1. PEACE IN OUR TIME

I see the clowns have come to town
Selling slogans, shaking hands
Megaphones and a leaflet shower
They bang on doors and beg for power
We breathe the same air
Though there's less of it every day
I'm tired of the squabbling
Of watching them pissing
The world away

My conscience tells me what's right
And my conscience tells me what's wrong
I follow no-one
I lead myself
It's less complicated

He said
Don't you believe in democracy
I said
Don't spout that rat-shit to me
They blew the lid off democracy
When they murdered John F. Kennedy
I can't recall being asked or consulted
Concerning Cruise
And I can't recall
Being asked or consulted
On whether sanctions should be used

Here at UK Ltd.
It's cast its vote
It's made its choices
And there displayed its attitude
I'm all right Jack
How are you

"In my hands a piece of paper
Peace in our time"

A worthless piece of paper
You can keep your pieces of paper


2. THE BOY WHO SEES EVERYTHING

What am I doing in a dump like this?
I cast my eyes out over concrete bricks
What a stupid situation

What am I doing in a job like this?
Buried to the eyeballs in paperclips
And useless information

I struggle so hard for so little pay
But the sad fact is I couldn't care less for it anyway
But I forget about this when I hear you sing
Here's to the boy who sees everything

I'd find a lover, but I don't know how,
So I stand there feeling awkward and beating my brow
How I hate the Hacienda!
The coversation and the company's cruel
All night slither 'round try to outcool
All the other poor pretenders

I, I can't seem to get myself anywhere
I'm so sad and sadness, it seems, it's everywhere
But I forget all of this when I hear you sing
Here's to the boy who sees everything

All the moments that you capture so preciously
Sharing sentiments I recognize instantly
All the tenderness, all the poetry,
All the memories and emotions you stirred in me

Well I wonder what, such a soulful thing
And I wander through a sensual symphony
A marriage made in heaven can't last forever
How many marriages do?

As it pulls through you, so it pulls through me
And a stranger's hand is clasping mine endlessly
As it pulls through you, so it pulls through me
And I bristle as I bathe in your melody

I can't seem to get myself anywhere
I'm so sad and sadness, it seems, it's everywhere
But I forget all of this when I hear you sing
Here's to the boy who sees everything
He sees everything
He sees everything

Ahh, heavenly bliss,
I'm in heaven in moments like this

Ahh, heavenly bliss,
I'm in heaven in moments like this
I'm in heaven,
I'm in heaven,
I'm in heaven...


3. I LOVE YOU, YOU BASTARD

I'm sad for those whose eyes are closed
Can't see further than the end of the nose
Always caught, it seems to me,
Between the devil and the deep blue sea

And always something bars the way
Oh you know that it's true
Forced to throw our dreams away
They never come true anyway

Well sometimes they do
Some dreams can
Some dreams do

And you can try
Sacrifice
Still friendships die

Can't justify
The sea of tears that I've cried
To the Cannabis Kid
It's really not important at all
No no no no

I'm sad for those whose hearts are froze
With every passing day his misery grows
Always caught, it seems to me,
Between sex and slavery

And like the fools who fail to see
From the top of the pole
And sway between the boring scene
And a fear of the dole

It was hard, hard loving you
It's a hard, hard thing to do

But it's a crime
To murder time
You save yours
I'll save mine

I can't stay around
And watch my love for you drown
While all those clowns
Slowly drag us down

I know life's joys so hopelessly few You know that you were
To mention Someone special
I know life's joys so hopelessly few Don't you know that you are
Somebody special
And now we all helplessly viewing the tension
I know life's joys so pitifully few

You cannot learn
The secrets I have learned
You're much too cool
There's no return
When Mad Jack starts to burn
His way through you
And he will
He will

You don't own me fool?
I don't own you
You don't owe me
I don't owe you