Thursday, July 24, 2008

Seven Day Weekend

See the girl in the cabriolet

I’m gonna make her mine someday

The traffic stops and she steps out

Every man starts to scream and shout

There’s a space in the week

It’s a date I can keep, oh yeah



Seven day, seven day, seven day

It’s a seven day weekend

Seven day, seven day, seven day

It’s a seven day weekend



See the girl in the pale peach dress

She’s got a body build to caress

Like a one-eyed cat

Outside a seafood store

She’s got me begging

More, more, more

I’ve been saving and saving

And saving my money

To spend it on her



* seven day, seven day, seven day

It’s a seven day weekend

Seven day (seven day)

Seven day (seven day) seven day

It’s a seven day weekend

Seven day (seven day)

Seven day (seven day) seven day

It’s a seven day weekend



(* repeat)



Seven day (saturday)

Seven day (every day) seven day

It’s a seven day weekend

Seven day (seven day)

Seven day (seven day) seven day

It’s a seven day weekend

Seven day (seven day)

Seven day (seven day) seven day

It’s a seven day weekend

So Hip It Hurts

Do you remember when men wore skirts? - so hip!

In kipper ties like jealous flirts - so hip!

In calico and in brocade shirts - so hip it hurts!



Do you remember when girls wore slacks? - so hip!

Traffic stops, men get heart attacks - so hip!

Seems so strange that they took it like that - so hip it hurts!



He’s so hip - so hip it...

She’s so hip - so hip it...

They’re so hip - so hip it hurts!

So hip it...



Whose the girl with the kinski eyes? - so hot!

They kind of face you could idolise - so what!

The kind of shape that gets advertised - so hip it hurts!



Once it was normal for a girl to curtsey

I’ll admit even though it hurts me

She’d squeeze informal until it screams for mercy

So hip it hurts!



He’s so hip - so hip it...

She’s so hip - so hip it...

They’re so hip - so hip it hurts!

So hip it hurts!

So hip it...



Afro-wigs on albino squares...

Polka-dots on alpaca flares...

Solar powered electric chairs...

So hip it hurts

The Greatest Love of All

Some men seek solace
Some take to drink
Some men find knowledge, yeah
At least that's what they think
Some take to violence
Streamlining their dreams
Some sit in silence
And learn what love can mean
Much further to go
Much further to crawl
But one day you'll find
The greatest love of all
The greatest love of all
The greatest love of all
The load is tough
The path is long
Strewn with rocks yeah
But you'd be wrong, so wrong
One single spark
Can start a prairie fire
When one man speaks truth
He fills the world with pure desire
Much further to go
Much further to crawl
But one day you'll find
The greatest love of all
The greatest love of all
The greatest love of all
One day united
One day free
You'll be rewarded
The one true path is unity
Fruit don't fall
Too far from the tree
One day we'll bathe
In true humility
Much further for truth
Much further to fall
I pray that you'll find
The greatest love of all
The greatest love of all
The greatest love of all

Stranger Things

I would walk away from you

If that’s what you wanted

But when you look for something new

You can be so disappointed



* it’s funny how it used to be

Me for you and you for me

I wish I knew why people change

Suddenly



** will we ever be the same again

Stranger things have happened

Will we ever feel this way again

Whatever will be will be



We were learning to be human

But it doesn’t take a degree

To know that what you’re looking for

Is not always what you see



(* repeat)

(** repeat two times)



Eternally



Sha la, sha la la

Sha la, sha la la

Sha la, sha la la

Tears Are Not Enough

Tears for souvenirs

Tears are not enough

Tears for shields and spears

Tears are not enough



Searching for certainty

When it’s such an unstable world

Searching for something good

And I’m looking for the real mccoy

Blueprint: that says that boy meets girl

Picture: girl meets boy

A blueprint that says that the boy meets the girl

Picture in a magazine



_ chorus:



Yes you’ve shown your feelings

Yes you’ve shown you’re tough

Said things worth believing

Tears are not enough



Repeat chorus



Slam that door, slap my face

But I don’t love you anymore

Dry your eyes, sink or swim

You surmise you can’t win

We all make great mistakes



Blueprint: that says that boy meets girl

Picture: girl meets boy

A blueprint that says that the boy meets the girl

Picture in a magazine



_ chorus



Would I lie

Should I lie

Could I lie to you?

Excuses had their uses,

But now they’re all used up, all used up

Excuses had their uses,

But now they’re all used up, all used



_ chorus



Tears for souvenirs

Tears are not enough

Tears for shields and spears

Tears are nor enough
Why make the past your sacred cow?

