B-SIDES (L-Y)B-SIDES (L-Y)
lull\ you stop the cry/i cried out to break the spell/you made the smile/i just smiled and lost control/distracted by irrelevence/the stress and the tension/the stress and the tension/you're in a lull/there's nothin' brought down/and talkin'/ talkin' 'bout yourself/but i meant to say/i'm sorry that I lost control/distracted by irrelevence/the stress and the tension/callin' through the keyhole where/you're in a lull.
maquiladora\here it comes/here it comes/i can feel the hills exploding/exploding gracefully/burning up the freeway/here it comes/grass is green at the edge of the bubble/beautiful gets into beautiful trouble/well, it all seems to fall out of the sky and come down on you/oh baby burn/fast dies younger burns rubber/useless rockers from england/good times, hide behind/just swallow your guilt and your conscience/blue and white birds stop and hide on the pedal/interstate five walk straight down the middle/and it seems to fall out of the sky and come down on you/oh baby burn
melatonin\don't forget that you are our son/now go back to bed/we just know that you'll do well/you won't come to harm/death to all who stand in your way/wake, my dear
million dollar question\ was always waiting for the crush/the car to drive right through the shops/to call in sick and late at work/and take a holiday/was always tangled up in knots/to keep myself from speaking up/but no'one's listing anyway/just trying to bribe me/and if it's alright, then what are we doing here?/and if it's alright/this place is gassed by fear/and if it's alright, i'll tell you/'cause you'll never understand/and if it's alright, I'll beg you, because i'm a begging kind of man/today i wrote a bad cheque/packed a bag and took a jet/but no-one's looking anyway/i hope they miss me
molasses\ shake hands/genocide/molasses/jet-powered caravans/molasses/i'm too good/you're stuck on/rent free earthquake zone/molasses/i need someone else's glasses/starving waitresses in plasters/fat houseflies/genocide/we've been stitched up/molasses
nobody does it better\ nobody does it better/makes me feel sad for the rest/nobody does it half as good as you/baby, you're the best/i wasn't looking/but somehow you found me/i tried to hide from your love light/but like heaven above me/the spy who loved me/is keeping all my secrets safe tonight/and nobody does it better/though sometimes i wish someone could/nobody does it quite the way you do/why'd you have to be so good/the way that you hold me/whenever you hold me/there's some kind of magic inside you/that keeps me from running/but just keep it coming /how'd you learn to do the things you do/and nobody does it better/makes me feel sad for the rest/nobody does it half as good as you/baby, baby, darling you're the best/baby you're the best
nothing touches me\nothing touches me man/these walls are three feet thick/wouldn't take one of them little drills to get through it/i try to make her listen/when i turn away she's split/i try to make her listen/when i turn away she's split/she went/nothing touches me/nothing touches me now/nothing touches me man/no matter how you split/sticks and stones can get through bones/so i've given up looking out of it/i try to make her listen/when i turn away she's split/i try to make her listen/when i turn away she's split/she went/nothing touches me now/laugh if you can/if you can/if you can at me now
palo alto\ in a city of the future/it is difficult to concentrate/meet the boss, meet the wife/everybody's happy/everyone is made for life/in a city of the future/it is difficult to find a space/i'm too busy to see you/you're too busy to wait/but I'm ok, how are you?/thanks for asking, thanks for asking/but I'm ok, how are you? i hope you're ok too/every one of those days/when the sky's california blue/with a beautiful bombshell/i throw myself into my work/i've been kidding myself f or so long/i'm ok, how are you?/thanks for asking, thanks for asking/but I'm ok, how are you?/i hope you're ok too
pearly\how do you get your teeth so pearly?/children, dishes/white-washed faces/she runs from her father crying/yellow milkshakes/hard rock cafe's/that's where she got her sweet tooth for white boys/she runs from her father crying/daddy hurts me/daddy hurts me/daddy hurts me/daddy hurts me
permanent daylight\ the easiest way to sleep at night is to carry on believing that i don't exist/the easiest way to sell your soul is to carry on believing that we don't exist/it must be hard/with your head on backwards
