Red Rain
red rain is coming down
red
rain
red rain is pouring down
pouring down all over me
I am
standing up at the water's edge in my dream
I cannot make a single sound as
you scream
it can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch
hay ay
ay we touch
this place is so quiet, sensing that storm
red rain is
coming down
red rain
red rain is pouring down
pouring down all over
me
well I've seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town
they
tell you that this rain can sting, and look down
there is no blood around see
no sign of pain
hay ay ay no pain
seeing no red at all, see no
rain
red rain is coming down
red rain
red rain is pouring
down
pouring down all over me
red rain-
putting the pressure on
much harder now
to return again and again
just let the red rain splash
you
let the rain fall on your skin
I come to you defences down
with the
trust of a child
red rain is coming down
red rain
red rain is
pouring down
pouring down all over me
and I can't watch anymore
no more
denial
it's so hard to lay down in all of this
red rain is coming
down
red rain is pouring down
red rain is coming down all over me
I see
it
red rain is coming down
red rain is pouring down
red rain is coming
down all over me
I'm bathing in it
red rain coming down
red rain is
coming down
red rain is coming down all over me
I'm begging you
red
rain coming down
red rain coming down
red rain coming down
red rain
coming down
over me in the red red sea
over me
over me
red
rain
Sledgehammer
you could have a
steam train
if you'd just lay down your tracks
you could have an aeroplane
flying
if you bring your blue sky back
all you do is call me
I'll
be anything you need
you could have a big dipper
going up and down,
all around the bends
you could have a bumper car, bumping
this amusement
never ends
I want to be your sledgehammer
why don't you call my
name
oh let me be your sledgehammer
this will be my testimony
show me
round your fruitcage
'cos I will be your honey bee
open up your
fruitcage
where the fruit is as sweet as can be
I want to be your
sledgehammer
why don't you call my name
you'd better call the
sledgehammer
put your mind at rest
I'm going to be - the
sledgehammer
this can be my testimony
I'm your sledgehammer
let there
be no doubt about it
sledge sledge sledgehammer
I've kicked the
habit
shed my skin
this is the new stuff
I go dancing in, we go dancing
in
oh won't you show for me
and I will show for you
show for me, I will
show for you
yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do mean you
only you
you've
been coming through
going to build that power
build, build up that power,
hey
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
going to
feel that power, build in you
come on, come on, help me do
yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've
been feeding the rhythm
it's what we're doing, doing
all day and
night
Don't Give Up
in this proud
land we grew up strong
we were wanted all along
I was taught to fight,
taught to win
I never thought I could fail
no fight left or so it
seems
I am a man whose dreams have all deserted
I've changed my face, I've
changed my name
but no-one wants you when you lose
don't give
up
'cos you have friends
don't give up
you're not beaten yet
don't
give up
I know you can make it good
though I saw it all
around
never thought that I could be affected
thought that we'd be last to
go
it is so strange the way things turn
drove the night toward my
home
the place that I was born, on the lakeside
as daylight broke, I saw
the earth
the trees had burned down to the ground
don't give up
you
still have us
don't give up
we don't need much of anything
don't give
up
'cause somewhere there's a place
where we belong
rest your
head
you worry too much
it's going to be alright
when times get
rough
you can fall back on us
don't give up
please don't give
up
'got to walk out of here
I can't take anymore
going to stand on
that bridge
keep my eyes down below
whatever may come
and whatever may
go
that river's flowing
that river's flowing
moved on to another
town
tried hard to settle down
for every job, so many men
so many men
no-one needs
don't give up
'cause you have friends
don't give
up
you're not the only one
don't give up
no reason to be
ashamed
don't give up
you still have us
don't give up now
we're
proud of who you are
don't give up
you know it's never been easy
don't
give up
'cause I believe there's the a place
there's a place where we
belong
That Voice Again
I want to be
with you
I want to be clear
but each time I try
it's the voice I
hear
I hear that voice again
I'm listening to the
conversation
judge and jury in my head
it's colouring everything
all we
did and said
and still I hear that sharp tongue talking
talking tangled
words
I can sense the danger
just listen to the wind
I want you
close I want you near
I can't help but listen
but I don't want to
hear
hear that voice again
I want to be with you
I want to be
clear
but each time I try
it's the voice I hear
I hear that voice
again
I'm hearing right and wrong so clearly
there must be more than
this
it's only in uncertainty
that we're naked and alive
I hear it
through the rattle of a streetcar
hear it through the things you said
I
can get so scared
listen to the wind
I want you close I want you
near
I can't help but listen
but I don't want to hear
hear that voice
again
what I carry in my heart
brings us so close or so far
apart
only love can make love
I want you close I want you near
I
can't help but listen
but I don't want to hear
I hear that voice
again
I want to be with you
I want to be clear
but each time I
try
it's the voice I hear
I hear that voice again
In Your Eyes
love I get so lost, sometimes
days
pass and this emptiness fills my heart
when I want to run away
I drive off
in my car
but whichever way I go
I come back to the place you
are
all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will
burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the
inside
in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am
complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your
eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see
the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I
want to touch the light
the heat I see in your eyes
love, I don't like
to see so much pain
so much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I
get so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you
to keep me awake and alive
and all my instincts, they return
and the
grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach
out from the inside
in your eyes
the light the heat
in your
eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand
churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in
your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be
that complete
I want to touch the light,
the heat I see in your eyes
in
your eyes in your eyes
in your eyes
in your eyes
in your eyes
in your eyes
Mercy Street for
Anne Sexton
looking down on empty streets, all she can
see
are the dreams all made solid
are the dreams made real
all of
the buildings, all of those cars
were once just a dream
in somebody's
head
she pictures the broken glass, she pictures the steam
she
pictures a soul
with no leak at the seam
let's take the boat
out
wait until darkness
let's take the boat out
wait until darkness
comes
nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey
nowhere in the
suburbs
in the cold light of day
there in the midst of it so alive and
alone
words support like bone
dreaming of mercy st.
