-------- 1980 INXS -------- -------- Body Language -------- If you say something to me An' you mean, you mean what you say An' you're wanting my attention There's a game you must play Body Language Body Language Body Language Body Language yo o o o o o Use your eyes and your face Words have no place Move your body in a way So I will know what you say Body Language Body Language Body Language Body Language yo o o o o o -------- 1980 INXS -------- -------- Doctor -------- We're all running fast tonight Rocket shoes on our feet There's a planet where it's right I'm sure we'll get there By next week I could've been a doctor I could've been a lawyer I could've been a scientist I could've been normal Especially in the daylight You say don't worry while in flight The darkness is like a fog I won't get scared I won't get tired I've been in space, so damn long I could've been a doctor I could've been a lawyer I could've been a scientist I could've been normal Especially in the daylight The earth is just a big blue dot I can't see the cars and planes There's a planet where it's right I'm sure we'll get there By next week I could've been a doctor I could've been a lawyer I could've been a scientist I could've been normal Especially in the daylight -------- 1980 INXS -------- -------- In Vain -------- Well just the other day While alone in my room I said to myself I need something new I've cut a new life slice And feed the lions twice And they'll shake their manes In confusion My love, my love's in vain My love Put a bet on everything It'll come up fine My fingers are crossed And tapping in time You got a pretty face Such a pretty pretty face You can brush your own mane Fame is your pain My love, my love's in vain My love Maybe an older woman will Show me a way to Ease those creases and Crave no reason cause Reasons are with gods There's a heaven within me But we all shake our manes In confusion Should I grab you by the collar? Or just go my way With a knife between my Clean white teeth? Don't want your feather in my cap Don't care about that You can brush your own mane Fame is your pain My love, my love's in vain My love -------- 1980 INXS -------- -------- Jumping -------- Say when you get down Look to your left Say when you get up Look to your right Figure out the puzzle Make sure the pieces fit tight Jumping around All nite long Jump and jump and It's up to you There is no sure fire Way baby It's just the first star You see at night Don't walk around feeling hazy If you need a taste, take a bite -------- 1980 INXS -------- -------- Just Keep Walking -------- Green Fields - Grass and earth Broken bottles - bricks and dirt Sunshine soothing - clouds are hazy Dark street corners - feeling lazy Fast car driving Sleek and modern Public Transit Photos Waiting Blood and glass Three points of rain Carpet Lining Seats reclining Clever words on smooth tongue talking Shove it brother - Just Keep Walking City Penthouse - the kitchen living A country home - it's a kitsch living Money can buy almost anything But anything's nothing - when you're dead -------- 1980 INXS -------- -------- Learn To Smile -------- Slow and easy is a dimension Gonna laugh it up, laugh it up They say you make no fool of you An' it's new for you to gaze Up and down inside yourself Inside yourself It's good in here It's pretty far out Yes, we're all just learning how to smile We're looking out to you We're looking out to you Show your love, bite me now Put a hand in and take it out You can try to make me mad Or change my mind, be careful So you want me there now So you want me there now Barely moving I stagger - ha Some interpretation There's a buzzing in the station Spinning station unravel me Cross platforms with rehearsed travel Rehearsed travel Looking out to you And we're learning how to smile -------- 1980 INXS -------- -------- Newsreel Babies -------- Venetian blinds are crackling I like the noise It's got texture Hit it again when I'm mad Close it again when I'm sad With the door closed I'm a king No questions, no answers Don't like talking without reason What's the use if you stop feeling? All alone I'm cynical to the T.V Newsman's making passes to newslady Camera stops - Newsreel babies I like to close all the doors Make it dark, make it cool Come in and talk Whatever you like I don't mind if it's something new -------- 1980 INXS -------- -------- On a Bus -------- Liquor market Lots of flats Another 24-hour chemist Self-Serve gas I said all these things Serve me well I said all these things Serve me well, yeah It's hypnotizing It sends me to sleep No one talks to anyone else It's frightening Everybody's minds are blank Oh - oh hypnotizing I'm always using you When I'm out of cash I stare through this window On a bus, moving fast I said all these things Serve me well I said all these things Serve me well - yeah -------- 1980 INXS -------- -------- Roller Skating -------- I see a girl She's roller skating I don't know her But she makes me feel Like roller skating If a had a chance at all I'd build a road that never ends Chinese envy - no damn waiting I'll be with you roller skating City lights Turning green to red I know I can't see you All I want to do Is take you to bed -------- 1980 INXS -------- -------- The Unloved One -------- You bring up Well, who'd you want me to - Yes? We have mean - nothing! And there you have it, Bernie One of them in front of them blues, they're getting you Yeah and in part of a down And can I buy you - Dang it - [Coughing] - Goddamn! Fetch me a drink! What? Have a drink Can I drop it? Fetch me a drink Having a day downed in rhythm Honey, we was just hopin' if we get it all right I've been - I've been drinking for 25 years - 25 years How many was it, Toulouse? Yeah, I've been drinking for 25 years, I'm born! I'm dead! I'm not going down!!! -------- 1980 INXS -------- -------- Wishy Washy -------- I got a place with a view You can see the cars As they travel down the freeway To clubs and bars There's a woman downstairs With matt-grey hair An' she smiles when she tells me There's no room for me here They've got it in the city They've got it in the country But here in the suburbs It's all so wishy-washy It's all so wishy-washy I got another place This time with a fireplace An' a woman can come around Write poetry and feel safe I said it's good for me now But I'm not being fed I said it's good for me now But I'm not being fed -------- 1981 Underneath the Colours -------- -------- Barbarian -------- First there's nothing Takes a long time Piece by piece It comes together He makes drawings Turns them into real things Simple paintings Of caves long ago Just like a game Always a winner But he works hard Surprise to himself A lot of people Bent on the future Set up the countries Closing all the doors Now he thinks big Thinks he's come a long way But we all know Long long way to go Barbarian, he's lonely He's the only one -------- 1981 Underneath the Colours -------- -------- Big Go Go -------- It's the way we walk down the road Without the care for the good news As the rain plays games with our feet Well I do hope it's not too free Everything's closed and I need a smoke A serious habit treat it like a joke Listen now let me get this straight To be a man you need a fate Watch the world go go It'll spin till it stops People gonna fly off When they turn it off You look strange when you're laughing Uneasy with your moron's smile Slow motion - see saw ride My mind's not on it but you gotta try -------- 1981 Underneath the Colours -------- -------- Fair Weather Ahead -------- There's this place full of mountain heads Living and chewing on the fat Built upon the hazy plan Like foundations slipping through the sand Long teeth and whiskers like a rat Fearing only those present They got zero emotion And everybody's fed up with that Warm outside but very cold within Followed and praised for many years They got all the promotions Isn't that the way it's always been History's written always red It's pages are painful and clear It's so full of devotion Makes you wonder where it could have led Put the lights out, fair weather ahead These strange new creatures Aha, they won't be led -------- 1981 Underneath the Colours -------- -------- Follow -------- Never had a spanner on her Says she sees it straight Never took the detour Always licks her plate Got a sticky finger On someone I know Best of everything now See the money roll Stupid people I won't follow Build a better country Fight a war or two You always need something Just to get you through Ten times I shouted at him Say it over again again Words just melt around you You're like a pig in a pen -------- 1981 Underneath the Colours -------- -------- Horizons -------- I Want to want to sail a boat across the sea Four winds four winds in the sails and in me See All the all the time I wasted from you Got to got to get so closer to you The Navigation of desire in my heart Leads me leads me, cross the oceans so far Horizons Ahead ahead I can see your face now So long so long I must say goodbye now Of your love Looking looking for the buried treasure Dig down dig down and find that buried Love -------- 1981 Underneath the Colours -------- -------- Just To Learn Again -------- Back in time where fear can't climb Warm and safe with a nursery rhyme They will put your feet in very hot water With your senses in a cloud you Make them rich and very proud All those years of learning Just to learn again No talk of love or jungle law The tender heart we will ignore And once again and once too often The mislead aims of twisted teachers Turns your life and face and features I've come to see your honesty Of ideal plans and security Softly the voices are speaking to me Your fault, son, that you've been done Now your lessons have just begun -------- 1981 Underneath the Colours -------- -------- Night of Rebellion -------- Simple matters always seem To make things complicated I think of ways to understand But it all get's away from me I sense persuasion of a kind It wraps itself around me The changing message of your love Rarely ever reaches me Not talking only want action Once you give in you are through This is the night of rebellion There used to be paint on the walls But you're too young for money They'd rather paint the whole town red Than spend it on what they're told Summer to winter is never the same If it is then it's time to change I don't want to rock your sacred boat But there's holes in your sacred sails -------- 1981 Underneath the Colours -------- -------- Stay Young -------- Keep that biting lip Know what I mean Sweat upon the brow That's what I want Stay young, just this once I wanna be good value I wanna see in the dark I wanna win with you Hard edged thinker Know what I mean Fevered opinions That's what I want Stay young, just this once I wanna be good value I wanna see in the dark I wanna win with you Keep that biting lip Know what I mean Sweat upon the brow That's what I want Stay young, just this once I wanna be good value I wanna see in the dark I wanna win with you Stay young Stay young Stay young -------- 1981 Underneath the Colours -------- -------- Underneath the Colours -------- No division in the ranks The lines are long and proud No question on their lips But there will always be doubt Like a chinese painting All red with it's message A flag high in the sky Twists and turns it's language Underneath the colours red-blue-white Catch a glimpse of others From the corner of your eye With the rise and fall of The conductor's blind-hand I play Russian roulette I'm an angry young man -------- 1981 Underneath the Colours -------- -------- What would you do? -------- I've come a long way by car The road went narrow The bridges too far Screaming at 90 Whisper at 10 Feel the towns make you spend Another city phone rings Letting tears come through Mixed among feelings Fed on your body Fed on your mind Words that always remind Closed eyes and no more breathing A trick I had played To scare the living She laughs at my game Questions if I'm sane And all we can do is grin Look see the story What would you do All the facts before me What would you do -------- 1982 Shabooh Shoobah -------- -------- Black and White -------- Could be clear black and white Make a decision Got a need inside and I don't know why It's a strong feeling that grows and grows One day - my life is out the door Next day - you show me what it's for One day - I think I know myself Next day - you leave me on the shelf New moment goes like this Never forbidden There's nothing to stop The thief on time, stealing The hours that keep you away It rushes through my veins Straight to my head My mind is a planet For you to roam This is only just the start It's the beginning There's nothing to stop The thief of time Stealing the hours That keep you away One day - my life is out the door Next day - you show me what it's for One day - I think I know myself Next day - you leave me on the shelf In this house I call home Living together Got a need inside And I don't know why It's a strong Feeling and it grows and grows One day - my life is out the door Next day - you show me what it's for One day - I think I know myself Next day - you leave me on the shelf This is only just the start It's the beginning New moment goes like this Never forbidden Could be clear black and white Make a decision -------- 1982 Shabooh Shoobah -------- -------- Don't Change -------- I'm standing here on the ground The sky above won't fall down See no evil in all directions Resolution of happiness Things have been dark For too long Don't change for you Don't change a thing for me Don't change for you Don't change a thing for me I found a love I had lost It was gone for too long Hear no evil in all directions Execution of bitterness Message received loud and clear Don't change for you Don't change a thing for me Don't change for you Don't change a thing for me I'm standing here on the ground The sky above won't fall down See no evil in all directions Resolution of happiness Things have been dark for too long Don't change for you Don't change a thing for me Don't change for you Don't change a thing for me Don't change for you Don't change a thing for me Don't change Don't change -------- 1982 Shabooh Shoobah -------- -------- Golden Playpen -------- I'm drunk can't see my glass Not worried - chair dancing man Tossed out of the golden playpen Beating the drum of pain and pleasure You see the street ahead Just keep walking down it Look straight ahead Nite club ice cubes crackin' The money's gone Don't have a cent Tossed out of the golden playpen Beating the drum of pain and pleasure Sex talks eats you alive We go making friends Till we're satisfied I'm drunk can't see my glass Not worried - chair dancing man Tossed out of the golden playpen Beating the drum of pain and pleasure -------- 1982 Shabooh Shoobah -------- -------- Here Comes -------- Here comes the rationalization Here comes the song I know There's a change of weather coming There's a change in me and you I found some questions To the answers The dancing flames Of romances Freedom is intoxicating It's a lizard in your hand Don't you worry about the future I need some in my plan I found some questions To the answers 'Bout the dancing flames Of romance's Here come my kamakazee Here comes god's top ten Nothing to be done to stop it Nothing to get in it's way I found some questions Too the answers The dancing flames Of romance's Flame of romance's Found some questions -------- 1982 Shabooh Shoobah -------- -------- Jan's Song -------- There's Jan calling from the rooftops She says she wants the world to hear Her people's needs their basic rights She shouts I'll make you