Tam
JohnstoneÕs Song Explosion - Lyrics
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Week
52: Closedown (Johnstone) I
don't know why it is, I'm trying But
it's oh so hard to understand The
mechanisms of this crazy, modern Word I've
tried living in the now but I can't I
don't know how to shut the noise outside And
walk two steps away from failure And
honestly, I guess I never will Would
you call me if you needed a friend? Are
you gonna come home again? I
guess I just don't know If you
ever had a chance to mend The
things you broke back then Would
you break them all again? There's
a time and place for everything And
everything has a beginning and end It's
up to you how much you take From
what you understand and what you give away I
still feel your phantom hands on me It
gets so hard some times to wriggle free I
don't know what you ever saw in me I only
know I see it every day There's
a time when it's okay to pretend And a
time to be grown up again It's
really all we've got Would
you call me if you needed a friend? Will
you ever come home again? I
guess I just don't know How
quickly we forget, how quickly we regret Promises
and dreams we haven't realised yet Everything
you do and everything you say Is
recorded in somebody's memory anyway I
would like to be a friend to you I
would like to put my arms around you It all
seems such a waste to die Without
some evidence that we were here at all Posted:
Wednesday 21st December 2011 A sled
came crashing out the sky into the snow From
the wreckage crawled a jolly man in red With
teeth marks in his head He
found his way to town through tinsel covered trees Where
every year the children wait so patiently It's
the time of year when the town is filled with love But
it's different tonight 'cause Saint Nick took a bite And
the town's gonna fill up with blood Well,
it's gonna be a zombie Christmas They'll
be carving up your bones and your brains It's
futile and it's pointless to keep on running 'Cause
they're gonna catch you, come Christmas Day You
can blame the scientists who fool with DNA You
can blame the evangelists but the dead are on their way So
forget your goodwill to all men and peace on Earth Just
pick up a gun and learn how to run And
fight for what it's worth What
you gonna do when they catch up with you And
use your guts for decorations? Your
eyeballs will be Christmas balls And
your ding dong so merry on high Now
available to download from iTunes
Dependable,
upstanding Couldn't
take that sucker down With
air, fire or water Now it
seems my times' run out Time
to think of other things Like
books and blankets I
don't know what's wrong with me Somethings'
down at the Sgt. Factory You're
so sweet when you stroke my head And
tell me "it's alright" We
both know it's not alright We
were up half the night trying to make it alright And
I'm kinda at the point now Where
I'm not sure that I really care 'Cause
I'm losing my looks And
I'm losing my hair It's
just another thing to go 'round here I
don't know what's wrong with me Somethings'
down at the Sgt. Factory Late
at night when I'm all alone I see
if I've still got the magic (black magic) It's
always better than the real thing Though,
I hear there's cunning plans afoot At the
Sgt. Factory No
more logical conclusions Only
emotional cuts and bruises on both sides Well,
I don't know what's wrong with me Somethings'
down at the Sgt. Factory Into
the darkness, she had hid Erasing
everything in her path In all
of my live I'd never been in Never
seen a situation so fucked up Shadows
came/I was lost Overpowered But
you gave me a place to hide Voices
of angels I do
believe I'm paralyzed We went
on a date, we talked about America And
evil that men have done We
talked a lot about slavery and other cultures You
talked a lot about guns It's
such an alien World to me, protected in my Caucasian
middle class bowl I went
to public school, always played by the rules I
always did what I was told 'Cause
I'm not from your planet, Janet I
don't belong on your planet, Janet It's
different on your planet, Janet I
don't understand the language And
Janet, I wanna go home We ate
some pizza and European lager A
brief reminder of home I get
weary, conspiracy theories Why
won't they leave us alone The
dialect we share may be related But
most of the meanings have changed Trying
to follow left me feeling hollow It
also left me rather deranged 'Cause
I'm not from your planet, Janet I
don't belong on your planet, Janet It's
different on your planet, Janet I
don't understand the language And
I'm whiter than a bandage I've
got a lot of emotional baggage And
Janet, I wanna go home It's
getting late, I hate to be a party pooper I just
don't know what to say When I
first met you I was sailing on the social lube It
feels so different today Things
you find funny I don't find funny But
I'm laughing to be polite Don't
wanna fake it, don't wanna make it Don't
wanna stay out tonight. Alright?
