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My Aim Is True

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  1. Welcome To The Working WeekVer letra 1:23

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    letra de Welcome To The Working Week

    Now that your picture's in the paper being rhythmically admired
    And you can have anyone that you have ever desired,
    All you gotta tell me now is why, why, why, why.

    Welcome to the workin' week.
    Oh I know it don't thrill you, I hope it don't kill you.
    Welcome to the workin' week.
    You gotta do it till you're through it so you better get to it.

    All of your family had to kill to survive,
    and they're still waitin' for their big day to arrive.
    But if they knew how I felt they'd bury me alive.

    Welcome to the workin' week.
    Oh I know it don't thrill you, I hope it don't kill you.
    Welcome to the workin' week.
    You gotta do it till you're through it so you better get to it.

    I hear you sayin', "Hey, the city's alright,
    when you only read about it in books.
    Spend all your money gettin' so convinced
    that you never even bother to look.
    Sometimes I wonder if we're livin' in the same land,
    Why d'you wanna be my friend when I feel like a juggler
    running out of hands?

    Welcome to the workin' week, oh, welcome to the working week.

  2. Miracle ManVer letra 3:33

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    letra de Miracle Man

    You never asked me what i wanted. you only asked me why.
    I never thought that so much trouble was restin' on my reply,
    I could say it was the nights when i was lonely
    And you were the only one who'd come.
    I could tell you that i like your sensitivity,
    When you know it's the way that you walk.

    Why do you have to say that there's always someone
    Who can do it better than i can?
    But don't you think that i know that walking on the water
    Won't make me a miracle man?

    Baby's gotta have the things she wants.
    You know she's gotta have the things she loves.
    She's got a ten-inch bamboo cigarette holder
    And her black patent leather gloves.
    And i'm doing everything just tryin' to please her,
    Even crawling around on all fours.
    Oh, i thought by now that it was gonna be easy,
    But she still seems to want for more.

    (refrão)

    I hear they're givin' you a bad reputation
    Just because you've never been denied.
    You try to say you've done it all before.
    Baby, you know that you just get tired.
    Yet everybody loves you so much, girl.
    I just don't know how you stand the strain.
    Oh, i, i'm the one who's here tonight,
    And i don't wanna do it all in vain.

    (refrão)

  3. No DancingVer letra 2:43

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    letra de No Dancing

    Oh I know that she
    has mad a fool of him,
    like girls have done so many nights before,
    time and time again.
    Life is so strange.
    I don't know why,
    but somebody,
    somebody has to cry.
    There's gonna be no dancing when they get home.

    No dancing,
    there's gonna be no dancing,
    there's gonna be no dancing on my own.

    Now he's telling her
    every little thing he's done;
    Once he glanced at the jackets of some paperbacks.
    Now he's read every one.
    He's such a drag.
    He's not insane.
    It's just that everybody
    has to feel his pain.
    There's gonna be no dancing when they get home.

    He's getting down on his knees.
    He finds that her brother's not so easy to please,
    After all, his nights were just a paper striptease.
    She's caught it like some disease.
    If he says no dancing,
    there's gonna be no dancing on my own.

    She can't even speak to him.
    He can't face her now.
    He says "Even though I wanna shake your hand,
    all I ever do is bow.
    so know you see
    how can it be?
    Why can't you give me anythin' but sympathy?"
    There's gonna be no dancing when they get home.

    No dancing,
    there's gonna be no dancing,
    there's gonna be no dancing on my own.

  4. Blame It On CainVer letra 2:53

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    letra de Blame It On Cain

    Once upon a time, i had a little money.
    Government burglars took it long
    Before i could mail it to you.
    Still, you are the only one.
    Now i can't let it slip away.
    So if the man with the ticker tape,
    He tries to take it,
    Well this is what i'm gonna say.

    Blame it on cain.
    Don't blame it on me.
    Oh, oh, it's nobody's fault,
    But we need somebody to burn.

    Well if i was a saint with
    A silver cup
    And the money got low
    We could always heat it up
    Or trade it in.
    But then the radio to heaven will be wired to your purse.
    And then you can run down the wave band,
    Coast to coast, hand in hand.
    Better or worse, curse for curse,
    Don't be dissatisfied.
    So you're not satisfied.

    Refrão

    I think i've lived a little too long
    On the outskirts of town
    I think i'm going insane
    From talking to myself for so long.
    Oh but i've never been accused.
    When they step on your face,
    You wear that good look grin.
    I gotta break out one weekend
    If i do somebody in.
    But every single time
    I feel a little stronger,
    They tell me it's a crime.
    Well how much longer?

    Refrão

  5. AlisonVer letra 3:25

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    letra de Alison

    Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl.
    And with the way you look I understand
    that you are not impressed.
    But I heard you let that little friend of mine
    take off your party dress.
    I'm not going to get too sentimental
    like those other sticky valentines,
    cause I don't know if you've been loving somebody.
    I only know it isn't mine.


    Alison, I know this world is killing you.
    Oh, Alison, my aim is true.


    Well I see you've got a husband now.
    Did he leave your pretty fingers lying
    in the wedding cake?
    You used to hold him right in your hand.
    I'll bet he took all he could take.
    Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking
    when I hear the silly things that you say.
    I think somebody better put out the big light,
    cause I can't stand to see you this way.


    Alison, I know this world is killing you.
    Oh, Alison, my aim is true.
    My aim is true

  6. Sneaky FeelingsVer letra 2:12

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    letra de Sneaky Feelings

    Now everybody's breakin' up somebody else's home,
    before somebody else starts breaking up their own.
    I get you in my dreams.
    You should hear the things you say.
    It's not that it's so much fun,
    but it's safer that way.
    Sneaky feeling, sneaky feelings,
    you can't let those kind of feeling show.
    I'd like to get right through the way I feel for you,
    but I've still got a long way to go.
    Why don't we call it a day, and we can both confess.
    You can force me to use a little tenderness.
    White lies, alibis, anything but say that it's true.
    Now we could sit like lovers, staring in each other's eyes,
    but the magic of the moment might become too much for you.
    Sneaky feeling, sneaky feelings,
    you can't let those kind of feeling show.
    I'd like to get right through the way I feel for you,
    But I've still got a long way to go.

  7. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red ShoesVer letra 2:49

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    letra de (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes

    Oh I used to be disgusted
    And now I try to be amused.
    But since their wings have got rusted,
    You know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes.
    But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain,
    That's when I knew that I could not refuse.
    And I won't get any older, now the angels wanna wear my red shoes.

    I was watching while you're dancing away.
    Our love got fractured in the echo and sway.
    How come everybody wants to be your friend?
    You know that it still hurts me just to say it.

    Oh, I know that she's disgusted (oh why's that)
    Cause she's feeling so abused. (oh that's too bad)
    She gets tired of the lust, (oh I'm so sad)
    But it's so hard to refuse.
    How can you say that I'm too old,
    When the angels have stolen my red shoes.

    Oh, I said "I'm so happy, I could die."
    She said "Drop dead," then left with another guy.
    That's what you get if you go chasing after vengeance.
    Ever since you got me punctured this has been my sentence.
    Oh I used to be disgusted
    And now I try to be amused.
    But since their wings have got rusted,
    You know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes.
    Red shoes, the angels wanna wear my red shoes.

  8. Less Than ZeroVer letra 3:18

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    letra de Less Than Zero

    Calling Mr. Oswald with the swastika tattoo
    There is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo
    Carving "V" for "vandal" on the guilty boy's head
    When he's had enough of that, maybe you'll take him to bed
    To teach him he's alive before he wishes he was dead

    Turn up the TV, no one listening will suspect
    Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know
    They think that I've got no respect but
    Everything is less than zero
    Hey, oo hey-ey
    Hey, oo hey-ey

    Oswald and his sister are doing it again
    They've got the finest home movies that you have ever seen
    They've got a thousand variations, every service with a smile
    They're gonna take a little break and they'll be back after a while
    Well, I hear that South America is coming into style

    Turn up the TV, no one listening will suspect
    Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know
    They think that I've got no respect but
    Everything is less than zero
    Hey, oo hey-ey
    Hey, oo hey-ey

    A pistol was still smoking, a man lay on the floor
    Mr. Oswald said he had an understanding with the law
    He said he heard about a couple living in the USA
    He said they traded in their baby for a Chevrolet
    Let's talk about the future, now we've put the past away

