Hey baby Jane, you have been climbing down the drain And you run in the rain to the playground climbing frame And the air seems so good and moist and cool When you meet him by the swimming pool
What's a girl to do? When you're locked up in Mother Goose's shoe
And you're hanging, and you're hanging, and you're hanging With the wrong crowd You're hanging, and you're hanging, and you're hanging With the wrong crowd
Dad owns a bank and is known by the name of Hank, And your Mum hates your pranks and she gives the Almighty thanks for your food, which is rank and puts him in a dangerous mood and it's true they hate your friends like you
What's a girl to do? When you're yearning for something else new
And you're hanging, and you're hanging, and you're hanging With the wrong crowd You're hanging, and you're hanging, and you're hanging With the wrong crowd You're hanging, you're hanging, you're hanging With the wrong crowd
When you're on your own You walk in the rain You walk around the house Then walk around it again You pretend you're happy That you've got it all But don't be upset If you fall on your knees And beg like a dog I've reached a low, don't you know You're the apple of my eye I'm running low, with this show No matter how I try I'm sick of this angst, don't need thanks You're the apple of my eye I drink a lot of wine When I am alone I lose my track of time My ideas turn to stone I pretend I'm sad That I'm still so small But I'm not upset If I fall on my knees And beg like a dog I've reached a low, don't you know You're the apple of my eye I'm running low, with this show No matter how I try I'm sick of this angst, don't need thanks You're the apple of my eye I've reached a low, don't you know You're the apple of my eye I'm running low, with this show No matter how I try I'm sick of this angst, don't need thanks You're the apple of my eye
Scream through the silence and over the hills 10 thousand years have gone by Passing the islands and broken down mills The train silhouettes through the skyline
Mere emotion, see the ocean Just for one day Life speeded up since you threw me a smile Please don't jump on the train for a short while yet
Waking up with cold feet Wine stains on my shirt Flat out in sparse fields of dry wheat Going to Sunday church
Leaves on the trees splinter out of control While the wind blows the dust on my face Down in the valley where nobody goes I can't help feeling sad in this place
Mere motion, see the ocean Just for one day The whistle of the distant train The whistle of the distant train
Well what starts out as a warm breeze Turns into something more Like the lightning that burns down houses Or the wind that blows down doors
Oh I see it in the distance It moves much faster than I think Yes this storm will wreak much havoc Bring my sanity to the brink
Once I was so young and careless Never strayed much from the path Now I find myself in trouble Never knowing when to laugh
And as my eyes sink into my skull I am wired to the max Gonna pull myself together You can see I'm coming back
If the storm is coming, the storm is coming The storm is coming It's gonna make a beautiful sound I hope it turns your life upside down
Now the wooden gate is creaking And the windows loudly rattle Yet I still venture towards it Like I'm marching into battle
Oh I could heed your good advice And stay in comfort back at home But there it is in it's splendor And it's chilling me down to the bone
Once I was so young and careless Never strayed much from the path Now I find myself in trouble Never knowing when to laugh
And as my eyes sink into my skull I am wired to the max Gonna pull myself together I'm gonna pull myself together
And if the storm is coming, the storm is coming The storm is coming It's gonna make a beautiful sound I hope it turns your life upside down
If the storm is coming, the storm is coming The storm is coming It's gonna make a beautiful sound I hope it turns your life upside down Down, down, down
I was born the year punk broke Days before the king was dead It was the year of the snake I was a red-faced child Who stumbled where he tread Was kept in orderly file My parents name me Ed I tried my hardest to smile And like my daddy said I've tried to be myself Sometimes daydreaming for hours Wishing for a dangerous life Cut the leash some slack Run into the morning light Race the trains by the track Until my mouth feels dry
But can you count on me? I might let you down In a world that is so sensational No you can count on me I'm living for the now Up against the older generation's wall
Born in the '70s Born in the '70s
After a length of time You're this parody Just like the record's stuck Always repeating the past That never liked you before You had no reason to last We're in a silent war A telepathic blast And like my daddy said These are exciting times The future grabs my throat And let's me know it's alright If I believe in love Then I believe in hate too I'll taste the darker stuff To find some lasting truth
I feel so far away from love 'Cus I can never get enough Like the kid with the cookie jar And if I came back from the grave for a while Would you, could you make a dead man smile I´ll wear you on my arm like a brand new scar
My oh my oh my I've had a few My oh my oh my this one's for you My heart is on it's sleeve I need you to believe that the dark times will fade
So crack the shell of the hardest heart Slip inside when they're caught off guard Kill all the urgent lies that stain their blood And if you think that you know everything Don't give me this chance to sing I'm not a fool, a fool to lighten up
My oh my oh my I've had a few My oh my oh my this one's for you My heart is on it's sleeve I need you to believe that the dark times will fade
And I can't stop staring at you And your expression looks a little confused This little story will end so well
Let love not weigh me down Let the cursed air be clean When you`ve lost faith in the human race Let love not weigh me down
Let love not cause me pain Let it all seem like a dream And I won`t regret wnat I can`t forget Let love not cause you pain
So let your beaut blid my vision Let it move me `til I die And the seeds of despair won`t be fruits that I bear Let the beauty blind my vision
