Well there's a house in an alley In the squats and low-rise Of a town with no future But that's where my future lies It's a secret, but no secret It
A fresh face to change the mood I'll find my feet again you say What rock I had you rolled What rock I had you rolled away But I live as best I can
Oh the last bus has gone Or maybe I'm wrong It just doesn't exist And the words that flew Between me and you I must be crossed off your list So I'm walking
What a fool I was. What a thin disguise. Brando mumble, Mingus eyes Was a time she fell, but then she got wise Brando mumble, Mingus eyes I never had
who needs me out there She's kind and tender and one day I'll find her I swear So set me free while I've still got time Don't try to hide your shame, dear, from
Jack-knife with a precious load spills its guts all over the road Excuse me, I had to smile, lost my grip, too, for a while It's easy there, steady now
You and I, tempted by the promise of a different life Time has fled, there's a constant battle running through my head I don't know what to do...'cos
Bathsheba smiles She smiles and veins turn to ice She smiles and heads bow down She works the room Air-kisses every victim twice She spreads her joy
Well we were heroes then, and the girls were all pretty And a uniform was a lucky charm, bought you the key to the city We used to dance the whole night
In the dark, who can see his face? In the dark, who can reach him? He hides like a child. He hides like a child. Keeps his finger on the trigger You
This time you hurt me You really did it this time you did Did you count your fingers after shaking my hand God forbid Riff raff crawling from the slums
Vincent 52" Oh he reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys Said "I've got no further use for these. I see angels on Ariels in leather and chrome, Swooping down from
me up if you want to come slumming Some say you're a rattlesnake in the grass But I say the sun shines out of your arse So it's no hard feelings, live and let live
My sweetheart she bounced right out of my arms She was gone before I remembered to cling Did I reach out too slowly to catch her Or was she by nature
Did you call my name? Did you call my name in the night? In the whispers and sighs, in the whispers and sighs of the night Ah ghosts in the wind, eh
I keep my nose clean, I keep my speech plain I keep my promises, she twists the knife again I shut my memory, I close my eyes and then She takes another