So

Red rain is coming down

Red rain

Red rain is pouring down

Pouring down all over me



I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream

I cannot make a single sound as you scream

It can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch

This place is so quiet, sensing that storm



Red rain is coming down

Red rain

Red rain is pouring down

Pouring down all over me



Well I've seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town

They tell you that this rain can sting, and look down

There is no blood around see no sign of pain

Hay ay ay no pain

Seeing no red at all, see no rain



Red rain is coming down

Red rain

Red rain is pouring down

Pouring down all over me



Red rain -

Putting the pressure on much harder now

To return again and again

Just let the red rain splash you

Let the rain fall on your skin

I come to you defences down

With the trust of a child



Red rain is coming down

Red rain

Red rain is pouring down

Pouring down all over me

And I can't watch any more

No more denial

It's so hard to lay down in all of this

Red rain is coming down

Red rain is pouring down

Red rain is coming down all over me

I see it

Red rain is coming down

Red rain is pouring down

Red rain is coming down all over me

I'm bathing in it

Red rain coming down

Red rain is coming down

Red rain is coming down all over me

I'm begging you

Red rain coming down

Red rain coming down

Red rain coming down

Red rain coming down

Over me in the red red sea

Over me

Over me

Red rain

You could have a steam train

If you'd just lay down your tracks

You could have an aeroplane flying

If you bring your blue sky back



All you do is call me

I'll be anything you need



You could have a big dipper

Going up and down, all around the bends

You could have a bumper car, bumping

This amusement never ends



I want to be your sledgehammer

Why don't you call my name

Oh let me be your sledgehammer

This will be my testimony

Show me round your fruitcage

'Cos I will be your honey bee

Open up your fruitcage

Where the fruit is as sweet as can be



I want to be your sledgehammer

Why don't you call my name

You'd better call the sledgehammer

Put your mind at rest

I'm going to be - the sledgehammer

This can be my testimony

I'm your sledgehammer

Let there be no doubt about it



Sledge Sledge Sledgehammer



I've kicked the habit

Shed my skin

This is the new stuff

I go dancing in, we go dancing in

Oh won't you show for me

And I will show for you

Show for me, I will show for you

Yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do mean you

Only you

You've been coming through

Going to build that power

Build, build up that power, hey

I've been feeding the rhythm

I've been feeding the rhythm

Going to feel that power, build in you

Come on, come on, help me do

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you

I've been feeding the rhythm

I've been feeding the rhythm

It's what we're doing, doing

All day and night

In this proud land we grew up strong

We were wanted all along

I was taught to fight, taught to win

I never thought I could fail



No fight left or so it seems

I am a man whose dreams have all deserted

I've changed my face, I've changed my name

But no one wants you when you lose



Don't give up

'Cos you have friends

Don't give up

You're not beaten yet

Don't give up

I know you can make it good



Though I saw it all around

Never thought I could be affected

Thought that we'd be the last to go

It is so strange the way things turn



Drove the night toward my home

The place that I was born, on the lakeside

As daylight broke, I saw the earth

The trees had burned down to the ground



Don't give up

You still have us

Don't give up

We don't need much of anything

Don't give up

'Cause somewhere there's a place

Where we belong



Rest your head

You worry too much

It's going to be alright

When times get rough

You can fall back on us

Don't give up

Please don't give up



'Got to walk out of here

I can't take anymore

Going to stand on that bridge

Keep my eyes down below

Whatever may come

And whatever may go

That river's flowing

Oh that river's flowing



Moved on to another town

Tried hard to settle down

For every job, so many men

So many men no-one needs



Don't give up

'Cause you have friends

Don't give up

You're not the only one

Don't give up

No reason to be ashamed

Don't give up

You still have us

Don't give up now

We're proud of who you are

Don't give up

You know it's never been easy

Don't give up

'Cause I believe there's a place

There's a place where we belong

I want to be with you

I want to be clear

But each time I try

It's the voice I hear

I hear that voice again



I'm listening to the conversation

Judge and jury in my head

It's colouring everything

All we did and said

And still I head that sharp tongue talking

Talking tangled words

I can sense the danger

Just listen to the wind



I want you close I want you near

I can't help but listen

But I don't want to hear

Hear that voice again



I want to be with you

I want to be clear

But each time I try

It's the voice I hear

I hear that voice again



I'm hearing right and wrong so clearly

There must be more than this

It's only in uncertainty

That we're naked and alive

I hear it through the rattle of a streetcar

Hear it through the things you said

I can get so scared

Listen to the wind



I want you close I want you near

I can't help but listen

But I don't want to hear

Hear that voice again



What I carry in my heart

Brings us so close or so far apart

Only love can make love



I want you close I want you near

I can't help but listen

But I don't want to hear

