All these buckets of rain, I’ve heard enough about
You say that I lied.
I am a gentleman – didn’t I ask for a place I could stay?
What were we both thinking?
The next part just got in the way.
You were just always talking about changing, changing
What if I was the same man, same man, the same I always was?

All these things that you say,
Like I’ll forget about the mind-numbing games that you play.
I am a gentleman, didn’t I pay for every laugh, every dime,
Every bit, every time and then you feed me some line.
I won’t hear one more word about changing, changing
Guess what I am the same man, same man, same man I’ve always been.

Days pass and turn into weeks, when we don’t even speak
We just lay wide awake and pretend we’re asleep.
You go home alone and you’re checking your phone
And you’re looking at me like I’m something you own.

All these buckets of rain, you can’t forget about it, you say I never tried.
I am a gentleman, didn’t I answer every time that you call, pick you up when you fall
But you never listen at all
You were just always talking about changing, changing
Guess what I am the same man, same man.
Changing, changing
Guess what I am the same man, same man.

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Well, it’s a minor altercation despite your hesitation
By all agrees that you will see how we’re causing quite a sensation
So publication of needing motivation
Your mother says it’s OK outside the subway station.

You’re taking off your stripes; even your knees are nice
I’ll tease you with a knife until you’re screaming for your life
I think so too and you surrender
Can I spend you up? You’re my illegally illegal tender.

It takes a lover, it takes a lover
It takes a lover that will love me like no other
It takes a lover, it takes a lover
It takes a lover that knows I love her like no other.

Well it’s a minor altercation despite your hesitation
And apart the contrary and impending accusation
Cinematography that you’re willing but happy to see
A scene that stars you and your girl and you’re both on top of me.

I looked into your eyes and pushed your buttons and levers
You said you’d see until we agree and kindly said whatever
And you like my loving better cause you said so in a letter
That said return to sender, my illegally illegal tender.

It takes a lover, it takes a lover
It takes a lover that will love me like no other
It takes a lover, it takes a lover
It takes a lover that knows I love her like no other.

Two in the pocket is better than three, two in the pocket is better than three
It’s better than three, two in the pocket is better than three
And three in the pocket is better than four
And five in the pocket is better than six
And put them together, then pick up the sticks.

It takes a lover, it takes a lover
It takes a lover that will love me like no other
It takes a lover, it takes a lover
It takes a lover that knows I love her like no other.

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You can see that you’re being surrounded
From every direction
And love was just something you found
To add to your collection
It used to seem we were number one
But now it sounds so far away
I had a dream we were running from
Some blazing arrows yesterday.

You said, “Fight fire with fire
Fire with fire, fire with fire
Through desire, desire-sire, desire
Through your desire.”

Now the city blacks out the sun
That you know is rising
You can show me the work that you’ve done
Your fears have been disguising
Is it just me or is everyone
Hiding out between the lines?
What will we be when we come undone?
Just a simple meeting of the minds?

And we’ll fight fire with fire
Fire with fire, fire with fire
Through desire, desire-sire, desire
Through your desire.

Underneath your skies
There’s a million lights
Burning brightly just like fireflies.

It’s cold and heaven surrounds you from every direction
‘Cause there’s someone behind every hand
That you’ve made a connection
And now we’re free to be number one
The morning isn’t far away
I had a dream we were holding on
And tomorrow has become today, become today.

And we’ll fight fire with fire
Fire with fire, fire with fire
Through desire, desire-sire, desire
Through your desire
We’ll fight fire with fire
Fire with fire, fire with fire
Through desire, desire-sire, desire
Through your desire.

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I want to explore you, I’m gonna get under your skin
So you can feel me running through your veins.
I want to examine every inch of your frame
The pressure points that cause your joy and pain

Our love goes under the knife
There is no room for doubt.

Now I’m inside you, my hands can feel their way
Further inside than I have ever been
Now I can really mess around with your heart
And fill it to the brim with broken dreams

Our love goes under the knife
Two lives may be saved.

