| The Pretenders Lyrics |
| Just a few hits. |
| Stop Your Sobbing Kid Brass In Pocket Back On The Chain Gang Middle Of The Road 2000 Miles Show Me Don't Get Me Wrong Hymn To Her My Baby My City Was Gone Talk Of The Town |
| Stop Your Sobbing It is time for you to stop all of your sobbing. Yes it's time for you to stop all of your sobbing. There's one thing you gotta do to make me still want you, gotta stop sobbing. Yeah, yeah, stop it, stop it. It is time for you to laugh instead of crying. Yes, it's time for you to laugh so keep on trying. There's one thing you gotta do to make me still want you, gotta stop sobbing now. Yeah, yeah, stop it, stop it. Each little tear that falls from your eyes makes, makes me want to take you in my arms and tell you to stop all your sobbing. There's one thing you gotta do to make me still want you and there's one thing you gotta know to make me want you so. gotta stop sobbing, now, yeah, yeah, stop it, stop it, gotta stop sobbing, now, yeah, yeah, gotta stop sobbing, don't weep, don't weep... Kid Kid, what changed your mood? You've gone all sad so I feel sad too. I think I know some things we never outgrow, you think it's wrong, I can tell you do. How can I explain when you don't want me to. Kid, my only kid, you look so small, you've gone so quiet. I know you know what I'm about, I won't deny it but you forgive though you don't understand, you've turned your head, you've dropped by hand. All my sorrow, all my blues, all my sorrow. Shut the light, go away, full of grace, you cover your face. Kid, gracious kid your eyes are blue but you won't cry, I know, angry tears are too dear, you won't let them go. Brass In Pocket Got brass in pocket, got bottle, I'm gonna use it. Intention, I feel inventive, gonna make you, make you, make you notice. Got motion, restrained emotion. Been driving, Detroit leaning. No reason, just seems so pleasing, gonna make you, make you, make you notice. Gonna use my arms, gonna use my legs, gonna use my style, gonna use my sidestep, gonna use my fingers, gonna use my, my, my imagination cause I gonna make you see, there's nobody else here, no one like me. I'm special, so special, I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me. Got rhythm, I can't miss a beat, got new skank, it's so reet. Got something, I'm winking at you, gonna make you, make you, make you notice. Gonna use my arms, gonna use my legs, gonna use my style, gonna use my sidestep, gonna use my fingers, gonna use my, my, my imagination cause I gonna make you see, there's nobody else here, no one like me. I'm special, so special, I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me cause I gonna make you see, there's nobody else here, no one like me. I'm special, so special, I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me. And when you walk... Talk Of The Town Such a drag to want something sometime, one thing leads to another, I know. Was a time wanted you for mine, nobody knew. You arrived like a day and passed like a cloud, I made a wish, I said it out loud. Out loud in a crowd, everybody heard, 'twas the talk of the town. It's not my place to know what you feel I'd like to know but why should I? Who were you then, who are you now? Common laborer by night, by day highbrow. Back in my room, I wonder, then I sit on the bed, look at the sky. Up in the sky, clouds rearrange like the talk of the town. Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday. Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday. You've changed your place in this world. You've changed your place in this world. Oh, but it's hard to live by the rules, I never could and still never do. The rules and such never bothered you, you call the shots and they follow. I watch you still from a distance then go back to my room, you'll never know. I want you, I want you, but now, who's the talk of the town? Back On The Chain Gang I found a picture of you, oh, what hijacked my world that night to a place in the past we've been cast out of? Oh, now we're back in the fight. We're back on the train, oh, back on the chain gang. A circumstance beyond our control, oh, the phone, the TV and the News Of The World. Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh, threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies, put us back on the train, oh, back on the chain gang. The powers that be that force us to live like we do bring me to my knees when I see what they've done to you but I'll die as I stand here today, knowing that deep in my heart they'll fall to ruin one day for making us part. I found a picture of you, oh, those were the happiest days of my life. Like a break in the battle was your part, oh, in the wretched life of a lonely heart. Now we're back on the train, oh, back on the chain gang. Middle Of The Road The middle of the road is trying to find me. I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me. Well, I got a smile for everyone I meet. As long as you don't try dragging my bay or dropping the bomb on my street. Now come on baby, get in the road, oh, come on now in the middle of the road, yeah. In the middle of the road you see the darndest things like fat guys driving 'round in jeeps through the city wearing big diamond rings and silk suits past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids, oh, man I don't mean a Hampstead nursery. when you own a big chunk of the bloody third world, the babies just come with the scenery. Now come on baby, get in the road, oh, come on now in the middle of the road, yeah. One...two...three...four... The middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac. I can't get from the cab to the curb without some little jerk on my back. Don't harass me, can't you tell, I'm going home, I'm tired as hell. I'm not the cat I used to be, I got a kid, I'm thirty-three. Baby, get in the road, come on now, in the middle of the road, yeah. 2000 Miles He's gone 2000 miles, it's very far. The snow is falling down, gets colder day by day, I miss you. The children will sing, he'll be back at Christmas time. In these frozen and silent nights, sometimes in a dream you appear. Outside under the purple sky, diamonds in the snow sparkle. Our hearts were singing, it felt like Christmas time. 2000 miles is very far through the snow. I'll think of you wherever you go. He's gone 2000 miles, it's very far. The snow is falling down, gets