Keith Howard

The blazing sun
Was beating down
As I rolled in
From out of town
My eyes were well shaded
To take her beauty in

Blonde hair flowing
A perfumed breeze
Coquetish looks
She flashed with ease,
And her teasing finger
To me was beckoning

I'm so glad....
She let me in
Handed me....
An ice cold gin
With a dash of tequila
And a zesty, lemon twist
She turned the afternoon
Into a bout of getting ....[Shhhh]
Intoxicated - Inebriated ....

Drunk upon, her love
I'm drunk, upon her love
Now I'm drunk, upon her love
Yeahhh, drunk upon her love

Intoxicated - Inebriated ....

Drunk upon, her love
I'm drunk, upon her love
Now I'm drunk, upon her love
Yeahhh, drunk upon her love

I'm so glad....
She let me in
Handed me....
An ice cold gin
With a dash of tequila
And a zesty, lemon twist
She turned the afternoon
Into a bout of getting ....[Shhh]
Intoxicated - Inebriated ....

(FADING INTO PLAYOUT)
Drunk upon, her love
I'm drunk, upon her love
Now I'm drunk, upon her love
Yeahhh, drunk upon her love

When life, is stranger -
Than my dreams...

When things are not -
As they seem...

There's a special place -
I go...

A place that only -
My heart knows...

Where the stars, put on
A private show...
And I am free, to gently float
As sunbeams dance
From satellites
So high above
The city lights

I'm on the outside -
Looking in...

No one to judge me -
Yet again...

I'm on a space walk, all alone....
Out on a spacewalk
Far from home....
So far from home....
So far from home....

Where the stars, put on
A private show...
And I am free, to gently float
As sunbeams dance
From satellites
So high above
The city lights

I'm on a space walk, all alone....
Out on a spacewalk
Far from home....
So far from home....
So far from home....

All the bitches of life
Are out today
Collecting the dues
I need to pay
For the sins they perceive
I've consumated
Decreeing that my fate
Should be back dated

And those bitches of life
Are headed up
By the unfair rules
Of Lady Luck
Who only throws me
A few spare scraps
Of cold twisted truth
And mind warped facts

(Chorus)
Spending my days...
Half asleep
Spending my nights...
Half awake
All my hurt...
Is the Lords to keep
All my hate...
Is the Devil's to take
On this bad day....
On this bad day....
On this bad day....
On this bad day

***Bridge ****
No, justice
She ain't a friend, of mine
And her crooked, scales
They ain't been set, too fine
She's got me feeling...
So heavy, in life...
With happiness
Now far behind
And nothing feels right...
On this bad day

(Chorus)
Spending my days..
Half asleep
Spending my nights...
Half awake
All my hurt...
Is the Lords to keep
All my hate...
Is the Devil's to take
On this bad day....
On this bad day....
On this bad day....
On this bad day

(CHORUS REPEAT - PLAYOUT)

At the crossroads
Where she left me
In a screaming, rage of steel
I'm standing here
An empty shell
In a nightmare, that is real
And the cold, bitter wind
Is whispering....
Here's more sorrow, to feel

Try and move on
They're saying now
Start living, for today
But seconds sting
Each moment, lived
In torment and decay
And now, time stands still
From the lying pills
The doctor, gave me today

As my tears
Outpour the rain
Nothing can soothe -
My fear -
I cry from the pain...
Emmie's gone....
Gone
My Emmie's gone....
Emmie's gone....
Gone
My Emmie's gone....
My Emmie's gone

(Bridge)
No more kitchen dancing
No lover's time, to play
Don't speak to me, of justice
Now it's me, who has to pay
And what good, to me....
Is the 15 year, penalty
That a coked up junky, will spend
For bringing our dreams, to an end....