Posted:
Sunday 11th December 2011 I
fucked up a thousand times But I
always come back to you, girl I'll
always come back to you Tied
like twins by rubber band I
always come back to you, girl I'll
always come back to you I
don't know what this is for Why
you lay this at my door? I
can't feel you anymore I
don't see you just a floor I am
not a metal man I
always come back to you, girl I
always come back to you, girl I'll
always come back to you I
don't know what this is for I've
been here ten times before I
can't feel you anymore I
don't see you just a floor Posted:
Wednesday 23rd November 2011 Tiny
daggers slit the seams Of our
teenage fantasies Bleak
reminders appear again Like a
wreath on a hairpin bend From
the night club mezzanine You
can hear the mating screams: We are
animals! We are animals! They
shoot to thrill, they hunt in packs No
sudden moves now, just the facts When they
see the whites of your eyes Don't
bother to run, don't bother to try Just
kiss your peachy ass goodbye As
they exalt their battle cry We are
animals! We are animals! Oh
they've got you in a trap And
sixty minutes you'll never get back Another
vodka martini and a sambuca chasers' Gonna
put you in a bad way later Alpha
male, mother of the pride Alpha
male, mother of the pride We are
animals! We are animals! And
now you're looking for an off switch You're
desperately looking for a way out Running
into one way traffic But
look below the exit sign The
masses come out, the masses come out And
when the masses come out We all
get deported Diddly
wha wha baboon pants Diddly
wha wha liver spot hands Alpha
male sees the coward you are Alpha female
grabbing your arse From
the night club latrine You
can hear the mating screams: We are
animals! We are animals! The
masses come out, the masses come out And
when the masses come out We all
get deported We are
animals! We are animals! Alpha
male sees the coward you are Alpha
female holds the cards We are
animals! We are animals! We are
animals!
Posted:
Tuesday 22nd November 2011 Ah
Posted:
Tuesday 1st November 2011 Young people
are so naiive Young
people are smooth and sweet and clean They
dream impossible dreams And
make love like confused machines Young
people got it all worked out Any
place in the World you go Young
people on the stereo They
say, "gimme a kiss And I'll
show you a trick I know" Create
an alibi, slip out the window You've
got a beautiful body But it
won't last forever, no See
the men in their forties Fight
the urge to let it show Until
they get back home Out of
the sodium glow and then it's... And now
we're friends with the beautiful ones Because
the young people's music sucks so So we
give 'em a hand 'Cause
there's so little they really know Young
people think they know it all Take
your foot off the third rail No one
cares what you took last night - it's old We got
resilient bodies but It's
6am, we got no subway fare and it's cold Are
you about to fold? C'mon,
do what you're told and twist it Young
people are so naiive Young
people are hot and peachy keen They
dream impossible dreams And make
love like surprised machines Young
people got it all worked out Posted:
Friday 28th October 2011 I had
a date with a complicated girl Who
maxed her credit cards A
temporary fix for broken hearts And in
her head she was queen of the World She
didn't understand She's
unaware she has to pay it back Oh
yeah She
don't wanna hear it, she just wants it all to stop (rewind
and start again) The
coffee cups and dishes in the sink Are
piling up and causing quite a stink Hungover
to the point she cannot think She's
such a complicated girl She
didn't make the meeting yet again
'Cause
she was sliding down a pole to pay the rent Now
she's slipping out of view from all her friends She's
just a complicated girl It all
seems so unfair When
she's standing there Fag in
hand, pretending not to care But
I've seen the cuts and cigarette burns She
says it turns her on That
there's really no cause for alarm Yeah
right She
don't wanna hear it, she just wants it all to stop (She waits
and count to ten) All
the hot boys at the dance tonight Are
suited up And
everybodys' got a date but her Can't
she see that she gives it up so easily? And
all it took was an internet connection And a
web camera And
now the night has come and gone There's
not a soul around who wants to take her home She
lost her cigarettes, her house keys and her phone She's
such a complicated girl The
coffee cups and dishes in the sink Still
piling up and causing quite a stink Hungover
again and teetering on the brink She's
such a complicated girl And
finally the writings on the wall She
disappears into a shopping mall And
cries until there's nothing left at all She
says, "I'm
not so complicated You
boys are overrated!" She's
such a complicated girl Posted:
Wednesday 26th October 2011 Way
past midnight In the
Devil's kitchen Idle
hands My
buzz is gettin' bitchin' I
smell voodoo Feelin'
eyes upon me Shadows
of black crows Form
into a body You
oughtta know You
shouldn't go Unless
you wanna lose your soul You
best think twice Don't
roll that dice Because
it always lands snake eyes up Don't
get caught out Playin'
with the Devil He'll
seduce you Treat
you like a rock star Then
he'll use you Like a
major f*cks a pop star And
when you've got a grip On the
situation He'll
chase you down to Hell With a
hundred and one damnations You
