1.King Of Confidence
Lyricist：Declan Mcmanus
She had her mind made up just like her face
She painted in the lines and shadows
She shaded color in that would express
The lonely mood that follows
Love, short and painful and tidy lies in self-defense
She just told a thing or two to the King of Confidence
You said that he could tell her anything
She even held him when he was crying
And made her feel she was the only one
You knew that he was lying when he said he was lying
Love is short and painful, that she finally made sense
Of the love he had for the one and only King of Confidence
It's hard enough to be your lover and alone your confidant
You say you know what I need but you don't know who I want
It's just another tawdry morning now, another tarnished farewell
Your body's tired and complaining now but you're too tore down
to tell
Love is short and painful, all you kind ladies and gents
I spent years and a couple of days as the King of Confidence
It's hard enough to be your lover and alone your confidant
You say you know what I need but you don't know who I want
It's just another tawdry morning now, another tarnished farewell
Your body's tired and complaining now but you're too tore down
to tell
Love is short and painful, all you kind ladies and gents
I spent years and a couple of days as the King of Confidence
I spent years and a couple of days as the King of Confidence
2.Sleep Of The Just
Lyricist：Declan Mcmanus
The soldier asked my name, did I come here very often
Well, I thought that he was asking me to dance
In my holy coat and hat and him in his red bonnet
We'd have made a lovely couple but we never had the chance
Now you say that you've got to go, well, if you must, you must
I suppose that you need the sleep of the just
Well, it was a powerful day and there were black crows in the
road
And I kept my strong opinions to my chest
I suppose, I should have told them that I was on fire for you
When the bus burst into flames outside some place, 'The Poet's
Rest'
Now you say that you've got to go, if you must, you must
I suppose that you need the sleep of the just
A girl woke up in a naked light and said, 'Oh no, not againâ
He even looked like her brother in the army but she never
mentions him
He'll be tucked up in his bed tonight with his dirty-pictures
girl
Saying, â½You're some mother's daughter, you know or is it
immaterial girl？â
Now she's pinned up upon the barracks wall in her home town
All the soldiers taking turns with their attentions
And as they speculate what she'd look like beneath that thin
nightgown
His family pride was rising up as he cast his eyes down
And now you say that you've got to go, if you must, you must
I suppose that you need the sleep of the just
3.Suit Of Lights
Lyricist：Declan Mcmanus
While Nat King Cole sings, 'Welcome To My World'
You request some song you hate you sentimental fool
And it's the force of habit, if it moves then you fuck it
If it doesn't move you stab it
And I thought I heard, 'The Working Man Blues'
He went out to work that night and wasted his breath
Outside there was a public execution
Inside he died a thousand deaths
And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
And they put him in a suit of lights
In the perforated first editions
Where they advocate the hangman's noose
Then tell the sorry tale of the spent princess
Her uncouth escort looking down her dress
Anyway they say that she wears the trousers
And learnt everything that she does
And doesn't know if she should tell him
Yes or let him go
And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
And they put him in a suit of lights
Well, it's a dog's life in a rope leash or a diamond collar
It's enough to make you think right now
But you don't bother
For goodness sake as you cry and shake
Let's keep your face down in the dirt where you belong
And think of all the pleasure that it brings
Though you know that it's wrong
And there's still life in your body
But most of it's leaving
Can't you give us all a break？
Can't you stop breathing？
And I thought I heard, 'The Working Man's Blues'
I went to work that night and wasted my breath
Outside they're painting tar on somebody
It's the closest to work are but they will never be
And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
And they put him in a suit of lights
And they put him in a suit of lights
And they put him in a suit of lights
4.Jack Of All Parades
Lyricist：Declan Mcmanus
When we first met, I didn't know what to do
My old love lines were all worn out on you
And the world walked 'round my mouth
They lit me up and they snuffed me out
And I was everybody's boy
But soon that thrill just fades
To be the love of one true heart
Or the Jack of all parades
You won't know who to thank
You won't know who to blame
It's just a part of the murdering game
'Cos down in the fleshpots, where they pay you in pounds
They're laughing like drains and baying like bloodhounds
For the Jack of all parades
For the Jack of all parades
Once I knew a girl
That looked so much like Judy Garland
That people would stop and give her money
And everybody's friend Jimmy or Bobby
Not the Jack, not the Jack of all parades
Oh, the Jack, Jack of all parades
