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City
03:29
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What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
But you're not getting any younger
So is it any wonder you live life like this evening
Is the last night you will spend on earth
I wish I knew what you were thinking
You're at the bar getting the drinks in
Is 7 vodka-tonics enough to wash away the hurt?
Another night out in the city...
And just as soon as you are able
You're gonna climb down from that table
And use your fists like you're Clark Gable
There's swinging in the aisles and handbags
At the gates of dawn
Next thing you're lying on the pavement
Just wondering where all of your mates went
You've never felt this lonely since yesterday
When you were born
Another night out in the city...
And when you come to on the settee
To soothing sounds of breakfast TV
Last night's a blur a distant memory
It must have been a good one coz your mum saw you
On News at Ten
Smells from the kitchen make you queasy
You feel a presence you're uneasy
You couldn't sink much mower so tonight you'll do it
All again
Another night out in the city???
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2. |
Dime Brother
04:21
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Light has a habit of filling a hole
Leave a little light on so it shines on your soul
Patience is calling so give it some time
Leave a little patience in the back of your mind
Spare a dime for me brother
Gonna shine on you brother
Speak your mind with each other
You'll be fine little brother
Spare a dime for me brother
Freedom is priceless so give it away
Save a little freedom for a rainy day
Forgive me for asking but please don't forget
Forgetting forgiveness is something you'll regret
Spare a dime for me brother...
The least that I can do
Is sing it all for you
You punch and kick and chew
Is that the worst of you?
I do it all for you
Spare a dime for me brother...
Sometimes you need just a hand-hold
Stop looking at life through a pinhole
We'll raise a glass not a thimble
All the way from uptown to central
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3. |
Press the Flesh
03:35
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Hot-tubbing majorettes sell you cigarettes
Undermining etiquette with their pretty legs
Hold that idea while we hedge our bets
All through the years
Got to press the flesh
Undress your fears till nothing is left
Legs, breasts and perfect skin
It's the packaging
ALl designed to sell you thin
At the price of sin
Hold that idea, coz we're safe with sex
All through the years
Got to press the flesh
Undress your fears till nothing is left
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4. |
Hospital Green
04:09
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Hospital green was the colour of the dress
You were wearing when I took you down
To Accident & Emergency
An irony of life you'd call it now, I guess
But it didn't seem that funny then to me
After a while when the drugs had blocked the hole
I took off in search of sustenance
A life-affirming cup of tea
I passed by a bed where the curtains were
Half-drawn
And I thought I heard an angel call to me
Why don't you need me?
Am I so needy?
Why don't you bleed for me?
Hospital green is the colour in my hair
I'm so sick and I'm so tired of eating
Soft food with a plastic spoon
I passed by a door
Where the stories were half-told
And I thought I heard an angel call to me
Why don't you need me?...
Hospital green is the colour of my love
Can you see it can you taste it
Can you feel it here inside of me
As memories fade
And your photos turn to dust
At least you'll know my ghost is haunting you
Why don't you need me?...
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5. |
Song for Bob Holness
03:36
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I'll have a P please Bob
You may laugh but to me
It's the difference between nothing and a walkman
Between a walkman and a camera
Between a camera and an adventure holiday in Inverness
I'll have a P please Bob
You may laugh but to me it's the difference
Between a headline on the front page
And a paragraph on page 8
Next to a story of a man
Who shaved his legs for charity
I won't let myself be beaten
By no Harrow, Windsor or Eton
Or some grammar school from Bucks
Even though my comprehensive sucks
I'm just doing this for me
Not some coat of arms in assembly
What a difference it could be
To be a local celebrity
Oh can't you see please Bob?
My whole life rests in this letter
A chance to make it better
Or stay the same forever
Or stay the same
I won't let myself be beaten...
I'll have a P please Bob
You may laugh
I'll have a P please Bob
You may laugh
I'll have a P please Bob
You may laugh
P Q R S T U V W X Y and Z
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6. |
Black Eyes
04:18
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As the last sun fails
Leaving vapour trails
Catch the fast train home
Celebrate alone
It's hard to tell the difference
What is rel and what is true?
A multitude of colours
And none of them for you
We sit and watch for hours
And we see with blackened eyes
Rolling with the punch
Judy's feeling drunk
As we're being led
By these marionettes
It's hard to tell the difference
What is rel and what is true?
A multitude of colours
And none of them for you
We sit and watch for hours
And we see with blackened eyes
Search for what is ours
underneath the blackened skies
We summon all our powers
Just to see with blackened eyes
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7. |
Exit Wound
05:27
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When the bullet hits
Makes no difference if you're ready for it
Weak flesh frail bone
Is no resistance to the bullet that hits
Its finds it's place it sits and waits
Till you can't live without it
But the exit wound will kill you
The silence would just fill you
And nothing blocks the hole
You know you can't continue
The exit wound will kill you
It's too late to control
Old wounds may heal
But you still feel the scar
The point of entry
The bullets now as vital to you
As the air that you breathe
One shot is all it took
To change your life for eternity
But the exit wound will kill you...
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8. |
Give us a Song
03:58
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No lunch free
Guess we'll sing for our supper tonight
Call on me
Gonna share with you brother
Take a byte
Give us a song
Give us a song
If you think we are scared then you are wrong
Our friendship is strong
With music our bond
And this is generations long
Harmony
Get a grip get a balance
Get a life
Don't blame we
We're you're army of lovers
Treat us right
Give us a song...
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9. |
Unbelievaball
04:18
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Oh Mister Matthews
Please take down your boots
And put them on
Oh Mister Matthews
From your vantage point
Please tell us where it all went wrong
Coz now there's so much to lose
So much at stake
Sometimes you cheat sometimes you fake
What does it take?
Lying in a football field
It's unbelievaball
And the money goes round and round and round
When you kick the balls up they must come down
It's unbelievaball
Monsieur Platini
Tell me have all your childhood dreams come true?
Monsieur Platini
I'll bet you a year's wagaes against a brand new school
Coz now there's so much to lose
So much at stake
Sometimes you cheat sometimes you fake
What does it take?
Dying in a football field?
It's unbelievaball...
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10. |
Medicine
04:20
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I can't make you change your mind
It's not as if you gotta cast aside all your ideals
It's just a case of living
In this world in this timezone
Leave behind a self
No-one else knows
I'm not saying it's an easy thing to do
But you gotta take your medicine
I'm not trying to score some points
Or win a game
But you're living in another world
Times change
You try so hard to stay the same
But you gotta take your medicine
Stop looking for someone else that you can blame
I can't make you change your friends
Loyalty in spite of old regrets
All your demons
Vicariously living great succes
Popularity
All that died in you with the 70s
I'm not saying it's an easy thing to do...
I can't make you change your fate
The clock is ticking
Will it stop before it's too late
I'm not saying it's an easy thing to do...
I can't make you change
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Meeting Point
02:33
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Has it really been so long?
Seems like yesterday that we were young
But we've worn these shoes so long
Old's more comfortable than ay new
But that's the point
That's why we meet
It's been years since we all lived on the same old street
But there's something strong
That built these bonds
That's the point
That's why we meet
It's been years since our hearts skipped to a single beat
But there's something strong
That built these bonds
Years have been kind
Fewer scars than laughter lines
You've weathered well
A friend can tell
One more stroy one more song
One night each year
It goes on and on and on
But that's the point
That's why we meet
It's been years since we all lived on the same old street
But there's something strong
That built these bonds
That's the point
That's why we meet
It's been years since our hearts skipped to a single beat
But there's something strong
That built these bonds
But that's the point
That's why we meet
It's been years
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