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"Advice For The Young At Heart"
And with the hands of faith, I'll call your bluff.
And with the hounds at bay, I'll call your bluff.
"Advice For The Young At Heart"
We got the whole wide world in our ass.
We got the whole wide world in our hands.
"Badman's Song"
In my hand there is a river
when I being back I belong
In my head there's a mirror
when I am being bad I am being wrong
"Bloodletting Go"
If I can't remember nothin'
Then the sun don't shine
And the grass don't grow.
If I care for nothing
Then the sun don't shine
And the grass don't grow.
"Break It Down Again"
Big bouncing babies bred and 'bout
To get a hellish life.
Big bouncing babies, bread and butter
Can I have a slice?
"Break It Down Again"
Hail to the crown
Play to the crowd
"Break It Down Again"
I touch little boys.
Hot tips for the boys.
"Break It Down Again"
I've touched other boys.
Hot tips for the boys.
"Break It Down Again"
Pay to the crown.
Play to the crowd.
"Break It Down Again"
Pray to the power.
Play to the crowd.
"Break It Down Again"
Rapin' clowns again
So those are my queens
And deez are my arze
Take it all like a man
I'm hung like a horse.
Break it down, again
So those are my dreams
And these are my eyes
Stand tall like a man
Head strong like a horse.
"Break It Down Again"
Stand tall like a man
Who's h**g like a horse.
Stand tall like a man
Headstrong like a horse.
"Break It Down Again"
Stand tall like a man
Get down like a horse.
Stand tall like a man
Headstrong like a horse.
"Break It Down Again"
When it's all your mischief.
When it's all mixed up.
"Change"
Change, you can change.
or
Change, Jews can't change.
or
Change, Jews can't change.
Change, you can't change.
"Closest Thing To Heaven"
Evil countries that are making billions.
Eat the countries that are making billions.
"Closest Thing To Heaven"
Look the world right in the eye
Even the countries that are making billions
Scream 'As I'm on umpire!'
Save all the the clowns from all the startling of me!
Look the world right in the eye
Eat the countries that are making billions
Sweet as homemade apple pie
Save the crumbs for the starving millions.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
40 hands while the walls come tumbling down.
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
40 hangs while the walls come tumbling down.
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Dancing on the left arena
Dancing on the men's arena
Everybody wants to rule the world
Acting on your best behaviour
Turn your back on Mother Nature
Everybody wants to rule the world
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Dancing on the left arena,
Dancing on the men's arena
Everybody wants to rule the world.
Acting on your best behaviour
Turn your back on Mother Nature
Everybody wants to rule the world
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Every buddy wants to mow the lawn.
Everybody wants to rule the world.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Everybody want to do a squirrel.
Everybody wants to rule the world.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Everybody wants to be that way.
Everybody wants to rule the world.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Everybody wants to fool around.
Everybody wants to rule the world.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Everybody wants to move around.
Everybody wants to rule the world.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Everybody wants to move around
Everybody wants to rule the world
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Everybody wants to wear a bra.
Everybody wants to rule the world.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Harried with a lacquered rission.
or
Buried with an apparition.
Married with a lack of vision.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
I can't stand these improvision
Staring with your lactate vision.
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
I can't stand this any longer.
I can't stand this indecision.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
I can't stand this indecision
Married to a mad cow vision
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a black-eyed vision.
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
I can't stand this indecision
Married women lack our vision.
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Say that you'll never, never, never, never need it
One big headlong Waborita.
Say that you'll never, never, never, never need it
One big headline, why believe it?
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fade it.
So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fake it.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Turn your back, another favor.
Turn your back on Mother Nature.
"Falling Down"
As the sqawl's spinning 'round
as the ship runs aground.
Is this world spinning 'round?
Has this ship run aground?
"Head Over Heels"
And thinking I'm adopted.
And dreaming I'm a doctor.
"Head Over Heels"
And this is my holy moment.
And this is my four leaf clover.
"Head Over Heels"
But seditious eyes can't race against the child in your fate
Go and escape my attention.
But traditions I can trace against the child in your face
Won't escape my attention.
"Head Over Heels"
Doubting adds glamour, what should I believe in?
Nothing gets done when you feel like a baby.
