The Black Hit Of Space

Been out all night, I needed a bite
I thought I'd put a record on
I reached for the one with the ultra-modern label
And wondered where the light had gone
It had a futuristic cover
Lifted straight from Buck Rogers
The record was so black it had to be a con
The autochanger switched as I filled my sandwich
And futuristic sounds warbled off and on

Chorus :
The Black Hit Of Space
It's the one without a face
It's the one that doesn't fit
You can only see the flip
The Black Hit Of Space
Sucking in the human race
How can it stay at the top
When it's swallowed all the shops?

As the song climbed the charts
The others disappeared
'Til there was nothing but it left to buy
It got to number one
Then into minus figures
Though nobody could understand why

(Chorus)

I couldn't stand this bland sound any more so
I walked towards my deck to turn it off.
All I could see was the B-side of the disc
which had assumed a doughnut shape
with the label on the outside rim.
I reached for the arm

which was less than one micron
long but weighed more than
Saturn and time stood still.
I knew I had to escape
but every time I tried to flee,
the record was in front of me.

The Black Hit Of Space
Get James Burke on the case
It's the hit that's never gone
Time stops when you put it...

Only After Dark

I feel my spirit fly
Only after dark
I kiss the world goodbye
Only after dark

Fights with the city lights
Only after dark

Run, I'd like to run away
Only after dark

Chorus:
Won't you disappear into midnight with me?
Why won't you come, why won't you come,
why won't you come and fly with me?
Sweet elocy (?) fades, we'll be our company

Bring out the thumping beat
Only after dark
Moon, sinful as can be
Only after dark

It's wrong to feel so free
Only after dark
Only you know it can be
Only after dark

(Chorus)

Life Kills

When you fall into your seat
You know you feel you might be dying
As the breath rasps in and out
Of your burning throat
You can't control your lungs because you're so tired
You're half awake with one arm in your coat
Well thank god that there is someone there to drive you
You know you couldn't make it on your own
He helps you through the door
You sit down on the floor
And you're asleep before you are alone

Chorus:
Your life is like a schedule
You run to meet the bills
No one's awake to tell you
Life kills

(Chorus)

For a while it seems exhaustion has subsided
The day is over and the moon is high
But your period of work is predecided
Funny how the hours of freedom seem to fly
Well thank god that there is someone there to drive you
You know you couldn't make it on your own
He helps you in the door
You sit down as before
Another shift to pay another loan

(Repeat chorus four times)

Dreams Of Leaving

Someone stopped the clock
When we should have started early
If we miss the morning meeting
Our lives will be in danger
Someone's trying to stop us
There is someone in our party
It is someone with a grudge
And they won't let us reach the border
Our lives are in his hands
We pay with Krugerands
The currency of pain to help
Us leaving
While back in our homeland
The ones who make a stand
Are taken from their homes and
No-one hears of them again

I felt I had to come here
I thought things would be better
The situation's changed
But I find I'm still resented
Someone wants my job
It is someone in this building
Someone's spreading rumours
And I don't feel I can stay here
I think I'm going north
And now's the time to leave
The people there they say
Are good to strangers
And if I do my best
And try to settle in
I'm sure I can be just like
Someone's neighbour
I'm sure I can be just like
Someone's neighbour

Crow And A Baby

A crow and a baby
Had an affair
The result was a landslide
The result was a dare
The result was a baby
Who wanted it all
Moved out of the doll's house
Moved out of the hall

With one wing on the town
And a gleam in an eye of red
Said "My father was a crow
Now I want all fathers dead
Find the fathers of this world
Treat them as a fatal foe
Put them in the deepest hole
Then cover the pit with snow"

Refrain:
With one wing on the town
And a gleam in an eye of red

I'm just trying to tell you
What you'll come up against
If you venture from my side
If you think you're so mature
You will end up in a field
You will be someone's manure
Mushrooms growing from your back
Feeding some damn carrion bird
Do you want to contribute
To the corruption of the world?

(Refrain)

A crow and a baby
Had an affair
My dream was the baby
The crow was your hair
Parts of me love parts of you
That at least is obvious
Give my baby back to me
You must see it's only just

(Repeat refrain three times)

The Touchables

Speaking of which, what is your choice?
Your conversation will suffice
I feel the need - that's known to all
Better use it up before the levels fall
You can take me back to the primal drive
You can carry on until we arrive
Hypnotised inside
Now I'm not young and you're not old
I'd rather purchase than be sold Crazed friends so bold

Chorus :
It's not easy to conceal
When you're so touchable
People will hide indifference
Just to be touchable
They still emit split second screams
When they are touchable
Under the surface just for kicks
Sincerely touchable

You say it's OK, but what do I feel?
Guilt, compassion, or Achilles Heel?
Little feet march down grey matter hill
Then panic occurs, no seeds to spill
What's the matter now Please look up and speak
Your spirit's wilting and your flesh is weak
Eight days a week
I can't imagine what'll happen now
I wonder when and I wonder how
The end will come

It's not easy to conceal
When you're so touchable
People will hide indifference
Just to be touchable

(Chorus)

The final answer to all our fears
Abrupt conclusion to all our year
s Still touchable but no one hears
They carry on hypnotised inside

Being Boiled

Listen to the voice of Buddha
Saying stop your sericulture
Little people like your offspring
Boiled alive for some gods stocking
Buddha's watching, Buddha's waiting

