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Anthem

(Instrumental)

Art Blind


If You Kill My Cat, I'll Kill Your Dog


Infectious


Lying In Bed Barefoot


Nothing Alas Alack

nothing to do but work work work
nothing alas alack
nowhere to go but out out out
nowhere to come but back

it's christmas day in the workhouse
they're handing out lollipops
progress would be wonderful
if only it would stop

no bees no honey no work no money

nothing to do but think think think
nothing alas alack
nowhere to go for a drink drink drink
nowhere to come but back

it's christmas day in the doghouse
lassie's gone barking mad
here comes father christmas
handing out lucky bags

no bees no honey no work no money
nothing to do but work work work

money

king bank is calling ....

Possessed

got tired of being gifted and tormented
signed, sealed, delivered, then resented
i think i've lost a very nice part of me
and even though i'm only half the man i used to be

it feels good
i'm flying high again
spinning round and round again
i even like myself again

i'm not exactly sure of what i'm after
but i won't be happy until i get it
i'm either innocent or just plain stupid
what's the betting i'll regret it

but it feels good
feels like i'm home again
feeling safe and sound again
i even like myself again
and it feels good
i'm flying high again
spinning round and round again
i'll never touch the ground again

feels like i'm swimming in a sea of beauty
feels like i'm going around the bend
god defend me from my enemies
god defend me from my friends

cos it feels good
i'm flying high again
spinning round and round again
i even like myself again

and it feels good (possessed)
I'm coming home again (possessed)
feeling safe and sound again (possessed)
i'll never touch the ground again (possessed)

cos
it feels good

She

she maybe the face i can't forget
a trace of pleasure or regret
maybe my treasure or the price i have to pay
she maybe the song that summer sings
maybe the chill that autumn brings
maybe a hundred different things
maybe the measure of a day

she maybe the beauty or the beast
maybe the famine or the feast
may turn each day into a heaven or a hell
she maybe the mirror of my dream
a smile reflected in a stream
she may not be what she may seem
inside her shell

she who always seems so happy in a crowd
who's eyes can be so private and so proud
no one's allowed to see them when they cry
she maybe the love that cannot last
may come from shadows of the past
that i remember until the day i die

she maybe the reason i survive
the why and wherefore i'm alive
the one i care for through the rough and rainy years
me, i make them all my souvenirs
for where she goes i've got to be
the meaning of my life is she

She's Alright

she's good
but not religious good
she's kind
but not all the time
she says funny things
we get happy

she's bad
but not religious bad
she smiles
but not all the time
she puts funny things in my coffee
she asks questions like
how many beans make five?
she's alright

sometimes she gets ugly
sometimes she looks ill
she's here to watch over me
her looks tend to kill

she's blind
but not religious blind
she's wild
but not all the time
she drinks funny things
we get touchy
she screams and shouts a bit
but leaves me out of it
she's alright

sometimes she gets giggly
she won't then she will
sometimes she gets wriggly
sometimes she lies still

sometimes she breaks glasses
sometimes she breaks hearts
sometimes she get messy
sometimes she gets smart
she's funny peculiar
and funny ha - ha

she's good
but not religious good
she's kind
but not all the time
she says funny things
she's alright

she's bad
but not religious bad
she smiles
but not all the time
she does funny things
she's alright

she's blind
but not religious blind
she's wild
but not all the time
she drinks funny things
she's alright

Take Me For What I Am

i'd like to build a house
without any walls
an open paradise
with a waterfall
life is quite detestable
for some with feeble minds

who always make the mistake of being someone else
i always make the mistake of being myself

i'd like to make a friend
without any flaws
who takes me for what am i
and nothing more
life must be incredible
for those who stay out late

and always make the mistake of being someone else
i always make the mistake of being myself
they always make the mistake of being someone else
i always make the mistake of being myself

life must be incredible
for those who stay out late

and always make the mistake of being someone else
i always make the mistake of being myself
they always make the mistake of being someone else
i always make the mistake of being myself

