He woke to the sound of the birds in the morning Felt charged with a new lease of life Time to break out of his present surroundings A mother, a child and a wife He'd not said good-bye to his last thread of childhood It lay just beyond his front gate So he packed just a few things And he packed in his job And he prayed he'd not left it too late
He turned and he said "Well we always have time, Time on our side And there's time for this boy to turn back"
Joy held his heart As he took to the road Cast all his sorrow To the breeze Knew in his heart It was the right thing to do For he had to search out His belief Spring came and fall went The year ran away Love, hate and heartache ran too Felt himself drift Into memories of home And the loneliness he lived on through
He turned and he said "Well we always have time, Time on our side
And there's time for this boy to turn back"
And he'd learnt about life But he'd lost out on love He was no longer only a boy There were lines on his face From the sun and the wind But no lines there through Laughter or joy
Shoes full of holes But with fire in his soul He walked down the dirt beaten track Mother was gone But his wife and child were living on And they cried "It's the boy who came back" Goodbye through the evening Goodbye through the night Goodbye through the dreams Through the sleep Goodbye to our yesterdays Hello tomorrow It seems we were destined to meet
He turned and he said "Well we always have time, Time on our side And there's time for this boy to turn back"
Oh you have the saddest eyes That I have ever seen Secret sorrows of a heart That breaks so easily Don't let me catch you crying Don't let me catch you crying
Watching through the pane of glass The final silent scenes You became a fading face In morning's half forgotten dream Don't let me catch you crying Just hear the sad breeze sighing
You have You have
You have the first ice of winter I have the first rain of summer You have the sad signs of sorrow I have to leave you tomorrow Words on a torn piece of paper Escape from the window forever Memories don't seem to matter When crushed under heel in the gutter
Oh you have the saddest eyes That I have ever seen Secret sorrows of a heart That breaks so easily Don't let me catch you crying
Just hear the sad breeze sighing
You have You have
I wander out along the rain washed streets Blinded with tears And kicking cans Wrecked and wild With an ever-crushing loneliness Feverish and tousled With an ever-crushing love I know I won't find any answers here I know my pleading voice bounds back an echo It ricochets back down the cavernous alley Hey don't be a stranger Sad how misguided and confused We suffer inside Stumbling from one shaky stepping stone To another Reaching out for a blind, blind love Reaching out for a blind, blind love
Small we fall easy prey to self-pity Wishing I was with you on the other side Maybe tomorrow I'll join you in Paradise Maybe tomorrow I'll join you in Paradise
She was always alone Kept herself under lock and key Just her sorrows for all to see She would break up and cry for me Throw her away Blow the ash from the ashtray Leave her alone to play Leave her alone to pray
And now you wonder why I put out the flame to die I'll hold on to my mystery Secrets that make up me In what's real and fantasy
Tenderness is a weakness It tears down your fortresses Makes you easy access Tenderness is a weakness It makes you so vulnerable
He was always alone Told me he liked it best that way Just a victim of circumstance Just a loser who'd lost his chance Truth, love and lies They were all and the same to him But he'd never given in To the ultimate sin
And now you wonder why I put out the flame in my eyes I'll hold on to my mystery Secrets that make up me In what's real and fantasy
Tenderness is a weakness It tears down your fortresses Makes you easy access (and I guess that) Tenderness is a weakness It makes you so vulnerable To that sick dangerous feeling We all know as love
I cried for you I even lied for you I died a thousand times for you I committed endless crimes for you I sold my soul to some Devil To do with what he will Now I'll lock up my heart And throw away the key Love have no part in my destiny Love have no part in my destiny
Try hard to make the world look bright today Try hard to make my nightmares go away Try hard to keep the fear away The cold of day, try hard Try hard to play the games the world would like you to play
But people, they don't really listen Their smiles are the keys to the prison I'll call on the angels, to hold my head softly They'll always remember . . . Stories of Johnny
Try hard to make my anger go away Try hard to make my money last the day (no way) Try hard to keep away the pain
Stop the rain, try hard Try hard to fly a thousand miles away
But people, they don't really listen Their smiles are the keys to the prison I'll call on the angels, to hold my head softly They'll always remember . . . Stories of Johnny
My smoky lover . . . will close my eyes forever Stories of Johnny
There are many who have laid with me Then got up and walked away from me And played around with me like I was a game Every night was a one night fling When I'd given them everything They never even asked me for my name God they never even asked me for my name
Now I've found real love Make no mistake about it Now that I feel love I just can't live without it So if you love me The way I love you Why can't we spend our lives as one
