Lyrics
Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
- I Wanna Talk 2 U
- Scotland Yard
- Hemmingway
- Face To The Sky
- Nookie Wood
- December Rains
- Mary
- Vampire Cafe
- Mothra
- Living With You
- Midnight Feast
- Sandman (Flying Dutchman)
I Wanna Talk 2 U
Into the city on the night
I felt that something's wrong
Building were empty lights were on
And we were running lost
I heard you whisper in my ear
That you were coming back this year
Looking to make an exception this time
We know what's coming down
Hey up, wake up
I wanna talk to you
Hey up, wait up
I wanna talk to you
Taking me down from anything else
You meant to help me out
Blending the sights and sounds around
In one unholy mess
If it was subtle it was wrong
It's very clear but not for long
Hey up, wake up
I wanna talk to you
Hey up, wait up
I wanna talk to you
If as like we were undecided
There's plenty let to say
But the combination sounded
wrong again
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Scotland Yard
When the hungry days are gone
Then came the hungry nights
Holding on to what you've got
Standing in the spotlight
They'll show you mostly
What they want you to see
Walking the city at midnight
And whistling in the dark
Many times you've been down here
And seen the mess they make
Putting on your party face
Occasionally it's fake
Sometime in the future
Whan you wre carefully
Trying to do the right thing
And showing some discipline
Living knowing you've done nothing wrong
Living as if you've done nothing wrong
You knew it could happen
You knew that it would
Who's been causing problems
In the neighbourhood
Who's been breaking windows
Generally misunderstood
Living, living in Scotland Yard
Living, living in Scotland Yard
You knew it could happen
You knew that it would
Living in, living in Scotland Yard
Living in, living in Scotland Yard
Living in - did the right thing
Living in Scotland Yard - in the end
Living in, living in Scotland Yard
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Hemmingway
I always held on to the thought
That if they loved you long enough
Would find out what wa missing
When they finally called your bluff
The line between the friend and foe
Is abritrary still
Drowning in pina coladas
As the bulls prowl around the ring
He didn't have, he didn't get
You didn't have the help you wanted
And when you saw, you saw Guernica fall
The hillsides exploded
And bodies filled the air
There was nothing left of Havana
And you thousand yards stare
He didn't have, he didn't get
You didn't have the help you wanted
And when you saw, you saw Guernica fall
You've got a thousand yards stare
You've got a thousand yards stare
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Face To The Sky
She is standing, listening to the wind
Darkness lifting her face to the sky
Her homecoming laughter
Swirling around her
Dizzy as a top on a chessboard
Dizzy as a top on a chessboard
Her memories of wild men standing still
In the desesrt building a fire
Holding back the fears
And whistling a tune
Dizzy as a top on a chessboard
She's run out of kindness
She's run out today
She's run out everything
She had to say
Wind in the darkness lifted her face
And the sky was bursting again
Her homecoming laughter
Swirling around her
Dizzy as a top on a chessboard
Dizzy as a top on a chessboard
You're whistling a tune
That she's never heard
Holding back the fear in the wind
And somebody's hearing all her thoughts
And lifting her face to the sky
Lifting her face to the sky
Lifting, lifting, lifting her face to the sky
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Nookie Wood
If you're looking to find
A place to hide
Where the climate is cool
And the river is wide
Down in the nookie wood
Down in the nookie wood
In the kitchens of the Mardi Gras
The cooks of pestilence meet
Brewing up their bitter fruit - ah ha
Once on a summer's day
Twice on a summer's night
You wanna go out and play
And that's alright
Down in the nookie wood
Down in the nookie wood
Down in the nookie wood - ah ha
And all the creatures
Watching from the sides
We're living memories for you tonight
And we could send them
Yes we could send them
Back to their distant lands
When I got to thinking
That it's normal time
You've got me thinking that again
When someone takes you
On that journey down
To where you're serving time again
Doing hard time in the nookie wood
Doing hard time again
Doing hard time in the nookie wood
Doing hard time again
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December Rains
Soft porn rioting is now online
There's gonna be heel to pay
Somewhere south of meridian 5
We're gonna start again
December, december, december rains
December, december, december rains
