Martin Gore 'Counterfeit²' 2003 |
Song Lyrics by Album
In My Time Of Dying
author: James Patrick, John Bonham, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones
In my time of dying
I don't want nobody to mourn
All I want for you to do is
Take my body home
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Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Well, well, well
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
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Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up my dying bed
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Meet me, Jesus, meet me
Won't you meet me in the middle of the air
And if these wings should fail me, Lord
Won't you meet me with another pair
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Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Well, well, well
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
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Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up my dying bed
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In my time of dying
I don't want nobody to cry
All I want for you to do is
Take me when I die
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Well, well, well
So I can die easy
Well, well, well
Well, well, well
So I can die easy
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Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up my dying bed
Stardust
author: David Essex
Ah look what they've done to the rock n' roll clown
Ah rock n' roll clown, look he's down on the ground
Well he used to high fly but he crashed out the sky
In a stardust fling, hey rock n' roll king is down
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Roll on up, won't you come and take a look at me
Roll on up, come one at a time, and see me
See my painted-on grin as a stand up to sing
In a stardust fling, hey rock n' roll king is down
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But he's the leader of the band
He is a lonely man
Don't you wanna take his hand?
Yes you know you can, can, can
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Well he used to high fly but he crashed out the sky
In a stardust fling, hey rock n' roll king is down
In a stardust fling, hey rock n' roll king is down
In a stardust fling, hey rock n' roll king is down
I Cast A Lonesome Shadow
author: Lynn Russwurm, Hank Thompson
Every evening when the sun goes down I sit here in my room
And the lamplight shining on me projects my lonely gloom
My counterpart in agony mocks each tear that falls
And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls
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He's always by my side at night no matter where I go
He lurks out in the darkness or in the neon's glow
He follows me across the steps and up and down the hall
And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls
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I sit and watch the candle and the flicker of the flame
My writhing shadow twists and turns as though it is in pain
I'm trying to escape the memory my heart recalls
And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls
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The image of a love I lost and all the things I'd planned
Are as empty as the bottle that I hold in my hand
My soul is buried in the depths of love and life's pitfalls
And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls
I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls
In My Other World
author: Julee Cruise, Louie Tucci
In my other world
There is no pain
And all my thoughts
Are clouds of happiness
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In my other world
My heart beats red
There is no gun
Pointed at my head
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And I don't really want your kiss
My thoughts don't make me cry
My heart's not filled with gray sadness
My ears can't hear you lie
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I can't even see your face
I've never heard your name
My heart is still, my thoughts are calm
And light has filled this space
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In my other world
My pain is bliss
I own your soul
I own your kiss
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In my other world
In my other world
Loverman
author: Nick Cave
There's a devil waiting outside your door
There's a devil waiting outside your door
And he's bucking and braying and pawing at the floor
And he's howling with pain and crawling up the walls
There's a devil waiting outside your door
He's weak with evil and broken by the world
He's shouting your name and he's asking for more
Give him more give him more
There's a devil waiting outside your door
Oh yeah
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Loverman!
Since the world began
Forever, Amen
Until end of time
Take off that dress
I'm coming down
I'm your loverman
Cause I am what I am what I am what I am
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L is for LOVE, baby
O is for ONLY you that I do
V is for loving VIRTUALLY all that you are
E is for loving almost EVERYTHING that you do
R is for RAPE me
M is for MURDER me
A is for ANSWERING all of my prayers
N is for KNOWING your loverman's going to
be the answer to all of yours
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Loverman!
Until the bitter end
While empires burn down
Forever and ever
and ever Amen
Loverman!
So help me, baby
So help me
'cause I am what I am what I am what I am what I am
I'll be your loverman!
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There's a devil crawling along your floor
There's a devil crawling along your floor
With a trembling heart, he's coming through the door
With his straining sex in his jumping paw
Oh yeah
There's a devil crawling along your floor
And he's old and he's stupid and
he's hungry and he's sore
And he's lame and he's blind
and he's dirty and he's poor
Give him more give him more give him more give him more
give him more give him more give him more
There's a devil crawling along your floor
Oh yeah
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Loverman!
Well here I stand
Forever, Amen
Cause I am what I am what I am what I am
Forgive me, baby
My hands are bound
And I got no choice
No, I got no choice at all
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I'll say it again
L is for LOVE
O is for O yes I do
V is for VIRTUE, so I ain't gonna hurt you
E is for EVEN if you want me to
R is for RENDER unto me, baby
M is for that which is MINE
A is for ANY old how, darling
N is for ANY old time
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I'll be your loverman!
I got a masterplan
To take off your dress
And be your man
We'll seize the throne
Seize the mantle
Seize the crown
'cause I am what I am what I am what I am what I am
Your loverman!
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There's a devil lying by your side
You might think he's asleep but look at his eyes
He wants you, baby, to be his bride
There's a devil lying by your side
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I'll be your loverman!
Your loverman!
Until the bitter end
'cause I am what I am what I am what I am
Your loverman!
Your loverman!
'cause I am what I am what I am what I am what I am
Your loverman!
