ROXY MUSIC:   The Thrill Of It All

Virginia Plain

Make me a deal and make it straight
All signed and sealed, I'll take it
To Robert E. Lee I'll show it
I hope and pray he don't blow it 'cause
We've been around a long time just try try try tryin' to
Make the big time...
Take me on a roller coaster
Take me for an airplane ride
Take me for a six days wonder but don't you
Don't you throw my pride aside besides
What's real and make believe
Baby Jane's in Acapulco We are flyin' down to Rio
Throw me a line I'm sinking fast
Clutching at straws can't make it
Havana sound we're trying hard edge the hipster jiving
Last picture shows down the drive-in
You're so sheer you're so chic
Teenage rebel of the week
Flavours of the mountain steamline
Midnight blue casino floors
Dance the cha-cha through till sunrise
Open up exclusive doors oh wow!
Just like flamingos look the same
So me and you, just we two got to search for something new
Far beyond the pale horizon
Some place near the desert strand
Where my Studebaker takes me
That's where I'll make my stand but wait
Can't you see that Holzer mane'
What's her name Virginia Plain

Pyjamarama

Couldn't sleep a wink last night
Oh how I'd love to hold you tight
They say you have a secret life
Made sacrifice your key to paradise
Never mind, take the world by storm
Just boogaloo a rhapsody divine
Take a sweet girl just like you
How nice if only we could bill and coo
I may seem a fool to you for ev'rything I say or think or do
How could I apologise for all those lies
The world may keeps us far apart but up in heaven, angel
You can have my heart
Diamonds may be your best friend
But like laughter after tears

Manifesto (Remake)

I am for a life around the corner
That takes you by surprise
That comes, leaves, all you need
And more besides
I am for a life and time by numbers
Blast in fast 'n' low
Add 'em up, account for luck
You never know
I am into friendship and plain sailing
Through frenzied ports o' call
Oh shake the hand to beat the band
With love is all
Or nothing to the man who wants tomorrow
There's one in every town
A crazy guy, he'd rather die
Than be tied down

I am for the man who drives the hammer
To rock you till the grave
His power drill
Shocks a million miles away
I am for the revolution's coming
I don't know where she's been
For those who dare because it's there
I know I've seen

Now and then I've suffered imperfection
Studied marble flaws
And faces drawn pale and worn
By many tears

I am that I am from out of nowhere
To fight without a cause
Roots strain against the grain
With brute force
Oh you'd better
Hold out when you're in doubt
Question what you see
And when you find an answer
Bring it home to me

Trash 2

Are you costumized or ready-made?
Heavy metal, trick or treat?
Only seventeen
On the level
Trash is neat

Teenage fever oh you've got it bad
Caught the flavour want it all
Only seventeen
Bet you know
The trash I mean

Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Trash
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

Throw your features into magazines
Go to Plaza, where's the trade?
Only seventeen
Slips are lower
Trash is in

Lover

Lover, when you make me come alive
Lover, when you take me I could die
Hold me, hold me tonight

Show time next to no time next to you
Showed me how to love you and I do
Lover, lover that's you

Always losing, losing time
And all too soon you're leaving
That ain't right
So hold me close tonight

Lover
Just hold me close tonight

Always Unknowing

Following the morning star
But there%B4s no sense
In always running
Take what you want to know
Just give me time
Always unknowing
World passing by
That%B4s how it looks
Always unknowing
Don%B4t you leave my side
There is no sense
In always running
Just one more time
Is all I need
Always unknowing
Hold back tonight
With your sight
Always unknowing

Jealous Guy

I was dreaming of the past and my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control I began to lose control

I didn't mean to hurt you, I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't mean to hurt you, I'm just a jealous guy

I was feeling insecure you might not love me anymore
I was shivering inside I was shivering inside

I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I made yoy to cry
I didn't want to hurt you I'm just a jealous guy

I was trying to catch your eyes thought that you were trying to hide
I was swallowing my pain I was swallowing my pain

I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't mean to hurt you I'm just a jealous guy