Thanks to Sadia
.
Because my English isn’t spectacular good, there are probably
some errors in the text.
If you know of any errors, please let me know and
e-mail to : the.triffids@yucom.be
One soul less on your fiery list
Driver let me tell you a secret
A secret in the shape of a song
Heard something move in the dark outside
I lay awake hardly breathing
shaking all night long
It came out of the southern sky
It drove into our humble town
We lay our hands upon its side
My sister she laid her body down
She was gone gone gone
She was gone gone gone
I was born 20 miles from here
I’ve never seen anything else
But that night I saw tall buildings
Made of glass and a million other
pictures (of all the faces)
And she was gone gone gone
She was gone gone gone
She was gone gone gone
Suntrapper took her away
A sparrow flew against the pane of glass
People came running all around
They moved from all directions
Ground opened up and the trees came down
I pulled the car to the side of the road
Checked all directions on a tourist map
Overhead 747 jet engines
xxxxx ready for track
And she was gone gone gone
She was gone gone gone
She was gone gone gone
Suntrapper took her away
In the pines in the pines
Where the sun never shines
Where we go running when we want to hide
Away from the sky away from the light
Where the overgrown branches conceal
what’s inside
In the pines in the pines
Where i take my( bride?)
No place is darker
And no place more still
We make love in the pines
In the shadow of the hill
I’m left with your name
I’m left with your form
Left with your scent
Even left with your moans
And I’m left in this fine and private
place
In the pines in the pines
We meet face to face
In the pines in the pines
Where the sun never shines
Where we go running when we want to hide
Away from the sky away from the light
Where the overgrown branches conceal
what’s inside
In the pines in the pines
Where i take my (bride?)
Kathy was here and Kathy knows
How she found out well I don’t know
How it all began
How it began to show
She dropped by on her way back home
She dropped by wearing your old clothes
Now they are Kathy’s new clothes
Now they are Kathy’s new clothes
Kathy knows
and Kathy knows
and Kathy knows
and Kathy knows
And I noticed I was acting strange
I could hum a tune
Not know it’s name
I could burn my hand
And I could feel no pain
I burned my hand in Kathy’s flame
Pulled it out and started in again
But it’s always the same
I’m in Kathy’s flame
Kathy knows
and Kathy knows
and Kathy knows
and Kathy knows
So who’s been sleeping in my bed pray
tell
Who’s had their fingers in my soup bowl
Too many stairs too many cheap hotels
and Kathy says
I know you boys
I remember you well
Kathy was here and Kathy knows
How she found out well I don’t know
How it all began
How it began to show
She dropped by on her way back home
She dropped by wearing your old clothes
Now they are Kathy’s new clothes
Now they are Kathy’s new clothes
Kathy knows
and Kathy knows
and Kathy knows
and Kathy knows...
(Rumour)
Waiting for the wake-up call
Thought I heard it twice before
Must have been the howl of a
neighbourhood stray
My eyes are red my sheets are wet
It’s light outside and I’m soaked in
sweat
25 to 5 and what a way to start the day
25 to 5 and what a way to start the day
25 to 5 and what a way to start the day
I’ll tell you this
I’ll tell you for sure
We’ve had a future
Nowhere in line
Eyes in the ground
So I’m digging in
(Gone) with these hands
I intend to use them
Do you want me near you ?
Do you want me near you ?
Do you want me near you ?
Again
If you want me near you say when
You look your best
but you’re not with me
Reason to lie
Haven’t yet heard
All left in chains
This I had to believe
xxxxxxxx
to this very sofa…
xxxx
Do you want me near you ?
Do you want me near you ?
Do you want me near you ?
Again
If you want me will you say when
say yes, say yes
Give me a sign
Yeah give me a sign
I can wait here forever
I’ve got plenty of time
Do you want me near you ?
Do you want me near you ?
Do you want me near you ?
