Tunnel of Love

Getting crazy on the waltzers but it's the life that I choose 
Sing about the sixblade sing about the switchback and a torture tattoo 
And I been riding on a ghost train where the cars they scream and slam 
And I don't know where I'll be tonight but I'd always tell you where I am 
In a screaming ring of faces I seen her standing in the light 
She had a ticket for the races just like me she was a victim of the night 
I put a hand upon the lever said let it rock and let it roll 
I had the one arm bandit fever there was an arrow through my heart and my soul 
  

And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above 
And I'm just high on the world 
Come on and take a low ride with me girl 
On the tunnel of love 
 
It's just the danger when you're riding at your own risk 
She said you are the perfect stranger she said baby let's keep it like this 
It's just a cake walk twisting baby step right up and say 
Hey mister give me two give me two cos any two can play 
  
And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above 
And I'm just high on the world 
Come on and take a low ride with me girl 
On the tunnel of love 
 
Well it's been money for muscle another whirligig 
Money for muscle and another girl I dig 
Another hustle just to make it big 
And rockaway rockaway 
And girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did 
Like the Spanish city to me when we were kids 
Oh girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did 
Like the Spanish city to me when we were kids 

She took off a silver locket she said remember me by this 
She put her hand in my pocket I got a keepsake and a kiss 
And in the roar of the dust and diesel I stood and watched her walk away 
I could have caught up with her easy enough but something must have made me stay 
  

And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above 
And I'm just high on the world 
Come on and take a low ride with me girl 
On the tunnel of love 
 
And now I'm searching through these carousels and the carnival arcades 
Searching everywhere from steeplechase to palisades 
In any shooting gallery where promises are made 
To rockaway rockaway from Cullercoats and Whitley bay out to rockaway 
And girl it looks so pretty to me like it always did 
Like the Spanish city to me when we were kids 
Girl it looks so pretty to me like it always did 
Like the Spanish city to me when we were kids 
 
Romeo and Juliet
  
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade 
Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made 
Finds a streetlight steps out of the shade 
Says something like you and me babe how about it? 
Juliet says hey it's Romeo you nearly gave me a heart attack 
He's underneath the window she's singing hey la my boyfriend's back 
You shouldn't come around here singing up at people like that 
Anyway what you gonna do about it? 
  

Juliet the dice were loaded from the start 
And I bet and you exploded in my heart 
And I forget I forget the movie song 
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong Juliet? 
 
Come up on different streets they both were streets of shame 
Both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same 
And I dream your dream for you and now your dream is real 
How can you look at me as I was just another one of your deals? 
When you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold 
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold 
You promised me everything you promised me thick and thin 
Now you just say oh Romeo yeah you know I used to have a scene with him 
  

Juliet when we made love you used to cry 
You said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die 
There's a place for us you know the movie song 
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong? 
 
I can't do the talk like the talk on the TV 
And I can't do a love song like the way its meant to be 
I can't do everything but I'd do anything for you 
Can't do anything except be in love with you 
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be 
All I do is keep the beat the bad company 
All I do is kiss you through the bars of Orion 
Julie I'd do the stars with you any time 
  

Juliet when we made love you used to cry 
You said I love you like the stars above Ill love you till I die 
There's a place for us you know the movie song 
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong? 
 
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade 
Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made 
Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade 
Says something like you and me babe how about it? 
 
Skateaway
 
I seen a girl on a one way corridor 
Stealing down a wrong way street 
For all the world like an urban toreador 
She had wheels on on her feet 
Well the cars do the usual dances 
Same old cruise and the kerbside crawl 
But the rollergirl she's taking chances 
They just love to see her take them all 
  
No fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd 
In her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud 
 
Hallelujah here she comes queen rollerball 
Enchanté what can I say don't care at all 
You know she used to have to wait around 
She used to be the lonely one 
But now that she can skate around town 
She's the only one 
  
No fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd 
In her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud
  
She gets rock n roll a rock n roll station 
And a rock n roll dream 
She's making movies on location 
She don't know what it means 
But the music make her wanna be the story 
And the story was whatever was the song what it was 
Rollergirl don't worry 
D.J. play the movies all night long 
 
She tortures taxi drivers just for fun 
She like to read their lips 
Says toro toro taxi see ya tomorrow my son 
I swear she let a big truck grease her hip 
She got her own world in the city 
You can't intrude on her 
She got her own world in the city 
Cos the city's been so rude to her 
Come slippin and slidin 
Life's roller ball 
Slippin and a slidin 
Skateaway that's all 
Shala shalay hey hey skateaway 
She's going sining shala shalay hey hey 
Skateaway 
 
