbed on the tree that led up to his dream And she shook on the branch and he fell to my feet
Bruised but still breathing, his crestfallen love Cupid he said "throw your hair from above" She said "just leave me alone, I'm bound for my bed All the voices I'm hearing are just in my head All the voices I'm hearing"
Cupid and psycho, a couple much better apart When cupid's in love It's psycho left holding the darts And it tears us apart
While cupid is crying, love waits to be born Broken in pieces, alone on the floor He'd let go of the reins and the ride was insane If he doesn't get back on, will love live again Could we be in love? would our hearts beat again? Could I love you? could you love me?
Cupid and psycho, a couple much better in two When cupid's in love Psycho ends up so confused And it tears me and you
I saw you yesterday I couldn't let you be I had to sift through broken glass To find out if you missed me But all I found was a slow fade And a gift-wrapped box of band aids With a note that said "i'm never coming home"
Beneath my single bed Everything's haphazard There's boxes full of bits of you And none of them are numbered And when I search, it's deja vu Things I think I knew I should have thrown away this time last year
Everytime I touch you You move so slow And you're still like your photo
I heard me yesterday Repeating my own name To convince myself That none of us had changed And now I'm walking round the grooves
Of a record I lost when we moved There's dust and scratches mixed with all these tears
Everytime I touch you You move so slow And you're still like your photo
Should we throw it all away The failed long shots through far distant styles Those forced smiles, those forced smiles It started so on the mark But it missed by one million miles
Nothing has developed This darkroom gets me down I'd throw on all the lights But I'm afraid you'd come around You're living in a limbo hell A life that's only parallel Is the real you aware what's going on?
Everytime I touch you You move so slow And you're still like your photo
Everything's changed and it's all for the best And it's all gone according to plan It's out in the open and now it's all over Three cheers for every woman and man Terry and julie still stand on the bridge But only in our memory Don't look to them to draw a conclusion Just love them and set them free
Julie hangs out by the banks of the river Where the garbage all flows to the sea Something's washed up, it's sacrifice to her From the twentieth century She sees the smokestacks and she sees the city She sees the stadium's covered in snow The streets have been cleaned except for the bedrooms Of all the people with nowhere to go
Terry will clutch at threads where the rope was As he's freefalling fast to the floor But nobody claps because nobody's watching It's his lawyers who get all the applause Time's on the move, and I'm on the redeye Where I'm hoping to find one more song But it's like looking for rain in the river Better not leave it too long
Terry and julie filled out the coupon And they won tickets tonight to the show But it's the aisles in the new stores that beckon As they shine a divine guiding glow The bridge through the city, it has just crumbled And that link is what kept them all sane The two of them tumble into the river Forget to come up for air again
I've lived my life backwards Or heaven knows I've tried Hope I find my perfection before I die Maybe once we were fantastic Maybe once we were divine Now we're flailing in the wake Of progress passing by At the speed of normal
Ever since you were the baby You've been trying to grow up But that's nothing that a therapist can cure There's an unconfirmed report
Or could it be a cruel hoax That death is just the punchline To a tall tale told At the speed of normal
So for everyone who's anyone And you know who you are Hope you don't drop behind in the hundred yards war The winners and the losers Overtaken in the end By their very shadows Taking the last bend At the speed of normal
With half an eye on history And half an ounce of hope Sold his soul in the vestry Money for old rope Been this way a million times But now his time is nigh He steps into the spotlight He wants to say 'hi Hello, we're so glad you came You've never seen me before' He's so ambitious, he's so game But yesterday he was dressed the same Then he was so much easier to ignore Here Comes The Groom But the world's not an inn and there isn't any room for you But here he comes
He married into money Just to kiss and tell He ripped the contract open He's out of his shell He looks into a mirror Practising his poise But it reflects so badly The groom just gets annoyed He gasps, he forgets his lines He's never done that before The scientists say he's doing fine This fumbling frantic frankenstein Soon he's gonna do the dinosaur Here Comes The Groom
His fingers are on the cliff edge His head is going under Is that applause? No that's just thunder.... Why do you keep saying I do? What does the bride mean to you?
Play me some Puccini Make it heavy on the strings Walk me to the altar The choir can't even sing Right side for the photographs Left side for the kids God made me do it So that's what I did He coughs, loosens his bow-tie You've never seen him before He kisses the bride, oh you know why Love's one more thing you can buy He was unfaithful before he went outdoors (and now he's in the graveyard) Here Comes The Groom.....
Sometimes when you get mystic I have to leave the room Another accident statistic While the big bass drum goes boom There's an apocalypse now on Station Road If there's a nuclear winter, at least it'll snow Your talk turns all of me upside down You turned up my ticket at the lost and found And all I got was the current crown worn by Cathy's New Clown
Our enemies are at the border We couldn't go back too soon Be a nice girl and don't take orders That's what they're saying in the back room You got a big black box that I can't get a look in And I wanna look at you but I don't get a look in I'm like a talking head with the sound turned down Or Pavlov's dog when he wasn't around I'm just a little bit lost so I'm heading downtown to be Cathy's New Clown
One upon a time I didn't know you That's the way the story goes But how I wish, how I wish you'd let me show you That I love the lines but hate the clothes That's the way it goes
Turn the speakers up to ten now Listen to what he has to say Watch out there's a body talking body-talk A big mouth just gets in the way, hey When I'm with you, there's something to it You know the old lie and you can see through it But now I'm alone and I'm homeward bound Cover my tracks up and cover new ground Put down the purse cos I'm buying this round I'm putting pepper down for the pack of bloodhounds And all I need is a single sound, I'll be Cathy's New Clown Here he comes.....
