Stories From the City, Stories From The Sea.
 

                         Lyrics

                                            1    Big Exit
                                            2    Good Fortune
                                            3    A Place Called Home
                                            4    One Line
                                            5    Beautiful Feeling
                                            6    The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore
                                            7    This Mess We're In
                                            8    You Said Something
                                            9    Kamikaze
                                            10  This Is Love
                                            11  Horses In My Dreams
                                            12  We Float
                                            13  This Wicked Tongue

 
Big Exit

    Look out ahead
    I see danger come
    I wanna pistol
    I wanna gun
    I'm scared baby
    I wanna run
    This world's crazy
    Give me the gun

    Baby, baby
    Ain't it true
    I'm immortal
    When I'm with you
    But I wanna pistol
    In my hand
    I wanna go to
    A different land

    I met a man He told me straight
    "You gotta leave
    It's getting late"
    Too many cops
    Too many guns
    All trying to so something
    No-one else has done

    I walk on concrete
    I walk on sand
    But I can't find
    A safe place to stand
    I'm scared baby
    I wanna run
    This world's crazy
    Gimme the gun

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Good Fortune

    Threw my bad fortune
    Off the top of
    A tall building
    But I'd rather have done it with you

    Your boy's smile
    Five in the morning
    Looked into your eyes
    And I was really in love

    In Chinatown
    Hungover
    You showed me
    Just what I could do

    Talking about
    Time travel
    And the meaning
    And just what it was worth

    And I feel like some bird of paradise
    My bad fortune slipping away
    And I feel the innoncence of a child
    Everybody's got something good to say

    Things I once thought
    Unbelievable
    In my life
    Have all taken place

    When we walked through
    Little Italy
    I saw my reflection
    Come right of your face

    I paint pictures
    To remember
    You're too beautiful
    To put into words
    Like a gypsy
    You dance in circles
    All around me
    And all over the world

    And I feel like
    Some bird of paradise
    My bad fortune slipping away
    And I feel the
    Innocence of a child
    Everybody's got something good to say

    So I take my good fortune
    And I fantasize of our leaving
    Like some modern-day gypsy landslide
    Like some modern day Bonnie and Clyde

    On the run again
    On the run again

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A Place Called Home

     One day I know
     We'll find a place of hope
     Just hold on to me
     Just hold on to me
     Walk tight, one line
     You're wanted this time
     There's no one to blame
     Just hold on to me

     (Come on my love)
     And I'm right on time
     And the birds keep singing
     And you're right on line
     And the bells keep ringing
     And the battle is won
     And the planes keep winging
     And I'm right on time
     And the girl keeps singing

     One day they'll be a place for us

     I walk and I wade
     Through full lands and lonely
     I stumble, I stumble
     With you I wait
     To be born again
     With love comes the day
     Just hold on to me

     (Come on my love)
     And I'm right on time
     And the birds keep singing
     And you're right on line
     And the bells keep ringing

     One day they'll be a place for us

     And the battle is won
     And the planes keep winging
     And I'm right on time
     And the girl keeps singing

     One day they'll be a place for us

     Now is the time
     To follow through
     To read the signs
     Now the message sent
     Let's bring it to it's final end

     And I'm right on time
     And the birds keep singing
     And you're right on line
     And the bells keep ringing
     One day they'll be a place for us
     And the battle is won
     And the planes keep winging
     And I'm right on time
     And the girl keeps singing
     One day they'll be a place for us

     One day I Know
     They'll be a place
     Called home

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One Line

     Do you remember the first kiss?
     Star shooting across the sky
     To come to such a place as this
     You never left my mind

     I'm watching from the wall
     As in the streets we fight
     This world all gone to war
     All I need is you tonight

     And I draw a line
     To your heart today
     To heart from mine
     A line to keep us safe

     All through the rising sun
     All through the circling years
     You were the only one
     Who could have brought me here

     And I draw a line
     To your heart today
     To heart from mine
     A line to keep us safe
     And I draw a line
     To your heart today
     To heart from mine
     And pray to keep us safe

