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Now let's sit down too, 'cos I'm a ladies man / I've got my work cut out, I'm doing what I
can / So hold me, touch me, thrill me, don't ever let me go / Don't ask me to explain it
'cos you don't wanna know / Oh / your hair is beautiful tonight / Oh / And I know the
feeling's right / Just for the surfaces I feel / I just woke up so come on and hold me /
Come on and hold me, hold me, hold me / yeah yeah yeah / I know a place where we can go
and wear just what we want / I don't want to be me, I get so tired of (?) / So don't ask
any questions and I won't tell no lies / Stop moving like some housewife and give yourself
tonight / Oh / your hair is beautiful tonight / Oh / And I know the feeling's right / Just
for the surfaces I feel / I just woke up so come on and hold me / Come on and hold me,
hold me, hold me / yeah yeah yeah

Doorways / corners / and the street lights dance in your eyes / Behind the cinema / in the
rain / in the subway / where the walls crumble and cover you in fine dust / 'cos we
haven't got a home to go to / touch me / on the back seat, on the top deck / talk dirty /
on the back row / can you feel me / against you? / oh no / we shouldn't / we shouldn't /
we shouldn't / I want to / ...mmmm... / What you gonna do / if you go home and he's not
there? / it wouldn't be the same if we didn't know it was wrong / oh touch me / and then
go wherever he takes you / oh yeah leave me / and I'll walk it off in the rain somehow /
Someone wants to watch by the side of Alena Stores / in the doorway, in the rain / Did he
see us? / Do you care? / Pull the night-time tight around us / and we can keep each other
warm / while the cars drive by / en-route to dried-up dinners / and strip-lit kitchens and
the smell of gas and potato peelings / What you gonna do if you go home and he's not
there? / it wouldn't be the same if you didn't know it was wrong / oh touch me / and then
go wherever he takes you / oh yeah leave me / and I'll walk it off in the rain somehow
yeah / We've got to go on meeting like this / I don't want to live with you or anywhere
near you / I want to catch you unawares / undressing in front of a window maybe /
impressed with those things I drive by / Did you see me? / Could you tell that I was
watching? / Did it make it feel better? / Yeah, it was good for me too / Did you think
about me? / Oh did you close your eyes? / Think that maybe / it was my hand that was
touching you / my breath against your face? / and when you opened your eyes / did the
world tip off its axis for a few seconds? / And you thought you'd caught a tiny glimpse of
someone? / Something here with it's shoulders moving towards you? / Yeah I did too / and
it felt good / and it felt good / and it felt good / In a strange kind of way / in a way
that things that aren't supposed to feel good / sometimes do / oh take it away / yeah /
What you gonna do if you go home and he's not there? / it wouldn't be the same if you
didn't know it was wrong / oh touch me / and then go wherever he takes you / oh yeah leave
me / and I'll walk it off in the rain somehow / What you gonna do if you go home and he's
not there? / it wouldn't be the same if you didn't know it was wrong / oh touch me / and
then go wherever he takes you / oh yeah leave me / and I'll walk it off in the rain
somehow.

Oh I know I don't own you / but I don't even know if I should phone you / Someone sending
me letters / saying you've been going with other fellers / And they / bored you / But I /
don't wanna cry / or talk for hours / to a machine / on the end / of a telephone line / Oh
it just kills me / when all you've got to do is call / Oh do it any time / 'cause there's
never no-one home / never no-one home / Leave your message on the ansaphone / I'm not
trying to be clever / but at least we're not still living together / All those calls in
the evening / if I answered they'd hang up without speaking / And they / bored you / But I
/ don't want to cry / or talk for hours / to a machine / on the end / of a telephone line
/ Oh it just kills me / when all you've got to do is call / Oh do it any time / 'cause
there's never no-one home / never no-one home / Leave your message on the ansaphone /
[Beep!] / 'Hello, its me. I just wanted to call and say it doesn't matter what you
get up to. I just want you to stay in touch. That's all.' / Are you really not at
home? / Or are you there but not alone? / Screening calls / you don't want to receive /
meaning calls / calls that come from me / Oh I / need to see you / It's not enough for me
just to hear you / You said you'd be here by ten thirty / but you want to stay out and be
dirty / Oh it just kills me / when all you've got to do is call / Oh do it any time /
'cause there's never no-one home / never no-one home / Leave your message on the
ansaphone.

The dust has settled,
Replaces the bulbs in all the lights.
I guess i'll get no sleep tonight.
A revolution happened.
Oh, sorry, you haven't heard?
We are the children of the new world.
If you're quiet you can watch if you like.
They say the future's beginning tonight.
Whole empires will crumble.
Civilisations will fall.
Lie on the bed, hear the sound of it all.
No anger, no guilt and no sorrow;
It sounds unlikely, i know, but tomorrow
You will wake up to find that your whole life has changed.
Although nothing looks different
A revolution took place.
I love the way you do it.
I love the way you put them on.
You know the answers but you get it wrong.
(just to confuse things).
Why did it seem so difficult to realise a simple truth?
The revolution begins and ends with you.
Now all the breakdowns and nightmares look small.
Now we decided not to die after all.
Because the meek shall inherit absolutely nothing at all.
If you stopped being so feeble you could have so much more.
The answer was here all the time, you see.
Just how i missed it is a mystery to me.
I have waited and waited for this day to arrive.
The revolution was televised.
Now it's over, bye bye.
It's over, bye bye.
Yeah, we made it.
Just by the skin of our teeth.
Perfection is over
(the rave is over)
Sheffield is over.
The fear is over.
Guilt is over
(please leave the building quietly)
Bergerac is over.
The hangover is over
Men are over
Women are over.
Cholesterol is over.
Tapers are over.
Irony is over.
Bye bye.
Bye bye.