say it's alright It's
your lucky night But
your luck just ran out tonight You
best think twice Before
you roll that dice Because
it always lands snake eyes up Don't
get caught out Playin'
with the Devil You
better run Posted:
Tuesday 25th October 2011 I
Still Dream Of You Don't
ask me why I
haven't got a clue My grey
skies were blue Until
I woke up from a slumber of you I was
rolling along I was
singing a song It was
something I wrote about you And I
long for the day I can
honestly say That
I'm really quite gay without you I
Still Dream Of You Now I
remember what I'm missing And
it's you I'm so
terribly tired Of
being alone on this isle In a
sea of peculiar accents And my
darling, it's true I miss
the shit out of you 'Cause
my life without you seems pointless I
Still Dream Of You Oh my,
how ever will I manage Without
you? Posted:
Monday 10th October 2011 I must
confess She
relieves my stress When
she's in that dress Yeah
yeah yeah yes Well,
I tracked her down From
the smell of sexcess To
Snow Queen eyes And
everlasting legs But
when I said I was hungry For
some room to roam You
know, experimentation She
said "stick to your own" She
had Kohl
eyes Long
hair Hot
Legs Kinky
boots Why go
to Iraq When
you got that rack? I
wanna take her to space 'Cause
zero gravity Would
have a freakin' coronary I
asked her 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 times And
when I asked her again She
said, "leave me alone!" She
said, ÒWell,
come on Whip
it out I
wanna see what all the fuss is aboutÓ Well,
alright! So,
now you're my girl Would you
hold me in your arms So I
can gaze at your pendulous charms? They
make me feel sexual, almost intellectual As I
marvel at the mass Posted:
Friday 7th October 2011 Ooh I really like the way that you move I really like the things that you do Girl, you're alright Dancing close together Tonight could last forever Touching one another Playing with each other Kiss me like a lover Hold me like a lover would do And we can make it all night All night All night All night I wanna make it with you Peaches and cream Ooh girl Its been a beautiful night But I'm a little too drunk to drive Can I walk you home? Is that alright? Now we're all alone There's nowhere left to go Tonight was so fantastic I'm feeling so romantic I don't wanna stop I just wanna make it with you And we can make it all night All night All night All night Feels like we're falling in love And it
feels like you're wanting it, too Posted:
Monday 3rd October 2011 So you're
on your own again Doesn't
mean that it's forever evermore It's
just time to work things out again Hey I
really do believe in you Like a
hundred others do And
it's okay to steal a shout If you
need to So
let's drink to the bad times 'Cause
they make us who we are Resilient,
bullet-proof, battle-scarred We
have won, we have lost We
have lived to count the cost And I
wouldn't have it any other way Oh
what the hell was that you said? Our
Rock 'n' Roll is dead? It ain't dead And
anyway it's only sleeping And
let me tell you anyway It was
high time for a change Maybe
someday we'll try again With
feeling Please
don't think I didn't want to 'Cause
I wanted to And it
hurt so bad All I
really wanted to say Is I
wouldn't change a thing Or have
it any other way Week
37: Polygraph (Johnstone) Posted:
Friday 30th September 2011 Hope
and sadness, rage and madness Is all
you'll ever get from this Through
a hole in the door Just
wide enough to wonder If
there could be more I'll
never let it show but You're
just someone I used to know Red
brick houses, twitching curtains Swallowed
up our feral screams After
yet another fight As you
sped away into the night In one
of Vincenzo's machines I'll
never let it show but You're
just someone I used to know Deafening
silence, dumb defiance Is all
you'll ever get from me Connect
me to a polygraph Ask me
anything you like I know
how to hide the truth I'll
never let it show but You're
just someone I used to know Posted:
Monday 12th September 2011 We
come in peace We
mean you no harm Not
really! We are
small yet powerful Quite
clearly In
your cupboards In
your clothes We are
everywhere We
make ourselves invisible ThatÕs
why you can feel us But
you can't see us there What's
that shape In
your peripherals Crawling
down the stairs? Maybe
we'll get you And
eat you up You
should be scared Did we
come from outer space A
billion years ago? Were
we once a hundred feet high? Guess
you'll never know Until
we grow I can see
them running down the stairs tonight I can
see them running through your hair tonight We Are
Spiders! Eight
eyes to track you down Eight
legs to hold you down
Posted:
Sunday 11th September 2011 You
say I never really knew yer 'Cause
I never bothered to look Beneath
your porcelain exterior In the
pictures that I took You
are a drug I ain't getting off on You
are a drug I can kick You
say you never really knew me Well,
you never bothered to ask You saw
me and my money Thought
I was spoilt middle class Time
and fashion slip away Posted:
Friday 19th August 2011 Me and
my shadow Walk
to the bus stop Maybe
you'll be there With
your lovely 80s hair I am
growing up And
it's confusing me Are
you perusing me? Fags
on the swing Smoke
makes me sick Too
soon to say But
I'll say it anyway Or let
the moment slip away That
could've changed everything Now it
don't mean a thing Life
in an English boarding school Is