Oh, the Jack, of all parades
Well, the way that I feel is no longer news
You know my love and how to refuse it
'Cause you know where the door is
And how to use it, oh, you know you do
But from my chequered past to this shattered terrace
Where you can't keep your mind off the crimes in Paris
And you can't keep your peace and try to forget it
And I can't forgive you for things you haven't done yet
Oh, I was anybody's boy
But soon that thrill just fades
To be the love of one true heart
Or the Jack of all parades
When we first met, I didn't know what to do
My old love lines were all worn out on you
And the world walked 'round my mouth
I didn't mean to say it, I just blurted it out
And you pretended not to notice or be taken a-back
And I loved you there and then, it's as simple as that
Oh, I was everybody's boy
But soon that thrill just fades
To be the love of one true heart
Or the Jack of all parades
Oh, to be the love of one true heart
Or the Jack of all parades
Oh, the Jack of all parades
5.The Big Light
Lyricist：Declan Mcmanus
Well, I had a little feel to have a big night
And I woke up feeling small and not so brave and not quite right
Had to face the who am I and where is she, what did I do
Worst of all I had to face the big light
'Cause the big light came through my window and it opened up my
eyelids
And it snapped them up like roller blinds and told me things
that I did
I can't face another day and night of good ideas and
complications
And I'm thankful that I didn't open another bottle of
inspiration
When, when the hangover this morning had a personality
And I cast my shattered mind over selected memories
I didn't even touch the light switch so I knew I'd never see
The haggard face that would be staring back at me
'Cause the big light came through my window and it opened up my
eyelids
But it snapped them up like roller blinds and told me things
that I did
I can't face another day and night of good ideas and
complications
And I'm thankful that I didn't open another bottle of
inspiration
I had a little feel to have a big time
And I woke up to alarm bells like a big church chime
I had to face the who am I and who is she, what did I do
Worst of all I had to face the big light
The big light came through my window and it opened up my eyelids
And it snapped them up like roller blinds and told me things
that I did
I can't face another day and night of good ideas and
complications
And I'm thankful that I didn't open another bottle of
inspiration
Oh well, it's fine to go out and have a big night
But sooner or later you're gonna face the big light
6.Poisoned Rose
Lyricist：Declan Mcmanus
The poisoned rose
That you gave to me
It left me half alive
And half in ecstasy
But if half of your love
Is all I can win
Give me just a fraction
But no more medicine
The poisoned rose
On a Valentine card
That you take straight to the heart
That you call my Junkyard
But if all I can do
Is save pieces of you
The piece of your mind
The piece of your heart
Didn't tear me apart
Like the poisoned rose
I received from you
I don't know
How we came to grow
Into this very sad affair
Every time we do the decent thing
Somebody spikes the drink
And a single becomes a pair
The poisoned rose
That you wear at your best
That I keep pressed between the white sheets
Where you lie half undressed
I threw away my shirt and shoes
You looked and I dived in
It's just you and me now
'Cause I threw away the gin
I threw away your alibis
And all your worn-out clothes
I threw myself upon the floor
But I couldn't throw away
This poisoned rose
This poisoned rose
This poisoned rose
7.American Without Tears
Lyricist：Declan Macmanus
Outside in New Orleans the heat was almost frightening
But my hotel room as usual was freezing and unkind
On TV they prosecute anyone who's exciting
So I put on my overcoat and went down to find
In Revlon and Crimpelene they captured my heart
To the strain of a piano and a cocktail murderess
She was singing that it's too late, I agreed with that part
For two English girls who had changed their address
Oh, it seems we've been crying for years and for years
Now I don't speak any English, just American without tears
Just American without tears
One had been a beauty queen and the other was her friend
They had known rogues and rascals and showbiz impresarios
While the boys were licking Hitler, they had something to defend
From men armed with chewing gum and fine nylon hose
By a bicycle factory as they sounded the siren
And returned into the dance hall she knew he was the one
Though he wasn't tall or handsome she laughed when he told her
I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham and this is little John
Oh, it seems we've been crying for years and for years
Now I don't speak any English, just American without tears
Just American without tears
At a dock in Southampton full of tearful goodbyes
Newsreel commentators said, 'Cheerio, G I bridesâ
Soon they'll be finding the cold facts and lies
New words for suspenders and young girls backsides
Now I'm in America and running from you
Like my grandfather before me walked the streets of New York
And I think of all the women I pretend mean more than you
