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"When the outside temperature rises And the meaning is oh so clear One thousand and one yellow daffodils Begin to dance in front of you - oh dear Are they trying to tell you something? You're missing that one final screw You're simply not in the pink my dear To be honest you haven't got a clue I'm going slightly mad."

"While we live according to race, colour or creed While we rule by blind madness and pure greed Our lives dictated by tradition, superstition, false religion Through the eons and on and on.Oh, yes, we'll keep on trying, yeah We'll tread that fine line Oh oh we'll keep on trying Till the end of time."

"Scandal - now you've left me all the world's gonna know Hey scandal, they're gonna turn our lives into a freak show They'll see the heart-ache, they'll see our love break They'll hear me pleading, we'll say for God's sakes Over and over and over again."

"Breakthru, these barriers of pain Breakthru, yeah, to the sunshine from the rain Make my feelings known towards you Turn my heart inside and out for you now Somehow I have to make this final breakthru."

"Every drop of rain that falls the Sahara Desert says it all It's a miracle. All God's creations great and small, the Golden Gate and the Taj Mahal That's a miracle. Test tube babies being born, mothers, fathers dead and gone It's a miracle We're having a miracle on Earth, mother nature does it all for us. The wonders of this world go on The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Captain Cook and Cain and Abel Jimi Hendrix and The Tower of Babel It's a miracle It's a miracle It's a miracle The one thing we're all waiting for Is peace on earth and an end to war It's a miracle we need The miracle"

"Here we are, born to be kings We're the princes of the universe Here we belong, fighting to survive In a world with the darkest powers, heh And here we are, we're the princes of the universe Here we belong, fighting for survival We've come to be the rulers of you all."

"Just one year of love Is better than a lifetime alone One sentimental moment in your arms Is like a shooting star right through my heart It's always a rainy day without you I'm a prisoner of love inside you I'm falling apart all around you - yeah"

"One dream, one soul, one prize One goal, one golden glance of what should be It's a kind of magic One shaft of light that shows the way No mortal man can win this day It's a kind of magic The bell that rings inside your mind Is challenging the doors of time It's a kind of magic The waiting seems eternity The day will dawn of sanity."

"I had a dream When I was young A dream of sweet illusion A glimpse of hope and unity And visions of one sweet union But a cold wind blows And a dark rain falls And in my heart it shows Look what they've done to my dream, yeah."

"Here we stand or here we fall History won't care at all Make the bed, light the light Lady mercy won't be home tonightYeah, you don't waste no time at all Don't hear the bell but you answer the call It comes to you as to us all Hey, we're just waiting For the hammer to fall - yeah."

"Yeah yeah It's a hard life To be true lovers together To love and live forever in each others hearts It's a long hard fight To learn to care for each other To trust in one another right from the start When you're in love."

"All we hear is Radio Ga Ga Radio Goo Goo Radio Ga Ga All we hear is Radio Ga Ga Radio Blah Blah Radio, what's new? Radio, someone still loves you."

"So don't become some background noise A backdrop for the girls and boys Who just don't know or just don't care And just complain when you're not there You had your time, you had the power You've yet to have your finest hour Radio - radio."

"Radio - radio I'd sit alone and watch your light My only friend through teenage nights And everything I had to know I heard it on my radio."

"It's the terror of knowing What this world is about Watching some good friends Screaming 'Let me out' Pray tomorrow - gets me higher higher high Pressure on people people on streetsTurned away from it all like a blind man Sat on a fence but it don't work Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn Why - why - why? Love love love love loveInsanity laughs under pressure we're breaking Can't we give ourselves one more chance?"

"Don't touch me now Don't hold me now Don't break the spell darling, now you are near Look in my eyes And speak to me Those special promises I long to hear Las palabras de amor Let me hear the words of love."

"Some sleepless nights in wait for you Some foreign presence you feel Comes creeping through Some stream of hope The whole world through Spread like some silent disease You'll get yours too."

