JAMES – Top Of The World

The view from here’s breathtaking
My vision’s all surrounding
The humans look like insects
There is only one way down

But it’s cold and lonely in this stratosphere
Gliding through the darkness
Where is my craft leading to
Am I damned or blessed?

Don’t let go on top of the world
Don’t let go on top of the world

Will my good friends desert me
Or will they prove themselves?
Are my demands all greedy
Or are they what I need?

If I will not be faithful
I must accept betrayal
When your turn comes to leave me
Will my free ways have failed?

Don’t let go on top of the world
Don’t let go on top of the world

I’ll meet you inside this hollow world
I’ll meet you inside
Hollow world, hollow world
It’s a long way down
It’s a long way down
And I’m so cold

JAMES – Tomorrow

I see you falling
How long to go before you hit the ground
You keep on screaming
Don´t you see me here
Am I a ghost to you

Now your grip’s too strong
You can’t catch love with a net or a gun
Gotta keep faith that your path will change
Gotta keep faith that your luck will change tomorrow
Tomorrow

Why are you phoning
What am I to do when you’re miles away
You’re always calling from the darkest moods and we’re both scared

Now your grip’s too strong
You can’t catch love with a net or a gun
Gotta keep faith that your path will change
Gotta keep faith that your love will change

Now your grip’s too strong
Can’t catch love with a net or a gun
Gotta keep faith that your path will change
Gotta keep faith that your love will change tomorrow

I’m just out of your range
Tomorrow
All your suffering’s in vain
Tomorrow

Now your grip’s too strong
You can’t catch love with a net or a gun
Gotta keep faith that your path will change
Gotta keep faith that your love will change tomorrow

I got out of your range
Tomorrow
All your suffering seems vain
Change tomorrow
Some forgiveness now
Tomorrow
Love’s no sacred cow

JAMES – Strangers

Found a message in the sand
It read ‘just do the best you can’
This world’s not how I planned
You’re on your own

No one can hear you
They’re just talking all the time
There’s the world, and you’re outside
Your home’s hard to find
Your home’s hard to find

Worn down by strangers
All you need’s a friend
You’ve been worn down by strangers
This is not the end

Guess it’s hard to settle down
When love’s been spread all around the town
I’m no stranger to this room
My highs just serve to bring me down
I hope to change now
From a sorry state of mind
I had hoped for heart to heart
My heart’s hard to find
My heart’s hard to find

Worn down by strangers
All you need’s a friend
You’ve been worn down by strangers
This is not the end
(This is not the end)

Worn down by strangers
All you need’s a friend
You’ve been worn down by strangers
All you need’s a friend
By strangers
By strangers
By strangers

(This is not the end)
(This is not the end)
This is the end

JAMES – Skullduggery

An earwig crawled into my ear
Made a meal of the wax and hairs
Phoned friends, had an insect party
But all I could hear was the bass drum drum
All I could hear was the bass drum drum

Now if you put your ear close you’ll be able to hear
Not the sea shore noise of the shore sea shell
The clatter of plates
And the bronze of the bell
Going ding dong, ding dong, ding dong dong

Going out of my mind as they hollow my head
I’m floating in the air, but my body’s in bed
The more they eat, the more I see
What is not, but just could be
You can hear them laughing in my head
You can hear them laughing in my head
Ha ha ha ha ha

Now they’ve eaten my memory, I can’t recall
How the world used to be before
So a vision is the same as what is real
Depends upon the lighting, and how I feel
Ding dong, drum drum, ha ha ha ha ha

And then the music stopped
The musician went away
They’d eaten all my brain
The red and the grey

They all stack at home
Dug a tongue through my nose
Where my brain used to be
Now there’s only a hole

JAMES – Sit Down

I’ll sing myself to sleep
A song from the darkest hour
Secrets I can’t keep
Inside of the day
Swing from high to deep
Extremes of sweet and sour
Hope that God exists
I hope I pray

Drawn by the undertow
My life is out of control
I believe this wave will bear my weight
So let it flow

