Playlist Men Without Hats

men without hats - 1999

It's a very special kind of life
No one's really quite sure about their situation
It's a very funny kind of life
The only thing we're positive about is the duration
Now they are standing right before you
How they were here before you

He's a very special kind of guy
When he crosses the street he looks in both directions
He's a very special kind of guy
And you're always wondering if he's lost his senses
She's a very special kind of girl
And her mother's recipes have made a good thing famous
She's a very special kind of girl
And she's always up in arms if he's late for breakfast
Now they are standing right before you
How they were here before you

He's a very special kind of guy
When you hear him on the air you think he's lost his section
She's a special special kind of girl
When you see her in the street you want to raise objection
Now they are standing right before you
How they were here before you

It's a very special kind of life
No one's really knows the truth about the situation
It's a very funny kind of life
The only thing we're positive about is the duration

men without hats - antarctica

Antarctica -- Antarctica
Antarctica -- Antarctica
Ice Age is here, right in your town
Antarctica, look what you've done
And I, I feel like I've cheated your scheme
And I, I feel like you really know what I mean
Nightfall's heartbeat, the street's in a mess
On reflector, the beach is endless
And I, I feel like I've cheated your scheme
And I, I feel like you really know what I mean

It's my turn -- it's my turn

Antarctica -- Antarctica

No Day, no night, and always the sound
Ice Pressure ?? (Antarctica)
It's me that's found
And I, I feel like I'm really part of your scene
And I, I feel like you know what I mean
Pictures moving, and always the whirls
Antarctica, where are you now (Antartica)
And I, I feel like I'm really part of your scheme
And I, I feel like you're losing your dream
Antarctica -- Antarctica
Antarctica -- Antarctica
And I, I feel like you know what I mean
And I, I feel like I'm really lost in your seam
It's my turn -- it's my turn
It's my turn -- it's my turn
It's my turn -- it's my turn

men without hats - 21st century safety dance

Pseudo Instrumental

You could dance if you want to

In various voices and repetitions:

safety
dance
21st century
It's one small step for <dance>
And one giant leap for <Hoo Oooh>
Take a walk on the wild side
All you need is love
1 2 3

men without hats - all we do

How high is the light above
Is everybody thinking 'bout a thing called love
My, my there's a light ahead
Is everybody waiting 'till the thing turns red
Hey, hey we've a while to go
Is everybody ready 'cause the thing must roll
My life ain't no ball and chain
it's a summer of forgiveness
And the fall of pain
and the money's O.K.
and the money's O.K.

Hey, hey you and I agree
They burned our rivers
And they burned our trees
My, my we've a while to go
Is everybody willing 'cause the thing must roll
My life ain't no ball and chain
it's a summer for existence and the fall again
My life ain't no given up
It's a never ending story 'bout a thing called love
and the money's O.K.
and the money's O.K.

Did you ever wonder in your life, What then?
Were you ever hit by lightning twice or ten times thinking
All we do is live and die

If all we do is life and die
Then tell me about the birds that fly
Tell me about the summer rain
And evenings whispering your name
If all we did is die and live
Will springtime be there to forgive
Son of laughter, son of pain
Somewhere over bows of rain

I loved you more - more than anything
I loved you more - than the driving rain
I loved you more - more than words can say

If all we did is life and die
Then tell me about the birds up high
Tell me about the summer rain
And evenings whispering your secret name
If all we did is die and live
Will springtime be there to forgive
Son of laughter, son of pain
Somewhere over bows of rain

I loved you more - more than anything
I loved you more - than the driving rain
I loved you more - more than words can say

Did you ever wonder in your life, What then?
Were you ever hit by lightning twice or ten times thinking
All we do is live and die

men without hats - and the great ones remember

Imagine yourself on the verge of committing
An act that you've always found silly or strange
Imagine yourself on the edge of discovering
Lately things have not been going your way

Communication is hard to establish
When things like a state of mind get in the way
People don't eat they just think what you feed them now
The horse with the blinders eating the hay

Silently watching yourself in the mirror
Wondering if somebody else is to blame
Could it be somebody's in on your destiny
Lately things have trouble looking the same

Could it be somebody else has the answer
Could it be somebody's pulling my strings
Say, that is quite a nice dress that you're wearing now
Jump into another ring

Can you imagine what we put up with now
Generals and morons say we are still as proud
We coin the phrases like we must win or die,
It's all so confusing today, hello goodbye

Don't forget that the great ones remember and
please, don't forget that we're nearing December and

Isn't it funny, the way it's connected
The print on your shirt and the one on the wall
Imagine if everyone had the same haircut
Wouldn't it be funny running it all?

