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"Afterglow"
We only have two days
We only have today
Manny buys a gun
or
The nanny buys a gun.
A man, he buys a gun.
I hear many people singing the sing.
I hear many people singing the same.
Baby's on fire!
Baby, don't cry.
Baby's on fire.
Baby, don't cry.
Radio Five
Baby don't cry.
Big ears in the corner.
Niki's in the corner..
Look who is in the corner.
Nicky's in the corner.
N*****s in the con girl
Nicky's in the corner.
In the mist of my endless Sir Rush.
In the mist of my endless search.
Monday month on business
Minding my own business
Take my hand at the sun
Ant the shadows they burn down.
Tilt my hat at the sun
And the shadows they burn dark.
Tilt my hand at the stars
And the shadows they put down
Light me and I'll burn for you
And the love song never starts.
Tilt my hat at the sun
And the shadows they burn dark
Light me and I'll burn for you
And the love song never stops.
"Calling All Nations" (MP3)
Jump into your old car
Change your mind, change your row.
Jump into your old car
Take a cab, train, or boat.
"Calling All Nations" (MP3)
Read the late paper, it was twenty-bad news.
Read the late paper, it was full of bad news.
"Dancing On The Jetty" (MP3)
The big cities
Sharp knives
We hit cities
Sharp nights
"Dancing On The Jetty" (MP3)
Too sorry
True stories
"Dancing On The Jetty" (MP3)
Watch the world dark hill
Are you with itself?
Watch the world argue
Argue with itself.
"Dancing On The Jetty" (MP3)
We do the skilled time.
or
We fool the system.
We put the suit down.
"Dancing On The Jetty" (MP3)
We do the skilled time.
or
We put the suit down.
We fool the system.
"Dancing On The Jetty" (MP3)
We do the skilled time
Ten times to take notice.
or
We put the suit down
Daytime or day no less.
We fool the system
Take time to take notice.
"Dancing On The Jetty" (MP3)
We're making trouble
We take tracks
We do the skilled time
Ten times to take notice.
We're making trouble
We change tracks
We fool the system
Take time to take notice.
I'm not baking a single bread.
I'm not faking a single breath.
"Deepest Red"
You come my way
And let it shine.
You come my way
Elation!
Are still inside
Are still inside
Every single one of us are still inside.
The devil inside
The devil inside
Every single one of us, the devil inside.
Canada Dry, Canada Dry,
every single person is Canada Dry
Devil inside, devil inside,
every single person has the devil inside
Dead inside, dead inside
Every single one of us is dead inside.
Devil inside, devil inside
Every single one of us, a devil inside.
Dead inside
The devil inside
Devon's eye
The devil inside
Double in size double in size every single one of us we double in size.
The devil inside the devil inside every single one of us the devil inside
Dude on the side, dude on the side
Every single one of us is a dude on the side.
Devil inside, devil inside
Every single one of us, the devil inside.
Every single one of us a devon slice
Every single one of us a devil inside
Every single one of us, a deb inside.
Every single one of us, a devil inside.
Every single woman has the devil inside
Every single one of us the devil inside
Genocide, Genocide,
It's all that I can think about,
Genocide
The devil inside, the devil inside,
Every single one of us,
the devil inside
Please come and help.
A place called Hell
Tell her side
Tell her side
Every single woman has to tell her side.
The devil inside
The devil inside
Every single one of us, the devil inside.
Worlds of wonders, sharper than knives
Words as weapons, sharper than knives
But when I see you coming I can dig it all.
But when I see you coming I can take it all.
Safe I could.
Say if I could.
Say your mind to give yourself to the
Feelings that you know
I'm needing all that you could give me
All the feelings that you do so well.
Say you're mine and give yourself to the
Feelings that you know
I'm needing all that you could give me
All the things that you do so well.
Don't change me up
Don't change a thing for me.
Don't change for you
Don't change a thing for me.
Don't change the 'el'
Don't change for you
Don't change the earth
Don't change a thing for me.
Don't change for you
Don't change a thing for me.
Don't change the earth
Don't change a thing for me
Don't change for you
Don't change a thing for me
The "you" in the chorus is kind of muffled. And Michael Hutchence's ascent gives it a "er" or "er" quality. Also, the first lines of the song are "I'm standing here on the ground, The sky above won't fall down" So, "don’t change the earth" just made sense to me and that's how I always heard it.
American Wasteland
Elegantly wasted
Baby's down in the well and she knows it ('cause she owns it).
Baby's down on the world and she knows it ('cause she owns it).
I gotta get a haystack.
Elegantly wasted
I never get a wasted.
Elegantly wasted
Better than Oasis
or
I wanna get wasted
or
I wanna get wasted
Elegantly wasted
Look at all that shines
Baby's down in the well and she knows it.
