family man

family man

he's a family man, his wife laments
never broken any of the ten commandments
either pushing rock
selling for cock
or rubbing out, rubbing out, rubbing them out

seeing ass fly by
in a drive by
fly by night
he'll give you a fright
taking out your cash
he'll stuff it in his stash
leaving by the back door
settling up your old score

he's a family man, his wife laments
never broken any of the ten commandments
either pushing rock
selling for cock
or rubbing out, rubbing out, rubbing them out

he knows it all so well
from a spell in the cell
now can't you tell
this is hell
but just think of the cash
and the friends you can smash
if they're crossing your path
you'll get the last laugh
as you're driving away
yes it's been a good day
to die as you try
to get by

buy to get high
and he'll lend
so that you spend
your life will depend on
your money made friend
your friend 'til the end
he knows no wrong from right
best keep out of his sight

he's a family man, his wife laments
never broken any of the ten commandments
either pushing rock
selling for cock
or rubbing out, rubbing out, rubbing them out

yeah, and you know his girls love him too
even when you're dropping your goo
and you think well, if the judge only knew
but then, do you really think that he hasn't been there too
with his leather strap clap trap
and a dolly bird sitting on his lap
her fingertips trips across him like on a road map
leading down to his old chap

family man
family man
family man
family man
family man
family man

he's a family man, his wife laments
never broken any of the ten commandments
either pushing rock
selling for cock
or rubbing out, rubbing out, rubbing them out

seeing ass fly by
in a drive by
fly by night
he'll give you a fright
taking out your cash
he'll stuff it in his stash
leaving by the back door
settling up your old score

family man
family man
family man
family man
he's a family man

lovesick

hey you jésu
got a friend that fell in love with you
sowing you up with those three good nights
banging, necking with the neon lights

i said hey you jésu
got a friend that said i loved you too
selling you after he had his fill
breaking your neck with the damn brassiere

you kept running around
making all that sound
in the city drone
you know you're all alone
get inside
got to get inside
get inside
'cause that's where we hide it
love sick love sick love
love sick sick love

heal me mary
on boulevards don't like what i see
paid for cash to get what you need
bi's too, the life of this street

now hear me mary
on boulevards in the family
begging just to feed your kid
got an eye shut that way you stay hid

who loves all the girls in the street
or the boys up in the back alley
sick love does

who loves all the girls in the street
or the boys up in the back alley
sick love does

love sick love sick love
love sick sick love

put your money away for another day
don't have to crawl through the city scrawl
get inside got to get inside
get inside 'cause that's where we hide it
love sick love sick love
love sick sick sick love

who loves all the girls in the street
or the boys up in the back alley
sick love does

who loves all the girls in the street
or the boys up in the back alley
sick love does

who loves all the girls in the street
or the boys up in the back alley
sick love does

who loves all the girls in the street
or the boys up in the back alley
sick love does

who loves all the girls in the street
or the boys up in the back alley
sick love does

who loves all the girls in the street
or the boys up in the back alley
sick love does

sick love
love sick
love

come alive

yeah; come on

wake up, wake up, wake up your heart
and come alive
you could steal my car
if only i had one to drive

drive through the night
through the midnight air
screeching and speeding
in the streetlamps' glare

we come alive
we come alive

there's still one place to try
we can take a ride to loveland
there's still one place to try
we can take a ride to loveland

turn on, turn on, turn on your smile
and come alive
you could wreck my car
if we only both could survive

bumper to bumper
the fumes start to choke
coughing up the secrets
of this innermost joke

we come alive
we come alive

there's still one place to try
we can take a ride to loveland
there's still one place to try
we can take a ride to loveland
there's still one place to try
we can take a ride to loveland
there's still one place to try
we can take a ride to loveland

listen

wake up, wake up, wake up your heart
and come alive
turn on, turn on, turn on your smile
and come alive
wake up, wake up, wake up your heart
and come alive
turn on, turn on, turn on your smile
and come alive

higher

let's keep this long, yeah let's keep this sweet taste
don't want to hear your whispers talk in haste
hold out your arms, hold out for something good
hold out and find the way you're told you should
you want too much, you want to take control
but you don't ever feel it from your soul
it's getting hard to keep you off my back
the thin veneer i am has got a crack

i see the people that i know i look to
i see the way they're looking at me right through
i see them leading to a funeral pyre
i need a guiding light much higher
but i can't seem to raise my eyes
i can barely ignore all of those tearful cries
of the people rushing out to save their skin
but i can't escape because it comes from within
inside a part of what's supposed to stay hidden
that is why she saw even through those lids that
separate people don't always think the same
and the disadvantages eventually came to this

all that i need is a guiding light
all that i need is a guiding light
much higher
much higher

all that i need is a guiding light
all that i need is a guiding light
much higher
much higher

higher, much higher
higher, much higher
higher, much higher

i'm not insane, but i know you'll let me in
into a place where i can be in sin
can't make you come, can't make you stay away
but you could make me lose along the way

well it's about time you read between the lines
just about time you started picking up the signs
that this portrait shown of perfection and good
is painted by its subjects to hide them like a hood
so understand the messages and read across my lips
that i'll be keeping out of reach just beyond your fingertips

all that i need is a guiding light
all that i need is a guiding light
much higher
much higher

all that i need is a guiding light
all that i need is a guiding light
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher

all that i need is a guiding light
all that i need is a guiding light
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher
much higher

all songs written by v. harris / d. mccarthy
published © 1991 mute song bmi