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Being Boring
This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave
To Face The Truth
How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
Only The Wind
My October Symphony
So Hard
Nervously
The End Of The World
Jealousy
I came across a cache of old photos
And invitations to teenage parties
"Dress in white" one said, with quotations
From someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door
She said: "We were never feeling bored
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
When I went I left from the station
With a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said: "If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes were high and I had scored
I'd bolted through a closing door
I would never find myself feeling bored
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend
Now I sit with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
I never dreamt that I would get to be
The creature that I always meant to be
But I thought in spite of dreams
You'd be sitting somewhere here with me
'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend
And we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never being boring
We were never being bored
'Cause we were never being boring
We were never being bored
(Everybody E-E-Everybody Everybody E-E-Everybody Everybody E-E-Everybody Everybody jump to attention...) Each morning after Sunblest Feel the benefit, mental arithmetic I waited by the staffroom In time for benediction Living a law just short of delusion When we fall in love there's confusion This must be the place I waited years to leave To our voices nobody's listening We shiver in the rain by the touchline Then a coach ride to the station "My lord, the carriage awaiteth!" Living a law just short of delusion When we fall in love there's confusion This must be the place I waited years to leave This must be the place I waited years to leave And how How long? I'm listening to the words I thought I'd never hear again A litany of saints and other ordinary men Kneeling on the parquet Whatever has gone wrong? The fear and feeling hopelessness I don't want to belong I dreamt I was back in uniform And a candidate for examination History, someone had blundered And a voice rapped "knuckle under!" Living a law just short of delusion When we fall in love there's confusion This must be the place I waited years to leave This must be the place I waited years to leave And how And how How long? (Trebuet nash narod odnogo) [Our people demand only...]
You know it hurts me when you lie Sometimes it even makes me cry 'Cause I'm so in love with you If you don't believe what I have said Take a look, my eyes are red 'Cause I'm so in love with you But all those sleepless nights in bed When you've been out somewhere instead I wonder if you care and cannot bear the proof It hurts too much to face the truth To face the truth A lawyer with a case to prove Would sift the evidence, then move It's the only thing to do So why then can't I face the facts? Sift this evidence that backs I am so in love with you But all the nights when you have said You must be somewhere else instead I wonder where you go, but daren't expose the proof It hurts too much to face the truth To face the truth To face the truth You are the only one, the only one You know it hurts me when you lie Sometimes it even makes me cry 'Cause I'm so in love with you If you don't believe what I have said Take a look, my eyes are red 'Cause I'm so in love with you But all the nights you don't show up I know it's time I should grow up I ask you if you care, you stand and stare aloof It hurts too much to face the truth To face the truth To face the truth
You live upon a stage, and everyone's agreed You're the brightest hope by far that anyone can see So when you take the limelight you can guarantee You're gaining fame and claiming credibility Tell me baby are you gonna get high as a kite? Tell me baby are you gonna let it happen every night How can you expect to be taken seriously? You live within the law, and everyone assumes You must find this a bore, and try something new You're an intellectual giant, an authority To preach and teach the whole world about ecology Tell me baby are you gonna make any other claims? Tell me baby are you gonna take any of the blame? How can you expect to be taken seriously? How can you expect to be taken seriously? (Seriously) (Seriously) You live within the headlines, so everyone can see You're supporting every new cause and meeting royalty You're another major artist on a higher plane Do you think they'll put you in the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame? Tell me baby how you generate longevity Tell me baby how you really hate publicity How can you expect to be taken seriously? How can you expect to be taken seriously? Seriously (seriously) Seriously, aah (Do you have a message for your fans?) How can you expect to be taken seriously? How can you expect to be taken seriously? (Seriously) Seriously (Seriously) Seriously Aah, seriously
It's only the wind blowing litter all around Just a little wind and the trees are falling down There's nobody crying, that was yesterday Inside we're all smiling, everything's okay It's only the wind blowing cans along the street Someone's dustbin lid playing havoc with the peace There's nobody hiding behind a locked door And no one's been lying, 'cause we don't lie any more It's only the wind, how it takes you by surprise Suddenly begins, then before you know it dies My hands are not shaking, I don't touch a drop You must be mistaken, I know when to stop When life is calmer, I have no doubt No angry drama, a storm blows itself out It's only the wind, they say it's getting worse The trouble that it brings haunts us like a curse My nerves are all jangled, but I'm pulling through I hope I can handle what I have to do When life is calmer, I have no doubt No angry drama, a storm blows itself out A storm blows itself out... I'm sorry
So much confusion When autumn comes around What to do about October How to smile behind a frown? It's hard to settle down It's so bemusing Will they cancel the parade? We marched each October Now they say we were never even saved We must be very brave Shall I rewrite or revise My October symphony? Or as an indication Change the dedication From revolution to revelation? So we're all drinking As leaves fall to the ground Because we've been thinking How October's let us down Then and now Shall we remember December instead? Or worry about February? Mourn our war-torn dead Never seeing red? Shall I rewrite or revise My October symphony? Or as an indication Change the dedication From revolution to revelation?