And if I pull this off, I’ll refuse the Nobel prize
Instead I will look into your eyes.
If I pull this off, your whole body will be mine
And I’m prepared to work throughout the night.

Our love goes under the knife
Nothing is taboo here on the cutting edge of science

Too much information, I feel I’m getting lost
Absorbed into the fibre of your soul
Deep within the abbatoir of your entrails – your insides
Lost in you forever, far from home.

Our love goes under the knife; someone got too close
Our love goes under the knife; the heart was rejected by the host.

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Shadows all around you as you surface from the dark
Emerging from the gentle grip of night’s unfolding arms
Darkness, darkness, everywhere – do you feel all alone?
The subtle grace of gravity, the heavy weight of stone.

You don’t see what you possess, a beauty calm and clear
It floods the sky and blurs the darkness like a chandelier
All the light that you possess is skewed by lakes and seas
The shattered surface, so imperfect, is all that you believe.

I will bring a mirror, so silver, so exact
So precise and so pristine, a perfect pane of glass
I will set the mirror up to face the blackened sky
You will see your beauty every moment that you rise.

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Fell in love in the back seat of your car
The road was shorter than it looked
Like ten years and two more
And I held the girl closer than was safe
Take what you want from me
I’m not afraid to turn around to see you by my side
Hey, I felt pretty when they turned out the light
I didn’t know just what was going wrong
When all my guts were telling me to run
I stuck around when I should have been there with you
Now after all that we lost, I swear I’ll never let go.

You and I both are nothing but thieves
We take what we want when we need
I had a chance for a better life
But all that I’ve known is to run, run, run, from a devil in disguise
Like a bullet, a bullet, a bullet into the night
We are the last generation of hope
And I wouldn’t mind if together we died alone

I was 21 when I lost control
I took my hands off the wheel
Wheel, it spun on its own
And I lost so much of what I loved
Take what you want from me
I’m not afraid to turn around to see you by my side
Hey, I felt pretty when they turned out the light
I didn’t know just what was going wrong
When all my guts were telling me to run
I stuck around when I should have been there with you
Now after all that we lost, I swear I’ll never let go

You and I both are nothing but thieves
We take what we want when we need
I had a chance for a better life
But all that I’ve known is to run, run, run, from a devil in disguise
Like a bullet, a bullet, a bullet into the night
We are the last generation of hope
And I wouldn’t mind if together we died alone.

I said, as long as you’re here then together I can die alone.

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This would not have happened if I hadn’t missed my plane
I would’ve been there when they told you I’m the rat within the grain
Within this big misunderstanding now I’m being misunderstood
I’m thinking someone’s trying to fuck with me and set fire to my wood

I wouldn’t want you to want to be wanted by me
I wouldn’t want you to worry you’d be drowned within my sea
I only wanted to be wonderful and wonderful, it’s true
In truth I only really wanted to be wanted by you

It’s a stupid situation now where everything goes wrong
If you can’t tell if I am lying, then you do not belong
In my bed.
Go rest your head upon the bones of a bigger man
He can cover you with rock wool
And you can close up like a clam.

Because I wouldn’t want you to want to be wanted by me
I wouldn’t want you to worry you’d be drowned within my sea
I only wanted to be wonderful and wonderful it’s true
In truth I only really wanted to be wanted by you.

So go play with your piano, write a mediocre song
About this shell of mediocrity and pretend there’s nothing wrong
I never thought you were a chickenshit; I never thought of you at all
Until you ask me to be part of it
Now you’re showing me your wall.

I wouldn’t want you to want to be wanted by me
I wouldn’t want you to worry you be drowned within my sea
I only wanted to be wonderful and wonderful it’s true
In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you.

