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Beautiful Girl
03:52
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Beautiful girl
I watch the tears roll down her cheeks
And she smiles and says
“Oh baby I haven’t been happy for weeks”
Beautiful girl stay with me
Beautiful girl stay with me
I’ll be waiting for you
Beautiful eyes
And a heart of gold inside
She shines like a star says
“Feel like I can’t go on baby I’ve tried so hard”
Beautiful girl stay with me
Beautiful girl stay with me
Just a satellite in your world
What I’m waiting for
And when she loves you
She really loves you with heart and soul
And when she loves you
She really loves you with heart and soul
Don’t let me down if I let you in
I can’t do this again
Don’t let me down if I let you in
I can’t do this again
And when she loves you
She really loves you with heart and soul
And when she loves you
She really loves you with heart and soul
She’s my heart and soul
She runs hot and cold
She’s my heart and soul
She runs hot and cold
Hot and cold yeah
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The Permafrost
04:42
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I remember the first time that you stayed
We’d spent the day at the arcade
And the northern town
The most northern town
Where the permafrost is being lost
And the only sound as the house falls down
Is the avalanche
The avalanche
A higher love
And the only sound
When all hope is lost a higher love
And the only sound
When all hope is lost a higher love
And the only sound
I remember the first time that you stayed
I remember the first time that you stayed
I remember the first time that you stayed
When we spent the day.
And the only sound
When all hope is lost a higher love
And the only sound
When all hope is lost a higher love
And the only sound
I remember the first time you cried
No one could say you didn’t try
I could smell your tears
I could feel your loss
As you count the years
And the cost
And I sang I’m on your side
And the only sound
The only sound is the sky falling down
And the only sound
The only sound is the sky falling down
And the only sound
The only sound is the sky falling down
And the only sound
The only sound the only sound the only sound
The only sound the only sound the only sound
The only sound the only sound is the sky falling down
When you’ve loved someone
And you’ve lost
There’s nothing left
Not the permafrost
And the midnight sun
Is shining on us
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Obscurity
04:06
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Mother always wanted obscurity for me
I think I’ve achieved it
Obscurity amongst other things
Daddy done schooled me across his knee
That was the eighties
That was a time of hurt and greed
Every other shop was a charity
The town was dead
The town was dead and so were we
I never saw beneath your disguise
Lived my life
Through Andy Warhol’s eyes
Thought heroes would last forever but they’re gone
Where did you go Jackie O?
Where did you go?
All I wanted to believe
Is that you would rescue me
All I wanted to believe
Is that you would rescue me
But you brought me to my knees
And that’s no good for me
For me
All I wanted to believe
Is that you would rescue me
Mother always wanted obscurity for me
I think I’ve achieved it
I think I’ve achieved so many things
I’ve got my group and I love my friends
I call it success
I call it success
I never knew how hard you tried
I didn’t know til now
I didn’t know and it doesn’t matter any how
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Tears Of The Innocent
06:19
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All the private armies fight for money or revenge
And the tears of the innocent
Can’t believe you’re treating me like all those men
Through the years we were friends
Hotel International Saigon city Vietnam
He’s a Quiet American.
And the tears of the innocent
And the tears of the innocent
When the fighting stops I want more than this
When the fighting stops I want more than this
I don’t know how to leave how hard it is
When the fighting stops I want more than this
All the private armies fight for money or revenge
And the tears they come again
Sleeps through the night with the opium pipe
The darkness lives inside
Phoenix waits for her man in the midnight heat of the city
In the grit in the sweat and the haven’t yet
And the western lies of the government
And the tears of the innocent
And the tears
When the fighting stops I want more than this
When the fighting stops I want more than this
I don’t know how to leave how hard it is
When the fighting stops I want more than this
All the private armies fight for money or revenge
And the tears of the innocent
Can’t believe you’re treating me like all those men
Through the years we were friends
Very quiet man Quiet American
And he kills without consequence
And the tears of the innocent
And the tears
He’s a very quiet man Quiet American
And he kills without consequence
And the tears of the innocent
I wasn’t ready til now I wasn’t ready for this
The life that we lived the one before this
The life that we lived the one before this
The one before this
We have no agency here only rivers of tears
The cliches of policies of policies apologies
And prophecies of men through the years
You can’t hold on when nothing is real
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Seagulls And Spiders
07:00
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Do you remember the time?