understand What it is we're striving for A better deal across this land She puts her hat on Looks in the mirror Say's to herself You've nothing to fear Her friends won't argue Her friends don't care Now is the moment To get out of here Jan's friends they're marching in the streets The anger in their hearts Provides a steady beat On an on an on an on There's Jan calling from the rooftops She says she wants the world to hear Her peoples needs their basic rights - right! She puts her hat on Looks in the mirror Says to herself You've nothing to fear Her friends won't argue Her friends don't care Now is the moment To get out of here Generosity Noble word to me Our democracy Noble words to me -------- 1982 Shabooh Shoobah -------- -------- Old World New World -------- Natives wearing turquoise and silver Dirty dogs barking in the distance Ooh, people of a thousand tongues I'm learning the primitive rites I'm doing as the Roman's do Mt. Kalais to Mt. Everest Then down to River Ganges Ooh, to follow your mighty past We're learning the primitive rites We're doing as the Roman's do Old World, New World I know nothing But I'll keep listening Cities tumble into the ocean Cities getting built in the sky Ooh, now we're talking digital We're learning the primitive rites We're doing as the Roman's do Millions playing at monopoly Rolling the dice of their lives Ooh, dancing and shaking hands We're learning the primitive rites We're doing as the Roman's do Old World, New World I know nothing But I'll keep listening I know nothing Grow old look wise Never knowing 'till I die But I'll keep listening I'll keep listening Pan, Shambala, Judaism Hindu, Christianity Muslim, Buddhism Atman of Vedes, Sun Ra Astrology, Voodoo The Great Dream Time -------- 1982 Shabooh Shoobah -------- -------- Soul Mistake -------- Promises are carved out of lust With a fire in the heart That burns with no regret I vow to play the part In this meeting of the soul My feelings are unknown I learn with no regret I'm getting what I get Feel some pain Though I'm miles away And ring to let you know Are you seeing someone I'd better let you go She said this was a lesson in love She said this was a love to end all loves This soul never listens to me This soul has a lot to learn Honesty eludes one and all Like a gypsy's search for gold He's dreaming all the time But the gold is hard to find Promises are carved out of lust With a fire in the heart That burn's with no regret I'm getting what I get Made a mistake with myself My lover couldn't lie She told me of the things That made her cry inside She said this was a lesson in love She said this was a love to end all loves This soul never listens to me This soul has a lot to learn Having the dreams Of some gypsy -------- 1982 Shabooh Shoobah -------- -------- Spy of love -------- Have you noticed to this day How many times you've prayed and played Lifting lovers up and down It get's around in this old town Sleight of hand and sleight of mouth A dirty trick to catch me out I don't mind but what I say Use that magic for better days Standing above this moment Listening to all I say The spy of love will track me Will catch me Through the window I see a face That dirty face that speaks with sorrow You listen to the walls for clues And stand in shadows protecting you Standing above this moment Listening to all I say The spy of love will track me Will catch me Have you noticed to this day How many times you've prayed and played Lifting lovers up and down It get's around in this old town Standing above the moment Listening to all I say The spy of love will track me Will catch me -------- 1982 Shabooh Shoobah -------- -------- The One Thing -------- Well, you know just what you do to me The way you move, soft and slippery Cut the night just like a razor Rarely talk, and that's the danger It's the one thing You are my thing You know your voice is a love song It's a cat call from the past There's no ice in your lover's walk You don't look twice, 'cause you move so fast It's the one thing You are my thing [Sax solo] You've got a dozen men behind you You've got dead flowers on the floor You're too pretty in the daylight It keeps them coming back for more It's the one thing You are my thing It's the one thing You are my thing It's the one thing You are my thing -------- 1982 Shabooh Shoobah -------- -------- To Look At You -------- What is the name to call For a different kind of girl Who knows the feelings But never the words To look at you And never speak Is so good For me tonite Who do you ask when there's no one Left to turn to You ask me and I'll always try to hear Past money and colours and make believe Good cheap values for a thrifty clown To Look at You And never speak Is so good For me tonite What do you fear in the simple Still of a summer's nite I understand I sympathize for a day dream Fairytales and I love you What is the name to call For a different kind of girl Who knows the feeling's But never the words To this ... real life documentary -------- 1984 The Swing -------- -------- All The Voices -------- Deep down in my heart There is a lot of words Tears fall down my face But I hear the many voices that cry in pain I wanna tell you Don't give it up I wanna tell you Don't give it up Hear the voices That surround you All the people Never doubt it Hear the voices Take a look at what surrounds you All the people We can change things never doubt it We won't take new start Is it just too much to ask What does it take Cause I hear a million people singing the same I wanna tell you Don't give it up I wanna tell you Don't give it Hear the voices That surround you All the people Never doubt it Hear the voices Take a look at what surrounds you All the people We can change things never doubt it We can change it We can change it Hear the voices All the people [repeat till fade] -------- 1984 The Swing -------- -------- Burn For You -------- It's no use pretending That I understand The hide and seek we play with facts It changes our demand Tilt my hat at the sun And the shadows they burn dark Light me and I'll burn for you And the love song never stops I like the look in your eyes When you talk that certain way I love the day in the life When you know that lover's way Minding my own business When you came along Temperatures been running hot The fever was so strong Tilt my hat at the sun And the shadows they burn dark Light me and I'll burn for you And the love song never stops Don't stop it It's always an adventure The fantasies we make a fact Your the secret I desire I can't keep that to myself When we're not together It doesn't feel so bad We could be so far apart But our love's not sad It's no use pretending Cause I understand The hide and seek we play with facts It changes our demand -------- 1984 The Swing -------- -------- Dancing On The Jetty -------- Watch the world argue Argue with itself Who's going to teach me Peace and happiness We could sit here forever Just never get old Listen to the world Letting God's tyres down Hit cities, sharp nights Rag clothing Dancing on the jetty So our feet stay dry Watch the world argue Argue with themselves Who's going to teach me Peace and happiness Watch the world argue Argue with itself Who's going to teach me Peace and happiness Blood is upon the steps Two thousand years ago Pray like hell then we go to fight Another war in a holy land Shot the world True story Snap decision In a moment's glory We're gonna watch them keeping it strong Watch the world argue Argue with itself Who's going to teach me Peace and happiness Watch the world argue Argue with itself Who's going to teach me Peace and happiness We're making trouble We change tracks Fool the system Take time to take notice Hit city Sharp nights Rag clothing Dancing on the Jetty Watch the world argue Argue with itself Who's going to teach me Peace and happiness Watch the world argue Argue with itself Who's going to teach me Peace and happiness -------- 1984 The Swing -------- -------- Face The Change -------- Turns back to front Turns hate to love The simple things that mean a lot Turns rock to sand Turns ice to snow It's you and me about to grow Change the face of a magazine Face the change of a million years Stare in shock at what you saw Take a breath, better lock the door Tell your children what to do Mistakes and all they still love you Change the face of a magazine Face the change of a million years Turns rough to smooth Turns don't to do To reminisce turns me to you Turns war to peace Turns greed to need The consequence of visionaries Change the face of a magazine Face the change of a million years Stare in shock at what you saw Take a breath, better lock the door Tell your children what to do Mistakes and all they still love you Change the face of a magazine Face the change of a million years Turns back to front Turns hate to love The simple things that mean a lot Turns rock to sand Turns ice to snow It's you and me about to grow Change the face of a magazine Face the change of a million years Stare in shock at what you saw Take a breath, better lock the door Tell your children what to do Mistakes and all they still love you Change the face of a magazine Face the change of a million years -------- 1984 The Swing -------- -------- I Send A Message -------- In the silence, I think of you I send a message, and I hope it get's through Think of the distance Think of the miles All of the valley's, could take a while I miss the people I miss the fun You're my apparition She's my only one And I imagine you standing here It's subliminal, so inspirational Man of the world for all the good reasons Take away the pain and drink the wine I miss the people I miss the fun You're my apparition She's my only one In the silence, I think of you I send a message and I hope it get's through Think of the distance Think of the miles All of the valleys, could take a while I miss the people I miss the fun You're my apparition She's my only one I miss the people You miss the fun You're my apparition She's my only one -------- 1984 The Swing -------- -------- Johnson's Aeroplane -------- Four long lines one darker than the rest Each one has a purpose, making borders on the land Farmer's pride you know he works real hard From a small aeroplane you can see the fields Heart shaped hedges Japanese gardens Heart shaped hedges Japanese gardens Ah, ah, ah, ah A place to work and grow A place to work and grow Ah, ah, ah, ah A place to work and grow A place to work and grow Four long years one leaner than the rest The animals are thin and the pastures dry Farmer's pride if the weather doesn't lie From a small aeroplane you can see the sea Lot's of blue Very deep blue Ah, ah, ah, ah A place to work and grow A place to work and grow Ah, ah, ah, ah A place to work and grow A place to work and grow Johnson sees the fields from all the sides Steel machines and black tar roads Countryside where the spirit never dies In his face all the history shows Farmer's pride as the rains came down Ah, ah, ah, ah A place to work and grow A place to work and grow Ah, ah, ah, ah A place to work and grow A place to work and grow Heart shaped hedges Japanese gardens Heart shaped hedges Japanese gardens Heart shaped hedges Japanese gardens Heart shaped hedges Japanese Gardens Ah, ah, ah, ah A place to work and grow A place to work and grow Ah, ah, ah, ah -------- 1984 The Swing -------- -------- Love Is (What I Say) -------- This is Food of love Dare say They got it wrong Smiling You and I Thinking Never say die What I say now What I say now I don't think we know each other Enough to lie Enough is enough anyway These changes Lives alone Drowsing By the fire Out of depth He becomes A man without Quality What I say now What I say now I don't think we know each other Enough to lie Enough is enough anyway This life The food love This is They got it wrong Smiling You and I Thinking Never say die What I say now What I say now I don't think we know each other Enough to lie Enough is enough anyway You and I What I say -------- 1984 The Swing -------- -------- Melting In The Sun -------- I'm melting in the sun And this is what they call the life I suppose to much sun Makes a desert Arab say And I really love this country There's a lot I wanna see Great expectations Of all we seem to be And the winner And the winner, the winner Do you wanna make a story up There's enough it always seems If it happened in this morning Tonight we'll see it on T.V Great expectations Of all we seem to be Great expectations (take a look around you) Of all we seem to be And the winner And the winner, the winner She was twelve and knew the world Her boyfriend knew a dance to this Everybody's got advice Take a snake, take a ladder And this is what they call the life I'm melting in the sun Great expectations Of all we seem to be Great expectations (take a look around you) Of all we seem to be And the winner And the winner, the winner -------- 1984 The Swing -------- -------- Original Sin -------- [Verse 1] You might know of the original sin And you might know how to play with fire But did you know of the murder committed In the name of love - yeah You thought what a pity [Chorus] Dream on white boy Dream on black girl And wake up to a brand new day To find your dreams have washed away [Verse 2] There was a time when I did not care And there was a time when the facts did stare There is a dream and it's held by many Well I'm sure you had to see It's open arms [Chorus] Dream on white boy Dream on black girl And wake up to a brand new day To find your dreams have washed away Dream on black boy Dream on white girl And wake up to a brand new day To find your dreams have washed away Dream on black boy Dream on white girl And wake up to a brand new day To find your dreams are washed away Dream on, play with fire White boy, black girl Dream on, in the name of love Black boy, white girl Dream on, white boy, black girl Black boy, white girl Dream on, the name of love - yeah You thought what a pity Original Sin -------- 1984 The Swing -------- -------- The Swing -------- It's the swing It's the swing like a pendulum It marks the moments as the years go by on an innocent face The swing, into never never land There was a darkness like an old friend That scratched and crawled up the wall Into my life Into my destiny Into my desire It's the swing It's the swing like a pendulum So look behind you when the race has run And the winner is made The swing into never never land There was a darkness like an old friend That scratched and crawled up the wall Into my life Well it's the swing The swing like a pendulum Between the kisses and between the lines There is nothing to hide The swing into never never land There was a darkness like an old friend That scratched and crawled up the wall Into my life Into my destiny Into my desire Yeah, the swing It's the swing like a pendulum It's the swing It's the swing like a pendulum It's the swing -------- 1985 Listen Like Thieves -------- -------- Biting Bullets -------- Don't you wonder Is anyone that strong It takes me under Believing what I'm seeing I get so tired of watching friends go down The hungry tiger for all who never began [Chorus] Biting bullets Biting the clouds Biting bullets Biting the clouds I saw the show Shaking all the babies Should I believe the parade of clever lies Shadow of light in the shadow of death There is no difference to all who never began [Chorus] Biting bullets Biting the clouds Biting bullets Biting the clouds There was a time There was a way to live And it's no secret That it won't come back again I lose myself like anybody else But I'm not so strong to make it in the end I need some answers when the day comes