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She put a chill through the house at the slam of the door
She said “I won’t be coming ‘round here any more”
We’re creatures of destiny, we don’t get a choice
Now i keep punching your number but i don’t hear your voice
Why don’t you answer your telephone?
Threats come up empty time and again
Won’t you beat on my door and come out of the rain
It drums on the tin roof and runs down the wall
Now I hear nothing but ringing every time that i call
Why don’t you answer your telephone?
In a chaos of blue lights did judgement arrive
They said i was the last one to see her alive
“Get your story in check boy” he said and snapped on the cuffs
All i had was the truth and the truth ain’t enough
Why don’t you answer your telephone?
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Darling it needs to be said
We are still young but our love is stone dead
And cold as the sheets on the big empty bed
Where I will not lay down any more
Time wins at every race
The wrecking ball swings at a glacial pace
Creeps up upon you like the lines on your face
And the aches at the end of the day
Isn’t it strange?
Strange but isn’t any less true
I spent the best years of my life waiting on you
Oh the change
Change isn’t easy to see
So you spent the best years of your life trying to change me.
I look at the world and feel small
It seems further back up every time that we fall
You have no hard feelings, I have no feelings at all
Still, I hope that I see you around
Some day we’ll look back and see
I’m not right for you, you are not meant for me
If we’re made for each other we’re made imperfectly
From pieces that never fit right.
Darling it needs to be said
We are still young but our love is stone dead
And cold as the sheets on the big empty bed
Where I will not lay down any more
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Oh Love, one of these days
I’ll shake you out of my head
Call out the engines and stamp out the fire
Silence the voices that sing my desire
Oh one of these days
Oh love, one of these days
I will not answer your call
And there’ll be no rush at the sound of your name
You can go your way and I’ll do the same
Oh one of these days
Oh one of these days
Maybe I’ll find a way to mend these broken
Pieces of what we’ve become
To write off the damages done
To stand with our eyes to the sun
Oh love one of these days
Maybe we’ll pass on the street
I’ll ask how you’re doing and hope you’re alright
Smile a farewell like the way old friends might
No thought for the demons that come in the night
Oh one of these days
Oh one of these days
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Oh will you
Pretend like you want me
And I'll make you think
Like I know how it feels
Could I be so cruel?
Well, love don't come easy
I love you when you do
We made it through
These days that could end us
And oh, will you
Let me know how it feels
Speak love so true
Yeah well I know you don't mean it
Still I love you when you do
And you know
There is nothing worth believing in some boy
Who's only answering his bones
And don't I just know it
So don't tell me
How I'm wrong
And don't tell me
'Cause I already know
Don't tell me
How to run this tank empty
Don't, don’t tell me
Oh will you
Pretend like you want me
And I'll make you think
Just like I know how it feels
How could I be so cruel?
Yeah well, love don't come easy
I love you when you do
And you know
There is nothing worth believing in some girl
Who's only answering her bones
Yeah don't I just know it
Don't I just know it
So don't tell me
How I'm wrong
And don't tell me
'Cause I already know
And don't tell me
How to run this tank empty
Don't, don’t tell me
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Well I've been around the block, let me tell you
And my hair’s all turning to grey
And everything aches just a little bit more
Than it ever did back in the day
Now I don't move in higher class circles
I don't drive some big fancy car
‘Cause I put most of my money in O'Sullivan's jukebox
And the rest went behind the bar
Now at school I was a fine mathematician
A precocious and a scholarly kid
But I gave it all up for that sweet flowing cup
And I'm glad every day that I did
You know they told me that I could have been anything
They said I was gonna go far
Instead I put most of my money in O'Sullivan's jukebox
And the rest went behind the bar
You know I was always pretty handy with a football
I could have been the rock of the England back four
Or maybe a Hollywood actor
But what the hell would I want all that for?
And you know I can play the guitar like a son of a bitch
I could have been a rock'n'roll star
Instead I put most of my money in O'Sullivan's jukebox
And the rest went behind the bar
I could have got me a job in the city
I could have managed financial affairs
And gambled away the money of strangers
While I live like a millionaire
But you see, I always made friends better than I ever made profits Now I'm a wealthier fella by far
‘Cause I invested most of my money in O'Sullivan's jukebox
And his sub-prime mortgage-backed collateralised debt obligation behind the bar
Do you hear the bells? Well they're tolling last orders
I guess all things must come to an end
But if you'll have a drink with me brother
Well you'll never have want of a friend
And when they carry me away in a coffin
Won't you light up a Cuban cigar
And raise up your glass for that sweet drunken arse
Who propped up old O’Sullivan's bar
And raise up your glass for that sweet drunken arse
Who propped up old O’Sullivan's bar.
