Original-1978


Listen To The Sirens
My Shadow In Vain(1)
The Life Machine
Friends
Something's In The House
Every Day I Die
Steel And You
My Love Is A Liquid(1)
Are You Real?
The Dream Police
Jo The Waiter(1)
Zero Bars (Mr. Smith)
Extra Tracks:
(Living Ornaments '78)
Positive Thinking
Boys
Blue Eyes
You Don't Know Me
My Shadow In Vain
Me my Head
That's Too Bad
Basic J
Do Your Best
Oh! Didn't I say
I'm A Poseur
White Light/White Heat
Kill St.Joy


Listen To The Sirens

Flow my tears
The new police song
The slogan of peace is:
'You must live'
They've got me and I'm one of them

Cancel - 'silence'
They screamed for days
'We've been here before
We won't stay'
They can die
They can just turn off

Some vehicle moves in circles
Some people need the heroes
But I don't mind
I don't mind

Please listen to the sirens
We don't wish to be your friends
Please listen to the sirens
We won't ever call again

Mister Webb
There is no way out
Love this room
Please don't fight your walls
Can you see I'm wasting your time?

A streetcar's rusting unseen
Music hall's empty like me
But I don't care
I don't care

Please listen to the sirens
We don't wish to be your friends
Please listen to the sirens
We won't ever call again

If I could stay here for now
With someone just a bit like you
'Oh no'
Maybe I would dream again
Of someone just a bit like you
'S'pose so'

Station boys
Keep their hands on steel
Tubeway days now seem
Quite unreal
It's alway so close but
Never quite arrives

My vision's like an old film. Shaky
There's nothing through my window. OK
No photo by my bedside. Black / white
No image in my mirror. Bye bye

My Shadow In Vain

Stroll to the cafe
My God how time flies
I close up my brain
And another friend dies

I feel like a mirror
Feel like nothing is mine
I could go back to crying
But now dying seems fine

So I hang from the ceiling
Or I sit on the air
I'll rot in the corner
Until somebody cares

Faces at random
I quote people I knew
I'd love to be like me
If I could feel like you

Here am I more roche five the pain
Here am I just me and my walls to blame
Here am I, I really don't feel quite sane
Here am I still searching for my shadow in vain
Lock my door I only think in black and white
I'll even try to look ashamed

Moving out of Central
Somebody knows me well
Says he'll spill the whole story
He may be lying, I can't tell

Meet me inside
I'll keep my head on the floor
And one hand on the handle
Of the mad/sane door

The Life Machine

Me I've just died
But some machine keeps on humming
I'm just an extra piece
Of dead meat to keep running
Why won't you let me die in peace
Why won't you let me die with
Some kind of honour
Why won't you let me die at all
I know
You've got your principles

My body lies immobile
I left it days ago
And me I watch from somewhere
As the loved ones come and go
I see them glancing at the switch
I hear them whispering
'Maybe it's better that way'
I see the love turn into feelings
I know
Aren't quite the same

I see the men of learning
Pacing to and fro
But how can I expect
The sane to ever know
I'd rather die than have no mind
I know my brain is gone
'Damage beyond repair'
I see an empty shell below me
I know
I've had my time

Friends

See the strange boy keeping to the shadows
He's a very good friend of mine
I've seen you running from the ladies
Don't tell me you're not the kind
I've got the time if you've got the money
Mister you'll be pleased you'll see
We'll meet by the Tubeway
As the screamer cries 'Eleven'
And you can have your way with me

You're gonna make me feel so cold

See my one love talking to the pretty boy
I never did like her taste
My skin is rubber on a skeletal body
And I'm physically going to waste
Feel my eyes and the tongue of a killer
I'm a humanoid logic machine
Don't touch me with your painted little fingers
Cos I know where they've been

You're not gonna put those scabs on me

I must hide from a thousand grinning faces
All sucking from my crazy mind
Take a ride out in my imagery of ages
And heaven knows what you will find
I've no time for the chitter-chatter ladies
I'm so busy trying to break this wall
Hear my words cos emotion
Now is leaving
You see I'm really not a human at all

And I don't think I wanna stay

Something's In The House

Memories lost in faded films of my life
And a friend that used to be something special to me
Red wine and good times if you don't feel at all
There is no point in going on tonight

Something's in the house
Something's on the stairs
War's in the air

The queer is out of order
And me, i'm on the ground
But that's no place to be
Jack Burroughs says 'What you doing?'
'Oh, me I'm going home'
'Oh what a shame'
Nothing has changed
And nothing is new these days

(I don't want to be here)