By This River
author: Hans Joachim Roedelius, Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius
Here we are, stuck by this river
You and I underneath the sky
That's ever falling down, down, down
Ever falling down
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Through the day as if on an ocean
Waiting here, always failing to remember
Why we came, came, came
I wonder why we came
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You talk to me as if from a distance
And I reply with impressions chosen
From another time, time, time
From another time
Lost In The Stars
author: Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill
Before Lord God made the sea and the land
He held all the stars in the palm of His hand
And they ran through His fingers like grains of sand
And one little star fell alone
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Then the Lord God hunted through the wide night air
For that little dark star on the wind down there
And He stated and promised He takes special care
So it wouldn't get lost again
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Now a man don't mind if the stars grow dim
Or the clouds blow over and darken him
So long as the Lord God's watching over them
Keeping track, how it all goes on
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Now I've been walking through the night and day
Till my eyes get weary and my head turns gray
And sometimes it seems maybe God's gone away
Forgetting the promise that we heard Him say
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And we're lost out here in the stars
Little stars, big stars, blowing through the night
And we're lost out here in the stars
Oh My Love
author: John Winston Lennon, Yoko Ono
Oh my love, for the first time in my life
My eyes are wide open
Oh my lover, for the first time in my life
My eyes can see
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I see the wind, oh, I see the trees
Everything is clear in my heart
I see the clouds, oh, I see the sky
Everything is clear in our world
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Oh my love, for the first time in my life
My mind is wide open
Oh my lover, for the first time in my life
My mind can see
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I feel sorrow, oh, I feel dreams
Everything is clear in my heart
I feel life, oh, I feel love
Everything is clear in our world
Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen
author: Werner R. Heymann, Robert Gilbert
Sie herzte sanft ihr Spielzeug
Bevor sie es zerbrach
Und hatte eine Sehnsucht
Und wußte nicht wonach
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Weil sie einsam war
Und so blond ihr Haar
Und ihr Mund so rot wie Wein
Und wer von diesem Wein trank
Konnt' nie mehr glücklich sein
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Doch einer sprach im Frühling:
"Auch Du fühlst Lust und Schmerz"
Und brachte tausend Rosen
Doch sie brach nur sein Herz
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Weil sie einsam war
Und so blond ihr Haar
Und ihr Mund so rot wie Wein
Ja, keine konnt' so küssen
Und doch so einsam sein
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Was blieb von ihrem Leben
Ein Lied, das niemand sang
St. Peter ließ sie warten
Zwei Ewigkeiten lang
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Weil sie einsam war
Und so blond ihr Haar
Und ihr Herz so tot wie Stein
Dann rief er: "Armes Kind, komm,
Sollst nie mehr einsam sein"
Tiny Girls
author: Iggy Pop, David Bowie
Well, the day begins you don't want to live
'Cause you can't believe in the one you're with
'Cause you know her tricks and you know her past
When she makes a face you just have to laugh
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And you feel like such a know-it-all
When you only want just a tiny girl
And you hope she'll sing
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So you turn around toward the tiny girls
Who have got no tricks, who have got no past
Yeah, that's what you think
And you hope she'll sing
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But she sings of greed like a young banshee
And she wants for this, and she wants for that
Ah, what did you think?
Candy Says
author: Lou Reed
Candy says
I've come to hate my body
And all that it requires in this world Candy says
I'd like to know completely
What others so discreetly talk about
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I'm gonna watch the bluebirds fly
Over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch 'em pass me by
Maybe when I'm older
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What do you think I'd see
If I could walk away from me
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Candy says
I hate the quiet places
That cause the smallest taste of what will be
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Candy says
I hate the big decisions
That cause endless revisions in my mind
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I'm gonna watch the bluebirds fly
Over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch 'em pass me by
Maybe when I'm older
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What do you think I'd see
If I could walk away from me
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Doo-doo-wah
Doo, doo-doo-wah
Doo, doo-doo-wah
Doo, doo-doo-wah
Doo, doo-doo-wah
B-sides
Life Is Strange
single: "Stardust" / author: Marc Bolan, T. Rex
Strange, life is strange, life is strange,
Oh life is strange.
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O God, life is strange,
People come and people go,
Some move fast and some move slow,
No, no, no, no, no.
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O God, life is good,
Some are fat and some are thin,
Some don't even ask you how you've been,
No, no, no, no, no.
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Strange, life is strange, life is strange.
Oh life is strange.
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O God, life is strange,
Some are fast and some are slow,
Some believe, me don't even know,
No, no, no, no, no.
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Strange life is strange, life is strange.
Oh my life is strange.
Left Hand Luke And The Beggar Boys
single: "Stardust" / author: T. Rex
Call yourself friend, and look me in the eye,
I'll unstrap my knees and apologise,
'Cos I'm, Left Hand Luke and the beggar boys,
O yes we are.
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Ain't no neighbours, upon our hill,
Such slight thigh Be-bop and old gumbo jill,
'Cos we're, Left Hand Luke and the beggar boys,
O yes we are.
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Ain't nobody's some-one,
And it hurts deep inside,
Just call us taxi mama and we'll take you for a ride,
'Cos we're, Left Hand Luke and the beggar boys,
O yes we are.
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Left Hand Luke and the beggar boys,
O yes we are.
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Myxomatosis is an animal's disease,
But I got so shook up mama that it ate away my knees,
'Cos I'm, Left Hand Luke and the beggar boys,
O yes we are.
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Ain't had no money lord, but it's plain to see,
If you had some silver mister how much would you pay for me?
'Cos I'm, Left Hand Luke and the beggar boys,
O yes we are.
2003
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