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Carter, Henry, get your hands off me
Carter, Henry, get your hands off me
After all I’ve done for you, why won’t you let me be
Carter, Henry, get your hands off me
Cut me loose and see what I can do
Cut me loose and see what I can do
If you do this good thing for me, I’ll be so good to you
Cut me loose and see what I can do
I can see the clouds a’gatherin’
I know the mess you’re in
Now turn me loose, give me the tools
And let me do my thing
I’m an honest citizen
I ain’t out to hurt no one
But from time to time,
A good man finds there’s some killing to be done
I got fire and I’m gonna let it shine
I got fire and I’m gonna let it shine
If the city burns down to the ground, well that ain’t no fault of mine
I got fire and I’m gonna let it shine
I can see the clouds a’gatherin’
I know the mess you’re in
Now turn me loose, give me the tools
And let me do my thing
I’m an honest citizen
I ain’t out to hurt no one
But from time to time,
A good man finds there’s some killing to be done
I’m a loaded weapon, there ain’t no need to fear
I’m a loaded weapon, there ain’t no need to fear
If you don’t like the way I do, why the hell are you still here?
I’m a loaded weapon, there ain’t no need to fear
Carter, henry
Carter, henry
Get your hands off me
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I’ve searched the places I have been
To understand this sorry state I’m in
The only answers I can find
Got lost with my tiny mind
Somewhere so many years ago
And oh my Lord I can’t believe
All these crimes that are accused of me
Now my memory’s all shot
Don’t know if I’m guilty or if I’m not
Still I’ll try to clear my name
All I can do is wait and see
If sweet salvation will come and rescue me
From all this weary flesh and bone
I Still walk this path alone
Waiting for the storm
I’ve heard it often said
There’s only one sure thing
So I’ll be braced against the storm
But I’ll be hoping
I will be hoping that the springtime will come
Maybe the sky above will break
I’m hanging on for pure survival’s sake
So ashamed of what I’ve done
And scared by what’s to come
I’m just waiting for the storm
I’ve heard it often said
There’s only one sure thing
So I’ll be braced against the storm
But I’ll be hoping
I will be hoping that the springtime will come
I’ll be the one to take the fall
For all these sorry sons of bitches all
Clutching at the shortest straw
A martyr without a cause
Waiting for the storm
I know all this weary flesh and bone
I Still walk this path alone
Just waiting for the storm
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Well there never was a girl like Lily
She was a pretty little heartbreak machine
She had a way to part a fool and his money
She was a lucky little gambler’s dream
And she’d promise up the world and whatever
She could get a man to do anything
And by the morning he’s be cleaned out and crawling on his knees
But every night you’d hear some poor fool sing
He said “I may not be a rich man baby
But I’ll tell you what I’m gonna do
I’m gonna take you out tonight in the city
I’m gonna spend all of my money on you”
She’d take a seat up at the bar around seven
And wait for some poor sucker stumbling by
And then she’d pull him in and drag him on under
Then she’s drown him in those big dark eyes
And with the moonlight breaking through a little crack in the sky
Well he was broken and the damage was done
He’d give up everything he had for a love that could never be
He’d be screaming at the top of his lungs
He said “I may not be a rich man baby
But I’ll tell you what I’m gonna do
I’m gonna take you out tonight in the city
I’m gonna spend all of my money on you”
One day there came into town some kind of big shot man
All full of swagger like some Hollywood scene
I tried to tell him stay away from Miss Lily
That woman’s trouble if you know what I mean
Well he just laughed and said “I think I can take care of myself”
I said “well don’t pretend you haven’t been warned”
They found him walking in the morning by the side of the road
Yeah he was naked as the day he was born
He said “I may not be a rich man baby
But I’ll tell you what I’m gonna do
I’m gonna take you out tonight in the city
I’m gonna spend all of my money on you”
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I have walked in the wilderness, slept in the cold
And I’ve lost more than I ever thought I would hold
But I held more than I ever thought I would see
A little hard luck and trouble made a man out of me
When I came to this mountain I was looking for gold
And I’ve lost more than I ever thought I would hold
But I found me a woman and some weak iron ore
Can’t think what I’d want with gold any more
I’ve seen delusion, greed and misery ride
So now I take everything I love and hold it inside
A goldmine of treasures that can never be sold
So you won’t see me cry if I lose more than I ever Thought I’d hold
Now my hands have grown weary and my body is old
And I’ve lost more than I ever thought I would hold
But I’ve loved more than I believed any man could
Show me one ounce of hard luck
And I’ll show you a mountain of good
Show me one ounce of hard luck
I’ll show you a mountain of good.