colder day by day, I miss you. I can hear people singing, it must be Christmas time. I can hear people singing, it must be Christmas time. Show Me Show me the meaning of the word, show me the meaning of the word. Cause I've heard so much about it, they say you can't live without it. Welcome to the human race with its wars, disease and brutality. You with your innocence and grace, restore some pride and dignity to a world in decline. Welcome to a special place in a heart of stone that's cold and grey. You with your angel face, keep the despair at bay, send it away, and show me the meaning of the word, show me the meaning of the word. Cause I've heard so much about it, I don't want to live without it, I don't want to live without it. Oh, I want love, I want love, I want love. Welcome here from outer space, the Milky Way still in your eyes. You found yourself a hopeless case, one seeking perfection on earth, that's some kind of rebirth so show me the meaning of the word, show me the meaning of the word. Cause I've heard so much about it, don't make me live without it, don't make me live without it. Oh, love, I want love, I want love, I want love. Don't Get Me Wrong Don't get me wrong if I'm looking kind of dazzled. I see neon lights whenever you walk by. Don't get me wrong if you say "hello" and I take a ride upon a sea where the mystic moon is playing havoc with the tide, don't get me wrong. Don't get me wrong if I'm acting so distracted. I'm thinking about the fireworks that go off when you smile. Don't get me wrong if I split like light refracted. I'm only off to wander across a moonlit mile. Once in awhile, two people meet, seemingly for no reason, they just pass on the street. Suddenly thunder, showers everywhere, who can explain the thunder and rain but there's something in the air. Don't get me wrong if I come and go like fashion. I might be great tomorrow but hopeless yesterday. Don't get me wrong if I fall in the 'mode of passion.' It might be unbelievable but let's not say "so long." It might just be fantastic, don't get me wrong. Hymn To Her Let me inside you, into your room. I've heard it's lined with the things you don't show. Lay me beside you down on the floor. I've been your lover from the womb to the tomb. I dress as your daughter when the moon becomes round. You be my mother when everything's gone. And she will always carry on, something is lost but something is found. They will keep on speaking her name, somethings change, some stay the same. Keep beckoning to me from behind that closed door. The maid and the mother and the crone that's grown old. I hear your voice coming out of that hole. I listen to you and I want some more. I listen to you and I want some more. And she will always carry on, something is lost but something is found. They will keep on speaking her name, somethings change, some stay the same. And she will always carry on, something is lost but something is found. They will keep on speaking her name, somethings change, some stay the same. Let me inside you, into your room. I've heard it's lined with the things you don't show. Lay me beside you down on the floor. I've been your lover from the womb to the tomb. I dress as your daughter when the moon becomes round. You be my mother when everything's gone. And she will always carry on, something is lost but something is found. They will keep on speaking her name, somethings change, some stay the same. And she will always carry on, something is lost but something is found. They will keep on speaking her name, somethings change, some stay the same. My Baby I want you to love me, that's all I want from you. I want you to love me one day. I know I'm a peasant dressed as a princess but that doesn't mean you have to take my clothes away. If I could show you some happiness, then I would feel like a real princess, that to me would be success, my baby. I seen you dancing, a natural beauty. You make this dive seem sublime. You really get to the heart of the music, you're the poetry of time. If there's a method to writing a song, how come I'm getting it wrong? You write the beautiful songs, baby. C'mon, c'mon, c'mon baby, take my hand. c'mon, c'mon, c'mon show me to the love land. Can this really happen in this day and age? Suddenly to just turn the page? Like walking on stage, my baby. My City Was Gone I went back to Ohio but my city was gone. There was no train station, there was no downtown. South Howard had disappeared, all my favorite places. My city had been pulled down, reduced to parking spaces. Hey, ho, where'd you go, Ohio? Well, I went back to Ohio but my family was gone. I stood on the back porch, there was nobody home. I was stunned and amazed, my childhood memories slowly swirled past like the wind through the trees. Hey, ho, where'd you go, Ohio? I went back to Ohio but my pretty countryside had been paved down the middle by a government that had no pride. The farms of Ohio had been replaced by shopping malls and Muzak filled the air from Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls. Hey, ho, where'd you go, Ohio? Talk Of The Town Such a drag, to want something sometime, one thing leads to another, I know. Was a time I wanted you for mine, nobody knew. You arrived like a day, passed like a cloud, I made a wish. I said it out loud, aloud in a crowd, everybody heard, 'twas the talk of the town. It's not my place to know what you feel, I'd like to know but why should I? Who were you then, who are you now? Common laborer by night, by day highbrow. Back in my room, I wonder then I sit on the bed, look at the sky, up in the sky, clouds rearrange like the talk of the town. Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday. Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday. You've changed, you've changed, your place in this world. You've changed, you've changed, your place in this world. Oh, but it's hard to live by the rules, I never could, and still never do. The rules and such never bothered you, you call the shots and they follow. I watch you still from a distance then go back to my room, you'll never know. I want you, I want you but now, who's the talk of the town? Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday. Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday. You've changed, you've changed, your place in this world. You've changed, you've changed, your place in this world. |