    Turn up the TV, no one listening will suspect
    Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know
    They think that I've got no respect but
    Everything is less than zero
    Hey, oo hey-ey
    Hey, oo hey-ey
    Hey, oo hey-ey
    Hey, oo hey-ey

  9. Mystery DanceVer letra 1:37

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    letra de Mystery Dance

    Romeo was restless, he was ready to kill
    He jumped out the window 'cause he couldn't sit still
    Juliet was waiting with a safety net
    He said, "Don't bury me 'cause I'm not dead yet"

    (CHORUS) Why don't you tell me about the mystery dance
    I wanna know about the mystery dance
    Why don't you show me
    'Cause I've tried and I've tried, and I'm still mystified
    I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied

    Well, I remember when the lights went out
    And I was tryin' to make it look like it was never in doubt
    She thought that I knew, and I thought that she knew
    So both of us were willing, but we didn't know how to do it

    (REPEAT CHORUS)

    Well, I was down under the covers in the middle of the night
    Tryin' to discover my left foot from my right
    You can see those pictures in any magazine
    But what's the use of looking when you don't know what they mean?

    (REPEAT CHORUS)
    I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied
    I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied
    I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied
    I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied
    I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied
    I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied

  10. Pay It BackVer letra 2:36

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    letra de Pay It Back

    Stop thief; you're gonna come to grief
    If you don't take a little more care.
    You're gonna get more than the family plan
    From this one shoestring affair.
    I may be crazy but i can't contemplate
    Being trapped between the doctor and the magistrate.

    One of these days i'm gonna pay it back, pay it back,
    One of these days.
    One of these days i'm gonna pay it back, pay it back,
    One of these days.

    And then they told me i could be somebody
    If i didn't let too much get in my way.
    And i tried so hard just to be myself,
    But i keep on fading away.
    Until the lights went out, i didn't know what to do.
    If i could fool myself, then maybe i'd fool you too.

    Refrão

    I wouldn't say that i was raised on romance.
    Let's not get stuck in the past.
    I love you more than everything in the world.
    I don't expect that will last.
    They told me everything was guaranteed.
    Somebody somewhere must've lied to me.

    Refrão

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  12. Waiting For The End Of The WorldVer letra 3:26

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    letra de Waiting For The End Of The World

    The man from the television crawled into the train
    I wonder who he's going to stick it in this time?
    Everyone was looking for a little entertainment
    So they'll probably pull his hands off
    When they find out his name
    And then they shut down the power all along the line
    And we got stuck in the tunnel where no lights shine
    They got to touching all the girls who were too scared to call out
    Nobody was saying anything at all

    We were waiting for the end of the world
    Waiting for the end of the world
    Waiting for the end of the world
    Dear Lord, I sincerely hope you're coming
    'Cause you really started something

    Things got back to normal as the train began to roll again
    We got to the station about twenty minutes later
    The legendary hitchhiker says that he knows where it's at
    Now he'd like to go to Spain or somewhere like that
    With his two-tone Bible and his funny cigarettes
    His suntan lotion and his castanets

    He was waiting for the end of the world
    Waiting for the end of the world
    Waiting for the end of the world
    Dear Lord, I sincerely hope you're coming
    'Cause you really started something

    And then, the bride, the groom, the congregation and the priest
    All got onto the train when we were three stations east, yeah
    Hiding from a scandal in the national press
    They had been trying to get married since they stole the wedding dress
    You may see them drowning as you stroll along the beach
    But don't roll out the lifeline till they're clean out of reach

  13. Watching The DetectivesVer letra 3:46

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    letra de Watching The Detectives

    Nice girls not one with a defect
    Cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct
    Red dogs under illegal legs
    She looks so good that he gets down and begs

    She is watching the detectives
    Ooh, he's so cute!
    She is watching the detectives
    When they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
    They beat him up until the teardrops start
    But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart

    Long shot of that jumping sign
    Invisible shivers running down my spine
    Cut the baby taking off her clothes
    Close-up of the sign that says: We never close
    You snatch tune, you a match a cigarette
    She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet
    I don't know how much more of this I can take
    She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake

    You think you're alone until you realize you're in it
    Now fear is here to stay. Love is here for a visit
    They call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit
    Someone's scratching at the window. I wonder who is it?
    The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents
    Who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance
    Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay
    It only took my little fingers to blow you away

