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Drive
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
If you keep your heart in a velvet place
And you never wake up in a state of grace
And you don't look around and you never ask why
I need to watch the weather while I read the sky
Chorus:
When I drive
When I drive
When I drive
When I drive
There's an awful lot of people who you never call
When you live too fast and you walk too tall
And I drive by the factory and the mission bell
Then I look down the tunnel at the face of hell
(Chorus)
Drive away...
I'm going to drive, drive, drive myself away
I'm going to turn, turn, turn to a state of grace
I'm going to shake, shake, shake all the city gates
Because the sky's on fire and all the bridges break
When I drive... drive away
When I drive... drive away
Drive by the factory and the mission bell
And I drive down the tunnel to the face of hell
And it streams, and it gleams, it's a wishing well
There's an awful lot of feelings I can never tell
(Chorus)
Well I ran to the scene and the seas are flame
And I ran through the city but the city was changed
And I ran to the river but the tides won't wait
But I can pass through the flames to a state of grace
(Chorus)
I said...
Hey, hey you can drive away
I said...
Hey, hey I can drive away
I said...
Hey, hey I can drive away
I said...
Hey, hey I can drive away
Well I hid my heart under a concrete wall
And I stood to lose so I lost it all
I see an awful lot of people who never call
They will watch you run and then they'll watch you crawl
(Chorus)
I'm going to drive, drive, drive myself away
I'm going to take, take, take all the big mistakes
I'm going to turn them 'round to a state of grace
And when I pass through the flames I won't hide my face
(Chorus)
I said...
Hey, hey drive away
I said...
Hey, hey you can drive away
I said...
Hey, hey drive away
I said...
Hey, hey you can drive away
Drive away...
(repeat)
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Cinema
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
Let's go out tonight
Let's go to the cinema
We'll take a walk through the lost hotels
We'll take a stroll through the buy and sell
Let's go out tonight
Let's go to the cinema
Let's go out tonight
Let's go to the cinema
I like to go out of my mind
I've got to get out of my mind
I want you out of my mind
I've got to get you out of my mind
You can walk into the screen
You can watch somebody scream
See a world through a million eyes
Catch a vision of paradise
Chorus:
Oh, let's go out tonight
Let's go to the cinema
Let's go out tonight
Let's go to the cinema
I like to go out of my mind
I've got to get out of my mind
I want you out of my mind
I've got to get you out of my mind
Let's go out tonight
I take you dancing in the rain
I watch you flicker like a flame
I see you moving frame by frame
I watch the scene again and again
(Chorus)
Let's go out tonight
We walk out of the cinema
I see the city in the rain
I watch you flicker like a flame
I watch the scene again and again
I leave you dancing in the rain
Oh, let's go...
Let's go...
Let's go...
Let's go...
I like to go out of my mind
I've got to get out of my mind
I want you out of my mind
I've got to get you out of my mind
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Broken Furniture
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
I live in a house with broken furniture
I live in an apartment with no walls
I speak in a language I don't understand
I threw away my books now I read the walls
I know I can read the walls
I know I can read the walls
I learned how to read the walls
I know how to read the walls
I've got a friend I've never seen before
He lives with a woman he's never met
They come to visit when I'm not at home
They talk about things that I can't forget
Oh no, no, I can't forget
Oh no, I can never forget
I know I can never forget
No, no, I can't forget
I'm sure this suit was made for someone else
I'm talking with a voice that is not my own
I'm married to someone I don't recognize
We synchronize to the traffic flow
Woh, woh, the traffic flow
Oh, oh, the traffic flow
Oh, oh, the traffic flow
Woh, woh, the traffic flow
I live in a house with broken furniture
I thought I left here years ago
I live in a house with broken furniture
Looks like there's nowhere else to go
No, no, nowhere else to go
Oh, no, nowhere else to go
No, no, nowhere else to go
Oh, no, nowhere else to go
I can't tell you just where I'm living now
I never want you to find this place
A river's running through the floor again
Maybe one day we can swim away
One day we can swim away
One day we can swim away
One day we can swim away
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Crash and Burn
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
You're the lover of a methadone cellophane boy
He discovered all the retail chemical joys
You will always run to the devil you know
You will always wreck everything that you own
Chorus:
You're going to crash... and burn
You're going to crash... and burn
Crash and burn
When there's no expression on your face
And there's always smoke in everything you taste
When I watch you ripping up all the maps
But everything you say is so matter of fact
(Chorus)
He's a lover of... he's a lover of... he's a lover of lethal
mechanical...
