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A man he approached me & he offered me a drink
He said ‘Your eyes is so blue; you look nice in pink’
Well, well ‘Thank you mister well that’s really kind of you
But I’m feeling little hungry could you buy me dinner too?’
He said he’d love to; he said his name was Jake
and he drove me in his car to a very fancy place
and I’m looking at the crystal and the silver in my hand
and I’m looking at my fingernails they’re filled with dirt and sand
But I’ll never be alone. No, I’ll never be alone.
He asked if he could take me home and I just said yes
Next time we go out he says he’s buying me a dress
Well he can butter me up, spend his money on me
It don’t make no difference, I’m still gonna leave
And I’ll never be alone. No, I’ll never be alone.
You think that we’re making love, and I think it’s a sham.
I don’t call this love I call it being with a man.
And I’ll never be alone. No, I’ll never be alone.
Well my mama bought me dresses and she taught me how to smile
Said I’ll never get a man, looking blue and out of style
Cause a man he gives you love, and love is everything
I should have covered my ears, I ain’t sure she knew a thing
But I’ll never be alone. No, I’ll never be alone
I used to try to catch men’s eye, but now I can’t remember why
A man is just a speck of dust, swallowed by the sky.
And I’ll never be alone. No, I’ll never be alone.
Well the anchor was cut that held my feet to the ground
My life was thrown up in the wind, it’s blowing all around
A man he approached me and he offered me a home
Said I’ll need a place to land when my bones is growing old
But I’ll never be alone. No, I’ll never be alone
DON’T
DO NOT REMOVE YOUR SUIT
DON’T TELL NOBODY YOUR NAME
DON’T TELL THEM WHAT YOU DO
DON’T
DO NOT SHAKE ANYONE’S HAND
KEEP ONE EYE ON YOUR BACK
& WATCH WHERE YOU STAND
YOU KNOW WE DID NOT WANT IT THIS WAY
IT AINT PRECISELY WHAT WE ARRANGED
IT’S MORE OR LESS JUST THE WAY THAT THINGS CAME
DON’T
DON’T TOUCH NO ONE HERE
& NEVER MAKE LOVE.
WAIT
DON’T YOU LEAP SO WILD
DON’T COVER YOUR MOUTH WITH YOUR HANDS
DON’T ACT LIKE A CHILD.
WAIT
WE’RE GONNA PLAY IT BY EAR.
WE’RE GONNA ECHOLATE & ESCAPE
FROM THE SMALLNESS OF HERE.
WE KNOW YOU CAME TO EARTH AS A VOLUNTEER
WE KNOW WE IMPLIED YOU WOULD LIKE IT DOWN HERE
WE DIDN’T PREPARE YOU FOR THE SHACKLES OF FEAR
DON’T
DON’T TOUCH NO ONE HERE
AND NEVER MAKE LOVE
TRY TO STAY COOL
TRY TO SIT DOWN
DON’T THINK TOO MUCH
DON’T LOOK ALL AROUND
YOUR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO CHANCELLOR BEAK
HE’LL GET BACK TO YOU EARLY NEXT WEEK
DON’T
DON’T TOUCH NO ONE HERE
AND NEVER MAKE LOVE.
YES IT IS A TECHONOCRACY
YOUR ABACUS WILL NOT KEEP SPEED.
YOUR CHAPBOOK HAS BEEN THROWN IN THE FIRE.
YOU MAY STORE YOUR HEART SAFELY IN THE ABOTWIRE.
DON’T
DON’T TOUCH NO ONE HERE
& NEVER MAKE LOVE.
CHILD
AIN’T NO CRYING ALLOWED
WIPE FROM THE TEARS FROM YOUR LONELY EYES
HIDE YOURSELF IN THE CROWD.
GIRL
YOU AIN’T NO WOMAN DOWN HERE
AND WE RECOMMEND YOU WEAR A MUSTACHE
JUST TO MAKE IT REAL CLEAR.
DON’T LET YOUR EYES MEET THE EYES OF A MAN
THERE’S TOO MANY THINGS YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND
YOU’D BE WASHED UP CRUSHED LIKE A TWIG IN THE SAND
DON’T
DON’T TOUCH NO ONE HERE
AND NEVER MAKE LOVE.