The time when we crossed the line
We are tall in our shadows
It’s crazy the second time
I know you were never mine
And the Chinese bombs on satellites
Seagulls and spiders
Are all that she had inside of her
I tried to walk away
But with her web she made me stay
It must have been five
Years since I
Touched someone
And I’m so lonely now
Her father painted roller coasters
Roller coasters
'Phantom Interceptors'
My favourite Gerhard Richter
And the Chinese bombs on satellites
Seagulls and spiders
Are all that she had inside of her
I tried to walk away
But with her web she made me stay
All those times
How I tried
To love someone
And I’m so lonely now
I’m so lonely now
Only the second time
It’s only the second time
Only the second time
It’s lonely the second time
I wanted you to be there
I wanted you to care
I wanted you to be there
I wondered if you cared
And the Chinese bombs on satellites
Circle the earth like stalactites
I wanted you to be there
I wanted you to care
Reykjavik was long ago
Discussing peace we’ll never know
I wanted you to be there
I wanted you to care
I wanted you to be there
I wanted you to care
And the Chinese bombs on satellites
Circle the earth like stalactites
Stalactites,
Stalactites, stalactites, stalactites, stalactites,
Stalactites, stalactites, stalactites, stalactites
Who is right, who is right, who is right, who is right
I wanted you to be there
I wanted you to care
And the Chinese bombs on satellites
Circle the earth like stalactites
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My Father, The Sky
04:53
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I’ve become afraid of my father the sky
Self fulfilling prophecies and dreams of getting high
I’ve become afraid of my father the sky
Self fulfilling prophecies and dreams of getting high
Smoking menthol cigarettes Danesbury hospital
When you went away it meant nothing at all.
Only wanted to see you once again
Only wanted to see you once again
Only wanted to see you once again
Only wanted to see you
Once again
Thank you for seeing me turning my light on
I’d begun to wonder where the love had gone
Where the love had gone
Only wanted to save you save you from the pain
I heard myself cry out “I can’t do this again”
Again again again
Only wanted to save you once again
Only wanted to save you from the pain
Only wanted to save you
Once again
Only wanted to see you once again
Only wanted to see you once again
And the violence and the silence and the shame
I feel crushed and breathless from the pain
Only wanted to see you once again
Only wanted to see you once again
Only wanted to see you
Once again
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Everything Is Negotiable
04:20
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She must have beautiful hair
But everything’s negotiable
I had a thousand mile stare
Back in the days when I just didn’t care
I was so unaware
Just another loser with bleached blonde hair
Acting like I didn’t care
Truth is that I cared too much
Won’t you stay tonight
Won’t you stay tonight
I said some things that ain’t right
Won’t you stay tonight
Won’t you stay tonight
I’m begging you to stay
But you haven’t left yet
Somethings changed
She says “I can’t feel it anymore”
She says “I can’t see it anymore
You can’t give me
What I need
What I need”
Won’t you stay tonight
Won’t you stay tonight
When the darkness steals the light
Won’t you stay tonight
Won’t you stay tonight
I wouldn’t have to be me for so long
I wouldn’t have to be me for so long
I wouldn’t have to be me for so long
For so long
For so long
I wouldn’t have to be me for so long
I wouldn’t have to be me for so long
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8. |
Open Up And Fall Apart
05:32
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I don’t know how to express myself
I don’t know how to leave
I once had these
Confidence, self esteem
No longer
On the shelf my wants and needs
It’s back to Harley Street
Always out of reach
Always out of reach
When there’s nothing left
We’ve passed the test
Why don’t we fall apart
Why don’t we fall apart
Why don’t we open up
Why don’t we fall apart
Why don’t we open up
Why don’t we fall apart
Let’s do it again tomorrow
More or less in love
The witness is awake
Don’t slip on your tears
A good longing
The construction of nostalgia
Non fiction
Always out of reach
Always out of reach
When there’s nothing left
We’ve passed the test
Why don’t we fall apart
