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i don't care
03:21
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i don’t care
i don’t care about your ugly face
i don’t care if it’s all over the place
i don’t care who you are
don’t care about your fuck-off cars
or your mansions in greece
if you just leave me in peace
i don’t care about your fleet of yachts
i don’t care about a thing you’ve got
I don’t care about your plans
to suck a living from your fans
so your stocks increase
if you just leave me in peace
the rich are always with us
what are we gonna do
blast them into space
to find another subject race
and leave us in peace
the rich are always with us
what are we gonna do
the problem’s not the money
but they got plans for me and you
and they won’t leave us in peace
i don’t care about your investments in mars
if you go there you’ll be sufficiently far away from me
i just care that you bought up this planet
and everything that’s living on it
for your private use
and you’re sucking its juice
i don’t care let’s dance
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svengali song
03:33
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svengali song
you’re a bird with a broken wing
a fragile ragged thing
i picked you up to hear you sing
now i’m gonna make you fly
you’re drawn to people of your kind
like the blind searching for the blind
so it’s no surprise you didn’t find
anyone to make you fly
you’re the kind of girl that looks good for the lens
cause you got the skin you got the lips you got the eyes
but you’re the kind of girl that goes unnoticed to her friends
cause you’d never own up that you’ve never grown up to their size
you’ve got the shadows on your side
they give you cover when you need to hide
now you’re weak so i’ll let you ride
then i’m gonna make you fly
fly i know you can fly
you’re the kind of girl that can’t make it on her own
though you got the curves you don’t have the nerve that you need
i took you under my wing and though you’re not fully grown
now i’m gonna force you to be free if it makes you bleed
you’re a bird with a broken wing
a fragile ragged thing
i picked you up to hear you sing
now i’m gonna make you fly
fly, i know you can fly
now i’m gonna make you fly
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3. |
in search of lost time
04:05
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in search of lost time
if you went in search of lost time
what would you find
if you went in search of that lost time
what would you find
the wind is stirring the leaves
heads are passing over the wall
the doorman’s nodding
and the barman’s prodding him
and you’re waiting for the end of it all
looks like tonight time’s going nowhere
cause there’s nowhere else to fall
the band is swinging like a chandelier
on its way to crash with the wall
and you’re waiting for the end of it all
if you went in search of lost time
what would you find
if you went in search of that lost time
what would you find
the singer adds variety howling at the moon
i’m hanging onto sobriety while he tries to croon
it’s only 10 o’clock and it’s all happening too soon
and i’m walking like a badly drawn cartoon
nothing to be afraid of but stumbling on your fear
but there’s a voice that’s whispering close to my ear
it’s best to let the past lie
cause the truth is too hard to hear
and the truth is too hard to hear
toujours la fuite en avant
parce que le temps ça va trop lentement
toujours la fuite en avant
parce que le temps ça va trop lent
if i focus hard on the lead guitar’s hands
and lay back into this out-of-time band
i won’t have to go in search of lost time
i won’t have to find what i could find
if i just had a mind
to call up the ghosts close behind
if i just had a mind
to call up the ghosts close behind
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4. |
virus in my eye
03:47
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virus in my eye
i got a virus in my eye
the human race is doomed to die
we’re already on the brink
pretty soon we’ll be extinct
i got a virus in my brain
the human race has gone insane
we’re already in the madhouse
now we’re heading further out
they’re telling us we must have faith
in something called the human race
we have to act like we’ve got faith
and hope it’s not too late
i got a virus from the man
he said control it if you can
best disease i ever saw
gonna spread it to you all
i got a virus in my eye
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5. |
me and the generalissimo
03:34
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me and the generalissimo
me and the generalissimo
down guantánamo way
me and the generalissimo
looks like we’re here to stay
he wants to buy me black lace panties
i tell him it’s not my style
he can’t believe i don’t like superman
we chat about nietzsche for a while
me and the generalissimo
looks like we’re good friends
while he sees to my fingernails
i’m wondering how this scene will end
i’m wondering what are the chances
i can mend these broken phalanxes
before i fly down to mexico
to open up the show
we can’t make any noise
or he’ll call out his boys
me and the generalissimo
it’s all hearts and flowers
in the school where they burned the children
that’s how he came to power
power, he came to power
poder, quería poder
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6. |
never go home
02:57
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never go home
the sun’s ablaze
the sea overflows with light
and every turn in the road
takes me further from this paradise
takes me further
from the way that we chime and strike
the perfect note
for this fleeting life
you know love is blind
when you can’t leave it behind
the road hugs the mountain
and i gaze out to sea
and everything’s perfect
just as it was meant to be
it seems life’s about leaving
well what did you expect
the pain is the past
you don’t want to forget
you know love is blind
when you can’t leave it behind
generous spirit
you made me want to sing
something about you
made me want to leave everything
and never go home
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7. |
there's a ghost
03:54
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there’s a ghost
there’s a ghost that’s haunting me
from the dark side of my mind
watching me with lonely eyes
still tender and unkind
i know that i should let her go
yes i wish that i knew how
every house has its secret curse
every land its sacred cow
maybe i just need an image
graven on the air
that i can worship from afar
carry with me everywhere
or i need to feel the gravity
of a woman they could not break
who turned the head of every man
and dragged us in her wake
i hear your voice but there’s no one there
