A Sermon - S. Copeland
When you reach number ten And think the struggle ends But it ain't the end It's only a trend You have to unbend 'Cause it's only a trend Don't lose all your friends Don't make heroes end When you reach number eight it ain't no pearly gate 'Cause it won't satiate your growing appetite You can ply your trade and push your crusade Emancipate or indoctrinate, but the Traps are all laid for and honest crusade Your old values will fade as you struggle to make the grade As you struggle to make the grade (As you struggle to make the grade) (You neededn't bother) When you hit number four you're almost through the door But there's a whole lot more you just can't ignore The telephone's sure, you know the score But don't let this uproar dissipate your encore It's written in the news how you paid your dues But you've no excuse for the people you abuse When you reach number one you can beat your drum You can sack your roadies in Birmingham When your record is platinum, you can stick it to the bath, To the wall like you've always planned It's written in the news how you paid your dues But you've no excuse for the people you abuse (ad lib to fade)Be my girl - Sally - Sting / Summers
"Be My Girl" [apparently, they are separate songs] Won't you be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my, be my, Be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my, be my, Be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my, be my, Be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my, be my, Be my girl "Sally" (spoken over ad lib 'stab' fills) [this is the book's line phrasing] I was blue and lonely, I couldn't sleep a wink And I could only get unconscious if I'd had to much to drink. There was somehow, something wrong somewhere, and each day seemed grey and dead The seeds of desperation were growing in my head. I needed inspiration, a brand new start in life, Somewhere to place affection, but I didn't want a wife. And then by lucky chance I saw [in] a special magazine An ad. that was unusual, the like I'd never seen, "Experience something different with our new imported toy, She's loving, warm, inflatible and a guarantee of joy." She came all wrapped in cardboard, all pink and shrivelled down A breath of air was all she needed to make her lose that frown. I took her to the bedroom and pumped her with some life, And later in a moment that girl became my wife. And so I sit her in the corner and sometimes stroke her hair And when I'm feeling naughty I blow her up with air She's cuddly and she's bouncy, she's like a rubber ball, I bounce her in the kitchen and I bounce her in the hall. [And now my life is different since Sally came my way] I wake up [in the] morning and have her on a tray She's everything they say she was and I wear a permanent grin, And I only have to worry in case my girl wears pins. "Be My Girl" (Reprise) Won't you be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my, be my, Be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my, be my, Be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my, be my, Be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my, be my, Be my girlBombs away - S. Copeland
The general scratches his belly and thinks His pay is good but his officers stink Guerilla girl, hard and sweet A military man would love to meet The President looks in the mirror and speaks His shirts are clean but his country reeks Unpaid bills In Afghanistan hills Bombs away But we're O.K. Bombs away In old Bombay The general only wants to teach France to dance His army life doesn't give him any romance Guerilla girl, hard and sweet A military man would love to meet The general scratches his belly and thinks His pay is good but his company stinks Guerilla girl, hard and sweet A military man would love to meet Bombs away But we're O.K. Bombs away In old Bombay (repeat to fade)The bed's too big without you
Bed's too big without you Cold wind blows right thru' my open door I can't sleep with your memory Dreaming dreams of what used to be When she left I was cold inside That look on my face was just pride No regrets no love no tears Living on my own was the least of my fears Bed's too big without you The bed's too big without you The bed's too big Without you Since that day when you'd gone Just had too [sic] carry on I get thru' day but late at night Made love to my pillow but it didn't feel right Every day, just the same Old rules for the same old game All I gained was heartache All I made was one mistake Now the bed's too big without you The bed's too big without you The bed's too big Without you [Bed's too big without you The bed's too big without you The bed's too big without you Without you Without you]Behind my camel - A. Summers
[It's an instrumental]Born in the 50's
We were born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties My mother cried When president Kennedy died She said it was the communists But I knew better Would they drop the bomb on us While we made love on the beach We were the class they couldn't teach 'Cos we knew better We were born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties They screamed When the Beatles sang And they laughed when the King fell down the stars Oh they should've known better Oh we hated our Aunt Then we messed in our pants Then we lost our faith and prayed to the TV Oh we should've known better We were born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties Born Born in the fifties We freeze like statues on the pages of history Living was never like this when we took all those G.C.E.'s Oh you opened the door for us And then you turned to dust You don't understand us So don't reprimand us We're taking the future We don't need no teacher (repeat chorus to fade)Bring on the night
The afternoon has gently passed me by The evening spreads its sail against the sky Waiting for tomorrow Just another day God bid yesterday goodbye Bring on the night I couldn't spend another hour of daylight Bring on the night I couldn't stand another hour of daylight The future is but a question mark Hangs above my head there in the dark Can't see for the brightness Is staring me blind God bid yesterday goodbye Bring on the night I couldn't spend another hour of daylight Bring on the night I couldn't stand another hour of daylight Bring on the night I couldn't spend another hour of daylight Bring on the night I couldn't stand another hour of daylight I couldn't stand another hour of daylight (repeat and fade)Can't stand losing you
[Lyrics from "Every Breath You Take - The Singles"] I've called you so many times today And I guess it's all true what your girlfriends say That you don't ever want to see me again And your brother's gonna kill me and he's six feet ten I guess you'd call it cowardice But I'm not prepared to go on like this [I can't, I can't I can't stand losing I can't, I can't I can't stand losing I can't, I can't I can't] I can't stand losing you [I can't stand losing you I can't stand losing you I can't stand losing you] I see you've sent my letters back And my LP records and they're all scratched I can't see the point in another day When nobody listens to a word I say You can call it lack of confidence But to carry on living doesn't make no sense [I can't, I can't I can't stand losing I can't, I can't I can't stand losing I can't, I can't I can't stand losing I can't, I can't I can't stand losing I can't, I can't I can't stand losing I can't, I can't I can't stand losing] I guess this is our last goodbye And you don't care so I won't cry But you'll be sorry when I'm dead And all this guilt will be on your head I guess you'd call it suicide But I'm too full to swallow my pride [I can't, I can't I can't stand losing...] I can't stand losing youCanary in a coalmine
