Lovers Are Mortal Be Bop Deluxe

the time ran so fast Like an arrow that flies to the heart And I thought that a lifetime Would not be enough time To delight in this pleasure so dark Lovers are mortal Their hearts are the size of night

Forbidden Lovers Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Forbidden lovers We hid our hearts beneath the stars Under the covers In midnight rooms and shining cars I'm glad they came To taste your pain We're both insane on this crazy night Such a crazy

Islands Of The Dead Be Bop Deluxe

Pack up all your mortal memories Cloak your soul in sleep The moon is in the window And the wind is in the trees These things are yours to keep.

Between The Worlds Be Bop Deluxe

Between the worlds are pearls Around your lily white neck So round, profound all shining beads of sweat I know my way 'round your throat like a knife I'll silver and steel you away to my island of sea

Sound Track Be Bop Deluxe

Tin aeroplanes trace the time Past our fading window's eyes And the panes are pains inside Through which we see All the glories fast unfold All the joys lo and behold It's a bitter-sweet dark secret That

New Precision Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson With new precision the golden days return The lovers prison, the kingdom of the worm Driving through empty towns, pass me a cigarette I think that it could rain, in time we all forget.

Third Floor Heaven Be Bop Deluxe

sleeve, He's a strange one, never bothers with the girls, Heard him swear once, at least I thought I heard him curse Someone had called him queer Yes, one of those my dear, They're all the same, one hand lovers

Crystal Gazing Be Bop Deluxe

And the moon through the window of the bedroom Where lovers slumbered Made a silver dance of such dust beneath the bed...

Heavenly Homes Be Bop Deluxe

The stars are burning And the moon is shining bright, The world is turning underneath This canopy of night...

Twilight Capers Be Bop Deluxe

scream around in the heads Of those he found beneath the ground, beneath the ground In the grey corridors of melting ice, In the cod golden claw of autumn nights, You can find us again in paradise We are

Blue As A Jewel Be Bop Deluxe

her time, oh she takes her time She makes her moves and they suit me fine Blue as a jewel She's nobody's fool but word gets out Oh she lies so well I can't dispel the glimpse of hell In her eyes There are

Lights Be Bop Deluxe

Shadows move across the faces Of the people we once knew And though their hearts are full of sorrow The sun inside can still shine through In the factories and the stations In the house of the poor In

Blazing Apostles Be Bop Deluxe

If you are needing an angel of light, Why don't you give us a call? Death drives an airflow Chrysler on the streets of man, A hit-and-run driver, cruising since the world began.

Ships In The Night Be Bop Deluxe

We are like ships in the night . . . (without love) . . . Selling our souls down the river . . . Sailing away and forever our pleasure is blue . . .

Autosexual Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Away We go So fast (x3) Feel im speedin' on The highway's leading Screaming like a jet tonight Don't know what I'm after But my wheels are going faster Than the speed of light Thunder screams thunder

Like An Old Blues Be Bop Deluxe

you never use Going out of style And it's not worthwhile anymore Anymore You send your dirty words to me (your dirty words) You're having a ball with the men of the law But the poet and his pen are

Possession Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson There's such a beautiful mess up in my room My thoughts are tangled in the legs of chairs I like to think that it's my token of genius But then again perhaps I just don't care.

Mill Street Junction Be Bop Deluxe

Behind the gasworks after midnight Mad Jane she holds a sweaty hand And 'though the rain runs down the gutter She dreams she hears the gasworks band Somewhere cathedral bells are screaming As someones

Music In Dreamland Be Bop Deluxe

dreamland tonight Maybe we'll go waltzing in dreamland tonight I have some pictures (You have some pictures) I paint them in my sleep They make me laugh (They make me laugh) Sometimes they make me weep You are

Jet Silver And The Dolls Of Venus Be Bop Deluxe

of Venus Span the space between us with a tune Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus Play their music 'specially for you Change your faces slowly 'Til the morning warms the sky All you see is holy But to be

Futurist Manifesto Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Nevermore days astonishing Happening with tapes and anything 1962 Power beyond years are endings Time most misplaced The earth forever renders the promised mockery (mockery) Ghost in latitude, fears

Axe Victim Be Bop Deluxe

hoped you'd lend an ear You hope we dress like tarts But back stage we stand naked All the make-up cleaned away My poet sheds his pretty skin And turns to face the day And there's nothing to be

Orphans Of Babylon Be Bop Deluxe

cross the sky in sight of you I'll shoot them as they fly, there's nothing else to do Nothing here for certain Nothing is the truth Leave behind the curtain Rob you of your youth Orphans of babylon We are

Life In The Air-Age Be Bop Deluxe

Beneath the stars there are the bars That serve the bitter drink... The barman smiles at me, His wife she gives a secret wink... They listen patiently to me, My story I unfold...

Life In The Air Age Be Bop Deluxe

Beneath the stars there are the bars That serve the bitter drink... The barman smiles at me, His wife she gives a secret wink... They listen patiently to me, My story I unfold...