feel your body but it’s made of air
see your face try to touch your hair
my days without you with you i share
cause love never dies
i can meet you anytime
in these invented scenes
but i have yet to ask you
what this haunting means
i have yet to face myself
and look you in the eye
and confess i’ll always carry
a love that cannot die
i hear your voice but there’s no one there
feel your body but it’s made of air
see your face try to touch your hair
my days without you with you i share
cause love never dies
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stained glass window
03:58
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stained glass window
the freezing rain on the leaves
the sparrows shivering in the eaves
the stained-glass panes in the front door
bled their colours on the threadbare floor
you laughed at the cold
in your ragged biker jacket and your old torn jeans
as we huddled round the fire
in our country nook under black oak beams
in the snug at the barley mow
your crowd of friends all in tow
spliff and bitter brandy and blow
we waved the time away like the clouds of smoke
you laughed at the future
as we dressed up to hit the town
never think was your motto
and we never thought anything could ever bring us down
but the time came between us like a flood
a tide of debris and bad blood
the cottage slipped away like a dream
with its fireplace and oak beams in the shadow of the wood
i see you laughing in the rain
now that you’re beyond all pain
i want to remember you in this timeless view
through the stained-glass window pane
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bottle of clouds
03:29
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bottle of clouds
when you’re lonely in the crowd
buy yourself a bottle of clouds
when those memories come around
buy yourself a bottle of clouds
little bottle of clouds
we had some good times you and i
floating round from sky to sky
lonely liquid nights in each other’s arms
when you can’t go downtown
and you need to chase your troubles down
when you’re lonely in the crowd
buy yourself a bottle of clouds
when those memories come around
buy yourself a bottle of clouds
when those feelings crowd around
and you want to cry out loud
just wrap yourself in clouds
ride out on that eiderdown yeah
cause you can’t go downtown
and you need to chase your troubles down
little bottle of clouds
won’t you tell me please
will i ever be free
won’t you tell me please
today could be a good day
to turn the page
any day is a good day
to make a change
bye bye bottle of clouds
we’ve seen some groovy scenes
bye bye bottle of clouds
if you want the end
you must want the means
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10. |
flora
04:14
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flora
i saw you cross the square
and merge into the crowd
called out your name
but i didn’t shout too loud
you stared at the ground
with your hair disguised as blond
looking like you’d seen a ghost
well hey i was the one
you picked me up
like a ragged alley cat
dusted me down
and installed me in your flat
cooked me up some pasta
juiced me at the bars
fenced with my affections
till we went a bar too far
flora my only flora
i bet that you still haven’t guessed
the name of the rose i left you
when suddenly i ceased to be your guest
you were bored and restless
hungry for a change
i brightened up the colours
of your faded routine range
and so we hit the streets
of your boho neighbourhood
sharing magic moments
till the whiskey soured the mood
stumbling down gran vía
all the way i cried
later on the fateful night
i witnessed you decide
that you were fine
without a case like mine
and slipped into the crowd
with a guy who was six foot nine
flora my only flora
i bet that you still haven’t guessed
the name of the rose i left you
when suddenly i ceased to be your guest
we climbed the stairs behind a random door
and found the party we were looking for
with a cast of strangers and a mystery friend
that i stumbled on at the rainbow’s end
the theatre bar the cinema bar
the salsa bar the rock’n’roll bar
the whiskey bar the tequila bar
the piano bar was a bar too far
flora my only flora
i bet that you still haven’t guessed
the name of the rose i left you
when suddenly i ceased to be your guest
flora my lonely flora
suddenly i ceased to be your guest
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11. |
new regime
03:34
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new regime
we wake to the dream
of new regime
it’s been a long goodbye
and now it’s over
can’t play the dove
any longer
we wake to the dream
of new regime
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nobody knows
04:16
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nobody knows
the screens light up the room behind the louvered blinds
and the couple in the convertible kiss three times and part
she’s like a jigsaw standing there on the pavement
the pieces don’t fit and she’s wondering if they ever will
and it’s been so long
and it’s been so long
and nobody knows but you
a bare and functional room in the early hours
button by button you take off your blouse in the mirror of your eyes
slowly turning your head you see that automobile
where you kiss three times and it’s always sweet that bitter pill
and it’s been so long
and it’s been so long
and nobody knows
the river is like a mirror
in the water the buildings shiver
i carry you like an echo
watching in the window
i wake up with the dawn the river in my eyes
empty pockets the dust in my skin just a blur in the sun
she turns to the window does she see me there
and i can’t turn away cause nothing can be like it was before
and it’s been so long
and it’s been so long
and nobody knows
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stars of our lives
02:15
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stars of our lives
when i see you in the afternoon
on the armchair in the common room
i stroke your belly like an alley cat
you can’t tell me that you don’t like that
i take off your top cause it’s way too tight
let me admire you in the mellow light
and when i ask if you want more of that
you laugh and tell me that you’re going back
i’m coming closer to you
a love confused is never through
i know this love will bring out the best
bring out the best in me and you
cause it’s just this game that we play every day
that we’re the stars of our lives
it’s just this game that we play every day
that we’re the stars of our lives
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Steve Bruce Roberts Barcelona, Spain
anglo singer-songwriter living in sant boi, near barcelona.
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