The Lightning Seeds Album

He's moving into an art deco pad
To swell the ranks of the clinically sad
Shaking off the past with a change of address
But keeps his telephone number and hopes for the best

He makes a list of all his favourite friends
Then leaves his footprints on the steps that shine
With tears that he has wept again... and again...
He bought his clothes from a skateboard boutizue
Hung around in places where nobody speaks
Got on line to an internet club
Played trivial persuit with the godess of love

And counted his imaginary friends, got up to ten,
Lost count and then went out to walk the streets
'Til god knows when

He met a girls who liked a bit of a laugh
He gained the youth that he'd forgotten to have
So now they mess about with things that are highly illegal
Often get mistaken for interesting people

And no-one ever seems to ring their bell
But do they care, well do they hell
They're gonna kiss and never tell again... and again...

Get a life, get a job, did you know you were
Thye kind of slob who's in bed asleep all day
I used to be that way
Here and now although I never say out loud
Now and then you know that there's a moment when
I could leave, get out now, get on
And roll the world is big and round
Anytime, anyday, I used to think that way
Oh but I know it's true she's got a hold on you
And then half your life, it just went sailing by

Her whole world's intoxicating me
All my senses are at sea
She's the kind of girl, she's got you in a whirl
It gets so complicated
Me, I'm not proud, i'll say now the girl is
So frustrating, keeps me wishing
Keeps me waiting
Lost in this world like a child all at sea
You see your life drifting by but toda}'s all you need

Oh I just know it's true, shg's got a hold on you
Oh and it feels so nice, this feels like paradise
You've bet your life

The usual dreams, the usual schemes
Same lost feelings, same bad day dreams
Only unreal and delirious, out of breath and out of luck

Sometimes, when I wake up slowly
Paralysed by the fears within me
Waiting for today to happen
Waiting for a vague impression
Waiting for today to happen
Waiting here with nothing but disaster

Nailed tight in his bed forever
Turn out the lights tomorrow, whatever

I'm so hung over with sleep
All I want to do is dream and dream and dream
Just lie down and never leave
Put myself here at your knees

Sometimes, when I wake up slowly
Paralysed by the fears within me
Waiting for today to happen
Waiting for a vague impression
Waiting for today to happen
Waiting here with nothing but disaster

Nailed tight in his bed forever
Turn out the lights tomorrow, whatever

You've been away so long, what's wrong with us today
We're running out of funny things to say
Home, I'm almost glad you made it
I never thought we'd see the day.

What if now, after all
What if everything you've got made you want more
What if now, after all, you're still not sure.

Remember, when a thought could last forever and a day.
Let's get back to waking up that way
Love, I'm almost glad we've made it
I never thought we'd see the day

What if now, after all
What if everything you've got made you want more
What if now, after all, you're still not sure.

But before you slip, take a friendly tip
From a friendly face on a sinking ship
Don't ever doubt it, scream and shout it out.

What if I miss you
What if I need you

I don't care what songs you sing
or how you think of
all those pointless things
sweet nothings, what you bring
so fly away on sugar coated wings

i'm sinking deep, im going under
that sugar coated iceberg tastes so sweet
until you tumble, those sugar coated lies

all those tricky things you said
on angel wings they're flying
around my head,
you were cheap but i was sold
i should forget you but i wont be told

i'm sinking deep, im going under
that sugar coated iceberg tastes so sweet
until you tumble, those sugar coated lies

sweet and sour, as gold and coal
a sugar iceberg stole my soul
and hid it deep inside my heart,
threw it through me like a poison dart.

i'm sinking deep, i'm going under
that sugar coated iceberg tastes so sweet
until you tumble, those sugar coated lies

my little sweet sugar coated iceberg
you melt beneath my feet
you shook me up, but then i tumbled
those sugar coated lies.

A smile to break the ice, can I know your name
If you say no and it's touch and go, nothing would have been the same

Oh was it star-dust or just lust
Well one touch is just not enough
Faces change but somewhere in the passing crowd
The face you just can't live without

Nothing changed but nothing seems the same
Remembering a thousand things I meant to say
The past's a sea of boys and girls
Who disappeared without a word
All friends of mine who had their timm, then drifted away

Delights, dizzy heights, will you change your name?
If you say no and it's touch and go
Nothing's going to seem the same
Oh but the stars are out, they're shining down
They whisper through the passing clouds
Don't be scared the wind will come, blow you home
Don't be afraid, 'cos you're not alone

