I'm looking for those old familiar faces In the places I left behind All the Townsons, Barnes and Staces And some good old friends of mine Because everyone is s...

There are so many sides to every story And this is mine A dirty pair of hands sometimes has to come clean And now is the time I just couldn't see love's great d...

Dark the night and long til day Do not bid us further stray Dark the night and long til day Do not bid us further stray Now the sun it does decline Pour the be...

There is a room that you just now walked out of It has everything in it but you There's a mirror that knew what you looked like And a door that has ruined the v...

I'm staying here and I'm not buying a gun I'll just take my trouble as it comes I know you've got it in for me But I don't give a damn I'd rather die while tryi...

There's a panic on the streets A reputation on a line A revolution every minute Nothing's gonna keep time Ask why Ask why The president's understudy Fluffing h...

She had a criminal conversation with the devil On the back seat of a burned out Toyota Camry She said she'd finally found a way to start a family But not one so...

When there's not enough rigor but there's too much rigor mortis You've got to ration love because you know that there's a shortage She'll take you with a pinch ...

Sometimes when you get mystic I have to leave the room Another accident statistic While the big bass drum goes boom There's an apocalypse now on station road If...

As I was out walking one night in the park Cupid was out on the town in the dark And I couldn't resist as I saw him walk by So I asked him why he had a tear in ...

They gave me doses of dioxide Started coughing constantly Nursed inside my wounded pride Poisoned arrow in my knee Then they stood around my bed Said I was gett...

You ghost visits every night at midnight I can hear the clanking of your chains First it frightened me but now somehow I'm glad to see you've come again And I ...

She flares up, they start to fight A chemical reaction late into the night Once they're out of love, now they're outta sight That's alright When silence reigns,...

I met you on Election Night As we cried over our beer Nothing you could do would cheer me up We broke up later that year How come you and I aren't winners? Why ...

Juliet said to the night air 'wherefore art thou romeo? ' He was beneath the balcony Hearing a word he didn't know Romeo said to juliet What does 'wherefore' me...

Juliet said to the night air 'wherefore art thou romeo?' He was beneath the balcony Hearing a word he didn't know Romeo said to juliet What does 'wherefore' mea...

Inside your machine I hear a whirring Cogs and flywheels getting into gear Was this was time to tell you're secrets Softly so that only I could hear Strange to...

We can wear the social fabric Put on the make-up of society We can champion the underdog Be proud that we're not another cog In the Blue Machinery In the Blue M...

One man's tears stain the pillow Where he used to lay his head She's left him for another man So how come they're both sleeping in his bed? He can hardly sleep ...

I've read that it's official That our love has solidified in ritual And all our sweet nothings melted into vitriol We eat it up, we chew it round, we spit it ou...

Once upon a time I could have had it all A princess with a price on her head Or the prince who'd climb her wall But when pride has it in for someone None of us ...

I can tell when you're telling lies I can see it in your smiling eyes I can't help when you're telling lies I can see it in your lack of surprise I can see just...

If tonight were like last night I wouldn't be thinking But dreaming of somewhere I wanted to go If tonight were like last night I wouldn't be sinking Or watchin...

I'm staying here and I'm not buying a gun I'll just take my trouble as it comes I know you've got it in for me But I don't give a damn I'd rather die while tryi...

I'm staying here and I'm not buying a gun I'll just take my trouble as it comes I know you've got it in for me But I don't give a damn I'd rather die while tryi...

You win the argument At the end of every night I never know the perfect time To hit the bedside light Then we lie awake Watch headlights climb the blinds I want...

The world is turning upside-down, no-one's in the black The king is on the balcony, the queen is in the sack He's lying through his golden teeth, she's lying on...

I'm staying here and I'm not buying a gun I'll just take my trouble as it comes I know you've got it in for me But I don't give a damn I'd rather die while tryi...

Bury it in the garden At midnight by the moon Cover up the traces Lick and dress your wounds Burn it up or drown it you can try But what has never lived can nev...

