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Lyrics
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Busy on the phone line shovelling out another lie, every second has it's price; making money
Third World bargains boost your profit margins, another bastards laughing; making money Religion has a virtue Christ has a value, Churches are busy too; making money Government and politics bankers in their back pockets, selling out on promises; making money
(chorus) Am I the only one who can see all these things that you see are not quite what they seem?
No there not and you better believe me! No it ain't no it ain't democracy
Dealing on the stock exchange driving up the share rate speeding to the crash date; making money
The middle class are gaining ground the unemployed are losing out - economy turns trickle down? making money Read the power in the press selling lies selling sex, who the hell do they represent? making money Government and politics wankers out for self profit, selling out on promises; making money
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Nein das ist nicht demokratie mehr
Here the old guys tell us all how they went to fight a war, freedom's what they did it for such a noble cause The more I hear the less I see, tell me please how can this be? fifty years of peace brings less democracy that I can see No it ain't no it ain't democracy.
And many times before my kin have walked this ancient walk
and when I see this place I know it's always been this way I'm like a drifting leaf I settle where my heart is free and when I see this place I know it's always been this way All my spirit needs is freedom and the mountain breeze and when I see this place I know it's always been this way I wish the trees could talk they'd whisper truth and much much more and when I see this place I know it's always been this way
(chorus) Just my noble horse my dog and just my caravan
I am seeking things that only I can understand Just my pots and pans my pipe and in these clothes I stand In my simple way .....I love this land......it's my home
And you may know my face but to you I may still seem quite strange
But when you move me on I know it's always been this way And you may burn my home so more and more of us should know that when you move me on I know it's always been this way This life may reach an end when laws are made and fences fence but when you move me on I know it's always been this way And when I find a place that's one on one with nature's grace that's when you move me on I know it's always been this way
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Fuck my noble horse I've got a transit van and I am doing stuff that you'll never understand
Just my roaming life it doesn't fit your plan........in my simple way........................
Harry fell died today but not enough to spare his pain
abandoned in a world at war tommy on the eastern front Survival is the only law fighting hand and door to door abandoned in a world at war tommy on the eastern front
(chorus) Oh I met a Russian Girl in this bloody place so far from home
All the horrors of the streets of Stalingrad they would fade away in the arms of my Russian Girl
Wounded screamed as they lay in pain they asked for morphine that never came
abandoned in a world at war tommy on the eastern front Saw a sniper blow away a child who'd never learned to play abandoned in a world at war tommy on the eastern front
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Felt his bullet hit my leg turned in time to shoot him dead
abandoned in a world at war tommy on the eastern front When my papers finally came they never sent the rescue plane abandoned in a world at war tommy on the eastern front
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The world can seem so dark now waiting by the phone
longing for your call to come sitting here alone Another drunken night on cheap lager and cheap wine wondering what our love could be if you could spare the time Well I guess you'll never know because I haven't got the heart to tell you just how much it hurts when were so far apart So don't tell me that you love me when you walk out of the door your words can be like hand grenades in our private war it's WAR
So now I spend my days in a million different ways
learning how to pass the time and live the great escape Your friends can come and go but in a word they seem remote, huh, when there's only one thing on my mind that's the love your letting go So I guess you've got to know that the problems not with me so stop running down and running round in circles you can't see Your past may be a cross but don't pass its weight to me Oh your insecure my love is the cure and this should set you free
(chorus) It takes much more than a little bit of love
a little bit of love to make it, much more than this to see it through
All the dreams that are in my head become nothing more than emptiness
when you can't even show how much you care All the things you could have said and done with me but then instead you prefer the space you get elsewhere
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Hey little girl would you like to take a ride
cus he bought himself a brand new motor car Tuned up Ford with the music on board gonna turn it up loud so the Bass rips through the doors Gonna drive all day gonna drive all night gonna drive to the pub gonna drive wherever he likes Smart chip boost for the throttle to the floor gotta noisy exhaust with a baked bean tin sized bore he's a big big bore
(chorus) If I should ever wonder why wonder why
there's a hole up in the sky ( x 3 ) would you cry a tear for the world would you die - burn your sacred cow?
