Siouxsie And Tthe Banshees

[fox69]

"Got To Get Up"

"Got To Get Up"


Got to get up, get into life
Got to get up and live this life
Got to get up and win this life

No more looking down -- look up
Skyward up your eyes -- devour the sun Now!

Gonna shake my bones gonna shed my skin
Shake out what's mine, shake out this thing
I'm gonna shake my bones, gonna shed my skin
Shake out what's mine, shake out this thing

I've been here too long -- now I'm up
Skyward up this song -- devour the sun Now!

Bad luck you say -- it's just not your day
But you've got to reach out -- grab your destiny
Kick up the dust -- kick up a storm
Kick out the past and take control

There's no-one else -- it's up to you
Are you gonna wake up, or cry boo hoo?

No-one else but you can rise up
You know what to do got to get up
No more looking down -- look up
Come and claim your crown -- got to get up
Got to get up

 

[fox69]

"Green Fingers"

"Green Fingers"


Hibiscus head
In a flower bed
A finger hewn
Planted and sewn

Oh, magic in her hands
She could make anything grow
Magic in her hands
She had green fingers

It's curious
Where animals don't go
Mandrake rooted
Deep into the soil
Where the sun won't fall
But it flourishes
See the pretty maids
All in a row

Magic in her hands
She could make anything grow
Magic in her hands
She had green fingers

It's reaching
And groping
A clammy handshake
Clawing the ivy
Crawling the tightrope
Along the lattice work
With this hand I thee wed
With this hand I thee bed
With this hand I...

 

[fox69]

"Gun"
(originally by John Cale)

"Gun"
(originally by John Cale)



Now me and my partner we work on the run
The quick try to get quicker
And the creepers get hung
Now it's you that got wasted tonight on the job
One lost his liquor
And the other lost his head

Ten sticky thumb prints on the door and the sink
But nothin' saw nothin' - just smelt' the stink
Five hundred mugshots and a hundred to one
Four forgotten and the rest just won't come

When you've begun to think like a gun
The rest of the year has already gone
When you've begun to think like a gun
The days of the year have suddenly gone.

Blood on the windows and blood on the walls
Blood on the ceiling and down in the halls
And the papers keep pounding on everything I burned
And the people getting restless but they'll never learn

I picked up a doctor - he's good with a knife
Says anaesthetic's a waste of his time
Works in a hurry but always worthwhile
Knows they won't be back for a long long time

Top of the staircase was ready to fall
We were still waiting downstairs in the hall
Watch out for big mama, she'll set you on fire
Or go for your neck with the chicken wire

When you've begun to think like a gun
The days of the year have suddenly gone
Once you've begun to think like a gun
The days of the year have already gone

Mother of plenty, mother of none
You've got me cornered and still on the run
I don't care nothing 'bout you anyway
Stuck in this hole I'm well on my way

When you've begun to live like a gun
The days of the year have already gone
When you've begun to think like a gun
The days of the year have suddenly gone

 

[fox69]

"Hall Of Mirrors"
(originally by Kraftwerk)

"Hall Of Mirrors"
(originally by Kraftwerk)



She stepped into the hall of mirrors
Where she discovered a reflection of herself
Sometimes she saw her real face
And sometimes a stranger at her place
Even the greatest stars discover themselves in the looking glass
Even the greatest stars find their face in the looking glass

She fell in love with the image of herself
And suddenly the picture was distorted
Even the greatest stars dislike themselves in the looking glass
Even the greatest stars dislike themselves in the looking glass

She made up the person she wanted to be
And changed into a new personality
The artist is living in the mirror
With the echoes of himself
Even the greatest stars change themselves in the looking glass
Even the greatest stars live their lives in the looking glass
Even the greatest stars fix their face in the looking glass
Even the greatest stars fix their face in the looking glass

Even the greatest stars live their lives in the looking glass
Even the greatest stars live their lives in the looking glass

Even the greatest stars...
Fix your face in the looking glass...

