Love, in Itself

All of these insurmountable tasks
That lay before me
All of the firsts and the definite lasts
That lay in store for me

There was a time
When all of my mind was love
Now I find that most of the time
Love's not enough in itself

Consequently
I've a tendency to be unhappy
You see
The thoughts in my head
All the words that were said
All the blues and the reds
Get to me

There was a time
When all of my mind was love
Now I find that most of the time
Love's not enough in itself

All of these absurdities
That lay before us
All of the doubts and the certainties
That lay in store for us

There was a time
When all of my mind was love
Now I find that most of the time
Love's not enough in itself

More Than a Party

Lots of surprises in store
This isn't a party
It's a whole lot more

???We've had enough of these lies as rough
You've kept us in the dark for long enough
This is more than a party
More than a party

You're telling us
We're to have fun
They take all the ice cream
So we've got none
This is more than a party
More than a party

The failed magician waves his wand
And in an instant the laughter's gone
This is more than a party
More than a party

Lots of surprises in store
This isn't a party it's a whole lot more
More than a party

Pipeline

???Get down the crane
Construction time again
What is it this time?
We're laying a pipeline

Let the beads of sweat flow
???Until the ends of men know
We'll take a long time
Working on the pipeline
Taking from the greedy
Giving to the needy

On this golden day
Work's been sent our way
That could last a lifetime
Working on the pipeline

From the hearts of the land
To the mouth of the man
We must reach them sometime
We're laying a pipeline

Taking from the greedy
Giving to the needy

Everything Counts

The handshake
Seals a contract
From the contract
There's no turning back
The turning point
Of a career
In Korea being insincere

The holiday
Was fun packed
The contract:
Still intact

The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves
After all

It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts

The graph
On the wall
Tells the story
Of it all
Picture it now
See just how
The lies and deceit gained a little more power

Confidence taken in
By a sun tan
And a grin

The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves
After all

It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts

The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts

Two Minute Warning

We're lying by the orange sky
Two million miles across the land
Scattered to the highest high
Expect they'll either laugh or cry
No sex, no consequence, no sympathy
You're good enough to eat

Two minute warning
Two minutes later
When time has come
My days are numbered

The dawning of another year
It's time for those who understand
One in four still here
While you and I go hand in hand
No radio, no sound, no sin, no sanctuary
So welcome to your last

Two minute warning
Two minutes later
When time has come
My days are numbered
Two minute warning

The sun, the solitude, the symmetry
So welcome to your last

Two minute warning
Two minutes later
When time has come
My days are numbered

Shame

Do you ever get that feeling
When the guilt begins to hurt?
Seeing all the children
Wallowing in dirt
Crying out with hunger
Crying out in pain
At least the dirt will wash off
When it starts to rain
Soap won't wash away your shame

Do you ever get the feeling
That something isn't right?
Seeing your brother's fist
Clenched ready for the fight
Soon the fighting turns to weapons
And the weapons turn to wounds
So the doctor's start to stitch and stitch and stitch
And stitch and stitch and stitch and stitch
Surgery won't improve your pain

It all seems so stupid
It makes me want to give up
But why should I give up
When it all seems so stupid?

Do you ever get the feeling
That something can't be done?
To eradicate these problems
That make the people want
Do you ever get that feeling
Something like an like an itch?
But oh, how the doctors stitch and stitch
And stitch and stitch and stitch and stitch
Hope alone won't remove the stains
Shame

It all seems so stupid
It makes me want to five up
But why should I give up
When it all seems so stupid?

The Landscape is Changing

The landscape is changing
The landscape is crying
Thousand of acres of forest are dying
Carbon copies from the hills about forests lie
Acid streams are flowing ill across the countryside

'Cause I don't care if you're going nowhere
Just take good care of the world
I don't care if you're going nowhere
Just take good care of the world

Now we're rearranging
There's no use denying
Mountains and valleys
Can't you hear them sighing?
Evolution
The solution, almost certainty
Can you imagine this intrusion of their privacy?

'Cause I don't care if you're going nowhere
Just take good care of the world
I don't care if you're going nowhere
Just take good care of the world
Talking gestures
Some semblance of intelligence
Can we be grateful?
The security of ignorance

'Cause I don't care if you're going nowhere
Just take good care of the world
I don't care if you're going nowhere
Just take good care of the world

Told You So

And do those feet in modern times
Walk upon the flowers
And walk upon their brothers while
Heads are busy lying low
Trying to keep to cover, oh

Something went wrong
Went along the way
Everybody's waiting for judgment day
So they can go, "Told you so"
They can go, "Told you so"

Bring me my arm
Of itching desire
Bring me my bullets
And I will fire
Sights set higher than a torch or spire

Something went wrong
Went along the way
Everybody's waiting for judgment day
So they can go, "Told you so"
They can go, "Told you so"

???Staying in line, the fight at the hind
Waiting and waiting for an order to sign
Brothers and sisters
Playing Chinese Whispers
If things aren't suited
Then they'll get diluted

Here's one more dead with a hole in his head
He shouldn't have said all the things he said
Many tears were shed
For the blood he bled

Something went wrong
Went along the way
Everybody's waiting for judgment day
So they can go, "Told you so"
They can go, "Told you so"

And Then...

Let's take a map of the world
Tear it into pieces
All of the boys and the girls
Will see how easy it is

To put it all down
And start again
From the top to the bottom and then
I'll have faith
Oh, I prefer
To think that things
Could have turned out worse

All that we need at the start
Universal revolution
And if we trust in our hearts
We'll find the solutions

To put it all down
And start again
From the top to the bottom and then
I'll have faith
Oh, I prefer
To think that things
Could have turned out worse

I took a plane across the world
(You can't take a car)
And when I reached my destination
I hadn't gone far

Let's take a hold of the world
The mountains and the sand
Let all the boys and the girls
Shape it in their hands

To put it all down
And start again
From the top to the bottom and then
I'll have faith
Oh, I prefer
To think that things
Could have turned out worse

"The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts"

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