New Precision Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson With new precision the golden days return The lovers prison, the kingdom of the worm Driving through empty towns, pass me a cigarette I think that it could rain, in time we all forget.

New Mysteries Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson New mysteries There's mystery in the air New mysteries The kind I never share. Running in the dark Beating on your bleeding heart Wrecked beyond repair.

Like An Old Blues Be Bop Deluxe

like an old blues That you never use Going out of style And it's not worthwhile anymore Anymore Looking at you (hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo) And the way you shine like a sharp knife Well I've found a new

Jets At Dawn Be Bop Deluxe

towns Flying high across the sea beyond the clouds Said goodbye to the others The old musicians of the past Said hello to the young things Oh, your songs are here to sing at last Drank the wine of the new

Music In Dreamland Be Bop Deluxe

like a church bell Laughing in the mirror Phantoms of the hotel Oh well we'll make music in dreamland tonight Driving like a madman Trying to make a fast time Theatre full of strangers Waiting for a new

Night Creatures Be Bop Deluxe

"Johnny was an actor, oh you must have known, He wore his new Max Factor, nearly stole the show, You go and tell him he's not the only one Night creatures, strangest features White faces and painted

Love Is Swift Arrows Be Bop Deluxe

chances, Envelopes marked for the personal life Night falling, hiding the poets transgression, Blown in the winds of aquarian tides Echoed words spoken by token romantics Rock 'n roll supermen, Ghosts of new

Deluxe Screaming Females

Take on your new jaw for challenge Grit teeth in your sleep Powder pile by your pillow Dusting all your dreams But it's not like I planned The teeth don't make the man And he locks where I sit He sinks

Panic In The World Be Bop Deluxe

We'll find an island, we'll burn the maps We'll lock our hearts and throw the keys into the sea Let's be survivors, they'll never find us It's all behind us, I know a place they've never been In new horizons

Love In Flames Be Bop Deluxe

I want to be your camera I want to be your dancer I want to be your question And I want to be your answer Flames, love in flames I'm in flames, love in flames.

Axe Victim Be Bop Deluxe

hoped you'd lend an ear You hope we dress like tarts But back stage we stand naked All the make-up cleaned away My poet sheds his pretty skin And turns to face the day And there's nothing to be

Speed Of The Wind Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonIf you see meIf you see me smilingIt's no sinIt's just the speed of the windIf you want meIf you want me laughingLet me singIt's just the speed of the windIt's just the speed of the windIt's ...

Stage Whispers Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonWell I'm waiting in the wingsWith all the strings and thingsThat help me make the musicJust another curtain callBefore I fall into your armsTo give my musicThis guitar does not lieThe great d...

Love With The Madman Be Bop Deluxe

Piano keys don't please me they're so darkAnd it's so easy to forgive themAnd violins still scream from every roomYou're ever passed your presence throughBut is you hang 'round here much longerYou'...

Maid In Heaven Be Bop Deluxe

She's a maid in heavenHe's a knight on the tilesA bat out of hell, oh well!It's just a question of style...It's a time for givingIn the two-star hotel Where breakfast in bed, per headIs just the pr...

Sister Seagull Be Bop Deluxe

To the clouds I am a changeling like the wind across the waves Though in the end there will be nothing left to save I will return one day with all the time you gave Sister seagull you're the reason

Sound Track Be Bop Deluxe

Tin aeroplanes trace the timePast our fading window's eyesAnd the panes are pains insideThrough which we seeAll the glories fast unfoldAll the joys lo and beholdIt's a bitter-sweet dark secretThat ...

Jean Cocteau Be Bop Deluxe

Sometimes a filmSometimes a photographSometimes a roseSometimes a looking glassEnchanter of soulsYour dreams still unfoldSometimes a childSometimes a tradgedySometimes a truthSometimes a fantasyEnc...

Between The Worlds Be Bop Deluxe

Between the worlds are pearlsAround your lily white neckSo round, profound all shining beads of sweatI know my way 'round your throat like a knifeI'll silver and steel you away to my island of sea ...

Swan Song Be Bop Deluxe

thorn in the heart for me Feels like I'm dying again With our bodies on fire and our heads in a spin We pressed close to the moment We were Siamese twins in ecstasy Let me give you the time to be

Between The Worlds (Original Single Version) Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonWell I'm waiting in the wingsWith all the strings and thingsThat help me make the musicJust another curtain callBefore I fall into your armsTo give my musicThis guitar does not lieThe great d...

Fair Exchange Be Bop Deluxe

Here we come in a cloud stars in our eyes Standing up proud it's the perfect disguise We've got so much to give, so much to gain Just give me your money, and I'll give you my pain It's a fair excha...

Heavenly Homes Be Bop Deluxe

warms the distance With the light of dawn You yawn, my love Your eyes are growing tired The dawn must come although we will deny it I'd like to hold you here Beneath these clouds of darkest blue It could be

Ships In The Night Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonLike a square peg in a round hole . . .Like a harp without it's strings . . .Like a sailor who sails no oceans . . .Like a bird that has no wings . . .Without love, I am a desert,Without love...

Crying To The Sky Be Bop Deluxe

I could say goodbye Follow the Sun and the Moon But that would be a lie.

