Cost: Johnny Pulp and the Lemonheads
Notes
Set me free you want to bet?
You got the cover. I'm not your friend, nobody's brother.
Who killed the president? Call Scooby-Doo, Columbo, now he'd know exactly what to do.
Feeling down? Here's a bottle of pills.
I heard Ophelia saying it was time that kills.Give up a coin for the song and dance man.
Clean the dishes, pretend you give a damn.
Sorrow's just a word, my tears, they're absurd, yep.Cleopatra's got desires and wants to be free.
Would poison Caesar and Antony if they'd let her just be.
Sorrow's just a word, my tears, they're absurd, yep.Little Bo Peep has slaughtered her sheep,
Took up with the wolfman, then killed him in his sleep.
The lover was a giant full of impeccable rage,
His girl was the blonde who dies each night on the stage.
She said, "Cross your heart and hope to die,"
Shot him through the skull as he asked her why.
Sorrow's just a word, my tears, they're absurd, yep.Let your hair hang low, you lovely thing.
Well, trouble is what the honey trap brings.
Answer the phone or just let it ring.
It's early morning and everything's happening.
The cops look stern and have their man,
And you're in bed with another and her fake tan.
Run the line, run away from this place.
Wear a veil, stay in shadows, cover your face.
Sorrow's just a word, my tears, they're absurd, yep.Woke up a long time after with an ache in the head.
Oh, you're a devil, my darling, you'd be better off dead.
I'll send you a letter from the ends of the earth.
It'll be sad and make clear what I think you're worth.
Sorrow's just a word, my tears, they're absurd, yep.Many years have gone by, I'd forgotten you at last.
I don't count the time, I don't dwell on the past.
You think I am heartbroken and suffering in pain.
Why, darling, I can't even think of your face or your name.
And the picture I carry, it's just for good luck,
And I'm blind to its charms if you see me around... duck.
Sorrow's just a word, my tears, they're absurd, yep.Absurd, yep, just absurd. Jeez...
Get confused real easy and play dumb.
I can't see a way out, by the pricking of my thumb.
Wear dark glasses and head out to the train,
Arrive in a place far away in thunder and fog and rain.Kings and emperors, presidents and in the tower,
She lets down her hair and escapes on the hour.
You have no ticket, have even less common sense too.
Well, I guess it doesn't matter who really matters to you.
Small moments happen but are easily broken down
And forgotten, like the forgotten face leaving town.Sleeping Beauty, she has poisons and handles a knife,
Will twist it right in, her gods are death and life.
What was the deal we made in the blistering time
When we were skinless and impossible to define?
The maze promised a centre and then all will be revealed,
But why think a labyrinth has anything else concealed?You have no ticket, have even less common sense too.
Well, I guess it doesn't matter who really matters to you.
Small moments happen but are easily broken down
And forgotten, like the forgotten face leaving town.Ride along, ride along, and come close to the edge of the black hole.
You've always known it was either everything or else nothing at all.
I watched your face and then turned away to weep,
And you lay you down and take cover and sleep.Superheroes and knaves, gunslingers and a bell
Rings across all of these things, ringing us all to hell.You have no ticket, have even less common sense too.
Well, I guess it doesn't matter who really matters to you.
Small moments happen but are easily broken down
And forgotten, like the forgotten face leaving town.Aladdin has a magic lamp and it answers all his desires.
You, what do you need, and what would cancel all these lies?
Looking down over the cities, see all the people crying out loud.
Well, in these days of strife, no one looks assured, no one seems so proud.Cocktails or beer, whisky or rum, or some other to pass the time.
Do you admit what you did, and will you pay for your crimes?End up with cactus and vultures and a sun gone quite mad
Because you didn't worship it enough and you feel low and sad,
Like you left without warning, without even a tell-tale sign
That would have meant something, like you were going but still mine.You have no ticket, have even less common sense too.
Well, I guess it doesn't matter who really matters to you.
Small moments happen but are easily broken down
And forgotten, like the forgotten face leaving town.Ahhh, you have no ticket, have even less common sense too.
