"Sham"
All songs copyright control. The Mary Janes (p)+(c) 1990-1999.
I've got something to say
About running for fame
But I ain't got the mood
So I would be talkin' in vain
I've got something to say
But I ain't got no time to pick it up
With ignoring my fall claim
Nobody puts me out
That high-wire talking
Where nobody's allowed
I've got something to say
But I've got now time to pick it up
I've got something to say
But I've got now time
'cause it's all for the kids
'cause I can't believe
They left me with the things they did
When I saw what a sham
Was made of it
Here's what I did
Here's what I did
So we leave it behind
It's off for the sea
How many people
Can be lookin' like me
'cause it's all for the kids
I bet you can't believe
They left me with the things they did
When I saw what a sham
Was made of it
Here's what I did
I brought them out to have some fun
'cause it was something
Surely, they had never done
Oh, just for the fun of it
That's what I did
That's what I did
Oh the full shot of wine
Will be over you in time
Save me comin' into your life
Comin' into your life
Oh lottery say you
Will you pick me
And I'll be comin'...
You speak your mind
But then you hide it
When the fight's not on your side
Some people say
That you will never change
That you're using me
'cause I'm easy
But I will prevail
And then the full shot of wine
Sticking sense into your rhyme
Watch me comin'...
Oh lottery, please pick me
And I'll be comin'...
You speak your mind...
The falls that will make you dream
They come as often as you look
You say it's simple for a reason
And you're covering your book
Make a chancer of a King
And you wonder if his chance will come
And you know that it wasn't patterned
And all the people would still come and run
The King may not be simple
Just for what he's lost
The King he might have taken
One more chance to give it up
Born a chancer's play thing
Thinking that he's god
Born a playing chancer
And knowing that he's not
They say that we're all creatures
All creatures of a kind
The sign may not be simple
'cause they don't want you to unwind
I'll tell you what you need
And you're knowing that it's mine
All you need is to be featured
All you need is simple time
If you only knew
If it wasn't kind
If you were to witness
And if it wasn't mine
I knew it was lost
Oh but, it was nearly found
To be, to be in the reaches of your hand
Water came and saw me
Holding back
Holding back for someone
Water came and saw me
Holding on
Holding on for someone
What you see is the life I had
Now I'm left here with my past
Watching time as it passes slow
Just to see the reasons why
They must have come and passed me by
Or maybe I'm just blind
Because the...
Like we couldn't see it in text
Like we couldn't guess what was next
Like we'd taken all of our hopes and
our dreams...
And we'd put them out in the sun
Naked, as a beacon for everyone
Who couldn't achieve
And so come on my son it's like this
It's like faint little miss
Just like a sudden change in winter
Caused the breaking of a heart
And now the Queen of hearts
And all my wondrous thoughts
They're no longer with me
And I'm sick because the...
Holding on for
The Queen of Hearts
Well he must have kicked you
when he came up behind
'cause the party was woken
By the sound of you cryin'
And the feeling I got
Was something more
Than a feeling you gave
I've bin' dyin' to meet you
Said the man in my room
Stuck in some circle
And left without proof
Daylight fades
But nobody's leaving
By the font door
Oh put me in life
Tell me to steal some
Feed me a line
Knowin' that I can't run
My cousins home
This is my house
It's where I was born
I won't come out
For fear I'll get torn
There was a chance
We lost it by answers
I became a mouse
They became master
But the day will come
When nobody leaves here
By the front door
Well with a foot in all the time
Lord, I keep the suspect on my mind
For the trees that I might count in rows
Just like everybody's rules
And the claims that make you fools
Well I'm certain it's been
Happenin' all my life
And now it's in the red
Can the patrons hear you shouting
Do you want to know my words
Will your fingers do my counting
Will they garnish it with leaves
Will they save it from the knife
Will they hold it in the breeze
Or will you feed off its life
Oh the makers, the preachers
The inside-your-mind-creepers
The feats, the freaks
And the rogues
I want to give you fight
But I know that it isn't right
'cause you're taking
And you're feeding
Off your life
Did you see it
Did you see it all
Did you know a witness
Or just the law
And did you miss me
Did I even leave a trace
Did you find it easy
to get along
Did you have to struggle
Or just use your charm
'cause I know that you missed me
It's written all over you face
Just to understand it
Well you know it's too hard
Just to see it but it's too dark
And I'm talkin' 'bout
Bones and pieces in my brain
The kind of things that make
you feel insane
Oh you know
boring pieces of the day
working life away
I'd like to do it once again
Did you see it
Did you like the call
Was it in your favour
'cause after all
I know that you missed me
It's written all over your face
I'd like to do it once again
But you know, But you know
that I won't
'cause I gave it my all, my all
But it just doesn't suit me to be
anymore that
Bones and Pieces in this game
I'm finding feet
I'm coming in state
The let's not and the rules
of making change
of taking glances
Sight mine, sight yours
I heard the secrets
And I ran the news
Fake chances
And taking their lives
You missed my number
But I forgot to call
Now cut me loose
Whoever made you
He's got my blessing
Whoever made you cruel
He's not much better than you
I felt the pain
I ran
I didn't want to meet you
made me steal
I can't
It's not within my nature
I was made in time
In time for the sale
caught in my line
A line going nowhere
You missed my number
but I forgot to call
Now cut me loose
I'm freezing up I'm freezing over
I'm shattered now
If I was right
then come it all
Just for the sin that you liked it more...
