LYRICS

Curtains

another night in

Greed's all gone now, there's no question

And I can see you push your hair behind your ear

Regain your balance

Doesn't matter where she is tonight

Or with whoever she spends her time

If these arms were meant to hold her

They were never meant to hold her so tight

For the love of that girl

Greed's all gone now, panic subsides

When I could run, pulling arms to love her

Try to put myself on the inside

Of the love of that girl

Tears swell, you don't know why

For the love of that girl

They never fall, they can never run dry

For the love of that girl

Promise is never over, never questions that needed reply

But she could breathe deep into my neck

Let me know I'm just on the outside

Of the love of that girl

Tears swell, you don't know why

For the love of that girl

They never fall, they can never run dry

For the love of that girl

Greed's all gone now, there's no question

And I can see you push your hair behind your ears

Regain your balance

Doesn't matter where she is tonight

Or with whoever she spends her time

If these arms were meant to hold her

They were never meant to hold her so tight

For the love of that girl

Tears swell, you don't know why

For the love of that girl

They never fall, they can never run dry

For the love of that girl

 

rented rooms

There's the same hotel, and we can go there now

We can go there now if you want to

Through the doors of that rented room

Yeah, we stumbled through

It was only hours

It seemed such a short while

We had no time to cry

Or sit and wonder why

We had so many things started to say

We had to get through

We tried the cinema

Within half an hour

We had to go find someplace else

Some more... you know

We tried a drinking bar

It gets so very hard

And when the cab ride ahead seems too long

We go fuck in the bathroom

We can't afford the time to sit and cry

Or to wonder why

We've got so many things started to say

We have to get through

Through the doors of that rented room

Yeah, we stumbled through

We had so many things started to say

We had to get through

We can't afford the time to sit and cry

Or to wonder why

We got so many things started to say

We have to get through

We haven't got the time for telling lies

Or to even try

There's only days in between

There's just tomorrow

Through the doors of that rented room

Yeah, we stumbled through

It was only hours - it seemed such a short while

In those pillows all the feathers that hold all our dreams

Whispered at the scene

Now they just seem to float on a breeze

I could have wrapped that pillow around my head

Face down on the bed

I could have drowned in those so-called dreams

We can't afford the time to sit and cry

Or to wonder why

There's only days in between

There's just tomorrow

don't look down

See her there

She hangs from me

See her face

She can't let go

I can't look in here eyes

She's holding on

She needed this to hurt me so

So it shot out of me

As though all of the love just got ripped out of me

She said I'm such a sap, I'm such a jerk

How can I ever forget the way that we are

Spend all your time with your eyes on the ground

Looking for the stars

Say this is it

This is all there is

You have to remember this

This is all there is

So it shot out of me

As though all of the love just got ripped out of me

And just for that moment I saw in her eyes

How it all could be

It shot out of me

Spend all your time with your eyes on the ground

Looking for the stars

So it shot out of me

As though all of the love just got ripped out of me

dick's slow song

Don't bring that stuff to bed

I've gotta fall with a clear head

Don't tell me of those mirrors

I'll show you what you want to see

Pay no mind to those voices

I'll show you what you want to hear

Of course

it doesn't matter what you see

You're beautiful to me

It doesn't matter what they say

I want you anyway

So we live in the city

Come over here

No, leave on the light

Beautiful things get run down

There's no more to say

To let you know it's alright

There's a fine door that you open

There's no door

There's no option

You knew this from the start

You made a fist around your heart

I don't need to know

But she must want to show me

It's just for yourself

I can't forgive you anything

It doesn't matter what you see

You're beautiful to me

It doesn't matter what they say

I want you anyway

Don't bring that stuff to bed I'll touch you here

Gotta fall with a clear head Does it make you cry?

Don't bring that stuff to bed Don't hide those tears

Gotta fall with a clear head You know they're alright

Get closer now...

fast one

Some kind of machine has been hollowed out inside me

Don't know what I became or what I've left behind

See I don't remember when

Something plain about a girl brought me back here again

Stumbled round her house tonight

I could give her a call

Stumbled over the kerbstone on the way to her door

And I squandered her love

It's the biggest kick I ever got

Now I squandered her love

Nothing else hits the spot

Everybody's perfect and yet everybody's away

Everybody's got pictures that they can't contain

Yet I squandered your love

It hangs there in my mind

It's an ugly thing I can't leave behind

Jesus

ballad of tindersticks

The first time we flew in

It was cheap and cramped

The vodka running out half-way across the Atlantic

Even the steward screamed and joined in it

We didn't think we were going to make it

Now we're stretched out in wide, furry seats

Flicking through menus

A walk to the bar and there's as much screw-top champagne as we can drink

We're so easy

Taking turns having our photos taken

Sitting in front of small windows

Decanters of cheap whiskey in our hands

Drive into Manhattan on a date with a starlet who's just talent

That's what people pay the money to see

Who are we to argue?

