Birthday Gal/Replacements (Westerberg)
Wax is dripping from the frosting on the cake
Come on girl, pucker up, and don't hesitate
Take a deep breath and blow 'em all away
We sang off key and all the dishes China-blue
Remember don't tell a soul, that wish it won't come true
Hey, no sad face on your lucky day
Birthday gal, Did you wish yet?
Can you handle the turnin'? The candles are burnin' low.
Birthday gal, Did you wish that
There weren't quite as many candles that you had to blow?
Hair falls down all around the eyes that close
She might wear them earrings, but she won't wear the clothes
Hang 'em up with all the ones that don't fit no more
I thought this was a party, come on, let's lighten up
No one gets a slice until we make the first cut
No, we'll leave the lights down, she's ready now and this is here.
Birthday gal, make a wish
Make a wish
Elude/Faye Wong (Hogan/O'Riordan; Chinese lyrics by Li Yao)
Lady with the Spinning Head (UVI) (Bono/U2)
Here she comes
Lady Luck again
Figure of eight
Six and nine again
My lady with the spinning head
Whatever the deal
She won't let me down
Wherever I go
She's always hanging 'round
My lady with the spinning head
La la la la la la la la la la la
Lady with the spinning head
La la la la la la la la la la la
Lady with the spinning head
She's been gone
But I knew she'd be back
She's got the rent
She put me in the black
The lady with the spinning head
Took my mind
Took away my car
Do you dare to ask
What I'm talking about
I'm on top
When she's around
She's my ticket
Out of town
La la la la la la la la la la la
Lady with the spinning head
La la la la la la la la la la la
Lady with the spinning head
Cannonball/Breeders (Deal)
Spitting in a wishing well
Blown to hell
Crash
I'm the last splash
I know you little libertine
I know you're a real coocoo
Want you coocoo cannonball
Want you coocoo cannonball
In the shade, in the shade
In the shade, in the shade
I know you little libertine
I know you're a cannonball
I'll be your whatever you want
The bong in this reggae song
In the shade, in the shade
Want you coocoo cannonball
Want you coocoo cannonball
Spitting in a wishing well
Blown to hell
Crash
I'm the last splash
I'll be your whatever you want
The bong in this reggae song
Want you coocoo cannonball
Want you coocoo cannonball
In the shade, in the shade
In the shade, in the shade
It's Not Funny Anymore/Hüsker Dü (Hart)
You can do what you want to do
You can say what you want to say
You can think what you think you want
It doesn't matter anyway
It's not funny anymore
Play what you want to play
Hear what you want to hear
Don't worry about the result
Or the effect it has on your career
Act like you want to act
Be what you want to be
Find out who you really are
And don't pay any attention to me
Driven to Tears/Police (Sting)
How can you say that you're not responsible?
What does it have to do with me?
What is my reaction, what should it be?
Confronted by this latest atrocity
Driven to tears
Hide my face in my hands, shame wells in my throat
My comfortable existence is reduced to a shallow meaningless party
Seems that when some innocent die
All we can offer them is a page in a some magazine
Too many cameras and not enough food
'Cos this is what we've seen
Driven to tears
Protest is futile, nothing seems to get through
What's to become of our world, who knows what to do?
Driven to tears
The Crying Game/Boy George (Stephens)
I know all there is to know about the crying game
I've had my share of the crying game
First there are kisses, then there are sighs
And then before you know where you are
You're saying goodbye
One day soon I'm gonna tell the moon about the crying game
And if he knows, maybe he'll explain
Why there are heartaches, why there are tears
And what to do to stop feeling blue
When love disappears
Don't want no more of the crying game
People Talkin'/Lucinda Williams (Williams)
People...trying to tear us apart
Trying to rip out my heart
People talkin'
People talkin'
Livin' is full of misery and pain
Somebody call you a dirty name
Keep on walkin'
Keep on walkin'
I love you more than this cruel world will ever know
I wanna be your girl forever
I don't wanna let you go
If I could change things
I would die and return
Another name and
Knowin' everything I've learned
People talkin'
People talkin'
All of my life
I have tried to get along
All I ever hear now
Is gossip and waggin' tongues
I have suffered and I've cried myself to sleep
I have wandered down these highways and dirty streets
Keep on walkin'
Keep on walkin'
People tryin' to tear us apart
Tryin' to rip out my heart
People talkin'
People talkin'
Livin' is full of misery and pain
Somebody call you a dirty name
Keep on walkin'
Keep on walkin'
People talkin'
People talkin'
Keep on walkin'
Keep on walkin'
Brilliant Mistake/Elvis Costello (Costello)
He thought he was the King of America
Where they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wine
Now I try hard not to become hysterical
But I'm not sure if I am laughing or crying
I wish that I could push a button
And talk in the past and not the present tense
And watch this hurtin' feeling disappear
Like it was common sense
It was a fine idea at the time
Now it's a brilliant mistake
She said that she was working for the ABC News
It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use
Her perfume was unspeakable
It lingered in the air
Like her artificial laughter
Her mementos of affairs
"Oh," I said, "I see you know him.
Isn't that very fortunate for you."
And she showed me his calling card
He came third or fourth and there were more than one or two
He was a fine idea at the time
Now he's a brilliant mistake
He thought he was the King of America
But it was just a boulevard of broken dreams
A trick they do with mirrors and with chemicals
The words of love in whispers
And the axe of love in screams
I wish that I could push a button
And talk in the past and not the present tense
And watch this lovin' feeling disappear
Like it was common sense
I was a fine idea at the time
Now I'm a brilliant mistake
The Man Who Sold the World/Nirvana (Bowie)
We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and when
Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend
Which came as some surprise, I spoke into his eyes
I thought you died alone, a long long time ago
Oh no, not me
I never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world
I laughed and shook his hand, and made my way back home
I searched for form and land, for years and years I roamed
I gazed a gazely stare at all the millions here
We must have died alone, a long long time ago
Who knows? Not me
I never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world
Be Mine/R.E.M. (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe)
("a speed zone up here too")
I never thought of this as funny
It speaks another world to me
I want to be your Easter bunny
I want to be your Christmas tree
I'll strip the world that you must live in
of all its godforsaken greed
I'll ply the tar out of your feathers
I'll pluck the thorns out of your feet
you and me
you and me
and if I choose your sanctuary
I want to wash you with my hair
I want to drink of sacred fountains
and find the riches hidden there
I'll eat the lotus and peyote
I want to hear the caged bird sing
I want the secrets of the Temple
I want the finger with the ring
you and me
you and me
you will see
that if you make me your religion
I'll give you all the room you need
I'll be the drawing of your breath
I'll be the cup if you should bleed
I'll be the sky above the Ganges
I'll be the vast and stormy sea
I'll be the lights that guide you inward
I'll be the visions you will see
the visions you will see
you will see
you will see
you and me
you and me
you and me
God Song/Beth Orton (Orton)
My house was built for loving not a theatre of war
I take the poison for the cure
But he's my man and I've been doing him wrong
Yeah he's my man and I've been doing him wrong
And I'm praying for the strength not to carry on
I've watched and learnt to lead a decent life
But meanwhile I'm dying inside
Cos he's my man and I keep doing him wrong
Yeah he's my man and I've been doing him wrong
But I'm praying for the strength not to carry on
I was built for loving not playing at war
And I leave justice in the good hands of the law
But he's my man and I've been doing him wrong
Yeah he's my man and I've done him wrong
But I'm praying for the strength not to carry on