Nothing changed but nothing seems the same
Remembering a thousand things I meant to say
The past's a sea of boys and girls
Who disappeared without a word
All friends of mine who had their time, then drifted away

Tell it to me one more time
Oh 'cos I'll never get to feel the same way, tonight
I'll remember every line, every line
I'll never get to hear the same words, not twice

Nothing changed but nothing seems the same
Remembering a thousand things I meant to say
The past's a sea of boys and girls
Who disappeared without a word
All friends of mine who had their time, then drifted away

Remember all the Mersey skies
On rainy streets, I spent the night
With friends of mine who had they're time then drifted away

You have to cut right through all the Pepsi lies
And hold on tight, it's a stormy ride
To get through to what you do.
Like you do, from wheels that never turn
And lessons never learned
Searching for a space where dreams will never burn
Through the twists and turns, it's a funny world

Are you the King of Cool with a secret sign
Or the King of Fools in a pack of lies
Get through to what you do
Like you do, from keys that never wind
A place without a time.
Wishing on a star that's never gonna shine
Through the twists and turns, it's a funny world.

Get through to what you do.

Like you do from wheels that never turn, lessons never learned
Searching for a space where dreams will never burn,
Through the twists and turns, it's a funny world.

Be everything you are, cherish what is true,
Celebrate with those who need to be with you,
Through the twists and turns, it's a funny world.
It's a funny world
It's a funny world
Through the twists and turns, it's a funny world
Through the twists and turns, it's a funny world

See those eyes are brown I wish they were blue
Take that wish away and make it come true
I know you could be wrong but maybe you're right
Take that wishaway and do what you like
A wishaway

You laugh and grab the words before they get loose
Put that wish away, in case it comes true
I wish today you'd stay, maybe tonight
You'd blow away the smoke and hold me tight
A wishaway

Oh don't you lie, I can read you're mind
I know you never would but you feel as though
You wish you could be
A wishaway

Do you feel alive, will you be alright
I hope you do, I know you do

I'm all fingers and thumbs, I don't know what I've done
It's always the same it won't quite fall into place
You say I wish you'd stay cos I'm missing you
And I say everyday, I'm going to think of you
If I'm a million miles away, you're still always on my mind

You're thinking for yourself I can see
And nothing seems the way it's supposed to be

I'm all fingers and thumbs, I don't know what I've done
Instead of making me glad it's driving me mad
I know it won't be the same in a year or two
Sometime you won't mind if I'm gone

What d'you make of it all, when you're world is so small
All the answers to find as the future unwinds

You showed me how to do
Exactly what you do
How I fell in love with you
Oh, it's true
Oh, I love you

You showed me how to say
Exactly what you say
In that special way
Oh, it's true
You fell for me too

And when I tried it, I could see you fall
And I decided it's not a trip at all

You taught it to me too
Exactly what you do
And now you love me too
Oh, it's true
We're in love, we two

You showed me how you do
Exactly what you do
How I fell in love with you

You showed me how to say
Exactly what you say
In that special way

You taught it to me too
Exactly what you do
And now you love me too

You know I can't stay at home
With all that time to kill
You know I can't sit still tonight
I've gotta make some noise
I'm jumping up and down
I've got to get out now
I wanna shout out loud

Oh you make me feel alright
It's like the tippermost, toppermost high
Oh it's you - you do
Crack up your face and give us a smile
Because tonight I just wanna go wild

I've got a million thought and when I've thought them all
I'll find a million more for tonight
And when I'm feeling sad
I know it's such a drag
And then I get so mad
And then I feel bad

Oh you make me feel alright
It's like the tippermost, toppermost high
Oh it's you - you do
Crack up your face and give us a smile
Cos it's you - you do

Ready or not
Here we go till we drop
Don't be square
Fix you're face and grow you're hair

Oh you make me feel alright
It's like the tippermost, toppermost high
Cos it's you, you, you

Ready or not
Here we go till we drop
Don't be square
Fix you're face and grow you're hair

Here, now, anywhere

The fish is on the line
He's wriggled off this time and now he's free

The fish is doing well
Only time will tell
So he needs to find out why
He shouldn't try
Does she even care if he's not there

Oh I don't believe in this at all
There must be so much more
No I didn't mean what I just said
I meant something else instead

The fish is under the spell
He wonders how he fell
But he never found out why
He didn't try
Does she even care if he's not there

Oh I don't believe in this at all
There must be so much more
No I didn't mean what I just said
I meant something else instead

So sometime, it's hard to think
It's like you're mind is on the blink
You sink deep and time just flew