Why don’t we fall apart
Why don’t we open up
Why don’t we fall apart
Why don’t we open up
Why don’t we fall apart
It was all a dream
A fantasy
We were messed up independently
After all
Explore how we hurt ourselves
Did you wish you were someone else
Someone new and exciting
To take you out of yourself
One more time
Please one more time
Release me from responsibility
I’m glad I stayed
Always out of reach
Always out of reach
When there’s nothing left
We’ve passed the test
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Orphans Of Apollo
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Walter Anderson
Living the dream man
Living the dream man
Never again I said to myself never again
When was the rain I asked myself when was the rain
Something's changed
And I want this for myself
For me but no one else
When they promised us tomorrow
but their promises were hollow
We’re all orphans of Apollo
Brive-la-Gaillarde Brive-la-Gaillarde
I’m flying in from Brive-la-Gaillarde
Le Massif Central
Marian’s tears in my lap
Writing lyrics to my songs
My pretty little songs
Why don’t you sing along
Why don’t you
Sing along
And I want this for myself
For me but no one else
When they promised us tomorrow
but their promises were hollow
We’re all orphans of Apollo
It’s 1969
Everything’s fine
Three men have died
Saturn V
That was before forever
Now we are falling together
And the stars you have inside
Shine
And the stars they shine
And I want this for myself
For me but no one else
And I want this for myself
For me but no one else
Space nation space children
Eight and a half minutes to orbit
Oh those Russians
Oh those Russians
A private army
Don’t you wish you were someone else
Don’t you wish you were someone else
My way here would have been different
I will fight for you for you for us
I will fight you for you for us
I will fight you
I will fight you for you for us
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Little baby dollars
Crybaby dollars
He’s in the phone book
On the corner
It’s nine dollars a swallow in Texas
You can drive on it
Doctor everything’s gonna be alright
For the insides
Mr. Brightside
Want you want you now.
And three a.m. is still three a.m.
And the butterflies take flight
And they fly again
A love without end
And three a.m. is still three a.m.
And the butterflies take flight
And they fly again
A love without end
Living in Manhattan
Smoking Honey
Sleeping slowly
Black holes crushing stars
Walking through the jungle
Going to Chelsea
Living in a hotel
Throwing up and melting
Want you want you now.
And three a.m. is still three a.m.
And the butterflies take flight
And they fly again
A love without end
And three a.m. is still three a.m.
And the butterflies take flight
And they fly again
A love without end
And every night
The fear inside tells me lies
Tells me lies
Won’t you stay with me tonight
I need you now
Like I’ve never needed anyone before
You held my hand and showed me the door
If you need someone to talk to
God is there
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11. |
The End
02:19
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Babe
I would wait for you
But you’re not coming home
And it’s not my home I’ve got
Faith
That you and I could weather this storm
This storm
She began to know the days of the week
Love’s tears in my eyes
I watched as another little piece of her died
Babe
I would wait for you
But you’re not coming home
And it’s not my home I’ve got
Faith
That you and I could weather this storm
This storm
Call my name
Watch me fall apart
I don’t know where
I don’t know where to start
So many battles
What a pointless war
I want things
As they were before
She began to know the days of the week
Love’s tears in my eyes
I watched as another little piece of her died
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ED BORRIE London, UK
Ed Borrie is the former songwriter, singer and guitarist of S*M*A*S*H, heavyweight champions of the ill-fated New Wave Of New Wave. In July 2015, The Guardian contended that Ed "who sang about suicide, gender politics and hate crime... was surely one of the great lyricists of the 90s... a frontman with the presence of a true star." ... more
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"'Goodbye W.G.C.' is a great title for the final S*M*A*S*H album. It has Salv on it but after that, he dropped away completely. We felt it wasn’t S*M*A*S*H any longer without Salv."
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