First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfect Your sensibilities are shaken by the slightest defect You live you life like a canary in a coalmine You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza You're so afraid to catch a dose of influenza You live your life like a canary in a coalmine You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line Canary in a coalmine Canary in a coalmine Canary in a coalmine Now if I tell you that you suffer from delusions You pay your analyst to reach the same conclusions You live your life like a canary in a coalmine You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line Canary in a coalmine Canary in a coalmine Canary in a coalmine First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfect Your sensibilities are shaken by the slightest defect You live your life like a canary in a coalmine You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line Canary in a coalmine...Contact - S. Copeland
I've got a lump in my throat about the note you wrote I'd come on over but I haven't got a raincoat Have we got contact You and me? Have we got touchdown Can't we be? I've got contacts in my book and in my eyes My good connection on the telephone never lies Have we got contact You and me? Have we got touchdown Can't we be? I've got a list of the people I have known I'm never alone on the end of a phone Have we got contact You and me? Have we got touchdown Can't we be? I've got a lump in my throat about the note you wrote I'd come on over but I haven't got a raincoat I'd come on over but I haven't got a raincoat [Have we got touchdown Can't we be? Have we got contact You and me? repeat/fade]Darkness - S. Copeland
I can dream up schemes when I'm sitting in my seat I don't see any flaws till I get to my feet I wish I never woke up this morning Life was easy when it was boring I could make a mark if it weren't so dark I could be replaced by any bright spark But darkness makes me fumble For a key To a door That's wide open Instead of worrying about my clothes I could be someone that nobody knows I wish I never woke up this morning Life was easy when it was boring I can dream up schemes when I'm sitting in my seat I don't see any flaws till I get to my feet I wish I never woke up this morning Life was easy when it was boringDedododo dedadada
Don't think me unkind Words are hard to find The only cheques I've left unsigned From the banks of chaos in my mind And when their eloquence escapes me Their logic ties me up and rapes me De do do do, de da da da Is all I want to say to you De do do do, de da da da Their innocence will pull me through De do do do, de da da da Is all I want to say to you De do do do, de da da da They're meaningless and all that's true Poets, priests and poiticians Have words to thank for their positions Words that scream for your submission And no one's jamming their transmission 'Cos when their eloquence escapes you Their logic ties you up and rapes you De do do do, de da da da Is all I want to say to you De do do do, de da da da Their innocence will pull me through De do do do, de da da da Is all I want to say to you De do do do, de da da da They're meaningless and all that's true [De do do do, de da da da Is all I want to say to you De do do do, de da da da Their innocence will pull me through De do do do, de da da da Is all I want to say to you De do do do, de da da da They're meaningless and all that's true]Dedododo dedadada (In Spanish)
No preguntes mas No more questions Si este amor es verdad If this love is true Si es un sueno o realidad If it's a dream or reality O un simple viaje especial Or an just a special excursion Quiero que sepas que no miento I want to know that I'm not lying* Quiero cantarte lo que siento I want to sing you what I feel De do do do De da da da Te digo con sinceridad I tell you with sincerity De do do do De da da da Repito con honestidad I repeat it with honesty De do do do De da da da Te busco con loca ansiedad I look for you with crazy anxiety De do do do De da da da Te quiero con velocidad I want you with fervor Tu me das el paraiso You and I make a couple** En todo lo que yo presiso In all the things that I persist Con tus palabras me desliso With your words I slip En un prufundo precipicio Off a deep precipice Quiero que sepas que no miento I want to know that I'm not lying Quiero cantarte lo que siento I want to sing you what I feel De do do do De da da da Te digo con sinceridad I tell you with sincerity De do do do De da da da Repito con honestidad I repeat it with honesty De do do do De da da da Te busco con loca ansiedad I look for you with crazy anxiety *** De do do do De da da da Te quiero con velocidad I want you with fervor Whoa... Quiero que sepas que no miento I want to know that I'm not lying Quiero cantarte lo que siento I want to sing you what I feel De do do do De da da da Te digo con sinceridad I tell you with sincerity De do do do De da da da Repito con honestidad I repeat it with honesty De do do do De da da da Te busco con loca ansiedad I look for you with crazy anxiety De do do do De da da da Te quiero con velocidad I want you with fervorDead End Job - The Police
I don't want no dead end job I don't wanna be no number I don't want no dead end job I don't wanna be no number The queue gets longer everyday I just ain't no time to stay I ain't gonna run away All I want to do is play Don't wanna be no teacher I don't wanna be no slave I don't wanna work no assembly line A' like my uncle Dave The queue gets longer everyday I just ain't got time to stay I ain't gonna run away All I wanna do is play I don't want no dead end job I don't want no dead end job I don't want no dead end job I don't want no dead end job I don't want no dead end job I don't wanna be no number I don't want no dead end job I don't wanna be no number The queue gets longer everyday All I wanna do is play I just ain't got time to stay But I ain't gonna run away Don't wanna be no millionaire Don't wanna own no mint I don't wanna be no tax exile And I don't mind being skint The queue gets longer every day I just ain't got time to stay I ain't gonna run away All I wanna do is play I don't want no dead end job I don't want no dead end job I don't want no dead end job I don't want no dead end job I don't want no dead end job I don't wanna be no number I don't want no dead end job I don't wanna be no number The queue gets longer everyday I just ain't no time to stay I ain't gonna run away All I want to do is play Don't wanna be no millionaire Don't wanna own no mint I don't wanna be no tax exile And I don't mind being skint The queue gets longer every day I just ain't got time to stay All I wanna do is play I ain't gonna run away I don't want no dead end job I don't want no dead end job I don't want no dead end job I don't want no dead end job (ad lib to fade)Deathwish - Words by Sting, music by The Police
(first verse is instrumental) Deathwish in the fading light Headlight pointing through the night Never thought I'd see the day Playing with my life this way Gotta keep my foot right down If I had wings I'd leave the ground Buning in the outside lane People think that I'm insane The day I take a bend too fast Judgement that could be my last I'll be wiped right off the slate Don't wait up 'cause I'll be lateDemolition man
Tied to the tracks and the train's just coming Strapped to the wing with the engine running You say that this wasn't in your plan And don't mess around with the demolition man Tied to a chair, [and] the bomb is ticking This situation was not of your picking You say that this wasn't in your plan And don't mess around with the demolition man I'm a walking nightmare, an arsenal of doom I kill conversation as I walk into the room I'm a three line whip I'm the sort of thing they ban I'm a walking disaster I'm a demolition man You come to me like a moth to the flame It's love you need but I don't play that game 'Cos you could be my greatest fan But I'm nobody's friend I'm a demolition man I'm a walking nightmare, an arsenal of doom I kill conversation as I walk into the room I'm a three line whip I'm the sort of thing they ban I'm a walking disaster I'm a demolition man Demolition man... (to end)Does everyone stare - S. Copeland