There's pollen flying down the holland tunnel And the hotel's full of mud and unmade clay There are rumours coasting in on fumes and vapors And there's no more ...

There's pollen flying down The Holland Tunnel And the hotel's full of mud and unmade clay There are rumours coasting in on fumes and vapors And there's no more ...

July 13th 1985 was the day we watched Live Aid The Global Jukebox came alive We fed the world that day We fed the world that day It was a day for a party we mad...

July 13th 1985 was the day we watched Live Aid The Global Jukebox came alive We fed the world that day We fed the world that day It was a day for a party we ma...

In Westminster, the bell fell down Took three hundred years to touch the ground Fall leaves drifted by and turned brown A foreign plane was downed Dogs came ru...

In westminster, the bell fell down Took three hundred years to touch the ground Fall leaves drifted by and turned brown A foreign plane was downed Dogs came ru...

Well they're taking minutes to do what takes me hours At the lover's society Well they're sending out tenders for new ivory towers At the lover's society And th...

When I ask you where you've been You look suicidal One day I'm gonna lock you in a room With a bed that creaks and a bible Gonna wait til the wallpaper cracks I...

I'm a quiet guy, lead a quiet life Got a quiet way and a quiet wife I don't say too much, if there's nothing to say I just watch the silence blow my day away P...

I'm a quiet guy, lead a quiet life Got a quiet way and a quiet wife I don't say too much, if there's nothing to say I just watch the silence blow my day away P...

Negative love Skeptical lies beneath the frown Negative love You're always putting other people down Then they're gone As they fade away well who's to say that ...

I give you everything you wanted I give you all that you require Say the word and I'll get on it I'm here to realize your desires So I don't know why You don't...

There's nothing that's better at all That's better than the sound of the closest call Tells you to act proud, act proud, walk tall There's nothing that's better...

There's nothing that's better at all That's better than the sound of the closest call Tells you to act proud, act proud, walk tall There's nothing that's better...

Could they call your name much louder Those sirens on the shore Arresting your attention Standing easy by the door Deny them if you want to Defy them if you dar...

He got shafted in Bradford for his out of date routines up there And the trouble he ran into Brighton was more than his share He's been running for thirty years...

"hey you" she said "i think that I have something in my eye" And she posed beneath the standard lamp As her clothes waved goodbye And she was Naked as a new apo...

Maybe you're insecure Neck deep in life's manure Maybe your heart's impure Inured to all small compensations Maybe you're born to lose Could be caught out or co...

I'm here in Philadelphia She got caught down in DC It's a wretched night, it's raining But she's coming up to meet me There's nothing I can do By the time she g...

Yesterday he was walking through the park On the way back from work it was getting dark He saw autumn trees with their peeling bark She was sitting on a bench H...

People love to watch you die And wonderful to tell People you have never met Claim to know you well People love to watch you die Dig your dignity One guy said '...

At night, he sits alone and he's looking at the stars He listens to them playing guitars Him and Phil go back a long long way They talked about marching and dyi...

Poor heart What to do? Dim the light There?s no respite For you Poor heart Can you see? Or will you beat A sad retreat for me Poor heart? Poor mouth Poor eyes...

Sometimes I look into your eyes I'm trying to see the light that shines back at me Sometimes there's nothing there Sometimes it's hard to care Sometimes I'm sca...

(an outtake that will surface somewhere, at some point) The beadle says I killed them all My wife, my screaming child I'm dying in the morning And they wonder ...

The Beadle says I killed them all My wife, my screaming child I'm dying in the morning And they wonder why I smile So I'll sit and write my memoirs Of a life up...

Well your voice grips me tight like fingers Takes hold of whatever's inside Though we try to harmonize with different singers When we're out of tune at least we...

Yesterday we were the best of friends Today we can't get back again Time has crept in crevices And patterns down the wall We could paint over the papered cracks...

Some things look hard and then they're not Like getting on a tightrope and falling off But there's never been anything harder than loving her She's so demanding...

Rise up from your deep sleep baby Wake up from your slumber I've got your anesthetic ready And I have got your number I'll do anything to help you make a smoot...