phillipa chicken\ i got wings/i got arms/i got shrinks/i got bombs/i got guns/i got brains/so there's no point in your warbird/she's no point in denying/i got guns/i got bombs/i got brains/and i won't fall for you/and i won't fall for you/take me up to a warmer place/i got eggs/i got feathers/i got brains/and there's no point in your warbird/she's no point in denying/i got guns/i got bombs/i got brains/and i won't fall for you/and i won't fall for you/ for you/for you/or you/i got brains/i got feathers/i got hands/i got friends/i got ammo/i got plans/so there's no point in your warbird/she's no point in denying/i got guns/i got arms/i got plans/and i won't fall for you/and i won't fall for you/and i won't fall for you/and i won't fly for you
polyethylene\ disjointed/scare ourselves of all that you wanna be/just got paid and now your going/how long should you be/if I get scared i'll just call you/and i miss your glow as i unsettle/oh and i'll always feel I will always be/right, one, two, three, four/so sad you're sitting tight well come and live with me/leukemia schizophrenia polyethylene/there is no significant risk to your health/she used to be beautiful once as well/plastic bag middle class polyethylene/decaffeinate/i'll let it keep all surfaces clean/if you don't believe me, sell your soul/if you don't get into it, no one will
pop is dead\ oh no, pop is dead, long live pop/it died an ugly death by back-catalogue/and now you know it gets you nowhere/and now you know, you realise/oh no, pop is dead, it just gave up/we raise the dead but they won't stand up/and radio has salmonella/and now you now you're gonna die/he left this message for us/so what pop is dead, it's no great loss/so many facelifts, his face flew off/the emperor has no clothes on/and his skin is peeling off/oh no, pop is dead, long live pop/one final line of coke to jerk him off/jerk him off/he left this message for us/he left this message for us
punchdrunk lovesick singalong\ i wrapped you inside my coat/when they came to firebomb the house/i didn't feel pain/'cause no-one can touch me/now that i'm in your space/beautiful girl/a beautiful girl can turn your world into dust/sell me a car that goes/sell me a house that stands up/i never cared before/i never cared before/i never cared before/before/before/beautiful girl/a beautiful girl can turn your world into dust/beautiful girl/a beautiful girl can turn your world into dust/i stood in front of your face/when the first bullet was shot
stupid car\ i find it hard/to drive your stupid car/i find it hard/cause i never get that far/snd you put my brain in overload/and i can't change gears/i cannot see the road/you got concrete eyes/and i cannot see your face/and i failed in life/cause you crushed me with your hands/and you put my brain in overload/i can't change gears/i cannot see the road
talk show host\ i want to/i want to be someone else or i'll explode/floating upon the surface for the birds/the birds/the birds/you want me/fucking well come and find me/i'll be waiting/with a gun and a pack of sandwiches/and nothing/nothing/nothing/nothing/you want me/well come on and break the door down/you want me/fucking come on and break the door down/i'm ready/i'm ready/i'm ready/i'm ready/i'm ready
the trickster\ lost in the mountains/rust in my brain/the air is sacred here/inspite of your claim/up on the rooftops/out of reach/trickster is meaningless/trickster is weak/he's talking out the world/talking out the world/hey, hey, hey/this is only halfway/hey, hey, hey/this is only halfway/i wanted you so bad/i couldn't say/all things fall apart/we want it all so bad/that we couldn't say/these things fall apart/he's talking out the world/talking out the world/hey, hey, hey/this is only halfway/hey, hey, hey/this is only halfway/truant kids/a can of brick dust worms/who do not want to climb down from their chestnut tree/long white gloves/police tread carefully escaped from the zoo/the perfect child facsimile is/talking out the world/talking out the world/hey, hey
true love waits\ i'll drown my beliefs/to have you be in peace/i 'll dress like ulysses/to wash your solemn feet/just lonely, lonely/and true love waits/it haunted all our days/and true love waits/on lollipops and crisps/just lonely, lonely/i'm not living/i'm just getting tired/your tiny hands/your crazy kiss and smile/just lonely, lonely/just lonely, lonely...
yes I am\ i resent you calling/i resent your voice/i resent that i don't have a choice/anywhere i go/you are always there/outside the car or in my hair/i think i've been here before/yes i've been here before/the last time you locked all the doors/and i resent you calling/i resent your voice/i resent that i don't have a choice/and yes i am/yes i am/i think I've told you once/i think I needed advice/you were such a help/that's very nice/i think i've been here before/yes i've been here before/but this time i kick down your door/yes i am/yes i am
you never wash up after yourself\ i must get out once in a while/everything is starting to die/the dust settles the worms dig/the spiders crawl over the bed/i must get out once in a while/i eat all day and now i'm fat/yesterday's meal is hugging the plate/you never wash up after yourself