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Shut Me Down
03:01
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i’m talking to the masses
but i’m all alone
i put you on the right tracks
make you feel at home
remember that golden rule
we’re never running out of fools
you can shut me down
when you’ve had enought
i’m your baby boy
you can turn me off
i’m spending all my evenings
in your ugly homes
i play that funky music
when you’re all alone
the quietest place on earth
is a crowded elevator
i can’t mix glue with red wine
well, i could and i’ll do it later
i’m sitting on a stump
feeling low and mean
i gotta punch the clock
and feed the pleasure machine.
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you need to leave your man, baby, don’t you see
he never treats you kind
and keeps messing with your mind
you need to leave your man, baby, don’t you see
and he needs to leave his band, baby, don’t you see
they only keep him down
and keep pushing him around
he needs to leave his band, baby, don’t you see
we need to quit our jobs, baby, don’t you see
we never got no time
it weighs heavy on our minds
we need to quit our jobs, baby, don’t you see
a hundred years from now, baby, we’ll be free
our bodies will be old
and our souls they will be sold
a hundred years from now, baby, we’ll be free
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3. |
All For You
02:22
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if you wake up
and wonder what to do
open your window
and see the sky so blue
it's all for you
if your day seems
sad and dark
watch the trees
swing in the park
it's all for you
nothing belongs to you
but it's only for me and you
if your water
won't turn to wine
feel the earth
breathe all the time
it's all for you
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4. |
Suddenly Happy
03:11
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the ragged chairs behind the factory
never seemed so precious to me
the sun comes up behind the big hotel
and the blackbird knows his tune so well
i used to turn my head
used to close my eyes
i used to build up walls
but much to my surprise you made me
suddenly happy
the railways moaning day and night
it's so good to win without a fight
i even love that traffic in the street
now that you made my life complete
when we touch i feel so much at home
i‘m so glad you've come along
the plane comes up behind the big hotel
i've never been this far from hell
i didn't think this town could be my home
didn't think that i would sing this song.
i used to hide away
i was afraid at night
i used to hate this life
but much to my surprise you made me
suddenly happy
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5. |
Love Of Gold
03:04
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here comes jeff
he made 20 millions
selling his famous 'hanging heart'
for the love of gold
smile, sweet miami
your cat will never ever bark
wherever i go i go nowhere
whatever i touch becomes a pile of gold
wherever i go i go nowhere
can't tell you the price, sorry it is sold.
i have no friends
i have only interests
a shark must move or else he dies
make cool decisions
my regards to damian
everyone will get a piece of the pie
we are killing time, time is killing us, too
we are killing time, can't escape the blues
so much art
for so much money
what is yours will be mine
art is subversive
no, i don't think so
it keeps snowing angels all the time.
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6. |
Sleep Is For Girls
03:44
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i've been in hell
but i'm feeling sound as a bell
and i bet you'd like to see
how that truck rolls over me
as soon as you get born
you start digging your graves
as soon as you get born
count your days
you know that sleep is just for girls
i'm quite handy with my knife
i'm the only man alive
i bet you never felt this energy
only boredom's killing me
all the girls they go to sleep
sleep forever deep
all the girls they start to weep
sleep forever deep
you might catch me playing with fire
and you can tell i ain't no liar
when i die i'll go back to hell
cause i know that place so well.
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7. |
Bird's Nest
03:13
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the great walls of china
couldn’t keep them away
jack and peter were going east
on a hot summer day
they had to build their bird’s nest
they had to make it real
a home for 90‘000 robins
with 40‘000 tons of steel
but i don’t have to build anything
i just gotta close my eyes
ever since we left the garden of eden
we’ve been looking for paradise
i’m flying out to china
i gotta find this nest
stranded like noah’s ark
i’m a bird from the west
i’m not a friend of this country
i’m a friend of the stars
in this tower of babylon
i’m feeling really lost.
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8. |
More
02:53
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you're a king and i'm a beggar
and you got me on my knees
you're so rich and i've got nothing
here's my bowl, won't you fill it, please
let me give you some of my diamonds
let me fill your empty bowl
let me give you some of my jewellery
but there seems to be a hole
the mind is always looking for more, more, more
heaven is a mustard seed for sure, sure, sure
happiness is a jag and a yacht and plenty of champagne
and sometimes it's even a warm gun again
everything is being, and you are just there
a table is a table, and a chair is a chair
the more you give the less i got
my bowl stays empty all the time
you're asking me: what is this bowl?
i'm telling you: it is the mind
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9. |
I Killed A Band
02:47
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it just wouldn't stop moving
though i'd fired the shot
the blood just kept flowing
it kept up the fight
for ages on end
it even kept growing
so i decided to go through with it
and settle the matter
once and for all
now there's blood in the backstage
and in my guitar case
and all around the microphone stand
but all i can see is
the blood on my hands
cause i killed a band
i wash off the stains
and i cover up the holes
the grass keeps on growing
i put on dark glasses
and i dye all that hair
the roots are still showing
the world belongs to those who don't live long
and lucky are those who don't know many songs
no more new love songs our tunes are all dead
they still ring in my head
no more goodbies cause we all stay at home
there’s no way but alone
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10. |
It Feels Odd
02:50
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fishing vessels, submarines
pleasure craft and sunmachines
they wait for the shipping forecast
cargo ships and motorboats
sailorboys in overcoats
they wait for the shipping forecast
it feels odd to stay forever silent
captain in a queue is a very fair man
he minds his business, does whatever he can
and he waits for the shipping forecast
live and let live, give the mate a chance
practise a duty, no time for romance
got to wait for the shipping forecast
we meet down by the water
where we try to have some fun
can't say how, can't say when
but it's sure to happen everywhere
while we wait for the shipping forecast
sailor sam with his big tattoo
lost his berth and lost his crew
he still waits for the shipping forecast
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