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Sweet dreams all met with derision
This train, it was armed for collision
It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame
So clap your hands in the sparkle and glitter
Shake your heads at the twisted and bitter
Man, they don't know how lucky they are
And foot down for the alienation
Look on as your love, it gets lost in translation
To a language that nobody understands
But there are smiles as they erode and corrupt you
Of the great expectations you could never live up to
We are lost, we are lost, we are lost
So get your coats 'cause the righteous are leaving
'Cause they can't work out what the hell to believe in
It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame
There’s no abandon, no heartfelt desire
And no love could be worth getting fired
For real, it's surreal, it's so real
So paint over the cracks and then cover
What you thought was the worst ever pain with another
And the first one, it always comes free
And how they love you so cold and so vicious
With friends like these, well who needs politicians
The first one, its always comes free
And they’ll swear to you that heroin takes like ice cream
Clever men know all that and all this
And they will talk and they will talk and they don't fucking listen
It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame
It's no life but God, it's a living
Ah come on Jesus Christ, come back, all is forgiven
We are lost, we are lost, we are lost
And have no fear of the state of the nation
Let the facts have no bearing on public relations
It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame and…
What a model of Christian behavior
Preach on with that message of go fuck thy neighbour
We are lost, we are lost, we are lost
So you’ll take your step by the crowd of fanatics
While they kill in the name of applied mathematics
And you hate the system even though you invented it
And go kill your brothers and claim self defence of it and…
Picking up all the secrets and the tricks to be
One of the guys who the shit never sticks to
And you take you seats for the final calamity
Don't you look serious, hell, what can the matter be?
And another day and the rot’s getting faster
Well, all these machines started killing their master
It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame
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Stephen, the flags are half-mast at the station
There’s a cloud hanging over this town
The wind blows apology, the sun looks ashamed
As he hides out behind Portadown
And out there are children still raised on old anger
To believe there’s a reason to fight
But a piece of land’s only a piece of land
And you will not come home tonight
Stephen, the uniformed visitors came
Unexpectedly late yesterday
I opened the door to a man and a woman
And I knew what they’d come here to say
And I’ve never seen any darkness so deep
As the moment when I clicked off the light
But a piece of land’s only a piece of land
and you will not come home tonight
Stephen, the paper’s been filled with your picture
It seems the whole world knows your name
And would you believe there was Martin Mcguinness
Out condemning these bastards to blame
I’ve never seen so much orange and green
Come together on a thin strip of white
Still a piece of land’s only a piece of land
and you will not come home tonight
No, a piece of land’s only a piece of land
And you will not come home tonight
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Well some people, they claim they never had a fair roll of the dice
They could be right
But that’s not me, see I was lucky and I had everything just fall in my plate
Call it fate if you want to
But for all the elaborate setup and manoeuvre
Being wheeled into position to deliver some saccharine punch to the guts
Of a world screaming out for whatever the hell they think it is that I’ve got
Every time I was given the chance to stand on my own two feet
Oh I fell
Yeah and every time I was given a chance to stand on my own two feet
Oh I fell yeah
Every time opportunity knocked on my door, I just sent it on straight down to hell
‘Cause every time I was given a chance to stand on my own two feet, I fell
Well some people, they imagine the disappointment must tear me apart
And break my heart
And presume that I’m disgusted by all the injustice I’ve seen
But that’s not me and I’ll tell you
That I bear no resentment to millionaire pub singers
Barely literate poets and guitar store gunslingers
And I smile so politely at the well-meaning ignorance
Of people who tell me I’m going to make it some day
Every time I was given the chance to stand on my own two feet
Oh I fell
Yeah and every time I was given a chance to stand on my own two feet
Oh I fell yeah
Every time opportunity knocked on my door, I just sent it on straight down to hell
‘Cause every time I was given a chance to stand on my own two feet, I fell
Well the sun’s going down on what’s left of today
And the tide drags what’s left of this moment away
And so I kick through the dirt and the red autumn leaves
And what I had and what I lost and what I still believe
And I have no regrets for the time that I’ve spent
Barely paying my dues and barely paying the rent
For a simple pursuit of more honest a life
I don’t cheat on my taxes, I don’t cheat on my wife
Now the fire’s burning out and the walls closing in
And I’m dragged by the gravity into the sin
Of obedient service of some twisted machine
Blowing smoke in the faces of each little scene
Sent to form a distraction just to buy up some time
Misdirected by swagger and beats and by rhyme
Telling tales of a life you might one day attain
If you just keep your focus relentlessly trained
On the things you can get and not who you can be
Nor the innocent dream of the sky and the sea
And the word and the truth and the spirit of man
And a history that promises one day we can
With a love for your brother and your sister and yourself
Get there one day together in good cheer and good health
But it comes at a cost, yeah there’s a price that you pay
For a sweet, bold tomorrow you’ve got to give up today
It’s a sacrifice way beyond mortals like me
For an age that never was and never could ever be
So I don’t dwell on the past, I don’t rue my mistakes
And I’m proud that I never had whatever it takes
Now I’m stood on the deck of this leaky old boat
With just the shirt on my back and the song in my throat
And I’m the luckiest boy on the face of the earth
‘Cause I know about love and I know what it’s worth
So I’m not giving up and I’m not giving in
Though I know it’s a fight that I’m not going to win
And I’ll still scream in the face of more powerful men
I choose this motherfucker and I’d choose it again
‘Cause every time I was given the chance to stand on my own two feet
Oh I fell
Yeah and every time I was given a chance to stand on my own two feet
Oh I fell yeah
Every time opportunity knocked on my door, I just sent it on straight down to hell
‘Cause every time I was given a chance to stand on my own two feet,
I fell
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