Communication is hard to maintain
When the clothes that you're wearing are hurting my eyes
Things like improvement don't come overnight, boy
But, at least you could try

Can you imagine what we put up with now
Generals and morons say we are still as proud
We coin the phrases like we must win or die,
It's all too confusing for me, hello goodbye

Don't forget that the great ones remember and
Please, don't forget that we're nearing December and
Please, don't forget that the great ones remember and
Please, don't forget where you were toward December.
Please, don't forget that the great ones remember and
Please, don't forget that we're nearing December and
Please, don't forget where you were toward December.

men without hats - ban the game

men without hats - bright side of the sun

Somewhere in the distance
When we fall in love again
Planets will be dancing
The moon plays violin
We'll laugh at all the silly things
That we've both said and done
Step into forever
On the bright side of the sun

men without hats - cocoricci

Cocoricci, de tango des voleurs
Nous sommes en haut
Nous sommes en bas
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses
Nous sommes les uns
Nous sommes les autres
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses
Nous sommes en haut
Nous sommes en bas
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses

La il m'a dit
Cheri je t'aime
As tu une voiture?
Non merci je conduis pas
Mais mon pere en a plus d'une
C'est tres simple dit-il
Avec un tres
On est pirate ou on ne l'est pas
This is the only way

Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses
Nous sommes capables
Nous sommes tres forts
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses
Nous sommes les uns
Nous sommes les autres
Et c'est comme ca que vont les choses

men without hats - eloise and i

Eloise and I were dancing
In the middle of the month of May
And the flowers & the trees were happy
'Cause everything could be this way
The following of love enchanted
Took a whisper at the winter moon
So Eloise & I kept dancing
'Till the middle of the month of June

Eloise and I were dancing
In the middle of the falling rain
And the flowers & the trees were laughing
'Cause Eloise was here again
The following of love enchanted
Took a whisper at the winter moon
So Eloise & I kept dancing
'Till the middle of the month of June

Call me far behind but the wind was in my way
Eloise & I were dancing
In the middle of the month of May
Eloise & I talk 'bout the summer thing
Eloise & I wonder 'bout the other thing
Eloise & I
Good bye Eloise

Eloise and I were dancing
In the middle of a falling down
With the mystery of life enhancing every little single sound
And then the following of love enchanted
Took a whisper at the winter moon
Eloise & I kept dancing
'Till the middle of...
The middle of the month of ...
Eloise & I wonder 'bout the summer thing
Eloise & I talk 'bout the other thing
Eloise & I
Good bye Eloise

GOODBYE

men without hats - everybody wants to know

I heard you whisper on the train
You weren't as free as you'd been lately
Before we walk this way again
I could tell you stories that changed me

'cause everybody wants to know what life is all about
Nobody wants to feel they're being left out
Not everybody wants a family and a fancy house
Nobody wants to feel they're being left out

I heard you whisper in the trees
You weren't as free as you could have been lately
Before we wonder one of these
I could tell you stories that saved me

'cause everybody wants to know what life is all about
And nobody wants to feel they're being left out
Not everybody want a family and a fancy house
Nobody wants to feel they're being left out

So let's sit at home and count the stars and think it out
'cause everybody wants to know what life is all about

And even when it rains
Love protects you
Call her secret name
And don't forget you
Want a world you can't explain

'cause everybody wants to know what life is all about
Nobody wants to feel they're being left out
Not everybody wants a family and a fancy house
Everybody wants to know what love is all about
So let's sit at home and count the cars and laugh it out
'cause everybody wants to know what life is all about

Don't forget you
Want a world you can't explain

men without hats - everybody s selling something

More 4/4s in the neighborhood
Banging on the same guitar
Dreaming of living in Hollywood
Puffing on a big cigar
Prima ballerina in a magazine
Call her on the telephone
Tell her that you're sending up a limousine
She say: I don't know...
I know where to go!

Now 4/4s in a different mood
Thinks he's gonna change the world
Making all the money that some others should
Guess it's 'cause we don't deserve
Meet a lot of people in a magazine
Tell you where not to go
Tell you that I'm living out a fantasy
You say: You don't know
They play me on the radio

You gotta walk before you crawl
Remember everybody's selling something
You gotta talk before you know
Remember everybody's selling something
There's like a racket on the ball
Remember everybody wants attention
You gotta rock before you roll
Remember everybody's selling something
Sell me something
Sell me something
Sell me something
Now!

Now 4/4s into mother earth
Hurry up and wait T.V.
Funny how your life'll take a different turn
And how you get to dance for free
See a lot of freedom in your magazine?
Does it tell you what you want to know?
Tell you once and maybe twice and maybe three times
That's all right!
We're coming out in stereo!!!

You gotta walk before you crawl
remember everybody's selling something
You gotta talk before you know
remember everybody's selling something
There's like a racket on the ball
Remember everybody wants attention
You gotta rock before you roll
Remember everybody's selling something
Sell me something
Sell me something
Sell me something
Now!