Just behind the station, before you reach the traffic island, a river runs thru' a concrete channel.
I took you there once; i think it was after the leadmill.
The water was dirty & smelt of industrialisation
Little mesters coughing their lungs up & globules the colour of tomato ketchup.
But it flows. yeah, it flows.
Underneath the city thru' dirty brickwork conduits
Connecting white witches on the moor with pre-raphaelites down in broomhall.
Beneath the old trebor factory that burnt down in the early seventies.
Leaving an antiquated sweet-shop smell & caverns of nougat & caramel.
Nougat. yeah, nougat & caramel.
And the river flows on.
Yeah, the river flows on beneath pudgy fifteen-year olds addicted to coffee whitener
And it finally comes above ground again at forge dam: the place where we first met.

I went there again for old time's sake
Hoping to find the child's toy horse ride that played such a ridiculously tragic tune.
It was still there - but none of the kids seemed interested in riding on it.
And the cafe was still there too
The same press-in plastic letters on the price list & scuffed formica-top tables.
I sat as close as possible to the seat where i'd met you that autumn afternoon.
And then, after what seemed like hours of thinking about it
I finally took your face in my hands & i kissed you for the first time
And a feeling like electricity flowed thru' my whole body.
And i immediately knew that i'd entered a completely different world.
And all the time, in the background, the sound of that ridiculously heartbreaking child's ride outside.

At the other end of town the river flows underneath an old railway viaduct
I went there with you once - except you were somebody else -
And we gazed down at the sludgy brown surface of the water together.
Then a passer-by told us that it used to be a local custom to jump off the viaduct into the river
When coming home from the pub on a saturday night.
But that this custom had died out when someone jumped
Landed too near to the riverbank
Had sunk in the mud there & drowned before anyone could reach them.
I don't know if he'd just made the whole story up, but there's no way you'd get me to jump off that bridge.
No chance. never in a million years.

Yeah, a river flows underneath this city
I'd like to go there with you now my pretty & follow it on for miles & miles, below other people's ordinary lives.
Occasionally catching a glimpse of the moon, thru' man-hole covers along the route.
Yeah, it's dark sometimes but if you hold my hand, i think i know the way.
Oh, this is as far as we got last time
But if we go just another mile we will surface surrounded by grass & trees & the fly-over that takes the cars to cities.
Buds that explode at the slightest touch, nettles that sting - but not too much.
I've never been past this point, what lies ahead i really could not say.
I used to live just by the river, in a dis-used factory just off the wicker
The river flowed by day after day
"one day" i thought, "one day i will follow it" but that day never came
I moved away & lost track but tonight i am thinking about making my way back.
I may find you there & float on wherever the river may take me.
Wherever the river may take me.
Wherever the river may take us.
Wherever it wants us to go.
Wherever it wants us to go.

Are you trying to put me on?
I turned around and it was gone.
Did i leave it in your car?
On a table in a bar?
Or in your bed between the sheets?
The places where we used to meet.
Wherever love has gone i need to know.

Cos she's a woman,
Oh yeah, she's a woman.
Ma ma ma ma ma ma she's a lady.
And i just love the way she moves,
The way she moves, watch her.

When you left,
I didn't know how i was going to forget you.
I was hanging by a thread and then i met her.
Selling pictures of herself to german business men.
Well, that's all she wants to do.
Come on, come on.
I don't want to try too hard.
I don't want to wait too long.
I don't want to live alone,
With all this crap that pulls me down.
Oh, tell me now,
How would it feel,
If i could touch you once again.
Where have you gone, where have you gone.
The moon has gone down on the sun, oh yeah.
I know that you're coming home.
You wouldn't leave me on my own.
Everybody can't you see,
She's coming back to me.

Whilst you were gone i got along.
I didn't die,
I carried on
I went drinking every night
Just so i could feel alright.
Stayed in bed all day to feel ok.
I felt ok.
Oh i felt sick and tired,
Yes i did.
She lived at her father's place,
Played his records though they jumped.
Wore her body back to front.
I tried hard to make it work,
Kissed her where she said it hurt
But i was always underneath.

She's a woman,
Oh yeah, she's a woman.
Ma ma ma ma ma ma she's a lady.
And i just love the way she moves,
The way she moves, watch her.

I don't know why you pretend,
That it causes you pain,
When you know very well,
You're going to do it again.
You're going to do it again
And again
And again
But can you keep it going all nite long?
I know it's going to happen.
It might not be today.
It might not be tomorrow,
Or even the day after,
But some time soon, you'll see,
You're going to come back to me.

Whilst you were gone i got along.
I didn't die,
I carried on
I went drinking every night
Just so i could feel alright.
Stayed in bed all day to feel ok.
I felt ok.

Whilst you were gone i got along.
I didn't die, i carried on.
Oh yeah i went with other women,
What else can i say?
I guess i kind of missed you,
Whilst you were away.
Whilst you were gone.
(stop)

Here comes your bedtime story: mum & dad have sentenced you to life.
Don't think twice; it's the only reason i'm alive.
I feel alright as long as i don't forget to breathe.
Breathe in, breathe in, breathe out.
Look at all these buildings & houses
I love my life. i love my life.
Hey now, slow down a minute.
Take my arms & fill them full of life.
Don't think twice.
Does it ease the pain of being alive?
Or is it why - why you keep nodding out on me?
Breathe in, breathe in, breathe out.
Another day, another major disaster
I love my life. i love my life.
You got a problem.
I lost my keys when i stayed at your place.
On the floor of your living room, you made the scene but it'll never get shown on tv.
So tonight prepare to kiss goodbye to my lovelife.
So get this right- i love my life; it's the only reason i'm alive.
It's mine, all mine - as long as i don't forget to breathe.
Breathe in, breathe in, breathe out.
Corny i know, but you had better believe it
I love my life. i love my life. i love my life. god, how i love my life.
That's right: you've got to fight to the death for the right to live your life.
Alright: i'm gonna fight to the death 'til they give me back my life.
That's right: you're in the land of the living but there's so few signs of life.
Alright.
Breathe in. breathe out. breathe out.