Five hours now it's been going on

And still we're watching all of it

Can you really believe all this?

Can he really lie in bed at night and marvel at his own genius?

When do you lose the ability to step back

And get a sense of your own ridiculousness?

They're only songs

Midnight, and it's all over

Now it can really make us laugh

We're standing on our heads drinking sours of Crystal Schnapps

Now we're unable to step back or forward

Swallowing a swallow

Tasting it again, it's not so unpleasant

Perhaps it's an acquired taste

The first time, it makes you sick

Then, little by little, it becomes delicious

Showbiz people

Always there to be interested in what you say

We are artists; we are sensitive and important

We nod our heads earnestly

Already half-way down the champagne

On our way to leaving the place dry

A $2,000 bar bill

Showbiz picks up the tab

And we're on our way laughing

Laughing at what?

Los Angeles, eight days in

And our sense of irony's running pretty thin

All the friends we've made

It's 2 am, it's closing time at the Dresden

Marty and Layton play one last sleepy "Strangers in the Night"

And the last of the martinis dribble down our chins

We're sitting, chasing the conservation around the table

Jesus, how long have I been in this state?

The limousine's still waiting outside

Anything you want to do?

Anywhere you want to go?

We're on our way to the airport and a plane to Vegas

So many nights lying in bed shaking

Dreaming of pushing my daughter around the supermarket

The joy of seeing all those colours and shapes reflected in her wide eyes

My head leaning on the window

And we're driving through the empty L.A. streets

And everything seems silent and beautiful

A guy's face hits the floor

Police revolvers glistening in the streetlight

Onto Melrose and lurching through a sea of Halloween transvestites

The flight's cancelled, but it doesn't matter

We turn this corner to a way that takes us wherever

Up to Sunset

We creep up the drive to the Shattuck

The suite Belushi died in

Or the one Morrison hung out of the window

Oh, I'll go for Jim's

I would fancy a little window-hanging myself, tonight, man

Straight over to the mini-bar

Open the champagne -- one sip and it's left to wake up to

Anyone hungry?

A team of uniformed waiters lay out an elaborate table for all us to ignore

Oh, the irony

How we're used to living

Back in London on a cold Friday night

Do you want another drink?

Well, I could try

Perhaps we could make it to the Atlantic

600 yards, twenty minutes later

We're pushing through the waiting crowd, all fish eyes

An exclusive door policy

Exclusively for arseholes

And tonight? Well, a nod of our heads, and we're inside

Falling down the red, velvety stairs

Limbs flaying, hands searching for something to steady

Pick ourselves up, nothing broken

Just aches in the morning

No one seems to notice

I find a table, champagne arrives

I've been so drunk, I sit and look at you

We try and talk for the first time in a long time

Drunken confessions

You shiver, it made you feel sick

We use the rent money to pay the bill

Bumping shoulders, we stumble out into Soho

Slipping over the sleeping bags

Shouting for taxis

dancing

I understand everything

I understand everything

Take me in your arms

You knew how I feel

Before I knew, I was up to my neck

First time we danced

So I'll tell what brought you home tonight

So, you're back, what brought you home?

Oh, the dancing

Take me in your arms

You knew how I feel

Running home

I couldn't wait to be inside you then

You were all around me then

So, is that what brought you home tonight

Do you know what brought you home tonight?

Was it the dancing?

Before I knew, I was up to my neck

The last toe leaving ground

First time we danced

let's pretend

Let's not make it into a big thing

Let's not get lost in this

I know it is, I know we could

I guess we surely would

Let's pretend it's not

It doesn't mean a thing

Let's not blow it out of all sense

As though it meant so much

It's always thought about for weeks

Not every time your lips meet mine, I think of her

But when her hands reach out, I think of you

desperate man

She knows what happens when I'm without her

How this ring itches on my finger

Does she let me go to help me remember?