I guess you’ve changed, you’ve changed and how

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Fruit’s grown rotten on the bough

Reap what you sow, with a counterfeit plough

Yeah, yeah, yeah



That was then but this is now

That was then but this is now



More sacrifices than an aztec priest

Standing here straining at that leash

All fall down

Can’t complain, musn’t grumble

Help yourself to another peace of apple crumble

And consequently:

Hearts of oak are charged and blistered

Russians should be baby-sitted

Americans enlisted

The Night You Murdered Love Song lyric

It's cold outside - The night love died
On the night you murdered love
It's cold outside - The night love died
On the night you murdered love
From an early age
I was taught to respect
That a broken heart girl
Ain't a thing you collect
Close your eyes and say
Nothing lasts a day
You're wasting my time
Yet I love to love you
Close your eyes and say
Honour love obey
You're wasting my time
Yet I love to love you
It's cold outside - The night love died
On the night you murdered love
It's cold outside - The night love died
On the night you murdered love
January... February... March and April May
June July sees you go by
I see love walk away
Didn't use a blade
A bullet or a gun
You poisoned the moonlight
When you put out the sun
Close your eyes and say
Nothing lasts a day
You're wasting my time
Yet I love to love you
Close your eyes and say
Honour love obey
You're wasting my time
Yet I love to love you
It's cold outside - The night love died
On the night you murdered love
It's cold outside - The night love died
On the night you murdered love
January... February... March and April May
June July sees you go by
I see love walk away
Close your eyes and say
Nothing lasts a day
You're wasting my time
Yet I love to love you
It's cold outside - The night love died
On the night you murdered love
It's cold outside - The night love died
On the night you murdered love
It's cold outside - The night love died
On the night you murdered love

The Look Of Love

When your world is full of strange arrangements

And gravity won’t pull you through

You know you’re missing out on something

Well that something depends on you

All I’m saying, it takes a lot to love you

All I’m doing, you know it’s true

All I mean now, there’s one thing

Yes one thing that turns this grey sky to blue



That’s the look, that’s the look

The look of love



When your girl has left you out on the pavement (goodbye)

Then your dreams fall apart at the seams

Your reason for living’s your reason for leaving

Don’t ask me what it means



Who’s got the look? I don’t know the answer to that question

Where’s the look? if I knew I would tell you

What’s the look? look for your information

Yes there’s one thing, the one thing that still holds true

(what’s that? )



That’s the look, that’s the look

The look of love



If you judge a book by the cover,

Then you’d judge the look by the lover

I hope you’ll soon recover,

Me I go from one extreme to another



And though my friends just might ask me

They say "martin maybe one day you’ll find true love"

I say "maybe, there must be a solution

To the one thing, the one thing, we can’t find"



That’s the look, that’s the look

The look of love

That’s the look, that’s the look

The look of love



That’s the look, that’s the look

Sisters and brothers

Should help each other

Oh, oh, oh

Heavens above

That’s the look, that’s the look, hip hip hooray, ay

That’s the look, that’s the look, yippee ai yippee aiay

That’s the look, that’s the look

Be lucky in love

Look of love

The Power Of Persuasion

Cock a snoot,

Loop the loop,

Hock the hula-hoop,

But now it yo-yo’d back again

Shiver me timbers,

Just jumped ship with a little faith

We could win the championship

Parachute substitute, problem is it’s soooo cute

Workless, cashless, hungry and in debt

Outta house, outta home, outta pocket



They persuade you,

That they made you then betrayed you

And they blame you with the power of persuasion

The power of persuasion

The power of persuasion

The power of persuasion



You bought the troll,

You bought the gonk,

You took it home, and put it on a pedestal

We needed a saviour,

But from it’s behaviour

Why did it have to be so extra-terrestrial?

Tax deductible. cash corruptible,

Never the less another poolswinner

Penniless dog tooth check,

Cash and carry find a girl,

Settle down and marry



They persuade you,

That they made you

The proclaim,

And they’ll maim you with the power of persuasion

The power of persuasion

The power of persuasion

The power of persuasion



I sold the eskimo snow

Build the skyline outta playdo

Persuading you that monochrome is dayglo



With the power of persuasion

The Real Thing

A mongoose can smile at a cobra
But that cobra will always be a snake
Diamante can shine like a diamond
But you know, like I know
That rock will be fake
It's the real thing
The real thing
Nothing but the real thing
It's real
You can xerox the Mona Lisa
Deadpan Da Vinci in every detail
Might beat customs on a home-made visa
But false papers
Only gets you in jail
It's the real thing
The real thing
Nothing but the real thing
It's real
Life wears a smile on its face
But it comes with a sting in its tail
Make believe fables have their place
But only a fool. Only a fool
Believes fairy tales
I heard all the lies that they tell ya
"Phone me baby. The cheque's in the mail"
Well as fantasy. It may please ya
As the real thing
It does nothing but fail
It's the real thing
The real thing
Nothing but the real thing
It's real
It's the real thing
The real thing
Nothing but the real thing
It's real

This Must Be Magic Song lyric

Abracadabra



I held an iron fist in a velvet glove

I was silk sheathed in steel

I’d disguise every nerve inside of me

Man, I’d forgotten how to feel.



