reasons

reasons
they keep giving reasons
they say in these seasons
the season is blood

reasons
they keep giving reasons
they say in these seasons
the season is blood

let the dogs
let the dogs
let the dogs lie
and then
let the dogs
let the dogs
let the dogs die
with you

i know that you don't want to be
out of here
i know that you have got that
inner fear

over run by one
over run by the other
over run by one
over run by the other
over run by one
over run by the other
over run by one
over run by the other

the city is aching from
two thousand years
the city is rattling with a
million fears

reasons
they're looking for reasons
they say in this season
the season is death

over run by one
over run by the other
over run by one
over run by the other

the city in dusk
her amber belly
her velvet eyes

over run by one
over run by the other
over run by one
over run by the other

reasons
there's got to be reasons
they say in these season
the season is fear

let the child
let the child
let the child speak
let the child
let the child
let the child wreak
havoc

its blood is spilling under the
cedar trees
its blood is saying that you're
on your knees

over run by one
over run by the other
over run by one
over run by the other

the city in dusk
her amber belly
her velvet eyes
her lovers that lust
her favours many
with no disguise

over run by one
over run by the other
over run by one
over run by the other

the city in dusk
her amber belly
her velvet eyes

over run by one
over run by the other

lakeside drive

lakeside drive
on a summers day
lakeside drive
nothing to say
lakeside drive
got to leave today
nothing, but nothing to keep me away

old junk car with the windows down
ride it out to the right side of town
too hot to breathe, look see the people seethe
i hope you know that i don't want to leave
lakeside drive
on a summers day
lakeside drive
nothing to say
lakeside drive
got to leave today
nothing, but nothing to keep me away

stick shift drive with one hand on the wheel
no need to look because i know how you feel
roll of the street leaving the water behind
turn in the basement see what else we can find
in the basement then it's the safest place
in the basement then it's just my face
looking up at you as you're looking down on me
now this is the place where i know i want to be
looking up at you as you're looking down on me
now this is the place where i know i want to be

lakeside drive
on a summers day
lakeside drive
nothing to say
lakeside drive
got to leave today
nothing, but nothing to keep me away

nothing to keep me away
nothing to keep me away
on a summers day
got nothing to say

i give to you

always told to take more care
but touch that skin
and you'd be there
a voice so clear but far away
picking up on every word i say
to tell the truth i can't even lie
no politician or a secret spy

i give to you
i give to you
no one else can make me
you pick me up and take me
you got it, you got it
my soul, it lies
my heart, it tries
my mind is spent
my love...

you can take it all
at your beck and call
i will give to you
i will give to you
i will give to you

i get up out of bed
i'm not alone, but nothing's said
i leave the room and go outside
sunlight splash with every stride
to tell the truth i don't even try
a life in knots that i don't untie

my soul, it lies
my heart, it tries
my mind is spent
my love...

you can take it all
at your beck and call
i will give to you
i will give to you
you can take it all
at your beck and call
i will give to you

when the rain is falling
and the wind is calling
when the rain is falling
and the wind is calling
i give to you
when the rain is falling
and the wind is calling
when the rain is falling
and the wind is calling
i give to you
i give you life
i give you life
i give you life
you can take it all
at your beck and call
i will give to you

sugar sweet

i've seen you
all skin and bone
eyes grey as stone
heart good as gold
you think nothing cold
and i've listened to you
when you go out
you sing and shout
you say alright
and that's alright
sugar sweet

come and see just what's outside
who's told the truth and who has lied
take you in, into their arms
hold you back and hold you down
hold you back and hold you down

sugar, sugar sweet
saccharine to the bitterness you'll meet
sugar, sugar sweet

you say words that don't mean a thing
but this world turns with the touches you bring
take it in, into your hands
throw it back and throw it down

money maker always rattles his shaker
if there's a giver he's always a taker
take you in, into his arms
and hold you back

sugar, sugar sweet
saccharine to the bitterness you'll meet
sugar, sugar sweet

don't hold it back
hold it back
don't hold it back
hold you back
don't hold it back
sugar, sugar sweet
Don't hold it back
sugar, sugar sweet
don't hold it back

djvd

i'm looking 'bout and listenin' good
used to dance and now i stand
can't recall if i changed
fact remains things ain't the same
look up about and listen good
take your bunce and that's not all
the more they scratch, the more you'll itch
it's a condition we'll have to cure

dj vd, dj vd
it won't get me
originality deficiency
take your decks and swivel

don't you try to tell me
how to live my life
don't you try to tell me
what's honey and what is spice
dj pull the plug on that

standing in a bar, feet on the floor
chilling out and digging the scene
seems like it used to be really fun to do
things ain't always how they seemed

looks like the emphasis is changing here
a significant and ominous twist
it's confusing and frustrating
utterly deflating
in fact it gets me utterly pissed

so listen good, and look about
go ahead and tell me what you see
this is a terminal disease
and we've got to set us free
cos like a midas in reverse
the things they touch they curse
and smother with the killer pumping bass
the issue they're confusing
themselves they are deluding
i guess they've got a terminal case

dj vd, dj vd
it won't get me
originality deficiency
take your decks and swivel

don't you try to scare me
out of what i am
don't you try to scare me
your money in your hand
dj pull the plug on that

dj vd, dj vd, dj vd
dj vd, dj vd, dj vd

don't you try to tell me
how to live my life
don't you try to tell me
what's honey and what is spice
don't you try to scare me
out of what i am
don't you try to scare me
your money in your hand

time

i woke up from a trap
hit me just like a slap
took the weight of my ass
and filled up another glass

i need time to drink
leaving not much to think
with you off my back
i will be back on the track

