(David Barratt/Bill Clift/Carl L. Marsh)
anybody ever had a dream
wouldn't wake up
and lose it over me
anybody ever stole a scene
wouldn't need to
if the could only be
strangely serene
facing the shakedown
nobody ever ran the race
and came out
the same as they went in
nobody in a sacred place
need leave it
if they could only bring
some sense of grace for time
to lay down
hold this terrifying love
a charm against the cold
do this and think of me
and let the world unfold
spaced out in spacetown
i know you've been
shaping up for the shakedown
so let me in
we live and learn or crash and burn
this is spacetown
we're living in spacetown
everybody in the neighbourhood
wouldn't move on
if they could only see
everybody for the common good
shout something
apart from look at me
just watch the screen
when the mirror breaks down
you with all that you could own
are trying to be true
and wait so patiently
for a bolt from out the blue
show me something i can use
a stone that i can throw
or shall i turn away
(Bill Clift/Carl L. Marsh)
you say how high the moon is
my pride bought with a kiss
so soon under your motion
my world ceased to exist
if you want to know
here is my confession
i was a man in the grip of obsession
now you ought to know
i made a big decision
more that a man i'm a man
with a mission
here it is my shining path
pale fire your one desire come true
cool thrill a wish fulfilled
take a trip from your head
to your heart
on the shining path
you'll know when this is over
one sign will say believe
just when you're so uncertain
you'll ask and you'll receive
now is when you show
a gesture of contrition
this kind of love
is the modern condition
this could be a blow
to my way of thinking
Carl L. Marsh)
My baby works like a miner do
She treats my body like
a mountain range
Some people say
gotta look out for her
Some people tell me
that my baby's strange
Love kills
Love kills
My baby stands like an oil rig stands
She drills as deep as the ocean floor
Some people say
enough's enough
But my baby she just drills
some more
Love kills my baby
Love kills my baby
Love kills my baby and me
My baby turns as the planet turns
She rolls the world from day to day
Some people say
the earth could move
(Carl L. Marsh)
a love-light shallow glow
stop and stare the human rodeo
effervescent so sublime in time
pull up our roots together
beneath the brittle stars
you and me the light
from a neon bar
focus the microscope there's hope
but it could all come down tomorrow
and if it does come
and if it does come
where will you be?
will you be with me?
where's the evidence-
circumstantial
been through it time and time again
i don't wanna be on a corner
hanging out
with all god's lonely men
why keep it all uptight?
why keep it deep inside?
maybe you and me share
a chemistry
let's go see Mr. Hyde
let's go see Mr. Hyde
downstream white-water ride
deep and low the current
of our pride
break-neck high-speed
what we need
to both cut loose together
and you should know
and you should know
i want you here with me
first thing i see
getting heavily elemental
recycled i'll come 'round again
immobility begs a question:
does gravity mean to be my friend?
is there an end in sight
beyond our time and tide
maybe you and me
could solve a mystery
let's go see Mr. Hyde
let's go see Mr. Hyde
and if it does come
and if it does come
where will you be?
will you be with me?
for the last time
for the last time
I want you every day
(Bill Clift/Carl L. Marsh/Tyrrell)
peace love harmony
i got to get me some of this
i don't think it's much to ask
one out of three
so let it grow let it ripen
let the sun shine down on me
money can't buy you
peace and love
but it can buy harmony
listen:
harmony
harmony
harmony
(Carl L. Marsh/Chad Swahnberg)
action time the bottom line
precautionary sadness
a silence in the courtroom
all objections overruled
for something pure
something reasonable
we should all stand up and shout
home is where the heart is
but the heart is moving out
there's never been a finer line
through sanity and madness
i want over-achievement
under-estimation gets you down
i fall awake now now i fall awake
i don't dream that hard
blink and double-take i fall awake
i fall awake now now i fall awake
i fall awake now now i fall awake
election time selection mine
discretionary process
natural or contractual
the vote goes either way
for a cure that is feasible
we should all go back to school
make everybody stand in line
to be nobody's fool
there's never been a better time
to trust in mass hypnosis
go falling through my summer-blue
atmosphere
all promises true possibilities
loud and clear
in a world that's changing speed
(Carl L. Marsh)
it's are rare rare man who won't
tamper with perfection
his desire a rare woman
put natural selection in his hands
and he knows it
she's braced her life to his
and his alone
and it throws him
drawn in and wrapped around
so very tight
there's nothing he can compare to
nothing he's know before
standing on a moving floor
he feels he's right to believe but he
don't want to be hurt
hurt, dirt, desire
then who does that's nothing special
hurt, dirt, desire
he'll get down and kiss the dirt
dirt, hurt, desire
for this luxury of life he'll call hurt,
dirt and desire
she's having strange strange times
she feels herself in motion
and she rides strange magic
spells and pills and potions say
"be mine"
she hears them
he's giving her so much
and much too soon
and she fears him
even as it fills her every nigh
she knows just what is happening
now every day brings more
shaking a loose trap door
for what she will receive
she say please I...
