Isle Of View

She's getting older
Yeah, she's getting wise
But a change has changed the girl
Gone's the sparkle from her eyes

She wants to be a good mother
So she'll do the best she can
But what about the other
What about the man

Well it's cold to leave a woman
With family on her own
It's chill factor
To the bone

Resignation
In her sighs
Is a sorry indication
Of how time
Can brutalise

Take away the hope
And the will will follow
Take away the faith
And goodbye tomorrow

Well it's cold to leave a woman
With family on her own
It's chill factor
To the bone

She had her dreams too
But how can she pursue
Her ambitions, be they great or small

You took her wings and flew
But remember when you're through
Your rise was due
To somebody else's fall

When the hard part's over
And the kids are almost grown
You'll be their big hero
Whenever you make it home
Shower them with presents
Things she could never buy
Delight them with your stories
About the great big, great big world outside
But dig -

It's cold to leave a woman
With family on her own
It's chill factor
Chill factor
To the bone

Look at me
High upon the hill
You could say
I'm on top of the world
Baby - i'm blue
All because of you
I can see this city
Crumble all around me
Press me to your chest
Block out the view
Oh, whoa whoa whoa


You made me
Some kind of criminal
You put me out-law
Because i loved you


In my time
One thing i've learned
If you play with fire
You get burned
Oh, baby, it's true
I got burned by you
I put everything i had
Into a bag
And trusted you to do
What you didn't do
Oh, whoa whoa whoa


You made me
Some kind of criminal
You put me out-law
Because l loved you


The first thing i think when i wake up
When can i see you?
The last thing i think when i'm drifting off
When will i see you?


Oh. look at me
I'm addicted still
At first i refused,
Now i just swallow the pill
Oh, baby, won't you
Fix me like you used to?
I could spend my time in hell
I might as well
Cause hell is where i'm bound to dwell
Without you
Oh, whoa whoa whoa


You made me
Some kind of criminal
You put me out-law
Because i loved you

I tried to talk to my baby
I said no no no no baby
Please don't cry
No no no baby please
'cause all of the leaves come down
Every time babies cry
All of the leaves come down


I put my arms around my baby
I said hush hush hush hush
Baby sleep tight now
Hush hush hush baby sleep
'cause all of the birds start to sing
Every time babies dream
All of the birds start to sing


Nobody wants to see
Lovers of today happy
So assumed they're going to part
Nobody wants to be with someone
So afraid they'll be left with
A broken heart


I kissed the eyes of my baby
I said dream dream dream dream
Baby all night long
Dream dream dream all the night
'cause all of the stars in the skies
Twinkle on baby's eyes
All of the stars in the skies


I tried to talk to you baby
No no
No i'll never feel
Like a man in a man's world

This is a mercy mission
From a faceless messenger who don't wanna see you hit
Here's the word, listen to it
Somebody that you used to know is back in town
You better go


This is a mercy mission
A voice you'll never hear again from a southside call box
Winged demons are the hardest to outfox
The same one you lost on the run
Gonna show you that it ain't no fun


You better get out of town you're gonna get hit
I didn't mean to get you...


This is a mercy mission
You'll find your schedule underneath the door
All of the arrangements have been made
Major expenses have been paid as you know
Don't forget the last details
Accept no parcels in the mail

everybody chokes
When they see someone cut down in their prime
It may not show when you look at me
But i know i'm in mine
I'm potent, baby, i'm potent
Dangerous to the naked eye
Rest your head on this bed of mother's pride
And find out why

Don't you wanna take me home?
Don't you wanna take me home?

Give me a sense of purpose
A real sense of purpose now
Give me a sense of purpose
A real sense of purpose now

Bully boys don't bother me
I purse my lips and they run away
Guys like you who are gentle and true
Don't come around here everyday
I'm potent, baby, i'm potent
Just one swing of me would get most guys smashed
But a drop of yours makes me stagger and swerve
I guess i'm outclassed

Everybody chokes
When they see someone cut down in their prime
Take this plea to your heart
- lift me in mine

Don't you wanna take me home?
Don't you wanna take me home?

Give me a sense of purpose
A real sense of purpose now
Give me a sense of purpose
A real sense of purpose now

Give me a sense of purpose
A real sense of purpose now
Give me a sense of purpose
A real sense of purpose now

I been crying like a woman
Because i'm mad, mad, mad like a man
If you'd been in the s.s. in '43
You'd've been kicked out for cruelty


I hurt you
'cause you hurt me
So i hurt you
'cause you hurt me


I been wondering about your dependency
Your idea of defiance is a modern day mystery
Arms and chest are cold
When your back is on fire
And the only time you come clean
Is when you're talking to your buyer


I hurt you
'cause you hurt me
So i hurt you
'cause you hurt me


Forget our philosophies
That we admired when we were young
And our popular points of view
They can't mean much or nothing
Or something or anything
'cause we can't say "i love you"


I hurt you
'cause you hurt me
So i hurt you
'cause you hurt me


Happy birthday, darling and thank you for the schooling
Your correction mistress warned me and she wasn't fooling
Never trust a user with your television overnight
When the show he wants to video is "dallas" on a tuesday night
Don't try to paint your masterpiece under artificial light

I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh
What hijacked my world that night
To a place in the past
We've been cast out of? oh oh oh oh
Now we're back in the fight
We're back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang


A circumstance beyond our control, oh oh oh oh
The phone, the tv and the news of the world
Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh oh oh oh
Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies
Put us back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang


The powers that be
That force us to live like we do
Bring me to my knees
When i see what they've done to you
But i'll die as i stand here today
Knowing that deep in my heart
They'll fall to ruin one day
For making us part


I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh
Those were the happiest days of my life
Like a break in the battle was your part, oh oh oh oh
In the wretched life of a lonely heart
Now we're back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang