A Bigger Bang lyrics

I hear a preacher on the corner
Ranting like a crazy man
He says there's trouble, troubles are coming
I can read it like the back of my hand

I see love, I see misery
Jamming side by side on the stage
In the wind some mournful melody
I can read it like the back of my hand

The back of my hand..... Oh yeah

Oh yeah....

I see dreams, I see visions
Images I don't understand
I see Goya's paranoias

When love comes so late, it'll really hit hard
It slams through the gate, it'll catch you off guard
Everyone said, "What a perfect love match
'Cause she is so smart, she's a hell of a catch"

I was drinking in love, gulping it down
Drifting for months on a billowing cloud
But after awhile I stopped to rebel
I'm back in the past and I'm raising up hell

In your high school photo
You looked so young and naïve
Now I heard you got a nickname
The lady with the leash

Was it funny on the midnight shift
I bet you had your fair share of stiffs
There were onerous odors
I've got to admit

'Cause you're a dangerous, dangerous
A dangerous beauty
So plainfully plain to us
You're doing your duty

You can follow the road to the mountain
Or the track leading down to the beach
You can go where your life go left or go right
It's you in the driver's seat

But if the rain starts swamping your windscreen
And the lights don't piss through the night
And the truck's coming at you, just going to splash you
The highway's blinding bright

You're going out of your brain, out of your mind

Don't you know you've got it in for me
I knew it right from the start
I'm still learning my lines baby
Since you've rewritten my part

Oh why have you got it in for me
Things they are not what they seem
You're living in a nightmare baby
But I mistook it for a dream
Yeah just for a dream
But I mistook it all for a dream, yeah

You've got it in for me

I know you've got it in for me

Baby it won't take long to forget you
Time it passes fast
It'll all be over in a minute
You'll be in the past

You can lose the love of a lifetime
In a single roll
You can gain a fortune in an instant
Or you can lose your soul

And it won't take long to forget ya
You know I'm never wrong
It'll all be over in a minute
And it won't take long

And it won't take long to forgive ya

I've been travelling but I don't know where
I've been missing you but you just don't care
And I've been wandering, I've seen Greece and Rome
Lost in the wilderness, so far from home
Yeah, yeah

I've been to Africa, looking for my soul
And I feel like an actor looking for a role
I've been in Arabia, I've seen a million stars
Been sipping champagne on the boulevards - yes

I'm so sick and tired

You look a little dressed up
Youre acting way too smart
Your face a little bit flushed
For a walk in the park

And youre clutching your phone
As you walk in the door
And your smile's got a twist
Youre looking so hardcore

If youve something to say
Dont be too direct
'Cause I feel a little fragile
Dont hit the nail on the head

Why I said, baby, baby, let me down real slow
Oh no no no

I know that you like to go out drinking
And you love to have a good time
You came in when I was drinking coffee
Having breakfast round about nine

I won't interrogate you and I never will berate you
'Bout your lifestyle
But where've you been
Lost weekend

What's that look on your face
You must have done a walk of shame
Your eyes are all red, get ready for bed
Your hair's all over the place

Here you stand before me
Waiting to be kissed
You're a beauty, such a cutie
How could I resist?

It's been a month of Sundays
Since we last have spoke
So much water, you've got daughters
I fell out of the boat

Oh no, not you again
Fucking up my life
It was bad the first time
I can't stand it twice

Oh no, not you again
I can't stand the pace
Once bitten, twice shy
Let me out of the race

Rolling Stones - Rain Fall Down

was a filthy block of flats
Trash was on the floor
A stink was in my nose
Hinges off the doors

She took me in her room
All was spic and span
Fixed me up a drink
Turned down all the lamps

And the rain fell down
On the cold hard ground
And the phone kept ringing
And we made sweet love

Why do we live in this strange grey town

One time you were my baby chicken,
Now you've grown into a fox,
Once upon a time,
I was your little rooster,
But now I'm just one of your cocks.

(CHOURS)
It's rough justice on ya,
You're gonna have to trust me,
It's rough justice on ya,
But you know i'll never break your heart,

So put your lips to my hips baby,
And tell me what's on your mind,
I know you still got that,

She saw me coming
She saw me coming, yeah
I didn't see a thing
I wasn't looking
I just walked into it
Sucker for it, I'm a sucker
Thought I was so cool
She saw me coming
Boy did I get screwed

She saw me coming
She had me dead to right
Her aim was stunning
I was lined up in her sites

She worked so fast
And she didn't mess around
It was all over
Before the sun goes down, before the sun goes down

Youre awful bright
Youre awful smart
I must admit
You broke my heart
The awful truth
Is really sad
I must admit
I was awful bad
While lovers laugh
And music plays
I stumble by
And hide my pain
Mmmm, the lamps are lit
The moon is gone
I think Ive crossed
The Rubicon

And I, I, I, I, I, I, I
Walk the streets of love
And theyre full of tears

And I, I, I, I, I, I, I

You call yourself a Christian
I think that you're a hypocrite
You say you are a patriot
I think that you're a crock of shit

And listen, I love gasoline
I drink it every day
But it's getting very pricey
And who is going to pay

How come you're so wrong
My sweet neo con.... Yeah

It's liberty for all
'Cause democracy's our style
Unless you are against us
Then it's prison without trial

Walk right in, sit on down
And make yourself at home
Come on baby, you're just like me
And you hate to be alone

It's funny how things go around
It's crazy but it's true
This place is empty, oh so empty
It's empty without you

Come on, bare your breasts
And make me feel at home
You and me we're just like all the rest
And we don't want to be alone

It's funny how things go around