jolly, rough and gay The
boys take showers And
the schoolmasters Are
never never far away It's
the way it's been for a 100 years Traditionally
British And
ever so slightly queer Oh,
life in an English boarding school Is
much as you'd expect Failure
to comply by the rules Will
result in a fate Far
far far worse than death! And
always stand erect!! Hey
hey mama Why
won't you let me come home? Why
don't you let me come home? I
wanna go home Why
don't you let me pack my bags And
come home? Posted:
Tuesday 16th August 2011 What's
that creaking in the walls? Lord,
it's got me by the balls The
Creeper Twisting
up around the beams Gets
in cracks you've never seen The
Creeper, The Creeper It
creeps into your memory at night Turns the
white to black and wrong to right 'Til
you wake up in a sweat Totally
confused It's
The Creeper And
there's nothing you can do You
cut away, you thrash and hack No
matter what, it still comes back The
Creeper always knows what makes you tick You
pompus ass, you na•ve fool There
is no escape for you From
The Creeper, The Creeper It
seduces you with tricks of the light Her
tentacles are strong And
they block out the light 'Til
you wake up from the twisting And
the Voodoo It's
The Creeper and there's nothing you can do I'd
give you a thousand dollars If
you'd cure me, please I'd
even load the rifle And
get down on my knees 'Cause
whatever I do She
keeps on coming after me 'Cause
The Creeper wants to know Just
where I've been Posted:
Sunday 14th August 2011 In a
dream you looked so sad In a
dream you sat up in my lap And I
told you everything would be alright And
all the bad stuff went away 'Cause
in a dream You
can make it go that way You
can do anything Whoa,
now I see the darkness That
surrounds you And
there's nothing in the World That I
can do for you In a
dream you looked at me And
said, "we are not who we used to be So
take a good long look at me And
wake up" Why'd
you rattle the cage Can't
you see my love for you Was softly
sleeping? Maybe
you were asking a lot But
maybe I wasn't giving enough up Whoa,
now I see the darkness That
surrounds you And
there's nothing in the World That I
can do for you In a
dream you looked at me Said,
"we are not who we used to be So take
a good long look at me And
wake up, yeah Take a
long last look at me And
wake up" Week
31: Paper Boat (Johnstone) Posted:
Monday 8th August 2011 Once
upon a time there was a beautiful princess Who
had flaxen hair and a dog called Kevin One
night she went out deep into the dark wood For
she was no longer afraid Of the
creatures in the dark wood And
she followed a light through the trees To the
shore of a moonlit ocean And
she climbed inside a paper boat that was waiting To take
her away to a magical land I am
happy that you made it Konnichiwa,
konnichiwa I'm so
happy that you came Konnichiwa,
konnichiwa 'Cause we all have the power If we
want it Yes, we all have the power If we
want it Through
the dark night, under a blanket of stars She
sailed upon the gentle waves Until
the dawn began to rise Out of
the mist The
silhouette of an island appeared And
waiting at the shore was the handsome prince She
always knew someday she would meet He
took her by the hand and they both knew This
was real Week
30: Everything Is Awesome (Johnstone) Posted:
Thursday 28th July 2011 Every
day I wake
up to see The
prettiest girl In the
whole wide word Looking
back at me Well,
I'm a lucky guy The
phone keeps ringing People
dig the way I think And
the stuff I'm bringing I
don't question it 'Cause
I don't want it to go away I just
thank my lucky stars at night That I
always get to say: Everything
is awesome Everything
is great Everything
I need is here And I
don't have to wait (And
all the children sing) La la
la la... I made
a random list Of
things that make me smile I made
a random list I hope
it makes you smile For a
long while (here
we go) Electric
cars Yoga
mats Mila
Kunis Vampire
bats Louis
C.K Echo
plates Bangers
and mash Drunk blind
dates The
Millenium Falcon Rubber
Soul Chocolate
ice cream Nat
King Cole Cats
and lazer pointers Wayne
Coyne's gong Screams
of ecstasy Naomi
Watts in King Kong Week
29: Long Road (Johnstone) Posted:
Tuesday 19th July 2011 There's
something in the way You
say my name There's
something in the way You
slow my brain There's
nothing in the world I'd
rather do Than
drive along the long long road That
leads to you There's
something in the way You
walk in a room There's
something in the way You're
gone too soon There's
nothing in the world I'd
rather do Than
drive along the long long road That
leads to you You
don't ask questions You
don't need to ask And
when I really really need it You
kick my ass I've
got a lot of fantasies and crazy dreams But you
can make them real There's
something in the way Your
hand fits mine And
there's nothing in the way No
space or time There's
nowhere in the world I'd
rather be Than
driving on a long long road With
you next to me Than
driving on a long long road With you
next to me Everybody
knows, it's true I have
fallen for you To see
your face Behind
that old wood door There's
nothing I want more There's
something in the way You
make me laugh There's
something in the way You're
okay with my past And if
it comes around To ask
what's new I'll
say I'm on the long long road That
leads to you I'm
driving on the long long road That
