Lay lady lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Lay lady lay
Lay across my big brass bed

Whatever colours you have in your mind
I show them to you and you see them shine

Lay lady lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Stay lady stay
Stay with your man a while
Until the break of day
Let me see you make him smile

His clothes are dirty but his, his hands are clean
And you are the best thing that he’s ever seen

Stay lady stay
Stay with your man a while

Why wait any longer for the world to begin
You can have your cake and eat it, too
Why wait any longer for the one you love
When he’s standing in front of you

Lay lady lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Stay lady stay
Stay while the night is still ahead

I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night

Stay lady stay
Stay while the night is still ahead

I’ll make you a deal, like any other candidate

We’ll pretend we’re walking home ’cause your future’s at stake
My set is amazing, it even smells like a
street
There’s a bar at the end where I can meet you and your friend
Someone scrawled on the wall “I smell the blood of les tricoteuses”
Who wrote up scandals in other bars

I’m having so much fun with the poisonous people
Spreading rumours and lies and stories they made up

Some make you sing and some make you scream
One makes you wish that you’d never been seen
But there’s a shop on the corner that’s selling papier mache
Making bullet-proof faces, Charlie Manson, Cassius Clay
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
So you scream out of line
“I want you! I need you! Anyone out there?
Any time?”
Tres butch little number whines “Hey dirty, I want you
When it’s good, it’s really good, and when it’s bad I go to pieces”
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing

Well, on the street where you live I could not hold up my head
For I put all I have in another bed
On another floor, in the back of a car
In the cellar like a church with the door ajar
Well, I guess we’ve must be looking for a different kind

But we can’t stop trying ’til we break up our minds
Til the sun drips blood on the seedy young knights
Who press you on the ground while shaking in fright

I guess we could cruise down one more time

With you by my side, it should be fine

We’ll buy some drugs and watch a band

Then jump in the river holding hands

She had sulky smile
She took her standard pose as she presented herself
She had sultry eyes, she made it perfectly plain that she was his
For a price

But he said “Leave me alone, I’m a family man
And my bark is much worse than my bite”
He said “Leave me alone, I’m a family man
But if you push me too far I just might”

She wore hurt surprise as she rechecked her make-up to protect herself
Dropped her price and pride she made it totally clear that she was his
For a night

She gave him her look, it would have worked on any other man around
He looked her up and down, she knew he couldn’t decide if he should
Hold his ground

She turned, tossed her head unlike her opening move, her final exit line
He waited much too long but by the time he got his courage up she was gone
Then he screamed “Leave me alone, I’m a family man
And my bark is much worse than my bite”
He said “Leave me alone, I’m a family man
But if you push me too far, I just might”

I knew this girl named Detroit Cool
That lived up in my block
At 6 foot 2 her knee socks high
The class of 80 rocks
She got hips that sway for you
She got legs that never really stop

She asked me if my mama dressed me
And I do like I should
From East Delror and fifty first
I’m on this neighbourhood
She just smiles and says to me
I just want to know if we are good

She said. Tell me once again why would you lie to me.
She said do me like you should why would you try for me.
It all depends on you, where would you rather be?
Because I’ve got everything you want.
Take me back to yours cause that’s the best I want

You can’t trust me
You won’t make if I put you in the mood
She said no, no I’ve been there before you’ve got that attitude
You sold me out before all this
And now I’m fabulous without you

Tell me once again why would you lie to me.
She said do me like you should why would you try for me.
It all depends on you, where would you rather be?
Because I’ve got everything you want.
Take me back to yours

Why it takes so long
It’s all gone wrong
And I can’t say what
Cause I’ve got everything you need….
Who says I could use the time for you to believe

Tell me once again why would you lie to me.
She said do me like you should why would you try for me.
It all depends on you, where would you rather be?

Tell me once again why would you lie to me.
She said do me like you should why would you try for me.
It all depends on you, where would you rather be?

Hey now bulldog
dont you rush in
with your eyes wild
hey there big bear
take a moment
to decide
All these angels together
walk the wire line
scarecrow angels
says the bulldog
with a smile
they catch you in a corner
shut your eyes
they come at you at night
they catch you in a corner
shut your eyes
they come at you at night
One less bell to warn you..
One more chance to say goodbye
I dont I dont I dont think
I understand you..
dont really think I do
I dont I dont I dont
..think I understand you
dont really think I do
Hey Louise whats the barrier
between love and need?
How far is it from love underneath
What are you supposed to mean to me
what do you mean to me?
they catch you in a corner shut your eyes
they come at you at night
they catch you in a corner
shut your eyes
they come at you at night
one less bell to warn ya one more song to play..
Im going back to california
your gonna get your chance to say goodbye
Hey mathew, is anybody mean to you
and dont you harbor points of view
secretly belive in your doom
I dont think I understand you
I dont really think I do
I dont think I understand you
I dont really think I do
Well ya got One less bell to warn ya
One more song to play
Im going back to California
gonna get your chance to say goodbye
One less bell to warn ya, one more chance to say goodbye…

One is the ever blazing star
Sword of the immortal world
And highest light
Yes, this is our star.

