O.M.D.- SUGAR TAX


Sailing On The Seven Seas
Pandora's Box
Then You Turn Away
Speed Of Light
Was It Something I Said
Big Town
Call My Name
Apollo XI
Walking On Air
Walk Tall
Neon Lights
All That Glitters
All She Wants Is Everything
Burning

Sailing on the Seven Seas

You say that love will capture me
Not unless you give it free.
You're sailing on the seven seas
Sister Rae is on TV.

The light above, it shines so bright
That the F.B.I.won't sleep tonight

(chorus):
'Cause I'm so in awe of you
That I don't know what to do
And I'm sailing on the seven seas so blue.

Sick and tired, I don't know why
Skin and bones, touch the sky
Sex and lies, can't bring me down
'Cause I sold my soul
All over town.

(chorus)
People try to drag us down
So we learn to swim before we drown.

(chorus)

Pandora's Box

Born in Kansas
On an ordinary plain
Ran to New York
But ran away from fame
Only seventeen
When all your dreams came true
But all you wanted was someone to undress you

(chorus 1):
And all the stars you kissed
Could never ease the pain.
Still the grace remains...
The face is changed
But you're still the same.

(chorus 2):
And it's a long, long way (long way)
From where you want to be
And it's a long, long road (too long)
But you're too blind to see

Afraid of silence
Of an innocence divine.
There's a dangerous creation
When you fail the test of time.
And all the photographs of ghosts of long ago
Still they hurt you so,
Won't let you go,
And you still don't know...

(chorus 2)

When you look around yourself now
Do you recognise the girl?
The one who broke a thousand hearts
Terrified the world

(chorus 1):
And all the stars you kissed
Could never ease the pain
And if the face has changed
The grace remains
And you're still the same

(chorus 2, repeated to fade...)

Then You Turn Away

I didn't want to see you
Not when you're at your best
Or talk about the weather
I couldn't pass the test

(chorus):
So many things I do
So many things I say
Give you the wrong idea
So many things I do
So many things I say
Just make a fool of me
(And) then you turn away
Then you turn away.

I couldn't help but call you
I waited almost all the week
I didn't want to hear you
Laughing aloud at me

(chorus)

There's people saying that it's obvious
That I'm wasting my time on you
There's people saying that it's obvious
That I've fallen in love -
It's not true, (it's) not true, (it's) not true...

(chorus)

Speed Of Light

The speed of light slows down
As the feather hits the ground
And nothing else gets through
It's always faster than it sounds.
The star that shone so bright
Will be eclipsed tonight
When you kiss the satelite.
'Cause there was someplace you
And you alone, believed that a life
Could be this way
It don't seem right
To spend tonight as you did today.

(chorus):
If I had known that you would call
If I could dream that you would fall
If I could change these thoughts around
I would have stayed at home tonight.

There's nothing that you can do
To make this all brand-new
Nothing here to save
To make it go away.

You've never been so wrong.
So how can you ignore
When a fall from grace so high
Should never take so long
And say goodbye,
As you did today.

(chorus)

So the speed of light remains
Ever-constantly the same
Begin tonight as it did today.

(chorus)

Was It Something I Said

(chorus):
Was it something I said,
Or something you read?
That's changing your mind,
That's turning you around?

Was somebody wrong,
Or somebody right?
What was it made up your mind?
What could change overnight?

And if all of your friends
That used to be mine
Come down off the fence
I'd swear that you'd find:
I can hate you no more
I can't even the score
Almost half of my life
Just fell right on the floor.

Don't you come 'round here no more
Don't you waste my time
Don't you dare to phone me
Don't you even have me on your mind!

Was there someone you know
Who won't let you go?
They're pushing you under,
And bleeding you slow.
They don't want your time,
They won't give you mine.
Their hand's in your pocket,
And your heart's on the line.

I know I'm not perfect
I wanted to be
I have this big mouth
It always contradicts me.