Wanna have a slice 'cus your told it's very nice
gonna sell the world away for a piece of humble pie Living in a boom 'cus you think you got the room got the room to consume to abuse whatever you like Discounts freebies wheeltrims alarms don't pay until you have to on zero APR Radio and TV glossy ads and VT women in bikinis gonna sell you a GTI nice GTI
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Put another tape in your stereo and shut out the world
Cus you don't wanna hear don't wanna fear about the damage you do as you pollute (repeat)
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Take your house and mortgage too, oh, take your job and mind abuse
armani suit and gucci boots and dance their merry tune You're up at six and out at eight you're running scared you're never late They got you in a willing state to dance their merry tune Just look at all those glossy ads that sell you crap that never lasts plastic this buys plastic that to dance their merry tune Once a year is it worthwhile for beer and sex on costa pile package deal or package trial to dance their merry tune
(bridge) And when it's all but done you've had your years of fun
you've sold the world away for two weeks in the sun (repeat)
(chorus) What You Gonna Say What You Gonna Say What You Gonna Say
You Gonna Do It All Again (And Just The Same)
They took your house and money too they gave your job to someone new
so get in line boy join the dole queue and dance their merry tune Your up at six and drink til' late pissed up by the hostel gate falling through the welfare state to dance their merry tune Remember all those glossy ads that sold you crap that never lasts they sold you out and took your cash to dance their merry tune And once a year was it worthwhile for beer and sex on costa pile Your package deal became a package trial to dance their merry tune
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Schoolboy comedy victim of tragedy power crazed bullies and childhood nightmare
Parents and teachers all claim they care but who can I turn to when nobodies there?
(chorus) Hardly anything matters to me hardly anything matters at all
Hardly anything matters to me hardly anything matters at all yea yea yea yea
Young and homeless in search of some hope pushed to the edge by the men in grey coats
Treated like cancer cut to the bone ready to cure with a cut of my own
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Here am I sitting on death row killing time in an eye for an eye
Strapped to the mast of whichever way whim blows caught in the eye of political storm
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No more tragedy; No more agony; No more tragedy; How far, far can I fall?
Fools fools come swallow it all the rich get the justice the poor get the law.
6 am on a misty morn the redcoats come they were charging like the devil blowing horns
Rampaging hordes some kind of war against a viscous foe with fur and 2 feet tall armed with claws teeth and all who was running scared to hang on to their coats save their throats run some more - is this what you call sport?
(chorus) Hey Hey Hey can you explain how you have the right to treat a life like shit you flush away?
Look what you've done you piece of scum !!!!!!!!
5 am before the dawn the lines were drawn as we gathered in the field beyond the hill
With scent and skill and well worked drill we would have the bastards caught in our own trap Back to back confuse the pack so the horse and hound would split and stop the chase Fox be saved run no more - now that's what I call sport
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Run run run run run run run fox run run run run run Hey ! (repeat)
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All the smiles and all the handshakes and all the pictures in all the papers
and all those TV ads that you appeared All the kisses on all the babes and all their mothers you promised favours and all the good intentions you revealed
(chorus 1) You sold out you sold us down the river
Sold out you failed to deliver Sold out on the promises you made of something new
All the heartache and all the tears and all the pain of Thatcher's years
and all the minor Major show endured For all the miners out of work and all their families who still hurt and all the stupid laws we endured
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(chorus 2) I'm losing losing losing my faith in you when there's something I wanna believe in
For all the people who couldn't get their treatment on the NHS
because of all the money spent on arms For all the food that we consumed that wasn't safe like we assumed the pollution the waste the roads and all those cars
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Many miles and many smiles many highs have passed me by
Not ashamed to say I've cried at the lies I've left behind So afraid to face the world with a crime I can't deny 'Cus what I've done don't amount to much except killing time
(chorus) When it hurts and I feel like Screaming,
I only end up dreaming that you care, do you care? When it hurts, do you care, when it hurts, do you care, you don't care at all, not at all !!!!!
