TRUE HAPPINESS THIS WAY LIES
LOVE IS STRONGER THAN DEATH
DOGS OF LUST
THIS IS THE NIGHT
SLOW EMOTION REPLAY
HELPLINE OPERATOR
SODIUM LIGHT BABY
LUNG SHADOWS
BLUER THAN MIDNIGHT
LONELY PLANET.

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And have you ever wanted something so badly
that it possessed your body & your soul
trough the night & through the day
until you finally get it!
And then you realise that it wasn't what you wanted after all.
And then those self same sickly little thoughts
now go & and attach themselves to something
....or somebody....new!
And the whole goddamn thing starts all over again.
Well, I've been crushing the sympthoms but I can't locate the caurse.
Could God really be so cruel?
To give us feelings that can never be fulfilled. Baby!
I've got my sights set on you. I've got my sights set on you
And someday, someday, someday you'll come my way.
But when you put your arms around me
I'll be looking over your shoulder for something new
'cause I ain't ever found peace upon the breast of a girl
       I've never found peace with the religion of the world
       I've never found peace at the bottom of a glass
sometimes it seems the more I ask for the less I receive
sometimes it seems the more I ask for the less I receive

  The only true freedom is freedom from the hearts desires
& the only true happiness....this way lies.

LoveLoveLove
LoveLoveLove.

Me & my friend were walking
In the cold light of mourning.
Tears may blind the eyes but the soul is not deceived
In this world even winter ain't not what it seems.

Here come the blue skies Here comes springtime.
When the rivers run high & the tears run dry.
When wverything that dies.
Shall rise.

LoveLoveLove is stronger than death
LoveLoveLove is stronger than death.

In our lives we hunger for those we cannot touch.
All the thoughts unuttered & all the feelings unexpressed
Play upon our hearts like the mist upon our breath.
But, awoken by grief, our spirits speak
"How could you believe that the life within the seed
that grew arms that reached
And a heart that beat.
And lips that smiled
And eyes that cried.
Could ever die?"

Here come the blue skies Here comes springtime.
When the rivers run high & the tears run dry.
When wverything that dies.
Shall rise.

LoveLoveLove is stronger than death
LoveLoveLove is stronger than death.

Shall rise. Shall rise.
Shall rise. Shall rise.

Matt Johnson - Acoustic guitar, treated melodica & vocals. D. C. Collard - Hammond organ. James Eller - Bass guitar. Johnny Marr - Harmonica. Dave Palmer - Drums.

Here they come The dogs of lust.
Out of my mind. Into my life.
Somebody should be here to hold me
Somebody should be here to show me, show me!

When you're lustful. When you're lonely.
& the heat is rising slowly.

I keep reaching up
But they drag me back down
Whenever I try to hide
I will always be found

When you're lustful. When you're lonely.
& the heat is rising slowly.

Rising rising rising slowly
Rising rising rising 
Rising rising slowly

Matt Johnson - Electric guitars & vocals. Johnny Marr - Electric guitars & harmonica. James Eller - Bass guitar. Vinni Colaiuta - Drums.

I'm scared of the things I think of
when night comes along.
Something gets hold of me.
Something I can't see.

Oh, it's a wicked world
Awaits the ones our young girls bear
Oh, I need somebody to hold me 
In the fading light of this coming night.
In the fading light of this coming night.

How many whores have walked through that door
Lain by my side & climbed in my mind
& taken me down to wher the heat
blisters the skin upon my feet
makes me reach out & weep for the days when
I was pure of heart & slept in peace.

Oh, it's a wicked world
Awaits the ones our young girls bear
Oh, I need somebody to hold me 
In the fading light of this coming night.
In the fading light. This coming night.

In the fading light.
Of this coming night.
In the fading light.
This is the night.

Matt Johnson - Vocals. D. C. Collard - Honky tonk piano & hammond organ. Johnny Marr - Electric guitar. Danny Thompson - Upright bass. Bruce Smith - Drums.

The more I see
The less I know
About all the things I thought were wrong or right
& carved in stone.

So, don't ask me about
War, Religion or God
Love, Sex or Death
Because . . . .

Everybody knows what's going wrong with the world
But I don't even know what's going on in myself.

You've gotta work out your own salvation.
With no explanation to this Earth we fall
On hands & knees we crawl
And we reach out & pray
To a deaf, dumb & blind God who never explains.

Everybody knows what's going wrong with the world
But I don't even know what's going on in myself.

Lord, I've been here for so long
I can veel it coming down on me
I'm just a slow emotion replay of somebody I used to be.

Matt Johnson - Acoustic & electric guitars, tambourine & vocals. Johnny Marr - Electric guitars, harmonica & backing vocals. James Eller - Bass guitar. Dave Palmer - Drums.

