LYRICS
la la la la revolution (the
future never happened)
la la la la revolution
i don't know why i'm feeling
bad, yeah
i picked up a bad vibration
oliver north is running
for senate
bomb the abortion clinic
reagan's defense is the
deficit
the virus was invented
black man can't get acquitted
of the crimes that we committed
the future never happened,
it never happened
la la la la revolution (the
future never happened)
la la la la revolution
your revolution is a silly
idea, yeah
you tried to look like a
punk rock girl
a whole lotta sneer, and
little curl
i don't have time for your
theatrics
everybody knows that you're
a bad actress
i don't know why i'm feeling
bad, yeah
but a scum is rising
la la la la revolution (the
future never happened)
la la la la revolution (I
picked up a bad vibration)
la la la la revolution
They come and they come and
they come and they come
I accepted with a gentle
tongue
No words spoken, no need
to speak
Take it, stomp twice, ring
the bell
Tether that ring and phrase
Enough with the rifle and
talk already
We all know what it means
Take this conversation to
your great divide
I can only swallow what
I ate
And I don't hate him
And I don't hate her
They come and they come and
they come and they come
I accepted with a gentle
tongue
No heart broken, no need
to speak
(Don't talk to me)
Don't talk to me about being
alone
(Don't talk to me)
Don't talk to me about being
alone
(Don't talk to me)
Don't talk to me about being
alone
Reach for each other before
you leave
Reach peace with a E-A-C
Don't threaten me with a
gentle tease
Don't threaten me with angry
Please, please, please
Don't try to tell me what
I am
(Talk to me)
Don't talk to me
(Talk to me)
Don't talk to me
CHORUS
I don't need it (I don't
need it)
I hit my head (he hit his
head)
I can't feel anything
You gave too much away
You came to say
It's a free world baby
And you gave too much away
(get whatever you want)
Me, I'm tired of this candy
My teeth ache my head
Boys in bed, girls in bed
All now go to sleep
Sleep, sweet dreams
Wake to a new today tomorrow
CHORUS
Boys in bed, girls in bed
All now go to sleep
Sleep, sweet dreams
Wake to a new today tomorrow
Sleep, sweet dreams
Wake to a new today tomorrow
CHORUS
(repeat last verse)
Was she willing when she
sat
and posed the pretty photograph?
Save her flowering and fair,
the days to come, the days
to share.
A big smile for the camera,
how did she know?
the moment could be lost
forever
forever more
I found this photograph,
stashed between the old
joist walls,
in a place where time is
lost,
lost behind, where all things
fall.
Broken books and calendars,
letters script in careful
hand,
music too, a standard tune
by
some forgotten big brass
band.
From the threshhold what's
to see
of our brave new century?
The television's just a
dream,
the radio, the silver screen.
A big smile for the camera,
how did she know?
the moment could be lost
forever
forever more
Was her childhood filled
with rhymes,
stolen hooks, impassioned
crimes?
Was she innocent or blind
to the cruelty of her time?
Was she fearful in her day,
was she hopeful, did she
pray?
Were there skeletons inside,
family secrets, sworn to
hide?
Did she feel the beat that
stirs,
the fall from grace of wayward
girls?
Was she tempted to pretend,
the love and laughter, 'til
the end?
Broadcast me a joyful noise
into the times, Lord,
count your blessings, ignore
the lowest fear, well you can't send us, listen,
Radio no, play the game,
three words, first one short,
magazine, book, cinema,
N - O - down,
many fears are gone, step
down, step down,
watch a heel crush, ah this
means war
I saw the light, it can't be right
Broadcast me a joyful noise
into the times, Lord,
count your blessings, ignore
the lowest fear, well you can't send us,
It's been a bad day, please
don't take my picture,
It's been a bad day, please
It's been a bad day, please
don't take my picture,
It's been a bad day, please
A public service announcement
followed me home the other day,
I bade it nevermind,
The shit's so thick, you
could stir it with a stick,
the paper wouldn't lie,
wisdom got lost to mankind, we gloat and jeer with it
Broadcast me a joyful noise
into the times, Lord,
count your blessings, ignore
the lowest fear, come one, what more?
