Quiet Life

Boys, now the times are changing the going could get rough
Boys, would that ever cross your mind
Boys, are you contemplating moving out somewhere
Boys, will you ever find the time?

Here we are stranded
Somehow it all seems the same
Here comes the quiet life again?

Boys, now the country's only miles away from here
Boys, do you recognise the signs?
Boys, when those driving hands push against the tracks
Boys, it's too late to wonder why

As you turn to leave
Never looking back
Will you think of me?
Will you ever, could it ever stop?

Fall In Love With Me

A summerhouse in Texas
Searching for Siberia
Pioneering underground

We looked a lot like you
Now work is done, the table set
Deliver insufficient sound

Oh my, fall in love with me
Oh my, fall in love with me

Cross military lines
Nobody would believe us now
The weather working with us

We looked a lot like you
Now every boy's a refugee
Living for the moment

Through the shrieking wails
Trans-European overseas
Silently leaving Amsterdam

We looked a lot like you
Shy away from standard life
Each biter moment lingers on

Despair

Doucement, ne les derangez pas
Ilya des gens qui vive comme ca
Les artistes de demain
En desespoir agreable
Rough translation: 

Quietly, now, don't disturb them
They are extraordinary people
The artists of tomorrow
In pleasant despair

In Vogue

Before the light of day reveals itself
I assured she won't forget
But still I will console myself
Should I lose something I could regret

But now she turns to leave
Exactly like she used to do

Did nobody warn you boy
Love's in vogue again my love
Did nobody tell you girl
Love's in vogue again my love

Before the light of day I awake
She's clearly not herself today
Across a crowded room life begins
Before the moment drifts away

How bitter the morning feels
Exactly like it ought to do

Halloween

The cottage is windswept
Now there's only sorrow here
Follow evacuation signs
You're detached and broken and so sentimental now
Remembering how we passed our time

Somebody waits for me
Far beyond our halloween

Germanic forces marching on concrete squares
Our love is just defenceless sound
And could we believe that all you said was true
We would be so determined now

Slowly emerging
Dividing Germany
Everyone's lost in East Berlin
Only believing just what you want to hear
We're waiting at stations once again

All Tomorrows Parties

And what costume shall the poor girl wear to all tomorrows parties
A hand-me-down dress from who knows where to all tomorrows parties
Where will she go what shall she do when midnight comes around
She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
And cry behind the door

And what costume shall the poor girl wear to all tomorrows parties
The silken trimmings of yesterday's gown to all tomorrows parties
What shall she do with Thursday's rags when Monday comes around
She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
And cry behind the door

And what costume shall the poor girl wear to all tomorrows parties
Thursday's child is Sunday's clown from whom no-one ever borrows
A blackened shroud a hand-me-down gown of rags and silks her costume
Fit for one who sits and cries
For all tomorrows parties

Alien

Everything's neat and compact not much to shout about
But winter is breaking inside of me
Now life is so incomplete but you're one of the boys again
Is that all you want to be?

Now that you feel the weather
Was it all in vain
Now that we're together
We seem so alien

Slowly descend from heaven
Any way we turn we win
But how can you always be so sure?

Nightporters sleep on weekdays
Living a lifetime too
Walking away without a care

The noise on the stairs disturbs me
Somebody walks my way
But can you rely on everything I feel?

Driving through endless buildings
The desert is so serene
But Mondays were never really my ideal

The Other Side Of Life

Well it's been a long time
How should I feel?
What can I say?

With fantastic stories
You present yourself
In different ways

Some particular places
Remembered so well
Are hard to forget

We've travelled so far now
Then we were so young
Hard to impress

But she comes and goes
The other side of life
Sheltering only
The other side of life

These singular occasions
We seem to share
Stumble and fall

If you could remember to wave a sign of life my way

Todas músicas compostas por David Sylvian exceto All Tomorrows Parties por Lou Reed

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