LOVE IN THE TIME OF SCIENCE
TO BE FREE
once in a house on a hill
a boy got angry
he broke into my heart
for a day and a night
i stayed beside him
until i had no home
so i came down the hill
of course i was hurt
but then i started to think:
it shouldn't hurt me to be free
it's what I really need
to pull myself together
but if it's so good being free
would you mind telling me
why i don't know what to do with myself?
there's a bar by the dock
where i found myself
drinking with this man
he offered me a cigarette
and i accepted
'cause its been a very long time
as it burnt to the end
i thought of the boy
no-one could ever forget
it shouldn't hurt me to be free
it's what I really need
to pull myself together
but if it's so good being free
would you mind telling me
why i don't know what to do with myself?
it shouldn't hurt me to be free
it's what I really need
to pull myself together
but if it's so good being free
would you mind telling me
why i don't know what to do with myself?
...to pull myself together
but if it's so good being free
would you mind telling me
why i don't know what to do with myself?
WEDNESDAY'S CHILD
scatter-brain
you've been crying in the rain
you've been drowning in your pain
ain't gonna die
do the right thing
win or lose
don't confuse
wednesday's child
pa-pa-pa-pa-pa pa-pa-paaa
pa-pa-pa-pa-pa pa-pa-paaa
paa pa-pa-pa-pa pa-pa-paaa
pa-pa-pa-pa-pa pa-pa-paa-aa
ooooooooooooh
walk on by me
don't deny me
any time
scatter-brain
you've been crying in the rain
you've been drowning in your pain
ain't gonna die
do the right thing
win or lose
don't confuse
wednesday's child
pa-pa-pa-pa-pa pa-pa-paaa
pa-pa-pa-pa-pa pa-pa-paaa
paa pa-pa-pa-pa pa-pa-paaa
pa-pa-pa-pa-pa pa-pa-paa-aa
pa-pa-pa-pa-pa pa-pa-paaa
pa-pa-pa-pa-pa pa-pa-paaa
paa pa-pa-pa-pa pa-pa-paaa
pa-pa-pa-pa-pa pa-pa-paa-aa
scatter-brain
you've been crying in the rain
you've been drowning in your pain
ain't gonna die
BABY BLUE
boxing shadows in my sleep
it's the company i keep the
perfect exersize as i grow older
i cant believe what God has done
he took the heat out of the sun and now
it seems the world is growing colder
'tween the pleasure and the pain
i'm wishing your life away
no more sinister than sane
briefing your life away
'tween the flicker and the flame
no-one can explain
baby blue is born again
been looking for someplace to go
sucking out screams in stereo
before my very eyes
i saw her drowning
keep my daughter in a jar
she cant get out she wont go far
her heart is in my mouth
but still keeps pounding
'tween the pleasure and the pain
i'm wishing your life away
no more sinister than sane
briefing your life away
'tween the flicker and the flame
no-one can explain
baby blue is born again
'tween the pleasure and the pain
i'm wishing your life away
no more sinister than sane
briefing your life away
'tween the flicker and the flame
no-one can explain
baby blue is born again
DEAD THINGS
you're like me
we're both alone
what's the problem?
i dont know
we're the same height
the same eyes
but you cant borrow my clothes all the time!
bad things
dead things
sad things have to happen
sometimes
i let the snow
melt in my mouth
until my head hurts
until im out
makes me laugh a bit
it makes me cry
the same way you confuse me all the time
bad things
dead things
sad things have to happen
...
bad things
dead things
sad things have to happen
bad things
dead things
sad things have to happen
sometimes
sometimes
sometimes
sometimes
UNEMPLOYED IN SUMMERTIME
let's get drunk on saturday
walk up primrose hill until we lose our way
we'll get sunburnt on the grass
playing silly buggers 'til i make a pass
and you laugh in my face
unemployed in summertime
we've only just turned 21
we'll be ok
unemployed in summertime
don't need money cause we're young
i'll just stay awake 'til the morning
with makeup all over my face
sorry, don't get mad at me
i just did the sex quiz from your magazine
you're my best friend in the world
just like me you don't do anything you're told
unemployed in summertime
we've only just turned 21
we'll be ok
unemployed in summertime
don't need money cause we're young
i'll just stay awake 'til the morning
with makeup all over my face
on a mission for my summerkiss
i close my eyes and wet my lips but then i miss!
