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Moonriver
Wider than a mile
I'll be crossing you in style
Someday

Oh, dreammaker
You heartbreaker
Wherever you're going
I'm going your way


Two drifters
Off to see the world
I'm not so sure the world
Deserves us


We're after
The same rainbow's end
How come it's just around the bend ?
It's always just around the bend ?


Moonriver
Wider than a mile
I'll be crossing you in style
Someday


Oh, dreammaker
You heartbreaker
Wherever you're going
I'm going your way


Two drifters
Off to see the world
I'm not so sure the world
Deserves us


We're after
The same rainbow's end
It's just around the bend
It's just around the bend
It's just around the bend
It's just around the bend


Oh !

Time is like a dream
And now, for a time, you are mine
Let's hold fast to the dream
That tastes and sparkles like wine

Who knows (who knows)
If it's real
Or just something we're both dreaming of
What seems like an interlude now
Could be the beginning of love


Loving you
Is a world that's strange
So much more than my heart can hold
Loving you
Makes the whole world change
Loving you, i could not grow old


No, nobody knows
When love will end
So till then, sweet friend ...


Time is like a dream
And now, for a time, you are mine
Let's hold fast to the dream
That tastes and sparkles like wine


Who knows (who knows)
If it's real
Or just something we're both dreaming of ?
What seems like an interlude now
Could be the beginning of love
What seems like an interlude now
Could be the beginning of love
What seems like an interlude now
Could be the beginning of love

East west
Over the ocean
Perpetual motion
Travelling around

No rest
Singing and playing
Night out and day in
Doing the rounds


What a great life this must seem !


Swelled joints
Everything classy
Nothing is tacky
Only the best


Lush girls
Older and dying
Sighing and crying
"this is success !"


What a great life this must seem !


But when i hear your voice
Singing out
The bells of home
Are ringing out
And i feel all alone
(and i think of my home)


Cold times
A wind through the houses
The bleakness arouses
A longing to leave


Time flew
I wanted to see you
Somehow i could not do
Because of success


What a strange life this can be !


But when i hear your voice
Singing out
The bells of home
Are ringing out
And i feel all alone
(and i think of my home)

Road blocks and fire
Barb wire upon barb wire
This is not your country

Armoured cars, corrugated scars
Grafitti scrawls:
"this is not your country"


Home sweet fortress
Gunshot - we hate your kind
Get back !
This is not your country


I need some air
And i'm stopped and repeatedly questioned:
"born and raised ?"
But this is not my country


We're old news
All's well
Say bbc scum
One child shot, but so what ?


Laid my son
In a box, three feet long
And i still don't know why


A short walk home becomes a run
And i'm scared
In my own country


We're old news
All's well
Say bbc scum
Everybody's under control
Of our surveillance globes


We're old news
All's well
And thirty years could be a thousand
And this peugeot ad
Spins round in my head
British soldier pointing a gun
And i'm only trying to post a letter
A short walk home becomes a run
And i'm scared, and i'm scared, i am scared


Old news
All's well
Bbc scum
You've got more than the dead, so zip up your mouth
Zip up your mouth
Zip up your mouth
Zip up your mouth
You've got more than the dead, so zip up your mouth
Zip up your mouth
Zip up your mouth
Zip up your mouth
You've got more than the dead, so zip up your mouth
Zip up your mouth
Zip up your mouth
Zip up your mouth
You've got more than the dead, so zip up your mouth

Phlegm lapels for the last time
Corn beef legs for the last time
Oh, we're so glad
That you've finally decided

But then you see someone new
And you want someone new
So you have someone new
I don't blame you
We would all do the same as you
If ever we had the nerve to


Chips with cream for the last time
The people's friend for the last time
Oh, we're so glad
That you've finally decided


Tiny striped socks for the last time
Pokes and prods for the last time
And the doctor said
"don't nod your head until june !"


But then you see someone new
And you want someone new
So you have someone new
I don't blame you
We would all do the same as you
If ever we had the chance to


Sick at noon for the last time
And who is going to clean up ?
Would you be so kind ?
Oh, everybody's staring
At the strange clothes that you're wearing


Bad advice for the last time
And people being nice for the very first time
Oh, we're so glad
That you have finally decided !