Shooting stars that stole my heart have come crashing down to earth
Hidden words that should never be heard can hurt beyond their worth Never thought I would ever become just a bullet in another mans gun Can't say can't explain how it ever got to be this way
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And I know that's the way it goes, and it goes and it cuts me right through
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(chorus) Don't call this living
Don't call it life Don't call this living When all you want is an easy ride
If I shout fuck how many of you would be shocked
If I talk political stuff how many of you would turn off And if I, I want war, how many of you would die, die for a cause And if I ask why how many of you would turn, turn a blind eye
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If I shout think how many peasants would be wise
And if I want the truth, how many of you would just lie And if I cry for help how many of you would give your life to try If I give love, how many hardened hearts would I really touch
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They've got you lives all planned but some can't even see
Their laws are well designed so their money keeps you weak The only thing they teach us well is contentment in deceit What kind of world is this that makes prisoners of the free
Fuck them and their system, fuck them and their system
They've got you just where you want to be Yea, they've got you just where you want to be
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Your disneyland looks so grand your picket fence and garden planned
Close the road keep out the foe - security Buy a dream and shut the door escape the world and all its flaws Close the road keep out the foe - security Build a wall, change the law ignore the plight of all the poor Close your mind your ears too - lunatics You have a job that pays so well you've never felt the pain we've felt Close your mind your ears too - lunacy
(chorus) I can't believe, can't believe your world ignores my screams
I can't believe, can't believe your world is all it seems
You never say what you will do, you closed the mines and factories too
You sold our land to just the few - conspiracy You wear a suit and collar too, to justify the things you do Sold our land to just the few - conspiracy You see a problem build a gun start a war and kill our sons Close your mind your ears too - lunatics You cause the crime and shout for rope so our estates have got no hope Close your mind your ears too - lunacy
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That child has a gun, and he's come as far as he could ever come
And play with me, I'll show you truth but a truth that has no love It's all around, born of you cus' all you do is knock Hard at my door, bring me fear and famine and another war
(chorus) I'm in an aeroplane but I'm not, no I'm not, here on holiday
I'm in a world of pain, gonna' wish gonna' wish that world away
That man he has a car, a belly full of beer but he just farts
Instead of talk, he sees my world on his T.V. and he laughs Cus' he is rich and I am poor because his country crafts This world divide, he goes to church but still my children starve
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Wishing the world away; Wishing the world away
Wishing the world away; Wishing the world away
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Were you busy in your youth defending your rights and standing your ground?
Looking forward to your future Or were you digging in deep, so deep you started to drown? What about your passion, or are you angrier now there's a phoney in town? Don't forget the revolution cus' its happening now But somehow they're missing you out
Can you see those nobles dancing, can you hear those rich folks laugh at you
Can you hear their cash tills ringing as these emperors are starting to sing
(chorus) You can fool all the people nearly all of the time
You can talk through your third eye but go on tell me How much more do you think I can make em' take?
In the 21st century you can get all you need to satisfy all your greed
Looking forward to a future in a place you can be, living life happily You can be a consumer, but the price that they say is not the price that you pay We've all become a "logo" no-go-going back cus' it's a prison we've made
Can you see those nobles dancing, can you hear those rich folks laugh at you
Can you hear their cash tills ringing as these emperors are starting to sing
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It's lacking in reason, it's out of control
Don't show me your money, show me your soul Stop talking in circles, hiding within Rome is now burning, can you hear these emperors sing?
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This so called green and pleasant land
Social lessons never learned They cull them where they stand As the funeral pyres burn
What happened to those summer days
Of ice cream cones and big parades? Environmental tragedy This land where I cannot breathe That's my country
Towns and cities flood again
But not enough to drink Even travelling by train Is detrimental to your health I think
What happened to those summer days
Of ice cream cones and big parades? No foot and mouth or BSE This land where I cannot breathe That's my country
Is there a curve to their learning
Do you swallow all the swill that they're serving Yeah yeah, my country Yeah yeah, my country
Crisis in the countryside
Poisoned rivers fed by farms Superbugs in hospitals 'Aint it funny how big money talks
What happened to those summer days
Of ice cream cones and big parades? Environmental tragedy This land where I cannot breathe That's my country
Yeah yeah, my country
Yeah yeah, my country
How does it feel to dream, about the times you had, when you were seventeen?
I bet your world has changed, and all of your beliefs got lost along the way So welcome to this paradise, of all material things were even love has got a price You're not divorced just a little detached, you're comfortable and dumb! Given up before you begun?
Whatever happened to your Sun, did it set when you were young?
Did you lose the light of love on your road to Babylon? But when your Diva comes she'll be dancing in the sun She'll be singing songs of love and planting flowers in your guns
Here she comes - Here she comes
Here she comes - She brings sun Here she comes - Here she comes She brings sun
How does it feel to scream? When no-one near can hear, even care about your needs?
What kind of heart just bleeds, but carries on the same, just dealing with the pain? But then you can't reveal, what every child has learnt, before they start to hurt So you just share a little company, yea yea, with every fool you know But you never let it show?
Whatever happened to your Sun, did it set when you were young?