Well we're sluts You and me Succumb to pleasure easily Despite our last sincere intent We rise at two and go out unkempt Retire at si for alittle more Hey there...

I wish I could go back in time Tell you it has turned out fine Like it has, like it has, like it has I sit here singing in the sun Words not meant for anyone Ju...

After I had killed my wife And by the jury been acquitted I resolved to change my life And try to lead a life less wicked I roamed around from town to town In s...

I am here You are here too my dear We're drowning in the sun We're so near We're getting closer and We're sweat tears blood and come We are now Our skin is fus...

Well I was born in 1965 That was a hell of a good time to be alive Except that by the age of ten The music had turned crap again Now people say they wanna bring...

Well he shouts and wakes the whole street up He says 'I've never believed in you anyway' He says 'Now what the hell do you want to lecture me for To keep the ap...

Not long ago I went through the gate of dreams I came to the famous City of Destruction Where now a shuttle runs to the Emerald City With air miles and big grou...

Got a stupid job, but it's fair money Got a brand new car but I can't drive I've got a sweetheart, I call her honey And I've also got a wife People say that the...

Midweek and we reached Scarlet Town I was almost dying of thirst We parked the car in some old schoolyard The windscreen caked in dirt There was no water in the...

I sing of the triumph of trash The rise to success of hard cash The birth of annihilation The end of my patience I sing of the triumph of trash Trash is the pr...

I was holding up a cigarette and trying to find my mouth Tyring hard to look so cool like any other ticket tout People sipping on each other's blood, they're al...

The time on the clock on the wall in the bedroom Tells him it's time to leave Last glass of wine drowns the changes She wipes her eyes on her sleeve She's not c...

You might remember this conversation when you get older You may recall the warning signs on the road But if you lose all recollection Or misplace your sense of ...

I'd love to get inside your head And let's be blunt There are other words That rhyme as well But that's just the way I am Understand That I am underneath your s...

Nice girls are writing in journals Things they wish they'd done And all their bad sisters are walking high wires Counting the days in a month The awful truth do...

All you have to do is smile And the words just melt away And there is nowhere worth going And I have nothing to say When you smile Please take off your rings,...

You got a brain just like a steam shovel And I'm tar upon the road You've got a body like a shotgun That I'm trying to unload If you are yin and yang then Baby ...

Come all you pretty maidens that have a mind to go All along with your lover for to face the daring foe I've a mind to venture where the cannonballs do fly All ...

[A] Who did you say it was brother? Who was it fell by the [E] way? When [A] whiskey and blood run together Did you hear [E] anyone [A] pray? CHORUS I didn't ...

[A] Who did you say it was brother? Who was it fell by the [E] way? When [A] whiskey and blood run together Did you hear [E] anyone [A] pray? CHORUS I didn't he...

You know those feelings I'm talking about You're walking down the road A car indicates right and then turns left You didn't get the code It's a world of signs w...

What have they done to you darling? What did you let them do? Cos I can't believe they'd get that far Without some assistance from you Did you offer scant resis...

I'm gonna fill me full of coffee Just to drown the nicotine I'll do a slow striptease Then wash my body clean I'm gonna go to bed too early Just to keep me stil...

I'm gonna fill me full of coffee Just to drown the nicotine I'll do a slow striptease Then wash my body clean I'm gonna go to bed too early Just to keep me stil...

I was breathing not sleeping nor having the choice I was brushed by the skirts of a ghost with your voice You were drowned in the buzz of the humming machines A...

How can you be so dark and disgusting When she's all sweetness and light She doesn't lie through her teeth all day She doesn't grind them in her dreams When you...

You ghost visits every night at midnight I can hear the clanking of your chains First it frightened me but now somehow I'm glad to see you've come again And I ...

You ghost visits every night at midnight I can hear the clanking of your chains First it frightened me but now somehow I'm glad to see you've come again And I ...

I was breathing not sleeping nor having the choice I was brushed by the skirts of a ghost with your voice You were drowned in the buzz of the humming machines A...