Ich Bin Kunst ('I Am Art')

Ich bin kunst, can't you see
Look at you, then look at me
I am art, you're parody
Ich Bin Kunst

Je suis art, tres tres debonair
Because you don't, because I dare
I blow your mind, C'est mon plaisir
Ich Bin Kunst

It started when I was only a boy
I couldn't kick a ball, climb a tree, play at war
I took pleasure in the things that make men shudder
I dressed up in the wardrobe of my mother!

My father said "Don't panic, it's a phase"
"Phase one" I said and snipped and sewn for days
I dreamed of London town, art and fashion was my thing
I arrived and took a job in Burger King
(it was nothing!)

Ich bin kunst, can't you see
Look at you, then look at me
I am art, Ha!, you're parody
Ich Bin Kunst

Je suis art, tres tres tres tres debonair
Because you don't, and because I dare
I blow your mind, C'est mon plaisir
Ich Bin Kunst!

St. Christopher

Sexual attraction, it's all in the eye
Like oil on water, ain't no reason why
Somebody rejects you, don't you feel like you could die
Oh spare me don't give me none of that, you knew crap
Cause you're lying here with your pretty head in my lap

Stripped to the waist, higher than the stars
We all need tenderness sometimes, so we know who we are
Just for a moment I looked in the mirror and saw
My ugliness looking so insecure

I know what's up fool, you got the bug
You're drunk on the stuff, you're in love with love
Don't be no sucker, your heart is tough
It ain't about him you're in love with love

Sweet St. Christopher, you got a cheeky grin
And you took me home instead of him
But in love or war no one ever wins
Oh do me a favour spare me all that crap
You ain't no spider in a web and you weren't trapped
Just for a moment I thought I had really scored
Then I felt like a devil and you looked extremely bored

I know what's up fool, you got the bug
You're drunk on the stuff, you're in love with love
Don't be no sucker, your heart is tough
It ain't about him, you're in love with love

You're in love with love
Everyone's in love with love
I'm in love, I'm in love with love

Didn't someone once tell ya you're a god damn flirt
But what you refuse to hear, it can never hurt
But I still dig you baby, for what it's worth
And please think of me next time your poor heart hurts

She Was Never He

Tasha was a stunning vision, painted eyes with such precision
Longer legs than any girl I know
Swishing down the Old Kent Road, with her hips on overload
Making sure the loneliness don't show

She was never he for as long as I remember
She was never of her gender categorically
She was never he though the boys at school were cruel
You would have to be a fool not to see
That she was never...

Jodie she was quelle surprised, to fool the boys was such a breeze
But deep inside her heart the terror flowed
What if he should realise, break her heart or black her eyes
These things are so important for a girl to know

She was never he for as long as I remember
She was never of her gender categorically
She was never he though this world could be so cruel
You would have to be a fool not to see

And the government says you no longer exist
It's a kick in the eye, it's the final twist
Of the surgeon's knife
Welcome to my glamourous life

Oh the big dark man
Will he turn a blind eye
Love me for who I am
Turn me out and make me cry

She was never he for as long as I remember
She was never of her gender categorically
She was never he though this world could be so cruel
You would have to be a fool not to see

She was never he for as long as I remember
She was never of her gender categorically
She was never he though this world could be so cruel
You would have to be a fool not to see
that she was never...

Cheapness and Beauty

This is a real addiction, confusion and cheap tattoos
A princess, a car thief, and a lost shoe
Loneliness, laughter, lust, the promise of pain
Judas in blue jeans tell me your name

Eyes across the room, unspoken
Eyes, glitter promise
Cheapness and beauty
Trickery and lies
Cheapness and beauty
Oh I'm so weak sometimes

Glue for the broken toy, the wings for the saint
A buddah, a false God, and some war paint
Wasting your wisdom, yes, but who can you trust
Love holds a mirror up to all of us

Eyes across the room, unspoken
Eyes, glitter promise
Cheapness and beauty
Trickery and lies
Cheapness and beauty
Oh I'm weak sometimes

It's much too late to say goodbye despite all good advice
This pain is such a part of me, I won't apologise
For running to your rescue though you slap me in the face
It doesn't really matter 'Cause we always fall in love again

Cheapness and beauty
Trickery and lies
Cheapness and beauty
Oh I'm so weak sometimes

Cheapness and beauty
Oh, Trickery and lies
Cheapness, cheapness
I won't apologise

Cheapness and beauty
Oh, I see it in your eyes
Cheapness and beauty
Oh, I'm so weak sometimes

Fat Cat

Another song of woe
Woe sounds like this

You say nothing's changed, where were you when my world
Was spinning into masquerade
You claim it's just a question of mathematics
I shut the door on your amateur dramatics

Then you think too much
And you talk too much, vicariously
Yeah you think too much
And you talk too much, every word is substance free

