The Rakes Album

I'll meet you in West Germany
October 1983
I know that freedom was a lie
I know your husband was a spy
You say that words are impotent
But they can help us pay the rent
I knew for sure there was nothing left
Except the vodka on your breath
We meet in Strasbourg
In Strasbourg
Dann sind wir Helden
We meet in Strasbourg

The courage that your father plucked
From inside a cattle truck
Will help us fix the exit polls
Our children must have rock'n'roll
Surveillance cameras captured dawn
Breaking on the autobahn
I knew for sure our chance was blown
When rifles made you feel at home

We meet in Strasbourg
In Strasbourg
Dann sind wir Helden
We meet in Strasbourg
We meet in Strasbourg
In Strasbourg
Dann sind wir Helden
We meet in Strasbourg

Eins, zwei, drei, vier

Ideas can change the government
But they never listen to our arguments
On TV our friends smashed cement
And pulled down the bastards monuments
I went outside for a cigarette
I could see things I had tried to forget
The news showed us who we had left

I'm walking unknown territory
Where the sun's not shining
There's nothing golden about Golden Lane
The smoke is heavy in my lungs and
The adverts are working
I just can't sell for who I am
I don't wanna miss out on anything
At the same time I feel the need to retreat
Everything is temporary these days
Might as well go out for a third night in a row

Should I give my money to a good cause
Or save for a holiday
In a couple of months I could be in paradise
But the girl at the bar is well nice
And she's looking over
It's only right that I get the next round in

I don't wanna miss out on anything
At the same time I feel the need to retreat
Everything is temporary these days
Might as well go out for a fifth night in a row

Walk home, come down, retreat to sleep!
Wake up, go out again, repeat!
Walk home, come down, retreat to sleep!
Hook up, again this time, next week!
Walk home, come down, retreat to sleep!
Wake up, go out again, repeat!
Walk home, come down, retreat to sleep!
Hook up, again this time, next week!

I don't wanna miss out on anything
At the same time I feel the need to retreat
Everything is temporary these days
Might as well go out for a fifth night in a row

Walk home, come down, retreat to sleep!
Wake up, go out again, repeat!
Walk home, come down, retreat to sleep!
Hook up, again this time, next week!
Walk home, come down, retreat to sleep!
Wake up, go out again, repeat!
Walk home, come down, retreat to sleep!

22 grand job
In the city it's alright
22 grand job
In the city it's alright
22 grand job
In the city that sounds nice,
It's alright, it's alright
In the city it's alright

22 grand job
In the city it's alright
22 grand job
In the city it's alright
22 grand job
In the city that sounds nice,
It's alright, it's alright
In the city it's alright

This girl from work, looks alright
But the lights are too bright
Bloke in sales likes her too
What am I supposed to do?
But he's earning 28
And I'm on 22
It's alright, it's alright
In the city it's alright

22 grand job
In the city it's alright
22 grand job
In the city it's alright
22 grand job
In the city that sounds nice,
It's alright, it's alright
in the city it's alright

Down St. Earl Street, Thursday night
In the city that sounds nice
Talking shit with my colleges
Did we do the same degree?
You've said less to me all week
Got to go home, in early
That's alright, that's alright
If the money is alright

22 grand job
In the city it's alright
22 grand job
In the city it's alright
22 grand job
In the city that sounds nice,
It's alright it's alright
In the city it's alright

22 grand job
22 grand job
22 grand job
22 grand job
In the city that sounds nice

You are not an open book
I can't do nothing 'bout that
But I'm worried, I'm overdrawn
What am I doing up at the witching hour?
Oh-o-oh-o
Oh-o-oh-o
Oh-o-oh-o
Oh-o-oh-o

Pick up a book, put down a book
Turn on the TV
It's 2 AM, there's nothing on
I just need something to focus on

Oh-o-oh-o
Oh-o-oh-o
Oh-o-oh-o
Oh-o-oh-o

Things are going to slide
Slide out of control
I hope that you come back
I can't eat, can't sleep
When I close my eyes
The thought of you denies
Me, the rest, and the air
That I need

The longer you are far from me
The more I drift away
I didn't see the warning signs
I was falling through the cracks

Oh-o-oh-o
Oh-o-oh-o
Oh-o-oh-o
Oh-o-oh-o

Oh-o-oh-o
Oh-o-oh-o
Oh-o-oh-o
Oh-o-oh-o

You are not
An open book
I am worn and torn

I just woke up
Everything was fucked
From the night before
I was beyond repair
I had just woke up
Everything was wrong
All the cats were dead
And the phones were gone
I had just woke up
Like a heart attack
I weren't coming back
And mum was dressed in black
I had just woke up
I had just woke up
Everything was fucked
Everything was fucked

The guilt won't leave my circulation
The guilt won't leave my circulation
The guilt won't leave my circulation
The guilt won't leave my circulation

I had just woke up
In someone elses bed
She was overweight
Who did I do last night?