    Just like watching the detectives
    Don't get cute!
    It's just like watching the detectives
    I get so angry when the teardrops start
    But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart
    Watching the detectives
    It's just like watching the detectives

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  15. Stranger In The HouseVer letra

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    letra de Stranger In The House

    This never was one of the great romances
    But I thought you'd always have those young girl's eyes
    But now they look in tired and bitter glances
    At the ghost of a man who walks 'round in my disguise

    I get the feeling that I don't belong here
    But there's no welcome in the window anyway
    And I look down for a number on my keychain
    'Cause it feels more like a hotel everyday

    There's a stranger in the house; nobody's seen his face
    But everybody says he's taken my place
    There's a stranger in the house no one will ever see
    But everybody says he looks like me

    And now you say you've got no expectations
    But I know you also miss those carefree days
    And for all the angry words that passed between us
    You still don't understand me when I say

    There's a stranger in the house; nobody's seen his face
    But everybody says he's taken my place
    There's a stranger in the house no one will ever see
    But everybody says he looks like me

  16. Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver)Ver letra

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    letra de Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver)

    So you're trying to make connection, you heard whispers in the hall
    She'll be out again this evening, when you come around to call
    So, you dodge the lady-killer, who came creepin' 'cross the floor
    Then you caught up in a whirlwind, you got blown right out the door

    Oh, yes it was a whirlwind, sweet romance was on your side
    If you wanna dance on my face, you must tell me why you lied

    Imagination is a powerful deceiver
    When you try to believe her just a little too much
    Imagination is a powerful deceiver
    I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch

    I see a look of recognition, so well hidden in your eye
    And your peepshow regulations, they just don't seem to apply,
    Well, did I see you in the circus, in the ring without a hand
    Now you think that you can curse us, steal the show and stop the band

    Oh, you can follow your dreams, oh but please don't lead me on,
    If you wanna bleed in my face, you were here and now you're gone

    Imagination is a powerful deceiver
    When you try to believe her just a little too much
    Imagination is a powerful deceiver
    I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch
    I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch
    I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch

  17. Mystery DanceVer letra 1:37

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    letra de Mystery Dance

    Romeo was restless, he was ready to kill
    He jumped out the window 'cause he couldn't sit still
    Juliet was waiting with a safety net
    He said, "Don't bury me 'cause I'm not dead yet"

    (CHORUS) Why don't you tell me about the mystery dance
    I wanna know about the mystery dance
    Why don't you show me
    'Cause I've tried and I've tried, and I'm still mystified
    I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied

    Well, I remember when the lights went out
    And I was tryin' to make it look like it was never in doubt
    She thought that I knew, and I thought that she knew
    So both of us were willing, but we didn't know how to do it

    (REPEAT CHORUS)

    Well, I was down under the covers in the middle of the night
    Tryin' to discover my left foot from my right
    You can see those pictures in any magazine
    But what's the use of looking when you don't know what they mean?

    (REPEAT CHORUS)
    I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied
    I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied
    I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied
    I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied
    I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied
    I can't do it anymore and I'm not satisfied

  18. Cheap RewardVer letra

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    letra de Cheap Reward

    Oh, well, I feel so loose tonight I might fall to pieces
    So be prepared to sweep me out the door
    And I might be horizontal by the time the music ceases
    So I think I'll get acquainted with the floor

    Oh, I was trying to get away from the things that I always do
    Hello, floorboards once again--how are you?

    Lip Service--well, that's all you'll ever get from me
    Well, how could you believe I'll take you seriously?
    With your cheap rewards, your blackmail, and your comical rage
    Just remember you'll only be the boss so long as you pay my wage

    All the sign posts on this road that point one way
    Don't act like you're above me, just look at your shoes
    I'll turn the light out now 'cause there's nothing more to say
    And it's all been lost before so there's nothing to lose

    Oh, but you could say that you love me very painlessly
    I would've done the same for you, oh, but you said to me:

    Lip service--well, that's all you'll ever get from me
    Well, how could you believe I'd take you seriously?
    With your cheap rewards, your blackmail, and your comical rage
    Just remember you'll only be the boss so long as you pay my wage

