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I don't like mondays [The Boomtown Rats]
The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
And nobody's gonna go to school today
She's going to make them stay at home
And daddy doesn't understand it
He always said she was as good as gold
And he can see no reason
cos there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown
Tell me why I Don't like Mondays
Tell me why I Don't like Mondays
Tell me why I Don't like Mondays
I want to shoot the whole day down
The Telex machine is kept so clean
As it types to a waiting world
And Mother feels so shocked
Father's world is rocked
And their thoughts turn to their own little girl
Sweet 16 ain't that peachy keen
No, it ain't so neat to admit defeat
They can see no reasons
Cos there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown
Tell me why I Don't like Mondays
Tell me why I Don't like Mondays
Tell me why I Don't like Mondays
I want to shoot the whole day down
Down. Down. Shoot it all down
All the playing's stopped in the playground now
She wants to play with her toys a while
And school's out early and soon we'll be learning
And the lesson today is how to die
And then the bullhorn crackles
And the captain crackles
With the problems and the how's and why's
And he can see no reasons
Cos there are no reasons
What reason do you need to die
And the silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
And nobody's gonna go to school today
She's going to make them stay at home
And daddy doesn't understand it
He always said she was as good as gold
And he can see no reason
cos there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown
Tell me why I Don't like Mondays
Tell me why I Don't like Mondays
Tell me why I Don't like Mondays
I want to shoot the whole day down
162
Ready to go [Republica]
Ready to go, ready to go
You're weird, in tears, too near and too far away
He said, "saw red," went home stayed in bed all day
Your t-shirt's, dish dirt
Always love the one you hurt
It's a crack, I'm back yeah I'm standing on the rooftops shouting out
Baby I'm ready to go
I'm back and ready to go
From the rooftops shout it out
It's a crack, I'm back yeah I'm standing on the rooftops having it
Baby I'm ready to go
I'm back and ready to go
From the rooftops shout it out, shout it out
You sleep, too deep, one week is another world
Big mouth, big mouth, drop out, drop out
You get what you deserve
You're strange, insane, one thing you can never change
It's a crack, I'm back yeah I'm standing on the rooftops shouting out
Baby I'm ready to go
I'm back and ready to go
From the rooftops shout it out
It's a crack, I'm back yeah I'm standing on the rooftops having it
Baby I'm ready to go
I'm back and ready to go
From the rooftops shout it out, shout it out
Ready to go
Abused, confused, always love the one that hurt ya hurt ya hurt ya hurt ya
It's a crack, I'm back yeah I'm standing on the rooftops shouting out
Baby I'm ready to go
I'm back and ready to go
From the rooftops shout it out
It's a crack, I'm back yeah I'm standing on the rooftops having it
Baby I'm ready to go
I'm back and ready to go
From the rooftops shout it out
Its a crack
Baby, I'm ready to go
Baby, I'm ready to go
Baby, I'm ready to go
Baby, I'm ready to go
Baby, I'm ready to go
Baby, I'm ready to go
Baby, I'm ready to go
Baby, I'm ready to go
Baby, I'm ready to go
163
What do you want from me [Monaco]
There is one thing. That I would die for.
It's when you say. My life is in your hands.
When you're near me. Your love is all I need.
Now I can't imagine.
What do you want from me?
It's not how it used to be.
You've taken my life away
Ruining everything.
Sha la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la
What do you want from me?
It's not how it used to be.
You've taken my life away
Ruining everything.
Give me something. I can rely on.
Far away from. The life that I once know.
But what does it matter. Thats all I have to say.
And I can't imagine.
What do you want from me?
It's not how it used to be.
You've taken my life away
Ruining everything.
Sha la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la
164
Ana Ng [They Might Be Giants]
Make a hole with a gun
Perpendicular to the name of this town in a desk-top globe
Exit wound in a foreign nation
Showing the home of the one this was written for
My apartment looks upside down from there
Water spirals the wrong way out the sink
And her voice is a backwards record
It's like a whirlpool and it never ends
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
All alone at the '64 World's Fair
Eighty dolls yelling "Small girl after all"
Who was at the Dupont Pavilion?
Why was the bench still warm? Who had been there?
Or the time when the storm tangled up the wire
To the horn on the pole at the bus depot
And in the back of the edge of hearing
These are the words the voice was repeating:
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
When I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge:
"I don't want the world, I just want your half"
They don't need me here, and I know you're there
Where the world goes by like the humid air
And it sticks like a broken record
Everything sticks until it goes away
And the truth is, we don't know anything
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
165
The end is the beginning is the end [The Smashing Pumpkins]
The sewers belch me up.
The heavens spit me out.
From ethers tragic I am born again
And now I'm with you now
Inside your world of wow!
To move in desires made of deadly pretends
Till the end times begin.
Is it bright where you are?
Have the people changed?
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
And in your darkest hour
I hold secrets flame
You can watch the world devoured in it's pain
Strange
Climb my ribcage to
The replays run for you
Unhook my lights to peek behind the flash
For I am crystal chrome
I am shatter dome
And I am kremlin king of angels avenged
To destroy the end.
Is it bright where you are?
Have the people changed?
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
And in your darkest hour
I hold secrets flame
You can watch the world devoured in it's pain
Strange
The zeppelins rain upon us
The guns of love disastrous
A shadow lies amongst you
To defy the future cast.
Is it bright where you are?
Have the people changed?