"Head Over Heels"
I want the TV with you alone.
I wanted to be with you alone.
"Head Over Heels"
I want the TV with you alone
or
I want the TV with you, hello
or
I want the TV with ULO.
I wanted to be with you alone.
"Head Over Heels"
I wanted to be with you alone
And talk about the weapons.
I wanted to be with you alone
And talk about the weather.
"Head Over Heels"
I watched TV with your life.
I wanted to be with you alone.
"Head Over Heels"
I'm lost in admiration, dude, I need you this much.
I'm lost in admiration, could I need you this much?
"Head Over Heels"
I'm made of fire and watching it snow
or
I'm made of flour and watching it blow
or
I made a flower and what can it show?
I made a fire and watching it burn.
"Head Over Heels"
I've made a fire and watching it burn.
I made a pyre, I'm watching it burn.
"Head Over Heels"
It's a hard to be a man when there's a girl in your head
It's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand
"Head Over Heels"
It's fun to be a man when there's a gum in your hair.
It's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand.
"Head Over Heels"
It's fun to be a man when there's a knot in your hair.
It's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand.
"Head Over Heels"
It's hard to be a man when there's a gnome in your head.
It's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand.
"Head Over Heels"
It's hard to be a man when there's a note in your head.
It's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand.
"Head Over Heels"
My Mother and my Father used to meet me below
And dreaming I'm adopted
My mother and my brothers used to breathe in clean in air
And dreaming I'm a doctor
"Head Over Heels"
My mother and my brothers used to beat me in bed
And scream that I'm adopted
My mother and my brothers used to breathing clean air
And dreaming I'm a doctor
"Head Over Heels"
My mother and my brothers used to breathing clean air
And dreaming I'm adopted
My mother and my brothers used to breathe in clean air
And dreaming I'm a doctor
"Head Over Heels"
My mother and my brothers used to really clean air
And dream that I'm adopted.
My mother and my brothers used to breathe in clean air
And dreamin' I'm a doctor.
"Head Over Heels"
Oh I feel full.
Oh I feel so...
"Head Over Heels"
Sod off, you're putrid.
Thought of your future.
"Head Over Heels"
Some things happen when your hang over heals.
Something's happened, and I'm head over heels.
"Head Over Heels"
Something slapped me, and I'm head over heels
Something's happened, and I'm head over heels
"Head Over Heels"
Something's happened and I'm fed up with you.
Something's happened, and I'm head over heels.
"Head Over Heels"
This is my fault from being cloned, but...
This is my 4 leaf clover.
"Head Over Heels"
This is my holy sofa.
This is my four leaf clover.
"Head Over Heels"
We've rumpled in the pasture
With one foot in the past now
"Head Over Heels"
With one pudding, don't fast
Now, just how long will it last?
With one foot in the past
Now just how long will it last?
"Head Over Heels"
You keep your distance with a sister m*** touch.
You keep your distance with a system of touch.
"Head Over Heels"
You, keep your distance, you're a sister of touch.
You keep your distance with a system of touch.
"I Believe"
In the Nightime, In the Storm, In a Casino
Casino Spanish Eyes
In the night time, In a storm, in a gazebo
I could see those Spanish Eyes.
"Listen"
Mama lemme take ya like I hope ya say.
or
'Rock Me, Amadeus', when I hope you sing
Cumple anos chica, no hay que preocuparse
"Mad World"
Went to kill them with a temperature.
Made to feel the way that every child should.
"Mad World"
Went to school and it was very marvelous
No-one knew me, no-one knew me.
Went to school and I was very nervous
No-one knew me, no-one knew me.
"Mother's Talk"
Following in the footsteps of a funeral pyre
You were paid not to listen, now your a*** is on fire.
Following in the footsteps of a funeral pyre
You were paid not to listen, now your house is on fire.
"Mother's Talk"
My picture's gone with a change in the weather
We can, we can work it out.
My features form with a change in the weather
Weekend, we can work it out.
"Mothers Talk"
My b*****s fall with a change in the weather
Others never talk about it.
or
My features fall with a change in the weather
Mothers never talk about it.
My features form with a change in the weather
Mothers never talk about it.
