English Bands

"Came in from a rainy Thursday On the avenue. Thought I heard you talking softly I turned on the lights, the TV And the radio. Still I can't escape the ghost of you.What has happened to it all? Crazy, some'd say Where is the life that I recognize? Gone away.But I won't cry for yesterday There's an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world, I will learn to survive."

"Do you believe in love? Do you believe in shame? And if love can conquer all Then why do we only feel the pain?"

"Divine intervention Couldn't keep the word from leaking out (Out, out...) With your pleasure in suspension, Not to mention what you hang it around. If you need a lead to heaven again, A place to share in every position. What do you care? What do you dare What does your heart say now?"

"The violence of summer, A love's taking over. It starts with desire, Ends up under cover."

"Don't fake it when it comes to making money. So she smiles, but that's cruel. If you know what she thinks, If you knew what she was after.Sometimes she wonders And she laughs in her frustration.Would someone please explain The reason for this strange behavior In exploitation's name. We must be working for the Skin Trade."

"You own the money, You control the witness. I'll leave you lonely, Don't monkey with my business. You pay the prophets to justify your reasons. I heard your promise, but I don't believe it. That's why I've done it again.No-No-Notorious."

"I don't mind if you're keeping someone else behind. I don't care cause you've got something I can share. Hey, take a chance, even if it's only, Only while we're dancing in the Light of your second sight because When you understand me, You might feel good around me now.I don't want your love to bring me down. I don't want your love so turn it around."

"Oh woman you make me feel Like I'm on fire. Oh woman you make it real, It's the only way for me. So if we sometimes fight, Doesn't mean we got problems. Ain't always black and white. Who cares anyway?"

"I light my torch and wave it for the New moon on Monday And a firedance through the night. I stayed the cold day with a lonely satellite."

"Oh, why don't you use it? Try not to bruise it. Buy time, don't lose it. Oh, why don't you use it? Try not to bruise it. Buy time, don't lose it.The reflex is a lonely child, who's waiting by the park. The reflex is in charge of finding treasure in the dark And watching over lucky clover, isn't that bizarre? And every little thing the reflex does Leaves you answered with a question mark."

"Telegram force and ready, I knew this was a big mistake. There's a fine line drawing My senses together And I think it's about to break.If I listen close I can hear them singers, Voices in your body coming through on the radio.The Union of the Snake is on the climb. Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break Through the borderline."

"The wild boys are calling On their way back from the fire. In August moon's surrender to A dust cloud on the rise. Wild boys fallen far from glory, Reckless and so hungered, On the razors edge you trail Because there's murder by the roadside In a sore afraid new world.They tried to break us; Looks like they'll try again.Wild boys never lose it. Wild boys never chose this way. Wild boys never close your eyes. Wild boys always shine."

"You saw me standing by the wall, Corner of a main street And the lights are flashing on your window sill. All alone ain't much fun, So you're looking for the thrill. And you know just what it takes And where to go.Don't say a prayer for me now, Save it 'til the morning after. No, don't say a prayer for me now, Save it 'til the morning after."

"Destroyed by ABC I hate to bite the hand that Feeds me so much information. The pressure's on the screen To sell you things that you don't need It's too much information for me."

"Please, please tell me now. Is there something I should know? Is there something I should say That would make you come my way? Do you feel the same? 'Cause you don't let it show."

"Meeting you with a view to a kill. Face to face in secret places, feel the chill.Nightfall covers me, but you know the plans I'm making. Still overseas, could it be the whole Earth opening wide? A sacred why, a mystery gaping inside. A week is why, until we...Dance into the fire. That fatal kiss is all we need. Dance into the fire. To fatal sounds of broken dreams. Dance into the fire. That fatal kiss is all we need. Dance into the fire."

"See them walking hand in hand across the bridge at midnight, Heads turning as the lights flashing out it's so bright. Then walk right out to the four-line track, There's a camera rolling on her back, on her back. And I sense the rhythm humming in a frenzy all the way down her spine.Girls on film; Girls on film."

"Moving on the floor now babe you're a bird of paradise, Cherry ice cream smile I suppose it's very nice. With a step to your left and a flick to the right, You catch that mirror way out west. You know you're something special And you look like you're the best.Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand, Just like that river twisting through a dusty land. And when she shines she really shows you all she can. Oh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande."

"Only came outside to watch the night fall with the rain, I heard you making patterns rhyme. Like some new romantic looking for the TV sound, You'll see I'm right some other time.Look now, look all around, there's no sign of life. Voices, another sound, can you hear me now? This is Planet Earth, you're looking at Planet Earth. Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop this is Planet Earth."

"Fear hangs a plane of gun smoke, Drifting in our room. So easy to disturb With a thought, With a whisper, With a careless memory."

"In touch with the ground, I'm on the hunt, I'm after you. Smell like I sound, I'm lost in a crowd, And I'm hungry like the wolf Straddle the line, in discord and rhyme, I'm on the hunt, I'm after you. Mouth is alive, with juices like wine, And I'm hungry like the wolf."

"Emotions leaking out Her paint's all over town.What's that she's playing? (Annie, get your gun) What's that she's taking? (The song has to be sung) She's gone electric."

"As the hangover strikes, And I turn on the tap. But the water's too loud. And I'm caged by the fact That the battle's not lost. Is it the hair of the dog? Or the Baa of a Lamb? In a sheepish attempt To be half of the man That I might be or was."

"She wants to give up love for good, She kicks the fence and splits the wood. She cries her eyes out in the rain, She swears aloud and so again She feels messed around."

"There's a stain on my notebook where your coffee cup was And there's ash in the pages, now I've got myself lost. I was writing to tell you that my feelings tonight Are a stain on my notebook that rings your goodbye.Oh, now she's gone, And I'm back on the beat. A stain on my notebook Says nothing to me.Oh, now she's gone. And I'm out with a friend (out with a friend). With lips full of passion And coffee in bed."