Well, I guess it doesn't matter who really matters to you.
Small moments happen but are easily broken down
And forgotten, like the forgotten face leaving town.Look me in the eye, tell me why.
Dream things away, don't do what they say.
Just say no, yeah, don't go.
Just imagine it anew, imagine and change the view.
Change the way you see, change what could be.
Put it all in the mind, think you want to be kind.
Stop your hatred and fears, smile and hold others dear.
Nothing's ever black and white, nothing's ever just wrong or right.
That's all it takes, a new world it makes.
Yeah, a new world. set me free. I walked one day, oh, up into the sky,
Floated about with Major Tom, thought we might die.
Yeah, thought we might just draw a line,
Say no more words, just disappear into time.My head is spinning and my sadness is real,
It's a line that runs from everywhere to what I feel.
The world has turned and now the hand has writ,
Some of us are left standing or lying or sit.
But nothing hides our shame and the pity of it all,
As darkness on everyone comes, on us all it falls,
It falls.Hold my hand, Maid Marian, my beauteous girl,
With your dazzling eyes and your smile and curls.
Walk me through the woods, talk with Robin Hood,
Steal from the rich, give to the poor, yeah, we all should.My head is spinning and my sadness is real,
It's a line that runs from everywhere to what I feel.
The world has turned and now the hand has writ,
Some of us are left standing or lying or sit.
But nothing hides our shame and the pity of it all,
As darkness on everyone comes, on us all it falls,
It falls.Blackbeard, he's a pirate king, a dark and dangerous man,
He'll carve you into pieces of eight and sails the seas beyond land.
His eye is greed, his mouth a liar, his arms like oak are strong,
But his heart is small and his love a lie, all he does is evil is wrong.The nightingale sings in some lonely square, who listens to her now?
The judge bangs his gavel down and has a frown across her brow.
Little Bo Peep, she's lost all of her sheep and cries beneath the hill,
And Little Boy Blue is grown up now, he's cruel and trained to kill.My head is spinning and my sadness is real,
It's a line that runs from everywhere to what I feel.
The world has turned and now the hand has writ,
Some of us are left standing or lying or sit.
But nothing hides our shame and the pity of it all,
As darkness on everyone comes, on us all it falls,
It falls.The rainbow's end has a pot of gold, it's freezing cold and poison.
The soldier men all march along towards a bleeding horizon.
And the town's on fire and the people are weeping,
And miles away the hangman lies in the straw, sleeping.A cross and a crescent and star and a moon like a prehistoric eye,
Nights are full of dreamers dreaming that they didn't have to die.
Too late to cry and weep, too late to take to the road and run,
Hell came on horseback and rockets from the sun.My head is spinning and my sadness is real,
It's a line that runs from everywhere to what I feel.
The world has turned and now the hand has writ,
Some of us are left standing or lying or sit.
But nothing hides our shame and the pity of it all,
As darkness on everyone comes, on us all it falls,
It falls.His ruthless eye on the clock, the fingers in the till,
Lights flicker in the hall, beyond the room all is still.
Two options in the falling light and neither seem real,
But the moon shines across the door, he doesn't know what he feels.A queen was frozen, she was turned to ice,
Here comes Tom Thumb, three blind mice.
Juliet's ditched Romeo, he was never the one,
She left him in the tomb, faked suicide and went on the run.By midnight he's still in the bar contemplating the choices,
Whilst the room is full of strangers and their whispering voices.
And King Kong in the corner is holding court, has silver teeth,
But he's not looking in that direction, but what lies beneath.A queen was frozen, she was turned to ice,
Here comes Tom Thumb, three blind mice.
Juliet's ditched Romeo, he was never the one,
She left him in the tomb, faked suicide and went on the run.Deals come and deals go and he walks like he knows where he's going,
But he knows he's in trouble and in two minds and his heart beats slowing.
As he turns the corner and enters the square with its windows and the door,
And he stands and there's sweat on his brow and he can't think straight anymore.A queen was frozen, she was turned to ice,
Here comes Tom Thumb, three blind mice.