crashing down 'Cause it's all over when there's no one to be found -------- 1985 Listen Like Thieves -------- -------- Good + Bad Times -------- You must have heard of all the rules Thick and thin teaches you hard And all the tricks come back on you Leave them behind There's a better way A better way All along you must have known Where your life was leading The good and bad times Where your life was leading And I know you've been through hell Yes, I know all about it And I've seen your cool white face I can't seem to care about it Care about it All along you must have known Where your life was leading The good and bad times Where your life was leading You must have heard of all the rules Thick and thin teaches you hard And all the tricks come back on you Leave them behind There's a better way A better way All along you must have known Where your life was leading The good and bad times Where your life was leading All along you must have known Where your life was leading The good and bad times Where your life was leading -------- 1985 Listen Like Thieves -------- -------- Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain) -------- Playing in the dirt We find the seeds of doubt Don't water them with your tears Don't think about all the years you'd rather be without Eden lets me in I find the seeds of love And climb upon the highwire I kiss and tell all my fears Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer Sometimes it wouldn't hurt Do-do-do-do Do-do-do-do, playing in the dirt We find the seeds of fun Do-do-do-do, and we scream like alleycats Do-do-do-do, tearing down what we attack To prove that we are one Cutting through the night We find the seeds of lust And lose our minds on one intent These passions never seem to end Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer Sometimes it wouldn't hurt You know it wouldn't hurt Hey Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer Sometimes it wouldn't hurt I said get up, get up, get up Get up to the top, yeah I'm falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt, yeah I'm falling, falling Yeah, yeah, yeah Cutting through the night We find the seeds of lust And lose our minds on one intent These passions never seem to end Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer Sometimes it wouldn't hurt -------- 1985 Listen Like Thieves -------- -------- Listen Like Thieves -------- [Verse 1] On the talk back show On the radio At the local bar In the hot traffic by the red tail lights [Chorus] Everybody's down on their knees Listen like thieves But who needs that When it's all in your hands [Verse 2] And we take it down To the end of town Where they have control But they're losing touch when the lights go out [Chorus] Everybody's down on their knees Listen like thieves But who needs that It's all in your hands Everybody's on their knees Listen like thieves for the end result But who needs that when you got it all in your hands All in your hands It's all in your hands! [Verse 3] You are all you need You are all you need And that is everything So don't hesitate There's no time to waste Just do it for yourself [Chorus] I said everybody's down on their knees Listen like thieves But who needs that when it's all in your hands You got it all You got it all It's all in your hands You got it all You got it all [Outro] I said everybody's down on their knees Listen like thieves But who needs that when it's all in your hands -------- 1985 Listen Like Thieves -------- -------- One X One -------- And when you heart stops beating And the stars stop shining When all your tears go dry, honey One by one I will still be there I will sing your song And come to you Oh, oh, all night long And is this all that you see? 'Cause this is all that we need When all the thorns are cut away, baby One by one Will you still be there? Will you sing my song And come with me, baby Oh, all night long? And all your kisses linger Like they always do Let all that spirit in you Take it to the end I will still be there I will sing your song And come to you, honey All night long Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Come to you Yes, I will be there All night long All night long -------- 1985 Listen Like Thieves -------- -------- Red Red Sun -------- Calling, calling, calling, calling Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Calling all girls There's a red, red sun And I'm thinking of you I tell it a story As it sinks out of view CHORUS One sun apart One heart within Red sun shines on, sees no tomorrow Sees no tomorrow Sees no tomorrow There's a girl far away And she's calling my name With a tower of love And a shadow of pain CHORUS One sun apart One heart within Red sun shines on, sees no tomorrow Sees no tomorrow Sees no tomorrow Huh, yeah Yeah There's a red, red sun And it's coming for you To waken your heart Like you know I always will do CHORUS One sun apart One heart within Red sun shines on, sees no tomorrow Sees no tomorrow Sees no tomorrow CHORUS One sun apart One heart within Red sun shines on, sees no tomorrow Sees no tomorrow Sees no tomorrow Sees no tomorrow Sees no tomorrow -------- 1985 Listen Like Thieves -------- -------- Same Direction -------- CHORUS And we all just need the same things Tell you what I know We're heading in the same direction So never let it go There are few of us Who will never know We're counting on every day I'm not sure about You're not sure about Why things are going this way BRIDGE Oo, yeah Believe it Oo, yeah You see it, see it CHORUS And we all just need the same things Tell you what I know We're heading in the same direction So never let it go BRIDGE Oo, yeah Believe it Oo, yeah You see it, see it CHORUS And we all just need the same things Tell you what I know We're heading in the same direction So never let it go I will turn around Try to understand All of the feelings unsaid If you are serious Love is dangerous It changes my world every day BRIDGE Oo, yeah Believe it Oo, yeah You see it, see it CHORUS And we all just need the same things Tell you what I know We're heading in the same direction So never let it go Never let it go Believe it Yeah, see it, see it We're headed in the same direction, yeah Believe it, believe it Never let it go No, no, no, no, no, no-no -------- 1985 Listen Like Thieves -------- -------- Shine Like It Does -------- This is the power Since time began Every single hour That we have known And from each moment All that is left Sleep of the innocent Just one desire Shine like it does Into every heart Shine like it does And if you're looking You will find it This is the story Since time began There will come a day When we will know Shine like it does Into every heart Shine like it does And if you're looking You will find it Shine like it does Into every heart Shine like it does And if you're looking You will find it You will find it You will find it You will find it -------- 1985 Listen Like Thieves -------- -------- This Time -------- I will believe you If you say it's true Girl, you know I need you More than any word spoken I've seen you before Turn and walk away You say you won't come back It's just a game anyway We are hoping Yes, and we're praying CHORUS This time will be the last time That we will fight like this This time will be the last time That we will fight like this We are always wanting The things we cannot find You know that we are Always wasting time We are hoping Yes, and we're praying CHORUS You know I can forget We have fought before I've seen inside your heart And I know it's breaking We are hoping Yeah, and we're praying CHORUS This time will be the last time -------- 1985 Listen Like Thieves -------- -------- Three Sisters -------- Instrumental -------- 1985 Listen Like Thieves -------- -------- What You Need -------- [Verse 1] Hey, here is the story Forget about the troubles in life Don't you know, it's not easy When you gotta walk upon that line [Chorus] That's why - You need Oooo, that's why - This is what you need I'll give you what you need [Verse 2] Oooohh Don't you get sad and lonely You need a change from What you do all day Ain't no sense in all your crying Just pick it up and throw it into shape Ooo yeah [Chorus] That's why - You need Oooo, that's why - This is what you need I'll give you what you need [Verse 3] Hey you, won't you listen This is not the end of it all Don't you see there is a rhythm I'll take you where you Really need to be -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- Calling All Nations -------- Well you spent the whole day With your axe to the wheel Read the late paper it was full of bad news Excuse me but I think what I'm saying is true You've got to find some time and devote it to you So come on down To the party Callin' all nations To put it on the line So come on all you people with the stars in your hair You know what's going on There's no need to despair Take the chains from your mind Take the chains from your feet And do the sex dance 'cause it's necessary You don't have to be rich You don't have to be famous You just gotta have a little bit of patience Jump into your old car Or take a cab, train or boat The only thing that matters Is that ya gotta really go -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- Devil Inside -------- [Verse 1] Here comes the woman, with the look in her eye Raised on leather, with flesh on her mind Words as weapons, sharper than knives Makes you wonder, how the other half die? Other half die Makes you wonder, wonder, wonder Here come the man, with the look in his eye Fed on nothing, but full of pride Look at them go, look at them kick Makes you wonder, how the other half live [Hook] The devil inside, the devil inside Every single one of us the devil inside The devil inside, the devil inside Every single one of us the devil inside [Verse 2] Here come the world, with the look in its eye Future uncertain, but certainly slight Look at the faces, listen to the bells It's hard to believe we need a place called hell, place called hell [Hook] [Verse 3] Here comes the woman, with the look in her eye Raised on leather, with flesh on her mind Words as weapons sharper than knives Makes you wonder, how the other half die [Hook x2] [Outro] The devil inside, yeah, yeah, yeah The devil inside, yeah, yeah, yeah -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- Different World -------- Looking for an answer You've got to start somewhere Sooner or later Well you've got to show something I wasn't feeling too good This is all I have Would you take it from me? The future's uncertain, but I feel no pain It's a different world But the heat's the same Head to New York City Do you know my name? Know my name The places I'm needed What more could I ask for? Oh baby there's something One day I might get there Out of the red And into the blue You know there's something Burning deep inside you And now I'm doing so well Look at all I have Would you take it from me? The future's uncertain, but I feel no pain It's a different world But the heat's the same Head to New York City Yeah, you know my name Know my name It's a different jungle But the heat's the same Head to New York City Yeah, you know my name Know my name Looking for an answer Well you've got to start somewhere Sooner or later You've got to show something Out of the red Into the blue Anywhere you go Burning deep inside you And now I'm doing so well Look at all I have Would you take it from me? The future's uncertain, but I feel no pain It's a different world But the heat's the same Head to New York City Yeah you know my name Know my name It's a different jungle But the heat's the same Head to New York City Yeah you know my name Know my name -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- Guns In The Sky -------- [Verse 1] See the sound It crashes in All around It gets in Now take your hands And raise them up Into to the air That's all around ya Now bring them down Like a clock at two Shake your head You know what to do They want to put Guns in the sky Someone out there Ain't gonna like it But it could be good Make us love each other Have to realise I own the future [Chorus] Guns in the sky Guns in the sky Guns in the sky Guns in the sky [Bridge] Guns in the sky Child grows up to see Guns in the sky Used to be on TV [Verse 2] Want to change Forgot the joke It's great to see you I'm running late Da da da, love your hair Da da da, lend me a ten Da da da, I love your big house Da da da, could you spare a dime Well I'm sick of it It's a load of shit We could stop the world And let off all the fools And let them go live With their guns in the sky [Chorus] -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- I'm coming (home) -------- Yeah Uh huh Capital, good girl Get to that rating, you're coming home Yeah I'm coming home (I'm coming home, coming home) I'm coming home (Coming home to you) (Coming home) I'm coming, coming home (I'm coming home, coming home) (Coming home to you) Home to me Get in the house, baby Get the police ready Get the two-leaded guitar with your lips ready And get the burley slip ready Get the fish and sounds ready Get the car and botique I'm ready to follow you, baby (?) Curves, I'm coming home-home-home-home (I'm coming home, coming home) I'm coming home to you, momma (Coming home to you) I'm coming home (Coming home) (I'm coming home, coming home) I'm coming home (I'm coming home to you) to you (you-you-you) (I'm coming home, coming home) I'm coming home to you (I'm coming home, coming home) (Coming home to you) (Coming home) (I'm coming home, coming home) (Coming home to you) Ha ha ha ha, so how many heavens have you gotten in the edge? Mmmm, mmmm I can't wait to get home with lot of big large things for one place I dream of each precautional things you could have imagined (What?) Awesome moves, Preston Phenomenons What kinds of thing that no one heard? Well So and by the way, uh, I lost my address (Oh dearest, oh) Oh, what an actual good time for a happy name (Got a pen?) -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- Jesus Was A Man -------- Jesus was A man He was better than you or I And they didn't tell him No they tell him You didn't know Hitler was A man He didn't know what to do anymore Everybody said someone else But they know that is A lie Yeah, gandhi was A man He took the millions and gave them more We all adore I said it long ago when the situations scream so true All of it was long ago in humanity So climb out of the cradle and show yourself To the rest of humanity Cause I told you long ago even though you know yourself And all you thought was true, so true, too true The pieces of you Little pieces, little pieces of you Oh... Little pieces of me and you Jesus was A man He was better than you or I No one told him, no one knew Hitler was A man You know it In humanity to man Pieces of you Little pieces of me and you Oh... Oh... Little pieces of me and you Oh... Oh... Oh... My guitar doesn't work I wanna play A solo..! -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- Kick -------- [Spoken Intro] Sometimes you kick Sometimes you get kicked Sometimes you kick Come on come on come on come I look around unsatisfied At what they're giving me Then I think to myself Is there someone else Who feels the same as me Do you feel the same baby When my back is broken When the mountain moves away All the dreams and promises That we give We give away Sometimes you kick Sometimes you get kicked Sometimes you kick Sometimes you get kicked Sometimes you kick Sometimes you get kicked Sometimes you kick Sometimes you get kicked Look ahead But don't mix it up Baby look ahead To better days and better ways Make peace with flesh and blood Make peace with your love Nothing more