[Verse 1] I was up the road on easy street Watching everybody stand around and cheat Man comes up, says "Move along Back to the corner where you belong" [Refrain] But mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long [Verse 2] Hear the city singing like a siren choir Some fool tried to set this town on fire TV preacher screams "Come on along" I feel...Learn More

[Verse 1] Fascist architecture of my own design Too long been keeping my love confined You tore me out of myself alive [Verse 2] Those fingers drawing out blood like sweat While the magnificent facades crumble and burn The billion facets of brilliant love The billion facets of freedom turning in the light [Chorus] Bloody nose and burning...Learn More

[Intro] Hey! [Verse 1] Above the dark town After the sun's gone down Two vapour trails cross the sky Catching the day's last slow goodbye Black skyline looks rich as velvet Something is shining Like gold but better [Refrain] Rumours of glory [Verse 2] Smiles mixed with curses The crowd disperses About whom no details are known Each one alone yet...Learn More

[Verse 1] Strikes across the frontier and strikes for higher wage Planet lurches to the right as ideologies engage Suddenly it's repression, moratorium on rights What did they think the politics of panic would invite? Person in the street shrugs—"Security comes first" [Refrain] But the trouble with normal is it always gets worse The trouble with...Learn More

[Verse 1] Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by You never get to stop and open your eyes One day you're waiting for the sky to fall The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all [Chorus] When you're lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time [Verse 2] These fragile bodies of touch and taste This vibrant skin—this hair like...Learn More