When The Night Comes The Boomtown Rats

Chorus: And when the night comes It'll help you disappear And when the night comes Forget about the day that brought you here.

Someone's Looking At You The Boomtown Rats

On a night like this I deserve to get kissed at least once or twice You come over to my place Screaming blue murder, needing someplace to hide.

She's So Modern Boomtown Rats

La-la-la-la La-la-la-la She's so 20th century She's so 20th century She's so 1970's She's so 1970's She knows the right things to say She knows the right things to say She's got the right clothes to

Rat Trap The Boomtown Rats

There was an awful lot of rocking going on that night, Cruising time for the young bright lights, Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door, The five lamp boyswere coming on strong.

Hurt Hurts The Boomtown Rats

Instant Solzhenitsyn I get salt mines when I hear your voice It hurts. Kiss the hurt off her Kung Fu tongue I turn off when she turns on That's why I'll say Hurts hurts.

Up All Night The Boomtown Rats

Up all night Ooh za za Ooh staying up all night African jungle Big city street The only real difference is in The people you meet Up all night Ooh za za Ooh staying up all night It's an agreeable town

Boomtown The Steep Canyon Rangers

The rush is on & I should be gone Who am I to stay so long Words getting round ‘bout what they found Out there in boomtown The lights outshine the moon at night And dreams roll in on a high tide The shadows

I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats

The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload And nobody's gonna go to school today She's gonna make them stay at home And Daddy doesn't understand it He always said she was good as

Kicks The Boomtown Rats

I don't get my kicks no more from cake or lemonade Bud I can't get served no smokes or drinks They tell me that I'm underage At sixteen years old I don't stand a chance but on Saturday when I get to the

Straight Up The Boomtown Rats

Hey, she'll set the world alight She's looking lost with life But no-one's on fire And still she burns She waits her turn Straight up.

Drag Me Down The Boomtown Rats

Bring me home in rain and thunder) Bless the night before the day grows old (Like a ship that's going under...

Boomtown Toby Keith

me show you around You could make a lot of money here Livin' in a boomtown We뭠l some build bars and big hotels Downshift drive and the people live well High on the hog and wild on the range

Neon Heart The Boomtown Rats

Life pours down into the neon heart (It's late at night) Cement City is all a-spark (Yeah, that's right) The whores are loose and the dames are abroad (My pants are tight) A price on their hearts you can't

Never Bite The Hand That Feeds The Boomtown Rats

Tell me what you're doing coming in so late at night I wanna know You say you're going out with childhood friends from way back when Where do you go?

He Watches It All The Boomtown Rats

Made a fortune in between A thousand well-known faces Passed across that stupid screen He turned them down He never thought they had so much to say He watched those faces come and go Up close He saw the

Mary Of The 4th Form The Boomtown Rats

out her black hair Starin' at the teacher Openin' her lips wide Shiftin' in her seat, yeah She slowly moves her hips aside But in the middle of the night She wakes her mom to put out the light Her makeup's

Living In An Island The Boomtown Rats

Night fell fast, like it did in the past when the phone rang Twice and a voice said "I think I'm alone" I gave my advice and the voice said "Nice, but suicide leaves such a bad aftertaste on the soul."

Can't Stop The Boomtown Rats

Can't stop And face the facts I'm high strung and I can't relax. Tune me down cause I'm feeling sharp. My blood's too weak and it strains my heart. And hearts of gold can turn to grey.

Boomtown The Book Of Knots

"(Chorus) It was a boomtown that was breaking my heart. This little boomtown has taken its part. I had a stake in this and I took it hard. It was a boomtown, boomtown...

Mood Mambo The Boomtown Rats

Somewhere up town late last night around 9 o'clock There was a black snake crawling up the Latin American stairs With his Slicked Black Cockroachair He was greasy lightning He was looking for someone else

Nothing Happened Today The Boomtown Rats

Turn on the TV Turn on the radio. Turn down that sound Turn down that sound Open the curtains Open the windows.

The Bitter End The Boomtown Rats

To the bitter end We go all the way It isn't too far It isn't too far To the bitter end With our wills of iron Souls of coal Hearts of gold To the bitter end Sit on a fence all day Looking for change Any

Talking In Code The Boomtown Rats

C'mon give us a sign Wave us a flag or flash me an eye Cos I need you tonight I need you right now I got sweat on my mind But you're taking your time Yeah kiss where it stings c'mon show me a time But when

Me And Howard Hughes The Boomtown Rats

Hand me down a strong panacea, One that's guaranteed to make me feel like Hercules, There's flies everywhere, buzzing in the air, Filling my body with filth and disease....and I think, He thinks he should

Skin On Skin The Boomtown Rats

bones of Skin on skin You can't teach me a thing about right or wrong London stops And everything's sweet You look out of your window But there's no street The cars are gone The night is dead And the

The Little Death The Boomtown Rats

So I turned on the radio and everyone was listening to chicken jazz... See that man over there...

