Knife My Heart

You're thinking about the money,
Oh, yes, I know you're smart.
What are you worth?
Did he show you the gun?
Did he tell you the truth?

All those little pretties,
Is this really what you want from me?
Oh, yes, I know you're smart,
I offered you my key
And you knifed my heart.

Well, I've heard all about you
And I know what you've won.
Now what are you worth?
I'm not so strong.
Did he tell you the truth?
Did he tell you the truth?

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Still Full Of Shocks

Still full of shocks
Still full of crying
And long shots of people
Saying goodbye.

I'm watching from close-up
Because sometimes it still touches on me
And sometimes I know
That I'll never believe in it again.

Still watching out for something
And it's not up to me to look for you
And if you can't find your answers
You can be sure that I won't know mine.

Stay full of shocks
And full of waiting
And not always watching people
Saying goodbye.

Sometimes I'm looking from much closer
And sometimes it still happens to me
And sometimes I hope
That I'll never believe in it again.

(So I'm feeling left alone
And I'm just feeling so empty
And is there anyone else to find
That I won't have already seen?)

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Stuck On China

Stuck inside of China while the seven seas explode
Breaking up your galleons and firing on the road
The mandarin's vengeance beat the pirate attack
Lost on the China Seas-the terror of the Tong.

Stuck inside of China on the slowest canton train
Pushing fashion in your head without the Seven Dials
The scourge of the red dragon beat the pirate attack
Lost on the China Seas-the terror of the Tong.

Stuck in China with too much broken glass
In the hands of the mandarin
Stuck in China while the mandarin screams
Stuck in China-on a canton train.

Stuck inside of China while the seven seas explode
The beggar of Shantung slid through the city of death
Pushing fashion in your head and all the stupid junk
Lost on the China Seas - the terror of the Tong.

Stuck in China with too much broken glass
In the hands of the mandarin
Stuck in China while the mandarin screams
Stuck in China-on a canton train.

Stuck in China with too much broken glass
In the hands of the mandarin
Stuck in China-on a canton train
Stuck in China-on a canton train.

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Ringing On My Train

Ringing on my train
On the coral you catch the grain
And wrapped up in a blanket
Ain't my idea of fun
And if you want to kiss me
Make sure that you still smile.

Ringing on my train
Still wearing high-button shoes
Look I don't really know
And I don't really care
What happened here
Probably still goes down over there.

Ringing on my train
Ringing on my train
And if you want to see me
Make sure that you still smile.

Ringing on my train
Still wearing old fashion shoes
Look I don't really know
And I don't really care
What happened here
Probably still goes down over there.

Ringing on my train
It's ringing on my train
Pushing out tonight
Ringing on my train
Look I don't really know
And I don't really care
When it's
Ringing on my train
Ringing on my train
Ringing on my train
Ringing on my train.

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Fashion Cult

First:
There's a cut on my arm
But it's nearly a joust,
And the knife on my bed
Merely mirrors the room.
On the window still lies,
Just white shoes on the floor.
And the touch of the sun
Is cutting my eyes,
And it's coming on close,
Soon be slicing my edge.
And crawl to the bed
But the back's still in place.
Put us into scenes
And let us escape.
Or make us a role,
Coming on, nothing less;
Like a touch of mystique,
But a hint of the sign.
It's another long year,
But nothing passes like time.

Second:
It's another sad day
In another sad place,
And a cut in the arm's
Better than one in the face.
And I'm taking the message,
I'm still rather young,
Not ready to give up,
I'm still hanging on.
Oh, I can understand you,
You gave up before.

It's another reaction
To another betrayal,
Just a lack of approval,
Another sad day.
But the reality bores me
Like the dream of a home,
For the sons of heroes,
But the child sits down
By the fire that burns
And the fire that stuns.
I can understand that
You can't understand me.
I can understand you,
Can't understand me.
Understand you,
Try to understand me.
It's not that easy
To understand me.
It's not that easy
To understand me.
It's not that easy
To understand me.
It's not that easy
To understand me.
Understand me.
Understand me.
Understand me.

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Forest Fire

I was walking, I was talking, I was alive
Pushing through the pictures, looking for a forest fire
Every day I saw you but I never felt that sure
I got stones in my eyes and I couldn't take a forest fire.

Black rat swing out, the first hit that I ever saw
Watching all the cameras, everything for that girl
Twenty-seven years and then she got that paralysed
I got stones in my eyes and I couldn't take a forest fire.

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New York

I don't wanna go because I know
And all of those toys that crawl, they just reach for doors.
I don't wanna go because I know
And I've seen you, you're crying above the ship.

You just stuck out hiding from the trees
You just lost your fame inside the shop.

I don't wanna go because I know
Oh! I can't see the pictures that you lost.
I don't wanna go because I know
The only way out is to wait for it again.

You just stuck out hiding from the trees
You just lost your fame inside the shop.

I don't wanna go because I know
And I just bought a ship it's made of brass.
I don't wanna go because I know
You're falling from the target like a toy.

You just stuck out hiding from the trees
You just lost your fame inside the shop.

I don't wanna go because I know
And I don't wanna ever see your face again, no more.
Oh! I don't wanna go because I know
You pick it up and keep it like a toy.

You just stuck out hiding from the trees
You just lost your fame inside the shop.

Yea, let's go.

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Johnny Smiled Slowly

Now they're crawling through the doors
Breaking up the chrome and smashing the chairs
Johnny hid by the amps, his head in his hands
Looking for powders and for his way home
And me, I'm still looking for you
Looking at that girl with the torn-up hair
And the boys were all very lonely
So they threw their platforms right down the stairs.