So shed all the tears that you want Run from the places you haunt If you think you`re lost Or just double-crossed Don`t try to make sense of it all Let the music and words take you back To the times when your heart wasn`t cracked We won`t be suffering with drugs and bad medicine We`ll drink `til the curtain calls
Let love not weigh me down Let its weakness be my guide And all this intesity makes perfect sense to me Let love not weigh you down
So shed all the tears that you want Run from the places you haunt If you think you`re lost Or just double-crossed Don`t try to make sense of it all Let the music and words take you back To the times when your heart wasn`t cracked We won`t be suffering with drugs and bad medicine We`ll drink `til the curtain calls
She's moving like a forest fire Leaving no part unscathed Too young to be as jaded as I am But old enough to feel the strain I hope that I can hold on to The beauty that I'll never match The never-ending open wound That started from a simple scratch
I want to save us from being saved Before we get too old and waste away Like some lovers destined to die young
And so through all the loss we've seen Of friends who sit and think too much Too fragile for the cold outside Too proud to say what's on their minds This is for the broken fools Whose flames are gone before their time And if you see me trip and fall Save me from my swift decline
I want to sink beneath a drunken sea Look in your eyes when you take the breath from me There's always something to live for
On a summer night I took a walk Out in the fields where the grass snakes hide Six years old, tall as a chair Found the trapdoor hidden from sight
Fell into the blackness, seemed like hours I hit the ground on a sea of skulls There was no treasure, just stolen souls Taken years ago, down this endless hole
Man must kill to live or quench his thirst Let's go back to the source where it first came from
Looked death in the eyes, falling stalactites Then burnt by a light as angels flew by Who pulled me back up to the moonlit sky Covered in dust, it was hard not to cry
Man must kill to live or quench his thirst Let's go back to the source where it first came from
Falling through trapdoors wherever I go Kicking and screaming 'cause nobody knows There's always a trapdoor wherever you step Keep your eyes open, you deserve what you get Keep your eyes open, you deserve what you get Keep your eyes open, you deserve what you get
In an empty cinema (loneliness) When your old friends drift apart (loneliness) Wandering round the house in the dark (lonelines) Faded glory of a broken star (loneliness)
Loneliness Loneliness What would I do without you?
Stays around, won't let you be (loneliness) Corners me in dead-end streets (loneliness) To bring unwanted memories (loneliness) That find their way into my blood stream (loneliness)
Loneliness Loneliness What would I do without you? Loneliness Loneliness Is this all you have to give me?
Your love is a place for a lonely man With too much in his head The liars and thieves who cramp your style Won't be there for your last breath Be there for your last breath
Loneliness! Loneliness! What would I do without you? Loneliness! Loneliness! Is this all you have to give me? To give me? To give me?
It's clear to us this love affair Has self combusted everywhere And I don't feel so debonair My piano collects dust
A funeral with no mourners I wish that I'd turned corners To see the signs that warn us But I didn't make a fuss
Well, my life keeps on spinnin' It's this drunken procession I can't learn my lessons These plates that I'm spinnin' Soon they'll smash on the ground Make a loud crashing sound
And I am still an open book And you can have a secret look Inside Inside
As children make their way to class I sit and raise another glass 'Cause you don't dwell much on the past When it keeps haunting you
Oh, the marching band stomps down the block And makes the babies' cradles rock And my keys, they don't turn the lock Perhaps I don't want them to
Well, my life keeps on spinnin' It's this drunken procession I can't learn my lessons These plates that I'm spinnin' Soon they'll smash on the ground Make a loud crashing sound
And I am still an open book And you can have a secret look Inside Inside
Well, my life keeps on spinnin' It's this drunken procession I can't learn my lessons These plates that I'm spinnin' Soon they'll smash on the ground Make a loud crashing sound
And I am still an open book And you can have a secret look And I am still an open book And you can have a secret look And I am still an open book And you can have a secret look Inside Inside
For days I've searched for the words So I don't make a mess of this I'll trade my eyes for a fleeting wish I woke at 7am The cold air was not becoming This tune I started humming And you lay there so still With dark eyes shut and whiskey breath You hadn't taken off your black dress The curtain fell from it's rail I shut the window so it wouldn't shatter But it was nothing it didn't matter
To me our lives are barely built to last How did you creep up on me so damn fast my dear?
I sat in the kitchen and thought I've had a few knocks here and there Was mostly my fault so I don't care You said I have a bad side It comes when all the clocks have stopped I feel my heart begin to drop
To me our lives are fast approaching death So lets go out in my suit and your black dress
The whole town nearly died When rocks flew from the sky The stray dogs whined and howled At dark foreboding clouds The mayor screamed and fled The priest hid under his bed Uprooted trees did spin To the sound of a merciless wind
Will you love me when I'm old? I'm still hoping I can get that far No one escaped the whirlwind's hold Except the jailer and his pack of cards And I sit outside watching falling stars Playing D minor chords on a Spanish guitar
Well clothes blew through the streets And so did cinema seats Their souls could not be saved I dug a thousand graves
Will you love me when I'm old? I'm still hoping I can get that far No one escaped the whirlwind's hold Except the jailer and his pack of cards And I sit outside watching falling stars Playing D minor chords on a Spanish guitar