When I open my mouth and I can't seem to talk
Oh, it seems we've been crying for years and for years
Now I don't speak any English, just American without tears
Just American without tears
Oh, it seems we've been crying for years and for years
Now I don't speak any English, just American without tears
Just American without tears
8.I'll Wear It Proudly
Lyricist：Declan Mcmanus
I hate these flaming curtains they're not the color of your hair
I hate these strip lights they're not so undoing as your stare
I hate the buttons on your shirt when all I wanna do is tear
I hate this bloody big bed of mine when you're not here
Well, I finally found someone to turn me upside down
And nail my feet up where my head should be
If they had a king of fools then I could wear that crown
And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly
You seem to be shivering dear and the room is awfully warm
In the white and scarlet billows that subside beyond the storm
You have this expression dear no words could take its place
And I wear it like a badge that you put all over my face
Well, I finally found someone to turn me upside down
And nail my feet up where my head should be
If they had a king of fools then I could wear that crown
And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly
I'll wear it proudly through the dives and the dance halls
If you'll wear it proudly through the snake pits and cat calls
Like a fifteen year old kid wears a vampire kiss
If you don't know what is wrong with me
Then you don't know what you've missed
We are arms and legs wrapped round more than my memory tonight
When the bell rang out and the air around turned blue from
fright
But in shameless moments you made more of me than just a mess
And a handful of eagerness says, 'What do you suggest？'
Well, I finally found someone to turn me upside down
And nail my feet up where my head should be
If they had a king of fools then I could wear that crown
And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly
I'll wear it proudly, I'll wear it proudly
9.Little Palaces
Lyricist：Declan Mcmanus
In chocolate town all the trains are painted brown
In the silver paper of the wrapper
There's a dapper little man
And he wears a wax mustache
That he twists with nicotine fingers
As he drops his cigarette ash
And someone comes and sweeps it up
And then he doffs his cap
And there's a rat in someone's bedroom
And they're shutting someone's trap
And they'll soon be pulling down the little palaces
And the doors swing back and forward
From the past into the present
And the bedside crucifixion
Turns from wood to phosphorescent
And they're moving problem families
From the South up to the North
Mother's crying over some
Soft soap opera divorce
And you say you didn't do it
But you know you did of course
And they'll soon be pulling down the little palaces
It's like shouting in a matchbox
Filled with plasterboard and hope
Like a picture of Prince William
In the arms of John the Pope
There's a world of good intentions
And pity in their eyes
The sedated homes of England
Are theirs to vandalize
So you knock the kids about a bit, because they've got your name
And you knock the kids about a bit, until they feel the same
And they feel like knocking down the little palaces
You're the twinkle in your daddy's eye, a name you spray and
scribble
You made the girls all turn their heads
And in turn they made you miserable
To be the heir apparent to the kingdom of the invisible
So you knock the kids about a bit, because they've got your name
And you knock the kids about a bit, until they feel the same
And they feel like knocking down the little palaces
10.Our Little Angel
Lyricist：Declan Mcmanus
This is the place where I made my best mistakes
This is the place even angels don't understand
I've seen the disappointment in her face
And the collection of engagement rings on her right hand
She sits alone apart from the crowd
In a white dress she wears like a question mark
Friends speak of her fondly
Enemies just think out loud
You think you're man enough to please her
And you're fool enough to start
But you're not gonna do a thing to our little angel
There's nothing you're thinkin' tonight that tomorrow won't
change
Now the cabaret is frozen
And the laughter comes in cans
And the lonely hearts club clientele
Don't know what to do with their hands
You think that you'll be sweet to her but everybody knows
That you're the marshmallow valentine that got stuck on her
clothes
And you're not goinna do a thing to our little angel
There's nothing you're thinkin' tonight that tomorrow won't
change
So you mix your drinks and words
You make bad jokes, you make bad time
The floors are there to walk over
The walls are there to climb
You swear you'll never go back again once you're inside
You're never the bridegroom she's always the bride
You're not gonna do a thing to our little angel
There's nothing you're thinkin' tonight that tomorrow won't
change
You'll come in a sweetheart and you'll go out a stranger
Well, you try to love her but she's so contrary
Like a chainsaw running through a dictionary
So get your mind off the sweet behind of our little angel
You're not gonna do a thing
