WORDS AND MUSIC:
Scoundrel days - words by Pal Waaktaar music by Mags and Pal Waaktaar
WORDS AND MUSIC:
Scoundrel days - words by Pal Waaktaar music by Mags and Pal Waaktaar
Was that somebody screaming it wasn't me for sure
o o
I lift my head up from uneasy pillows put my feet on the floor
cut my wrist on a bad thought and head for the door
outside on the pavement the dark makes no noise
I can feel the sweat on my lips leaking into my mouth
o o
I'm heading out for the steep hills they're leaving me no
o---o-o-o o o o
cho ice and see as our lives are in the ma king
we belie ve through the lies and the hating
,---3---,
that love goes free
for want of an option I run the wind 'round
I dream pictures of houses burning never knowing nothing else to do
o o
with death comes the morning unannounced and new
was it too much to ask for to pull a little weight
they forgive anything but greatness these are scoundrel days
o--o
and I'm close to calling out their names as pride hits my fa ce
o-----o
yeeheehee and see as our lives are in the ma king
we belie ve through the lies and the hating
(uoh no!)
that love goes free through scoundrel days yehy hm
ah ah
I reach the edge of town I've got blood in my hair
their hands touch my body from everywhere
o o
but I know that I've made it as I run into the air
o o
hmeah yeah
and see as our lives are in the ma king
we belie ve through the lies and the hating
(uoh no!)
that love goes free oh wo through scoundrel days
THE SWING OF THINGS
o . ~--d o . ~-d
You say the world's an eventful place
you give me news I don't want to know
you say that I should care that I should speak my mind
oh but how can I speak of the world rushing by with a lump in my throat and
tears in my eyes oh have we come to the point of no turning back or is it
still time to get into the swing of things
let us walk through this windless city
I'll go on till the winter gets me
"Oh sleep " you wrote "sleep my dear " in a letter somewhere
oh but how can I sleep with your voice in my head with an ocean
between us and room in my bed oh have I come to the point where I'm losing
o . .
the grip or is it still time to get into the swing of things
. . . .
oh when she gloves in the dark and I'm weak by the sight of this
breathtaking beauty in which I can hide oh there's a world full out there
of people I fear but given time I'll get into the swing of things yes
when she gloves in the dark and I'm struck by the sight I know that I'll
o o
need this for the rest of my li fe but I know
that I'll need this the rest of my life oh but I'll
o o
nee d this you know that I'll nee d this
what have I done what lies I have told I've played games with the ones that
rescued my soul oh have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip or
(oh but I'll neeeee d this)
is it still time to get into the swing of things
I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU
it wasn't rain that washed away rinsed out the colours of your eyes
putting the gun down on the bedside table I must have realized
it wasn't the rain that made no difference and I could have sworn it
wasn't me yet I did it all so coldly almost slowly
o--------d
plain for all to see oh c'mon please now talk to me
(aaah!)
tell me things I could find helpful how can I stop now
(aaah!)
is there nothing I can do I have lost my way
I've been losing you hm
I can still hear our screams competing you're hissing your s's
like a snake now in the mirror stands half a man I thought no one could
break it wasn't the rain that made no difference nervously drumming on:
"Run away!" but I want the guilt to get me thoughts to wreck me
o---------d
preying on my mind so please now talk to me
(aaah!)
tell me things I could find helpful how can I stop now
(aaah!)
is there nothing I can do I have lost my way
. d ~---- .
I've been losing you
please now talk to me
(aaah!)
tell me things I could find helpful how can I stop now
(aaah!)
is there nothing I can do talk to me tell me
(please now aaah!)
oh tell me what to do oh how can I stop now
(helpful aaah!)
is there nothing I can do I have lost my way I've been losing you
o o o o o o
you I've been losing you you I've been losing you
babe
o
hmmm hm run away now
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Dawn awaits a sleepless English town of coloured grey
here I roam the streets without you as summer fades away
down in the city at nights hmmmmmmm the cold wind blows
wherever you may be right now it must be getting late
you're probably asleep already I am wide awake
down in the city at nights mmmmmmmhh
don't be lonely so you've told me but don't you worry now
loneliness can be ignored and time has shown me how
down in the city at nights oh I'm missing you so much *whistle*
*whistle* *whistle*
down in the city hm down in the city hhm hmm
MANHATTAN SKYLINE
We sit and watch umbrellas fly I'm trying to keep my newspaper dry
I hear myself say "My boat's leaving now" so we shake hands and cry
now I must wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye
4/4
wave goodbye you know I don't want to cry again
(wave goodbye)
don't want to cry again I don't want to say goodbye
don't ever want to cry again I don't want to run away I don't want to race
3/4
this pain I'll never see your face again eh! oh but how how can you
say that I didn't try you see things in the depths of my eyes
that my love's run dry no! I'll leave
to their goodbyes I've come to depend on the look in their eyes my
blood's sweet for pain the wind and the rain bring back words of a song
and they say wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye
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wave goodbye but you know I don't want to fall again
(wave goodbye)
I don't want to know this pain don't want another friend
I don't want to try again don't ever want to see you hurt don't let me see
d d d o---d d o
you hurt I don't want to cry again I'll never see your face again
3/4
how can you say that I didn't try you know I did you see
things in the depths of my eyes that my love's run dry
4/4 3/4
so I read to myself: a chance of a lifetime to see new
(I don't wanna cry again!)
horizons on the front page a black and white picture of Manhattan
skyline
CRY WOLF
"you know"
. .
ah!
