That Time of the Night (The Short Straw) Lyrics

I was walking in the park dreaming of a sparkWhen I heard the sprinklers whisperShimmer in the haze of summer lawnsThen I heard the children singingThey were running through the ra...Read Full Lyrics

Everybody knows that we live in a world where they give bad names to beautiful thingsEverybody knows that we live in a world where we don't give beautiful things a second glanceHea...Read Full Lyrics

To be the prince of possessionIn the gallery of contemptSuffering your indiscreet discretionsAnd you ask me to relentAs you accumulate flirtationsWith the calculated calmness of th...Read Full Lyrics

I was flickin' through the channels on the TVOn a Sunday in Milwaukee in the rainTryin' to piece together conversationsTryin' to find out where to lay the blameBut when it comes ri...Read Full Lyrics

At that time of the night When streetlights throw crosses through window frames Paranoia roams where the shadows reign Oh, at that time of the night At that time of the night Your ...Read Full Lyrics

IIWhen I was a child I had marblesThey brought admiration and fameThey were pretty to look at and marblesWas always my favourite gameWe played all the summer daysIn the stony alley...Read Full Lyrics

On the rebound, fumbling all the linesThe light at the end of the bottle, alcoholic alphabetThrough the looking glass the proof in my own reflection Five senses down and reeling on...Read Full Lyrics

A love song with no validityPretend you never meant that much to meNumb, a Valium child, bored by meaningless collisionsA lonely stretch of headlight, diamonds trapped in black ice...Read Full Lyrics

I was walkin' in the parkDreamin' of a sparkWhen I heard the sprinklers whisperShimmer in the haze of summer lawnsThen I heard the children singin'They were runnin' through the rai...Read Full Lyrics

We flew here to see youMy feelings and II looked down on the cityFrom up in the sky The sun was reflectingFrom the roofs and the water Spring had come earlyIn the parks and the old...Read Full Lyrics