Condition Red the planet says
We're up to our knees in grief
If you come round to Samarkand
You can talk us down
Talk us down
I'm tryin to keep the noise down
With your knife in my gut
I suppose we've got things to say
We better keep it shut
With Google getting on your nerves
And politics left and right
Kiss your private life goodbye
Lights out say goodnight
Whenever I get to feeling good
You're always on my mind
You can satisfy your thirst for life
Some december rain woud dbe
Enough for tonight
Condition Red the planet says
We're up to our knees in grief
If you come round to Samarkand
You can talk us down
Talk us down
December, december, december rains
December, december, december rains
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Mary
You want to call me Sam
You want to call me Freddy
If you call me anything - it's fine, it's fine
You want to call me Manuel
You don't know why
You don't know why
You don't have to call me Mary
I'll be fine with that
I wanted to say
We don't go into that
There's a window in my mind
You can see in
Just look an you'll want to sigh
It inspires you to look away
You don't have to call me Mary
You don't have to call me Mary
You don't even know what you're after
The same as me, I bet
Don't you worry
Don't you worry
The future will come back soon
Shouting at the teacher
From the back of the classroom
You can call me Sam
You can call me things
You can call me anything
But you don't have to call me Mary
You can call me Sam
But you don't have to call me Mary
I'm fine with that
But you'd be better safe than sorry
Safer than sorry
Safer than sorry
Safer than sorry
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Vampire Cafe
They're setting the tables
They're dimming the lights
They're leaving the priesthood
It's all over tonight
Cuz somebody's missing
Somebody's cold
You better clean all your windows
And sell all your gold
The memebrships crowded
They're cleaning the list
The menu is different
Everybody's pissed
The chef is breaking down
Burning to the ground
We haven't got far to go
Riding through the show
Someone keeps on knocking
Knocking on your door
Cool rain, cool rain, cool rain, cool rain
The chef is breaking down
Burning to the ground
We haven't got far to go
Riding through the show
Someone keeps on knocking
Knocking on your door
Cool rain
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Mothra
Open the window
In come the clouds
Reaching around my neck
Looked in the mirror, nobody there
Whats' gonna happen next
Mothra, Mothra, give it a whirl
Try something new today
Mothra, Mothra
Try it again, try something new today
Maybe I was jealous
Maybe I was a fool
Maybe I've been telling you
Everything I wanted you to do to do to do
Everything I wanted you to do
To do to do to do to do
Everything I wanted you to do
Mothra, Mothra, give it a whirl
Try something new today
Mothra, Mothra, try it again
Wah thave you got to loose
To do to do to do to do
Everything I wanted you to do
To do to do to do to do
Everything I wanted you to do
Somebody there is helping
Somebody there's got time
Somebody there's been holding on
Before before before it's time
You see me running
You see me climb
Reading my books I'm always trying
Laughing and teasing
I love to play
Dreaming my dreams I'm never far away
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Living With You
I've got four walls and a roof
Gonna put the roof on top
I've got glass for the windows
We'll have windows to look thru
Cuz this is living
This is living with you
Cuz this is living
This is living with you
I've got a sea in my front
And a mountain in my back
Eveytone thinks it's no fun
But they couldn't be more wrong
And I know
This is living
This is living
With you
You wanna be living
You wanna be living like me with you
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Midnight Feast
She caught me by surprise
Bursting into tears
Boo hoo
I found you on the freeway
Shredding the alphabet
Listening to the fog banks
Joni Mitchell and her parking lot
I lost you on the way down
Close to Chamonix
The ferry took me to dry land
Took me to Italy
Boo hoo
We were passing by a midnight feast
But we carried on
Since you'd seen Beauty and the Beast
You said 'enough'
We were passing by a midnight feast
You said 'enough'
Since you'd seen Beauty and the Beast
You said 'enough'
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Sandman (Flying Dutchman)
He is drifting, drifting away
He is waving again
He is leaving
Sandman's on his way
He is laughing again
He is sailing, sailing the seas
Something happened today
He is sailing, sailing the seas
Something happened today
Endless horizons, for years to come
Endless horizons for some