     Watch the stars now moving
     Across the sky
     Keep this feeling
     Safe tonight

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Beautiful Feeling

     Sometimes I can see for miles
     Through water and fire
     From England to America
     I feel life meet my eyes

     And it's the best thing
     It's the best thing
     It's the best thing
     A beautiful feeling

     A smile from San Diego
     He's still a boy
     Two ends to every rainbow
     And a train from Mexico

     And he's the best thing
     He is the best thing
     He is the best thing
     A beautiful feeling

     And when I watch you move
     And I can't think straight
     And I am silenced
     And I can't think straight

     And it's the best thing
     It's the best thing
     The best thing
     Such a beautiful feeling

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The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore

     Speak to me of
     Universal laws
     The whores hustle and the hustlers whore
     All around me
     People bleed
     Speak to me
     Your song of greed

     Speak to me
     Of you inner charm
     Of how you'll keep me
     Safe from harm
     I don't think so
     I don't see
     Speak to me
     Of your inner peace

     Little people
     At the amusement park
     City people
     In the dark
     Speak to us
     Send us a sign
     Just give us something
     To keep us trying

     The whores hustle and the hustlers whore
     Too many people out of love
     The whores hustle and the hustlers whore
     The city's ripped right to the core

     Speak to me
     Of heroin and speed
     Genocide and suicide
     Of syphilis and greed
     Speak to me
     The language of love
     The language of violence
     The language of the heart

     This isn't the first time
     I've asked for money or love
     Heaven and earth
     Don't ever mean enough
     Speak to me
     Of heroin and speed
     Just give me something
     I can believe

     The whores hustle and the hustlers whore
     Too many people out of love
     The whores hustle and the hustlers whore
     The city's ripped right to the core

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This Mess We're In

     Can you hear them?
     The helicopters?
     I'm in New York
     No need for words now
     We sit in silence
     You look me in the eye directly
     You met me
     I think it's Wednesday
     The evening, the mess we're in

     The city sun sets over me
     The city sun sets over me

     Night and day
     I dream of
     Making love to you now baby
     Love making on screen
     Impossible dream
     And I have seen
     The sunrise over the river
     The freeway, reminding of
     This mess we're in

     The city sun sets over me
     The city sun sets over me

     What were you wanting?
     I just want to say
     Don't ever change
     And thank you
     I don't think we will meet again
     I really must leave now
     Before the sunrise
     Above skyscrapers
     The sin and
     This mess we're in

     The city sun sets over me
     The city sun sets over me

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You Said Something

     On a rooftop in Brooklyn
     At one in the morning
     Watching the lights flash
     In Manhattan
     I see five bridges
     The Empire State Building
     And you said something
     That I've never forgotten

     We lean against railings
     Describing the colours
     And the smells of our homelands
     Acting like lovers
     How did we get here?
     To this point of living?
     I held my breath
     And you said something

     And I'm doing nothing wrong
     Riding in your car
     The radio playing
     We sing up to the eighth floor
     A rooftop, Manhattan
     At one in the morning
     And you said something
     That I've never forgotten

     You said something
     You said something
     You said something
     That was really important

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Kamikaze

     How could that happen?
     How could that happen again?
     Where the fuck was I looking
     When all his horses came in?
     And he built an army
     Of kamikaze

     Ten thousand willing
     Pilots flying
     Interfacing
     Space and beyond
     Built an army
     To come and find me

     Beyond all reason
     Beyond all my hopes
     The call of duty
     Another war zone
     (Makes me moan)

     Kamikaze
     Kamikaze
     You can't touch me
     Kamikaze

     Eight miles high
     He walks his path
     And I follow mine
     One truth for one eye
     He's come to find me

     Ten thousand willing
     Pilots flying
     Interfacing
     Space and beyond
     Here is his army
     Space and here we come