You're the dirt on my collar
You're the hole in my favourite shoe
You're the last dying breath of love
You're the weight that I need to lose

And you hurt yourself

You say I'm deranged, I'll admit to being strange
But I just can't stop loving you
If the light in your eyes
Addiction came as a surprise
Didn't think I'd be so into you

Then you think too much
And you talk too much, so carelessly
Yeah you think too much
And you talk too much, every word is substance free

You're the dirt on my collar
You're the hole in my favourite shoe
You're the last dying breath of love
You're the weight that I need to lose

You're the dirt on my collar
You're the hole in my favourite shoe
You're the last, the last dying breath of love
You're the weight that I need to lose

You're the dirt on my collar
You're the hole in my favourite shoe
You're the last dying breath of love
You're the weight that I need to lose

If I Could Fly

Stone by the river, got no wind in my sails
No revolutions in my soul
Hey, revelation's just a moment away
Soon I'm gonna be old, soon you're gonna be old

Remember love is not something you can keep
It just takes the wind to blow it away
You look so ugly as you lie there asleep
Boy you're pretty today, so pretty today

When I was born they poisoned my mind
They told me to fight but I'm not that kind
They said I was meek but I did not mind
It's a case of the weak leading the blind

I see the stars have spelt your name in the sky
I wrote it too down here in the sand
When I first met you, you stirred nothing at all
See the cards in your hand, see the cards in your hand

And Oh if I could fly
I said oh if I could fly
Don't you know that if I could fly
I'd take to the sky

I feel so special when I'm making you cry
But I regret the things I throw in your face, I do
This drug will kill you darling this is no lie
This dragon we chase, this dragon we chase

When I was born they poisoned my mind
They told me to fight but I'm not that kind
They said I was meek but I did not mind
It's a case of the weak fooling the blind

And Oh if I could fly
I said oh if I could fly
Don't you know that if I could fly
I'd take to the sky

And Oh if I could fly
I said oh if I could fly
Don't you know that if I could fly
I'd take to the sky, yes I would

Unfinished Business

Boy I know your secrets
Though you brag and swagger
And you lay women down
You're the same tough guy
That cried in my arms
And kissed me when the lights went down

I hear you married some Danish girl
I'm so glad that it wasn't me
Cuz you're like so many of those boys I've known
You break your promise easily

Unfinished business, fox in the headlights
Tears for what might have been
Unfinished business, crawling out of the woodwork
You know how to ruin a good dream

See your life reflected in my painted eyes
These memories are hard to shake
I pressed my lips against your trembling flesh
And waited for your back to break
You liar, you coward, you sleeping fool
Don't you know that secrets kill
Heaven and hell are right here on Earth
Decided by your own free will

Unfinished business, fox in the headlights
Tears for what might have been
Unfinished business, crawling out of the woodwork
I know how to ruin a good dream

Now go tell your friends that I'm mad in my head
That I don't know what I mean
You walk like Jack and you love like Mary
And you're more than a bit of a queen

Unfinished business, yeah tough guy
You know exactly what I mean

You lie, you lie, you lie
You lie, you lie, you lie

Unfinished business, yeah
You know exactly what I mean

Julian

Felt like my world revolved around your hazel eyes
Those scattered-cushion lips, eyelashes that flutter like butterflies
Your arms around me in the morning oh but the catalogue of lies
So many things just don't add up, you're just a child why should I be surprised?

Why can't you pick up the phone
Oh how gutless can you be
Run as far as you can
You'll never escape me

Oh Julian don't tell me it was all just lies
Oh Julian don't keep it all internalised
Oh Julian you're just a small boy in a big man's world

I said some foolish things but you took my voice away
Like an audience of one, such a lonely game to play
Hey you feel so much, have you nothing more to say
Except 'just leave me alone', we'll both laugh about this one day

Don't tell me the world is changing
You're living proof of just how uptight it can be
And a fag who hates himself
Is her own worse enemy

Oh Julian was it anything for fame
Oh Julian will you do it all again
Oh Julian the fizz has gone from your champagne

I hold nothing back, I give it all away
I am the Thunder 317, blue eyed, vulnerable seeking and similar
Camp-acting, very scene, I'm flaming, I'm screaming
Looking for someone brave enough to love me

Oh Julian don't tell me it was all just lies
Oh Julian don't keep it all internalised
Oh Julian you're just a small boy in a big man's world

Wrong

Allow me my own diginity...

