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"All This Time"
Und warum?
Und warum, warum?
Und warum?
One by one
One by one, by one
One by one.
'Und warum?' is German for 'And why?'
"An Englishman In New York"
I'm a Libean, I'm a legal Libean
I'm a street fighter in disguise.
I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
"An Englishman In New York"
I'm an alien, I'm a Lithuanian
I've got big teeth, I'm from Frankfurt
I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
"An Englishman In New York"
I'm an alien, I'm a little alien
I'm a nimuweshanumenor.
I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
"An Englishman In New York"
I'm an alien, I'm an evil alien
I'm a evil alien in a car.
I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
"An Englishman In New York"
I'm an alien, an illegal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
"An Englishman In New York"
I'm an aline, I'm a little alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
"An Englishman In New York"
I'm in love with Lady Elaine.
I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien.
"An Englishman in New York"
I'm an alien, I'm a Negro alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
"An Englishman in New York"
I'm an alien, I'm an eagle alien
I'm an international Indian.
I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
"Be Still My Beating Heart"
My logic has drowned
And I see I'm in motion
My logic has drowned
In a sea of emotion
"Brand New Day"
How many strange people out there
Have been hurt in some kinda lover's cacapoopoo?
How many of you people out there
Have been hurt in some kind of love affair?
"Brand New Day"
How many ugly people out there
Have been hurt in some kinda lover's hair?
How many of you people out there
Have been hurt in some kind of love affair?
"Brand New Day"
You're the catcher, I'm the pitcher.
You're the church and I'm the preacher.
"Desert Rose"
Desert flare
Desert flower
"Desert Rose"
Desert fly. (a le a le)
Desert fire. (a le a le)
"Desert Rose"
Her shadows play in the shape of a man's behind
Her shadows play in the shape of a man's desire
"Desert Rose"
I dream of God who sympathises sin.
I dream of gardens in the desert sands.
"Desert Rose"
I dream of God, who's in the desert sand
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
"Desert Rose"
I dream of Goddess in the desert sand
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
"Desert Rose"
I dream of love, it towers through my head
I dream of love as time runs through my hand
"Desert Rose"
I dream of rain (ai-lai, ai-lai,)
I dream of phonics in the desert sand
I dream of rain (ai-lai, ai-lai,)
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
"Desert Rose"
I dream of rain and lady L.A.
I dream of rain, a-lai, a-lai
"Desert Rose"
I dream of rain in L.A, L.A.
I dream of rain, a-lai, a-lai.
"Desert Rose"
I dream of rain in L.A.
I dream of God in the desert land.
I dream of rain (ai-lai, ai-lai,)
I dream of gardens in the desert sand.
"Desert Rose"
I dream of rain, hey Lady Elaine.
I dream of rain, eh ley-hee eh ley.
"Desert Rose"
I dream of red (ai-lai, ai-lai).
I dream of rain (ai-lai, ai-lai).
"Desert Rose"
I dream of red a laaday
I dream of God who's in the desert sand.
I dream of rain (ai-lai, ai-lai)
I dream of gardens in the desert sand.
"Desert Rose"
I see it rain.
or
I see a ray, L.A, L.A.
or
I see a ray, L.A, L.A.
I dream of rain, a-lai, a-lai
"Desert Rose"
I wake in Maine.
I wake in pain.
"Desert Rose"
I wake in vain
I wake in pain
"Desert Rose"
Is the sweet intoxication of the clothes?
Is the sweet intoxication of her love?
"Desert Rose"
Is the sweetest intoxication of Baal
Is the sweet intoxication of her love
"Desert Rose"
Is the sweeting oxidation
Is the sweet intoxication of her love
"Desert Rose"
She desert rose
Sweet desert rose
"Desert Rose"
Take a show'r with friends, you'll sleep, I promise.
Each of her veils, a secret promise
"Desert Rose"
The shadow veils a secret promise
Each of her veils, a secret promise
"Desert Rose"
The sweet perfume in the torch of the morning mist
or
The sweet perfume is the touch of the moonlit mist
or
The sweet perfume is the touch of the moonlit mist
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this
"Desert Rose"
These dreams are tied to a force that will never die
These dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire
"Desert Rose"
This memory of hidden hearts and souls.
or
This mamma mia even hunts us all.
This memory of Eden haunts us all.
"Desert Rose"
This spaceship moves in the logic of all my dreams.
This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams.
"Desert Rose"
Those dreams that tie two hearts that will never die.
These dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire.
"Desert Rose"
Those dreams will tie
Two hearts that will never die.
These dreams are tied
To a horse that will never tire.
"Desert Rose"
Whose shadow bears the sacred promise
Each of her veils, a secret promise
"English Man In New York"
I'm an idiot
I'm a little idiot.
I'm an alien
I'm a legal alien.
"English Man in New York"
I'm an illegal indian
An Englishman in New York
"Englishman In New York"
I left my toast upon one's eye.
