The Stranglers

fox69 · 15.02.2017

"Threatened"

"Threatened"

I don't think things can be (Malfunction malfunctioning)
Pretty or ugly (Malfunction malfunctioning)
All that you can say (Malfunction malfunctioning)
Is if your existence is not threatened in any way (Malfunction malfunctioning)

You are quite safe with me (Malfunction malfunctioning)
I've got my very own philosophy (Malfunction malfunctioning)
All that you can say (Malfunction malfunctioning)
Is if your existence is not threatened in any way
Threatened in any way
Threatened in any way
Threatened in any way
Threatened in any way

Man killed by industry
Man killed by luxury
Man killed by falling tree
Man killed by sanity

Bring me a piece of my mummy
She was quite close to me

fox69 · 15.02.2017

"Thrown Away"

"Thrown Away"

If ever you had counted
The centuries you threw away
And all the lies that you had started
And all the chances thrown away

If I set sail for new horizons
Could I still leave you waiting here
I would chase just one set of chances
The others would be thrown away

Even though we tried time wasn't on our side
Then there came the day we threw it all away
Thrown away
Thrown away
Thrown away

My winter nights are so much colder
Than yours could ever be
I wish I hadn't been a traveller
I would not have had to go away

When all is said and all is over
When all is just a memory
Our ships will stay for just a moment
Leaving false Gods and hypocrisy

Even though we tried time wasn't on our side
Then there came the day we threw it all away
Thrown away
Thrown away
Thrown away

Even though we tried time wasn't on our side
Then there came the day we threw it all away
Thrown away
Thrown away
Thrown away
Thrown away
Thrown away
Thrown away
Thrown away

fox69 · 15.02.2017

"Time To Die"

"Time To Die"

My eyes have gazed upon things
You couldn't even imagine
Neon storms on the airstrips at Sales Marsh

I saw hope in King Gomez Cape of eyes
Before the Ten Year Fog

Alas these things will disappear
Like shifting sands in an ocean's bed
Time to die
Time to die

fox69 · 15.02.2017

"Time Was Once On My Side"

"Time Was Once On My Side"

I was handed a second chance
From the gods of true romance
If I screwed up I would have to pay
With my soul each and everyday

Time was once on my side
Time was once on my side
Days went by in a wurl of confusion inside

Zeus spoke to Oden about my case
He said this man needs to reject the human race
He seems to thinks that he is above the law
There in lies his fable floor

Time was once on my side
Time was once on my side
Days went by in a wurl of confusion inside

I was told not to open the box but,
They left me alone with out changing the locks
(What could he do)
I just needed to know
Now I wish I was on a boat going real slow

Time was once on my side
Time was once on my side
Days went by in a wurl of confusion inside

You'll have to pay ferry men one day
And when you do you'll find yourself in summerd lands
And you'll be walking in Elysium.

fox69 · 15.02.2017

"Toiler On The Sea"

"Toiler On The Sea"

I had a woman ship
I took her overseas
She left her hull unlocked
I had to find a dock
I was a toiler on the sea
I was a toiler on the sea
I was a toiler on the sea
I was a toiler on the sea

We didn't use cruel words
To navigate cruel seas
The wind was biting hard
At times I had to scream
I was a toiler on the sea
I was a toiler on the sea
I was a toiler on the sea
I was a toiler on the sea

And when we reached the land
We went aground on the rocks
Became a wreck in the sand
Became a home for a flock
We ventured overland
Fought with the aliens
The young ones used their hands
Pointed the way to a flock
A flock of seagulls!
A flock of seagulls!

Then we retraced our steps
Rebuilt the woman ship
I took her back up north
I lost her in the fog
I was a toiler on the sea
I was a toiler on the sea
I was a toiler on the sea
I was a toiler on the sea
I was a toiler
I was a toiler
I was a toiler
On the sea
On the sea
I was a toiler
I was a toiler
On the sea
I was a toiler
A toiler
A toiler

fox69 · 15.02.2017

"Tomorrow Was Hereafter"

"Tomorrow Was Hereafter"

Can't you see,
Can't you see,
That you're rocking the boat,
Can't you see,
Can't you see,
That there isn't any hope,
Can't you see,
Can't you see,
That our time is growing near,
Other worlds other times,
Though beneath there hiding fear.

