English Bands

"There's a way to turn it off It gets so hard at times To take it serious It really gets to be a drag When all we really need is love Here come cowboys Here to save us all."

"There's a hole in the sky Where the sun don't shine And a clock on the wall And it counts my time And heaven Is the whole of the heart And heaven don't tear you apart"

"All of this I now regret Not a name that I might place Not at my parade Framed the faces I applaud All the same sad eyes Write the world between the lines"

"And a hero is always alone At the end of the day It's a price that you pay With your pieces of love All your pieces of love And it's my time to turn you around And it's my time to hold out a hand And it's my time to turn on a light for you"

"There's an army on the dance floor It's a fashion with a gun, my love In a room without a door A kiss is not enough in.Love my way, it's a new road, I follow where my mind goes."

"It's sick the price of medicine Stand up, we'll put you on your feet again Open up your eyes just to check that you're asleep again President gas is president gas again"

"So swallow all your tears, my love And put on your new face. You can never win or lose If you don't run the race."

"Listen, to the weathermen They're not saying anything They're tripping flags for you This crazy face for you You don't have a point of view You don't have to say you do"

"I hope you get your invitation It is here for you Listen to the conversation Playing pretty tunes Sorry i can't wait for you I couldn't stand to stay... They're making up things That we've all heard before Like romance and engage and divorce You have to be crazy to stay in this place You just have to laugh at it all"

"Hamburger Mary She's got a gun Nothing goes on all the time And she thinks it's fun"

"Give me all your paper ma So I can get a train. They just wanna suck you in To being one of them. Tell her that I'm not in here, Tell her I'm a freak. Tell her that I fall about Every time I speak."

"She lives in the place In the side of our lives Where nothing is Ever put straight. She turns herself round And she smiles and she says 'This is it' 'That's the end of the joke' And loses herself In her dreaming and sleep And her lovers walk Through in their coats.Pretty in pink, Isn't she? Pretty in pink, Isn't she?"

"Pass your time away Its' just another day And everything you say Was said yesterday Won't you come with me Be who you want to be You'll get no sympathy For staying home"

"A race is on I'm on your side And hearing you my engines die I'm in a mood for you. For Running away Stars come down in you And love, you can't give it away Inside you the time moves And she don't fade The ghost in you She don't fade Inside you the time moves And she don't fade"

"The neon lights go flashing by, Electricland is in my eyes. The underworld is on the move And everybody's got something to prove."

"Here come the dancers, one by one; Your momma's callin' but you're having fun. You find your dancin' on the number 9 cloud; Put your hands together now, and sing it out loud.It's all part of my rock and roll fantasy. It's all part of my rock and roll dream."

"The sky is burnin'. I believe my soul's on fire. You are, I'm learnin', the key to my desire."

"Johnny told his mama, "Hey, Mama, I'm goin' away. I'm gonna hit the big time, gonna be a big star someday." Mama came to the door with a teardrop in her eye. Johnny said, "Don't cry, Mama," smiled and waved good-bye.Don't you know, yeah yeah. Don't you know that you are a shooting star? Don't you know, don't you know. Don't you know that you are a shooting star? And all the world will love you just as long As long as you are."

"Well, the first time that I met you, you were only seventeen. But I had to put you down, 'Cause I didn't know where you'd been. You had a long black dress, your hair in a mess. You didn't seem to have no class, but the look on Your face was no disgrace, I knew I had to move real fast.Honey Child, don't you know you drive me wild! Oh, Honey Child. Don't you know you drive me wild! Just about to lose my mind."

"You never give me my money, You only give me your sympathy. 'Cause I keep on running, There's no way to catch up with me. I'm leaving you, don't make no fuss; You won't even see me, oh no, for dust.I'm running with the pack, Running with the pack. I'm running with the pack; Never looking back."

"Baby, when I think about you, I think about love. Darlin', don't wanna live without you And your love. If I had, those golden dreams Of my yesterdays I would wrap you, in the heaven 'Til I'm dyin' (dyin', dyin',) On the way.Feel like makin', Feel like makin' love."

"If I hear you knocking hard up on my door, Ain't no way that I'm gonna answer it. 'Cos cheating is one thing and lying is another, And when I say it's over that's it I'm gonna quit, yeah.Now I ain't complaining, just tryin' to understand. What makes a woman do the things she does? One day she'll love you the next day she'll leave you. Why can't we have it just the way it used to be?"

"Company, always on the run. Destiny, mmm, is a rising sun. Oh, I was born six-gun in my hand. Behind a gun, I make my final stand, hey. It's why they call meBad company and I can't deny. Bad company 'til the day I die. Oh, 'til the day I die. 'Til the day I die."

"I get up in the morning and it's just another day. Pack up my belongings, I've got to get away. Jump into a taxi and the time is gettin' tight. I got to keep on movin' I got a show tonight.And I'm movin' on, movin' on from town to town. Movin' on, baby, yeah I'm never touchin' the ground."

"Well, I take whatever I want, And baby, I want you. You give me something I need; Now tell me I got something for you.Come on, come on, come on and do it. Come on and-uh do what you do. I can't get enough of your love. I can't get enough of your love."