I change my clothes ten times before I take you on a date I'm in a cold sweat, I panic, and it makes me late I knew you never asked for this I know My shots will always misfire My shots will always miss Does everyone stare this way at you? I only look this way at you I change my clothes ten times before I take you on a date I get the heebie-jeebies, and my panic makes me late I break into a cold sweat reaching for the phone I let it ring twice before I chicken out and decide you're not at home Does everyone stare the way I do? I only stare this way at you I never noticed the size of my feet Until I kicked you in the shins Will you ever forgive me For the shape I'm in For the shape I'm in Does everyone stare the way I do? I only stare this way at you I'm gonna write you a sonnet but I don't know where to start I'm so used to laughing at the things in my heart Last of all I'm sorry 'cos you never asked for this I can see I'm not your type and my shot will always miss [Always miss] Does everyone stare the way I do? I only stare this way at you Does everyone stare the way I do? I only stare this way at you Does everyone stare the way I do? I only stare this way at you [etc. repeat/fade]Don't stand so close to me
Young teacher, the subject Of schoolgirl fantasy She wants him so badly Knows what she wants to be Inside her there's longing This girl's an open page Book marking - she's so close now This girl is half his age Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Her friends are so jealous You know how bad girls get Sometimes it's not so easy To be the teacher's pet Temptation, frustration So bad it makes him cry Wet bus stop, she's waiting His car is warm and dry Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Loose talk in the classroom To hurt they try and try Strong words in the staffroom The accusations fly It's no use, he sees her He starts to shake and cough Just like the old man in That book by Nabakov Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me [Back:] (Please don't stand so close to me) (Repeat to fade)Driven to tears
How can you say that your not responsible? What does it have to do with me? What is my reaction, what should it be? Confronted by this latest atrocity Driven to tears Driven to tears Driven to tears Hide my face in my hands, shame wells in my throat My comfortable existance is reduced to a shallow meaningless party Seems that when some innocent die All we can offer them is a page in a some magazine Too many cameras and not enough food 'Cause this is what we've seen Driven to tears Driven to tears Driven to tears Protest is futile, nothing seems to get through What's to become of our world, who knows what to do Driven to tears Driven to tears Driven to tears Driven to tears Driven to tears Driven to tearsEvery breath you take
Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I'll be watching you. Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay I'll be watching you. Oh can't you see You belong to me? How my poor heart aches with every step you take. Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you. Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace. I dream at night, I can only see your face. I look around but it's you I can't replace. I keep crying baby, baby please.................. Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you. Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you.......Every little thing she does is magic
Though I've tried before to tell her Of the feelings I have for her in my heart Every time that I come near her I just lose my nerve As I've done from the start Every little thing she does is magic Everything she do just turns me on Even though my life before was tragic Now I know my love for her goes on Do I have to tell the story Of a thousand rainy days since we first met It's a big enough umbrella But it's always me that ends up getting wet Every little thing she does is magic Everything she do just turns me on Even though my life before was tragic Now I know my love for her goes on I resolve to call her up a thousand times a day And ask her if she'll marry me in some old fashioned way But my silent fears have gripped me Long before I reach the phone Long before my tongue has tripped me Must I always be alone? Every little thing she does is magic Everything she do just turns me on Even though my life before was tragic Now I know my love for her goes on [Every little thing she does is magic Everything she do just turns me on Even though my life before was tragic Now I know my love for her goes on Every little thing Every little thing Every little thing Every little thing Every little Every little Every little Every little thing she does Every little thing she does Every little thing she does Every little thing she does Thing she does is magic Eee oh oh...] Every little thing Every little thing Every little thing she does is magic magic magic Magic magic magic [repeat second verse]Fall Out - S. Copeland
I never thought of leading I've got my own machine And I've paid my dues all along All set for breaking When I missed those other people 'Cause I knew that I was really alone Fall out Fall out with all the leaders and guys Fall out Fall out with all the leaders and guys I saw my education It was my indocrination Just to be another parking machine All my sense was breaking When I missed those other people 'Cause I knew that I was not very clean Fall out Fall out with all the leaders and guys Fall out Fall out with all the leaders and guys Fall out Fall out with all the leaders and guys Fall out Fall out with all the leaders and guys Fall out!Flexible Strategies - The Police
[It's an instrumental]Friends - A. Summers
I likes to eat my friends and make no bones about it I likes to eat my friends, I couldn't do without it Ain't a man or poet, friend, I know just how you'll taste Your limbs go sliding down my throat and never go to waste Your death, of course, will sadden me, until I grok your essence I know your life was not in vain when digestion is commencing Consider this a celebration and the deepest pact of friends And I hope that you will dine on me when I come to an end (ah....) Even friends may come to you with a new found revelation But think of it as life renewed and not their termination "To know you is to eat you" should be the code of lovers Death brings the highest act of love preserved for one another (ah....) People say that what you are is only what you eat And my friends become a part of me, oh well it's then that life's complete To know you is to eat you, the act of love supreme Each one of us inside himself can appetise the dream (ah....) (to fade)Hole in my life
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah There's a hole In my life There's a hole In my life Shadow in my heart Is tearing me apart Or maybe it's just something In my stars There's a hole In my life There's a hole In my life Be a happy man I try the best I can Or maybe I'm just looking For too much There's something missing from my life Cuts me open like a knife It leaves me vulnerable I have this disease I shake like an incurable God help me please Oh, there's a hole In my life There's a hole In my life Yeah... (Middle: Instr. Verse 2: Repeat Middle: Repeat Chorus: Repeat)Hungry for you (j'aurais toujours faim de toi)
Rien de dormier cette nuit Je veux de toi Jusque'a` ce que je sois sec Mais nos corps sont tout mouille's Comple'tement couvert de sueur Nous nous noyons dans la mare'e Je n'ai aucun de'sir Tu as ravage' mon coeur Et mois j'ai bu ton sang Mais non pouvons faire ce que nous voulons J'aurais toujours faim de toi Mais non pouvons faire ce que nous voulons J'aurais toujours faim de toi Tout le monde est a` moi Je l'ai gagne' dans un jeu de cartes Et maintenant je m'en fous C'e'tait gagne' trop facilement Ca y est alors ma belle trai^tresse Il faut que je bru^le de jalousie Tu as ravage' mon coeur Et moi j'ai bu ton sang Mais non pouvons faire ce que nous voulons J'aurais toujours faim de toi Mais non pouvons faire ce que nous voulons J'aurais toujours faim de toi Mais non pouvons faire ce que nous voulons J'aurais toujours faim de toi Mais non pouvons faire ce que nous voulons J'aurais toujours faim de toi No matter what I do I'm still hungry for you No matter what I do I'm still hungry for you Rien de dormir cette nuit Je veux de toi jusque'a` ce que je sois sec Mais nos corps sont tout mouille's Comple'tement couvert de sueur [Hungry for you, I'm hungry for you, I'm still hungry for you... repeat/fade]Hungry for you - English translation