I like my toast done on one side.
"Englishman In New York"
I'm an alien, I'm a lethal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
"Englishman In New York"
I'm an alien, I'm a little alien.
I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien.
"Englishman In New York"
I'm an alien
I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
I'm an alien
I'm a little alien
I'm a multi-national hero.
"Englishman In New York"
I'm mad as naked man as some would say.
If manners maketh man as someone said.
"Englishman In New York"
Takes Mortal Combat gear
Takes more than combat-gear
"Englishman In New York"
Whoa, I'm an idiot, I'm a legal idiot
I'm an Englishman in New York.
Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
"Englishman in New York"
I left my toaster on Moss Side
I like my toast done on one side
"Englishman in New York"
I'm an alien, an illegal alien, I'm an Englishman in New York
or
I'm an alien, I'm an evil alien, I'm an Englishman in New York
or
I'm an alien, I'm an evil alien, I'm an Englishman in New York
I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien, I'm an Englishman in New York
"Englishman in New York"
Mother speaks propriety believes to no variety
You can be there as the only one.
Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety
You could end up as the only one.
"Every Breath You Take"
How my cruel heart aches
With every step you take.
How my fool heart aches
With every step you take.
"Every Breath You Take"
How my poo hole aches
With every step you take.
How my fool heart aches
With every step you take.
"Every Breath You Take"
I'm a pool hall ace
With every stop I take.
How my fool heart aches
With every step you take.
"Every Breath You Take"
I'm a pool hall ace
With every step you take.
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take.
"Fields Of Gold"
American summer lie broken.
And there have been some that I've broken.
"Fields Of Gold"
Among the fields of Bali
Among the fields of barley
"Fields Of Gold"
Among the fields of folly
Among the fields of barley
"Fields Of Gold"
And I swear on the mess too late.
But I swear in the days still left.
"Fields Of Gold"
And all the fields are farting.
or
Among the fields of Barli.
Upon the fields of barley.
"Fields Of Gold"
And there on the summit I broke.
And there have been some that I've broken.
"Fields Of Gold"
As we walk in fields of coal.
As we walk in fields of gold.
"Fields Of Gold"
But I swear by the destitute apes
But I swear in the days still left
"Fields Of Gold"
But I swear in the dusty loft
or
But I swear in the nest you left
or
But I swear in the nest you left
But I swear in the days still left
"Fields Of Gold"
I never made promises in life.
I never made promises lightly.
"Fields Of Gold"
I never made promises like you
I never made promises lightly
"Fields Of Gold"
I never make promises like you.
I never made promises lightly.
"Fields Of Gold"
I swear in the mist when you left
We walked in fields of gold.
But I swear in the days still left
We'll walk in fields of gold.
"Fields Of Gold"
I'm on the fields of gold.
Among the fields of gold.
"Fields Of Gold"
Like a lover's soul
Like a lover so
"Fields Of Gold"
Many years have passed
Since those Sundays
Among the fields of Harleys.
Many years have passed
Since those summer days
Among the fields of barley.
"Fields Of Gold"
So she took her love for two crates of wine
Among the fields of barley.
So she took her love for to gaze a while
Upon the fields of barley.
"Fields Of Gold"
So she took her love for two crates of wine
Among the fields of barley.
So she took her love for to gaze a while
Upon the fields of barley.
"Fields Of Gold"
So she took her love
For two gays awhile.
So she took her love
For to gaze awhile.
"Fields Of Gold"
The fields of body
The fields of barley
"Fields Of Gold"
The mirror's been something I've broken.
And there have been some that I've broken.
"Fields Of Gold"
Upon the fields of Barney.
Upon the filds of barley.
"Fields Of Gold"
Upon the fields of bodies
Upon the fields of barley
"Fields Of Gold"
Upon the fields of holly
Upon the fields of barley
"Fields Of Gold"
Upon the fields of honey
Upon the fields of barley
"Fields Of Gold"
Upon the fields of potty
Upon the fields of barley
"Fields Of Gold"
When the westing moves
Upon the fields of volley
When the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
"Fields Of Gold"
Will you stay with me, will you be my love
Among the fields of valley?
Will you stay with me, will you be my love
Among the fields of barley?
"Fortress Around Your Heart"
And bit by bit this fortress
Surrounds your heart.
And if I built this fortress
Around your heart.
"Fortress Around Your Heart"
for I cannot build the chasm
or
Organa fill the cavern
or
Let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the castle.
or
And let me build a bridge, for I cannot build a castle
or
And let me build a bridge, for I cannot build a castle
And let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
Some official Star Wars moneygrabbing publication said that Leia's full name was Princess Leia Organa, which is where I got that word from. I think
"Fortress Around Your Heart"
And let me fight the battle of the unicorns.
And let me set the battlements on fire.