He's a lover of... he's a lover of... he's a lover of lethal mechanical...
He's a lover of... he's a lover of... he's a lover of lethal mechanical...
He's a lover of... he's a lover of... he's a lover of lethal mechanical...
He's a lover of lethal mechanical toys (lethal mechanical)
You're discovering the reflex animal joy
He will always search you out and destroy
You were born to accelerate and enjoy
(Chorus)
We're living through terminally splintered times
We're witnessing particularly vicious crimes
Your kind of character runs too fast (your kind of character runs too fast)
I know you're wondering if your looks can last (your kind of beauty will always last)
You're going to crash (crash) and (crash) burn (crash)
You're going to crash (crash... crash) and (crash) burn (crash)
You're going to crash (crash... crash) and (crash) burn (crash)
You're going to crash (crash) and burn
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Once in a while
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
Once in a while
She come through the walls of my apartment
And once in a while
She says "Come on, let's blow it all"
She's amnesia, she's walking out in shattered times
She's a movement, she's a motion
She moves like smoke before my eyes
Once in a while
I feel somebody move underneath my skin
And once in a while
I feel that smile as she's singing "Come on, let's begin"
She's amnesia, she's walking out in shattered times
She's the movement, she's the motion
I let that smoke get in my eyes
Once in a while...
Once in a while
I turn a corner
And I feel that old fascination
Once in a while
I take a break from everybody's expectations
She's amnesia, she's walking out in shattered times
She's the movement, she's the motion
You know how smoke gets in your eyes
Just once in a while...
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Sex Video
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
Sex-video
Sex-video
Sex...
Sex-video
Sex-video
Sex...
Sex-video
Sex-video
Sex-video
Sex-video
Video...
Sex...
Sex...
Sex...
Sex...
Video-video
(repeat)
(Women)
Sex-video
Sex-video
Sex-video
Sex...
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Sidewalking
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
Sidewalking - one, two, three
Sidewalking - are you walking with me?
Sidewalking - four, five, six
When you dance with the poor you can live with the rich
Sidewalking - I'm wearing a suit
Sidewalking - In my brand new shoes
Sidewalking - I know what I like
I like sidewalking through the city tonight
Let's go...
Sidewalking
Sidewalking
Sidewalking
Sidewalking
(Let's go...)
Sidewalking - now you look like a dream
Sidewalking - when you're young and you're clean
Sidewalking - through all the bars
Sidewalking - through the cross-town cars
Sidewalking - it's a cinema scene
Legs ricochet like pinball machines
Sidewalking - I know what I like
Big city, bright lights
Sidewalking
Sidewalking
Sidewalking
Sidewalking
(Let's go...)
Woman watching in the neon lights
Men falling as you walk on by
Men watching in the neon lights
Woman falling as you walk on by
Sidewalking - one, two, three
Sidewalking - are you walking with me?
Sidewalking - four, five, six
When you dance with the poor you can live with the rich
(Let's go)
Sidewalking
Sidewalking
Sidewalking
Sidewalking
(repeat)
Sidewalking - walk on by
Sidewalking - walk on by
Sidewalking - walk on by
Sidewalking - walk on by
Sidewalking in the neon lights
Sidewalking in the neon lights
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Ultraviolet / Infrared
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
You came crashing through the walls
When the conversation stalled
We all thought that you were dead
But you were hanging by a thread
Before you took the final door
You drew the curtains, took the floor
And then you opened up your heart
And all the ashes turned to stars
Chorus:
Ultraviolet / Infrared
Ultraviolet / Infrared
Feel the static fill your head
Ultraviolet / Infrared
When all the subway lights go down
When you drink and when you drown
Even the driver's looking scared
Because the vision's getting blurred
When your passion's walking blind
And you're too cruel or too kind
You're on a rollercoaster ride
But it's a magical design
(Chorus)
When you're burnt out in the blaze
And the tapes are all erased
When the crossfire's got you dazed
And you crash out and you're grazed
Ah, you're looking well, though
Ah, you look like hell, though
There's no one left to sell to
And it's too late to tell you
(Chorus)
Ultraviolet / Infrared.....