The Gold At The End Of My Rainbow Be Bop Deluxe

the end of my rainbow, the ghost with the silver smile You’re the gold at the end of my rainbow Oh, won’t you stay with me Please won’t you stay with me, Oh, won’t you stay with me awhile Our enemies are

Sleep That Burns Be Bop Deluxe

The night winds are howling... Seducing the trees, I wake in a cold sweat With the sheets round my knees I lay in the darkness With visionless eyes... Exhausted and reeling...

Jets At Dawn Be Bop Deluxe

coca-cola signs to advertise Above the cities and the towns Flying high across the sea beyond the clouds Said goodbye to the others The old musicians of the past Said hello to the young things Oh, your songs are

Kiss Of Light Be Bop Deluxe

me the kiss of light … Gave me the kiss of Lightning flashing, thunder crashing, Love is such a thrill Re-arrange my holidays and move in for the kill She gives me the kiss on light And all my mirrors are

Panic In The World Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson In the cities there is talk of rain and fire It was on the air today, it almost filled me with desire All our skies are gray, they say the dreamers line the streets Looking out from hollow houses

Fair Exchange Be Bop Deluxe

remember the cause of it all He just gave her a drink so she gave him a ball It's a fair exchange But I expect you expect a lot from me I can feel your burning need Your greedy greedy Fantasies are

Love In Flames Be Bop Deluxe

I want to be your camera I want to be your dancer I want to be your question And I want to be your answer Flames, love in flames I'm in flames, love in flames.

Love Is Swift Arrows Be Bop Deluxe

Rules to be broken by reckless and young men, Odes to be written by passions sick hand Seeds to be sown on the rich fields of promise, Ends and beginnings that never quite meet Nothing of value that hasn't

Speed Of The Wind Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonIf you see meIf you see me smilingIt's no sinIt's just the speed of the windIf you want meIf you want me laughingLet me singIt's just the speed of the windIt's just the speed of the windIt's ...

Stage Whispers Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonWell I'm waiting in the wingsWith all the strings and thingsThat help me make the musicJust another curtain callBefore I fall into your armsTo give my musicThis guitar does not lieThe great d...

Love With The Madman Be Bop Deluxe

Piano keys don't please me they're so darkAnd it's so easy to forgive themAnd violins still scream from every roomYou're ever passed your presence throughBut is you hang 'round here much longerYou'...

Maid In Heaven Be Bop Deluxe

She's a maid in heavenHe's a knight on the tilesA bat out of hell, oh well!It's just a question of style...It's a time for givingIn the two-star hotel Where breakfast in bed, per headIs just the pr...

Sister Seagull Be Bop Deluxe

To the clouds I am a changeling like the wind across the waves Though in the end there will be nothing left to save I will return one day with all the time you gave Sister seagull you're the reason

Jean Cocteau Be Bop Deluxe

Sometimes a filmSometimes a photographSometimes a roseSometimes a looking glassEnchanter of soulsYour dreams still unfoldSometimes a childSometimes a tradgedySometimes a truthSometimes a fantasyEnc...

Swan Song Be Bop Deluxe

thorn in the heart for me Feels like I'm dying again With our bodies on fire and our heads in a spin We pressed close to the moment We were Siamese twins in ecstasy Let me give you the time to be

Between The Worlds (Original Single Version) Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonWell I'm waiting in the wingsWith all the strings and thingsThat help me make the musicJust another curtain callBefore I fall into your armsTo give my musicThis guitar does not lieThe great d...

Crying To The Sky Be Bop Deluxe

I could say goodbye Follow the Sun and the Moon But that would be a lie.

Beauty Secrets Be Bop Deluxe

I'll be your hero only as long as I'm paid. Drink up and let's go home . . . (You're such a naughty boy . . .) The demon is on the phone . . . (He's got a special toy . . .)

Piece Of Mine Be Bop Deluxe

Came to me one rainy eveningWarmer then the setting sunTook my love by the tiggerShot me like a gunHold me like a babyShe laughed at my fearsSaid now love don't you worryMake everything so clearShe...

Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonBridges and rivers and buildings pulled downTime spent in places my footsteps had foundMirrors in ballrooms lie smashed on the ground,Walking with November mistsPathways and windows and movie...

Dangerous Stranger Be Bop Deluxe

"It's after midnight in the city of broken dreamsDown in the alley, Galileo meets his pack of thievesOver the river by the old hotelThere's a big car coming like a bat out of HellIt's the dangerous...

Electrical Language Be Bop Deluxe

I speak to you through electrical language Sometimes you hear me when our frequencies meet You try to listen but you don't understand it Turn up the rhythm and you'll pick up the beat I speak to y...

New Mysteries Be Bop Deluxe

New mysteries It rains inside your room New mysteries You will be drowning soon. Water in your mouth Breathing in and breathing out A river through your soul.

Surreal Estate Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonI bought you surreal estateHanging gardens for your gateYou said that I could staySee you through to another day.That day became a yearTime flies in this atmosphereAeroplanes and crashing car...

Night Creatures Be Bop Deluxe

"Johnny was an actor, oh you must have known, He wore his new Max Factor, nearly stole the show, You go and tell him he's not the only one Night creatures, strangest features White faces and paint...