Translation into English by Francios Veillette, Montreal, Canada, 1991
Additional work on transliterations by Scott McMahan
Rien de dormier cette nuit Can't get to sleep tonight
Je veux de toi
jusque'a` ce que je sois sec I want you until I am dry
Mais nos corps sont tout mouille's But our bodies are all wet
Comple'tement couvert de sueur Completely covered by sweat
Nous nous noyons dans la mare'e We drown ourselves in the tide
Je n'ai aucun de'sir I have no desire
Tu as ravage' mon coeur You have devastated my heart
Et mois j'ai bu ton sang And me I have drunk your blood
Mais non pouvons faire But we can do what we want
ce que nous voulons
J'aurais toujours faim de toi I would always be hungry for you
Mais non pouvons faire But we can do what we want
ce que nous voulons
J'aurais toujours faim de toi I would always be hungry for you
Tout le monde est a` moi The world is mine
Je l'ai gagne' dans un jeu de cartes I won it in a card game
Et maintenant je m'en fous And now I couldn't give a damn
C'e'tait gagne' trop facilement It was won too easily
Ca y est alors ma belle trai^tresse This is it then my beautiful trecherous
Il faut que je bru^le de jalousie I burn from jealousy
Tu as ravage' mon coeur You have devastated my heart
Et moi j'ai bu ton sang And me I have drunk your blood
Mais non pouvons faire But we can do what we want
ce que nous voulons
J'aurais toujours faim de toi I would always be hungry for you
Mais non pouvons faire But we can do what we want
ce que nous voulons
J'aurais toujours faim de toi I would always be hungry for you
Mais non pouvons faire But we can do what we want
ce que nous voulons
J'aurais toujours faim de toi I would always be hungry for you
Mais non pouvons faire But we can do what we want
ce que nous voulons
J'aurais toujours faim de toi I would always be hungry for you
No matter what I do
I'm still hungry for you
No matter what I do
I'm still hungry for you
Rien de dormir cette nuit
Je veux de toi jusque'a` ce que je sois sec
Mais nos corps sont tout mouille's
Comple'tement couvert de sueur
[Hungry for you, I'm hungry for you, I'm still hungry for you...
repeat/fade]
Invisible sun[One, two, three, four, five, six Oh oh oh oh oh oh] I don't want to spend the rest of my life Looking at the barrel of an Armalite I don't want to spend the rest of my days Keeping out of trouble like the soldiers say I don't want to spend my time in hell Looking at the walls of a prison cell I don't ever want to play the part Of a statistic on a government chart There has to be an invisible sun It gives its heat to everyone There has to be an invisible sun That gives us hope when the whole day's done It's dark all day and it glows all night Factory smoke and acetylene light I face the day with me head caved in Looking like something that the cat brought in There has to be an invisible sun It gives its heat to everyone There has to be an invisible sun That gives us hope when the whole day's done And they're only going to change this place By killing everybody in the human race They would kill me for a cigarette But I don't even wanna die just yet There has to be an invisible sun It gives its heat to everyone There has to be an invisible sun That gives us hope when the whole day's done [Oh oh oh oh oh oh...]It's alright for you - Words by Sting, music by Stewart Copeland
Wake up Make up Bring it up Shake up Stand by Don't cry Watching while the world die Big car Movie star Hot tip Go far Blind date Too late Take a bus Don't wait It's alright for you It's alright for you It's alright for you For you and you and you and you and you It's alright for you It's alright for you It's alright for you For you and you and you Limp wrist Tight fist Contact No twist Black dress No mess Mm, don't want no less [No less] Stand by Don't cry Watching while the world die Three lane Fast lane Standing in the cold rain It's alright for you It's alright for you It's alright for you For you and you and you and you and you It's alright for you It's alright for you It's alright for you For you Headlight High life Can't sleep Good night Up tight Big fight Big deal Too right [Too right] Big town Don't drown Jump back Turn around No life Flick knife Finish off my life It's alright for you It's alright for you It's alright for you For you and you and you and you and you It's alright for you It's alright for you It's alright for you For youKing of pain
There's a little black spot on the sun today That's my soul up there. It's the same old thing as yesterday That's my soul up there. There's a black hat caught in a high tree top That's my soul up there. There's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop That's my soul up there. I have stood here before in the pouring rain With the world turning circles running 'round my brain. I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign, But it's my destiny to be the king of pain... There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall There's a blue whale beached by a springtime's ebb There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread There's a red fox torn by a huntsman's pack There's a black-winged gull with a broken back There's a little black spot on the sun today. It's the same old thing as yesterday, That's my soul up there....................... I have stood here before in the pouring rain With the world turning circles running 'round my brain. I guess I always thought you could end this reign, But it's my destiny to be the king of pain............. I'll always be king of pain............................Landlord - Sting / S. Copeland
I don't want to rent a house from you I don't know how you can expect me to I ain't moving 'cause I know my rights Too many homeless on the streets at night You own a street and a block of flats You earn your living like the other rats You've no morality, what do you care You deal in poverty, you buy despair I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes I've got no weapons, gonna get me some I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes I've got no weapons, gonna get me some You go and call yourself a business man You're just a parasite on Pyllosan You're just a middle class middle aged shit You sold your granny for a three-penny bit You own a street and a block of flats You earn your living like the other rats You've no morality, what do you care You deal in poverty, you buy despair I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes I've got no weapons, gonna get me some I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes I've got no weapons, gonna get me some I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes I've got no weapons, gonna get me some I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes I've got no weapons, gonna get me some You go and call yourself a business man You're just a parasite on Pyllosan You're just a middle class middle aged shit You sold your granny for a three-penny bit You own a street and a block of flats You earn your living like the other rats You've no morality, what do you care You deal in poverty, you buy despair I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes I've got no weapons, gonna get me some I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes I've got no weapons, gonna get me some I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes I've got no weapons, gonna get me some I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes I've got no weapons, gonna get me some I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes I've got no weapons, gonna get me some I ain't moving 'till the baliff comes I've got no weapons, gonna get me some [ad lib to end]Low Life - Sting