You know when I say
There's nothing wrong
It's just to make you feel
Safe & warm
For the shame of being with me
And like Rosa said
You're being done in
Like Candy-Bread
That you may not win
Oh, Are you being all you want
Oh tell me
What would you rather be
that you're not right now
What would the changes be
In your life
And if you so desired
That it would come
I wouldn't deny you
No-one could deny you
Because somebody
Wants someone to be
And there was no-one
Left for them to see
You played it up and down with me
So, stop making it up in you mind
And tell me...
'cause you made a date
Someone to see
You made a date
But not with me
Lyrics: Mic Christopher and Ronan O'Snodaigh
I've heard you scream
I've heard you sing
I've seen you cry
But I've listened to you laughing
I've seen you run
I've heard your song
But I know you are strong enough
To keep on charging on
'Cause I am your friend
You've seen me shake
You've heard me roar
You've seen me break down
But you've also seen me soaring
You've seen me hide
Seen me lose all my pride
You've seen me die
But you've helped me to rise up again
'Cause you are my friend
We've seen the rain
We've felt the snow
We've been through some of the worst
That we'll ever know
We've seen the fog
And we've been so lost
But when we get back together
It will all seem worth the cost
That we lost
Oh 'cause we are friends
Simply friends
City, what have you changed
Actin', don't be afraid
Libel, you got me blamed
As though, it was filtered away
Well I bet all the ones
And the twos that I gained
Collected all the squander
like a bucket in my brain
I drilled low down
I graced my name
One in the basket
And another on the way
So chuck it in the bin mam
Leave it in the lane
It's better than we thought mam
We gotta stop them getting fame
I bet all the ones
And the threes and fours
Just to make sure
I wouldn't miss much anymore
It's like a newswatch
Not with some clown-pot
One is for anguish
And the other is for waste
City what...
I found my black shoes
So got no more blues
I got my new fuse
And the case is warm
Smouldering
Like something must have burned
Peeling,
And itching when you turned
you're thrown out
like your children's game
Stop them from getting fame
Like fender, like bumstead
Like wilder than sane
Like casper, like cling-on
Like asking again
You're beggin'
'cause you're mental
'cause you're furious
Beggin' like you're so famous
Watching water from my glass
Checking out dolomite at last
Showing shadows on the wall
that look like you
He seemed to be sensible enough
Catch him when he's drinking from your cup
Could have been light
Could have been easier to do
But it's like a party game
But it's like a party game
It's not going to see the day
It's like a party game
Oh a little trouble with the tail
Thinking that nothing could have failed
Have an open invitation to some show
For to shaft the beauty loss
Thinking nothing of the cost
And managing to peel alone
But it's like a party game...
You don't leave me no choice
And now it's all in my voice
Is it enough.
Watching water...
But be all in a lane
All locked up
Be one in a million cut
Part of the gang
Part of the room
For all it's worth
Well could somebody take it now
Just you size somehow
So now, for all it's worth
It's like a party...
Take smiles
Take charms
Competing in your arms
Accidents and broken heels
And monster-magic feet
Go out, come in
The decision is to sin
Trace horse-flies
And bottle tops
They're equal to your grin
Something changed your mind last night
You backed down on your sins
And people kissing twinkle-toes
And feeling all enthralled
Centurian
You make me weep
You slither back and forth
So un-art like
And thrivelling
An unpertruding wart
Oh come somebody
And show as where you live
Well not as sloppy
as you think
And how much can you give
Centurian
you make me weep
you slither back and forth
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