And it was back, way back in the Sixties
When all the rebels sold all their lies
Sold all their trash to castaway pilots
Who only had cash for some more drugs
And I just sat there, I just sat there waiting
For the chalet to fall right down
Into the ocean, like some kind of ritual
For all the boys I never ever knew.

And in the dark, the other side of the city
We're walking around looking for the scene
And Johnny smiled, sensing the red lights
Pulled his act over and began to freeze
And me I'm so lonely, I don't really feel it
Walking around could kill me off
And all the boys cried when they missed the party
They all got lost in the foyer of the Ritz.

Johnny smiles slowly, he knows all the answers
Sits with his arm out, he's slung all the trees
Right in the graveyard by the side of the morgue
I bought a Lagonda-nineteen-fifty-two
We're looking for something, the next best show
Practice guitar and watch all the cars
And those boys were all lost and quite lonely
They're still circling round, round the wrong street.

And it was back, way back in the Sixties
When all the rebels sold all their lies
Sold all their trash to castaway pilots
Who only had cash for some more drugs
The Seventies changed, the only ones I've known yet
I was too young to remember the rest
I've taken the numbers, I've walked past the cafe
I'll win you in the end 'cause that's just too much.

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All The Gold

Looking round this town
The streets are all empty
The gold's all gone
The gold's all gone.

I've spent all my money
My pockets are so empty
My gold's all gone
My gold's all gone
I've spent it all.

Riding round in taxis
I've spent so much time in cars
My gold's all gone
My gold's all gone.

No more money
My pockets they're so empty
My gold's all gone
My gold's all gone
I've spent it all.

I've been watching all the towers
Trying so hard to sleep
Walking round all the cafe-bars
Where I remember you used to be
I've looked for you
All over this town
I've looked for you
In every bar in this town.

I'm just trying to find that one real girl.
I'm just trying to find that one real girl.

I've been looking round this town
The streets are all empty
The gold's all gone
The gold's all gone.
I've spent all my money
My pockets are so empty
My gold's all gone
My gold's all gone
I've spent it all.

Just looking for that girl.
Just looking for that girl.
Just looking for that girl.
Just looking for that girl.

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Back To The Start

Back to the start again
But things won't be the same as then
They've changed too much
But it could still be fun.

Look out and you'll see
It's never always that easy
They've changed too much
But it could still be fun.

And, could you ever see
There's another way to look at it
It's what you want to be
As long as it stays fun.

I could give my life to you
Spend every moment watching you
You've changed, but does that matter
That much.

Back to the start again
But things won't be the same as then
They've changed too much
But it could still be fun.

But I could never see
How you could try and cry for me
I've given that back
Many times before.

Back to the start again
But things won't be the same as then
They've changed too much
But it could still be fun.

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Waiting For The Siege

They're burning up the mission hut
While you're ripping out the trees
And all the time you're wondering
About tickets for the siege.

So you had to catch a later train
And narrowly missed the queue
Gazing out from in your keep
And you stole three at least.

They watch themselves uneasily
Changing the chairs around
And you decide to watch it all
From the helicopter pound.

Ten more steps up to the top
But the flagpole's getting burned
And you're not getting tied up fast
You'd rather miss the stage.

Reach the edge and look at it
There's not that much too see
And all the time you're wondering
About refunds and the beach.

They watch themselves uneasily
Changing the chairs around
And you decide to watch it all
From the helicopter pound.

Waiting for the siege
And I'm sitting by the walls
Everything you wanted
Could be coming true
There's boxes over there
And a pile of trees
Too many records
And I'm falling asleep.

Waiting for the siege and I'm staring at you
Everything you wanted
Must be coming true
I'm looking out for anything
There's more too choose
Hiding in the moat
And trying on your shoes

Waiting for the siege
And I'm waiting for the post
Everything you wanted
Must be coming true
There's boxes in the fields
And you saw the lights
Everything you wanted
Could be all right.

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Looking Out

Left alone just like a drowning sea
But I can't cry and I can hardly sleep
And when I look I sometimes see enough
You can't give up just when things are rough
I'm all alone but I'm not giving up.

Inside the watch is looking from the keep
The sun is hot but I am stuck in here
And while I'm waiting I'm not sure what's been done
But I know that I'll found out soon enough
I'm all alone but I'm not giving up.

Even when I look around
Pushing cars into the crowd
Everyone just seems confused
You don't see many emissaries these days.

But I don't mind 'cause what I did was right
And even though this could burst I will still try
And I'm not lost, I'm still looking out
The watch is already burning up the doors
I'm all alone but I've not given up.

Even when I look too much
Pushing keeps me from the crush
Everyone just seems confused
You don't find many actors in the South
My eyes explode and I don't ever cry
I'm always looking out not looking in
You don't see many mercenaries these days.

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Opium Pits

If I could buy you everything you'd ever need
And everything you'd never want to own
Or just take you back to somewhere you once saw
On the edges of a cold night on the Nile.

Back to some place you've never known
Back to some place that you can't own
You're crashed out in some boat on the Nile
Where no more pharaohs could ever be that brave.

If I could show you the edges of your eyes
The empty lakes of an empty desert night
The lost and lonely canopies of Rhodes
The Cairo skyline which only tries to hide.

Back to some place you've never known
Back to some place that you can't own
You're crashed out in some boat on the Nile
Where no more pharaohs could ever be that brave.

And I could see you look at me
And I could see you looked at me.

Back to some place you've never known
Back to some place that you can't own
You're crashed out on some island on the Nile
Where no more pharaohs could ever kiss your lips
Where I could only hide you like a girl
Back to some place you've never known
Back to some place that you can't own.

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