(I) Don't smoke, (I) Don't drink, (I) Don't fuck, At least I can fucking think.
I can't keep up, I can't keep up, I can't keep up, Out of step with the world.
*repeat*
*Spoken* Listen, This is no set of rules, Im not telling you what to do, All im saying is im bringing up three things, That are like so important to the whole world, That I dont identify as much importance in, Because of these things, Whether they are fucking or playing golf, Because of that I feel. *End Spoken*
I can't keep up, I can't keep up, I can't keep up, Out of step with the world.
From the album Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy in 1983
I was twenty one years when I wrote this song Im twenty two now, but I wont be for long People ask when will you grow up to be a man But all the girls I loved at school Are already pushing prams
I loved you then as I love you still Tho I put you on a pedestal, They put you on the pill I dont feel bad about letting you go I just feel sad about letting you know
I dont want to change the world Im not looking for a new england Im just looking for another girl I dont want to change the world Im not looking for a new england Im just looking for another girl
I loved the words you wrote to me But that was bloody yesterday I cant survive on what you send Every time you need a friend
I saw two shooting stars last night I wished on them but they were only satellites Is it wrong to wish on space hardware I wish, I wish, I wish youd care
I dont want to change the world Im not looking for a new england Im just looking for another girl
Well... you didnt wake up this morning, cause you didnt go to bed. You were watching the whites of your eyes turn red!
The calendar on your wall -- is ticking -- the days off.
Youve been reading some old letters. You smile and think how much youve changed. All the money in the world couldnt buy back those days.
You pull back the curtains, and the sun burns into your eyes. You watch a plane flying across a clear blue sky. This is the day -- your life will surely change. This is the day -- when things fall into place.
You couldve done anything, if youd wanted. And all your friends and family think that youre lucky. But the side of you theyll never see Is when youre left alone with the memories That hold your life together like -- glue
You pull back the curtains, and the sun burns into your eyes. You watch a plane flying across a clear blue sky. This is the day -- your life will surely change. This is the day -- when things fall into place.
This is the day -- your life will surely change. (repeat to fade)
Yeah... All is quiet on New Year's Day A world in white gets underway I want to be with you Be with you night and day Nothing changes on New Year's Day On New Year's Day
I will be with you again I will be with you again
Under a blood red sky A crowd has gathered in black and white Arms entwined, the chosen few The newspapers says, says Say it's true it's true... And we can break through Though torn in two We can be one
I...I will begin again I...I will begin again
Oh... Maybe the time is right Oh...maybe tonight...
I will be with you again I will be with you again
And so we're told this is the golden age And gold is the reason for the wars we wage Though I want to be with you Be with you night and day Nothing changes On New Year's Day
From the album A Slight Case of Overbombing in 1993
With the fire from the fireworks up above me With a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain at hand You run for cover in the temple of love You run for another but still the same For the wind will blow my name across this land
In the temple of love you hide together Believing pain and fear outside But someone near you rides the weather And the tears he cried will rain on walls As wide as lovers eyes
In the temple of love: shine like thunder In the temple of love: cry like rain In the temple of love: hear my calling In the temple of love: hear my name
And the devil in black dress watches over My guardian angel walks away Life is short and love is always over in the morning Black wind come carry me far away
With the sunlight died and night above me With a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain inside You run for cover in the temple of love You run for another its all the same For the wind will blow and throw your walls aside
With the fire from the fireworks up above With a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain You run for cover in the temple of love I shine like thunder cry like rain And the temple grows old and strong But the wind blows longer cold and long And the temple of love will fall before This black wind calls my name to you no more
In the black sky thunder sweeping Underground and over water Sounds of crying weeping will not save Your faith for bricks and dreams for mortar All your prayers must seem as nothing Ninety-six below the wave When stone is dust and only air remains
In the temple of love: shine like thunder In the temple of love: cry like rain In the temple of love: hear the calling And the temple of love is falling Down
In the temple of love: shine like thunder In the temple of love: cry like rain In the temple of love: hear my calling In the temple of love: hear my name
In the black sky thunder sweeping Underground and over water Sounds of crying weeping will not save Your faith for bricks and dreams for mortar All your prayers must seem as nothing Ninety-six below the wave When stone is dust and only air remains The only haven you can trust
And the devil in black dress watches over My guardian angel walks away Life is short and love is always over in the morning Black wind come carry me far away
With the fire from the fireworks up above With a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain you
You run for cover in the temple of love I shine like thunder cry like rain And the temple grows old and strong But the wind blows longer cold and long And the temple of love will fall before This black wind calls my name to you no more
In the temple of love you hide together Believing pain and fear outside But someone near you rides the weather And the tears he cried will rain on walls As wide as lovers eyes
In the temple of love: shine like thunder In the temple of love: cry like rain In the temple of love: hear my calling And the temple of love is falling Down
Rattle big black bones in the danger zone there's a rumblin' groan down below there's a big dark town it's a place I've found there's a world going on Underground they're alive, they're awake while the rest of the world is asleep below the mine shaft roads it will all unfold there's a world going on Underground all the roots hang down swing from town to town they are marching around down under your boots all the trucks unload beyond the gopher holes there's a world going on Underground
where do bad folks go when they die? they don't go to heaven where the angels fly they go down to the lake of fire and fry won't see 'em again till the fourth of july
i knew a lady who lived in duluth she got bit by a dog with a rabid tooth but she went to her grave a little too soon and she flew away howling at the yellow moon
now the people cry and the people moan and they look for a dry place to call their home and try to find some place to rest their bones while the angels and the devils fight to claim them for their own