Every Day I Die

The problems of need
I need you
Obscene dreams in
Rusty beds
No-one came here
Tonight
I pulled on me
I need to

I unstick pages and read
I look at pictures of you
I smell the lust in my hand
Everyday I die

Her favourite trick was to Suck me inside
Oh so very art nouveau
Completely false feelings of love. I don't
No-one knows but that died years ago

Steel And you

It's so quiet and dark
And I shouldn't be here
This machine won't last
For always

Just my steel friend and me
I stand brave by his side
This machine is all
I live for

I can see in your eyes
You're not so sure about me
This machine is my voice
Please listen

It's so noisy and bright
And I just love being here
This machine will last
For my life

My Love Is A Liquid

Can you see her little eyes
Can you see her little hands
Don't you think
She looks just like me

Can you hear her little scream
Can you hear her little cry
Don't you think
She sounds just like me

(Chorus)
You have friends and we have reasons
I can't meet you
Face to face
There are no corners to hide in my room
No doors no windows no fireplace

My love is only for me
My love needs nobody else
Did you know that
My love is a liquid

I could talk to me for years
I can't speak to you at all
Did you know that
Friends come in boxes

Chorus

Save your money buy a tube
Let your body flow inside
Watch it grow before your eyes
Watch it grow efore your eyes

Chorus

Are You Real?

No-one's alive
You could almost be me
What do you mean?
Oh, nothing. Nothing at all
Room 8, top floor
I've seen this man before
Are you real?

Is it me, is it you?

Cold metal voice
Of no-one's friend it could be mine
My reflection
Is no longer me at all
Am I a fake of 'The Man'
And are you of me?
Are you real?

Is it me, is it you?

Relax in a backroom
Oh me, oh my, oh wouldn't you
I know your face
Your connection is broken, boy
Nothing is new
Remember? I've got no time
Are you real?

Is it me, is it you?

Real?
Real?
Real?

The Dream Police

The dream police
Slogan: - 'What is on your mind?'
The airwave boys
Junkies won't get radio time
The purist league
White trenchcoats in pre-war style
The ageing queens
'Mister, won't you stay a while'

In death row with Harlow
And others like you
I point my finger of hate
At your picture an love you and love you
The radio is talking
Is it you or me
I must admit
It's far too late to dial police

What is your name
We are at the end of the line
Her eyes went out
Dreaming 'overdose on time'
Hey you old grey eyes
Don't practice dying for real
The only one
September she knows I can feel


Jo The Waiter

Jo the waiter worked for me
Serving wine in basement bars
Only madmen ever stay, 'Got no time'
If you're mindless please take mine

Jo the waiter held me close
Behind the door marked 'Gentlemen'
Just for now that's all I need
Won't someone call me 'Friend'

Long gone. I recall good times
I must confess I cried

We burned out and the line went dead
At six o'clock I felt so alone
I crawled inside, 'Where else to go?'
I could be dead for all you know
Every day I died for you
Valium boys with painted eyes
Young men need love special
I don't think I want it at all

Long gone. I recall good times
I must confess I cried

Me I've retired to a back street flat
Picture 'Eyes in a cold steel frame'
The freaks arrive
Broken needles and blood
'What you on man to get those eyes?'

It's very touching I'm so close to me
False smiles I've rehearsed for days
Come inside you won't know I'm wrong
Give me your heart I'm so quickly gone


Zero Bars (Mr. Smith)

My name is Smith
Your silence is my trade
My name is Smith
Here in this bar you fade out

Time heals nothing
It merely rearranges our memory
In zero bars
Even time no longer seems
Willing to try

Please look around
Empty faces
That can't ever quite die
Don't be surprised
Their bodies move by habit
Look in their eyes

Nothing is real
If you break down and cry
They won't even stare
Nobody feels
It's far too risky
To admit that you care
Stay around

My name is Smith
Your silence is my trade
My name is Smith
Here in this bar you fade out


Positive Thinking
Coming Soon

Boys
Coming Soon

Blue Eyes

Well you're pretty quick to say you love me
But I've met your kind before
So I took you twice on our first night
Well, I was never gonna trust you too far

I love your blue eyes
When you cry
I love your blue eyes

You tried to make me crawl far too soon
You should know me better by now
I didn't even feel like trying it with you
I knew that I could break you somehow

I love your blue eyes
When you cry
I love your blue eyes

You Don't Know Me.
Coming Soon

My Shadow In Vain.

