English Bands

"I like the way you cross the street 'cause your precious. Moving through the Cleveland heat, how precious. Taking rides and all the kicks was so precious. But you know I was shittin' bricks 'cause I'm precious."

"I went back to Ohio But my city was gone. There was no train station; There was no downtown. South Howard had disappeared. All my favorite places. My city had been pulled down, Reduced to parking spaces. A, o, way to go Ohio."

"Welcome to the human race, With its wars, disease and brutality> You with your innocence and grace Restore some pride and dignity To a world in decline."

"The powers that be That force us to live like we do Bring me to my knees When I see what they've done to you. But I'll die as I stand here today Knowing that deep in my heart They'll fall to ruin one day For making us part."

"I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh What hijacked my world that night To a place in the past We've been cast out of? oh oh oh oh Now we're back in the fight; We're back on the train. Oh, back on the chain gang."

"The middle of the road is trying to find me. I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me. Well I got a smile for everyone I meet As long as you don't try dragging my bay Or dropping the bomb on my street."

"Do unto others as you wish be done to you There's a million lies 'round everything true You slaughter when you feast You disrespect the beast Make our beds and lie there, take your share Waste not want not pick it up Waste not want..."

"Talk, talk, talk, talk about the government And not a word about political favor Everything touched is my political choice The life you take is your political voice."

"Take, take, take, takin' what you don't need You'll get, get, gettin' what you don't need Stand back, take a look and take heed All the children in God's kingdom bleed See the networks of concrete and steel They've no mystery but what they reveal Tells a story of a future that's void Of the beauty and the majesty that life on Earth is meant to be..."

"It's not my place to know what you feel. I'd like to know but why should I? Who were you then? Who are you now? Common labourer by night, by day, highbrow. Back in my room, I wonder, then I Sit on the bed, look at the sky. Up in the sky Clouds rearrange Like the talk of the town."

"You're not supposed to do that; You know you're not allowed to. But you seem to get some kind of kick Out of doing what you're not allowed to. You deliberately defy the rules 'cause the law's upheld by fools. Shit on that. Bad boys get spanked."

"I'm the adultress. But I didn't want to be and I'm convenient And I make good tea. I stand accused Of the worst crime in history. That's my mystery; I'm the adultress."

"Mystery achievement Where's my sandy beach? Yeah. I had my dreams like everybody else, But they're out of reach, I said, right out of reach. I could ignore you, Your demands are unending. I got no tears on my ice cream but you know me, I love pretending."

"Gonna use my arms; Gonna use my legs. Gonna use my style; Gonna use my sidestep. Gonna use my fingers; Gonna use my, my, my imagination.'Cause I gonna make you see There's nobody else here, No one like me. I'm special so special. I gotta have some of your attention. Give it to me."

"Oh, why you look so sad? Tears are in your eyes. Come on and come to me now, Don't be ashamed to cry. Let me see you through, 'Cause I've seen the dark side too. When the night falls on you, You don't know what to do. Nothing you confess Could make me love you less.I'll stand by you; I'll stand by you. Won't let nobody hurt you, I'll stand by you."

"Once in awhile, Two people meet, Seemingly for no reason, They just pass on the street. Suddenly thunder, showers everywhere. Who can explain the thunder and rain? But there's something in the air."

"Don't get me wrong, If I'm looking kind of dazzled. I see neon lights Whenever you walk by.Don't get me wrong, If you say hello and I take a ride Upon a sea where the mystic moon Is playing havoc with the tide. Don't get me wrong."

"I seen you dancin', A natural beauty. You make this dive Seem sublime. You really get To the heart of the music. You're the poetry of time."

"If I gave you everything that I owned and asked for nothing in return, Would you do the same for me as I would for you? Or take me for a ride, and strip me of everything, including my pride? But spirit is something that no one destroys. And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound of The low spark of high-heeled boys."

"Dear Mister Fantasy play us a tune, Something to make us all happy. Do anything, take us out of this gloom. Sing a song, play guitar, Make it snappy."

"Well you think you had a good time With the boy that you just met, Kicking sand from beach to beach, Your clothes all soaking wet. But if you look around and see A shadow on the run, Don't be too surprised if it's just a paper sun."