David, the wind blows
The wind blows ...
Bits of your life away
Your friends all say ...
"where is our boy ? aah, we've lost our boy"
But they should know
Where you've gone
Because again and again you've explained
You're going to ...

Oh, that you're going to ...
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
England for the english !
England for the english !


David, the winds blow
The winds blow ...
All of my dreams away
And i still say :
"where is our boy ? ah, i've lost our boy"
But i should know
Where you've gone
Because again and again you've explained
You've gone to the ...


National, oh ...
To the national ..
There's a country; you don't live there
But one day you would like to
And if you show them what you're made of ...


David, we wonder
We wonder if the thunder
Is ever really gonna begin
Oh, begin, oh, begin
Your mom says :
"i've lost my boy"
But she should know
Where you've gone
Because again and again you've explained
You've gone to the :


National
To the national
To the national ... ah ...
Because you want the day to come sooner
You want the day to come sooner
You want the day to come sooner


Oh ...


We might release that as a single ... do you think it would be a hit ?
Crowd answer : no!
Er ... what ?

Police car with a screaming siren
Pneumatic drill on ripped-up concrete
Baby wails, a stray dog howling
Brakes screech as lamp light blinking

That's entertainment
That's entertainment


Smash of glass and a rumble of boots
Electric train and a ripped up phone booth
A hot day and a sticky black tarmac
A hot day and i'm wishing i was far away


That's entertainment
That's entertainment
La, la, la
La, la, la


Days of speed and a slow time mondays
Wake up at 6 am and think about your holidays
Open window and breathe in petrol
Cold flat with damp on the walls


Yes, that's entertainment
That's entertainment
La, la, la
La, la, la
La, la, la
La, la, la


Two lovers kissing over screams of midnight
Two lovers miss the tranquility of solitude
Read grafitti of slash-seat affairs
Splattered walls and a kick in the balls


Is all that you get - in the name of entertainment
La, la, la
La, la, la ...

Things you have cherished
Now making you squirm
Ya ...
You've had her
And it's all over now

Why you were pining
You haven't a clue
Ya ...
You've had her
And it's all over now


It's all over now - for you
It's all only started - for her
Ah ...


And the one thing on your mind
Is : where is the next in line ?
As the words to all the love songs
Start making sense
To the girl
So
Far
Away

Oh, you look so tired
Mouth slack and wide
Ill-housed and ill-advised
Your face is as mean
As your life has been

Crash into my arms
I want you
You don't agree -
But you don't refuse
I know you

And i know a place
Where no one is likely to pass
Oh, you don't care if it's late
And you don't care if you're lost
And oh, you look so tired
(but tonight you presumed too much)
Too much, too much
And if it's the last
Thing i ever do
I'm gonna get you


Crash into my arms
I want you
You don't agree -
But you don't refuse
I know you


And no one knows a thing about my life
I can come and go as i please
And if i want to, i can stay
Oh, or if i want to, i can leave
Nobody knows me
Nobody knows me
Nobody knows me
Nobody knows me
Oh, oh
Nobody knows me
Oh, oh
Nobody knows me
Oh, oh
Nobody knows me
Oh

Looking up at the sign
It said: "please keep away"
And so in i ran
You see ...

I'll never learn
Oh, i'll never learn
I'll never learn


Chapter one again
Here i go again
I found a fountain of youth
And i fell in
How could i ever win ?


I'll never learn


I'll never learn
I'll never learn
Why should i mind ?
Why should i care ?
I'll never learn
I'll never learn

I came back to my old city
With fierce determination
And i couldn't find my way out of the station

It's all changed
You were there
Departing, starting
A trek i had once took
With that "no-one's gonna stop me when i feel this way" look


Apparent, apparent
Heir apparent
You think it's so easy, i tell you - it isn't
But you may change minds with your winning smile


I fell down in my old city
Such sad degradation
So i tried to make my way back to the station

You were still there
Gleaming and leaving
Wide-eyed and awestruck
Saying "how can anybody hate me
If i love them first off ?"