Fatal fascination for the seedy part of town Walk down the street and your head spins round Don't be seen alone without your friends at night Take a gun or a knife to the low life Don't have to be born into this society Pay for love but the hate comes free Bring enough money for the rest of your life Don't bring your wife to the low life Bringing us there to their vocation [? should be: the degredation] Always keep your back to the wall No rewards for your infatuation Low life No life at all Yeah, low life, low life In here to long to be afraid anymore You can't reach the bed so you sleep on the floor You get so stoned you think you could fly But you won't get high on the low life Low life.... (ad lib vocals to fade)Man in a suitcase
I'd invite you back to my place It's only mine because it holds my suitcase It looks home to me alright But it's a hundred miles from yesterday night Must I be the man in a suitcase Is it me, the man with the stranger's face Must I be the man in a suitcase Is it me, the man with the stranger's face Another key for my collection For security I race for my connection Bird in a flying cage you'll never get to know me well The world's my oyster a hotel room's a prison cell Must I be the man in a suitcase Is it me, the man with the stranger's face Must I be the man in a suitcase Is it me, the man with the stranger's face I'd invite you back to my place It's only mine because it hold my suitcase It looks like home to me alright But it's a hundred miles from yesterday night (Repeat chorus to fade)Masoko tanga
[Sorry, but the book's words are...] (Ad lib chant)Message in a bottle
Just a castaway An island lost at sea Another lonely day With no one here but me More loneliness Than any man could bear Rescue me before I fall into despair I'll send an SOS to the world I'll send an SOS to the world I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my Message in a bottle [Message in a bottle] A year has passed since I wrote my note But I should have known this right from the start Only hope can keep me together Love can mend your life But love can break your heart I'll send an SOS to the world I'll send an SOS to the world I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my Message in a bottle [Message in a bottle Oh, message in a bottle Message in a bottle] Walked out this morning Don't believe what I saw A hundred billion bottles Washed up on the shore Seems I'm not alone at being alone A hundred billion casatways Looking for a home I'll send an SOS to the world I'll send an SOS to the world I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my Message in a bottle [Message in a bottle Message in a bottle Message in a bottle] Sending out an SOS... (repeat and fade)Miss Gradenko - S. Copeland
Don't tell the director I said so But are you safe Miss Gradenko? We were at a policy meeting They were planning new ways of cheating. I didn't want to rock your boat, But you sent this dangerous note, You've been letting your feelings show. Are you safe Miss Gradenko? Miss Gradenko are you safe? Are you safe Miss Gradenko? Miss Gradenko are you safe? Is anybody alive in here? Is anybody alive in here? Is anybody alive in here? Nobody but us Nobody but us. Is anybody alive in here? Nobody but us. Your uniform doesn't seem to fit- You're much too alive in it. You've been letting your feelings show. Are you safe Miss Gradenko? Miss Gradenko are you safe? Is anybody alive in here? Is anybody alive in here? Is anybody alive in here? Nobody but us in here Nobody but us. Nobody but us in here Nobody but us.Mother - A. Summers
Well the telephone is ringing, Is that my mother on the phone? Telephone is ringing, Is that my mother on the phone? The telephone is screaming, Won't she leave me alone? The telephone is ringing, Is that my mother on the phone? Well every girl that I go out with Becomes my mother in the end. Every girl I go out with Becomes my mother in the end. Well I hear my mother calling, But I don't need her as a friend. Well every girl I go out with Becomes my mother in the end. Oh, Oh mother Oh mother dear please listen And don't devour me. Oh mother dear please listen Don't devour me. Oh women please have mercy Let this poor boy be. Oh mother dear please listen And don't devour me. Oh mother...... Well the telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? Telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? Oh mother.........................Murder by numbers
Once that you've decided on a killing, First you make a stone of your heart. And if you find that your hands are still willing, Then you can turn a murder into art. There really isn't any need for bloodshed, You just do it with a little more finesse. If you can slip a tablet into someone's coffee, Then it avoids an awful lot of mess. It's murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3, It's as easy to learn as your ABC. Murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3, It's as easy to learn as your ABC. Now if you have a taste for this experience And you're flushed with your very first success, Then you must try a twosome or a threesome And you'll find your conscience bothers you much less Because murder is like anything you take to It's a habit-forming need for more and more. You can bump off every member of your family And anybody else you find a bore Because it's murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3, It's as easy to learn as your ABC Murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3, It's as easy to learn as your ABC. Now you can join the ranks of the illustrious In history's great dark hall of fame. All our greatest killers were industrious At least the ones that we all know by name. But you can reach the top of your profession If you become the leader of the land, For murder is the sport of the elected, And you don't need to lift a finger of your hand Because it's murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3, It's as easy to learn as your ABC. Murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3, It's as easy to learn as your A, B, C, D, E,..........Next to you
I can't stand it for another day When you live so many miles away. Nothing here is gonna make me stay, (You) took me over, let me find a way. I sold my house I sold my motor, too. All I want is to be Next To You. I'd rob a bank Maybe steal a plane. You took me over, Think I'm goin' insane. What can I do, All I want is to be next to you. What can I do, All I want is to be next to you. I've had a thousand girls or maybe more, But I've never felt like this before. But I just don't know what's come over me, You took me over, take a look at me. What can I do, All I want is to be next to you. What can I do, All I want is to be next to you. All I want is to be next to you, All I want is to be next to you, All I want is to be next to you. So many times I used to give a sign Got this feeling, gonna lose my mind. When all it is is just a love affair. You took me over baby, take me there. What can I do All I want is to be next to you What can I do All I want is to be next to you What can I do All I want is to be next to you What can I do All I want is to be next to you. All I want is to be next to you...No time this time
No time for the complexities of conversation No time smiles, no time for knowing No time for the intricacies of explanation No time for sharing, even less for showing If I could I'd slow the whole world down I'd bring it to it's knees I'd stop it spinning round But as it is I'm climbing up an endless wall No time at all No time this time No time at all No time this time No time for a quick kiss at the railway station No time for a suitcase, sandwich and a morning paper Only time for time tables, calls and transportation No time to think no time to dare If I could I'd slow the whole world down I'd bring it to it's knees I'd stop it spinning round But as it is I'm climbing up an endless wall No time at all No time this time No time at all No time this time If I could I'd slow the whole world down I'd bring it to it's knees I'd stop it spinning round But as it is I'm climbing up an endless wall No time at all No time this time No time at all No time this time No time at all No time this time No time at all No time this time No time at all No time at all...Nothing Achieving - S. and Ian Copeland