My reputation was all over town As a woman who was passed around I knew every wrong way to go Seen every room with a bed inside it And every habit I've tried, I tried it But from now on I say hell no No but from now on I say hell no
Now I've found real love Make no mistake about it Now that I feel love I just can't live without it So if you love me The way I love you Why can't we spend our lives as one Why can't we spend our lives as one
Well it seems you have a heart I saw it once so I know it's true You let it out on Sundays when You let it beat me black and blue When you went and stole my heart I saw it go so I know it's true It was a ruby, ruby, ruby red It was the most precious gift I could give to you
It was as red as the sun in the evening sky It was as red as the fire in a panther's eye It was as red as the rose under the summer sun Like a fire from a killer's gun
Ruby, ruby red Shine a light onto this boy's bed There's a street lamp glowing in my head Oh, Ruby, ruby, ruby red
Well it seems you have a soul You let it go so I know it's true It was a ruby, ruby, ruby red It keeps me warm when I'm feeling sad and blue Well you went and stole my heart I saw it go so I know it's true I wrapped it up in a bouquet of barbed wire It was the wickedest gift I could give to you
It was as red as the sun in the evening sky It was as red as the fire in a panther's eye It was as red as the rose under the summer sun Like a fire from a killer's gun
Ruby, ruby red Shine a light onto this boy's bed There's a street lamp glowing in my head Oh, Ruby, ruby, ruby red
Oh just like Johnny Rio baby I need to be desired I give up looking for my past For the ones I left behind Ruby red, ruby red, hey, hey, hey
Ruby, ruby red Shine a light onto this boy's bed There's a street lamp glowing in my head Oh, Ruby, ruby, ruby red
It was the most precious jewel I could give to you Colour me red when I'm feeling blue The colour of a kiss In a young girl's dream The mark of a guillotine A drop of blood from a single thorn Red wet sheets in the afternoon A red light leading to my tomb Ruby red all around my room
Ruby, ruby red Oh shine a light onto this boy's bed Oh, ruby, ruby, ruby red
First I saw you Love in a silk black slip In dark waters Sinking like a ship Trouble on your lips Murder in your song Song of a mean man Lovers come and gone
Oh Melancholy Rose Oh Melancholy Rose
Come souls' midnight We'll both sail away Leaving red sunsets To end our passion play Bitter allows Tingles on the tongue Body and soul Lovers come and gone
Oh Melancholy Rose Oh Melancholy Rose
Always running away Black Sobraine hair Turning cigarette ash grey Sprawled across troubled beds Hands outstretched Reaching for the pills In lonely rundown motels Life, love, men Dust to dust Disaster after disaster Must be some dark kiss on your lips A promise of heaven or hell in your song Tomorrow it'll all be gone be gone
Oh Melancholy Rose Lovers come and gone Oh Melancholy Rose Love has come and gone Oh Melancholy Rose Murder in your song
Well now I've been on my own for many a year Seems like I'll never get loved Got me a hand on this brother of mine And I'm gonna get me the rub Turn me the lights down to a purple glow Put Bessie Smith on the wail Bring me the five young daughters And help my ship to set sail
Mother Fist never gets angry Mother Fist she never gets bored I don't have to feed her I just have to need her She cries give me the word
When I'm downtown in Barcelona When I'm pissed or when I'm pissed off Mother Fist just gives me her tender kiss And some of her sexy stuff And I lock my door from the inside Turn my mind to sweet sweet pain And I wail just like Yma Sumac Mother Fist she never complains
Mother Fist never gets angry Mother Fist she never gets bored I don't have to feed her I just have to need her She cries give me the word
Now I don't care if I'm in a prison In confinement solitary A soldier lost in the legion Or a sailor out on the sea A beggar, thief or a rich man A gunman mercenary A one legged crook An Armenian cook As long as my mother's with me
Mother Fist never gets angry Mother Fist she never gets bored I don't have to feed her I just have to need her She cries give me the word
No no, no no no no You're never never never going to let me go
You say I'm your possession You say I'm your toy You're gonna teach me a lesson That I won't enjoy I need to break free You suffocate me I'm in pain I want to break out I've got to escape these chains
You want all my love So I've got none to spare You drain all my resources And you leave my heart bare
I'm eternally yours I'm forever engaged I'm caged In a prison of love I'm a tiger enraged I'm caged
Let me out
No no, no no no no You're never never never gonna let me go
You smother my will To make me behave I'm drugged on your love
To make me your slave You love with a passion But I'm swallowed by your desire Your love is so hot But I don't want to burn in the fire
You've got me tied in a tender rage Like a captive dancer in a gilded cage You feed me love on a silver spoon With a leather glove by the light of the moon For your pleasure For your show You're never never never gonna let me go No no, no no no no You're never never never gonna let me go
You think that I'll stray So you'll never trust me You tempt me each day But I'll never be free
I'm eternally yours I'm forever engaged I'm caged In a prison of love I'm a tiger enraged I'm caged
Out there in the jungle Dancing to the beat Out there on a limb Pumping up the heat We can tango making pictures In the smoke and shine As in our heads the chemicals Turn crystalline We can turn on the power And make the zombies fight I'm dancing on the table And the city is mine tonight
