Brakes Album

I woke up late and found my liberty lost
It had been written down in law as a security cost
28 days - I'm presumed guilty
I'm sure as evolution that I wasn't born guilty

Hold me in the river till my skin turns blue
Slap me on the back and say "Now how do you do?"
They say "Eamon tell us how to keep our garden growing"
I say "Try lying on the grass thinking of Scarlett Johansson"

Throw me to the deck and count backwards from ten
Slap me round the face and say "Now do it again"
I'm all trained up, yeah, I'm ready for the ring
They'll be arriving in capes and leaving in slings

Come on, tick your ticker
Let me know you're alive
There's very little point in being here otherwise
Can you tell me now, what is this love?
If it comes from above
Why does it have to be so painful?

Maragrita there's a lot of love leaking,
What a thing to waste.
Margarita would you come and liberate me,
Take me away from this place?
It's here, but it's unclear,
What it's here for
But it's clear,
It's the fear that keeps us under control
Margarita,
If the devil's in the detail,
He's been homogonised,
Redesigned and pre-trialed,
And Demographically assured,
He's here, but it's unclear,
What he's here for.
It's clear, it's the fear,
That keeps us under control
They're all singing,
"Follow The Leader,"
Singing
"Skip To My Lou"
They're all playing Follow The Leader
Again
Margarita there's a lot of blodd leaking
What a thing to waste
Smash, smash, five megatons of smash
You gotta see it, it's a riot
It's here, but it's unclear
What it's here for
It's clear it's the fear
Keeps us under control
They're all singing
Follow The Leader
Singing
Skip to My Lou
They're all playing
Follow The Leader
Again.

If I should die tonight
Would you tell her that I loved her
She might never know
If I should be put to rest
Would you tell her that I thought of her
Each and every day
I got a little stoned and I got a little paranoid
Got into unwinding
This mortal coil
Who knows how
Who knows when
Who knows why
Who knows who
mmmmm
I meeting her tomorrow
'Round about the break of 'noon
Gonna tell her how I feel
Love is a good good thing in an un-good world
Oh oh mmmmm
But Who knows how
Who knows when
Who knows why
Who knows who
So If I should die tonight
Would you tell her that I loved her
Or, she might never know.

I can't read your semaphore
You're too far away
Your signal's fallen down
I can't trace you
Your outline has been erased now
I don't want to stand around here anymore

Mobile communication let me down again
It stands to reason we should be out here getting high
Instead of cracking up we could be seeing eye to eye
Mobile communication let me down again

I'm out here in the dark
Trying to connect, I need to reconnect
But these wishes on mechanical stars
Don't come true, they never seem to come true
I don't want to stand around here anymore

Come on over and do The Twist
It's about the only thing
Let me forget about this war
Come on over and do The Terrorist
It gets me so nervous when you move like this
Chicki chicki chicki
Do The Spring Chicken
Come on over and do The Twist
It gets me so nervous when you move like this
Come on over and spill your drink
It gets me so nervous when you start to think
Chicki chicki chicki
Do The Spring Chicken
A hen lays eggs and a rooster crows
Put 'em both together
Do the Do-Ce-Do
Come on over and do The Shake
It gets so easy when you start to make
Chicki Chicki Chicki
Do The Spring Chicken

Go where you will
I won't forget you
Go wherever you will
I won't forget you
Isabel
There's no where else we can run
Go where you will
I won't forget you
Go wherever you will
I won't forget you
You'll stay with me wherever I go
Even if i never see you again

Here she comes with summer in her heels,
You can meet her at the station to escape for a day.
She wants to know existence exists,
So you take her to the places that the tourists never see.
You lift her up, and feel yourself fall,
You feel so proud beside her,
You walk a little taller,
She's a beatific vision,
The world can see,
She's got you tongue-tied,
Got your heart skipping beats.

I don't know what she's got, but it's got me.
I don't know what she's got, but it's got me.

You meet alot of women rambling around,
I can tell you in my life she's the best I've found.
You walk together through the lanes ans the parks,
Wrap her in the evening 'til the stars come out.
Lie back, forget all your cares,
Beside her all that matters is the two of you are there.
She says, "The afterlife is what you leave behind,
I'm gonna leave alot fo footprints,
Gonna take alot of time."