Remember how I came in

I was desperate then

Remember what I am without her

And that's a desperate man

Before I go, when I'm without her

How fast and how long that slide

I'll always take that ride

It itches on my finger

Helps me remember

Remember how I came in

I was desperate then

Remember what I am without her

And that's a desperate man, yeah

She knows what happens when I'm without her

She sees the problem

She understands the irony

When I'm slumped there in that seat

And slobbering of how much I love her

Hey, bartender

Let me tell you about when I walked in

I was desperate then

If I could find my way back to loving her

I'm a desperate man, yeah

I'm a desperate man, yeah

buried bones

With Ann Magnusson

I could take all the craziness out of you

That's what I loved you for

Take away all the oranges, greens and blues

That's what I loved you for

Take a look at me

You think it really could be that easy?

I mean, take a look at me

You think it really could be that easy for you?

I know about guys, I know where they live

And you're just the same

The ones that matter fight against themselves

But it's so hard to change

Hey, I could love you

Take all that love away from you

Hey, I could love you

Put you in this box I've made for two

So you could take all this craziness out of me

That's what you love me for

Well, I don't mean to laugh

But if you know all this

You must be halfway there

Well, like that dress tonight, you won't know as it falls from you

Turn around and it's winter, darling

Look in the mirror and it won't be you

So you're an old, old dog

You've been around the block

So many times

And it's the same old turns

Same old feelings straight down the line

Yeah, I can love you

Grab that leash and drag you to a place you'd never know

I know where my bones are buried

May take me a while, but I'd find my way home

bearsuit

I'm laying on my back

She climbs over me

Pricks out her nails

Runs them over my proud belly

I'm a tired, hungry bear

Spoiled and sleepy

Her finger's on my zipper

She pulls it down slowly

I'm not ready

Turn over, settle down again

Throw her off

But she's back again

I've been out all night

Get in at dawn

And I've still got honey

Dripping from my claws

I'm a tired, hungry bear

Spoiled and sleepy

Her finger's on my zipper

She pulls it down slowly

I'm not ready

Turn over, settle down again

Throw her off

But she's back again

(tonight) are you trying to fall in love again

My my, it doesn't matter what you say

From the start, I hang off every word you say

Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?

Does it make it all right?

Are you trying to fall in love again?

Now, I'm a hard man gone soft

The lines were so clear then

How did I ever get by?

There was a time I hang off every word you say

Every breath you blew, I was running to inhale

Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?

Does it make it all right?

Are you trying to fall in love again?

My my, there will be other days

It comes and goes, you know it never stays

Oh tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?

Does it make it all right?

Oh tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?

Does it make it all right?

You're trying to fall in love again

i was your man

So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand

So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand

Not a surface thing, we could meet down inside

Not a surface thing, we could meet way down inside

You've got a smile that never reaches your eyes

You want to try to do something right

So, take me home tonight

Turn out the light

You're just alone in the dark

So, you wish I was your man, in my consciousness you ran

In my eyes, you swam -- nothing's too much trouble for you

So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand

So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand you

You've got a smile that never reaches your eyes

You want to try to do something right

So, take me home tonight

Turn out the light

You're just alone in the dark

bathtime

There's a city filth that lingers

All over my naked hands

Deep into the weave of the clothes I wear

And every step brings another

Every hour adds some more

Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door

Are the taps running, darling?

Is the air thick with steam?

Can I find some place to cry these tears of shame?

And every step brings another

Every hour adds some more

Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door

There's a smell so sweet it's sickly

It follows me into the room

Hangs in the air like rotting perfume

I never bathe in it, darling

Got down on my hands and knees

Got in so far, I became, well, a part of it all

I've been wading through it

Don't you know it's up to my neck?

And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head

And it's the thought of you in my mind, keeps me here.

Thought I knew these streets, and how they turn

Could always find my way home

There's something there, I can't leave it alone

The trains they run all night

We could leave everything behind

Just bring that dress you wore when we first met

I know it's faded, darling

I know it's tattered and worn

In that dress I could never love you more

I've been wading through it

Don't you know it's up to my neck?

