1. |
Intro
01:58
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2. |
Wire
03:46
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Shadows in the hall today
Only ghosts can fade away
In the darkness all alone
Wired to the screaming phone
The hired killer’s friend
Is wire
Rumours whispered in the fire
No safety net
When sad clowns fall
Wire is the last phone call
Turn the key
That fits the lock
The racing pulse
That beats the clock
All are named and fall from grace
Forever in his tired face
The hired killer’s friend
Is wire
Rumours whispered in the fire
No safety net
When sad clowns fall
Wire is the last phone call
All together
All in love
From the gauntlet to the kid glove
Lies are pouring from red lips
Only freaks join at the hips
It’s at their finger tips
The hired killer’s friend
Is wire
Rumours whispered in the fire
No safety net
When sad clowns fall
Wire is the last phone call
Secrets whispered in the flames
Everyone has changed their names
So nothing can be personal
Do kisses break a blind man’s fall?
The hired killer’s friend
Is wire
Rumours whispered in the fire
No safety net
When sad clowns fall
Wire is the last phone call
A clock drips from the melting wall
No more shadows in my hall
All that’s left is dusted down
A death’s head
In a blood red gown
In silence you can drown
The hired killer’s friend
Is wire
Rumours whispered in the fire
No safety net
When sad clowns fall
Wire is the last phone call
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3. |
Easy Pieces
04:48
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THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME THAT I FEEL THIS WAY
A ROOM THAT’S FULL OF MEMORIES
ANOTHER SUMMER DAY
NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME
YOU LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND
A HANDFUL OF DREAMS AND A FISTFUL OF LIES
ALL THESE THINGS REMIND YOU TO
COUNT THE EASY PIECES LOVERS LEFT BEHIND
COUNT THE EASY PICES TIME AND TIME AGAIN
123
YOU COUNT THE EASY PIECES LOVE HAS LEFT BEHIND
LOSING YOURSELF ALL OVER AGAIN
SHE WON’T BE HARD TO FIND
JUST TRY NOT TO REMEMBER HER
EVERYTHING THAT’S PASSED
A TEAR IN YOUR EYE AND A SONG IN THE AIR
A YEAR’S GONE BY SO FAST
COUNT THE EASY PIECES LOVERS LEFT BEHIND
COUNT THE EASY PICES TIME AND TIME AGAIN
COUNT THEM!
YOU’RE WLAKING DOWN THAT WAY AGAIN
SINGING ALL THE TIME
A STRINGFULL OF TEARS AND THE GHOST OF YOUR YOUTH
NO ONE SLEEPS TONIGHT
YOU SELL YOURSELF FOR ANYTHING THAT HELPS YOU PASS THE TIME
A HANDFUL OF THIS AND A HEAD FULL OF THAT
THROW AWAY YOUR MIND
COUNT THE EASY PIECES LOVERS LEFT BEHIND
COUNT THE EASY PICES TIME AND TIME AGAIN
COUNT THEM!
THIS COULD BE THE LAST TIME THAT SHE COMES YOUR WAY
A KISSFUL OF LIES
YOU’RE A SHADOW AGAIN
NO ONE EVER STAYS
NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME
YOU GIVE IT ALL AWAY
A SONG IN THE AIR AND A TEAR IN YOUR EYE
ANOTHER EMPTY DAY
COUNT THE EASY PIECES LOVERS LEFT BEHIND
COUNT THE EASY PICES TIME AND TIME AGAIN
COUNT THEM!
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4. |
All that Fall
03:51
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Tonight I had a thousand dreams
And every dream a wish
Tonight I felt a thousand scares
And every scar a kiss
Sleeping in a loophole
Dreaming of the day
You return to sender
And the nightmares go away
I have only two problems
That’s everything I say and do
Don’t know when to start
Or stop
I could fall for you
Today I saw some innocence
And gave it all away
Today I saw reflections
See the games that people play
Waiting at the station
Will she go away?
