AMERICA
There's something a little vague
You should think a little more
Well take a little time
It's almost like a different song

Oh America

You know you've got it all wrong
It's like I said a different song
In an apartment by the lake
Neon signs over the pizza place

Oh America

Do you remember the papers falling
You were standing staring
Everything was scary
Everyone was silent
And through history's pages
It's a different story
All those wasted lives
Yet all the hope the glory
I'm on a merry go round
I'm whirling up in the air
And I look down and I see
You're standing waving there
Well I'm looking around
But I'm in a world of my own
I'm just looking around
But it's just window shopping
Yeah I'm looking around

I'm still looking around

ASTRA
Turn off the light and shut the door
That bit of history
we won't repeat

I see your face in the mirror of my car
I know before you even speak
what your answer is

the life we had is over now
and looking straight ahead
you know I'm scared

COMMITMENT
It's a strange old approach
it's no way to behave
and you really should know better
are you so deceived?

it's a question of trust
it's a question of how you see the world before you
don't question my commitment

you're so sure of yourself
don't you ever have doubts
I watch you so self important
just giving your trust
just putting your faith in those who don't deserve it
and the tears rise in my throat
they're running down my cheeks
and across the silent air I hear myself yelling
24 hours in the day 7 days in the week
can't you see there's something better
and I'm laughing so hard
the tears just run down my face and I can hardly breathe
and I hear myself screaming

MUSIC AND ME
no 13 you said was unlucky
I saw you walking into the party
not what I was expecting
well she was so drunk
and although there was no rsvp
I was expected to know exactly who was who

whirling around
hand in hand
the dancefloor was sparkling and
whirling around hand in hand
the dj was laughing
crawling around I was lost
well I was just searching around for a sign

all the time I was hoping for
all the time I was missing you
Monday you emailed
Tuesday no message
Wednesday I thought I could call
Thursday no answer and
Friday the same

whirling around hand in hand
the dancefloor was sparkling and
whirling around hand in hand
yeah that dj was laughing
crawling around I was lost
well I was just searching around
count the cost

NOT CAMPING OUT
Adorable City
Come round to my place
It's just near Broadway and the Vic park Pool
Remember the feeling the frangipani
walking down Cleveland to the pub

You wrote in the pavement
People suck
now its paved over we don't forget
do you remember the feeling the frangipani
There goes Woffy waving from his cab

20 bucks for parking then tip the barman
stuck in the traffic half way down King street

NOT QUITE RIGHT
well I followed you home and I watched you walk in the door
something tells me my timing's not quite right
it's been over a week since I met you I can't recall
what it was we said that night

I'm not worried I know there's plenty of time
I'm not worried but there's something inside my head keeps repeating that
all the boys and all the men I've known
push them on a raft right out to sea
and all the things I plan to do with you
are all the things you dream of silently

Im not worried I know you don't realise yet
Im just cautious
but I know you'll be so excited when
every day you wake up next to me
and every night I watch you reverently
and all your past has floated out to sea
ahead your future's glowing brilliantly
you know I'm right

POPULATION OF 2
You say let's wait another year
you say that ll give us all some time
I can't believe it's not clear
you can't see whats on my mind
You didn't lose me on the way
I've been waiting for you to come back
and no I can't understand
cause it's clearer than the clearest light
I know now can't you make a decision / I know now can't you make the right choice

I can feel it right in my bones a flash of fire affection founded in fear the feeling dancing in the dark by the door I would never ever say that we were going much too fast

[ROUND:]
I was the part that you left out you miss the point sometimes
of course I know there's miles of road but it's not that far

I know now can't you make a decision / I know now can't you make the right choice

I can feel it right in my heart a flash of fire affection founded in fear a feeling
dancing in the dark by the door I would never ever say that we were going much too fast
Onward and upward you go but if you miss this chance it won't come again you know that diving in the deep end today
You could never ever say that you could wish we'd taken it slow

its only you and me that counts etc

REMEMBER THE THERAMIN
I can see the 10th planet through my window tonight
It's atmosphere is poisonous and its colour's just off white
Another simplistic observation courtesy of me
stupid bloodymindedness-
it's the planets you say

But you can't blame the constellations for your flippant remarks
You seem to make a a habit out of this
This is serious stuff this is a terrible night
Remember the Theramin

You look older than I remember
Must have been a pretty big night
But in black and white you really look quite good

I never would have guessed it
It's really quite a shock
You really can't tell right from wrong
Remember the Theramin
Remember the fights
But who could be bothered
So late in the night

do you just say
or do you just say yes
do you just say no

Its that november rain
I think you should just agree
finding out the truth again

SOUND OF THE CITY
Songs come singing and summers in the air
the sound of the city's singing in her ears
she closes her eyes and the people disappear
but the sound of the city goes on from year to year
and she can't remember the reason she came here

There was a time when she was always drunk
No one thought it mattered They all lived like that
Days watching cricket and days spent drinking wine
7 years ago a country town,
a different time

And she can't remember
the reason she came here
and why she chose this life
the days are getting longer
the people are still the same
sometimes she feels like crying
for what she had
she closes her eyes and the present disappears
but the sound of the city goes on from year to year

SOUNDS OF SEDUCTION
lets go where nobody goes
lets go there tonight
its 2 am
its too crowded here
lets go there tonight

You cried
You said I'll be single all my life
I laughed and the glitter glistened in your hair

But then the go go dancers missed a beat
The englishman was talking French
The champagne bubbles going flat
Late September 99
It's just a moment lost in time
there's nothing should be done

Down King Street near the edge of Broadway
You've been there before
She's a laugh a minute
She's incredibly smart
You've met her before

But the sound of seduction was all around us
the sound of seduction was making you cry

STEPHANIE
Well here we go again
Look through the mirror can you see just
what you have done

What is that ? the tune that you can hear
The air all around but it's here in the light
that you stand
On the edge the sand the swirl the sea
It's only a language you're smiling and
I'm taking risks
The wind is howling at all hours
New York wild heart silver flame in your
name washed clean by the rain
Go home all alone shangri-la the music
That falls passing bells moving fish and
rounded stones the wind howling at all
hours. Mystic dreams forgotten dreams
sleep till dusk the sounds that stream
through open doors the crowds that stream
through open doors
Can you hear the wizard music roll

YOU NAME IT
It's the one thing that you should have done
the one thing that you should have seen
I'm treading carefully
and I can't accout for all my nervousness
And sure enough it's vivid stuff
the crowded streets and the coloured lights

and sure enough
but it's not enough
you said it was
and I know it makes you angry
and I see why
it's the one thing
that you should have done,
I'm treading carefully
but it's the time of night
the snowy light
the subway roar
and the whispered fights
exciting sights
but it's not enough
I thought it was

and sure enough
It's vivid stuff
the narrow streets and the neon lights
and sure enough
but it's not enough
I wish it was

I wish it was

I thought it was

you said it was