It's been a bad day, please
don't take my picture,
It's been a bad day, please
It's been a bad day, please
don't take my picture,
It's been a bad day, please
A penny on it's side
Write a letter...give a
call
Let me know you're alive
And doing well
A quarter past three
The quarter you live in
haunts my eyes
I'm hand over head
I'm held over hand
I'm hand over head over
heels over you
Write a letter, give a call
Let me know you're alive
And doing well
It's everything for two
Don't be a stranger
Don't be a shadow to this
boy
A quarter past three
A quarter past...
The quarter you live in
haunts my eyes
I'm hand over head
I'm held over hand
I'm hand over head over
heels over you
Write a letter...give a call
Let me know you're alive
And doing well
It's everything for two
Don't be a stranger
Don't be a shadow to this
boy
I'll give you a kiss
I'll give you a hug
I'll tell you a secret that's
no lie
Don't be a stranger
Don't be a shadow
Don't be a shadow to this
boy
Best as a wishing star, I
saw you better far away,
and I felt obligation, and
heard your voice again.
Hear the rush of water,
passing over the shoals.
Hear my heartbeat rather,
if I reached out tonight.
If I reach out tonight and
find I can't fight it,
and look to the stars, and
wander towards a
heartfelt obligation, a place
that you called home
and heard your voice again,
but it's too late.
You left long ago, and now
you're probably dead and gone,
and I'm left here with the
water and the shoals and a tainted obligation.
Ohhhhhh
That's worth saving up for
Put our heads down on the
chest
Mustn't even race for rest
Easy come, easy go
Easy come
Easy go
Easy come
Easy go
Stares conceal
Par-parallels
Neigh-neighbors call
All in all in all in all
in all
That's worth saving up for
Put our heads down on the
chest
Mustn't even race for rest
Easy come, easy go
Easy come
Easy go
Easy come
Easy go
Chance is yours
And call the shot
Even in a parking lot
With one romance
One romance
Easy come
Easy go
Easy come
Easy go
Neighbors call
Par-parallel
Late at night nations fall
All in all in all in all
in all
That's worth saving up for
Put our heads down on the
chest
Mustn't even race for rest
Easy come, easy go
Easy come
Easy go
Easy come
Easy go
Friday bank card yours got
stuck
I loaned you a phone quarter,
said "Good luck"
Where are you now?
Me and glasses Saturday slump
You and your shopping, I
looked up
Our eyes met, mine are green
You'd had a peroxide thing
Call now, look me up
Sunday walk, Weaver's Park,
I was on the lakeside
Where the playgrounds meet
In bare feet
You said, "Mighty cold today"
You never see what I think
You didn't like your daytime
job
I was born to travel
You were a camera, I dropped
my keys
I'm on the northbound, you
were asleep
I said, "Are you holding?"
"You wanna ride the silent
sky?"
I wrote a story on the fly
You in the tabletop
I said, "I've had enough
of the city."
I held a bag of apples
You at the last table
I had had a soy dog
Cafe streetside, Tuesday
bloom
You wanna be on fire, I
said I hung the moon
Wednesday grocery, corner
of Vine,
You were in the checkout
line
I dropped my frozen dinners,
you helped pick them up
Thursday cab rush, our block,
You with broken accent,
my heart stopped
You laughed, I worry
Chance, chance, chance, chance
Swarming like a dozen crushing
blows
All those glances, midtime
dances
Chance
I never looked it up
You hit the sidewalk talking
Said, "I'd read the ads"
Do you?
Where are you? Will you
read this? Can I see?
This is surely moving faster
than I can think
A minute shy, a passing eye
I know I saw you there
Will you read this? Can
I see? What did I see?
Chance, chance, chance,
chance
Swimming like a dozen crushing
blows
All those midtime dances
Chance
Guys, this is very tedious... stop!
