the SILENCERS
dance to the holy man
Bulletproof Heart
Some say this is a dangerous place
dangerous women lipstick mace
men disappear without trace
stay anonymous hide your face
in this town you'd need a
Bulletproof Heart.
When I came here I was innocent
Soon found out what Trouble ment
Now I regret the time I've spent
In your Towerblocks and Tenements.
In this town you'd need a bulletproof heart
a bulletproof shatterproof Heart.
Watch your step they want to settle a score
Watch your step Don't open your door
Some say this is a dangerous place
searchlight circles watch this place
men disappear without a trace
anonymous faces lost in the maze
In this town you'd need a bulletproof heart.
In this town you'd need a bulletproof shatterproof heart.
the Art of Self Deception
There's a time for getting high
a time to be alone
a time to wrap yourself
round someone else
and bring it on home
You've been deceived
in a world of my own invention
Self Deception ohhh.
In an age of love
Kalishnikovs
and microwave snow
we've got our hands
on the wheel
and our heads in the clouds
and a ticket to go.
You've been deceived
oh but that wasn't the intention.
You don't believe
and now now
Love's not worth a mention
Self Deception ohhh
Well how long to trip down this ancient street
How long to stumble in the history
Well, there's a fool beside you
trapped inside his sheet
A slave to his grand illusion.
We all believe in love without exception
we all believe in love beyond convention
maybe that's self deception
I
don't
know.
Robinson Crusoe in New York
Survive 4-3-2-1
Shipwrecked Sailors
in a 4 letter show
based on a book
by Daniel Defoe
Where the lights are high
And the cotton is low
And all God's children
Are ready to go.
New York
New York's
a wonderful town
the Bronx is up
(I say Broadway
but it's a mistake)
And the Battery's down
The people ride in a
Hole in the ground.
Robinson Crusoe in New York
Robinson Crusoe in New York
Well I'm sick of being
A square in a Rubik Cube
Sick of seeing the World
Through a cathode ray tube
Where they're building schools
on Nuclear mud
and the price of oil is paid in blood
Manhattan's like a fairground
in the dark
So I'll find a little island
in central park
Plant a few seeds
And grow a few beans and
maybe make the cover of
Time magazine.
Robinson Crusoe in New York
Robinson Crusoe in New York
I've a bootleg heart
and an electronic eye
Well I'm over 21
I'm not ready to die
Blah blah blah
Robinson Who?
The city
The city
The city
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday
play the blues
that's all I know
New York New York's
a wonderful town
I Want You
Well I want to paint your picture
With that great look in your eyes
And I want to write a song so gentile
It could make you cry.
I want the World
And all its charms
And nothing else will do
And hey
I want you.
Well I want a roaring city
And I want a healing sun
And I want a magic wilderness
Where we could be as one
I want the World
And all its charms
And nothing else will do
And hey
I want you.
Well I want to be your soldier
And I want to be your friend
And I want to be your dancing fool
and dance you till the end.
I want the World
And all its charms
And nothing else will do
And hey
I want you
Just Can't Be Bothered
I've been outside the Law
breaking my heart on the wheel
watching the clock on the wall
true feeling I have to conceal
On days like this
I'd like to hideaway
like a
lazy dog in the sun
or call you up and have a long discussion
about the meaning of fun
'cos we
just can't be bothered
just can't be bothered at all
Life's emotional wounds
they can take their time to heal
but somehow we don't have to talk
You know instinctively just
how I feel
someday we'll hit that road
when we here the gypsy call
and runaway like Summer children
looking for nothing at all
'cos we
just can't be bothered
just can't be bothered at all
Cameras and Colleseums
Gypsy Girl
8 years old
Dipped my pocket
For a piece of Gold
Her brother and sister
grabbed my soul
with their large
dark eyes
wandering through streets
of dreams
master criminals
in dark blue machines
Cameras and Collesseums.
One Inch of Heaven
I was in love
with the thought
of perfection
Yes my World was just a
skyscraper of dreams
then I was crushed to the floor
by a feeling
so strong
so strange
I had to scream
There's rock
in my heart
that can't be broken
Now there's
one inch of heaven
that's open for me
as I walk down a vacant street
with rain in my eyes
Call across the coal dark water
waiting to see
the sunrise.
I was the King
of the cynical line
nothing was too dark
or too cruel
Now I believe that there's
something worth trying for
lover since you've chosen
this poor fool
There's rock
in my heart
that can't be broken
now there's
one inch of heaven
that's open for me
As I walk down Jamaica Street
with rain in my eyes
Call across the coal dark water
waiting to see the sunrise.
Funny how you wake up
and start to see
something in your eyes
made a new man of me
where would I be
where would I be
There's rock in my heart
that can't be broken
now there's one inch of heaven
that's open for me
As I walk down Jamaica Street
with rain in my eyes
Call across the coal dark water
waiting to see the sunrise.