    Just remember you'll only be the boss so long as you pay my wage

  19. Jump UpVer letra

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    letra de Jump Up

    Everybody's talking like they can't sit down
    And looking like they can't stand up
    It must be the lastest style
    And they've seen a lot of things that you never see
    Back on the mile up to the hanging tree
    Some people can't keep their fingers clean
    Just clicking their heels to the beat of the scene
    Trying to keep careen until the first edition of last night's obituries

    Jump up--hold on tight
    Can't trust the promise or a guarantee
    'Cause the man 'round the curve says that he's never heard
    Of you or me

    No tombstone would ever surprise me
    When I'm locked in a room about half the size of a matchbox
    Got holes in my socks
    They match the ones that I got in my feet
    I put my feet in the holes in the street and somebody paved me over
    I was a statue standing on the corner
    Tell me, how else can a boy get to see those pretty pleats?

    Candidate talkin' on the radio from the "Cheaters Jamboree"
    It must be their lastest fool
    'Cause it's a two-horse race and he changed his bets
    Like it was just another brand of cigarettes

    Some people judge and they just guess the rest
    They can't understand that don't mean that you're blessed
    They ought to catch the Express Next Stop No Where
    That way you can forget

    Jump up--hold on tight
    Can't trust the promise or a guarantee
    'Cause the man 'round the curve says that he's never heard
    Of you or me

  20. Wave A White FlagVer letra

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    letra de Wave A White Flag

    Take off your shoes, hang up your wings
    Stack up the chairs, roll up the rug
    Savor the things that sobriety brings
    Drain in the last from a jug

    But when I hit the bottle, there's no tellin' what I'll do
    'Cause something deep inside me wants to turn you black and blue
    I can't resist you, I can't wait
    To twist your loving arms 'til you capitulate

    Beat me in the kitchen, and I'll beat you in the hall
    There's nothing I love better than a free for all
    To take your pretty neck and see which way it bends
    But when it is all over we will still be friends

    Wave a white flag, put away the pistol
    Too many people just can't get kissed
    But if there's nothin' I can do to make amends, baby
    Hope you don't murder me

    Oh, was it all right, or was it okay
    I'll make it all up to you someday
    Oh, but you didn't have to laugh that way
    Oh, no, you didn't have to laugh that way

    Wave a white flag, put away the pistol
    Too many people just can't get kissed
    But if there's nothin' I can do to make amends, baby
    Hope you don't murder me
    Gee, baby, hope you don't murder me

  21. Blame It On CainVer letra 2:53

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    letra de Blame It On Cain

    Once upon a time, i had a little money.
    Government burglars took it long
    Before i could mail it to you.
    Still, you are the only one.
    Now i can't let it slip away.
    So if the man with the ticker tape,
    He tries to take it,
    Well this is what i'm gonna say.

    Blame it on cain.
    Don't blame it on me.
    Oh, oh, it's nobody's fault,
    But we need somebody to burn.

    Well if i was a saint with
    A silver cup
    And the money got low
    We could always heat it up
    Or trade it in.
    But then the radio to heaven will be wired to your purse.
    And then you can run down the wave band,
    Coast to coast, hand in hand.
    Better or worse, curse for curse,
    Don't be dissatisfied.
    So you're not satisfied.

    Refrão

    I think i've lived a little too long
    On the outskirts of town
    I think i'm going insane
    From talking to myself for so long.
    Oh but i've never been accused.
    When they step on your face,
    You wear that good look grin.
    I gotta break out one weekend
    If i do somebody in.
    But every single time
    I feel a little stronger,
    They tell me it's a crime.
    Well how much longer?

    Refrão

  22. Poison MoonVer letra

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    letra de Poison Moon

    Cut loose in a nightmare, cast off in my dreams
    If home is anywhere that I can hang my hat
    Then it's coming apart at the seams
    My luck is hanging upside down
    I try to hold on tight
    But money's rolling out of town
    And love slips right out of sight

    And these bones, they don't look so good to me
    Jokers talk and they all disagree
    One day soon, I will laugh right in the face of the poison moon

    You look in the mirror
    I'm sorry, but it can't be replaced
    You're thrown straight out in that cruel parade
    Buttoned down and laced
    It starts like fascination, it ends up like a trance
    You've gotta use your imagination on some of that magazine romance

    And these bones--they don't look so good to me
    Jokers talk and they all disagree
    One day soon, I will laugh right in the face of the poison moon
    One day soon, I will laugh right in the face of the poison moon

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