1. violence of summer (love's taking over)

Pick it up
this'll get you out of your head

China's hangin' out by the railings
of the motorshed
she goes with a real hit biker
he's a metalhead
she looks me up and down
talkin' dirty eyes
sweet sayin' boy baby
I could lick ya any time

keep it up
that's right...here we go again

Bit later I'm gonna run
into her round the back
while other guys break heads
in the Shugar Shack
don't give me drink I don't wanna
get too stoned
then we're gonna see who's gonna
take who home

the violence of summer
a love's taking over
it starts with desire
ends up under cover

those lips will make me rise
you may look down but don't think twice
slow death is on the way
so what man I still want to play....

one, two
this'll get you out of your mind
this'll get you up...let's go

maybe take a ride goin' south
where her mother writes
before bad news catches up
we still got a little time
we'll leave it all so far away
one thing is sure we shouldn't stay
I take it all little Chine gonna
get the runaround a run... a runaround

the violence of summer
a love's taking over
it starts with desire
ends up under cover

china... na china...nanana
china... na china...nanana
china... na china...nanana
china... na china...nana

the violence of summer
a love's taking over
it starts with desire
ends up under cover...mmm... love's takin' over
yes love's takin' over
love's takin over...
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2. liberty

i'll tell you something
to let you understand the way i feel
just what you mean to me

thank you for fine times
we nearly made it all the way but no
it wasn't meant to be

you say we feel the same
there ain't no blame to decide
but if a little time could change your mind
i'll be here...

and you can call me
(if you want to stay with me)
at your liberty
you can hold me
(if you want to be with me)
at your liberty

do you remember
how lovers ripe on summer's heathen night
would never seem to end?
and does December (December)
come stirring with that finger of desire (desire)
to feel it once again?

you worry 'bout your friends
what if they find what's going on
but a little time could change your mind
i'll be here

and you can call me
(if you want to stay with me)
at your liberty
you can hold me
(if you want to be with me)
at your liberty

help me out
i live in doubt
sort me out
yeah....

don't make it every night
don't wanna be the love of your life
so if you are inclined
to spend a little time
i'll be here

and you can call me
at your liberty
and you can hold me
at your liberty
and you can call me
at your liberty
and you can touch me girl
at your liberty
...touch me girl
(at your liberty)
help me out
(at your liberty)
...sort me out
(at your liberty)
...or you can set me free

(if you wanna stay with me
if you wanna be with me
if you wanna stay with me
if you wanna write to me)
at your liberty
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3. hothead

(We will continue...er...to...er...watch
this situation very closely)
here in the shadows where we stand
watching lady, watching man
(And it may take nature three years the experts
say to make up for the damage done)
greedy for pictures as they roll
we see the planet lose control
(The average credit card holder has
about $750 of revolving debt)

Hothead! evolution nonstop evolution
Hothead!
Hothead! evolution nonstop evolution
Hothead! ....... Hothead
time, time will change the picture
(Ah it's a good sign)
about time, time will change the picture

Power to change the point of view
but what is fake and what is true
(There are charges today that a consumer product
is torching homes and killing Americans)
blow by blow you're telling me
you'll change the course of history
(Our television tends to come out of Hollywood
action cars, crashes, chases)

hothead! evolution nonstop evolution
hothead!
hothead! evolution nonstop evolution
hothead! ....... hothead
time, time will change the picture
(Ah it's a good sign)
about time, time will change the picture

I turn you on you turn me off
right now I'm suffering from this culture shock
spread confusion wherever you can
with shaking heads and shaking hands
cue propoganda to manipulate
where there's megabucks you protect the state
let the body break and the body tumble
so you build it up, then you watch it crumble

time will change the picture
evolution, nonstop evolution
about time, time will change the picture
evolution, nonstop evolution
about time, time will change the picture
evolution, NONSTOP!
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4. serious

oh woman you make me feel
like I'm on fire
oh woman you make it real
it's the only way for me
so if we sometimes fight
doesn't mean we got problems
ain't always black and white
'n who cares anyway?

doesn't have to be serious
doesn't have to be serious
serious
doesn't have to be serious
doesn't have to be serious

oh baby you get so wild
too much understanding
oh baby you're such a child
full up with on love and tears and cryin'
don't worry if you're confused
we all tend to be sometimes
the whole world is getting used
that's just the way it is...

may be right, ooh it may be wrong
doesn't have to be serious
being hard isn't being strong
doesn't have to be serious
fighting for love, fighting for pain
doesn't have to be serious
and if you win, oh what do you gain?
doesn't have to be serious

ooh, doesn't have to be serious
maybe right, oh but maybe wrong
doesn't have to be serious
fighting for love, fighting for pain
doesn't have to be serious
and if you win, oh what do you gain?
doesn't have to be serious
maybe right, oh but maybe wrong
doesn't have to be serious
being hard, isn't being strong
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5. all along the water

Guess you know
where I wanna go
got to see the water flow
try to understand

Got me trapped
playing with me like a cat
scrape your fingers down my back
pin me to the ground

All along the water baby
Take me to your water babe
All along the water babe

I get fired
can't you see I'm burning up
when you come and turn it up
higher every time

If I stay
oh the end is near
come and get me out of here
come and get me now

All along the water baby
Take me to your water babe
All along the water babe

Tell me is there any left
I wanna drink it up
drink it up
baby, if there's any left
I'll drink it up, drink it up, drink it up

