American Music Club United Kingdom

Here They Roll Down

Here they roll down
Like a miracle that's over
Here they slow down
Like a miracle that's over

Tell them for me as you see them speeding by
That their lights don't light the way
Tell them for me if you can catch their eye
That I'd never stand in their way

Here they roll down
Like a miracle that's over
Here they slow down
Like a miracle that's over

You can't find as you're speeding by
Anywhere you want to stop
You can't find as you're speeding by
Anyone to raise you up

Here they roll down
Like a miracle that's over
Hey you slow down
Like the miracle was over

If your broken face can find a lover
Give away your chance to fly
Give away your will power

Hey look at me I'm free

You can hear them fall out
You can see them toss it up
You can be caught in their lights as they flash by
You can go with them without knowing why



Dreamers of the Dream

Always in a hurry, impatient to get away
Always think that things look a lot better
When they're seen from far away

But if you take me by the hand
I'll love you like the sea
I'll wash over every border
Drown every boundary
Why won't you let me in
'Cause I'd like to see
Who's been dreaming the dream of you

Can't you feel the pull of this season's weather
Drawing the world into its shell
Draws and draws like poison
And no one sweet enough to resist the smell

And I see all the secrets that you keep
Use them to build your high wall
Use them to drown in your sleep
Why can't I just come in
'Cause I'd like to see
I'd like to be the smallest part of the dream that's you

I know that I don't feel the seasons
And I know that I'm not really welcome
But I never got my invitation to join
The dreamers of the dream

Always in a hurry, impatient to get away
Always think that things look a lot better
When they're seen from far away



Never Mind

You wonder what you want from me
Never mind
You wonder why I say the things I do
Never mind
You wonder would I waste my time
Looking for and never find
You wonder what I see in you
Never mind

Guess I could learn to stay
With those whose lives are gold
Play their game for the end
For the cold

You say "Admit to all these words"
Never mind
That I've got no conscious for this world
Never mind
You say that there's no love
That I could ever find
Okay well I just waste my time

Guess I could learn to stay
Who those who barely live
Their poor eyes only take
They never give

To all your arguments and threats
Never mind
Your hidden motives and regrets
Never mind
It doesn't matter to me
What you keep or what you leave behind
If you're a coward and you're blind
Never mind

Guess I could learn to stay
With those who understand
Play the game to win
With a losing hand



United Kingdom

Child keeps its toys hidden away
Til it wants to break them
Take your share and go away
Make sure you get the last word
Sit back out of harm's reach
Watch the little cup of poison
Chasing its own tail around and around
Until it's exhausted at its wits end

United Kingdom

I try my best I wait for you to nail me
Now I try and never do
Anything they tell me
'Cause waiting about an inch
Under human nature
Tragedies and comedies
And a touching sense of failure

United Kingdom

When you held me in your arms
At the limits of your patience
I knew I'd always lose
Every scene of violence
When you held me in your arms
Why didn't you want me
When you held me in your arms
Why didn't you touch me

Well I used to know how
To slip through your blind spot
And now I just watch myself
Set the alarms off
I'm happier now in my shame
And don't look to you for anything

United Kingdom



The Dream is Gone

Now your sleep is over
You can't remember
Why you spent the whole night proving
What you'll be losing

The dream is gone
Do you want another one

Time to join the chorus line
Sing into the safe design
You don't want more than this
You don't want more than this

Time to take the easy way out
Alone not a hope or a doubt
Finish the dream that brought you so much bliss
Sails filled with wind and the joy deep within
Finish with the light that holds the . . .
You don't need it anymore



Heaven of Your Hands

Once was a woman with a silver voice
Said she was accostumed to my face
But I could tell she'd never love anyone
And wanted to run away because I could tell
That she really understands

There was so much that I had to offer
But now I'm all alone at four am
And all I got is the midnight shivers
So I turn the dial and think
Maybe I'll find myself a friend
Who say they understand
Why I waste all my time so far away
From the heaven of your hands

And anyone can give you an answer
'Cause nothing in this life seems real
But I'm nothing without the touch I just don't feel

Mother don't you hear your baby crying
Why don't you reach down and pick it up
Mother all your baby's toys are broken
And I know heaven's not for me
That's something I understand I don't know how to live
Without the heaven of your hands

There's a heaven in your hands



Kathleen

When no one cares for you
You're made of straw
No appointments to keep
No human law

When no one cares for you
You're made of straw
You're living on borrowed time
You can't do nothing right
You can't commit a crime

When no one cares for you
Well honey you're made of straw

Your love Kathleen is for someone
That I swear I could have been

When no one cares for you
You're made of straw
You can't do nothing right
You can't uphold a law

When no one cares for you



Hula Maiden

Well I got into Waikiki
And I spend my time up in the hotel room
No sunburn for me
No friends no family

Yes I see the view
Well I think I seen it somewhere before
Curled up on the sand
Curled up on the floor

And the hula maiden says
I'll give you everything for free
You're as hungry as the tide
That's drowning me

Well I took my big free ride
I went out to the big barbecue
And I got smashed on the beach
I was thinking about you

This is my big aloha
Brought to you from the volcano state
Where they serve up your soul
For $3.99 a plate

And the hula maiden says
I'll give you everything for free
Oh sugar you're as hungry as the tide
That's washing over me

And the hula maiden said
Oh darling I see it in your eyes
Well did you do it over here beautiful
Did you come here to die
Well she said did you come here to buy

Well this my big aloha
Coming to you from the volcano state
Where they lose track of your soul
And never bring you your spaghetti plate



Animal Pen

Giving up that's the easy part
Turn your pockets out
Tear your room apart

But you can't find anything
To help you on your way
Run, try to catch the bus
And reach it just as it pulls away

For the black hole and the beautiful Crab Nebulae
Time running out
Time running dry

Frozen peas and carrots
And pickled animal parts
Sweet anticipation
For the well-preserved at heart

One more walk around the animal pen
Keeping to the sun
But I'll end up in the shade again

Just one more walk
Underneath the big starry-ass sky
I wasn't born good enough
That I wasn't born good enough for

Doctor don't you worry
Doctor I feel fine
Doctor I just swallowed
Every grape on the vine

Hey look here it comes
My great big luxury UFO
Now drive this thing and go fast
Why are we moving so slow

Just one more walk
Around the animal pen
I'm running happily in the sun
I'll end up in the shade again

Just one more walk
Underneath the big empty sky
That I wasn't born good enough for

Doctor don't you worry
Doctor I feel fine
As long as I can fill that form
I'll sign any dotted line