leads to you Week
28: When The Sun Goes Down (Johnstone) Posted:
Thursday 14th July 2011 When
the sun goes down Week
27: Homeward Bound/In Love (Johnstone) Posted:
Monday 11th July 2011 Row
row, homeward bound Row
row, homeward bound For I
must see her In her
wedding gown Row
row, homeward bound Somewhere
on the cruel sea Blood
was spilt, mutiny We
defended our vessel For
the king and queen Whoa
the captain could not be found Well,
I told him once, I told him twice He
wouldn't listen to my advice Now
he's drowned in the water With
the other bloody mice Row
row, homeward bound Strange
sounds corrupting my dreams Strange
colours ripping the seams Look
out, look overhead If you
can't roll the dice Then
you might as well be dead Ask me
once I will not lie Ask me
twice I will comply But I
can't sit here While
all around me die Will I
be on the next wave down? So listen
now 'cause I trust in you Time
is short but you will pull through And
the rest be damned 'Cause
they wouldn't follow, too Row
row, homeward bound Destiny,
a pre-woven tapestry A
story of you and me - one that will last Time
can make strangers and failures of us all So
what are you waiting for? I'm ready to fall I'm
ready to fall I
didn't want to but here I go again Don't
look back, you know when you look like that You
give me a heart attack - it should be a crime You
make me light up like a Christmas tree I am
lost, I am incomplete until I look in your eyes Your
beautiful eyes I didn't want to (fall in love) but here I
go again |
Week
26: YouÕre F***ing Beautiful (Johnstone) Posted:
Sunday 3rd July 2011 Wish I
could erase my mind And leave
that f***er standing in the dust And
never see it's face again Lord
knows why I've been looking back I
guess I thought I'd only lost a lover Now I
see I also lost a friend But
you never rained down on my fantasies You
stuck with me And
I'm grateful you encouraged me Oh my
God you're so beautiful So
very beautiful Oh my
God you're so f***ing beautiful Don't
you know how f***ing beautiful you are? Now I
don't know what you've been told When
that old dance routine starts growing old It's time
to shake it up a bit So
let's get together, what do you say? Cut
the crap and wash it down the drain We've
always been a perfect fit Sometimes
you seem so far away from me But I
know Far Away is the most magical place to be Repeat
chorus Let's
steal a car and disappear Out of
here and miles away together Somewhere
your friends will never find us Let's
get plastic surgery And we
can live as fugitives forever While
they all bitch and moan about us Though
you to me are most heavenly Your
friends hit every branch When
they fell out the ugly tree Repeat
chorus twice Week
25: Kids On Bikes (Johnstone) Posted:
Tuesday 28th June 2011 I'm on
a phone I'm on
a phone It's
got internet I play
scrabble on it Sometimes
it vibrates, it gives me migraines And now
I'm texting you And
now I'm calling you ("hello?") I
don't do drugs and I don't drink pints I
sleep all day 'cause I'm out all night Kids
on bikes out in the street Looking
for some action Looking
for diamonds in the darkness Kids
on bikes craving fresh meat Looking
for a target Come
out of the darkness and surround you I like
girls They
smell nice They
laugh at my jokes They
look nice I go
out with them, I stay in with them I like
snogging them, I like squeezing them (mmm) I stay
away from the city lights 'Cause
there ain't no love in the city tonight
Posted:
Monday 20th June 2011 Now
we're face to face Baby,
I can't take the pace Of
this slow, slow, slow silence I will
run away If you
fly into a rage And this
descends into violence This
ain't no love song Someone
get me out of here Do you
like it smooth Or do
you like it rough? Are
you sittin' round waiting For
the right kind of woman Who's
good enough? Well,
you're a never-been, never-been Acting
like you should've been, should've been Mad
'cause you would've been, should've been Could've
been someone real Hold
me in your arms again Before
you turn me inside out again I
don't want you back But
we're permanently attached And
it's a cold, cold, cold deal Oh,
how does it feel when you get your way? Is it
really worth the price you pay Week
23: Muffin Top (Johnstone) Posted:
Sunday 12th June 2011 Shaking and baking where the music is loud Move that muffin like a mushroom cloud Talk is cheap but she don't know nothing Low
cut jeans with a split top muffin My my
muffin top, my muffin top Come
on and show me them sacral dips Come
on and shake them bingo wings Whale tail, camel toe Love handles, here we go Twist it and shake it 'til you're good to
go Twist it and shake it and ride the train Twist it and shake it and there she blows Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow Make it rain, make it rain, make it rain Now
twist it Shake
it Week
22: Hard To Say Goodbye (Johnstone) Posted:
Tuesday 31st May 2011 "What
was I? Was I
worth the debris left behind? Slip
away I
don't want you to see me this way" Now it
feels so strange when I see my face Reflected
in your eyes After
all these years It's
so hard to say goodbye "No
regrets I'm a
liar and now my pants are on fire I
withheld so much But in
the end all you needed was love" Though
I wanted to make peace with you We
never had the time After
all these years It's
so hard to say goodbye Will I
ever make the pieces fit Or
find the reasons why? After
