liquidiser

MOVE MOUNTAINS

Mary hangs from the rearview mirror
On the dash her son's come off worse
We've got a carload of faith here 
And we're saved from the world by some verse

Nothing I can do or say
Will ever move people this way

I want it, if it moves mountains
I want it, move mountains for me

You can twist and turn and bend it
'Til its the cruellest shape in the world
But i still want it
The last free thing in the world


NEVER ENOUGH

This is the real world made wrong made right
Or maybe just made
You waste my time with explanations
So all the big colors fade

So you want to be happy
Don't you know happy is never enough

Looking for big answers getting nowhere
But then you're swimming in the shallow end
You take these broken bones
I'll tell you something, these things don't mend

So you want to be happy 
Don't you know happy is never enough

I'm on the wrong train i can tell
'Cause I'm the only one who thinks so
Hard on the heels of getting somewhere
But there are things that we don't know

So you want to be happy 
Don't you know happy is never enough


THE REAL WORLD

I don't mind if I never ever meet you
I love you just the way you seem
And I don't mind all the things they say about you
Jealous words won't spoil this dream
(The real world, it comes to get you)

I believe in the unknown
So I'm sure you won't disappoint me
These home truths fall on deaf ears
So I know you won't disappoint me

SMile, smile, smile, while the glory days are here
Where's the hurry, worry all next year
And don't mind me 'cause I'm really only looking
It may seem strange, but that's all I want to do

I believe in the unknown...

The real world it comes to get you
There is no way it will forget you

I don't mind if I never ever meet you
I love you just the way you seem

I believe in the unknown...


ALL THE ANSWERS

Yes you know how some things seem like God's gift
Easy come and easy go
They disappear before you know it
And in the light of this new day dawning
We see things a different way 
With such a price on what we say

But I'm so pleased for you
I'm so pleased
You have all the answers

Thanks a million for your thoughts on culture
Please feel free to speak your mind
Though people say it turns you blind
And did you know there's a God here with you
He knows what is right or wrong
'Cause he's read the book for far too long

But I'm so pleased for you...

What do you know about good and evil?

So here's a thought while we burn our bridges
If the pen's not worth the sword
Then pass the gun and praise the Lord

But I'm so pleased for you...


WHAT'S GOING ON

How time lfies when you're biting your lip 'til it hurts
going over and over the same old things in your mind, oh my
Hours gone by and hours yet to go
Just what I'm waiting for, I don't really know
But then there's you

You know what's going on
You know what's taking place
It's only me that's lost in space

Spin me around yes, give me more of your lies
Give me the gospel according to you 
And that's fine by me
I'm sure that I'm wrong and all is not what it seems
But a hundred to one says you
Give the same old lines to me
But then that's you

You know what's going on...

In every good story there's always a twist in the tale
So there's a note on your door that I really feel sure 
Will make your face go pale

you know what's going on...


SONG 13

Never met you, but how I love you so
Never met you, and yet you take up all my time, you know
So say hello to the whole in my world
So say hello to the desperation girl

She's my, She's my, She's my desperation girl

Too much time I have spent alone
And in that time the seeds of something bad were sown
What's going on with the state of my mind
When I look in, it's always her that I find

She's my...

These are desperate signs of desperate times
And desperate times breed desperate minds


INFO FREAKO

You know that sleep is getting hard to get
'Cause you never know what you'll forget
And I've got to know of all the news
'Cause one day there'll be news for me

I never let a headline by
'Cause every one will catch my eye
And though it's tough to keep alert
You never know what could hurt me

But it gets me down
You know it gets me down
It really gets me down
Yes it gets me down

Info Freako, 
There is no end to what I want to know

There's what you feel 
And what you know
And it wasn't all that long ago
I found that Info Freako thing 
Now nothing ever gets to me

But it gets me down...

Info Freako, 
There is no end to what I want to know

But it means I'll have the edge over you
And it means I'll always have the edge over you
And you know there's nothing that you can do

Info Freako,
there is no end to what I want to know


BRING IT ON DOWN

You know it hurts so good
Like all the best things always should 
And I'm being led astray
I'm saying all the words I'll regret someday
But life's too short for me to care

Bring bring bring
Bring it on down

I'm feeling fit to burst
But of all the words I'll choose the worst
And I'm confused
But I know that there's no time to lose

Bring bring bring
Bring it on down

We could spend our whole lives and let it pass by
So let's bring it on down why watch the time fly?

bring bring bring
Bring it on down


TOO MUCH TO LEARN

Why don't you let someone be rude to you
Kick you around and say that there is 
Nothing wrong with you that a good kick in the pants wouldn't cure
Haven't you heard that they're all too scared
Yes they're all too scared so no one says there's
Nothing wrong with you that a little bit of truth wouldn't cure

shoot my mouth off

Too much to learn
Don't you know there is 
So much to learn
Don't you know you have

When he's nodding his head it means yes or no
But you'll never know which until you find there's 
Nothing wrong with you that a quick walk down the street wouldn't cure

Shoot my mouth off
Too much to learn...

Didn't you know how much it cost
That the price you pay is when we say there's 
Nothing wrong with you that a jump in the lake wouldn't cure

Too much to learn...


WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW?

Now mostly you don't like me
And mostly that's okay
The mouth that launched a thousand words
Has nothing much to say
To say to me
You've been there, seen it, done it all
There no surprise for you
I know you think I waste your time
But I have news for you
Here's news for you

What would you know?

But maybe I should thank you
For all your kind advice
And now I'll return the favor
Don't try to be so nice
Don't waste my time

What would you know?

Your point of view is worthless
'Cause you don't understand
There are so few things worse than 
The cynic's hired hand

what would you know?


ONE FOR THE MONEY

Well I don't know about you
But there's not alot that I want to do
I could get a job in a bank...
...No I don't think so

But I've seen the ad I want the car
And all the things that make life just fine, don't they?
If you can have it, I can have it
All that's yours can surely be mine

And it's one for the money
To keep up with the Jones'
So you can look around and see you're not alone

Money wasn't meant for the poor
And it's truer now than ever before
You either have it or you don't 
So where do you fit?

It's never never when you need it
Always always when you don't but that's life
And I really wouldn't care if I could only have a share of the good life

And it's one for the money...