And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head

And I can suck it into my love, breathe it in

walking

Wake up, it's all right

I don't need to know where you've been

Went for a walk, out of my sight

You went astray again

Wake up, it's all right

You don't have the words, it's okay

I make it worse, I can make it better

I can chase it away

And the emotion running and flapping

Faster and faster, breathing hard

Just for a moment, we're on a breeze

Hold on, hold on tight

You've gone astray again

Wake up, it's alright

I don't need to know where you've been

Went for a walk, out of my sight

You went astray again

Wake up, it's alright

You don't have the words, that's okay

I make it worse, but I can make it better

Can chase it away

Sniff :)

a marriage made in heaven (US version only)

With Isabella Rossellini

She fell in love with my singing

She knew the bells started ringing

She thought there was only her there

But, me, I just live for the clapping

A hand delivery of an invite to my premiere

(Nikki Sin version): I sent him tickets for my new film

When he fell in love, I was acting

I sent her flowers, asked her to marry me

But all I heard was their clapping

Now she cries with a cigarette at the window

He croons and moans like he's hurting

She cries so well

He croons and moans, just croons and moans

Now, I never thought [I had no idea] that she needed direction

And he was at the mercy of his writers

For the songs I needed [for me] to touch her

Those sad, sad songs to make me happy

Now she cries with a cigarette at the window

He croons and moans like he's hurting

She cries so well

He croons and moans, just croons and moans

We re-enact the love scenes from her/my movies

But I never thought, but she uses a stand-in

His voice is croakier every day now

And she cries so well

..........Oooooh, I'm hurting.......

...........Go away, go away.....

Simple Pleasure

Can we start again?

So many times
I said that I love them
Looking over my shoulder at the door
So many times
I can't live without her
The wheel kept turning round
My feeling's changed
I went my own way
What can I say
To make you stay?

Cos in my dreams
They smother all over me
And I'm trying to explain
So many arms
Reach from my memories
Pull all at once
I'm lost amongst
The folds in their skin
I did you wrong
But I'm sorry now
And I'll show you how
If you were here now

You couldn't change
you wouldn't understand
but I'm ready now I'm ready now
I'll make you proud I was your man
and sing a song
but it's so ugly now
and I'll show you how
cos I'm ready now

I'm ready now
I'm ready now

I'm ready now
Hey I'm ready now

Can we start again?
so many times I said that I loved them
I'm ready now
but I'm ready now

Can we start again?

so many times
I can't live without her
The years was more than I could bear
It's turning round

But in my dreams Can we start again?
They smother all over me I'm ready now
And I'm trying to explain Can we start again?

So many arms reach from my memory
The wheels kept turning round

If You're Looking For A Way Out

Love's fading babe
I can see it in your eyes
Your kiss is just the same but it's just a sweet disguise
Ain't like just luck
To worry about me
When we promise to be our world
Love each other for eternity

Chorus:

If you're looking for a way out
I won’t stand in your way
If you're looking for a way out
Don't stop at the tears that I'm crying
They'll only make you wanna stay
Don't kiss me again cos I'm trying
To keep you from running away

Oh baby tell me I'm wrong
Just say I'm crazy.. it's with me that you belong
It’s never easy when lovers have to part
Oh come on stop pretending

Tell me what's in your heart

Chorus

Baby don’t run away
Baby don’t run away
Say that you'll stay

Oh come on stop pretending
Tell me what's in your heart

Chorus

Baby don't run away 2x

Stop pretending 3x
Please baby now
Stop pretending 3x
Please baby now
Stop pretending 3x
Won't you tell me what's in your heart?

Please baby now... stop pretending
Don't you know that I'll always.... stop pretending
Please baby now... stop pretending
Won't you tell me what's in your heart?

Pretty Words

Pretty words
Likes ones you've never heard
Oh those pretty words
What can they say?
It felt like the first summer’s day
When I heard those pretty words
Oh those pretty words
Oh those...

Pretty words
Like ones you've only overheard
They hang together like pearls
I can't even say
Do you feel so much better now
Now you've heard those pretty words
Oh those pretty words
Oh those...
Oh those pretty words
They hang all around me now
Like a nicotine string of pearls
I'm falling inside them now
When there's a sound you hear
And it feels like everything
And it feels like everything
And it feels like...

You're just such a pretty one
You make everything feel undone
Waiting for those hands to come
Waiting for those hands...