You are hardcore, you make me hard.
You name the drama and i'll play the part.
It seems i saw you in some teenage wet dream.
I like your get-up if you know what i mean.
I want it bad.
I want it now.
Oh can't you see i'm ready now.
I've seen all the pictures, i've studied them forever.
I wanna make a movie so let's star in it together.
Don't make a move 'til i say "action."
Oh here comes the hardcore life.
Put your money where your mouth is tonight.
Leave your make-up on and i'll leave on the light.
Come over here babe and talk in the mic.
Oh yeah i hear you now.
It's gonna be one hell of a night.
You can't be a spectator. oh no.
You got to take these dreams and make them whole
Oh this is hardcore -
There is no way back for you.
Oh this is hardcore -
This is me on top of you
And i can't believe it took me this long.
That it took me this long.
This is the eye of the storm.
It's what men in stained raincoats pay for
But in here it is pure. yeah.
This is the end of the line.
I've seen the storyline played out so many times before.
Oh that goes in there.
Then that goes in there.
Then that goes in there.
Then that goes in there.
And then it's over.
Oh, what a hell of a show
But what i want to know:
What exactly do you do for an encore?
Cos this is hardcore.

Tomorrow never lies so live for today / Don't be afraid of the skeletons of yesterday /
Each morning brings you closer to your goal so grab your chance don't let it go / The city
streets are littered with the casualties / the could'ves and the should'ves and the
would've beens / Don't let this chance slip by / Because tomorrow never lies / Tomorrow
never lies if you live tomorrow today / There are those who would shoot you down / ah /
there's always someone wants to shoot you down / but you know they're never gonna be able
to shoot you down / if you live tomorrow today / if you live tomorrow today / The night
time blazes with all your nightmares come to life / But you can face the danger knowing
that your cause is right and leave them all below you / bleeding as you rise into the
night / Because you know tomorrow never lies / no, tomorrow never lies / no, it's never,
never gonna lie if you leve tomorrow today / There are those who would shoot you down / ah
/ there's always someone who wants to shoot you down / but they're never ever gonna be
able to shoot you down / if you live tomorrow today / yeah if you leve tomorrow today /
Cos you, you gotta live tomorrow today / Live it because tomorrow never lies / tomorrow
never lies / oh no.

First you let him in your bed.
Now he's moved inside your head.
And he directs all the dreams you are dreaming.
I saw a friend of yours today,
She called me over just to say,
"i dunno if you've seen her lately but god she's looking rough".

No don't go round to see him tonight,
He's already made such a mess of your life.
Find something else to do with your time,
And do it quickly while you've still got the chance.

Do you think he'll fall apart?
Do you think you'll break his heart?
If you leave him on his own.
You are dreaming.
Cos he can fasten all his clothes,
Tie his laces,
Blow his nose.
It's time to teach him how to walk,
Yeah, teach your baby how to walk away.

No don't go round to see him tonight,
He's already made such a mess of your life.
Find something else to do with your time,
And do it quickly while you've still got the chance.

You're not his mother,
You're not sister & brother.
He's not even your lover.
He's just a piece of luggage you should throw away.

No don't go round to see him tonight,
He's already made such a mess of your life.
Find something else to do with your time,
And do it quickly while you've still got the chance.

No don't go round tonight,
You'll never make it right.
He's already made such a mess of your life.
Find something else to do with your time,
And do it quickly while you've still got the chance.

We didn't have no where to live, / we didn't have nowhere to go / 'til someone said /
'I know this place off Burditt Road.' / It was on the fifteenth floor, / it had
a board across the door. / It took an hour / to pry it off and get inside. / It smelt as
if someone had died; / the living-room was full of flies, / the kitchen sink was blocked,
/ the bathroom sink not there at all. / Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / yes it's / Mile End.
/ And now we're living in the sky! / I'd never thought I'd live so / high, / just like
Heaven / (if it didn't look like Hell.) / The lift is always full of piss, / the fifth
floor landing smells of fish / (not just on Friday, / every single other day.) / Below the
kids come out tonight, / they kick a ball and have a fight / and maybe shoot somebody if
they lose at pool. / Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / yes it's / Mile End. / [mumbled
mutterings... you love it...] / Oo-ooh / Nobody wants to be your friend / 'cause you're
not from round here, / ooh / as if that was / something to be proud about. / The pearly
king of the Isle of Dogs / feels up children in the bogs. / Down by the playing fields, /
someone sets a car on fire I guess you have to go right down / before you understand just
how, / how low, / how low a human being can go. / Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / yes it's /
Mile End. / (don't do that! Leave it out!) / Bababa... / Lalala...

I used to try very hard to make friends with everyone on the planet.
I've seen you havin' it, havin' it yeah
But now you've just had it.
Entertainment can sometimes be hard
When the thing that you love
Is the same thing that's holding you down.
This man is dangerous,
He just shed his load on your best party frock.
Before you enter the palace of wisdom you have to decide:
Are you ready to rock?
Oh can you party with me?
Can you show me a good time?
Do you even know what one looks like?
And i don't need to hear your stories again -
Just get on the floor and show me what you're made of.
Just what exactly are you made of?
Baby, you're driving me crazy.
Baby, you're driving me crazy.
I was having a whale of a time until your uncle psychosis arrived.
Why do we have to half kill ourselves just to prove we're alive?
I'm here whenever you need me
And whenever you need me
I won't be here.
And have you ever stopped to ask yourself?
If you didn't come to party, then why did you come here?
Baby, you're driving me crazy.
Baby, you're driving me crazy.
And do you really want to know
Just how come you turned out so dumb?
When the party's over will you come home with me?
Now the party's over will you come home to me.
Will you come home to me?

Well, imagine it's a film and you're the star
And pretty soon we're coming to the part
Where you realise that you should give your heart,
Oh, give your heart to me.
And now the orchestra begins to make a sound,
That goes round & round & round & round & round & round & round & round
& round again
We kiss to violins.
Well some sad people might believe in that i guess.
But we know better don't we?
We know all about the mess.
The aftermath of our affair,
Is lying all around and i can't clear it away.
No.
And d'you think that it's so easy to find?
Somebody who is just your kind?
Well it might take you a little time,
But i'm going to have to try.
Oh yeah i'm gonna try.
And i know no-one can ever know,
Which way to head.
But don't you remember,
That you once said,
That you liked happy endings?
And no-one can ever know,
If it's going to work,
But if you try,
Then you might get your happy ending.