You say you don't know,
I say anything goes.
Baby, you think it's over,
Then this you should know:

Don't you come 'round here no more
Don't you waste my time
Don't you dare to phone me
Don't you even have me on your mind.

(chorus)
(chorus)
(chorus)

Big Town

I discovered a big town
On the crest of a wave
Throwing money at strangers
Taking candy from babes

Shaking hands with the big top (?)
As the rain came down
I thought it would not stop
Sending letters to Paris
From the Empire State
Taking pictures from the top.

(chorus):
There's a lot of things
For you to do...
There's a lot of dreams
That won't come true.

I grew up in a big town
The lessons were not hard to learn.
If you want them to love you,
Then you must not love them, in return.

Spent the night at a party
Where I drank so much
I fell under your spell...
Eight o'clock in the morning
And the daylight makes me
Look and feel like hell.

(chorus)
(chorus)

When you live in a big town
There are sights and sounds
That make you
Want to cry...

(repeat above, fade out)

Call My Name

You see the new sensation,
I heard it call your name.
You're running 'round in circles,
You're making right again.
(The) telephone keeps ringing,
Your head is in the sand,
(The) future is unfolding,
But it's not what you had planned.

(chorus):
No matter what you do,
There's no escape for you.
You say they've gone too far,
(You) said I'd take my car.(** Anyone want to explain that one?? **)
So it always ends the same,
And there's no one else to blame...
But I'd die
If you would call my name.

Caught between two evils,
I should've stayed at home.
To wish upon, and hold the phone,
When in love you want...(** Eh? **)

(chorus)

Oh yes, I'd die,
If you would call my name.

Apollo XI

"I believe that this nation
Should commit itself to achieving the goal
Of landing a man on the moon
And returning him safely to the earth."
(Presidente John F.Kennedy)

"Ten,
Nine,
Ignition sequence starts.
Six,
Five,
Four,
Three,
Two,
One,
Zero...
All engines thrust...
Lift-off! We have a lift-off -- 32 minutes past the hour..."
(Programas espaciais da NASA)

"Three hundred and sixty-three feet of gleaming flight equipment
Being pushed up
Through the blue skies of Florida."
(Programas espaciais da NASA)

"Hello, Neil and Buz -
I talking to you by telephone
From the Oval Room of the White House.
For every American,
This has to be the proudest day of our lives..."
(Presidente Richard M.Nixon)

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Mike Collier...
Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstong, Mike Collier...
Buzz Aldrin, Mike Collier....
(Programas espaciais da NASA)

"This is Apollo control...
Twenty-seven thousand feet per second.(beep)
We confirm ignition, and the rest is 'go'.
Everything is 'go'.
This is Apollo control, at eleven hours, twenty-nine minutes.
Apollo control, at twenty-two hours, forty-nine minutes.
Eagle, you're looking great; altitude still looking very good...
Altitude one-hundred thousand...
Altitude forty thousand...
Now thirty-three thousand five-hundred feet...
Altitude now twenty-one thousand feet.
Still looking very good...
Altitude thirteen thousand feet...
Still looking very good...
Eagle, you're looking great...
Fourteen-hundred feet...
Altitude two-hundred feet...
Eagle, you're looking great...
The Eagle has landed!
It was beautiful from here!
You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue -
We're breathing again.
That's one small step for man,
One giant leap for mankind...
That's one small step for man,
One giant leap for mankind...
Don't forget the depressurization.
That's one small step for man,
One giant leap for mankind...
One small step for man,
One giant leap for mankind...
We're reading you loud and clear...
That's one small step for man,
One giant leap for mankind...
This is the time of rejoicing...
This is the time of rejoicing...
In New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles
This is the time of rejoicing...
Ticker-tape parades...
This is the time of rejoicing...
This is the time of rejoicing...
This is Apollo control...
This is Apollo control...
This is Apollo control...
One giant leap
For mankind.
(Programas espaciais da NASA)

Walking On Air

The mood I'm in
I can't explain.
It's black and white and
Much worse than pain.
And fear of this
So clearly nice
Is next to that
But not exactly.

