The Stranglers

[fox69]

"Mayan Skies"

"Mayan Skies"


I can see red is the colour of life in a Mayan sky
I can see green is the colour of jungle in Mayan skies
Mexico speaks at the sunrise

I can see yellow's the colour of gold under Mayan skies
Tempting children who came to get rich under Mayan skies
Mexico speaks at the sunrise

Mayan skies sleep talk with voices of lovers
In torture and suffering they soothe one another
The passion of youth kisses age in a nation
The passion of youth kisses age in a nation
The Mayan skies painting a colour creation up above

I can see red green and yellow the colours of Mayan skies

 

[fox69]

"Mean To Me"

"Mean To Me"


If I let loose right now well I'd be screaming out loud
My baby's been so mean to me I can't face the crowd
She's been mean to me, mean to me and making me blue
And if I ever get the chance I'm gonna throw her out and send her to you

It started out this morning when we crawled out of bed
She balled me out for screwing should be loving instead
She's been mean to me, mean to me and making me sad
And if I ever get the chance I'm gonna make her sorry that she's been bad to me

I'd like to tie her to the railway line and jump on the train
I'd like to take away her parachute on a burning plane
She's been mean to me, mean to me and making me sad
And if I ever get the chance I'm gonna make her sorry that she's been bad

She carried on when I got home from towing the line
She said that I'd been boozing I'd been drinking the wine
She's been mean to me, mean to me and making me blue
And if I ever get the chance I'm gonna throw her out and send her to you.

 

[fox69]

"Meninblack"

"Meninblack"


We're not here to destroy
We are here to employ

We have come to make you function
So we can eat at our functions

We are the meninblack
We are the meninblack
We are the meninblack

Information can destroy
So we'll treat you just like toys

Healthy livestock so we can eat
Human flesh is porky meat hee hee heeeeeeeeeeeeeee ...

We are the meninblack
We are the meninblack
We are the meninblack
We don't approve of artificial food
We grow you for our own good

First we gave you the wheel
Then we made you live to kill

So the best stock will survive
We eat you all alive

We are the meninblack
We are the meninblack
We are the meninblack

We are the meninblack
We are the meninblack
We are the meninblack
We are the meninblack
We are the meninblack
We are the meninblack
We are the meninblack

 

[fox69]

"Midnight Summer Dream"

"Midnight Summer Dream"


Woke up on a good day
And the world was wonderful
A midnight summer dream had me in its spell

I dreamt about an old man
Sat and watched the rain all night
He couldn't sleep a wink as all the drops fell

He told me of the beauty
Hidden in our foreheads
He told me of the ugliness
We show instead

And when we put a foot wrong do we learn
From all the pain
A midnight summer dream as he watched the rain

Then at midnight he poured another drink
And bent my ear
After midnight we sat up half the night
Or maybe more
And he began to tell me what it was all for

I woke up in an armchair
He had gone I don't know where
Left me there to sit and look at the rain

Don't remember much at all
But his words were echoing
A midnight summer dream and then wake again

Maybe I'll never find him
Maybe he's gone forever
Maybe I'll have to sit here
Watching the weather

One thing's pretty certain helped me
Make it in the night
Showed me somewhere else between wrong and right

And at midnight if you can't sleep
Then I can bend your ear
After midnight we'll sit up half the night
Or maybe more
And I'll begin to tell you what it is all for

Wake up on a good day
And the world feels wonderful
Midnight summer dream has me in its spell.

 

[fox69]

"Mine All Mine"

"Mine All Mine"


I'm down on my knees here
What can I do
Started a fire but it's burning right through
Was gifted the picture but I twisted the view
There'll always be something on my mind
Somewhere behind the perfect line

Yes I'm giving everything I can
I'm going back to Samarkand
Give me a reason give me a rhyme
One flash of light and I'll make it all mine
Make it all mine all mine all mine

I'll sleep in between you with butterfly wings
You'll never believe that I'm not what I seem
I lie for the moment that lives in my dreams
There'll always be someone to blow your mind

Yes I'm taking everything I can.
I'm going out to Samarkand
Give me a reason give me a rhyme
See me in season on the cover of time
Changing my face now to suit your design
One flash of light and I'll make it all mine
Make it all mine all mine all mine.

