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Look at me
I’m not a chair
I’m not inert
I’m everywhere
I’m a fish in the sea
I’m with the birds in the trees
There’s still a reason to get out of bed
And check your head is on
And when the TV tells me what to do
I answer back
I object
I’m not an object
I object
I’m still alive
I object
Turn off the T.V.set
Going, going, gone
I'm gone
Look at me
(Look at me)
I’m a bee
(I'm a bee)
I’m a frog
(yeah, I'm a frog)
Turning green
(I'm turning green)
I’m a germ
(Yeah, I'm a germ)
In the air
(I'm in the air)
The germs, the air, the air, the germs
Are everywhere
So what’s the point of talking to machines by phone?
I’m a dial tone when I’m all alone
There’s still some rooms where cameras cannot get a view
Of what I do
When I’m with you
I object
I’m not an object
I object
I’m still alive
I forget
Sometimes I disconnect
Going, going, gone
Not an object
Still alive
Sometimes
Disconnect
Going, going, gone
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In a car
Dead of night
By the sea after a fight
With style and grace like animals
With lip gloss on
Two desperate fools
Shouldn’t we be having more sex?
Are we missing something that everyone gets?
Shouldn’t we be getting it on?
Come on lover - where have you gone?
Let’s do it.
On the TV
In the air
The look of love is everywhere
By surprise
Passionately
On Tuesday night if we’re lucky
Shouldn’t we be having more sex?
Down and dirty
Going for it
Shouldn’t we be feeling it more?
Come on lover, who’s keeping a score
Are you feelin’ it more?
let’s do it
Before we die
After we’ve killed
On a grave just for the thrill
With tears of joy and howls of rage
Like dogs of war let’s engage
Shouldn’t we be having more sex?
Free and easy
Fucking intense
Shouldn’t we be close as it gets?
Come on lover before we regret
Before we forget
Aha
I want it
I need it
Ah ha ha
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3. |
I'm Gonna Die
04:13
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I'm gonna die
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4. |
Sparrow, Insect, Foetus
03:50
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I am the sparrow
I’m looking for food again
I’m frightened of strangers
Go away, I’ll come back, and then
I’m eager to take it
Wary of taking risks
A risk could be fatal
Or harmless like a kiss
I am the insect
I can be everywhere
Blown by the tempest
Gone in a puff of air
I’m haunted by giants
Who live for eternity
I live for an hour
But life burns inside of me
I am the foetus
I am the only one
I am existing
Unconscious of anyone
I am all-feeling
I am the everything
And every moment
Blows through me and out again
I am the sparrow
I am the insect
I am the foetus
Repeat it
I am the sparrow
I am the insect
I am the foetus
Repeat it
Ah -
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5. |
Just Act Dumb
04:34
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JUST ACT DUMB
Imagine us having sex
Now that we’re too close to connect
I guess tv has its effect
We can’t drag ourselves away
There are the undisputed facts
There’s years of grinding the same axe
I guess I’ll see you in the sack
We can chat about decor
When you give me the old ‘what for’
Just act dumb de doo dum dum
De doo dum dum
Just act dumb
Stop your fretting there’s no use regretting
It’s done
Just act dumb
Just act dumb
Just act dumb
I guess it’s never black and white
That’s why I can’t switch off at night
And if you want to have a fight
You’re always right
Now that the lights have turned dim
Don’t let those big ideas in
What was the main point again?
Tell her she’s the only one
When that moment never comes
Just act dumb de doo dum dum
De doo dum dum
Just act dumb
So stop your fretting
The chord’s you’re forgetting to strum
Just act dumb
Just act dumb
There are secrets that you have to keep
So pretend that you are asleep
Don’t be alarmed if you hear
Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep
Just act dumb de doo dum dum
De doo dum dum
Just act dumb
You know the chorus
So hide the thesauraus and hum
Dum dee dum
Dum dee dum.
Dee do dum dum
So start counting back
From 10 to 1
From 10 to 1.
Are you still there?
Well soon I’ll be gone
Just act dumb
Just act dumb
Dum dee dum dee doo dum dum
Dum dee dum dee dum dee dum
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6. |
Are You Still Smoking?
03:56
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I’ve killed before and I’ll kill again
Have another one my friend
Oh yeah
Hang out with the lucky few
It’s cold outside but what a view
Oh yeah
In dirty corners ‘round the back
Waiting for the heart attack
Oh yeah
Are you still smoking?