Apparent, apparent
Heir apparent
You think it's so easy, i tell you - it isn't
But you may change minds with your winning smile


Heir, heir, heir
Heir, heir, heir
Heir, heir, heir
Heir, heir, heir
But you may be ok, i don't know


I'll see you back here
In a few bruised years
Pray
I'll see you here
I'll see you here
I'll see you here


Apparent, apparent
Heir apparent
You say that you want it, i'm sure that you'll get it
They'll seduce your heart and then they'll slap your arse


Heir, heir, heir
Heir, heir, heir
Heir, heir, heir
Heir, heir, heir

A child in a curious phase
A man with a sullen way
Oh, i know very well how i got my name

You think you were my first love
You think you were my first love, but you're wrong
You were the only one
Who's come and gone


When thirteen years old
Who dyed his hair gold ?
Oh, i know very well, i don't need to be told


You think you were my first love
You think you were my first love, but you're wrong
You were the only one
Who's come and gone


You were the only one
Who's come and gone


When they're duff, they really are fucking duff...

Oh, you silly old man
You silly old man
You're making a fool of yourself
So get off the stage

You silly old man
In your misguided trousers
With your mascara and your fender guitar
And you think you can arouse us ?


But the song that you just sang
It sounds exactly like the last one
And the next one
I bet you it will sound
Like this one


Downstage, and offstage
Don't you feel all run in ?
And do you wonder when they will take it away ?
This is your final fling


But then applause ran high
But for the patience of the ones behind you
As a verse drags on like a month drags on
It's very short, but it seems very long


And the song that you just sang
It sounds exactly like the last one
And the next one
I bet you it will sound
Like this one


So, get off the stage
Oh, get off the stage
And when we get down off of the stage
Please stay off the stage - all day !


Get off the stage
Oh, get off the stage
And when we've had our money back
Then i'd like your back in plaster


Oh, i know that you say
How age has no meaning
Oh, but here is your audience now
And they're screaming :


"get off the stage"
Oh, get off the stage
Because i've given you enough of my time
And the money that wasn't even mine
Have you seen yourself recently ?


Oh, get off the stage
Oh, get off the stage
For whom, oh ...
For whom, oh ...
For whom, oh ...
For whom, oh ...


Get off the stage
Get off the stage
Get off the stage


For whom the bell tolls

Please help the cause against loneliness
Would you like to note my home address ?
Please help the cause against loneliness
Would you kindly note my inside leg ?

Oh, i don't mind what time you come round
If it's the daytime then i might be in bed - oh
I'm so very young
I am so really, really young ... oh, oh


Please help the cause against loneliness
Would you like a list of my dislikes ?
There are people with problems
I know this ... i've know this for years
There are paupers and peers
Who have problems, oh


I don't mind what time you come round
If it's the weekend then i have to be dead, oh
I'm so very young
I'm so really, really young ... oh, oh
I'm so young - really, really (yeah yeah yeah)
I am so young
I am so young
I am so really, really young
I am so young
So young

The first day with the jar
You find
Everyone lies
The first day with the jar
You find
Everyone lies, nobody minds

Everyone lies
Where is the man you respect ?
And where is the woman you love ?
Where's the woman you love ?


The third week with the jar
You find
Everything dies
We won't vote conservative
Because we never have


Everyone lies, everyone lies
Where is the man you respect ?
And where is the woman you love ?
Where's the woman you love ?


I used to dream, and i used to vow
I wouldn't dream of it now
We look to los angeles
For the language we use
London is dead, london is dead
London is dead, london is dead
London is dead, london is dead
I'm still too much in love
Oh, i'm too much in love


I'm more in love

The edges are no, no longer parallel
The edges are no, no longer parallel
And there is no law of averages here
If you feel down
Then you're bound to stay down
All of the things you said
So meaningful
They are all so suddenly meaningless
And the looks you gave
So meaningful
They are all so suddenly meaningless
Oh ...
And there is no law of averages here
If you feel down
Then you're bound to stay down

My only mistake is i'm hoping
I'm hoping
I'm hoping
My only mistake is i'm hoping
I'm hoping
I'm hoping
My only mistake is i'm hoping
I'm hoping
I'm hoping
My one mistake is i'm hoping
I'm hoping
I'm hoping
My only mistake is ...
My only mistake is i keep hoping
My only mistake is i keep hoping
My only mistake is i'm hoping
I'm hoping
I'm hoping
I'm hoping
I'm hoping
I'm hoping
My only mistake is i'm hoping
I'm hoping
I'm hoping

I take the cue from
Certain people i know
I use the cue
And then i
Hand it on to you

And when i swing it
So, it catches his eye ... ah, ooh ...
(ah, weren't you there ?
- you'd have died !)