Did you lose the light of love on your road to Babylon? But when your Diva comes she'll be dancing in the sun She'll be singing songs of love and planting flowers in your guns
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(chorus) I, I ,I, feel glad to be alive
Oh Yea, I'm so glad that I've done the things I have, yea I'm so glad
I wanna wake up in the morning feel the sun upon my face
I wanna hear the street kids playing just to know that they are safe I wanna take the road from here, head west along the coast Feel the sea breeze in my lungs just to know the world has hope I wanna drink a pint of beer with friends that I can share All the good times, all the bad times, all the things that we hold dear I wanna drive an E-type Jaguar, before all the oil's gone Fly like the child I am through the clouds of never land be another Peter Pan
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I wanna see the beauty in your face, a smile is all it takes
I wanna walk with you in a new place every day until I ache I wanna lie with you, laugh with you, do the things that lovers do Be afraid, full of joy, be emotional and a little coy I wanna stand on top of mountains and shout until I'm heard I wanna dive into falling water and catch an echo word by word I wanna ride a steam train to the Orient, eat caviar with chips Dance in the sand in a foreign land, sing in a band in a language we all understand
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I.N.S.T.R.U.M.E.N.T.S. of the state
I.N.S.T.R.U.M.E.N.T.S manipulate me I.N.S.T.R.U.M.E.N.T.S subjugate me Who is the enemy? Who is the enemy? Who is the enemy? Is it YOU?
Do you feel lonely, have you always felt this way?
Do you feel angry, no-one understands your pain? Do you ask questions but the answers always the same? Do you want freedom, not a debt of promises and lies?
Lies, no more lies, it's the truth they hide
Lies, no more lies, it's the truth they hide
(chorus) Propaganda, it's all they hand you
Propaganda, to keep you blind Propaganda, it's all they hand you Propaganda, to keep you blind
Do you feel cheated, as they leech your life away?
Do you feel needed, or just a pawn in the games they play? Do you know that warfare is just a tool of their economy? Do you want justice, not another apology and lies?
Lies, no more lies, it's the truth they hide
Lies, no more lies, it's the truth they hide
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You have the information but do you understand?
It's not just the information it's your views and where you stand Just listen to the T.V. and the violence of the press The lies of politicians these dictators who oppress Is money and big business the only path to choose When we have a wealth of culture we should learn from not abuse Don't blame it all on foreigners for them it's just the same Cus' unless we have a future it's just more terror, war and pain
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She was just a child, she was all alone,
Watching too much T.V. in the twilight zone Yea, she had her dreams, kind of fantasy, About her perfect heaven, normal family
Mom and dad don't care no more they're too busy counting score, in their divorce
(chorus) She said, take me to your Promised Land, it's a place I want to go
She said, It's all I need but I'm so afraid of going there alone She said, take me to your Promised Land, it's a place I want to go She said, it's all I need but I'm so afraid So take me to your promised land
She's a teenage rebel, in a drunken state,
Got a boy meets girl thing, daddy's virgin's late She's in trouble now, got a child to come But she can't see how, do you call this love?
Mom and dad don't care no more they're too busy counting score, in their divorce
Let's all get divorced!
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Na na na na na na na na na na (repeat)
She's all alone and needs some love, but what the hell is going on?
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Like a fish out of water we are drowning
Like a rich man in the ghetto we're not beggar men we are thieves Like a God giving orders the world keeps turning Like a drunkard in an alley we're just pissing up the wall
(chorus) Hoping it's all right in the morning and the sun will rise
Yea, it's all right for another day
Like a drug we are junkies we keep taking
Like a soldier in the battle we just shoot before we care Like a dog in a pack shitting and fighting Like a model in stiletto's we're just praying we don't fall
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If we light a fire on the top of the hill would the beacon burn forever?
Would it light the sky, turn our eyes, to another side of heaven? Or would the devils shout, put it out, then speak words that sound so clever? Hide the lies behind a child's cries make us feel that they know better
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Raised on a diet of burger and chips
Cheap thrills T.V. of bingo and tits Caught in the crossfire of a heroin war Where there's blood on the streets for the price of a score Black versus white for the right to be right While the right force us all to take sides in the fight The children prepare while their parents declare They can't understand where it's all gonna' end
(chorus) In England, this England, Brand New State of the U.S.A.
In England, this England, Brand New State of the U.S.A
Feed me more Mc'crap cus' I wanna get fat
On forgetting the questions I should really ask Like is war from the sky just a video game Where we all fall down but we get up again Does Washington bark to get London to bite Cus' they know that the Brits' are always up for a fight? Is the world that we know ruled by corporate elite And it's they who decide who starves and who eats?
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My home town's a steel town, I make my money off my brow
Cap in hand work in lieu, come rape me like a prostitute Clocking in and clocking out, every second made to count Presses drop the workers cry "you stole the best years of my life" My Life, you stole the best years of my life
Welcome to the U.S.A. here in England here to stay
New Mc'jobs and poverty pay replace the jobs we lost yesterday Bricks and stone and steel and sand look so different on this land See the faces in the queue on the dole recession's due It's due, recession's due, you better believe it's due
(chorus) (Black Country Bomb, Black Country Bomb)
Same old routine running the track, after 18 years give me the sack A golden watch just to prove you care, Yea Yea Yea
Now everyday just seems the same, turn on the T.V. video games
Get the smack pumped through my veins, to neutralise my pain Put all my future in this place, watched 18 years wash down the drain See no sense in this it's insane, is there another way? Another way, there's no other way, is there another way?
