You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar When i met you I picked you out, i shook you up, and turned you around Turned you into someone new Now five years later on you’ve got the world at your feet Success has been so easy for you But don’t forget it’s me […]
When you’re in love You know you’re in love No matter what you try to do You might as well resign yourself To what you’re going through If you’re a hard man or if you’re a child It still might get to you Don’t kid yourself you’ve seen it all before A million mouths have […]
All day Hiding from the sun Waiting for the golden one Waiting for your fame After the parade has gone Outside was a happy place Every face had a smile like the golden face For a second Your knuckles white as your fingers curl The shot that was heard around the world For a second […]
My life I’m a fool for you You who take no advice You who think evil doesn’t exist Just because you deny it is true You’re lucky i care For fools like you You’re lucky i’m there To stop people doing the things That you know they are dying to do You know i am […]
Those cocky little fires you started in the night The independent claims that just meant "hold me tight" The bruises on your body that you swore were from a fight I’ll pass at your insistence Alsatians fall unconscious at the shadow of your call One glance from your direction and the government will fall Whole […]
In darkness Where my dreams are all too clear Darkness, darkness Filled with all the sounds of fear I hear voices (don’t turn out the light) Calling faraway I see shadows (don’t turn out the light) Moving, changing shape And the clock stops As darkness closes in I hesitate but it’s too late I scream […]
Put your hand in a party wave Pass around Make a shroud pulling combs through a backwash frame Find the copies in a carbon mount Pass around Stroke a pocket with a print of a laughing sound Get around town Get around town Where the people look good Where the music is loud Get around […]
And when it hurts you know They love to tell you How they warned you They say "don’t be surprised At someone’s lies" They think they taunt you But if you can stand the test You know your worst is better Than their best And so you stand here With the years ahead Potentially calling […]
Take time to see the wonders of the world To see the things you’ve only ever heard of Dream life the way you think it ought to be See things you thought you’d never ever see Take a cruise to china Or a train to spain Go round the world Again and again Meet a […]
