INXS

ON A BUS (3:49) DOCTOR (2:35) JUST KEEP WALKING (2:42) LEARN TO SMILE (4:57) JUMPING (3:22) IN VAIN (4:35) ROLLER SKATING (2:44) BODY LANGUAGE (2:02) NEWSREEL BABIES (2:42) WISHY-WASHY (3:50)

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY INXS. PRODUCED BY DUNCAN McGUIRE & INXS. RECORDED AT TRAFALAGAR STUDIOS. MIXED AT A.T.A. STUDIOS. ENGINEERED BY DUNCAN McGUIRE. ALL LYRICS 1980 BROWNING MUSIC SOLE AGENT MUSIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA, BMI, N.Y. FOR THE U.S.A. & CANADA. ALL SONGS PUBLISHED BY MUSIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC. / BROWNING MUSIC, BMI. FRONT COVER ART: GECKO GRAPHICS AFTER NOEL COWARD. © 1980 DELUXE RECORDS PTY. LIMITED. ATCO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.


INXS - LYRICS

ON A BUS (3:48)

Liquor Market lots of Flats Another 24-Hour Chemist Self-serve Gas
I said all these things They Serve me well I said all these things They Serve me well

It's hypnotising It sends me to Sleep No-one talks to anyone else
It's frightening Everybody's minds are blank Oh-Oh hypnotising

I'm always using you When I'm out of cash I stare through this window On a bus moving fast I said all these things Serve me well - Yeah I said all these things Serve me well - Yeah

It's hypnotising It sends me to sleep No-one talks to anyone else
It's frightening Everybody's minds are blank Oh-Oh hypnotising

It's hypnotising It sends me to sleep No-one talks to anyone else
It's frightening Everybody's minds are blank Oh-Oh hypnotising

Liquor Market lots of Flats Another 24-Hour Chemist Self-Serve Gas
I said all these things Serve me well I said all these things Serve me well - Yeah

It's hypnotising It sends me to sleep No-one talks to anyone else
It's frightening Everybody's minds are blank Oh-Oh hypnotising Oh Na Na Na-Yeah

DOCTOR (2:36)

We're all running fast tonight
Rocket shoes on our feet
There's a planet where it's right
I'm sure we'll get there by next week

I could've been a doctor
I could've been a lawyer
I could've been a scientist
I could've been normal
Especially in the daylight

You say don't worry while in flight
The darkness is like a fog
I won't get scare
I won't get tired
I've been in space so damn long

I could've been a doctor
I could've been a lawyer
I could've been a scientist
I could've been normal
Especially in the daylight

The Earth is just a big blue dot
I can't see the cars and planes
There's a planet where it's right
I'm sure we'll get there by next week

I could've been a doctor
I could've been a lawyer
I could've been a scientist
I could've been normal
Especially in the day light

I could've been a doctor
I could've been a lawyer
I could've been a scientist
I could've been normal
Especially in the day light

I could've been a doctor
I could've been a lawyer
I could've been a scientist
I could've been normal
Especially in the day light

I could've been a doctor ya
I could've been a lawyer
I could've been a scientist
I could've been normal
Especially in the day light
Especially in the day light

JUST KEEP WALKING (2:43)

Green fields - grass and earth
Broken bottles - bricks and dirt
Sunshine soothing - clouds are hazy
Dark street corners - feeling lazy

Fast cars driving
Sleek and modern
Public transit
Photos waiting
Blood and glass
Three points of rain
Carpet lining
Seats reclining
Clever words on smooth tongue talking
Shove it brother - just keep walking

City penthouse - the kitchen living
A country home - It's a kitch living
Money can buy almost anything
But anything's nothing - when you're dead

Fast cars driving
Sleek and modern
Public transit
Photos waiting
Blood and glass
Three points of rain
Carpet lining
Seats reclining
Clever words on smooth tongue talking
Shove it brother - just keep walking

Green fields - grass and earth
Broken bottles - bricks and dirt
Sunshine soothing - clouds are hazy
Dark street corners - feeling lazy

Fast cars driving
Sleek and modern
Public transit
Photos waiting
Blood and glass
Three points of rain
Carpet lining
Seats reclining
Clever words on smooth tongue talking
Shove it brother - just keep walking
Clever words on smooth tongue talking
Shove it brother - just keep walking
Clever words on smooth tongue talking
Shove it brother - just keep walking

LEARN TO SMILE (4:55)

Slow and easy is a dimension
Gonna laugh it up,laugh it up
They say you make no fool of you
An' it's new for you to gaze
Up and down inside yourself
Inside yourself

It's so good in here
It's pretty far out
Ya we're all just learning how to smile
We're looking out to you
We're looking out to you
& you & you & you & you & you & you

Show your love, bite me now
Put a hand in and take it out
I said you can try to make me mad
Or change my mind, be careful
So you want me there now
So you want me there now
Oh Ya

It's so good in here
It's pretty far out
Ya we're all just learning how to smile
We're looking out to you
We're looking out to you
& you & you & you & you & you & you

Rarely moving I stagger-Ha
Some interpretation
Well there's a buzzing in the station
Spinning station unravel me
Cross platforms with rehearsed travel
Rehearsed travel
Rehearsed travel

Looking out to you
And we're learning how to smile
Woh ya we're looking out to you
Ya we're learning how to smile
Nanana looking out to you
Ya we're learning how to smile
NA NA NA NA NA
Looking out to you

JUMPING (3:22)

Say when you get down
Look to your left
When you get up
Look to your right
Oh figure out the puzzle
Make sure the pieces fit tight
Fit tight

I said jumping jumping
All night long
Jump and jump and
It's up to you
Jumping jumping
All night long
Jump and jump and
We now what to do
Jumping jumping
All night long
Jump and jump and
It's up to you
Jumping jumping
All night long
Jump and jump and
We now what to do

There is no sure fire
Way baybee
It's just the first star
You see at night
Don't walk around feeling hazy
If you need a taste take a bite
Take a bite

Someday they'll catch you
Say you argue
Don't you put up no fight
look of confusion
Say you don't believe (straight lines?)
Straight lines (?)

