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Lyrics - unreleased songs and original versions of lyrics
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All the lyrics / songs here were either officially published or contain only small differences to final releases.
What Have I Done To Deserve This? (unreleased version)
It Couldn't Happen Here (demo)
Screaming (unreleased version)
For Your Own Good (demo)
Closer To Heaven (demo)
In Denial (part 1 - demo)
Tall Thin Men (commercially unreleased)
For All Of Us (commercially unreleased)
London (end mix - demo)
A Powerful Friend (unreleased, from the Peel Session)
If Looks Could Kill (unreleased version from the Peel Session)
Try It (I'm In Love With A Married Man) (unreleased version from the Peel Session)
Indefinite leave to remain (demo)
What Have I Done To Deserve This?
You always wanted a lover
I only wanted a job
I've always worked for a living
How am I gonna get through
How'am I gonna get through
I come here looking for money
And end up leaving with love
Now you've left me with neither
How am I gonna get through
How am I gonna get through
(Living here without you)
I bought you drinks, I bought you flowers
The time flew past for hours and hours
From day to day, so many drinks
Such pretty flowers, tell me:
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
Almost dead on arrival, almost ready for
I've always worked for a living
How am I gonna get through
How am I gonna get through
Since you went away I've been hanging around
I've wondering why with no alibi
You went away without talking about it
But I don't know
How am I gonna get through
How am I gonna get through
At night the people come and go
Talk too fast and walk too slow
Time drags past, hour to hour
Drink the drinks, crush the flowers
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
It Couldn't Happen Here [demo]
Yesterday, remember how clear it seemed
In six inch heels, quoting magazines
Go all the way, you knew you could
So far, so good
Someone asked: Who do you think you are?
Who pays your bills? How come you came this far?
Shrugged him off and locked the door
So good, this far
Now it almost seems impossible
We've drunk too much and woke up everyone
I may be wrong, I thought we said
It couldn't happen here here
Just before it did
I don't expect to talk in terms of sense
Our dignity and injured innocence
It contradicts your battle-scars
Still healed, so far
Now it almost seems incredible
We've laughed too loud and woke up everyone
I may be wrong, but I thought we said
It couldn't happen here
Just before it did
It did...
Now it almost seems impossible
We've found ourselves back where we started from
I may be wrong, I thought we said
It couldn't happen here
Just before it did
I may be wrong, I thought we said
It couldn't happen here
Just before it did
It did...
Screaming
Back to my roots
Crossing wet fields
In Wellington boots
You can run far away from the city
But you're still that same Walter Mitty
Or Jekyl and Hyde
Half rational, half mad
It's hard to decide
Why you escape from some kind of sadness
Into nocturnal urges of madness
Guess there's no place to hide
When you're screaming inside
There's no place to hide
When you're screaming inside
Getting away
With murder for years
Day after day
You can find so many ways of ignoring
Facts of life that are simply too boring
But one thing we know
Is baby needs love
And babies all grow
Up into grown-ups who crave stimulation
To camouflage their intimidation
Guess there's no place to hide
When you're screaming inside
There's no place to hide
When you're screaming inside
I don't deny fate
But I'd like to know
Before it's too late
Why when we're both underneath such a clear sky
We're lost in the forest at dusk when we die
Guess there's no place to hide
When you're screaming inside
There's no place to hide
When you're screaming inside
For Your Own Good [demo]
For your own good
Call me tonight
Don't you think you should
Call me tonight?
Life isn't easy
So why don't you go
With the lover you need
And not the devil you know?
For your own good
Call me tonight
For your own good
Call me tonight
Don't you think I could
Make a difference tonight
So cold outside
So why don't you stay
With the lover you want
And not the devil you pay
For your own good
Call me tonight
For your own good
Call me tonight
Closer To Heaven [demo]
(Take me higher) Higher
(Take me higher) Higher
(Take me higher) Higher
(Take me higher) Higher
(Take me higher, take me higher)
(Take me higher) Higher
(Take me higher) Higher (take me higher)
(Take me higher) Higher (take me higher)
Give me hope
Give me all your love
Tell me now
You're coming home tonight
Have some faith
In the love we share
Is it fate?
Does darkness end in light?
Never been closer to Heaven
Never been further away
Never been closer to Heaven
Never been further away
(Take me higher, take me higher
Take me higher, take me higher
Take me higher, take me higher
Take me higher, take me higher)
Where'd you go?