 

[fox69]

"Miss You"

"Miss You"


Your making plans to miss to morning train
You want all the world to feel your pain
Tearing at the rules to ease your mind
Sometimes days are dull without this light
You see me staring down the wishing well
Drowning in the stories kissed and fell
Burning through the daze across the night
Summer days are dull without this light

I won't miss you, down where all the souls are broken
I won't miss you, drowned where all the eyes are soaking
I won't miss you, not gonna miss you
Not gonna miss you, I won't miss you
How I miss you

Standing in the shadow of your ties
Said you'd rather lived before it died
Now the days had lost their sweet caress
Decide it was right to taste the rest

You said we really had to freeze the frame
We'll meet another time the perfect plane
But stars really don't mean that much to me
Without their light there's nothing left to see

I won't miss you, down where all the hearts are choking
I won't miss you, drowned in all the stolen moments
I won't miss you, not gonna miss you
Not gonna miss you, I won't miss you
How I miss you
Maybe I lost, maybe I'm lost, break me tied knot
Maybe I'm lost, maybe I'm lost, maybe I'm not

 

[fox69]

"Miss You"

"Miss You"


You were a pain in the arse, and now I miss you
You were a snake in the grass, but now I miss you
Something 'bout the way you treated me with disdain
Something 'bout the way we fought, it was a total drain

But now I miss you, I miss you all the time

You were a bitch in a skirt, but now I miss you
You liked to see me hurt, but now I miss you

Something 'bout the way we separated, made me cry
Something 'bout our time together, we really didn't say goodbye

But now I miss you, I miss you all the time
And how I miss you, now that you're not mine

Nothing is perfect as you can see
But you have something special I need

You were a pain in the arse, and now I miss you
You were a snake in the grass, but now I miss you

Something 'bout the way you treated me with disdain
Something 'bout the way we fought, it was a total drain

But now I miss you, I miss you all the time
And how I miss you, now that you're not mine

Nothing is perfect as you can see
But you have something special I need

 

[fox69]

"Money"

"Money"


Don't get too close now but don't stay too far
See I need you here when inclined to clear the
Head and redefine
Spend a day in my life
You talk about money do you need to advertise
Can you see me laughing
This is no easy ride

And I walk and I talk I'm alive
And I walk and I talk I'm alive am I am I

You get a little closer but won't stay too long
You can take my bread for a life any place
Anytime
Help me out of my chair
Did you think it was funny talking money money
Those reptile eyes
Can you see me laughing
This is no easy ride

Think of all the money with a lad and a girl
Get yourself a home loch the door get along
Get it up try your fucking luck get a dog
Take a walk what's your point you've played your hand

Money money
Call it anything you want and I won't care
It's all you think about it's money mother

 

[fox69]

"N'emmenes Pas Harry"

"N'emmenes Pas Harry"


Harry et moi nous vivons dans un rêve
Avec un ami comme lui, pas besoin d'ennemi
Je n'sais pas quand l'aube viendra,
Peut-être pas aujourd'hui
C'est le problème quand Harry est là,
Il me force à jouer avec lui
J'aurais du refuser de rencontrer ce maudit
Il me tente tout en promettant les secrets de la nuit

Je n'sais pas quand l'aube viendra,
Peut-être pas aujourd'hui
Harry veut jouer toute la soirée
Je n'peux pas refuser

Viens pas avec Harry, je n'ai pas besoin de lui
N'amène pas Harry, je n'ai pas besoin de lui

Ah, tu connais Harry
Je vois ça bien par tes yeux
S'il y avait une fois de la vie,
Maintenant c'est compromis

Harry est le plus grand animal de luxe
Il veut mon corps et mon âme,
Il laisse le reste derrière

Ah, tu connais Harry
Je vois ça bien par tes yeux

Ne viens pas avec Harry, je n'ai pas besoin de lui
N'amène pas Harry, je n'ai pas besoin de lui.

 

[fox69]

"Never Say Goodbye"

"Never Say Goodbye"


Black friend of the night
Why did you leave in such a hurry?
White friend of the day
You left us juggling our worries
Never say goodbye
For we'll all be with you someday
Fond adieus but never say goodbye
Like lovers in the past
They swim and surface in our memories
Questions never asked
I'll save them all for the next century
Never say goodbye
For we'll all be with you someday
Fond adieus but never say goodbye

Tell us what's over the horizon
Is it worth the chance
To hang around for more suprising?
Never say goodbye
For we'll all be with you someday
Fond adieus but never say goodbye
Black friend of the night
Why did you leave?