"Pale Shelter"
And now you're not right on this painting
When all I want is B.S. in the break of night
And I can't operate on this failure
When all I want to be is completely in command
"Pale Shelter"
When all I want to be is
Completely gone mad.
When all I want to be is
Completely in command.
"Pale Shelter"
You don't give enough
You give me cold pants
And knockin' on the radar despite her
When all I want to be is freakin' a man.
You don't give me love
You give me cold hands
And I can't operate on this failure
When all I want to be is completely in command.
"Raoul And The Kings Of Spain"
To turn the clock and do it again.
To turn this loss into a gain.
"Secrets"
You're just a flicker of a flame.
With just a flicker of a flame.
"Shout"
And when you take 'em down you're gone.
And when you've taken down your guard.
"Shout"
And when you take a dump, you cry.
And when you've taken down your guard.
"Shout"
And when you take and doubt your God.
And when you've taken down your guard.
"Shout"
I'd really love to break your arm
I'd really love to break your heart
"Shout"
In Viking times, you shouldn't have to sell your soul
In violent times, you shouldn't have to sell your soul
"Shout"
Shout, shout ready or not
Shout, shout let it all out
"Shout"
Shout, shout, let it all out
Beer is something we can't do without
Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things we can do without
"Shout"
Shout, shout, let it all out
Bees are the things we can do without
Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things we can do without
"Shout"
Shout, shout, ride it on out.
Shout, shout, let it all out.
"Shout"
Sprouts, sprouts, let them all out
Shout, shout, let it all out
"Shout"
They gave you life
And in return, you gave them help.
They gave you life
And in return, you gave them hell.
"Shout"
They took you for a working ball.
They took you for a working boy.
"Shout"
They took you for a world and more
They took you for a woorking boy
"Shout"
They took you for a wrecking ball.
They took you for a working boy.
"Shout"
They took you from a world come born
They took you for a working boy
"Shout"
Write it all out!
Let it all out!
"Sketches Of Pain"
Despite the dark
In spite of the dark
"Sketches Of Pain"
Got my claim.
God might claim.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
And the policy to breathe.
And the politics of greed.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
As the headline says, your a jew
As the headline says, you're free to choose
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
As the headline says
'Your preacher chews.'
As the headline says
'You're free to choose.'
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Could you be, could you be squeaky clean?
Smashing it up while on the scene.
Could you be, could you be squeaky clean?
And smash any hope of democracy.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Cuchu-ci, cuchu-ci squeaky clean
And smash any hope of a magazine
Could you be, could you be squeaky clean
And smash any hope of democracy
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Feel the pea
Feel the pain
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Sailing the seas of love.
Sowing the seeds of love.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Sewing machine of love
Sowing the seeds of love
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
So nice to eat, so masturbate.
So nice to eat, so nice to taste.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Sowing the seeds.
An empty need.
And the policies agreed.
Sowing the seeds.
An end to need,
and the politics of greed.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
The love trade rides from coast to coast.
The love train rides from coast to coast.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
There goes Kuwait.
Food go to waste
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
Time to read all your words.
Time to eat all your words.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
We chase the man we love the most.
D.J.'s the man we love the most.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
We choose the man we love the most.
D.J.'s the man we love the most.
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
You go to waste.
Sometimes you eat,
you masturbate.
Food goes to waste.
So nice to eat,
so nice to taste.
"Sowing the Seeds of Love"
Some find the need to masturbate.
So nice to eat, so nice to taste.
"Sowing the Seeds of Love"
Sometimes you feed the master page
So nice to eat, so nice to taste
"Sowing the Seeds of Love"
Stormy in the seas of love
Sowing the seeds of love
"Standing On The Corner Of The Third World"
Holy white, the hippie town
Holy white we'll paint the town.
"Standing On The Corner Of The Third World"
Standing on the corner of the third world
I'll do Batman, I'll do Batman.
Standing on the corner of the Third World
Of the Third World, of the Third World.
"Watch Me Bleed"
I'm Gumby, green forever.
Watch me bleed, bleed forever.
"Woman In Chains"
Minestrone
Men of Stone
"Woman In Chains"
Salt freedom
or
Salt free, man!
So free her.
"Woman In Chains"
Woman in chair
Woman in chains
"Woman In Chains"
Woman, you've changed.
Woman in chains