I don't know what she's got, but it's got me.
I don't know what she's got, but it's got me.

If ever there was blessing in the air, it was right there.
If ever there was blessing in the air, it was right there.

Beatific visions,
Entwined in one another,
There she goes with summer in her heels.

Porcupine or pineapple?
Porcupine or pineapple?
Porcupine or pineapple?
YEOOOWCH!

Who won the war?
Who won the war?
Who won the war?
And was it worth fighting for?

Who won the war?
Who won the war?
Who won the war?
And what the fuck was it for?

Porcupine or pineapple?
Porcupine or pineapple?
Porcupine or pineapple?
Spiky spiky!

Who won the war?
Who won the war?
Who won the war?
And was it worth fighting for?

Who won the war?
Who won the war?
Who won the war?
And what the fuck was it for?

Porcupine or pineapple?
Porcupine or pineapple?
Yeah, a porcupine or pineapple?
YEOOOWCH!

God came down and said "I'm fucking bored"
So he took a shot of whisky and shuffled his cards again

Then he went all-in with two jacks in his hand
"Whoever loses this better cease and desist"
Satan said "Ok, well, then it's double or quits"

Now can't you hear the angels crying?
Their songs of love are now songs of dying

Boom chicka boom it was over so soon
The cards were on the table and Satan had won
God said "Oh! No! No! What have I done?"

Bang! Bang! Bang!
Such a sickening sound
Nature's architecture being torn apart
Oh! No! No! Well, it happened so fast
It wasn't built to last

Bang! Bang! Bang!
Such a sickening sound
Nature's architecture being torn apart
Oh! No! No! Well, it happened so fast
It wasn't built to last x3
Then it ceased to exist

And I’m just trying to
Get through to you
But there’s no getting through a door
And I’m just hoping too
break on through to you
Hope your door wont mind me hoping

You’re gunna need somebody on your side
You’re gunna need somebody on your side

You’re only self assured with your liquor lips and slurring words
The line is clear, the point is blurred
And I’m just hoping that you can shut your eyes and see for miles
cos when they’re opened they’re so frightened

You’re gunna need somebody on your side
You’re gunna need somebody on your side
You’re gunna need somebody on your side
It’s a lonely time otherwise

You can tell by her lips she’s good to kiss
But her eyes she’s good to talk too
But there’s a ringing there’s a buzzing in her ear
She cant drink people stare her way

And I’m just trying to
Get through to you but
There’s no getting through sometimes

And I’m just hoping too
Break on through to you
Hope your door wont mind me hoping.

You’re gunna need somebody on your side
You’re gunna need somebody on your side
You’re gunna need somebody on your side

It’s a wasted life
It a lonely time other wise

I was searching through the record section
Of a shop in Birmingham
Trying to forget the news

But you know how things sometimes are
The fates conspire to
Remind you

'No Return' was its title
'No Return' like I'd said
'No Return', those searing words
Burning in my head

I'd come across a compilation
Called 'Blues in a Minor Chord'
As though you were there behind me

I'd turned it over to read the sleeve notes,
Credits in a daze
And a chill came up my spine

'No Return' was its title
'No Return' like you'd said
'No Return', those piercing words
Tattered in my head

And I'd said,
"The pain of being together
Is more than being apart"
I thought of you all December long
And now it's a New Year's start
"The loneliness of walking by your side
Is more than walking alone"
It's why I'm leaving

I let out a hollow howling
Falling terribly
Like wind escaping from a tube

I think they call it coincidence
Or something like deja vu
You never believe it 'til it happens to you

'No Return' was its title
'No Return' like we'd said
'No Return', like icicles
Falling through our heads

And I'd said,
"The pain of being together
Is more than being apart"
I thought of you all December long
And now it's a New Year's start
"The loneliness of walking by your side
Is more than walking alone"
It's why I'm leaving

It's why I'm leaving
It's why I'm leaving
It's why I'm leaving...