Just because the kid's an orphan
Is no excuse for thoughtless slaying
People don't forget this torture
Just because you call her mother
Doesn't mean that she's your better

Once more with the voice of Buddha
He'll say carry on your slaughter
Who cares for the little children
You may slice with no conviction
Blind revenge on a blameless victim

Listen to the voice of Buddha
Saying stop your sericulture
He'll say carry on your slaughter
Who cares for the little children
You may slice with no conviction
Blind revenge on a blameless victim

Listen to the voice of Buddha (repeat three times)

WXJL Tonight

The way it was in the past
A long, long time ago
Before staff levels dropped
They used to listen to the radio
And listen to the DJs talk
About the songs they didn't know
As if it really mattered

Chorus :
Hit-pick or phone-in show
I don't want you to go tonight
Ten thousand watts of power
News headlines on the hour tonight
Our music beats the best
You just don't need the rest tonight
Once I couldn't care at all
But I can feel the ratings fall tonight

And 20 years ago
No-one seemed to care
The people must have known
The DJ's role was only there
To fill in space between the songs
That talk of love and other things As if they didn't matter

Automatic stations came
And sent them all away
And now I'm left alone
I haven't got a word to say
And you're the one who makes the choice
To turn me on or turn me off
But now it really matters

(Chorus)

Hit-pick or phone-in show
I don't want you to go tonight
Ten thousand watts of power
News headlines on the hour tonight
Our music beats the best
You just don't need the rest tonight
Ten thousand watts of power
News headlines on the hour tonight

Marianne

I take one look at you
It leaves me breathless
I see your dreams come true
You're not so restless
Or light, or bright
Marianne

One day I might not care
What happened to me
Your lack of sympathy fails to disturb me
I've got a life of my own

I remember the day I thought we couldn't lose
Running round the garden in your mother's shoes
Playing with your sisters
I didn't see you were a grown up girl
And bringing me tea
But is it life in a grown up world
On a cold autumn day
Is it life, someone's wife
When the car had broken down

The best of my girls
I didn't see you were a grown up girl
Oh how I hate the celebration
But you give it all away leaving me on my own
But is it life in a grown up world
I can't wait for the end of the celebration
Is it life, someone's wife

Add it up, all that's left is a space in a life
That goes on as before

One day I might not care
What happens to me
Your lack of sympathy fails to disturb me
I've got a life of my own

Add it up, all that's left is a space in a life
That goes on as before
Marianne

Add it up, all that's left is a space in a life
That goes on as before
Marianne
Add it up, All that's left is a space in a life
That goes on as before
Marianne

Add it up, all that's left is a space in a life
At the end of the world
Marianne

Rock'N'Roll/Night Clubbing

Rock'n'roll rock rock'n'roll
Rock'n'roll rock

Do you still recall in the juke box hall
When the music played
And the world span around to a brand new sound
Of those far off days
In their blue suede shoes they would scream and shout
And they'd sing the blues, let it all hang out

Chorus :

Rock'n'roll rock'n'roll
Rock'n'roll rock'n'roll
Rock'n'roll rock'n'roll
Rock'n'roll rock rock'n'roll
Rock'n'roll rock

Little Queenie bopped to the high school hop
Dancing to the beat
With her US male and her pony tail
Well she looked so sweet
Times are changing fast but we won't forget
Though that age is past, we'll be rockin' yet

(Chorus)

Do you still recall in the juke box hall
When the music played
And the world span around to a brand new sound
Of those far off days
Times are changing fast but we won't forget
Though that age is past, we'll be rockin' yet

(Chorus)

Rock'n'roll rock

Night clubbing, we're night clubbing
We're what's happening
Night clubbing, we're night clubbing
We're honest and chic
We meet people, brand new people
They're something to see
When you're night clubbing
We're night clubbing
Oh, isn't it wild?

Night clubbing, we're night clubbing
We're walking through town
Night clubbing, we're night clubbing
We walk like a ghost
We learn dances, brand new dances
Like the nuclear bomb
When we're night clubbing
Bright, white clubbing
Oh, isn't it wild?

Boys And Girls

Boys and girls come out to play
Playing till they're old and grey
Time to leave the old school suit
Grown ups can be real cute
Do you think they're wiser than in the past?
How long do you think it's gonna last?
I don't have to prove to you
Adults can be kidding too

Chorus :
Boys and girls I
Love you dearly
But I hate to
Have you near me
Boys and girls
Boys and girls
Boys and girls

Boys and girls stay home today
Think they're more mature that way
Secret friends can soon be found
Indiscretions underground
Maybe growing up can seem more graceful
If they make their style become more tasteful
With your looks you could go far
But better watch the calendar

(Chorus)
Boys and girls I
Love you dearly
But I hate to
Have you near me

(Chorus)

I Don't Depend On You

Verse :
The night
So young
You could lose
You could gain
Your temperature's rising
Better pull in to the outside lane
You always say you're not the jealous kind
Then you tell all your friends
That I've got one thing on my mind

Chorus :
I've played this scene before
You had one foot in the door
But there's always plenty more
Don't try to use me
I don't depend on you
I've got my own friends too
I'll never be your wife
Don't try to use me
I've played this scene before
You had one foot in the door
But there's always plenty more
Don't try to use me

Chorus 2 :
It's cruel but it's true
I don't depend on you
It's cruel but it's true
Go back to the end of the queue

(Chorus)

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