"Fortress Around Your Heart"
Beneath the tattered dragon's wing
Beneath the tattered flag we've made
"Fortress Around Your Heart"
Had to stop my tracts for fear of walking on the mind's eye lane
Had to stop my tracks for fear of walking on the mines I'd laid
"Fortress Around Your Heart"
Let me set the battle bridge on fire.
Let me set the battlements on fire.
"Fortress Around Your Heart"
Let me set the battle moose on fire
Let me set the battlements on fire
"Fortress Around Your Heart"
The war went on for years and years
They probably thought of you and wished that I was dead.
Away so long for years and years
You probably thought or even wished that I was dead.
"Fragile"
As we forget how French we are.
Lest we forget how fragile we are.
"Fragile"
Nothing comes from violins and nothing ever could.
Nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could.
"If I Ever Lose My Faith In You"
If I ever lose my face in you
If I ever lose my faith in you
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
Free, free, vasectomy
Free, free, set them free
"If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free"
Like a priest in a gilded cage.
or
The police in a built-in cage.
Or a beast in a gilded cage.
"If You Love Someone, Set Them Free"
Anyone can suck and f*** us.
Anyone can keep something precious.
"If You Love Someone, Set Them Free"
FiFi, set them free.
Free, free, set them free.
"If You Love Someone, Set Them Free"
Pee, pee, let them pee.
Free, free, set them free.
"If You Love Someone, Set Them Free"
Drees, Drees, set Boundaries
or
Sugar free, saccharin free
or
Sugar free, saccharin free
Free, Free, set them Free
"If You Love Someone, Set Them Free"
Sweet, Sweet Vasectomy
Free, Free Set them Free
"If You Love Someone, Set Them Free"
Three freaks, set them free.
Free, free, set them free.
"If You Love Someone, Set Them Free"
Three, three, seven three
Free, Free, set them free
"If You Love Someone, Set Them Free"
Trees, trees set them free
Free, free set them free
"Lithium Sunset"
Feel my a**.
Fill my eyes.
"Little Wind (Hebdrix)"
Well I'm searching constantly.
When I'm sad she comes to me.
"Love Is Stronger Than Justice"
Love is a big fat quivering slug.
Love is a big fat river in flood.
"Love Is The Seventh Wave"
In the empire of destruction
You're the queen of all USA.
In the empire of the senses
You're the queen of all you survey.
"Love Is The Seventh Wave"
You're the queen of all, U.S. of A.
You're the queen of all you survey.
"My Funny Friend And Me"
And now the world and we know you carried me.
And now the world and me know you carried me.
"Nothing About Me"
Only to me, the looks of my history
I'm a simple man, there's no big mystery
cold weather, ten years ago
just like this, a lonely man like me
gets a cold
You don't need to read no books of my history
I'm a simple man, it's no big mystery
In the cold weather, a hand needs a glove
At times like this, a lonely man like me
needs love
"Rock Steady"
Rock City
Rock steady
"Russians"
There's no such thing as dirigible war.
There's no such thing as a winnable war.
"Russians"
We share the same biology
Regardless of our geology.
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology.
"Russians"
We share the same biology
We've got to survive Geology.
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology.
"Russians"
We'll all share the same biology
We got less of ideology.
We'll all share the same biology
Regardless of ideology.
"Russians"
Well all share the same biology
Forget to describe geology
or
Well all share the same biology
Regardless of our genealogy.
Well all share the same biology
Regardless of ideology.
"Russians"
When you're a part of America
There's a growing feeling of hysteria.
In Europe and America
There's a growing feeling of hysteria.
"Sacred Love"
Don't want to heal the moose.
Don't want to hear the news.
"Send Your Love"
Don't play with the one-eyed snake.
No prayer but the one I sing.
"Seven Days"
Seven days in a kliko. (Pronounced 'kleeko')
Seven days will quickly go.
A 'kliko' is a trash can.
"Soul Cages"
These are the sulk ages.
These are the soul cages.
"We'll Be Together"
Coming
Call me
"We'll Be Together"
I need you as a guide in my life.
I need you as my guide and my light.
"We'll Be Together"
To have you with me, I was Wimbley seven dee
I need you as my guidin' - my light.
To have you with me, I would swim the seven seas
I need you as my guide and my light.
"We'll Be Together"
To have you with me, I was through with seventeen
My love is a flame that bruising your name.
To have you with me, I would swim the seven seas
My love is a flame that burns in your name.
"We'll Be Together"
To have you with me, I would swing through seven trees
My love is a flame the birds in your name.
To have you with me, I would swim the seven seas
My love is a flame that burns in your name.
"We'll Be Together"
We'll be together for life.
We'll be together tonight.
"When We Dance"
If I could break down this walls
And shoot my neighbor down the skirt.
If I could break down these walls
And shout my name at Heaven's gate.
"When We Dance"
One Christmas Day, my soul salvation.
The priest has said my soul salvation.
"Why Should I Cry For You?"
Parking just for me.
Dark angels follow me.
"Work the Black Seam"
We're in the back seat together
We work the black seam together