The first cut - is a criminal thing
The first cut - goes deeper in
Each impression
Makes a chain reaction
Each impression
Will never be never be never be broken
I′m a white girl - you can see my skin
Look at this picture - that I ′m living in
And old scores
Never settle down
I′ll keep on walking
Till I′m burried in the cold ground
Cold ground
Cold cold ground
Shame -
Now there′s a lifestyle with painted lips
Now there′s a lifestyle
Everybody wants it but it don′t exist
and I said:
Shame - In the dancehalls and the cinema
Shame - On the T.V. and the media
Shame - We loved you.
Shame - In the dancehalls and the cinema
. . .
Now there′s a lifestyle with fashion chic
Now there′s a lifestyle
Everybody in it wants to be elite
and I said:
You with your brand-new shoes
and you with your greasy hair and
You with your mothers pride
and poetry
don′t you want to feel the -
Shame - In the dancehalls
Can′t you feel the shame - On the T.V.
Can′t you feel the shame - We loved you.
Shame - In the dancehalls and the cinema
. . .
Shame - At the Lido and the opera
Shame - At the races and the theatre
Shame - We loved you
and they said all we need is love.
Shame - In the dancehalls
AII we need is love - On the T.V.
AII we need is love - We loved you
With the Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
Shame - At the Lido and the opera
. . .
Day after day - In the dancehalls
Day after day - In the dancehalls
Day after day - In the dancehalls.
Don′t touch me
Don′t talk to me about it
Don′t touch me
Don′t talk to me - ever again
I don′t feel anything
All sensation is closed to me
I saw you put the needle in
(I can still see) everything
Take me to a quiet place
Throw me in the water
Watch the bubbles surface as
I′m slowly sinking under
It′s five o′clock
In the afternoon
Somebody′s playing
A sixties tune on the radio
A lazy wind tumbles
Down the street
It shakes the dust up
With the summer heat
Where the people go...
In fancy town
Where nothing′s real
They don′t consider
What you feel
In fancy town
It′s black & white
They close their minds
They say
Wrong is right
How long
Will your love
Hold on
To stay strong enough
In fancy town
The attitude
Could strip you bare
Like frozen food
A ship of fools
In a crazy choir
Is gonna take you home
And light your fire
In fancy town
Where nothing′s real
They don′t consider
What you feel
In fancy town
It′s black & white
They close their minds
They say
Wrong is right
How long
Will your love
Hold on
To stay strong enough
A deck of cards
In perfect black
Like cold cement
On the pavement cracks
Where lovers steal
And beg for time
And doctors sign
On the dotted line...
Forever
Now that you′re gone
Gone forever
But the day goes on
Forever
When we were young
With time to waste
Everything was clear and good
Thought we could live
For a thousand years
But yesterday is done
And tomorrow′s yet to come
You′ll never know
Forever
Now that you′re gone
Gone forever
But the day goes on
Forever
Yea yea yea
Forever
And I remember when we were fools
Everything was me and you
Thought we were kings
With time to kill
But yesterday is done
And tomorrow′s yet to come
You live and learn
Some people never take the time to try
The way you live′s the way you die
The stuff of life′s in short supply
And if it sometimes hits you strong
Remembering that things go wrong
The song of life is just a song
And everything goes on and on
Forever
Now that you′re gone
Gone forever
But the day goes on
Forever
Yea yea yea
Forever
could be contended
I don′t need to suffer
You′re beautiful
Good to talk to
You make an impression
To take my attention
And when you touch my skin
I smell disaster
Step away - walk away
All I want is the real thing
(nothing but the real thing)
Walking on pavements
We collect in bars
Asleep in the houses
So alone -
Looking inside herself
She breaks the glass
Turns her head backwards
She′s fallen down again
This is the house
This is the hill
This is the story - it′s a little thing
A lock of hair
An invisible smoke trail
Nothing there but the dust and the rust
oh/oh/oh everything changes
This is your picture (it′s in black and white)
This is the family having a party
There′s a crack in the ceiling
And there′s an open door
Nothing there but the dust and the rust
oh/oh/oh everything changes
Adrian - don′t you understand?
Fools like us are always dreaming.
And when you go to bed
And cover up your head
It′s better if you try to stop remembering.
And the world is slowly dawning
To wake up to a new clear morning.
Some of them just half your age
Get written off, page by page...
Adrian don′t you understand?
Fools like us are always dreaming.
And when you go to bed
And cover up your head
It′s better if you try to stop remembering.
Some of them just half your age
Get written off page by page...
And the world is softly sleeping
While your fears are in their keeping.
All the planet′s making haste
To blow to bits in outer space...
Adrian - don′t you understand?
Wrap It Up (Fabulous T-birds)
I′ve been watchin′ you for days now baby.
I just love your sexy ways now baby.
Ya know our love will never stop now baby.
Just put your lovin′ in my box now baby.
Chorus 2x
Well no more will I shop around now baby.
I know I got the best thing in town now baby.
I′ve seen all I want to see now baby.
Bring your lovin′ straight to me now baby.
Chorus 4x (solo) 2x 4 measures.
