Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Bridges and rivers and buildings pulled down Time spent in places my footsteps had found Mirrors in ballrooms lie smashed on the ground, Walking with November mists Pathways and windows and movies

Maid In Heaven Be Bop Deluxe

She's a maid in heaven He's a knight on the tiles A bat out of hell, oh well! It's just a question of style...

Music In Dreamland Be Bop Deluxe

Standing by the old car Sunset in your grey eyes Listening to the bluebirds Praying for a sunrise Maybe we'll make music in dreamland tonight Someone in the garden Walking through the moonlight Sailing

Fair Exchange Be Bop Deluxe

Here we come in a cloud stars in our eyes Standing up proud it's the perfect disguise We've got so much to give, so much to gain Just give me your money, and I'll give you my pain It's a fair exchange

Love In Flames Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson I love you with a fever I love you like a fire Everything is burning With the flames of my desire Flames, love in flames I'm in flames, love in flames.

Ships In The Night Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Like a square peg in a round hole . . . Like a harp without it's strings . . . Like a sailor who sails no oceans . . . Like a bird that has no wings . . .

Swan Song Be Bop Deluxe

With our bodies on fire and our heads in a spin We pressed close to the moment We were Siamese twins in ecstasy, in ecstasy So we lay soul to soul as the archer of the night United our hearts for

New Mysteries Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson New mysteries There's mystery in the air New mysteries The kind I never share. Running in the dark Beating on your bleeding heart Wrecked beyond repair.

Dangerous Stranger Be Bop Deluxe

"It's after midnight in the city of broken dreams Down in the alley, Galileo meets his pack of thieves Over the river by the old hotel There's a big car coming like a bat out of Hell It's the dangerous

Sleep That Burns Be Bop Deluxe

A brass band is playing Rehearsing its thrills All half-moon and cloudy, All golden and shrill I've got a sleep that burns A sleep that burns Got a sleep that burns all night I'm locked in your

Rocket Cathedrals Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson I've been a bad boy, you know the way Became an airboy and changed my name My airship dreams had found a clearer sky I've been thinking about the state I'm in I started sinking a bottle of gin In

Mill Street Junction Be Bop Deluxe

Behind the gasworks after midnight Mad Jane she holds a sweaty hand And 'though the rain runs down the gutter She dreams she hears the gasworks band Somewhere cathedral bells are screaming As someones

Life In The Air-Age Be Bop Deluxe

The barman smiles at me, His wife she gives a secret wink... They listen patiently to me, My story I unfold... I see their faces change, The lights grow dim I'm losing hold...

Life In The Air Age Be Bop Deluxe

The barman smiles at me, His wife she gives a secret wink... They listen patiently to me, My story I unfold... I see their faces change, The lights grow dim I'm losing hold...

Forbidden Lovers Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Forbidden lovers We hid our hearts beneath the stars Under the covers In midnight rooms and shining cars I'm glad they came To taste your pain We're both insane on this crazy night Such a crazy

Twilight Capers Be Bop Deluxe

call the guilty to heaven All the wild ones keep their shades pulled down, They hid their dead eyes from the ground, They starve their souls with murder proud Beneath the shroud, beneath the shroud And in

Blazing Apostles Be Bop Deluxe

God drives a dreamless highway in a black sedan, Picking up survivors, preaching to the motel man. Blazing apostles, Thieves in the night, Messengers of the fall.

Crystal Gazing Be Bop Deluxe

Passed me in the night whistling "Memories of You"... I stared, too frightened to move For fear my eyes shone a light On the darkness he drew like a cloak All around his shoulders...

Lovers Are Mortal Be Bop Deluxe

In the back of your car Where the light from the stars Caught our eyes in a moment of blue It was then that I knew All my feelings were true And what lovers like us have to do I looked at the time And

Sound Track Be Bop Deluxe

Tin aeroplanes trace the time Past our fading window's eyes And the panes are pains inside Through which we see All the glories fast unfold All the joys lo and behold It's a bitter-sweet dark secret That

Surreal Estate Be Bop Deluxe

That day became a year Time flies in this atmosphere Aeroplanes and crashing cars Automatic in the head my dreams of you.

Jet Silver And The Dolls Of Venus Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Out across the heavens When you're sleeping in your bed, Someone turns a light on, Can you feel it burn inside your head?

Bring Back The Spark Be Bop Deluxe

I've been up all night It’s been down so long There's a fire in my heart If you feel the same Won't you feed my flame You can help bring back the spark Bring back the spark You can bring it back Bring

Honeymoon On Mars Be Bop Deluxe

I wonder if you're all alone Beneath those diamond stars Honeymoon on Mars Tonight this desert world is ours I'll meet you by the towers For cocktails in the bar Out in Hollywood We're going out there

Panic In The World Be Bop Deluxe

Oh oh, oh oh, there's panic in the world Oh oh, oh oh, there's panic in the world.