Out star is ever rising
Borm of the eternal lamp
And holy fire

Mighty burning mountain
The everlasting love of one is
One is one is one is one is one is
One is the ever kindling star
King of the immortal spark
In heaven’s eye
Yes, this is our star.
Yes, this is our star.
Our star Our star.

Oh - thinkin’ about all our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free
Now nothin’ can take you away from me
We’ve been down that road before
But that’s over now
You keep me comin’ back for more

Chorus

Baby you’re all that I want
When you’re lyin’ here in my arms
I’m findin’ it hard to believe
We’re in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it here in your heart
It isn’t too hard to see
We’re in heaven

Oh - once in your life you find someone
Who will turn your world around
Bring you up when you’re feelin’ down
Ya-nothin’ could change what you mean to me
Oh there’s lots that I could say
But just hold me now
Cause our love will light the way

Chorus

I’ve been waitin’ for so long
For somethin’ to arrive
For love to come along
Now our dreams are comin’ true
Through the good times and the bad
Ya - I’ll be standin’ there by you

Put your head on my shoulder baby
Things can’t get any worse
Night is getting colder
Sometimes life feels like it’s a curse

I can’t carry these sins on my back
Don’t wanna carry any more
I’m gonna carry this train off the track
I’m gonna swim to the ocean floor

Mmmmm
Crash to the other shore
Mmmmm
Swim to the ocean floor

Children killing children
While the students rape their teachers
Comets fly across the sky
While the churches burn their preachers

We can’t carry these sins on our back
Don’t wanna carry any more
We’re gonna carry this train off the track
We’re gonna swim to the ocean floor

Let the water wash over you
Wash it all over you
Swim to the ocean floor

So that we can begin again
Wash away all our sins
Crash to the other shore

Mmmmmm

Crash to the other shore
Swim to the ocean floor
Mmmmmm

They say a restless body
can hide a peaceful soul
a voyager and a settler
they both have a distant goal
if I explore the heavens
or if I search inside
well - it really doesn’t matter
as long as I can tell myself
I’ve always tried

Like a roller in the ocean
life is motion
move on
like a wind that’s always blowing
life is flowing
move on
like the sunrise in the morning
life is dawning
move on
how I treasure every minute
being part of it
being in it
with the urge to move on

I’ve travelled every country
I’ve travelled in my mind
it seems we’re on a journey
a trip through space and time
and somewhere lies the answer
to all the questions why
what really makes the difference
between all dead
and living things
the will to stay alive

Like a roller in the ocean
life is motion
move on
like a wind that’s always blowing
life is flowing
move on
like the sunrise in the morning
life is dawning
move on
how I treasure every minute
being part of it
being in it
with the urge to move on

The morning breeze that ripples
the surface of the sea
the crying of the seagulls
that hover over me
I see it and I hear it
but how can I explain
the wonder of the moment
to be alive
to feel the sun
that follows every rain

Like a roller in the ocean
life is motion
move on
like a wind that’s always blowing
life is flowing
move on
like the sunrise in the morning
life is dawning
move on
how I treasure every minute
being part of it
being in it
with the urge to move on

Chiquitita, tell me what’s wrong
you’re enchained by
your own sorrow
in your eyes
there is no hope for tomorrow
how I hate to see you like this
there is no way you can deny it
I can see that you’re
oh so sad, so quiet

Chiquitita, tell me the truth
I’m a shoulder you can cry on
your best friend
I’m the one you must rely on
you were always sure of yourself
now I see you’ve broken a feather
I hope we can
patch it up together

Chiquitita
you and I know
how the heartaches
come and they go
and the scars they’re leavin’
you’ll be dancin’ once again
and the pain will end
you will have no time for grievin’
Chiquitita
you and I cry
but the sun is still in the sky
and shining above you
let me hear you sing once more
like you did before
sing a new song
Chiquitita
try once more
like you did before
sing a new song
Chiquitita

So the walls came tumblin’ down
and your love’s a blown out candle
all is gone and it seems
too hard to handle
Chiquitita, tell me the truth
there is no way you can deny it
I see that you’re
oh so sad, so quiet

Chiquitita
you and I know
how the heartaches
come and they go
and the scars they’re leavin’
you’ll be dancin’ once again
and the pain will end
you will have no time for grievin’
Chiquitita
you and I cry
but the sun is still in the sky
and shining above you
let me hear you sing once more
like you did before
sing a new song
Chiquitita
try once more
like you did before
sing a new song
Chiquitita