Rendering emotions
When there’s nothing left to say
I have only two problems
That’s everything I say and do
Don’t know when to start
Or stop
I could fall for you
I was the boy who no one would love
And I was falling
Falling down
You held me
In your happy hands
And kissed away my frown
And forever is how long it takes
To mend a broken heart
Forever is the time to turn
And ache forever
Never part
I have only two problems
That’s everything I say and do
Don’t know when to start
Or stop
I could fall for you
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5. |
All the President's Men
04:22
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SHE MAKES THE AIR AROUND YOU AN OLFACTORY DELIGHT
YOU’RE RUNNING ‘ROUND BEHIND HER BACK
YOU’RE WAITING FOR THE NIGHT
YOU’RE DANCING TO AN OVERTURE SO HEAVY WITH YOUR TEARS
SHE WASN’T VERY PRETTY
BUT IT’S BEEN ONE OF THOSE YEARS
IT’S OK WE ARE ALL AMERICAN
DON’T DANCE LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT
IT’S OK WE ARE ALL AMERICAN
DON’T DANCE
DON’T DANCE NOW
YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND YOU FIND A WORLD GONE MAD
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN PLAY POKER OVER ALL THE THINGS YOU HAD
AS THE WALLS FALL IN AROUND YOU
SHE JUST HOLDS YOU CLOSER STILL
THERE’S A PARTY IN THW WHITEHOUSE
BUT THE NATION’S FALLEN LL
IT’S OK WE ARE ALL AMERICAN
DON’T DANCE LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT
IT’S OK WE ARE ALL AMERICAN
DON’T DANCE
DON’T DANCE NOW
NOW YOU REMEMBER YESTERDAY
STANDING IN THE RAIN
AND YOU’RE MAKNIG YOUR CONFESSION AS THERE’S NOTHING ELSE TO GAIN
ALL OF THIS GOES ON AGAIN
THERE’S MOVIESTARS AND STRIPES
IT’S JUST ANOTHER HOLOCAUST
IT HAPPENS EVERY NIGHT
IT’S OK WE ARE ALL AMERICAN
DON’T DANCE LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT
IT’S OK WE ARE ALL AMERICAN
DON’T DANCE
DON’T DANCE NOW
WE ARE ALL ARMERICAN
DON’T DO IT
DON’T DANCE
LISTEN MR PRESIDENT
DON’T DANCE
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6. |
Angel
04:26
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The rain on the window is killing me slowly
Loneliness takes me away
The music is playing, you dance in the shadows
Alone, that’s the old fashioned way
Everything breaks down
Won’t you come my way
If I gave you love
Won’t just slip away
Chorus
Everything has changed, she’s an angel
Come and look at me
You can hold my hand, she’s an angel
But keep you memories
The view from the window is killing slowly
You know that she won’t come today
You filled up her mind til she just cannot take it
Nobody stands in her way
She will runaway
You’re all alone again
This is not like love, this is only rain
Chorus
We met downtown at 6, but she was never there
It’s always the same – this just isn’t forever town
This angel will watch you just like in the moves
She holds you as tears fall around
She guides you with whispers, the fire still burning
This way, you will never come down
Chorus x 2
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7. |
Foreigners
05:45
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Another year
I’m running free
It’s a summer’s day
And you are here by me
There’s no second chance
No time to turn
If you take the hint
You will see there’s so much to learn
I’m leaving
In the morning
And I don’t know if I’ll return
So run with me
If you can
Come with me if you plan
To smile with me
Take my hand
We will conquer foreign lands
My face has changed
Can I be so old?
In the falling rain
Fall can be so cold
The love’s still here like a twilight sky
My mind is clear
And my spirit’s high
I’m leaving
In the morning
And I don’t know if I’ll return
So run with me
If you can
Come with me if you plan
To smile with me
Take my hand
We will conquer foreign lands
It’s a different life
I’ve come to lead
And it’s a different lie
Here it is
The time turn
No time to say goodbye
In a foreign town
With a foreign mind
Just a faceless clown
I’ll never feel this way again
The trees are still
These streets are dead
From my windowsill
I can see images
That fill my head with dreams
I’m leaving
In the morning
And I don’t know if I’ll return
So run with me
If you can
Come with me if you plan
To smile with me
Take my hand
We will conquer foreign lands
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8. |
Big Beat Radio
04:16
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Big Beat Radio
Pinstripe daydreams fall to dust
You kicked the doraphobia
Cryptic clues like talk that talk
There’s nobody I know in here
Chorus x 2
This room is a prisoner of the night
Of the radio, dancefloor, bigbeat
That’s the last shadow – turn off the light
On the radio, dancefloor, bigbeat
If you always chase your tail, well that’s no use to anyone
All that keeping times and stuff
Well ,that ain’t my idea of fun
Chorus x 2
Pain a demonstration
Play another game
Stealing whispers now and then
Conversations snake insane
I’ll teach you how to lose yourself
Sign in and slip away
Close your eyes and you will find that you can never sleep again
Chorus x 2
Bigbeat radio turn it on
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9. |
Crucifix
05:19
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You never know what you’ve got
‘Til it slips away
Everyone just whispers every second of the day
There’s far too many choices
But the answers just the same
You threw it all away
Now you can’t forget her name
My love is a crucifix
But I won’t wear a chain
True love is for losers
Baby, I won’t play the game
All that jazz don’t mean a thing
Oh don’t you know it’s true?