i need to disappear
to change my name it's clear
no-one to listen
and no eyes to glisten
when i have got something to say
i will hope, i will pray
sweet nothing is to come my way

i need to disappear
to change my name it's clear
no-one to listen
and no eyes to glisten
when i have got something to say
i will hope, i will pray
sweet nothing is to come my way

i want to make undone
all i have been making
i don't care that i'm going away
i don't care that you're gonna stay
you said that i should look
but i'm off that hook
you said that you would wait
you can forget that bait
don't make me stop
you told me to look
but i'm off that hook
you said that you'd wait
you can forget that bait

oh time
to think
think about this
thinking 'bout all the things i'd miss
no, no i don't care
i don't care

ascend

i first saw you
without love and then you knew
your fingers reached
i moved in the distance breached

tell me what i'm doing here
tell me what i'm doing here

to my surprise
i kissed you, you made me rise
now by my side
i've missed you and let it slide

tell me what I'm doing here
tell me what I'm doing here

if all i ever wanted wasn't good for you
if the things that i said, they just weren't true
ascend, ascend my friend

i turned my head
and looked back, i had been led
when my heart jumped
we lost touch, our love had slumped

tell me what i'm doing here
tell me what i'm doing here

if all i ever wanted wasn't good for you
if the things that i said, they just weren't true
ascend, ascend my friend

i can see you looking down to keep away from me
but i'm stuck with this lack of ability
i can't refrain
from coming here
it causes pain
you're so sincere
ascend, i must ascend

so now alone
i find out your heart is stone
a helping hand
there is none from where i stand
tell me what i'm doing here
tell me what i'm doing here

if all i ever wanted wasn't good for you
if the things that i said, they just weren't true
then don't restrain from telling me
that all this pain is good for me
i can see you looking down to keep away from me
but i'm stuck with this lack of ability
i can't restrain from coming here
it causes pain you're so sincere
ascend
ascend, i must ascend

godhead

hey now what's this
the place i'm living's a fucking disgrace
don't talk 'bout that
get on your knees and pray that you're safe

but what to believe in
it's all so deceivin'
how about something else
the times ain't changin'
it's what i been cravin'
how about something else

where's this i'm at
there's more excitement
at a laundrymat
who's he, mmm looks good
he ain't a god
well he fucking well should (be)

now wait a minute, look at that
he's a god without a doubt
can't you see it in his eyes
got all of you to despise

and so they came
and they called him godhead
cried out his name
and the life that he led
so then he knew what he had to say
hold out his hand and show them the way
godhead

i can create
but only masturbate
they all believe
what i got up my sleeve
they cannot wait
so i guess this is my fate

now i'd like to know
if this god he can go
kissing hot jack and danny
then take it real slow
and now i can cry
yes it's manly to die
but real tears is now what i will try

women, long legs
imbalance to be redressed
if i'm a god
can't keep shooting my load on my own
now bend on down
and receive your crown
i'll give you a necklace to wear

well yeah god is strange
but not sex deranged
no he wouldn't do that with a chair
got a feeling something is happening here
yeah i think it's all coming clear

and so they came and they called him
godhead
cried out his name and the life that he led
so then he knew what he had to say
hold out his hand and show them the way
godhead

now if a holy grail
carries a semen trail
i guess we can think that god has gone bad
but look at it my way
i fucked up on every day
yeah i know where there's fun to be had

o.k. so I'll leave
didn't mean to deceive
just look after the debris i've left

and so he came and they called him
godhead
cried out his name and the life that he led
so then he knew what he had to say
hold out his hand and show them the way
godhead
godhead
godhead

trigger happy

now picture the scene
it's downtown after the show
i'm looking around
but there's no-one i'd like to know
then i see her
yeah i think those looks would kill
maybe she won't
but then again maybe she will
i'm trigger happy
just thinking that she'd blow me away
trigger happy
i'm trigger happy
but she won't even look my way
trigger happy

my mind is moving
as the music is swinging her hips
my body quivers
when her tongue caresses her lips
i'm easy prey
yeah i know that i'm looking scared
she starts to smile
cos it looks like i'm nearly snared
she's trigger happy
but she knows it could go either way
trigger happy
she's trigger happy
cos it looks like we're both gonna stay
ah yeah she's looking at me
pointing a gun kind of nervously
on my back
from a fatal attack
through the heart
and that's just the start
loaded chamber, silver bullets gleaming
check out the beat, you be feeling
trigger happy

stray cat blues *

i hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs
i know you're no scare-eyed honey
there'll be a feast if you just come upstairs
but it's no hanging matter
it's no capital crime

i can see that you're 15 years old
no, i don't want your i.d.
you look so restless and so far from home
but that's no hanging matter
it's no capital crime

oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
oh yeah, don't you scratch like that
oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
i bet, i bet your momma don't know you scream like that
i bet she don't know that you spit like that

you look so weird and you're so far from home
but you don't really miss your mother
don't look so scared; i'm no mad-brained bear
but it's no hanging matter
it's no capital crime

oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
oh yeah, don't you scream like that
bet your momma don't know you scratch like that
bet she don't know you can bite like that

you say you've got a friend; she's wilder than you
why don't you bring her upstairs
if she's so wild, well she can join in too
but it's no hanging matter
it's no capital crime

oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
oh yeah, don't you scratch like that
oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
bet your momma don't know you bite like that
i bet she never saw you scratch my back

scratch my back
scratch my back
scratch my back
scratch my back
scratch my back
scratch my back
scratch my back
scratch my back

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

except * written by m. jagger / k. richards
published 1968 abkco music, inc. (bmi)