Did you lose your way?
Tell me now
You're coming back to stay
In my hopes
Paradise is real
Horoscopes
Can't forecast how we'll feel
Never been closer to Heaven (never been)
Never been further away (further away)
Never been closer to Heaven (never been)
Never been further away (further away)
(Take me higher, take me higher
Take me higher, take me higher
Take me higher, take me higher
Take me higher, take me higher)
Take me high, take me higher
Take me high, take me higher
(Take me higher, take me higher, take me higher
Take me higher, take me higher
Take me higher, take me higher
Take me higher, take me higher
Take me higher, take me higher
Take me higher, take me higher)
Give me hope
Give me all your love
Tell me now
You're coming home tonight
Give me hope
In Denial [part 1 - demo]
In denial
No, my life's a trial
I'm not denying
That every little bit hurts
It's a problem
That I'm not solving
Don't mind admitting
I feel like quitting this job
For a while
Getting away
Before it gets any worse, today
(You think you could actually sink lower than this?)
You're in denial
And that is final
You're not admitting
You should be quitting all these
Queens and fairies
And muscle Mary's
The rough trade boyfriend
Who in his pathetic own way
Denies he's gay
Why can't you see?
This is a fantasy world
(Your problem is you're fucking homophobic)
(You need help)
Think I'm going mad
How d'you know, if you're going mad?
Look at me I'm lonely
Look at me I'm sad
I'm not denying
I could be trying
A little harder
To deal with some of this stuff
Know what I'm thinking?
Less drugs and drinking
No cigarettes
And I'd feel a little less rough
Is that enough?
My life is absurd
I'm living it upside down
Like a vampire, working at night
Sleeping all day
A dad with a girl who knows
He's gay
Tall Thin Men
(Tennant/Lowe) (commercially unreleased; from the "Exclusive Tracks" section of the official PSB site; unofficial version of lyrics)I'm not one of those tall thin men who likes show tunes
I'm not that twee
Carousel is
Les Mis as well is
Living hell for me
'Cause I'm not one of those tall thin men who likes show tunes
On the West End stage
Ute Lemper
Puts me in a temper
So does Elaine flaming Paige
I would rather go clubbing
Than sit through Phantom or Cats
They're so sad
I get mad
And never ever wanna
Listen to Madonna
Singing Don't Cry For Me, Argentina
Give me Get Into The Groove
Some house or garage
A banging barage of mixing to make-a me move
'Cause I'm the type of a tall thin man who likes no tunes
When I get on one
And in a coma
Oklahoma
Is still too bloody long
I would pay a fine
Not to stand in line
Just to see Miss Saigon
For All Of Us
There are people who think I lead
A kind of charmed life
With everything I need
But no pain or strife
If only they knew
The absolute truth
The secrecy of lies
The bitter tears I've cried
The days when I can't hide
From hopelessness inside
The mad humiliation
Of knowing what you've done
In a sad infatuation
That went on far too long
After all that we've been through
Only tears can tell the truth
I'm not crying just for you
I'm crying for me
For those who came between
I'm crying for all of us
For the lack of communication
Secrets shared no longer
For my weak intimidation
When I should have been much stronger
For the jealousy and shame
That you were someone's plaything
For the love that survived the pain
In spite of everything
After all that we've been through
Only tears can tell the truth
I'm not crying just for you
I'm crying for me
For this whole wretched scene
I'm crying for all of us
For the impossibility
Of love in a world where sex
Is a cruel competitive sport
For the love that sex rejects
For the ripples spreading wider
For the friendships destroyed
By suspicion and fighting
And the cover-ups implied
After all that we've been through
Only tears can tell the truth
I'm not crying just for you
I'm crying for me
For those who came between
I'm crying for you, for me
For what we might have been
For you and me
Baby, for all of us
For all of us
London [end mix - demo]
We came from the far North
Summered in Crimea
Deserted the armed forces
Had to disappear
Made it to the free West
On a chartered flight
So we could see what
We trained to fight
We were in London
"Let's do it - let's break the law!"
We were in London
Tell it like it is
We were in London
Tell it like it is
[We were in London...]
Looking for hard work
Or credit card fraud
What do you expect from us?