Expresso Love
 
She gets the sun in the daytime 
Perfume in the dusk 
And she comes out in the night time 
With the honeysuckle musk 
Because she smells just like a rose 
And she tastes just like a peach 
She got me walking where the wildlife goes 
I'd do anything to reach her 
  
And she was made in heaven 
Heaven's in the world 
Is this just expresso love 
You know I'm crazy for the girl 
 
She call me just to talk 
She's my lover, she's a friend of mine 
She says hey mister you wanna take a walk 
In the wild west end sometime 
And I get trouble with my breathing 
She says boys don't know anything 
But I know what I want 
I want everything 
Well I feel so good cos I feel so good 
And I feel so good cos it feels so right 
I was made to go with my girl 
Like a saxophone was made to go with the night 

And she can raise one eyebrow 
Put her hand on my hip 
And I close one eye now 
Sweat on her tip 
And I surrender to the fever 
She love me so tender I got to believe her 
Love? Expresso love's alright 

I don't want no sugar in it 
Thank you very much 
All wired up on it all fired up on it 
Expresso touch 
Hey maestro expresso 
It's just another one just like the other one 
Hey maestro expresso 
Is this another one just like the other one 
 
Hand in Hand
 
The sky is crying the streets are full of tears 
Rain come down wash away my tears 
And all this writing on the wall 
Oh I can read between the lines 
Rain come down forgive this dirty town 
Rain come down and give this dirty town 
A drink of water a drink of win 
  
If I been hard on you I never chose to be 
I never wanted no one else 
I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to 
Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to 
 
As you'd sleep I'd think my heart would break in two 
I'd kiss your cheek I'd stop myself from waking you 
But in the dark you'd speak my name 
You'd say baby what's wrong? 
Oh here I am baby I'm coming back for more 
I'm like a wave that's got to roll into the shore 
Yes and if my love's in vain how come my love is so strong? 
Now you and me go parallel together and apart 
And you keep the perfect distance and it's tearing at my heart 
Did you never feel the distance 
You never tried to cross no line 
Now it's another dirty river and another dirty scar 
And I don't know who's kissing you and I don't know where you are 
So far from home don't you think of me sometime 

Sky is crying see the streets are full of tears 
Rain coming down to wash away my fears 
And all this writing on the wall 
Oh I can read between the lines   

Solid Rock
 
Well take a look at that 
I made a castle in the sand 
Saying this is where it's you know 
Couldn't understand now 
If I realised that the chances were slim 
How come I'm so surprised when the tide rolled in 
  
I wanna live on solid rock 
I'm gonna live on solid rock 
I wanna give I don't wanna be blocked 
I'm gonna live on solid rock 
 
Well I'm sick of potential 
I'm sick of vanity now 
I'm sticking to essential reality now 
I don't know what's worse 
Try to make a silk purse 
Living an illusion living in confusion 
Well a house of cards 
Was never built for shock 
You could blow it down in any kind of weather 
Now two solid rocks two solid blocks 
You know they're gonna stick 
Yeah they're gonna stick together 

Because the heart that you break 
That's the one that you rely on 
The bed that you make 
That's the one you gotta lie on 
When you point your finger cos your plan fell through 
You got three more fingers pointing back at you 
  

I wanna live on solid rock 
I'm gonna live on solid rock 
I wanna give I don't wanna be blocked 
I'm gonna live on solid rock 
I'm solid rock now
 
Les Boys
 
Les boys do cabaret 
Les boys are glad to be gay 
They're not afraid now 
Disco bar in Germany 
Les boys are glad to be 
Upon parade now 
Les boys got leather straps 
Les boys got SS caps 
But they got no gun now 
Get dressed up get a little risqué 
Got to do a little s & m these days 
It's all in fun now 

Les boys come on again 
For the high class whores 
And the businessmen 
Who drive in their Mercedes Benz 
To a disco bar in old Munchen 

They get the jokes that the D.J. makes 
They get nervous and they make mistakes 
They're bad for business 
Some tourists take a photograph 
Les boys don't get one laugh 
He says they're useless 

Late at night when they've gone away 
Les boys dream of Jean Genet 
High heel shoes and a black beret 
And the posters on the wall that say 
Les boys do cabaret 
Les boys are glad to be gay