(for James Gibson)

Yeah
We know all their unmarked cars
All their DC superstars
We can always lay low for a while
One day your curfew will run out
And you're back out and about
And you're doing it in style

There's no way out
O my love
Our world's falling down
THIS IS THE SOUND as it crashes to the ground
THIS IS THE SOUND - a death rattle through your town
THIS IS THE SOUND of all our bridges burning down

And we're penned in by razorwire
Getting wasted
Getting higher
There's no escaping here at all
Stealing for profit and for fun
And when your time is served and done
You don't owe anything at all.

Nobody wants to see you MAKE IT on your own
No-one want you hanging around

The dogs are circling and I get tired of waking up alone.

speed skinny rock 'n' roll is dumb
yeah
bruises and blisters all the way
but you take what you can get
there's nothing else out there anyway
got tired of living so degenerate
wound up death wish media whores
yeah, we got class and we got soul
and now we're physically yours
I'm downtown and everybody's wrong
laughing to myself as I'm walking along
so get yourself out on the town
gotta keep from breaking down
	sweet skintight thing
	yeah yeah, yeah yeah
	slip further in
	yeah yeah, yeah yeah
	I see what you got 
	and I like it a lot
	love what you got 
	love you a lot....

Not long ago there was a stench in this town
It creeps up and follows you around, yeah
This town can kiss my ass goodbye
Gina wants to come along for the ride.
Now Gina baby, you know I ain't carrying you
You ain't gonna know me no more.
Ain't gonna waste round here no more.
I see you loitering alone there
Told you not to hang out on your own there
You need to straighten out your story now

When I kick off I'm blazing trails back
You shove it to me, I shove it right back 
You look like death in all it's glory now
What happened to you?
Tell me, what the hell happened to you?

Not long ago I got lost in this town
I got bored and I couldn't find my way around, yeah
Nothing much moves me anymore
No memory lane cos it's a long walk
No need to feel no need to talk, yeah
You ain't gonna know me no more
Ain't gonna waste round here no more
So through the stench I made good my escape
I wasn't missed until it was too late
And now they don't know what became of me

Last time I saw Gina standing there
Looking like a girl you'd pick up anywhere
Since then I wondered what became of her
What happened to you?
Tell me, what the hell happened to you?

out there
near where the world ends
beyond the hills
or wherever the world ends
they dig their heels in the sand and stare me down
just takes a blink or a twitch and you're going down
	keep talking baby
now you've dug yourself in to a hole
and all your praying is in vain

every since he came around
it's been like this
since the bastard came around
a leering drunk pedestal in a one-horse-town
saying for all the things that you've done
you're going down
	keep talking baby
now you've dug yourself into a hole
this boy is dangerous
stand off stand off 
we're ready to roll
	no-one can win here
everyone is sick down to the craw
and all your praying is in vain

now I'm stuck in the round with you
nothing much changes round here
not even you
when all your smoke is calmly bought up by the wind
to signify the end of your world and everything
we dig our heels in the sand and stare you down
this is the end of your world
boy you're going down
	shoot
	shoot

Virginia and her girls are trying to claim a piece of you
Been down Red River for miles and miles to look for something new
And it's easy to see that you've been running away for far too long
Well, the world can wait a thousand years for now your time has come
Yeah, now your time has come

There's chaos on the road tonight
There's danger in the street
Their buildings blowing smoke on you and melting in the heat 
And it's easy to see that you've been cowering for far too long
Well, the world can wait a thousand years for now your time has come
Yeah, now your time has come

I'm going in the morning babe
I'm driving out of town
But you can stay here for somebody else to dog around
And it's easy to see that you've been spilling out for far too long
Well, the world can wait a thousand years for now your time has come
Well, the world can wait a thousand years for now your time has come
Yeah, the world can wait a thousand years for now your time has come

the jack is halfmast on the Constitution Club
time the avenger staring down from above
cling on tight now babe
this bar is far too classy for this kinda town
us animals will hiss and fight and drag it down.
don't understand it babe.
turning out after dark they are waiting His return
on the benches in the park they are waiting His return
like how everything was sold a long long time ago
like a lottery,
but one day
God only knows.
and it's everything
yeah, it is everything

we'll go and pick-up, then we'll go and get some food
we'll swan around somewhere and light each others mood
you know I love it babe
in the shops and arcade they are waiting His return
in the school holidays they are waiting His return
like how everything was sold a long long time ago
like a lottery,
but one day
God only knows.
and it's everything
yeah, it is everything

He saunters in
 burning eyes like fire for you
He's got that fever within.

Well, he's back he's back in town
 he's got his eye on you
 and soon enough you'll find out why
The sirens wail under the helicopter buzz
The spotlights raining from the sky
But then you wake in the morning and feel nothing at all
Then you trash everything because you're sick of it all
 and the voices in your head tell you to run
 but you don't listen to them no more
 don't wanna hear it anymore
So don't ask what I think of you baby
 no, it's not the kind of thing I do
 and you won't ever bring me down baby
 no, not the sassiest boy in town

He saunters in
 burning eyes like fire for you
He's got that fever within.

He's back he's back in town to bring this to an end
He wants to take what he is due, take care of business, 
 disappear like a ghost then turn his firey eyes to you
So you ran and you ran and you got nowhere at all
Now there's nowhere left to run to get away from it all
 and the voices in your head know what you've done
 but you don't listen to them no more
 don't wanna hear it anymore
So don't ask what I think of you baby
 no, it's not the kind of thing I do
 and you won't ever bring me down baby
 no, not the sassiest boy in town

He saunters in,
 burning eyes like fire for you
He's got that fever within
 burning eyes like fire for you
He saunters in burning eyes like fire for you
He's gonna take it out on you
He's gonna take it out on you

Throwing shapes and bustin' moves
In the mosh-pit disco grooves
DJ plays some garage rock
Razor-sharp, electric-shock

Oh honey tell me, is my needle in your groove?
So hold me close now, 'cos I like the way you move

Rock 'n' roll 'n' screaming blues
Sweat and lipstick on tattoos
Poster-girls and poster-boys
Spilling stories, sharing noise

Oh honey tell me, is my needle in your groove?
So hold me close now, 'cos I like the way you move

Sun-downed and dolled-up, you start to lose control
Feeling the rhythms, come detonate your soul
Head shaking, hip flicking, body just don't care
Oh yeah

Synapse misfire tastes like dreams
Waterfalls of halcyon screams
Peacocks in the voodoo lounge
Watch the come-ons, one more round

Sun-downed and dolled-up, you start to lose control
Feeling the rhythms, come detonate your soul
Head shaking, hip flicking, body just don't care
You bring me up girl. 
You take me way up there.
Oooh - take me way up there…..