I could ask of you But In the end this is the truth When my back is broken When the mountain moves away All the dreams and promises That we give We give away Sometimes you kick Sometimes you get kicked Sometimes you kick Sometimes you get kicked Sometimes you kick Sometimes you get kicked Sometimes you kick, oh Sometimes you get kicked Sometimes you kick Sometimes you get kicked, oh -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- Mediate -------- Hallucinate, desegregate Mediate, alleviate Try not to hate Love your mate Don't suffocate on your own hate Designate your love as fate A one-world state as human freight The number eight A white black state A gentle trait, the broken crate A heavy weight or just too late Like pretty Kate has sex ornate Now devastate, appreciate Depreciate, fabricate Emulate The truth dilate Special date, the animal we ate Guilt debate, the edge serrate A better rate, the youth irate Deliberate, fascinate Deviate, reinstate Liberate to moderate Recreate or detonate Annihiliate, atomic fate Mediate, clear the state Activate, now radiate A perfect state, food on plate Gravitate, the Earth's own weight Designate your love as fate At ninety-eight we all rotate Hallucinate, desegregate Mediate, alleviate Try not to hate, love your mate Don't suffocate on your own hate Designate your love as fate A one world state as human freight The number eight, a white black state A gentle trait, the broken crate A heavy weight or just too late Like pretty Kate has sex ornate Now devastate, appreciate Depreciate, fabricate Emulate, the truth dilate Special date, the animals we ate Guilt debate, the edge serrate A better rate, the youth irate Deliberate, fascinate Deviate, reinstate Liberate, to liberate -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- Move On -------- Hey, Shake It, Shake It, Shake It There's A Monkey On My Back Been There Much Too Long Every Time I Kick It Off Another One Comes Along I Used To Be In Another World I Used To Be Alone It's So Hard To Be Yourself When You Feel Like Something's Wrong (chorus) There Are No Words That Could Explain You Gotta Move On The Strongest Love In Vain There Are No Words That Could Explain Oh You Gotta Move On The Strongest Love In Vain She Said, "I've Had Enough Of Your Lies Can't Wait For Anyone The Beginning Of The End Don't You Know That's All Wrong When You Said Nothing Changes You Meant To Say It Won't Take Long" I Used To Be In Another World I Used To Be Alone It's So Hard To Be Yourself When You Feel Like Something's Wrong Move On There Are No Words That Could Explain You Gotta Move On The Strongest Love In Vain There Are No Words That Could Explain I Said Move, You Gotta Move On The Strongest Love In Vain There Are No Words That Could Explain You Gotta Move On The Strongest Love In Vain There Are No Words That Could Explain Oh You Gotta Move On The Strongest Love In Vain Move It Move On There's A Question In My Head Been There All Night Long Well I Toss And Turn Inside My Head But I Won't Let It Tear Me Down Yeah, Used To Be In Another World I Used To Be Alone, Yeah There Are No Words That Could Explain The Strongest Love In Vain Oh You Gotta Move On There Are No Words That Could Explain You Gotta Move On The Strongest Love In Vain There Are No Words That Could Explain Oh You Gotta Move On The Strongest Love In Vain Had Enough, Oh, Gotta Move On, Yeah There Are No Words That Could Explain The Strongest Love In Vain (Repeat And Fade With Ad Lib) -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- Mystify -------- All veils and misty Streets of blue Almond looks That chill divine Some silken moment Goes on forever And we're leaving broken hearts behind Mystify Mystify me Mystify Mystify me I need perfection Some twisted selection That tangles me To keep me alive In all that exists None have your beauty I see your face I will survive Mystify Mystify me Mystify Mystify me You're eternally wild with the power To make every moment come alive All those stars that shine upon you Will kiss you every night All veils and misty Streets of blue Almond looks That chill divine Some silken moment Goes on forever And we're leaving Yeah we're leaving broken hearts behind Mystify Mystify me Mystify Mystify me You're eternally wild with the power To make every moment come alive All those stars that shine upon you And they'll kiss you every night Mystify Mystify me Mystify Mystify me Mystify Mystify me Mystify -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- Need You Tonight -------- All you got is this moment Twenty-first century's yesterday You can care all you want Everybody does yeah that's okay So slide over here And give me a moment Your moves are so raw I've got to let you know I've got to let you know You're one of my kind I need you tonight Cause I'm not sleeping There's something about you girl That makes me sweat How do you feel? I'm lonely What do you think? Can't think at all Whatcha gonna do? Gonna live my life So slide over here And give me a moment Your moves are so raw I've got to let you know I've got to let you know You're one of my kind I need you tonight Cause I'm not sleeping There's something about you girl That makes me sweat How do you feel? I'm lonely What do you think? Can't think at all Whatcha gonna do? Gonna live my life How do you feel? I'm lonely What do you think? Can't think at all Whatcha gonna do? Gonna live my life So slide over here And give me a moment Your moves are so raw I've got to let you know I've got to let you know You're one of my kind So slide over here And give me a moment Your moves are so raw I've got to let you know I've got to let you know You're one of my kind -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- Never Tear Us Apart -------- [Verse 1] Don't ask me What you know is true Don't have to tell you I love your precious heart [Chorus] I... I was standing You were there Two worlds collided And they could never tear us apart [Verse 2] We could live For a thousand years But if I hurt you I'd make wine from your tears I told you That we could fly 'Cause we all have wings But some of us don't know why [Chorus] I... I was standing You were there Two worlds collided And they could never, ever tear us apart [Saxophone Solo] [Chorus] I... I was standing You were there Two worlds collided And they could never ever tear us apart [Chorus] You... You were standing I was there Two worlds collided And they could never tear us apart [Outro] I... I was standing You were there -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- New Sensation -------- Live baby live Now that the day is over I gotta new sensation In perfect moments Impossible to refuse Sleep baby sleep Now that the night is over And the sun comes Like a god into our room All perfect light and promises Gotta hold on you A new sensation, a new sensation Right now gonna take you over A new sensation, a new sensation Dream baby dream Of all that's come and going And you will find out in the end There really is There really is no difference Cry baby cry When you got to get it out I'll be your shoulder You can tell me all Don't keep it in ya Well that's the reason why I'm here Hey hey Are you ready for a new sensation, new sensation Right now Gonna take you on a new sensation, new sensation (New sensation, news sensation) (A new sensation) Hate baby hate When there's nothing left for you You're only human what can you do It'll soon be over Don't let your pain take over you Love baby love It's written all over your face There's nothing better we could do Than live forever Well that's all we've got to do Hey now I'm gonna take a new sensation, new sensation Right now Gotta hold on you A new sensation, new sensation A new sensation, a new sensation A new sensation -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- The Loved One -------- Yonder she's walking She comes my way Her red dress on, her long black hair Walking like, talking like Wanting like, she comes to me Oh baby I love you so I need you now I want you back I can't go on Helpless baby, evil child I've known you well and if you wanna stay that's alright You want me again and then you come a running to me, well That's alright That's alright That's alright And now she's gone She's walking away Her red dress on, her long black hair Well I love her so And now she'll come running Anytime I say now Anytime I say -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- The Trap -------- Don't you worry, don't you worry Every thing's gonna be all right Well life is the trap but it sure tastes good Afar from junk, it ain't a fool It's dark, dark and lonely And there's no one, no one there All these days are better than of it's fair Don't you worry, don't you worry Life is the trap, it's cold to the touch You got diamond dreams, it's cold to the touch It's dark, dark and lonely And there's no one, no one there Days of abandon, nothing is there Loosing reason, loosing reason Loosing reason, loosing reason to care Well, life is the trap but sure tastes good Afar from junk than of it's fair It's dark, dark and lonely And there's no one, no one there Don't you worry Every thing's all right -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- Tiny Daggers -------- Ever stop to wonder Should I question Move a stone look under Should I judge How you have changed my friend You're not the same my friend Do you lose sleep at night Do you ever stop to think Where it went wrong for you Who turned your reds to blue Who put those tiny daggers in your heart Who put those tiny daggers in your heart Who put those tiny daggers in your heart Ever stop to wonder I should not question Move a stone look under I should not judge They say you're never lonely They say you're with the best But when they turn those lights out I bet you spin and turn And cry just like the rest And cry just like a baby Ever stop to wonder I should not question Move a stone look under I should not judge No need for desperation No need for sweet revenge Please try to remember The door is always there Don't you walk on by The door is always there All you want to do is kick it in All you got to do is walk right in -------- 1987 Kick -------- -------- Wild Life -------- Take one step Out the door Look around For a whole lot more Off in the distance Fire burn bright We make decisions That's what we do That's what we do Wild life Wild life When it's bad it ain't bad enough I'll be your one Your one and only Like animals Locked in the zoo Give me freedom Day and night No one to tell me What to do I got to learn Some respect That's what I have I have for you Motivation It comes and goes But the questions They stay alive -------- 1990 X -------- -------- Bitter Tears -------- In the mist Of my endless search The best in life Becomes clear The rest just begins To fade by itself That's a trick I learnt Though it took so long Bitter tears taste so sweet I'm seeing my way For the first time in years When the love around Begins to suffer And you can't find love In one In one another Push away those bitter tears Bitter tears And I thought I was doing no wrong No wrong And I thought I was doing no wrong No wrong In the hour Of your needs Lips are trembling 'Cause your gonna be free Realize what we're doing here The time is right to kill your fears Bitter tears taste so sweet I'm seeing my way For the first time in years When the love around Begins to suffer And you can't find love In one In one another Push away those bitter tears Bitter tears And I thought I was doing no wrong, wrong, yeah Hey! Push away those bitter tears Push away those bitter tears Push away those bitter tears Push away those bitter tears, yeahow! That's what they call doing no wrong That's what they call doing no wrong Push away those bitter tears, yeah Push away those bitter tears (Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh) Push away, push away those bitter tears Uhhhh huh, yeah, hey That's what they call doing no wrong -------- 1990 X -------- -------- By My Side -------- In the dark of the night Those small hours Uncertain and anxious I need to call you Rooms full of strangers Some call me friend But I wish you were so close to me In the dark of night Those small hours I drift away When I'm with you In the dark of night By my side In the dark of night By my side I wish you were I wish you were Here comes the clown His face is a wall No window No air at all In the dark of night Those faces they haunt me But I wish you were So close to me In the dark of night By my side In the dark of night By my side I wish you were I wish you were In the dark of night By my side In the dark of night By my side I wish you were I wish you were In the dark of night Those faces they haunt me Well, I wish you were so close to me Yes I wish you were By my side -------- 1990 X -------- -------- Dark of Night (Demo) -------- In the dark of night Those small hours Uncertain and anxious I need to call you Rooms full of strangers Some call me friend I wish you were by my side In the dark of night Those small hours I drift away when I'm with you Here comes the clown His face is a wall No window, no air at all In the dark of night Those faces they haunt me I wish you were by my side Well I wish you were by my side -------- 1990 X -------- -------- Deepest Red -------- Judas kiss Kiss of betrayal I will not let it break me Elation You come my way come my way Oh baby oh baby I will not let it break me Here you come My heart breaking I'm in love For you and more This young man Got a long way to go Got some thorns Stuck in his side Here you come My heart breaking I'm in love For you and more Judas kiss Kiss of betrayal I will not let it break me Here you come My heart breaking I'm in love For you and more You come my way Elation Here you come My heart breaking I'm in love For you and more -------- 1990 X -------- -------- Disappear -------- Say I'm crying I'm looking at what's on T.V Pain and suffering And the struggle to be free It can't ever be denied, and I Never will ignore But when I see you coming I can take it all You're so fine Lose my mind And the world seems to disappear All the problems, all the fears And the world seems to disappear Say you're mine And give yourself to the Feelings that you know I'm needing All that you can give me All the things That you do so well Words are healing Sweet anticipation Making spells As the shadows close in Fall across all our yesterdays You're so fine Lose my mind And the world seems to disappear All the problems, all the fears And the world seems to disappear You're so fine Lose my mind And the world seems to disappear All the problems, all the fears And the world seems to disappear [Chorus] Disappear, disappear, disappear, disappear, disappear, disappear, disappear, disappear Say if I could Look into myself and reason But I could never never see or Make sense of the dealings Turn around Am I looking at salvation? Make me realize all that I am, baby You put the light inside this man You're so fine Lose my mind And the world seems to disappear All the problems, all the fears And the world seems to disappear You're so fine Lose my mind And the world seems to disappear All the problems, all the fears And the world seems to disappear You're so fine Lose my mind And the world seems to disappear All the problems, all the fears And the world seems to disappear You're so fine Lose my mind... -------- 1990 X -------- -------- Faith In Each Other -------- All the people In this world All the people In this world I gotta tell you it's alright Look at the cover Of a magazine The pride of a nation They're down on their knees I gotta tell you Let the people speak I gotta tell you Yeah, you got to have