You made me feel so much stronger

This must be magic

You made me feel someone with your love



This must be magic (yes you remade me)

This must be love (yes you persuaded me)

This must be magic (you won’t betray me)

This must be love



I was the hawk not the dove gave up on love

Chasing rainbows, chasing wealth

One angry young man in my own vietnam

At war with the world but just killing myself



You made me feel so much stronger

This must be magic

You made me feel someone with your love



This must be magic (yes you impressed me)

This must be love (you must have blessed me)

This must be magic (when you carress me)

This must be love



You made me feel so much stronger

This must be magic

You made me feel someone with your love



This must be magic (you resurrect me)

This must be love (swore you’d protect me)

This must be magic (say you’ll respect me)

This must be love



This must be, must be, must be love.

Tower Of London

Let me take you to trafalgar square

Let me take you there

Every street’s a fashion catwalk

Everyone’s debonair

Let me take you to piccadilly

Guess it leads somewhere



Tower over centuries, tower over london

Tower up and frankly I’m amazed

What’s done cannot be undone, not here not in london

What’s done can never be erased



So, tower up! - it’s those little things

Make life interesting- tower of london!

Tower up! - wasting time

Your’s and mine - tower of london!

Hip london! hip london!



Let me take you to st.james’s square

Let me groove you there

Diplomats get target practice

In the open air

Psychobillies scream blue murder

Then they hit mayfair



Tower over centuries, tower over london

Tower up and frankly I’m amazed

What’s done cannot be undone, not here not in london

What’s done can never be erased



So, tower up! - it’s those little things

Make life interesting- tower of london!

Tower up! - wasting time

Precious time - tower of london!

Tower up! I’ll meet you there

I’ll be there - tower of london

New york! - don’t make me laugh

I’ve seen photographs - tower of london...

Unlock The Secrets Of Your Heart Song lyric

Do you remember sunday nights, summer time at shoom

Joy big enough to fill the world, just inside that room

Do you remember friday nights at the hacienda?

Armistace for gangs, no fights, just beats to make the world surrender



Was it all a dream?

Was it some nightmare?

Crazy as it seems

Love was in the air

No war, no hate, no more

If you’d unlock the secrets of your

No war, no hate, no more

If you’d unlock the secrets of your heart



Day to day existence got it’s gentle grip on you

Suffocating your soul, eclipsing everything you do



(chorus)



Everybody just looking for an answer

Everybody till the day they die

Everybody live with indecision

Everybody seek, everybody find

Everybody want to dance till sunrise

Everybody want to sweat some noise

Everybody want to kiss that dj

Every single girl, everysingle boy

Everybody got their own sweet wisdom

Everybody just a look to start

Everybody got it, inside their heart



(chorus)



No war, no hate, no more

Valentine's Day Song lyric

When the postman don't call on Valentine's day

And Santa Claus don't come on a Christmas Day

That umbrella won't work on a rainy day

Don't ask me, I already know



When they find you beached on the barrier reef

And the only pleasure treasured is in map relief

The choice is yours, sure, saint or thief

Don't ask me I already know



When they baked your cake in little slices,

Kept your eyes on rising prices,

Wound up winning booby prizes;

I'm sure you'd like to think you know what life is



Find destiny through magazines

Liplicking, unzipping

Harpers and Queens

From here to eternity,

Without in-betweens,

Don't ask me, I already know



With your heart on parade and your heart on parole

I hope you find a sucker to buy that mink stole

School for scandal,

Guess who's enrolled?