All in all, you know it's too easy


SOMEONE TO BLAME

Understand that we don't dislike you
Nothing ever goes quite as planned
Well you know that these things happen
So we just know you'll understand

But it's not you fault
We just need someone to blame

You really needn't take it so hard
You know how quickly people forget
We've heard it said that you're no bad loser
So we just know that you'll have no regrets

But it's not your fault
We just need someone to blame

doubt

 trust me

(trust me... i know what i'm doing!)

from day one i got things wrong
one day i'll get things right (MAYBE)
i never thought i knew the answers
while the whole world thinks they might

big headed, wrong-headed
anything under the sun
i'm really no-one

trust me
trust me
trust me

you were pushed away you were lead astray
you were dragged up the garden path
i made damn sure that i never (EVER)
did things by half

trust me
trust me
trust me
(... i know what i'm doing!)

trust me
trust me
trust me
trust me

trust me

trust me
trust me
trust me
trust me
trust me

(trust me... i know what i'm doing!)



 who?where?why?

who am i?
where am i?
why do i feel this way?
where am i?
why do i feel this way?

have you ever felt that it's someone else
living your life?
the image of you only better, it's true
at the outside, at the outside, at the outside, at the outside...

who am i?
where am i?
why do i feel this way?
where am i?
why do i feel this way?

is there nothing i've done
that was truly begun be the real me?
have i stood to the side aware of the tide
that drags...   me...   out to the sea....

who am i?
where am i?
why do i feel this way?
where am i?
why do i feel this way?

who am i?
where am i?
why do i feel this way?
where am i?
why do i feel this way?



 international bright young thing

please introduce yourself
let's shock the world with what we know
squeeze the world
'til it's small enough to join us heel to toe (heel to toe)

international bright young thing
now you know for sure that you make the world swing
international bright young thing
make it swing

high in the air between here and there
somewhere anywhere (anywhere but here)
i feel that i'm always home and i'm
never in love (never in love with fun) (??)
[the line is "that i'm...  never alone" according to the liner notes, but he
 says something after that, too]

international bright young thing
now you know for sure that you make the world swing
international bright young thing
make it swing

{????? for this next section}
asking dragons wishes while...
sun is making wishes while...
i know he's out there somewhere
i can ___ you, yeah

i'm so tired i can hardly think
so i feel instead and let you loose
inside my head (inside my head)
i hear you yelling it to me
spelling it out to me
when i thought i came from nowhere i came from
everywhere instead (everywhere instead)

international bright young thing
now you know for sure that you make the world swing
international bright young thing
make it swing



 i'm burning

so, when i cried
where were you?
and you know i cried
'cause i saw you
sometimes i think you
don't know what you say

i'm insecure
so insecure
you don't mind
don't be so sure...
one day i might just stop..
turn away

so did you know yeah
i'm burning
so what do you say
i'm burning
well he-he-hey
i'm burning
i'm burning up for you

under the skin
i bruise easily
and you say i'm soft
it's as may be
you'll never know until you
push..
it too far

so did you know yeah
i'm burning
so what do you say
i'm burning
well he-he-hey
i'm burning
i'm burning up for you

so did you know yeah
i'm burning
so what do you say
i'm burning
well he-he-hey, yeah
i'm burning
i'm burning up for you

so did you know yeah
i'm burning
so what do you say
i'm burning
well he-he-hey, yeah
i'm burning
i'm burning up for you



 right here, right now

A woman on the radio talked about revolution
when it's already passed her by
Bob Dylan didn't have this to sing about you
you know it feels good to be alive

I was alive and I waited, waited
I was alive and I waited for this
Right here, right now
there is no other place I want to be
Right here, right now
watching the world wake up from history

I saw the decade in, when it seemed  
the world could change at the blink of an eye
And if anything
then there's your sign... of the times

I was alive and I waited, waited
I was alive and I waited for this
Right here, right now

I was alive and I waited, waited
I was alive and I waited for this
Right here, right now
there is no other place I want to be
Right here, right now
watching the world wake up from history

Right here, right now
there is no other place I want to be
Right here, right now
watching the world wake up from history

Right here, right now
there is no other place I want to be
Right here, right now
watching the world wake up...



 nothing to hold me

i changed my name and you changed your mind
the only thing you left was me
behind to try and talk so bitter you make me feel so small
driving so fast, alive behind a dead wall
is it all so much art that keeps us apart (??)
the fine line goes, contradiction is star (??)
a case of the face in the place that doesn't fit
which way to turn, why don't you just stop it

i hope my feet stay on the ground (yeow stop it now) (??)
with nothing around to hold me, to hold me, (now!) to hold me

now something just went wrong inside of my head
all the things that i've done and i've said
disappear    'cause these things don't keep
when you wake one day and find you won't go back to sleep
so don't tell me what is right and what is wrong
it's no good    i've stood listening for too long
you don't understand what it means, what it's about
you can pay another day so shut up and drink up and get out

all of the things i say now (now!)
sound to me like someone wrote them for me
cheap greeting cards, hollywood films
lent to me a language no-one really uses
or do they?  do they?  do they?

i always leave, never stay
making promises for someday
someday hasn't yet come and you know
you're not the only one to wonder
when we'll ever meet again,  again,  again...



 real,real,real

i think i know what you mean
and although it sounds obscene
i will always do my best to understand
you have so many words
and your voice is always heard
but who can say they really understand?

real, real, real
do you feel real?
and if so i'd like to know
how to feel real real
do you feel real?
and if so i'd like to know

well you say you have a big love
and it really sounds like fun
if i knew what it was
then i'm sure i'd like to have one
give me a sign that you
feel some emotion

real, real, real
do you feel real?
and if so i'd like to know
how to feel real real
do you feel real?
and if so i'd like to know

say what you like you know that no-one
really minds
and if there's nothing to say, then
why don't we all go away?

do you real-
do you real-
do you really feel real? (??)

real, real, real
do you feel real?
and if so i'd like to know
how to feel real real
do you feel real?
and if so i'd like to know

but if there's nothing to say, then
why don't we all go away?

real, real, real
do you feel real?
and if so i'd like to know
how to feel real real
do you feel real?
and if so i'd like to know

do you real-
do you real-
do you really feel real?