"I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste, A flannel for my face. Pajamas, a hairbrush, New shoes and a case. I said to my reflection "Let's get out of this place." Past the church and the steeple, The laundry on the hill. The billboards and the buildings, Memories of it still Keep calling and calling. But forget it all, I know I will.Tempted by the fruit of another. Tempted but the truth is discovered. What's been going on now that you have gone, There's no other. Tempted by the fruit of another. Tempted but the truth is discovered."

"He smokes himself into double vision, Leaves his mind on an indecision. Thinks he's invented imagination, Says that God is some relation."

"Beat me up with your letters, your walk out notes. Funny how you still find me right here at home. Legs up with a book and a drink. Now is that love that's making you think?"

"If I didn't love you, I'd hate you. I'm playing your stereogram. Singles remind me of kisses, Albums remind me of plans. Tonight it's love by the fire, The wind plays over the coals. Passionate looks are my fancy, But you turn the look into stone."

"With where-have-you-beens and far away frowns, Trying to be good by not being 'round.And here in the bar, the piano man's found Another nail for my heart. And here in the bar, the piano man's found Another nail for my heart."

"Drinks to remember I, me and myself, And winds up the clock and knocks dust from the shelf. Home is a love that I miss very much, So the past has been bottled and labelled with love."

"I never thought it would happen With me and the girl from Clapham. Out on a windy common, That night I ain't forgotten. When she dealt out the rations With some or other passions. I said "You are a lady." "Perhaps," she said, "I may be.""

"Next night he called for her, But dad protected daughter And told him she was poorly. A lie was told there surely. So Michael felt rejected, This wasn't quite expected. He drove off to his local Where he felt anti-social."

"She took me to her hotel, A room on the second floor. A kettle and two coffees, A number on the door. She said I hardly know you. Agreed we kissed goodnight. I knew that in the morning, Somehow I'd wake to findSunlight on the lino, Waking me with a shake. I looked around to find her, But she'd gone. Goodbye girl. Goodbye girl. Goodbye girl."

"To change the mood a little I've been posing down the pub. On seeing my reflection, I'm looking slightly rough. I fancy this, I fancy that, I wanna be so flash. I give a little muscle and I spend a little cash. But all I get is bitter and a nasty little rash. And by the time I'm sober, I've forgotten what I've had. And everybody tells me that it's cool to be a cat. Cool for cats."

"I've come across the desert to greet you with a smile. My camel looks so tired, it's hardly worth my while. To tell you of my travels across the golden East. I see your preparations invite me first to feast.Take me, I'm yours, Because dreams are made of this. Forever there'll be a heaven in your kiss."

"But behind the chalet, My holiday's complete. And I feel like William Tell, Maid Marian on her tiptoed feet. Pulling mussels from a shell. Pulling mussels from a shell."

"I would say I'm sorry If I thought that it would change your mind, But I know that this time I have said too much, been too unkind.I tried to laugh about it, Cover it all up with lies. I tried to laugh about it, Hiding the tears in my eyes 'Cause boys don't cry. Boys don't cry."

"Don't say what you mean, You might spoil your face. If you walk in the crowd, You won't leave any trace. It's always the same, You're jumping someone else's train."

"Must have forgotten something: How to forget how to be true. Covered myself in numb things. Don't touch me, and I won't touch you.Trying to remember something: Why am I here? And who are you? You must have meant something, Animals came in two by two."

"Can we be like everyone, Pretending that there's nothing wrong? Remember when we walked upon Clouds that never rain?And I need it more than love And I love it more than life. And I want those stars above to shine this night."

"Now do you see how They're in the margins. Below and up above. I'll see now How life wins When all that's left is love."

"And I want more than I can get Just trying to, trying to, trying to forget.I'd walk to you through rings of fire And never let you know the way I feel. Under skin is where I hide The love that always gets me on my knees."

"I want to be like you. I want to fly, fly, fly. Want you to take me to All of your sky.Why don't you kneel me down? Why don't we try, try, try? 'Cause when we come around, That's when I fly."

"I wish that you were here Down amongst the dust. I need someone to help me, You need someone to trust. There's something with these tears Turning me to rust. I need someone to help me, Yeah I need someone to touch.Give me one more try And I'll come flaking back to you. I wish that you were here, I wish that it was true."

"A sense of duty was my one intention And an ugly beauty was my own invention. Pride, a proud refusal. And I refuse to need your approval. Too many seekers, too few beacons, But through the fog we'll keep on beaming.Through the crying hours of your glitter years, All the living out of your tinsel tears. And the midnight trains I never made 'Cause I'd already played the game."

"A longing for Some fresher feeling. Belonging. Or just forever kneeling. Where is the sense in stealing Without the grace to be it.Seven seas, Swimming them so well. Glad to see My face among them Kissing the tortoise shell."

"An angel walked amongst us, Tried but couldn't love us. Something's wrong. Since you've gone you know There's nothing and no one To hang love on.So tell me how it feels, Tell me how it feels To touch the flame. Tell me who I am, Tell me who I really am. What's my name?"

"Let's go and take a starlit drive To where the shaping of our lives Had just begun...when we were young. When everything was coming right In our dreams of love and life And we could run...into the sun.Get in the car, We're taking a ride. We're looking for stars, We're looking for satellites Of love. Of love."

"The innocence of sleeping children. Dressed in white and slowly dreaming. Stops all time. I slow my steps and start to blur. So many years have filled my heart. I never thought I'd say those words.The further we go and older we grow, The more we know the less we show. The further we go and older we grow, The more we know the less we show."