So ask me, I already know



When they find you beached on the barrier reef

When the postman don't call on Valentine's Day

When the only pleasure treasured is in map relief

When you don't tell the truth, that's the price you pay



When I'm shaking a hand, I'm clenching a fist

If you gave me a pound for the moments I missed

And I got dancing lessons for all the lips I shoulda kissed

I'd be a millionaire

I'd be a Fred Astaire

Viva Love

You think the world will melt if you whistle
There's a certain spring in your stride
You face the future like a heat-seeking missile
You've got yourself a smile a mile wide

(Yes, you have)

Viva Love
Viva Love, Viva Love, Viva Love
Viva Love
Viva, viva

When lightning strikes you don't look for shelter
You're floating free, gravity defied
It's hell for leather on a helter skelter
So steel your nerves for a bright white knuckle ride

(Yes, you should)

Viva Love
Viva Love, Viva Love, Viva Love
Viva Love
Viva, viva

In the battle of the sexes
Victory's denied
I'm charging your tanks
With slingshots and knives

My troops they retreat
And run for their lives
I'm facing defeat
But somehow love survives

Viva Love
Viva Love, Viva Love, Viva Love
Viva Love
Viva, viva

You think the world will melt if you whistle

There's a certain spring in your stride
(Fade)

Welcome to the real world Song lyric

I was a rich man, I was a thief

I was a sailor, shipwrecked on a reef

I was a coward, I was afraid

I was couragious, man I was brave



Until the oceans dry

Until the day you die

Until the stars fall out the sky



Welcome to the real world baby

Welcome to the way things are

Welcome to the real world darling

Step on for shangri-la

Welcome to the real world baby

Paradise guarantee

Welcome to the real world

Come and see what we’ve bequeathed



I was an angel, idolised

I was a devil in a disguise

I was a stalion, I was a mule

I was misguided, but nobody’s fool



(chorus)



The day that I was born, daddy placed me on his knee

Said son you’ve got to be, a better man than me

You’re inherriting the world, make your mark on history

Welcome to the real world, be what you’ve got to be



Welcome to the real world

When Smokey Sings Song lyric

Debonair lullabies in melodies revealed

In deep despair on lonely nights

He knows just how you feel

The slyest rhymes - the sharpest suits

In miracles made real



Like a bird in flight on a hot sweet night

You know you’re right just to hold her tight

He soothes it right - makes it outtasite

And everything’s good in the world tonight!



When smokey sings - I hear violins

When smokey sings - I forget everything

As she’s packing her things

As she’s spreading her wings

The front door might slam

But the back door it rings

And smokey sings...he sings



Elegance in eloquence - for sale or rent or hire

Should I say - yes I match his best

Then I would be a liar

Symphonies that soothe the rage

When lovers hearts catch fire



Like a bird in flight on a hot sweet night

You know you’re right just to hold her tight

He soothes it right - makes it outtasite

And everything’s good in the world tonight!



When smokey sings - I hear violins

When smokey sings - I forget everything

As she’s packing her things

As she’s spreading her wings

Smashing the hell

With the heaven she brings

Then smokey sings...he sings



Luther croons

Sly’s the original - originator

James screams

Marvin was the only innovator

But nothing can compare

Nothing can compare

When smokey sings



When smokey sings - I hear violins

When smokey sings - I forget everything

As she’s packing her things

As she’s spreading her wings

She threw back the ring

When smokey sings...

Smokey sings...

Smokey sings...

Where is the Heaven Song lyric

Vandals in ermine

Rip city skylines

Dodge truth and virtue

With slick city bylines



A paragon of virtue

Until they hurt you

In power and in status

We know they hate us



So where is the heaven

And where is there love?

Where the hell is the heaven?

That you’re so proud of



Power is preaching

The virtues of poverty

Poor are left feeding

On cruel comedy...sad laughter



Rescue us all now

From fumes that choke us

Shift then these sad lives

Into sweet focus



So where is the heaven

And where is there love?

Where the hell is the heaven?

That you’re so proud of



Prestige it sits high

On mammons alter

Porsche hungry pinheads

On champagne and oysters



Head full of hollow thoughts

Handful of sushi

Plug into dallas babe

Plug into dynasty



So where is the heaven

And where is there love?

Where the hell is the heaven?

That you’re so proud of



Now I am loving

Where once I was hating

Leading a good life

Stopped paging satan



Played devils advocate

So many times

Lived in the shadows

But the sun will shine. shine. shine



So where is the heaven

And where is there love?

Where the hell is the heaven?

That you’re so proud of



Where is the kingdom?

You say we squander?

Where the hell is the heaven?

Must we wait much longer?

15 Storey Halo Song lyric

It’ll never happen until you remove

Until you flatten your 10-20-30-40-15 storey halo



Bottle blondes and beach boys

Might marvel at the size

But honey something that big

You now the best don’t advertise



Has no-one ever told you

You gotta body build to last?

But with that 15 storey deadstop

You’re going nowhere, and fast



10-20-30-40! 15 storey halo!

10-20-30-40! 15 storeys high!

10-20-30-40! 15 storey halo

10-20-30-40? 7 miles wide

7 miles wide!



