Cover My Eyes (Pain & Heaven) Lyrics

Dressed in black, no turning backWe blanked out on the Great White WayFingers in desire's crackWe'd bridge and tunnel into dayAbandoned to the salt of skinAbandoned to the highwayS...Read Full Lyrics

Tell me I'm madHow should I know?Tell me I'm madI have been here for so longHelp me paint a pictureThey say it's a lieTell me I'm madYou're a fine one to decideBurn me in the fires...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

There was a boy who came into this worldAt the hands of a holy woman in a holy placeHe wore a red coat and walked a bulldogSaw them reflected in the mirror of the lakesLived in the...Read Full Lyrics

Cover my eyesThe light falls on her face Dangerous linesDangerous colours and shapes Ferocious designs Connected and ready to play Buttoned up tight Crimson and Halloween-white She...Read Full Lyrics

On promenades where drunks propose to lonely arcade mannequinsWhere ceremonies pause at the jeweller's shop displayFeigning casual silence in strained romantic interludes 'Til they...Read Full Lyrics

The little corn flies are messing with my nerve endingsJust like youMy little corn flyShe comes with the sunlight and the perfect summer daysAnd she never staysJust like youMy corn...Read Full Lyrics

On top of the world like a flag on a mountainFeeling so high you can feel so aloneUnable to breathe at the height that you flewStaring on clouds with no view of belowOn top of a gi...Read Full Lyrics

To be the prince of possession in the gallery of contemptSuffering your indiscreet discretions and you ask me to relent As you accumulate flirtations with the calculated calmness o...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