"Here, I can take up the whole of the sky Unfurling, becoming my full size And look at me burst through the ceiling Aren't you so glad you came? Breathless and begging and screaming my name Screaming my name"

"Everybody jump Everybody sing Everybody move Everybody scream Everybody shake Put down your screen Everybody up Everybody scream!"

"Oh, the king, Gone mad within his suffering, Called out for release. Someone cure him of his grief.His only son Cut down, but the battle won. Oh, what is it worth, When all that's left is hurt?"

"Between a crucifix and the Hollywood sign, we decided to get hurt. Now there’s a few things we have to burn. Set our hearts ablaze, and every city was a gift. And every skyline was like a kiss upon the lips. And I was making you a wish In every skyline."

"It's a different kind of danger, And the bells are ringing out. And I'm calling for my mother, As I pull the pillars down. It's a different kind of danger, And my feet are spinning around. Never knew I was a dancer 'Til Delilah showed me how."

"At seventeen I started to starve myself; I thought that love was a kind of emptiness. And at least I understood then the hunger I felt, And I didn't have to call it loneliness.We all have a hunger."

"I was on a heavy tip, Trying to cross a canyon with a broken limb. You were on the other side, like always, Wondering what to do with life."

"How deeply are you sleeping or are you still awake? A good friend told me you've been staying out so late. Be careful, oh, my darling, oh, be careful what it takes. From what I've seen so far, the good ones always seem to break. And I was screaming at my father and you were screaming at me. And I can feel your anger from way across the sea. And I was kissing strangers, I was causing such a scene. Oh, the heart it hides such unimaginable things.Grab me by my ankles, I've been flying for too long. I couldn't hide from the thunder in a sky full of song. And I want you so badly, but you could be anyone. I couldn't hide from the thunder in a sky full of song."

"Here, I don't have to quiet Here, I don't have to be kind Extraordinary and normal, all at the same time But look at me run myself ragged Blood on the stage But how can I leave you when you're screaming my name? Screaming my name"

"And I will come to you in the evening, ragged and reeling Shaking my gold like a tambourine A bouquet of brambles, all twisted and tangled I'll make you sing for me, I'll make you scream"

"Don't touch the sleeping pills, they mess with my head, Dredging up great white sharks, swimming in the bed. And here comes a killer whale, to sing me to sleep, Thrashing the covers off, has me by its teeth.And, ah, my love remind me, what was it that I said? I can't help but pull the earth around me to make my bed. And, ah, my love remind me, what was it that I did? Did I drink too much? Am I losing touch? Did I build a ship to wreck?"

"Happiness hit her, like a train on a track, Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back. She hid around corners and she hid under beds. She killed it with kisses and from it she fled. With every bubble she sank with a drink And washed it away down the kitchen sink.The dog days are over, The dog days are done. The horses are coming, So you better run. Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father; Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers. Leave all your love and your longing behind, You can't carry it with you if you want to survive."

"This is a gift, it comes with a price. Who is the lamb and who is the knife? Midas is king and he holds me so tight, And turns me to gold in the sunlight."

"The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out; You left me in the dark. No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight, In the shadow of your heart."

"And I've been a fool and I've been blind, I can never leave the past behind. I can see no way, I can see no way. I'm always dragging that horse around. All of his questions such a mournful sound. Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground. Cause I like to keep my issues drawn, But it's always darkest before the dawn.Shake it out, shake it out. Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa. Shake it out, shake it out. Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa. And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back. So shake him off, oh whoa."

"Time it took us To where the water was. That’s what the water gave me. And time goes quicker Between the two of us. Oh, my love, don’t forsake me, Take what the water gave me."

"Looking up from underneath, Fractured moonlight on the sea. Reflections still look the same to me As before I went under.And it's peaceful in the deep Cathedral where you cannot breathe. No need to pray, no need to speak, Now I am under all."

"You are the hole in my head, You are the space in my bed. You are the silence in between What I thought and what I said. You are the night-time fear, You are the morning when it's clear. When it's over, you're the start; You're my head and you're my heart."

"They’re following some dance of light Tearing into the night Watching you fall asleep The sweetest dove in a dream"

"Our hearts just won’t die It’s the trip, keeps us alive"

"By order of the prophet, We ban that boogie sound. Degenerate the faithful, With that crazy Casbah sound."

"If you can play on fiddle, How's about a British jig and reel? Speaking King's English in quotation As railhead towns feel the steel mills rust. Water froze in the generation, Clear as winter ice. This is your paradise."

"You have the right not to be killed. Murder is a crime, Unless it was done By a Policeman Or an aristocrat."

"Darling, you got to let me know, Should I stay or should I go? If you say that you are mine, I'll be here till the end of time. So you got to let me know, Should I stay or should I go?It's always tease, tease, tease; You're happy when I'm on my knees. One day it's fine and next it's black. So if you want me off your back. Well, come on and let me know, Should I stay or should I go?"

"If I go, there will be trouble; And if I stay it will be double. So come on and let me know."