Oh you know
There's just no way of knowing
I'm walking down the street
and I just don't know
where I'm going
Out to the river
river flowing to the sea
Big black river
rolling on out to the sea
Coal dark river
washing away
the blues
mirror
mystery river
There's no reason for me
to go home
Go home.
Hey Mr Bank Manager
Hey Mr. Bank Manager
Please don't take my car
Hey Mr. Bank Manager
please don't take my
electric guitar.
You've all the money
in this big wide world
so why the 'bleep'
you have to ruin me and my girl
Hey Mr. Bank Manager
Please don't take my car
Hey Mr. Bank Manager
Please don't take my house
Hey Mr. Bank Manager
it's council, Georgian, Art Deco
and early Bauhaus
You've all the money
in this big wide world
so why the 'bleep'
you have to ruin me and my girl
Hey Mr. Bank Manager
please don't take my house
My credit's up
my cash is gone
I wish they'd drop
the money bomb
I live in hope
I live in prayer
I'm just so
money money money
aware.
You've all the money
in this big wide world
so why the 'bleep'
you have to ruin me and my girl
Hey Mr. Bank Manager
Please don't take my car
This is Serious
There's a murmur Goin' round
about you and a tower of lies
as the night door sounds
I turn over and start to cry
This is serious
I don't want to lose you now
In the morning you're cold
as though you just came inside
it's already plain to see
you're losin' your own self pride
this is serious
I don't want to lose you now
Is it conflict
that you're after
a bitter show of tears
so you can get angry
and then disappear
this is serious
I don't want to lose you now
All alone in the night
with bad dreams for company
in the dark I make my mind up
to fight
to run with you all the way
this is serious
I don't want to lose you now
If you calculate a future
doing what you're doing
you better realize you hold a
no win hand it's a
silent road to ruin
a temple of illusion
somehow, let me help you
make you understand
this is serious
I don't want to lose you now.
Afraid to Love
Stormy Winds
over the sea
I can feel your heart
beating around me
but I'm caught inside
I believe in nothing
Afraid,
Afraid to love
acid sky over the rainbow
children's eyes
staring from windows
I believe in you
but I'm scared
to trust you
Afraid,
Afraid to love
I know now we're going nowhere
but please, wake me when we're there
Baby in your arms
I should have died
Afraid,
Afraid to love
Rosanne
The house was filling up
like it was New Year
with Friends of mine
I've never met before
and in among
the singing and the drinking
I saw you standing
SILENT by the door
and in your eyes
I see your heart
is breaking
yes in your eyes
I'm still your secret boy
for we were young
and we were only playing
we thought we were immune
inside our joy
ROSANNE
ROSANNE
You married into money
and to trouble
trying to escape
this world we knew
where everything's decided
by your station
you wanted to believe
it wasn't true
and then I heard the whispers
and the stories
Oh how your public
analysed your pain
it seems to me we all
derive some pleasure
from watching someone
rise then fall again
ROSANNE
ROSANNE
I heard about the others
that you went through
you cannot keep a secret
in this town
where everyone is friendly
to your face but
don't challenge the laws
that they lay down
A woman on her own
can always cry
it looks to me that you
could use a friend now
the night has certain needs
to satisfy
ROSANNE
ROSANNE
ROSANNE
is
crying.
Electric Storm
I know why the call it
ELECTRICITY
because it's so 'tricky'.
Tears are just a
DROP IN THE OCEAN
but does it matter
anyway
well if the ocean
fades away
We can
ALL WAVE BYE BYE
I tremble
like a fish
out of water
twisting on the killing floor
well I can dance away
the blues
my microphone
is LIVE
I don't have the answers
but I
but I'LL TAKE MY CHANCES
and I'll
watch the way the wind blows
and I'll
shoot the clouds
that FORM
ohhhh
in the Electric Storm
I live on the
electric mountain
with 100,000
other slaves
and we dance
away the blues
in catacomb
like caves
following
following
the golden rules
from the tattered
pages
of the
ASHCAN SCHOOL
falling for the ones
we fall for
and
waiting for the sun
I don't have the answers
but I
but I'll take my chances
and I'll
watch the way the wind blows
and I'll shoot the clouds that form
IN THE ELECTRIC STORM
When The Night Comes Down
ON THE MORNING
OF OUR LOVE
We could do no wrong
and we were so young and
so free
that there was no doubting
yes we came
to live in this place
from the shoreline
to the town
now the lights
go on in the West
when the night comes down
Well we came with nothing
but hope
and busy dreams
and we built a castle of glass
with our great machines
and we grew so strong and
so proud
in our rooms
above the ground
Now we talk ourselves
To sleep
when the night comes down
Now the boys
are marching tonight
to an ancient tune
and the boys
are melting their lives
in a Kitchen spoon
and the King of Love
is locked up
in machine gun
downtown
another
Sacrificial cup
when the night
comes down
When at last
my coat comes off
and the dust
is dead
I can take
your hand so soft
when the day is ended
and we'll try to set
ourselves free
from this unreal
city sound
and, you'll
Lie with me
my love
when the night
comes down.
(
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