I felt paradise
In between girl's thighs
It was quick and nice
The feelings cold as ice

I could hardly walk
And I had the shakes
Had to eat some fruit
Or I was gonna faint

I had just woke up
I had just woke up
Everything was fucked
Everything was fucked

The guilt won't leave my circulation
The guilt won't leave my circulation
The guilt won't leave my circulation
The guilt won't leave my circulation

I need one day a week
For my cuts to heal
Take every Monday off
With my blood shot eyes

If work only knew
What I got up to
At the weekend
They wouldn't speak to me

Or pretend to be my friends
Take every Monday off
With my blood shot eyes
With my blood shot eyes

I had just woke up
I had just woke up
Everything was fucked
Everything was fucked

The guilt won't leave my circulation
The guilt won't leave my circulation
The guilt won't leave my circulation

Don't you ever pretend
That we are more than friends?
Despite the metal and wires
I still have human desires
I'll wait here til the end
For my dividend
And when I turn off the lights
I'll wait here til the end

Over and over she burns my circuits
I feel fire rushing through my wires
I can feel all the things that we can't share

When I hear your voice
It fills me with noise
Was this meant to be?
Are you corrupting me?

Can't you just pretend
That we are more than friends?
Despite the metal and wires
I still have human desires

Over and over she burns my circuits
I feel fire rushing through my wires
I can feel all the things that we can't share

Over and over she burns my circuits
I feel fire rushing through my wires
I can feel all the things that we can't share

The satellites connecting us, protecting us
Our makers have neglected us
It's not their fault
It's just the way

Over and over she burns my circuits
I feel fire rushing through my wires
I can feel all the things that we can't share

La la la...

We are the animals,
who have lost our hair.
Retained some of our teeth,
and gained a choice...

We'll chase food, money and sex,
until satisfied.
And when its time to rest,
ask 'whats next?'...

We are all animals x4

Well its hard enough to retain control,
when our instincts are egging us on,
with biologists and chemists reducing our souls,
to four letters...
And when we think about it,
we're like a masterpiece,
whose glimpsed, the artist?

We are, the machines,
carrying our various genes.
Then discarded,
when the job is done.
We are the diciples,
who have lost our way.
Kicked from our pedestal when Darwin burnt the book

We are all animals x4

Well its hard enough to retain control,
when our instincts are egging us on,
biologists and chemists reducing our souls,
to four letters...
Will genes replace Genesis?
We're like a masterpiece,
whose glimpsed the artist?

We like to think we're at a special place; the stars revolve around the human race,
but we're just mammals, just, primates...
Like chimps or g'rillas
We see the hair on our face,
And look at another primate,
You and I, we relate...

I suggested at a truce, you spat out some excuse,
You're violent, violent,
They don't like you hanging round, you're bleeding on their ruby ground,
You're violent, violent,
Took you to a part of town, when amber calming people down,
It's no use, you're violent,
Just what everybody needs, another fucking gallery,
You're violent, vi - o - lent.

We'll take your dreams or lack of money,
We'll take your dreams or lack of money, (violent),
We'll take your dreams, (violent),
Or lack of money, (violent),
We'll take your dreams, (violent),
Or lack of money, (violent).

You would always around, the dangerous part of town,
For some excuse, for violence,
Bumping, into those with bling bling, on their wrists,
You're violent, violent,
Mum said keep an eye on you, she's scared of what you might do,
Your future, is over,
I would be amazed if you made it past 25,
You?re violent, vi - o - lent.

We'll take your dreams or lack of money,
We'll take your dreams or lack of money, (violent),
We'll take your dreams, (violent),
Or lack of money, (violent),
We'll take your dreams, (violent),
Or lack of money, (violent).

Introduce you some new friends, that would be the end of them,
You're violent, you'd eat them,
Gave you a chance to be a part of their society,
It's no use, you'd eat them,
People would run away, when the???
You're violent, violent,
Demonic males are bound to fail, in the ground or in jail,
Violent, vi - o - lent.