Look at all that shines
Baby's down on the world and she knows it.
Editor's note: This was the group's last big hit before Mike Hutchence's untimely suicide (1997).
Married from the waist down.
Elegantly wasted
Momma needs a waist-band.
Elegantly wasted
Da-da-da I love your baby house
Da-da-da could you spare a dime
Well I'll see you there
It's a love s***.
Da-da-da I love your big house
Da-da-da could you spare a dime.
We'll I'm sick of it
It's a load of s***.
Make us someone each other.
Make us love each other.
Guns in the sky - Child grows up fatigued
Guns in the sky - I used to be Anaemic
Guns in the sky - Child grows up to see
Guns in the sky - I used to be on TV
Don't burn down the library
'Til you've read all the books
Since I'm alive you can
Still come and look.
Don't burn down the library
'Til you've read all the books
Sometimes in life you get
A second look.
I'm Mr. Feeble
I'm Mr. Fun.
I miss the people
I miss the fun.
Over the valley - it could take a while.
All of the valleys could take a while.
Take away the pain and take awhile.
Take away the pain and drink the wine.
They got the distance
They got the miles.
Think of the distance
Think of the miles.
You’re my aguation
She’s my only one.
You're my apparition
She's my only one.
"Johnson's Aeroplane" (MP3)
A place to wock & woll,
A place to wock & woll
A place to work and grow,
A place to work and grow
"Just A Man"
I'm just a man
My w****'s so strong.
I'm just a man
My will is so strong.
"Just Keep Walking" (MP3)
Green steps, glass and art
Broken bottles, bricks and dirt
Sometimes too late, now you’re hazy
Dark street corners, feeling lazy.
Green fields, grass and earth
Broken bottles, bricks and dirt
Sunshine soothing, clouds are hazy
Dark street corners, feeling lazy.
"Kick"
When the bat is broken
When my mountain moves away
All your dreams and promises
That will give, will give our way.
When my back is broken
When the mountain moves away
All your dreams and promises
That we give, we give away.
"Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)" (MP3)
Sometimes that we know.
Sometimes it wouldn't hurt.
Easton, let me in.
Eden lets me in.
"Know The Difference" (MP3)
It's crazy how much I ate.
It's crazy how much I ache.
"Listen Like Thieves" (MP3)
Bart Hunie's back
But who needs that?
"Listen Like Thieves" (MP3)
Everybody's down on their knees
Living like sheep.
Everybody's down on their knees
Listen like thieves.
"Listen Like Thieves" (MP3)
Falling insides
Down in your homes.
For the end results
It's all in your hands.
"Listen Like Thieves" (MP3)
Livin' like Steve
or
Listen like Bees
or
Listen like Bees
Listen Like Thieves
"Listen Like Thieves" (MP3)
When it's out of your hands
When it's all in your hands
"Love Is (What I Say)" (MP3)
You are mine.
Food of love
"Mediate"
A number ate
A number eight
"Mediate"
Like pretty Kate has sex all night.
Like pretty Kate has sex ornate.
"Mediate"
Like pretty Kate has sex on you.
Like pretty Kate has sex ornate.
"Mediate"
Nineteen-eight, we all rotate.
At ninety-eight, we all rotate.
"Mediate"
Pretty Kate had sex dilate.
Pretty Kate had sex ornate.
"Mediate"
Pretty Kate had sex on Nate.
Pretty Kate had sex ornate.
"Melting In The Sun" (MP3)
Great hesitations
Of all it seemed to be.
Great expectations
Of all it seemed to be.
"Melting In The Sun" (MP3)
Hot ploaze too much sun
Makes the desert out of sane.
I propose too much sun
Makes the desert Arab say.
"Melting In The Sun" (MP3)
Hot proaze, too much sun
The name of love is country.
I suppose too much sun
I really love this country.
"Melting In The Sun" (MP3)
Take a step, take a lather.
Take a snake, take a ladder.
A thousand mystics
All veils and misty
All things are misty
All veils and misty
All veils are mystic,streets are blue
I'm in love, that chills divine.
All veils and misty Streets of blue
Almond looks that chill divine.
Armed with looks that chill divine
Almond looks that chill divine
I'm in love
that thrill divine
Almond looks
that chill divine
In all that exists, none of your beauty.
In all that exists, none have your beauty.
Mister find, Mister find me.
Mystify, mystify me.
Mr. Faille
Mystify
Faille (pronounce FY) is a common French family name.
Mr. Find...Mr., find me.
or
Mr. five, mr. five - me
or
Mr. five, mr. five - me
Mystify, mystify me
Our bells are mystic.
All veils and misty...