There's not much time for talking,
All your friends are
Going to walk away.
If there was time for talking
All too soon you'd be
Lost for things to say.
Don't you know she could break you,
Every bone that's inside of you?
Then again she might make you
Everything that you want her to,
And if you could walk away,
Where would you go
Anyway?
And if you've still got the chance,
I know you know you'll stay,
Stay.
I don't need your excuses;
Are you tired of
Trying to stay on top?
So just lie back and enjoy it
And save your tears for
When the kissing stops
Oh, you know it's got to stop.
Don't you know she could break you,
Every bone that's inside of you?
Then again she might make you
Everything that you want her to,
And if you could walk away,
Where would you go
Anyway?
And if you've still got the chance,
I know you know you'll stay,
Stay.
Oh, you'll stay,
Oh, you'll stay.
Don't you know she could break you,
Every bone that's inside of you?
Then again she might make you
Everything that you want her to,
And if you could walk away,
Where would you go
Anyway?
And if you've still got the chance,
I know you know you'll stay,
Stay.
Oh, you'll stay,
Oh, you'll stay.
Oh, you'll stay,
Oh, you'll stay,
Oh, you'll stay,
Oh, you'll stay,
Oh, you'll stay.

Written by barry adamson and jarvis cocker. performed by barry adamson
With jarvis cocker on vocals.

(save me from my own hand)
Oooohhh, set the controls for the heart of the pelvis
Haven't you heard my name rhymes with elvis
And one thing i know is this
That your mouth is telling me to give you
A big kiss
(now my guard's down)

(save me from my own hand)
Ahhhh, can't you see what's an offer
Yeah babe it's going cheap today
I enter a room and all the girls say
C'mon jarv, can i be the first?
Oh you make us so hot we feel we're gonna burst
(now my guard's down)
Oh yeah...

So please, so please
Don't leave me alone in this double bed
It smells of damp towels and asthma inhalers
Say you're gonna call back later
Save me from these glossy photographs
Save me from my mother's laugh
Save me
(now my guard's down)
That's right girls
That's right girls
Save me from my own hand
Do you know how much
I want you?
Don't stop

You say you've got to go home
Cos he's sitting on his own again this evening.
I know you're gonna let him bore your pants off again.
Oh god, it's half past eight,
You'll be late.
You say you've never been sure,
Though it makes good sense for you to be together.
Still you bought a toy that can reach the places he never goes.
Oh, now it's getting late.
He's so straight.

Do you remember the first time?
I can't remember a worse time.
But you know that we've changed so much since then,
Oh yeah,
We've grown.
Now i don't care what you're doing,
No i don't care if you screw him.
Just as long as you save a piece for me,
Oh yeah

You say you've got to go home.
Well at least there's someone there that you can talk to.
And you never have to face up to the night on your own.
Jesus, it must be great to be straight.

Do you remember the first time?
I can't remember a worse time.
But you know that we've changed so much since then,
Oh yeah,
We've grown.
Now i don't care what you're doing,
No i don't care if you screw him.
Just as long as you save a piece for me,
Oh yeah

As the signs outside proclaimed,
Nature sometimes makes mistakes.
Was it the mother or the father to blame,
Inside the damp grass and tilted tent?
As the signs outside proclaimed,
Nature sometimes makes mistakes.
Was it the mother or the father to blame,
Inside the damp grass and tilted tent?

Won't you come with me to the fairground?
Your head
Will be spinning,
I said your head
Is your feet.
And the man at the side of me starts a lewd laugh
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
At the cat with two heads and the dog with eight legs.
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
The man has come between us,
His cheeks rattle like a fence,
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
He's come between us, and he starts a lewd laugh.
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!)

I sought shelter from the storm in a small inn by the coast.
In the children's room three identical sisters sat,
Except for the one who was hideously deformed;
Her grotesque features seemed to parody her sisters' beauty,
Ridiculing and mocking everything i held dear.

Won't you come with me to the fairground?
Your head
Will be spinning,
I said your head
Is your feet.
And the man at the side of me starts a lewd laugh
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
At the cat with two heads and the dog with eight legs.
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
The man has come between us,
His cheeks rattle like a fence,
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
He's come between us, and he starts a lewd laugh.
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!)

The fish-eyed foetus floated blankly in the yellowed waters, still as wax.
The man came between us,
My sister and i,
Ridiculing and parodying everything we held dear,
Making a mockery of our former emotions.
Dragging it all down to his level.

Won't you come with me to the fairground?
Your head
Will be spinning.
And the man at the side of me starts a lewd laugh
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
At the cat with two heads and the dog with eight legs.
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
The man has come between us,
His cheeks rattle like a fence,
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
He's come between us, and he starts a lewd laugh.
(ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
And then we went for rides.
[jarvis:] roll up, roll up, nice rides...
Come on, spin those cars boys and make the girls scream!
The louder you scream the faster we go!
Come on, roll up, go on, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,
For the ride of a lifetime.
There's plenty of seats, come on, don't be shy!
Roll up, come on, come on!
[shreiking and wailing laughter]
And then we went for rides.

When you think you're treading water, but you're just learning how to drown.
And a song comes on the radio telling you that "the only way is down".
You're out of luck, you're out of time, get out of here.
Your lover just traded you in for the very same model but a much more recent year.
It will not stop, it will get worse from day to day 'til you admit that you're a fuck-up; like the rest of us.
Oh, that's the time you fall apart .
That's the time the teardrops start & that's the time you fall in love again.
Yeah, that's the time you fall in love again.
The recreational pursuits that made you shine have worn you thin.
And it's oh so fine getting out of your mind as long as you can find your way back in.
You want someone to screw your brains out
I'd say they're running out of time & they'd only go & cut themselves on the daggers of your mind.
This is your future.
This is the sentence you must serve 'til you admit that you're a fuck-up like the rest of us.
Oh, that's the time you fall apart.
That's the time the teardrops start & that's the time you fall in love again.
When you've had enough, when you've had too much,
When you got knocked down & you never got up.
That's the time you fall in love again.
Oh, when you walked into the room i could not breathe, i could not speak.
Please could i hide myself inside you?
As far inside as it's possible to be.
Can you assist me? i could not make it on my own.
Can i give you all the love i have?
It's not much but i'll try & raise a loan.
I have no pride left, no, no there is nothing i'm trying to prove
No, i am a fuck-up; just the same as you.
Oh, i guess this is where i fall apart
And i guess this is where the teardrops start but i don't care 'cos i just fell in love again.
And i'd had enough - well, far too much
I just fell down, could you please help me up?
"cos if you help me maybe i could fall in love again. na na na.

