The Rakes Progress 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

Now when you climb into your bed tonightAnd when you lock and bolt the doorJust think of those out in the cold and dark 'Cause there's not enough love to go 'roundNo there's not en...Read Full Lyrics

I'd be really pleased to meet you if I could remember your name But I got problems of the memory ever since I got a winner in the fame game I'm a citizen of Legoland travellin' inc...Read Full Lyrics

I am the assassin, with tongue forged from eloquence I am the assassin, providing your nemesis On the sacrificial altar to success, my friendUnleash a stranger from a kiss, my frie...Read Full 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

You pick out your credit cards and check into the nightA dozen tequilas and you're feeling alrightSo you swim to the disco, out of your depth, jaded gigoloYour lucky charms are tar...Read Full Lyrics

I was flicking through the channels on the TVOn a Sunday in Milwaukee in the rainTrying to piece together conversationsTrying to find out where to lay the blameBut when it comes ri...Read Full Lyrics

Turn your life upside downTake a car into townWait until the world's asleepAnd tear it up and never stop againTake a train to the seaStay up all night ..and beIt only takes a fract...Read Full Lyrics

Yeah! Slow French kissing with the Dauphin's daughter If I fall in love now I'll be floating in Seine Plastered in Paris I've had an Eiffel Gonna make my escape on the midnight tra...Read Full Lyrics

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