I came to the city with my head so full of dreams
The city was safe alright, but not from me
See I've been in trouble since I lay my suitcase down
I love the sound of my own voice, but now I want it drowned

I've got nothing to be proud of
And there's so little I possess
I gave away my love and my, my diginity
And somehow I covered up the rest

How did it all go so wrong?
It was nothing like this in the magazines
I can hear my father's voice, hear his laughter in the wind
Saying "boy, you'll never amount to anything"

I clutched at desire I never listened to my heart
I didn't know I had one, that it could beat so fast
Oh I've been a user, such a liar, such a fake
Always thinking of myself, always on the make

Now I've got nothing I can give you
Except self-pity and regret
But if you let me prove I love you
I'll be the one boy you'll never forget

How did it all go so wrong?
It was nothing like this on the TV screen
I can hear my mother's voice, hear her crying in the wind
Saying "boy, baby boy, you can be anything"

How did it all go, go so wrong?
It was nothing like this in the magazines
I can hear my father's voice, hear his laughter in the wind
He was right, I'll never be anything
He was right, I'll never be anything

Letter To A School Friend

I read your letter and I wept inside
You and me were so much alive
So much pain, so many tears to hide
But I hope you're happy now
Yes I hope you're happy now

Your mother rejected you and your brother died
And your old man had such brutal pride
He just couldn't take your sensitive side
But I hope you're happy now
Yes I hope you're happy now
Yes I hope you're happy now
I hope you're happy

I read your letter and I laughed out loud
You were crazy then and you're still crazy now
A schoolgirl rebel not some face in the crowd
But I hope you're happy now
Yes I hope you're happy now

Your daddy was cruel, your mother's spirit was free
She left you alone to go and dance on the beach
Yeah and we were the freaks that they could not teach
But I hope you're happy now
Yes I hope you're happy now
Yes I hope you're happy now
I hope you're happy

And I wish you love cause your heart is pure
From the hell of school to the closet door
They said we were fools but we knew so much more yeah yeah
I hope you're happy now

I read your letter and I wept inside
You and me were so much alive
So much pain, so many tears to hide
But I hope you're happy now
Yeah I hope you're happy
Yeah I hope you're happy now
I hope you're happy

Yeah I hope you're happy now
Hope you're happy
Hope you're happy now, now

(You Are) The Deal

Black woman on the street with attitude
Spits through her teeth and stares at you
White boy with the living blues
Spreads his hatred on a crowded tube

Some days I feel removed
But all I can do is think of you
I feel like I am being used hey-yeah

Well you bruise me and you batter me and you make me feel the twist
I try to convince myself that I'm strong because of this
My friends say I'm beautiful but it's time to get real
I'm trying to find some hatred but I can't change the way I feel

And this murder happens all around my heels
But it ain't real, you are the deal
And there's poison flowing all around my head
And here I am all alone in bed

OId queen on the ship of fools
You're worried that it might sail for you
White lies from the broken youth
Who hasn't got the nerve to cancel you

Some days I feel amused
But all I can do is think of you
I feel like I've been such a fool hey-yeah

Well you bruise me and you batter me and you make me feel like dirt
And just for one minute I've forgotten what I'm worth
My friends say you're beautiful but it's time I got real
I'm staring at your picture but I can't change the way I feel

And this murder happens all around my heels
But it ain't real you are the deal
And this poison's flowing all around my head
And here I am filled with regret

Is it not enough to just feel the love and give it
Why can't you give it?
Is it not enough to just feel the love and live it
Why can't you live it?
Why can't you give it?

Oh why can't you give it?
Why can't you give it?

Oh why can't you give it?

You are the deal...

(Am I) Losing Control

Sometimes I sit and contemplate
The bitterness of my lonely state
I know, I know I do create
These feelings in my heart

I look to you but you're confused
I feel like I can only lose
Stand a while inside my shoes
Feel the rain come down

Am I losing control, am I losing control
Was I weaker when I met you
Try and leave, I just won't let you
Am I losing control?
Am I losing control?
Am I losing...

Sometimes I sit and contemplate
The hatred that I generate
Tell me it is not my fate
To lose before I start

Oh you with eyes like thickened skies
When did ya start to mesmerise?
Love it wears a thin disguise
You know you are a star

Am I losing control, am I losing control
Was I weaker when I met you
Try and leave, I just won't let you
Am I losing control?
Am I losing control?

I should've changed that stupid lock
I should've made you leave me be
If I'd known for just one minute
You'd become a part of me

Am I losing control?
Am I losing control?
Am I losing you?
Am I losing control?

Am I losing control?
Am I losing?
Am I losing control?
Am I losing control?

Was I weaker when I met you
Try and leave, I just can't let you
Am I losing control?

Am I losing you?
Am I losing control? Am I losing control?
Was I weaker when I met you
You know I won't regret you
Am I losing control?