If you stay out all nite that's alright by me / but if you must kiss those guys you could
at least clean your teeth / I don't mean to put you down / but you've taken everything
that I own / Don't tell me you want some more 'cos I'm closed / Who is this laughing boy
who ladders your tights? / Please tell him to cut the noise / 'cos it's spoiling my nites
/ I just want to get some rest / and he's talking to his Ma on the phone / Well, if he's
so homesick he can go home / I don't need this anymore / and it's written in the stars I
must go / And will I come back for more? / I don't know / I don't know.

Ah ah ah ah ah... / Tonight's the night / Open your door and I'll come inside / Don't be
afraid, it willbe alright / I will change your whole life tonight / and you're so
beautiful / too beautiful for this dead-end world / I'm taking you to a better place / oh,
far away from this stupid race, oh / Come with me / for ever / and ever / please come with
me / for ever / No, don't let me down / oh, don't make me cry / Lie in my arms / and be
mine tonight / Do it / Oh, did I tell you / that there was no need to be afraid? / Oh,
you've got such a beautiful body / Oh, you'll make such a beautiful body / I smoke these
yellow-lit cul-de-sacs at night / You hear my foot-step on your bedroom stair / and I will
take the first one in every house in town / I'll take your sisters and I'll lay them down
/ I'll lay them down / Tonight! / Mother (mother) / Father (father) / Brother (brother) /
Take them all a- / Ba ba ba ba... / Make you mine / I want your body / Mother (mother) /
Father (father) / Brother (brother) / The wind (the wind) / Streets (streets) / Those
girls (girls) / I walked into town (town) (town).

I woke up in the morning i was still alive
The mirror says i'm fifty-five years old
If i don't look his way, i'm gonna do okay
I'm gonna last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
Last another day without your love
Oh no one lives alone for more than half a year
That's what a friend of mine once said to me
There's more things in the world than holding hands and kissing girls
You've got to last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
Last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
Last another day without your love

Oh but i dreamt of you last night
And the world split into two
I tried to listen to some records but they were all
Singing about you
I can't live on never knowing where my soul is going when i die
I can't last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
I can't last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
I can't last another day without your love

Oh yeah, well i realise
I should think about somebody new instead
That's what i tried to do, but the ones i liked looked just like you
Gotta last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
Last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
Last another day without your love

Oh but i dreamt of you last night
And the world split into two
I tried to listen to some records but they were all
Singing about you
I can't live on never knowing where my soul is going when i die
I can't last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
I can't last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
I can't last another day without your love

It's okay, i'm not a kid anymore
I can last another day without your love
If i focus all my thoughts on something stupid
I can last another day without your love
Ooh gonna last another day
Last another day
Last another day
Last another day
Last another day
Last another day
Last another day
Good god

Oh but i dreamt of you last night
And the world split into two
I tried to listen to some records but they were all
Singing about you
I can't live on never knowing where my soul is going when i die
I can't last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
I can't last another day without your love
Ma ma ma ma ma ma
I can't last another day without your love.

I've got the time / and you've got the space / I'm gonna wipe you down / and lick the
smile off your face, the smile off your face / Though we know that it's wrong / towel sets
/ matching combs / Oh it looks so good but does it turn you on? / Oh... / I want you now /
and I want you here / so lie down by the fire / and if the neighbours hear, the neighbours
hear / 'cos they don't understand / what you've got / in your hand / Oh it looks so good
but does it turn you on? / Oh... yeah! / Are we going to do it again? / Sideways? / I was
still in the queue when you came / Delivered me from his 'n' hers / you pulled the units
down / Delivered me from his 'n' hers / and when I saw his face / oh it made me feel
better / Oh now it's gone too far / we gave up hope / and the future's bleak / just a soap
on a rope, a soap on a rope / Put the rope around his neck / Pull it tight / he's erect /
oh and it looks so good but does it turn you on? / Oh... yeah! / Are we going to do it
again? / Shove it in sideways / I was still in the queue when you came / Delivered me from
his 'n' hers / you pulled the units down / Delivered me from his 'n' hers / and when I saw
his face / oh it made me feel better / So we laid in bed afterwards and / she asked me /
what made me frightened / and I said / 'I'm frightened of Belgian chocolates / I'm
frightened of pot pourri / I'm frightened of James Dean posters / I'm frightened of
twenty-six inch screens / I'm frightened of remote control / I'm frightened of endowment
plans / I'm frightened of figurines / I'm frightened of evenings in the Brincliffe Oaks
searching for a conversation.' / 'Oh you're stupid,' she said / and she
took my hand / she took my hand and she said / 'I want / I want you / I want you to /
I want you to touch / I want you to touch me / I want you to touch me.' / Oh... / Are
we going to do it again? / Shove it in sideways / I was still in the queue when you came /
Delivered me from his 'n' hers / you pulled the units down / Delivered me from his 'n'
hers / and when I saw his face / you know it made me feel better.

We're talking again / Smiling and laughing / Ignoring the past / Well I hope you're happy
/ I know there was something / Please don't / let it / die away / I know what you're
thinking / I know / what you / want to say / I won't give it names / For names have no
uses / Just shots in the dark / or easy excuses / I know there was something / Please
don't / let it / die away / I know what you're thinking / I know / what you / want to say
/ Lala lala... / I know there was something / Please don't / let it / die away / I know
what you're thinking / I know / what you / want to say.

