Abc - The Real Thing

A mongoose can smile at a cobra

But that cobra will always be a snake

Diamante can shine like a diamond

But you know, like i know

That rock will be fake



It's the real thing

The real thing

Nothing but the real thing

It's real



You can xerox the mona lisa

Deadpan da vinci in every detail

Might beat customs on a home-made visa

But false papers

Only gets you in jail



It's the real thing

The real thing

Nothing but the real thing

It's real



Life wears a smile on its face

But it comes with a sting in its tail

Make believe fables have their place

But only a fool. only a fool

Believes fairy tales



I heard all the lies that they tell ya

'phone me baby. the cheque's in the mail'

Well as fantasy. it may please ya

As the real thing

It does nothing but fail



It's the real thing

The real thing

Nothing but the real thing

It's real



It's the real thing

The real thing

Nothing but the real thing

It's real

Abc - Where Is The Heaven

Vandals in ermine

Rip city skylines

Dodge truth and virtue

With slick city bylines



A paragon of virtue

Until they hurt you

In power and in status

We know they hate us



So where is the heaven

And where is there love?

Where the hell is the heaven?

That you're so proud of



Power is preaching

The virtues of poverty

Poor are left feeding

On cruel comedy...sad laughter



Rescue us all now

From fumes that choke us

Shift then these sad lives

Into sweet focus



So where is the heaven

And where is there love?

Where the hell is the heaven?

That you're so proud of



Prestige it sits high

On mammons alter

Porsche hungry pinheads

On champagne and oysters



Head full of hollow thoughts

Handful of sushi

Plug into dallas babe

Plug into dynasty



So where is the heaven

And where is there love?

Where the hell is the heaven?

That you're so proud of



Now i am loving

Where once i was hating

Leading a good life

Stopped paging satan



Played devils advocate

So many times

Lived in the shadows

But the sun will shine. shine. shine



So where is the heaven

And where is there love?

Where the hell is the heaven?

That you're so proud of



Where is the kingdom?

You say we squander?

Where the hell is the heaven?

Must we wait much longer?

Abc - I'm In Love With You

I-i would swim the seven seas

I-i would crawl upon my knees

I-i climb mountains high for you

I-i would guarantee your every dream come true

...come true



Oh i-i'm in love with you

Yes it's true

Oh i-i wouldn't cheat on you

Yes it's true

Oh i-i'm in love, i'm in love, i'm in love

With you...



I-i would drink an ocean dry

I-i would pluck the moon out from the sky

I-i would build a palace just for you

I-i could give you...park avenue

...park avenue



Oh i-i'm in love with you

Yes it's true

Oh i-i wouldn't cheat on you

Yes it's true

Oh i-i'm in love, i'm in love, i'm in love

With you...



I-i could travel back in time

I-i would kill a man to make you mine

I-i would leap the empire state

I-i'd win a war, just to conquer hate

...conquer hate



Oh i-i'm in love with you

Yes it's true

Oh i-i wouldn't cheat on you

Yes it's true

Oh i-i'm in love, i'm in love, i'm in love

With you...