(repeat)
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She Robot
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
She Robot
She Robot
Random Kodaks / formal replay
Firewall program / instant relay
Song projector / neuro-morphine
Random access / synth-endorphin
She Robot
She Robot
Pattern matching / hypnomixing
Facial mapping / living skin dust
Viral firewall / context filter
Aural transfer / tonal sensor
She Robot
She Robot
Sequence memory / key the event match
Display enzyme / factory preset
Power-tool cycle / remote control
Memory decant / cellphone implant
She Robot
She Robot
Gesture mirror / event switching
Compacto-morphing / pretext access
Conflict matrix / instant recharge
Event transfer / real-time replay
She Robot
She Robot
She Robot
She Robot
(repeat)
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Dust and Light
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
Sometimes I've seen you
Walking among the population
Visible in the margins for a while
Sometimes I've been you
Moving among the population
Flickering through the faces and the times
Chorus:
You're just dust
and light
You're just dust - dust and light
You're just dust
and light
You're just dust - dust and light
Sometimes I've glimpsed you
Bring you to win in your new formation
Glittering in the corner of my eye
I've often known you were
Infiltrating situations
Slipping through all defences like a scythe
(Chorus)
Now I often see you
Engineering the quiet exchanges
Disguising the truth of your long designs
And I've often sensed you
Turning a corner, not paying attention
As you pass through the corners of my life
(Chorus)
Now I often see you
Engineering the quiet exchanges
Disguising the truth of your long designs
And I've often sensed you
Turning a corner, not paying attention
As you pass through the corners of my life
(Chorus)
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A funny thing
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
Now it's a funny thing
I never used to dream
Now I can hardly wake
I never saw you
And all the time I knew
That you were hardly there
You mixed yourself with me
I never saw you
And you were in disguise
As someone else I knew
And all the streets were changed
I couldn't find you
Now it's a funny thing
We never used to meet
I think I really tried
I couldn't hear you
Walking in the dark
Shadows on the leaves
A many splendoured thing
I never found you
You must have waited years
Before you went away
I didn't know your face
I couldn't see you
I found you on the stairs
And you were hardly there
You turned yourself to me
I couldn't see you
I poured myself a drink
You stood there all alone
The sun was going red
You didn't see me
Now it's a funny thing
I never saw you then
But since you've been away
I think I see you
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Nightlife
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
Nightlife
Nightlife
The walk, the talk
The rhythm of the moving crowd
The lost, the found
The money going 'round and 'round
Nightlife
Nightlife
The faces, the places
The scenes, the dreams
The style, the streets
The sights, the lights
Nightlife
Nightlife
Nightlife
Nightlife
The things to see, the place to be
The people who you want to meet
The crowds, the sounds
The rumours going 'round and 'round
Nightlife
Nightlife
Nightlife
Nightlife
The glance, the chance
The words that slip from lip to lip
The fall, the rise
The price is fine
Nightlife
Nightlife
Nightlife
Nightlife
Nightlife
Nightlife
The stars, the cars
Everyone can be what they want to be
High life, low life
Nightlife
Nightlife
Nightlife
Nightlife
(repeat)
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Camera
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
Here are the summers
Here are the days
Here are the moments
This is the place
This is you waving
This is the sea
This is you smiling
And this is me
Chorus:
Camera, camera, camera, camera...
Camera, camera, camera, camera...
Here you are walking
This is the sun
Here you are laughing
When you were young
And there are people
How some have changed
Some of them gone now
Some still the same
(Chorus)
I chose the angles
I chose the frames
Some faces blurred now
And so are the names
Here are the traces
Figures and scenes
Here are the shadows
Of what we have been
(Chorus)
(repeat)
Camera, camera...
Camera...
