Lost In The Neon World Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson This jet-age life is getting worse I feel I'm half a universe away I left my home some time ago To fight the creatures of the USA You tell me that this neon world is free Say this is the place I

Mill Street Junction Be Bop Deluxe

Behind the gasworks after midnight Mad Jane she holds a sweaty hand And 'though the rain runs down the gutter She dreams she hears the gasworks band Somewhere cathedral bells are screaming As someones

Life In The Air-Age Be Bop Deluxe

I see their faces change, The lights grow dim I'm losing hold... I used to be a boy, My heart was young and supple then But no it's stoney cold, I'm old and I could use a friend...

Life In The Air Age Be Bop Deluxe

I see their faces change, The lights grow dim I'm losing hold... I used to be a boy, My heart was young and supple then But no it's stoney cold, I'm old and I could use a friend...

Panic In The World Be Bop Deluxe

Oh oh, oh oh, there's panic in the world Oh oh, oh oh, there's panic in the world.

Blazing Apostles Be Bop Deluxe

God drives a dreamless highway in a black sedan, Picking up survivors, preaching to the motel man. Blazing apostles, Thieves in the night, Messengers of the fall.

Honeymoon On Mars Be Bop Deluxe

I wonder if you're all alone Beneath those diamond stars Honeymoon on Mars Tonight this desert world is ours I'll meet you by the towers For cocktails in the bar Out in Hollywood We're going out there

Sleep That Burns Be Bop Deluxe

A brass band is playing Rehearsing its thrills All half-moon and cloudy, All golden and shrill I've got a sleep that burns A sleep that burns Got a sleep that burns all night I'm locked in your

Love In Flames Be Bop Deluxe

Only the ash remains Everything's up in flames.

Heavenly Homes Be Bop Deluxe

The stars are burning And the moon is shining bright, The world is turning underneath This canopy of night...

Crying To The Sky Be Bop Deluxe

Crying to the sky Searching for a silver lining Hoping that the clouds I'm climbing aren't hiding rain. Nowhere left to go, For every show now disappoints me.

Bring Back The Spark Be Bop Deluxe

I've been up all night It’s been down so long There's a fire in my heart If you feel the same Won't you feed my flame You can help bring back the spark Bring back the spark You can bring it back Bring

Surreal Estate Be Bop Deluxe

That day became a year Time flies in this atmosphere Aeroplanes and crashing cars Automatic in the head my dreams of you.

New Precision Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson With new precision the golden days return The lovers prison, the kingdom of the worm Driving through empty towns, pass me a cigarette I think that it could rain, in time we all forget.

Piece Of Mine Be Bop Deluxe

Came to me one rainy evening Warmer then the setting sun Took my love by the tigger Shot me like a gun Hold me like a baby She laughed at my fears Said now love don't you worry Make everything so clear

Islands Of The Dead Be Bop Deluxe

"Come with me to the fire festival Let us burn each other blind Let us dance, let us dance away Dance till the end of time.

Twilight Capers Be Bop Deluxe

All the white horses ran bleeding to the end, Shot through the heart by dear devoted passion And the falling stars that never fall But send ambassadors to call, Still call the guilty to heaven All the

Music In Dreamland Be Bop Deluxe

Standing by the old car Sunset in your grey eyes Listening to the bluebirds Praying for a sunrise Maybe we'll make music in dreamland tonight Someone in the garden Walking through the moonlight Sailing

Make The Music Magic Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Make the music magic Make your heart sing Like angels in flight Make the music magic Make my strings ring Like bells in the night Make the music magic See the divine Light shining so bright Make

Maid In Heaven Be Bop Deluxe

She's a maid in heaven He's a knight on the tiles A bat out of hell, oh well! It's just a question of style...

Swan Song Be Bop Deluxe

With our bodies on fire and our heads in a spin We pressed close to the moment We were Siamese twins in ecstasy, in ecstasy So we lay soul to soul as the archer of the night United our hearts for

Lights Be Bop Deluxe

Shadows move across the faces Of the people we once knew And though their hearts are full of sorrow The sun inside can still shine through In the factories and the stations In the house of the poor In

New Mysteries Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson New mysteries There's mystery in the air New mysteries The kind I never share. Running in the dark Beating on your bleeding heart Wrecked beyond repair.