When all should be done and gone,
He comes round again to see,
He can't keep himself away.
He touches her hand and it starts again.
His work is an ugly mess.
He prods and it cries in pain.
He kicks and it starts to scream.
He hurries away when she cannot see.
When all should be done and gone,
He comes round again to see,
He can't keep himself away.
He touches her hand and it
Starts again.
Moving so slowly,
Droplets of kindness
That poison and choke
When this thing should have died long ago.
The entrails are soft and warm,
This time it must be the end.
One touch and it lives again.
He keeps it alive to be part of its pain
And that's mercy.
And that's compassion.
And that's being good friends in a crisis.
What's one corpse between friends?
Oh
Oh-oh-oh...
Leave it, boy.
Just leave it alone.
Stop scratching, or it'll never heal.
Just let it lie in peace.
Get out of the way,
Get out of the way,
The brakes cannot last for long.
He knows he must let it go,
He knows but he keeps a hold.
He touches her hand and it
Starts again.
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Moving so slowly,
He drops it so gently,
Urging its life
To a peak to torment it again!

Woke up in the morning / raised my head still yawning / Well I was in for a surprise /
Stumbled to the mirror / realised in horror / the face that stared back wasn't mine / And
it seemed to be so strange / this sudden facial change / What do you say? / What do you
say? / I'd say it's quite strange / the way I've changed since yesterday / Went down to
the kitchen / hoping they would listen / but no-one else could see, you see / I could live
sans danger / but all night I saw a stranger / A stranger that I knew as me / And now it
takes up all my time / this face that is not mine / What do you say? / What do you say? /
I'd say it's quite strange / the way I've changed since yesterday / Oh the way I've
changed since yesterday / And so I rest my case / I don't want another's face / What do
you say? / What do you say? / I'd say it's quite strange / the way I've changed since
yesterday / Oh the way I've changed since yesterday / Oh the way I've changed since
yesterday / Oh the way I've changed since.

You look just like sylvia:
Well you look like her to me -
The way she wore her hair then.
Oh, he way she used to be.
I've not seen her for a long time
Though i've heard she's still around.
Her father's living with some girl
Who's a year younger than her.
She's living in the country now yeah.
Oh, she's trying to get better.
Her beauty was her only crime.
Yeah, i remember sylvia.

So keep believing
And do what you do,
I can't help you but i know things are gonna get better.
And please stop asking what it's got to do with you.
Oh, keep believing cos you know that you deserve better.

Who's this man you're talking to?
Can't you see what he wants to do?
He thinks if he stands near enough then he will look as good as you.
Oh, he don't care about your problems.
He just wants to show his friends.
I guess i'm just the same as him -
I just didn't know it then.
I never understood you really
And i know it's too late now.
You didn't ask to be that way.
Oh, i'm sorry sylvia.

So keep believing
And do what you do,
I can't help you but i know things are gonna get better.
And please stop asking what it's got to do with you.
Oh, keep believing cos you know that you deserve better.
Yeah you know that you deserve better.
Oh sylvia.

She / she used to live with his brother / Now she's an unmarried mother / with another /
on the way / He's seond rate / twisted out of shape / and he looks a state, it costs so
much to look this rough / They go to town / they like to shop around / and look at all
those things / All those things they never wnated anyway / She hates his hair / that
stupid coat he wears / but sometimes second best / is the best that you can get / Oh yes /
oh somebody told me / 'cos seconds turn to hours / and the hours turn into days / but
still it feels like morning / The first time leaves its trace / and then slides into
second place / and still it feels like morning / At night they try to fly / hold on tight
and close their eyes / and they hit the ground in the morning / But in the morning it's
raining / Oh Christ you're always complaining / can't you think of something else / It's
nearly-nu / a bargain basement made for two / and if you blur your eyes / you could be
anywhere / you want yourself to be / Oh yeah, it's bad / I know you want to laugh, so
laugh / But sometimes second best / Is all that you can get / Oh yeah / oh somebody told
me / the seconds turn to hours / and the hours turn into days / but still it feels like
morning / The first time leaves its trace / and then slides into second place / and still
it feels like morning / At night they try to fly / hold on tight and close their eyes /
and they hit the ground in the morning / But you're so perfect you don't interest me at
all / You're golden boy fell down / Don't you know / he hasn't got a personality? / And I
know / he said he'd last all night then gave you seconds / yeah / The seconds turn to
hours / and the hours turn into days / but still it feels like morning / The first time
leaves its trace / and then slides into second place / and still it feels like morning /
At night they try to fly / hold on tight and close their eyes / and they hit the ground in
the morning / My God they're still alive / they got it wrong but they still tried / and
they made it through to the morning.

That boy's evil
That boy's evil
That boy's evil
Etc etc

Don't bother saying you're sorry / Why don't you come in / Smoke all my cigarettes again /
Every time I get no further / How long has it been? / Come on in now, wipe your feet on my
dreams / You take up my time / Like some cheap magazine / When I could have been learning
something / Oh well, you know what I mean, oh / I've done this before / And I will do it
again / Come on and kill me baby / While you smile like a friend / Oh and I'll come
running / Just to do it again / You are the last drink I never should have drunk / You are
the body hidden in the trunk / You are the habit I can't seem to kick / You are my secrets
on the front page every week / You are the car I never should have bought / You are the
dream I never should have caught / You are the cut that makes me hide my face / You are
the party that makes me feel my age / Like a car crash I can see but I just can't avoid /
Like a plane I've been told I never should board / Like a film that's so bad but I've got
to stay till the end / Let me tell you now: it's lucky for you that we're friends.

The trouble with your brother,
He's always sleeping with your mother.
And i know that your sister missed her time again this month.
Am i talking too fast or are you just playing dumb?
If you want i can write it down.
It should matter to you,
Cos aren't you the one,
With your razzmatazz and the nights on the town?

Oh you knew it, and you blew it didn't you babe?
I was lying when i asked you to stay.
Now no-one's gonna care,
If you don't call them when you said.
And he's not coming round tonight to try and talk you into bed.
And all those stupid little things,
They ain't working,
No they ain't working any more.

You started getting fatter,
Three weeks after i left you.
And now you're going with some kid who looks like some bad comedian.
Are you gonna go out?
Or are you sitting at home eating boxes of milk tray?
Watch tv on your own, aren't you the one,
With your razzmatazz and your nights on the town?