and you laugh in my face
unemployed in summertime
we've only just turned 21
we'll be ok
unemployed in summertime
don't need money cause we're young
i'll just stay awake 'til the morning
with makeup all over my face
...
unemployed in summertime
we've only just turned 21
we'll be ok
EASY
it's not an accident
you meant to touch me
and that's exactly why im here
a trick of confidence
20 years inside
you're exactly what i need
but i - i
dont have time to play
so put your toys away
don't take it easy
why should we take it easy, ah
should we take it easy
i break into the park
with the insects
striking up a costume ball
the light is lovely here
in the neon glow
i could never want for more
but i - i
don't have time to play
so put your toys away
don't take it easy
why should we take it easy, ah
should we take it easy
why should we take it easy, ah
should we take it easy
why should we take it easy, ah
easy, ah
FINGERTIPS
before i can open
my all too eager eyes
everything changes
from the ocean to the skies
perpetual motion
set ablaze by me
everything's breathing
my hair and olive tree
yet my fingertips
have a special sound
yet my fingertips
they go around and round
this comical wisdom
creeps into my brain
a wave of my nerve and
oh so free of pain
yet my fingertips
have a special sound
yet my fingertips
they go around and round
pa-pa-padada-mmm...
pa-pa-padadaaaah...
electrical current
hallowed be thy name
lift my emotions
and banish all my shame
yet my fingertips
have a special sound
yet my fingertips
smell of sod and ground
before i can open
my all too eager eyes
everything changes
from the ocean to the skies
yet my fingertips
have a special sound
yet my fingertips
they go around and round
pa-pa-padada-mmm...
pa-pa-padadaaaah...
TELEPATHY
thinnnnnnnk of me
very scientifically
share your thoughts with me
send them over land and sea
they seep through walls
echo down abandoned halls
let me see your joy and fear
how can it be, we never see
what we have until it's gone
why is it so, we never know
what we have until it's gone
the more i try
all the faster you'll slip by
so vaaaaaporize
slide to me like liquid ice
i can see into your eyes
why is it so, we never know
what we have until it's gone
until we burn, we never learn
what we have until it's gone
ssssscientificl-cl-cl-cl-cl
ssssscientificl-cl-cl-cl-cl
i can see into your eyes
deepest blue of winter skies!
why is it so, we never know
what we have until it's gone
until we burn, we never learn
what we have until it's gone
TUNA FISH
i am lying in my bed
'tching a spider eat the fly
i say: how is that, it's breakfast-tv for you!
a little later i am sitting by the window looking out
the red army's really blowing up the street
i'm too stale to eat breakfast
so i smell my fingertips
a cup of coffee won't do for me
how days creep by : in the greyened sky
how days creep by : and they never even try
how days creep by : in the greyened sky
how days creep by
guess its time for a walk
just to read some license plates
what is autumn doing creeping up on me?
going on the tube to scream
when the train arrves
rubbing grass on my skin, god it smells so nice
all the same i think i'll go on
rolling up the hill
if im lucky you won't see me
how days creep by : in the greyened sky
how days creep by : come and ask me why
how days creep by : in the greyened sky
how days creep by
did you know that tuna fish
float up to the surface
belly to the moonlight just to cool their heart down
'cause it helps them just to
think about the hurtful things
i guess it's just one way to get them some sedation
how days creep by : in the greyened sky
how days creep by : and they definitely die
how days creep by : in the greyened sky
how days creep by
how days creep by : and they definitely die
how days creep by : come and ask me why
how days creep by
how days creep by
SUMMERBREEZE
might have been awhile
since you've been loved
like you should be loved
might have been awhile
since you've been kissed
like you should be kissed
and tender loving arms
might be something you'll miss
well summerbreeze is blowing through your window
and summerbreeze is blowing through your hair
and something in your eyes
that you cannot disguise
don't tell me it ain't there
might have been awhile
since you've been loved
by one who really loves you
it might have been awhile
since you could trust
that someone really cares
when people like us
meant to go around in pairs
and summerbreeze is blowing through your window
and summerbreeze is blowing through your hair
and something in your eyes
that took me by surprise
dont tell me that it ain't there
SEA PEOPLE
can you ever see me as you did before?
can you ever see me like you did once more?
when i look into your eyes
i can can breathe in water
like you
when you say goodbye
my lungs ache filled with water
'cause i will always love you