I trust the views of
Certain people i know
They look at danger
And they
Laugh their heads off


Their clothes are imitation
George the 23rd ah, ooh ...
(don't you find life absurd ?)


I'd hate to be like
Certain people i know
They break their necks
And can't afford to
Get them fixed
Aho, aho


Ah, and they'd sacrifice all
Of their principles for
Ah, anything cashable
I ... i do believe, waah ... it's terrible


Oh, wo, wo
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Oh, wo, wo
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Oh, wo, wo
Ah, ah, ah, ah

Sleep on and dream of love
Because it's the closest you will
Get to love, oh ah ...
The poor twisted child
So ugly, so ugly
The poor twisted child
Oh hug me, oh hug me
One november
Spawned a monster
In the shape of this child
Who later cried :

"but jesus made me, so
Jesus save me from
Pity, sympathy
And people discussing me"
This frame of useless limbs
What can make good
All the bad that's been done ?


And if the lights were out
Could you even bear
To kiss her full on the mouth
(or anywhere ?)
No, no, no, oh, no, no, no, no


The poor twisted child
So ugly, so ugly
The poor twisted child
Oh hug me, oh hug me
One november
Spawned a monster
In the shape of this child
Who must remain
A hostage to kindness
And the wheels underneath her
A hostage to kindness
And the wheels underneath her


A symbol of where mad, mad lovers
Must pause and draw the line.


Oh ...


So sleep and dream of love
Because it's the closest
You will get to love
Oh, no, no, no ... oh, no ... oh, no


Oh ...
Oh ...
Oh ...
Oh ...
Oh ...
Oh ...


One fine day
Let it be soon
She won't be rich or beautiful
But she'll be walking your streets
In the clothes that she went out
And chose for herself.


Thankyou ...

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one i really, really love
And i will stay
Promise you'll say
If i'm in your way
You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one i really, really love
And i will stay
Promise you'll say
If i'm ever in your ...
A-hey

All over battersea
Some hope; and some despair
All over battersea
Some hope; and some despair
Oh ...


You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one i really, really love
And i will stay
Promise you'll say
If i'm in your way
You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one i really, really love
And i will stay
Promise you'll say
If i'm ever in your ...
A-hey


All over battersea
Some hope; and some despair
All over battersea
Some hope; and some despair
Oh, oh ...


You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one i really, really love
And i will stay
Promise you'll say
If i'm ever in your way
A-hey


You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one for me, a-hey-hey
A-hey
A-hey
A-hey
A-he-he-he-hey

We hate it when our friends become successful
We hate it when our friends become successful
Oh, look at those clothes
Now look at that face, it's so old
And such a video !
Well, it's really laughable
Ha, ha, ha ...

We hate it when our friends become successful
And if they're northern, that makes it even worse
And if we can destroy them
You bet your life we will
Destroy them
If we can hurt them
Well, we may as well ...
It's really laughable
Ha, ha, ha ...


You see, it should've been me
It could've been me
Everybody knows
Everybody says so
They say :


"ah, you have loads of songs
So many songs
Oh, songs - and they can stand
Verse
Chorus
And middle eighth
Break a fade
Just listen ..."
La, la-la, la-la
Oh ...
La la la la la la la la


Thankyou, i love you. goodbye.

With the world's fate
Resting on your shoulder
You're gonna need
Someone on your side

You cannot do it by yourself
Any longer
You're gonna need
Someone on your side
Someone kindly told me
That you collected, oh
Very sharp bread knives


Oh, give yourself a break
Before you break down
You're gonna need someone on your side


And here i am
And here i am
Oh, well, you don't need
To look so pleased !


Day or night,
Oh, there is no difference
You're gonna need someone on your side


Day or night,
There is no difference
You're gonna need someone soon


And here i am
And here i am
Oh well, you don't need
To look so clean !