Kiss Of Light Be Bop Deluxe

made me feel sorry Though I though I was right Gave me the kiss of light … Gave me the kiss of light … Gave me the kiss of light … Gave me the kiss of Light my candle, hold my hand, I’m grinning like a

The Bird Charmer's Destiny Be Bop Deluxe

His heart was locked inside a crystal ball, The day her gypsy love came 'round to call, His wings were broken by their latest fall, A young man waiting for the snow… The gull and the white swan, Ghostly

Jets At Dawn Be Bop Deluxe

sun on my face The saving of the human race Jets at dawn, trails across the sky Silver birds writing words for airmen's wives Who down below hang the washing out to dry Frilly briefs and flying helmets in

Possession Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson There's such a beautiful mess up in my room My thoughts are tangled in the legs of chairs I like to think that it's my token of genius But then again perhaps I just don't care.

Between The Worlds Be Bop Deluxe

Between the worlds are pearls Around your lily white neck So round, profound all shining beads of sweat I know my way 'round your throat like a knife I'll silver and steel you away to my island of sea

Third Floor Heaven Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson He's been saving, selling everything he didn't need Such a shy boy, with a secret up his sleeve, He's a strange one, never bothers with the girls, Heard him swear once, at least I thought I heard

Futurist Manifesto Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Nevermore days astonishing Happening with tapes and anything 1962 Power beyond years are endings Time most misplaced The earth forever renders the promised mockery (mockery) Ghost in latitude, fears

Love With The Madman Be Bop Deluxe

forgive them And violins still scream from every room You're ever passed your presence through But is you hang 'round here much longer You'll go crazy with the wonder of it all For love with the madman is a

Crying To The Sky Be Bop Deluxe

Crying to the sky Searching for a silver lining Hoping that the clouds I'm climbing aren't hiding rain. Nowhere left to go, For every show now disappoints me.

Lost In The Neon World Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson This jet-age life is getting worse I feel I'm half a universe away I left my home some time ago To fight the creatures of the USA You tell me that this neon world is free Say this is the place I

Down On Terminal Street Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson I took a walk down terminal street last night To see the ancient faces living there I saw the sunken eyes of agony And saw the desperate stations of despair The madman waiting for the spirit girls

Heavenly Homes Be Bop Deluxe

warms the distance With the light of dawn You yawn, my love Your eyes are growing tired The dawn must come although we will deny it I'd like to hold you here Beneath these clouds of darkest blue It could be

Blue As A Jewel Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson There's a crystal at the heart of every tear On reflection making love affection clear And she is blue as jewel Clear as ice, kind and cruel There's a silence at the edge of every sigh There's a

New Precision Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson With new precision the golden days return The lovers prison, the kingdom of the worm Driving through empty towns, pass me a cigarette I think that it could rain, in time we all forget.

Speed Of The Wind Be Bop Deluxe

just the speed of the wind It's just the speed of the wind If you hear If you hear the ringing bells It chimes within It's just the speed of the wind If you fear If you fear your secret Just walk right in

Sister Seagull Be Bop Deluxe

Sister seagull, oh you're flying me to high Feels so dizzy underneath your open skies And it's strange the games we play to hide the crime Sister seagull, you're the reason I survive I am a prisoner

Modern Music Be Bop Deluxe

another show If only I could let my feelings flow (to you) When you're lonely and you're far away, When those steel guitars begin to play Please don't let them steal your hear away The moon is melting in

Axe Victim Be Bop Deluxe

hoped you'd lend an ear You hope we dress like tarts But back stage we stand naked All the make-up cleaned away My poet sheds his pretty skin And turns to face the day And there's nothing to be

Islands Of The Dead Be Bop Deluxe

Come with me to the islands of the dead To the soul house, to the fire-house To smoke and ash of laughter in your head Sweet laughter, here after Ever after, in the islands of the dead.

Make The Music Magic Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Make the music magic Make your heart sing Like angels in flight Make the music magic Make my strings ring Like bells in the night Make the music magic See the divine Light shining so bright Make

Love Is Swift Arrows Be Bop Deluxe

Nelson Room in the east invested with meanings, Open to none but the strange and the wild Sunset encounters with destiny's chances, Envelopes marked for the personal life Night falling, hiding the poets

Jean Cocteau Be Bop Deluxe

Sometimes a film Sometimes a photograph Sometimes a rose Sometimes a looking glass Enchanter of souls Your dreams still unfold Sometimes a child Sometimes a tradgedy Sometimes a truth Sometimes a fantasy

Lights Be Bop Deluxe

Shadows move across the faces Of the people we once knew And though their hearts are full of sorrow The sun inside can still shine through In the factories and the stations In the house of the poor In

Beauty Secrets Be Bop Deluxe

Bring on the cabaret, we can all have a laught . . . I've made the theatre of the absurd at last . . . Drink up and let's go home, The demon is on the phone . . .

Like An Old Blues Be Bop Deluxe

Laughing at me (he he he he he) Those pictures you said were strange Out of tune out of key It's such a shame but you never quite see You always put the blame on me I'm like an old blues That you