We come from abroad
To get ourselves a new job
On a building site
They work you so hard, but
We trained to fight
We were in London
"Let's do it - let's break the law!"
We were in London
Tell it like it is
We were in London
"Let's do it - let's break the law!"
We were in London
Tell it like it is
[Tell it like it is]
My father died in Afghanistan
His widow's pension ain't worth a damn
My mother works and goes home to cry
I want to live before I die
We were in London
"Let's do it - let's break the law!"
We were in London
Tell it like it is
We were in London
"Let's do it - let's break the law!"
We were in London
Tell it like it is
We were in London
Tell it like it is
[Tell it like
tell it like it is]
A Powerful Friend
He's got a powerful friend
Who owes him nothing and knows how to spend
Lives in his apartment for free
Waits on the table at tea
Whips up the coffee and cream
Sometimes cries or he'd scream
Phones for the grocery van
The milkman delivers and the newspapers land
When he gets home overnight
His old man mutters and puts up a fight
Over some political scheme
Sometimes cries or he'd scream
Spends all his days en coucher
There's absolutely nothing new to do but delay
The plan to take a different stand
When pizza boys deliver what he needs on demand
Eyes lit with a nicotine gleam
Sometimes cries or he'd scream
If Looks Could Kill
What d'you want?
You've got nothing to say
So you can't
Hide that look of dismay
Why pretend?
You only want revenge
It's been said
I'd be dead
If looks could kill
Where d'you go
With that threadbare crowd
All in tow?
Do they appreciate your
Tales of woe?
Droning on and on
Lost your thread?
I'd be dead
If looks could kill
You think you're acting in self-defence
But you're fooling no one
And you never will
The only fact is irrelevance
No wonder you're worried
I'd be dead and buried still
If looks could kill
If looks could kill
Welcome to a unique event
Where we see what you represent
Flaunt that look
Of 'Let battle commence!'
It changes nothing
And it never will
And on that matter of self-defence
I'm not worried
I'd be dead and buried still
If looks could kill
If looks could kill
Try It (I'm In Love With A Married Man)
[Try it - try it
try my love
Why won't you - try it - try it
try my love]
I think of you each day
I think of you at night
Do you think about me darling
When you make love to your wife?
The world won't understand
My affair with a married man
[Try it - try it]
Try my love
[Try my love]
I'm in love with a married man
[Why won't you - try it - try it]
Try my love
[Try my love]
I'm in love with a married man
Do you think of us at weekends
When you're with your family?
Are you lonely when you're with her
And do you ever long for me
As I get down on my knees
As I cry myself to sleep
[Try it - try it]
Try my love
[Try my love]
I'm in love with a married man
[Why won't you - try it - try it]
Try my love
[Try my love]
I'm in love with a married man
[Try it - try it]
Try my love
[Try my love]
I'm in love with a married man
[Why won't you - try it - try it
try my love]
I'm in love with a married man
Oh lord
The risk is me
I've done for you what I can
I'm in love with a married man
[Try it - try it]
Try my love
[Try my love]
I'm in love with a married man
[Why won't you - try it - try it]
Try my love
[Try my love]
I'm in love with a married man
[Try it - try it]
Try my love
[Try my love]
I'm in love with a married man
[Why won't you - try it - try it
try my love]
I'm in love with a married man
The world won't understand
My affair with a married man
[Try it - try it]
Try my love
[Try my love]
I'm in love with a married man
[Why won't you - try it - try it]
Try my love
[Try my love]
I'm in love with a married man
[Try it - try it]
Try my love
[Try my love]
I'm in love with a married man
[Why won't you - try it - try it
try my love]
I'm in love with a married man
[Try it - try it
try my love
Why won't you - try it - try it
try my love
Try it - try it...]
Indefinite Leave To Remain
I was gone for so long
Feels like it's taken half my life
To find where I belong
Seeing you here
You're my nation
This is my application
Give me hope
Keep me sane
Give me indefinite leave to remain
All the worlds that I saw
I went so far away
And still wanted you more
It may sound superficial
But can we make it official?
Give me hope
Keep me sane
Give me indefinite leave to remain
Tell me where I stand
What do you envision?
One way or another
Give me your decision now
Is it time to proceed?
Will you give me a chance
And the status I need?
Seeing you here
You're my nation
This is my application
Give me hope
Keep me sane
Give me indefinite leave to remain
Give me indefinite leave to remain