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1. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea 2. (She Might Be A) Grenade She's pulling out the pin. That lets her hair fall down. She's pulling out the pin. She shakes her head. And it goes tumbling. Her smile was out of place. So she swept it off her face. Let m...3. (the angels wanna wear my) Red Shoes Oh I used to be disgusted. and now I try to be amused. But since their wings have got rusted, you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes. But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain,...4. (The) Fall Of The World's Own Optimist There's no charity in you. And that surprises me. I guess I thought you were a golden idol. 'Cause I called you majesty. On the balustrade. You watched me hunt for tips I was obliged to pick...5. (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace Love And Understanding As I walk through. This wicked world. Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity. I ask myself. Is all hope lost?. Is there only pain and hatred, and misery?. And each time I feel like this...6. ... This Town ... That Charlie Sedarka was a-playing the piano. like he was pawing a dirty book. He bit a hole in his big bottom lip and gave his. very best little boy look. It was a song with a topical verse which I&a...7. ...And in Every Home You turn to the sinister when you get the boot. Sliding down the banister in your Sunday suit. Lying on a slag heap of blankets and magazines. She's only thirty-five going on seventeen. You'...8. ...Dust If dust could only talk. What would we hear it say?. before it's brushed aside. Just as it's swept away. It's just the evidence. It's of no consequence. It's only flesh and bo...9. 13 Steps Lead Down When nobody knows she puts on secret clothes. And lies in the meadow with her hands tied behind her back. I won't refuse if you know how to use it. Just stop playing that ugly drug music. CHORUS:...10. 15 Petals 15 Petals. One for every year I spent with you. Jewels and precious metals will never do. I love you twisted. And I love you straight. I'd write it down but I can't concentrate. Words won&ap...11. 20% Amnesia WHAT IS YOUR DESTINY? THE POLICE WOMAN SAID. (20% amnesia). The word that she wanted was destination I'm afraid (20% amnesia). This is your future boy, this is your fate (20% amnesia). And you&ap...12. 45 Bells are chiming for victory. There's a page back in history. 45. They came back to the world that they fought for. Didn't turn out just like they thought. 45. Here is a song to sing to do...13. 5ive Gears In Reverse Five gears in reverse. For girls looking at the big lift. Somebody send out for the night nurse. Please don't stick me on the late shift. If you don't know by now. Nobody's gonna tell y...14. A Slow Drag With Josephine The snitch, the snoop, the tattletale. Lead a threadbare up stairs. Adieu, my little ballyhoo. You broke my heart in two. And now I haunt the bars and scent those trite affairs. She went home to gathe...15. A Town Called Big Nothing Big nothing. He stood in the road outside of town with a broken clockwork toy in. his hand: A graveyard for childish dreams in his palm; a broken lifeline. Big nothing. The mechanical amusement sputte...16. A Voice In The Dark You can read right through a book of matches. But that won't make you smart. You can laugh in the face of watches. But time will only break your heart. Kings reign beneath umbrellas. Hide pennies...17. Abandoned Masquerade The glitter on a paint and plaster face. Is covering desire and disgrace. We could be lovers. But no one suspects at all. Once you're inside that costume ball. And now I'm sitting here befor...18. Accidents Will Happen Oh I just don't know where to begin. Though he says he'll wait forever. It's now or never. But she keeps him hanging on. The silly champion. She says she can't go home. Without a c...19. Adieu Paris (L'Envie Des Étoiles) Adieu, Paris. Mon, ancien amour. Could I have loved you much less. Or wanted you more?. O, Adieu. Regarde la lumière. Et regarde ton regard. I looked in your eyes, so long. And hard. L'envie...20. After the Fall In an anonymous rendezvous. Where the forbidden lovers repair. They're burning down another damn candle. They're melting the tables and chairs. Beneath them applause from the balcony. whenev...21. Alibi You did it 'cause you wanted. Alibi, alibi. And you took it. Cause you need it. Alibi, alibi. But if I've done something wrong there's no "ifs and buts". 'Cause I love yo...22. Alibi Factory You did it, 'cause you want it. Alibi, alibi. And you took it, 'cause you need it. Alibi, alibi. Chorus:. But if I've done something wrong. There's no ifs and buts. 'Cause I l...23. Alison Oh, it's so funny to be seeing you after so long girl. And by the way look, I understand. That you are not impressed. But I heard you let that little friend of mine. Take off your party dress. I&...24. All Grown Up "I'm trouble" she said. Spread out on the floor of her father's house. Her promise was almost undone. Under her tongue, dissolving her responsibilities. To finally deny everyone wi...25. All the Rage 1-2-3,2-2-3. The twitching impulses to speak your mind. I'll lend you my microscope and maybe you will find it. Is it in that ugly place that's just behind your face. Where you keep my pictu...26. All These Strangers "Mistreat me darling and I might just disappear". Upon freighter running dark out of Algiers. Put tiny grains in children's tears. While taking 25 of all the flashbulbs and mementoes. F...27. All This Useless Beauty It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit. If she wasn't so ladylike. She imagines how she might have lived. back when legends and history collide. So she looks to her prince...28. Almost Blue Almost blue. Almost doing things we used to do. There's a girl here and she's almost you. Almost all the things that you eyes once promised....29. Almost Ideal Eyes Here she comes with her almost ideal eyes. and her flawless skin and her petulant pout. The memory of such a long blond alibi. still makes me want to shout out loud. You ************ when you clear yo...30. Any King's Shilling You're a fine one, oh yes you are. You're a fine one just like me. And we're friends now, oh wouldn't you say?. We've been friends now, oh haven't we?. Stay at home tonig...31. Ascension Day Not a soul was stirrin'. Not a bird was singin'. Least not within my hearin'. I was five minutes past carin'. Standing in the road just starin'. Thought I heard somebody plead...32. B Movie I found America hiding in the corner of my wallet. It's a well kept secret, thought that I had better swallow it. Before they make me spit out the truth. Before they find you're lying about...33. Baby It's You (Sha, la, la, la. ). It's not the way you look that touched my heart. It's not the way you kissed me, baby, that tears me apart. Many, many nights I tried. I sit alone at home and I cried o...34. Baby Plays Around It's not open to discussion anymore. She's out again tonight and I'm alone once more. She's all I have worth waiting for. But baby plays around. And so it seems I've always be...35. Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo Baby's got a brand-new hairdo, and doesn't she look so nice?. She said everything that she cares to, she said it not once but twice. She said it doesn't matter unless it's her matt...36. Back On My Feet How many days will the wet weather last?. I want to know will the clouds. When they roll back. Reveal a man in an old mac. Living on a park bench. Sitting on his own?. Cut to the rain as it runs down...37. Bama Lama Bama Loo Bama Lama Bama Loo. Gotta girl named Lucinda. They call her the great pretender. Gotta girl named Lucinda. They call her the great pretender. And when she talks. She says a Bama Lama Loo. Chorus. Bama...38. Basement Kiss Lucy Grace can't show her face down in the North End Road. For in Belgravia. Rumours have been whispered and suggestions have been made. Did you sell your friends out when the heat got too intens...39. Battered Old Bird The landlady's husband came up to town today. Since he left them both ten years ago to serve the ministry. The dark down road of his approach in constant rain was drenched. The tenant's boy...40. Beaten To The Punch You say that you can and then you run to get your mummy. And you're almost beaten to the punch. Looking for the man who sold you the dummy. And you're almost beaten to the punch. Laughing a...41. Beautiful Every day is so wonderful. And suddenly, it's hard to breathe. Now and then, I get insecure. From all the pain, I'm so ashamed. I am beautiful no matter what they say. Words can't bring...42. Bedlam I've got this phosphorescent portrait of gentle Jesus meek and mild. I've got this harlot that I'm stuck with carrying another man's child. The solitary star announcing vacancy bur...43. Beyond Belief History repeats the old conceits. The glib replies the same defeats. Keep your finger on important issues. With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues. I'm just the oily slick. On the windup...44. Big Boys I am starting to function. In the usual way. Everything is so provocative. Very very, temporary. I shall walk (I shall walk). Out of this place (out of this place). I shall walk. Out on you. 'Cau...45. Big Sister Sheep to the slaughter. Oh, this must be love. All your sons and daughters in a strangle, all with a kid glove. Eyes like saucers; oh, you think she's a dish. She is the blue chip that belongs to...46. Big Sister's Clothes Sheep to the slaughter oh I thought this must be love. All your sons and daughters in a strangle hold with a kid glove. She's got eyes like saucers oh you think she's a dish. She is the blue...47. Big Tears Everyone is busy with the regular routine. The sniper just takes his aim. Everyone is window shopping, no one is amazed. Even if he hit you, you'd still think it's just a graze. You go to a...48. Black And White World I was looking at the black and white world. It seemed so exciting. If you'd only put me back to back with that girl. When the night's inviting. With just a little lighting. There'll nev...49. Black Sails In The Sunset Vain boys are gonna have to swallow their pride this time. So let the punishment fit the crime. It's under the table. Under your skin. Into the cable. Is this the death of the glory you're i...50. Blame it on Cain Once upon a time, I had a little money. Government burglars took it long. before I could mail it to you. Still, you are the only one. Now I can't let it slip away. So if the man with the ticker t...51. Blue Chair Now it's just you and me, my blue friend. And you say that it's you that she's thinking of. And our affair must end. But if it's you that she's thinking of. I think my broken...52. Boy With a Problem I feel like a boy with a problem. I can't believe what we've forgotten. And I even slapped your face and made you cry. It's the last thing I want to do. Pull the curtains on me and you....53. Boy With a Problem (Demo) I feel like a boy with a problem. I can't believe what we've forgotten. And I even slapped your face and made you cry. It's the last thing I want to do. Pull the curtains on me and you....54. Bright Blue Times Alone in the crowd. Simply taking up space. You would never admit to tears. Till they're rolling down your face. Chorus:. One day, love, long from now. Maybe you'll leave that we. Live in br...55. Brilliant Disguise (Bruce Springsteen). I hold you in my arms. There's a band playing. What are those words whispered, baby. Just as you turn away?. Well I saw you last night. Out on the edge of town. I wanna read...56. Brilliant Mistake He thought he was the King of America. Where they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wine. Now I try hard not to become hysterical. But I'm not sure if I am laughing or crying. I wish that I could...57. Broken If I am frightened then I can hide it. If I am crying, I'll call it laughter. If I am haunted, I'll call it my imaginary friend. If I am bleeding, I'll call it my wine. But if you leave...58. Brown To Blue We stood there in the courthouse room so close but far apart. You brought along the lawyer and I brought a broken heart. The judge pronounced the words the way you wanted him to do. You changed your n...59. Bullets For The New-Born King No one looks in this place for motive or any hope. But for the dead shot of an amber glass. The blue light of a votive. The rain obscured the window. As the pain was dulled by the grains. Absolved in...60. Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter She says what has her daddy done. That you want him to be punished. When she woke up one day to find. That he was starting to vanish. But _if you hope_ (?) to hear voices. You know you should not be l...61. Busy Bodies So you think that you have seen her. When you're lying in between her. And you tell me that you don't care. Busy bodies getting nowhere. Ev'rybody's getting meaner. Busy bodies. Ca...62. Button My Lip Don't want to talk about the government. Don't want to talk about some incident. Don't want to talk about some peppermint gum. Don't want to talk about the time to come. Button my...63. Can You Be True? Can you be true?. Can this possibly be real?. I knew quite suddenly. Do you sense how I feel?. I long to hear you whisper my name. 