The town is silent now after war
Here comes a prayer into my ears
Who’s gonna understand?
Will anybody hear me?
Shoot the memories, kill the hope
And burry your pity deep in the sand
Who’s gonna take my hand?
Will anybody hear me?
I am waiting for tomorrow
Stay awake with me
Anybody help me
Before my joy turns to sorrow
Stay awake with me
The town is silent now after war
I hear the echoes of innocents
Who’s gonna understand?
Will anybody hear me?
I am waiting for tomorrow
Stay awake with me
Anybody help me
Before my joy turns to sorrow
Stay awake with me
I am waiting
For tomorrow
I am waiting
For tomorrow
Will anybody hear me?
I am waiting for tomorrow
Stay awake with me
Anybody save me
In the land they’ve only borrowed
In another history
02 / 11
Generation
The generation of my age
The generation out of cage
I’m feelin’ free
People stare at me
I’m feelin’ mad
The whole world’s in my bed
My generation
My generation
The generation without view
The generation, nothin’ new
I’m feelin’ brave
Don’t want to be saved
I’m feelin’ bored
My life’s comin’ short
My generation
My generation
Don’t ask me if I take some pills
I tell I do I do
Don’t ask me if I want to kill myself
I do I do I do
The generation in my room
The generation, a faded bloom
I’m feelin’ free
People stare at me
I’m feelin’ mad
The whole world’s in my bed
My generation
My generation
I don’t want to pay the bills
And I don’t want to think of love
And I don’t want to save the trees
To lose my time and miss
Another celebration
03 / 11
Crying
This is another century
Such a bore
There ain’t no time for you and me
Anymore
And all the people goin’ by
See their eyes
They gotta go to work at nine
Bye-bye
And you’re cryin’ cryin’ cryin’
Cryin’ cryin’ cryin’
When you see ‘em walkin’
When you hear ‘em talkin’
You cry
Life is just boredom
Make a lotta money
And die
This is another century
I don’t care
There ain’t no place for you and me
Anywhere
And all the guys in blue suede shoes
See their eyes
They wanna know what brand to choose
Bye-bye
And you’re cryin’ cryin’ cryin’
Cryin’ cryin’ cryin’
When you see ‘em walkin’
When you hear ‘em talkin’
You cry
Life is just boredom
Make a lotta money
And die
You’re looking back to yesterday
Was it great?
You’d rather change your dress today
... OK
04 / 11
About a Boy
Papa was a rolling stone
Mama was a teenage punk
They’d met at Gare du Nord
Back in 1981
A boy, it’s about a boy
Boy who didn’t have a choice
Papa was a rolling stone
Mama was a beauty queen
They got drunk on Pont des Arts
She was only 17
A boy, then there was a boy
Boy who didn’t get a choice
Whoop it up, c’mon baby whoop it up
Whoop it up, stay a while, I love your style, so
Whoop it up, c’mon baby take it up, let’s
make it up, you got to be so good to me, go
Papa was a rolling stone
Mama was a teenage punk
They’d met at Gare du Nord
Back in 1981
A boy, then there was a boy
Boy who didn’t get a choice
Whoop it up ...
Move on
Move out
Move on
Move out
Papa was a rolling stone
Mama was a femme fatale
They have never met again
And his eyes have filled with rain
A boy, such a little boy
Boy who’s walking all alone
Whoop it up ...
05 / 11
Angel
I never know if I’m lying
I never know if I’m crying
If I love or hate
It’s a masquerade
Angel
I’ve tried to take you
Angel
But I’m afraid of sermon, sermon, yeah
Angel
It’s time to say goodbye
We are punished for our refusals.
Every impulse that we strive to strangle
broods in the mind, and poison us.
The only way to get rid of
a temptation is to yield to it.
