@ALBUM: DARK ROOM 1980 (send corrections to (by The Angels) carranza@cs.unlv.edu) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: NO SECRETS (Bidstrup-Neeson) Amanda the actress waits at the station she's drifting with nothing to do with dilettante steps she's quick to accept the weather and times turning screw she lives in a tower with defences she learned from her mother and friends she walks like a pharaoh, dresses in day-glo when she's in pain she pretends... That late in the night when the lights are all out then she slips off her stockings and shoes she makes you her lover and lets you discover the smiles she keeps, she keeps for you She keeps no, she keeps no she keeps no secrets from you Facing the morning, wearing her shadow she throws her dice and I-ching success in Japan, a rescuing man knows she won't change anything `Cause late in the night when the lights are all out then she slips off her stockings and shoes she makes you her lover and lets you discover the smiles she keeps, she keeps for you She keeps no, she keeps no she keeps no secrets from you she keeps no secrets from you she keeps no secrets from you she keeps no secrets from you Can you please tell me what the time is? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: POOR BABY (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) Home movies, cold U.V.'s more groovies waiting for a ticket of leave some learners get nervous, the perverts all want to play with Eve sat back to look at your cracked actors drowning in a sea of smiles blue doorways lead four ways they always said you were a lonely child Poor baby, poor baby poor baby, too tough to talk to me Inspection, correction, rejection caught in a cul-de-sac ignition, collision, admission that you want to double back poor baby, don't listen, had visions what life is really like you waited, debated, delayed it then you shut your eyes Poor baby, poor baby poor baby, too tough to talk to me You found out, your big out leaves no doubt you've lost your head in the skies! striped lady, she's crazy, picks daisies she's got the neon eyes give money, it's funny you dummy baked your cake and ate it too the truth is that sometimes just one time can be enough with you! Poor baby, poor baby poor baby, too tough to talk to me ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: WASTED SLEEPLESS NIGHTS/DARK ROOM (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster-Bidstrup) Knocking at the window, standing in the rain Ulysses smiles as he takes his pills the street walker knows his middle name she understands why he's dressed up to kill poor little rich boy born to the thin woman the papers said he'd never be deprived the dust shifted in and out of time he lost his grip on his privileged life Now he's got children and a fat lady who watch over him and he watches them the house is brimming over with inside information if learning is a crime it's looking grim! I've got my hands in the water dipping in the dirty there might be a witness I better keep out of sight they've got their feet in the doorway trying not to hurt me this'll be the end of wasted sleepless nights wasted sleepless nights Somewhere in the dark room there's a sign on the door that says "help for those who got the urge to stray" they've got boudoirs and operating theatres and microphone apostles who got nothing to say now the finger's moving in for the kill save up your breath! slow down your death! don't you know they weren't around when the loving angel said "don't seek the living out here with the dead"... I've got my hands in the water dipping in the dirty there might be a witness I better keep out of sight they've got their feet in the doorway trying not to hurt me this'll be the end of wasted sleepless nights wasted sleepless nights Staring voices from the dark room they are the wind that blows forever around the sun they are the beating of the city drum and if you could see me now you'd burn a fifty dollar bill! take Valium and arithmetic take a calculated thrill Staring voices from the dark room Staring voices from the dark room Staring voices from the dark room ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: FACE THE DAY (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) I don't wanna face the day, the day, today I don't wanna face the day, the day, today Long night leaves me stranded black visions, danger signs no love, need protection feels like I'm on production line daggers of dawn, cold hearted-day why does it have to be morning? cover my head, stayin' in bed too late, the luckless warning I don't wanna face the day, the day, today I don't wanna face the day, the day, today Outside, screaming city red lights and hungry eyes sucks like a space invader the vacuum of its lies stealing my strenght, stealing my time it's raining in a world of traders I dont wanna face the day I dont wanna face the day Let me keep on sleeping forget that I'm alone one day of faceless living is 24 hours too long! I dont wanna face the day I dont wanna face the day I don't wanna face the day, the day, today I don't wanna face the day, the day, today Give the night, it's more forgiving hold back the light from my eyes please stay