"ask a judge and jury

Joe find me 12 just men

We’re gonna bottle up their fury

Make sure don’t happen again"



All the rebel boys got payrolled

Now they’re queuing outside the bank

Like 14 carat playboys

On a trans-cool trans-world tramp



10-20-30-40! 15 storey halo!

10-20-30-40! 15 storeys high!

10-20-30-40! 15 storey halo

10-20-30-40? 7 miles wide

7 miles wide!



And so you meet this guy

A regular gala-had

A real house-trained barbarian

And so you drop him

Like a bad habit

But anything that comes along

You grab it



Oh we’re all waiting

For a saving grace

Hands that soothe

Hands that smoothe the human race

Yes we’re all waiting

For a saving grace

Hands that soothe

Hands that smoothe the human race

4 Ever 2 Gether Song lyric

Speak no

Evil



You can’t tell me, how to run my life

You can’t tell me, drugs you’re using

You’re talking loud, and saying nothing

Walking proud, and going nowhere fast

You know



If you could tell me, how to find belief

If you told me, I’d believe you

Speak no evil, hear no evil

See no evil, I’ll close my eyes

You know, love grows



_ chorus:



4 ever 2 gether, 4 years 2 come

4 love 2 strong, 4 us 2 part

4 ever 2 gether, 4 years 2 come

4 love 2 strong, 4 us 2 part



I stuck a marriage proposal

In the waste disposal

If that’s the trash aesthetic,

I’d suggest that we forget it

Your 12 disciples might kiss and tell, but

You can tell me much more than they can,

Right now



A mathematical equation

Won’t describe my liaison

The stars in the sky might try persuading

But you can tell me, I won’t hear you

You can’t tell me, I gave up the listening

Years ago



_ to chorus



So you’re broken heart, here, take it to the mender

I got something on the agenda



Speak. no

Evil



4 ever 2 gether, 4 years 2 come

4 love 2 strong, 4 us 2 part

For when two hearts but strong and sweet

One promise I can never meet



Forgive and forget, for goodness sake

For love this strong, might make or break

4 ever 2 gether, 4 years 2 come

4 love 2 strong, 4 us 2 part



Two’s a party, three’s a crowd

I’m surprised what get’s allowed

Three coins inside the fountain

You saw mohammed move the mountain



Speak no evil

A King Without A Crown Song lyric

Welcome to the great republic
Guess I should show you round
Where once I was a King
And now I am a clown

The love that we once shared
Made a King of me
But now you're gone...but now you're gone
All I face is poverty

...King without a heart
...King without a hope
...King without a woman baby
Oh I'm a King without a crown
...King without a heart ...
...King without a hope
...King without a woman baby
Oh I'm a King without a crown

Hell hath no fury
Like a woman scorned
But heaven don't boast - no heaven don't boast
The jewel - the pretty jewel I just pawned

Every cloud has a silver lining
Every dog has its day
Oh but I guess the sun stopped shining
On the day you went away

Bathed in former glory
Deposed from my throne
How do I get to tell my story?
When all get's your answerphone...
But you ain't home

With the love you gave
I felt like royalty
But now you're face to face - face to face
With one ex-member of the aristocracy

There's no need to feel down
Yeah just take a look around
You'll see a man who's just a man
Nothing more
A King without a crown

All of Your Heart Song lyric

Once upon a time when we were friends
I gave you my heart
the story ends -
No happy ever after now we're friends.
Wish upon a star if that might help

The stars collide if you decide

Wish upon a star if that might help.
What's it like to have loved and to lose her touch?
What's it like to have loved and to lose that much?
Well
I hope and I pray that maybe someday
You'll walk in the room with my heart.
Add and subtract but as a matter of fact
Now that you're gone I still want you back.
Remembering surrendering

Remembering that part - all of my heart.
Spilling up in silk and coffee lace

You hook me up a rendezvous at your place

Your lipstick and your lipgloss seals my fate.
Sentimental powers might help you now
But skip the hearts and flowers
skip the ivory towers

You'll be disappointed and I'll lose a friend.
No
I won't be told there's a crock of gold at the end of the rainbow

Or that pleasure and pain

Sunshine and rain might make this love grow.
But I hope and I pray that maybe someday
You'll walk in the room with my heart.
Add and subtract but as a matter of fact
Now that you're gone I still want you back.
Remembering - surrendering

The kindest struck the coolest heart - all of my heart.
Yes
I hope and I pray that maybe someday
You'll wakl in the room with my heart.
And I shrug and I say that maybe today you'll come home soon.
Surrendering - remembering

Surrendering that heart
all of my heart - all of my heart.