'Til you tell me. "My Darling, you may be my man. ". T...64. Can You Hear Me? Signal fading. Listen to what I'm saying. Can you hear me?. Can you hear me?. Testing, testing. Can you hear me?. This better be worth all of the breath I'm wasting. Hear him coming through...65. Charm School Men made out of monkeys. Men made into mice. Happy days are here again. And all the drinks half price. A girl with a trick and a man with a calling. Trying to make a living out of your downfalling. TR...66. Cheap Reward Oh, well, I feel so loose tonight I might fall to pieces. So be prepared to sweep me out the door. And I might be horizontal by the time the music ceases. So I think I'll get acquainted with the...67. Chemistry Class She throws back her hair [hands] and she shows you her mouth. The breath that I waste trying to ruin your life. Beauty's on a budget but you take it on the chin. 'Cause you have to do your d...68. Chewing Gum With their cardboard hands by their sides, here's a naked man and lady. And they're yours to cut out and keep. So you can dress them up maybe. They don't know just who they are, or who...69. Church Underground She stood spotlit in a plain print dress. Came howling out of the wilderness. There beat a cunning and murderous heart. Beneath that calm exterior. "You know my name. You don't know my mind....70. Cinco Minutos Con Vos I stood at the kerb trying not to disturb. The dark carnival crew and a glittering voice. Far off there said, "Rejoice". "As the casualties are but few". Going to tell you now. Bef...71. Clean Money Payday's coming and we wash it away. Clean money, clean money. Payday's coming and we wash it away. Clean money, clean money. That's what I want to do. I want to spend it on you. Checki...72. Clown Strike She'll fix you with an iron cross. And cover you up with petals. And hang you up with some amber beads. And four or five precious metals. And in that black flamingo chair. You'll sit among h...73. Clowntime Is Over Tears on your blackmail. Written to ransom. A point of the fingernail. Says that he's handsome. Clowntime is over. Time to take cover. While others just talk and talk. Somebody's watching wh...74. Clowntime Is Over No. 2 Clowntime Is Over. Tears on your blackmail. Written to ransom. A point of the fingernail. Says that he's handsome. Clowntime is over. Time to take cover. While others just talk and talk. Somebody...75. Clubland With a handful of backhanders and a bevy of beauty. You're going off limits. Going off duty. Going off the rails. Going off with booty. They tell tales of fiction found on all the criminal types....76. Coal Train Robberies Yesterday's coal train came to rest in the bitter cutting. And as the signals took an age to change it was easy pickings. So you go to the movies where they smash it up. You want to feel your hea...77. Colour Of The Blues Up above me are the skies. Like the twinkle in your eyes. Blue must be the colour of the blues. In the mail, the letters came. But you can't pay for love the same. Blue must be the colour of the...78. Come Away, Death (Harle/Shakespeare). Come away, come away, death. And in sad Cyprus let me be laid. Fie away, fie away, breath. I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white stuck all with you. O prepare it. My...79. Come The Meantimes What are you going to say to me?. Will you be betraying me?. Come The Meantimes. Will you be deceiving me?. And beyond believing in me?. Come The Meantimes. He came back, (right back). And nobody blin...80. Complicated Shadows Well you know your time has come. And you're sorry for what you've done. You should've never have been playing with a gun. In those Complicated Shadows. Well there's a line that yo...81. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.4 I saw a girl who'd found her consolation. She said "One day my Prince of Peace will come". Above her head a portrait of her father. The wilted favour that he gave her still fastened to...82. Couldn't You Keep That To Yourself The tiny slip at midnight. A little sip at noon. You're tired and torn approaching dawn. My penitent buffoon. Wouldn't you think I'd know by now. I shouldn't have entertained it. C...83. Country Darkness This tattered document. A mystery you can solve. Some burnt out filament. Flies still buzzing around the bulb. Country Darkness. He thought of traveling. Heard an approaching train. Drown out his desp...84. Crawling To The U.S.A. I thought I would go to the sea and shrink down very tiny. And slide inside the telephone wire that runs under the briny. Till I found there is a way of crawling to the U. S. A. You had better not go...85. Crimes Of Paris I thought it was you and your optimist's view of the clock. And how it's always another day. Just after twelve o'clock's struck. You said "Now I only want you so I don't...86. Cry, Cry, Cry Everybody knows where you go when the sun goes down. They say you only live to see the lights of town. I wasted my time when I would try, try, try. 'Cause when the lights have lost their glow, yo...87. Daddy Can I Turn This? There is a button and there's a switch. There is a needle and there's a dial. There is a lever I want to lift. And still you treat me like I'm a child. Daddy can I turn this?. Daddy can...88. Damnation's Cellar Did anybody notice, over marmalade and eggs. In between the Princess' legs. What with wars and floods and beggars. Not to mention stocks and shares. If you have a moment to spare. Can you write a...89. Dancing In The Moonlight We get it on most every night. When that old moon gets so big and bright. It's a supernatural delight. Everybody was dancin' in the moonlight. Everybody here is out of sight. They don't...90. Darling,You Know I Wouldn't Lie Here I am late again for the last time. And like I promised, I just told her goodbye. Please believe me 'cause this time, it's really over. And darling, you know I wouldn't lie. Didn&ap...91. Days Thank you for the days. Those endless days those sacred days you gave me. I'm thinking of the days. I won't forget a single day believe me. I bless the light. I bless the light that shines o...92. Dear Sweet Filthy World Dear sweet filthy world, my wife or whoever reads this. I think that I've lived too long. With all of my promise unfulfilled. But there is a veil drawn over all of that. I know you'll probab...93. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror One day you're going to have to face. A deep dark truthful mirror. And it's going to tell you things that I still love you too much to say. The sky was just a purple bruise, the ground was i...94. Deep Dead Blue Deep dead blue. Deep dead blue. Deep dead blue that nightly shades. I'm lost in deep dead blue. Deep dead blue....95. Different Finger Please put your rings on a diff'rent finger if you meet me tonight. 'Cause I can't stand those suspicious glances. 'Cause I know the things they're saying are right. They&apos...96. Dirty Rotten Shame I recall the good old days. But thankfully, they've gone. Now the ponies all are broken nags. That stumble as they groan. And throw the jockeys from their throne. When there are pitches left to d...97. Dishonor the Stars If you wake and chance to look. Above you. There's one that I named to show how. Much I love you. Hanging up high. Poets long have written and. Have sung. Of moonlight and some. Distant satellite...98. Dissolve Sugar cube drop into a yellow cup. What makes the world just waking up. Resolve?. Dissolve. Who knows where on earth it's going to stop?. I can't hear you 'cos we're breaking up. D...99. Distorted Angel Strange things seem to occur, somewhere behind the nursery door. Though I was just a bit of a kid, it was the bit that she was looking for. Now I don't know where to begin confessing. The way she...100. Don't Be Careless Love (McCartney/MacManus). Burn the midnight lamp. Down until the dawn. I'll keep watch. Until I'm sure you're coming home. Shadows play. And flicker on the bedroom wall. They turn into a ba...101. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood B. Benjamin/S. Marcus/C. Cadwell. Baby can you understand me now. Sometimes I feel a little mad. Don't you know that no one alive can always be an angel. When things go wrong I seem to be mad. (C...102. Don't Look Now Don't look now, don't you dare. I'm not decent, go sit over there. Would you rather I was draped in priceless fur?. 'Cause there's nothing else to wear. Don't look now. I...103. Down On The Bottom Down on the Bottom. Always been in trouble. Nearly all of my life. Always been in trouble. Struggle, scorn and strife. Down on the bottom. Down to the last drop in the cup. Down on the bottom. No plac...104. Dr. Luther's Assistant Everything seems so tranquil. Home movies with no subtitles. Don't you wish you knew what they were sayin'. When the film keeps playin', playin' ?. Oh, he's Doctor Luther&apos...105. Dr. Watson, I Presume I sat in a motel room with the doctor. Just before we were supposed to sing. He said regarding this guardian wing. This black and clipped misshapen thing. Hobbling on from claw to ring. Hung upside do...106. Dust 2... If dust could only talk. What would we hear it say?. Before it's brushed aside. Just as it's swept away. It's just the evidence. It's of no consequence. It's only flesh and bo...107. Edith And The Kingpin The big man arrives. Disco dancers greet him. Plainclothes cops greet him. Small town, big man. Fresh lipstick glistening. Sophomore jive. From victims. Of typewriters. The band sounds. Like typewrite...108. Eisenhower blues Hey everybody I'm a talking to you. I ain't telling you jealous. It's just the natural truth. Oh oh oh I got the Eisenhower Blues. Thinking about me and you and what on earth are we gon...109. Either Side Of The Same Town Nothing can ever be the same. All of the promises we made seem hollow. But there's still some streets in this town. Oh, they're marked, they're marked with your shadow. So if you see me...110. Episode Of Blonde I spy for the "Spirit of Curiousity". All the scandals of each vain monstrosity. I gossip and I pry and I insinuate. If the failure is great. Then it tends to fascinate. A tornado dropped a...111. Everybody's Crying Mercy I can't believe the things I've seen. I wonder bout some things I've heard. Everybody's crying mercy. When they don't know the meaning of the word. A bad enough situation. Is...112. Everyday I Write The Book Don't tell me you don't know what love is. When you're old enough to know better. When you find strange hands in your sweater. When your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote. I'm a...113. Everyday I Write The Book (Live) Don't tell me you don't know what love is. When you're old enough to know better. WHEN YOU FIND STRANGE HANDS IN YOUR SWEATER. When your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote. I'm a...114. Everyone's Playing House Well, well isn't this sweet. Everyone’s playing house. I'm not meaning to mock. Or trespass. On this pretty plain picture-perfect scene. This is delicious. How could I be so rude?. I&ap...115. Expert Rites I marvel at the wonder of it in our souless age. Fast flow the tears upon the page. Don't be alarmed I am her friend. Will I be excused if I presume. It's more than disappointment that we sh...116. Fallen All the leaves are turning yellow, red and brown. Soon they'll be scattered as they tumble down. Although they may be swept up so invitingly. I never did what I was told. I trampled though the am...117. Favourite Hour Figure hanging on a leather band. Cog consults the watch he cups in his hand. Bejewelled movement measures lost and vanished time. Pray for the boy who makes his bed in cold earth and quicklime. CHORU...118. Fire Suite 1 I remember that dance. On the roof of my car. When St. Lucy's mad torch. Took away our best bar. Say we drank. And we prayed. Some just sat like a choir. Came the smoke. In the night. Came the h...119. Fire Suite 3 That all could gather. That we could marry. Still. Faces absent. That she could see this. As if time hovered. That he'd caress him. That jars and lads and Carol Ann were. Shouts from brilliant co...120. Fire Suite Reprise Now you've heard our refrain. And this story must end. 'Cause the stars can't stay up. They can only descend. Say we drank. And we prayed. Some just sit like a choir. Came the smoke. In...121. Fish 'n' Chip Paper When Sunday morning dandruff turns out to be confetti. And the cost of living in sin would make a poor man out of Paul Getty. The girl in your dreams would have you up on an under age charge. And the...122. Five Small Words Maybe you'll recognize in time. Maybe one day you will discover. All the pain that lies behind. You and your unfortunate love. Somebody might be more. Unsuitable and strange. With eyes that offer...123. For Other Eyes I don't know what I would do. If this letter should fall into. Other hands than it should pass through. For other eyes. He said, "It was nothing. it's over and done". But the rotte...124. For The Stars The stars were so much brighter then, they dim and die. So why pretend. the sky goes on forever. But if they fade as science teaches, Poets lose the power of speech. waste paper, ink and feather. If I...125. Forgive Her Anything (Written by Elvis Costello, Transcribed by Craig Ciccone w/ Bolan's Corrections). Oh, a TV went off like three day old milk. That shook this town down better than most. And it always was less of...126. Forty-Five Bells are chiming for victory. There's a page back in history - 45. They came back to the world that they fought for. Didn't turn out just like they thought - 45. Here is a song to sing to d...127. From A Whisper to A Scream Oh it's not easy to resist temptation. Walking around looking like a figment of somebody else's imagination. Taking ev'ry word she says just like an open invitation. But the power of pe...128. From Head To Toe Oh, well, now you're the girl I'm simply mad about. Oh yes, I'm really glad it's been me. Oh yeah. I hope that you've been getting ready, 'Cause I'm gonna ask you t...129. Georgie and Her Rival Georgie grew to hate her name. It sounded like a tiny man. And the one she had said "I can't see you, but I'll call you whenever I can". Sometimes the phone would ring, when she wa...130. Get Yourself Another Fool At last I've awakened to see what you've done. All I can do is pack up and run. Now I know the rules. Find yourself another fool. You said that you loved me. I was yours to command. Your k...131. Getting Mighty Crowded I'm packing up my memories. And I'm gonna move all out of your heart. I'm turning in my keys. And I'm gonna move all out of your heart. 