(repeat)
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Invisible women
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
Invisible - Invisible
Invisible - Invisible
When I'm alone
When I'm asleep
I feel somebody standing next to me
Sometimes I think I can almost see
A silhouette just like a trace of a dream
Invisible women
Invisible women
The ones who stay
The ones who leave
The echoes still go on across the years
A hint of sadness with a touch of love
I think it all must go hand in glove
Invisible women
Invisible women
Invisible - Invisible
Invisible - Invisible
A hint of laughter and a cool perfume
A laughing shadow in a long lost room
A sudden longing so bittersweet
It makes me turn around in crowded streets
Invisible women
Invisible women
A certain stillness
Is coming on through
A trace of summer spreading through the room
We never touch, we never speak
I never walk alone on any street
Invisible women
Invisible women
Invisible - Invisible
Invisible - Invisible
(repeat)
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Cities of light 5
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
Cities of light
Cities of light
Argon, Neon, Sodium, Xenon
Glamour, glimmer, sparkle, shimmer
Cities of light
Cities of light
Street lights, fog lights, advertising signs
Car light, star light, neon words in moving lines
Cities of light
Cities of light
Lights are shining, riding, driving
About to land, a flight's arriving
Looking down on moving crowds
Cars are streaming, streets are shining
Cities of light
Cities of light
Escalators, elevators
Power plants and generators
Arcades, subways, cinemas, highways
Theatres, walkways, hotels, cafes
Cities of light
Cities of light
Cities of light
Cities of light
(repeat)
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Uptown/Downtown
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
I will meet you there
When the work is done
In the shining streets
When the lights go on
Downtown/Uptown
Downtown/Uptown
You will wear your dress
I will wear my suit
And we will stroll
Down the avenues
Downtown/Uptown
Downtown/Uptown
(repeat)
Before the dawn
We will say goodnight
I will you take you home
In the morning light
Downtown/Uptown
Downtown/Uptown
(repeat)
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When it rains
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
Moving down these avenues
I catch another glimpse of you
And wave
When it rains
You're looking very much the same
It's funny how we meet here
When it rains
When it rains
A glass cafe, step inside
I like to talk with you sometimes
When it rains
You're looking very much the same
You glance at me and I can feel how much I've changed
When it rains
When it rains
It's just another ghost of you
We say goodbye and go our separate ways
When it rains
Moving down these avenues
I catch another glimpse of you
And wave
When it rains
When it rains
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Automobile
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
It feels good to go
In one straight line
From A to B
In my automobile
Smooth and fast
In the traffic flow
And the lights go by
And the sky's aglow
I'm not reading any signs
Because I know this road
And the driving is good
And I drive alone
Automobile
Automobile
Automobile
Automobile
Just a turn of the wheel
Down the one-way street
I take a glance in the mirror
And I sit back in the seat
Make a graceful curve
Up to the interchange
Then I glide up to the lights
I'm feeling top of the range
Automobile
Automobile
Automobile
Automobile
Through the traffic lights
Down to the expressway
Along the harbour side
Across the filter lanes
Into Chinatown
Through industrial zones
By the shopping malls
And the high-rise homes
Automobile
Automobile
Automobile
Automobile
(repeat)
There's a beautiful face
Behind the pale green glass
I take a glance in the mirror
Then I drive on past
There's a time of life
When you need to choose
So I glance in the mirror
Then I tune into the news
Automobile
Automobile
Automobile
Automobile
Drive by the fountains
And the restaurants
All the trees are lit
Down the boulevards
Mathematical curves
Symmetrical lines
Made of metal and glass
Ergonomic designs
Automobile
Automobile
Automobile
Automobile
(repeat)
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The falling room
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
When I took one look at you
I knew that you were walking through
The same place
I've been there too
You were in the falling room
I guess we never
Thought we could ever
Step into the falling room
I guess we never
Though we could ever
Step into the falling room
The falling room
When you walk in
A million things begin to happen
Under my skin
Your face replaces
All final traces
Of all of the times
All of the places
I guess we never
Thought we could ever
I guess we never
Thought we could ever
Step into the falling room
The falling room
The falling room
(repeat)
I guess we never
Thought we could ever...
(repeat)
When you walk in...
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Travel
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
When I travel by plane
I will see you again
I will wish I could stay
When I travel...
I travel... travel... travel...
As I travel alone
And the landscapes unfold
We can talk on the phone
As I travel...
I travel... travel... travel...
When I travel by car
And the suburbs are dark
I will look at the stars
When I travel...
I travel... travel... travel...
I will send you a card
With a scene of a park
Then I make and early start
When I travel...
I travel... travel... travel...
Time and again
Through the mist and the rain
I pass by of a the train
When I travel...
I travel... travel... travel...
I keep a few souvenirs
Because time disappears
As I go through the years
When I travel...
I travel... travel... travel...
When I leave here again
Numbers exchanged
I will go on my way
When I travel...
I travel... travel... travel...
When I travel by plane
I will see you again
I will wish I could stay
When I travel... again
I travel... travel... travel...
When I travel... again
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Quiet city
(John Foxx / Louis Gordon)
No one else is walking home
Skyline meets the rising sun
And it's such a quiet city
Yes, it's such a quiet city
Paper blows across my shoes
All down the empty avenues
And it's such a quiet city
Yes, it's such a quiet city
Scenes a thousand years ago
These streets can change from blue to gold
And it's such a quiet city
Yes, it's such a quiet city
Buildings mirroring the sky
Vapour trails and morning light
And it's such a quiet city
Yes, it's such a quiet city
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