You're not gonna do a thing
You're not gonna do a thing to our little angel
11.Lovable
Lyricist：Declan Mcmanus, Cait O'riordan
One, two, one, two, three, four
It's goin' round the town
It's goin' round the town
It's goin' round the town
You're so lovable
It's goin' round the town
It's goin' round the town
It's goin' round the town
You're so lovable
Well my baby, gave me notice to quit
I just can't get used to it
She broke my little heart in two
Now somebody else is being the same old you
It's goin' round the town
It's goin' round the town
It's goin' round the town
You're so lovable
My love baby got Egyptian eyes
And a wicked look beyond compare
If you thought I was a fool for you
Then I must be a bigger fool for her
It's goin' round the town
It's goin' round the town
It's goin' round the town
You're so lovable
He'd turn the flowers of springtime into a wreath
And he says, he'd love you eternally
I say, â½Please, please can't you keep it briefâ
They say, they're going to bury you
Because you're so lovable
Put your money where your mouth was
You're so lovable
Each tender mumble brings us closer to bedlam
You're so lovable
The toast of the town and the talk of the bedroom
You're so, you're so lovable
You're so lovable
You're so lovable
You're so lovable
You're so sweet, you're so honest
You say, 'I'll be true to you boy but I won't promise'
Then you say you love me, but then you show me
As you lie there so life like below me
It's goin' round the town
It's goin' round the town
It's goin' round
You're so lovable
You're so lovable
You're so lovable
12.Shoes Without Heels
Lyricist：Declan Mcmanus
This love of mine is packed with stepping stone
These shoes are made for walking in reverse
In the dead of night, you tiptoe out and leave me all alone
Putting on your satin slip-ons and your sultry French cologne
She's wearing shoes without heels
She's walking over the floor, she's walking all over me
Weirder therein, you know how it feels
When she walks right out of the door
Well, I thought that I was bigger than this town
I thought I'd spend a pace and go the distance
But she picked me out, she used me up and then she put me down
Now I'm driven till I'm crying or I'm dreaming till I drown
She's wearing shoes without heels
She's walking over the floor, she's walking all over me
Weirder therein, you know how it feels
When she walks right out of the door
While you're busy packing underwear
And other worthless trinkets
Spare a thought for worthless men
Who drag on women like they're cigarettes
'Cause you watch him walk away from you
While he gets down and deals
Oh, he'll watch you walk away without heels
Oh, you think that he's a fool to tolerate
All the liberty you cherish and you roughly take
But to watch your love turn slowly from indifference to hate
Would hurt him more than any heart that you might care to break
She's wearing shoes without heels
She's walking over the floor, she's walking all over you
When she walks right back through the door
13.Suffering Face
Lyricist：Elvis Costello
Well, there's an old man's fantasy
Put in a young girl's mouth
Like cheap pink lipstick
Smeared on her wedding dress
Will you look what you've done to her
Will you look at this disgrace
Well, it's all over
Your suffering face
If we were chrome, we would be rusty
If we were thirst, we would be quenched
You don't need the same old rivet gun
You need a brand new wrench
Someone to pull you down on the ground
And cover you with kisses
Once I was the jewel of your heart
Now I'm only semi-precious
But if I seem so preoccupied
It's just my alibi, I'm all broken up inside
Even the words of love seem cruel and crass
When you're tough and transparent as armored glass
I prepared a bed for you
Then I sprayed perfume
Upon the wilted roses
That I'd scattered 'round the room
You came in gentle as a lamb
And turned into a terror
And you left your love and other threats
In the steam fading on my bathroom mirror
Well, it's an old man's fantasy
Put in a young girl's mouth
Like cheap pink lipstick
Smeared on her wedding dress
Will you look what you've done to me
Now you've put me in my place
Oh, it's all over, it's all over, it's all over
Your suffering face
14.Eisenhower Blues
Lyricist：J. B. Lenoir
Hey, everybody, I'ma talking to you
I ain't telling you jealous
It's feels the natural truth
I got the Eisenhower Blues
And thinking about me and you
And what on earth are we gonna do？
My money's gone
The fun is gone
The way things look
I can't be here long
I got the Eisenhower Blues
Thinking about me and you
And what on earth are we gonna do？
Taking all my money to pay the tax
I'm telling you people the natural facts
And I'm telling you people my belief
'Coz I am headed straight on relief
I got the Eisenhower Blues
Thinking about me and you
And what on earth are we gonna do？
I ain't got a dime, ain't got a cent
Ain't got no money to pay my rent
But she wants some clothes, she wants some shoes
I'm telling you people, I don't know what to do
I got the Eisenhower Blues
Talking about me and you
And what on earth are we gonna do？
Eisenhower Blues
Talking about me and you
What the hell are we gonna do？
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