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Balls to Picasso
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Balls to Picasso
Singles & Bonus Tracks |
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(B. Dickinson)
Shoot all the clowns, SINGLE 2
I saw the girl drive a cab limousine In a little black gun, unleaded fun She thinks she's a movie queen Steel wheels, steel rails move to the ?? beat You've got lead in your pants, lead in your teeth Get out of your cars, take a walk on the street CHORUS: Cadillac gas mask Cadillac mask, you guy's, gimme, gimme Cadillac gas mask Cadillac, Cadillac gas mask (REPEAT) Cadillac mask! Red light, green light, girls are letting gas as you're going nowhere Gridlock, wheel lock, handing lock, break block stuck on your wheels again There was a time when the air was sweet and pure Now you're sitting in my back yard smoking up the air Pedal to the metal but you're getting nowhere REPEAT CHORUS Cadillac mask! Yeah, yeah, yeah (x3) SOLO REPEAT CHORUS Cadillac gas mask Cadillac mask, you guy's, gimme, gimme Cadillac gas mask Cadillac, Cadillac gas mask Cadillac gas mask Cadillac mask, you've got... othing lasts forever, but the certainty of change
(B. Dickinson)
Tears of the dragon, 7" Pic disc
1st Verse:They realize that misery forms the basis of our own immortal frankensteins... As I said to my wife, oh, just the other day ????, we live our lives in dreamstates And what you call real is just somebody else's dreams Elvis Has Left The Building The toast is burning in the kitchen 2nd Verse: Whether your life is set is not an option now I am feeling extremely unwell, something very strange is going on Oh well, the other day I spoke to my wife Clear the streets, evacuate the cities! Do not drink the water! Elvis Has Left the Building 3rd Verse: Things aren't too different to belong together All things... are... a... part Elvis Has Left the Building I am feeling extremely unwell Well, the other day I spoke to my wife The toast is burning in the kitchen Something very strange is going on Elvis has left the building...
(B. Dickinson)
Tears of the dragon, 7" clear vinyl
From the golden brow of a morning hill The shadows rise in the early still The earth is cracked and the dust is cold The embers glow and the fire is old Mountains in the sky, lightning cracks the night Shivering in the cold till the morning light I know this time around, I'm travelling on holy ground I've robbed the ghosts, I've heard the sound CHORUS: So I ride on into the sun with the shadows of the deeds that were done I can't imagine what it was to be alive The magic is still in the hills Watch the firechild grow (x2) Riding on the wind, burning through your heart The parliament indian mission slowly rips apart Promises made, then willows laid And the world was thrown from the barrel of a gun REPEAT CHORUS Watch the firechild grow(x8) SOLO REPEAT CHORUS The magic is still in the hills (x4)
(B. Dickinson/ J. Crichton/ R. Baker)
Shoot all the clowns, SINGLE 2
A silent sleeping vampire, arisen from his grave As I am still quiet in the dark The only sign of breathing, a flicker on my skin The only sign of life, my beating heart What does it take to open my eyes? What does it take to register surprise? What does it take to feel joy? What does it take to feel pain? Floors creep but doors are still I've read all the books about being ill I know the truth, the truth knows I'm right One day you'll fear me in the night CHORUS: A drowning mind sees daylight, coming up for air I've been working hard for this all my life and I like it this way I know they're staking my house That's why I'm quiet like a mouse I don't know love but I know what's right I feel my sickness every night My TV fills my world with light Twenty-four hours of second sight I talk to God on my station He give s me secret information REPEAT CHORUS SOLO Mother suffocate me Mother suffocate me There's no way out of here It's tearing me apart There's no way out of here There's no way out of here Mother suffocate me There's no way out of here There's no way out of here No, no, no way out of here
(B. Dickinson)
Tears of the dragon, SINGLE 1
Welcome to the world, young man Welcome to the world that I have planned for you It's all come true Welcome to the city's gates, camps of concentration for the poor But not at my door Welcome to the searchlights and the TV eyes Watching you, watching me Welcome to you new apartment, welcome to your block of fear You're welcome here Go away! Locked inside a concrete cage with those cameras for my eyes Outside are the population, the corpses and the flies Got to keep my carpets clean, you know there's mites and rats and mites and things living in a shagpile Fear of death is my recipe for life and I'm locked in and I like it that way CHORUS: I see no way out of here There is no way out of here I see no way out of here Here I sit at my windowbox, I put flowers on the rocks for you I don't put water on the cracks because you know what cracks can do Gotta keep myself secure, you know there's emotions feelings, killer bugs live in a shagpile Fear of death is the guarantee of safety and I'm locked in and I like it that way REPEAT CHORUS No way out! Flowers in the window box is blooming I pour water on the rocks so they won't die The pattern on the carpet shows I'm human I don't step on the foolish cracks, so I won't fry The sky is blue, the weather seems appealing I lay my hand upon the armoured glass No more blood, I think my wound is healing Should I open it up, give it a try? SOLO Welcome to the world, young man Welcome to the world that I have planned for you It's all come true Welcome to the city's gates, camps of concentration for the poor But not at your door Welcome to the searchlights and the TV-eyes Watching me, watching you, watching me REPEAT CHORUS( x some more)