From The Inside

(instrumental)

If She's Torn

If I could tell you now
Tell you how I feel
Is that so hard
When I saw you
There's so much to leave
There's so much to carry around

Gonna sit now
Gonna sit and watch the night fall
There's nothing more
It takes your breath away
Its all for you
There's so much to carry around

Chorus:

But if she's torn
Pull another stitch from me
Give her what she needs and
Pull another stitch from me
It doesn't even stir now
No mother’s ??
Just before
You cannot burst of joy
Its just takes toil
Hard work and toil

Can't tell her how I feel
When all you've got is company
You're sweating now
And pouring down your brow
There's nothing here at all
There's only you
There's so much to carry around

Chorus

If I could tell you now
Tell you how I feel
And put in coin after coin
Just to hear you breathe
There's so much to leave
There's so much to carry around

Can't feel any better now
Let your children crawl all over me
Like I need to prove I don't deserve you
Anyhow
There's so much to leave
There’s so much to carry around

Chorus

Before you close your eyes

Just as your eyes are closing
There was something that I meant to say
Like falling from my heart
But I don't know how
Before you close your eyes
I don't know how

Chorus:

I never cry for our love
I never cry
I never cry for our love
I never cry

There's no goodbye
These hands have always lived through mine
Now everything I touch I feel I don't know how
Before you close your eyes
I don't know how

Chorus

I'm so cynical
It's in my face and
It's just the bird I caught
Leaves its taste hanging round round round

Chorus

Just as your eyes are closing
There was something that I meant to say
Like falling from my heart
But I don't know how
Before you close your eyes
I don't know how

Chorus

Never cry.... never cry

(You Take) This Heart Of Mine

I've been watching you play
Getting caught
And when you turn your face your eyes are about
To take this heart of mine
And when you stop and stare long
They're so blind and I can't understand
You take this heart of mine
Hey little boy
Do you want the same thing as me
Cos I just feel
A little lonely

I've been wandering round again
Getting lost
It's not safe to be near those eyes
Are enough
To take this heart of mine
And when you stop and stare long
Well I could run if there wasn't a chance
You take this heart of mine
Hey little boy
Do you want the same thing as me
Cos I just feel
A little lonely

It's never going anywhere

It's just running away
Just a step outside of our love
Where's it now
To bring it all back again

There's a certain sound you know
Well I could run if there wasn't a chance

You take this heart of mine
Hey little boy
Do you want the same thing as me
Cos I just feel
A little lonely

I Know That Loving

She sinks inside me
It's so beautiful
Not hear her calling
And I would raise myself
To live up to her love
And not look down on me
Forgiving me again
And I hear her calling
Do you wanna get out of the water
Do you wanna try and carry on
It gets so low
I get so low
She sinks inside me
It’s so beautiful
Not hear her calling
But it’s like a waterfall
Falling down on me
Forgiving me again
And I know that loving

Chorus:

Like feet that have never been walked on
I know that

Hands that never held no blame
Can't you see that I guess you’re staying

Eyes that have never cried angry tears
It's always the same

A face that never felt that shame

Well that's my heart
It's calling out your name

She sinks inside me
There like chemicals
I see the birds fly
And I'd disgust myself
To be free of that love
Pull myself from under the weight of it all
And I hear her, hear her

Chorus

I've got to give it up
I've got to give it up

It's just that quality of forgiveness
Forgiveness is what I need
If I could only get out of the water
If I could only get myself clean
I've got to give it up
I've got to give it up

Like feet that have never been walked on
I know that

Hands that never held no blame
I'm running on my knees again

Eyes that have never cried angry tears
It's always the same

A face that never felt that shame
She's standing at the altar

Like feet never walked on
I know that she's waiting there

Like hands never held no blame
If I could only get out of the water

No crying angry
If I could only get out of here
but I've gotta give it up

that felt no shame
I've got to give it up

(chorus ad lib)

CF GF

There is a need in me darling
For you I can't tell
The hole that’s inside me
That drains as it fills
You know these arms
How they hold you so tight
And these needs of mine
I can't tell either way

Say what you want now make you cry
You say how you feel make you cry
Forget all the trying now make you cry
It does not matter no more
You know these arms
How they hold you so tight
These needs of mine
I can't tell either way

Make you cry

Tell you lies

Never say goodbye

Hey there we go again
I'm running around
I don't know what I'm trying to say
For I let it all out
You know these arms
How they hold you so tight
And these needs of mine
I can't tell either way
Some nights I could crawl in beside anyone
I won’t make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
There is a need in me darling
For you I can't tell
The hole that’s inside me
That drains as it fills
I won’t make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
Never say goodbye.... fade out

Singles and EPs

For Those...