Stroll to the cafe
My God how time flies
And I close up my brain
And another friend dies
And me I'm just the same

Soaking up Broadway
Nightlife in Detroit
And I'd buy New York ladies
If these lights weren't so bright
And me I wasn't there

Stagger down Main Street
A knife in my side
I fall to the gutter
In tears but with pride
And me I'm not that kind

I've been searching for my shadow in vain
How can I be still while my lifeline remains
With him

Try to steal a needle
Bring peace to my head
And I'm stumbling down alleys
I find killers instead
and me I'm the cause of it all

Street corner women
Are taking their toll
Now they look at me, I'm dying
And I'm going home

Me My Head.
Coming Soon

That's Too Bad

I look up and the camera eye is
Searching my room
The TV screen is calling me
But for what or whom?
Please, mister, do be careful
I'm so frgile
Maybe they'll let me down to
Speedy's place for a while

Oh, well that's too bad

I talk a lot, a sign of fear
I thought you should know
I can see pictures of me
Well they're so-so
I'll come on to the leader
Like I'm some hero
He'll laugh and raise his dying eyes
And then tell me to go

Oh, well that's too bad

1920 flashbacks
For an hour or more
Of crazy actors hiding
In the doorways top floor
Machines scream in anger
From a thousand dead ends
I turn my face, I crawl away
I look for a friend

Oh, well that's too bad

Basic J

Jo the waiter spilling wine
Over some ex-friends of mine
In zero cafe number nine
What you gonna say this time?

Basic J
Say, are you new here?

New ones walking down the stairs
Pretty young thing but no-one cares
Jo the waiter drops the tray
Do you always know your name

Basic J
Say, are you new here?

Jp the waiter smiled at me
Jo the waiter's company
I keep him in a book by my fireside
A drama is my perfect bride

Basic J
Say, are you new here?

Do Your Best (Friends - Original Version)
Coming Soon

Oh! Didn't I say

Hollow
Faces staring through my window
Sometimes
I can play a boy you might know
Station
Standing cold and old I'm insane
Gender
Is uncertain just like my name

The lemon kid is my friend
But even he don't know me well
That's too bad
Oh well the waiter is an old man
Who looks at me so sly and strange
What's on his mind?

Oh didn't I say I'm not one of you
Oh didn't I say I'm not one of you

Queenie
From a doorway says 'You got time?'
Panic
'Not tonight if you don't mind'
Oh no
My fear of streets I cower
Today
My room is home for hours

You can stay if you know your lines
But please take care I'll suck your mind
Dry
You'll never guess
And you can never know me
I'll change if I begin to feel
'What's your name?'
Zero hero says I'm no-one
He could be right but who's to know?
Uh, man from the sky...
Oh well I'm growing tired of this place
I think it's time to change my face
You can't even try

Oh didn't I say I'm not one of you
Oh didn't I say I'm not one of you
Oh didn't I say I'm not one of you
Oh didn't I say I'm not one of you

I'm A Poseur
Coming Soon

White Light/White Heat

White light goin' messin' up my mind.
Don't you know it's gonna make me go blind.
White heat, it tickle me down to my toes.
Have mercy white light have it goodness knows.
White light goin' messin' up my brain.
White light, it's gonna drive me insane.
White heat, it tickle me down to my toes.
White light, I said now, goodness knows.

Ooo, white light.
Ooo, white heat.
Ooo, white light.
Ooo, white heat.

White light moved in me through my brain
White light gonna make-a me go insane
White light, tickled down to my toes
White light, I said now, goodness knows.
White light it lightens up my eyes
Don't you know it fills me up with surprise
White heat tickle down to my toes
White light, I'll tell you now, goodness knows.

Supplied by Paul Program

Kill St.Joy

Thinking about little things I've done
to get the job
You can tell by the look in my eye
You soothe my mind
I'm gonna spend you 9 to 5
Seeing this time to
I've got affection [mumbles]
For my point of view

Kill St Joy
Kill St Joy
Kill St Joy
What the hell are you?

Just those cold brown eyes
he'll look down on you
what you've got now what you want
it's nothing new to me
Your so common with your [?] eyes
you're so gay
will you take no for an answer
you said you're not that way

Kill St Joy
Kill St Joy
Kill St Joy
What the hell are you?

pretty pretty for your own self
are you really my friend?
or do you want me to just be nice for your own ends?
[?] you got [?]
your rock 'n' roll show
if it's the honest way [?]
then we should all know

Dunkirk thinks it sounds like:
with a cold world eye he'll look down on you
if its the honest way WANKER then we should all know

Lyrics guessed by: Tobecomparetothelikesof and dunkirk
with additional guessing by The Priest.

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