 welcome back victoria

welcome back victoria
since you've gone you know that no-one's really missed you
welcome back victoria
and now your friends watch over everything
that we-ee do

welcome back victoria
so the pendulum swings back
welcome back victoria
you went away, OK
we got a little slack

and once again you'll cover up
what you don't understand
don't close your eyes
you can't hide behind your hands

welcome back victoria
we'll be no threat when we're deaf, dumb and blind
welcome back victoria
clean books, clean screens, clean words,
dirty minds

i am a child of the sixties
and for that i must pay
you wag your finger all you like
i'll tell you something, it's my children
they'll have no choice but to   say

welcome back victoria
i trust your piano legs are covered up again
welcome back victoria
double standards are you forte, now as then

welcome back victoria
we'll tip our tophats   to those who walk the streets, and you know what i mean, now
welcome back victoria
on commercial street  be careful who you meet, but you're alright, jack
welcome back, welcome back, yeah
welcome back, welcome back, eehee hee



 are you satisfied?

are you satisfied?
do you know what you want?
will it go with you when you die?

oh, the things i could do for you
if you want me to
if you want me to you've lost the point,
start again

all the things you want from me
don't come easily
if i give them away they're worth even less
than they are now

are you satisfied?
do you know what you want?
will it go with you when you die?
when the time's gone by
will you ask why
there was so much left
to try?

how do you do these things?
i don't see any strings
when you pull me in and everything is
all i want from you

here before my eyes
you have set the prize
but as soon as i touch
it always turns to dust

oh, how do you do it?
oh, how do you do it?

all the things i could do for you (i could do for you)
if you want me to (if you want me to)
all the things you want from me
don't come easily

are you satisfied?
do you know what you want?
will it go with you when you die?
when the time's gone by
will you ask why
there was so much left
to try?

oh, how do you do it?
how? how do you do it?

oh, how do you do it?
oh, how do you do it?



 two and two

everyone's giving a piece of their mind
the deaf, the dumb, the stupid and blind
crushing the words to the people who doubt
with the weight of the hard of the fast
COMING OUT

days that seem clear to me are the days
that you're near to me

everything is fine
and you know the sun will always shine
two and two always equals four
and life is simple when you're sure
the world's on someone else's shoulders
leave it there 'til it gets colder
two and two always equals four
did you never hope for something more?

black and white and wrong and right
real and real and how do you feel?
the louder you shout the better you're heard
the meek shall inherit the earth--THAT'S UBSURD!
the bigger they come, the harder they fall
'til you're big enough you don't fall at all

help, save, change me
you can rearrange me
but never let me say i know
for certain

everything is fine
and you know the sun will always shine
two and two always equals four
and life is simple when you're sure
the world's on someone else's shoulders
leave it there 'til it gets colder
two and two always equals four
did you never hope for something more?



 stripped

can't feel my head, my heart
everything aches and i can't cure it
imagine being afraid to think
sink into to the ground, endure it
i'm mad enough to kill and thrilled
i'm moved enough to cry
too much, too much
let all in
don't let it all pass you by
STRIPPED

STRIPPED, aoh
STRIPPED, oh

everyone is hungry
everyone needs to know
at the end of it all you've got to get what you want
or you'll have nothing else to show

STRIPPED, oh
STRIPPED, oh
everyone is hungry
everyone needs to know

everyone is hungry					STRIPPED, oh
everyone needs to know					STRIPPED, oh
at the end of it all you've got to get what you want	STRIPPED, oh
or you'll have nothing else to show			STRIPPED



 blissed

if the sun shines today
i think i'll stay here anyway
and if the world makes demands of me
then i'll wait and see

it's at times like these
i do what i please (do what i please)
and i'm pleased to say
it's like i've always wanted to feel this way

blissed, blissed
when i'm going somewhere, going nowhere
blissed, blissed
when i'm going nowhere, going somewhere

no-one ever else could feel like this
i couldn't settle for less than this

let the feel the air wash over me
let the ground sink beneath my feet
and i expect so much more from today
than just a time between tomorrow and yesterday

blissed, blissed
when i'm going nowhere, going somewhere
blissed, blissed
when i'm going somewhere, going nowhere

there'll be a time when all my dreams come to and end
when i'll run out of postcards for you all to send
but i'll keep with me
all the things i feel and see

blissed, blissed
when i'm going somewhere, going nowhere
blissed, blissed
when i'm going nowhere, going somewhere

Perverse

Zeroes and Ones
 

Across the world the message flies
Information, truth and lies
It's all yours and it's all mine
You just have to find the time
We're all the same, we share the blame, we play the games
If it's yes or no the decision is easy, it's easy
Zeroes and ones will take us there.

This time the revolution will be computerised
You'll know it as you do it
In real time before your eyes
Slip between realities
There's more to this than anything that you or I can see
The world is mine the world is yours and here's the cause
Zeroes and ones will take us there.

I've stared into the heart of it all
Seen the pictures on the wall
The beat of a heart
The oceans part and the patterns in my mind

This time, we've split the world once more
There's those that have and that don't in information wars
Wer'e not alone 'cos all is known and it's everywhere, it's everywhere

Zeroes and ones will take us there.




The Devil You Know
 

A life to call our own
That is ours alone
Is as hard as hell to come by these days
Time that I took what's mine, took it now

Things aren't what they where, they're what they are
There's no time of our own

And the devil you know is the only one

Is time too fast for us to grasp something of our own?
The ghost of the past has its arms around me
It moves everywhere in all I hear and see

And the devil you know is the only one

Look at you now, look at you then, see how you will be
All of your life belongs to me

Things aren't what they where, they're what they are
There's no time of our own

And the devil you know is the only one





Get a Good Thing
 

Oh we had some magic and used it all
There's a tinge of regret but not what you'd call real sorrow
Didn't think much, if at all
Whatever the cost we'll pay it all tomorrow

But I'd rather be damned than let you go
And I'd rather be damned 'cos I know

You've gotta get a good thing when you see it

We let our lives slip, just for a while
It took all we had but it made you smile too

And I'd rather be damned than let you go
And I'd rather be damned 'cos I know

You've gotta get a good thing when you see it 

But I'd rather be damned than let you go
And I'd rather be damned 'cos I know

You've gotta get a good thing when you see it 





From Love to War
 

If I hold you to the light
Should I see right through you?
If I question what you are will it bring me any closer to you?