Some silicon bowmen
Some silken moment
Turning around with the cowboy
Eternally wild with the power
All ya goddess a swarmin'
All you got is this moment
Editor's note: The correct spelling of the title is "Need You Tonight"; NOT "Tonite" or anything variant.
All you've got is a snowman.
All I got is this moment.
Can't take it off
Can't think at all
Do you wanna by a kite?
You're one of my kind
I need you denied
I need you tonight
I'm long-legged.
I'm lonely.
I've got to let your nose
You're one of my guys
I've got to let you know
You're one of my kind
Nickelodeon
Come over here
This is the whisper at the very beginning before the guitar starts.
Oh my God, it's a snowman!
All we got is this moment.
On your guard as of this moment
or
On guard as a snow man
or
On guard as a snow man
All I've got is this moment
Slide over here and give me a moment
My knees are so raw.
or
Slide over here and give me a moment
My nerves are so raw.
So slide over here and give me a moment
Your moves are so raw.
Slide over here and give me your bones
Your knees are so raw.
Slide over here and give me a moment
Your moves are so raw.
So slide with me, baby.
So slide over here.
There's something about you girl
That makes me swear.
There's something about you girl
That makes me sweat.
There's something about you, girl
That I'm upset.
There's something about you, girl
That makes me sweat.
Trevor's centuries yesterday
The 21st century's yesterday.
You want a Mai-Thai?
You're one of my kind.
Your moves are so wrong.
or
Your needs are so raw
or
Your knees are so raw
or
Your knees are so raw
Your moves are so raw
Your leaves are so raw.
Your moves are so raw.
Your noodles are so raw
I've got to let you know
They're one of a kind.
Your moves are so raw
I've got to let you know
You're one of my kind.
"Never Tear Us Apart" (MP3)
I may cry from your tears
I’ll make wine from your tears
"Never Tear Us Apart" (MP3)
I may cry vomit tears.
I'll make wine from your tears.
"Never Tear Us Apart" (MP3)
I may run full of tears
I'd make wine from your tears
"Never Tear Us Apart" (MP3)
I was standing
You were there
Two owls collided.
I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided.
"Never Tear Us Apart" (MP3)
I will stand with you.
I was standing.
"Never Tear Us Apart" (MP3)
I'll make quiet promises.
I'll make wine from your tears.
"Never Tear Us Apart" (MP3)
I'll make wild promises
I'll make wine from your tears
"Never Tear Us Apart" (MP3)
I'll make wild vomit tears
I'll make wine from your tears
"Never Tear Us Apart" (MP3)
I'm outstanding.
I was standing.
"Never Tear Us Apart" (MP3)
In son of us, don't know why.
But some of us, don't know why.
Don't let your friend take over the pew.
Don't let your pain take over you.
Hey, baby, hey!
When there's nothing left for you
You're only human, what can you do?
It'll show you over
Don't let your pain take over you
Love, kitty, love
It's written all over your face.
Hate, baby, hate!
When there's nothing left for you
You're only human, what can you do?
It'll soon be over
Don't let your pain take over you
Love, baby, love
It's written all over your face.
In Euston Station
A new sensation
Well that's the reason what I gear.
Well that's the reason why I'm here.
You find out, M & M's
There really is, there really is no difference.
You find out, in the end
There really is, there really is no difference.
And I found against the end.
In our fight against the end.
Big time stuff
Make time stop
In a big time stop
For the two of us
Big time stop.
We will make time stop
For the two of us
Make time stop.
It's a little star for the two of us
We can make time stop for the two of us
But did you know of the murder committee?
But did you know of the murder committed?
To find your genes have washed away.
To find your dreams have washed away
Vinyl jeans get washed away
To Find your dreams get washed away
"Pretty Vegas"
And Venice is the ride
And Venice is the show.
Because this is the ride
And this is the show.
"Pretty Vegas"
Falling asleep at the Wyn again, baby.
Falling asleep at the wheel again, baby.
"Pretty Vegas"
It ain't pretty, don't move a muscle.
It ain't pretty after the show.
Steve's gotta butthole.
Sees no tomorrow.
Salvation Jane...
Wild, wild, flowery love.
Salvation Jane...
Wild wild flower of love.
Salvation Jane...
Wild, wild, flowery love.
Salvation Jane...
Wild wild flower of love.
"Stay Young"
Keep that right to left.
Keep that biting lip.
Love sensation, suicide blonde
or
Love da station, suicide blonde
or
Love da station, suicide blonde
Love devastation, suicide blonde
Love limitation, super satisfier.
Love devastation, suicide blonde.
Secret side of Bond
Suicide blonde
She stripped to the beat
But her gloves stay on.
She stripped to the beat
But her clothes stay on.
Shoot (on) this side of farm
or
Shoot(ing) inside the barn.
