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

Fair Exchange Be Bop Deluxe

For you, and your pubescent blues, yes You and your dancin shoes You... and your sad glad news About your boyfriend Stan He's a dirty flirty man And he'll get you if he can Here I stand in a daze axe

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

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

Third Floor Heaven Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonHe's been saving, selling everything he didn't needSuch a shy boy, with a secret up his sleeve,He's a strange one, never bothers with the girls,Heard him swear once, at least I thought I hear...

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...

Rocket Cathedrals Be Bop Deluxe

spacebound again, I need the money And I can't see the stars, it's so funny, Until I'm earthbound again, I'll miss you honey In this rocket cathedral pointing to the sky Some visit Lucifer, some may be

Jets At Dawn Be Bop Deluxe

Woke this morning, the war was overThe radio was singing love songsSaw the smiles upon the soldiersComing home across the fieldsThe calendar said first of AugustRomance and promises of summer daysI...

No Trains To Heaven Be Bop Deluxe

I'm building bridges On which no house may stand, I'm painting pictures On walls across the land Burn down the prisons In which your children grow, See no illusions, The truth behind the show See n...

Orphans Of Babylon Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonOoh in babylonYour secret's on the runWe're hiding from the sun, tonightMy mind has been set freeI dream of sorceryBring all your sins to me, tonightThe airships cross the sky in sight of you...

Twilight Capers Be Bop Deluxe

All the white horses ran bleeding to the end,Shot through the heart by dear devoted passionAnd the falling stars that never fallBut send ambassadors to call,Still call the guilty to heavenAll the w...

Kiss Of Light Be Bop Deluxe

the kiss on light And all my mirrors are windows She gives me the kiss of light And I don’t know where the time goes I’m down on my knees, it’s easy to see how everything has its’ place… And mine is to be

The Bird Charmer's Destiny Be Bop Deluxe

His heart was locked inside a crystal ball,The day her gypsy love came 'round to call,His wings were broken by their latest fall,A young man waiting for the snow…The gull and the white swan,Ghostly...

The Gold At The End Of My Rainbow Be Bop Deluxe

The cup of sorrow overflows…Nothing shows, no nothing glows,But my soul is all at seaThe night has had it’s way with meThis game is growing rather grimAnd some of us must sink or swimBut I’ll play ...

Bring Back The Spark Be Bop Deluxe

I've been up all nightIt’s been down so longThere's a fire in my heartIf you feel the sameWon't you feed my flameYou can help bring back the sparkBring back the sparkYou can bring it backBring back...

Modern Music Be Bop Deluxe

"Modern music on my radio Another station and another show If only I could let my feelings flow (to you) When you're lonely and you're far away, When those steel guitars begin to play Please don't ...

Honeymoon On Mars Be Bop Deluxe

I wonder if you're all aloneBeneath those diamond starsHoneymoon on MarsTonight this desert world is oursI'll meet you by the towersFor cocktails in the barOut in HollywoodWe're going out there in ...

Lost In The Neon World Be Bop Deluxe

jet-age life is getting worse I feel I'm half a universe away I left my home some time ago To fight the creatures of the USA You tell me that this neon world is free Say this is the place I ought to be

Forbidden Lovers Be Bop Deluxe

Forbidden lovers A secret message on the phone Heaven's above us And hell's below, so I am told Beware the shame And paper game It's all the same when you sell your soul To a love so bold Oh will you be

Down On Terminal Street Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonI took a walk down terminal street last nightTo see the ancient faces living thereI saw the sunken eyes of agonyAnd saw the desperate stations of despairThe madman waiting for the spirit girl...

Make The Music Magic Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonMake the music magicMake your heart singLike angels in flightMake the music magicMake my strings ringLike bells in the nightMake the music magicSee the divineLight shining so brightMake the m...

Futurist Manifesto Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonNevermore days astonishingHappening with tapes and anything 1962Power beyond years are endingsTime most misplacedThe earth forever renders the promised mockery (mockery)Ghost in latitude, fea...

Quest For The Harvest Of The Stars Be Bop Deluxe

Though I recall My innocence and laughter I'm feeling older now But what comes after this is through Time had traced its maps across my face Sign and lines for you to navigate And in the end There will be

Autosexual Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonAwayWe goSo fast(x3)Feel im speedin' onThe highway's leadingScreaming like a jet tonightDon't know what I'm afterBut my wheels are going fasterThan the speed of lightThunder screams thunderI ...

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

Sound Track Be Bop Deluxe

Tin aeroplanes trace the timePast our fading window's eyesAnd the panes are pains insideThrough which we seeAll the glories fast unfoldAll the joys lo and beholdIt's a bitter-sweet dark secretThat ...

Music In Dreamland Be Bop Deluxe

Standing by the old carSunset in your grey eyesListening to the bluebirdsPraying for a sunriseMaybe we'll make music in dreamland tonightSomeone in the gardenWalking through the moonlightSailing in...

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...

Between The Worlds Be Bop Deluxe

Between the worlds are pearlsAround your lily white neckSo round, profound all shining beads of sweatI know my way 'round your throat like a knifeI'll silver and steel you away to my island of sea ...

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...

Heavenly Homes Be Bop Deluxe

warms the distance With the light of dawn You yawn, my love Your eyes are growing tired The dawn must come although we will deny it I'd like to hold you here Beneath these clouds of darkest blue It could be

Ships In The Night Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonLike a square peg in a round hole . . .Like a harp without it's strings . . .Like a sailor who sails no oceans . . .Like a bird that has no wings . . .Without love, I am a desert,Without love...

Crying To The Sky Be Bop Deluxe

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

Sleep That Burns Be Bop Deluxe

A brass band is playing Rehearsing its thrills All half-moon and cloudy, All golden and shrill I've got a sleep that burns A sleep that burns Got a sleep that burns all night I'm locked in your dar...

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 . . .)

Life In The Air-Age Be Bop Deluxe

I used to be a boy, My heart was young and supple then But no it's stoney cold, I'm old and I could use a friend... My world is not like yours, I come from somewhere long ago...

Like An Old Blues Be Bop Deluxe

Laughing at me (he he he he he) Those pictures you said were strange Out of tune out of key It's such a shame but you never quite see You always put the blame on me I'm like an old blues That you n...

Crystal Gazing Be Bop Deluxe

The man who owned the heartache That lived on the stairs... Passed me in the night whistling "Memories of You"... I stared, too frightened to move For fear my eyes shone a light On the darkness he ...

Blazing Apostles Be Bop Deluxe

God drives a dreamless highway in a black sedan,Picking up survivors, preaching to the motel man.Blazing apostles,Thieves in the night,Messengers of the fall.If you are needing an angel of light,Wh...

Blue As A Jewel Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonThere's a crystal at the heart of every tearOn reflection making love affection clearAnd she is blue as jewelClear as ice, kind and cruelThere's a silence at the edge of every sighThere's a l...

Life In The Air Age Be Bop Deluxe

I used to be a boy, My heart was young and supple then But no it's stoney cold, I'm old and I could use a friend... My world is not like yours, I come from somewhere long ago...

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...

Mill Street Junction Be Bop Deluxe

Behind the gasworks after midnightMad Jane she holds a sweaty handAnd 'though the rain runs down the gutterShe dreams she hears the gasworks bandSomewhere cathedral bells are screamingAs someones d...

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...