Out there table dancing In the city that eats the sky Out there table dancing In the city that eats the sky
And it's love by mirrors tonight And it's love by illusion (all right) When you're out there, out there (x4) When you're out there
Up there on the table there's a different view of life Up there on the table there's a different view of life
And it's love by mirrors tonight And it's love by illusion (all right) When you're out there, out there (x4) When you're out there
The city's alive the city's alive tonight The city's alive the city's alive There'll be no crying tonight 'Cause it's
And it's love by mirrors tonight And it's love by illusion (all right) When you're out there, out there (x4) When you're out there
Out there is a furious sky A savage scream in the city machine Out there there's a place for you and I Out there the fabulous die The subway stars are stealing cars Out there we can dream, we can dream When we're out there
And it's love by mirrors tonight And it's love by illusion (all right) When you're out there, out there (x4) When you're out there
Join the drama of the urban scene With leather jackets and gasoline You can use your attitude Let the city get you in the mood
We can dream, we can dream Of adventure in the land of love We can dream of adventure in the land of love
Strip and tease and bump and grind It's not real, it's in your mind Take the stage when the crowd is yours Bathe yourself in the cheap applause Let's go naked, let's all fly We could dream or we could die, tonight
Heaven help me Lord above You don't trust me But how I love Your jealousy (jealousy)
You're on the phone Or at my door You watch my home But I adore Your jealousy (jealousy)
Oh your jealousy Oh I love your jealousy
Each night I lie awake for hours And thoughts of you my heart devours With jealousy (jealousy)
Do you think of only me Or could this suffering just be My jealousy (jealousy)
Oh, oh my jealousy Oh, oh I love your jealousy
We need jealousy We believe in jealousy
I'm walking on a precipice A love too dangerous to miss Called jealousy (jealousy)
Always dancing on my toes To a tune everyone knows Called jealousy (jealousy)
Oh oh called jealousy
I'm always living with a doubt That love I feel is flat without The jealousy (jealousy) Though possessive is the love we share Our love sleeps soundly in the care Of jealousy (jealousy)
Idol be bad Idol be wild Martyr your heart Father a love child We need all your kinks And your dark attitude We live on your sins And your volatile moods
We love you, we love you We love you, we love you You're a pop up poster of a teenage dream We love you, we love you We love you, we love you A fur inferno on a twisted scene
Go for the gold Never grow old In the bed or the car It's the end of the star Burn yourself out Do yourself in Don't try to mend All gods fall in the end
Hail Hail the Idol Hail Hail the Idol
We loved you in black We adored you in pink Up in the dock Or drowned in the drink Wrapped up in foil Anointed in oil
We love you, we love you We love you, we love you Rip out your soul as you're playing the role We love you, we love you We love you, we love you Nail up your hands to fulfil our demands
Go for the gold Never grow old In the bed or the car It's the end of the star Burn yourself out Do yourself in Don't try to mend All gods fall in the end
Sweet crucifixion
We hate you, we hate you We hate you, we hate you Watch them turn cold as you start to grow old We hate you, we hate you We hate you, we hate you Vinyl to burn as the crowd starts to turn
Go for the gold Never grow old In the bed or the car It's the end of the star Burn yourself out Do yourself in Don't try to mend All gods fall in the end
Be what you are In the bed or the car In the bath or the bar It's the end of the star Burn yourself out Do yourself in Don't try to mend All gods fall in the end
Fail Fail the Idol Fail Fail the Idol Fail Fail the Idol Fail Fail the Idol
All gods fall in the end
Valentino the sheik was the God of them all But his macho was dented and he took a fall Garland sang tragedy touching our hearts But her life was a tragedy more than her art Fabian and Avalon gold lamed and cute Kissed fickle fame and went straight down the chute Elvis the cat loved us tender with youth But what we were seeing was never the truth Just wanted to sing but fame made its demands And died while still young trying to please all his fans James was a rebel that stood for an age A drink and a drive and then death took the stage Poor Billie Holliday paid all her dues When her close friend the needle gave her the blues Janis at night cruised for boys on the strip But death by the bottle is what made her hip Marylin's beauty showed age every day But her sinister end helped her keep age away
We love you, we love you We love you, we love you We love you, we love you We love you, we love you
Brian Jones had an aura that Mick soon would crave But pills and a pool set the scene for the grave Jim lived his life to put edge to his songs But he died in the bath to reach where he belongs Jimi played notes that were all heaven-sent But the drink and the drugs made sure that's where he went Osmond and Cassidy records all gold But they made the mistake of growing too old Bolan got fat was not pleasant to see But we loved him again when he met with a tree Kurt was unhappy with fame and success A gun in the mouth and one hell of a mess And who will be next on the big cross of fame? A white sequinned glove and a big famous name?