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She said hello, hello, hello
Last night I had a dream
She came to me with open arms A smile so fresh a thought so clear She promised me a brand new start I breathed for the first time It's been so long I can't remember The words she spoke were words of truth She told me things only God should know
(chorus) She said hello, hello, hello,
I'm the queen of happy; and I'll never let you go Are you happy so happy so happy That you'll never let ME go She said hello, hello hello; I'm the queen of happy
Met a queen in hell today
She said she'd take me far away To drink with kings, dance with thieves Talk with men whose lies I believed Telling tales of another place A magic land where you're not afraid A sentient and sensual fulfilment of time and space I turned around and I saw her face Made love for the first time In a way that love could never be Enjoyed the ride while it seems to last 'Cus the world falls short unless you take a chance
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You're on my mind and I can't get you out
I see your face even when you're not around I can smell the perfume that you wear It's like you're always there I can sense your presence in my room I can taste your kisses when they've faded from my lips I feel my heart race all the time It's like you're always there
(chorus) She said.. don't. you.. Ever fall in love with me
I'm so scared, so scared where this love may take me baby She said.. don't. you.. Ever fall in love with me I'm so scared, so scared where this love may take me baby So I say, take my hand it will be ok And then all your fears will fade away, if you can just love me
I never dreamed it could be like this
From hardened cynic to a lovelorn in a spin You're all I think of every day It's like you're always there And when we talk I treasure every word I want to be with you in every way I can Hear you laugh and hold you tight It's like you're always there
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She's making babies in her head
Before we've talked it through She dreams the family idyll Through and through We may be lovers' But I'm not sure that we are even friends She wants it all But all I see is a bitter end
(chorus) All night long I'm staring at the ceiling
(in a midnight hole) All night long I'm a million miles away All night long I'm staring at the ceiling (in a midnight hole) All night long I'm a million miles away A million miles away A million miles away A million miles away
She dreams of things that she can buy
All shiny and new Don't waste your time buying a lie That isn't true I wanna get stoned on the drug of life Not be sober like you She wants it all but I'm not sure I want the same things she do
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Staring at your picture
Tell me what the fuck did I ever see in you? Now I hate you through and through Love is all a mind game so everyone will know The world revolves around you Why do you do the things you do? When love is on the rebound I wish I'd never bounced right into you Now I hate you through and through And now that love is broken I'm a token of the man that used to know you Why do you do the things you do?
(chorus) I wish I'd never met you
That's the way you make me feel I wish I'd never met you That's the way you make me feel I wish I'd never met you That's the way you make me feel I wish I'd never met you That's the way you make me feel Listen up now here's the deal I wanna say, Fuck off!
Now I know what love is
It's a lemon squeezed of reasoning with you Now I hate you through and through Go on, tell me that you love me These words are like a weapon used by you Why do you do the things you do? I wish I was a soldier I could the take flak and bullets fired by you Now I hate you through and through All because I fucked you Why should I spend my life in sufferance to you? Why do you do the things you do?
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I wish you'd take me home
Show me all there is to know Feed my mind and quench my soul 'cus I feel like I'm not worthy I had dreams like any man Laid foundations had a plan Now it seems I've lost control And I feel like I can't help it
(chorus) Sometimes I wish that this would all fall down
All fall down, until there's nothing left at all
I turn around and all I see
A world of fear and inequality We have the ways but not the brains And I feel that we won't make it All your guns won't make you brave Technology will never save The broken minds and shattered lives Of the people we've betrayed
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I wish I was a stronger man
Learned the truth much younger and. If I knew now what I knew then I'd feel my life wasn't wasted Love was all I had to give Reciprocation is a precious gift But diamond rings are all there is And I know that some girls fake it
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If I could fly where would I go?
I don't know I've just got so many questions. If I could dream what would I see? I don't know I've just got so many questions. If I were rich what would I do? I don't know I've just got so many questions. If I could trust who would it be? I don't know I've just got so many questions.
(chorus) Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh
All the words I need, my hopes and fears, The things I want from life, Don't come easy, I got anxiety No they don't come easy, I got anxiety.
If I met God what would I say?
I don't know I've just got so many questions. If I got lost would I be afraid? I don't know I've just got so many questions. If I had the power would I change the world? I don't know I've just got so many questions. If I could love who would it be? I don't know I've just got so many questions.