I doublecross you And you get mysterious mail I've tried hard not to shock you It's hard not to with the things I could say Tell me why don't we try Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves? Why don't we try Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves? You lock your letters in a box And you've hidden the key I go one better - I'm indebted To a contact magazine Tell me why don't we try Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves? Why don't we try Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for us? Everybody's got to live together Just to find a little peace of mind there If you give up your affairs forever I will give up mine But it's hard So hard I'm always hoping you'll be faithful But you're not, I suppose We've both given up smoking 'cause it's fatal So whose matches are those? Tell me why don't we try Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves? We make it so hard (It's so hard) Tell me why don't we try Not to break our hearts and make it so hard Tell me why don't we try Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves? Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves? We make it so hard for ourselves We make it so hard So hard We make it so hard
A nervous boy in several ways I never knew the world could operate this way I was nervous when we stopped to speak And the world came crashing around my feet We don't talk of love We're much too shy But nervously we wonder when and why A nervous boy, in spite of which I never thought I could tremble as much as this Your flashing eyes and sudden smiles Are never quite at ease, and neither am I Oh, we'll talk about it all some night But nervously we never get it Right From the start I approved of you Right from the moment you turned to face me A nervous boy from another town With a nervous laugh and a concentrated frown I spoke too fast with watchful eyes Of a recent past and some nostalgic surprise We don't talk of love We're much too shy But nervously we wonder when and Smile Knowing why I approved of you Right from the moment you turned to face me A nervous boy
Floods of tears and doors slamming Stamping feet across the landing Because of your obligation To stay home and fight Sitting down to a composition Test the limits of your inhibition If the phone hasn't rung by midnight It's over tonight If someone tried, you'd realise It's just a boy or a girl It's not the end of the world Piles of toast and broken promises Among the books and pens and reading glasses It seems there's no escape from the humdrum It's over and done If someone tried, you'd realise It's just a boy or a girl It's not the end of the world If someone cried, you'd sympathise It's just a boy or a girl It's not the end of the world At midnight in desperation Imagine total teenage destruction The Prophets all predicted extinction The Virgin spoke in apparitions And if it all came to pass now You feel we'd all deserve it somehow But if someone tried (you'd realise) You'd realise (and sympathise) It's just a boy or a girl It's not the end of the world If someone cried (you'd sympathise) You'd sympathise (and realise) It's just a boy or a girl It's not the end of the world It's not the end
At dead of night, when strangers roam The streets in search of anyone who'll take them home I lie alone, the clock strikes three And anyone who wanted to could contact me At dead of night, 'till break of day Endless thoughts and questions keep me awake It's much too late Where've you been? Who've you seen? You didn't phone when you said you would! Do you lie? Do you try To keep in touch? You know you could I've tried to see your point of view But could not hear or see For jealousy I never knew time passed so slow I wish I'd never met you, or that I could bear to let you go At dead of night, 'till break of day Endless thoughts and questions keep me awake It's much too late Where've you been? Who've you seen? You didn't phone when you said you would! Do you lie? Do you try To keep in touch? You know you could I've tried to see your point of view But could not hear or see For jealousy Where've you been? Who've you seen? You didn't phone when you said you would! Do you lie? Do you try To keep in touch? You know you could I've tried to see your point of view But could not hear or see For jealousy Where've you been? Who've you seen? You didn't phone when you said you would! Do you lie? Do you try To keep in touch? You know you could I've tried to see your point of view But could not hear or see For jealousy Where've you been? Who've you seen? You didn't phone when you said you would! Do you lie? Do you try To keep in touch? You know you could I've tried to see your point of view But could not hear or see For jealousy I never knew 'till I met you