1. MY BOOK OF REGRETS

In the back of a taxi cab in London town
It's like watching TV with the sound turned down
Cause I can feel it I've got a buzzin' in my head
And I'm on my way

I see the kids deserting ships like shopping malls
On street corners they ignore their girlfriend's calls
Cause they got plans now and tonight they won't be home

All of this can be read
In my book of regrets

Don't let it bring you down
Just wait 'til the morning comes

Sore necks and teenage wrecks in subway worlds
And torn tights when drag queens fight suburban girls
But they don't care now 'cos they'll soon be safe at home

All of this can be read
In my book of regrets

Don't let it bring you down
Just wait 'til the morning comes

Under neon lights she walks home
Back to her apartment, oh a safe way
Harboured when she locks the door she could slip away

Looking out behind the curtains finding drugs she barely seems to notice
And the gas fire starts to buzz when the rain sets in.

In the back of a taxi cab in London town
All passed out and dreaming on the underground
Yes I'm someone but I'm no-one all the same

All of this can be read
In my book of regrets

All of this can be read
In my book of regrets

Don't let it bring you down
Just wait 'til the morning comes


2. YEAR OF THE PLAGUE

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3. HAPINESS III

Something in this town is draining me
Could be the junk food or the gasoline
I hide it well

Tangled up in my last cigarette for a hundred years
I'm not as much of a slave to it as I appear
I'm just bored

Sorry that was cruel I only meant for you to lose your balance in the snow
To slip on the ice so I can catch you fall
Sorry that's not true I didn't think that you would take it all to heart

I'm tired of burning up the time at my PC
I only end up downloading the same old pornography
The same old scene

Sorry that was cruel I only meant for you to lose your balance in the snow
To slip on the ice so I can catch you fall
Sorry that's not true I didn't think that you would take it all to heart
I just made it up so I could watch you crawl
Sorry if I'm rude I'm getting at your side a darker mood comes over me

Are there any reasons left to get out of bed
Is there anything I can write that I haven't read
It's all been said

Sorry that was cruel I only meant for you to lose your balance in the snow
To slip on the ice so I can catch you fall
Sorry that's not true I didn't think that you would take it all to heart
I just made it up so I could watch you crawl

Sorry if I'm rude I'm getting anxious and a darker mood comes over me
And it's always worse in the shopping mall
Sorry that was cruel I only meant for you to lose your balance in the snow
To slip on the ice so I can catch you fall

Sorry that's not true I didn't think that you would take it all to heart
I just made it up so I could watch you crawl...


4. SUNDAY RAIN SETS IN

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5. VERMILLIONCORE

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6. DON'T HATE ME

A light snow is falling on London
All sign of the living has gone
The last train pulls into the station
And no one gets off and no one gets on

Don't hate me
I'm not special like you
I'm tired and I'm so alone

One light burns in a window
It guides all the shadows below
Inside the ghost of a parting
And nothing is left, just the cigarette smoke

Don't hate me
I'm not special like you
I'm tired and I'm so alone
Don't fight me
I know you'll never care
Can I call you on the telephone, now and then?

Don't hate me
I'm not special like you
I'm tired and I'm so alone
Don't fight me
I know you'll never care
Can I call you on the telephone, now and then?