Original Issue Date: May 1986
CD Issue Date: May 1986
CD Track Listing:
Anything
Alone Again Or
The Portrait
Restless
In Dulce Decorum
Gigolo
The Girl Goes Down
Tightrope Walk
Psychomania
Lineup:
Dave Vanian (Vocals)
Rat Scabies (Drums)
Roman Jugg (Guitar)
Bryn Merrick (Bass)
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ANYTHING
[4:48]
I tear into my clothes
Sacrifice my soul for anything, anything
I gotta clear this town
No sense in hanging around
'Cause anything, anything, anything
Is better than this
Where can the action be
To fill this need in me
'Cause anything, anything, anything
Is better than this
I am the wicked boy
Who takes your favorite toy
Or anything, anything
You show me someone
Who doesn't want no fun
Or anything, anything, anything
Is better than this
I could never be
What you need in me, anything
I could never be
What you see in me, anything
I can take a lot
I'll just take a shot at anything
What you got
I'll make my girl scream
I'll be her love machine, anything
Anything
She only wants my tricks
But we do have our kicks
At anything, anything, anything
Is better than this
I'm out of control
Sacrifice my soul
'Cause anything anything anything
Is better than this
I could never be
What you see in me, anything
I could never be
What you see in me, anything
ALONE AGAIN OR
[3:38]
Yeah, said it's alright
I won't forget
All the times I've waited patiently for you
As you do just what you choose to do
And I will be alone again tonight my dear
Yeah, I heard a funny thing
Somebody said to me
That you could be in love with almost anyone
You think people are the greatest fun
And I will be alone again tonight for you
Yeah, said its alright
You know I won't forget
All the times I waited patiently for you
Now you do just what
You choose to do
And I will be alone again tonight its true
THE PORTRAIT
[3:51]
Instrumental
RESTLESS
[4:58]
The autumn leaves burning red
With the last light of the sun
The day is almost over
The day is almost done
Perhaps tonight I'll sit and watch
The stars come out
Their liquid hazy light
Holding time still
Bringing old memories to life
But I'm restless, restless, so restless
Time seemed to move slower then
My father worked so hard
I hardly knew his hand
My mother so much younger
Tried to make me understand
That was before the bad times
The house on the hill
That's when I wished
For just a little longer
Time could stand still
And I was restless, so restless
Too damn restless, restless
Life has tested my faith
I've wandered from the path
But things I'm ashamed of
No one's perfect that's a fact
Sometimes I've found myself
Walking in the footsteps of the beast
I've done things that are not like me in the least
They have been even in bad times
Fragments of eden things were gold
Glimpsed never forgotten even though
I'm still restless, I'm still restless
So damn restless, so damn restless
So damn restless, so damn restless
Restless, restless, restless
Restless, I'm restless, too damn restless
I'm so restless
IN DULCE DECORUM
[4:48]
Dear mother, how I will write this line
When I know I'm counting time
I'm tired and I'm scared
I'm waiting and death's my friend
To say in God we trust not for this
Oh the death and glory boys not for this
Dear beloved, try to write to you
Through the senseless deaths of a million troops
I'm waiting, my time is near
As my tears wash away my years
To say in God we trust not for this
Oh the death and glory boys not for this
Where I walk, where I see
The haunting flares where my friends bleed
I fear the face of an enemy
Of a man or boy who is just like me
Now you're not there
All the tears we bled
Cut through like winters rain
Can't you feel the pain
And if I could ever sleep again
I know till the end of time I'd hear
Their screams of pain
Dulce dulce decorum
Dulce dulce decorum
Dulce
Dear mother, I'll write to you
GIGOLO
[6:04]
Some resurrection is no conclusion
Some poor pretension but no invention
In the night they become, just what they want
One imitation, just like Roger Moore
Please tell us what they say
They tell us what to do
They're only fooling me and you
You know what I ain't
You know what I ain't
I ain't no gigolo aunt
You know what I ain't
You know what I ain't
I ain't no gigolo aunt
Ten secret agents, codes and deadly tricks
The prince of darkness from the horror flicks
The spiders web of intrigue a silent scream of dread
Oh where have they gone lost in pity and despair
Please tell us what they say
They tell us what to do
They're only fooling me and you
You know what I ain't
You know what I ain't
I ain't no gigolo aunt
You know what I ain't
You know what I ain't
I ain't no gigolo aunt
She stands there on the stair
Nobody cares we know he's there
She's making coffee for two
Who does he fool
It's me and you
Please tell us what they say
They tell us what to do
They're only fooling me and you
You know what I ain't
You know what I ain't
I ain't no gigolo aunt
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THE GIRL GOES DOWN
[4:36]
She walks like an angel walks
She talks like an angel talks
I first saw her down in market street
Wondered where'd she go
The girl went down down
To where I don't know
I just don't know
I just don't know
She stalks like a pussycat stalks
She stalks her predatory walk, yeah
I followed her down to another place
Stairs went down below
The girl went down down
To a place I don't know
I just don't know
I just don't know
The girl girl
The girl goes down, down, down, down
She walks like an angel walks
And she talks like an angel talks, yeah
I first saw her down on market street
Wondered where she'd go
Yeah, I followed her down to another place
Stairs went down below
The girl girl
The girl goes down, down, down
She walks like an angel walks
She talks like an angel talks, yeah
Well she got eyes they are the hurting kind
They are black as coal
And they see down, down
Straight into your soul
TIGHTROPE WALK
[4:23]
High above as in the clouds
They swing so slowly
To the wire showing no fear
They step so boldly
Gently faster
Building in momentum
Until success or disaster
Befalls the master
Of the tightrope walk
The dizzying heights
The sound of your hearts
Like thunder
Measure your step
Or all your plans
May fall asunder
Now gently faster
Building in momentum
Until success or disaster
Befalls the master
Of the tightrope walk
The safety net is your psyche
The wire though imaginary
Yes its very real
So tread with care
On the tightrope walk
The tightrope walk
The tightrope walk
The tightrope walk
PSYCHOMANIA
[4:05]
Psychomania, Psychomania
She is the substance of my dreams
A spectre in the wind
Take my dare, take me there
I'm on the trail of the jewel trail
If you've got a notion
Like a bullet set in motion
Shining chrome, shiny leather
Penetrate the night forever
Psychomania, Psychomania
The pleasure of the beast
Is a cursing through our veins
I burn the night, I burn the day
A burning light on our a moonlight flight
Everything blurs in the shadow
Straight and true shot like an arrow
Tales of love, tales of terror
The ghost riders go hell for leather
Psychomania, drives me crazier
Psychomania
Psychomania
Everything blurs in the shadow
Straight and true shot like an arrow
Tales of love, tales of terror
The ghost riders go hell for leather
Streak the night with our burning flight
Crimson eyes that blur in the twilight
Psychomania, drives me crazier
Psychomania, drives me crazier
Everything blurs in the shadow
Straight and true shot like an arrow
Like a spectre in the wind
She is the substance of my dreams
Psychomania, drives me crazier
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