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"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

"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.""

"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?"

"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."

"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."

"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'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."

"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."

"She's driving away, With the dim lights on. And she's making a play, She can't go wrong. She never waits too long, She's winding them down On her clock machine. And she won't give up, 'Cause she's seventeen.She's a frozen fire, She's my one desire. And I don't want to hold her down, Don't want to break her crown When she saysLet's go. (I like the nightlife baby) She says (I like the nightlife baby) She says (Let's go)"

"All I need is what you've got, All I'll tell is what you're not. All you know is what you hear, I get this way when you come near."

"I can't feel this way much longer Expecting to survive With all these hidden innuendos Just waiting to arrive."

"If the illusion is real, Let them give you a ride. If they got thunder appeal, Let them be on your side.Let them leave you up in the air, Let them brush your rock and roll hair. Let the good times roll."

"I don't mind you comin' here And wastin' all my time. 'Cause when you're standin' oh so near, I kinda lose my mind.It's not the perfume that you wear, It's not the ribbons in your hair. And I don't mind you comin' here And wastin' all my time."

"You might think it's hysterical, But I know when you're weak. You think you're in the movies, And everything's so deep. But I think that you're wild When you flash that fragile smile."

"Why don't you dream anymore? What's in the way? How come you point to the door And ask me to stay? Why don't you flash that smile Like you used to do?... Why don't you dream anymore? What's in the way?"

"Who's gonna tell you when It's too late? Who's gonna tell you things Aren't so great?You can't go on Thinking nothing's wrong, ohh no. Who's gonna drive you home Tonight?"

"Since you're gone, The nights are gettin' strange. Since you're gone, Well, nothing's makin' any sense. Since you're gone, I stumbled in the shade. Since you're gone, Everything's in perfect tense, well.I can't help it When you fall apart I (and I) can't help it Guess you better start."

"One too many times, I fell over you. Once in a shadow, I finally grew. And once in a night, I dreamed you were there. I canceled my flight From going nowhere.It's all I can do To keep waiting for you."

"You might have forgot The journey ends. You tied your knots, You made your friends. You left the scene Without a trace, One hand on the ground, One hand in space."

"I guess you're just what I needed (Just what I needed) I needed someone to feed. I guess you're just what I needed (Just what I needed) I needed someone to bleed."

"Summer, it turns me upside down. Summer, summer, summer, It's like a merry-go-round.I see you under the midnight, All shackles and bows. The high shoes With the cleats a-clicking, A temperamental glow.How could you let me go?"

"It takes a fast car lady to lead a double life. It takes a slow star lady if you want to do it twice You take your backseat rumble, Take your frontseat wife. Takes a fast car lady to lead a double life."

"I don't care if you hurt me some more; I don't care if you even the score. You can knock me and I don't care. You can mock me, I don't care. You can rock me just about anywhere, It's alright.'Cause you're all I've got tonight. You're all I've got tonight. You're all I've got tonight. I need you tonight I need you tonight."

"You might think I'm crazy To hang around with you. Maybe you think I'm lucky To have something to do. But I think that you're wild, Inside me is some child.You might think I'm foolish, Or maybe it's untrue. You might think I'm crazy, But all I want is you."

"(Here she comes again) When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky, ohh She'll make you flip. (Here she comes again) When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky, I kinda like the way she dips.(And she's my best friend's girl) (Well, she's my best friend's girl) Girl, But she used to be mine."

"Midnight on the water I saw the ocean's daughter Walking on a wave's chicane Staring as she called my name And I can't get it out of my head No, I can't get it out of my head Now my old world is gone for dead 'Cos I can't get it out of my head"

"It's a livin' thing. It's a terrible thing to lose. It's a given thing. What a terrible thing to lose."

"When you get so down that you can't get up, and you want so much but you're all out of luck When you're so downhearted and misunderstood, just over and over and over, you could..."

"My Shangri-la has gone away, Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude She seemed to drift out on the rain That came in somewhere softly from the blue."

"As I gaze around at these strangers in town, I guess the only stranger is me. As I see what they've done to this place that was home, shame is all that I feel."

"Sun is shining in the sky There ain't a cloud in sight It's stopped raining Everybody's in a play And don't you know, it's a beautiful new day"

"I've got a ticket to the moon. I'll be leaving here any day soon"

"A place where nobody dared to go the love that we came to know They call it Xanadu And now, open your eyes and see what we have made is real We are in Xanadu A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star An everlasting world and you're here with me, eternally Xanadu"

"The love, the echoes of long ago you needed the world to know They are in Xanadu The dream that came through a million years That lived on through all the tears, it came to Xanadu"

"They're all suckers for a chick who really rocks it hard We're all suckers for Ruthie... We all wish we were Ruthie... We're all suckers for a girl who can really play guitar We're all suckers for Ruthie."

"Everything is good these days But all of my friends are dying Davy may and Lisa may But nobody else really wants to stay Nobody else really wants to stay."

"Magnapop is kind of like Young Marble Giants backed by AC/DC."

"Single fear Clearly defined, I'm wasting time again Slowly coarse and strain go Counting fear again, no Staring eye to eye Then slowly me again."

"Lay it down for the last time And then turn away Lay it down for the last time Surely show your rage."

"Remember the wolves that you run with are wolves. Don't forget."

"Yes, a heart will always go one step too far."

"Come with me, go places."