all these years It's
so hard to say goodbye Week
21: Somewhere Down The Hiway (Johnstone) Posted:
Tuesday 24th May 2011 Somewhere
down the hiway There's
a hill of burning plastic And
the fumes are turning children Into
addicts Somewhere
down the hiway There
were jet fighters above us We're
on borrowed time And
they're all out of forgiveness Well
you're looking at me And
I'm looking and you And
we're wondering and wondering Just
what we're gonna do It's
the same old song: "It's
really not a problem Until
it becomes our problem" Somewhere
down the hiway When
the weight is off our shoulders We can
leave the dirty business To the
soldiers So
it's one more shot and one more beer If
it's out of sight it's out of here So
let's medicate And
put some space between us Somewhere
down the hiway You
never did the things you could have done You're
a fool if you believed The
end would never come Week
20: Niteclub (Johnstone) Posted:
Monday 16th May 2011 If you
wanna dance Or a
little romance At the
niteclub See
them queuing in the rain From
the busses and the trains At the
niteclub You
can dress the way you like Tell
the squares to take a hike At the
niteclub You
know there's always hope When
they lift the velvet rope Ooh,
you're a million miles From
your mundane job And the
rent Ooh,
where the lights are bright And
the disco dreams Fill
your head Higher There's
Murphy on the decks At the
niteclub There's
Jean-Michel and Andy And a
bottle of Chianti At the
niteclub You
can get down on the floor Like
you're at Studio 54 At the
niteclub So put
on your face And
take a trip to outer space At the
niteclub Week
19: Three Little Words (Johnstone) Posted:
Sunday 8th May 2011 IÕm
gazing at you through sambuca fumes And
youÕre gorgeous ItÕs torture I was
trying to be cool and aloof Now
IÕm hung up on you, girl It
seems so absurd how three little words Could
have turned you around Nothing
stimulates the brain like heartache and pain And
IÕm broken ItÕs
coming like waves and I canÕt keep my head Above
the water You
waited in vain Yes,
you waited for some kind of sign It
seems so absurd how three little words Could
have turned you around Bye
bye, baby bye bye So
long I delayed So
long that I have been running So set
in my ways That I
never saw the end coming And
IÕm kicking mysELF For
not coming right out and saying I love
you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you It
seems so absurd how those three little words Could
have turned you around
Posted:
Thursday 5th May 2011 Well,
I worship you like a Goddess In
your high high high high heels And I
try to surrender, I promise 'Cause
I love it when you take the wheel Lonely
nights are coming All
our friends are gone You're
not the girl you think you are Ooh
ooh you know it's true You're
not the girl you think you are Well,
you know I'd kill to undress you And
see you in your underwear And I
try so hard to impress you But
you don't really seem to care Lonely
nights are coming All
our friends are gone You're
not the girl you think you are So
fine, so divine You
got yours babe and now I'm getting mine Was it
good to be bad, babe? Was it
good to be bad? If it's
the worst that youÕve had, babe? Then
why you hurting so bad? Lonely
nights are coming All
our friends are gone You're
not the girl you think you are Week
17: Miss World (Johnstone) Posted:
Saturday 30th April 2011 I
don't wanna talk about it 'Cause
I don't wanna be misheard I
thought you were different I
thought you were Miss World Everything
Is complicated And
both of us are being burned And
nothing makes sense now Well
nothing in this world So, so
long There's
nothing left to say I just
woke up today For
the first time I
don't wanna live without you 'Cause
I don't wanna be alone No no
no no So, so
long I
really can't go on There's
something going wrong With
you, with me I
don't wanna talk about it 'Cause
I don't wanna be misheard No no
no no Week
16: We Are All Machines (Johnstone) Posted:
Monday 18th April 2011 We are
all machines We are
not on drugs We are
all on dreams Do we
have to spell it out? Do we
have to scream? M.A.C.H.I.N.E.S We are
all machines Think I'd
better call a doctor 'Cause
I think I'm getting sick My
wires are all entangled And my
circuits are on the blip Keep
it to yourself But
there's a rumor going 'round That
we were born from oceans And we
crawled along the ground Check
it out Week
15: All I Really Want Is You (Johnstone) Posted:
Monday 11th April 2011 I donÕt want to set the world on fire All I really want is you You have fanned the flames of my desire Now all I really want is you, itÕs true We could go out dining, drinking and dancing Then some romancing, manhandling Horizontally, in a peculiar way From London town to Katmandu Other girls can join the queue All I really want is you We could go out sailing on the Atlantic Oh, how romantic, yet frantic Bringing in the rigging on our nautical
night So, come on darling, come on baby Marry me and donÕt say ÔmaybeÕ All I really want is Head down to your tootsies All I really want is I think IÕve made it clear that all I want
is you Week
14: Golden Age (Johnstone) Posted:
