Peking Hooligan

You know me cos I hang around the bicycle sheds
kicking over the traces in my fancy footwear
as I go wrecking and stealing
around Tiananmen Square

I'm a Peking hooligan
I'm a social problem
I'm a Peking hooligan

I just finished at the city schools
I don't want to go back to the fields
I paid no heed to Mao's words
I heard after every meal

I'm a Peking hooligan

Playing For Time

[echo]
Playing for time, I can see your false face in my mind
I can hear your false claims, out of line
But now everyone, they pass you by

Playing for time, I can see you're out of place and time
Standing in an empty space that's mine
[echo off]
But now everyone, they know the reason why

Playing for time, I can see your false face in my mind
I can hear your false claims out of line
But now everyone, they pass you by

Playing for time, how could you think I could be so blind
I turned the screw that works inside your mind
But now everyone, they pass you by

I can hear and see your pulse race
I can hear and see your pulse race
I can hear and see your pulse race
Playing for time, I can see you're out of place and time
Standing in an empty space that's mine
Well now everyone, they know the reason why

I can hear and see your pulse race
I can hear and see your pulse race
I can hear and see your pulse race
Playing for time, I can see you false face in my mind
I can hear your false claims out of line
Well now everyone, they pass you by

Playing for time (playing for time)
Playing for time (playing for time)
Playing for time (playing for time)
Playing for time (playing for time)
Playing for time (playing for time)
Playing for time (playing for time)

Point Of No Return

If I could discover
One thing or another
I doubt if I'll tremble inside
It ain't paranoia
If they're coming for you
And though you may run you won't hide

The way it should be
Is so wild and so free
That I just don't know which way to turn

Move the world with the power of feeling
And you know we both got a lot to learn
Keep in touch when your senses are reeling
Reach the point of no return

That such sweet sensations
Have their complications
I guess we should read that as read
It will make a difference
Resist your indifference
Or else you'll be better off dead

The way it should be
Is so wild and so free
That I just don't know which way to turn

Move the world with the power of feeling
And you know we both got a lot to learn
Keep in touch when your senses are reeling
Reach the point of no return

Promises

Ah loving you is easy you are on my side
We play the game strictly to our rules
We led the field a love affair
Which made all other lovers fools

Oh
How can you ever let me down
How can you ever let me down
How can you ever let me down
These promises are made for us

We promised that we'd always have time for each other
Whenever I needed you'd be there
We promised to be true there'd be no other
We promised that for ever we would care

Oh
How can you ever let me down
How can you ever let me down
How can you ever let me down
These promises are made for us

We had to change
But you stayed the same
You wouldn't change
Oh what a shame

Cos loving you's not easy you're not on my side
We play a game with two sets of rules
We lead the field in a love affair
Ah strictly meant for fools

Oh
Why did you ever let me down
Why did you ever let me down
Why did you ever let me down
Those promises were made for us

You never have any time for me
Whenever I need you you're not there
You've never been true and it's plain to see
The fact is you never really cared

Oh
Why did you ever let me down
Why did you ever let me down
Why did you ever let me down
Those promises we made for us

Raison d'Etre

You're an awful lot of fun
Forever on the run
You're my number one
But if you're not late
Then I guess you never come

You're always on my side boy
When it comes to playing games of who are we
We never find out why though
That our own raison d'etre we can't see

You're an awful lot of fun
Forever on the run
You're my number one
But if you're not late
Then I guess you never come

I said blue eyes would suit you
Yes they do oh I knew I would be right
But watch your friends don't get you
'Cos if they do I won't be seeing you tonight

Real World

I'm in love with the real world
It's mutual or so it seems
'Cos only in the real world
Do things happen like they do in my dreams
Some of the rules may be different
But maybe they'll stay the same
In the real world
In the real world
In the real world
We both win when we play the same game

I'm in love with somebody
I wish somebody loved me too
You may wonder how this concerns you
Well perhaps the somebody is you
I don't even know what your name is
But I just hope that you'll stay
In the real world
In the real world
In the real world
Things happen this way

I'm in love with somebody
I wish somebody loved me too
You may wonder how this concerns you
Well perhaps the somebody is you
I don't even know what your name is
But I just hope that you'll stay
In the real world
In the real world
In the real world
We both win when we play the same game
In the real world
In a real world
In a real world
By the way what's your name

Reconciliation

Been contemplating lately what you mean to me
You are the one I care about, the only one I love
And though we may be separated by the sea
It's still just you I'm dreaming of you must believe me
Para siempre means forever
And I intend to keep that promise, you know

I have this dream of yearning burning in my heart
Of how goos things still would be if we made a brand new start
Seven empty days fill weeks tough months become years
But I still cherish memories of romantic beers
And so I'll tell you something you already know
Para siempre means forever
I still intend to keep that promise, you know

What I want is reconciliation
This separation's more than I can bear
Don't wanna be alone, my love is guaranteed
I want to know that you still care
And so I'll tell you something you already know
Para siempre means forever
I still intend to keep that promise, you know

No need to be alone
Your love is all I need
Just say the word and I'll be there

Running Free

Here in suburbia
There's nothing left to see
Just want to spend my time running free

I've had enough of the day job
I can see farther than that
Just want to spend my time running free

The air of tension still is rising higher
Screaming emotions are singing to you
(No no no time no no no time)
(No no no time no no no time)

Here in the engine room
A pulse shouts for a word
Just want to spend my time running free

I'll pull out condition
There's no need to face facts
Just want to spend my time running free

You better make a move before sleeping gets you
You better shape soon before the weak things make you
(No no no time no no no time)
(No no no time no no no time)

Here in proles' paradise
Experiments on the weak
Just want to spend my time running free

It's a trick of the torment
You tend to forget yourself
Just want to spend my time running free

Your conscience may be changed as the plan gets harder
It's just been rearranged to keep the strata
(No no no time no no no time)
(No no no time no no no time)

Your conscience may be changed as the plan gets harder
It's just been rearranged to keep the strata
(No no no time no no no time)
(No no no time no no no time)
(No no no time no no no time)
(No no no time no no no time)
(No no no time no no no time)
(No no no time no no no time)

Sell You Everything

The lights are so bright all the things you wanted
Set within your sights you sell your soul tonight
And in the morning there's something not quite right
Sell you everything
Sell me everything

And every Friday night you've spent all your money
It's turned daylight well if it's wrong or right
Some things are funny under the street light
Sell you everything
Sell me everything

Yeah the lights are so bright
And all the things you wanted
Set within you sights
Sell you everything
Sell me everything

Sick City Sometimes

When you don't know who you are
And you're walking with a scar
In the places that are breaking down your mind

It's a complicated day
Busy people on their way
Mirrored buildings reflecting in your eyes

Sick city sometimes
Sick city in your mind
Sick city sometimes
Sick city left you way behind

Throught the paper and the trash
All the needles and the cash
Side by side with the man in the big car

Then it turns the dead of night
And you get into a fight
And the blades run down your back like superstars

Sick city sometimes
Sick city in your mind
Sick city sometimes
Sick city left you way behind

Sick city sometimes
Sick city in your mind
Sick city sometimes
Sick city left you way behind

Sick city sometimes
Sick city in your mind
Sick city sometimes
Sick city left you way behind

Now the buildings take a fall
And it tries to kill us all
In the name of something zero in your mind

Now the buildings take a fall
And it tries to kill us all
In the name of something zero in your mind

Sick city sometimes
Sick city in your mind
Sick city sometimes
Sick city left you way behind