The Day It Rained Forever

once upon a time there was a funny girl
who fell for a funny boy
they built a funny house and made some funny kids
and christened it the house of holy joy

if forever meant forever that was the place
or so she told her friends
but the city took her lovers to another world
left her waiting for the flowers to bloom again

and she laughed
and she cried
she damn near died
on the day it rained forever

she walked around the garden with an empty mind
feeling tired and worn
not exactly sure what she was meant to find
heaven knows maybe a rose without a thorn

she laughed
she cried
she damn near died
on the day it rained forever


The Thought Of You

maybe i should go to bed
maybe i'm a glutton for the truth
you've got me standing on my head
trying to put on someone else's shoes

and the thought of you
keeps the gates of heaven open wide
the thought of you
keeps this stupid brain of mine alive

i promise you a miracle
i promise you everything he is
please don't get hysterical
can't you see i'm trying to take a piss

but the thought of you
keeps the gates of heaven open wide
the thought of you
keeps this stupid brain of mine alive

you float around inside my head
going from one extreme to the other
but words like these should go unsaid
so i'll keep my big mouth shut forever

and the thought of you
keeps the gates of heaven open wide
the thought of you
keeps this stupid brain of mine alive

the thought of you
is enough to make a million angels sing
the thought of you
make the bells of hell go ting a ling a ling

The Trouble With Lovers

the trouble with lovers
they don't know how to say no
the trouble with lovers
they don't know when to let go
they drink too much coffee
smoke too many cigarettes
stay up all night to
watch woody allen
truth equals beauty
sun equals laughter
that's all they're after

and god only knows
i'd like to be there too
with Jackie Onassis
but if not then maybe you
the trouble with lovers
the trouble with lovers

the trouble with us is
we don't give each other a chance
the trouble with us is
we're living in cloud disneyland
we try to be happy
we're never happy
try not to argue
then start to argue
truth equals beautiful
sun equals laughter
that's all we're after

and god only knows
i want to be with you
but Jackie Onassis
will probably be there too
the trouble with us is
the trouble with us is

let's put on our raincoats
and walk through the rainy day blue
go searching for something
without really having a clue
we'll drink too much coffee
eat too much chocolate
watch thirtysomething
never stop laughing
truth equals beauty
sun equals laughter
that's all we're after

and god only knows
god only knows

the trouble with lovers (i want to be with you)

the trouble with lovers
the trouble with lovers


Tip Of My Tongue


Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction


Walk Into The Wind

you have to learn to love my loving
turn around and say you care
you have to learn to give by giving
give me a beatnik love affair
we'll watch the shooting stars go crazy
so what d'ya say, a definite maybe

should we walk into the wind
maybe fall when autumn falls
let's walk into the wind
you have to learn to touch by touching
touch me, touch me if you dare
we've reached the end of the beginning
in this beatnik love affair

should we walk into the wind
maybe fall when autumn falls
let's walk into the wind

before you taste another tear my love
i know a place where rainbows end
the kingdom of the final kiss is but a breath away
here comes those shooting stars again

should we walk into the wind
maybe fall when autumn falls
let's walk into the wind

Wiseguy

leave me face down beneath the sun
i'll get a better view of what's going on
let me do the things that i do best
in a state of humble gratefulness
this must be where i belong
the ice-cream king is playing my song
to a girl with a teenage clothing dilemma
who says
let me kiss your lips

if you smile with the wise
you get a key to an open sky
if you smile with the wise
you get to see your name in neon lights

lead me into unknown pleasures
save your lying for the needy
give me something good to treasure
as i bite the hands that feed me
suffer
suffocate in wisdom
read a book then smash the system
free and foolish call it clever
i'm the one and only
go-go getter

if you smile with the wise
you get a key to an open sky
if you smile with the wise
you get to see your name in neon lights