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If I was a sailor, I would sail you out to sea
Take you across the ocean, ask you to marry me
Oh, if I was sailor, I would sail you home to me.
And if I was a soldier, I would march to war for you
I’d face every bullet and cannonball that flew
Oh, if I was a soldier, I would wage a war for you.
And if I was a jailer, I would lock you away;
Then I’d have the key to see you each and every day.
Oh, if I was a jailer, I would still have you today.
And if I was a rich man I’d buy you flowers every day
But I am a poor man so I’ll pick them on the way
Oh, if I was a rich man I would pay to make you to stay.

But I’ve wasted so much time writing songs and playing on my guitar
I’ve wasted so much love; now I wish I’d never learnt to play a note.

And if I had an aeroplane then I’d fly you away
Maybe we’d go to Rome or Paris for the day
Oh, if I had an aeroplane then I’d whisk you away.
And if I was a betting man, I’d bet you love me too
I’d bet everything I had for the chance to be with you
Oh, if I was a betting man, my odds are nine-to-two.

I’ve wasted so much time writing songs and playing on my guitar
I’ve wasted so much love; now I wish I’d never learnt to play a note.
Yeah, I wish I’d never learnt to play a note.
Oh, I wish I’d never learnt to play a note.

And if I was a writer, I would write the book on you
I’d tell them all the stories of the things we used to do
Oh, if I was a writer, I would write the book on you
And if I was a painter, I’d paint portraits of you
Hang them in the galleries like all good painter do
Oh, if I was a painter, I’d paint portraits of you.

I’ve wasted so much time writing songs and playing on my guitar
I’ve wasted so much love; now I wish I’d never learnt to play a note.

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Never let a woman go even when you know
She can always be replaced, she can always be replaced.
Oh, lust only grows like anger and revenge
Oh, beauty comes and goes
But love stays until the end.

Never let a woman go even when you know
She can always be replaced, she can always be replaced.
Oh, lust only grows like anger and revenge
And beauty comes and goes
But love stays until the end.

I wrote you a song Mississippi Isabel,
I even sent you flowers when you fell ill.
You’ve the strength of the Greeks
You are God’s masterpiece,
You’re every triumph every victory
I believe in every breath you breathe.

And I always imagined you’d be by my side
Whether I’m hiding in the city or I’m tearing through the walls.
You’re only a yoke, a noose on my throat
If your beauty is a fortress then my love will be the moat.
Fall in love with her, fall in love with you I must.
I’ll consume every part of you to indulge my love lust.

Never let a woman go even when you know
She can always be replaced, she can always be replaced.
Oh, lust only grows like anger and revenge
Oh, beauty comes and goes
But love stays until the end.

Never let a woman go even when you know…

With a guitar in my hand or a gun in my hand
I’d give it all up for a hand in my hand.
For the sun on my skin as the morning begins
I’d die in the dark just to feel your skin on my skin.
Never let a woman go even when you know…
Your soul, your love, your blood.
Treasure every beating heart
That sets your soul on fire.
Love will set your soul on fire,
Love will set your soul on fire…

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Everybody thinks that girl’s so fine,
Everybody’s like “I’ll make her mine!”
Everyone thinks she’s a bit of all right but I think that she’s not so nice!
Every guy’s looking in her eyes,
Every guy’s checking out her thighs
Everyone thinks that girl’s a lady, but I don’t-
I think that girl’s shady.

I’ll just read a book instead.
I don’t care if we’re just friends.
I can hang out with myself
I’m old enough now to pretend.
I’ll just read a book instead.
I know that you think she’s best
I don’t even think she cares,
I don’t know what you see…
There’s nothing there.

Bam ba dum ba dum ba dum
Bam ba dum ba dum ba dum…

But I think she’s a-

I’ll just read a book instead.
I don’t care if we’re just friends.
I can hang out with myself
I’m old enough now to pretend.
I’ll just read a book instead.
I know that you think she’s best
I don’t even think she cares,
I don’t know what you see…
There’s nothing there.

Bam ba dum ba dum ba dum
Bam ba dum ba dum ba dum…

I think she’s a bitch.

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