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Echo & The Bunnymen
Echo & The Bunnymen


Background information
Origin Liverpool, England
Genre(s) Post-punk
Alternative Rock
Years active 1978—1993
Label(s) Sire Records
London Records
Cooking Vinyl
Associated acts Ian McCulloch
Electrafixion
Website Website
Members
Ian McCulloch
Will Sergeant
Former members
Les Pattinson
Pete de Freitas
Noel Burke
Jake Brockman
Damon Reece



Echo & The Bunnymen Album


Ballyhoo: The Best of Echo & The Bunnymen (1997)
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Bedbugs & Ballyhoo
. . .



if i said
i'd lost my way
would you sympathise
could you sympathise
i'm jumbled up
may'be i'm losing my touch
but you know
i didn't have it anyway

won't you come on down to my
won't you come on down to my
rescue

things are wrong
things are going wrong
can you tell that in a song
don't know what i want anymore
first i want a kiss
and then i want it all

won't you come on down to my
Lyricswon't you come on down to my
rescue

rescue, rescue, rescue

things are wrong
things are going wrong
can you tell that in a song
losing sense of those harder things
is this the blues i'm singing
is this the blues i'm singing

is this the blues i'm singing
is this the blues i'm singing
rescue
is this the blues i'm singing


. . .



i've got a handful of this
what do i do with it
i've got a barrel of this
what do i do with it
i do it clean
i dot it clean

do it clean
do it clean know what i mean
do it clean
do it clean know what i mean
i mean

where am i going
where have i been
where are you going
where have i been
i've been here
i've been there

i've been here there everywhere
Lyricshere there nowhere
iszy bitzy witzy witzy everywhere
i've been here and i've been there
i've been

i had a handful of this
what did i do with it
i had a barrel of this
what did i do with it

i did it clean
i did it clean know what i mean
i did it clean
i did it clean i known what i mean
i mean


. . .


I've been up to Villiers Terrace
To see what's a-happening
There's people rolling 'round on the carpet
Mixing up the medicine

I've been up to Villiers Terrace
I saw what's a-happening
People rolling 'round on the carpet
Biting wool and pulling string
You said people rolled on carpet
But I never thought they'd do those things

I've been up to Villiers Terrace
I've been in a daze for days
I drank some of the medici-i-i-ine
And I didn't like the taste

I've been up to Villiers Terrace
I've been in a daze for days
People rolling 'round on your carpet
Biting wool and pulling string
You said people rolled on carpet
But I never thought they'd do those things

Been up to Villiers Terrace
To see what's a-happening
People rolling 'round on the carpet
Passing 'round the medicine

Been up to Villiers Terrace
I saw what's a-happening
There's people rolling 'round on my carpet
Biting wool and pulling string
You said people rolled on carpet, boys
But I never thought they'd do those things

Bopsie waddy waddy
Shake your money
(Been down to Villiers Terrace.
Bopsie waddy waddy
Shake your money
(Been down to Villiers Terrace)...
Bopsie waddy waddy
Shake your money
(Been down to Villiers Terrace)...
Bopsie waddy waddy
Save your money
(Been down to Villiers Terrace)...

. . .



Where the hell have you been
We've been waiting with our best suits on
Hair slicked back and all that jazz
Rolling down the Union Jack
See you at the barricades babe
See you when the lights go low, Joe
Hear you when the wheels turn round
Someday when the sky turns black


It appears because it's what I feel
I know I don't understand
If you ask you know I don't mind kneeling
But when my knees hurt I like to stand
Instinct is the common lawyer
A million years won't erase
Strike the chord I'm searching for
Call it a committed race


No matter how I shake my fist
I know I can't resist it
No matter how you shake your fist
You know you can't resist it
See you at the barricades babe
See you when the lights go low, Joe
Hear you when the wheels turn round
Someday when the sky turns black


. . .



The man at the back has a question
His tongue's involved with solutions
But the monkey on my back
Won't stop laughing

Over the wall
Hand in hand
Over the wall
Watch us fall

There's something to be said for you
And your hopes of higher ruling
But the slug on my neck
Won't stop chewing

Over the wall
Hand in hand
Over the wall
Watch us fall

I'm walking in the rain
LyricsTo end this misery
I'm walking in the rain
To celebrate this misery
What's that you say?
Speak up, I can't hear you
What do you say?
I couldn't hear you

Over the wall
Hand in hand
Over the wall
Watch us fall

Out on the road coast to coast
Out on the road coast to coast

I'm over the wall
I'm over the wall
I'm over the wall
Come over the wall
Come over the wall

I can't sleep at night
How I wish you'd hold me tight
I can't sleep at night
Come on and hold me tight...