"I climbed on the back of a giant albatross, Which flew through a crack in the cloud, To a place where happiness reigned all year round, Where music played ever so loudly."

"Seems I've got to have a change of scene 'Cause every night I have the strangest dreams. Imprisoned by the way it could have been, Left here on my own or so it seems. I've got to leave before I start to scream, But someone's locked the door and took the key.You feelin' alright? I'm not feelin' too good myself. Well, you feelin' alright? I'm not feelin' too good myself."

"Forty thousand headmen couldn't make me change my mind. If I had to take the choice between the deafman and the blind, I know just where my feet should go and that's enough for me. I turned around and knocked them down and walked across the sea."

"Like a hurricane around your heart when earth and sky are torn apart He comes gathering up the bits while hoping that the puzzle fits. He leaves you, he leaves you, Freedom rider."

"Often lost and forgotten, the vagueness and the mud, I've been thinking I'm working too hard, but I've got something to show."

"If you had just a minute to breathe and they granted you one final wish, Would you ask for something like another chance? Or something similar as this? Don't worry too much, It'll happen to you as sure as your sorrows are joys. And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound of The low spark of high-heeled boys."

"Winter sounds the crying, Like an old man slowly dyin. And the only sound, the wind that fills the trees. Even colder comes the moon, And though it never seems too soon, A sudden stillness as the rainfall starts to freeze.I'm Mr. Blue. I'm here to stay with you. And no matter what you do, When you're lonely - I'll be lonely too."

"For the times we've had I don't want to be - a page in your diary babe, For the good, the bad I don't want to see - a page in your diary babe, For the happy, the sad - I don't want to be another page in your diary."

"Blue eyed dressed for every situation; Moving through the doorway of a nation. Pick me up and shake the doubt, Baby I can't do without.Move out, don't mess around. Move out, you bring me down. Move out, how you get about? Don't make a sound, just move out."

"Looking from a window above, it's like a story of love. Can you hear me? Came back only yesterday, Moving farther away. Want you near me.All I needed was the love you gave. All I needed for another day. And all I ever knew, Only you."

"I stand alone and watch the clock. I only wait for it to stop. And in the room locked up inside me, The cutout magazines remind me. I sit and wait alone, in my room."

"Came in from the city walked into the door I turned around when I heard the sound of footsteps on the floor. Love just like addiction now I'm hooked on you. I need some time to get it right. Your love gonna see me through.Can't stop now don't you know I ain't never gonna let you go. Don't go."

"In his face age descends on youth, exaggeration on the truth. He caught me looking then but soon his eyes forgot. And everything he seems to do reflects just another shade of blue. I saw him searching into you and ached a while."

"So c-come on, you got it wrong; To prove I'm right I put it in a so-o-ong."

"If only you saw what I could see, You'll understand why I want you so desperately. Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe You don't know-o-ow, You don't know you're beautiful."

"Baby you light up my world like nobody else, The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed."

"I've got a fire for a heart, I'm not scared of the dark, You've never seen it looks so easy."

"Someday you’re gonna see the things that I see"

"Everybody wanna steal my girl"

"Shadows come with the pain that you're running from love was something you've never heard enough."

"Spaces between us hold all our secrets leaving us speechless and I don't know why who's gonna be the first to say goodbye."

"I have loved you since we were 18, long before we both thought the same thing to be loved and to be in love."

"My hands your hands tied up like two ships drifting weightless waves tryna break it I'd do anything to save it. Why is it so hard to save it?"

"So please don't make this any harder we can't take this any farther and I know there's nothing that I want to change."

"Said her name was Georgia Rose And her daddy was a dentist. Said I had a dirty mouth, But she kissed me like she meant it."

"Oh baby baby don't you know you got what I need; Looking so good from your head to your feet."

"Oh, I just wanna show you off to all of my friends. Make them drool down their chinny-chin-chins. Baby be mine tonight, mine tonight, baby be mine tonight yeah."

"Let's go crazy-crazy-crazy till we see the sun. I know we only met but let's pretend it's love."

"You don't really want my heart No, you just like to know you can still be the one who gets it breaking You only want me when I'm taken."