Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Those days are over
You don't have to sell your body to the night
Roxanne
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Walk the streets for money
You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
I loved you since I knew you
I wouldn't talk down to you
I have to tell you just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy
I know my mind is made up
So put away your make up
Told you once I won't tell you again
It's a bad way
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
I've called you so many times today
And I guess it's all true what your girlfriends say
That you don't ever want to see me again
And your brother's going to kill me and he's six feet ten
I guess you'd call it cowardice
But I'm not prepared to go on like this
I can't stand losing you
I see you've sent my letters back
And my lp records and they're all scratched
I can't see the point in another day
When nobody listens to a word I say
You can call it lack of confidence
But to carry on living doesn't make no sense
I can't stand losing you
I guess this is our last goodbye
And you don't care so I won't cry
But you'll be sorry when I'm dead
And all this guilt will be on your head
I guess you'd call it suicide
But I'm too full to swallow my pride
Just a castaway
an island lost at sea
another lonely day
no-one here by me
more loneliness
than any man could bear
rescue me before I fall into despair
I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
message in a bottle
A year has passed since I wrote my note
but I should have known this right from the start
only hope can keep me together
love can mend your life
but love can break your heart
I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
message in a bottle
Walked out this morning
don't believe what I saw
a hundred billion bottles
washed up on the shore
seems I'm not alone in being alone
a hundred billion castaways
looking for a home
I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
message in a bottle
Giant steps are what you take
walking on the moon
I hope my legs don't break
walking on the moon
we could walk forever
walking on the moon
we could live together
walking on, walking on the moon
Walking back from you house
walking on the moon
walking back from you house
walking on the moon
feet they hardly touch the ground
walking on the moon
my feet don't hardly make no sound
walking on, walking on the moon
Some may say
I'm wishing my days away
no way
and if it's the price I pay
some say
tomorrow's another day
you stay
I may as well pay
Giant steps are what you take
walking on the moon
I hope my legs don't break
walking on the moon
we could walk forever
walking on the moon
we could live together
walking on, walking on the moon
Some may say
I'm wishing my days away
no way
and if it's the price I pay
some say
tomorrow's another day
you stay
I may as well pay
Young teacher the subject
of schoolgirl fantasy
she wants him so badly
knows what she wants to be
inside her there's longing
this girl's an open page
book marking she's so close now
this girl is half his age
Don't stand so close to me
Her friends are so jealous
you know how bad girls get
sometimes it's not so easy
to be the teacher's pet
temptation, frustration
so bad it makes him cry
wet bus stop, she's waiting
his car is warm and dry
Don't stand so close to me
Loose talk in the classroom
to hurt they try and try
strong words in the staffroom
the accusations fly
it's no use
he sees her
he starts to shake and cough
just like the old man in
that famous book by Nabakov
Don't think me unkind
words are hard to find
they're only cheques I've left unsigned
from the banks of chaos i my mind
and when their eloquence escapes me
their logic ties me up and rapes me
De do do do de da da da
is all I want to say to you
de do do do de da da da
their innocence will pull me through
de do do do de da da da
is all I want to say to you
de do do do de da da da
they're meaningless and all that's true
Poets priests and politicians
have words to thank for their positions
words that scream for you submission
and no-one's jamming their transmission
'cos when their eloquence escapes you
their logic ties you up and rapes you
De do do do de da da da
is all I want to say to you
de do do do de da da da
their innocence will pull me through
de do do do de da da da
is all I want to say to you
de do do do de da da da
they're meaningless and all that's true
Though I've tried before to tell her
Of the feelings I have for her in my heart
Every time that I come near her
I just lose my nerve
As I've done from the start
Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she do just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on
Do I have to tell the story
Of a thousand rainy days since we first met
It's a big enough umbrella
But it's always me that ends up getting wet
Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she do just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on
I resolve to call her up a thousand times a day
And ask her if she'll marry me in some old fashioned way
But my silent fears have gripped me
Long before I reach the phone
Long before my tongue has tripped me
Must I always be alone?
Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she do just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on
[Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she do just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on
Every little thing
Every little thing
Every little thing
Every little thing
Every little
Every little
Every little
Every little thing she does
Every little thing she does
Every little thing she does
Every little thing she does
Thing she does is magic
Eee oh oh...]
Every little thing
Every little thing
Every little thing she does is magic magic magic
Magic magic magic
I don't want to spend the rest of my life
Looking at the barrel of an Armalite
I don't want to spend the rest of my days
Keeping out of trouble like the soldiers say
I don't want to spend my time in hell
Looking at the walls of a prison cell
I don't ever want to play the part
Of a statistic on a government chart
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done
It's dark all day and it glows all night
Factory smoke and acetylene light
I face the day with me head caved in
Looking like something that the cat brought in
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done
And they're only going to change this place
By killing everybody in the human race
They would kill me for a cigarette
But I don't even wanna die just yet
There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done
Every breath you take
every move you make
every bond you break
every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every single day
every word you say
every game you play
every night you stay
O can't you see
you belong to me
how my poor heart breaks
with every step you take
Every move you make
every vow you break
every smile you fake
every claim you stake
I'll be watching you
Since you've gone I been lost without a trace
I dream at night I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep crying baby, baby please
O can't you see
you belong to me
how my poor heart breaks
with every step you take
Every move you make
every vow you break
every smile you fake
every claim you stake
Every move you make
every step you take
I'll be watching you
There's a little black spot on the sun today
It's the same old thing as yesterday
there's a black hat caught in a high tree top
there's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop
I have stood here before in the pouring rain
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
but it's my destiny to be the King of Pain
There's a little black spot on the sun today
that's my soul up there
It's the same old thing as yesterday
that's my soul up there
there's a black hat caught in a high tree top
that's my soul up there
there's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop
that's my soul up there
I have stood here before in the pouring rain
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
but it's my destiny to be the King of Pain
There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall
that's my soul up there
there's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall
that's my soul up there
there's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb
that's my soul up there
there's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web
that's my soul up there
I have stood here before in the pouring rain
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
but it's my destiny to be the King of Pain
There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out
there's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt
there's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed
there's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread
King of Pain
There's a red fox torn by a huntsman's pack
that's my soul up there
there's a black winged gull with a broken back
that's my soul up there
there's a little black spot on the sun today
it's the same old thing as yesterday
I have stood here before in the pouring rain
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
but it's my destiny to be the King of Pain
King of Pain
King of Pain
King of Pain
I'll always be King of Pain
You consider me the young apprentice
Caught between the scylla and charibdes
Hypnotized by you if I should linger
Staring at the ring around your finger
I have only come here seeking knowledge
Things they wouldn't teach me of in college
I can see the destiny you sold
Turned into a shining band of gold
I'll be wrapped around your finger
I'll be wrapped around your finger
Mephistopheles is not your name
But I know what you're up to just the same
I will listen hard to your tuition
And you will see it come to its fruition
I'll be wrapped around your finger
I'll be wrapped around your finger
Devil and the deep blue sea behind me
Vanish in the air you'll never find me
I will turn your face to alabaster
Then you will find your servant is your master
And you'll be wrapped around my finger
You'll be wrapped around your finger
You'll be wrapped around your finger
