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No Fit State
04:11
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Now that the day is drawing to a close
Have I used it well?
We’re at the time when people try to take of each other’s clothes
And talk about the perfumes they can smell
Now that this course is winding me up
Go back to the station and see
All the mice on the track trying their luck
And all the talent I couldn’t possibly…
Be with tonight
Now that I’ve driven round this city a thousand times
Can I stand the traffic still?
In the parking race, must I park in space or face the fine?
For there are no more spaces left for me to fill
Now that these sheets of calculations have driven me mad
With all the wasted time on them I’ve spent today
I go back to the mess that I call home and feel glad
That I’ve still got time for all the things I meant to say...
To you tonight
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Airports
05:08
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We are your plight control, we smoothly run machines
Armchaired in offices
We manage airports and like nothing else you’ve seen
These are our promises
Behind the screen low-noise activity is found
Quiet in our confidence
The simplest thing to lift an aircraft off the ground
With our experience
You’ll thank us later for the video displays
And information desk
Just don’t be fooled by all the very slight delays
This is what we do best
Meanwhile our shops have toys, cosmetics, magazines
Food, pills and cigarettes
OK they close at 10 not just to keep them clean,
That’s all the budget lets
Exactly what d’you mean by telling us we’d fly
Through pleasant atmospheres
We came here smiling while you let the hours drip by
Drowning beneath our tears
Check out the check-in-channelled children chocolate faced
Bedtime is out of sight
Two hundred seats for several thousand living space
Wasteland of neon light
Frustrated, language damaged, we investigate
Ruins to holiday
You’re not there, you don’t know, you don’t care, ours the wait
We could be here for days
At last hour boarding passes, solid gold they feel
So unbelievable
We’ve waited so long, slept to little it’s unreal
You are responsible
It’s over...
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3. |
Walk
02:44
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Run
05:20
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Under...
Wait, let the minutes tick by
Stand up, and understand a goodbye
Blown in on a shiver in the coldness of the day
Face to face, but neither now, nor ever thought of things to say
You breathe, and the heart of me moves with you
You smile, and you start all my losing you
We laughed and we talked and we hardly met
The draught of your love chills my jellified flesh ‘til it’s set
You can find your memories safe
Your memory is safe with me
Please don’t change your mind, a terrible waste
Just tell me this way is to be
You can find your memories safe
The memory is safe with me
The day will unwind and then we can chase
A genuine taste of to be
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Let me tell you about a dream I had
And all the scenes I don’t want to forget
The waiting made me shiver as if I’d never heard the sound of a girl’s voice on the telephone
When will you walk round the corner and say hello again?
I’m fed up with being in the last place
It’s only that the sight of your face
Standing out from this cold shadow of a race keeps me trying
There’s a man wandering all over his day
Wondering what you think of him
About the way you smile and what it means
When you speak to him and your shoulder leans on his
Do you think he’s handsome, do you think he’s daft?
Will you hear a little secret passion and laugh?
Will you hear about the dream he lives?
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Waiting
04:34
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You know the reason why I came
I hoped you’d see I’m still the same
A dream of one well-meaning smile
The taste of wine your number dialled
Wait all this time and hardly see
Somehow you know we’ll never be
Talk to me
In time to see the closing of my eyes
Talk to me
And make believe the passing of our lives
I tear my hair with gritted teeth
Set eyes to watch in disbelief
Computer shifting megabytes
With half the speed of traffic lights
Who gives a damn how fast it gets
Too slow, the wheels, no patience left
Missed all the trains, car broken down
To get their now spend fifty pounds
The shops are closed it’s half past five
My only chance in human life
Spanner inside my works of heart
Could almost see this from the start
Talk to me
But don’t believe the parting of our lives
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