And your father wants to help you doesn't he babe?
But your mother wants to put you away.
Now no-one's gonna care,
If you don't call them when you said.
And he's not coming round tonight to try and talk you into bed.
And all those stupid little things,
They ain't working,
No they ain't working any more.

Oh well i saw you at the doctor's,
Waiting for a test.
You tried to look like some kind of heiress,
But your face is such a mess.
And now you're going to a party,
And you're leaving on your own.
Well, i'm sorry, but didn't you say,
That things go better with a little bit of razzamatazz?

And now no-one's gonna care,
If you don't call them when you said.
And he's not coming round tonight to try and talk you into bed.
Now it's half past ten in the evening,
And you wish that you were dead,
Cos all those stupid little things,
They ain't working,
No they ain't working any more.

We like driving on a saturday night,
Past the leisure centre, left at the lights.
We don't look for trouble,
But if it comes we don't run.
Looking out for trouble,
Is what we call fun.

Hey you, you in the jesus sandals,
Wouldn't you like to come
Over and watch some vandals smashing up someone's home?

We can't help it, we're so thick we can't think,
Can't think of anything but shit, sleep and drink.
Oh, and we like women;
"up the women" we say,
And if we get lucky,
We might even meet some one day.

Hey you, you in the jesus sandals,
Wouldn't you like to come
Over and watch some vandals smashing up someone's home?

Mister, we just want your car,
Cos we're taking a girl to the reservoir.
Oh, all the papers say,
It's a tragedy, but don't you want to come and see?

Mister, we just want your car,
Cos we're taking a girl to the reservoir.
Oh, all the papers say,
It's a tragedy, but don't you want to come and see?

Mister, we just want your car,
Cos we're taking a girl to the reservoir.
Oh, all the papers say,
It's a tragedy, but don't you want to come and see?

Mister, we just want your car,
Cos we're taking a girl to the reservoir.
Oh, all the papers say,
It's a tragedy, but don't you want to come and see?

I never thought that you would come / your sister said your nerve had gone / You're trying
to make it straight right now / but I don't think that you know how / Your sister knows /
she wears your clothes / she laughs / at all those things you chose / Your sister knows /
takes off your clothes / we use your bed for goodness knows / Ow / I left something where
I knew you'd find it / Lift your pillow and you'll see / and he's coming round today / Hey
hey / Check out if you're still alive / talking dirt won't change your life / Listen hard
and you can hear her saying not to be so afraid / Loosen up and lay right down / watch her
as she's going down / It's easy when you stop pretending that you just got lost on the way
/ na na na now now / Your sister knows / she wears your clothes / she laughs at all those
things you chose / Your sister knows / takes off your clothes / We use your bed for
goodness knows / I can't remember where we met / I can't remember what we said / I can't
forget the things we did / when everything just seemed to fit / Your sister knows / takes
off your clothes / we use your bed for goodness knows / She's says it's better with two /
if you'd just stop being so stuck up / and he's coming round today / Hey hey / Check out
if you're still alive / talking dirt won't change your life / Listen hard and you can hear
her saying not to be so afraid / Loosen up and lay right down / watch her as she's going
down / It's easy when you stop pretending that you just got lost on the way / Try it; you
might like it / But you might / smudge your lipstick / and he's coming round today / Check
out if you're still alive / talking dirt won't change your life / Listen hard and you can
hear her saying not to be so afraid / Loosen up and lay right down / watch her as she's
going down / It's easy when you stop pretending that you just got lost on the way / Loosen
up and lay right down / watch her as she's going down / It's easy when you stop pretending
that you just got lost on the way / It's easy when you stop pretending that you'll never
ever see her, yeah you've seen her going down (and down and down and down and down)

I thought that you were joking,
When you said
"i want to see you
To discuss your contribution
To the future of our nation's heart and soul -
Six o'clock my place, white hall"
Well i arrived just after seven.
But you said
"it doesn't matter.
I understand your situation,
And your image,
And i'm flattered.
Oh and i'd just like to tell you,
That i love all of your albums.
Could you sign this for my daugther?
She's in hospital, her name is miriam.
Now i'll get down to the gist -
Do you want a line of this?

Are you a *sniff sniff*
Socialist?

Now i'm doing fine.
(yeah!)
Buzing all the time.
Oh just one hit,
And i feel great.
And i support the welfare state.
Oh you must be a socialist
Cos you're always off and on the piss
In your private members' bar.
Oh yes you are.
You're a superstar.
Well you sing about comon people.
And the mis-shapes and the misfits.
So can you bring them to my party?
And get them all to sniff this?
Oh and all i'm really saying,
Is come on and rock the vote for me.
All i'm really saying,
Is come on, roll up that note for me.
Your choice in all of this is -
Do you want hits or do you want misses?

Are you a *sniff sniff* socialist? yeah.
Socialist yeah.
Socialist yeah.
Oh yeah.

Oh you can be just what you want to be.
Oh just as long as you don't try to compete with me.
We've waited such a long time
For a chance to help our own kind.
So now
Please come on and tow the party line.
Oh you owe it to yourself,
Don't think of anybody else.
And we promise we won't tell.
No we won't tell.
We won't tell.
No we won't.
No we won't.
No we won't.
Oh no we won't tell.

Hey,
You can look, you can look just like anyone else
If that's what you want to do.
I,
I could laugh,
I could laugh in your face if i want
Oh, but i'm not going to.
When we met last week on saturday,
I couldn't make a sentence,
I couldn't even say
What i meant to say:

That i want you
It doesn't hurt to say i want you,
I need you
I never thought i'd say i need you,
I'll keep you,
Oh yes i'll keep you and i'll throw myself away, away, away,
And i'll break you
Because i lose myself inside you,
I'll make you
Fit in the space that i provide you, i'll take you,
Oh yes, i'll take you just to push you far away, away, away.