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Mood shaper
Dream maker Thought changer Open your eyes Smoke weaver Blood soother Pain reliever Open your eyes
(chorus) Oh yes it can make the world seem ok
Bad things go away Oh yes it can make the world seem ok For five minutes a day She's got the power to make you high She's got the power to make to make you high She's got the power to make you high She's got the power to make to make to make to make to make to make Bad choices...seem so right
Life lifter
Good sister Peace giver Open your eyes Change bringer Faith trigger Love rigger Open your eyes
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Bad life, bad place, bad drugs, bad choice, bad luck
And this is how the damage gets done (x 4 )
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She's got the beauty she's got the face
She's got the body but she's got no brains Cus' she's up on the catwalk dancing with fur She's a fashion victim all that matters is her He's got a big house he's got two cars All he thinks abouts' money and he talks through his arse He's got a big dog cus' it makes him look hard He hates all the foreigners is he some kind of retard?
Beam me up Scottie, I can't stand what's going on
All the women here are shallow and all the men are dumb C'mon C'mon, beam me up Scottie 'cus this madhouse leaves me numb The doctors here are as mad as the patients; So good evening and welcome to the asylum
She watches shopping T.V. reads trash magazines
She's into her soaps and she loves the Queen She goes to Ibizia; holiday's in the sun Her kids aren't important as long as she's having fun He's got a big mouth and he reads The Sun Believes all it tells him about what England's become Cus' he cannot see that his country's what he is Intolerant ignorant with no respect and no love
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She's so shallow
He's so dumb They worship the hollow And they're passing it on
Are you scared?
With the pictures? Yea their pictures! That they show you. What do they show you on their news? Its all a spin its all a lie its all corruption 'til you die From the day that you are born they are twisting every chord Turning black into a white with a greyer shade of spite Until you don't know what to think they say jump you say how high?
Never judge a book by its cover
Go read it for yourself Never judge a book by its cover Then you might find the twist and discover There's bones in the cupboard.
Are you scared?
At this freak show? This circus. Is this war? Undeclared or is it mind control? Go spend a penny in this toilet that they keep Did you know they got their cameras every place to force the peace Got their guns on the street so if you speak you get a bullet If you hate this fucking system then you gotta' learn to read
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Whoa ohh ohh ohh -o-oh oh
Whoa ohh ohh ohh -o-oh NO Whoa ohh ohh ohh -o-oh oh Whoa ohh ohh ohh -o-oh NO
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Calling all of the people in all of the lands
Can you see the clouds forming and its turning black As you walk through the valleys the shadows are tall Cus the sun is still falling beyond the new dawn Whooooooo whoooooo When you were younger were you so afraid Of the demons you dreamt of or dya' know they were fake But as time passes by and their presence is made Well is it now that you realise you made a mistake
(chorus) In these times, yes, these bad times, do you dream that you're not afraid of the dark
In these times, yes, these bad times, do you dream that you're not afraid of the dark Whooooo whoooo
Sometimes there is no turning back from the path
Of the choice you have made when you've walked it too far So hold to your nerve and just see the battle through And the enemy guns will fall silent for you Whoooo whoooo Sometimes all that you fear is all that you've done Or all that you hope to become Not all of the prisons have walls made of stone And a mind can be as lethal as the shot from a gun
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Kicking in the doors of sense of these castles in the sand
Well the tide is turning fast why can't you seem to understand? That perpetual motion hurts, making dizzy with the head, Well the world moves much to fast how long will this madness last? Now I know I'm right But I'm hoping that I'm wrong All it seems to me, all you wanna be are the Kings of evermore Now I know I'm right But I'm hoping that I'm wrong All it seems to me, all you wanna be are the Kings of evermore Staring at the sun on the promises they spun Like Lemmings on the cliff you wait in line for the ultimate hit As the world becomes undone why can't you see what's going on? Oh yea, you're information rich, so tell me are you deaf and dumb or thick? Now I know I'm right But I'm hoping that I'm wrong All it seems to me, all you wanna be are the Kings of evermore Now I know I'm right But I'm hoping that I'm wrong All it seems to me, all you wanna be are the Kings of evermore Come on sing the Kings of evermore we are the Kings of evermore Come on sing the Kings of evermore we are the Kings of evermore TV video DVD mobile phone PC laptop walkman gameboy satellite stereo digital Brand new debt means brand new death New house new car new clothes new shoes 3rd world sweat shop oil slick new war enemy right wing bullshit brings a Brand new debt and a brand new death Come on sing the Kings of evermore we are the Kings of evermore Come on sing the Kings of evermore we are the Kings of evermore
Well I heard she cried just the other day
She feels bad and is missing you in every way She said if - she had to do it all over again She would not - do things the same Well I - guess it's true what the wise men say You only miss what you had when it's gone When you turn back the clock and you realise You fucked up the one chance you got
(chorus) 'cus love is - someplace else, calling your name
love is - someplace else Where the grass is always greener and the sky is always blue But the only thing that turns out blue; Is you, yea it's true; Is you, yea it's true
And how all those memories just left you numb
It's the price of pain not the cost of love 'cus with every smile there comes a sigh When you look back and see it was all a lie So I guess it's not true what the wise men say You only miss what you had when it's gone 'Cus now you've learned to live again - walk so tall Turn you back on the devil when she's minded to call
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You can feel something's changed when your worlds been re-arranged
And you know you're never gonna' be the same inside again The man you were before well he's left you that's for sure, With all your pieces on the floor, now he's gunning, running for Some - place - else But is it calling your name? Yea, Some - place - else But is it calling your name?