Sell me something
Sell me something
Sell me something
Now!

men without hats - fall down gently

She was only a girl, it was nobody's world
And she told me she'd lived for a while
I was only 16 but i knew how to dream
I still dream though it's way out of style

I'd rather fall down gently
Than never fall down at all

I'd rather fall down gently
Than never fall down at all, down at all

We were took by surprise
As we looked at the size
Of the man that we all called the lord
Just between you and me
Well there weren't much to see
What with helmet and blood-stained sword

I'd rather fall down gently
Than never fall down at all

I'd rather fall down gently
Than never fall down at all, down at all

I'd rather fall down gently
Than never fall down at all

I'd rather fall down gently
Than never fall down at all, down at all

So it was somebody's world
And i was only the girl
And i told you i'd be here for a while
'cause when you're only 16
And you know how to dream
You keep dreaming 'til the dreaming gets wild

I'd rather fall down gently
Than never fall down at all
I'd rather fall down gently
Than never fall down at all
I'd rather fall down gently
Than never fall down at all
I'd rather fall down gently
Than never fall down at all
I'd rather fall down gently
Than never fall down at all
I'd rather fall down gently
Than never fall down at all
I'd rather fall down gently
Than never fall down at all
I'd rather fall down gently

men without hats - freeways

Oh ah oh oh ah ahhh
ah ahhh
Oh ah oh oh ah ahhh
ah haaa

On the freeways, freeways
On the freeways, freeways
On the freeways,
On the freeways,
Oh ah oh oh ah ahhh
Oh ah oh oh ah ahhh
Oh ah oh oh ah ahhh
American Radio in your homes and bars
It's music to my ears in a foreign car
Pop radio stars [ABBA, Roxy, T-Rex]
My seatbelt's fastened tight, I feel secure
Both hands upon the wheel, My life's insured
If you're feeling low, driving's the cure
Oh ah oh oh ah ahhh
Oh ah oh oh ah ahhh
Oh ah oh oh ah ahhh

Spiralkurve - spiral curve 1)
Hundert Kilometer Geschwindigkeit - 100 kph speed
Radio M F - radio M F
Pop Musik - pop music
Lastwagen vorn - truck in front
Es ist ein Uhr - it's one o'clock
Chromierte Stossstange - chromed bumper
Jodscheinwerfer - iodine headlights 2)
Die Nacht verschwindet - The night disappears
Ich trete durch - I put the pedal down
Es ist drei Uhr - it's three o'clock
Drehe nach links - Making a left turn
Europa 8 - Europa 8 3)
Gegen Sueden - southbound
Leichter Nebel - light fog (light opposite
to dense)
Vorn Zollstelle - Toll station ahead
Schalte zurueck - I retrograde
Niemand da - Noone there
Bogenlichter 4) - Lights above
Rot und blau - Red and blue
Blinkend - blinking
Bin nicht allein - I'm not alone
Werde beobachtet - I'm observed
Werde belauscht - I'm overheard
Eine Gerade - A straight lane
Spiralkurve - spiral curve 1)
Ich trete durch - I put the pedal down
Gegen Sueden - southbound
Letzte Zollstelle vor der Ausfahrt - last toll station before
the exit
Es ist sechs Uhr - It is six o'clock

1) This should IMHO mean 'S-Kurve', because in the french lyrics
it is
'virage en S' which means 'S turn' in english. IMHO the
translator had
either a bad dictionary or got the meaning of german
'Spiralkurve' wrong.
German 'Spirale' means the same as english 'spiral' which is
something
different.

2) This one describes lamps which use iodine gas to produce
light. They're
often used as car headlights. It could also refer to the
color of the
headlights of cars in France, which use yellow headlights.

3) This is a road name. Europa route 8

4) Could also be 'Oben Lichter', which means the same. I never
really figured
out, because Ivan's french accent while speaking german
doesn't give it
clearly. :-)

There are big similarities to the french lyrics, many of the
french
lines translate to the same english words. At first these words
seemed
quite meaningless to me, but IMHO they describe *great* the
feelings
and things you have in your head, when you're driving at night.

men without hats - gravity is my enemy

He walks into the room
Doesn't even know his name
He's looking for the answer
His family's to blame
We all know where he came from
And who he's looking for
Uncovering the window
You watch out for the door
In and out the thing goes
Back and forth the looks flow

He walks into the kitchen
Doesn't even know the score
I try to look him in the eyes
He looks towards the floor
He's only doing what he knows
In the way that he knows best
The doctor felt quite confident
He passed the entrance test
In and out the thing goes
Back and forth the looks flow

He's standing by the canopy
Thirty paces from the door
He's looking at your shoulder
That means he wants some more
Don't give him what he came for
Don't let him know you care
If he looks at you just look away
He can't tell from over there
In and out the thing goes
Back and forth the looks flow

He walks into the room
Doesn't even know his name
He's looking for the answer
His family's to blame
We all know where he came from
And who he's looking for
I'm covering the window
You watch out for the door
In and out the thing goes
Back and forth the looks flow

He walks into your bedroom
Checks the posters on the wall
He's looking through the closet
Looking for something small
He looks inside your handbag
He rips apart your drawers
He asks you for a crowbar
Wants to check beneath the floors
In and out the thing goes
Back and forth the looks flow

men without hats - harry crews

Don't say you won't
See your ?mother ?
I hope she don't
Swallow that shit you fed her
Let's play the one right away
See how you work, how you play
Don't drink the wine, take it all

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