Sleep That Burns Be Bop Deluxe

A brass band is playing Rehearsing its thrills All half-moon and cloudy, All golden and shrill I've got a sleep that burns A sleep that burns Got a sleep that burns all night I'm locked in your dar...

Beauty Secrets Be Bop Deluxe

I'll be your hero only as long as I'm paid. Drink up and let's go home . . . (You're such a naughty boy . . .) The demon is on the phone . . . (He's got a special toy . . .)

Life In The Air-Age Be Bop Deluxe

I used to be a boy, My heart was young and supple then But no it's stoney cold, I'm old and I could use a friend... My world is not like yours, I come from somewhere long ago...

Crystal Gazing Be Bop Deluxe

The man who owned the heartache That lived on the stairs... Passed me in the night whistling "Memories of You"... I stared, too frightened to move For fear my eyes shone a light On the darkness he ...

Blazing Apostles Be Bop Deluxe

God drives a dreamless highway in a black sedan,Picking up survivors, preaching to the motel man.Blazing apostles,Thieves in the night,Messengers of the fall.If you are needing an angel of light,Wh...

Blue As A Jewel Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonThere's a crystal at the heart of every tearOn reflection making love affection clearAnd she is blue as jewelClear as ice, kind and cruelThere's a silence at the edge of every sighThere's a l...

Life In The Air Age Be Bop Deluxe

I used to be a boy, My heart was young and supple then But no it's stoney cold, I'm old and I could use a friend... My world is not like yours, I come from somewhere long ago...

Piece Of Mine Be Bop Deluxe

Came to me one rainy eveningWarmer then the setting sunTook my love by the tiggerShot me like a gunHold me like a babyShe laughed at my fearsSaid now love don't you worryMake everything so clearShe...

Mill Street Junction Be Bop Deluxe

Behind the gasworks after midnightMad Jane she holds a sweaty handAnd 'though the rain runs down the gutterShe dreams she hears the gasworks bandSomewhere cathedral bells are screamingAs someones d...

Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonBridges and rivers and buildings pulled downTime spent in places my footsteps had foundMirrors in ballrooms lie smashed on the ground,Walking with November mistsPathways and windows and movie...

Dangerous Stranger Be Bop Deluxe

"It's after midnight in the city of broken dreamsDown in the alley, Galileo meets his pack of thievesOver the river by the old hotelThere's a big car coming like a bat out of HellIt's the dangerous...

Possession Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonThere's such a beautiful mess up in my roomMy thoughts are tangled in the legs of chairsI like to think that it's my token of geniusBut then again perhaps I just don't care.I'm going crazy wi...

Islands Of The Dead Be Bop Deluxe

"Come with me to the fire festivalLet us burn each other blindLet us dance, let us dance awayDance till the end of time.Come with me to the islands of the deadTo the soul house, to the fire-houseTo...

Lovers Are Mortal Be Bop Deluxe

then that I knew All my feelings were true And what lovers like us have to do I looked at the time And the time ran so fast Like an arrow that flies to the heart And I thought that a lifetime Would not be

Lights Be Bop Deluxe

Shadows move across the facesOf the people we once knewAnd though their hearts are full of sorrowThe sun inside can still shine throughIn the factories and the stationsIn the house of the poorIn th...

Electrical Language Be Bop Deluxe

I speak to you through electrical language Sometimes you hear me when our frequencies meet You try to listen but you don't understand it Turn up the rhythm and you'll pick up the beat I speak to y...

Surreal Estate Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonI bought you surreal estateHanging gardens for your gateYou said that I could staySee you through to another day.That day became a yearTime flies in this atmosphereAeroplanes and crashing car...

Jet Silver And The Dolls Of Venus Be Bop Deluxe

of Venus Span the space between us with a tune Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus Play their music 'specially for you Change your faces slowly 'Til the morning warms the sky All you see is holy But to be

Third Floor Heaven Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonHe's been saving, selling everything he didn't needSuch a shy boy, with a secret up his sleeve,He's a strange one, never bothers with the girls,Heard him swear once, at least I thought I hear...

Rocket Cathedrals Be Bop Deluxe

spacebound again, I need the money And I can't see the stars, it's so funny, Until I'm earthbound again, I'll miss you honey In this rocket cathedral pointing to the sky Some visit Lucifer, some may be

No Trains To Heaven Be Bop Deluxe

I'm building bridges On which no house may stand, I'm painting pictures On walls across the land Burn down the prisons In which your children grow, See no illusions, The truth behind the show See n...

Orphans Of Babylon Be Bop Deluxe

NelsonOoh in babylonYour secret's on the runWe're hiding from the sun, tonightMy mind has been set freeI dream of sorceryBring all your sins to me, tonightThe airships cross the sky in sight of you...

Twilight Capers Be Bop Deluxe

All the white horses ran bleeding to the end,Shot through the heart by dear devoted passionAnd the falling stars that never fallBut send ambassadors to call,Still call the guilty to heavenAll the w...

Kiss Of Light Be Bop Deluxe

the kiss on light And all my mirrors are windows She gives me the kiss of light And I don’t know where the time goes I’m down on my knees, it’s easy to see how everything has its’ place… And mine is to be

The Bird Charmer's Destiny Be Bop Deluxe

His heart was locked inside a crystal ball,The day her gypsy love came 'round to call,His wings were broken by their latest fall,A young man waiting for the snow…The gull and the white swan,Ghostly...