But I don't care about tomorrow,
I just live for today,
I don't know where we're going,
But there's only one way.

TOMORROW WAS

Ain't you heard,
Ain't you heard,
That bread ain't worth a lot,
Ain't you heard,
Ain't you heard,
That were all going to pot

Ain't you seen,
Ain't you seen,
All the people's misery,
What's the point of doing nowt,
About all this agoraphy,
But I'm not beaten yet people,
I guess you're not surprised,
I won't take no for an answer,
You can bet your sweet eyes,

TOMORROW WAS THE HEREAFTER

Can't you see,
Can't you see,
That you're rocking the boat,
Can't you see,
Can't you see,
That there isn't any hope,
Can't you see,
Can't you see,
That our time is growing near,
Other worlds other times,
Though beneath there hiding fear.

But I don't care about tomorrow,
I just live for today,
I don't know where we're going,
But there's only one way.

TOMORROW WAS.

fox69 · 15.02.2017

"Tonight"

"Tonight"

Tonight let's drink enough
To see the god and laugh
Let's get shit faced and talk rubbish
Let's get drunk and silly
Tonight we're gonna understand
Those tricks the gods they play on man
Let's fix those problems between religions
And between fathers and their sons

For tonight we're gonna get lost
For tonight we're gonna get lost

I used to dream a lot
Stay up all night and smoking pot
But now life is serious business
I have a family and a mistress

So tonight we're gonna get lost
So tonight we're gonna get lost

Lost in each other's bodies
Lost in each other's sorrow
Maybe there'll be no tomorrow
Who cares

Tonight let's drink enough
To see the god and laugh
Let's get shit faced and talk rubbish
Let's get drunk and silly

For tonight we're gonna get lost
For tonight we're gonna get lost
So tonight we're gonna get lost
Tonight

fox69 · 15.02.2017

"Too Many Teardrops"

"Too Many Teardrops"

Too many teardrops falling make a final blow
Over the years for love are there any left for now
Just when I need some soothing water
None of my tears are left around
Night and day they take so long
Tears would was the hurting away
[CHORUS]
Too many teardrops
Too many teardrops
Too many teardrops make a lake where a man can drown
Too many teardrops find their way onto the ground
Just when I thought the sun was shining
Need some more tears there's none around
Night and day they take so long
Tears would wash the huring away
But they're gone, from now on
But they're gone, from now on
[CHORUS]

fox69 · 15.02.2017

"Too Precious"

"Too Precious"

I had a dream or a nightmare
Difficult to decide which
There were a few who had plenty
And there were poor who were rich
I saw some rocks that were shining
They drove the few to go spare
Beauty led to the blinding
So blind past all care

Somebody should tell you
Somebody should tell you tell you

We hear that you're in big trouble
You built your world on a rock
But if you look through the rubble
You might uncover a shock
You must have heard all the rumours
They're flying fast around here
Growing just like a tumour
They won't disappear

Somebody should tell you
Somebody should tell you
Somebody should tell you
Somebody should tell you

You're baby too precious
Too precious by far

fox69 · 15.02.2017

"Top Secret"

"Top Secret"

Sits in his room at night
Flits back and forth round the world
As he calls in the moonlight
Sees all the empires fall
Writes it all down with his pen
In free hand once for all

He sees something to tell but
He's got no one to tell
The top secret
And he means it

All day his mind troubles
Him as he cures all the ills
Of the world with his knife
Centuries pass when he dies
And the answers get buried
And mistook for life

He sees something to tell but
He's got no one to tell
The top secret
And he means it

All day his mind troubles
Him as he cures all the ills
Of the world...