faith In each other All you ever, all you ever Have for each other They give us a reason To go on living It's all in the choices That you have to make I got to tell you You better make them good I got to tell you All you got to have faith In each other All you ever All you ever have for each other All the people In this world All the people In this whole wide world I gotta tell you Let the people speak I got to tell you All you got to have faith In each other All you ever All you ever have for each other Faith in each other Faith in each other -------- 1990 X -------- -------- Hear That Sound -------- So your time has come Children watch the fools Don't let anyone tell you What you must do Do you like what you see Or does it make you cry Use your imagination And start a fire Hear that sound There's a voice to be found Making changes go round Hear that sound And my selfish ways Disappeared one day With the realization Of a new way Images of the free Coming into view Our hearts full of promises Of all we can do Hear that sound There's a voice to be found Making changes go round Hear that sound So your time has come Children watch the fools Don't let anyone tell you What you must do Do you like what you see Or does it make you cry Use your imagination And start a fire Hear that sound There's a voice to be found Making changes go round Hear that sound Hear that sound There's a voice to be found Making changes go round Hear that sound -------- 1990 X -------- -------- Know The Difference -------- You're driving all over town In your big car Windows down Sweet perfume trails behind The impression is in my mind It's crazy how much I ache For the moments we could make Your girlfriends they like to talk Yeah they told me about your boy What you do and what you say Do you know the difference anyway Could I show you what's in store Cause I know you'll be wanting more You're the kind of girl who knows What you want and where it goes You got instinct You got class Why don't you leave that guy on his ass Good intentions are not enough We should join hands and rise above What you do and what you say Do you know the difference anyway What you do and what you say Do you know the difference anyway What you do and what you say Do you know the difference anyway What you do and what you say Do you know the difference anyway It's crazy how much I ache For the moments we could make Your girlfriends they like to talk Yeah they told me about your boy Your driving all over town In your big car Windows down Sweet perfume trails behind The impression is in my mind What you do and what you say Do you know the difference anyway What you do and what you say Do you know the difference anyway -------- 1990 X -------- -------- Lately -------- I never knew much Enough was enough The reasons were not always there But the look in your eyes Hides that surprise I would never have counted on this Well lately You look around You're wondering what your doing Yeah lately You look around Your wondering what you seeing What your doing The taste of your freedom Was sweeter than love Cause you never had a chance to live Your blue sky calls To seduce and bewitch And give you the wings of your fate Well lately You look around You're wondering what your doing Yeah lately You look around Your wondering what you seeing What your doing I never knew much Enough was enough The reasons were not always there But the look in your eyes Hides that surprise I would never have counted on this Well lately You look around You're wondering what your doing Yeah lately You look around Your wondering what you seeing What your doing Well lately You look around You're wondering what your doing Yeah lately You look around Your wondering what you seeing What your doing -------- 1990 X -------- -------- On My Way -------- Shake make it forever Curling from you lips Faith and it's not over Bring on that famous word Love don't abuse it And you'll never be sad again I'm on my way I'm on my way Blood's getting hotter Thinking about your hips I feel all the hunger The minute you turn away I think it's getting better But I can't wait another day I'm on my way I'm on my way Make all your wishes No sooner said than done Here I come like I told you Whether it's air, land or sea She said this is the real thing Cause your never gonna find the door I'm on my way I'm on my way I'm on my way I'm on my way I'm on my way Love don't abuse it And you'll never be sad again I'm on my way [repeat till end] -------- 1990 X -------- -------- Salvation Jane (Demo) -------- One chain to the mountain Two feet in the chain Three fires approaching Four hours away A sol invictus the invicible sun The night is almost come Five times the assassin Six species destroyed Seven valleys are numbered Eight years till they're gone Just when I thought I'd die on this rock I see a face I know Salvation Jane Wild wild flower of love Salvation Jane You've got the power to change You're such an easy prey Nine times the protector Ten years and a day Eleventh hour we're facing Twelve o'clock in the sun Oh mother nature We're trying to kill you Such greedy fools Salvation Jane Wild wild flower of love Salvation Jane Wild wild flower of love You've got the power to change You're such an easy prey Salvation Jane Wild wild flower of love Salvation Jane You've got the power to change You're such an easy prey Thirteen grand designs Fourteen you're walking the wire Fifteen is when you're lonely Sixteen is a long way there Seventeen is a whisper Eighteen is a whirl Nineteen is a mother Twenty minutes ago Salvation Jane Wild wild flower of love Salvation Jane Wild wild flower of love Salvation Jane You've got the power of love Salvation Jane You've got the power to change You're such an easy prey Salvation Salvation Salvation -------- 1990 X -------- -------- Suicide Blonde -------- Don't you know what you're doing? You've got a death wish [Yeah?] Suicide blonde, suicide blonde Suicide blonde, suicide blonde Suicide blonde was the colour of her hair Like a cheap distraction For a new affair She knew it would finish Before it began Woah baby, you lost the plan You want to make her Suicide Blonde Love devastation Suicide Blonde You want to make her Suicide Blonde Love devastation Suicide Blonde She stripped to the beat But her clothes stay on White light everywhere But you can't see a thing Such a squeeze A mad, sad moment Glory to you, glory to you, take me there Oooo, take me there Ow Got some revelation put into your hands Save you from your misery Like rain across the land Don't you see The colour of deception Turning your world around again You want to make her Suicide Blonde Love devastation Suicide Blonde You want to make her Suicide Blonde Love devastation Suicide Blonde Say it: You want to make You want to make You want to make her Suicide Blonde You want to make Ow That's the story Everything you wanna be Everything you are, are Mmmmm Yeah You want to make her Suicide Blonde Love devastation Suicide Blonde You want to make her Suicide Blonde Love devastation Suicide Blonde Yeah Love You want to make her Suicide Blonde Love devastation Suicide Blonde You want to make her -------- 1990 X -------- -------- The Stairs -------- In a room above a busy street The echoes of a life The fragments and the accidents Separated by incidents Listen to by the walls We share the same spaces Repeated in the corridors Performing the same movements Storey to storey Building to building Street to street We pass each other on the stairs Storey to storey Building to building Street to street We pass each other on the stairs Listen to by the walls We share the same spaces Repeated in the corridors Performing the same movements The nature of your tragedy Is chained around your neck Do you lead or are you lead Are you sure that you don't care There are reasons here to give your life And follow in your way The passion lives to keep your faith Though all are different, all are great Climbing as we fall We dare to hold on to our fate And steal away our destiny To catch ourselves With quiet grace Story to story Building to building Street to street We pass each other on the stairs Listen to by the walls We share the same spaces Repeated in the corridors Performing the same movements Story to story Building to building Street to street We pass each other on the stairs -------- 1990 X -------- -------- Waiting To Be Free -------- There are times when I feel like nothing’s been achieved Torn by indecision, it’s not hard to believe it That all of our hopes and all of our dreams Wrapped up in chains just waiting to be free I got to tell you all about it Man killing man and words are afar So many dreams and I’m dark Close all the windows and lock all the doors Deceiving your friends and using us all I got to tell you, doo, doo, doo, yeah There are times when I feel like nothing’s been achieved Torn by indecision, it’s not hard to believe it That all of our hopes and all of our dreams Wrapped up in chains just waiting to be free I got to tell you, doo, doo, doo All you do, doo, doo Wouldn’t that be friends [?] I love you like I do I try to tell you, doo, doo, doo Doo, doo, loo, loo -------- 1990 X -------- -------- Who Pays The Price -------- Yes it's dark sometimes When the people are shoving Pushing you into the ground And you cry in the daylight With the sun in your eyes Even though you know your not alone And it's all been felt before You stare out through your window And wonder if there's gonna be more It brings you down It's like a war Who pays the price If you want more Quiet desperation of a million lives Gonna make you change your ways We got everything we wanted But forgot how we got it Just can't paint it golden anyway And the strength of all you're giving Is gonna make the changes Tomorrow's gonna bring a new day It brings you down It's like a war Who pays the price If you want more As the years go by Will it show on your face Or stay hidden behind some door Yeah you made your resolutions With the will of a priest But your not so sure anymore And the reasons why you're living Keep changing Every time you find a key you find more It brings you down It's like a war Who pays the price If you want more [repeat till fade] -------- 1992 Welcome to Wherever You Are -------- -------- All Around -------- I see the rising sun I feel the warming one We've come a circle To the way we once begun No one's really sure How to make it up Or give a name to the way We've been acting lately All around All around All around All around A man he buy's a gun He is his father's son But one day he takes the gun And the lives of one and many Looking out one day A message comes to me I saw a woman tell the truth And end up end up behind bars All around All around All around All around All around All around I walked an empty street Proud to spill a tear Then came my shame My fear to blame The one and only See the rising sun Feel the warming one We've come a circle To the way we once begun All around All around... -------- 1992 Welcome to Wherever You Are -------- -------- Baby Don't Cry -------- Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry When you're down and confused Nothing seems right And it's you who decides Who's going to make it right Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Well life ain't no joke But it's good when you smile Steal everything But you won't get far Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Sometimes you will fall What cha gonna do? Give your friend a call Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry We know that you can smile Even though it takes a while To lose your fears and say Gonna lose your fears and say Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Do you know who you are And where you're going to Don't you know that love Gonna pull you Gonna pull you through now baby Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry, Baby don't cry Baby don't cry, Baby don't cry Baby don't cry, Baby don't cry Baby don't cry. Baby don't cry Face to face Anything is possible Not political, or analytical Never givin up on the wrong You got a choice Why don't you use it Change, is an attitude Guaranteed to take hold of you So welcome, to the turnstile Take a turn with a new vow Hey, I know what you know All the sympathy Made a mess of me Respect the sacrifice Before the number one Now it has begun Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry Baby don't cry -------- 1992 Welcome to Wherever You Are -------- -------- Back On Line -------- Maybe there's something in me Trying to hitch another ride Have you ever felt this moment When you're looking out of control All the ways I could have taken Just add up to indecision I'm gonna get this back on line To me there's no reason why All my troubles soon be leaving Wash away the pain of mine Get me to the place I'm standing There's a reason down below Maybe there's something in me Trying to take another ride Have you ever felt the moment When you're loosing all control I'm gonna get this back on line To me there's no reason why All my troubles soon be leaving Wash away the pain of mine All my troubles soon be leaving All my troubles soon be leaving All my troubles soon be leaving All my troubles soon be leaving (Mine) (Mine) All my troubles soon be leaving (Mine) All my troubles soon be leaving (Mine) All my troubles soon be leaving (Mine) (Mine) (Mine) (Mine) (Mine) (Mine) (Mine) -------- 1992 Welcome to Wherever You Are -------- -------- Beautiful Girl -------- Nicky's in the corner With a black coat on Running from a bad home With some cat inside Now where did you find her Among the neon lights That haunt the streets outside She said, stay with me Beautiful girl (stay with me) Beautiful girl (stay with me) She wanna go home From doorway to doorway Street corner to corner With the neon ghosts in the city And she says Stay with me Stay with me Stay with me Stay with me (Stay with me, stay with me) She's so scared So very frightened Anything could happen Right here tonight Beautiful girl (stay with me) Beautiful girl (stay with me) She wanna go home Stay with me (beautiful girl) Stay with me (beautiful girl) Stay with me (beautiful girl) Stay with me (beautiful girl) -------- 1992 Welcome to Wherever You Are -------- -------- Communication -------- Light beams from outer space Drifting to your satellite Your dish responds Communication disinformation So entertaining Blood money blood money It's wild in here There's a girl on the floor She's gonna blow this place apart Gonna take us all, all away Communication disinformation So entertaining Blood money blood money It's wild out here You should see the light From the crown of the king The king of the night Spinning metal blue satellite Your dish responds Communication disinformation So entertaining Blood money blood money It's wild out here Situation's alright Gonna keep up the lies And our version of life I won't leave this dirty place I'll stay here 'til the end The lights are on So action man Show us the truth Communication disinformation So entertaining Blood money blood money There's a war out here There's a bomb on the floor Gonna blow this place apart Gonna take this show away -------- 1992 Welcome to Wherever You Are -------- -------- Heaven Sent -------- Your eyes are like deep wells of desire Once in your arms I'm on fire You were sent girl so perfectly true Changing my life Now I'm a survivor Heaven sent That's what I call you Heaven sent That's what I call you Late at night when the evening fire has died There's a look in your eye Seductive images fly Heaven sent That's what I call you Heaven sent That's what I call you One day you'll see what angels can see