I can't sleep at night
How I wish you'd hold me tight
Come on and hold me tight

I can't sleep at night
How I wish you'd hold me tight
Come on and hold me tight
Come on and hold me tight

I can't sleep at night
How I wish you'd hold me tight
Hold me tight
Hold me tight
Hold me tight
To my logical limit
To the logical limit
To my logical limit
To the logical limit


. . .



you said something will change
we were all dressed up
somewhere to go
no sign of rain
but something will change
you promised

you said nothing will change
we were almost near
almost far
down came the rain
and nothing will change
you promised

a promise
a promise
a promise

it's exactly the same
you said
it's always the same
Lyricsbut i'll make it change
into something the same
i promise

light on the waves
light on the waves

a promise
a promise
a promise

light on the water
we could sail on forever


. . .



My life's the disease
That could always change
With comparative ease
Just given the chance
My life is the earth
'Twixt muscle and spade
I wait for the worth
Digging for just one chance


As prospects diminish
As nightmares swell
Some pray for heaven
While we live in hell
My life's the disease
My life's the disease


If you get yours from heaven
Don't waste them
If you get yours from heaven
Don't waste them
If you get yours from heaven


. . .



i'm on the chopping block
chopping off my stopping thought
self doubt and selfism
were the cheapest things
i ever bought

when you say it's love
d'you mean the back of love
we're taken advantage of
breaking the back of love
we're taking advantage of
breaking the back of love

easier said than done you said
but it's more difficult to say
with eyes bigger than our bellies
we want to
but we can't look away
what were you thinking of
when you dreamt that up

Lyricswhen you're surrounded by
a simple chain of events
eventually
you'll shack those shackles off

we can't tell our left from right
but we know we love extremes
getting to grips with the ups and downs
because there's nothing in between
when you say that's love
d'you mean the back of love

when you say it's love
d'you mean the back of love
we're taken advantage of
breaking the back of love
we're taking advantage of
breaking the back of love

what were you thinking of
when you dreamt that up

we're taking advantage of
we're breaking the back of love
breaking the back of love


. . .



who's on the seventh floor
brewing alternatives
what's in the bottom drawer
waiting for things to come

spare us the cutter
spare us the cutter
couldn't cut the mustard

conquering myself until
i see another hurdle approaching
say we can say we will
not just another drop in the ocean

come to the free for all
with sellotape and knives
some of us six feet tall
we will escape our lives

spare us the cutter
spare us the cutter
Lyricscouldn't cut the mustard

conquering myself until
i see another hurdle approaching
say we can say we will
not just another drop in the ocean

am i the happy loss
will i still recoil
when the skin is lost
am i the worthy cross
will i still be soiled
when the dirt is off

conquering myself until
i see another hurdle approaching
say we can say we will
not just another drop in the ocean

watch the fingers close
when the hands are cold

am i the happy loss
will i still recoil
when the skin is lost
am i the worthy cross
will i still be soiled
when the dirt is off


. . .



good god you said
is that the only thing you care about
splitting up the money
and share it out
the cake's being eaten
straight through the mouth
poison
poised to come back in
season
for all the ones who lacked reason

measure by measure drop by drop
and pound for pound we're taking stock
of all the treasures still unlocked
the love you found must never stop

the king is dead
and love live the people who aim above
all the simple stuff never understood
like right from bad and wrong from good
deny
Lyricsthat you were ever temped by the
lie
that there's an answer in the
sky

measure by measure drop by drop
and pound for pound we're taking stock
of all the treasures still unlocked
the love you found must never stop

never stop


. . .



