1989 B-sides & Extras Lyrics

Babble — B-side to Lullaby UK 7”/12”/CD singles

Nothing ever changes
Nothing ever moves
I swim around in circles
In the same old lifeless room
And talk about the mirror man
The whispers in my ear again
The hot and sticky pillow man
Is smothering my face again

Nothing ever changes
Nothing ever moves
And I run around hysterical
In dead persistent gloom
And babble out in simile
Like dog-head-monkey-music me
Shut up shut up shut up shut up
Shut up!!!
And let me breathe…

Out of Mind — B-side to Lullaby UK 12”/CD singles

I’ve been up for days
And I feel like a menagerie
I’m scratching ’til I bleed
And I keep on seeing
Imaginary lemurs
In the street
In the middle of the day
But as long as I can breathe
Then I know I’ll be OK
I’ll be alright
I’m out of mind
I’m out of sight
I’m out of sight

I’ve been up for days
And I feel like a laboratory rat
Inside a maze
And I reel in the monotony of
Screaming
At the moon
In the middle of the day
But as long as I can see it
Then I know I’ll be OK
I’ll be fine
I’m out of sight
I’m completely out of mind
Completely out of mind

OK
Alright
Come and watch me shake tonight
Mouth wide
Soft and bright
Bite my hand and scream
OK
Alright
Come and watch me break tonight
Push deep
Out of sight
Bite my hand and hold on tight

2 Late — B-side to Lovesong UK 7″/12”/CD singles

So, I’ll wait for you
Where I always wait
Behind the signs that sell the news
I’ll watch for you like yesterday
And hope for you
One day that once
Spent out on me
And up ’til late
I search for you
Your hat pushed straight
Away from me
Your measured step
Heads up you win
Always too late

If I could just once catch your eye
Invisible against the words
That hold you down in solitude
And never let you go
The way that every time
My eyes just close
Like lids of wooden men in file
I put you under rainy day
Your hat’s all off
And I’m gone away…

Fear of Ghosts — B-side to Lovesong UK 12”/CD singles

Like a feeling that I’m down
Deep inside my heart
Like I’m looking out through
Splitting blood red
Windows in my heart
From a higher up than heaven
And a harder down than stone
Shake the fear that always clawing
Pulls me clawing down alone
As I’m spitting splitting blood red
Breaking windows in my heart
And the past is taunting
Fear of ghosts
Is forcing me apart
And the further I get
From the things that I care about
The less I care about
How much further away I get…

I am lost again
With everything gone
And more alone
Then I have ever been
I expect you to understand
To feel it too
But I know that even if you will
You cannot ever help me
Nor can I
Ever help you

Pirate Ships — Cover of Wendy Waldman song, recorded in 1989 but unreleased

Far away
Far away child
Turn your eyes
Far away child

I will sleep
Right down beside you tonight
I will sleep tonight

Pirate ships
Pirate ships child
Merry and bold
Sparkling wits child
Coming to dock
Right at your feet tonight
Coming to dock tonight
In the stars
In the stars child
See the people
In the stars child
They will sail
Right through your window tonight
Into your window tonight

Far away
Far away child
Turn your eyes
Far away child

I will sleep
Right down beside you tonight
I will sleep tonight

I will sleep tonight