My daddy's boots don't fit me 'Cause I'm bigger than him He says I make him big now I'm bigger than him You see there's nothing worth achieving All your dreams are just deceiving You've locked the doors on your good living And you told me to wait You've got me backed into a corner You're making me hate I say there's nothing worth achieving All your dreams are just deceiving [They say there's nothing worth achieving All your dreams are just deceiving] Throwing stones that are reeling From a reasonable light You muscle in when I have a party Ready to fight I say there's nothing worth achieving All your dreams are just deceiving Nothing Nothing NothingOh my God
Everyone I know is lonely And God is so far away, And my heart belongs to no one, So now sometimes I pray Please take the space between us And fill it up some way. Take the space between us And fill it up some way. Oh my God you take the biscuit Treating me this way Expecting me to treat you well No matter what you say. How can I turn the other cheek It's black and bruised and torn I've been waiting Since the day that I was born. Take the space between us And fill it up some way. Take the space between us And fill it up some way. The fat man in his garden The thin man at his gate My God you must be sleeping Wake up, it's much too late. Take the space between us And fill it up some way. Take the space between us And fill it up some way. Do I have to tell the story Of a thousand rainy days? Since we first met, It's a big enough umbrella But it's always me that ends up getting wet.Omegaman - A. Summers
The night came down, jungle sounds were in my ears City screams are all I've heard in tewnty years The razor's edge of night, it cuts into my sleep I sit upon the edge now Shall I make that leap? I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman The sky's alive with turned on television sets I walk the streets and seek another vision yet The echo makes me turn to see that last frontier The edge of time closes down as I disappear I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman Always talking to myself Oh! The time that's best is when surroundings fade away The presense of another world comes close to me It's time for me to throw away this paper knife I'm not alone in reaching for a perfect life I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman I'm the Omegaman I'm so tired Of the Omegaman (to fade)On any other day - S. Copeland
[spoken: The other ones are complete bullshit] (One Sunday morning)[? Should be: You want something corny?] You got it. There's a house on my street And it looks real neat I'm the chap who lives in it There's a tree on the sidewalk There's a car by the door I'll go for a drive in it And when the wombat comes He will find me gone He'll look for a place to sit My wife has burned the scrambled eggs The dog just bit my leg My teenage daughter ran away My fine young son has turned out gay Cut off my fingers in the Door of my car How could I do it? My wife is proud to tell me Of her love affairs How could she do this to me? My wife has burned the scrambled eggs The dog just bit my leg My teenage daughter ran away My fine young son has turned out gay And it would be O.K. on any other day And it would be O.K. on any other day Throw down the morning papers And spill my tea I don't know what's wrong with me The cups and plates are in a Conspiracy I'm covered in misery My wife has burned the scrambled eggs The dog just bit my leg My teenage daughter ran away My fine young son has turned out gay And it would be O.K. on any other day And it would be O.K. on any other day And it would be O.K. on any other day (repeat to fade)Once Upon A Daydream
Once upon a daydream I fell in love with you Once upon a moonbeam I gave that love to you Once upon a lifetime I knew it must be true When the months had turned us I'd have to marry you Once upon a daydream Doesn't happen anymore Once upon a moonbeam This is no place for tenderness Once her daddy found out He threw her to the floor He killed her unborn baby And kicked me from the door Once upon a nightmare I bought myself a gun I blew her daddy's brains out Now hell has just begun Once upon a daydream Doesn't happen anymore Once upon a moonbeam This is no place for sentiment (Oh....) Once upon a lifetime A lifetime filled with tears The boy would pay for his crime With all his natural years Once upon a daydream He'd make you his someday Once upon a moonbeam He'd dream his life away Once upon a daydream Doesn't happen anymore Once upon a moonbeam This is no place for miracles Once upon a daydream Once upon a daydream Once upon a daydream Once upon a day... DreamOne world (not three)
One world is enough For all of us One world is enough For all of us It's a subject we rarely mention But when we do we have this little invention By pretending they're a different world from me I show my responsibility One world is enough For all of us One world is enough For all of us The third world breathes our air tomorrow We live on the time we borrow In our world there's no time for sorrow In their world there is no tomorrow One world is enough For all of us One world is enough For all of us Lines are drawn upon the world Before we get our flags unfurled Whichever one we pick It's just a self deluding trick One world is enough For all of us One world is enough For all of us I don't want to bring a sour note Remember this before you vote We can all sink or we all float 'Cos we're all in the same big boat One world is enough For all of us One world is enough For all of us One world is enough For all of us One world is enough For all of us One world is enough For all of us It may seem a million miles away But it gets a little closer everyday It may seem a million miles away But it gets a little closer everyday It may seem a million miles away But it gets a little closer everyday One world... (etc. to fade)The other way of stopping - S. Copeland
[It's an instrumental]Peanuts - Words by Sting, music by S. Copeland
It's all a game You're not the same Your famous name The price of fame Oh no Try to liberate me I said oh no Stay and irritate me I said oh no Try to elevate me I said oh no Just a fallen hero Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking You sang your song For much too long The songs they're wrong The bread has gone Oh no Try to liberate me I said oh no Stay and irritate me I said oh no Try to elevate me I said oh no Just a fallen hero Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking It's all a game You're not the same Your famous name The price of fame Oh no Try to liberate me I said oh no Stay and irritate me I said oh no Try to elevate me I said oh no Just a fallen hero [Oh, you're just a fallen hero] Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking Don't wanna find out what you've been taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking Don't wanna find out what you've been taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking Peanuts, peanuts Peanuts (Ad lib) [This is what it really is] Oh, no, no Oh, no, no Oh, no, no Oh, no, no Oh, no, no OhRoxanne
[lyrics from "Every Breath You Take - The Singles"] Roxanne You don't have to put on the red light Those days are over You don't have to sell your body to the night Roxanne You don't have to wear that dress tonight Walk the streets for money You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right Roxanne You don't have to put on the red light I loved you since I knew you I wouldn't talk down to you I have to tell you just how I feel I won't share you with another boy I know my mind is made up So put away your make up Told you once I won't tell you again It's a bad way Roxanne You don't have to put on the red light Roxanne You don't have to put on the red lightReggatta de blanc - The Police