"Hey little babe you're changing Babe, are you feeling sore? Ain't no use in pretending You don't wanna play no more It's plain that you ain't no baby What would your mother say You're all dressed up like a lady How come you behave this way Sail Away Sweet Sister Sail across the sea Maybe you find somebody Who loves you half as much as me My heart is always with you No matter what you do Sail away sweet sister Always be in love with you"

"There goes my baby She knows how to rock 'n' roll She drives me crazy She gives me hot and cold fever Then she leaves me in a cool cool sweatI gotta be cool, relax, get hip And get on my track's Take a back seat, hitch-hike And take a long ride on my motorbike Until I'm ready Crazy little thing called love."

"This thing (this thing) Called love (called love) It cries (like a baby) In a cradle all night It swings (woo woo) It jives (woo woo) It shakes all over like a jelly fish I kinda like it Crazy little thing called love."

"Her love rains down on me easy as the breeze I listen to her breathing it sounds like the waves on the sea I was thinking all about her, burning with rage and desire We were spinning into darkness; the earth was on fire."

"Isn't it strange How little we change Isn't it sad we're insane Playing the game that we know end in tears The games we've been playing for thousands and thousands and thousands and..."

"Lime and limpid green, a second scene A fight between the blue you once knew. Floating down, the sound resounds Around the icy waters underground."

"Emily tries but misunderstands, ah ooh She often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams till tomorrow. There is no other day Let's try it another way You'll lose your mind and play Free games for may See Emily play."

"Remember a day before today A day when you were young. Free to play alone with time Evening never came."

"Over the mountain watching the watcher. Breaking the darkness Waking the grapevine. One inch of love is one inch of shadow Love is the shadow that ripens the wine. Set the controls for the heart of the sun."

"It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here And I'm much obliged to you for making it clear that I'm not here."

"In the lazy water meadow I lay me down. All around me golden sun flakes settle on the ground. Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room."

"If I were the moon, I'd be cool. If I were a book, I would bend for you. If I were a good man, I'd understand The spaces between friends."

"A cloud of eiderdown Draws around me Softening a sound. Sleepy time, and I lie, With my love by my side, And she's breathing low."

"Strangers passing in the street By chance two separate glances meet And I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand And lead you through the land And help me understand The best I can."

"Ancient bonds are breaking, Moving on and changing sides. Dreaming of a new day, Cast aside the other way. Magic visions stirring, Kindled by and burning flames rise in her eyes."

"Life is a short, warm moment And death is a long cold rest. You get your chance to try in the twinkling of an eye: Eighty years, with luck, or even less."

"The memories of a man in his old age Are the deeds of a man in his prime. You shuffle in gloom in the sickroom And talk to yourself till you die."

"I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years Been over the edge for yonks Been working with bands son long, I think 'Crikey' I've always been mad, I know I've been mad Like the most of us, very hard to explain why you're mad Even if you're not mad."

"Long you live and high you fly And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be."

"Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way. Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or Speak something to show you the way."

"So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking, Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older; Shorter of breath and one day closer to death."

"Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time is gone, the song is over, Thought I'd something more to say."

"Money, get back. I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack. Money, it's a hit. Don't give me that do goody good bullshit. I'm in the high-fidelity first class traveling set And I think I need a Lear jet."

"Money, it's a crime. Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie. Money, so they say Is the root of all evil today. But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're Giving none away."

"Us, and them And after all we're only ordinary men. Me, and you. God only knows it's not what we would choose to do."

"Forward he cried, from the rear, and the front rank died. The general sat, and the lines on the map, moved from side to side."

"And if the dam breaks open many years too soon And if there is no room upon the hill And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too I'll see you on the dark side of the moon."

"The lunatic is in my head. The lunatic is in my head You raise the blade, you make the change You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane. You lock the door And throw away the key There's someone in my head but it's not me."

"All that is now All that is gone All that's to come And everything under the sun is in tune But the sun is eclipsed by the moon."

"There's no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it is all dark."

"You reached for the secret too soon, You cried for the moon. Shine on you crazy diamond. Threatened by shadows at night, And exposed in the light. Shine on you crazy diamond."

"Welcome my son, welcome to the machine. Where have you been? It's alright we know where you've been. You've been in the pipeline, filling in time."

"Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar. You're gonna go far, fly high, You're never gonna die, You're gonna make it if you try; They're gonna love you."