I watch the sun go down on london
I wait for the night voices to sound
I smell the pain upon the breath of the lost & the lonely
I hear the thoughts that whisper in the hearts of all men.

I'm the helpline operator & I'll spare you the time.
I'm the intimate stranger. Your problems will be mine.

Put your tounge into the mouthpiece
And whisper in my ear.
Admit to me
the things you can't admit to yourself.
Admit to me & no one else.
Everybody's looking for someone
to tell them what they want to hear.
Everybody's looking for true love
To help them feel what they cannot feel.

I'm the helpline operator, can you spare me the time.
I'm the intimate stranger. Your problems will be mine.
I'm the helpline operator
Helpline operator
Helpline operator
Helpline operator

True love will come
True love will come.

Helpline operator
Helpline operator
Helpline operator
Helpline operator

Matt Johnson - Electric guitars, strings, hammond organ & vocals. Johnny Marr - Baritone guitar. James Eller - Bass guitar. Bruce Smith - Drums. John Thirkle - Trumpet.

As I sat in the back of that old taxi cab.
waitin' for the evening to come.
On every street of this city
I heard you call my name.

You're the strangest feeling I ever had.
The strangest feeling.
You're the strangest feeling I ever had.
The strangest feeling.

From the day that we are born
Until the day we die
We are hostage to our hearts desire.
And though I ride this city
I can't escape from you.
And when i look up to the stars I wonder
Can the world really be so cruel?

You're the strangest feeling I ever had.
The strangest feeling.
You're the strangest feeling I ever had.
The strangest feeling.

Tonight the wolves are howling
I can't escape from you.
A yearning past denying
I will surrender to.

You're the strangest feeling I ever had.
The strangest feeling.
You're the strangest feeling I ever had.
The strangest feeling.

Shine on me. Sodium light baby.
Shine on me. Sodium light baby.
Shine on me. Sodium light baby.
Shine on me. Sodium light baby.

Matt Johnson - Electric guitars & vocals. Johnny Marr - Electric guitars. D. C. Collard - Hammond organ. James Eller - Bass guitar. Dave Palmer - Drums.

I close my eyes & you are with me.
I can feel your breath upon my body.
Come closer to me. Come closer to me.
Come closer to me. Come closer to me.
Come closer to me. Come closer to me.
Come closer to me. Come closer to me.
Come closer to me.

Matt Johnson - Fender rhodes piano, harmonica, tapes & vocals. Johnny Marr - Electric guitars & baritone guitar. D. C. Collard - Acoustic piano & brass arrangement. James Eller - Bass guitar. David Lawerence - Flugel horn/french horn. Chris Batchelor - Trumpet. Ashley Slater - Trombone. Female voices - Unknown.

Save me, Save me, Save me.
Save me, Save me, Save me.

The candles are lit. The curtains are drawn.
There's still no sign of rain nor dawn.
Our lips touch. Our limbs entwine.
But the ghosts that haunt me won't leave my mind.

Save me, Save me, Save me.
Save me, Save me, from myself.

One sin leads to another.
Oh, the harder I try
I can never, never, never find peace in this life.
I ask myself where does lust come from
Is it something to yield to or be overcome.
I ask myself
Why love can never touch my heart like fear does.
Why can't love ever touch my heart like fear does?

Matt Johnson - Vocals. D. C. Collard -Acoustic piano. Vinni Colaiuta - Drums. Guy Barker - Trumpet.

Planet Earth is slowing down
Overseas, underground
Whenever you look around
Lord, take me by the hand
lead me through theese desert sands
To the shores of a promised land.

You make me start when you look into my heart
And see me for who I really am.

If you can't change the world. Change yourself.
If you can't change the world. Change yourself.

I didn't care if the sun didn't shine
& the rain didn't fall from the sky
I just cared about myself.
From this world to the next
And from the next back to this.
By our actions we are bound.
We're running out of love
running out of hate
running out of space for the human race.
Planet Earth is slowing down.

You make me start when you look into my heart
And see me for who I really am.

If you can't change the world. Change yourself.
If you can't change the world. Change yourself.
And if you can't change yourslef then . . . . change the world.

I'm in love
with the planet I'm standing on
I can't stop
I can't stop thinking of
All the people I've ever loved
All the people I have lost
All the people I'll never know
All the feelings I've never shown
The world's too big. And life's too short.
To be alone . . . . To be alone.

Matt Johnson - Acoustic & electric guitars, strings & vocals. Johnny Marr - Acoustic & electric guitars. D. C. Collard - Acoustic piano. James Eller - Bass guitar. Dave Palmer - Drums. Zeke Manyika & Paul Webb - Chorus backing vocals.