Two hours twenty minutes
To one, five past
Now it's laying somewhere out there in the ground
And I've lost you
I was cheated

It was something belonged only to me
And now it's gone through my own stupidity
And I lost you
I was cheated
Two whole years spent earning your love
Now it's hanging around in the clouds
Well I've lost you
I was cheated

I'm cheated by my own vanity
Whispering rumours, bullying me
Well I spent it
It wasn't worth it

Chorus:
And for those who are not so beautiful as her
Not giving excuses, but oh...
When it's originally tossed away
It can easily be reclaimed by her
By her

All those years spent building myself up
Trying to stop my staring
And start taking two steps instead of one
But they're so gone now

Chorus

 
Feeling relatively good

I pretend to understand
When those eyes hung on mine
But you know, you get it wrong in the end
I pretend to know what it's about
You choose explanations to soothe myself
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end

Chorus:

Now I only laugh with people
Who have no reason to care
Feeling good about things that don't mean nothing

I get caught by what you mean
Hey I could love you when you're ever here
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end
You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

Chorus

You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

Chorus
 

Rotweilers and Mace

Walking home alone
Spend my time crossing roads
They might say hello, they might commit the blow
You never know
She's a heroine now
So I slow down
Her pace quickens, my heart sickens
I wonder what I am

Chorus:
Rotweilers and mace
You get'em in your place
Whether you're to blame, you get treated the same
Rotweilers and mace

He's a big man
Got a big dog
What you'll ever need is just a dick on a lead
Rotweilers and mace

Chorus

They say possession
Is not in terms of the law
You want my things you got to take me
You got the choice

Chorus

Kooks

written by David Bowie; taken from the "Hunky Dory" album

Chorus (2x):
Will you stay in our Lovers' Story
If you stay you won't be sorry
'Cause we believe in you
Soon you'll grow so take a chance
With a couple of Kooks
Hung up on romancing

We bought a lot of things to keep you warm and dry
And a funny old crib on which the paint won't dry
I bought you a pair of shoes
A trumpet you can blow
And a book of rules
On what to say to people when they pick on you
'Cause if you stay with us you're gonna be pretty kooky too

Chorus

And if you ever have to go to school
Remember how they messed up this old fool
Don't pick fights with the bullies or the cads
'Cause I'm not much cop at punching
Other people's dads
And if the homework brings you down
Then we'll throw it on the fire
And take the car downtown

Chorus 2x

Untitled

Nothing came under
The rays remained in the sun that day
And life isn't full of surprises
You think you could steal in
Pop over the wall in the middle of the night
Climb out of those heavy boots and clothes
And into that cool blue
You're not even dipping your toe
I find this bed too big now
It's like those people you see on the way to work
Stuck in an endless queue of traffic
Each one in their own individual car
Half of them coming from the same place
Going to the same place
Going nowhere
They could quarter the amount of cars by sharing a lift
Go on the bus, wipe out all the cars
I should rid myself of this bed, get myself a cardboard box
No waste of space
No force of empty wasted space for your body to create its dent in
I miss your back
You're back, how are you?
What are you up to? Getting on okay?
Fuck off
Eighteen months ago they moved in here
The scrap metal dealer to one side
And divorced violinist to the other
Each morning we'd wake to the same chorus
Of cookers and fridges being dragged on their sides across the concrete
Accompanied by Ravel's Bolero
At first this was the best sound we'd ever heard
Hammer a six inch nail into my right ear
Shove a red hot poker up my nose
Make me walk on hot coals and broken glass
Gouge out my eyes with a cocktail stick
Rip my fingernails off
The pain would be so much easier than doing nothing to me at all
It was that dream again, when I was on the table
There was bright lights, and Laurence Olivier out of 'The Marathon Man' staring down at me
As they unbuttoned my coat and unravelled my sweater
And the shirt and the vest peeled
And said "Did something die in here?"
So, whose bed you been sleeping in then?
Some poncey arsehole I'll bet
I can see you there
And it fucking hurts
God, I want to buy you bagels and cream cheese for breakfast
Run down the corner shop without my undies or socks on
Make some fresh coffee, hop back into your warm bed
And have those chats I miss so much
Another coffee? Cigarette?
Fancy going to the pub later
God, it's good to see you
You always cheer me up
 

We have all the time in the world

written by John Barry; Taken from the "In Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969) album

We had all the time in the world
Time enough for life
To unfold all those precious things love has in store
We had all the love in the world
If that's all we had
You'll find we need nothing more
Every step of the way
We'll find out
put the cares of the world
far behind us
We had all the time in the world
Just for love
nothing more
nothing less
only love....