It's obvious
So plain to see
That I'm not as dumb as
You'd like me to be.
I'll take my chance
On your wheel tonight...
But I won't fall out
So don't act tough -
It's not enough.
(chorus):

No footsteps on the stairs (tonight),
No cigarettes for me to light,
No heavy scented clothes to fall to the floor...
But I'll hear your call,
And when you're not there,
You're walking on air.

(I'm) ashamed enough -
Just let me down.
'Cause I've bled enough
To leave this town.
From east to west,
North to south -
The leeches crawl from hand to mouth...
And now my strength,
Is almost out...
It's running out.

(chorus) (2x)

Walk Tall

Can't wait to see you
Say black is white.
Can't wait to hear you
Tell me lies.
(I'd) say it with flowers
But I'd swallow too much pride.
Stop counting the hours
'Till I'm right there, by your side...

(chorus):
(Walk Tall)
I'll never cry to you.
(Walk Tall)
Not if you begged me to...

Wishing and hoping
To see the light...
Waiting and praying
It'll be alright...

Remember the days we spent
Just lying on your bed...
Remember how crazy we went
Right out of our heads...

(chorus)

Neon Lights

Neon Lights
Shimmering neon lights
And at the fall of night
This city's made of light.

Neon Lights
Shimmering neon lights
And at the fall of night
This city's made of light.

I dream of you
With me tonight
We're all alone
Under neon lights.

I'm driving home
You're by my side
The neon lights
Are in our eyes.

All That Glitters

All that glitters
Is not gold.
So don't believe everything
You've been told.
And take a chance on being strong
'Cause they'll destroy you
If you're wrong.

(chorus):
Only lovers act this way...
You see.
Only lovers are so free.

All your friends
Are here tonight;
Never ones to miss a fight.
They are repulsed for what you've done...
'Brings in the darkness
When they've gone.

(chorus)

I will die here,
Next to you.
I would make your dreams come true...
There's so much,
I had to say...
I got lost,
Along the way.

All that glitters
Is not gold.
So don't believe everything
You've been told.

(chorus) (2x)

All She Wants Is Everything

No telephone will ring for you
No friends will call around
No presents for the birthday girl
Or flowers will be found
In splendid isolation
You drift from day to day
I gave you everything I could
You've thrown it all away

Chorus:
And all she wants is everything
But everything's not good enough
The whole wide world just would not do
Then how can I be good enough for you?
So now you've changed your mind
And hope that I will too
The world is moving forward
But you're further from the truth
God knows it's all so simple
Did I rob you of your pride?
'Cause finger after finger
She has torn you from my side
(chorus)
(chorus)
(chorus)

Burning

(sample1):
Gentlemen, may I have your attention please?
(sample2):
There's stuff coming back at you all the time!
(sample3):
You have to do it and do it together, do it and do it together
(sample2)
(sample3)
Burning, burning
Destiny comes knocking on your door
Takes you were the money meets the floor
Jealousy comes creeping up on you
And make you do those things that you hate to do
(chorus 1):
Yes I'm burning
She won't get away
(Burning) 'cause I'm here to say
She's coming back
And it's a fact
She's here to stay
Everybody wants a piece of you
And charity begins at the age of two
So baby, baby, baby, shut your door
'Cause I won't leave you on this killing floor
(chorus 2):
'Cause I'm burning
She won't get away
(Burning) 'cause I'm here to say
She's coming back
And it's a fact
She's here to stay
(sample 4)
Hello. Yes, you're on the air
(sample 5)
Hello?
[lots of jumbled repetitions of parts of samples 4 and 5]
Burning, Burning
Burning, Burning
(chorus 2)

 

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