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You sing the sad songs
Because the world can look so bleak But you only see the things you want to see Like a child of Palestine With a shattered sense surround The bulldozers here have flattened all your dreams What sense of purpose Can fill the mind of fools When you become enraged because it fuels the pain you feel Don't pretend you like it Standing there alone When one by one - your friends have gone - your smile's all but faded
(chorus) Look to the future
Tell me what you see Is the road ahead straight and clear Or is it blocked with your life's debris? Look to the future Tell me what you see You should still dream dreams Of impossible schemes Like you did when you were a kid
Where are all those happy song's
Like the ones' you used to sing? You used to laugh you used to play you used to have such fun You played with fire And your passion burned so bright But what broke your heart tore your world apart left you cold inside and bitter? Where do you go now? Which footpath do you choose? Do you talk the talk walk the walk when your mistress comes a-calling? Walk into your forest Under dark of blackened skies When around the world - the sun will rise - you're blind so you deny it
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What makes you proud to be English,
Have you ever thought about that? Is it waving a flag, yes the Union Jack, Celebrating a war from our Imperial past. Is it football and sport soaked in racist support, Wearing logos on shirts made in sweatshops abroad? Believing the lies of the right wing press, Blaming it all on some foreign, some left wing, some Muslim excess!
Does this make you proud to be English?
Have you ever thought about that? Does this make you proud to be English? Have you ever really thought, really thought about that?
What makes you proud to be English,
Have you ever thought about that? Is it the struggle against our oppressers? From the Tolpuddle Martyrs to the Suffragetes? The eccentric voice of our comedy, The tolerance of those we don't understand? The welcome we give to the Refugee, The passion we feel for our freedom, our liberty, our democracy?
Does this make you proud to be English?
Have you ever thought about that? Does this make you proud to be English? Have you ever really thought, really thought about that?
(football chant style) England, England, England, England
Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Crap. Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Crap. Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Crap. Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Patriotic, Crap.
Dreams, dreams, dreams,
Oh you're all I need to get me through Love, love, love, It's the only kiss I want from you Sex, sex, sex, I want some fun so please consent Faith, faith, faith, We don't need clothes when we embrace
Politics and Love, Sex and Understanding
Politics and Love, Sex and Understanding Politics and Love We can make a better world If we just re-apply these words to our own life so we make something new
Dreams, dreams, dreams,
What does freedom mean for you? Love, love, love, Free to be with who you choose? Sex, sex, sex, There's not just hetrosexualness Faith, faith, faith, If you drop the mask we can all be saved
Politics and Love, Sex and Understanding
Politics and Love, Sex and Understanding Politics and Love We can make a better world If we just re-apply these words to our own life so we make something new
Sing Na Na Na Na
Did you ever see the world as set against you?
Every step you ever took was so tough It almost breaks you in two And when you're looking forward to something that's so important to you Shit will always happen to spoil it Bad luck is the lady that made you it's true
All you need for the pain
Is for something good to happen today All you need for the pain Is for something good to happen today All you need for the pain Is for something good to happen today All you need for the pain Is for something good to happen today Sing Na Na Na Na
Did anyone ever tell you that you're one in a million that's you
A boosted ego feels so good just before they try and break you in two And when everything seems ok and the sun is shining on you Rain will always spoil the view it's those thunderclouds That made you it's true
All you need for the pain
Is for something good to happen today All you need for the pain Is for something good to happen today All you need for the pain Is for something good to happen today All you need for the pain Is for something good to happen today Sing Na Na Na Na
Cackle cackle - waffle waffle - bullshit bullshit - blah blah blah
Switching on and switching off Listen to me cus' you've got nothing to say, to say, to say It seems the world's become enraged In this the information age More points of view than you can see But what's the truth what can you believe?
