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MONDAY MORNING 5.19

at eight o'clock we said goodbye
that's when I left her house for mine
She said that she'd be staying in
well she had to be at work by nine

so i get home and have a bath
and let an hour or two pass
drifting in front of my TV
when a film comes on that she wants to see

It's monday morning 5:19 and I'm still wondering where she's been
cos everything I try to call I just get her machine
and now it's almost six AM, and I don't want to try again
cos if she's till not back then this must be the end
is this the end?

at first I guess she's gone to get herself a pack of cigarettes
a pint of milk, food for the cat
but it's midnight now and she's till not back

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At half past two I picture her in the back of someone else's car
he runs his fingers through her hair
oh you shouldn't let him touch you there

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DREAM ANOTHER DREAM

I had a dream but I just can't remember it
What could it mean?
How did I ever let it slip?
I'm a modern guy
I can't help but be sarcastic
It's a brand new day 
well isn't that fantastic?

hey it's alright cos at the end of the day there's gonna be more nights
everything's ok, no need to get uptight, we can dream another dream tonight

game show afternoons is that all I was born for?
sitting in my room just waiting till I'm called for?

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another dream tonight, another dream tonight

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BROKEN BARBIE DOLL


Back when she was a girl there was a plan to see her through her life:
get married settle down and have some kids and be a good housewife
but she would go to bed at night
with day-glo stars and fairy lights stuck on the ceiling of her room
as she dreamt of another life

Now it's too late to go back home
it's saccharine and silicone
for a broken barbie doll
sleeping pills and alcohol
and night she'd rather not recall
for a broken doll

and though the hands that played with her were cold
she let them drag her down
and as her cardboard would begins to fold
she's lying on the ground

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her mother writes her every week
she says she's worried for her health
her dad says she's finding her feet
but now she's lying on the shelf
like faulty goods that are returned
her pretty fingers are all burnt

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SUMMER'S OVER

Kamikaze seagull planes, fighting over chip shop takeaway remains
when you're walking on the cliffs
you can't help wondering how far down the sea is
and what if it should give?

I didn't mean to bring you down, summer's over seaside town
she says we shouldn't have come so far, this seaside town summer's over

empty pubs echo with sounds, juke-box selections that keep going round and round
maybe rain is all we need 
to come and wash the summer rubbish off the beach
oh let's just go to sleep

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In the back of the arcades
kids borrow money to play one more final game
while mothers wait in family cars
I wondering why we ever chose to come so far
but I wish you wouldn't ask

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This summer's over, seaside town, this seaside town, summer's over


UNTOUCHABLE

If you were an angel, I would cut off your wings
to keep you with me I would do anything
like broken bottles that slip from drunken hands
I've watched my star falling, and shatter on the ground
first you wash your hair
then you wash your hands
oh yeah, I think I understand

Untouchable, if I'm not fit to eaven crawl
if I'm not sick I'll soak my skin in alcohol
until I feel untouchable

I blew my chances
as you blowdried your hair
I thought of my answers as you walked down the stairs
D'you think I'd defile you if you were to close?
d'you think I'd infect you?
d'you think I"d give you a dose?

First you wash your hair
then you wash your hands
oh yeah, I think I understand

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I'll drink until my skin is full, and I will feel untouchable

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HARD CANDY

Sugar high, then she drops me from the sky but it never stops me

From the very first taste it began
I only want to make her understand, hold her as she melts into my hands
even if she acts like she can't stand me, that's just my Hard Candy
That's just my Hard Candy

Glycerine is in my veins
it's serene, till she runs out again

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Such a waste, when she leaves me, a bitter taste, when I want her to feed me
all the shiny paper's just a sham.

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QUARANTINE

In the evening rush, she takes her seat by the window
and when she lights up, nobody speaks, they just adjust their clothes
she sits on the train from five fifteen to five thirty
it's always the same
"the way" she says "they look at me"

from saturday to saturday
contact, unclean, lock me up in quarantine
contact, unclean, lock me up in quarantine

bathed in the blue wash of a TV screen
surfing served up dreams to the happy glow of the burger bar
watching the passing cars

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Quarantine, quarantine, all our lives we've been in quarantine


LUCKY NUMBER

you dial your lucky number when you're feeling alright
when you're bored on a sunday, and every friday night
you dial your lucky number cos life is such a fight
they're going to bring it over, and make it seem alright

you've got a lucky number for everything you need something to numb you
you get that nagging hunger, that's when you dial your lucky number

you dial your lucky number, you want that basement kiss
when you were two years younger, you'd never dreamt of this
you're getting pins and needles
they've got you on the boil
all wrapped up in the glamour of aluminum foil

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go to sleep, all your dreams are sweet, we'll keep the world at bay
til you wake up in the morning

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LOVE LIKE SEMTEX

it's only friction that causes all the sparks
they come between us and blow the world apart
it's only tension that I can't diffuse
you really made your mark
I've still got the bruise

And now there's nothing left
just another twisted wreck
with love like Semtex

Like a dud fire work that goes off in your face
we should have lit the sky, but we burnt down the whole place

CHORUS

More like a letter bomb blast than a valentine card, with love like Semtex
Goodbye and all the best, with love like Semtex


WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER

The lights come on, I track her moves
locking the door, crossing the room
she's on the phone again, and when she laughs
I feel my blood rushing
I feel my blood rush to my heart

I call her up and disconnect
wait by her house once more to check
and stare though the window of her kitchenette
and then I follow her
down underground escalators
hiding behind my newspaper
until the time when we're together

so here we are, alone again
I'm in the dark
she's in my frame
her window pane
I play the film back through my mind
with a few new scenes I've designed
maybe I'll write her one or two more lines

And then I follow her
down underground escalators
hiding behind my newspaper
until the time when we're together

together, together, together

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THE UNDERDOGS

The Underdogs keep running after shining motorbikes
trying to keep up while they look back and laugh
oh we're so tired of dragging our hearts
it's the chrome and steel
and all the power that we want to feel
so wehn we catch them we will rip them apart
cos it's no more than they did to us

We've been waiting so long
we know just what we want
we will cheat and we'll rob
cos we are the underdogs
we are the underdogs

The underdogs, and we've had too much shit kicked out of us
to stop us howling at the moon through the night
and if it keeps them up, well that's alright
to be bitter is such a dirty little job
we're jaded to our brittle bones
cos we are the Underdogs
we are the Underdogs

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MILK OF AMNESIA

Milk of amnesia, you make it easier
so raise a glass in the air and drown out all your cares
lips round the bottle neck,
soon you're gonna forget each and every regret
and let your dreams set sail

Inside we're feeling warm, ready for any storm
we ain't got our weather proofs on but we're feeling strong
a belly ful of hope, lie back and you will float
drifting on your dream boat to a distant land
and if we can't make it home, we'll sleep on the paving stones
happy just to be there, beneath the starlit dome

milk of amnesia, you make it easier
everything's fading fast
forget about the past
through the bottom of the glass
the world looks far away