(B. Dickinson/ J. Crichton/ R. Baker)
Shoot all the clowns, 7" clear vinyl
You were too weird (x2) You were too weird for your own skin, baby You were too weird for your own piece of mind Took a stab at the sky without a high wire Took a touch-tone ride, but I couldn't come clean Come clean You were too weird (x2) You were too weird to be flying by night I shot for the moon but you turned of the light Took a stab at the sky without a high wire Took a touch-tone ride in the stars I've been laughing all my life and waiting for a smile Over and out, Over and out She threw me over and out SOLO You were too weird (x2) Candles and curtains to cover the guilt You were too pale for the light Took a step in the sky without a high wire Took a touch tone ride in the stars I've been laughing all my life and waiting for a smile Strung out hanging by the phone waiting for a line Over and out, Over and out She'd do me over and out Yeah, I'd dance at you in the stars, yeah Over and out You were too weird But I couldn't come clean You were too weird Over and out You were too weird You were too weird But I couldn't come clean Over and over and out Over and out
(A. Brown/ A. Harris-Oakey)
Tears of the dragon, SINGLE 2
(Original: Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come-Journey)
SOLO I'd watch the open line, I'd swing the sun up in the sky I threw down the screens and opened up the door The sun came streaming in and it shone out through your eyes But you laughed and threw your gospel on the floor CHORUS: Hey, spirit of joy Oh, you make this fool feel so wise Hey, spirit of joy Feels so good you came into my life The ?? is where your mouth is and I'll tell the truth today I see you're the one that I've been waiting for You've not been down this way already, so now my time has come And now you see just what I'm looking for REPEAT CHORUS Hey, spirit of joy Feels so good you came into my life Hey, spirit of joy Feel the daylight break into a day Hey, spirit of joy Hey, spirit of joy
(B. Dickinson)
Tears of the dragon, SINGLE 1
The breeding house stood at 731, he was just a working man And he worked with his hands and prisoners He set a judgement on his fellow man Secret sight was his game, justified by war His spawn lay in the freezer The killers that wore his name CHORUS: The breeding house, you were there And the sins of your fathers, In the breeding house The breeding house, 731 And the sins of your fathers are the sins of your sons Maybe within childhood he pulled off spiders legs Now he's a big boy playing with big boys toys He's playing games won't forget A contract for some research, a paycheque in the mail A secret that defended by the ones that should have ended it STICK: Angels of death in a white coat [sorcery] There's thousand ways of dying, so obscene, so obscene And Washington was blaffened about knickers and G-strings And men were busy hiding evil things, evil things REPEAT CHORUS SOLO Come to see the carnival, come to witness fear Come to see deformity, human life is here A double-blind experiment on who's the last to die A fifty year conspiracy of murders and of lies REPEAT STICK REPEAT CHORUS
(B. Dickinson/ A. Dickson/ C. Dale/ A. Elena)
Shoot all the clowns, 12"
Time travel... Voyage of the chosen few... Not yet, but maybe soon... The post alternative Seattle fall out Words will fly and bricks will shout There's a worm in the rain, we'll you'd better find out So is it in having such defending card out If you can't see the roof there must be a ceiling If you can't find the door, you must be locked in Cover your faces, cover your vests Cover your ears east and west CHORUS: Where do you wanna go, Anywhere you wanna go I don't want you to save me (x2) There's something about the ?? I like Maybe the way they wave they should expect to play in ?? Mmm... Yellow lines of police men dry The post alternative Seattle fall out How would you know, how would you find out How can you see the wood for the trees? Trying to find a species, trying with the words they pease When the world is round then thing will squirt ...and it is Better watch the skies for holy dirt Go home with the bus and have your tea Come have a vulture here with me REPEAT CHORUS SOLO Everything is very strange in here Time travel... Voyage of the chosen few... Not yet, but maybe soon...
(B. Dickinson)
Shoot all the clowns, SINGLE 1
Hello again Hello, I'm here again and who am I this time? I've got ideas, ways to be I'm coming back seriously Through gold and black, to ?? and warm I'm pushing flow I'm blind in light, hello again Here I am for you
(B. Dickinson/ J. Gers)
Tears of the dragon, SINGLE 2
Think that it's all over and you want your ragged mile The winds of change are blowing all around Stop and look, you're not the only one on the road out in the night Take some time to find a partner, it does take CHORUS: Winds of change roll over us (x3) Winds of change roll on In a world of desperation where we struggle to be free There's a truth and inspiration to break the chains of you and me Looking round we have our visions of what is and what could be And in the heat of passion, Oh, you can't be set free! REPEAT CHORUS I think I wanna spend my life with you I think, if we can make it, we can get through I feel I've known you before, I think you know what I mean I think I wanna spend my life with you SOLO REPEAT CHORUS (x2)