Yes,
Yes, you're all,
Yes you're all that i ever desire,
Still i'll kill you in the end.
When,
When it seems,
When it seems that it's getting too soft,
When you lapse into a friend,
There's someone just behind the door
So don't betray your feelings,
No don't talk anymore,
Never dare to say

That i want you
It doesn't hurt to say i want you,
I need you
I never thought i'd say i need you,
I'll keep you,
Oh yes i'll keep you and i'll throw myself away, away, away,
And i'll break you
Because i lose myself inside you, i'll make you
Fit in the space that i provide you, i'll take you,
Oh yes, i'll take you just to push you far away, away, away.

Now,
Now we come,
Now we come to the end of it all,
See it squirming, almost dead.
No,
You can't leave,
You can't leave it to die here in pain.
You've got to stamp upon it's head.
I'll go out and you'll stay home
Facing up to living,
Living on your own,
And i'll curse my pride,
Curse my pride,
Curse my stupid pride

Because i want you
It doesn't hurt to say i want you,
I need you
I never thought i'd say i need you,
I'll keep you,
Oh yes i'll keep you and i'll throw myself away, away, away,
And i'll break you
Because i lose myself inside you, i'll make you
Fit in the space that i provide you, i'll take you,
Oh yes, i'll take you just to push you far away, away, away.

Oh now the lonely nights begin,
And there is nowhere left to go,
But watch my spirit melt away,
Down at the d-i-s-c-o.
I must have died a thousand times,
The next day, i was still alive.
And i still believe in you,
Yes i do.
Let's do it now.
No. i was not crushed, i did not cry
You know that everything's o.k.
It's just sometimes i wake at night,
All alone and see your face.
Oh, thousands feel the same,
But the night-time falls away.
Oh no but still sometimes i feel,
Oh sometimes i feel like jesus christ now, hey,
I feel this night will never end,
And i will never see the day.
Oh i was nothing when you came,
I'm no-one now you've gone away.
Oh all i do is just o.k.
All of my nights,
And all of my days.
Oh-oh if you came home right now,
I'd run away,
Oh run away now.
O.k. now
Alright.
You can go out and make love to whoever, or whatever you like babe
So i go out and fill my eyes with other women,
Oh they look good to me and i think that i might kiss them,
Oh now it's two a.m. and i'm still stood here waiting,
So i go home and wonder why i bothered going.
Yeah every week turns out the same,
The sun, the wind, the snow, the rain.
Oh no but still sometimes i feel,
Oh sometimes i feel like jesus christ now, hey,
I feel this night will never end,
And i will never see the day.
Oh i was nothing when you came,
I'm no-one now you've gone away.
Oh all i do is just o.k.
All of my nights, and all of my days.
Oh-oh if you came home right now,
I'd run away.
I can't believe it.
I can't remember your face anymore.
Or the sound of your voice.
Or any touch of your skin,
Is a legend.
By the way,
Did i tell you that i loved you?
Oh if i didn't i'm so sorry.
You know i,
I really,
I really meant to tell you.
It's o.k. there's no need to hurry.
But the bed is full of memories,
Full of memories of you.
Oh i've tried to get them out but,
But there's nothing i can do.
Oh if i knew the moon i'd ask him,
Shine his light in through your window,
And send your body home to me today.
Hey,
I feel this night will never end,
And i will never see the day,
Oh i was nothing when you came,
I'm no-one now you've gone away
Oh all i do is o.k.
All of my nights,
And all of my days.
Oh-oh if you came home right now,
I'd run away,
Run away,
Run away.

Oh children of the future ... conceived in the toilets at Meadowhall ... to be raised on
the cheap cold slabs of garage floors ... rolling empty cans down the stairway ... (don't
you love that sound?) ... whilst the thoughts of a bad social worker ran through his head
... trying to remember what he learnt at training college ... Lester said he wasn't
allowed in here ... so why don't you get lost? ... and if you grow up ... then when you
grow up, maybe ... maybe you can live ... live on Kelvin ... yeah you can live in Kelvin
... on the promenade with the concrete walkways ... where pidgeons go to die ... (a woman
on the fourteenth floor noticed that the ceiling was bulging as if under a great weight.
When the council investigated they discovered that the man in the flat above had
transported a large quantity of soil into his living-room, in which several plants he had
stolen from a local park were growing. When questioned, the man said all he wanted was a
garden. When questioned, the man said all he wanted was a garden.) ... Oh God, I think the
future's been fried ... deep fried in Kelvin ... and now it's rotting behind the remains
of a stolen motorbike ... I haven't touched it, honest ... but there isn't anything else
to do ... we don't need your sad attempts at social conscience based on taxi-rides home at
night when exhibition opens ... we just want your car radio ... and those Reflux speakers
... now ... suffer the little children to come to me ... and I will tend their adventure
playground splinters with cigarette burns and feed them fizzy orange and chips ... and
then they grow up straight and tall ... and then they grow up to live ... on Kelvin ...
yeah ... we can have ghettos too ... only we use air-rifles instead of machine-guns ...
stitch that ... and we drunk driving lights ... in the end ... the question you have to
ask yourself is ... are you talking to me ... or are you chewing a brick?

At first / I could say / I could say or do / just whatever I liked / You would / you would
not / You would not answer / that's alright / Oh / I can't believe in the morning of your
silence / You will never cut / you will never cut the threads of your reliance / You can /
you can deny / you can deny that I was anything to you / But I know / I know in my mind /
I can see the scars / the scars I've left on you / I can't believe in the morning of your
silence / You will never cut / you will never cut the threads of your reliance / When we
are passed in the street / You can try and cover it up with whatever you like / Lipstick,
mascara, that kind of thing / You won't fool me / you won't fool anyone / They'll take one
look at you / and they'll know the kind of person they're dealing with / You can laugh
about it / you can pretend that you weren't involved / But you know what went on in that
room that night / You know what was said / ans you know you'll never forget / I hate the
sight of the face I have destroyed through our alliance / I won't forget how loved I once
was and how much I loved your eyes / So the bedroom becomes a funeral parlour once again /
See the corpse of former feeling laid out stiff and white for all to see / So / this is
the end / But we'll still be good friends, won't we? / We'll still be good friends, won't
we? / We'll still be good friends, won't we? / Goodbye.