The Stranglers

fox69 · 14.02.2017

"In One Door"

"In One Door"

Take me to another planet
You better take me to another world
I can't abide all the coming and going
And what's gonna be unfurled
Take me to a distant country
Bathe my joins in exotic oil
I can't abide all the fussing and fighting
And all the wasted toil
And all the wasted toil
In one door and out the other
It's just like a joke that you heard before
In one door and out the other
I just can't wait to see what's in store

Take me to a place forgotten
And I'll forget what I'm doing there
For just one hour I could give a lifetime
I'd love to stand and stare
Take me and I'll close my eyes
I won't open them until we get there
I've seen all the stations on the way
When I stumbled everywhere

In one door and out the other
It's just like a joke that you heard before
In one door and out the other
I just can't wait to see what's in store

In one door and out the other
In one door and out the other
In one door and out the other
In one door and out the other
In one door and out the other
In one door and out the other
In one door and out the other
In one door and out the other
In one door and out the other.

fox69 · 14.02.2017

"In The End"

"In The End"

And if you could see your hand
That would help you understand
All the things that we endured
To be here right now
On the way I lost some dreams
Shattered other people's too
Those remaining are my friends
And they light a trail to you

And if you could plainly see
What was occurring round the bend
Would it really change what happens in the end

Once I loved a woman so
I asked her to be my wife
Now that love is indifferent
For those years did I waste my life

If we saw what was to be
Would we just avoid the debris
We're here to make our own mistakes
And for that we've got to be free

And if you could plainly see
What was occurring round the bend
Would it really change what happens in the end

Am I too philosophical
Should I look into a crystal ball
Am I being too quizzical
Or should I trust in fate

And if you could see your hand
That would help you understand
All the things that we endured
To be here right now
And if you could plainly see
What was occurring round the bend
Would it really change what happens in the end

Would it really change what happens in the end

fox69 · 14.02.2017

"In The Shadows"

"In The Shadows"

When you're walking on the streets at night
You turn around and die of fright
What's that in the shadows?
What's that in the shadows?

Walking down the streets at night
Turn around and you can die of fright
Walking on the streets at night
Turn around and die of fright
What's that in the shadows?
What's that in the shadows?

Is it a dog?
Is it a cat?
Is it a dog?
What do you think of that?
When you're walking on the streets at night
Turn around and die of fright
What's that in the shadows?
What's that in the shadows?

Is it a dog?
Is it a cat?
Is it a dog?
What do you think of that?
When you're walking on the streets at night
Moving, shiny, bright

Walking on the night
When you're walking on the streets at night
Look around you
Look around you

When you're walking on the streets at night
When you turn around and die of fright

Who's there in the shadows?

What's that in the shadows?
What's that in the shadows?
Look around you

fox69 · 14.02.2017

"In This Place"

"In This Place"

In this place I call home
There's a place where I'm alone
to speak with you now you're gone
Now the autumn has come
In this place I call home
Even though the leaves have gone
I can speak with you now
And the winter will come
All the words that could have been said
And the ghosts we thought we'd carefully laid
To rest have returned
In this place I call home
There's a time when I'm alone
To speak with you now you're gone
What will the spring bring along
All the words that could have been said
And the ghosts we thought we'd carefully laid to rest
Carefully laid to rest
Carefully laid to rest have returned
In this place I call home
There's a place where I'm a lone
To speak with you now you're gone
And the summer's also gone

fox69 · 14.02.2017

"Instead Of This"

"Instead Of This"

I don't want to talk about it
I don't want to greet about it
I don't want to see you anymore
I don't want to think about it
I just want to see you walk out that door
Walk out that door

I don't want to hear about it
I don't want to fight about it
I don't want to argue anymore

I don't want to linger on it
I just want to even up the score
Walk out that door

You could have had all
You could have had all the love you wished
You could have had all
All I had to give instead of this
Instead of this

I don't want to talk about it
I don't want to greet about it
I don't want to see you anymore

I don't want to think about it
I just want to see you walk out that door
Walk out that door

You could have had all
You could have had all the love you wished
You could have had all
All I had to give instead of this
You could have had all
You could have had all the love you wished
You could have had all
All I had to give instead of this
Instead of this

fox69 · 14.02.2017

"It Only Takes Two To Tango"

"It Only Takes Two To Tango"