Oh sit down
Sit down next to me
Sit down, down, down, down, down
In sympathy

Now I’m relieved to hear
That you’ve been to some far out places
It’s hard to carry on
When you feel all alone
Now I’ve swung back down again
It’s worse than it was before
If I hadn’t seen such riches
I could live with being poor
Oh sit down
Sit down next to me
Sit down, down, down, down, down
In sympathy

Those who feel the breath of sadness
Sit down next to me
Those who find they’re touched by madness
Sit down next to me
Those who find themselves ridiculous
Sit down next to me
Love, in fear, in hate, in tears

Down
Down

Oh sit down
Sit down next to me
Sit down, down, down, down, down
In sympathy

Oh sit down
Sit down next to me
Sit down, down, down, down, down
In sympathy

Down

JAMES – Shooting My Mouth Off

Before you, no direction
Before I came on in
Before you let your doubts down
The walls were closing in
Were closing in

Adore you, no protection
Ignore you, it can’t be done
To make do with a safer option
A breakthrough, two to one
Two to one

And I hope I’m not shooting my mouth off
Again
And I pray I’m not tempting the fates
When I say we could go on forever
It’s a date
It’s a date

(Here she comes)
Yes I know that love can seem foolish
(Here she comes) Like now
Yes I know that love hardly lasts
(Here she comes)
And it’s hard to see that we’re happy
(Here she comes)
Here’s my heart
Here’s my heart

Here she comes
Here she comes
Here she comes
Here she comes
Here she comes
Here she comes
Here she comes
Here she comes
Here she comes

JAMES – Shine

Shot myself, ricochet
Crisis as an opportunity
Curtain call to loud applause
As you fall upon your sword

Wake up in a stranger’s bed
Hangover and then some
Can’t remember what was said
What’s her name or what we’ve done

Wake up in a stranger’s head
This one stresses income
On the rich list born and bred
Blame’s attached to every sum

Shot myself, ricochet
Crisis as an opportunity
Loud applause
Revealing the conceal, loser

Shot myself, ricochet
Crisis as an opportunity
Curtain falls to loud applause
The tattoo says it all, “Hope and glory”

Here’s to hope and glory

Where is the peace and the whole in a half life?
I can’t control my saboteur
Call it my nature, name it addiction
Kiss on the lips will soon turn sour

Innocence lost in the grip of a hand job
After the surge of ecstasy
I’m walking out the door
Hope and glory

Sh, sh, sh, shine like a ghost
Sh, sh, sh, shine to be loved the most
When you’re gone
Your songs outlive your story

Sh, sh, sh, shine like a ghost
Sh, sh, sh, shine to be loved the most
When you’re gone
Your songs outlive your story

Let it shine, let it shine
When you’re gone
Your songs outlive your story

JAMES – Senorita

I’ve been shot
In the wherewithals
And I don’t think I can stop
From all this hullabaloo

Mary Jane’s
On the game again
Seratonin’s all I use
I just wish it were true

Don’t treat me like a God
Treat me like a dog
I’ll come home to you, to you
To you

I’m addicted to you
You’re my love, my senorita
I’m addicted to you
Hope we’re gonna pull through

I’m addicted to you
You’re the love that makes me younger
I’m addicted to you
I hope we can pull through
Pull through

Sing a prayer
Lonely nights are here
If I can’t square my fears
With what I wanna do

Don’t treat me like a God
Treat me like a dog
I’ll come home to you, to you
To you

I’m addicted to you
You’re my love, my senorita
I’m addicted to you
I hope we can pull through

I’m addicted to you
You’re the love that makes me stronger
I’m addicted to you
I hope we gonna pull through
Pull through

I’m addicted to you
You’re my love, my senorita
I’m addicted to you
I hope we can pull through

I’m addicted to you
You’re the god that makes me stronger
I’m addicted to you
I hope we can turn blue
Turn blue

Senorita es mi vida

JAMES – Say Something

You’re as tight as a hunter’s trap
Hidden well, what are you concealing
Poker face, carved in stone
Amongst friends, but all alone
Why do you hide

Say something, say something, anything
I’ve shown you everything
Give me a sign
Say something, say something, anything
Your silence is deafening
Pay me in kind