Abc - Never More Than Now

I had dreams and crazy schemes

Never felt this way before

I had days when i got raged

Never felt like this before

Endless nights that end in flights

Now i feel love



Never. never. never more than now

Never. never. never more than now

Never more than now



Paralysed by vicious lies

Never felt this way before

Seen hope die and grown men cry

Never felt like this before

Shed lonely tears and heartfelt fears

Now i feel love



Never. never. never more than now

Never. never. never more than now



A thing of beauty

Lasts forever

Stretches through all time

Every endeavour



No matter how hard

They might try

To build you up

And to bleed you dry



Never lose love. never

Never lose love. never

Ever, ever, ever



Never. never. never more than now

Never. never. never more than now

Abc - North

Sun beats hard

On sunset boulevard

Much harder still

In notting hill

A northwind blows

And carries me home

Carries my heart, carries my soul



When cool silks they turn to suede

When young dreams are torn and frayed

The south feels so cold and grey

Today! today the north's too many miles away

Today! today i got to get away



I'm driving north

I'm heading home

I'm driving back

To the place i once belonged



It's all gone silent

The light begins to fade

One man unplugs

The penny arcade

A northwind blows

And carries me home

Carries my heart, carries my soul



When cool silks they turn to suede

When young dreams are torn and frayed

The south feels so cold and grey

Today! today the north's too many miles away

Today! today i got to get away



I'm driving north

I'm heading home

I'm driving back

To the place i once belonged



One sweet bouquet

The flowers strewn

The petals scattered

Here in the north

No dreams are shattered



I'm driving north

I'm heading home

I'm driving back

To the place i once belonged



No we don't feel angry

No we don't feel betrayed

Unlike our fathers

We don't remember better days



No we don't feel angry

No we don't feel betrayed

We just live

In this day and age

Abc - Paper Thin

Rich and wealthy canvas

Clustered up in jewels

Finding all your heavyweights

Are featherweights and fools



Broken all your promises

Broken all your paper plates

Clustered in gold

Crusted in gold



Heavy and hollow

Look at the shape we're in

Find us here

Paper thin

Heavy and humble

Look at the shape we're in

Find us here

Paper thin



In origami cities

In nations build on sand

Love got bend right outta shape

Things got outta hand



Polystyrene skylines

Papier mâché smiles

Rusted and bruised

Tarnished and frail



Heavy and hollow

Look at the shape we're in

Find us here

Paper thin

Heavy and humble

Look at the shape we're in

Find us here

Paper thin



Stars scrape the moon

And the moon scrapes the sky

We stand beneath

Wondering why



Stars scrape the moon

And the moon scrapes the sky

We stand beneath

Wondering, wondering why



Paper buys the men

The men that make the bomb

The bomb that makes this world

Paper thin!



Money markets crumble

Gentle as a drum

But if you see me stumble, i'm

Paper thin!



Life is but a fragile thing

So delicate and pure

An accolade bestowed on us

Paper thin!



So contemplate the skull

The skull beneath the skin

One day we all die, we're

Paper thin



Bury your destruction

In your last battle hymn

The barriers between us, make 'em all

Paper thin! paper thin!

Paper thin! paper thin!



Underneath the paper moon

The sky is paper thin

Torn into a thousand shreds

So let the solar system in



Rich and wealthy canvas

Clustered up in jewels

Finding all your heavyweights

Are featherweights and fools



In origami cities

In nations build on sand

Love got bend right outta shape

Nothing ends as planned



And it's all-paper thin

Paper thin. paper thin

Abc - The Greatest Love Of All

Some men seek solace

Some take to drink

Some men find knowledge, yeah

At least that's what they think



Some take to violence

Streamlining their dreams

Some sit in silence

And learn what love can mean



Much further to go

Much further to crawl

But one day you'll find

The greatest love of all

The greatest love of all

The greatest love of all



The load is tough

The path is long

Strewn with rocks, yeah

But you'd be wrong, so wrong



One single spark

Can start a prairie fire

When one man speaks truth

He fills this world with pure desire



Much further to go

Much further to crawl

But one day you'll find

The greatest love of all

The greatest love of all

The greatest love of all



One day united

One day free

You'll be rewarded

The one true path is unity



Fruit don't fall

Too far from the tree

One day we'll bathe

In true humility



Much further for truth

Much further to fall

I pray that you'll find

The greatest love of all

The greatest love of all

The greatest love of all

Abc - Rolling Sevens

I was tired of letting her

Taking me for what she could get

Smoking me down

Like her last cigarette



See, luck's a dime in dozen

In a thousand different places

Every country cousin's

Holding five sweet aces

All of a sudden

Love shines down on me



* kissing you

Is like the angels kissing heaven

When i roll those dice

I swear i'm rolling sevens

I'll do whatever you want

Whatever you say

Everything's going our way



Poets and philosophers

Can say what they like

But they've never been to your place

After the clock strikes midnight



Zooming in on you

Brought me into focus

All the wild cards

Start turning into jokers

All of a sudden

Love rains down on me



(* repeat 2 times)



Oh yeah, going our way

Rolling sevens, rolling sevens

Everything's going our way

Abc - Seven Day Weekend

See the girl in the cabriolet

I'm gonna make her mine someday

The traffic stops and she steps out

Every man starts to scream and shout

There's a space in the week

It's a date i can keep, oh yeah



Seven day, seven day, seven day

It's a seven day weekend

Seven day, seven day, seven day

It's a seven day weekend



See the girl in the pale peach dress

She's got a body build to caress

Like a one-eyed cat

Outside a seafood store

She's got me begging

More, more, more

I've been saving and saving

And saving my money

To spend it on her



* seven day, seven day, seven day

It's a seven day weekend

Seven day (seven day)

Seven day (seven day) seven day

It's a seven day weekend

Seven day (seven day)

Seven day (seven day) seven day

It's a seven day weekend



(* repeat)



Seven day (saturday)

Seven day (every day) seven day

It's a seven day weekend

Seven day (seven day)

