Playlist Culture Club

culture club - the war song

War war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange quarters
War war is stupid
And people are stupid
And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers
People fill the world
With narrow confidence
Like a child at birth
A man with no defense
What's mine is my own
I won't give it to you
No matter what you say
No matter what you do
Now we're fighting
In our hearts
Fighting in the street
Won't somebody help me?
War war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange quarters
War war is stupid
And people are stupid
And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers
Man is far behind
In the search for something new
Like a Philistine
We're burning witches too
This world of fate
Must be designed for you
It matters what you say
It matters what you do
Now we're fighting
In our hearts
Fighting in the street
Won't somebody help me?
War war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange quarters
War war is stupid
And people are stupid
And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers
After the bird has flown
He walked ten thousand
Miles back home
You can't do that to me, no
You can't do that to me
You can't do that to me, no
You can't do that to me
In this heart of mine
I find a place for you
For black or white
For all the children, too
Now we're fighting
In our hearts
Fighting in the street
Won't somebody help me?
War war is stupid
And people are stupid
And love means nothing
In some strange quarters
War war is stupid
And people are stupid
And I heard them banging
On hearts and fingers

culture club - i just wanna be loved

Take a picture of tonight
And keep it by your heart
Love has left its memories
There's no better way to part
iwill find another love
Someone who won't bring me down
How you tried to level me
But you never stood your ground

Fortunately I got wise this time
Fortunately I got me on my mind

Chours:
I just wanna be loved
Don't want to fight you baby
But i'm much too proud to say it loud
I just wanna be loved
Don't want to beg you baby
But i'm much too proud to shout it out

Take a piece of dignity
And use it in your life
Even though you hurt me
I still want you to survive
Love was never special
We were never down
You will always have someone
To bring you to the ground

Forutunately I got wise this time
Fortunately I got me on my mind

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge:
ooo, when you love someone
Don't you know love is blind
Ooo, when you love some one
It'll be for all time, all time

Fortunately I got wise this time
fortunately I got me on my mind

(repeat chorus w/ ad-libs to end)

culture club - love is cold

you were never no good (x4)

oh no...
you say that love is wrong
'cause I know that love is strong
when you get it from some they say
that love is just thrown away
did they ever love you my way

you were never no good (x4)

oh no...
someone is gonna pay
for taking my heart away
if it's love that you want to show
how am I supposed to know
in my way

you were never no good (x20)

did you say that love is wrong
you showed you were weak from the strong
you keep leaving me to feel
that wicked emotion you steal
you don't understand

culture club - confidence trick

Never meant to hurt you, I don't know why
You come with your lawyers and your alibi
How can you look me straight in the eye
When you know

The clock on the wall is singing our song
The love in my heart is all dead and gone
You know why
You know why

There you go with your confidence trick
I'm much too wise, you don't fool me a bit
Feeling so low and looking so high
We both know that your truth is a lie

I never really knew you all these years
You lied to my face while I undressed your fears
Then you set me a-sail on an ocean of tears
Said goodbye

The clock on the wall is ticking real slow
There's nothing to say and there's nowhere to go
You know why
You know why

There, there you go with your confidence trick
I'm much too wise, you don't fool me a bit, no no
Feeling so low and looking so high
We both know that your truth is a lie

It's a lie

Looking up to the truth of what you are
Blinding all colours and beauty
And the sparkle in your eye is blinding

The clock on the wall is singing our song
The love in my heart is all dead and gone
You know why
You know why
Why, why, why, why, why, why

There, there you go with your confidence trick
I'm much too wise, you don't fool me a bit
Feeling so low and looking so high
We both know that your truth is a lie
It's a lie, lie

(The truth is, the truth is a lie)
(repeats in background)

And you never stopped loving me
Choaking back tears for you
So lovable
And we never go
And we never know
See I'm over
But I'm under
I don't ever wanna come down
I don't ever wanna come down
I don't ever wanna come down
To where you are

culture club - victims

THE VICTIMS WE KNOW SO WELL, THEY SHINE IN YOUR EYES
WHEN THEY KISS AND TELL, STRANGE PLACES WE NEVER SEE
BUT YOU´RE ALWAYS THERE, LIKE A GHOST IN MY DREAM

AND I KEEP ON TELLING YOU,
PLEASE DON´T DO THE THINGS YOU DO
WHEN YOU DO THOSE THINGS PULL MY PUPPET STRINGS
I HAVE THE STRANGEST VOID FOR YOU

WE LOVE AND WE NEVER TELL,
WHAT PLACES OUR HEARTS IN THE WISHING WELL
LOVE LEADS US INTO THE STREAM AND IT´S SINK OR SWIM
LIKE IT´S ALWAYS BEEN

AND I KEEP ON LOVING YOU, IT´S THE ONLY THING TO DO
WHEN THE ANGEL SINGS, THERE ARE GREATER THINGS
CAN I GIVE THEM ALL TO YOU? OH OH UH?