Kathleen

written by Townes van Zandt; taken from the "Our Mother the Mountain" (1969) album

Strange to see, (orig.: it's plain to see) the sun don't shine today
But I ain't in the mood for sunshine anyway
Maybe I'll go insane, got to stop the pain
Maybe I'll go down to see Kathleen
Swallow comes, tells me her dreams
Says she'd like to know just what they mean
Feel like I could die as I watch her flying by
Riding the north wind down to see Kathleen
Stars hang high with the ocean roar

The moon has come to lead me to a door
It's crystal `cross the sand, the waves they take my hand
Soon I'm gonna see my sweet Kathleen
Soon I'm gonna see my sweet Kathleen

Plus De Liaisons

French version of „No More Affairs"

Plus de liaisons
Plus de trahisons
Plus de liaisons
Comment devineras-tu ?
Si je tremble dans tes bras
Si je soupire dans tes cheveux
Cette dernière liaison
Maintenant plus de trahisons
Plus de liaisons
Comment devineras-tu ?
Si mes bras tremblent
Si j'évite ton regard
Cette dernière liaison
Plus de liaisons
Plus de trahisons
Plus de liaisons
Non, plus de trahisons
Plus de liaisons
Comment devineras-tu ?
Si je tremble dans tes bras
Si je soupire dans tes cheveux
Cette dernière liaison
Quelque part dans ma tête
Je sais ce qui se passe
Mais tout ça a grandi
Ne me laisse pas le choix
S'amuser seulement
Ca me semble un tel crime a présent
Va jouer, jouer sur la route
Et tu mourras écrasée
Plus de liaisons
Plus de trahisons
Plus de liaisons
Comment devineras-tu ?
C'était spontané
Mais on a rappelé les autres
On s'est amusé avec nos précédents amants
Il y a foule là-dedans
Plus de liaisons

Here

written by S. Malkmus/S. Kannberg of Pavement; the lyrics of the tindersticks version differ slightly

I was dressed for success
But success it never comes
And I'm the only one who laughs
At your jokes when they are so bad
And your jokes are always bad
But they're not as bad as this

Chorus:

Come join us in a prayer

We'll be waiting, waiting where

Everything's ending here

And all the sterile striking it
Defends an empty dock you cast away
And rain upon your forehead
Where the mist's for hire
If it's just too clear
Let's spend our last
1/4 stance randomly
Go down to the outlet once again
Painted portrait of minions and slaves
Crotch mavens and one night plays
Are they the only ones who laugh
At the jokes when they are so bad?
And the jokes are always bad
But they're not as bad as this

Chorus

And all the Spanish candles unsold
Have gone away to this
And a "run-on piece of mount on"
Trembles, shivers runs down the freeway
I guess she spent her last quarter randomly
I guess a guess is the best I'll do

Harry's Dilemma

voice: Terry Edwards (probably :)

Harry was a contented dog. But he awoke this morning and something was very wrong. He couldn't be bothered to beg for mid-morning biscuits. He couldn't be bothered to roll over and rub his back on the rough floor. He couldn't be bothered to scratch at anything that might be nibbling away at him. He just lay on top of his kennel feeling thoroughly depressed. Even his tail wouldn't wag.
Four months earlier, his owner (an elderly gentlemen whom Harry had been devoted to ever since he was a puppy) had been temporarily forced to leave the country, leaving Harry with a trustworthy, caring couple who lived around the corner. Things hadn't been so bad at first: long walks, hearty dinners; even his kennel was in the same spot in their yard -- just to the right of the back door.
This is the same kennel that Harry had now been moping on top of for three days. Despite the best efforts of the young, caring couple to cheer him up -- offers of chicken and an endless stream of un-fetched balls sent rolling down the yard -- nothing could coax Harry from his gloom. So, it was decided to send him to the vet.
Harry was a large dog and heavy-withered, and he was in no mood to climb down from his kennel and trot to the waiting car to travel two miles to the surgery. Eventually, he was lifted, with the aid of a neighbor, onto a blanket and hobbled from kennel to car; from the car to the vet's. When, once, Harry would have put up a fight before going within 500 yards of this place, during the whole journey, he never raised an eyebrow. Of course, the vet could find nothing wrong with Harry; mentioned depression; suggested chicken and balls; sent Harry home to rest, still wrapped in the blanket. Took seven days for the notification to come through. The owner had died in his sleep, leaving specific instructions for Harry to be put down. Harry was a dead dog.

