FORWARD TO MONO
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Say you like my melodies, but you will never
get your hands on me
The more I see ’bout how things are done, the less I want
from you or anyone
Thanks to you, I almost lost my pure love for rock and roll
First you start by breaking the
rules, then someone’s money turns you into fools
Smash things up, yes, you should still do, but there will never
be another Who
Say your prayers when someone adds on the false maturity of Mellotron
Once macabre, now it’s the turtleneck of rock and roll
To be a parasite on the rich:
now that is something that’s still worth shooting for
First you think you have to rebel
You don’t even have to do it well
Then you find that rebellion is not convincing as it’s all
been done
So there’s nothing new anymore?
Well, I still have something I wake up for
So the boardroom killed rock and roll?
But I am music and that’s all I know
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THE
END OF SUMMER audio
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They might just stop the world
tomorrow
So let me open up my heart
Let me hold you close tonight
Until the whole thing comes apart
If you’ve got something
that you want to do
Think of this and nothing more
Start a flame inside before
The end of summer comes around
I try to keep it all together
But next to you I feel so old
You can’t believe that we’re so bad off
I can’t believe what we’ve been told
If you’ve got something
that you want to do
Don’t believe that you can’t do it
Hurry find you own way through it
The end of summer comes around
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THE
MEDLEY I WARNED YOU ABOUT audio
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This is the medley I warned you
about
You might not have the time it takes to play out
You always seem to be going somewhere ...
(At this point, the ineffectual
singer attempts a number
of tricks, all futile, to get the listener’s attention.)
Turn off your radio
Turn off your stereo
You won’t be sorry
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING, EDDIE? audio
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Do you know what you’re
saying, Eddie?
Do you think that it’s all just a joke?
We won’t be forgiven for what we have done
Why would you want to tell anyone?
Do you know what you’re
doing to me?
We’ve got the cash in the bag
With just ten more hours to be in the clear
Easy Street’s never seemed so near
Easy Street—
Where the trees hang down in endless day
And we stand above and drink and survey
And never ask a price again
No more hotels and chamber maids to leave without a trace
No saving soaps and kitchen raids, we’ll buy the fucking
place
I know we’ll always have
our problems
But I’d rather be rich than poor
They say that wealth will mess your mind up
But I don’t want to close that door
Misery brings strength
And I’m sure that's a rare and wondrous feeling!
But I’d rather be rich than poor
No one is ever always happy ...
Some people say that we are the
ones who are bringing the country down
But then I stop and I look around, and things they look bad all
around
Two happier people in this world has got to be a good thing
Do you know what you’re
saying, Eddie?
Can I trust you to keep to the plan?
Just tell me you love me, don’t walk out that door
Don’t make me show you what this is for
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OVER AND OVERDUB audio
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You’re feeling bad
And when you’re sad
You throw your weight around
But not on me
This time, I’m free
You still deserve it all
I’m not connected to you
I’m not refracted through you
And yes, I’m enjoying it
There’s nothing that’s more healing
Than to know that you’re still feeling
Worse than I ever did
The bridges burn
At every turn
You barely know me now
Three minutes long
Is never wrong
It’s all you ever need
You’d like to hypnotize
us
You’d like to get inside us
That’s one place you’ll never be
’Cause even if you hear this
You can’t be sure who it is
By throwing your weight around
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FROM ME TO THE WORLD audio
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Do you know what’s going
on?
I’ve been there and I know it
No, nothing’s going wrong
You are strong down inside you
You are the passage from me to
the world
You are the one and I know it
Giving up hope isn’t hard, but the world
Doesn’t quite like you to show it
Do you know what’s going
on?
I’m fading and I know it
Soon, you will move into the light
Tell me, are you ready for a new world??
You are passage from me to the
world
You are the one and I know it
I am the tree that is blown by the wind
You are the root down below it
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MINUTES
audio
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Turn on the radio and hear the
air
Open the metal door and go nowhere
I don’t really need to make a stand
And I’m tired, yes I’m tired
Grey streets and stadiums are
full of snow
Nothing that’s still around asks "Where’d they
go?"
I don’t really need to understand
But I tried, yes I tried
And I’ve not forgotten why
I hated you all
I always said that I’d be
going away
But I’m alone here today
There’s no more reason to leave: you’re no longer
here
The one mistake that always seems
to be made
Is, though a couple are great,
That man as a whole can be good, though we know that he should
I stand before you at the end
of the world
It wasn’t supposed to be good
And I’ve had better days, but not very many
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YEARS audio
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Remember when you came in?
Now you’re gone
Gone with no trace
All you are, all erased
Nonsensical, in vain, life just
does what it does
You’re here and then you’re gone
Sense is a human thing
Our life is long
And we hope for our share
We stand in line
But then find nothing’s there
Throw your problems into the one
only real abyss
There’s really only the one for you to understand
You cannot hide
And the hole never fades from you
Until you’ve died
And you fade to running eyes
Throw your problems into the one
only real abyss
Embrace the void and be calm
Let go of the little ones
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FREE IN TIME audio
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I took Sunset west
Of all the overrated ones, I guess he’s the best
I didn’t play too well
A weak goodbye and I undoubtedly failed the test
Free in time
You’ll see sometime
We’ll be fine
And so now it’s done
The game is over and we still don’t know what we’ve
won
But you know we’re free
Of everybody in the world who’s just trying to be
Free in time
You’ll see sometime
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