Lovers Are Mortal Be Bop Deluxe

In the back of your car Where the light from the stars Caught our eyes in a moment of blue It was then that I knew All my feelings were true And what lovers like us have to do I looked at the time And

Love Is Swift Arrows Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Room in the east invested with meanings, Open to none but the strange and the wild Sunset encounters with destiny's chances, Envelopes marked for the personal life Night falling, hiding the poets

Rocket Cathedrals Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson I've been a bad boy, you know the way Became an airboy and changed my name My airship dreams had found a clearer sky I've been thinking about the state I'm in I started sinking a bottle of gin In

Dangerous Stranger Be Bop Deluxe

"It's after midnight in the city of broken dreams Down in the alley, Galileo meets his pack of thieves Over the river by the old hotel There's a big car coming like a bat out of Hell It's the dangerous

Jet Silver And The Dolls Of Venus Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Out across the heavens When you're sleeping in your bed, Someone turns a light on, Can you feel it burn inside your head?

Crystal Gazing Be Bop Deluxe

The man who owned the heartache That lived on the stairs... Passed me in the night whistling "Memories of You"...

Forbidden Lovers Be Bop Deluxe

you be my secret lover?

Fair Exchange Be Bop Deluxe

Here we come in a cloud stars in our eyes Standing up proud it's the perfect disguise We've got so much to give, so much to gain Just give me your money, and I'll give you my pain It's a fair exchange

Sound Track Be Bop Deluxe

Tin aeroplanes trace the time Past our fading window's eyes And the panes are pains inside Through which we see All the glories fast unfold All the joys lo and behold It's a bitter-sweet dark secret That

Jets At Dawn Be Bop Deluxe

Woke this morning, the war was over The radio was singing love songs Saw the smiles upon the soldiers Coming home across the fields The calendar said first of August Romance and promises of summer days

Kiss Of Light Be Bop Deluxe

The woman of moon flew into my room last night She tortured my body and made me feel sorry Though I though I was right Gave me the kiss of light … Gave me the kiss of light … Gave me the kiss of light

Orphans Of Babylon Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Ooh in babylon Your secret's on the run We're hiding from the sun, tonight My mind has been set free I dream of sorcery Bring all your sins to me, tonight The airships cross the sky in sight of

Ships In The Night Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Like a square peg in a round hole . . . Like a harp without it's strings . . . Like a sailor who sails no oceans . . . Like a bird that has no wings . . .

Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Bridges and rivers and buildings pulled down Time spent in places my footsteps had found Mirrors in ballrooms lie smashed on the ground, Walking with November mists Pathways and windows and movies

Possession Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson There's such a beautiful mess up in my room My thoughts are tangled in the legs of chairs I like to think that it's my token of genius But then again perhaps I just don't care.

Speed Of The Wind Be Bop Deluxe

It's just the speed of the wind If you hear If you hear the ringing bells It chimes within It's just the speed of the wind If you fear If you fear your secret Just walk right in It's just the speed of

The Gold At The End Of My Rainbow Be Bop Deluxe

The cup of sorrow overflows… Nothing shows, no nothing glows, But my soul is all at sea The night has had it’s way with me This game is growing rather grim And some of us must sink or swim But I’ll play

Futurist Manifesto Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Nevermore days astonishing Happening with tapes and anything 1962 Power beyond years are endings Time most misplaced The earth forever renders the promised mockery (mockery) Ghost in latitude, fears

The Bird Charmer's Destiny Be Bop Deluxe

His heart was locked inside a crystal ball, The day her gypsy love came 'round to call, His wings were broken by their latest fall, A young man waiting for the snow… The gull and the white swan, Ghostly

Quest For The Harvest Of The Stars Be Bop Deluxe

has been no answer Though I recall My innocence and laughter I'm feeling older now But what comes after this is through Time had traced its maps across my face Sign and lines for you to navigate And in

Down On Terminal Street Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson I took a walk down terminal street last night To see the ancient faces living there I saw the sunken eyes of agony And saw the desperate stations of despair The madman waiting for the spirit girls

Third Floor Heaven Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson He's been saving, selling everything he didn't need Such a shy boy, with a secret up his sleeve, He's a strange one, never bothers with the girls, Heard him swear once, at least I thought I heard

Stage Whispers Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Well I'm waiting in the wings With all the strings and things That help me make the music Just another curtain call Before I fall into your arms To give my music This guitar does not lie The great

Between The Worlds (Original Single Version) Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Well I'm waiting in the wings With all the strings and things That help me make the music Just another curtain call Before I fall into your arms To give my music This guitar does not lie The great

No Trains To Heaven Be Bop Deluxe

I'm building bridges On which no house may stand, I'm painting pictures On walls across the land Burn down the prisons In which your children grow, See no illusions, The truth behind the show See

Sister Seagull Be Bop Deluxe

Sister seagull, oh you're flying me to high Feels so dizzy underneath your open skies And it's strange the games we play to hide the crime Sister seagull, you're the reason I survive I am a prisoner

Modern Music Be Bop Deluxe

Another station and another show If only I could let my feelings flow (to you) When you're lonely and you're far away, When those steel guitars begin to play Please don't let them steal your hear away The