willful and afraid they keep it
under cover
willful and afraid they keep it
under cover
don't want to leave a legacy lost
and gone forever
don't want to leave a legacy lost
and gone forever
feel the heavy heartbeat
next to one another
feel the heavy heartbeat
next to one another
strip away the secrecy
celebrate the lovers
strip away the secrecy
celebrate the lovers
(David Barratt/Richard Bartie/Carl L. Marsh)
i'm kylie brush
got a happy head
it goes together
with my happy heart babe
said a happy head
goes together with my happy heart
when i hear you name
and i feel the flame
of our lovelight as it begins to burn
and we teach each other
a good love lesson
that we're always oh so glad to learn
in our happy heads
going together
with out happy hearts
said my happy head
goin' together with my happy heart
from the tip of my toes to the top
of my spine
all over my body
and in and out of my mind
you fill me up with thoughts of love
and loving you is all i'm thinking of
in my happy head
so good to have you
in my happy head all the time
loving you yeah loving you baby
said i'm guilty of a crime
time after time after time
(David Barratt/Carl L. Marsh)
if you want to get ahead
get ahead get a happyhead now
we love to fly and it shows
be all that you can be
we're a part of your life
(Bryn Burrows/Bill Clift)
we're going to fat city
we're gonna hit town
we're going to fat city...fat city
hard rain washed away
sweet love like a bird of prey
mixed emotions overgrown
psychedelic to the bone
it's a fact that your back's
against the wall
when you show your face
but never get yourself caught
between a rock and a hard place
pump me up let me down
beef and blood underground
snap the whip crack the code
paranoia overload
you got to get yourself a card
with an i.d.
for the human race
but never get yourself caught
between a rock and a hard place
break the ice on your knees
poison pen spread disease
rags and bones feed the bear
(David Barratt/Carl L. Marsh)
(eat this!)
burn down the store
take what you want and more
shop until you drop
voodoo consumer never stop
load up on supplies
no sale no compromise
gun crazy down the mall
voodoo consumer take it all
(eat this! drink this! try this! charge it!)
it's fabulous
step right up and take it
it's fabulous
if you can't afford it fake it
be deviously dangerous
ridiculously cool let's make it
fabulous fabulous
fabulous fabulous
drive me to the bank
kneel down and give me thanks
grab your credit card
voodoo consumer kiss me hard
take it all too far
sell the company car
a bargain but too late
voodoo consumer terminate
eat this drink this drive this buy this
wear this fly this play this charge it
be deviously dangerous
ridiculously marvelous
meticulously treacherous
de sade-uously cruel just make it
fabulous fabulous
(David Barratt/Carl L. Marsh)
turn to the sky like a big receiver
the hills are alive but they won't
deceive ya
tuned to the wave of the false
and the factual
tellin' everybody 'bout the
supernatural
nature says end it final
going down on a dna spiral
hungry little heartbreaker
looking for a headline
wanna deal? here's a deadline
more than a matter of
pure geometry
a whole damn catalogue of lies
and infamy
a pay cheque a home wrecker
double martini
hail ceasar get houdini
take what you want to get
what you need
more than you had
at twice the speed
in cold precision in terror and art
a bullet and a ballet are
a vowel apart
hey digital get critical
yo digital love thing go
hey digital get critical
information overload
digital love thing i can't believe it
i wanna make this mystery mine
you're part of history stand up
and seize it
digital love thing shine
in real time
here comes happyhead mouth
in motion
you do the right thing you do
the locomotion
then you wonder why
the caged bird sings
it's a lust for life or a chemical thing
free will's the thrill now so choose it
use your vote before you lose it
evolution revolution hedonism i sing
anybody got a body give the boy
(Carl L. Marsh)
kevin the coma he was a smart one
but even so there were things
he didn't understand
peter the powerdrain
he's been around again
looks kind of sickly
from breathing the fumes
maybe on second thoughts
he doesn't understand too
kevin and peter peter and paul
matthew mark luke and john
i've had 'em all
in the back of my cab there's room
for everybody
i've had 'em all
(Carl L. Marsh/David Barratt)
a tiny piece of america
nearly blew my apart
driving on the wrong side
of my english heart
i found myself caught in mid-stream
i had a dream of a brand-new start
phone lines lie across the atlantic
i guess it's time to fly trans-romantic
are you lonesome baby usa?
i heard you cry 3,000 miles away
go west young man you said
and i was on my way
don't shoot-i love you baby usa
once upon a time my world
was an open book
the pages turned but i stayed put
now like a pilgrim on
plymouth sound
i'm america bound hand and foot
that's the pull of love's defection
a continental drift in my direction
a yellow cab from here to eternity
a fifty-floor building points
to all things heavenly
down the roots of high anxiety
there's just another story
from the naked city
don't shoot-i love you baby usa
don't shoot-i love you baby usa
don't shoot-i love you baby usa
(Carl L. Marsh)
plough up a field of money
scatter your seed
mind over matter? well it matters
to me candy
riding an ark political sparkle
cast the first stone you'll be making
a mark indeed
there goes caution to the wind
again so get in
hitch-hike it to the edge of beyond
and get gone
at the limit of the evening shade
i raise a glass to you candy
i think you've got it made
if you thing the future lies
in tomorrow's troubled eyes
you're wrong candy it lies with me
atomic candy...turn out
all the lights and let me see
atomic candy...incandescent
flame of liberty
atomic candy...i'll take one bite
out of you if you unwrap me
high on the stuff of legend
scoring the dream
richer for poorer you can pour it
all over me
catching a wave imaginary
saviour
take the next turn candy there'll be
some days indeed
if you feel the future near
hiding paralysed with fear
it's ok candy you're here with me
atomic candy
atomic candy oh
if you thing the future waits
through somebody's pearly gates
(Carl L. Marsh)
dive down deeper than this
wide-eyed a wintergreen bliss-out
cool solid next to freezing
wild words that have no meaning
such a deep love
such a strong kiss
such a deep love
such a strong kiss
never in love
is there a wrong kiss
it's such a deep love
there's a wave and it breaks forever
you know
woman deep and it's man deep
there's a wave and it breaks much
harder than this
like the sea when the world's asleep
there's a wave and it breaks forever
you know
legal city no redress
wide-screen built to impress you
get down stoop to conquer
burn the phoenix and raise
the songbird
now i got it i'm gonna keep it
work it up into a state secret
clean high next to heaven