Seven day (seven day) seven day

It's a seven day weekend

Seven day (seven day)

Seven day (seven day) seven day

It's a seven day weekend

Abc - Skyscraping

It's four o'clock

And the bells are ringing

The sun is in the sky

I hear the song

That the breeze is bringing

I smile and close my eyes



Slowly drifting

Deeper and deeper inside

I hear your voice

Whispering softly

We're leaving the world outside



* just hold my hand

And we'll go skyscraping

So high you and i

If your mama asks you

Say we're just escaping

We're gonna be sky high



Time flies

But i don't know where it's going

You vanish in the haze

Sometimes i wish that life

Could be everlasting

These are our polaroid days



Slowly melting

The sun slips from the sky

I see your face

But it's fading quickly

We're leaving the world behind



(* repeat 3 times)



We're gonna be sky high

You and me, so high

It's gonna be all right

Abc - Stranger Things

I would walk away from you

If that's what you wanted

But when you look for something new

You can be so disappointed



* it's funny how it used to be

Me for you and you for me

I wish i knew why people change

Suddenly



** will we ever be the same again

Stranger things have happened

Will we ever feel this way again

Whatever will be will be



We were learning to be human

But it doesn't take a degree

To know that what you're looking for

Is not always what you see



(* repeat)

(** repeat two times)



Eternally



Sha la, sha la la

Sha la, sha la la

Sha la, sha la la

Abc - What's Good About Goodbye?

Goodbye!



Every face in the street, everyone that i meet

I think it's you in disguise

I hear sweet angels sing, life's a radiant thing

I'm bewitched and tantalized, yeah



What's good about goodbye?

No one ever told me

What's good about goodbye?

Wish you could hold me

Nothing fair about fairwell

Nothing fair at all

What's good about goodbye?

Nothing at all



I'd be fooling myself, chasing anyone else

It's you that i prize

Why praise to heaven above, why praising god for sweet love?

When it's you i idolize



(chorus)



What's good, what's good

What's good about goodbye?

What's good, what's good

I feel bad about good goodbye



No truth in the rumour that parting is sweet

You lose your sense of humour, you feel incomplete

There's heaven in hello, hell in goodbye

Now that you're leaving, i'd rather die



(chorus)



Goodbye...

Abc - Light Years

** sitting watching stars exploding

Building blocks that make

This world go round

On some distant planet cluster

Future gazing, no sight or sound

Sitting godlike mother nature

Now immortal, on my own

Light years from home



* light years from home

Light years from home



Crimson shades of evening glimmer

Across the counts of earth below

Shield your love like buried treasure

And all the secrets that you hold

Let them go



And as the daylight

Brings the morning

I reach out for you

Anaesthetic for the heartache

Now i'll never feel alone

Light years from home



(* repeat 2 times)

(** repeat)

Abc - Love Is It's Own Reward

Like kisses from ices

And tiffany tokens

Life's full of surprises

So many emotions

Why try to fix

What isn't broken



Life comes in sovereigns

Love comes in gold

A cargo of moments

You'd swear you could hold

But it slips away somehow

(where) nobody knows



* love is it's own reward

Love is it's own reward

Take it or leave it

Fake it or feel it

Love is it's own reward



Hoist the mainsail

To perilous waters

Step below deck

You'll find elegant quarters

Who's gonna save you

If you should falter



Watch the main phase

Sail through the century

Rise like a starman

And blaze on re-entry

What's there to life

Running on empty



(* repeat)



Walking down main street

With cupid and psyche

Whom should we meet

But sweet aphrodite

I fall to my knees

And praise the almighty



We never go hungry

We never get bored

We are the future

That can't be ignored

Love can rob you of your thunder

And that's more than you can afford



(* repeat)



Love is it's own reward

Love is it's own reward

Take it or leave it

Let me reveal it

Love is it's own reward

Abc - Faraway

What a state to be in

It's a world of indecision

So self destructive

And such an ugly business



In and out of fashion

You always leave your mark

An indefinite decision

A dangerous remark



** when you're cold and tired

Don't turn your head away

The distance that's between us

Gets bigger every day



* how come you never see

You're as faraway as faraway can be

You're as faraway as faraway can be



You try so hard to impress

You talk the telephone to death

It's what you can't see that counts

But you haven't worked that out yet



There is no reason

There is no plan

The truth can be deceptive

From such a quiet man



There's madness in your words

Not wishing to be heard

But just like yesterday

You've already slipped away



(* repeat)

(** repeat)

(* repeat)