invisible darkness can't see the tears I cry I know it's coming loaded with nothing trapped in a tunnel of time I dont wanna face the day ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: NIGHT COMES EARLY (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) Try to find an empty seat up at the front to take a chance on a loaded dice and if you they will remember you cause they know once is nothing when you need it twice Take care of desire, beware of the bad nights make sure that you feel alright because night comes early when you're lonely When you said you wanted aces and eights you added fire to the joker's curse you volunteered to return for more well he's got you now for better of for worse Doing time on your own, can't see where you're goin' your precious fantasy still leves you lonely In the night, do you wait for the time to pass? in the night, do you make love to your looking glass? Night come early when you're lonely night comes early when you are alone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: ALEXANDER (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) Poor paper pilot try to get ahead of time pin you down, speed it up just obey the signs in the middle of the night do the cryptic voices ever sleep? had a mind of your own, gave it all away keeping pace with the pain, never learned to play in the middle of your isolation do you shoot sorrow in your veins? Alexander, always worried why are you in such a hurry? Up against the wall with a honey-tounged fate bleed you dry, burn you out, make you feel the weight in the middle od a secret garden soemthing inside is breaking down Alexander, always worried why are you in such a hurry? Take a look at yourself Alexander living like a no-man's-lander better take what they hand ya nobody's ever gonna try to understand you Alexander Slow down Alexander Slow down Alexander Slow down Alexander slow down, slow down ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: THE MOMENT (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) I was the night that pierced the eyes and walls that threw you so high you never came down I was the table to the meal whose memories last longer than photographs I was the doll now I'm only a giant, I want sunsets to be quiet you were the heart that carried me on the wind to touch the tide at dawn you were the first horizon that I saw conclusions drift, forgotten now You were the glass, the wine, the toast, the lips I was the lust, the need, the smiles, the trips I was the moment that held you I was the night that pierced tha eyes and walls that threw you so high you never came down you were the flame who answered my questions with silence surrounding you you were the child you were the impressionable one I gave my time to You were the glass, the wine, the toast, the lips I was the lust, the need, the smiles, the trips I was the moment that held you Caressing each heart possessing each heart I was the moment I held you I was the moment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: I'M SCARED (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) When you wake up naked in the supermarket trying to wash the stains off your nicotine habit the sign on the wall reads " serve yourself" with no one there to cover you they try to make you grab it "the tonight" show on closed circuit TV close investigation shows the star is me making jokes about your m-m-mental health no names mentioned -- look at yourself Who's there? security! got the drop on me I'm scared of sleeping at night I'm tired of running away I'm scared, turn on the light and I'm scared of feeling scared When the telephone is ringing in the dead of night it's the fire department calling wanna know if I'm alright I tell them not to hurry there's no need to be concerned the fire that you heard about is already burned! I'm scared of sleeping at night I'm tired of running away I'm scared, turn on the light and I'm scared of feeling scared Time will come to carry your fears away they'll fade like a dream at the break of day but every night the dream's the same scenes I never see peace of mind's been a long time coming hope it's coming to me I'm scared to be... I'm scared I'm scared of feeling scared I'm tired of feeling tired ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @SONG: DEVIL'S GATE (Brewster-Neeson-Brewster) Red light, black street, dead man, still people I swear that I just heard my number too late, no chance, last breath, cold panic call the ambulance, somebody's falling the devil's calling hear the hurricane, howling out my name coming now to take me under Oh no!, not now! don't take me please oh no! let go! not ready to leave soembody help I'm running out of time devil's gate is opening on me My God! my life! my choice, my death I'm promised to the fallen angel he speaks, mad voice, long arm, hard eyes call the ambulance somedody's falling the devil's calling hear the hurricane, howling out my name coming now to take me under Oh no!, not now! don't take me please oh no! let go! not ready to leave soembody help I'm running out of time devil's gate is opening on me --------------------------------------------------------------------------------