Powers That Be Lyrics

So I stood by the roadside The soles of my running shoes gripping The tarmac like gunmetal magnets Fixed on the front of her Fassbinder face Was the kind of a smile That only a rat...Read Full Lyrics

[Jim:] "This is K. A. O. S. You and I are listening to kaos in Los Angeles. Let's go to the telephones now and take a request. " [Billy:] "Hello, I'm Billy." [Jim:] "Yes?" [Billy:]...Read Full Lyrics

[Breathing] Sea shell and stone Surf rushes forward to feel the shingle with fingers of foam Search for the gold Over the landscape the mouth of a lifeline unfolds Smooth and round...Read Full Lyrics

Can't you see It all makes perfect sense Expressed in dollars and cents Pounds shillings and pence Can't you see It all makes perfect sense Little black soul departs in perfect foc...Read Full Lyrics

[Woman:] "It's funny to think there's no shelters this time. We had an old Anderson in the garden. I can see it now. We had stertians growing all over it, and we painted the front ...Read Full Lyrics

I like staying with my Uncle Dave And I like playing with his great dane But I don't fit I feel alien and strange Kinda outa range I like riding in my Uncle's car Down to the beach...Read Full Lyrics

Two things that have haunted me most are the days when I had to collect the pay books; and when I left Bill Hubbard in no-man's-land. "I was picked up and taken into their trench. ...Read Full Lyrics

You have a natural tendency To squeeze off a shot You're good fun at parties You wear the right masks You're old but you still Like a laugh in the locker room You can't abide chang...Read Full Lyrics

And the moment of clarity Faded like charity does Sometimes I open one eye And I put out my hand just to touch your soft hair To make sure in the darkness that you were still there...Read Full Lyrics

When we grew up and went to school There were certain teachers Who would hurt the children any way they could By pouring their derision Upon anything we did Exposing every weakness...Read Full Lyrics