From Love to War
What we aim for is to keep the illusion
You can take your conscience for a lover
And satisfied there is no other
You can dream

Any doubts we had
Had better not show
What good would they do us
Leaving us nowhere to go?

From Love to War
What we aim for is to keep the illusion
Taking a stand for the benefit of man
And angry with pride because God is on our side

I could do with some sleep
'Cos the rubbish I talk is getting deep
And if I don't believe in you
Then there's nothing I can do
But throw myself at the walls 
And love no-one at all

From Love to War
What we aim for is to keep the illusion
You can take your conscience for a lover
And satisfied there is no other
You can dream





Magazine


All the things I read come from magazines
My concentration never was what it might have been
And I know that I'm impatient but there isn't really time
To have all these ideas going through my mind

Magazine
For your survival
Magazine
There's no modern rival
Magazine

Choose what I want to read so I'm never bored
All the time I save I use to read more

Magazine
It's just like the real thing
Magazine
But better looking
Magazine

From the absurd to the obscene
Uncovered here in

Magazine
All of life in fun size
Magazine
And you can win this great prize
Magazine.





Yellow Brown
 

There is a line between good and evil
That separates light from dark
But a colour now spells our end
And everywhere I see its mark, it's
Yellow Brown

In the city air, in all our seas
You can see every other colour bleed into
Yellow Brown

There is no time to spend
Concerned that this is just a trend
To lay the blame everywhere
When it's yours that is the lion's share of
Yellow Brown

And I won't do
'Cos you won't do
'Cos we know there's nothing they will do about
Yellow Brown

There's nothing to save us from ourselves
But the world keeps turning
The world keeps turning





The Right Decision
 

(Compromise and confusion steal us away)

When they say ignorance is bliss
It makes it sound too good to miss
How about that?
And the problem with success is you become what you detest
How about that?

So who to believe and who do you trust
Well, it might as well be you
'Cos it seem that no-one else has got a clue

Get it wrong get it right
You can try as hard as you like
But there's no such thing in the world as the right decision
(Compromise and confusion steal us away)

Now it's okay for you to smoke
Just as long as it's not dope
How about that?
Two wrongs don't make a right
But there's a Gulf where they just might
How about that?

Suspended by trust
Reserved my belief
And did all I could do
In the hope that I might pick up any clues

Get it wrong get it right
You can try as hard as you like
But there's no such thing in the world as the right decision

Compromise and confusion steal us away

When to serve and protect
Means we may just break your neck
How about that?
For every question why
There's an answer on the sly
That few will look in the eye

Get it wrong get it right
You can try as hard as you like
But there's no such thing in the world as the right decision
(Compromise and confusion steal us away) 






Don't Believe It
 

You came at the right time, filled the right space
And ever since then I've seen your true face
You and me, what do we know of each other?

You're a cartoon, the butt of bad jokes
Every picture of you seems out of focus
You're evil personified come to avenge
Our perfect enemy out for revenge
You and me, what do we know of each other?
                                      
I, I, I don't believe it
I don't believe it
I, I, I don't believe it
There's nothing here that seems to fit

There no doubt what you did was wrong
You'll get an excuse in this song
But an eye for an eye makes no sense to me
The state of us now is this how it'll always be?
You and me, what do we know of each other?

I, I, I don't believe it
I don't believe it
I, I, I don't believe it
There's nothing here that seems to fit

Who does it serve
To believe every word you heard
To hear without listening
Look without seeing

You came at the right time, filled the right space
And ever since then I've seen your true face
You and me, what do we know of each other?

I, I, I don't believe it
I don't believe it
I, I, I don't believe it
There's nothing here that seems to fit





Your Crusade
 

Include me out
You dig your own grave
You build your own walls
I don't believe enough to believe in you

Oh no, not me, I'm not part of your crusade

Don't need your approval
Your safety in numbers
You stay in your team
I don't care enough to share your dream

Oh no, not me, I'm not part of your crusade

I don't need someone like you
Expecting me to share your views
'Cos I don't expect that what you see has anything to do with me

Oh no, not me, I'm not part of your crusade





Tounge Tied
 

I'm trapped in words
Held hostage by my friends
Tripped up by meaning
Taking a road just to get to it's end

Tounge tied
It's killing me

I want to see things for the first time
Show you things that are brighter, darker, sharper, softer

But I'm struck dumb and dead
Thoughts like paper over fire

There's a hole in my world
That makes me talk like a liar

Over there I see a fist fight
A woman in a care full of toys smokes a cigarette
Conversations twist and turn
I get the feeling I am learning more than ever before
This is the first time

Tounge tied
It's killing me




Spiral
 

In my life there's a right time and a right place
There is order
There is method well, you know where
There is routine, nothing spare
Catch the light in a different way
And all the bullshit falls away and I

Stare, into a heart of darkness
There is no good, no evil, only me

There is no love, not anymore
I don't think there ever was
As for me, I feel no hate
I may believe in luck
But not in fate

Stare, into a heart of darkness
There is no good, no evil, only me

Stare, into a heart of darkness
There is no good, no evil, only me

On the wall there is a red light
When I close my eyes
I see spirals.





Idiot Stare
 

I played with the fire
Stared at the light, screamed at the pain
Pushed to the centre
Took no advice, waited in vain

I questioned it too
Thought about me, thought about you
The corruption between us
The power and lies, dreams come true

I don't know if I care
I can't feel, I can't speak, I can't think
Caught in an idiot stare

I won't let it go
Hold it to me, it's mine to the end
A shadow that hugs me
My black dog, my enemy friend

I don't know if I care
I can't feel, I can't speak, I can't think
Caught in an idiot stare

b sides

				**********

cut & dried by Jesus Jones (written by Mike Edwards)
       from the single Bring it on Down


the things that scare me most
are the things that i know least about
like love and death and being alone
and some things i don't talk about
baby says to me to be as happy as can be
she needs "[a] little help from her friends"
and she says "oh yes, but i still love you"
and that's all very well, but
where does it all end?

cut and dried
i wanna be like a machine inside
cut and dried
i wanna be like a machine inside

should i leave this burning ship
or should i stand on the deck 'til the end?
oh i can choose it either way i will lose
but at least on that i can depend
so how can i care for you
when you won't even care for yourself?
all i need is just some little way out
that's not so     bad for my health

cut and dried
i wanna be like a machine inside
cut and dried
i wanna be like a machine inside

cut and dried
i wanna be like a machine inside
cut and dried
i wanna be like a machine inside