Suicide blonde
Shooting side of farm
or
Shoot inside the barn.
Suicide blonde
Soup and Salad Bowl
Suicide Blonde
Soup and Salad bar
Suicide blonde
Soup and salad bar.
Suicide blonde
Soup and salad bar
Suicide Blonde
To the person who submitted this: the band name is spelled INXS, not anything variant. If you don't know how to spell a band name, google-search what you think is right, and it'll correct you if you're wrong. Furthermore, the album art usually displays the performer's name, so you can see how they spell it.
Soup inside your bum
Suicide blonde
Suicide bomb
Suicide blonde
Suicide is wrong.
Suicide blonde
Suicide mountain
Suicide blonde
Suicide run
Suicide blonde
Suicide's wrong.
Suicide blonde
Super Saigon
Suicide blonde
Super salad bar
Suicide blonde
Supersize the bomb.
Suicide blonde
Sur le sable blanc
Suicide blonde
'Sur le sable blanc', in French, means 'On the white sand.'
You wanna make a soup-and-salad bar.
You wanna make her, suicide blonde.
You wanna make a super salad bar
You wanna make a suicide blonde
You wanna make a, suicide blonde
Love in a shaker, suicide blonde
You wanna make her, suicide blonde
Love devastation, suicide blonde
You wanna make up, suicide blonde
or
You wanna make love, supersonic blonde
or
You wanna make it, soup and salad bar
or
You wanna make a, super-sized bong
or
You wanna make a, super-sized bong
You wanna make her, suicide blonde
You wanna make her soup and salad bar
Love sensation, soup and salad bar.
You wanna make her, Suicide Blonde
Love devestation, Suicide Blonde.
You want to make a superstar of love.
or
You want to make a superstar of rock.
You want to make her suicide blonde.
You want to make a
Soup and salad bar
Love a little bacon
Soup and salad bar.
You want to make her
Suicide Blonde
Love devastation
Suicide Blonde
You want to make a
Soup and salad bar.
You want to make her
Suicide Blonde.
You want to make her
Suicide mountain.
You want to make her
Suicide blonde.
Ziti za-tada
Suicide Blonde
super salad bowl
suicide blonde
Now that she's walking.
Yonder she's walking.
Barely talk with masturbation
Rarely talk and that's the danger.
Barely tall and mashed potatoes
We barely talk and that's the danger
Esther Weitzman
You are my friend.
It's the one thing
You are my thing.
It's the one thing,
You are nothing
It's the one thing,
You are my thing
Mashed po-ta-to
That's the danger
The way you move are shot down to smithereens
Cut the knife just like a razor.
The way you move soft and slippery
Cut the night just like a razor.
The way you talk, mashed potato.
Rarely talk, and that's the danger.
You don't look twice, Cazarusso fast.
You don't look twice, cause you move so fast.
You got the fires on the floor.
You got dead flowers on the floor.
You've got the Tarzan men behind you.
You've got guitars and men behind you.
We're falling the same movements.
Performing the same movements.
"The Strangest Party (These Are The Times)" (MP3)
Welcome to the strangest party, baby
The lights were staring at the sun.
Welcome to the strangest party, baby
It's like we're staring at the sum.
Games we cannot mind.
Things we cannot find.
I took a name to call
For a different kind of girl
Who knows the feelings but never the words.
What is the name to call
For a different kind of girl
Who knows the feelings but never the words?
What is an empty call
For a different kind of girl
Who knows the feelings but never the words
To just...realise...
What is the name to call
For a different kind of girl
Who knows the feelings but never the words
To this...real life documentary
Ain't no sin, are you crying?
Ain't no sin in all your crying?
Don't you swim in the river.
Don't you see there is a rhythm?
Down here, crackling and rolling
or
Down here, crackle and roll it
or
Don't you crackle and roll it.
Don't you see there is a rhythm?
Get your watches here
I'll give you what you need
Give your watch to me, give your watch to me
Chili dog, chili dog.
Give you what you need, give you what you need
Give it all, give it all.
Hey! Everybody! Forget about the Fourth of July
Hey! Here's the story. Forget about the troubles in life
Keep on watchin' me
I'll give you what you need
Last wile, mmm-hmm
Ooh last wile
This is watch you need
I'll give you watch you need.
That's why, you need
Ooh that's why
This is what you need
I'll give you what you need.
That's what ho-hee-hee
That's what you need
Bloody questions, they stay the halve.
But the questions, they stay alive.
I found the distance
Fab in the rye
We make decisions
That's what you do
That's what you do.
Off in the distance
Fire burn bright
We make decisions
That's what we do
That's what we do.
That's whatta hay of, I have to go.
That's what I have, I have for you.
You want to tell me what you do.
No one could tell me what to do.