I hear that voice again



I want to be with you

I want to be clear

But each time I try

It's the voice I hear

I hear that voice again

Love I get so lost, sometimes

Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart

When I want to run away

I drive off in my car

But whichever way I go

I come back to the place you are



All my instincts, they return

And the grand facade, so soon will burn

Without a noise, without my pride

I reach out from the inside



In your eyes

The light the heat

In your eyes

I am complete

In your eyes

I see the doorway to a thousand churches

In your eyes

The resolution of all the fruitless searches

In your eyes

I see the light and the heat

In your eyes

Oh, I want to be that complete

I want to touch the light

The heat I see in your eyes



Love, I don't like to see so much pain

So much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away

I get so tired of working so hard for out survival

I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive



And all my instincts, they return

And the grand facade, so soon will burn

Without a noise, without my pride

I reach out from the inside



In your eyes

The light the heat

In your eyes

I am complete

In your eyes

I see the doorway to a thousand churches

In your eyes

The resolution of all the fruitless searches

In your eyes

I see the light and the heat

In your eyes

Oh, I want to be that complete

I want to touch the light,

The heat I see in your eyes

In your eyes   In your eyes

In your eyes   In your eyes

In your eyes   In your eyes

Looking down on empty streets, all she can see

Are the dreams all made solid

Are the dreams all made real



All of the buildings, all of those cars

Were once just a dream

In somebody's head



She pictures the broken glass, she pictures the steam

She pictures a soul

With no leak at the seam



Lets take the boat out

Wait until darkness

Let's take the boat out

Wait until darkness comes



Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey

Nowhere in the suburbs

In the cold light of day



There in the midst of it so alive and alone

Words support like bone



Dreaming of mercy st.

Wear your inside out

Dreaming of mercy

In your daddy's arms again

Dreaming of mercy st.

'Swear they moved that sign

Dreaming of mercy

In your daddy's arms



Pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth

Tugging at the darkness, word upon word



Confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box

To the priest - he's the doctor

He can handle the shocks



Dreaming of the tenderness - the tremble in the hips

Of kissing Mary's lips



Dreaming of mercy st.

Wear your insides out

Dreaming of mercy

In your daddy's arms again

Dreaming of mercy st.

'Swear they moved that sign

Looking for mercy

In your daddy's arms



Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy

Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy



Anne, with her father is out in the boat

Riding the water

Riding the waves on the sea

Succ cess 





I'm on my way, I'm making it

I've got to make it show, yeah

So much larger than life

I'm going to watch it growing



The place where I come from is a small town

They think so small

They use small words

- But not me

I'm smarter than that

I worked it out

I've been stretching my mouth

To let those big words come right out



I've had enough, I'm getting out

To the city, the big big city

I'll be a big noise with all the big boys

There's so much stuff I will own

And I will pray to a big god

As I kneel in the big church



Big time

I'm on my way-I'm making it

Big time  Big time

I've got to make it show yeah

Big time  Big time

So much larger than life

Big time

I'm going to watch it growing

Big time



My parties all have big names

And I greet them with the widest smile

Tell them how my life is one big adventure

And always they're amazed

When I show them round my house, to my bed

I had it made like a mountain range

With a snow-white pillow for my big fat head

And my heaven will be a big heaven

And I will walk through the front door



Big time

I'm on my way - I'm making it

Big time  Big time

I've got to make it show - yeah

Big time  Big time

So much larger than life

I'm going to watch it growing

Big time  Big time

My car is getting bigger

Big time

My house is getting bigger

Big time

My eyes are getting bigger

Big time

And my mouth

Big time

My belly is getting bigger

Big time

And my bank account

Big time

Look at my circumstance

Big time

And the bulge in my big big big big big big big

We do what we're told

We do what we're told

We do what we're told

Told to do



We do what we're told

We do what we're told

We do what we're told

Told to do



One doubt

One voice

One war

One truth

One dream

Flying birds

Excellent birds

Watch them fly, there they go

Falling snow

Excellent snow

Here it comes. watch it fall



Long words

Excellent words

I can hear them now



This is the picture, this is the picture

This is the picture, this is the picture



I'm sitting by the window

Watching the snow fall

I'm looking out

And I'm moving, turning in time

Catching up. Moving in

Jump up! I can land on my feet. Look out!



This is the picture, this is the picture

This is the picture, this is the picture



Looking out. Watching out

When I see the future I close my eyes

I can see it now



I see pictures of people, rising up

Pictures of people, falling down

I see pictures of people

They're standing on their heads, they're ready

They're looking out, look out!

They're watching out, watch out!

They're looking out, look out!

They're watching out, watch out!



I see pictures of people

I see pictures of people