Black Celebration [Sept 1984, Empire] Lyrics

Working week's come to its end Party time is here again Everyone can come if they want to If you want to be with me If you want to be with me You can come with me if you want to E...Read Full Lyrics

Do you ever get that feeling when the guilt begins to hurt? Seeing all the children wallowing in dirt Crying out with hunger, crying out in pain At least the dirt will wash off whe...Read Full Lyrics

We're lying by the orange sky Two million miles across the land Scattered to the highest high Expect they'll either laugh or cry No sex, no consequence, no sympathy You're good en...Read Full Lyrics

And do those feet in modern times Walk upon the flowers and walk upon their brothers While their heads are busy lying low trying to keep to cover, oh Something went wrong along th...Read Full Lyrics

Girl of sixteen Whole life ahead of her Slashed her wrists Bored with life Didn't succeed Thank the Lord For small mercies Fighting back the tears Mother reads the note again Si...Read Full Lyrics

I've got to get to you first Before they do It's just a question of time Before they lay their hands on you And make you just like the rest I've got to get to you first It's just a...Read Full Lyrics

Two boys on a playground Tryin' to push each other down See the crowd gather 'round Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd Black gold in a white plight Won't you fill up the tank, ...Read Full Lyrics

Hey, yeah, hey, hey Love, love, love, love, love Yeah, yeah ! Say Freddie's dead, huh ! That's what I said Let the [unknown] said he'd send him home But his hope was a rope but he...Read Full Lyrics

Here we are, static in the latter half Of the twentieth century But it might as well be the Middle Ages, There'll have to be some changes But how they'll come about foxes me. I wan...Read Full Lyrics

Flying Blind I alway forget how crazy things are So sometimes it catches me off my guard When they make sense. The line on the road trail the arrow in the sky, I search for the mot...Read Full Lyrics