'Cause there ain't room enough for...132. Ghost Train Maureen and Stan were looking for a job. They got songs for every occasion. And a little limelight robbery. No one will employ them. There's nothing to decide. So he autographs his overdraft. Whi...133. Gigi Gigi. Am I a fool without a mind?. Or have I nearly been too blind to realize. Oh, Gigi. While you've been growing up before my eyes. Gigi. You're not all that funny or quick little girl I k...134. Girls Talk There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder. I thought I heard you mention my name, can't you talk any louder ?. Don't come any closer, don't come any nearer....135. Glitter Gulch Enter Madam X painted in a shocking pink spangled dress. Her teeth are perfect but her mouth is loose. Rubbing their hands together she persuades them that it's better to confess. Which unpleasan...136. Gloomy Sunday Sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless. Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless. Little white flowers will never awaken you. Not when the black coach of sorrow has taken you. Angels have n...137. God Give Me Strength Now I have nothing. So God give me strength. 'Cos I'm weak anyway. And if I'm strong I might still break. And I don't have anything to share. That I won't throw away into the...138. God's Comic wish you'd known me when I was alive, I was a funny feller. The crowd would hoot and holler for more. I wore a drunk's red nose for applause. Oh yes I was a comical priest. "With a joke...139. Good Year For The Roses can hardly bear the sight of lipstick on the cigarettes there in the ashtray. Lyin' cold the way you left 'em, but at least your lips caressed them while. you packed. Or the lip-print on a h...140. Goon Squad Mother, Father, I'm here in the zoo. I can't come home 'cause I've grown up too soon. I got my sentence. I got my command. They said they'd make me major if I met all their de...141. Green Shirt There's a smart young woman on a light blue screen. Who comes into my house every night. And she takes all the red, yellow, orange and green. And she turns them into black and white. But you teas...142. Green Song Fine rain was falling on the gravel and glades. The last rays of September bejewelled broken blades. But there's someone that I long for. Oh, where have you been?. As the red earth lies under a c...143. Hand In Hand No, don't ask me to apologise. I won't ask you to forgive me. . If I'm gonna go down, you're gonna come with me. You say 'Why don't you be a man about it, like they do i...144. Harpies Bizarre He selects the plainest face form a spiteful row of girls. Elegant insulted women, a flaw of cultured pearls. He drops a name or two, she fails to catch. At last he's met his match. Unspoiled and...145. He's Given Me Things He's given me things. You never would have. And if you did. You'd want them back. Forgiven me things. I didn't know that. I had done but just. Faded to black. He's given me time. A...146. He's Got You I got the picture that you gave to me. And it's signed with love, just like it used to be. The only thing different, the only thing new. I got the picture, he's got you. I got the records th...147. Heart-Shaped Bruise Tell me now, or am I only dreaming?. Tell me now, or are you only teasing?. I felt the cold hard facts of life. Five degrees from freezing. Does it amuse you to always hurt me so?. I try my best, it&a...148. Heathen Town We used to call it Sin City. now it's gone way past that. Painting the town. and then burning it down. And even that's old hat. Now there' a choir of angles. and the fall of Rome. singi...149. Hetty O'Hara Confidential Hetty said if you ask me nicely. I'll write you up well. Don't tell me twice. Or quote you directly. Or you'll pay the price. I'll peel off your skin like a thin veneer. If someone...150. Hidden Charms Her lips are sweet. Her legs are big. Her looks can make you. Dance the jig. Her touch is so soft. Her heart is so warm. What knocks me out. Is your hidden charms. Her voice is so soft. Her love is so...151. Hidden Shame I'm sorry to say that you don't know me. I'm sad in ways you never understood. Each time I try to tell the ugly truth. You always let it pass you by. You said I 'd never tell you a...152. High Fidelity Some things you never get used to. Even though you're feeling like another man. There's nothing that he can do for you. To shut me away as you walk through. Lovers laughing in their amateur...153. Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head Here comes Mr. Misery. He's tearing out his hair again. He's crying over her again. He's standing in the super-market shouting at the customers. Here comes Mr. Misery. He'll neve...154. Home Truth I hung up the phone tonight. Just as you said I love you. Once this would have been coincidence. Now these things start to bother me. You still close your eyes when I kiss you. And I close mine too. B...155. Honey Hush Come into this house and stop that yakity yak. 'Cause your sugar-daddy don't want no talkin' back. You keep on babblin', talkin' 'bout this and that. I got news for ya ba...156. Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind? Who do you see when you turn your eyes down?. Who do you see when I'm not seeing you?. The news is out all over town and all these girls. Are taking turns at being you. Chorus: Well, well, well....157. Hoover Factory Five miles out of London on the Western Avenue. Must have been a wonder when it was brand new. Talkin' 'bout the splendour of the Hoover factory. I know that you'd agree if you had seen...158. How Much I Lied Darling, there is one thing I must tell you, you must know. It's so hard to say the words I feel. This fancy that I'm on's been going on too long. It's time to stop pretending thin...159. How to Be Dumb I was hell-bent on destroying my powers of concentration. While you were living like a saint. And all the time the very one you trusted was washing off. somebody else's paint. Now you've got...160. Human Hands I've been talking to the wall and it's been answering me. Oh darling how I miss you. I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness. I crave the silhouette of your kiss. With only th...161. Human Touch I know I've just gotta get out of this place. I can't stand any more of that mechanical grace. Though you say it's only industrial squeeze. It looks like luxury and feels like a disease...162. Hurry Down Doomsday The man in the corner of this picture has a sinister purpose. In the teeming Temple of the Railroad Kings. He's planting a trashy paperback book for accidental purchase. Containing all the secret...163. I Almost Had A Weakness Thank you for the flowers. I threw them on the fire. And I burned the photographs that you had enclosed. GOD they were ugly children. So you're the little bastard of that brother of mine. Trying...164. I Can't Stand Up (For Falling Down) I'm the living result. I'm a man who's been hurt a little too much. and I've tasted the bitterness of my own tears. sadness is all my lonely heart can feel. I can't stand up f...165. I Dreamed Of My Old Lover Last Night I dreamed of my old lover last night. I wonder if I spoke out loud. And if by chance my lover overheard. He put my face back in the crowd. His eyes were clear and gentle then. He kissed the troubles f...166. I Hope Sometime, somewhere. We're gonna meet again, I know. And I won't love you anymore. I hope. Somewhere, somehow. You're gonna need me. Like I'm needing you right now. I hope. Keep on...167. I Hope You're Happy Now He's a fine figure of a man and handsome too. With his eyes upon the secret places he'd like to undo. Still he knows who knows who and where and how. And I hope you're happy now. He&apo...168. I Just Don't Know What To do With Myself (Burt Bacharach/Hal David). I just don't know what to do with myself. I just don't know what to do with myself. I'm so used to doing everything with you. Planning everything for two. An...169. I Let the Sun Go Down Whenever I'm in the tightest corner. Whenever I feel forlorn. I think of the isle where. I was born. And the duty to which I've sworn. But I woke up in a nightmare. With a Union Jack and hal...170. I Lost You I Lost You. I Lost You. You slipped from your costume. Like an actress in this tragedy. You're just an apparition in a haunting mystery. I fear that you've passed over me. And there's n...171. I Stand Accused girl I stand accused. people say I love you. yeah, I stand accused. oh but what can I do. you belong to some other guy. hope I never have to testify. if loving you is a big crime. I've been guilt...172. I Still Have That Other Girl I have to say that we should finish it now. Before we weaken ’cause we already know this is wrong. I could give in, sometimes I think that I will. Despite the temptation I try to be very strong...173. I Thought I'd Write to Juliet I thought I'd write to Juliet, for she would understand. And when someone is already dead they can no longer let you down. Instead I find myself talking to you, as my oldest friend. Tell me how I...174. I Threw it All Away I once held her. In my arms. She said she would always stay. But I was cruel. And I treated her like a fool. I threw it all away. Once I had mountains. In the palm of my hand. And rivers to drink thro...175. I Throw My Toys Around I've got no time for fairy stories. I'm not a little girl. So you can leave me all alone. And turn off the lights as well. If you were frightened. Then listen:. But I don't think you&ap...176. I Turn Around Sometimes I try so hard to resist, you say you will and I say you won't. Sometimes I think that you don't exsist and sometimes you don't. Pinch me 'cause I don't believe it. K...177. I Wanna Be Loved Why must I be so lonely?. When so many people pass me by. I've been waiting for oh so long now. And yet I'm unable to answer why. I can't be made to give up now. Can you find room for m...178. I Want to Vanish I want to vanish. This is my fondest wish. To go where I cannot be captured. Laid on a decorated dish. Even in splendor this curious fate. Is more than I care to surrender. Now it's too late. Whe...179. I Want You Oh my baby baby I love you more than I can tell. I don't think I can live without you. And I know that I never will. Oh my baby baby I want you so it scares me to death. I can't say anymore...180. I'll Never Fall In Love Again What do you get when you fall in love?. A girl with a pin to burst your bubble. That's what you get for all your trouble. I'll never fall in love again. I'll never fall in love again. W...181. I'll Wear It Proudly I hate these flaming curtains they're not the color of your hair. I hate these striplights they're not so undoing as your stare. I hate the buttons on your shirt when all I wanna do is tear....182. I'm In The Mood Again Hail to the taxis. They go where I go. Farewell the newspapers that know more than I know. Flung under a street-lamp still burning at dawn. I'm in the mood again. I walk the damp streets rather t...183. I'm Not Angry You're upstairs with the boyfriend while I'm left here to listen. I hear you calling his name, I hear the stutter of ignition. I could hear you whispering as I crept by your door. So you fou...184. I'm Your Toy You may be sweet and nice. That won't keep you warm at night. 'Cause I'm the one who taught you how. To do the things you're doing now. He may feel all your charms. He may hold you...185. I've Been Wrong Before The night we met. The night that I won't forget. You've seen what I've been waiting for. But baby, I've been wrong before. You held me tight. And everything seemed just right. I co...186. If I Could Believe If I could believe two and two is five. Two wrongs make a right. Well then, man alive. Lost in my insolence and sneers. That might sound like prayers. If I could believe. If I could believe. You were...187. If You Love Me The fluctuating worth of this very terminal earth. And the satellite that glows at night above me. Won't bear upon my mind. But concerning womankind. I don’t care if you’re there. If yo...188. Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver) So you're trying to make connection, you heard whispers in the hall. She'll be out again this evening, when you come around to call. So, you dodge the lady-killer, who came creepin' &ap...189. Impatience How long do I have to wait?. Before I can tell you the things I've been wanting to say. How long must I hesitate?. I know it makes sense but it's hard for me to stay away. But if this is how...190. Imperial Bedroom Everyone agreed that she looked delightful. Except for her sister, who was hateful and spiteful. Blushing bright red from her head to her feet. But rushing into her bridal suite. The imperial bedroom,...191. In The Darkest Place In the darkest place. I know. That is where you'll find me. Even though you didn't have to remind me. I shut out the lights. Your eyes adjust. They'll never be the same. You know I love...192. Inch By Inch You can take a powder. You can take a drink. You can keep the shrink. And the kitchen sink. Write my name in heaven. in invisible ink. I just woke up from dreaming, I think. You can take me over. You...193. Indoor Fireworks We play these parlour games. We play at make believe. When we get to the part where I say that I'm going to leave. Everybody loves a happy ending but we don't even try. We go straight past p...194. Interlude: Couldn't Call It Unexpected No.2 (instrumental)...195. Invasion Hit Parade Now that you set everybody free. What are you going to do about me?. Don't want to be treated like some poor grateful clown. I'd rather go back to the sweet underground. Where I can tell by...196. Isabelle In Tears Isabelle in tears. Isabelle is ringing. Saying "I need you near to me. But a telephone just isn't worth. The flinging. ". "Like a book or that ashtray that. I aimed at your head....197. It Tears Me Up I see you walk with him. I see you talk to him. It tears me up, oh, it tears me up. And I can't stop crying. Oh, baby, I can't stop crying. I see you kiss his lips. And squeeze his fingertip...198. It's Time The party's over. Your time is up. You've had your last pointless teardrop. Washed down in that broken coffee cup. This magic moment concludes when that cigarette ends. Did you get what you...199. Jack Of All Parades When we first met I didn't know what to do. My old love lines were all worn out on you. And the world walked round at my mouth. They lit me up and they snuffed me out. [chorus]. And I was everybo...200. Jacksons, Monk and Rowe Sister 4 and Brothers 3. Hanging off the family tree. Practising for getting old. Do you want your fortune told. They're looking for you high and low. Now there's nowhere for you to go. So y...201. Jimmie Standing In The Rain 3rd Class ticket in his pocket. Punching out the holes underneath the sockets. Tweed coat turned up against the fog. Slow coaches rolling o'er the moor. Between the very memory and reproaches of...202. Joe Porterhouse The children sit upon the stairs. High above a valley of tears. Don't let them see you crying that way oh no. Oh no Joe Porterhouse. Is not gone forever. He'll be back another day. Don'...203. Jump Up Everybody's talking like they can't sit down. And looking like they can't stand up. It must be the lastest style. And they've seen a lot of things that you never see. Back on the m...204. Just A Curio In the cold pale sunlight that was slanting down, I spied. Frost reflecting on the glass and in the air outside, Fond relations mouthing words of love and tragedy. Though it's cold there's v...205. Just A Memory Layin' about, lyin' in bed. Maybe it was something that I thought I'd said. With the tempo of today and the temptation of tomorrow. I don't know if I could give you anything but so...206. Just About Glad I'm just about glad that I knew you once. And it was more than just a passing acquaintance. I'm just about glad that it was a memory. That doesn't need constant maintenance. There are a...207. Kid About it He saw no tears in her eyes. Say you wouldn't kid about it. She's telling all of those lies. She swore she'd never told before. But I doubt it. So he bit his tongue. And tried hard to c...208. Kinder Murder Here in the bar, the boys like to have fun. There's a wager lost and an argument won. There's a stone-washed damsel on a junk food run. It's a kinder murder. There's a ladder to he...209. King Horse Cheap cut satin and bad perfume. Showtime is almost here. Teased up by a strip cartoon. Laughing up your sleeve. Sniggering in your beer. He'd seen the bottom of a lot of glasses. But he'd n...210. King Of Confidence She had her mind made up just like her face. She painted in the lines and shadows. She shaded color in that would express. The lonely mood that follows. Love, short and painful and tidy lies in self-d...211. King Of Thieves I had forgotten all about 'The Case Of The Three Pins'. THEY SAID I MUST BE CRACKED. Until the brown paper parcel landed on my welcome mat. Even the pretty secretaries who wouldn't even...212. Last Boat Leaving Hush my little one don't cry so. You know your Daddy's bound to go. They took his pride. They took his voice. Don't upset him now, don't make a noise. They said "You're l...213. Leave my Kitten Alone You better leave my kitten all alone. You better leave my kitten all alone. Well I tell you big bad bulldog. Well, you better leave her alone. Don't you know. My kitten isn't dead. Don'...214. Less Than Zero Calling Mister Oswald with the swastika tattoo, there is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo, carving "v" for vandal on the guilty boy's head. When he's had enough of that mayb...215. Less Than Zero (Dallas Version) Jenny takes her clothes off in succession, While her husband rides a bumper in the President's procession. She's sees him on the screen as she looks up from giving head. When he's had e...216. Lesson In Cruelty (Words: Costello, music: Nieve). Here's a thought to dwell upon, Daddy's girl is almost gone. Now there's just a vain princess. 'Her Ruthlessness'. Tearing up the nursery. Sta...217. Let Him Dangle Bentley said to Craig "Let him have it Chris". They still don't know today just what he meant by this. Craig fired the pistol, but was too young to swing. So the police took Bentley and...218. Let Me Tell You About Her I wasn't very indiscreet and yet. That is a notion that I might as well forget. Friends look at me these days with fond surprise. But when I start to speak they roll their eyes. Let me tell you a...219. Let Them All Talk Hear what I say. See what I do. Believe me now I'm all over you. All over you. I know a place. A certain very tender spot. To have and to hold. To have and have not. Listening to the sad song tha...220. Let's Misbehave You could have a great career, And you should;. Yes you should. Only one thing stops you dear:. You're too good;. Way too good!. If you want a future, darlin', Why don't you get a past?...221. Life Shrinks Shall I wear a buttonhole to jog your memory?. So you'll recall the promise. That I swore you made to me when we were younger. You look sorry for yourself but what about?. I'm some idea you&...222. Lip Service You left the motor running. But I know you're so attractive. Getting in some sharp practice. You better not do anything reckless. But everybody is going through the motions. Everybody is going th...223. Lipstick Vogue Don't say you love me when it's just a rumour. Don't say a word if there is any doubt. Sometimes I think that love is just a tumour;. you've got to cut it out. You say you're...224. Little Atoms I arose and Marigold lay down with Curious Iris. Cherry gave to Victor her prudence and her virus. FOr the sake of purity I can recall the time and place. Between wisdom and murder she gave up her. Im...225. Little Goody Two Shoes You can take a powder, you can take a drink. You can keep the shrink and the kitchen sink. You can write my name in heaven in invisible ink. Just leave a feeling when there's no time to think. Li...226. Little Palaces In Chocolate Town all the trains are painted brown. On the silver paper of the wrapper. There's a dapper little man. And he wears a wax moustache. That he twists with nicotine fingers. As he drop...227. Little Savage I would have waited all my life. Just to make love out of something other than spite. But the beauty is the beast you're baiting. Should really be worth the waiting. You do something very special...228. Little Triggers Little triggers that you pull with your tongue. Little triggers. I don't wanna be hung up, strung up, when you don't call up. Little sniggers on your lips. Little triggers in your grip. Lit...229. Living In Paradise I don't like those other guys looking at your curves. I don't like you walking round with physical jerks. Everything they say and do is getting on my nerves. Soon the will be lucky to be pic...230. London's Brilliant Parade Outside my window. Not long before sleep arrives. They come with their sirens. And they sweep away all the boys. Busy draining the joy from their lives. They never said their prayers out loud. And whi...231. Long Journey Home (Composed: Elvis Costello/Paddy Moloney). If on every ocean the ship is a throne. And for each mast cut down another sapling is grown. Then I could believe that I'm bound to find. A better life t...232. Lost In The Stars (Kurt Weill/Maxwell Anderson). Before Lord God made the sea and the land. He held all the stars in the palm of his hand. And they ran through his fingers like grains of sand. And one little star fall...233. Lovable (chorus). It's going round the town. It's going round the town. It's going round the town. You're so lovable. My baby gave me notice to quit. I just can't get used to it. She...234. Love Field You lie so unfolded. In a love field. With your contempt for any modesty. In a love field. In a love field. In a love field. You yield with your lips still sealed. In a love field. Lost in a sea of im...235. Love For Sale When the only sound on the empty street. Is the heavy tread of the heavy feet. That belong to a lonesome cop. I open shop. When the moon so long has been gazing down. On the wayward ways of a wayward...236. Love For Tender You won't take my love for tender. You can put your money where your mouth is. But you're so unsure. I could be a miser or a big spender. But you might get much more than you bargained for....237. Love Went Mad I've looked at it every way I can. From under and above. And every chance I've had. My love went mad. Love went mad love went mad. You you feel like I feel?. Do you have a heart?. DO YOU HAV...238. Lover's Walk I won't walk with my head bowed. (Be on) Beyond caution where lovers walk. My love walks where three's a crowd. Beyond caution where lovers walk. Lovers walk, lovers scramble. Beyond caution...239. Lovers That Never Were (McCartney/MacManus). I have always needed somebody, girl. But I close the doors to keep out the world. But for you. I would be here all alone. Locked in a photograph. All of the clocks have run down....240. Luxembourg Dressed up like a dog's dinner. Butter wouldn't melt in your mouth. If this is a dog's life. Then you're the cat's claws. They hire out your sons. And hire out your daughters....241. Man Out of Time So this is where he came to hide. When he ran from you. In a private detective's overcoat. And dirty dead man's shoes. The pretty things of Knightsbridge. Lying for a minister of state. Is a...242. Men Called Uncle Now there's newsprint all over your face. Well maybe that's why I can read you like a book. Just when I thought I was getting my taste to bite. I go and lose my appetite. Look at the man tha...243. Miracle Man You never asked me what I wanted. You only asked me why. I never thought that so much trouble was restin' on my reply, I could say it was the nights when I was lonely. and you were the only one...244. Mischievous Ghost She came dancing right before my eyes. She said she'd came to warn me. Before it dawned on me. I went walking on the blank hillside. Where the sunset falls. Where the sunset dies. She gave me lov...245. Miss Macbeth All the children testified that Miss Macbeth. wore a fishbone slide in her cobweb tresses. Her eyes were black like first foot coal, clutched as white as chalk-dust. Her fingers sweated india-ink and...246. Miss Mary Angels announce with trumpets. Crown you with jewels and stars. Hercules lives. Next door to Venus and Mars. Beside your pretty blue shoulder. something may trouble Jerome. Now that you're up wit...247. Mistress And Maid (McCartney/MacManus). She said, "Come in, my dear, You're looking tired tonight. Your bath is drawn, let me loosen your tie. And fix you your usual drink". He settles back. Takes a maga...248. Monkey To Man A long time ago, our point of view. Was broadcast by Mr. Bartholomew. And now the world is full of sorrow and pain. And it's time for us to speak up again. You're slack and sorry. Such an a...249. Moods For Moderns Moods for moderns (x4). I get hit looking for a miss. I never thought that it would come to this. Moods for moderns (x4). Though we may never be the same again. I am so proud that you've been tak...250. Motel Matches Somewhere in the distance I can hear "Who Shot Sam?". This is my conviction, that I am an innocent man. Though you say I'm unkind. I'm being as nice as I can. Boys everywhere, fumb...251. Mouth Almighty This town belongs to you and your tricks of confidence. All the pavements for miles around are littered with your footprints. Now every girl I get close to seems to be wearing your perfume. And the cl...252. Mr. & Mrs. Hush I tripped through a house. Of mirrors. Distorted my