Dressed in black if she comes back I think I'll loose my mind Tuesday she works In the library uptown Some useful knowledge Can always be found Don't burn the library Till you've read all the books Sometimes in life You get a second look Heaven sent That's what I call you Heaven sent That's what I call you Heaven sent That's what I call you Heaven sent That's what I call you Heaven sent Heaven sent Heaven sent Heaven sent Heaven sent -------- 1992 Welcome to Wherever You Are -------- -------- Men And Women -------- I can't see how I can Turn around what has been done I was just like a child With my eyes wide open History and any cause And my eyes are still open But my mouth my mouth is shut I'm closing off the lies Making my own mind up When I can I will How many dirty little secrets Were kept behind my back? Men and women Men and women Men and women Giving each other the sham I don't see How I can turn around what has been done I was just like a child With my eyes wide open Hungry at any cost Now my eyes are still open But my mouth my mouth is shut I'm closing out the lies and promises Men and women Men and women Men and women Giving me the sham Giving me the sham Giving me the sham Men and women Men and women Giving me the sham Men and women Men and women Giving me the sham -------- 1992 Welcome to Wherever You Are -------- -------- Not Enough Time -------- And I was lost for words In your arms Attempting to make sense Of my aching heart If I could just be Everything and everyone to you This life would just be so easy Not enough time for all That I want for you Not enough time for every kiss And every touch and all the nights I wanna be inside you We will make time stop For the two of us Make time stop And listen for our sighs Not enough time for all That I want for you Not enough time for every kiss And every touch and all the nights I wanna be inside you In our fight against the end Making love we are immortal We are the last two left on earth And I was lost for words In your arms Attempting to make sense of My aching heart If I could just be everything And everyone to you Not enough time for all That I want for you Not enough time for every kiss Not enough time for all my love Not enough time for every touch Not enough time for all That I want for you Not enough time for every kiss And every touch and all the nights I wanna be inside you -------- 1992 Welcome to Wherever You Are -------- -------- Questions -------- How do you know when it's time for you to go How can you stop when you don't know how to start How can you go back when you don't know why you're here How can you see when your eyes begin to fade How will you hear when you've heard it all before How do you do all the things you want to do How much can you take when you've taken all you can How can you act when you've never seen the script How can you choose when you don't know which is right How far can you go if you've been there before How can you shine if you've never seen the sun How does a child become a man without a child How can you heal someone that doesn't want to heal -------- 1992 Welcome to Wherever You Are -------- -------- Strange Desire -------- My strange desire Is waiting here To be my light My shadow my storm This is all and This is you Turning into Another dream Please don't be Another dream Do you really think you're cared for Do we really know we're loved Look at all my resolutions Promises to break your heart Why do we make it hot to handle Why do we lose our self control Strange desire take me over Offer me to the all above This is all and this is you Do you really think you're cared for Do we really know we're loved Look at all my resolutions Promises to break your heart Why do we make it hot to handle Why do we lose our self control Strange desire take me over Offer me to the all above Meet again touch again Must have wanted Some paradise Long ago That's unwise so unwise Look again I said Touch again Believe your fate That's alright that's alright Do you really think you're cared for Do we really know we're loved Look at all my resolutions Promises to break your heart Why do we make it hot to handle Why do we lose our self control Strange desire take me over Offer me to the all above Do you really think you're cared for Do we really know we're loved Look at all my resolutions Promises to break your heart Why do we make it hot to handle Why do we lose our self control Strange desire take me over Offer me to the all above Do you really think you're cared for Do we really know we're loved Look at all my resolutions Promises to break your heart Why do we make it hot to handle Why do we lose our self control Strange desire take me over Offer me to the all above -------- 1992 Welcome to Wherever You Are -------- -------- Taste It -------- Yes it's me I am the one To make you see Where we belong I was shaking Like a leaf All wrapped up In my dirty sheets If I agree to what comes next I would be faking With the best of them It seems a crime I would commit Without the difference Of all the world's gifts Sweet sweet sweet Could you taste it Never never never Never never never (taste it) To dream All the time Without a scream In the dead of night All those faces Come back to me I'll be begging To swim that sea Yea I made A picture story Make you cry In all your glory A need to quench The thirst of many To justify And make ready Sweet sweet sweet Could you taste it Never never never (taste it) Never never never (taste it) Never never never (taste it) Never never never (taste it) This realization Owes us strength to show If you're uncertain You're invited to believe These are the words I speak These are the words I speak A dislocation From where we once came from Give sons and daughters Because we want to go on These are the words she speaks These are the words she speaks Sweet sweet sweet Could you taste it Never never never (taste it) Never never never (taste it) Never never never (taste it) Never never never (taste it) Never never never Never never never -------- 1992 Welcome to Wherever You Are -------- -------- The Answer [Bonus Track] -------- I am like you are sure of difference For the reason without treason Hoping if we fall down you see All things broken into pieces All of you take time win free sufferin' Wait through all love straight to your head Feel like I am like you are sure of Difference for the reason without Treason hoping if we fall down You say all things broken into Pieces all of you take time win free Sufferin' wait through all love all love Straight to your head feel like I am Like you are sure of difference for the Reason without treason hoping If we fall down you say all things Broken into pieces all of you Take time win free sufferin' made into All love straight to your head feel like All your life all your life all your life all your life All your life.. -------- 1992 Welcome to Wherever You Are -------- -------- The Indian Song -------- And I was lost for words In your arms Attempting to make sense of My aching heart If I could just be everything And everyone to you This life is just too short To divide into Divide into, divide into two Yeah there's not enough Time for all of that I want to show you Not enough time For every kiss and every touch And all the nights I want to be inside of you Drift away To make time stop For the two of us I'm gonna make time stop Make time stop, stop, stop Better listen to The sighs of love In our fight against The end of time We were making love We are immortal We are the last two left Yeah the last two left Yeah the last two left Yeah the last two left We're the last two left…on earth -------- 1992 Welcome to Wherever You Are -------- -------- Wishing Well -------- If you ever want to taste it Go down to the wishing well Poison in the well won't make it Keep yourself as strong as can be All men I'll take you Take you down and tell you why I said woman gonna take you Take you down a well that's wide If you ever want to taste it Go down to the wishing well Poison in the well won't make it Keep yourself as strong as can be Take it to the river Take it to the world I say loving heart Gonna show the way Gonna show the way Gonna show the way Gonna show the way Gonna show the way If you ever want to taste it Go down to the wishing well Poison in the well won't make it Keep yourself as strong as can be All men Watch ya seeing Living it all for the life Say all men what ya seeing Gonna change your ways Gonna change your ways Gonna change your mind If you ever want to taste it Go down to the wishing well Poison in the well won't make it Keep yourself As strong as can be If you ever gonna taste it Never look right or left look ahead I'm the healer You're believing Gonna carry ya to the end Gonna carry ya to the end If you ever want to taste it Go down to the wishing well Poison in the well Won't make it Gotta keep yourself As strong as can be I'm a healer I'm a healer -------- 1993 Full Moon, Dirty Hearts -------- -------- Cut Your Roses Down -------- And it comes down to this When you take a look Got to find a reason Find it out What the fuck it's about All you lovers Take a look around Before they cut your roses down All they've got is bones and blood Don't they know that love is around Make your way through the pain You've got no one to blame No one Put a rope around Rush into the ground All in the name of love All you lovers Take a look around Before they cut your roses down All they've got is bones and blood Don't they know that love is around You meet the devil within And that's a name not a friend Comes around knocking down doors And when you let him in Gonna burn again All you lovers Take a look around Before they cut your roses down All they've got is bones and blood Don't they know that love is around All you lovers Take a look around Before they cut your roses down All they've got is bones and blood Don't they know that love is not around -------- 1993 Full Moon, Dirty Hearts -------- -------- Days of Rust -------- Dirty money Washed rich Suck my honey It's a cinch Use your delusions To get ahead I'm not faking A single breath You say these days are made of rust Counted out Counted out in loss I've got plans to prove them wrong I got manners Like a comedy If you push to hard baby It's a thin veneer Some of these days are made of rust Counted out Counted out in loss I've got plans to prove them wrong Got the new deal It's like a wish See me wanting All of this Use my delusions To get ahead I'm not faking A single breath You say these days are made of rust Counted out Counted out in loss I've got plans to prove them wrong You say these days are made of rust Counted out Counted out in loss I've got plans to prove them wrong You say these days are made of rust Counted out Counted out in loss I've got plans to prove them wrong -------- 1993 Full Moon, Dirty Hearts -------- -------- Freedom Deep -------- Show me the way Give away The truth I'm looking for I need a new way Out of here The door Is opening Freedom take me deeper Freedom take me deeper All the blue days Gone astray The clouds Are giving in Freedom take me deeper Freedom take me deeper I need a new way Out of here The door is opening I'm losing my fear Suddenly The way Has come to me Freedom take me deeper [till fade] Freedom -------- 1993 Full Moon, Dirty Hearts -------- -------- Full Moon, Dirty Hearts (Ft. Chrissie Hynde) -------- Full moon in the dirty sky That's all we can hope for Full moon over dirty hearts Full moon over dirty hearts Don't be surprised by the way it is I've broken bones for less I took a voyage on the deep blue sea But I had to swim away I swam away that day Full moon over dirty hearts Full moon over dirty hearts I took a voyage over deep blue sea It won?t come back... Innocence is what we want Now even children think that way Full moon over dirty hearts Full moon in the dirty sky Full moon over dirty hearts Full moon over dirty hearts I took a voyage over deep blue sea I took a voyage over deep blue sea -------- 1993 Full Moon, Dirty Hearts -------- -------- I'm Only Looking -------- I hear voices Inside my head Can I deceive Can I believe My whispering friends What do I hear About war and peace What do I hear About love and sex I'm delirious For an answer Taking me deeper And deeper in mind I'm only looking Fascination for Limits of love Should I aim higher And higher and higher Will I break you Like some possession To learn my lesson -------- 1993 Full Moon, Dirty Hearts -------- -------- Kill the Pain -------- Put the red lights on Don't tell them that you've gone Leave behind your fears You know they can't be wrong Kill the pain you feel Kill the pain you feel I know you've seen some things That buried you in your dreams Your face It tells the story The pages stained with tears You kill the pain you feel You kill the pain you feel, darling Keep the heart Take the curtains down The sun is what you found It leads you far from here And takes you to high ground Kill the pain you feel Kill the pain you feel Find a way Keep the heart You have within -------- 1993 Full Moon, Dirty Hearts -------- -------- Make Your Peace -------- There are river's running Just for you and me In the darkest hours Choices made to be I choose to pull my punches Don't you test my conscience You'll see You'll see Cut your teeth and make your peace That's what you asked for Cut your teeth and make your peace That's what you asked for Cut your teeth and make your peace That's what you asked for Cut your teeth and make your peace That's what you asked for Got a way of getting What I want to see When you know I'm winning You'll get over me All the trash your thinking Don't you feel it sinking You'll see You'll see Cut your teeth and make your peace That's what you asked for Cut your teeth and make your peace That's what you asked for Cut your teeth and make your peace That's what you asked for Cut your teeth and make your peace That's what you asked for All the bitter fighting Makes no sense to me Were only talking circles Loosing sympathy No time like the future Make signs cause I need ya There are river's running Just for you and me In the darkest hours Choices made to be I choose to pull my punches Don't you test my conscience You'll see You'll see Cut your teeth and make your peace That's what you asked for Cut your teeth and make your peace That's what you asked for [repeat to end] -------- 1993 Full Moon, Dirty Hearts -------- -------- Please (You Got That...) (Ft. Ray Charles) -------- I've come to tell you 'bout the story I see It made of honey but it sting like a bee Got the message that it come from the floor And that's the way to get yourself in trouble You think it's easy 'cause you don't know the feeling Make it up Make it up like you do no wrong Give me fever like a man blind from passion If you got the time I'll show you how to turn it on Please You got that need She got her ways to get me down on the floor And take me places that I never seen before Someone told me I got to take it easy But I'm a junkie A junkie when the heat is on -------- 1993 Full Moon, Dirty Hearts -------- -------- The Gift -------- Oh, so fine We were trying Out of nowhere Just in time Let you take me Deep down the river Kiss the changes That shape my life Always Left behind All the tracks that I could find Do do do do do All these scars are mine I was thinking got the feeling The gift you gave Is gonna last forever All the lies you find All the truth you see Rise and fall But I know what's mine Here we lie Looking up to Empty sky And the promises we find I'm not the first one To ask why Yeah, yeah Do do do do do Do do do do do All we ever try I was thinking Got the feeling The