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
And in your darkest hour
I hold secrets flame
You can watch the world devoured in it's pain
Strange
166
Where have all the cowboys gone? [Paula Cole]
Oh you get me ready in your 56 chevy
Why don't we go sit down in the shade
Take shelter on my front porch
The dandy lion sun scorching,
Like a glass of cold lemonade
I will do laundry if you pay all the bills
Where is my John Wayne
Where is my prairie song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all the cowboys gone
Why don't you stay the evening
Kick back and watch the TV
And I'll fix a little something to eat
Oh I know your back hurts from working on the tractor
How do you take your coffee my sweet
I will raise the children if you pay all the bills
Where is my John Wayne
Where is my prairie song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all the cowboys gone
I am wearing my new dress tonight
But you don't, but you don't even notice me
Say our goodbyes
Say our goodbyes
Say our goodbyes
We finally sell the chevy
When we had another baby
And you took the job in tennessee
You made friends at the farm
And you joined them at the bar
Almost every single day of the week
I will wash the dishes while you go have a beer
Where is my John Wayne
Where is my prairie song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all the cowboys gone
Where is my Marlboro man
Where is his shiny gun
Where is my lonely ranger
Where have all the cowboys gone
Where have all the cowboys gone
Where have all the cowboys gone
Yippee aw, yippee yea
Yippee aw, yippee yea
Yippee aw, yippee yea
Yippee aw, yippee yea
Yippee aw, yippee yea
Yippee aw, yippee yea
Yippee aw, yippee yea-yea yea yea yea-yea yeeeaaaaaaaa
167
A design for life [Manic Street Preachers]
Libraries gave us power
Then work came and made us free
What price now for a shallow piece of dignity
I wish I had a bottle
Right here in my dirty face
To wear the scars to show from where I came
We don't talk about love
We only want to get drunk
And we are not allowed to spend
As we are told that this is at an end
A Design for life
A Design for life
A Design for life
A Design for life
I wish I had a bottle
Right here in my dirty face
To wear the scars to show from where I came
We don't talk about love
We only want to get drunk
And we are not allowed to spend
As we are told that this is at an end
A Design for life
A Design for life
A Design for life
A Design for life
168
You're not alone [Olive]
In a way, it's all a matter of time
I will not worry for you, You'll be just fine
Take my thoughts with you, and when you look behind
You will surely see a face that you recognize
You're not alone, I'll wait till the end of time
Open your mind, Surely it's plain to see
You're not alone, I'll wait till the end of time for you
Open your mind, Surely there's time to be with me
It is the distance, that makes life a little hard
Two minds that once were close, Now so many miles apart
I will not falter though, I'll hold on till you're home
Safely back where you belong, And see how our love has grown
You're not alone, I'll wait till the end of time
Open your mind, Surely it's plain to see
You're not alone, I'll wait till the end of time for you
Open your mind, Surely there's time to be with me
169
Torn [Natalie Imbruglia]
I thought I saw a man brought to life
He was warm he came around and he was dignified
He showed me what it was to cry
Well you couldn't be that man I adored
You don't seem to know seem to care what your heart is for
Well I don't know him anymore
There's nothing where he used to lie
The conversation has run dry
That's what's goin' on
Nothing's fine I'm torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see
The perfect sky is torn
You're a little late I'm already torn
So I guess the fortune teller's right
I should have seen just what was there and not some Holy light
But you crawled beneath my veins and now
I don't care - I have no luck - I don't miss it all that much
There's just so many things
That I can't touch I'm torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see
The perfect sky is torn
You're a little late I'm already torn
Torn
Ohh, ooh...
There's nothing where he used to lie
My inspiration has run dry
That's what's goin' on
Nothing's right I'm torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see
The perfect sky is torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I'm ashamed
Bound and broken on the floor
You're a little late I'm already torn
Torn
Oh
Oh yeah, oh yeah
170
Never ever [All Saints]
A few questions that I need to know
How you could ever hurt me so
I need to know what I've done wrong
And how long it's been going on
Was it that I never paid enough attention
Or did I not give enough affection
Not only will your answers keep me sane
But I'll know never to make the same mistake again
You can tell me to my face,
Or even on the phone
You can write it in a letter
Either way I have to know
Did I never treat you right
Did I always start the fight
Either way, I'm going out of my mind
All the answers to my questions
I have to find
My head's spinnin'
Boy I'm in a daze
I feel isolated
Don't wanna communicate
I'll take a shower
I will scour
I will rub
Find peace of mind,
The happy mind
I once owned, yeah
Flexing vocabulary runs right through me
The alphabet runs right from A to Zee
Conversations, hesitations in my mind
You got my conscience asking questions that I can't find
I'm not crazy
I'm sure I ain't done nothing wrong
No, I'm just waiting
'Cause I heard that this feeling won't last that long
Never ever have I ever felt so low
When you gonna take me outta this black-hole
Never ever have I ever felt so sad
The way I'm feeling. Yeah, you got me feeling really bad
Never ever have I had to find
I had to dig a way to find my own peace of mind
I've never ever had my conscience to fight
The way I'm feeling, it just don't feel right
I'll keep searching
Deep within my soul
For all the answers
Don't want to hurt no more
I need peace, got to feel at ease
Need to be free from pain
Go insane
My heart aches
Sometimes vocabulary runs right through my head
The alphabet runs right from A to Zed
Conversations, hesitations in my mind
You got my concience asking questions that I can't find
I'm not crazy
I'm sure I ain't done nothing wrong
I'm just waiting
'Cause I heard that this feeling won't last that long
Never ever have I ever felt so low
When you gonna take me outta this black-hole
Never ever have I ever felt so sad
The way I'm feeling. Yeah, you got me feeling really bad
Never ever have I had to find
I had to dig a way to find my own peace of mind
I've never ever had my conscience to fight
The way I'm feeling, it just don't feel right
You can tell me to my face
You can tell me on the phone
You can write it in a letter, babe
'Cause I really need to know
You can write it in a letter, babe