Juliet's ditched Romeo, he was never the one,
She left him in the tomb, faked suicide and went on the run.The wolfman howls somewhere out beneath the moon and the stars light,
A door opens and someone slips away into the dark and mysterious night.
Over the graveyard a drunk is singing to his love who went away,
And the cock crows and greets the new and rising day.A queen was frozen, she was turned to ice,
Here comes Tom Thumb, three blind mice.
Juliet's ditched Romeo, he was never the one,
She left him in the tomb, faked suicide and went on the run.Yeah, we're all on the run.They wanted to say what it was they saw
In the girl they both loved, to show who loved her more.
The first, he saw rainbows and gold streaming out of her eyes,
The other heard buttercups and daisies and the music of the skies.All loves are blindfolds and who knows what's real
When you fall for the girl who your heart she steals.
You walk around like a dog without a bone,
And there's no rest anymore and you're far from home,
So far from home.The first, he saw her beauty like a great festive feast,
The second saw her prowling like a great golden beast.
The first, he saw not one but three,
The second said his creatures were legion and all were free.The first likened her charms to pink blossoms in spring,
The rival saw her soul as a golden sacred ring.
The first knew her soul as a spirit without end,
To the other she was an alphabet words couldn't mend.All loves are blindfolds and who knows what's real
When you fall for the girl who your heart she steals.
You walk around like a dog without a bone,
And there's no rest anymore and you're far from home,
So far from home.She was midnight and noon all blended with time,
She was an angel and a goddess who made lips rhyme.
She was the mountain and the valley where all are blessed,
She was the spring of hope where the weary come to rest.All loves are blindfolds and who knows what's real
When you fall for the girl who your heart she steals.
You walk around like a dog without a bone,
And there's no rest anymore and you're far from home,
So far from home.She was a wish upon a star and the truth of the wishing well,
She was Sleeping Beauty awake from the sleeping spell.
She was the pearl of wisdom, the apple of the eye,
She was the everlasting moment that never dies.She was the long-lost love, the romance and the dove,
She was the golden gleam that falls from the gods above.
She was the great dark beauty rising up from hell,
She was the price you have to pay and the one you sell.All loves are blindfolds and who knows what's real
When you fall for the girl who your heart she steals.
You walk around like a dog without a bone,
And there's no rest anymore and you're far from home,
So far from home.She was the witch in the high tower, unsexed by her spells,
She was blood and nightmare, sleepwalking at midnight bells.
She was vampire and lust, a curse of flesh and blood,
She was the corrupter of souls who meant no one no good.All loves are blindfolds and who knows what's real
When you fall for the girl who your heart she steals.
You walk around like a dog without a bone,
And there's no rest anymore and you're far from home,
So far from home.She was the power of vengeance and Eden's lost souls,
She was Lilith and Eve and the poisoned bowl.
The lovers then stopped and began to shake,
And were glad when the cockcrow forced them to wake.All loves are blindfolds and who knows what's real
When you fall for the girl who your heart she steals.
You walk around like a dog without a bone,
And there's no rest anymore and you're far from home,
So far from home.I got time on my hands and an axe to grind,
I'm full of dreams and stuff that are hard to define.
Some moments, they come as clear as a bell,
I hear time and distance like the ocean in a shell.I walk by the side of the long and winding road,
Watch the stars as they fall and the world explode.Do you wait for no man like time?
Are you alive or dying?
Are you cursed to be loved?
Are you from below or above?You call out a name but it's not mine that I know,
And the places you visit are not places I go.
Down in the city there are jesters and queens,
There are magicians with a word, no one knows what it means.You walk on the wild side and then lay down in the sand,
You watch waterfalls and sprites, you let go of her hand.Do you wait for no man like time?
Are you alive or dying?
Are you cursed to be loved?
Are you from hell or from heaven above?Moon flowers and snowstorms, it's the Arctic and all's ice.
Your eyes see through darkness, you play cards, you play dice.
