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    1. Cruel Summer 
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Hot summer streets
    And the pavements are burning
    I sit around
    Trying to smile but
    The air is so heavy and dry
    Strange voices are saying
    Things I can't understand
    It's too close for comfort
    This heat has got
    Right out of hand
(Chorus)
    It's a cruel, cruel summer
    Leaving me here on my own
    It's a cruel, cruel summer
    Now you're gone
The city is crowded
    My friends are away
    And I'm on my own
    It's too hot to handle
    So I got to get up and go
(Chorus)
The young don't grow up well
    not in this life
Big mouths and money win every time
Boy beats girl while the sneaky and snide
    Take all your money and take your pride.
    Innocent people walking by
    no time to smile before they die
Don't call that justice !
    Children are starving on the street
    another one disappearing every week
Don't call that justice!
    King for a day but their kingdom grows cold
Theyll never grow up but they're bound to grow old.
    I remember the pain and humiliation
And Ill show them rough justice
    the way that they did.
    Innocent people walking by
    no time to smile before they die
    . . .
    Innocent people walking by
    no time to smile before they die
    . . .
    Boy beats girl while the sneaky and snide
    Take all your money
    take all your pride.
    Innocent people walking by
    no time to smile before they die
    . . .
    Innocent people walking by
    no time to smile before they die
    . . .
    Don't call that justice!
Lurking, he knows your face
    He waits and bides his time
    Mind clocks your every move
    'Till you step out of line
    Stalking streets by night
    Pushing guns by day
    He knows it isn't right
    But he wants to make his name
    He's working harder
    Gotta make another, make another martyr
 Hide your eyes
    They're moving closer
    But you know you're not allowed to look them in the face
    Hide your eyes
    Cos' you're the loser
    Before you even start to run you've lost the race
You'll never know the place
    Until your time has come
    It'll be a sunny day
    Until his work is done
    Doesn't care what pain you feel
    Can't see your mother's tears
    As she counts the cost of the life that's lost
    And twenty wasted years
    He thinks he's smarter
    Gone and made another, made another martyr
Hide your eyes
    They're moving closer
    But you know you're not allowed to look them in the face
    Hide your eyes
    Cos' you're the loser
    Before you even start to run you've lost the race
He's working harder
    Gotta make another, make another martyr
Hide your eyes
    They're moving closer
    But you know you're not allowed to look them in the face
    Hide your eyes
    Cos' you're the loser
    Before you even start to run you've lost the race
Hide your eyes
    They're moving closer
    Hide your eyes
    Cos' you're the loser
Think of me while you're walking down the street
    Scheming ways for us to meet
    I know that you'd like to fool around
    You know I'm the hottest thing in town
 You're getting closer
    Hot on my trail
    I'm the queen bee baby
    So you just can't fail
 Cos I'm your dream dream baby
    I'm your sweet thing baby
    You're always worried that I'm not gonna stay
    Cos when the dreaming ends you know I'll fade away
Haunting you every day and night
    Haunting you till the early morning light
    And you want me if you know what's right
    I'm your No. 1 lady, sheer delight
You're getting closer
    Hot on my trail
    I'm the queen bee baby
    So you just can't fail
Cos I'm your dream dream baby
    I'm your sweet thing baby
    You're always worried that I'm not gonna stay
    Cos when the dreaming ends you know I'll fade away
Haunting you every day and night
    Haunting you till the early morning light
    And you want me if you know what's right
    I'm your No. 1 lady, sheer delight
 Dream dream baby
    Dream dream baby
    You're always worried that I'll split the scene
    Cos like all good things I'm fading with your dreams
I can read from your eyes that you like my style
    Imagination's really running wild
    If you give it a try you know it could be
    So come on little baby won't you follow me
With your smile you're making plans
You've got the world right in the palm of your hands.
    Everything you touch is gold but your future life is bought
    and sold.
    It seems to me that you've got it made
    But you never show that you're afraid.
    Now the voices in your head they make you scream
    and drive you mad.
You're on a hot line to heaven
    now you're all alone.
    Riding on a hot line
    riding on a hot line to heaven
Standing all on your own.
Staring eyes as cold as stone
    I want to be at the sands alone.
    Reaching out to cry for help
Once a man but now you're just a shell.
    You can make a deal
    you make the break
    But you're heading for an early grave.
    You've got to find it
    got to try
something special to get you high.
You're on a hot line to heaven
    now you're all alone...
    You're on a hot line to heaven
    now you're all alone...
It seems to me that you've got it made
    But you're heading for an early break.
    But now some voices in your head
    They make you scream and drive you mad.
You're on a hot line to heaven
    now you're all alone...
    You're on a hot line to heaven
    now you're all alone... 
    You're on a hot line to heaven
    now you're all alone... 
  
Can we carry on
    Or must we still pretend
    That we're really friends
    Those feelings have gone
    But we're not the same
    And we're both to blame
    There's nothing left to tell you
    Nothing left to give you
 You walk out when I walk in
    Can't you see the state I'm in
    You walk out when I walk in
    You walk out when I walk in
    Can't you see the state I'm in
    Can't you see the state I'm in
Now the time has come
    To leave the past behind
    And I've made up my mind
    Look at what we've done
    Who needs to be ashamed
    Of the crying game
    I've built my world around you
    I'm better off without you
You walk out when I walk in
    Can't you see the state I'm in
    You walk out when I walk in
    You walk out when I walk in
    Can't you see the state I'm in
    Can't you see the state I'm in
There's nothing left to tell you
    Nothing left to give you
You walk out when I walk in
    Can't you see the state I'm in
    You walk out when I walk in
    You walk out when I walk in
    Can't you see the state I'm in
    Can't you see the state I'm in
Hope's dashed to the floor like shattered teenage dreams.
    Boys living next door are never what they seem.
    A walk in the park can become a bad dream
People are staring and following me.
    This is my only escape from it all:
    Watching a film or a face on the wall.
    Robert de Niro's waiting
    talking italian.
    Robert de Niro's waiting
    talking italian.
    Robert de Niro's waiting
    talking italian.
    Robert de Niro's waiting
    talking italian.
    I don't need a boy
    I've a got a man of steel
Don't come any closer
    I don't wanna feel.
    You're breathing
    you're touching
    but nothing's for free
I never want this to happen to me.
    Don't try to change me
    you're wasting your time
Now I've got something much better in mind.
    Robert de Niro's waiting
    talking italian...
    A walk in the park can become a bad dream...
    Robert de Niro's waiting
    talking italian...
The sun shines forever
    Through a child's eyes
    The sun shines forever
    No worries no ties
    Laughing and learning
    As time goes by
 I never believed that I'd grow old
    Still I can hear the things you told
    The sun has gone and the nights are cold
    You never told me
    (Never told me)
I sit and watch the sunset
    With tears in my eyes
    I sit and watch the sunset
    The child in me sighs
    Why did you tell me
    So many lies
I never believed that I'd grow old
    Still I can hear the things you told
    The sun has gone and the nights are cold
    You never told me
    (Never told me)
You never told me...