PULL THE STRINGS OF EMOTION
TAKE A RIDE INTO UNKNOWN PLEASURE
FEEL LIKE A CHILD ON A DARK NIGHT
WISHING THERE WAS SOME KIND OF HEAVEN
I COULD BE WARM WITH YOU SMILING
HOLD OUT YOUR HAND FOR A WHILE
THE VICTIMS WE KNOW THEM SO WELL... SO WELL?

THE VICTIMS WE KNOW SO WELL
THEY SHINE IN YOUR EYES WHEN THEY KISS AND TELL
STRANGE PLACES WE NEVER SEE
BUT YOU´RE ALWAYS THERE LIKE A GHOST IN MY DREAM

AND I KEEP ON TELLING YOU,
PLEASE DON´T DO THE THINGS YOU DO
WHEN YOU DO THOSE THINGS,
PULL MY PUPPET STRINGS
I HAVE THE STRANGEST VOID FOR YOU? OH OH UH?

SHOW MY HEART SOME DEVOTION
PUSH ASIDE THOSE THAT WHISPER NEVER
FEEL LIKE A CHILD ON A DARK NIGHT
WISHING WE COULD SPEND IT TOGETHER
I COULD BE WARM WITH YOU SMILING
HOLD OUT YOUR HAND FOR A WHILE
THE VICTIMS WE KNOW THEM SO WELL, SO WELL...

culture club - karma chameleon

Desert loving in your eyes all the way
if i listen to your lies would you say
i'm a man without conviction
i'm a man who doesn't know
how to sell a contradiction
you come and go
you come and go

(chorus)
karma karma karma karma karma chameleon
you come and go
you come and go
loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream
red, gold and green
red, gold and green

didn't hear your wicked words everyday
and you used to be so sweet i heard you say
that my love was an addiction
when we cling our love is strong
when you go you're gone forever
you string along
you string along

(repeat chorus here)

everyday is like survival
you're my lover not my rival
everyday is like survival
you're my lover not my rival

i'm a man without conviction
i'm a man who doesn't know
how to sell a contradiction
you come and go
you come and go

(repeat chorus x4)

culture club - mistake no 3

You can't bystand all the people
Stand them on their own
They will fall to pieces
So we watch them grow
Into strange and pretty faces
I don't know
Clutching to my lipstick traces
Watch them go
Make Mistake Number Three
It's strange how much it changes
How they want to know
How cynical are people
That's where children go
Dragged into a conversation
They can't hold
Its so sad but it prepares them
For the mould
Make Mistake Number Three
Why is my love like an ocean run dry?
And why is my love such a struggle with life?
You can't bystand all the people
Stand them on their own
They will fall to pieces
So we watch them grow
Into strange and pretty faces
I don't know
Clutching to my lipstick traces
Watch them go
Make Mistake Number three

culture club - love is love

You don´t have to touch it to know
Love is everywhere that you go
You don´t have to touch it to feel
Love is every second we steal
Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do
Open up your eyes
And you will see
Love is love is everything to me

You don´t have to touch it to be
Wrapped up in emotion like me
Everyone must feel how I do, yeah
Love is just to be close to you

Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do
Open up your eyes
And you will see
Love is love is everything to me

And you know that love is love
It´s written in black and blue
And everything you say
Must bring her closer, closer to you
Ba-ba, ba-ba, ba-ba

You don´t have to touch it to know
Love is everywhere that you go
You don´t have to touch it to feel
Love is every second we steal

Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do
Open up your eyes
And you will see
Love is love is everything to me

Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do

culture club - do you really want to hurt me

Give me time to realize my crime
Let me love and steal
I have danced inside your eyes
How can I be real

do you really want to hurt me
do you really want to make me cry
precious kisses words that burn me
lovers never ask you why
in my heart the fire's burning
choose my colors find a star
precious people always tell me
that's a step a step too far

do you really want to hurt me
do you really want to make me cry
do you really want to hurt me
do you really want to make me cry

words are few I have spoken
I could waste a thousand years
wrapped in sorrow words are token
come inside and catch my tears
you've been talking but believe me
if it's true you do not know
this boy loves without a reason
I'm prepared to let you go

If it's love you want from me
then take it away
everything's not what you see
it's over again

do you really....

culture club - see thru

No apology necessary shut your mouth
You've closed your mind
We've been walking this road forever
It don't lead to paradise
In the mirror your sad reflection haunting you
Now I see mine
Yes I see mine

And you just don't get it
But you just might regret it, you might regret it

Shooting the rainbows from the sky
Throwing your love to passers by
Begging forgiveness for your crime
Never prepared to do your time
It's always them and never you
'Cause you're so see thru, I see thru you
('Cause you're so see thru)

Ain't no use in demanding justice
You're a victim of your sight
I held you up when your heart was heavy
Now you never give me mine
In the mirror my sad reflection haunting me
One more time, one more time