All along the water baby
Take me to your water baby
All along the water baby

All along the water baby
Take me to your water baby
All along the water baby

All along the water baby
Thirsty for your water babe
Spare me from this torture baby
Take me to the water babe
All along the water baby

Sliding on your torso babe
Take me to your water babe
All along the water babe
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6. my antarctica

once I thought that I was in control
but that was just another trick of fate
playing with my life
there have been some times
I was so tied up
and I said to myself
gotta break it all
but didn't really try

two hearts beating in this place you've made
you know nothing changes my Antarctica

you can make your rhymes
and paint your rules
in black and white
for me to memorize
but never understand
and there will be time
for a thousand vows
oh a thousand promises
we forgot
to be realized

two hearts beating in this place you've made
you know nothing changes my Antarctica
one life pumping
we make love to make our heat
and we throb in my Antarctica

we'll keep the rhythm going
and we'll remember
we'll keep the laughter flowing
and we'll remember
we let the music jangle
and we'll remember

two hearts beating in this place you've made
you know nothing changes my Antarctica
one life pumping
we make love to make our heat
and we throb in my Antarctica
caught and sheltered this is what you made
you know I will stay here
in Antarctica

and you
will stay here
with me
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7. first impression

(rock-n-roll star)

he turns on the animal
it's that time of day
here comes little Johnny
from the back streets of the UK
he's got the answer
doesn't go away
who's gonna treat you right
who's gonna change the world tonight...tonight

the lasting first impression
is what you're looking for
I said oh, is that your first impression
and is that good enough for you?

Don't want illusion
a power glory ride
doesn't run with the neighborhood shadows
on a death trip body slide
he won't give up
and he won't give in
and he won't let up until
he gets inside your pretty skin

I said oh, the lasting first impression
is what you're looking for
I said oh, is that your first impression
and is that good enough for you?

he turns on the animal
it's that time of day
to make a little honey
in the backstreets of the UK
and he loves the noise
and he loves to play
just living here and now boys
coz tomorrow's on the way

I said oh, the lasting first impression
is what you're looking for
I said oh, is that your first impression
and is that good enough for you?
good enough for you
enough for you
and is that good enough for you?

the possibility he sees the possibility
to seize the opportunity he sees the possibility
to turn on the animal

I said oh, the lasting first impression
is what you're looking for
I said oh, is that your first impression
and is that good enough for you?
good enough for you
enough for you
and is that good enough for you?
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8. read my lips

(ROCK IT!)

I got something
you got nothing to lose
I could give you
so much more than you're used to
move a little closer
maybe we can slip away

right now we could use a little privacy
all too much attention from your friends in here
move a little closer
trust me
I'm not on the make
(That's a lie)
if I could pull you over
c'mon lady, what d'you say

get a grip
don't resist
read my lips

it's a trip
ain't a risk
read my lips

get a grip
don't resist
read my--
(lips)

part of you wanna get lucky
part of you wanna go trade
part of you wanna come looking
part of you want to stay.....

(ROCK IT)

get a grip
don't resist
read my lips

it's a trip
ain't a risk
read my lips

she's all mine...
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9. can you deal with it?

There must be somebody
who'll make love to me
Blow the rules away
trash these yesterdays

Live in sympathy
use psychology
To find the twist in me
Can you deal with it?

A recent enquiry
showed no boundary
Love's the only way
can you handle it?

Can you deal with it?
Can you deal with it?
Can you deal with it?
Can you deal with it?

Can you deal with it?
(when you ain't sorry...)
Can you deal with it?
(for all that you apologize)
Working up to something
I know you're up to something

Can you deal with it?
(something's got to happen)
Can you deal with it?
(something's got to get me up)
Can you deal with it?
(nothing ever happens)
Can you deal with it?
(nothing's ever good enough)
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10. venice drowning

Venice breeding shy chimeras
of sex and violence
in the purple evening silence
Venice dreaming of a partner
Fills your hands with breasts of marble
from the cradle to the table
coax this naked treasure from
your saviour

come swim into my love
come swim into my life

divine blasphemer tempting
holy beads of jism
with the scarlet catechism
her lips will answer
(oh, her lips will answer)
how to be ther perfect stranger
the perfect lover wanting
and as you'll discover...giving
and as you'll discover...being

come swim into my love
come swim into my life
enter this sublime corrosion
Venice drowning in emotion

the body stirs and is reanimated
only briefly--
but then life is very brief

Venice drowning
Venice drowning
Venice drowning
Venice drowning
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11. downtown

Deliver us from evil
we go with the flow
but here's a little secret
I think you ought to know
Providers and abusers
they know where to go
with Sunday refugees from Sunday TV shows

Downtown all of the way down
Downtown all of the way downtown

Let's sink imagination
past your wildest wild
(all of the way downtown)
Go way below below below
is it such a crime?
The uptown can't teach you how to live
they don't have the time
Coz where i'm gonna take you
is a state of mine

Downtown all of the way down
Downtown all of the way downtown
Downtown all of the way down
Downtown all of the way downtown

you better learn to use your heart
you got to loose your money
you better use it all up
coz you can't take it with you
when you're going down...

You'll never come home babe
You'll never come home baby
And you'll never be alone
All of the way downtown
all of the way...
down
down
down
Downtown...