1.Something Is Squeezing My Skull
I'm doing very well
I can blackout the present and the past now
I know by now you think
I should have straightened myself out
Thank you good day
Oh, something is squeezing my skull
Something I just cannot describe
There is no love in modern life
I'm doing very well
It's a miracle I've made it even this far
The motion of taxi's excite me
Feel it, but not rightly
Oh, something is squeezing my skull
Something I just cannot describe
There is no love in modern life
Oh, something is squeezing my skull
Something I cant fight
There are no friends in modern life
Diazepam...thats valium...temazepam...lithium
HRT...ECT...How long must I stay on this stuff？
Please don't give me more...(repeat)
2.Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed
Mama, why did you do it？
Mama, who drove you to it？
Was it the pigs in gray suits persecuting you？
Uncivil servants unconcerned at how they frighten you
Life is nothing much to lose
It's just so lonely here without you
Mama, why did you do it？
Mama, who drove you to it？
Spare, priggish money men who scared the life out of you
Bailiffs with bad breath, I will slit their throats for you
Life is nothing much to lose
It's just so lonely here without you
Life is nothing much to lose
It's just so lonely here without you
So we're gonna run to you
We're gonna come to you
We're gonna lie down beside you, mama
We're gonna be with you
We're gonna join you
We're gonna lie down beside you, mama
And we'll be safe and sheltered in our graves
We'll come before you
and we will touch you
We'll go for one final hug, mama
3.Black Cloud
The one I love
is standing near
The one I love
is everywhere
I can woo you
I can amuse you
But there is nothing I can do to make you mine
Black cloud, black cloud
The one I love
roosts in the mind
Can snap this spell
or increase hell
I can chase you
and I can catch you
But there is nothing I can do to make you mine
Black cloud, black cloud
Oh, black cloud
Oh, black cloud
I play the game of favorites now
I can I must I will I do
I can please you
or I can freeze you out
But there is nothing I can do to make you mine
Black cloud, black cloud, black cloud
I can choke myself to please you
and I can sink much lower than usual
But there's nothing I can do to make you mine
4.I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
In the absence of your love
And in the absence of human touch
I have decided
I'm throwing my arms around Paris
Because only stone and steel accept my love
In the absence of your smiling face
I traveled all over the place
And I have decided
I'm throwing my arms around Paris
Because only stone and steel accept my love
I'm throwing my arms around all of Paris
Because only stone and steel accept my love.
I'm throwing my arms around Paris
Because nobody wants my love
Nobody wants my love
Nobody needs my love
Nobody wants my love
Yes, you made yourself plain
Yes, you made yourself very plain
5.All You Need Is Me
You hiss and groan and you constantly moan
But you don't ever go away
That's because
All you need is me
You roll your eyes up to the skies
Mock horrified
But you're still here
All you need is me
There's so much destruction
All over the world
And all you can do is
Complain about me
You bang your head against the wall
And say you're sick of it all
Yet you remain
'Cause all you need is me
And then you offer your one and only joke
And you ask me what will I be
When I grow up to be a man
Uhm, nothing!
There's a soft voice singing in your head
Who could this be？
I do believe it's me
There's a naked man standing, laughing in your dreams
You know who it is
But you don't like what it means
There's so much destruction
All over the world
And all you can do is
Complain about me
I was a small, fat child in a welfare house.
There was only one thing I ever dreamed about
And Fate has just
Handed it to me - whoopee
You don't like me, but you love me
Either way you're wrong
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You don't like me, but you love me
Either way you're wrong
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
6.When Last I Spoke to Carol
When last I spoke to Carol I said：
'I can't pretend it gets easier.'
She said：
'I've hung on, I have edged around this narrow
ledge since the day I was born in 1975.'
When last I spoke to Carol I said：
'I can't pretend I feel love for you.'
She said：
'I've hammered a smile across this pasty face
of mine since the day I was born in 1975.'
When I said goodbye to Carol
Black earth upon the casket fell
She had faded to
something I always knew
To the rescue
nobody ever comes.
7.That's How People Grow Up
I was wasting my time
Trying to fall in love,
Disappointment came to me and
Booted me and bruised and hurt me,
But that's how people grow up.
That's how people grow up.