Well you can dance on tv with your diamonds on Sing in tune for a world that is going for a song Get the steps all right but the words go wrong
And you can wake up in the morning with sweaty hands Turn the radio on to the right waveband Think about today and the one that you planned
Under the desperate gaze of the whole wide world You turned into a spaced cowgirl Spaced Cowgirl Lock up the medicine chest This wild wild woman is way out west Spaced Cowgirl Lock up the reins and the spurs None of you cowboys are true to her
Well, you can be a good lover, hammer nails into hearts And you can be a big loser when the real horror starts You can blow hot and cold on the sacred graph
You had a good evening but you don't know where All you recall is a fall guy with an up for sale stare Fell down by the bed and not to say your prayers
Under the watchful eye....
Sometimes I listen to you, it's the whiskey talking Sometimes I watch you move and it's the whiskey walking Sometimes I sit and think of the things that might have been
Well, your eyes never open, when you sleep they don't close And it rained so hard and your a delicate rose Then it got so cold that your feelings froze
No, I still don't believe in all your second sight The automatic pilot flies your eyes tonight Smile at the bird, we'll get you home alright (alright)
Under the watchful eye...
Spaced Cowgirl Lock up the medicine chest There's no frontier left way out west Spaced Cowgirl Wasn't she the first to say I can't remember my lines today....
Well, the power of the bullet is fascinating They're polishing the luga facsimiles The little kids grow up imitating Cowboys shoot indians before puberty Don't get me to the battle on time I'd be useless in the front line Don't point that thing at me You know I'm scared of guns
You can argue, say it's harmless In the nightmare fairground gallery We're all under pain of death To keel right over gracefully I ached to be a uniform man And toss that baton in a marching band Don't point that thing at me You know I'm scared of guns
I'm scared of guns, they're out of your hands I'm scared of guns, they might go bang I'm scared of guns, Hey Joe, they're out of control I'm scared of guns, fear eat the soul Don't shoot me
I wanna put flowers in the barrels Like the famous photo, understand That I'd rather get hit on the head That hold cold metal in my hand The new arrival, the latest addition The little boys running out of ammunition Don't point that thing at me You know I'm scared of guns
How can you be so dark and disgusting When she's all sweetness and light She doesn't lie through her teeth all day She doesn't grind them in her dreams When you hold her tight at night How can you be so sick and suspicious When she's health and goodness personified? That love you gave her, it's just a virus That wants blood for Dr.Hyde She's an angel and you're a clown She'll be flying when you're six feet under the ground You'll be lying because someone told you you should She's an angel and you're no good
How can you be so cool and distant When she always does her best to be here Right between your dreams and your nightmare desires The hole in your wall has got so small Her stockings are so sheer How can you be so greedy and hopeless She gives you everything but you still want more If you could see the looks you give her That's something you'd abhor She's an angel and you're a joke A shaggy dog shuffling in to give the punchline a poke You're just dying to turn her into Red Riding Hood She's an angel and you're no good
She's a not a Barbie doll You can drag around on some dog collar You can't wrap love up in Clingflim Keep it from getting older She'll always be so artless You're heartless, getting colder Don't try to come from behind Cos I'll be right over your shoulder
How can you treat her dumb and stupid When she knows that you're not the bee's knees You'll have to let her turn the bedside light right off Instead of you turning it down to mood by the three degrees How can you be so limp and spineless When she'd even help you to make your final stand It's not enough for anyone Just to lie back and think of Iceland She's not an angel, she's flesh and blood You do the dirty and she's crawled around right in your mud Now you're crying, I think that we knew that you would She's an angel and you're no good
It's been raining for a million years And the weather just won't turn Try to build a fire round your place And the damned logs refuse to burn The braindead have been sitting on their sunbeds Where's heaven for its own sake Lying dead or half-forgotten At the bottom of a bottomless lake
But when the sun comes out The world's gonna go crazy Everybody's gonna move their arms about Cos what they believed is turned inside-out When the sun comes out
It's been raining since I don't know when We're all in for a big surprise Go to the woods in your dreams tonight And when you awake you won't believe your eyes It's all the rage, it'll make the front page Gotta get the gutter press going down the drain Butter melts if you leave it near the window And it's time to try and use a deckchair again
But when the sun comes out....
When the sun comes out His pa will be so disappointed To find out his son was double-jointed Some will flounder Some will be anointed The son couldn't wait to do a turn-about
It's been raining but it's gonna stop Cats and dogs will shake themselves Time to work, time to pick those hops I gotta go and mend the greenhouse shelves This was meant, well, it's all heaven-sent Go out naked and have no fear One boy spent a little life in torment But now he's grinning from ear to ear Now he's grinning from here to here...
I shot John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 63 They blamed it on Oswald carelessly But it was the devil in me Put Jesus on the cross, I put a gag on the Boss I kissed him on the cheek so he couldn't speak But that was the devil in me It was the devil in me It's the devil in me that's unlevelling me Put it down to the devil in me
I made you breakfast, put poisoned sheets on the bed I made you cry, couldda made you laugh instead But that was the devil in me So I killed you off, I tore your famous brown furcoat I laughed at your cough, ignored your suicide note But that was the devil in me.....
I blew up the bus, I started World War III Hijacked the plane with Qadaffi, blew the hostages free That was the devil in me I'm sponsored by a company that I don't believe in I advertise their things for cash, that ain't deceiving No, that's just the devil in me It was the devil in me....
I gave you acid rain I polluted the sea I covered your thoughts up With graffiti You can call me by my real name Or you can call me humanity Because it all seems just like human behaviour It all seems like human behaviour to me Put it down to the devil in me
It was the devil in me It was the devil in me Well it's the devil in me makes me do these things Devil in me that makes me sing Devil in me gave you a wedding ring Put it down to the devil in me