Take a drug to set you free
Strange fruit from a forbidden tree
You’ve got to come down soon
More than a drug is what I need
Need a change of scenery
Need a new life

Say something, say something anything
I’ve shown you everything
Give me a sign
Say something, say something, anything
Your silence is deafening
Pay me in kind

Say something

I’m open wide, open wondering
Have you swallowed everything
Pay me in kind

JAMES – Lose Control

Where is the love
Where is the love
Where is the love
That everyone is talking of
Where is the love
Where is the love
That everyone is dreaming of

Come to bed
Come to bed
Come to bed
I cannot sleep in all this heat
Come to bed
Come to bed
This terror’s all within my head

Don’t be deceived, no land in sight
We’re all adrift in this dark night
We float on seas of disbelief
While singing songs of pain relief

Shake my body – release my soul
Punish my senses – lose control
This body’s young but my spirit’s old
Scatter my ashes and let my feelings go

Where is the love
Where is the love
Where is the love
That everyone is talking of
Where is the love
Where is the love
That everyone is dreaming of

Don’t be deceived, no land in sight
We’re all adrift in this dark night
We float on seas of disbelief
While singing songs of pain relief

Shake my body – release my soul
Punish my senses – lose control
This body’s young but my spirit’s old
Scatter my ashes and let my feelings go

Shake my body – release my soul
Punish my senses – lose control

JAMES – Laid

This bed is on fire with passionate love
The neighbours complain about the noises above
But she only comes when she’s on top

My therapist said not to see you no more
She said you’re like a disease without any cure
She said I’m so obsessed that I’m becoming a bore, oh no

Ah, you think you’re so pretty…

Caught your hand inside the till
Slammed your fingers in the door
Fought with kitchen knives and skewers
Dressed me up in womens’ clothes
Messed around with gender roles
Line my eyes and call me pretty

Moved out of the house so you moved next door
I locked you out, you cut a hole in the wall
I found you sleeping next to me, I thought I was alone
You’re driving me crazy
When are you coming home?

JAMES – Hang On

She grabs her magazines
She packs her things and she goes
She leaves the pictures hanging on the wall, she burns all
Her notes and she knows, she’s been here too few years
To feel this old

He smokes his cigarette, he stays outside ’til it’s gone
If anybody ever had a heart, he wouldn’t be alone
He knows, she’s been here too few years to be gone

And we always say, it would be good to go away someday
But if there’s nothing there to make things change
If it’s the same for you I’ll just hang

The trouble understand, is she got reasons he don’t
Funny how he couldn’t see it at all ’til she grabbed up her coat
And she goes, she’s been here too few years to take it all in stride
But still it’s much too long, to let hurt go (you let her go)

And we always say, it would be good to go away, someday
But if there’s nothing there to make things change
If it’s the same for you I’ll just hang I
The same for you
I’ll always hang

Well I always say, it would be good to go away
But if things don’t work out like we think
And there’s nothing there to ease this ache
But if there’s nothing there to make things change
If it’s the same for you I’ll just hang

JAMES – Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)

Are you aching for the blade?
That’s okay, we’re insured
Are you aching for the grave?
That’s okay, we’re insured

Getting away with it, all messed up
Getting away with it, all messed up
That’s the living
We’re getting away with it, all messed up
Getting away with it, all messed up
That’s called living

Daniel’s saving Grace
She’s out in deep water
I hope he’s a good swimmer
Daniel’s saving Grace
Deep inside his temple
He knows how to serve her

Getting away with it, all messed up
Getting away with it, all messed up
That’s the living
We’re getting away with it, all messed up
Getting away with it, all messed up
That’s the living

Daniel drinks his weight
Drinks like Richard Burton
Dance like John Travolta now
Daniel’s saving Grace
She was all but drowning
Now they live like dolphins

Getting away with it, all messed up
Getting away with it, all messed up
That’s the living
We’re getting away with it, all messed up
Getting away with it, all messed up
That’s the living

Getting away with it, all messed up
Getting away with it, all messed up
That’s the living
Getting away with it, all messed up
Getting away with it, all messed up
That’s the living

Oh, we’re getting away with it, all messed up
Getting away with it, all messed up
That’s the living
Yeah, that’s called living

