Perfume Garden
Perfume
Garden
You can
shake your hips
You can
seal your lips
I can't
make that trip
And all
life's fears
Can invade
my ears
I can handle
it
I can laugh
with a friend
And remember
the faces
We wore
at school
Making the
madness
And solitary
sadness
A friendly
fool
I thought
of stories
They told
us long ago
Of how
the world was a perfume garden
I haven't
yet learned to tame the creature there
And that
at least I think is something good
All across
the town
And across
the street
You could
feel the heat
Let me tell
you friend
They could
hardly wait
To mark
your sheet
It was maximum
joy
For the
men they employed
To hold
you down
Well I hope
now you know
That this
isn't the bliss
That you
thought you found
Endless
emptiness
An endless
ringing bell
I couldn't
show you
But I hope
to one day
Pretty
promises to teach the tender child
To welcome
madness every Monday
Beck and
call
It didn't
seem to matter at all
Beck and
call
You told
us how to conquer it all
Beck and
call
These children
have nothing at all
Listening
hard
For the
voice of the child
I thought
I heard
An alarm
bell ringing
Pulled
from my sleep
By invisible
hands
The distant
sound of a lady singing
Intrigue In Tangiers
When it's
summer
And the
skies are glass
When it's
summer
And the
skies are glass
I just
have to make the evenings last
They're
always flashing past
And when
it's raining
And the
skies are black
When it's
raining
And the
skies are black
I just
have to hear the thunder roll
And see
the lightening crack
With fading
powers
We sit
for hours
By a television
screen
With funny
cigarettes
And talk
for hours
Of places
that we've seen
Brother
can you hear my voice
Brother
can you hear my voice
Every second
that you cling to life
You have
to feel alive
It's an
easy thing to sell your skin
It's an
easy thing to sell your skin
When the
devil's banging on your door
You always
let him in
With fading
powers
We dream
of hours
That'll
never come again
Old defenders
are themselves defenceless
When the
mad attack the sane
What can
you do
When you
see no future in front of you
Food for
the few
So many
it seems are in front of you
I see my
face
Reflecting
there in a sweating brow
You hate
what you see
But what
can you do when there's no way out
No way
out now
But when
you sleep
Where do
you go
Return Of the Roughnecks
Up and down
These days
are up and down
They call
it elevated living
A faster
future for a faster breed
Unforgiving
unfulfilling
The spirit's
willing
But the
mind is weak
I had an
empty education
I want
to speak
But when
I try to speak
It doesn't
help the situation
And some
they fly while others fall
And some
they walk while others crawl
It stops
them feeling small
That's
all
Shake your
hand
They'll
always shake your hand
Without
a moments hesitation
Burning
bridges
And snapping
strands
That support
a generation
You want
to climb
But when
you try to climb
You see
the ladder getting shorter
You want
to drink
But when
you try to drink
There's
someone pissing in the water
The soul
is something they can buy
So softly
step inside
Says the
spider to the fly
Nice try
And every
day you're crucified
If you
can't look them in the eye
Smile and
wave goodbye
Nice try
Vices embraced
in times of crisis
Sweet vices
embraced in times of crises
That's
all
Singing Rule Britannia (While The Walls Close In)
A prisoner
of my paradox
Heaven
or hell
Pacing
up and down my cage
Too soon
to tell
What a
suffocating state to be
Working
class heroes
Mean nothing
to me
I'm a working
class zero
Chained
to the tree of life
A dangerous
thing to be
And now
the baby needs to grow
But the
mother is crazy
What lies
behind the mask
Behind
the wave and the smile
Your appearance
is deceptive
Sweet crocodile
What a
fascinating thing to see
Revealing
all your secrets
You'd better
beware
Revealing
all your secrets
You wouldn't
dare
Reveal
yourself to me
Would you?