You make jokes of the landlord and the judge who forces the law,
You have a sense of the business though you don't know who you are.The Red Queen bites you and you cry out in pain,
You drive through the desert and end up just the same.
You frown at the note that was pushed under your door,
You read the words again and again, then read them once more.Nothing's making sense, yet it all seems so clear
That there are feelings and thoughts that are thin like veneer.Do you wait for no man like time?
Are you alive or dying?
Are you cursed to be loved,
Buried below or risen above?Do you wait for no man like time?
Are you alive or dying?
Are you cursed to be loved?Watch the blue of the sky, hear the turtle dove.The king in the counting house with his gold and money,
The daughters watching out for trouble, tricks, anything funny.
Their wicked eyes never closed, their tongues alive,
And the company they were keeping buzzed like a dark, dark hive.There were powers and forces and strange decrees by night,
There were lawyers and judges and soldiers waiting for the daylight.
And deep down in the castle were the sounds of desperate men,
Chained in the darkness knowing no one remembered them.The tale is old and sorrow covers the land and air and water,
And ghosts are seen haunting all those lost sons and daughters.
Strange visions come at night like dreams on the skin,
And no one knows what's left or whether life's worth living.Out on the wild highways with skin like the wing of a bat,
And a madman and his girl upon a broken oak they sat.
The moon above was deep blood red, the air like coals burning,
And the women in the queen's chamber, their hearts were yearning.But the deal was done, the cards were played, the die was cast,
The ships sailed into the harbour with blackened sails and blacker masts.
An eerie bird called from out the middle of the swirling air,
And the townsfolk stayed hidden behind their doors or on the stair.The tale is old and sorrow covers the land and air and water,
And ghosts are seen haunting all those lost sons and daughters.
Strange visions come at night like dreams on the skin,
And no one knows what's left or whether life's worth living.A bell was ringing like time was a drum and in time with the heart
That beat like a tempest storm and lightning like a dart
Flashed its silver blade right down from the sky, and rain, rain,
It fell like the next great flood was all sorrow and pain.Jack the knave narrowed his hungry, vicious eyes,
He had tricks up his sleeve, he didn't care about lives.
His deals were treacherous, his words were all lies,
With him there was nothing good, was where the honest man dies.The tale is old and sorrow covers the land and air and water,
And ghosts are seen haunting all those lost sons and daughters.
Strange visions come at night like dreams on the skin,
And no one knows what's left or whether life's worth living.In the great chamber were the great and the good,
They wore masks for faces and they did all they could
To forget about the storm and the turmoil outside the wall,
They pretended not to hear the great beast as it crawled,
Slouched and twisted with a horrible fixed grin.
It came from beyond, they said, but really it came from within,
All the times they had ignored the pleas of the sad,
The broken-hearted and the wronged, and it had driven them mad.The tale is old and sorrow covers the land and air and water,
And ghosts are seen haunting all those lost sons and daughters.
Strange visions come at night like dreams on the skin,
And no one knows what's left or whether life's worth living.No one knows when it happened, though everyone was there.
The lightning struck the tower and the sound flew through the air,
And the sea rose up from the shoreline over the land,
And no one was left to cry out or offer a helping hand.The tale is old and sorrow covers the land and air and water,
And ghosts are seen haunting all those lost sons and daughters.
Strange visions come at night like dreams on the skin,
And no one knows what's left or whether life's worth living.Yeah, no one knows, no one knows, ahhh, yeah,
No one, but no one knows.Well, it said it was going to be just one time,
We both agreed on the form, so were you lying?
Saw your picture, it was the one you sent by mail,
You looked like you looked, you couldn't fail.Who the hell are we now when all's said and done?
And where are we going and what will we become?I always feel a little shy and there's always shame,
We talked for a while, though of course we used fake names.
And after the deed was done and we lay out on the bed,
It was hard to say what was alive and what was dead.Who the hell are we now when all's said and done?
And where are we going and what will we become?It was ordinary and strange and a deal, but something more,
And I felt a little uneasy when I walked back out through the door.Who the hell are we now when all's said and done?