				**********

dead peoples lives by Jesus Jones (written by Mike Edwards)
       from the single realrealreal


page after page, day after day
dead people's lives are on display
caught by surprise, shot in the eyes
man makes death a living and finally dies

what have i done?

good to his friends, comes to an end
he's part of the history tour

what have i done?

see them all come alive
in front of your eyes

-     to the man who made  -           {help here, please...}
-  but you thought you'd go for all-   {help here, please...}

invented the jet, won all his bets
surely this one isn't dead yet?
time is on my side
while i decide how to get there

see them all come alive
in front of your eyes
dead people's lives

see them all come alive
in front of your eyes
see them all come alive
in front of your eyes
dead people's lives

				**********

damn good at this by Jesus Jones (written by Mike Edwards)
       from the EP right here, right now


it's your life, do what you want
it's your life, and i'd love to say i couldn't care less
to tell you the truth you know, that i'd
love to say just something to you
it's my life, and for now, it's still a mess

don't waste your time asking me
'cause i feel fine
all the times i've been through this before made me
damn good at this

take your time, don't hurry back
ooh, but i didn't mean it
it's only pride that makes me say that

don't waste your time asking me
'cause i feel fine
all the times i've been through this before made me
damn good at this

i'm open to suggestion, but
only those i wan't to hear
whoa-whoa
cannot shed a single tear

don't waste your time asking me
'cause i feel fine
all the times i've been through this before made me
damn good at -- damn good at this

				**********

move me by Jesus Jones (written by Mike Edwards)
       from the EP right here, right now


around me, through me,
over me you came you went
there was no harm spent
was it really worth our while?

move me, move me
move me (if you can't it's not worth a damn)
move me, move me
move me (if you can't it's not worth a damn)

all the pain is ours to gain
if it's dangerous it's good for us
let's lose control, let it
slip away

move me, move me
move me (if you can't it's not worth a damn)
move me, move me
move me (if you can't it's not worth a damn)

move me, move me
move me (if you can't it's not worth a damn)
move me, move me
move me (if you can't it's not worth a damn)

				**********

maryland by Jesus Jones (written by Mike Edwards)
       from the single international bright young thing


just when i thought that our paths would be crossed
i was lost

i thought all that lay between you and me was the sea
i was wrong, that didn't take too long

T.V. scenes are just as they seem i've watched all my life and never got
under the skin
meet my own new friends
hello, how've you been?

i was lost
i was lost
i was lost
i was lost

in maryland there's nothing to do except sit here alone
and think of you
what would you do?

i was lost
i was lost
i was lost
i was lost

i was lost (maryland)
i was lost
i was lost (maryland)
i was lost

(maryland)

i was lost (maryland)
i was lost
i was lost (maryland)
i was lost

i was lost (maryland)
i was lost
i was lost (maryland)
i was lost

				**********

need to know by Jesus Jones (written by Mike Edwards)
       from the single international bright young thing


i need to know
what will make us happy?
and i need to know
will you always love me?

i need to know
where on earth is elvis?
i need to know
why you even listen to this

'cause it's no good
taking second best

i need to know
where all the energy goes
and i need to know
are there really U.F.O.s?

'cause it's no good
taking second best
it's no good
when you put it to the test

i need to know
will i really go to hell?
i need to know
if we only cry for ourselves

i DON'T need to know
who kill laura palmer?
i need to know
what's the winning formula?

'cause it's no good
taking second best
it's no good
when you put it to the test

				**********

caricature by Jesus Jones (written by Mike Edwards)
       from the single who?where?why


well, let's draw a picture have some fun (??)
with ourselves
draw the outlines of the details
when i'm wrong i'm right
how can i lose?
when my mind mind is set i don't expect
i'll need anything from you

i draw what i feel
doesn't matter if it's real
the truth is no concern of mine
if you laugh at the outline

you're ugly and cruel you act like a fool
have you no respect for yourself
i don't care what's in there you didn't even share
so you can drink to the state of your wealth

i draw what i feel
doesn't matter if it's real
truth is no concern of mine
if you laugh at the outline

he thinks the earth is 'is own you know
he really should be shown that
the world doesn't live behind his eyes
so if you'll take the first step
i'll take the next, 'cause
the time has come to cut 'im down to size

i draw what i feel
doesn't matter if it's real
truth is no concern of mine
if you laugh at the outline

i draw what i feel
doesn't matter if it's real		i draw what i feel
the truth is no concern of mine		doesn't matter if it's real
i said i draw what i feel
doesn't matter if it's real		truth is no concern of mine
truth is no concern of mine		if you laugh at the outline

draw what i feel
doesn't matter if it's real		i draw what i feel
the truth is no concern of mine		doesn't matter if it's real
i said i draw what i feel
doesn't matter if it's real		truth is no concern of mine
truth is no concern of mine		if you laugh at the outline

				**********

kill today by Jesus Jones (written by Mike Edwards)
       from the single who?where?why?


cut my skin so i could bleed for you
you didn't like the colour
and now all that's left is a bleeding heart
(and i hate that more than the other)

don't talk to me
don't think of me
don't ask of me
you won' 'ear from me
as sad as it may seem there's not a lot i want to say, so
i might as well go to sleep
and kill today
kill today

kill today, what a fine idea
murder all your sorrows
but why design on killing time?
(if you put off now, well it won't be done tomorrow)

don't talk to me
don't think of me
don't ask of me
you won' 'ear from me
as sad as it may seem there's not a lot i want to say, so
i might as well go to sleep
and kill today

kill today, ask me tomorrow
kill today, ask me tomorrow

don't talk to me
don't think of me
don't ask of me
you won' 'ear from me
as sad as it may seem there's not a lot i want to say, so
i might as well go to sleep
and kill today

don't talk to me
don't think of me
don't ask of me
you won' 'ear from me
as sad as it may seem there's not a lot i want to say, so
i might as well go to sleep
and kill today

				**********

PHOENIX by Jesus Jones (written by Mike Edwards)
       from the single THE DEVIL YOU KNOW


on the edge of ___
goes to fast (??)
too good to be good too good to lie

gonna go away
keep the world at bay...

the need to destroy
oh, woe is me (??)
it's started again
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ again

gonna go away
keep the world at bay...

gonna go away
keep the world at bay...