Friday 25th March 2011 The hardest drug I'll ever kick Must be the soft touch of your fingertips These past few days have been the worst I sank so low I couldn't find myself Don't say it Just shut up and kiss me again You don't know how to say you're sorry You don't know how to please your man One day you're gonna hurt somebody And you'll never know how it began Gonna take a ride through the Golden Age Gonna go back to what I used to know You don't even know me, baby It's time to pack your things and go Week
13: Bones (Johnstone) Posted:
Friday 25th March 2011 Why
are you going away? Is it
the stupid things I say? Was I
demanding? Did I
get in the way? I
could change if you would stay I
know, I know I ask too much of you I just
don't want to see it end No
promises, no promises There
was a moment Under
the mirrorball Something
we could understand The
chamber was loaded Ready
to give it up For
something greater than us all Tonight
tonight we leave our bones behind Tonight
we dance until the end No
promises, no promises Week
12: Beautiful Day (Johnstone) Posted:
Monday 21st March 2011 It's a
beautiful day in Hell With the
sun in your eyes like a lazer light In the
arena of the unwell And
all the people that you know They
never like to drink alone And so
you tap another one Until
it feels like nothings' wrong anymore You
called me up and you took me in When I
didn't know where to begin You
called me up when I only knew I had
to reset my life again You
fooled me with your pretty smile But I
have seen the self-destruction in your eyes And
now I think I know that it's time to let you go 'Cause
you're drawn to the claret like a magnet And
like a moth to the flame I can't handle it But I
can't stop myself though we're opposing poles You
and I It's a
beautiful day, it's a beautiful day It's a
beautiful day in Hell So,
let's drink to the young and the eternally dumb And let's
hope that we always will And in
another thousand years They
may have run us out of here So
let's go tap another one Until
it feels like nothings' wrong anymore 'Cause
we're drawn to the claret like a magnet 'Cause
we're drawn to the claret like a magnet Posted:
Sunday 20th March 2011 Going
back to the start I
can't remember when it fell apart In the
cold light of day The
things we said hang in the air Like
ocean rain Reaching
you I've come undone In a
dream you were here And
then you were gone You're
still young, set in your ways I'll
bide my time And
I'll remember you this way Here
we are, homeward bound It
seems so long Since
I was back this way round Look
at you: you've hardly changed A
little older But your
way still seems the same Here
it comes, like a flood But I
can't let it out You
wouldn't know what I'm on about But
you will Until
that day I'll bide my time Try
not to cross the line I'll
bide my time And
I'll remember you this way Week
10: Bank Job (Johnstone) Posted:
Sunday 13th March 2011 In a magical land beyond the rolling seas Where men and women converse with ease No paranoia, no freakery Benjamins, Benjamins growing on trees But meanwhile back in the waking state Where a man and a woman can't communicate They just stare at the box and simmer in
silence Wish upon wish one would do the washing up
once So up to the challenge and down for the
count Where the talk is cheap and the rumors are
loud It's the kind of talk that really gets a
man down 'Cause it gets around gets around gets
around town But there's a cheerful sound from the
girls in the back As they're jacking up my ego when they
break from the pack Go Tammy Go Tammy Go Tammy Go Tam If you don't say what you want And you don't get what you need Then I gotta do a bank job on yo head Shooting up around the stars Wonder if I'll make it to Mars Staying out and cruising bars Sleeping in electric cars Running through the valley of Death I guess I'll probably never see you again It's getting harder to pretend And now I wonder if we're even friends I was tongue tied, I was mortified I was stupified, I was galvanized I was deep fried, I was super sized I was hot wired, I was wired Week
9: Red Eye (Johnstone) Posted:
Sunday 6th March 2011 Can't you
come back On the
red eye I need
you this evening There's
too much space in this bed And
there's trouble ahead Can't
you see it Don't
fake me out tonight I know
that you still care But
you know I won't fight I'm
not the kind of guy who goes there Once I
was fine I had
time Even
though I was lonely But
since you came around I've
grown used to the way You
control me You're
turning out the light On
things we left unsaid Deep
down you know I'm right But
alright, goodnight, you win ItÕs
over Posted:
Tuesday 22nd February 2011 From
the people And
the places you've been There
are pores and they're gaping And
they're waiting For
the fun to kick in It's
okay - do what you want It's
okay if it makes you feel better There
are tender spots on your body From
the boys who didn't know How to
handle with care Like a
trick, like a treat, like a piece of meat They're
gonna break you 'Til
they find whats in there I was
stuck with an impossible friend But
it's over, it's over And
now I know it was wrong to pretend 'Cause
I'm older, so much older Lines
lines lines lines Week
7: I Thought About You (Johnstone) Posted:
Monday 14th February 2011 Hungry
eyes over your marble skin My
face in your long dark hair Baby,
it's true Don't
know how I'd ever get over you If I
wanted to Yesterday
I thought about West End plays I
dreamt about viaducts Under
the stars Felt
the pain wash over like acid rain And
thought about you Broken
eyes Breathing
in dawn's first light 'Cause
