Down To London Joe Jackson

Stop, what's that sound It's the death rattle of this rusty old town Stop, listen again It's the sound of laughter all along the Thames Hey, what's my line Do I have to stay here 'til the end of time I'm

Junkie Diva Joe Jackson

left to lose I can really see you when I hear you scream I could nearly be you, in my dreams Now now, I'm going down Pick me up and drop me off in Chinatown Down down with the Junkie Diva Oh wow, I love

Sea Of Secrets Joe Jackson

I'm sinking in To a sea of secrets Warm and green Down and down Back to times and places never seen Now and then I can wake and I remember Just one secret thing Through the rain I can keep a candle burning

Drowning Joe Jackson

I don't love you But I'm lost Thinking of you And the ghosts Of so many special moments That passed so quickly at the time And now they come and track me down And echo round and round and round And time

Obvious Song Joe Jackson

looking down Through a hole in the sky And if they can see, they cry That's obvious And the walls are coming down Between the west and the east You don't have to be a hippie to believe in peace That's

A Place In The Rain Joe Jackson

Turn off the TV and turn off the light Turn off the street lamps as well Turn off the billboards that scream through the night And dream the policemen to hell Close all the windows and close all the doors

Mood Indigo Joe Jackson

That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes While I sit and sigh,

Kinda Kute Joe Jackson

Ya make a guy feel humble I make a fool of myself again Ya make me trip and stumble Just go dance by yourself again I'll just watch Cause that's all I want to do But remember That I'm here with your drink

Take It Like A Man Joe Jackson

Don't let her down Just 'cause you could before She stole the crown You don't rule anymore Oh no - take it like she did before Oh no - take it like a man Strong, sexy, smart Slim, slassy, super-cool She

A Slow Song Joe Jackson

they hold it back You see my friend and me Don't have an easy day And at night we dance not fight And we need the energy If not the sympathy But i'm brutalized by bass And terrorized by treble I'm open to

When You're Not Around Joe Jackson

You come into my life And then you go away You make me feel like a fool For wanting you to stay But I'm a busy guy A lot of things to do But there's a reason why Some of them just seem to lose their flavor

The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy Joe Jackson

I'll make you a deal Blow away your struggle And I'll take your soul for a toy After rubbing my eyes I looked all around me At the half-finished drivel I'd worked on for days And I told him my dream Was to

Blue Flame Joe Jackson

hands above my head I'm damned if I'll try to break your door down If you ever come out just call me I'll still be armed with the memory of one evening when you smiled At something Sadness spreads like

If I Could See Your Face Joe Jackson

If I could see your face The face of the girl behind the veil I'd ask you if it feels like a guarantee To keep you down, or keep you safe Or just keep you pale But what makes me think you'd even talk to

Is She Really Going Out With Him? Joe Jackson

> Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street From my window I'm staring while my coffee grows cold Look over there! (Where?)

Five Guys Named Moe Joe Jackson

I gotta tell you a story from way back Truck on down and dig me Jack There's Big Moe, Little Moe, Four-Eyed Moe, No Moe, Look at brother, look at brother, look at brother Eat Moe Moe, Moe, Moe, Moe

London Bombs Eskimo Joe

Drag me by the ankles To the bottom of the ocean There I'll stay forever Until you come back from England The London Bombs I stayed up forever Tried to call your number But you were lost forever

Only The Future Joe Jackson

Somethings coming, something big Something I can't stand Dark as the ocean, secret and cruel Something I can't command Somethings waiting down a muggers' alley To see what's on my mind Take a deep breath

Goin' Downtown Joe Jackson

Joe Jackson and Drew Barfield) I could cool out I could hang loose I could lay my head back in this comfortable noose I could watch the paint dry On these rented walls Or I could run wild with the first

Dirty Martini Joe Jackson

dirty Martini) The bartender says it's early yet Wait the bartender says it's early yet Too many olives in too much gin Steppin' out in the City of Sin Too much dirty rice and too many beans Gettin' down

Nineteen Forever Joe Jackson

like the way we always were So young and free from fear I lose my fear of war and dying And all the clouds just disappear Only my mirror sees me crying Each time I lose another year Wouldn't be a drag to

Invisible Man Joe Jackson

Maybe you'd like to know What I'd have to say If I was still around Now I'm made of smoke You see through to me It's the strangest joke You can't touch the invisible man Can't touch the invisible man Can't

Citizen Sane Joe Jackson

If you want to live forever Ask a doctor, someone clever He can put you on or get you off Of the drug do jour All you kings and martyrs All the little girls and boys Will thank you when you start us Safely

Neon Rain Joe Jackson

I stepped out in the pouring rain To find a place where they feel my pain Gonna cry where they can't complain Gonna howl like a hurricane You don't like me You don't need me You won't see me On the other

Friday Joe Jackson

Lazy Gilly was a flower child All the summer Calmly running wild She'd be silly and her friends just smiled Pass the bottle Wash the pills down, what went wrong What went wrong She don't care no

Forty Years (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Here in berlin - people line up to get in To wait for the end - living in glorious sin They've looked around - and now there is no looking back To when rivers ran red - now it's the sky that grows black

Still Alive Joe Jackson

You turned me upside down and turned my insides out But that's alright You mad me laugh me made me cry then made me shout But that's alright But somethings keeps on beating in there I guess my survived

Target Joe Jackson

Somebody say I'm crazy Walking in this neighborhood Say you can't be too careful But that won't do no good I'm no one special But any part of town Someone could smile at me then Shake my hand then gun me down

Jumpin' Jive Joe Jackson

Boys, what you gonna say down there? Oh boys, what you gonna say down there?