It only takes two to tango
It only takes two to start the dance
You gotta begin with circumstance
It takes two to tango
It only takes two
It only takes two to tango
It only takes to to start the war
You gotta make do or you gotta get more
It take two to tango
It only takes two
It only took two in ancient history
To get to the top of the monkey tree
Better wait and see
Better wait and see
Better wait and see
It only takes two to tango
It only takes two to start the dance
You gotta make do could be your only chance
It takes two to tango
It only takes two
It only took two in ancient history
To get to the top of the monkey tree
Better wait and see
[Repeat]

fox69 · 14.02.2017

"It's A Small World"

"It's A Small World"

Many roads to travel down and there are
Many suprises to find
But as luck will have it you can stumble
In the valley of the blind
Friends will always tell you fate will rear
Its ugly head to frighten you
But the hands of time hold something and
He's offering it all to you.

Watch out for a suprise
It's nature's biggest prize
And if it comforts you discover
It's a small world too.

Read your books and study hard to find the kick
That makes you carry on
And if luck's a kind friend she will show you
How and why it all began.

Just look in the backyard
You won't have to look hard
The crossword's final clue discover
It's a small world too.

When your friends are gathered round
And you draw straws to find out who goes first
Climb the wall out of the pleasure garden
See a flower die of thirst

A circle's always round
The truth lies underground
You may just join the few discover
It's a small world too

fox69 · 14.02.2017

"Joy De Viva"

"Joy De Viva"

She wiped the smile right off my face
And hid it away in a secret place
The night was dark and the ground was cold
I slipped myself into a pool
I saw the trees but not the wood
And floated in an icey flood
As cold began to freeze my heart
I heared a voice come through the dark
Bring up the coals
Light up the fire
Joy de viva
Joy de viva
Smile your shining smile on me

If you see her
Say I need her
Joy de viva
Joy de viva

Now sunburned men tell tales of me
Of how I sail the ocean deep
Upon the brow I shade my face
Searching for that sate of grace
Every night the moon appears
She shows me that I need not fear
The crashing rocks and siren wind
And I will find her in the end
Then I will run
Into her fire

fox69 · 14.02.2017

"Jump Over My Shadow"

"Jump Over My Shadow"

I saw a woman with a monkey on her back now
I saw the flunkey's suffering on the road
Let's all pray to the virgin of hysteria
Let's all pretend to be quite sincere
Our lives will never be the same now
Too much money says look the other way
And if you manage to return somehow

I promise I will change
Please don't go away, again

I jump over my shadow, to reach out to you again
I jump over my shadow, will you take me back again
I jump over my shadow, I jump over my shadow
I jump over my shadow, I jump over my shadow

Big eyes on little kids with big ideas yeah
They're wanting everything that they can see
No need to work and bust your guts now
Just take what you want from you and me

We want some instant deification
Too much faith says look the other way
And if we don't get gratification
Will we ever change, would we ever say, again

I jump over my shadow, to reach out to you again
I jump over my shadow, will you take me back again
I jump over my shadow, I jump over my shadow
I jump over my shadow, I jump over my shadow

fox69 · 14.02.2017

"Just Like Nothing On Earth"

"Just Like Nothing On Earth"

A woman in Wellington wet her whistle with a wild man
From way back when,
She sucked her thumb and she held her head for the man she didn't ken
A Nip in Nippon napped a nod and knew a new nomad
Near the nearside window of his Mitsubishi
His kid was scared he said he thought it was something new

Just like nothing on earth
Just like nothing on earth
Just like nothing on earth
(Just like nothing on earth)
(Just like nothing on earth)

Just ... like ... nothing ... on ... earth
On ... earth

Just like nothing on earth
Just like nothing on earth
Just like nothing on earth
(Just like nothing on, just like nothing on earth)

A man on the main motor mile mesmerised much monkey magic
Meandering piecemeal
You know UFOs utilise euphoric united ecstatic fantastic
Traumatic burning rubber blubber blackout checkout
For philandering sons of magic women
His brain was blazed and amazed he said he thought it was something new

Just like nothing on earth
Just like nothing on earth
Just like nothing on earth
(Just like nothing on earth)
(Just like nothing on earth)

Just ... like ... nothing ... on ... earth
On ... earth

Just like nothing on earth
Just like nothing on earth
It was just like nothing on earth