Shouting out the words you need
Like ‘I’m in love with you’
Tomorrow never comes around
The other side of sleep
All these words are useless
Like the promises you keep
My love is a crucifix
But I won’t wear a chain
True love is for losers
Baby, I won’t play the game
Why don’t you just open up?
And let me see behind
You’re stuck inside your pretty face
There’s something no your mind
A little girl
A razorblade
A bottle by your bed
All these books are useless
I’m a prisoner in your head
My love is a crucifix
But I won’t wear a chain
True love is for losers
Baby, I won’t play the game
This emptiness is all around
I see it in your eyes
Nothing ever happens
Do you ever wonder why?
We’re stuck inside this prison
When it’s all on top of me
I don’t need a label
Baby, I am really free
My love is a crucifix
But I won’t wear a chain
True love is for losers
Baby, I won’t play the game
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10. |
A Picture of Ophelia
06:02
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The clock is calling silently
A dreamer wakes
He’s all alone
A note beside seduction reads
A whisper from the telephone
Day by day as no one knows
The end is drawing slowly closer
Kisses filling up the house
But no one really got to know her
‘We are so alike’, she said
With painted dreams inside her head
She turned around and said, ‘goodbye’
Forever Town within her eyes
Using up her slice of life
‘Til everything is just the same
Garlands in her hair today
A picture of Ophelia once again
Red Letter days and nothing’s left
She tries to run away again
But no one ever asked her name
The rain came down
When something snapped
And she could never smile again
Garlands in her hair today
A picture of Ophelia once again
Pretty in the waterfall
Pretty in the water falling down
The sound of children drowning
Her
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11. |
The Burning Moon
05:36
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Surpise!
Looking on in snapped neck superstition
In the woods again without a light
Bad black trees
Scratch my face
The moon above shows evil deeds tonight
A mist aroused by whispers curls
Around the fleshy sack
The moon above shows shadows that are waiting
For the hack
The burning moon
I have no eyes
You have no fear
Surprise surprise!
Twisted by aborted demonstrations
Look onto the carrion below
Bad black lips
Kiss my face
Who will reap the evil seeds we sow?
She touches me
My head becomes abandoned
She showers me with wicked skin and bone
When all is lost and I become the dangling man again
I fall once more
And feel I am alone
The burning moon
I have no eyes
You have no fear
Surprise surprise!
The torches tease in kiss-chase games
Not far enough to shake the shivers out
Bad black lips
Kiss of death
The moon above shows shallows trails of doubt
Run and run and hide
In thorny hollows
Wait until the hunger comes YOUR way
The hounds are singing
Lullabies for killers
Can the Saints when the demons pray?
The burning moon
I have no eyes
You have no fear
Surprise surprise!
Surprise!