The Human Touch (Album Version) Joe Jackson

are falling but I'm still here I know the figures and I know all of the facts But all I can do is keep trying To look for the human touch To look for the human touch Life is hard when you've got nothing

Awkward Age Joe Jackson

I should have know that you were only just fifteen You had a scowl like a Klingon beauty queen Old enough to stand out but to young to stand with pride So uncomfortable in your messed-up skin And the cool

Rush Across The Road Joe Jackson

Of all the streets in the world You walk down this one And I see three hundred girls But just want to kiss one Someone that we've loved before Is a love forever But I never thought you'd floor me again

Summer In The City Joe Jackson

Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down, isn't it a pity Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city All around, people looking half dead Walking on the sidewalk, hotter

Evil Empire (Album Version) Joe Jackson

where minds are closed With just a few asking questions Like what do their leaders say In sessions behind closed doors And if this is the perfect way Why do we need these goddamn lies This doesn't go down

Thugz 'r' Us Joe Jackson

Wearing hoods and baggy trousers on the bus Thugz are us, thugs are us We don't want no trouble Unless you make a fuss Out in the suburbs Life is gettin' tough Me and my posse Necks are gettin' roughe Down

Geraldine And John Joe Jackson

goodnight But tomorrow they'll be thinking All day long, all day long Geraldine and John See the happy couple, so inseparable And the beat goes on And for better or worse They are married but of course Not to

Got The Time Joe Jackson

Wake up, got another day to get through now Got another man to see Got to call him on the telephone Got to find a piece of paper Sit down, got another letter to write Think I'll got to get the letter

Rant And Rave Joe Jackson

lies they tell And half the people in the world Don't even know where they are Don't even know they're being had I'm gonna wake them up (Believe me you'll find out That everything's rotten From bottom to

Tilt Joe Jackson

Sunday evening down the penny arcade I see your face in the pinball game Put in a quarter and it starts to fade Tell myself it won't appear again But this is just another game I've played so badly Right

Wild West (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

Out to the west there's a trail that leads somewhere And a call of the wild that takes some people there Through Monument Valley to California sun From New Amsterdam to the way the West was won Well years

See No Evil Joe Jackson

your point, you're so sharp Getting good reactions with your be bo talk I understand all Destructive urges It seems so perfect I see no evil Don't say unconscious, no, don't say doom Well, if you got to

The Harder They Come Joe Jackson

Oh oh, well, they tell me I'm a pie up in the sky Waitin' for me when I die But between the day you're born and when you die You know, they never seem to hear even your cry So as sure as the sun will shine

LONDON 조아람 (Joe Aram)

그저 웃음이 나와 창에 비친 나를 보니 뭔가 평소보다 들뜬 나의 모습과 한 장의 티켓 너를 보내고 나서 분주하게 보낸 시간만큼 커진 그리움 안고 너에게 간다 지난 시간을 넌 얼마나 외롭고 힘들었을까 생각하면 눈물만 괜히 드는 미안한 마음 내가 없는 세상에서 얼마나 넌 변해 있을까 어떤 얼굴로 나를 맞을까 궁금한 걸 그렇지만 가장 먼저 널...

London Is Burning Joe Strummer, The Mescaleros

An' it takes every day to be survivin' in the city London is burnin'; don't tell the Queen Somebody tried to speak garage and they burnt down Bethnal Green Piccadilly's yearning, like a reggae beat Soon

Fifty Dollar Love Affair (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

A man's a man all right Just like any other man He'll search the town tonight For a fifty dollar love affair And another taste of cheap delight Street food sizzling outside Washed down with the local poison

Ode To Joy Joe Jackson

Impossible to see Impossible to show Impossible to verify Impossible to know When she'll come or go There's nothing you can do to make her real Friends and lover know Don't say no When you feel Joy Impossible

My House Joe Jackson

Wonder if it's raining on the Jersey side Tapping my fingers to the radio But I don't hear a thing Watching the hookers move in and out of the light One of these days, one of these days...

Tonight And Forever (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

You know you're gonna have to face up to the facts You're just another face in a big crowd You know we gotta try hard to relax We can laugh - but not too loud It's never like you see in a magazine And

Trying To Cry Joe Jackson

who's drinking another glass There's a look in his eye That I've seen so many times in the past I've seen it in the mirror And I've seen it in my friends When we realize we've lost ourselves And we try to

Solo (So Low) Joe Jackson

Solo, it isn't a dream Solo, it's just what it seems An empty thing Waitin' on somebody who never calls Listening in the night to something Scratching 'round behind the walls Solo, with no one to care