I said jumping jumping
All night long
Jump and jump and
It's up to you
Jumping jumping
All night long
Jump and jump and
We now what to do
Jumping jumping
All night long
Jump and jump and
It's up to you
Jumping jumping
All night long
Jump and jump and
We now where too

There is no sure fire
Way baybee
It's just the first star
You see at night
Don't walk around feeling hazy
If you need a taste take a bite
Take a bite

I said I'm jumping jumping
All night long
Jump and jump and
It's up to you
Jumping jumping
All night long
Jump and jump and
We now what to do
Jumping jumping
All night long
Jump and jump and
It's up to you
Jumping jumping
All night long
Jump and jump and
We now where too

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IN VAIN (4:37)

Well just the other day while alone in my room
I said to myself I need something new
I've cut a new life slice and feed the lions twice
And they'll shake their manes in confusion

My love, my love's in vain My love

My love, my love's in vain My love

Put a bet on everything
It'll come up fine
My fingers are crossed and tapping in time
You got a pretty face such a pretty pretty face
You can brush your own mane fame is your pain

My love, my love's in vain My love

My love, my love's in vain My love

Maybe an older woman will
Show me a way to ease those creases and
Crave no reasons 'cause
Reasons are with Gods
There's a heaven within me
But we all shake our manes in confusion
Oh nanananana

My love, my love's in vain My love

My love, my love's in vain My love

Should I grab you by the collar?
Or just go my way
With a knife between my clean white teeth?
Don't want your feathers in my cap
Don't care about that
You can brush your own mane
Fame is your pain

My love, my love's in vain My love

My love, my love's in vain My love

My love, my love's in vain My love

ROLLER SKATING (2:45)

I see a girl
And she's roller skating
Well I don't know her
But she makes me feel
Like roller skating

If I had a chance at all
I'd build a road that never ends
Chinese envy-no damn waiting
I'll be with you roller skating
If I had a chance at all
I'd build a road that never ends
Chinese envy-no damn waiting
I'll be with you roller skating

City lights
Turning green to red
I know I can't see you
All I want to do
Is take you to bed

If I had a chance at all
I'd build a road that never ends
Chinese envy-no damn waiting
I'll be with you roller skating
If I had the chance at all
I'd build a road that never ends
Chinese envy-no damn waiting
I'll be with you roller skating

Well I see a girl
And she's roller skating
I don't know her
But she makes me feel
Like roller skating

If I had a chance at all
I'd build a road that never ends
Chinese envy-no damn waiting
I'll be with you roller skating
If I had the chance at all
I'd build a road that never ends
Chinese envy-no damn waiting
I'll be with you roller skating

BODY LANGUAGE (2:03)

If you say something to me
An' you mean,you mean what you say
An' you're wanting my attention
There's a game you must play

Body language Body language Body language Body language Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Use your eyes and your face
Words have no place
Move your body in a way
That I will know what you say

Body language Body language Body language Body language Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh - ya

Body language Body language
Body language Body language

If you say something to me
An' you mean,you mean what you say
An' you're wanting my attention
There's a game you must play

Body language Body language Body language Body language Body language Body language Body language Body language Body language

NEWSREEL BABIES (2:41)

Venetian blinds are crackling I like the noise it's got texture Hit it again when I'm mad Close it again when I'm sad

With the doors closed I'm a king No questions no answers
Don't like talking without reason What's the use if you stop feeling?

All alone I'm cynical to the tv Newsman's making passes to newslady Cameras stops - Newsreel babies

I like to close all the doors Make it dark - make it cool Come in and talk whatever you like I don't mind if it's something new

I said I like to close all the doors Make it dark - make it cool Come in and talk whatever you like I don't mind if it's something new

I like to close all the doors Make it dark - make it cool Come in and talk whatever you like I don't mind if it's something new

I said I like to close all the doors Make it dark - make it cool Come in and talk whatever you like I don't mind if it's something new

WISHY-WASHY (3:51)

I got a place with a view You can see the cars As they travel down the freeway
To clubs and bars Well there's a woman downstair With matt-grey hair
An' she smiles as she tells me There's no room for me here

They've got it In the City They've got it In the Country But here In the suburbs
It's all so wishy - washy It's all so wishy - washy

I got a another place This time with a fireplace An' a woman can come around
Write poetry and feel safe I said it's good for me now But I'm not being fed
I said it's good for me now But I'm not being fed

They've got it In the City They've got it In the Country But here In the suburbs
It's all so wishy - washy It's all so wishy - washy

Oh wishy, oh washy Oh wishy, oh washy Oh wishy, oh washy Oh wishy, oh washy

I got a place with a view You can see the cars hello cars As they travel down the freeway
To clubs and bars Well there's a woman downstairs With matt-grey hair
Ya she smiles as she tells me There's no room for me here

They've got it In the City They've got it In the Country But here In the suburbs
It's all so wishy - washy It's all so wishy - washy

It's so (Growl) Wishy washy

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