1.All These Things
This place is on fire and I set it burning
I just can't stand to be another night here
I've watched you take your clothes off
A hundred times too many
I've watched you turn that light out
And I feel the weight of you lie beside me
We lie here in the dark
I pull faces in the dark
This is how they do it here
They pay your rent and they buy you beer
All these things that you've given me
I want to take them and throw them away
All these things that you've given me
In the morning I'll find the love I've known
If they'll have me back in Spanish Harlem
I'll say I'm sorry and I'll mean it this time
And I'll tell my ma' it was the vodka talking
Though they're still born the son of a bitch
Fifth Avenue dogs scratch a different itch
No one will ask me who I've been
And no one will ask me what I've seen
There's not a real bit of me here
It's just a story that I've weaved
A three minute song that you believed
All these things that you've given me
I want to take them and throw them away
All these things that you've given me
2.She Talks To The Trees
Did you dig up that dead duck
To see if the earth had got to it yet？
You buried it deep
But heaven cannot keep
All of those toys you leave behind
Did you get your fingers in a mess
Get dirt on your pretty party dress？
Well, I'm sure you'll still wear it with pride
She comes here looking for me
When she comes here, she talks to the trees
She comes here looking for me
When she comes here, she talks to the trees
She thinks I think she cannot see me
So she talks to the trees
She comes here looking for me
When she comes here, she talks to the trees
You're a cracked actor at nineteen
You may never grace the silver screen
So you curse the parts that you'll never play
And swear in all the lines that you'll never say
Do the old ones understand you？
And does this drive you wild？
Did they throw away their party cards
While you were still a child？
And did they tell you all the stories
Of all the things you wish you'd done？
She comes here looking for me
When she comes here, she talks to the trees
She comes here looking for me
When she comes here, she talks to the trees
She thinks i think she cannot see me
So she talks to the trees
She comes here looking for me
When she gets here, she talks to the trees
3.New Mexico
Standing in a car park
Somewhere in New Mexico
Put 50 dollars on my phone
And try to call you at home
Staring up at a desert sky
The stars are bright and the moon's so high
I'm thinking are we staring at the same stars
Oh tell me are we staring at the same stars？
I'll cut down, I'll cut down a forest for you
To build a boat, a boat to cross the sea
And through wind and through rain I would sail
To be there to hold you if you'd hold me
But all I really want to know
Is whatever you're thinking of
And all I really want to hear
Is whatever you've got to say
Are we staring at the same stars？
Are we staring at the same stars？
Are we staring at the same stars tonight？
Walking down on Broadway
Looking for an open door
For New York City never sleeps
And I don't sleep much anymore
Looking out over Battery Park
The boats go by and I look to the sky
I'm thinking are we staring at the same stars
Oh tell me are we staring at the same stars？
I'll cut down, I'll cut down a forest for you
To build a boat, a boat to cross the sea
And through wind and through rain I would sail
To be there to hold you if you'd hold me
But all I really want to know
Is whatever you're thinking of
And all I really want to hear
Is whatever you've got to say
Are we staring at the same stars？
Are we staring at the same stars？
Just give me a call
4.Love And Terror
Love, you use love like a weapon
You love me like you're waging war
You love 'til I can stand no more
I feel so guilty and it burns
Me up inside 'til morning comes
Hey! You give me love and terror
Love, I can't tell you what I can't see
I only know what's true to me
The mirror you're holding is blocking my view
So I can't see and feel like you
Hey! You give me love and terror
We're not fooling each other
I can be clever but not clever enough
To make you trip and fall in love
Hey! You give me love and terror
5.Lips Taste Like Tears
Shower me with sparks
Ignore my broken heart
Kiss me then retreat
And I will do the same
For we are young we are free now
Push me hold me down
Give but don't be found
Touch but do not feel
And I will do the same
For we are young we are free now
Your lips taste like tears yet
There's no taste I know that's sweeter
Keep me in the dark
Have me to yourself
Leave before the morning breaks
Pretend we've never met
Your lips taste like tears yet
There's no taste I know that's sweeter
Come to me right now
Wipe the sweat from brow
Help me to forget
And I will do the same
Your lips taste like tears yet
There's no taste I know that's sweeter
6.Wish (When The Banks Collapse)
Your clenched-fist salute
Says Fight! Fight the Power!