Under blue moon I saw you
so soon you'll take me
up in your arms
too late to beg you
or cancel it though
I know it must be the
killing time
unwillingly mine

Fate up against your will
through the thick and thin
he will wait until
you give yourself to him
In starlit nights I saw you
so cruelly you kissed me
your lips a magic world
your sky all hung with jewels
the killing moon
will come too soon
Fate up against your will
through the thick and thin
he will wait until
you give yourself to him


. . .



swung from a chandelier
my planet sweet on a silver salver
bailed out my worst fears
'cos man has to be his own saviour
blind sailors imprisoned jailers
go tamers no-one to blame us

the sky is blue
my hands untied
a world that's true
through our clean eyes
just look at you
with burning lips
your living proof
at my fingertips

walked on a tidal wave
laughed in the face of a brand new day
food for survival thought
mapped out the place
where i'd planned to stay
Lyrics
all the way well behaved
just in case it slips away

the sky is blue
my hands untied
a world that's true
through our clean eyes
just look at you
with burning lips
your living proof
at my fingertips


. . .



stab a sorry heart
with your favourite finger
paint the whole world blue
and stop your tears from stinging
hear the cavemen singing
good news they're bringing

seven seas
swimming them so well
glad to see
my face among them
kissing the tortoise shell

a longing for some fresher feeling
belonging or just forever kneeling
where's the sense in stealing
without the grace to be it

seven seas
swimming them so well
glad to see
Lyricsmy face among them
kissing the tortoise shell

burning my bridges
and smashing my mirrors
turning to see if you're cowardly
burning the witches and mother religious
you'll strike the matches and shower me

in water games
washing the rocks below
taught and tamed
in time with tear flow


. . .



jimmy brown
made of stone
charlie clown
no way home
bringing on the dancing horses
headless and all alone

shiver and say the words
of every lie you've heard

first i'm gonna make it
then i'm gonna break it
till it falls apart
hating all the faking
and shaking while i'm breaking
your brittle heart

billy stands
all alone
sinking sand
skin and bone
Lyricsbring on the dancing horses
wherever they may roam

shiver and say the words
of every lie you've heard

first i'm gonna make it
then i'm gonna break it
till it falls apart
hating all the faking
and shaking while i'm breaking
your brittle heart

brittle heart
brittle heart
and my little heart
goes

jimmy brown
made of stone
charlie clown
no way home

first i'm gonna make it
then i'm gonna break it
till it falls apart
hating all the faking
and shaking while i'm breaking
your brittle heart

bring on the new messiah
wherever he may roam...

brittle heart
brittle heart
and our little hearts
go


. . .


People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down

When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange

People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down

When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange

When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange

. . .



A sense of duty was my one intention
And an ugly beauty was my own invention
Pride, a proud refusal
I refuse to need your approval
Too many seekers, too few beacons
But through the fog we'll keep on beaming
Through the crying hours of your glitter years
All the livin' out of your tinsel tears
And the midnight trains I never made
'Cause I already played The Game
Lyrics
Everybody's got their own good reasons
Why their favorite season is their favorite season
Winter winners and those summer suns
Aren't good for everyone, aren't good for everyone
Spring has sprung and autumn's so well done
So well done
And it's a better thing that we do now
Forgetting everything, the whys and hows
While you reminisce about the things you miss
You won't be ready to kiss
Goodbye

The Earth is a world, the world is a ball
A ball in a game with no rules at all
And just as I wonder at the beauty of it all
You go and drop it
And it breaks when it falls

I'll never understand why you thought I would
Need to be reassured and be understood
When I always knew that your bad's my good
And I was ready
Ready to be loved

Born under Mars
With Jupiter rising
Fallen from stars
That lit my horizon

I'll never understand why you thought I would
Need to be reassured and understood
When I always knew that your bad's my good
And I was ready
To be...

Through the crying hours of your glitter years
All the livin' out of your tinsel tears
And the midnight trains I never made
'Cause I already played...

It's a better thing that we do now
Forgetting everything, the whys and hows
'Cause while you reminisce about the things you miss
You won't be ready to kiss
Goodbye


. . .



She floats like a swan
Grace on the water
Lips like sugar
Lips like sugar
Just when you think you've caught her
She glides across the water
She calls for you tonight
To share this moonlight

You'll flow down her river
She'll ask you and you'll give her

Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses

She knows what she knows
I know what she's thinking
Sugar kisses
Sugar kisses
LyricsJust when you think she's yours
She's flown to other shores
To laugh at how you break
And melt into this lake

You'll flow down her river
But you'll never give her

Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses

She'll be my mirror
Reflect what I am
A loser and a winner
The King of Siam
And my Siamese twin
Alone on the river
Mirror kisses
Mirror kisses

Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses

Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses

Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses


. . .

Bedbugs & Ballyhoo

[No lyrics]

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