Blind Date The Boomtown Rats

On blind dates You meet in corners, You take a jump into the unknown They're classified, they're top secret, An antidote to being on your own.

She's So Modern The Boomtown Rats

La-la-la-la La-la-la-la La-la-la-la La-la-la-la (She's so) 20th century (She's so) 1970s (She knows) the right things to say (She's got) the right clothes to wear 'Cause she's a modern girl (oh, yeah)

Rats Pearl Jam

1 2 1 2 3 Uh they don't eat don't sleep They don't feed they don't seethe Bare their gums when they moan and squeak Lick the dirt off a larger one's feet They don't push don't crowd

Don't Believe What You Read The Boomtown Rats

As soon as I wake up every day, I look at the papers to see what they say, I know most what I read will be a lot of lies, But then you learn really fast to read between the lines, 'Cos I know (he knows

Rats Pearl Jam

Rats They don't eat, don't sleep They don't feed, they don't seethe Bare their gums when they moan and squeak Lick the dirt off a larger one's feet They don't push, don't crowd Congregate until

Keep It Up The Boomtown Rats

She's actin' like some character from Agatha Christie I got a pain in my shoes and all I wanna do is dance Uh-oh, I can remember those carefully sharpened eyeballs Sparkling like bloodshot diamonds in the

Please Don't Go The Boomtown Rats

I was walking down the street I was walking down the street with the queen of hearts She does the monkey, the polish and the spit, I do the all-age favorite the epileptic fit.

Banana Republic The Boomtown Rats

Chorus: Banana Republic Septic Isle Screaming in the Suffering sea It sounds like crying Everywhere I go Everywhere I see The black and blue uniforms Police and priests And I wonder do you wonder While

Diamond Smiles The Boomtown Rats

Everybody tries, It's Dale Carnegie gone wild, But Barbara Cartland's child long ago perfected the motionless glide.

Tonight The Boomtown Rats

sand, oh You scratch my back And maybe I'll claw yours You understand being used And if you feel a little itchy now You won't mind being abused Tonight...the towers crumble Tonight...the mountains fall

I Can Make It If You Can The Boomtown Rats

Somewhere a screen door slammed Somewhere, someplace, somebody's killing a man Down the road I'm told five people died And I wonder are you making love to anyone tonight.

Dave The Boomtown Rats

Dave'd called me up yesterday Everything he loved had moved away I felt despair come crawling through that phone I know the feeling but don't get me wrong Dave I've always thought that you were touched

Having My Picture Taken The Boomtown Rats

Catch the moment, catch the light, catch your breath Let me freeze your frame. We'll synchronize machine and brain, But don't mind me... I'm having my picture taken.

Like Clockwork The Boomtown Rats

I'm not disconnected I'm not unaware I'm in one place at one time I'm neither here nor there I'm hooked to the mainstream, Tuned into the world Plugged into my surroundings, I'm not out on a limb.

A Storm Breaks The Boomtown Rats

A storm breaks over our head We take shelter We do as we're told A storm breaks over our head We take shelter Come in from the cold Life's OK If you drink Oh Life's OK If you dream Oh I can hear

House On Fire The Boomtown Rats

I heard Tarzan outside playing on the Jungle Blues I know 'cos I saw him shimmer in a Kenyan pool Coming on in the vines with his leopard-skin lioncloth cool Bony Watusi fingers Beating on the bark of

I Don't Like Mondays The Boomtown Rats

The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload And nobody’s gonna go to school today She’s gonna make them stay at home And daddy doesn’t understand it He always said she was good as gold

Another Piece Of Red The Boomtown Rats

The people here can still believe in stiff lips and stiff collars They're speaking deals in English But they're making deals in dollars.

Nice N Neat The Boomtown Rats

Through tunnel vision watch him rant and rave He says there's life beyond the grave He lost his slice of the eternal cake Well, God's in His Heaven and He's on the take That's nice (that's nice) that's

Never In A Million Years The Boomtown Rats

I'll tear down the sky Don't stop now No never in a million years I'd spit in their eye Don't stop now But I won't be a volunteer And now I'm always dreaming of dreams That lie in state Waiting for me

Charmed Lives The Boomtown Rats

Yeah they're OK, they're OK, they're OK And we all think the same Cos we're on the phone Hear the news It's all grief and gloom Yes things are bad Really bad But we're clearly immune We lead Charmed lives

Fall Down The Boomtown Rats

I might scribble, I might scrawl I might claw at the wall I might storm and rage and thunder Oh Christ but then later In the incinerator Something inside seems to fall asunder.

Close As You'll Ever Be The Boomtown Rats

(I said) Down at the street around half past nine I heard someone scream I found someone dying His throat was slit from ear to ear He mumbled so low I could hardly hear I bent down low so I could hear

Lucky The Boomtown Rats

Boomtown Rats Mondo Bongo Fall down Geldof put your head between your knees and breathe real deep let it in let it out until it's over I might scribble, I might scrawl I might claw at the wall I might