				**********

STARTING FROM SCRATCH by Jesus Jones (written by Mike Edwards)
       from the single THE RIGHT DECISION

if everything i know is wrong
then it's high time i moved on
cleanse myself of my mistakes
be new to the world and celebrate it

up from the ashes i'm
starting from scratch
a new lease in life, i'm
starting from scratch

looking for something i've lost
so i can find what my future will cost
see if i can look in my eyes
go out in the world with no disguise

up from the ashes i'm
starting from scratch
a new lease in life, i'm
starting from scratch


up from the ashes i'm
starting from scratch
a new lease in life, i'm
starting from scratch

back from the dead i'm
starting from scratch
a new lease in life, i'm
starting from,
starting from,
starting from scratch

				**********

machine drug by Jesus Jones (written by Mike Edwards)


machine drug, machine drug

all my life i've wanted things
the happiness that they might bring
but most of all i want things now
it really doesn't matter how

i can see that the world will die
and i've been the blink of an eye

machine help me put the gun against my head
you'll only be no use to me
when i'm dead

the turn of a thousand years
it breeds all my deepest fears
it hides in my strongest dreams
it kills all hope and strips it clean...

machine drug, machine drug, machine

machine help me put the gun against my head
you'll only be no use to me
when i'm dead

machine drug, machine drug, machine

                      **************************

SONG: broken bones

you can crawl
you can walk
you can beg or you can talk
there'll always be broken bones

you can crawl
you can walk
you can beg or you can talk
there'll always be broken bones

broken bones
broken bones
broken bones
broken bones

you can crawl
you can walk
you can beg or you can talk
there'll always be broken bones

you can crawl
you can walk
you can beg or you can talk
there'll always be broken bones

you can crawl (yeah)
you can walk (yeah)
you can beg or you can talk (ooh)
there'll always be broken bones

broken bones
broken bones
broken bones
broken bones


                      **************************
SONG: i don't want that kind of love

i don't want that kind of love

well, you're not very nice
you make me feel small
i should be standing in the room
and not in the hall

your father's kind to ask me if
he keeps you fat an' everything
it's tempting, but
so is sin

and i don't want that kind of love
no, i don't want that kind of love

now i'm crawling up the wall
to get a better view
someone's ringing on the bell
asking for me or you

his finance gives you everything
why  worry what tomorrow brings?
it's tempting but
so is sin

and i don't want that kind of love
no, i don't want that kind of love

i don't want that kind of love

i don't want that kind of love

i don't want that kind of love
i don't want that kind of love
i don't want that kind of love

i'm crawling on the wall, i'm crawling on the wall,
i'm crawling on the wall, i'm crawling on the wall,
i'm crawling on the wall, i'm crawling on the wall,
i'm crawling on the wall

i don't want that kind of love
i don't want that kind of love

i don't want that kind of love, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
i don't want that kind of love

i don't want that kind of love

Already

THE NEXT BIG THING

The next big thing
Life can be so calm
The next big thing
So calm without you

I am waiting for the next big thing
Bring it on quick time to me
I tap my fingers to the same old thing
And dream of better things to see

I couldn't tell you what path it comes by
I couldn't tell you if it's plain to see
I couldn't tell you if it's gonna change the world
But I hope to Hell it's gona chagne me

I am waiting fo rthe next big thing
I'm scared of all that's behind me
All my faith is in the next big thing
It's where I'll hide what you don't see

I couldn't tell you what clothes it wears
I couldn't tell yo if it's black or white
I couldn't tell you if it's gonna change the world
But any change at all would be alright

Round and round the world we go
Back and forth in time
Always looking for the new sensation
Bigger and better every time

So calm without you, without you, without you, without you



RUN ON EMPTY

Don't look up too quick
You'll see the sky is falling down on you
And when you run on empty
The ground will wait to swallow you

I have a dream returning every night
The goal is out of reach but still in sight
I'm getting thin but grinning every day
I run on empty too much, it's just my way

And in all your dreams doesn't it seem
That you're wearing lead boots, growing tree routes, caught in quicksand?
I can see ahead the end of the line
This is some kind of meltdown just in time
I see declining empires fade away
The games were getting ugly anyway


LOOK OUT TOMORROW

It's OK, it's OK, it's OK

Stand back look out tomorrow
Here comes a man without sorrow

I guess it's OK if today's unlike the rest
And it's OK that I'm not quite at my best
But if you're looking at me to set your mind at ease
Well then there's no way, let's just give it all a rest

I know you and all you're thinking
You know me, you know I'm sinking

Stand back look out tomorrow
Here comes a man without sorrow
Good thing looks are deceiving
Quick smile then I should be leaving

And so it's OK that I shouldn't say a word
And it's OK that what I think is never heard
But I'm looking at you to help me understand why it is OK
That I hide behind these words

I know you and all you're thinking
You know me, you know I'm sinking

It's OK, it's OK, it's OK

But it's OK, it's OK, it's OK, it's OK, it's OK,



TOP OF THE WORLD

For the first time in my life
I know how I want to go
Spin through the warm air
To a thousand feet below
The top of the world's the place
Where the canyons fall below
And you can see from the there
To the depts of your soul

I'm not there yet 
Not weak enough yet
I'll keep paying my bills
If this is as hard as it gets
On top of the world
On top of the world

Walk up to the edge
And the silence fills your head
You'll find right there
If you will lead or just be led

I'm not there yet
Not weak enough yet
Don't flatter me now

I'm not there yet
Not weak enough yet
Don't forgive all my sins
If this is as hard as it gets

I'm not there yet
Not weak enough yet
Keep my name in your book



RAILS

You live your life like it's on rails
No choice where you go, you're on rails

We stumble through
And I think I am linked up to you
'Cos I can never think of you without this sorow

What can you do
In the face of all your dreams
When your destination's never where it seemed, where it seemed

We like to think that we choose our fortune
Like spinning a whell
But with leaves on the track you tell me 
How does it feel?