It must
have been like this before
But my
memory's hazy
So I'll
stand in line
Three million
desperados
There's
hope for me
But for
some the story's different
They'll
stand in line
They'll
bide their time
Waiting
for a sign
Counting
out the time
Clever clever
creatures
Death in
your kiss
Playing
with the future
In innocent
bliss
What a
suffocating state to be
But what
a fascinating thing to see
On The Beach
The Autumn
leaves were falling
Hearing
nature talking
I thought
I heard her calling
Hush now
don't you cry
Figure
in the sky
Can't stop
myself from shaking
My mind
at last is waking
Eight minds
embracing
Figures
in the sky
Hadn't time
to analyse
What I
saw before my eyes
But nothing
would surprise me
Here on
our beach
Far away
from you all
I thought I heard her calling
Unsure of
what we're facing
The precious
time we're wasting
I'll always
be embracing
Figures
in the sky
Looking Inwardly
I delve
into myself ceaselessly
But I rarely
see
What I
want to see
Embracing
the future
Forgetting
the past
Loves lost
and misfortune
The chaos
and the crass
I'm wary
of you
But you're
oblivious to me
I'm chained
to your ego
And there
isn't a key
I play
with emotions
But never
my own
Don't you
recognize me
Try looking
inwardly
But you won't see me
Such a strange
situation
As I wallow
in waste
That such
a trivial victory
Could put
a smile on your face
Using me
as the scapegoat
For what
you want to believe
So I'll
just bow out politely
And tip
my cap as I leave
Comme ci comme ca
My eyes
are wide open
Yours are
closed
It's time
you realised
I'm a part
of you
Look inwardly
Don't bleed
for me
Look to
yourself.
One Flesh
With the
sun in your eyes
Always
mistaking
The truth
from the lies
In the
love that you're making
Don't pretend
it isn't so
With the
sun in your eyes
It always
reveals
A voluntary
bondage
That always
appeals
It's how
you make the garden grow
But why
this weakness
No-one
knows
Our conscience
cries his sorrow
While we
sleep
But once
the morning's dawned
Out the
back-door
Silently
he creeps
With the
sun in your eyes
Always
reminding
A sense
of excitement
You've
no hope of finding
With the
chains that bind your feet
Belonging
or longing
For a few
empty hours
In a strangers
bed
To chase
away
A fear
that's in your head
And why
this weakness
No-one
knows
The vacant
faceless voices
On the
phone
Bring words
that offer no
Consolation
when you're all alone
With the sun in your eyes
Beaten on
the brow of history
A union
forged in slavery
In all
that's hope and decency
A hope
for you and a hope for me
For every
woman child and man
To those
who'll chain you if they can
The babe
you're bouncing on your knee
Needs your
help now can't you see
Home Is Where The Heart Is
So here
we are waking
Savages
shaking
The road
that we're taking
We've walked
before
And if these
times
Should
seal our fate
You won't
see me
At Heavens
gate
Danger is
lurking
Evil is
working
Yet here
we are hiding
Behind
our doors
Come out
come out
It's time
to grow
Enjoy the
ride
One more
time before you go
According
to Hoyle
All cards
on the table
What else
can you do
When life
is unstable
The night's
growing colder
The enemy
bolder
But as
you grow older
You cease
to care
But if we
run
Or try
to hide
And turn
our faces
We'll have
no hopes
To keep
alive
According
to Hoyle
All cards
on the table
Reactions
cool
The world
is unstable
According
to Hoyle
All cards
on the table
What can
you do
When life
is unstable
So here
we are waking
Savages
shaking
Here we
are hiding
Danger
is lurking
P.S. Goodbye
I've had
too many crazy nights
I've seen
too many crazy sights
I didn't
want the scars to show
In those
moments only mothers know
You know
in retrospect it seems
There's
always danger in your dreams
Like an
actor stealing scenes
All the
magic moments in your teens
All the
thoughts you fight to hide
Lady passion
lady pride
Sisters
side by side
Talking
while our tongues are tied
La da da
Da da da
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