Strike Up the Band

Driving in the back seat around the town
Listen to the lights, I want to see the sound
Of music playing in my head
I never heard a word you said

Oh oh oh
The beats are kicking in
Oh oh oh
Your ears don't hear a thing
Strike up the band

Looking for reaction without the crowd
Looking in the doors I get the run around
You never heard a word I said
I've seen this music in my head

Oh oh oh
The beats are kicking in
Oh oh oh
Your ears don't hear a thing
Strike up the band

You never heard a word I said
I've seen this music in my head

Oh oh oh
The beats are kicking in
Oh oh oh
Your ears don't hear a thing
Strike up the band

?

Oh oh oh

It's OK
If you don't like the words I say
Throw them away
But sing it just the same

I know inside
I'll get them back again
Back again

Oh oh oh

It's OK
But I won't breathe the years again
Let's hit it away
Why don't we think and play

I know inside
I'll get them back again
Back again

Oh oh oh

It's OK
If you don't like the words I say
Throw them away
But sing it just the same

I know inside
I'll get them back again
Back again

My Foolish Friend

Lay your hands into my head
I've been rude
I don't care what you do

So much heart is not enough
I've seen few
Who treat me like you do

My foolish friend
Don't try to live my life
Upon this weary line
My foolish friend
Don't tell me if I'm right

Teenage tears the saving grace
Of this fool
But no-one's watching you

Save this mirror for your face
There are two
No matter what you choose

My foolish friend
Don't try to live my life
Upon this weary line
My foolish friend
Don't tell me if I'm right

When I can really rebel
Yes I'm really saddened

My foolish friend
Don't try to live my life
Upon this weary line
My foolish friend
Don't try to live my life

Call in the Night Boys

Say goodnight
Every hour brings the morning of my life
Out of time
Every breath I take I'm further down the line

Here I stand left behind
My eyes are open wide
If you need me you should try

Say goodnight
Every hour brings the morning of my life
Out of tune
Every step I take I take it over you

I don't care what people say
I don't care if night is day
I'll remember if you say

Here I stand left behind
My eyes are open wide
If you need me you should try

Again, A Game... Again

Take my hand
Colours seem so black inside your head
Does everything reflect the time you spend
So tired of thinking you
You hide your face
Don't ask me to excuse

I'm only laughing
Again, a game... again

Some things are right
I'm only laughing
Again, a game... again

Save your words
Words they're never there for those who try
A stranger in a world no longer mine
Sometimes I'm feeling used
I'll change my place
I'd sooner be excused

You're only laughing
Again, a game... again
I'm only laughing
Again, a game... again

Some things are right
I'm only laughing
Again, a game... again

There are times I confess
I'm not easy to accept
So come find I'll react
I'm a reason to be there
They're only laughing
Again, a game... again

I'm only laughing
Again, a game... again

Withou You

Well I know
Those you don't understand you criticise
And I know
I can never mean anything within your eyes

Stop acting like that
Everybody lives to rearrange
You've got to understand
Nothing can ever stay the same

Without my love
What would it be without you

Well I know
If I don't understand you'll sympathise
And I know
If I've never seen everything you'll realise

While I'm acting like that
Everybody seems to rearrange
I've got to understand
Nothing can ever stay the same

What would it be without you
Without my love
Without you

Stop acting like that
Picking on my needs you turn away
I've got to understand
Nothing can ever stay the same

Without my love
What would it be without you
The story ends

Why Is It So Hard?

Forgive me if I fled my place of passion
It's the only way
Condemn me if I raise my voice in anger
Such a dumb, dumb waste

Why is it so hard?
Better to escape
If only I could teach you
Why is it so hard?

Forgive me if my favourite course of action
Is the easy way
Condemn without the haste to claim it's over
When the doubt remains

Why is it so hard?
Better to escape
If only I could teach you
Why is it so hard?

It's Getting Late in the Evening

Everybody's laughing

Crimson sky
Set the sails our hearts are open
Don't cry
I believe release is in your smile

The tide shall turn to shelter us from storm
The seas of charity shall overflow
And bathe us all

Walk on by
Make believe our exile's chosen
Untied
I can see our freedom's in your mind

The tide shall turn to shelter us from storm
The seas of charity shall overflow
And bathe us all

For What's Worth

I love to hear you sing
In every style you give
Sometimes a touch charade
Finally you change

Such pressure you could bring
In every trial your gift
Enough, enough, not all
Finally you'll fall

I love to hear you sing
Alone, alone, among the crowd
Finally you've found

Pictures of Bernadette

Change, I was flying
Seems my life is dying

How can I confess
I've given everything that I had and still you left
How can I forget
I'm getting images of you inside my head

Pictures of Bernadette
Bernadette
Pictures of Bernadette

Change, I'm no closer
How can I reproach you

How can I pretend
I'm living like a King in a land that's heaven sent
How can I suspect
I get a message from you to say you've left

Pictures of Bernadette
Bernadette
Pictures of Bernadette

Recollection sees the sun upon your hair
How I feel it, love we used to share

How can I accept
I've given everything that I had and still you left

Pictures of Bernadette
I've got a message from you to say you've left
Bernadette

John Cope

Weapons at my feet
Some kind of living

Beggar sister pleads
Some kind of giving

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