The thing about the blind is they think that they can see
And the stupid people too, yea, well they all agree They know more than you and me
Channel channel - TV TV -- shopping shopping - dross dross dross
Switching on and switching off Listen to me cus' you've got nothing to say, to say, to say Praise the new God praise those screens This virtual reality's a social disease Now everything is now understood War is peace and lies believed
The thing about the blind is they think that they can see
And the stupid people too, yea, well they all agree They know more than you and me
Stupid people have stupid views
Ask stupid questions only hear what they want to Stupid people live in a bubble They'll ignore your cries if you're in trouble Stupid people see in black and white Why is it stupid people all talk shite? But the worst of all are those you meet The one's so stupid they don't even know it!
The thing about the blind is they think that they can see
And the stupid people too, yea, well they all agree The thing about the blind is they think that they can see And the stupid people too, yea, well they all agree They know more than you and me
I saw the fading pictures in an attic in Berlin
200 staring eyes, trying to share what they had seen Cigarettes and coffee stains on burnt and wooden floor Plastic spoons in lines like some symmetric cemetery of war A dark forbidding silence and musty morning air A window without purpose venting light to missing stairs Graffiti spells out "murdered" and traitors must beware And I can only dream what horrors fate had led them there And as the world keeps turning round I wonder did they wonder too? That in their darkest hour That salvation could be found In the attic in Berlin Footsteps on the stairs long gone echo like chilling stone That's cold and hungry for the love we need when facing things alone Whispers in an alley and orders from some law Of screeching tyres conspiracy and soldiers kicking doors Rifles point to places like a torch of man's despair If this is all we've learned of life then please don't take me there But now that I am dreaming I'm with them and I am there So I'm thankful that I wasn't and my innocence is spared And as the world keeps turning round I wonder did they wonder too? That in their darkest hour That salvation could be found In the attic in Berlin And now The Wall has been and gone I sit and question who might care? Is it just another story of a tragedy we're spared So I light a scented candle and place another spoon in line In memory of my visit to the attic in Berlin
I know there are beautiful places in the lands that lie far from the west
And I see so much good in the faces of people that I've never met And If I see a man full of sorrow I'll offer to be a good friend And if the world should stop turning tomorrow I know that it ain't necessarily, it ain't necessarily, it ain't necessarily, the end of end
Oh but I ........
Don't believe it when you say that you'll care for me Oh I ...... Don't believe it when you say you'll be there for me You say you'll be there for me, say that you'll care for me, say you'll look after me But I saw you with someone new, someone new, someone new, someone new You just screwed
Put all my trust and my faith and my hopes in you
Now it feels shit to be cheated and so abused Put all my trust and my faith and my hopes in you Now it feels shit to be cheated and so abused It's the damage you do
I dreamt once that all the child soldiers didn't die in some war all in vain
I imagined that I could die daily to save all these souls from their pain And if Jesus to you is a stranger I hope you have plenty of friends So when the all of the world turns to anger you've someone to turn to, someone to turn to, someone to turn to, to soften the end
Oh but I ........
Don't believe it when you say that you'll care for me Oh I ...... Don't believe it when you say you'll be there for me You say you'll be there for me, say that you'll care for me, say you'll look after me But I saw you with someone new, someone new, someone new, someone new You just screwed
Put all my trust and my faith and my hopes in you
Now it feels shit to be cheated and so abused Put all my trust and my faith and my hopes in you Now it feels shit to be cheated and so abused It's the damage you do
Fuck the CIA, fuck MI5,
It's all disinformation, murder, politics and lies, So what you gonna say, what you gonna do, When you realise the truth that you're just getting screwed? Cameras on the streets, satellites in the sky, Your credit card is tagged like some kind of personal spy, So be careful what you say, be careful who you meet, There's a file on your life and is your lover who she seems?
This is the war, the war, the war, the real war on terror, and its terror on you;
This is the war, the war, the war, the real war on terror, and your freedoms too.
Democracy is dead, long live El Presidente,
Superpower crimes, Terrors chicken or the egg? Patriotic con, banging freedoms drum, While they're dreaming up new laws to keep you motherfuckers stumm, So come on, tell what is new cus' its jihad dÈjý vu, The only thing that's changed is the U.S. has it too So if you preach a holy war where Exxon oil keeps the score, You better be prepared for a thousand years or more
This is the war, the war, the war, the real war on terror, and its terror on you;
This is the war, the war, the war, the real war on terror, and your freedoms too. |