JAMES – Fine

I’m a boomerang in the outback
Keep your throwing arm steady
So I get home

I’m a vampire bat out in Shanghai
Haven’t eaten in four days
I’ve ordered in a Chinese takeaway

I show more than I hide
I care more than I cry
I’m a phonograph, baby
My wires are live and I’m in crisscross

Fine, fine, I feel fine, fine

I’m a fortune cookie
Full of cheap advice
I’m a suicide rookie
Blowing last call

Show more than I hide
Care more than I can cry
I’m a phonograph, baby
My wires are live and I’m in crisscross

Fine, fine, I feel fine, fine
I feel fine, fine, I feel fine, fine
I feel fine, fine, I feel fine, fine
I feel fine, fine, I feel fine, fine

JAMES – Sayonara

Sayonara
I must be dreaming
For rain
Sayonara
I must be dreaming
For ever
You excite enough faith
For me

Sayonara
I must be dreaming
They sing
Sayonara
I must be dreaming

We are singing
Some swing
Who loved crying
Fear and laughter
Sway end and swing

JAMES – Billy’s Shirts

Shirt’s on fire, church on fire
Billy’s dream boat stills as the house alights
Sailors come from miles for a drink and a fight
But the harbour thrills pull back from the light
To the belly of a boat in a hammer try tight

Holler
Pleasures of the night
Seaman’s delight

Holler

[Refrain:]
Pleasures of the night
What a sight
Oh no, the organ plays by itself
It doesn’t need the grinder’s help and the monkey
And the monkey stow away to sea
Back to his wife and a nest in the trees

Billy’s brother plays bass in a band called man
He fancies himself as a travelling ham
Strutting and fretting them into fame
In a torn t-shirt he’ll carve his name

Holler

[Refrain]

Looking for adventure and some mystery
He doesn’t need the grinder and he doesn’t want me

Stripped off his suit
So let the poor beast be
Oh, let the poor beast be

The man said, “ho ho wee, this is too hot for me!”
Billy’s shirt’s on fire in the night
He said, “ho wee this is too hot to see.”
Billy’s shirt’s on fire in the night

JAMES – Basic Brian

Dream, dreams floating down again
Surround your mind
Soft cloud, take me around again
On your rain

My dreams tell me everything
Surprise around
Call out your name
I need help again

Folow love’s brigade
What you was, said is sure
Running on the seventh floor
Do it all, let it slide

Breathe yourself goodbye
See it all through the wall
Living outside again
Need a long way to go

Said you
Our escape
I died, when you fall again
Safe arms at last

I love feeling small again
All around, satisfied

JAMES – Alaskan Pipeline

You might as well surrender now
You’ll never hold that stance
With all my words, I can’t find one
To help you understand
It’s not too late, take up the cup
Put down your weapons and choose

But you say life’s so unfair
All you say is life’s so unfair
Oh, you can ill afford to hold to these views
Oh, you need something to blame
But it’s you, yes, it’s you, it’s your truth

Someone made you
I don’t know if you’re sick
I comfort, you runaway
My sympathy, you twist it
You’re reflex, gets in the way

You mother me, I son you
You act up, I can’t get through
These footsteps so ancient
In your eyes, I’m your infant

Your ancient full circle
In my eyes, you’re my infant
Dead ball in our court
We’ve got a dead ball in our court

You just say life’s so unfair
Yes, you just say, “Life’s so unfair”
You need something to blame
But it’s you, yes, it’s you, it’s your truth

JAMES – 72

You’re going to murder in the name of God
What kind of God you dreaming of?
A God of blood not love

So, you can get your 72
Virgins to abuse
I hope they kick like mules

War, war

My God’s bigger than your God
He made the world run out of puff
More important things to do

War, war

It’s black, it’s white, a fight
An elephant gray
There’s this universe at stake
We get in the way

Go left, go right, straight on
Just do what they say
There’s a universe at stake
We get in the way

It’s black, it’s white, a fight
An elephant gray
There’s a universe at stake
We get in the way

Go left, go right, straight on
(War)
Just do what they say
There’s a universe at stake
(War)
We get in the way

War, war, war, war