Oh no
That’ll kill you
I know
As I grow up and I grow weak
I fill my lungs and hit my peak
Oh yeah
The wind is blowing in my face
I suck it back and feel the taste
Oh yeah
Light my rocket, start the car
Join the space race, see the stars
Oh yeah
Are you still smoking?
Oh no
That’ll kill you
I know
Are you still playing guitar?
Your career never went far
(Give up, give up, give up
Give up, give up, give up
Give up, give up, give up
Give up, give up, give up
Give up, give up, give up
Give up, give up, give up
Give up, give up, give up
Give up, give up, give up
Give up, give up, give up
Give up, give up, give up
Give up, give up, give up
And when it’s time to pay
I’ll pay
And when it’s time to pray to God she’ll say
“Are you still smoking?
Oh no
The joke is over
Ho ho
Are you still hoping?
No hope
Join the undead
Bring rope
And if you’re still trying to hang on
No one’s listening to your song
We all know where you have been
The disappointed wanna welcome you in
The doors are open
Come in
Hell is full of your friends
The old and tired
Nice folks
We may be stupid but we
Don’t smoke like you.”
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7. |
Don't Go Dark Now
04:08
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Darling you’ve been sleeping through the news again
The president’s evaporated - millions have been fed
Dream on
Dream on
This picture is all wrong
Meanwhile in the real world moguls own the air
They feed the fear that starts the war and pins me to my chair
I’m blind
I see
Too late catastrophe
Ooo
Don’t go dark now
Ooo
Don’t fade away
I need you more than ever
To face up to these dark days
Don’t go dark now
Atoms are colliding in distant galaxies
Alternate universes full of possibility
Tune out
Tune in
No one owns your skin
Ooo
Don’t go dark now
Ooo
Don’t fade away
I need you more than ever
To face up to these dark days
Don’t go dark now
Don't go dark now
Don't go dark now
Instantly I’m nowhere
Immediately I’m gone
I’m gas, I’m air, I’m vapour
I’m half an ok song
Take aim
Take aim
No one is to blame
Ooo
Don’t go dark now
Ooo
Don’t fade away
I need you more than ever
To face up to these dark days
Don’t go dark now
Don't fade away and go dark now
Don't go dark now
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8. |
Mr Emotion
03:33
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Oooo
Keep it in
Who can tell that you’re receding?
Who can tell
Which of your animals you’ve been feeding?
Eating well
Avoiding hell
Who can tell?
Backwards and forwards and forwards and backwards
Do I have to act like the rest of the actors?
Come on Mr Emotion
Come on Mr Emotion
Come on Mr Emotion
Cry
Hey
Hold it back
Don’t look at me I’m disappearing
Look at me
Scream out loud but I’m not hearing
Deafen me
Look for me
Can’t you see?
Forwards and backwards and backwards and forwards
My heart’s on my sleeve but I try to ignore it
Come on Mr Emotion
Come on Mr Emotion
Come on Mr Emotion
Cry
Come on Mr Emotion
Come on Mr you’re snowed in
Come on Mr Emotion
Cry
(What seems to be the basic problem?)
Accidents happen in back seats of taxis
I didn’t react there was kind of a lack of me
Sort of exactly
She tried to attack me
The facts and the figures won’t ever relax me
Come on Mr Emotion
Come on dive in the ocean
Come on Mr Emotion
Cry
Cry
Cry
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9. |
Fuckin' Fix It
03:44
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Have we got a signal?
Have we got a fix?
Let me sort out something
Whose arse do I kick?
Your’s?
Well?
Fuckin’ fix it
Fuckin’ fix it
You can fuck it
Or you can fix it
Or you can fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
Fuckin’ fix it
Fuckin’ fix it
You can fuck it
Or you can fix it
Or you can fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
Have you a condition?
Are you feeling ill?
Either you’re plain stupid
Or you want to be killed
No? Well?