. .
ooh ooooooh!
he came from where the winds are cold
and truth is seen through keyholes
strange longins that never sleep oh now he's come where no hearts beat
(no hearts beat)
cry time to worry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
time to worry now
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
ooh! you can start but you cannot stop
you give in but you can't give up
you can tell all your desperate jokes to the world that puts your
. .
love on hold cry time to worry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
oooh! ooh!
. . . .
. . . . . .
o o o o o o
"I dreamt of a wolf" "yeah a wolf" hmm the sunken eyes
o o o o o o
and the pain in his cries a shape in the da rk cry
(da rk)
time to worry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now now!
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now! cry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
time to worry now
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
time to worry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!) (now!)
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now! cry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
oooooooooh! time to worry now
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
oooooooooh! time to worry now aaaaaaaaye!
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
ooh oooooh oohoooh
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
oooh ooh oooooh oohoooh
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
ooh ooh ooh
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
oooooohooo
o d d o o
One left low left two who left high they seem so hard to find
*double speed*
three came twice took once the time to search
o
we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little
bewildered girl we're looking for the whales haaaaaaaahaaahaaahaaaa
o o o o o o o o
restlessness is in our genes time won't wear it off
born into this world with our eyes wide open girl
( pen girl!)
we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little
o o
bewildered girl we're looking for the whales oh girl
we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little
bewildered girl we're looking for the whales haaaaaaaahaaahaaahaaaa
o o o o o o
I found angels bea ched outside
o o o o o o o
your doors don't you set those lonely e yes on me ah
o
ah ah ah aahh ah oh girl
o
we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little
( dered girl!)
bewildered
(looking for the whales yeah! hm!) (looking for the whales)
we're looking for a little
(looking for the whales)
bewildered we're looking for a little bewildered
(looking for the whales) (looking for the
we're looking for a little bewildered
whales) (looking for the whales)
we're looking for a little bewildered
(looking for the whales)
we're looking for a little bewildered
(oooheeh eheh eheh whales)
we're looking for a little bewildered
(looking for the whales)
we're looking for a little bewildered
(looking for the whales)
we're looking for a little bewildered
(looking for the whales)
o o
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Your face looked new against the town
you've come to lose some memories
like you I came to touch new grounds but
you want to lose the weight of the wind rests hard on
(of the wind)
your shoulders bringing you down
(oooh! aaah!) (down down!)
the one that you love will never be found
(your love!)
ha!
you speak into the falling rain
words you'd lost but found again
I have seen their snakey arms entwined
so clear and cruel in your jealous mind
("jealous mind")
but you've gotta to lose the weight of the wind rests
(of the wind)
hard on your shoulders I know what that means
(oooh! aaah!) (down down!)
the one that you love will never be found ha!
(your love!)
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the weight of the wind the weight of the wind
(ooh aah!)
is hard on your shoulders is driving you down
(your aah!) (down down!)
the one that you love will never be found
(the one that you love ) (found)
you lost that forever down down
(lost that forever)
the weight of the wind the weight of the wind
(aah aah!)
it's hard on your shoulders 's driving you down
(aah aah!)
the one that you love will never be found you lost
(aahha aaah!)
that forever aah! yay down
(aah aah)
Maybe you were joking when you said tath you were walking out on me
maybe maybe
maybe I was joking when I said that I was running out on you h!
maybe maybe I could be wrong so wrong
I could be wrong so wrong oh! I could be wrong
I don't know but it's been said decisions travel far from heart
to head maybe maybe
maybe it was over when you chuked me out the Rover at full speed
o o
maybe maybe oh babe I could be wrong so wrong yooh!
I could be wrong so wrong I could be wrong so wrong oh!
I could be wrong so wro ng
I could be wrong so wrong oh! I could be wrong so wrong
(oooooh!) (hmmm maybe
I could be wrong so wrong I could be wrong so
maybe) (so! wrong walking out on me!)
wrong I could be wrong so wrong
(was running I ) (maybe maybe)
I could be wrong so wrong
SOFT RAINS OF APRIL
the soft rains of April are over
the soft rains of April are over over
4/4 3/4
anybody home now I am on the phone now please the soft rains of April are
4/4
over the ferry 'cross the waters to Dover over anybody
3/4 (free time
home now I am on the phone and I'd like to come back is it raining
) 4/4
back home I'm so alone just got up today and my thoughts are miles away
3/4
with you oh ah ah! oohoohoo oohoohoooh
hmmmm hmm oooh! hm ooohoohoohoohoohooh oooh aah hmm
oooh hmmmm!
*crescendo*
well they gave me four years three more to go
keep writing letters time's passing so slow time's passing so
slow so the soft rains of April are over
the soft rains of April are over ove r