When it comes to gold and kings
When it comes to killing things
When it comes to what we know
Stairs that lead us down below
Nightfall, falling away
Nightfall, come and play
Nightfall, will you help us slide
into the place where secrets hide?
All along, we traveled through a star encrusted sky
But did you ever know he watched you fly?
When it comes to giving things
and the happiness it brings
When to bravery and pride
Ribbons on our horses tied
Nightfall, falling away
Nightfall, come and play
Nightfall, will you watch us ride
into the place where secrets hide?
All along, we traveled through a star encrusted sky
But did you ever know he watched you fly?
When it comes to time and space
We remain in the same place
When it comes to killing me
Lift the knife and you will see
Nightfall, tumbling bone
Nightfall, velvet home
Nightfall, bury us inside
to reach the place where secrets hide.
All along, we traveled through a star encrusted sky
But did you ever know he watched you fly?
Try, try open your eyes, but its my head- no… where am I ?
Days, months, seconds, years, I told myself no more tears.
I always use the words that drive him away sometimes I don’t know what I mean to say I
Try to clear my head, slipping like sand… I can’t lose one more man.
You can go cold and you can open the door but could you stay and please don’t leave.
You run around and still I’m chasing you down as though there’s something that I need
I know I drove you away I turned you cold cause I was talking all of the time.
Trying to hold too many things in my head to make me seem right inside the mind
Try try I won’t cry, look into the air and you will
Find something inside your mind to distract you from what you feel.
I know that I was wrong chasing him round, that’s why his shoulders turn away from me now
Try to search my mind to find a way but words and words are all I say.
Hello blanket over me, Pull me down I can’t breath.
Hello room, hello pink, pull me down I can’t think
Then he’ll go cold and then he’ll open the door because he hates me on my knees.
I’ll grab his arm gain, please understand sometimes I don’t know what I mean
I’ll grab his arm again please understand I think its broken in my mind
But he goes crazy on me when I beg and then I’m not supposed to cry
Try, try open your eyes, but its my head- no… where am I ?
Days, months, seconds, years, I told myself no more tears.
Your legs are stiff as planks
and you’re walking deep in the snow
You’re a man without a rank
and there ain’t no place for you to go
And the sun doesn’t fly so high;
it just circles around on the ground
And the snow doesn’t fall from the sky
It just lies like a helpless baby down on the ground.
Nobody lies
There’s no one that hurt you
You need to find some other men and do what they do what they do
Die if you want to but death will remind you
That you are a jealous fool
Cause nobody lies.
Take off your boots one by one
And bury your feet in the snow.
Legs so purple you can’t move anymore
But there never was no place you could go
Cut your wrists one by one
watch the red blood drip on the white ground
Scream so loud into the snow
But it muffles all of your sound.
Nobody lies
There’s no one who hurt you
You better find another story to explain you
Cry if you want to
But first we’ll remind you
That you are a jealous fool
Cause nobody lies.
Bad bad dead man down on the ground
Now here comes a little parade
A king and a queen in their purple robes
They’ll have to clean up the mess that you have made.
Brush the white snow over your face
Stomp your black body deep in the white ground
Dancing on you with their delicate boots
Tiptoe back into town
Nobody lies
No one ever hurt you
You’ll never find another story to explain you.
Die if you want to
but death will remind you
that you are a jealous fool
Nobody lies.
Never seemed to matter too much
to nobody round here if I lived or died.
Half the body tied at the touch
while the other half feels to believe inside.
Two days, that’s your break
and then it’s back to the floor.
Not here, not now, not anymore.
Everything that’s true about you
well, I could never say that it’s true of me.
I don’t leap like child at the touch,
I don’t smile at the sun, I don’t feel to believe.
You man, you come around here,
you kick your boots on the floor.
Not here, not now, not anymore.
Four days is the limit for you,
two is the limit for me.
Four eyes that have overlooked you
while two saints enjoyed me.
Stick around my body a while
and you’ll start to feel what I feel inside.
Stick around my village awhile
and you’ll start to believe what it means to hide.
Cause first you bend
and then you break
and then it’s back to the floor.
Not here, not now, not anymore.