Well I′m gonna treat you like the queen you are.
Bring you sweet things from my candy jar.
You′ve got tricks you ain′t never used.
Give it, Give it to me, it won′t be abused.
Repeat 1st verse, Chorus 4x (Wrap Wrap)
Underneath this canopy of snow
Where fifty-seven winters
Took their toll
Where did you go?
And I believed in you
I believed in you
Like Elvis Presley
Singing psalms on a Sunday
(Where did you go?)
Well she′s gone to meet her maker
Back to where she came from
Come to save her soul...
Come to save her soul...
Come to take her home
′Cause it′s late and past
Your bedtime
Well past bedtime
Angel
My angel
Fly over me
Angel...
She took her life
Within her hands
She took her life
Within her own two hands
And no-one can tell her
What to do now
And I believed in you
I believed in you
Like Elvis Presley
Singin live from Las Vegas
(Where did you go?)
Well she′s gone to meet
Her maker
Back to where she came from
Come to save her soul...
My true love is sitting on a pile of stones
And he′s wondering to himself
Oh where did I go wrong?
My true love has found himself alone
And he′s sorry for it all
And for the hurt we′ve done
And I′ve given more than I can take
Fallen for the same mistake
Promises were made to break
What will save us now?
And I don′t want to remember
And I don′t want to remember
My true love is a saccharine kind of pill
That tastes too sweet for words
And cannot be fulfilled
My true love is a dangerous china cup
With all the broken pieces
That cannot be picked up
Now all the colours left to run
All the dreams have been undone
Love has left me standing here
Raging at the sun
And I don′t want to remember
And I don′t want to remember
I need you to pin me down
Just for one frosen moment.
I need someone to pin me down
So I can live in torment.
I need you to really feel
The twist of my back breaking
I need someone to listen
To the ecstacy I′m faking.
I need you you you
I need you to catch each breath
That issues from my lips
I need someone to crack my skull
I need someone to kiss.
So hold me now
And make pretend
That I won′t ever fall
Oh hold me down
I′m gonna be your baby doll
I need you you you...
Is it you I really need?
I do I do I do
I really do
I need you...
Underneath your dreamlit eyes
Shades of sleep have driven you away.
The moon is pale outside
And you are far from here.
Breathing shifts your careless head
Untroubled by the chaos of our lives.
Another day - another night
Has taken you again my dear.
And you know that I′m gonna be the one
Who′ll be there
When you need someone to depend upon
When tomorrow comes...
When tomorrow comes...
Wait till tomorrow comes - yea yea...
Wait till tomorrow comes - yea yea...
Last night while you were
Lying in my arms
And I was wondering where you were
You know you looked just like a baby
Fast asleep in this dangerous world.
Every star was shining brightly
Just like a million years before.
And we were feeling very small
Underneath the universe.
And you know that I′m gonna be the one
Who′ll be there when you need
Someone to depend upon
When tomorrow comes...
When tomorrow comes...
Jennifer with your orange hair, Jennifer with your green eyes,
Jennifer in your dress of deepest purple, Jennifer, where are
you tonight? Jennifer, where are you tonight?
Jennifer with your orange hair, Jennifer with your green eyes,
Jennifer in your dress of deepest purple, Jennifer, where are
you tonight?
Underneath the water. Underneath the water. Underneath the water.
Jennifer with your orange hair, Jennifer with your green eyes,
Jennifer in your dress of deepest purple, Jennifer, where are
you tonight? Jennifer, where are you tonight?
want it all
I want it all
I don′t know what it is
But I want it all
I want it all
I want it all
I don′t know what it is
But I want it all
And I want it now
I want it now
I don′t know what it is
But I want it now
Yea yea yea
Yea yea yea
Gimme gimme some more
Of the same old stuff
It don′t make me happy
And it′s never enough
Gimme gimme some more
Of the same old stuff
It don′t make me happy
And it′s never enough
Peel back my skin
So that you can see
What I really am
The true colour of me
Peel back my skin
So that you can see
What I really am
The true colour of me
Yea yea yea
Yea yea yea
Yea yea yea
Yea yea yea
Words of power are killing me
While the sun displays its teeth.
All mockery is laughing
All violence is cheap.
She said...
"These are my guns
These are my furs
This is my living room."
"You can play with me there sometimes
If you catch me in the mood."
Savage
Savage
Savage
You savage...
She said...
"I have this unhappiness
To wear around my neck."
"It′s a pretty piece of jewellery
To show what I protect."
She said...
"Everything is fiction
All cynic to the bone."
"So don′t ask me to stay with you
Don′t ask to see me home."
Savage
Savage
Savage
You savage...
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody′s looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody′s looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
I wanna use you and abuse you
I wanna know what′s inside you
(Whispering) Hold your head up, movin′ on
Keep your head up, movin′ on
Hold your head up, movin′ on
Keep your head up, movin′ on
Hold your head up, movin′ on
Keep your head up, movin′ on
Movin′ on!
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody′s looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
I′m gonna use you and abuse you
I′m gonna know what′s inside
Gonna use you and abuse you
I′m gonna know what′s inside you