[lyrics supplied were almost nonexistant. Try saying 'Rio' a bunch of times]Rehumanize yourself - Words by Sting, music by Stewart Copeland
He goes out at night with his big boots on None of his friends know right from wrong The kick a boy to death 'cause he don't belong You've got to humanise yourself A policeman put on his uniform He'd like to have a gun just to keep him warm Because violence here is a social norm You've got to humanise yourself Re-humanise yourself Re-humanise yourself Re-humanise yourself Re-humanise yourself I work all day at the factory I'm building a machine that's not for me There must be a reason that I can't see You've got to humanise yourself Billy's joined the National Front He always was (just) a little runt He's got his hand in the air with the other cunts You've got to humanise yourself Re-humanise yourself Re-humanise yourself Re-humanise yourself Re-humanise yourself I work all day at the factory I'm building a machine that's not for me There must be a reason that I can't see You've got to humanise yourself A policeman put on his uniform He'd like to have a gun just to keep him warm Because violence here is a social norm You've got to humanise yourself Re-humanise yourself... (to fade)Secret journey
Upon a secret journey I met a holy man His blindness was his wisdom I'm such a lonely man And as the world was turning It rolled itself in pain This does not seem to touch you He pointed to the rain You will see light in the darkness You will make some sense of this And when you've made your secret journey You will find the love you miss And on the days that followed I listened to his words I strained to understand him I chased his thoughts like birds You will see light in the darkness You will make some sense of this And when you've made your secret journey You will find the love you miss You will see light in the darkness You will make some sense of this You will see joy in this sadness You will find this love you miss And when you've made your secret journey You will be a holy man (repeat to fade)Shadows in the rain
Woke up in my clothes again this morning Don't know exactly where I am And I should heed my doctor's warning He does the best with me he can He claims I suffer from delusions Yet I'm so confident I'm sane It can't be no optical illusion So how can you explain Shadows in the rain And if you see us on the corner And we're dancing in the rain I join my friends there when I see them Outside my window pane Shadows in the rain Shadows in the rain Shadows in the rain Shadows in the rain Woke up in my clothes again this morning Don't know exactly where I am I should heed my doctor's warning He does the best with me he can Shadows in the rain Shadows in the rain Shadows in the rain Shadows in the rainShambelle - A. Summers
[It's an instrumental, that's how the book spells it]So lonely
Well someone told me yesterday That when you throw your love away You act as if you don't care You look as if you're going somewhere But I just can't convince myself I couldn't live with no one else And I can only play that part And sit and nurse my broken heart So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely Now no one's knocked upon my door For a thousand years or more All made up and nowhere to go Welcome to this one man show Just take a seat they're always free No surprise no mystery In this theatre that I call my soul I always play the starring role So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely (guitar solo) So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely So lonely (ad lib vocals) [These are the true lyrics] Lonely, I'm so lonely I feel so alone I feel low I feel so Feel so low I feel low, low I feel low, low, low I feel low, low, low I feel low, low, low I feel low, low, low I feel low, low, low Low, I feel low I feel low I feel low I feel so lonely I feel so lonely I feel so lonely, lonely, lonely, lone Lonely, lone I feel so alone, yeah So lonely...Spirits in the material world
There is no political solution To our troubled evolution Have no faith in constitution There is no bloody revolution We are spirits in the material world [Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world] Our so-called leaders speak With words they try to jail you The subjugate the meek But it's the rhetoric of failure We are spirits in the material world [Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world] Where does the answer lie? Living from day to day If it's something we can't buy There must be another way We are spirits in the material world [Are spirits in the material world] [Are spirits in the material world...] [repeat/fade]Synchronicity I
With one breath, with one flow You will know Synchronicity A sleep trance, a dream dance, A shared romance, Synchronicity A connecting principle, Linked to the invisible Almost imperceptible Something inexpressible. Science insusceptible Logic so inflexible Causally connectible Yet nothing is invincible. If we share this nightmare Then we can dream Spiritus mundi. If you act, as you think, The missing link, Synchronicity. We know you, they know me Extrasensory Synchronicity. A star fall, a phone call, It joins all, Synchronicity. It's so deep, it's so wide Your inside Synchronicity. Effect without a cause Sub-atomic laws, scientific pause Synchronicity..................................Synchronicity II
Another suburban family morning. Grandmother screaming at the wall. We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies We can't hear anything at all. Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration, But we know all her suicides are fake. Daddy only stares into the distance There's only so much more that he can take. Many miles away something crawls from the slime At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake. Another industrial ugly morning The factory belches filth into the sky. He walks unhindered through the picket lines today, He doesn't think to wonder why. The secretaries pout and preen like cheap tarts in a red light street, But all he ever thinks to do is watch. And every single meeting with his so-called superior Is a humiliating kick in the crotch. Many miles away something crawls to the surface Of a dark Scottish lake. Another working day has ended. Only the rush hour hell to face. Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes. Contestants in a suicidal race. Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance, He knows that something somewhere has to break. He sees the family home now looming in the headlights, the pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache. Many miles away there's a shadow on the door Of a cottage on the shore Of a dark Scottish lake...............Tea in the Sahara
My sisters and I Have this wish before we die. And it may sound strange As if our minds are deranged. Please don't ask us why Beneath the sheltering sky We have this strange obsession You have the means in your possession. We want our tea in the Sahara with you. We want our tea in the Sahara with you. The young man agreed He would satisfy their need So they danced for his pleasure With a joy you could not measure. They would wait for him here The same place every year. Beneath the sheltering sky Across the desert he would fly. Tea in the Sahara with you. Tea in the Sahara with you. The sky turned to black- Would he ever come back? They would climb a high dune They would pray to the moon. But he'd never return, So the sisters would burn As their eyes searched the land With their cups full of sand. Tea in the Sahara with you. Tea in the Sahara with you..........Too much information