Again
If you want me near you say when
say yes, say yes
when
Since she found somebody new, I thought I
never could
Or did you for I thought then I never
would
but time is taking all the pain away
Until now I’m only hurting once a day
Once a day all day long
And once a night from dusk till dawn
The only time I wish that you were gone
Is once a day every day all day long
I’m so glad I’m not like a friend I knew
one time
Lost a girl he loved and then he lost his
mind
He sat around and dreamed his life away
Look at me I’m only dreaming once a day
Once a day all day long
And once a night from dusk till dawn
The only time I wish that you were gone
Is once a day every day all day long
I’m so glad I’m not like a wild one I knew
one time
Lost a girl he loved and so he lost his
mind
He sat around and drank his life away
Look at me I’m only drinking once a day
Once a day all day long
And once a night from dusk till dawn
The only time I wish that you were gone
Is once a day every day all day long
Is once a day every day all day long
If I take a walk down by the riverside
You might wind up drowning
With your hands all tied
Might take a fall, could break your neck
You just don’t know what you might expect
Yes you just might fade away
You might wake up in the afternoon
Wearing someone else’s clothes
Lyin’ in the heap on the corner of All
Saints Road
Dreaming of somebody special
Dreaming of somebody new
Watching that somebody disappear
Cos they can’t stand you
And yes, you just might fade away
A 100 dollar room on the 21st floor
A “Do not disturb”-sign, I hang it on the
door
Think of giving it up, think of settling
down
Think of what it would be like to be
homeward-bound
Yes you just might fade away
Better keep down your voice
Cos someone might hear
Getting a little careless aren’t you
Leavin’ clues everywhere
If it’s not a burnt matchstick
It’s a cigarette butt
If it’s not a greasy fingerprint
It’s a trailer that died of love
Yes you just might fade away
Yes you just might fade away
Nothing tickles my fancy
Nothing catches my eye these days
But I’m better off this way
It was nice while it lasted
It was fun for a day
But I’m better off this way
Well don’t call me up
I’m quite happy by myself
and I’m sure that you’re happy too with
somebody else
You’re back on the west side
I’m licking my scratches
You are out on the town I bet
I’m knocking the screen door latch
It wasn’t all it was cracked up to be
But I’m better off this way, you see
Well don’t call me up
Oh, I’m quite happy here by myself
And I’m sure that you’re happy too with
somebody else
Now I’m on the roadside born under a bad
sign
I was driving a death-track
Even I can be xxxxxx
They say it is high time that we call it
a day
But I’m better off this way
Yeah, I’m better off this way
But I’m better off this way
(Only one life, take 73)
Take care! Keep clean !
Don’t tell lies about the places you’ve
been
You’ve only got one life and it’s
shrinking everyday
Only one life! Only one life!
People have put a lot of faith in you
Don’t disappoint them now my friend
It’s the least you can do
Watch what you do! Watch what you do!
When everything is moving so fast
How can you be sure it will last?
Take care! Keep clean !
Don’t tell lies about the places you’ve
been
You’ve only got one life and it’s
shrinking everyday
Only one life! Only one life!
Each day one rung lower
Another dollar deeper in debt
How can I explain to you?
I lost my footing on the final step
Now I rip the rubber stopper from the
bottle
pour the liquid down the sink
I wiped away the film of sweat from my
upper lip
Keep your eye on the center of the sun
If you blink for a second I may dissolve
You are the speck of light in the
darkness
I am the hole
Keep your eyes on the hole
Keep your eyes on the hole
Keep your eyes on the hole
I am a loose strand
You may never turn on me
I can tell you precisely how the stories want
to end xxx
Keep your eyes on the center of the
sun
If you blink for a second I may dissolve
I am the speck of light in the darkness
You are the hole
Keep your eyes on the hole
Keep your eyes on the hole
Keep your eyes on the hole
Keep your eyes on the hole
Keep your eyes on the hole
Keep your eyes on the hole
My eyes are filled with light
My feet can’t touch the ground
From up here I can see the sights
of my hometown city burning down
Now its blazes follow me house by house
and my legs they buckle under me
but I don’t mind, I’ll sing the old song of joy
for I know why and why it had to be
Higher higher flames grow higher
Erase my name from your lips as we kiss
Higher higher the flames go higher
Now there’s one soul less on your fiery
list
Now there’s one soul less on your fiery
list
Now I’m driving on those familiar streets
I know all their names, I know where to
turn
All the while I kept a road map in my
head
I just came back to see the people and
their houses burn
Higher higher flames grow higher now
Erase my name from your lips as they kiss
Higher higher the flames go higher
Now there’s one soul less on your fiery
list
Now there’s one soul less on your fiery
list
Flames grow higher Flames grow higher
Erase my name from your lips as they kiss
Higher higher the flames grow higher
Now there’s one soul less on your fiery
list
Now there’s one soul less on your fiery
list
One soul less on your fiery list
One soul less on your fiery list
One soul less on your fiery list
One soul less on your fiery list
One soul less on your fiery list
One soul less on your fiery list
Hometown farewell
Hometown farewell
Hometown farewell
Hometown farewell kiss
Born Sandy Devotional
Such a sweet girl to me
I do what I can not (love ) against
Dust is what we all shall be
Born sandy devotional
All that I ever knew
Don’t know the wrong of that
Don’t know the good
Since I have tied up the sole of my shoe
to the sole of my shoe
I never heard of a xxxxxxxx nuts in her hair
some cards and some chicken and beer
We caught mess about
We kiss until
Kiss until she has to leave
We’re born sandy devotional
All that I ever knew
Don’t know the wrong of that
Don’t know the good
Both of them ugly both of them true
Sweet sweet love and affection
Aiming for my protection
Sweet sweet hail and devotion
Pointed by my emotion
I called you by your name
I called you by your name
Like a baby crying for the milk of its
mother
Like a junkman scratching on a vial for
ether
I’m hearing Mary’s voices in the middle
of the night
She said ‘Come home soon, darling’
‘You just hold tight’
Lazy ocean hugs the shore
Caterpillar eats the rose
No exception to this law
Circle drawing to a close
Sweet sweet love and affection
Aiming for my protection
Sweet sweet hail and devotion
Pointed by my emotion
I called you by your name
I called you by your name
I called you by your name
I called you by your name