I've Been Loving You Too Long

written by Otis Redding and Jerry Butler

I've been loving you too long
Should stop now
You're tired and you want to be free
My love grows stronger as you become a habit to me
I've been loving you a little too long
I can't stop now
With you my life has been so wonderful
I can't stop now
You're tired and your love is growing cold
My love grows stronger as our affair grows old
I've been loving you a little too long
I can't stop now
I've been loving you a little too long
I can't stop now
Don't make me stop now
Don't make me stop now

Shadow

written by R Dean Taylor

Shadow you'll bring me down
But every day I love you more
Shadow you'll bring me down
But every day I love you more
Than the day before

Chorus:
Body of a woman, mind of a child -
Shadow you shouldn't drive me wild
You're only 14 years old...

Shadow you seem to touch
All the things that I just don't know
Shadow means so much
I never thought I had so far to go
I need you so

Chorus

Hair so dark, it's black as coal
Like I looked into your soul
Touch that makes you lose control
Shadow - she's gonna stay, won't go away

Chorus

Shadow you'll bring me down
But every day I love you more
Shadow you seem to touch
Yet every day I need you more...
 

Make Believe

make believe that it´s OK
make believe it doesn't matter
and you make it through this day
and you make it through this night

if you believe that it's OK
when you're down and there's no way out
and your whole world is turning grey
and there doesn't seem like there's enough
so make believe that it's ok

so make believe that nothing matters
and you'll make it through this day
and you'll make it through this night
if you believe that it's OK

when you're down and there's no way out
you've got a night that won't go away
and there doesn't seem like there's enough
so make believe
make believe that nothing matters
and you make it through it through this day
and you make it through this night
if you believe
believe
believe
that it's okay

Various

The Girl on Death Row

written by Lee Hazlewood

Her eyes were once so full of dreams
Her young heart filled with love and ...
Now every second she must borrow
They take her life tomorrow

Is she guilty? She says no
The girl on death row

Now someone holds her trembling hand
Another who don't understand
Why can't they see in her face?
Another should be in her place

Is she guilty? She says no
The girl on death row

Her young dreams never will come true
Her innocence they never knew
Until they found the guilty one
They're sorry now what they've done
But it's way too late now
For the girl on death row

  Mockin' Bird
written by Tom Waits

Mockin' bird, high in the tree
Looks like you've got the best of me
Mockin' bird, singing a song
Well, mockin' bird is mocking me now that you're gone

Mockin‘ bird, on top of my roof
Blowin' notes on top of my roof
Mockin' bird singing a song
Well, mockin' bird is mocking me now that you're gone

Mockin' bird, high in the tree
I'm looking up at you, you're looking down at me
Mockin' bird, singing a song
Well, the mockin' bird is mocking me now that you're gone

Throw up some papers, try to scare him away
Look down at me, this what he says. . .
Mockin' bird, high in the tree
Looks like you've got the best of me
Mockin' bird, singing a song
Well, the mockin' bird is mocking me now that you're gone

Take Me

performed by the Walkabouts and Tindersticks

Take me
Take me to your darkest room
Close all the windows and bolt all the doors
From the first moment I heard your voice
I'll be in darkness no more

Take me to your most barren desert
A thousand miles from the nearest sea
The very moment I see your smile
It was like heaven to me

There's not a mountain too rocky to climb
No desert to barren to cross
Darling if you were to show me a sign
Of love I could bear your loss

Take me to Siberia
The coldest weather of any wintertime
And it would be just like spring in California
As long as I knew you were mine

Take me 4x

Velvet Fog

performed by the Walkabouts and Tindersticks

Don't ask for favours
And don't risk the truth
My fingers are scissors
They're cutting you through

Cutting you through
Cutting you through
Velvet fog

The bird in my open hand
Is a captive for life
Please don't misread now
We're drinkin' happy tonight

Cutting you through
Cutting you through
Velvet fog

And I hear you singin'
When the pale moon gets down
Nirvana's on the jukebox
But Gene Pitney
owns this town
And it's a town without pity
It's a town without tears

Velvet fog (4x)