You're as faraway as faraway

As faraway as faraway

As faraway as faraway

As faraway as faraway

As faraway as faraway

As faraway from me as you can be

Abc - Heaven Knows

I have tried

To make it on my own

And i have survived

But surviving is no rival

For your love



* now i know that it's true

There is no way i can't be

Without you

Heaven knows that it's true

I can't live in this world

Without you



Time you'll find

Can change your mind

My eyes once could see

Only want now to believe

And thought we've tried

I think we'd better face it

A love like ours

You know you can't replace it



(* repeat)



Without you



(* repeat)



I wonder if there's one chance

It could be

You can't live in this world

Without me

Without me

Abc - Many Happy Returns

When i accepted this job

I was resigned to my fate

When i got there early

She'd arrive late

You can say she's gone forever

Or just sit tight and wait

She said i was unprincipled

That i was not the first



Like the phoenix coming back

From the ashes, uh-huh

I know what's good,

But i know what trash is

In the head-lights,

In the highlights of her hair...

Hit the head lines

But she's not there:



_ chorus:



Many happy returns

Many happy returns

These are the lessons i could have learned

Return. many happy returns

And these are the letters i should have burned



Okay, i'm sad, not blue

Okay, remember

All that matters to me now

Is the message i sent her



Like the world, spinning 'round

On its axis, uh-huh

I know democracy

But i know what's fascist

When she's gone, all i got to learn

Is the law of diminishing return

When she's here, one thing i've found

Things get better second time around



_ chorus



Okay i'm sad, not blue

Okay, remember

All that matters to me now

Is the message i sent her



Now she's gone, she's gone away

Now she's gone forget her

Coming back another day

If you'd only let her



Now she's gone, she's gone away

But she's gone forget her

Coming back another day

So why resurrect her?



_ chorus

Abc - Show Me

Once i needed your love

But that was just one thing left on my mind

Then i needed to feel you near me

You said:"don't have the time."



The cowboys at the rodeo

The rhine-stones on that romeo

Your theme tune on the radio

Souvenirs that only go to



_ chorus:



Show me, show me

Show me that your mine

Show me, show me

Give me just one sign

Show me, show me

Second that emotion

Show me, show me love



Since we're skimming the surface darling

Now's time to get in deep

You've opened up the envelope

But there's still one secret you keep



A pirate station or the late night show

A sunken ship with a rich cargo

Buried treasure that the four winds blow

Wind and rain it only goes to



_ chorus



Some things are hidden

Some things you'll see

Make me know

Signal to me



Nine out of ten, in every case

She might look pretty but there's make up on her face



Show me, show me love

And you can be free

And you could be free. free. free.



Where are the diamonds?

Where are the curls?

Where are the things that you took from this world?



These are the diamonds

These are the curls

These are the things that you took from this world

Abc - Valentine's Day

When the postman don't call on valentine's day

And santa claus don't come on a christmas day

That umbrella won't work on a rainy day

Don't ask me, i already know



When they find you beached on the barrier reef

And the only pleasure treasured is in map relief

The choice is yours, sure, saint or thief

Don't ask me i already know



When they baked your cake in little slices,

Kept your eyes on rising prices,

Wound up winning booby prizes;

I'm sure you'd like to think you know what life is



Find destiny through magazines

Liplicking, unzipping

Harpers and queens

From here to eternity,

Without in-betweens,

Don't ask me, i already know



With your heart on parade and your heart on parole

I hope you find a sucker to buy that mink stole

School for scandal,

Guess who's enrolled?

So ask me, i already know



When they find you beached on the barrier reef

When the postman don't call on valentine's day

When the only pleasure treasured is in map relief

When you don't tell the truth, that's the price you pay



When i'm shaking a hand, i'm clenching a fist

If you gave me a pound for the moments i missed

And i got dancing lessons for all the lips i shoulda kissed

I'd be a millionaire

I'd be a fred astaire

Abc - Ask A Thousand Times

When i'm high, you're low

When i'm up, you're down

And we're never around

When we need each other



Back stabbing

You know that i bleed

I just know you'll disagree



* ask a thousand times

A thousand times i'll see no

Love is never blind

Though sometimes you might think so

Ask a thousand times

A thousand times you'll hear me say

Love is like a weapon

When you're back stabbing me



When i'm weak, you're strong

When i'm all right, you're all wrong

And we don't get along

Anymore



Back stabbing

You know where that leads

I just know you'll disagree



(* repeat two times)



When i'm high, you're low

When i'm weak, you're strong



(* repeat two times)