And where are we going and what will we become?Who the hell are we now when all's said and done?
And where are we going and what will we become?Yeah, what will we become?You read about mail-order brides and love that's sold cheap,
And one-night stands that go further till they feel more and deep.All night-time, and then waking up
At the bus shelter, in the café, with tea in the cup.And a bruised sort of soul and a feeling that's unsure,
Whether it's this or it's that, and whether you wanted it to be more.You ever followed a stranger, even if she's just on a screen?
Ever wondered what that is, and whatever does it mean?
Who the hell are we now when all's said and done,
And where are we going and what will we become?And what would you do if you met her one day,
Out in the real world, do you know what you'd say?Or maybe you need the dream to stay just a dream,
And all of your feelings are not really what they seem.Who the hell are we now when all's said and done,
And where are we going and what will we become?
Who the hell are we now when all's said and done,
And where are we going and what will we become?Yeah, what will we become? Kiss the girls, make them cry,
Cross your heart and hope to die.
These are strange, strange days,
Seem to be walking through a haze.Frozen heart and frozen mind,
I'll pay you no attention, pay you no mind.
I'll see to it that I kill you in the end,
Yeah, this is my curse that I send.Lost my tongue, turned the other cheek,
Started to talk, then forgot what it was to speak.
Sang a song of sixpence to the end of day,
Blew her kisses because I didn't know what to say.Ate crow and then walked on by
Like I was walking right up into the sky.Frozen heart and frozen mind,
I'll pay you no attention, pay you no mind.
I'll see to it that I kill you in the end,
Yeah, this is my curse that I send.Skipped a heartbeat and winked one time,
Changed the rules and rewrote the line.
Went to the town hall and left a letter,
Laying out the changes that would make everything better.Frozen heart and frozen mind,
I'll pay you no attention, pay you no mind.
I'll see to it that I kill you in the end,
Yeah, this is my curse that I send.Sat back in the heart of the house,
Smoked a little, was as quiet as a mouse.
Shadows crawled up from the last long hour,
I growled sometime to make all of them cower.And the next day I read the news,
Idiots all expressing their views.
Well, what do I care?
'Cos I'm no longer there.Frozen heart and frozen mind,
I'll pay you no attention, pay you no mind.
I'll see to it that I kill you in the end,
Yeah, this is my curse that I send.Frozen heart and frozen mind,
I'll pay you no attention, pay you no mind.
I'll see to it that I kill you in the end,
Yeah, this is my curse I want to send.Oh, set me free...Sorrow is here somewhere hidden in the house,
Sadness crouching in the shadows as secretive as a mouse.
Trembles like a reed in the secret black magic lake,
And tears roll down and living feels like a mistake.Sing me a song of the lonely and lost,
Sing quiet and sing as if every breath has a cost
You can't pay and it's all too late,
And sadness is just fate.Cleopatra carries her poisoned asp in a golden box,
Her eyes have seen everything, a school of hard knocks.
And desire is always a calculation and a risky thing,
And she knows it'll happen one day and death it'll bring.Sing me a song of the lonely and lost,
Sing quiet and sing as if every breath has a cost
You can't pay and it's all too late,
And sadness is just fate.What is the secret you whispered before you turned and walked away?
Who did you look to when the world crashed and burned that day?
In the bookshop we stared across the road and waited like spies,
Ah, my love for you is where everything, ah, my world dies.Sing me a song of the lonely and lost,
Sing quiet and sing as if every breath has a cost
You can't pay and it's all too late,
And sadness is just fate.Moonlight is a strange cloak and midnight a deal,
Leaves me frozen, don't know anymore how to feel.
Sadness in the shadows crossing the road,
Drag my heart heavy as a mighty load.Sing me a song of the lonely and lost,
Sing quiet and sing as if every breath has a cost
You can't pay and it's all too late,
And sadness is just fate.Everything so far, far away,
Sorrow by night and by day.
Why did no one tell us of this?