BEFORE THE POISON


Before the Poison, I wasn't down
If you'd been there, If you'd been around
I couldn't hear, Couldn't hear a sound
I was floating, above the ground

Before the poison, I'd lost my fear
Maybe too happy to even care
Safe in my dream, couldn't see the fog
Comin on, coming from nowhere
My name to call

No more to say, nothin's comin' my way
No you, no me, no more, how can it be
Nowhere to run, out of nowhere poison
They sense the end
What's left for you, my friend

Before the poison, I'd laugh out loud
I'd see your face, in any crowd
But speak softly, without fear
Hold on to me, hold me near

Ooooooooooohh
Oooooooooohhh
Ooooooooooohh

No more to say, nothin's comin' my way
No you no me, no more, how can it be
Nowhere to run, out of nowhere poison
They sense the end
What's left for you, my friend
What's left for you, my friend
What's left for you, my friend
What's left for you

TENDERNESS


I've noticed how few emotions stand the test of time.
Feelings come, feelings go, and the days are fine.

Night is dark, night is cold,
Passion lies down to die.
Tenderness [Repeats]

It's funny how romance fails us, giving way to love.
You look around, feel your freedom you're a slave to
love.

Night is dark, night is cold,
Passion lies down to die.
Tenderness spirit moves me
Tenderness try to show me
Tenderness come on show me
Tenderness feelings grow and change.

I've noticed how few emotions stand the test of time.
Feelings come, feelings go, and the days are fine.

Night is dark, night is cold,
Passion lies down to die.
Tenderness really moves me
Tenderness try to show me
Tenderness come on show me
Tenderness feelings grow and change.

Don't think that because I don't know what's happening
That I ain't achin'
I never thought you would be showin'
Just what you been takin'.
It's not as simple as that
Don't think I don't know just when my heart's breakin'?

I ain't chosen I ain't chosen
I ain't chosen chosen chosen chosen chosen.

Tenderness [Repeats]

BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS


I walk along the street of sorrow
The boulevard of broken dreams
Where gigolo and gigolette
Can take a kiss without regret
So they forget their broken dreams.

You laugh tonight and cry tomorrow
When you behold your shattered schemes.
And gigolo and gigolette
Wake up to find their eyes are wet
With tears that tell of broken dreams.

Here is where you'll always find me,
Always walking up and down,
But I left my soul behind me
In an old cathedral town.

The joy that you find here, you borrow,
You cannot keep it long it seems.
But gigolo and gigolette
Still sing a song and dance along
The boulevard of broken dreams.

Da, da, da, da, da, da, da,
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da.
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da,
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da.

The joy that you find here, you borrow,
You cannot keep it long it seems.
But gigolo and gigolette
Still sing a song and dance along
The boulevard of broken dreams.

THE STATIONS


O, Mama
Ain't no time to fall to pieces
He has arrived, He has arrived
There by the grace of God go I-
I don't know what they mean
I don't know what they mean
And I say-

O, Father
Now I can't believe you're leaving
Seen thru your eyes, seen thru your eyes
There by the grace of God go I-
I don't know what they mean
I don't know what they mean
And I say-

I hear the rapture's comin'
They say He'll be here soon
Right now there's demons crawling all around my room
They say He lives within me
They say for me He died
And now I hear His footsteps
All most every night

O, Children
This is where they come to take me away-
From here
I don't know what they mean
I don't know what they mean
And I say-

WHO WILL TAKE MY DREAMS AWAY


I can't give you all my dreams
Nor the life I live.
You and I won't friendship miss,
That's all we got to give.

Who will take your dreams away
Takes your soul another day.
What can never be lost is gone,
It's stolen in a way.

Please, don't stand too close to me,
Can you hear my heart ?
Take my woe and lean on me
When we're not apart.

Now our mission is complete
And our friends are hid.
Evil things brought down by the light,
Life goes on until the end.