deep in the darkest night I
thought about you Pawned
and played I fell
on my knees and prayed And
thought about you Wondering
if I could turn back time If I
could change your mind Is that
what I'd want? When I
doubt that I'm gonna make it through I
think about you Broken
lines I'm
weak in your almond eyes 'Cause
deep in the darkest night I
thought about you Pawned
and played I fell
on my knees and prayed What
can I do? Late
at night away from the neon lights Far
from the post-pub fights Under
the moon Understand
that when I held her hand I thought about you Posted: Wednesday 9th February 2011 Don't try to fool me with your fantasy You know I've seen that face before If I were you and you me and he she You wouldn't open up that door I really thought it would feel good this
time But you don't treat me like you should I came crawling after for a bit of hows
yer father But you don't treat me like you should And now we find ourselves in paradise Twenty dollar cover charge The young meat glows beneath the neon
lights Turning tricks and taking steps to higher
education Week 5: She Talks In Code (Johnstone) Posted: Wednesday 2nd February 2011 I was tired from the ride I must have rode a thousand miles Just to get to her Through the wind and the rain I drove all common sense away Just to get to her She talks in code - zeroes and ones She talks in code - guess it's a binary
love She's a saint, she's a sinner She's a cold hearted killer So she's dangerous She is dumb, she is drama She's conniving like Morgana And she's dangerous She talks in code - zeroes and ones She talks in code - guess it's a binary
love Could this be love - it's hard to tell What formula could break the spell? I'll never know (you'll never know) I'll never know - she talks in code Pretty eyes, legs eleven But she'll never get to heaven 'Cause the truth will out Cloak and dagger, undercover Running rings around a lover But the truth will out She talks in code - binary lust She talks in code - guess it's a digital
love She talks in code (who talks in code?) She talks in code (you'd never know she
talks in code) And all the World's oblivious It shrugged and turned it's back on us I've lost control She talks in code Week 4: Unicorn Lady (Johnstone) Posted: Wednesday 26th January 2011 Haven't you heard? It's all over town I was cruisin' down the solar system When you pulled your starship around Unicorn Lady Wonder if I could be your girl Beneath a Disney sky I took your velvety hand We communicate in cosmic rainbows Walk through diamonds in the sand Unicorn Lady Wonder if I could be your girl Whenever you're with me I cannot explain The sound of your voice arouses Every synapse in my brain I'm a fish in your sea And I'm having a gas I would gladly be your Captain Nemo If you'd be my Nautilus Unicorn Lady Wonder if I could be your girl Whenever I'm with you I cannot contain The feelings of hot desire Every time you call my name When it's all said and done We're just a couple of girls You're a goddess on a rhinestone hiway And I'm the luckiest bitch in the world Cinnamon Lady Wonder if I could be your girl Unicorn Lady Wonder if I could be your girl Week 3: Alien Abroad (Johnstone) Posted: Wednesday 19th January 2011 Coming down to touch the trees Below are freeway arteries London town is on it's knees Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles I'm coming down to touch the trees I only hope nobody sees 'Cause you've got everything I need All I want is to be free Don't be fooled by what you see We're not like the ones on T.V You're a parallel universe It could be better, could be worse I'm coming down to touch the trees I only hope nobody sees 'Cause you've got everything I need All you want is to be free All you want is to be free I'm an alien abroad Week 2: End Credits (Johnstone) Posted: Tuesday 11th January 2011 When I saw you last night You were truly radiant And we were together again You got into my dream Through a crack in the loneliness 'Cause I'd been trying to pretend That we were still friends But I'm tired of writing I miss you The end Stay away, stay away Stay away, you gotta stay away Roll end credits Leave your seat Well tonight I'm the Baron I'm the Duke, I'm the Prince of rails And I'm never coming down again I wanna mix like Flash I wanna paint like Basquiat And all the times I took your crap Are gonna wash out again But in the end We all need someone Who we can kick against Week 1: She's Not The One (Johnstone) Posted: Sunday 9th January 2011 Looking over your shoulder 'Cause you really can't believe that it's
over Set down the revolver You can blame it all on me but I told yer Here it comes, here it comes She's not the one Looking back is for old folks When it's all that you can do with your
old bones When you're young in your forties You still have the energy to be naughty Here it comes, here it comes She's not the one Don't try to unwind her She's just a mystery, Loch Nessie in a
negligee I'll find her: the right one Standing next to me in Ikea or the DMV Don't try to unwind her She's just a mystery, Tutankhamun in a negligee I'll find her: the right one Lying next to me in Ikea or the cemetery She says white, I say not quite She says black, well no it's blue but it's
alright Going down on a third rail And my heart is hammering but it's okay Here it comes, here it comes She's not the one |