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Do You Believe

she was wearing that red dress, I could weep
all the promises that we, couldn't keep
holding hands on the edge of our journey into the deep

do you believe, do you believe, do you believe in love ?
do you believe, do you believe, do you believe ?

that dress ten years in a box and mould creeps
no surrender until, I find the sleep
and the seed all falls on the bitter earth so we reap

do you believe, do you believe, do you believe in love ?
do you believe, do you believe, do you believe ?
give me reprieve
do you believe in us ?

doing the rumba in that basement room
dancing the tango in the afternoon gloom
sounds of Before Hollywood rising through the rising damp
on that parquetry floor baby we left our stamp

do you believe, do you believe, do you believe in love ?
do you believe, do you believe, do you believe ?
will you receive love
do you believe in us ?

Tidal Wave

love is an ocean
why don't you get wet ?
you don't need a costume
just bring your cigarettes

I heard an angel singing
every bell was ringing
I heard an angel sing
would you sing for me?

stars fall in showers
African flowers
falling from above
all of your torment
just for this moment
a tidal wave of love

hey princess let's have another drink
before you take off your crown
we can swim in the deep blue water
I'll be there when you come down

All Used Up

In the beginning we
we coulda been anything
now and then I wondered
what would make her sing
dust grows heavy on the
photographs on the mantle
vivid colours washed out
cups with broken handles

I'm all used up

we have been hollowed
we gouged the good from each other
till we'd bricked every window
and all the light was smothered
in the end it's always
just a darkened room
no one to remember
when we were bride and groom

I'm all used up

use me use me
why doncha use me

Hey Sister

hey sister standing all alone
hey sister let me walk you home
hey sister the darkness is gone
hey sister can we walk in the sun?

I was blind baby blind
now I see
I see love

hey sister can we walk the path
hey sister we won't split in half
hey sister can we break the mould
hey sister together we'll grow old

I was blind baby blind
now I see
I see love

hey sister step into the river
hey sister let me feel you shiver
hey sister as we go into the night
hey sister our love will be burning bright

Transmission

remember that night I was riding a rocket
I slipped my wedding ring into my pocket
when I saw her
she was a love transmitter
she said "I didn't mean to be rude"
I didn't see it otherwise could be construed
"you have an innocent face perfect for deception"
we talked about adultery and redemption
she said that Finnn was good and gave Cave a nod
then she told me Kilbey was god
well I laughed at that …. as you might
then the rush came and I thought she was right

don't blink don't blink don't blink baby don't blink
your life could be over before you finish that drink
don't blink don't blink don't blink baby don't blink
your life will be over before you think

it isn't what I wanted to think
but I saw her slip something in my drink
and now as I start to sink
I knew I couldn't afford to blink
momentum builds a wave without end
surges through my body and bends
a radio wave from the beginning of time
the big bang purges my crime
on my death bed I gave all the wrong answers
they was just weeping about my cancers
but I just couldn't stop thinking about her
love transmitter

don't blink don't blink don't blink baby don't blink
your life could be over before you finish that drink
don't blink don't blink don't blink baby don't blink
your life will be over before you think

Spill

I wanna spill
give it all away
would you cancel my debts ?
could you redeem me today ?
I'll take the pledge
take my soul without delay
I'm good for it sugar
you know I'm gonna pay

you think you're different honey
the world's full of girls like you
is that a meter I hear ticking
in our room with a view

honey I have been told
hope is a new coat
well I lifted your skirt
now you know I'm a stoat
just one of the swill
popping one more and one more pill
a moral bankrupt sister
with my hands in the till

you think you're different honey
the world's full of girls like you
is that a meter I hear ticking ?

Chinese Hammer

do you recall when we forged our little pact ?
don't know when it happened, baby it's a fact
we share our secret beyond our spouses
a darkened room in our bright little houses

my house was built with a chinese hammer
all the boards warp in the middle of summer

I nursed it in the desert in its early years
oh the tree has grown, grown from my tears
now it drinks the water and steals all the light
buckles the foundations as the heavens rain with spite

my house was built with a chinese hammer
rusty nails pop when the weather gets warmer
every hinge has its own stammer
all the boards warp in the middle of summer

Professional Entertainers

this sad world makes me want to shout
watch me crumple in doubt
we found the truth and now we falter
I lost you on the way to the altar

I'm surrounded everywhere I turn
by professional entertainers
telling me how much they earn
hard boiled campaigners

she didn't want blood on her hands
and no one in Arabia wants the desert sands
I'm tired of living in a minor key
just another prisoner of gravity

I'm surrounded everywhere I turn
by professional entertainers
telling me how much they earn
hard boiled campaigners

waiting so long
waiting so long
for you

One is Still My Number

you must have needed love
so many wanted to give
every insect crawls to the light
they all want to live
take a little bow sugar
so many people to thank
did you meet them all in the hall
down at the sperm bank?
we all have a one way ticket
but you don't have to ride alone
you figure it out
I'll be working on my baritone

one is still my number, you know its true
one is still my number honey, I've got the juice

little darling do you cringe
in the dark
after you've spent all night
being an amusement park ?
maybe you're the patron saint
of trailer park romeos
when will you learn
everyone already knows

one is still my number, you know its true
one is still my number honey, I've got the juice
I try to be humble, but it isn't any use
one is still my number and one is still my number

how long ? how far ?
how long ? how far ?
how long ? how far ?

Closer

walking slowly through
through a silent house
all the rooms are empty
but for a few packing cases
through the spaces
where we once had love
full of cold air
and remembered embraces

closer, closer to the end
I hurt her as she tried to pretend

our last days were
winters first bitter chill
when I drove
drove in the nail
I locked door feeling frail
put the keys in an envelope
walked out in the sun
distant and pale

closer, always closer to the end