     Kamikaze
     Kamikaze
     You don't touch me
     Kamikaze

     Kamikaze
     You don't touch me
     Kamikaze
     You don't touch me

     Space here we come

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This Is Love

     I can't believe that life's so complex
     When I just want to sit here and watch you undress
     I can't believe that life's so complex
     When I just want to sit here and watch you undress

     This is love, this is love
     That I'm feeling
     This is love, this is love
     That I'm feeling
     This is love
     That I'm feeling

     Does it have to be a life full of dread
     I wanna chase you round the table, I wanna touch your head
     Does it have to be a life full of dread
     I wanna chase you round the table, I wanna touch your head

     This is love, this is love
     That I'm feeling
     This is love, this is love
     That I'm feeling
     This is love
     That I'm feeling

     I can't believe that the axis turns on suffering
     When you taste so good
     I can't believe that the axis turns on suffering
     When my head burns

     Love, love, love
     That I'm feeling
     This is love, this is love
     That I'm feeling
     This is love, love, love
     That I'm feeling

     Even in the summer
     Even in the spring
     You can never get too much of
     A wonderful thing

     You're the only story that I never told
     You're my dirty little secret, wanna keep you so
     You're the only story that  never been told
     You're my dirty little secret, wanna keep you so

     Come on out, come on over, help me forget
     Keep the walls from falling as they're tumbling in
     Come on out, come on over, help me forget
     Keep the walls from falling on me, tumbling in
     Keep the walls from falling as they're tumbling in

     This is love, this is love
     That I'm feeling
     This is love, this is love
     That I'm feeling
     This is love, this is love
     That I'm feeling
     This is love, love, love
     That I'm feeling

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Horses In My Dreams

     Horses in my dreams
     Like waves, like the sea
     They pull out of here
     They pull, they are free

     Rode a horse round the world
     Along the tracks of a train
     Broke the record, found the gold
     Set myself free again

     I have pulled myself clear
     I have pulled myself clear
     I have pulled myself clear
     Silent, I have pulled myself clear

     Horses in my dreams
     Like waves, like the sea
     On the tracks of a train
     Set myself free again

     I have pulled myself clear
     I have pulled myself clear
     I have pulled myself clear
     Silent, I have pulled myself clear

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We Float

     We wanted to find love
     We wanted success
     Until nothing was enough
     Until my middle name was excess

     Somehow I lost touch
     When you went out of sight
     When you got lost into the city
     Got lost into the night

     I was in need of help
     Heading to blackout
     Till someone told me "run on in honey
     Before somebody blows your goddamn brains out"

     You shoplifted as a child
     I had a model's smile
     You carried all my hopes
     Until something broke inside
     But now

     We float
     Take life as it comes
     We float
     Take life as it comes

     So will we die of shock?
     Die without a trial?
     Die on Good Friday?
     While holding each other tight

     This is kind of about you
     This is kind of about me
     We just kinda lost our way
     We were looking to be free
     But one day

     We'll float
     Take life as it comes
     We'll float
     Take life as it comes

     But one day
     We'll float
     Take life as it comes

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This Wicked Tongue

     This wicked tongue says
     God is a million miles away
     This wicked tongue says
     He can't see my day to day

     This wicked tongue says
     Go on, taste everything
     And this wicked tongue says
     You know you're not really living

     And it stares into the sun
     And it flies from star to star
     Cursing everyone
     In my ringing ears

     And the noise is as much as I can bear
     And the noise is as much as I can bear
     And the noise is as much as I can bear
     And the noise is as much as I can bear

     So I asked her where's the heart?
     In the rubbish heap of man
     So I asked her where's the soul?
     And the silence rang and rang and rang and rang and rang

     So I stare into the sun
     And I fly from star to star
     Cursing everyone
     In my ringing ears

     And the noise is as much as I can bear
     And the noise is as much as I can bear
     And the noise is as much as I can bear
     And the noise is as much as I can bear

     "I give up" he said
     "I give up you win"
     "Creation baby has failed again"
     "I give up" he said
     "I give up you win"
     "Creation baby has failed again"
     "Creation baby has failed again"
     "Creation baby has failed again"
     "Creation baby has failed again"