gift you gave Is gonna last forever I was thinking Got the feeling The gift you gave Is gonna last forever Do do do do do Do do do do do All these scars are mine Do do do do do Do do do do do All these scars are mine I was thinking Got the feeling The gift you gave Is gonna last forever All the lies you find All the truth you see Rise and fall But I know what's mine I was thinking Got the feeling The gift you gave Is gonna last forever All the lies you find All the truth you see Rise and fall But I know what's mine -------- 1993 Full Moon, Dirty Hearts -------- -------- The Messenger -------- Look around Give your eyes a new adventure What you see Is a mix of past and future Your moment Is coming now Hold on / Hold on How you gonna be when tell the story Everything we took Was it from each other Hold on, come on It's too late to get around it Say goodbye to how we found it This is what we least expected Don't you put the blame on the messenger It's too late to get around it Say goodbye to how we found it This is what we least expected Don't you put the blame on the messenger Hold on, hold on I've seen the flames That lick at survival Check your dreams Into the justice hotel Your moment, is coming Hold on, hold on How you gonna be when tell the story Everything we took Was it from each other Hold on, hold on It's too late to get around it Say goodbye to how we found it This is what we least expected Don't you put the blame on the messenger It's too late to get around it Say goodbye to how we found it This is what we least expected Don't you put the blame on the messenger Hold on, hold on How you gonna be when tell the story Everything we took Was it from each other It's too late to get around it Say goodbye to how we found it This is what we least expected Don't you put the blame on the messenger Oh yeah, come on -------- 1993 Full Moon, Dirty Hearts -------- -------- Time -------- Got to make a sense yeah Everything affects ya Your turning up the pressure But can you keep it on? Well it's only time It's only time that makes you Well it's only time It's only time that breaks you Yeah, there gonna make ya Pay for the crime Put you up in cages Treat you unkind Well it's only time It's only time that makes you Well it's only time It's only time that breaks you Well it's only It's only time It's only time All your plans are made now Just like they told you So what becomes of Monday Now that Sundays' gone All you ever wanted Will come to you one day Just when you taste it You turn and walk away Well it's only time It's only time that makes you Well it's only time It's only time that breaks you Well it's only time It's only time that makes you Well it's only time It's only time that breaks you Time It's only time -------- 1993 Full Moon, Dirty Hearts -------- -------- Viking Juice -------- If this was easy Where would I be I haven't said I have all the answers How could anyone Can't stop looking at the lights All around my head I'm missing the darker side Of the man He's on his knees Looking for the door But everybody's Giving him applause Crashed the car Into a wall But everybody's Calling for more It's called the end of rock and roll These days are numbered Counted out in loss Faith and spirit Walking hand in hand To meet a wall Made of sound But where does that sound Find a place today Maybe we came to the wrong show I've seen this before It's called the end of rock and roll Oh shadow take me Leave nothing still 'cause I've not seen the miracle How could anyone We ask too much of the song To come and save our souls When all it's trying to do now Is save its own Maybe we came to the wrong show I've seen this before Maybe we came to the wrong show I've seen this before It's called the end of rock and roll It's called the end of rock and roll -------- 1997 Elegantly Wasted -------- -------- Building Bridges -------- And where has innocence gone Do we know too much Are you comfortable in your skin When does the strip begin All the words we are fed And the need to belong Cause we can't get connected Baby try Where has our innocence gone We whisper and touch It's like we should start again When does the strip begin Some are taken some are given Building bridges for the living Some are taken some are given There's nothing if the truth won't survive Where has your innocence gone Do you just know too much Are you comfortable in your skin When does the strip begin Some are taken some are given Building bridges for a living Some are taken some are given There's nothing if the truth won't survive Some days I am everything I hate There's nothing if the truth won't survive Some days I am everything I hate There's nothing if the truth won't survive Some days I am everything I hate There's nothing if the truth won't survive Some are taken some are given Building bridges for a living Some are taken some are given There's nothing if the truth don't survive And where has innocence gone Do we know too much Are you comfortable in your skin When does the strip begin -------- 1997 Elegantly Wasted -------- -------- Don't Lose Your Head -------- Shot your mouth off like a kid Who's scared to have a heart You're loosing grip of what really matters Cause you don't know where to start You wake up in the morning With a starfuck for a friend The things you do are so in tune With what you said you hate What's giving you the will to live Is looking for revenge The only laugh that you've got left Is hiding from the pain What must have happened to your soul Is skinnin' you alive The thing that you fear the most is love And that's buried deep inside So deep inside Don't lose your head Cause I can't do the time Don't lose your head If you can't pay the price The heart you're building out of rock Is turning into sand Cause you never took the time to think What it means to be a man You act like you got the answers When the questions never asked I've been to where you're coming from But the postcards weren't so bad The knife I carry's been sharpened On the mouth's that won't keep shut I'll stab at you in the darkness Cause I'm trying to shed some light Your point of view's so meaningless If you ever had one at all All you seem to care about Is who's is gonna take the fall Don't lose your head Now I can't do the time for ya Don't lose your head Can you pay the price (SOLO) Don't lose your head Cause I can't do the time Don't lose your head But can you pay the price Don't lose your head You can't do the time Don't lose your head You can't you pay the price Don't lose your head You can't do the time Don't lose your head I can't do the time (fade) -------- 1997 Elegantly Wasted -------- -------- Elegantly Wasted -------- Look at all that shines Baby's down on the world and she knows it If your spirit's running Why don't me make it rain like we used to We run We hide We wait and we want The good life Aw sure You're right This ain't, the good life Ah, Elegantly wasted Ah, Elegantly wasted Look at all the crimes Baby's down on the world cause she owns it Making up her life Nothing more, nothing less makes it Voodoo We run We hide We wait and we want The good life Aw sure You're right This ain't, the good life Ah, Elegantly wasted Ah, Elegantly wasted We look at all that shines Baby's down on the world and she knows it If your spirit's fine Why don't we make it rain like we used to We run We hide We want The good life Aw sure You're right This ain't, the good life Ah, Elegantly wasted (you could be right, you could be certain, you could be right) Ah, Elegantly wasted Ah, Elegantly wasted (you could be right, you could be certain, you could be right) Ah, Elegantly wasted (feels like, feels like) Elegantly wasted - you could be right Elegantly wasted - you could be certain Elegantly wasted - you could be right Feels right, feels right -------- 1997 Elegantly Wasted -------- -------- Everything -------- Yeah, we're not the only ones Who bleed for the love that's lost Trust, like the air we breathe Live, you've got to loose some sleep Everything you do for me Everything I do for you Everything you do for me No one else comes close to you You laugh when the cool get's cold Cry when the punchline's told Fall into the arms of God Pray that your soul's not sold Change keeps us moving on All alone as you walk through the crowd Live we're gonna loose some sleep Trust like the air we breathe Anything I do for you Anything you do for me The way you see the world The way you see the world The way you see the world The way Everything you do for me Everything I do for you The way you see the world No one else comes close to you No one else comes close to you No one else comes close to you -------- 1997 Elegantly Wasted -------- -------- Girl On Fire -------- I just landed Girl on fire I felt the heat From Sydney to London Well she shut my mouth With her repartee I opened her's With the rest of me Girl on fire Baby burn burn burn Girl on fire Baby burn burn burn Out of the shadows Comes a dirty song The same old faces Try to keep you in line I saw you laughing At the very first show You lit up the city From the twenty-sixth floor Girl on fire Baby burn burn burn Girl on fire What's saving her Baby burn burn burn Baby burn burn burn Baby burn burn burn I just landed Girl on fire I felt the heat From New York to London Well she shut my mouth With a repartee I opened her's With the things that I say Girl on fire That's the heat that burns Girl on fire How the flames make you yearn Girl on fire Girl on fire Girl on fire Girl on fire on Flames are rising Flames are rising Flames are rising Flames are rising -------- 1997 Elegantly Wasted -------- -------- I'm Just A Man -------- I'm just a man My will is so strong When I've got plans I close my eyes to the pain My mother ran My father left town But we still have what's necessary to go on Flesh and blood Flesh and blood I'm part of you Your part of me There's nothing said That cannot be undone My brother's sane His heart is so strong He's killed some pain To himself nearly did the same It washed away Into the cruel sea Like everything that's built upon the sand Flesh and blood Flesh and blood Sweet sister T She loved so long and hard Kept to herself Until that right man came along Some men they lie Some men they cheat But now she's found Someone to be as strong I'm just a man My will is so strong When I've got plans I close my eyes to the pain My father ran (flesh and blood) My mother left town But we still have (flesh and blood) What's necessary to go on I'm part of you Your part of me -------- 1997 Elegantly Wasted -------- -------- Let It Ride -------- The sky is blue I'm watching you The grass is green what does it mean Clouds are white don't loose that fight Generations oversight is fucking up my poetry Let it ride, ride, ride Ride, ride, ride Ride, ride Caught in between The sun and the moon and the stars Caught in between The sun and the moon and the stars Caught in between The sun and the moon and the stars Caught in between The sun and the moon and the stars The sky is blue I'm watching you The grass is green what does it mean Clouds are white don't loose that fight Generations oversight is fucking up my overdrive Let it ride, ride, ride Ride, ride, ride Ride, ride, ride Let it ride, ride, ride -------- 1997 Elegantly Wasted -------- -------- Searching -------- I am searching I am not alone I am searching Please, give me some Have we lost direction Washed our hands of blood I'm in need of sensation Is there more to this love Saw a mother screaming She had lost control Of what she once believed in And she was not alone If you could face the pain And I could do the same It would be clear tomorrow But will it start, but will it start again I am searching I am not alone I am searching Please, give me some Saw a mother screaming She had lost control Of what she once believed in And she was not alone Have we lost direction Washed our hands of blood I'm in need of sensation Is there more to this love If you could face the pain And I could do the same It would be clear tomorrow But will it start, but will it start again I am searching I am not alone I am searching Please, show me some I am searching I am not alone I am searching Please, show me some Love -------- 1997 Elegantly Wasted -------- -------- Shake The Tree -------- I'd love to take this lying down But the world we know has lost it's crown All night talking jazz cigarettes Is never gonna change this killer town I see her walking In perfect time She gives me reason To carry on Round the corner comes salvation Made to order is what you found Why oh why do we fool ourselves Is it just the need to carry on I see her walking In perfect time She gives me reason To carry on Shake the tree you find Shake don't cut it down Glamour takes it's toll on you You throw away what's out of view Pearls of wisdom hang round your neck They warm to the touch of your perfect skin High, high, high High, high, high I see her walking In perfect time She gives me reason To carry on Shake the tree you find Shake don't cut it down Shake the tree you find (I see her walking in perfect time) Shake don't cut it down (She gives me reason) To carry on I see her walking In perfect time She gives me reason To never say die I see her walking In perfect time (shake) She gives me reason (the tree you find) To never say die Shake the tree you find -------- 1997 Elegantly Wasted -------- -------- She Is Rising -------- Those pretty feet are stuck deep in the ground All all that junk keeps coming Must be the time to rearrange it all Another place another time has called She is rising above this world She is heading for an open door She is rising above this world She is heading for an open door Give it up, let her in All she wants is to begin Give it up, let her in All she wants is to begin One day he wakes up to a different drum Rhythm coming from so far away He had no time to tell anyone His hips were moving to a perfect sway He is rising above this world He is heading for an open door He is rising above this world He is heading for an open door Give it up, let him in All he wants is to begin Give it up, let him in All he wants is to begin Give it up, let her in All she wants is to begin She is rising above this world She is heading for an open door Give it up, let her in All she wants is to begin Give it up, let her in All she wants is to begin Give it up (she is rising) Let him in (he is rising) All he wants is to begin (all I want is to begin) Give it up (she is rising) Let him in (he is rising) All he wants is to begin (all he wants is to begin) She is rising He is rising All I want All I want is to begin She is rising He is rising Give it up We are rising She is rising She is rising -------- 1997 Elegantly Wasted -------- -------- Shine -------- Making up my life Killer in the night Rattling my brains Looking for that light Shine, shine Ah shine so bright, shine When does that thing I want to breathe her in Throw away my world If I could see that pearl Shine, shine, shine, shine Shine, shine, shine, shine The skin is deep But your oh so weak Don't put your faith In the words they speak The skin is deep But your oh so weak Don't put your faith In the words they speak Gimme gimme reason for the things I do Silhouette I'm seeing in the shape of you Gimme gimme reason for the things I do Silhouette I'm seeing in the shape of you Shine, shine, shine Shine, shine When it does that thing Killer in the night Rattling my brains Looking for the light Shine, shine, shine, shine Shine, shine, so bright Gimme gimme reasons for the things I do The silhouette I'm seeing in the shape of you [fade out] -------- 1997 Elegantly Wasted -------- -------- Show Me (Cherry