wear your
inside out
dreaming of mercy
in your daddy's arms again
dreaming of
mercy st.
'swear they moved that sign
dreaming of mercy
in your daddy's
arms
pulling out the papers from drawers that slide smooth
tugging at
the darkness, word upon word
confessing all the secret things in the warm
velvet box
to the priest - he's the doctor
he can handle the
shocks
dreaming of the tenderness - the tremble in the hips
of kissing
Mary's lips
dreaming of mercy st.
wear your insides out
dreaming of
mercy
in your daddy's arms again
dreaming of mercy st.
'swear they
moved that sign
looking for mercy
in your daddy's arms
mercy,
mercy, looking for mercy
mercy, mercy, looking for mercy
Anne, with
her father is out in the boat
riding the water
riding the waves on the
sea
Big Time suc cess
I'm on my way,
I'm making it
I've got to make it show, yeah
so much larger than
life
I'm going to watch it growing
the place where I come from is a
small town
they think so small
they use small words
- but not me
I'm
smarter than that
I worked it out
I've been stretching my mouth
to let
those big words come right out
I've had enough, I'm getting out
to the
city, the big big city
I'll be a big noise with all the big boys
there's
so much stuff I will own
and I will pray to a big god
as I kneel in the
big church
big time
I'm on my way - I'm making it
big time
big time
I've got to make it show yeah
big time
big time
so much larger than life
big time
I'm
going to watch it growing
big time
my parties have all the big
names
and I greet them with the widest smile
tell them how my life is one
big adventure
and always they're amazed
when I show them round the house,
to my bed
I had it made like a mountain range
with a snow-white pillow for
my big fat head
and my heaven will be a big heaven
and I will walk through
the front door
big time
I'm on my way - I'm making it
big time big
time
I've got to make it show - yeah
big time big
time
so much larger than life
I'm going to watch it growing
big time
big time
my car is getting bigger
big time
my
house is getting bigger
big time
my eyes are getting bigger
big
time
and my mouth
big time
my belly is getting bigger
big
time
and my bank account
big time
look at my circumstance
big
time
and the bulge in my big
big
big
big
big
big
big
We Do What We're Told
milgram's 37
we do what we're told
we do what we're
told
we do what we're told
told to do
we do what we're told
we
do what we're told
we do what we're told
told to do
one
doubt
one voice
one war
one truth
one dream
This Is The Picture excellent birds
flying
birds
excellent birds
watch them fly, there they go
falling
snow
excellent snow
here it comes. watch it fall
long
words
excellent words
I can hear them now
this is the picture, this
is the picture
this is the picture, this is the picture
I'm sitting by
the window
watching the snow fall
I'm looking out
and I'm moving,
turning in time
catching up. moving in
jump up! I can land on my feet.
look out!
this is the picture, this is the picture
this is the
picture, this is the picture
looking out. watching out
when I see the
future I close my eyes
I can see it now
I see pictures of people,
rising up
pictures of people, falling down
I see pictures of
people
they're standing on their heads. they're ready
they're looking out,
look out!
they're watching out, watch out!
they're looking out, look
out!
they're watching out, watch out!
I see pictures of people
I
see pictures of people
All titles © 1986 Cliofine
Ltd/Hidden Pun Music BMI except 'This Is The Picture' © 1984 Cliofine
Ltd/Difficult Music BMI
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