WISHING IT AWAY

Live fast die young, the words of a fool it seems
Hell bent getting there, seeing nothing on the way
Where are you now, when all eyes would be on you
Dumbstruck, disappeared, leaving everything to do

You were wishing it away

Sail up the stream travel so far
But always get out of the boat
Sail up the stream travel far
But always leave the boat

Here in my hands; all that I could wish for
Timebomed, stick around see it all go up in smoke
With these very hands, I'll pull it all apart
I know in the end it'll sound like some sad joke

'Cos I'll be wishing it away

Wishing it away
Wishing it away

Nothing is sacred, not life nor hapiness
Least of all is the world that we live in unless we make it pay

We're wishing it away


CHEMICAL #1

Here it comes! Here it comes! Here it comes! Here it Comes!
It's adrenalin for me
That is waiting patiently
For when push comes to shove which it usually does for me

No time here to explain
All the many ways to gain
The sneak-up-behind, jump start your mind for free

And here it comes!

It's a little bit sad
But isn't it fun?
To spend a life chasing chemical #1
Isn't it fun?

The romantics out there say
That emotions aren't this way
But whatever the name, it feels the same to me

And here it comes!

Isn't it fun?


MOTION

Reason you look for are reasons you find
For climbing a mountain, for taking a gamble, 
to leave it all behind

Motion takes me

I have to have motion, I get release in motion
If I move I'll be fine
I've got to hit the right speed to shake off what I don't need
Be free from my mind

Reasons you look for are reasons you find
I have to have motion, I get release in motion
If I move I'll be fine

THEY'RE OUT THERE

He doesn't have a friend just some occupations
Staring at the sky or at computer screens
It gets you in the neck, all this looking skywards
But every marty knows that you suffer in belief

But if only you could see that things that he has seen!
'Cos he knows that he can tell you just what all this means

He knows, it's true that they're our there
He knows, it's true that they're our there
And there's very little faith left on this world

There's so much in the sky, it must be hiding something
He thinks that he's prepared and he's counting down the days

And if only you could see the things that he has seen!
'Cos he's sure that he could tell you just what all this means

It's so easy when we sneer
And mock the faith that he holds dear
But just like us he's chasing dreams

If you look hard enough then you'll see it clearly
There's something that we need always coming from the sky

And there's very little faith left on this world


FOR A MOMENT

Free for a moment, high above
Just for a moment I am in the arms of love

If I could be all that I want to be
The greats of ths world would hang their heads in despair
If you could hear what I want you to hear
You'd think you couldn't breathe without that sound

And there's always something more that I should tell you
More lost that I am found
So I'm trying to clear my head so I'll be 

If I could say all that I want to say
I'd hide in shame for years when I was done

But there's always something more that I should tell you
More lost than I am found
So I'm trying to clear my head so I'll be

And there' sthe rub in being human
It get in the way of all your dreaming


ADDICTION, OBSESSION AND ME

It's addiction, it's obsession, it's a need to be me
It's addiction, it's obsession, so I can feel that I'm free

Born in a time that sanctions all desire
I fight my insticts all the way
Drawn to a strom of things I have to have
With patience like other virtues still in the way

I get enough of things to need them more
Like love and destruction to name but two
It's getting harder telling good from bad
With you senses asking was it good for you

It's addiction, it's obsession, it's a need to be me

There's so much I feel I have to have


FEBRUARY

You're never going to say the things you want to say
The things you want to change will usually stay that way
The promises you break outweigh the ones you keep
The sky I'm told is blue is looking very grey

Nothing's going to seem the way it seems to you
It never turns out quite the way you want it to
Paint upon the wall for the hundredth time
But what you try to hide will come shining though
But what you try to hide will come shining though

There's so much you would do if you just had the time
Like try to write a song but in never rhymes (only sometimes)
You'd love to change the system but it works too well for you
If you didn't have to patience you could turn to crime

There's something that you fell that you can't explain
That makes you feel lost when it starts to rain
It bothers you the most when you are on your own
It whispers your intentions will all be in vain

The month you hate the most is always February


TOGETHER

When the sun's this bright
I have to blind myself with the light
I have to get too close
To the things that hurt me the most

When I'm pushed and pulled without ever knowning...

Why does it seem
I'm falling apart
Just tell me where to start
Show me how we'll be
Together, together

If you fail at so much
Would it hurt to fail again?
And if you've lost your touch
It's time to feel once again

When you're pushed and pulled without ever knowing why

I know
That you're going to save me in the end, in the end
I know
That you're going to save me in the end

So tell me why does it seem
I'm falling apart
Just tell me where to start
Show me how we'll be...


MAN ON THE MOON

I never wrote a book like the ones I like to read
'Cos aiming for the stars, well, it brings me to my knees
I thought I handled sin when it was sin that handled me
When I thought I saw the light
I couldn't see the wood for the trees

There's a man on the moon
and he says that he's not coming down
But he's thinking of you every time the world spins around

I could never eat enough so I bit the hand that fed
Always talked too much but most was left unsaid

I lost friends and influenced no-one
Announced the ending before it was over
Fought accusations that I was jaded
But I look at the stars and know their lights already faded

london

MESSAGE

This is a message, this is a wake up call
If you've fallen further than you thought you could fall
Go on, get up now, you screwed yourself to the floor
But you're not screwed, if your choose, anymore

This is a message for you, you should take this call
This is a message for you, before you fall back down

Hey automatic, disengage, cut the schedule, leave the plan alone
Walk with the living, the flesh and blood are waiting for you back home

This is a mesage for you, you should take this call
This is a message for you, before your fall back down

And when the pieces get picked up
There are those edges that can cut
It's a rish you're going to take

You've got to seop this almost-clever
Simple things should be simple said
What you believe in, if there's anything
Let it replace the mess in your head

This was a message for you, I hope you took this call
This was a message for you to stop you falling down, back down

STRANGER

Are you jealous, still super zealous
Do you miss it, or kiss and dimiss it
Do you get the guest list, may be the second best list
Or are you lining up with all the rest list?

Stranger
Does the mirror hold surprise for you?
Stranger
So what comes next when dreams come true?
(Was it good for you?)

Blow the dust off, scrape the rust off
Is it worth it if you could even unearth it?
What are you thinking, are you swimming or sinking?
Waht is it you're feeling now, happy or sad somehow?

Everyone aroudn you feels the heat
They'd burn their fingers for a piece
But you of all should sympathise
A city full of those that never will
Stand close enought to get their thrill
Do you want what you see through their eyes?