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12. |
King for a Day
05:16
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YOU’RE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
TO SEE AN ACCIDENT
YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU’LL SLEEP TONIGHT
BECAUSE YOU CAN’T PAY THE RENT
A PROMISE TO BELIEVE IN
THEY’RE BEGGING YOU TO STAY
YOU BURNED DOWN ALL THEIR ANSWERS
SO YOU HAVE TO RUN AWAY
TAKE ME TO BED, I DON’T WANT TO PLAY
LOVE ME INSTEAD THE OLD FASHIONED WAY X2
YOU KNOW YOUR MIND IS FULL OF FEAR
BECAUSE IT COULD BE TOO LATE
YOU OFFERED THEM ANOTHER YEAR
BUT NOW YOU CANNOT WAIT
TAKE A TRIP TOMORROW
SHE OFFERS YOU THE KEY
YOU THROW IT THEIR FACES
BUT NO, THEY WILL NEVER SEE
TAKE ME TO BED, I DON’T WANT TO PLAY
LOVE ME INSTEAD THE OLD FASHIONED WAY X2
A CHANCE IN A MILLION
YOU JUST HAVE TO SAY
YES, I WILL BE YOUR KING FOR A DAY X2
YOU’RE MAKING LOVE, IT’S THURSDAY
IN SOMEONE ELSES ROOM
YEAH, THIS IS REALLY FREEDOM
AND NO, NOW IS NOT TOO SOON
A PROMISE TO BELIEVE IN
THEY’RE BEGGING YOU TO STAY
YOU USED UP ALL HER PRETTINESS
SO YOU HAVE TO RUN AWAY
TAKE ME TO BED, I DON’T WANT TO PLAY
LOVE ME INSTEAD THE OLD FASHIONED WAY X2
I’LL BE A KING FOR A DAY
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13. |
Players
03:58
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HAND IN HAND AND PLAIN AS WINDOWS
WALKING THROUGH THE GOLDEN RAIN
ACTING SHAKESPEARE’S ANCIENT DUMBSHOW
BUT THEY’RE ONLY PALYING GAMES WITH
CHORUS
YOU CHANGE THE FACES
YOU CHANGE THE NAMES
YOU CHANGE THE PLACES
DIFFERENT PLAYERS, SAME OLD GAMES
WHISPERING IN GLOWING HALLWAYS
PLAYING TUNES FROM YESTERDAY
NEVER KNOW ME, LONELY SUNDAY
ARE YOU BROTHERS? PEOPLE SAY
YOU CHANGE THE FACES
YOU CHANGE THE NAMES
YOU CHANGE THE PLACES
DIFFERENT PLAYERS, SAME OLD GAMES
NOW I SEE YOU, YOU ARE CRYING
FRIENDS ARE JUMPING
FROM THE TOP
IN THE SHOWERS, TIRED OF TRYING
WAITING FOR THE CALLS TO STOP
I SEE THE GAMES THAT PEOPLE PLAY
EVERYTHING IS JUST THE SAME
WOE
WEEPING NOW, THE GAME IS OVER
SECRETS ARE ALL SAFE AGAIN
JUST ANPTHER FACELESS LOVER
BUT THEY’RE ONLY PALYING GAMES WITH
YOU CHANGE THE FACES
YOU CHANGE THE NAMES
YOU CHANGE THE PLACES
DIFFERENT PLAYERS, SAME OLD GAMES
YOU CHANGE THE FACES
YOU CHANGE THE NAMES
YOU CHANGE THE PLACES
DIFFERENT PLAYERS, SAME OLD GAMES
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14. |
Aint that a Shame
04:10
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I don’t know what this feeling is
It happens everyday
I’d like to meet a girl like you
So we could run away
I don’t know what your name is
But I’ll see you in my dreams
Loneliness is relative
And nothing’s what it seems
Ain’t that a shame?
Baby’s gonna run away
Ain’t that a shame?
There’s nothing standing in your way
Right now
I’m looking through the window
But these streets are all the same
All the happy couples walking
Just a stupid game
Nothing else is going on
I kick it in the head
I’d move away tomorrow
It’s just tying up the threads
Ain’t that a shame?
Baby’s gonna run away
Ain’t that a shame?
There’s nothing standing in your way
Right now
This room has been my heaven
And sometimes it can be hell
Running round in circles
Man, you’re just an empty shell
Faraway is calling
Dancing to another song
Pack up all your junk again
Nothing can go wrong
Ain’t that a shame?
Baby’s gonna run away
Ain’t that a shame?
There’s nothing standing in your way
Right now
The titles roll
The final scene
You are on your way
Forget all that you left behind you
It happens every day
You leave before the morning comes
So nobody will know
Someone cries a tear for you
They’re sad to see you go
Ain’t that a shame?
Baby’s gonna run away
Ain’t that a shame?
There’s nothing standing in your way
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Graphix Eastbourne, UK
Outrageous UK live debut 1984. Narrowly missed out on record deals and subsequent fame/fortune by quietly imploding before end of decade. Music lives on in covers of anthem ‘Apeman’ - big in Japan. Members continued in music separately in bands as diverse as The Cuban Boys; Network23 & Now Zero. Briefly reunited to revisit the joys of the old gothic. Not the same as the new gothic ... more
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