 

[fox69]

"Halloween"

"Halloween"


The night is still
And the frost, it bites my face
I wear my silence like a mask
And murmur like a ghost
"Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

The carefree days are distant now
I wear my memories like a shroud
I try to speak, but words collapse
Echoing, "Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

I wander through your sadness
Gazing at you with scorpion eyes
Halloween... Halloween

A sweet reminder in the ice-blue nursery
Of a childish murder of hidden lustre
And she cries, "Trick or treat"
"Trick or treat"
The bitter and the sweet

I wander through your sadness
Gazing at you with scorpion eyes
Halloween... Halloween

 

[fox69]

"Hang Me High"

"Hang Me High"


Oh...
Hang me high hang me high
Set me up with the bells in the tower
And beat them hour after hour
Hang me high
To the bonds that seal your lips
Intone a penance as you slip
Into another night of bleeding flowers
And in that final sinful moment
Were you just seeking love so tender?

Oh...
Does loathsome loss become a gain?
Empires stagger onwards no pain
The voice of love grows out
Exaltation, exaltation

Ohh....hang me high
Take this rainbow and bury it deep
Take this serpent and put it to sleep
Take these words then learn to keep
Take this sow and reap

Oh...
Hang me high
The night man coming away
With the ashes of some fallen saint
With some forgotten martyr to weep over
Take me, take me and sleep take me keep some
Do not weep, do not weep

Oh....hang me high

 

[fox69]

"Happy House"

"Happy House"


This is the happy house -- we're happy here
In the happy house -- oh it's such fun
We've come to play in the happy house
And waste a day in the happy house
It never rains

We've come to scream in the happy house
We're in a dream in the happy house
We're all quite sane
This is the happy house -- we're happy here

There's room for you if you say you do
But don't say no or you'll have to go
We've done no wrong with our blinkers on
It's safe and calm if you sing along
This is the happy house -- we're happy here in the happy house
To forget ourselves -- and pretend all's well
There is no hell

I'm looking through your window

 

[fox69]

"Head Cut"

"Head Cut"


The head is the best part
My headcut my woodcut
I saw you in the gallery
With your torso and family
A huge smiling central face
With eyes and lips cut out
But smiling and eating
Lots of other lips...

A beautiful mask in plastercast
Such a beautiful mask in plastercast
Can I take it back with me?
Back to the flat with me?

Oh severed head
I'll feed your head with bread
And paint your lips bright red
I'll keep it fresh on ice
It will look very nice

Can I take it back with me
Back to the flat with me

Shrunken heads under the bed
The flies are humming
There's a red under the bed
The spit is turning
Roasting burning
Shadows dancing -- by the fire
Flickering flames laugh -- with desire

The head is the best part
My headcut my woodcut

 

[fox69]

"Helter Skelter"
(originally by The Beatles)

"Helter Skelter"
(originally by The Beatles)



When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
Till I get to the bottom and I see you again.

Do you, don't you want me to love you
I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you
Tell me tell me tell me come on tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer

So look out
Helter skelter
Na la la la la la
Helter skelter
Na la la la la la
Helter skelter

Will you, won't you want me to make you
I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you
Tell me tell me tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no fucking dancer

When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop...

 

[fox69]

"Hong Kong Garden"

"Hong Kong Garden"


Harmful elements in the air
Cymbals crashing everywhere
Reap the fields of rice and reeds
While the population feeds

Junk floats on polluted water
An old custom to sell your daughter
Would you like number 23
Leave your yens on the counter please
Hong Kong garden

Tourists swarm to see your face
Confucius has a puzzling grace
Disoriented you enter in
Unleashing scent of wild jasmine

Slanted eyes meet a new sunrise
A race of bodies small in size
Chicken Chow Mein and Chop Suey
Hong Kong garden takeaway
Hong Kong garden