Too much information running through my brain Too much information driving me insane Too much information running through my brain Too much information driving me insane I've seen the whole world six times over Sea of Japan to the Cliffs of Dover Oh I've seen the whole world six times over Sea of Japan to the Cliffs of Dover Oh Overkill Overview Over my dead body Over me Over you Over everybody Too much information running through my brain Too much information driving me insane Too much information running through my brain Too much information driving me insane I've seen the whole world six times over Sea of Japan to the Cliffs of Dover Oh I've seen the whole world six times over Sea of Japan to the Cliffs of Dover Oh Too much information running through my brain Too much information driving me insane Too much information running through my brain Too much information driving me insane I've seen the whole world six times over Sea of Japan to the Cliffs of Dover Oh I've seen the whole world six times over Sea of Japan to the Cliffs of Dover Oh Overkill Overview Over my dead body Over me Over you Over everybody Too much information running through my brain Too much information driving me insane Too much information running through my brain Too much information driving me insane (to fade)Truth hits everybody
Sleep lay behind me like a broken ocean
Strange waking dreams before my eyes unfold
You lay there sleeping like an open doorway
I stepped outside myself and felt so cold
Take a look at my new toy
It'll blow your head in two, oh boy
Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone
Oh, oh, oh
Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone
Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone
I thought about it and my dream was broken
I clutch at images like dying breath
And I don't want to make a fuss about it
The only certain thing in [life is death] [<== something happened to the
2nd verse lyrics - The last few
Take a look at my new toy words weren't there]
It'll blow your head in two, oh boy
Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone
Oh, oh, oh
Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone
Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone
Where you want to be
Won't you ever see
Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone
Oh, oh, oh
Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone
Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone
Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone
Now
Visions Of The Night - Sting
Gazed into the visions of the night Seen the darkness fall I've heard a mountain fall away from sight Heard the thunder call Seen the beast I call my father Creature of the night I feel the creeping darkness close That electric light They say the meek shall inherit the earth How long will you keep it? They sow a harvest but what's it worth? There's no one left to reap it Gazed into the visions of the night Seen the darkness fall I've heard a mountain fall away from sight Heard the thunder call Seen the beast I call my father Creature of the night I feel the creeping darkness close That electric light They say the meek shall inherit the earth How long will you keep it? They sow a harvest but what's it worth? There's no one left to reap it Gazed into the visions of the night Gazed into the visions of the night Gazed into the visions of the night Gazed into the visions of the night They say the meek shall inherit the earth How long will you keep it? They sow a harvest but what's it worth? There's no one left to reap it Gazed into the visions of the night Gazed into the visions of the night Gazed into the visions of the night Gazed into the visions of the night I have gazed into the visions of night I have gazed into the visions of night Gazed into the visions of night (etc. to fade)Voices inside my head
Voices inside my head
Echoes of things that you said
(etc.)
Walking in your footsteps
Fifty million years ago You walked upon the planet so, Lord of all that you could see Just a little bit like me, Walking in your footsteps, Walking in your footsteps. Walking in your footsteps, Walking in your footsteps. Hey Mr. Dinosaur You really couldn't ask for more. You were God's favorite creature, But you didn't have a future, Walking in your footsteps, Walking in your footsteps. Walking in your footsteps, Walking in your footsteps. Hey there mighty brontosaurus Don't you have a message for us. You thought your rule would always last There were no lessons in your past. You were built three stories high They say you would not hurt a fly If we explode the atom bomb, Would they say that we were dumb. Walking in your footsteps, Walking in your footsteps. Walking in your footsteps, Walking in your footsteps. Fifty million years ago They walked upon the planet so They live in a museum It's the only place you'll see 'em. Walking in your footsteps.................... They say the meek shall inherit the earth.... They say the meek shall inherit the earth.... Walking in your footsteps....................Walking on the moon
Giant steps are what you take Walking on the moon I hope my legs don't break Walking on the moon We could walk forever Walking on the moon We could live together Walking on, walking on the moon Walking back from your house Walking on the moon Walking back from your house Walking on the moon Feet they hardly touch the ground Walking on the moon My feet don't hardly make no sound Walking on, walking on the moon Some may say I'm wishing my days away No way And if it's the price I pay Some say Tomorrow's another day You stay I may as well play Giant steps are what you take Walking on the moon I hope my legs don't break Walking on the moon We could walk forever Walking on the moon We could be together Walking on, walking on the moon Some may say I'm wishing my days away No way And if it's the price I pay Some say Tomorrow's another day You stay I may as well play Keep it up, keep it up (ad infinitum)When the world is running down, you'll make the best of what's still around
Turn on my V.C.R. Same one I've had for years James Brown on the Tammy show Same tape I've had for years I sit in my old car Same one I've had for years Old battery's running down It ran for years and years Turn on the radio The static hurts my ears Tell me where would I go I ain't been out in years Turn on the stereo It's played for years and years An Otis Redding song It's all I own When the world is running down You make the best of what's still around When the world is running down You make the best of what's still around Plug in my M.C.I To excercise my brain Make records on my own Can't go out in the rain Pick up the telephone I've listened here for years No one to talk to me I've listened here for years When the world is running down You make the best of what's still around When the world is running down You make the best of what's still around When I feel lonely here Don't waste my time with tears I run 'Deep Throat' again It ran for years and years Don't like the food I eat The cans are running out Same food for years and years I hate the food I eat When the world is running down You make the best of what's still around When the world is running down You make the best of what's still around When the world is running down You make the best of what's still around When the world is running down You make the best of what's still around (Verse 1: Repeat fading)Wrapped around your finger
You consider me the young apprentice Caught between the Scylla and Charibdes. Hypnotized by you if I should linger Staring at the ring around your finger. I have only come here seeking knowledge, Things they would not teach me of in college. I can see the destiny you sold turned into a shining band of gold. I'll be wrapped around your finger. I'll be wrapped around your finger. Mephistopheles is not your name, But I know what you're up to just the same. I will listen hard to your tuition, And you will see it come to it's fruition. I'll be wrapped around your finger. I'll be wrapped around your finger. Devil and the deep blue sea behind me Vanish in the air you'll never find me. I will turn your face to alabaster, Then you'll find your servant is your master, And you'll be wrapped around my finger. I'll be wrapped around your finger. You'll be wrapped around my finger. I'll be wrapped around your finger.....