And you just don't get it, do ya?
But you just might regret it, yeah yeah yeah yeah

Shooting the rainbows from the sky
Throwing your love to passers by
Begging forgiveness for your crime
Never prepared to do your time
It's always them and never you
'Cause you're so see thru, I see thru you
('Cause you're so see thru)

Shooting the rainbows from the sky
Throwing your love to passers by
Begging forgiveness for your crime
Never prepared to do your time
It's always them and never you
Boy you're so see thru, I see thru you
('Cause you're so see thru)

You just don't get it, no you just don't get it
You just don't get it but you might regret it
You might regret it

Shooting the rainbows from the sky
Throwing your love to passers by
Begging forgiveness for your crime
Never prepared to do your time
It's always them and never you
'Cause you're so see thru, I see thru you
('Cause you're so see thru)

Shooting the rainbows from the sky - you're so see thru
Throwing your love to passers by
Begging forgiveness for your crime - throwing your love to passers by, you're so see thru
Never prepared to do your time
It's always them and never you - never prepared to do your time, you're so see thru
'Cause you're so see thru, You're so see thru, yeah yeah

Shooting the rainbows from the sky
Throwing your love to passers by
Begging forgiveness for your crime
Never prepared to do your time
It's always them and never you
'Cause you're so see thru, 'Cause you're so see thru

culture club - less than perfect

I know a song ain't good enough to let you know how I feel
I'll sing it hard, I'll sing it sweet, to let you know that it's real
If I change my attitude, maybe I can conquer you completely
All the things I say and do, everything I learn from you defeats me

And I let you down
I let you down
I let you down
I let you down

I know it's wrong to blame the past for everything that I do
I fool the world most of the time but there's no fooling you
If I change my attitude, maybe I can conquer you completely
Everything I say and do, all I learn from you defeat me

And I let you down
I let you down
I let you down
I let you down
I let you down
Let you down

What you see ain't always what you get
No matter how clear it seems
One minute lovers, then the next...

Oh oh no
Oh no

I let you down, yeah yeah
I let you down
I let you down
I let you down
I let you down
I let you down
Let you down
Let you down

culture club - generations of love

I don't know much
but I know what I feel
there's too many people fighting
tied to the wheel
I don't know much
but I know what i see
there's too many people crying
washed out to sea

and there's much more we can say
much more we can do
much more we can learn
generations of love

I don't knwo you but you know what I am
hey I don't need redemption
or no government plan
no big AIDS sensation
no 28 clause
the end of aparteid
no message of war
the jew and the gentile
the black and the gay
the lost and the futile
they've all got something to say
the african nation
the sword of Islam
the rebels in chaina
the sikhs and the tams
the house of our father
the volumes of guilt
the luck of the Irish
the blood that we've spilt
the angels and martyrs
the lovers and saints
the sisters of mercy
the brothers of pain

culture club - the dream

Like Alice in Wonderland
The dream takes you by the hand
Inside emotions that you might not feel
If by some notion the dream was not real
The dream, the dream, the dream

Watching the colours as they run
Figures you mould like the sun
Lovers can dream, devils can dream
You may be nowhere until you have seen

The dream, the dream, the dream whoa

Oh what have I done?
Close my eyes and I dream of some world
It could be magic, it could be tragic

Hee, dream

The dream, the dream, the dream whoa

culture club - mystery boy

Ooh mystery boy
Ooh mystery boy

It's too sad to point the finger
I told the boy to look at me
But what you say it never lingers
It's not what you say, but what you see

Boy look at me
I couldn't look no better see

Ooh mystery boy
Ooh mystery boy

It's too sad that love would sting you
You told the girl that it would be
A kind of love that's deep within you
A boy's a boy, but did they say he'd be

For eternity?
Or just a mystery

Ooh mystery boy
Ooh mystery boy
Ooh mystery boy
Ooh mystery boy

Mystery boy
Ooh
Ooh
Mystery mystery mystery boy

It's too sad to point the finger
I told the boy to look at me
It's too sad that love might sting you
You told the girl that it would be
Some kind of love that's deep within you
Some dream that's hard to see

Mystery boy

culture club - i pray

When you hear them talking
Saying things that you don´t understand
Just keep on walking
And tell ´em you don´t give a damn!

Don´t call me brother, I ain´t your brother

We need more than crime prevention
We need more than ecstasy
We´ll be needing police protection
Better keep your hands off me

And I pray, I pray
I´ve been on my knees all day
And I pray, I pray
I hear every word you say

Take a look at that cat

It´s a game they play with people
Kiss and count the enemy
I don´t cry when I feel the tension
I have state security

This ain´t a revolution
That´s just people talking
Ain´t a revolution

Say, say it again

If I never get caught
I´ll be here all night
Doing things I know ain´t right
Fifty seven dreams ago

That´s the problem if you´re slow

I ain´t your brother

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