I was wasting my time
Looking for love,
Someone must look at me
and see their sunlit dream,
I was wasting my time
Praying for love,
For the love that never comes from
someone who does not exist and
That's how people grow up,
That's how people grow up.
Let me live before I die.
Oh, not me, not I..
I was wasting my life
Always thinking about myself,
Someone on their deathbed said：
'There are other sorrows too.'
I was driving my car,
I crashed and broke my spine,
So yes, there are things worse in life than
never being some-one's sweetie.
That's how people grow up. x4
As for me - I'm ok.
For now, anyway..
8.One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
Always be carefull
When you abuse the one you love
The hour or the day
No one can tell
But one day
Goodbye will be farewell, and
You will never see the one you love again
You will never see the one you love again
I have been thinking
What, with my final brain cell
How time grips you
Slyly in it's spell
And before you know
Goodbye will be farewell,
and You will never see the one you love again
And the smiling children, tell you that you smell
Well, just look at me
A savage beast
With nothing to sell
And when I die
I'm going straight to hell
And that's when
Goodbye should be farewell
Ta ta ta, ta ta ta
Ta ta ta, ta ta ta
Ta ta ta, ta ta ta
Ta ta ta, ta ta ta
One day goodbye will be farewell
So grab me while you still have the time
9.It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
Your voice, it might say no
But the heart has a will of its own
Your voice, it might say no
But the heart has a heart of its own
It's not your birthday anymore
There's no need to be kind to you
And the will to see smile and belong has now gone
It's not your birthday anymore
Did you really think we meant
all those syrupy sentimental things that we said？
It cannot be given, and so it must be taken
It cannot be given, and so it must be taken
All of the gifts that they gave can't compare in anyway
To the love that I am now giving to you
Right here, right now...on the floor
All of the gifts that they gave can't compare in anyway
To the love that I am now giving to you
Right here, right now...on the floor
It's not your birthday anymore
There's no need to be kind to you
And the will to see you smile and belong has now gone
It's not your birthday anymore
Did you really think we meant
all those syrupy sentimental things that we said yesterday？
10.You Were Good in Your Time
Let the heart rest
Lay back your head
You were good in your time
and we thank you
You made me feel less alone
You made me feel not quite so
deformed, uninformed, and hunchbacked
Time takes all breath away
You were good in your time
and we thank you so
You said more in one day
than most people say
in a lifetime, it was our time
and we thank you
An end-of-the-ride sigh
Your soft smile says：
'Please understand, I must surrender.'
Then you grip with your hand
now so small in mine
Are you aware wherever you are
that you have just died？
11.Sorry Doesn't Help
Sorries pour out of you
All wide-eyed simple smiles
Certain to see you through
like a QC full of fake humility
You say：
'Oh, please forgive...'
You say：
'Oh, live and let live...'
But sorry doesn't help us
And sorry will not save us
And sorry will not bring my teen years back to me
(any time soon)
Forced back, it springs right out
Seasoned, you have no doubts
You lied about the lies that you told
Which is the full extent of what being you is all about
You say：
'Oh, please forgive...'
You say：
'Oh, live and let live...'
But sorry doesn't help us
Sorry will not save us
Sorry will not bring my love into my arms (as far as I know)
Sorry doesn't help us
Sorry will not save us
Sorry is just a word you find so easy to say, so you say it
anyway
Sorry doesn't help us
Sorry won't protect us
Sorry won't undo all the good gone wrong
12.I'm OK by Myself
Could this be an arm around my waist？
Well, surely the hand contains a knife？
It's been so all of my life
Why change now？
'It hasn't!'
Now this might surprise you, but
I find I'm OK by myself
And I don't need you
or your morality to save me
No, no, no, no, no
Then came an arm around my shoulder
Well surely the hand holds a revolver？
It's been so all of my life
Why change now？
'It hasn't!'
Now this might disturb you, but
I find I'm OK by myself
And I don't need you
or your benevolence to make sense
Noooooooo!
Noooooooo!
Noooooooo!
Noooooooo!
After all these years I find I'm OK by myself
And I don't need you
Or your homespun philosophy
No, no, no, no
This might make you throw up in your bed：
I'm OK by myself!
And I don't need you
And I never have, I never have
Noooooooo!
Noooooooo!
Noooooooo!
Noooooooo!
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