A Tricky Business  1991

   

Thin Red Line

hurts like a hero
Down at just about zero
Like we shipped out on vino
Running round on the nearest cloud

I walk a thin, walk a thin red line
I walk a thin, walk a thin red line
Girl, you elude, no matter how I try
I walk a thin, walk a thin red line

I dug up a man-hole
In a serious show
On a reasonably sane boat
I'm picking bones from my mobile home

I walk a thin, walk a thin red line
I walk a thin, walk a thin red line
Wild dogs salute me as I'm walking by
I walk a thin, walk a thin red line

I always said, I always said
Love is resurrection and it can fool you
I always said, I always said
Love is a distraction, but it can cure you

It's trick getting hold on
My favourite soul
And it's better you and me know
There's a cat in my face
And she's called Garbo

I walk a thin, walk a thin red line
I walk a thin, walk a thin red line
I'd introduce you, but you're not my sign
I walk a thin, walk a thin red line

I walk a thin, walk a thin red line
I walk a thin, walk a thin red line
I would seduce you if I had the time
I walk a thin, walk a thin red line

Right Hand Man

Right hand lady
I'm rolling up to meet her
And trading her for favours
Simmer down and taste her

Can I be your right
Can I be your right hand
Can I be your right
Can I be your right hand man?

Takes a blue serge sailor
To keep looking out forever
Sitting toying with a razor
And cutting down angels

Can I be your right
Can I be your right hand
Can I be your right
Can I be your right hand man?

Like a red-eyed saviour
I've been working up a taste for
Kicking over tables
It's written round my halo

Can I be your right
Can I be your right hand
Can I be your right
Can I be your right hand man?

Can I be your right
Can I be your right hand
Can I be your right
Can I be your right hand man?

Scenario

Coming up this evening
Only drumming up a demon for me
Loving my libido, show me
Tell me what I don't know

In this scenario
There's something you should know
In this scenario
There's something you should know
I'm sure I didn't catch your name

Queueing up to see you
Falling, falling on casino floors
And we broke about even
Only something we agreed on

In this scenario
There's something you should know
In this scenario
There's something you should know
I'm sure I didn't catch your name

Summoning up reasons
Surely take me down for treason
Call me, try for this season
Only tell me when you're feeling lonely

In this scenario
There's something you should know
In this scenario
There's something you should know
In this scenario
There's something you should know
In this scenario

First Love

My first love is belief in
The castles that I'm building
God, I'm glad to see you
Storming my cathedral

Remember me?
Remember me

My second is a scene
From Baudelaire's ravine
I emptied my oasis
Into deserts full of dreams

Remember me?
Remember me

My third is growing wild
In the gardens of our mind
I'd pick up roses silently
And hand them to a child

Remember me?
Remember me

Remember me?
Remember me

A Girl Called Harmony

Feeling much better, I wrote her a letter
I'd better forget her, you said
You know how it went but I never did send it
It's still spinning around in my head
Ringing bells of alarm in me
This girl called Harmony's
Setting light to my bed
And how could I tell that this ghost was a devil
Wrapped in the guise of my friend

It's all so plain, we both saw this coming
It's all so plain, I'd cry for a woman
It's all so plain, we both saw this coming
It's happening over again
It's happening over again

Under the weather, I rose up to get her
I'm going to regret her, you said
We could live forever, in a land never-never
I never could settle the rent
No-one can harm me
Like this girl called Harmony
Losing her way and I guess
Though God may forbid it, you may be forgiven
For stealing away at the end

It's all so plain, we both saw this coming
It's all so plain, I'd cry for a woman
It's all so plain, we both saw this coming
It's happening over again
It's happening over again

This girl called Harmony
This girl called Harmony

The Rising Tide

Arm left bleeding
My left leg's kneeling
They've lowered the ceiling
I was hoping you'd call

The tide is rising

Heart torn open
My dream's been stolen
The higher you climb
The further you fall

The tide is rising

Hothead's crazy
The room's ablaze
And it's really amazing
That you're here at all

The tide is rising

Sight red reading
Our love's deceiving
My baby leaving
And I'm hitting the wall

The tide is rising
The tide is rising
The tide is rising
The tide is rising

Legitimate Sun

I stole a French kiss from a blind girl
And her mission is
To put back the marvellous
To replace everything that's missing it

It's different, it's different
But still justified
It's different, it's different
When both hands are tied
Think about it

I slipped on the kid gloves
To see if anyone would listen
To the big guns running rings around
Everything that's different

It's different, it's different
But still justified
It's different, it's different
When both hands are tied
Think about it

I chanced upon something in our conversation
A glint in your eye that could take me to Heaven
But a port in a storm is not always a haven
This time's for saving - lang zal jij leven

It's different, it's different - lang zal jij leven
It's different, it's different - lang zal jij leven
It's different, it's different
But still justified
It's different, it's different
When both hands are tied
Think about it

Something In My Eye

Temptation
OK then
You got it

It's tricky but fun
And coming at you son
Kicking up dust
From six feet under
This thief, from my dream
Was stealing the scene from my eyes

I got something in my eye
I got something in my eye

Kicking up a fuss
And pretending it's us
I'm figuring enough
You steal my thunder
This madman was making a blindfold
And taking it to my eyes

I got something in my eye
I got something in my eye

God sat down
He said, "I'm going down to the place
Where you surrendered"
But a note on the ground
Said you were fooling around
It's not what I remembered

I got something in my eye

It's wicked but fun
Kind of beautiful and going for a song
It makes me wonder how soon she'll find
This thorn in my side, in my eye

I got something in my eye
I got something in my eye
I got something in my eye
I got something in my eye

Your Face, My Gift

Had a date with a girl
Her name's Hospitality
And I can assume
She won't lose it

You give and take to a girl
With a split personality
I couldn't consume it
I couldn't refuse it

Your face, my gift

 

Under The Bridge

There's a bridge
And underneath a man
A woman is fighting
To keep her head above water

As hard and as fast as she can

Under the bridge

As hard and as fast as she can

Under the bridge