Baby) -------- Show me, show me Show me how Show me, show me Show me how Oh cherry Oh cherry baby Oh cherry Oh cherry baby Oh cherry Oh cherry baby Oh cherry Oh cherry I found you wanting Like everyone Always trying, happy lying 'Cos I'm no stranger to the ways of the world I felt like crying I felt like dying We took a coffee, you took it so strong Shaded from the neon I could still see your eyes Oh cherry Oh cherry baby Oh cherry Oh cherry baby Oh cherry Oh cherry baby Oh cherry Oh cherry baby Found in the gutter With a knife in her back Letter said sorry, please don't worry She had a lover With danger in his eyes I tried to tell her But she had the wildest heart Show me, show me Show me how Show me, show me Show me how Oh cherry Oh cherry baby Oh cherry Oh cherry baby Oh cherry Oh cherry baby Oh cherry Show me, show me Show me how Show me, show me Show me how Show me, show me Show me how Show me, show me Show me how -------- 1997 Elegantly Wasted -------- -------- We Are Thrown Together -------- I walk this mile Like anyone What could be found In this sweet damaged smile We are lost, we are found We are thrown together Would you take my hand Would you take my hand Let's go I walk this mile Like anyone What could be found In this sweet damaged smile The cage is found Fool's gold inside Is there a key to the Bars of the mind We are lost, we are found We are thrown together Would you take my hand You look for love You just get skin You turn around And the changes begin We are lost, we are found We are thrown together Would you take my hand Takes a second for your world to change Satisfaction's what you give away Sucks you in and spits you out again Picks you up and drives you down again Takes a second for your world to change Sucks you in and spits you out again Throws you down and picks you up again Satisfaction's what you give away We are lost, we are found We are thrown together Would you take my hand Would you take my hand Would you take my hand -------- 2005 Switch -------- -------- Afterglow -------- Here I am, lost in the light of the moon that comes through my window Bathed in blue, the walls of my memory divides the thorns from the roses It's you and the roses Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow Heal me from all this sorrow As I let you go I will find my way when I see your eyes Now I'm living in your afterglow Here I am, lost in the ashes of time, but who owns tomorrow? In between the longing to hold you again I'm caught in your shadow, I'm losing control My mind drifts away, we only have today Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow Heal me from all this sorrow As I let you go I will find my way I will sacrifice 'til the blinding day when I see your eyes Now I'm living in your afterglow When the veils are gone, as I let you go, as I let you go Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow Heal me from all this sorrow As I let you go I will find my way, I will sacrifice Now I'm living in your afterglow Bathed in blue, the walls of my memory divides the thorns from the roses It's you who is closest -------- 2005 Switch -------- -------- Devil's Party -------- At the devil's party nothing's a sin At the devil's party we know where you've been If we're all right then tell me who's wrong The love in a war, where do we belong? I might believe it's love, you might believe it's war At the devil's party there's no light from the sun At the devil's party, now, life's a loaded gun More or less? No, less is more Go on and be my guest Where do we belong? I might believe it's love, you might live a little more Dreams of yours, dreams of mine Dreams of all that shine on the other side, on the other side At the devil's party watch them stare in vain At the devil's party, now, you're no friend of mine Oh, lonely days of the road to excess When you're on fire you burn like the rest I might believe it's love, and you might believe it's war Why don't we take a little less? Then we could live a little more Dreams of yours, dreams of mine Dreams of all that breathe on the other side, on the other side -------- 2005 Switch -------- -------- God's Top Ten -------- Romance is gone He's drifting with the stars A lyric in his pocket Little girl in his heart When you hear his songs On the radio I don't need to tell you What you already know He's on God's top ten Where heaven never ends You saw the world And the world saw you on the stage Wild, wild, wild, colonial boy Roquefort Le Pont Your gypsy heart is free Pictures on the wall Of your family He's on God's top ten Where heaven never ends He's on God's top ten Baby's got momma's eyes She was always beautiful When you hear his voice Feel his arms around you You remember mama smiling A daddy's little girl Bad weather Cold media storm He's on God's top ten Where heaven never ends He's on God's top ten -------- 2005 Switch -------- -------- Hot Girls -------- Looking out my window at some girl as I'm writing this And I watch her eat a peach, the way she's biting it, biting it And I probably shouldn't stare, but I am fighting it, fighting it And I think that she's aware and kind of liking it, liking it Hot girls, they can break me, break me Hot girls, you know what you're doing Now, hot girls, come and break me, break me Hot girls, take me where you are going On her motorbike, the way she's riding it, riding it And she says it feels so good but she is hiding it, hiding it Wet lips to cigarette and now she's striking it, lighting it As she looks me in the eye, hell, she must know she's inviting it Hot girls, they can break me, break me Hot girls, you know what you're doing Now, hot girls, come and break me, break me Hot girls, take me where you are going I've got nothing to prove, ain't got nothing to lose If you need someone to use, I can take the abuse Older lips and paper, too The window, she's writing her name Remembering and laughing as I'm diving it, diving it I've got nothing to prove, ain't got nothing to lose If you need someone to use, I can take the abuse Hot girls, they can break me, break me Hot girls, you know what you're doing Now, hot girls, come and break me, break me Hot girls, take me where you are going Hot girls, they can break me, break me Hot girls, you know what you're doing Now, hot girls, come and break me, break me Hot girls, take me where you are going Hot girls, hot girls, hot girls, hot girls -------- 2005 Switch -------- -------- Hungry -------- The world is a hungry place and it's never satisfied You're leaving home, on the run, your mama, she was right Home was a crowded space but it sometimes gratified Look around, freedom found, now you've gone You don't belong to me, I've just gotta let you go You don't belong to me, I've just gotta let you know Your life is a precious thing, you can never be denied You need a job, a place to live, you couldn't help but try Home was a crowded place and it sometimes satisfied Turn around, freedom found, now you've gone Baby, turn back, don't ride the highway Baby, good luck when you do it your way You don't belong to me, I've just gotta let you go You don't belong to me, I've just gotta let you go I don't belong to you, it's only an ocean away You don't belong to me, I've just gotta let you go When there's nothing in your way and all of it burns inside Reaching out on your own, reaching out, you're reaching out on your own Lust is a hungry place and it's never satisfied You need to find the gift of love that comes from deep inside Your heart is a special place and you're always there, I'm always there for you You don't belong to me, I've just gotta let you go You don't belong to me, I've just gotta let you know I don't belong to you, it's only an ocean away You don't belong to me, I've just gotta let you go Baby, turn back, don't ride the highway Baby, good luck when you do it your way -------- 2005 Switch -------- -------- Like It Or Not -------- Sex is sex and love is love, mix 'em both up, baby, that's the stuff I can't believe I'm seeing the world come tumbling, crumbling down Yeah, this love the world's receiving, more chance of it on shutting down Shutting down, yeah, yeah Like it or not, love is the God Love is the, love is the God Like it or not, love is the God Love is the God So put your guns down on the ground, yeah, peace, it makes such a pretty sound I can't believe I'm seeing the world come tumbling, crumbling down You won't believe the feeling when it's all coming back around Coming 'round, yeah, yeah Love is the God, yeah, like it or not Love is the, love is the, yeah, love is my God Like it or not, love is God Love is my God, yeah, yeah, like it not Love is the, love is the, yeah, like it or not Love is the, yeah, like it or not Love is the, love is the, yeah Come on, come on, come on, come on Yeah, love is the God Love is the, oh, like it or not Love is the, love is the, yeah Love is the God Love is God -------- 2005 Switch -------- -------- Never Let You Go -------- Everything's good when it's sunshine, you should see me in the rain Everyone knows what it feels like to have to start over again But I can't start over again, again, again, again If someday I find me the answer, move down south and marry a dancer I could never let you go And when he's holding you, you remember the day I met you, one cold December I could never let you go Oh, I could never let you go Everything I see around me reminds me of why you were numb This bed is too deep to be empty, I'm swimming in oblivion, I'm drowning in oblivion And on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on And if someday I find me the answer, move down south and marry a dancer I could never let you go And when he's holding you, you remember the day I met you, one cold December I could never let you go Oh, I could never let you go, could never let you go Everything's good when it's sunshine, you should see me in the rain Everyone knows what it feels like to have to start over again If someday I find me the answer, move down south and marry a dancer I could never let you go And when he's holding you, you remember the day I met you, one cold December I could never let you go Oh, I could never let you go And if someday I find me the answer, move down south and marry a dancer I could never let you go Oh, I could never let you go Could never let you go, could never let you go, could never let you go Could never let you go -------- 2005 Switch -------- -------- Perfect Strangers -------- Do, do, do, do. Do, do, do, do Do, do, do, do. Do, do, do do Don't tell me your name, just use that pretty mouth To kiss me if you want this, but I want you inside out Start here at the end and later, when we're waking Our bodies still weak, we finally meet, turn my head and say We could be perfect strangers, let's spend tonight We could be perfect strangers, hello, won't you look in my eyes? Don't let this bad world change you You got places to go, so much further than I can see We could be perfect strangers Thank you for spending one night with me Do, do, do, do. Do, do, do, do Do, do, do, do. Do, do, do do Let's just keep this simple In the AM it's goodbye The syrup's so much sweeter when you let the butter fly So spread your wings and go, it's better not to know What I'm gonna miss, I'll remember your kiss when I turn my head and say We could be perfect strangers, let's spend tonight We could be perfect strangers, hello, won't you look in my eyes? Don't let this bad world change you You got places to go, so much further than I can see We could be perfect strangers Thank you for spending one night with me We are passing trains, we are whiplash lovers We are burning wax melting all over each other We could be perfect strangers, let's spend tonight We could be perfect strangers, hello, won't you look in my eyes? Don't let this bad world change you You got places to go, so much further than I can see Everyone wants you but nobody knows that you're so alone inside We could be perfect strangers Thank you for spending one night -------- 2005 Switch -------- -------- Pretty Vegas -------- Falling asleep at the wheel again, baby You're drifting over the line, line, yeah Your hands are tight but you're losing grip quickly Fix me, can you read the signs? Thumbing your way to Vegas, dirty And dreaming of the other side Save your tears and laughter Because it doesn't matter what you find It ain't pretty After the show It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you With no place to go If you think you need it Here's the place to feed it But it ain't pretty When everything that you do is wrong And you feel like you can barely survive, yeah When those around you are crumbling downwards Buried in the sunset alive Thumbing your way to Vegas, dirty And screaming like you're back from hell Save your dreams and occupations 'Cause it doesn't matter what you sell It ain't pretty After the show It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you With no place to go If you think you want it Here's the place to get it But it ain't pretty The party's over and the road is long The party's over and you're moving on The party's over and the road is long If you think you want it Then just come out and say it It ain't pretty Falling asleep at the wheel again, baby You're drifting over the line, line, yeah Your hands are tight but you're losing grip quickly Fix me, can you read the signs? Thumbing your way to Vegas, dirty And dreamin' like you're outta control Save your tears and laughter Because this is the ride And this is the show It ain't pretty After the show It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you With no place to go If you think you want it Just come in and get it It ain't pretty -------- 2005 Switch -------- -------- Remember Who's Your Man -------- Sugar, I want to know you, know you inside out Mystery surrounds you, got to figure it out Driving downtown to your house, your lights are never on You got me hooked, I wanna drown Without your hand I'm going down And I can't stop, don't help me out, so lonely and I'm bleeding from the inside Oh no no, no no I need you, you need to remember, remember, remember who's your man Met you on the corner not so long ago You asked me where I was going, I said I don't know Tell me how is it you came into my life so damn fast You blew my mind, left me behind and now I'm living in your past And I can't stop, blow me out, I'm so lonely, got me bleeding from the inside I need you, and you need to remember, remember, can't you remember who's your man? Who's your man? You knocked me out, so lonely, got me bleeding from the inside 'Cause I need you, and you need to remember I said, 'cause I need you, and you need to remember Can you do that? 'Cause I'm so high Remember, can't you remember, oh baby, remember who's your man Who's your man? Who's your man? Who's your man? -------- 2005 Switch -------- -------- Us -------- The world is always changing, you can see it every day But in a tragic situation you just can't hide yourself away So try a little kindness cause it sure can't be that hard You're shining in the darkness when you open up your heart Your love is all we need to bring us together Don't leave it to me, nothing's for free, it comes down to us Hungry babies on television, can you feel the shame? We've got to keep on giving to one another, 'cause it's all gonna happen again Why don't you try a little kindness cause it sure can't be that hard Just think about what binds us and find a new place to start Your love is all we need to bring us together Don't leave it to me, nothing's for free, it comes down to us Your love is all we need to bring us together We're not indestructable, we're some kind of miracle Happens every day