Same Thing In Reverse

How does it feel, what do you do
When he's all alone with you
Do you kiss him, hold his hand
Who's the woman who's the man

Is it twisted it is sick
Mother nature's little trick
I don't have to feel no shame
In God's image I am made

Your brother doesn't understand
How you could love another man
And your poor father thinks we're cursed
It's the same thing in reverse

It's the same thing in reverse
Nothing better nothing worse
It's the same thing in reverse
It's the same thing it's the same thing

Love is! La de dah

What can you say where do you go
Do you want the world to know
Make a prison of your fear
Be a kamikaze queer

Bite my lip hold my tongue
Hope I'm not the only one
I don't have to be afraid
In God's image I am made

Your brother doesn't understand
How you could love another man
And your poor father thinks we're cursed
It's the same thing in reverse

It's the same thing in reverse
Nothing better nothing worse
It's the same thing in reverse
It's the same thing it's the same thing

Do I love him, yes I love him
So don't question my affection
This is not some damn affliction
It's just love in contradiction

It's the same thing, it's the same thing

Black boys in cars (it's the same thing)
White boys with poisonous hearts (it's the same thing)
Even on the one eyed guru (it's the same thing)
And why the hell you looking at me (it's the same thing)

and I never wanted to be part of the gang (it's the same thing)
I never saw this as part of my plan (it's the same thing)
I walk down the street with pride (it's the same thing)
Happy that you're by my side

Il Adore

Mother clutches the head of her dying son
Anger and tears, so many things to feel
Sensitive boy, good with his hands
Noone mentions the unmentionable, but everybody understands
Here in this cold white room
Tied up to these machines
It's hard to imagine him as he used to be

Laughing screaming tumbling queen
Like the most amazing light show you've ever seen
Whirling swirling never blue
How could you go and die, what a lonely thing to do

Silence equals death, this is what they say
But the anger and the tears do not take the pain away
How far must it go, how near must it be
Before it touches you, before it touches me
Here in this cold white room
Tied up to these machines
It's hard to imagine life as it used to be

Laughing screaming tumbling queen
Like the most amazing light show that you've ever seen
Whirling swirling never blue
How could you go and die, what a selfish thing to do

Did you ever ask those strangers what they're searching for?
Did they laugh and tell you they're not really sure?
You were hurt by love but still you came right back for more
Il adore, il adore, il adore

Thanks Mum

Bow Down Mister

From Bombay to Bangalore
All the Hindus know the score
If you wanna live some more
Hare, hare, hare

If you do not take the vow
You can eat the sacred cow
You'll get karma anyhow
Hare, hare, hare

Bow down mister
Hare Rama, Hare Krishna
Bow down mister
We say radha syam

Do the right thing with your hands
Lay down on the pleasing sands
Whatever else your faith demands
Hare, hare, hare

From Bombay to Rayastan
Nitai guara, radha syam
Hare krishna hare ram
Hare, hare, hare

Bow down mister
Hare Rama, Hare Krishna
Bow down mister
We say radha syam

Bow down mister
Hare Rama, Hare Krishna
Bow down mister
We say radha syam

In the desert Jahshamire
They put kun kun in their hair
At the westerners they stare
Hare, hare, hare

Paint a tilak on your brow
Open like a lotus flower
It's time to check your karma now
Hare, hare, hare

Bow down mister
Hare rama, hare krishna
Bow down mister
We say radha syam

Bow down mister
Hare Rama, Hare Krishna
Bow down mister
We say radha syam

Bow down mister
Hare Rama, Hare Krishna
Bow down mister
We say radha syam

Bow down mister
We say radha syam
Bow down mister
We say radha syam
Bow down mister

Raise your head and lift your hands to the lord (x4)

Hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
Hare ram hare ram rama rama hare hare
Hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
Hare ram hare ram rama rama hare hare

Raise your head and lift your hands to the lord (x8)

Hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
Hare ram hare ram rama rama hare hare
Hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
Hare ram hare ram rama rama hare hare

Hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
Hare ram hare ram rama rama hare hare

Out Of Fashion

Too much jealousy will make you crazy
I've been walking the street in shoes that kill my feet
Too much make-up, oh dream like a lady
Now you're a prisoner of some shallow dream

You're out of fashion, your moment's over
And yes I loved you, oh but you wore me out
You're out of fashion, so just forget it now
A living tragedy, parody fits you like a glove (yes)

Too much ego makes you ugly yeah
I've been running away from what I really need
Desperation pushes love away
Now you're a prisoner of your own desire

You're out of fashion, your moment's over
And yes I loved you, oh but you wore me out
You're out of fashion, so just forget it now
A living tragedy, parody fits you like a glove (yes)

There's enough love in this world for you and me
There's enough love for everyone you wait and see
There's enough love in this world, so why do we hide what we feel inside
There's enough love in this world
There's enough love in this world
There's enough love in this world, so hear me

You're out of fashion, your moment's over
And yes I loved you, oh but you wore me out
You're out of fashion, so just forget it now
A living tragedy, parody fits you like a glove, yes