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Stealing Electricity
03:50
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You're not alone
You're not alone
You're coming with me
We're stealing electricity
Stone cold in the morning
Crawl in at quarter to 5
California calling, down the line
Number 9...
We're not alone
Our numbers have grown
You're coming with me
We're stealing electricity
Sun burst strike in the morning
Stone cold at quarter to 9
California calling, down the line
Number 9...
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Won't you come to my house
Just us and nobody else
It ain't no-one's concern
Won't you come on inside
If you like we can hide
We can take it in turns
Venus burns in the blue above
Touched by fire, lit by love
We could go to the park
We could stay 'til it's dark
That's where everyone learns
That the sky is a bowl
At the rim there's a hole
And everything turns
Venus burns in the blue above
Touched by fire, lit by love
Venus burns in the blue above
Touched by fire, lit by love
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Dogs
02:38
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God save the aristocracy
They thirst for pleasure
They suffer our democracy
And curse our leisure
Born to serve them
Don't deserve them
Straitjacket meritocracy
Is made to measure
Let's clear the atmosphere, like
Danton and Robespierre
With our free flag unfurled
A brand new brave new world
God help the working classes
While welfare mothers
Feed babes from empty glasses
Beneath the covers
Pray protection
Insurrection
Cry for the child who passes
And call your brothers
Let's clear the atmosphere, like
Danton and Robespierre
With our free flag unfurled
A brand new brave new world
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Slow Dance
03:48
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I was there on opening night
My soul bare under the shivering moonlight
I made my way up to the edge of the crowd
Where it wasn't too close, and it wasn't too loud
And watched the slow dance
Of twisted romance
Cold sweat, love on the edge of a knife
Dead set, get on the quest for the good life
The one thing about letting go
You lose your friends, and you miss half the show
You do the slow dance
Of twisted romance
I did the slow dance
Of twisted romance
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Fade
02:45
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Fade away
The illusion of a victim-less crime
Shadowplay, leaves an unholy stain in your mind
You can't see it, you can't feel it
Wipe the slate, it's a silent attack on your time
You can't touch it
You can't feel it
You can't crush it
You can't heal it
Fade
Sky-blue dawn
Reflections are clear in the bay
No time to warn
Clouds come and darken your day
You can't cheat it
You can't defeat it
It's an autumn storm
That the white-water wind blows away
You can't touch it
You can't feel it
You can't crush it
You can't heal it
Fade
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Girlfriend
02:14
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I wave goodbye to my girlfriend
I'm off to play with the boys
She's more than just my best friend
She's not one of my toys
Forget everything that you think you know
You better treat her like a woman or she's going to let you go
We do most everything together
Yeah we laugh and we cry
Holding hands and watching sunsets
We'll be together 'til we die
Forget everything that you think you know
You better treat her like a woman or she's going to let you go
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Alchemy
05:12
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I could use a little time
To defuse another mine
It's plainly dangerous
This pace is aging us
We can't refuse the bitter wine
I need a place to rest my head
Untangle each and every thread
And one by one unwind
And lay them in a line
Can't tell beginning from the end
My former glory days
Bathed in a golden haze
Sounds like something I might have said
My memory twists and lies
Calls up false alibis
My morning dawns from black to red
I've been liberal with the truth
I burnt the oxygen of youth
I tried re-entering
I got peer mentoring
I came down anxious and aloof
I've been digging through the dirt
To find the gold among the hurt
I miss the alchemy
A smoke on the balcony
The whiff of perfume on my shirt
My former glory days
Bathed in a golden haze
Sounds like something I oughta dread
My memory twists and lies
Calls up false alibis
My morning dawns from black to red
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Bad Sons
03:31
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Bad sons hurt the ones you love
The velvet fist in the iron glove
Bad sons tow a heavy load
You bit the hand and you hit the road
I'm down with uncertainty, and I'm almost sure
Big opportunity behind the door
There must be something better worth waiting for
Bad sons love a rotten god
You spare the child and you spoil the rod
Bad sons, bad chemistry
Heat seeker for misery
I'm down with obscurity, 'cos it's such a bore
Big opportunity behind the door
There must be something bigger worth fighting for
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We are Justin McLean and Ben Grant.
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