But your charcoal suit
Says something different altogether
It says i won't dance when the banks collapse...
So we better be careful what we wish for
Lost my job and my band
To the laying of a hand
I've still got my love
But I'm not sure how much she'll stand
And I don't have your stone walls
To keep the wolves from my door
No, I won't dance when the banks collapse
So we better be careful what we wish for
I'd love to see you when the streets are turning
I've love to be you when the whole world's burning
I'd love to see your new world order
I'd love to be your new business model
I won't dance when the banks collapse
I won't dance when the banks collapse
Thom, can I sleep at your house？
7.Hospital Bills
I would hold you if it would stop you from shaking
And I'd chase those demons away from your room
Sister, rest your poor, broken heart
Is there a miracle drug that I can get
So they can make you better？
Last night, my girl snapped most of my 45s
She had a red letter in her hand
And it's filled her head with such fears
But she doesn't understand
When she tells me not to come here
Someone's got to lift you up
So that they can never tear you down again
Someone's got to lift you up
So that they can never break you down again
Is there a miracle drug that I can get
So they can make you better？
A club footed king is no disaster
But what of a queen who's lost her head？
I want to tear out their eyes
When they look at you and laugh
I don't know how we'll pay these hospital bills
I don't think we can pay these hospital bills
I don't see how we can pay these hospital bills
I don't think we can pay these hospital bills
8.Moving To Berlin
We've got to get out of this place
The people here are tired and mean
I watched them slash the prophet's face
With a shard from one of our broken dreams
They give us wine then they take it away
And their neon shrines burn night and day
What are we doing here
Where poets are hanged
And betrayed by a kiss？
She says Stay here with me
You're going to leave me lonely
Stay here with me
You're going to leave me lonely
'Stay here with me
You're going to leave me lost and lonely
What if I want to take you with me？
Far away from these scars and bars
From the hard faced women of this town
Who'll radiate themselves until they turn brown
They'll live and die with little taste of freedom
In their pebbled dashed mausoleums
Our still born hopes are up in smoke
Just as they've been so many times before
I guess that we'd be fools to believe
That things could be any different this time
She says Stay here with me
You're going to leave me lonely
Stay here with me
You're going to leave me lonely
'Stay here with me
You're going to leave me lost and lonely
9.You Can Dance
I've walked for miles in your eastern town
I can't stand it there, so don't shout me down
I thought i might find you, might try to explain
That we've been the victims and we cannot be to blame
We won't get any money from the government
They won't give us all we're due so now our cover is spent
They won't back down until we sell the farm
And come back with some needle-marks on our arms
Well, I know that you can dance
But what have you got to say？
I know that the world we've built together is broken
Maybe I've taken you for granted, left to much unspoken
But there's a red headed Elvis, he's been awake for days
He makes me feel so jealous, he believes every note he plays
And he wants for nothing but fortune and fame
He's the King Tut of this pyramid game
In his eyes I see apologies that make me think of you
What if we're more dangerous than all the boys you've known？
What if I'm the baddest seed that you have ever sown？
Tell your mother and your bother that tonight we are in love
I know that you can dance
But what have you got to say？
Where are your songs？
10.Hard For Young Lovers
You told me you were leaving
With a note pinned to my bookcase
You said you could not bring yourself
To tell me to my face
Too many cold summers have passed
Since we were last in love
And i've laboured too long in the rain for too little
You need more now than i can give
More than i can show for the time i've spent
With my brothers-in-arms but trouble and pain
You said you left your share of the rent
Between victor hugo and maynard keynes
I just miss you
There's nothing left round here
And i just miss you
Times are hard for young lovers
And i just miss you
You told me not to try and find you
If i ever cared about you
If i could, i'd remind you
Of the fine times i will have without you
I'd love to say you've been a fool
But i don't know that i could say it and mean it
The truth is you're a saint to have seen it this far
Just sitting, staring at the walls with me
I've got nowhere to be tomorrow
Maybe at the bottom of the river
The state that i'm in, no mortal sin
Could hold me here now
Now the union's set a course for sorrow
Maybe i'll paint pictures of my father
You know i had to make a stand
If that old beast had to die
Did they have to stab it with that glint in their eye？
Did they have to look so bloody happy？
I just miss you
There's nothing left round here
And i just miss you
Times are hard for young lovers
And i just miss you
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