Fuckin’ fix it
Fuckin’ fix it
You can fuck it
Or you can fix it
Or you can fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
Fuckin’ fix it
Fuckin’ fix it
You can fuck it
Or you can fix it
Or you can fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
I’m a people person
You’re a person too
This is strictly business
When I say “Hey, screw you”
Yeah
Fuckin’ fix it
Fuckin’ fix it
You can fuck it
Or you can fix it
Or you can fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
Fuckin’ fix it
Fuckin’ fix it
You can fuck it
Or you can fix it
Or you can fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
This is how it ends when you are going down
This is how it ends when you just fail
I’ll be right behind you when you lose your way
With my pitchfork and my pointy tail
Saying
Fuckin’ fix it
Fuckin’ fix it
You can fuck it
Or you can fix it
Or you can fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
Fuckin’ fix it
Fuckin’ fix it
You can fuck it
Or you can fix it
Or you can fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
Fuck around
Fucka fuck around
Fucking fix it
Fucking fix it
Fucking fix it
Fucking fix it
Fucking fix it
Fucking fix it
Fucking fix it now
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10. |
Somebody Else Is Calling
04:39
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I’m trying to cook the dinner
I’ve forgotten to pay attention
I don’t understand what my role is
Maybe I’m not performing
Somebody else is calling
And I think that they are in India
I’m trying to make predictions
But all of my targets are missing
Remember to drink some water
Stand up and stretch every hour
Somebody else is calling
And I think that they are in India
They can’t seem to get my name right
And they say that I am a winner
Well I haven’t got the energy
(Ah -
Ah -
Ah - )
Let’s reinvent the mother
Let’s put it out to tender
Let’s pull apart the father
Children are so expensive
(Wo - )
I need to speak to a person
Not just a representative
Somewhere across the ocean
A new day is dawning
And somebody else is calling
Are you a real person?
Does your family know you’re missing?
Does your family know you’re missing?
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11. |
Everything Times Ten
03:10
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(What kind of lunatic god designed us?)
I cannot undo all the things I’ve done
I’ve said what I’ve said and I’ve already sent it
My cells still divide and multiply
And you’re wanting me to be level headed
I wanna be big so I eat too much
I wanna be thin so I just act thinner
I wanna be loved but I’m scared to touch
Keep disappearing and no one will get you
But
You know me
You know me well
You owe me
You show me
Everything times ten
Everything times ten
Look at what I’ve done
The world is going to end
Everything times ten
I’m closing my eyes while I count to ten
Change everything and my life’d be perfect
God give me strength of ten men
Ten times a night and I’d go berserk with it
But
You charm me
You calm me down
Your army disarms me
Everything times ten
Everything times ten
From the bottom of my heart
To the highest of heaven
Reasons multiply
Chaos never ends
Where do I get off?
Where do you begin?
Everything times ten
(Do you wanna know the truth?
You don’t wanna know the truth)
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12. |
Pleasure
03:47
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Maybe this is normal
It’s looking funny to me
I can’t keep a straight face
You take it so seriously
Keep on making choices
Just ‘cause the choices are there
No decision’s final
Who knows?
Whatever, who cares?
But I want to know what it’s like inside a volcano
I want to know what it’s like to host a tv show
I want to know what it’s like
Wanna know if it’s alright if I come and go
For pleasure
It’s alright
Maybe this is normal
All this electricity
Maybe all the people
Are like this in this city
Maybe it’s a virus
Or mass hallucination
Maybe it’s inside us
This crazy fascination
But I want to know what it’s like right now everywhere
But I want to know what it’s like to let go
Don’t care
I want to know what it’s like
Wanna know if it’s alright if I come and go
For pleasure
Maybe it’s the dawning
Of some incredible age
Maybe we are staring
At the top of a blank page
No one gave directions
Anticipating events
History couldn’t help us
As far as history went
But I want to know what it’s like to sleep in outer space
But I want to know what it’s like to wake and see your face
I want to know what it’s like
Wanna know if it’s alright if I come and go
For pleasure
It’s alright
It’s alright
It’s alright
Maybe this is normal
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13. |
I'm Sorry
03:29
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I’m sorry
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
For money, for weather, for deserts through long drives
I’m sorry
For torture, for joking, for cooking without love
I’m sorry
For noisily thinking
For coughing when kissing
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
For acting, bad acting
Direction is lacking
I’m sorry
For business at weddings and drinking through decades
I’m sorry
So sorry, sorry
For making bad records and humming like traffic
I’m sorry
For loving and leaving and sleeping with bad dreams I’m sorry
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
I’m sorry
So sorry I am
For eating like wartime and spilling my feelings
I’m sorry
For bombing, at random, I meant it, I mean it
I’m sorry
For last night, for last year, for next time, for all time I’m sorry
For going on too long
For everything starting and stopping
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