As my tears
Outpour the rain
Nothing can soothe -
My fear -
I cry from the pain...
Emmie's gone....
Gone
My Emmie's gone....
Emmie's gone....
Gone
My Emmie's gone....
My Emmie's gone

(Repeat into fade-out)
Emmie's gone....
Gone
My Emmie's gone....
My Emmie's gone

Spent enough time
In this bad old place
Falling from glamour
To a total disgrace
Now the price of failure
Is a tough one to pay
And it all feels worse
On this, rain soaked day

The cold city lights
Are now miles behind
Hands on the wheel
My mind on the drive
Just a long road ahead
To a place unknown
Trying to lay to rest
All the ghosts, I've known

Givers they give
And takers they take
Only those, in the middle
Know what's at stake
So I'll keep on following
The centre line
Just me and myself
Looking after mine....
Looking after mine

Man, it's so damn hard, to dig up
The roots you've known
To turn your back on, the only place
You've called home
But when there's no respite
From the troubles of life
There comes a point, when -
It's fight or flight
But to choose the right path
There's something, you gotta know...

Givers they give
And takers they take
Only those, in the middle
Know what's at stake
So I'll keep on, following
The centre line
Just me and myself
Looking after mine....
Looking after mine

Givers they give
And takers they take
Only those, in the middle
Know what's at stake
So I'll keep on, following
The centre line
Just me and myself
Looking after mine....
Looking after mine

Am I part of reality
Or is it, just a part of me
Can you look into my soul
I'm worried, what is there -
You see....
Fate is raining down
Flowing universally
Those cold - Waves of change
Are crashing, over me

(Chorus)
Who am I
And who are you
To question life
Or feel so blue
We soldier on
In our own way
Until life ends...
At judgement day

Am I part of reality
Or is it, just a part of me
Can you hear what I'm saying
I'm worried, what I've said -
You see....
Cos words that I choose
Are often misunderstood
By those - Who received them
They're baying, for my blood

(Chorus)
Who am I
And who are you
To question life
Or feel so blue
We soldier on
In our own way
Until life ends...
At judgement day

(BRIDGE)
Time ebbs slowly
When you're living -
On chance....
For spinning, planets
To orbitally dance
Celestial law....
Applies, to us all
But it's hard, to focus
When you're waiting -
To fall....

Who am I
And who are you
To question life
Or feel so blue
We soldier on
In our own way
Until life ends...
At judgement day

(Fading Outro)
At judgement day....
At judgement day....
At judgement day....

Our working day is done
And we're together
So, let's have some fun
We can head on -
Down, to the beach
Watch the sun set -
A glow of peach

(CHORUS)
Come on honey
Let's just, walk a little further -
Down the beach
Keep those 'workaday blues'
Just, out of reach
We can throw all our cares
Into the sea....
As we dance to -
The ocean's...Melody
C'mon let's dance to
The ocean's...Melody

Forget our worries tonight
Just kiss and hug
Baby, oh so tight
Happy everything -
Just feels so right
At this time under -
The soft moon light

(CHORUS)
Come on honey
Let's just, walk a little further -
Down the beach
Keep those 'workaday blues'
Just, out of reach
We can throw all our cares
Into the sea....
As we dance to -
The ocean's...Melody
C'mon let's dance to
The ocean's...Melody

**(Calypso/Tropicana Style Musical Bridge)**

(CHORUS)
Come on honey
Let's just, walk a little further -
Down the beach
Keep those 'workaday blues'
Just, out of reach
We can throw all our cares
Into the sea....
As we dance to -
The ocean's...Melody
C'mon let's dance to
The ocean's...Melody

(V1)
The anchor-man
Keeps spinning plates
Broad-cast-ing
What the powers dictate
But the faster the world
The slower the people
Summoned to a Church
With a crooked steeple

(V2)
And meanwhile
On the TV-Set
Pan pipes a tune
A new after-effect
To cast an icy chill
Make the dogs forget
So they bark at the moon
Until the sun reflects

(Chorus)
Dystopia...
Life's unclear
Dystopia...
Sense the fear
Dystopia...
Cry your tears
We've gone too far -
Now here we are
In dystopia....

(Bridge)
It's all for your protection
They will say
Freedom's overrated...
So we've worked
To stop the play...
Yes, Nanny is in charge
From today...

(V3)
Welcome to life
In a cold new world
No one to fight for
The boys and girls
Now they're as one
With the machine
No indi-vidual-ism
For souls unseen

(Chorus)
Dystopia...
Life's unclear
Dystopia...
Sense the fear
Dystopia...
Cry your tears
We've gone too far -
Now here we are
In dystopia....

(Chorus repeat/playout)