When I talk to you
I never know the truth
Angel
You’ve tried to turn me
Angel
But I won’t harm my body, body, yeah
Angel
It’s time to say goodbye
I never know if I’m lying
I never know if I’m crying
If I love or hate
It’s a masquerade
Angel
I’ve tried to take you
Angel
But I’m afraid of sermon, sermon, yeah
Angel
It’s time to say goodbye
06 / 11
Tower of Babel
I’m on the highway
I’m here again
I’m driving nowhere
To keep me sane
Here in the Babel
I need some fucking rock’n’roll
I’m on the ferry
To a promised land
Don’t ask me questions
I don’t understand
Why the air is hotter
Oh but the wind so cold
Fire
My whole life burns like fire
I’d like to dance but I’m tired
I wanna breathe but I’m expired
God bless you man
Here in the nowhere land
Turn off the TV
The news is bad
Those hungry people
Will drive me mad
Here in the Babel
I need some fucking place to hide
Build up a ghetto
Where I can live
A room of metal
With a hole in it
I can see nothing
Although the screen shines bright
Fire
My whole life burns like fire
I’d like to dance but I’m tired
I wanna breathe but I’m expired
God bless you man
Here in the nowhere land
07 / 11
She
Hidden behind the corner
He’s looking for a proof
A shadow in her blue eyes
And the suburb remains aloof
She should have said goodbye
She should have saved her life
She should have stayed apart
But she’s pretending it’s alright
And she’s pretending there’s no crime
And she’s got poison in her mind
God knows this lie will never –
Hidden behind the curtain
He’s picking grains of sand
A shadow on her white sheet
And a shotgun in his hand
She should have said goodbye
She should have saved her life
She should not have agreed
But she’s pretending it’s alright
And she’s pretending there’s no crime
And she’s got poison in her mind
God knows this lie will never –
Don’t believe
Don’t believe
You’re in hell
It’s time to leave
Throw the key
Shut the door
Don’t regret it
Anymore
Burn the bridges inside your head
Burn the end ’cause the end is dead
She’s pretending it’s alright
And she’s pretending there’s no crime
And she’s got poison in her mind
God knows this lie will never die
08 / 11
Song of a Simple Man
You’re just a simple man
Go back to school
Stay on the shallow end
With your simple truth
For you don’t know
Which way to go
You don’t know what we know
There are so many things
So many plans
So many dreams
You’ll never understand
You’re just a simple man
Go to your room
Life is a hurricane
It strikes you down soon
For you don’t mind
The waves are high
And sunshine makes you blind
There are so many things
So many plans
So many dreams
You’ll never understand
Hey simple man
Don’t walk away
There must be better end
Whatever they say
The night is cold
And stars untold
And you’re wading through the snow
There are so many things
So many plans
So many dreams
They’ll never understand
09 / 11
Whats in your Head
Foam in your bathroom
Money in your safe
Wine on your table
Loving in your car
What’s in your head?
Fruit in your garden
Cigar in your mouth
Suit on your armchair
Power in your hands
What’s in your head?
Runaway from the real life
Runaway from the dream
Everyone wants your freedom
And you know life‘s mean
Foam in your bathroom
Money in your safe
Wine on your table
Body in your grave
What’s in your head?
Runaway from the real life
Runaway from the dream
Everyone wants your freedom
And you know life‘s mean
10 / 11
Its gonna Rain
Look for the sunshine
Wait for the day
What’ll be tomorrow?
What was yesterday?
Just see the answers
Never glimpse the truth
Those clouds above you
And dust in you
It’s gonna rain
Don’t you know we’re never the same?
Can’t you see the rainy girl again
In your door?
It’s gonna rain
Take me outta memory lane
Throw away the useless things
You’ve gained before
Just watch the movie
Never see the screen
So many places
You could have been
Your life’s a barbed wire
Day after day
And you’re going on
In the gloomy bay
You wanna give it up
And the sky is grey
Grey
It’s gonna rain
Don’t you know we’re never the same?
Can’t you see the rainy girl again
In your door?
It’s gonna rain
Take me outta memory lane
Throw away the useless things
You’ve gained before
11 / 11
Gimmie a Break
Hey who are you what’s your name are you gonna tell me now
Am I right am I wrong man I don’t remember how
I’ve become such a wreck so I’m waiting for advice
Do you know can you tell ’cause you got so many eyes
And you are everything everything you wanna be
Everything that I need is your authority
And I guess you are right doesn’t matter what you say
Would you say I am OK?
You gotta let me know
Should I stay should I go should I buy a new flat
Should I look for someone should I buy a little pet
Should I look for help or travel far away
Would you say I’m a mess if I do it my way
’Cause you know what to do how to pay lower tax
And you know how to move how to get better sex
And you know everything and you’re always at the top
Are you ever gonna stop?
Gimme a break
Gimme a break now
Gimme a break
Gimme a break now
Say should I stay should I go should I buy a new flat
Should I look for someone should I buy a little pet
Should I look for help or travel far away
Would you say I’m a mess if I do it my way
’Cause you know what to do how to pay lower tax
And you know how to move how to get better sex
And you know everything and you’re always at the top
Are you ever gonna stop?
I really wanna know
Who are you what’s your name are you here to tell me now
Am I right am I wrong man I don’t remember how
I’ve become such a wreck so I’m waiting for advice
Do you know can you tell ’cause you got so many eyes
And you are everything everything I wanna be
Everything that I need is your authority
And I guess you are right doesn’t matter what you say
Would you say I am OK?
Gimme a break
Gimme a break now
Gimme a break
Gimme a break now
And the raven never flitting still is sitting still is sitting
And the lamp light o’er him streaming throws his shadow down
And my soul from out that shadow and my soul from out that shadow
And my soul from out that shadow shall be lifted now
I need a break
Gimme a break now
Gimme a break
Gimme a break now