suspicions and fears. (I heard a whisper). There is a place where those. Secrets begin. (They had a list). I gave my name and they invited. Me in. (...253. Mr. Feathers They looked. At her this way. Every since. She was a girl. Mr. Feathers. Mr. Feathers. The echo. In every smile. That would curl. Into a leer. Oh, my dear. (Oh, my dear). Mr. Feathers is near. (Oh,...254. Must You Throw Dirt In My Face What is it that brings you to this part of town. Curiosity, conscience or fate. I know it's not love. Cause I once gave you love. And all you showed me was the gate. I got a feeling you've c...255. My Brave Face (McCartney/MacManus). My brave, my brave, my brave face. I've been living in style. Unaccustomed as I am. To the luxury life. I've been hitting the town. And it didn't hit back. I'...256. My Dark Life She says nobody wants to believe. You're the same as everyone. What makes me unique?. My Dark Life. There was a kink in the world. Sent that statue tumbling. An invitation east. So we can watch i...257. My Funny Valentine My funny valentine, sweet comic valentine. You make me smile with my heart. Your looks are laughable, unphotographable. But you're my favourite work of art. Is your figure less than Greek ?. Is y...258. My Little Blue Window This is a calling card. Maybe it will be a farewell note. The poison fountain pen now requires the antidote. But if I avert your gaze. And I should become a shrinking flower. Just punch me on the arm....259. My Lovely Jezebel She attracts dark rumours. Travels in blue and other humours. Each time she walks in the room. Brings in much more than you'd assume. OO, I looked in her eyes and out through that window I fell....260. My Mood Swings She was smitten from the first. By a curious fellow. She said I love the way you talk. And with a flounce she then announces. I love the way that you pronounce it: "Marshmallow". So she like...261. My New Haunt My New Haunt. Gives me everything I want. My New Haunt. Gives me everything I want. And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind. If she turns out to be crazy in time. Bring me black st...262. My Science Fiction Twin My science fiction twin. Is doing better than expected. He captured a little blonde trophy wife. Who's really very well connected. And when he calls home with his alibi. She says "Is this re...263. My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You I might say that I don't care. Hold my head up in the air. Even tell my friends I'm glad that you don't call. But when the day is through. That's when my heartaches start anew. And...264. My Thief When I go to sleep, you become my thief. Why don't you steal what you can keep?. But you won't let me be. You break into my dreams. And every day seems different. Sometimes I pretend you&apo...265. My Three Sons Day is dawning. Almost sounded like a warning. Wind was rushing through the trees almost falling. I never thought that I’d become. The proud father of my three sons. Years of fragment. Between...266. Mystery Dance Romeo was restless, he was ready to kill. He jumped out the window cause he couldn't sit still. Juliet was waiting with a safety net. He said "Don't bury me cause I'm not dead yet&...267. Mystery Dance(Acoustic w/ Extra Verse) Romeo was restless, he was ready to kill. He jumped out the window cause he couldn't sit still. Juliet was waiting with a safety net. He said "Don't bury me cause I'm not dead yet&...268. National Ransom Running pell-mell and harum-scarum. Running as hot as they do or dare. Stick out your tongue. And drink down all the venom. From Cut-Throat Cuthbert. And Millicent St. Cyr. From the real old Macau. T...269. Needle Time I wish that I didn't hate you. Least not as much as I do. And squander all my contempt for. A little nothing like you. Liars like you are ten-a-penny. Women would slap you, if you knew any. Somet...270. New Amsterdam You're sending me tulips mistaken for lilies. You give me your lip after punching me silly. You turned my head till it rolled down the brain drain. If I had any sense now I wouldn't want it...271. New Lace Sleeves Bad lovers face to face in the morning. Shy apologies and polite regrets. Slow dances that left no warning of. Outraged glances and indiscreet yawning. Good manners and bad breath get you nowhere. Eve...272. Next Time 'Round As I stepped out upon the landing my heart was already down the stairs. She's in the bedroom with that boy of hers. Though her face is creased and her eyes seem strange. There's a second-han...273. Night Rally I would send out for assistance but there's someone on the signal wire. And the corporation logo is flashing on and off in the sky. They're putting all your names in the forbidden book. I kn...274. Night Time Wait until the light goes out, I don't want to be seen about, maybe we could find a place to go. Find a crowded place where they don't care about your face, or if your name is even Santa Cla...275. No Action I don't wanna kiss you. I don't wanna touch. I don't wanna see you 'cause I don't miss you that much. I'm not a telephone junkie. I told you that we were just good frien...276. No Dancing Oh I know that she. has mad a fool of him, like girls have done so many nights before, time and time again. Life is so strange. I don't know why, but somebody, somebody has to cry. There's g...277. No Flag I've got no religion. I've got no philosophy. I've got a head full of ideas and words. that don't seem to belong to me. You may be joking but I don't get the gag. I sense no f...278. No Hiding Place In the not very distant future. When everything will be free. There won't be any cute secrets. Let alone any novelty. You can say anything you want to. In your fetching cloak of anonymity. Are yo...279. No Wonder I stole a glance at my reflection, Though these days I tend to hurry by. How pale the rose of my complexion, How strange the knowing look that's in my eye. But when the springtime was ablaze, You...280. North The East has that Englishmen. And the rising sun. The West has the open plains. And how they were won. On Independence Day. For all it's worth. You can ring those southern belles. I'm going....281. Nothing Clings Like Ivy Nothing clings like Ivy. Frightened by the dark. Though she cuts deep. It never leaves a mark. No one quite like Ivy. Ever gets it straight. What she believes. She won't negotiate. All the words...282. O, Mistress Mine (Harle/Shakespeare). O, mistress mine. Where are you roaming?. O, stay and hear. Your true love's coming. That can save both high and low. Trip no further pretty sweeting. Journeys end in lovers...283. Oh Well The ink is running. The words are taught. I'm sitting helpless with my paper and charts. I had to follow my passion. Oh well. I don't get paid that much for all I deserve. To waste a sentenc...284. Oliver's Army Don't start that talking. I could talk all night. my mind was sleep walking. While I was putting the world to rights. Call careers information. Have you got yourself an occupation. Olivers Army i...285. One Bell Ringing Raining slapping on the window pane. An hour or more of teeming. Storm punching like a hurricane. That tore him out of dreaming. Air screaming through the slightest gap. Rattling between the frame and...286. Opportunity Born in the middle of a second big baby boom. Those noisy boys just might have spoken up too soon. Now I'm looking for a little girl, I wonder where she's gone. Big money for families having...287. Our Little Angel This is the place where I made my best mistakes. This is the place even angels don't understand. I've seen the disappointment in her face. And the collection of engagement rings on her right...288. Pads, Paws And Claws She's a feline tormentor, not any vaudeville wife. But with a drunk-town lament he leads her a miserable life. But when he's full of that beer-champagne. She pads, paws, pads, paws and claws...289. Painted From Memory Such a picture of loveliness. Didn't you notice the resemblance?. Doesn't it look like she could speak?. Those eyes I tried to capture. They are lost to me now forever. They smile for someon...290. Party Girl They say you're nothing but a party girl. Just like a million more all over the world. I know I shouldn't be raising my hopes so high. But I have seen the hungry look in their eyes. They&apo...291. Party Party We're gonna drink enough tonight to drown the average army. By New Year's Day the next door neighbour will be goin' barmy. The milkman arrives at midday with his usual wisecrack. Who kn...292. Passionate Fight Obscure the late afternoon with a drape. Don't let him follow her latest escape. Or the fanfare of taxis that needlessly played. As a forty watt bulb burns a hole in the shade. Then they got into...293. Pay it Back Stop thief; you're gonna come to grief. if you don't take a little more care. You're gonna get more than the family plan. from this one shoestring affair. I may be crazy but I can'...294. Payday Let's go out on the town tonight. My pockets are heavy with loot. And get drunk and blasted. (And loud in your dress of blue). I've been living from hand to mouth. It must be three or four w...295. Peace In Our Time Out of the aeroplane stepped Chamberlain with a condemned man's stare. But we all cheered wildly, a photograph was taken, as he waved a piece of paper in the air. Now the Disco Machine lives in M...296. Photographs Can Lie He was wired, dynamite. And she was rare as treasure. That's not the kind of story you deny. In a frame under glass. They'll always be together and so in love. But photographs can lie. Now t...297. Pidgin English There's a young girl with her old man who's too sick to mention. She'll be turning twenty seven as she draws her widow's pension. But he couldn't catch a common cold he couldn...298. Pills And Soap They talked to the sister, the father and the mother. With a microphone in one hand and a chequebook in the. other. AND THE CAMERA NOSES IN TO THE TEARS ON HER FACE. The tears on her face. The tears o...299. Playboy to a Man You had your own way one too many times and now. you're going to find out what it's like. Just what it's like, now you're a mess. You wanted something you could never possess. You...300. Please Stay If I got on my knees and I pleaded with you. Not to go but to stay in my arms. Would you walk out the door. Like you did once before. This time be different. Please stay don't go. If I call out y...301. Poison Moon Cut loose in a nightmare, cast off in my dreams. If home is anywhere that I can hang my hat. Then it's coming apart at the seams. My luck is hanging upside down. I try to hold on tight. But money...302. Poisoned Rose The poisoned rose. That you gave to me. It left me half alive. And half in ecstasy. But if half of your love. Is all I can win. Give me just a fraction. But no more medicine. The poisoned rose. On a V...303. Pony Street She lives on Pony Street. And they should scatter flowers at her feet. But when they come calling I think it's appalling. They're sober and they're polite. They're deeply respectfu...304. Poor Fractured Atlas He's out in the woods with his squirrel gun. To try to recapture his anger. He's screaming some words at the top of his lungs. Until he begins to feel younger. But back at his desk in the ci...305. Poor Napoleon I can't lie on this bed anymore it burns my skin. You can take the truthful things you've said to me. And put them on the head of a pin. Poor Napoleon. You always look so disappointed when I...306. Possession If there's anything that you want. If there's anything that you need. There's no need to be evasive. Money talks and it's persuasive. Possession. Now you're sending me your be...307. Pouring Water On A Drowning Man You push me when I'm falling. And then you put me down. I guess I missed my calling. I should have been a clown. How much more. How much more can I stand. You're pouring water. On a drowning...308. Pretty Words I ask you nicely. Get my face slapped under wraps. What's going on precisely. Is there something wrong perhaps?. Surprise, surprise (surprise, surprise). It's more like a booby trap than a b...309. Psycho Can Mary fry some fish, mama. I'm as hungry as can be. Oh lord, how I wish, mama. You could stop the baby cryin'. 'Cause my head is killing me. I saw my ex again last night mama. She wa...310. Pump It Up I've been on tenterhooks. ending in dirty looks, list'ning to the Muzak, thinking 'bout this 'n' that. She said that's that. I don't wanna chitter-chat. Turn it down...311. Punishing Kiss (Words MacManus/O'Riordan, music: Costello). I favour a good punishing kiss. it helps pass the lonely afternoon. another stiff drink, wipe off that lipstick. For when you reach a certain age. All...312. Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human Kindness Put your big toe in the milk of human kindness. Have you ever seen the like of this mankind?. If a boy or girl is cute, we simply shoot to starry heights. Any maybe, any might. But always so capriciou...313. Radio Radio I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial. doing anything my radio advised. with every one of those late night stations. playing songs bringing tears to me eyes. I was seriously thinking about...314. Radio Silence Signal fading, listen to what I'm saying. Testing, testing, this better be worth all of the breath I'm wasting. Maintaining radio silence from now on. Barricaded in the talk radio station. H...315. Radio Sweetheart My head is spinning and my legs are weak. Goose step dancing, can't hear myself speak. Hope in the eyes of the ugly girls. That settle for the lies of the last chancers. When slow motion drunks p...316. Really Mystified He will break your heart, if you go with him. Tear it all apart, and that would be a sin. I'm really mystified, I even sat right down and cried. I'm the one that needs you, I love you consta...317. Refuse To Be Saved Now that you set everybody free. What you going to do about me?. Don't want to be treated like some poor grateful clown. I'd rather go back in the sweet underground. Where I can tell the tim...318. Remove This Doubt It's hurting me. It's hurting me. This doubt is hurting me. So remove this doubt. From my heart little girl. And let me live my life. Knowing you care. Remove this doubt. From my mind little...319. Riot Act Forever doesn't mean forever anymore. I said forever. But it doesn't look like I'm gonna be around much anymore. When the heat gets sub-tropical. And the talk gets so topical. Riot act...320. Rocking Horse Road The chains from the bridle and the reins fell from my hands. The engines are idle and the ship sails on dry land. I stood there stupefied, I thought I recognized. Walking down Rocking Horse Road, gett...321. Romeo's Seance Is anyone there I can talk to?. Give us a sign if you're with me. CAN'T you see that I'm dying to hear you. EVERYONE ELSE HAS LOST INTEREST. AND I'M ALL ALONE IN THIS DREAM HOUSE....322. Room With No Number Picture a hotel room. Clothes scattered across the floor. Covers pulled back from the pillow. A sign hung on the door. Two lovers locked up tight. Through the endless days and nights. Hiding something...323. Rope Down by the harbourside. A boat is fastened by a length of rope. It was a perfect match, Dreaming of escape, Feeling almost detached. Look beneath the waves -. The seabirds diving down into black wate...324. Running Out of Angels They say they're running out of angels. They say I'm running out of time. Oh you don't have to be lucky. It is easier than trying, now they're bringing down a. Hammer on anything t...325. Running Out of Fools Sure you haven't got the wrong number. Sure it's me you want to talk to tonight. Everyone in town's got your number. Everyone in town's got you pegged just right. Is that why you g...326. Sad About Girls To all the girls that awake to escape in the morning. You want to leave him without even a warning, a trace, or a calling card. Sad about girls who know perfectly well why he's so sad about this...327. Satellite She looked like she learned to dance from a series of still pictures. She's madly excited now, she throws her hands up like a tulip. She looks like an illustration of a cocktail party. Where cart...328. Secondary Modern This must be the place. Second place in the human race. Down in the basement. Now I know what he meant. Secondary modern. But there must be a problem till the girls go home. This is the hand that you...329. Seconds Of Pleasure You say you don't desire me, she's only a hired hand, now you are tired of me. Expensive care is meaningless, feeling nothing and caring less. Cut off at the pass, she knows where you were h...330. Senior Service Chorus:. Senior service. Junior dissatisfaction. It's a breath you took too late. It's a death that's worse than fate. Senior service. Junior dissatisfaction. Though it may be second h...331. Seven Day Weekend One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Monday's calling you too early when you're sound asleep. Bells are ringing by your bedside and out in the street. Usually Monday's long enough,...332. Shabby Doll Giving you more of what for. Always worked for me before. Now I'm a shabby doll. What's going on behind the green elevator door. With just a shabby doll. There's a hit man facing. A com...333. Shadow and Jimmy Shadow and Jimmy were always yesterday's news. Jimmy's a bowler, Shadow rents out his green bowling shoes. Late Friday night when the bars are all shuttered and dark. He shadows back Jimmy t...334. Shallow Graves When I fall in endless sleep. I hope that I'll be buried deep. Let me be the one that fortune favours. Even good children got shallow graves. Throw another clown to the lions. Throw another Joan...335. Shamed Into Love (Written by Elvis Costello, Submitted by Craig Ciccone). I fear, my dear. We've forgotten the things strangers do. If we could look back. To the terrible thrill that we knew. Am I imagining a wor...336. Shatterproof I see those newly weds. Their eyes wide and believing. They bill and coo at the mention of Chez Nous. Appearances can be deceiving. It's just a door and a window. Four walls and a roof. But a hom...337. She She. May be the face I can't forget. A trace of pleasure or regret. May be my treasure or the price I have to pay. She may be the song that summer sings. May be the chill that autumn brings. May...338. She's Pulling Out The Pin She's pulling out the pin. That lets her hair fall down. She shakes her head and. It goes tumbling. Her smile was out of place. So she swept it off her face. Let me find the words and say them. L...339. Shipbuilding Is it worth it. A new winter coat and shoes for the wife. And a bicycle on the boy's birthday. It's just a rumour that was spread around town. By the women and children. Soon we'll be s...340. Shoes Without Heels This love of mine is packed with stepping stone. These shoes are made for walking in reverse. In the dead of night, you tiptoe out and leave me all alone. Putting on your satin slip-ons and your sultr...341. Shot With His Own Gun How does it feel now you've been undressed. by a man with a mind like the gutter press. So disappointed to find it's no big sin. Lying skin to skin. Chorus:. Shot with his own gun. Now dad i...342. Sittin' And Thinkin' I got loaded last night on a bottle of gin. And I had a fight with my best girlfriend. When I'm drinkin' I am nobody's friend. So please baby wait for me until they let me out again. I...343. Sleep Of The Just The soldier asked my name and did I come here very often. Well I thought that he was asking me to dance. In my HOLEY coat and hat and him in his red bonnet. We'd have made a lovely couple but we...344. Sleepless Nights Through the sleepless nights. I cry for you. And wonder who. Is kissing you. Oh, these sleepless nights. Will brake my heart in two. Somehow, through the day. I don't give in. I hide the tears. T...345. Sneaky Feelings Now everybody's breakin' up somebody else's home, before somebody else starts breaking up their own. I get you in my dreams. You should hear the things you say. I's not that it&apo...346. So Like Candy Here lies the powder and perfume. The pretty clothes are scattered 'round the room. And it's so like Candy. Here lies the lipstick and the face. The coloured tablets keep it all in place. An...347. So Young Do. Do do do do do. So young, we've discovered. Got them so confused. Don't mind putting the time in. It's shocking. That's what they all say now when we're walking hand in...348. Some Took The Words Away Poor head. Can hardly move my lips for speaking. I said. So, what is this thing I cannot explain?. I'd blame all the things I feel but can't quite place. Perhaps they're written on my f...349. Someone Took The Words Away Poor head. Can hardly move my lips for speaking. I said. So, what is this thing I cannot explain?. I'd blame all the things I feel but can't quite place. Perhaps they're written on my f...350. Soul for Hire Hang my head and shut my eyes. What kind of justice is this?. Fool I was, I thought that you fought fire with fire. Got to be more than just a soul for hire. Speaking for myself I wouldn't take t...351. Sour Milk-Cow Blues You like coffee and you like tea. Much more than you like me. And everybody says watch out yeah. For the sour milk-cow blues. You like your coffee just a little too sweet. Without your sugar life is i...352. Sparkling Day Oh, it was such a sparkling day. That I should be singing its praises. Just to catch my senses as they slip away. But my sentences and phrases. Are about as worthless as wonder can be. And there are w...353. Spooky Girlfriend I want a girl to make a mess. To do no wrong she must confess. And then perhaps hitch up her dress. 'Cos when the flashbulbs explode. She's such a sensitive soul. I want a girl who is helple...354. St. Stephen's Day Murders I knew of two sisters whose name it was Christmas. And one was named Dawn of course, the other one was named Eve. I wonder if they grew up hating the season. Of the good will that lasts till the Feast...355. Stalin Malone(Instrumental) I'm going to make you even fear the dream you dream. So don't even think about it don't make a wish. You think that I don't see you as you trawl those young weak fish. Hooked on th...356. Starting To Come To Me It's started to come to me. Your new career would probably end like this. All that professional lipstick pressed into an amateur kiss. Farewell to the studied lines and carefully broken hearts. T...357. Stations Of The Cross The tempest blows up from a squall. Past the Cape of Bad Conscience. Into the Gulf of the Cauldron. Roars over the coastline to batter and flatten. Exposing the roots like the dyed hair of slattern. S...358. Step Inside Love Step inside love, let me find you a place. Where all the cares of the day. Will be carried away. By the smile on your face. We are together now and forever. Come what may. Step inside love and stay. S...359. Stick Out Your Tongue They talked to the sister, the father and the mother. With a microphone in one hand. and a chequebook in the other. And the camera noses in to the tears on her face. The tears on her face. The tears o...360. Sticks And Stones People talkin', tryin' to break us up. Why don't they let us be. Sticks and stones may break my bones. But talk don't bother me. (No) People talkin', tryin' to break us u...361. Still These few lines I'll devote. To a marvelous girl covered up in my coat. Pull it up to your chin. I'll hold you until the day will begin. Still. Lying in the shadows this new flame will cast....362. Still Too Soon to Know Do you love him. Or is it still too soon to know?. When I think back a couple of days. Before I found you in his spell. Was there a warning?. What can I say. Should I look away. It's still too s...363. Strange How many wrinkles in a pickle. How many hairs in a head. How many waves in the ocean. How many crumbs in bed. But last but not least, but baby most of all. Why do I mmmumble everytime you call. Chorus...364. Stranger In The House This never was one of the great romances. But I thought you'd always have those young girl's eyes. But now they look in tired and bitter glances. At the ghost of a man who walks 'round...365. Strict Time There's a hand on a wire that leads to my mouth. I can hear you knocking but I'm not coming out. Don't want to be a puppet or a ventriloquist. 'Cause there's no ventilation on...366. Stripping Paper I got time on my hands. I'm just stripping paper. It's amazin' what you will. find stripping paper. When you get down to the past. Back then we didn't have means. for fine decorati...367. Success We used to go out walkin' hand in hand. You told me all the big things you had planned. It wasn't long till all your dreams came true. Success put me in second place with you. You have no ti...368. Such Unlikely Lovers On a hot city day. When your white shirt turns to grey. That's when she'll arrive. When you look how you feel. Someone steps upon your heel. That's when she will come. Listen now. I&apo...369. Suffering Face Well, there's an old man's fantasy. Put in a young girl's mouth. Like cheap pink lipstick. Smeared on her wedding dress. Will you look what you've done to her. Will you look at thi...370. Sugar Won't Work Lightning Up!. And shake the ground. Is that a horn that's blowing?. Or a bell that's tolling?. Walls are falling. Ships pulled out from their mooring. Is that a river or just a road the sto...371. Suit of Lights While Nat King Cole sings "Welcome To My World". You request some song you hate you sentimental fool. And it's the force of habit. If it moves then you fuck it. If it doesn't move...372. Sulky Girl She wears a wedding ring her sister lent. To throw them off the scent. Just let them guess, it's what they expect. Who in the world has bitten her neck?. She's discovered wearing last night&...373. Sunday's Best Sunday's Best. Times are tough for English babies. Send the army and the navy. Beat up strangers who talk funny. Take their greasy foreign money. Skin shop, red leather, hot line. Be prepared for...374. Suspect My Tears Do you remember how to say please?. You've had your own way for such a long time. Your lash is sweet now, I dry your cheek. You think I'm powerless when you weep. You may have something, I d...375. Sweet Dreams Sweet dreams of you, every night I go through. I should hate you girl the whole night through. Instead I'm having sweet dreams all about you. You don't love me it's plain. I should have...376. Sweet Pear Sweet pear, sweet pear. Those who say they love you would never dare. I'll watch out for you. I'll always be there. In the hour of distress you need not fear. In all the world there's o...377. Swine You're a swine and I'm saying that's an insult to the pig. In the foul furrow that you dig. Why don't you lay your head down. In that unconsecrated ground. WAS she your MOTHER?. Or...378. Taking My Life In Your Hands My dear impulsive darling I suspect my letter got to you too late. And it's really just a silly fragment of paper. But it means so much to those who wait. All the suffering days and nights '...379. Talking In The Dark I tried in vain to drive myself insane. I talk to myself but I don't listen. I found out what I was missing. I miss talking in the dark. Without you, I'm not conversational. Without the sens...380. Tart Hear silver trumpets will trill in the Arabic streets of Seville. Oranges roll in the gutter. And you pick them up. And peel back the skin. To the red fruit within. But the flavour is. Tart. And the f...381. Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution) Who dries your eyes when you cry real tears?. Who knows or cares what an imitation is?. Only you do. You can paint his nails. Make him wear high heels. Why waste time altering the hemline?. Or do you?...382. Tears At The Birthday Party Think back now when we were young. There were always tears at the birthday party. You know how children can be. So cruel. That's how it starts, but. What if we never learn how to behave?. I did s...383. Tears Before Bedtime I know the name on the tip of your tongue. And I know that accusing look. Everybody knows I've been so wrong. That's the problem and here's the hook. Tears before bedtime. There'll...384. Temptation Who's this kid with his mumbo jumbo. Living in air-conditioned limbo. Though they treat him just like a guest. He's living under threat of arrest. Now that he's finally trying to make s...385. That Day is Done I feel such sorrow, I feel such shame. I know I won't arrive on time. Before whatever out there is gone. What can I do, that day is done. It's just a promise that I made. I said I'd wal...386. That's Not The Part Of Him I have a friend. She's just a friend. I tried to comfort and defend. I gave her what you might call advice. But nothing like that comes without a price. The rumour was a cruel surprise. And she d...387. The Beat We're all going on a summer holiday. Vigilante's coming out to follow me. Heard somebody say they're out to collar me. Anybody wanna swallow me?. It takes two to tumble. It takes two t...388. The Big Light Well I had a little feeling to have a big night. And woke up feeling small and not so brave and not quite right. I had to face the who am I and where is she and what did I do. But worst of all I had t...389. The Birds Will Still Be Singing Summertime withers as the sun descends. He wants to kiss you. Will you condescend?. Before you wake and find a chill within your bones. Under a fine canopy of lover's dust and humourous bones. B...390. The Bridge I Burned I'm walking down Times Square in the Electric Daylight. The sailors on shore leave stand out in their perfect white. I'm up here with my spying glass at the window of the world. For better o...391. The Comedians I sat there alone upon the ferris wheel. A pastel-colored carriage in the air. I thought you'd leave me dangling for a little while. A silly twist upon a childish dare. Below I saw you whisper to...392. The Days Take Care Of Everything If you wanna feel sorry for yourself. Then go ahead, I'm not gonna stop you. Sometimes you're just like a petulant child. You seem to get so much satisfaction. Just from being denied. And no...393. The Delivery Man "Abel was able," so Vivian said. Her shoulders flung forward. Her lips in a purse. She talks like the beauty that she never was. Of the fabulous wild nights that she never has. In a certain...394. The Deportees Club In the Arrivederci Roma nightclub, bar and grill. Standing in the fiberglass ruins watching time stand still. All your troubles you confess to another faceless, backless dress. Schnapps, chianti, port...395. The Element Within Her It's the element within her. Something under her skin. That is shining out through the face of the girl. Two sapphires and couple of rows of pearls. It's just a part of it. Like your fine tr...396. The Final Mrs. Curtain He was a plain piece of paper. An ordinary smith. The kind that you never. Trifle with. Drawn in wide-eyeliner. A solitary lass. Her beauty veiled by tortoiseshell. And tinted glass. She was a husband...397. The First to Leave I should open with a kiss. For if you're reading this. You must have opened up your case. And found this letter where I placed it. In between the silk and lace. There were other clues, like your...398. The Flirting Kind She used to be the flirting kind. But the boy loved her anyway. He made up his mind. She said, What's a girl to do to be content?. Use your imagination. Time to experiment. Make love like a punis...399. The Great Unknown They took old Danny Boy for a ride. From the arms of his bride to be. Threw him into the murky waters. By the dog biscuit factory. Quick dry the tears and stifle cheers. As he sinks just like a stone....400. The Greatest Thing EVERYONE STOPPED WHEN SHE WALKED INTO THE ROOM. Isn't this the greatest thing. Everyone own up but nobody could touch her. Isn't this the greatest thing. PUNCH THE CLOCK keep boxing clever....401. The Imposter Trying to be too bad. Trying to talk too tough. Trying to jack the lad. You'd think he'd had enough. But he's not the man you'd think that he can be. I just don't know why you...402. The Invisible Man I WAS COMMITTED TO LIFE AND THEN COMMUTED TO THE OUTSKIRTS. With all the love in the world. Living for thirty minutes at a time with a break in the middle for adverts. But it's a wonderful world...403. The Judgement The accused will rise to be torn in two. guilty of nothing but loving you. this is the judgement. And I'm willing to plead. how you don't want me. hoping this torment will cease. Will I be r...404. The King of the Unknown Sea (Words: Costello, music: Michael Thomas). Beneath the turquoise pools and emerald jewels. There lie the broken spines of seven ships. The skulls of careless fools and coins of gold. Pour from the bank...405. The Letter Home c/0 St. Ignatus House, Willoughby Drive, Parrametta, New South Wales. This fifth day of July, in the year of Our Lord nineteen. hundred and thirty five. Why must I apologize every time that I sit dow...406. The Long Division Did somebody try to catch your eye. And almost change your sad expression?. Did somebody's hand linger too long?. Must I now make my confession?. But you'll never know. What suspicion is. Un...407. The Long Honeymoon All the bedroom lights go out. As the neighbourhood gets quiet. Everything in heaven and earth is almost right. But there's a wife whos wondering where her husband could be tonight. And when the...408. The Loved Ones Don't get smart or sarcastic. He snaps back just like elastic. Spare us the theatrics and the verbal gymnastics. We break wise guys just like matchsticks. What would the loved ones say. Your prid...409. The Lovers That Never Were I have always needed somebody girl. But I close the doors to keep out the world. But for you, I would be here all alone. Locked in a photograph. All of the clocks have run down. Lover beware. We'...410. The Name Of This Thing Is Not Love There's a part of this feeling that I just cannot kill. But the name of this thing is not love. And I can't take a potion, and I won't take a pill. So it tortures me still. But the name...411. The Name Of This Things Is Not Love There's a part of this feeling that I just cannot kill. But the name of this thing is not love. And I can't take a potion, and I won't take a pill. So it tortures me still. But the name...412. The Night Before Larry Was Stretched The Night Before Larry Was Stretched. Oh, the night before Larry was stretched. Well the boys they all paid him a visit. A bit in their sacks too they fetched. For they sweated their duds till they ri...413. The Only Daddy That'll Everybody knows you been steppin' on my toes. And I'm gettin pretty tired of it. Keep steppin' outta line and messin' with my mind. If you had any sense, you'd quit. But ever...414. The Only Flame In Town I know a girl got my mind in a mess. I never heard her say goodnight and God bless. She's not the only flame in town. And when we're alone we never quarrel. I'm miles away now here&apos...415. The Other End (of the Telescope) Shall we agree that just this once. I'm gonna change my life. Until it's just as tiny or important as you like?. And in time we won't even recall that we spoke. Words that turned out to...416. The Other Side of Summer The sun struggles up another beautiful day. And I felt glad in my own suspicious way. Despite the contradiction and confusion. Felt tragic without reason. There's malice and there's magic in...417. The People's Limousine It's a chilly Florentine evening. Two men in evening hats. Telling tales of the underground and. fishing for Reds. Policemen armed with Uzis. stand guard but they don't speak. Ain't see...418. The Puppet Has Cut His Strings They pulled the stars down one by one. Hauled up the moon to shine upon. A velvet curtain rising. Now her puppet has cut his strings. The footlights glare. The trumpets blare. Why is your face drawn o...419. The Scarlet Tide Well I recall his parting words. Must I accept his fate?. Or take myself far from this place. I thought I heard a black bell toll. A little bird did sing. Man has no choice. When he wants everything....420. The Spell That You Cast The spell that you cast. Seems to be wearing off fast. (The spell that you cast). Come back baby, cos I don't know if I can last. (The spell that you cast). And I wonder whether. You got some oth...421. The Stamping Ground The stamping ground, The stamping ground. All your old gang. still hang around. Coming in with the same blokes, going home with the same jokes, if you ever go missing. I know where you'll be foun...422. The Sweetest Punch You only saw red. After I said, "How can we continue?". Hidden from your view. In the blue corner that I painted myself into. Then we started to fight. And it changed everything. Here's...423. The Unfailing Welcome To The Voice (Costello/Nieve). Above the tears. Before the scream. Invisible and secret scar. The true salvation is the human voice. Beloved voices of the past. The forever stiffled voice. Tender echoes. Lost caus...424. The Very Thought of You The very thought of you. And I forget to do. The little ordinary things. That everyone ought to do. I'm living in a kind of daydream. I'm happy as a king. And foolish though it may seem to m...425. The World And His Wife The family circle gather round from very far and near. To pass around the same remarks they passed away last year. The little girl you dangle on your knee without mishap. STIRS SOMETHING IN YOUR MEMOR...426. The World and His Wife (Live) (Alternate Slower Version, Submitted by Craig Ciccone). The family circle gathers 'round from very far and near. To pass around the same remarks they passed away last year. The little girl you da...427. The World Of Broken Hearts Every night you'll find me in the only world I own. It's a crowded place that's filled with people all alone. It's a place that I could write a book about. When they let you in, yo...428. There Won't Be Anymore Don't wait for the telephone if you want a call from me. There won't be anymore, there won't be anymore. And don't wait for the mailman if you want a letter from me. There won&apos...429. There's A Story In Your Voice Once upon another time. If you had the need. I'd step right in the shoes that you've been walking. 'Cos someone put the hurt in you. For every one to see. And you only have to speak to...430. They'll Never Take Her If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares. There is one who's smiling face the gods would see. For she'll walk along beside me up the golden stairs. Oh, they'll never, never...431. This House Is Empty Now These rooms play tricks upon you. Remember when they were always filled with laughter?. But now they're quite deserted. They seem to just echo voices raised in anger. Maybe you will see my face....432. This Is Hell This Is Hell. CHORUS:. This is hell, this is hell. I am sorry to tell you. It never gets better or worse. But you get used to it after a spell. For heaven is hell in reverse. The bruiser spun a hula h...433. This Offer Is Unrepeatable DON'T SEND ANY MONEY!. Fate has no price. Ignore at your peril this splendid advice. An invaluable link in an infinite chain. An offer like this will just not come again. You wish you had women t...434. This Sad Burlesque I write in hopes that by the time you get this letter. We may live to see a change for the better. Or are we so devoted to these wretched selfish motives. When the cold facts and figures all add up. T...435. This Year's Girl See her picture in a thousand places. 'Cause she's this year's girl. You think you all own little pieces. Of this year's girl. Forget your fancy manners. Forget your English gramma...436. Tiny Steps Muscle baby won't let go. Weekend baby won't say no. Is she an active beauty ?. I should say so. Wooden bones and pretty lashes. Iodine for your baby's gashes. Little tombs for your ba...437. TKO (Boxing Day) You can run all you like from the classroom or the cot. From a great big man or a tiny tot. But from this day everyday will be BOXING DAY. Don't need your indecision let there be no doubt. Don&ap...438. Tokyo Storm Warning The sky fell over cheap Korean monster-movie scenery. And spilled into the mezzanine of the crushed capsule hotel. Between the Disney abattoir and the chemical refinery. And I knew I was in trouble bu...439. Toledo All through the night you telephoned. I saw the light blinking red. Beside the cradle. But you don't know how far I've gone. Now I must live with the lie. That I made. But if I call, I know...440. Tommy's Coming Home (McCartney/MacManus). She was counting out the window of the outbound train. All the poles of the telegraph. And the rock-a-bye rhythm in the song of the rails. Couldn't make the sweet bird laugh...441. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down Tonight the bottle let me down. It let your memory come around. The one true friend I thought I'd found. Tonight the bottle let me down. I've always had a bottle I could turn to. And lately...442. Too Blue There may be a break in the road. The future looks drab and dreary. But if you were here with me, dear. I'd spin you a line that's far from cheer. There's always some scribe. Who's...443. Too Far Gone I can tell somewhere there's someone you love more than me. Someone you love more than me. And it hurts to say it that you have a right to be free. I know that's the way it should be. Oh but...444. Town Cryer I'm the town crier. And everybody knows. I'm a little down. With a lifetime to go. Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place. Why don't you take a good look at my face...445. Town Where Time Stood Still I made my selection from the lonely hit parade. In the town where time stood still. I was feeling very little pain. Until some joker played "Almost Persuaded". Now every girl I see. Looks so...446. Tramp The Dirt Down I saw a newspaper picture from the political campaign. A woman was kissing a child, who was obviously in pain. She spills with compassion, as that young child's. face in her hands she grips. Can...447. Tripwire Just because you don't speak the language. Doesn't mean that you can't understand. Just because you don't speak the language. Doesn't mean that you can't understand. The...448. Turning The Town Red You've been taught that this won't do. They put me in the picture but the film turned blue. A glimpse of you, Turning The Town Red. A head full of brand new words and a mouth full of shocks....449. Twenty-Five Fingers (McCartney-MacManus). Twenty five fingers baby. I love your nails I love your touch. I love to touch you baby. It never fails to kill me. Some say gimme five. But I'll give you ten. You could mak...450. Twenty-Five To Twelve You say you don't desire me. You only tire me. Now you'll hire me. Expensive care is meaningless. Feeling nothing and caring less. Cut off at the pass. She knows where you're headed. Sh...451. Two Little Hitlers Why are we racing to be so old?. I'm up late pacing the floor. I won't be told. You have your reservations. I'm bought and sold. I'll face the music. I'll face the facts. Even...452. Uncomplicated Blood and Chocolate. I hope you're satisfied what you have done. You think it's over now. But we've only just begun. I asked for water. And they gave me rose' wine. A horse that kn...453. Under Lime It's a long way down from the high. horse you're on. When you stumble and then you're thrown. The last time we say him he was. out in the rain. Watchin' that train roll down the tr...454. Unwanted Number You should hear the things that they say about me. They're saying "She's no better than she needed to be". They don't know that he was kind and strong and tender. And now I&ap...455. Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue Upon a veil of midnight blue. There hung a crescent moon. To light the view. But I don't whisper the words. When the moment arose. I wonder how he knows. You say your tongue is tied. Your words e...456. Veronica Is it all in that pretty little head of yours?. What goes on in that place in the dark?. Well I used to know a girl. And I could have sworn that. Her name was Veronica. Well she used to have. A carefr...457. Viceroy's Row Now there's a crank in every crowd. Sprinkling gunpowder. Seems that everything is about to blow. They lit the burning paper. With a waxen taper. Sitting up here on Viceroy's Row. And they&a...458. Waiting for the End of the World The man from the television crawled into the train. I wonder who he's gonna stick it in this time. Everyone was looking for a little entertainment, so they'll probably pull his hands off. wh...459. Wake Me Up I've got this phosphorescent portrait. Of gentle jesus meek and mild. I've got this harlot that I'm stuck. With carrying another man's child. The solitary star announcing vacancy b...460. Walk Us Uptown Will you walk us uptown?. And wherever you go. You know we will follow. Will you walk us uptown?. And we'll stand in the light. Of your new killing ground. And we won't make a sound. Except...461. Walking On Thin Ice Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price. I'm throwing the dice in the air. Why must we learn it the hard way. And play the game of life with our hearts?. I gave you my life, you gave me yo...462. Watch Your Step Don't say a word. Don't say anything. Don't say a word. I'm not even listening. I read in the paper about their escape. They're just two BITTER kids WITH a bunch of sour grape...463. Watching the Detectives Nice girls not one with a defect, cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct. Red dogs under illegal legs. She looks so good that he gets down and begs. She is watching the detectives. "ooh, he's...464. Watching the Detectives (LIVE) Nice girl stabs one with a defect, cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct. Red dogs under illegal legs. She looks so good that he gets down and begs. She is watching the detectives. "ooh, he'...465. Wave A White Flag Take off your shoes, hang up your wings. Stack up the chairs, roll up the rug. Savor the things that sobriety brings. Drain in the last from a jug. But when I hit the bottle, there's no tellin&ap...466. We Are All Cowards Now Time has taught us. That they're sending out their sons. To take away our guns and our daughters. We are all cowards now. Rivers rising. Darkness fell upon. People blotting out the sun. Disguisin...467. Wednesday Week The movies save on conversation. And the TV saves on sight. We met in a head-on collision. So I would say our chances would be slight. You can lead and I will follow. See us dancing cheek to cheek. Yo...468. Weird Nightmare Weird nightmare. You haunt my every dream. Weird nightmare. Tell me what's your scheme?. Can it be that you're a part. Of a lonely broken heart?. Weird nightmare. Why must you torment me?. W...469. Welcome to the Working Week Now that your picture's in the paper being rhythmically admired. and you can have anyone that you have ever desired, all you gotta tell me now is why, why, why, why. Welcome to the workin' w...470. What do I do Now? (Wener). Quickly she came dressed up for fame. Riding her perfume downstairs. Make-up like glue, she danced round the room. To the sound of her corduroy flares. Let's go to town, taxis all round....471. What's Her Name Today? What's her name today?. What's her name today?. She could be anyone. I might have known you'd leave her crying. What's her name again?. You should be ashamed. How could you treat h...472. When Did I Stop Dreaming? You appeared when I was lost in reverie. If this is not a dream, it's my mistake. And now I lie in wait for dawn to break. I'm fairly sure I'm wide awake. Pardon me, if I seem distant a...473. When Green Eyes Turn Blue Every single time. It becomes too much. There's nothing I can say. Or I can touch. But the glory is, as it comes passing through, I know I will be there. When green eyes turn blue. It's the...474. When I Was Cruel no. 2 I exit through the spotlight glare. I stepped out into thin air. Into a perfume so rarefied. "Here comes the bride". Not quite aside, they snide, "She's number four". "Th...475. When It Sings All the words you say to me. Have music in them. All the sorrows and the joys like magnetism. And a selfish boy looks through a prism. And says what is. But never asks what isn't. But a voice con...476. When That I Was And A Little Tiny Boy When that I was and a little tiny boy. With a Hey-ho. The wind and the rain. A foolish thing was but a toy. For the rain it raineth. Every day. But when I came to man's estate. With a Hey-ho. The...477. White Knuckles White knuckles came down to put the frighteners on. I believe she's the one that he's got his heart set on. It doesn't matter if your face doesn't fit. There's no charge for c...478. Who do You Think You Are? The hunted look, the haunted grace. The empty laugh that you cultivate. You fall into that false embrace. And kiss the air about her face. Who do you think you are?. The tres bon mots you almost quote...479. Why Can't A Man Stand Alone? Why can't a man stand alone?. Must he be burdened by all that he's taught to consider his own?. His skin and his station, his kin and his crown, his flag and his nation. They just weigh him...480. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do) Why don't you love me like you used to do?. How come you treat me like a worn out shoe?. My hair is still curly and my eyes are still blue. Why don't you love me like you used to do?. Ain&ap...481. Why Won't Heaven Help Me? Cause sometimes the answer [?]. I'm listening. I wait for some distant bell to ring. Why won't heaven help me? (far, far away). Why won't heaven help me?. (it's so hard to say). Wh...482. Why? Why is Daddy not here?. Are you crying?. Why?. Does he still love me?. Will you take care of me?. If you both love me so. Why don't you love each other. Mummy's gone missing. Daddy's on...483. Wise Up Ghost Last lions roar before they're tamed. I stood out in the glorious reign. Knowing full well I can't go home again. Wise Up Ghost. Wise Up. When are you going to rise up?. Wise Up Ghost. Yield...484. Withered and Died This cruel old country has driven me down, teased me and lied. I've only sad stories to tell to this town. My dreams have withered and died. Once I was bending the tops of the trees, Kind thought...485. Worthless Thing How many times can you jump out of the cupboard. Before someone gets suspicious or someone gets discovered. You can live forever in a split second of fame. Come on down the price is right what's...486. You Belong To Me What are you girls gonna tell your mother?. I don't want to hear another word about young lovers. or hiding your boyfriend in the cupboard. She's been to see the doctor, so you hope that she...487. You Bowed Down I expect you're entitled to know why I'm making contact. With acquaintances scattered all over the land. I'd promise you now and again that I'd honour the contract. If it hadn&apos...488. You Hung The Moon The homecoming fanfare is echoing still. Now tapping on tables. And sensing a chill. Poor families expecting loved one's return. Only summon some charlatan spectre. Oh, when will they learn?. You...489. You Left Me In The Dark See how the elements obey?. Eyes are blue. Skies are grey. Nothing I do can make you stay. I'm glad it will rain today. You left me standing alone. Although I thought that we could not be parted....490. You Little Fool Daddy's best girl in the world is not supposed to have a boyfriend. But she's never wanted at home. Other girls are allowed to wear their makeup. She sneaks out her lipstick powder and comb....491. You Shouldn't Look At Me That Way Am I fine? Am I pleasing?. Are you pitying? Are you teasing?. You shouldn't look at me. You shouldn't look at me that way. Should a glance from you just shoot through me. If a glimpse of you...492. You Stole My Bell There is a place. Underneath the staircase. Where I keep the evidence. Of what once would offer peace. In a deep blue velvet box filled with joy and pride. Should I pick the locks?. Should I peek insi...493. You Tripped at Every Step Take your tiny feet out of your mother's shoes. Or there is going to be a terrible scene. It's not just the lipstick drawn on crooked. When they find how wicked we are. How wicked we have be...494. You Turned To Me You turned to me. And all at once. I knew I was betrayed. My eyes met yours just down the darkened path. Where both of us had strayed. Nothing good can come out of this. I know it may not be. But just...495. You Want Her Too She makes me go so wrong. (Yeah, you kept me away, you know you did). I've loved her oh, so long. (So why don't you come right out and say it, stupid?). She makes me do things I don't w...496. You'll Never Be A Man You need protection from the physical art of conversation. Though the fist is mightier than the lip, it adds the aggravation. Bridge and Chorus:. I got the password. I got persuasion. A proposition fo...497. You're No Good Feeling better, now that we're through. Feeling better, cause I'm over you. I've learned my lesson, it left a scar. Now I see how you really are. You're no good, you're no goo...498. Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven You tell me you married an angel. She's made heaven out of your home. You say there couldn't be rainbows in heaven. 'Cause she's brought you happiness that you've never known....499. Your Mind Is On Vacation I see you laughin'. Right in my face. I guess I'm gonna have to. Put you in your place. Because if silence was golden. You couldn't raise a dime. Because your mind is on vacation. And y...
