Childhoods End? Lyrics

A spider wanders aimlessly within the warmth of a shadowNot the regal creature of border cavesBut the poor, misguided, directionless familiarOf some obscure Scottish poetThe mist c...Read Full Lyrics

I am the assassinWith tongue forged from eloquenceI am the assassinProviding your nemesisOn the sacrificial altar to success, my friendUnleash a stranger from a kiss, my friendNo i...Read Full Lyrics

This train is my lifeSpeeding through the nightWe have been to these placesFor barely a momentWide awakeSometimes sleepingSometimes watchingSometimes dreamingThrough stroby station...Read Full Lyrics

Getting close to seasons endI heard somebody sayThat it might never snow againIn EnglandSnow flakes in a new-born fistSledging on a hillAre these things we'll never seeIn EnglandWe...Read Full Lyrics

The world's gone madAnd I have lost touchI shouldn't admit itBut I have.It slipped away while I was distractedI haven't changedI swear I haven't changedHow did this happen? I didn'...Read Full Lyrics

(Let's meet up and get beat up)Well she tied me to the headboard with a surf leashAnd her wet hair hugged her body like a long-lost friendAnd I really tried my best to get across t...Read Full Lyrics

Heading for the great escapeHeading for the raveHeading for the permanent holidayHeading for the winter tripHeading for the slideHeading for the dignified walk awayHeading for the ...Read Full Lyrics

Hotel hobbies padding dawns hollow corridorsA typewriter cackles out a stream of memoriesDryin' out a conscience, evictin' a nightmareOpenin' the doors for the dreams to come homeW...Read Full Lyrics

When I hit the streets back in '81Found a heart in the gutter and a poet's crownI felt barbed wire kisses and icicle tearsWhere have I been for all these years?I saw political intr...Read Full Lyrics

Hotel hobbies padding dawns hollow corridorsBell boys checking out the hookers in the barSlug-like fingers trace the star-spangled clouds of cocaine on the mirrorThe short straw to...Read Full Lyrics