We hate you, we hate you We hate you, we hate you We hate you, we hate you We hate you, we hate you
Lost little child star You stand on the stage Your head in your hands While you cry You feel so afraid That your beauty will fade Into the indigo sky
Glamorous, beautiful, tragic and doomed Always someone new close behind All those tears, or just nails Which harden your heart What will I find when I look in your eyes? I'll find that beauty is all in your mind
We grow and we bloom Our glow fills the room And we spend our short times In the sun But like the leaves in autumn We fall to the ground Spent...too young
I'm lost like you're lost I'm in need of your shine I'm unsure of the world just like you Child star, oh child star Look inside your heart For beauty, oh beauty is you Oh beauty, oh beauty Is you
Keep on looking now You gotta keep on looking now Keep on looking now
You're looking for love In all the wrong places
Where your walk it's always shadow Conversation always shallow When they talk they never look you in the eye They look over your shoulder To faces even colder And you feel a little older Every time
You're looking for love In all the wrong places
When you're looking for reaction When you're searching for direction When you're scared of rejection Or attack You need the warmth of loving When you're growing tired of seeing A colourless reflection Looking back
You're looking for love In all the wrong places
Something real to fill those little empty spaces So you're looking for love in all the wrong places
You need understanding You need a home All those people so alone You need understanding You need a home All those people so alone
You're looking for love In all the wrong places You're looking for love In all the wrong places
You better keep on looking now!
And so the evening shade will fall Where nameless voices call and call And think of all the friends you made While you toast with Prozac and lemonade
You can hold me under septic skies (You can dream to your own places) Watch the sun set in my eyes (You can't seem to put) Could this be the time to die? (A name to all the faces) The wind upon your face (Something real) Your lips upon my lips Like urban velvet (To fill those little empty spaces)
So you're looking for love in all the wrong places You keep on looking for love in all the wrong places
Dream and take away the tears (Keep on looking now) Drift on to where your heart is numb (You gotta keep on looking now) It's lovely there where love becomes A drug to fill your need Just believe in you! And learn to love yourself Before anyone else
And I wake up And it's there like a freezing cloud Passing over the sun And I open my eyes I'm not moving White as a ghost And stiff as a gun And I wake up my senses And I push all the stars from my head Is this what it's like to be dead
And my heartbeat races onward to the other side of the city Where you await for me to feed my addiction to you my love I just can't get enough
I'm a lover, unrequited There's a desperate look in my eyes And I come with the night like a panther With a longing for you in my sight And I'm burning a candle at the window Hoping you'll be drawn into the light
And my heartbeat races onward to the other side of the city Where you await for me to feed my addiction to you my love I'm addicted to you, I've got to have a little of your love I just can't get enough
Getting hungry, feeling lovesick Shivering cold with the longing for love I'm above, like an eagle, flying low But I know where to go I've the soul of a dove Love's a need that consumes me gets into me And of you I just can't get enough
And my heartbeat, races onward to the other side of the city Where you await for me to feed my addiction to you my love I can't get enough
Sometimes when I'm on my own My bed too cold for one alone I try to lose myself in dreams But you're not here so I can't sleep I suffer when the night is long My heart cries out for yours is gone You take me to the edge of heartbreak
Then I turn and there you are Sometimes near and yet so far You touch my hair, you pull me close We're cheek to cheek and nose to nose Your velvet eyes so dark and deep You're like an angel when you sleep You take me to the edge of heartbreak
Maybe tears are in my eyes But I'm not feeling sad Emotions that you make me feel A love so beautiful and real
You've had the hurt, you've had the pain I pray you don't feel those again
It's somewhere deep within your mind Another place, another time And now I have an ache for you How long it takes, I'll wait for you You take me to the edge of heartbreak
And in those early hours I'm missing you My lips are dead when I'm not kissing you And in the morning light I'm wanting you And by the sunrise I'll belong to you I hope I will
Soon your eyes will open then This aching heart will beat again You are the warmth you are the light With you I'll never fear the night Love is fragile I find Sleep on sweetly, love of mine You take me to the edge of heartbreak