THE ROCKET SHIPS OF LA JOLLA

The rocket ships of La Jolla are waiting to blast away, blast away
Away for adventrue, a trip of lifetime of discovery
And you are the captain, going without me

California drive-by, shooting film from the car
Church by the road like rockets pointing at the stars
How did we get here, what on earth went wrong?
Leave the earth on a rocket ship if you feel you don't belong

It's just an idle dream, a fantasy, but I'll tell you something
a dream was good enought for me

California sunshine, north London rain
The same sky that launched them both will welcome you again
A house of devotion, more than it seems?
Fool myself with appearances
If you know what I mean

So what the hell is wrong with fantasy?
A dream was good enough me


ASLEEP ON THE MOTORWAY

It could just be me but there's a phoniness about
The magic and the mystery of 3am
Pondering not so much the meaning of life
More the miles per lonely hour before a coffee stop again

Asleep on the moterway
There is a world beyond the glare of these lights
Asleep on the motorway
Trying hard to believe it's just one of those nights

No-one here to guide me thorugh the darkest hour
Just lines on the road likes days ina year
Trains of a thought run alongside, remot in the dark
You've gotta keep alert to stop 'em getting to near

And then it hits me, or rather, I hit it


HELLO NEON

You can hear the night is calling with it's sentences unended
And the promises it seldom ever keeps
I have to hear some music make the windows shake
Either that or sounds to make my heart ache

Dressed like this, it's the best that I can do
The mirror sees me out the door

Hello Neon!
Are you ready for me
Turn up all your lights for me

I'm a heavy passive smoker and a hyperactive drinker
And I'm squashed between two people I don't know
She thinks she once met me was it quite some time ago?
He just looks away and he lets his boredom show

This conversation, it's the best that I can do
Beyond the weather and the news

Is this the best that I can do?
Help me!

Decision time what's the best for me to do
Is it a bus or a taxi home?


THE A TEAM

A lined red face burns in the sun, frying on the pavement
This Mr T endorses rum, now you know
T for Tennants fromt eh can, it's the choice of champions
Become an extraordinary man, a super man
Legal at 18
To try for the A Team
It's the children most impressed, that clown's lost his make up
He's raging at the damed success, at being the best
We may never make the grade, not the likes of you and I
But once or twice a week we try, then we dry
It take sdedication
To be on the A Team
Not just teenage bravado
You went the extra mile
Forget the weekenders 'cos
All the prcatice came good just like you knew it would
The cream of the cream
Go off in the A Team
There are still placings now
To be on the A Team


HALF UP THE HILL

Half up the hill, as near to you now as I ever will be

All mixed up, nowhere to go
All these remotes but I'm not in control
Out of sight still in creach
Early morning Germans on the beach
I shoudl have said something
What was it stopped me?
So still I know nothing
I'm only..
Half up the hill, as near to you now as I wever will be

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Place false hope here
Remain out of the clear
Stuck in the riddle of you
Emotional / personal superglue


THE PRINCESS OF MY HEART

THe princess of my heart, shee is someone I know
She doesn't appear in the headlines wherever I I go
The princess of my heart won't good fortune to see
Oh but it's my good fortune that she is with me
I hope she knows, yes she knows, then that's alright

How dark would be my heart if sehe were take away?
The death of a famous name would mean little that day
I hope she knows, yes shee knows, then that's alright

I hear the lynch mob baying
I'd better guard what I am saying
They've come to tear apart the few
Heartless ones of a differnt view
And I'm sitting here not much to show
Just a few lines to let her know, maybe she knows
Then that's alright

The princess of my heart she is someone I know


GETAWAY CAR

Here come the getaway car
Inside, the getaway star
Here come the getaway car
The getaway car don't get that far
Here come the getaway car
Inside, the getaway star
Here come the getaway car
Ther getaway car don't get that far
Police sirens going the wrong way
but it makes no difference
There's nowhere left for you to go
This is now way to spend a day
Looking back, scared shitless
I'm telling you nothing you don't know
Here come the getaway car
This ain't no film star
Here come the getaway car
The getaway car's no Jaguar
Here come the getaway car
This ain't no film star
Here come the getaway car
The getaway car's no Jaguar
Some of the people stop and stare
But where's the glamour?
Just two scared kids in a dirt cheap car
This is no way to spend a day
Looking back, scared shitless
I'm telling you nothing you don't know
There sits the getaway car
Smashed up, won't get that far
Doors wide, the getawy car
On foot, the getaway star
There sits the getaway car
Damn close but no cigar
This was the getaway car
The getaway car don't get... far!


TO GET THERE 

There's little left to fight except the demons inside
A pandemonium of pride
The measure of the man, as seen on TV
All the things that you could be

Just tyring to be advert man
You don't have to dream to get there
But it's harder than it seems to get there
Everyone needs something to aim for

It isn't life or death, I'm not searching a soul
Trying to plug an absent hole
But it's meaningful to me, trying to find the line
See how I am defined

All the people that I need to see now
All the places that I need to be now
Did the time slip by whn I looked the other way
Thin of tomorrow when I should be thinking of today

The measure of the man, as seen on TV
All the things that you could be


NOWHERE SLOW

All the people going nowhere
Going nowhere slow
All the people going howhere
Going nowhere slow

I saw the apocalypse licking it's lips
Sat in a van on the M25
You could just sit and stare, it was going nowhere
Chances are it will never arrive

In my car, well, I don't go far
And it's driving me insane

Went to the park and ride
But the city had parked then died
There's nothign left there anyway
Back to the motorway
Fell asleep like yesterday
Maybe I dreamed it, I coudln't say

In my car, well, I don't go far
And it's driving me isnsane

I saw the apolalypse swinging it's hips


IN THE FACE OF ALL OF THIS

Where there's an aircraft down
There'll be casualties from some English town
There's always an African war
Meaning one vote, once, once more

In the face of all of this
What troubles do you and I possess?
In the face of all of this
Trouble enough it seems

Down in Afghanistan
They've killed a woman who dressed like a man
A city is under mud
But it's OK, there's no television blood

In the face of all of this
What troubles do you and I possess?
In the face of all of this
Our troubes are easy to resist

Here's the chinese
They do exactly what the please
And the toll is climbing high

What troubles do you and I possess?
In the face of all of this
Troubles I'll now put away