MACK THE KNIFE


Oh, the poor shark,
Yes, the sweet shark,
It has big teeth
Buried deep.

Then there's Macheath
With his big knife,
But it's hidden
In his slip.

And this same shark,
This poor sweet shark,
It sheds red blood
When it bleeds.

Mackie Big Knife
Wears a white glove,
Pure in word and
Pure in deed.

Sunday morning
Lovely blue sky,
There's a corpse stretched
On the Strand.

Who's the man cruisin'
The corner ?
Well, it's Mackie,
Knife in hand.

Jenny Towler
Poor wee Jenny,
There they found her
Knife in breast.

Mackie's wandering
On the West Pier
Hoping only
For the best.

Mind, that fire burnt
All through Soho.
Seven kids dead
One old flower.

Hey there, Mackie,
How is she cuttin' ?
Have another,
Hold your hour.

And those sweet babes
Under sixteen
Story goes that
Black and blue

For the price of
One good screwing
Mackie, Mackie,
How could you ?

For the price of
One good screwing
Mackie, Mackie,
How could you ?

BORED BY DREAMS


Things are never what they seem
Play a part most of the time.
What is yours cannot be mine
And I'm bored by dreams.

Bored by dreams.
I can't say the words I mean
Make myself go through the line.
Does the payment fit the crime
If I'm bored by dreams ?

Take me through the steps my love,
Shall we dance again ?
I was older then,
Now we are the same.

Lasse des raves.
Rave qui brille dans le noir
Brillera bien, tu peux le croire.
Toujours dire la v

WHEREVER I GO


Da da da da da da da da da
Here I go
Da da da da da da da da da
Goodness knows.

You can see I've come so far so
Kiss me quick
I swear upon the stars
They're mine
I swear upon the love
You'll find.

So nobody knows
Wherever I go, it's you
Wherever I go doesn't it show it's you
So many things I wanted to bring to you
Wherever I go I want you to know it's you

Talking in my sleep I sing my song.
Caught inside the same dreams
As though nothing's wrong.
Time is everything but
It's not my gift
Da da da da da da da da da
It's everything I wish.

I swear upon the road I'm on
I'd give you all I have - I'm strong

So nobody knows
Wherever I go
It's you.
Wherever I go
Doesn't it show
It's you.
So many things
I wanted to bring
To you.
Wherever I go
I want you to know
It's you.

Talking in my sleep I sing my song
Caught inside the same dreams, but not for long.

So nobody knows
Wherever I go
It's you.
Wherever I go
Doesn't it show
It's you.
So many things
I wanted to bring
For you.
Wherever I go
Doesn't it show
It's you.

So nobody knows
Wherever I go
It's you.
Wherever I go
Doesn't it show
It's you.
So many things...

NO CHILD OF MINE


You are my child
And how you've grown
But there are things
That you must learn
That every man
Must stand alone
And family
You must disown

Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way -

Don't cry my child
You must know
That every man
I've ever loved
Has been a child
And fatherless
Trust in youself
That's all that you can trust

Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way -

Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
Go child, find your own way
Go on, find your own way -

I have no time for hate or love
Hey child, you're so full of woe
I have no time for hate or lyin'
Hey Child, you're no child of mine

I have no time for hate or love
Hey child, you're so full of woe
I have no time for hate or lyin'
Hey Child, you're no child of mine
Hey Child, you're no child of mine
Hey Child, you're no child of mine

THE CRANE WIFE 3


And under the boughs unbowed
all clothed in the snowy shroud
She had no heart so hardened
All under the boughs unbowed

Each feather it fell from skin
'Til thread bare while she grew thin
How were my eyes so blinded?
Each feather it fell from skin

And I will hang my head, hang my head low
And I will hang my head, hang my head low

A grey sky, a bitter sting
A rain cloud, a crane on wing
All out beyond horizon
A grey sky, a bitter sting

And I will hang my head, hang my head low
And I will hang my head, hang my head low