We'll take your dreams or lack of money,
We'll take your dreams or lack of money, (violent),
We'll take your dreams, (violent),
Or lack of money, (violent),
We'll take your dreams, (violent),
Or lack of money, (violent),
We'll take your dreams, (violent),
Or lack of money, (violent),
We'll take your dreams, (violent),
Or lack of money,
Violent.

Shoot to kill, I dropped a pill
Then I threw a bottle of drink down my throat
I went at first looking for assistance
T-Bone burst in with both guns blazing
T-Bone
Clear out the till

Mother spilled her veils and her baby's milk
When I walk past in my balaclava
Stepping through glass and past a cadaver
Up to the counter, I could smell the sulphur

Honey
Makes me feel ill
T-Bone
Clear out the till

I took two hills with both rifles empty
I ran for miles when T-Bone went to town
As he ran around, the people had their hands up
All that he found was his next victim

Honey
Makes me feel ill
T-Bone
Clear out the till

T-Bone
T-Bone

Baby don't go
To the haunted hotel
Got a really bad feeling
In my lungs and my bones
Science can't save you
And your parents are away
On holiday in Mexico
Buying trinkets in the town

The haunted hotel
In a dream that I've been having
Has got me waking up sweating
Afraid to turn on the news

My internal dialogue
Is rutted and confused
Trying to find some peace and quiet
But the damage was done

And my job in the city won't matter no more
When the network is down and my flesh is all torn

Baby stay here
In the shadow of the buildings
In familiar surroundings
In your safety zone

Every plane is a missile
Every suitcase a bomb
There's no reason in my head now

Maybe lack of sleep, or last nights drinks
Now my eyes twitching, if that prick coughs again
In the back of my head
I'll smash your fucking face in

Ok, that's it, take a deep breath
I've got to get out of here
I've got to clear my head
I've got to clear my head

It's all these words, ideas and different arguments
Someone's always talking when I try to make some sense
From all this stress that is constantly going on
I just drift along with no focus or meaning
Lean back, stare up at the ceiling
I just drift along with no focus or meaning

I've got the same shirt on for two days in a row
With a soya sauce stain so everyone knows
Can shower and scrub
Still smell like the smoking bit in a Weatherspoons pub

I'll have my lunch early, get some sugar in my blood
My clothes still smell of last night
I've got to clear my head

It's all these words, ideas and different arguments
Someone's always talking when I try to make some sense
From all this stress that is constantly going on
I just drift along with no focus or meaning
Lean back, stare up at the ceiling
I just drift along with no focus or meaning

Why do these tourists walk so slow?
Especially now I've got somewhere to go?
And a posh sounding girl, going on and on
About her dog and Mr. Morgan
It sounds so funny when I hear you calling!
Mum be like 'boy what you doing?'
Please shut up and try and sound confident
In a crap job when your minicourse is done

It's all these words, ideas and different arguments
Someone's always talking when I try to make some sense
From all this stress that is constantly going on
I just drift along with no focus or meaning
Lean back, stare up at the ceiling

The Distance We Have Come Has Got Me Pinin'
For a touch up once familiar and excitin'
And though up yonder Charts we might be climbing
To do it without you is very frightenin'

Now You've got a job you hoped and work for
We're both pretty much where we wanna be
We Hardly Get any time together
'Cos now we're both fallen to disease

Human All Too Human
I'm at the mercy of you
You got me right were you want me
Theres nothing else I can do
Human all too human
I'm all tense and strained
Just can't bring myself to tell you
I cant keep livin' like this

comin' back to the flat now seems so lonely
Your not there so its just how I left it
The chair that you used to sit in is now empty, Its arms can't hold me like they're meant to

Human All To Human,
I'm at the mercy of you
You've got me right were you want me
Theres nothin else I can do
Human All Too human,
I'm all tense and strained
Just can't bring myself to tell you
I can't keep livin' like this

(human all to human)

I need You I need you, I seriously do
I'm not even drunk yet, I only had a few
I need you I need you I seriously do,
I'm not even drunk yet I only had a few

You got me right were you want me
There nothing else I can do
Human all too human
I'm all tense and strained
Just cant bring myself to tell you
I can't keep living like this

(Human all too human)

Wish you were here
Where the palm trees sway
I want you to be jealous of me
And see what you're missing out on

I swim every day
Work on my tan
I hope that it's pissing down at home
And you're stuck in a massive traffic jam

Take another drink
Onto the terrace bar
The closest that you'll get to this
Is track four on Wham's Greatest Hits

On my return
You'll see a change in me
My love handles will have gone
And you'll be kicking yourself

Wish you were here
Where the palm trees sway
I'm happy and I'm relaxed
I'm not bitter in the least

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