The Psychedelic Furs
British new wave band
The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in London in February 1977. Led by singer Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler on bass guitar, the Psychedelic Furs were one of the many acts spawned from the British post-punk scene. Their music went through several phases, from an initially austere art rock sound, to later touching on new wave and hard rock.
Song lyrics
editTalk Talk Talk (1981)
editAll songs written by Richard Butler, John Ashton, Roger Morris, Tim Butler, Duncan Kilburn and Vince Ely.
- Give me all your paper ma
So I can get a train.
They just wanna suck you in
To being one of them.
Tell her that I'm not in here,
Tell her I'm a freak.
Tell her that I fall about
Every time I speak.
- She lives in the place
In the side of our lives
Where nothing is
Ever put straight.
She turns herself round
And she smiles and she says
'This is it'
'That's the end of the joke'
And loses herself
In her dreaming and sleep
And her lovers walk
Through in their coats.Pretty in pink,
Isn't she?
Pretty in pink,
Isn't she?
- Listen, to the weathermen
They're not saying anything
They're tripping flags for you
This crazy face for you
You don't have a point of view
You don't have to say you do- No Tears
- I hope you get your invitation
It is here for you
Listen to the conversation
Playing pretty tunes
Sorry i can't wait for you
I couldn't stand to stay...
They're making up things
That we've all heard before
Like romance and engage and divorce
You have to be crazy to stay in this place
You just have to laugh at it all- She is Mine
Forever Now (1982)
editAll songs written by Richard Butler, John Ashton, Tim Butler and Vince Ely.
- It's sick the price of medicine
Stand up, we'll put you on your feet again
Open up your eyes just to check that you're asleep again
President gas is president gas again- President Gas
- There's an army on the dance floor
It's a fashion with a gun, my love
In a room without a door
A kiss is not enough in.Love my way, it's a new road,
I follow where my mind goes.
- So swallow all your tears, my love
And put on your new face.
You can never win or lose
If you don't run the race.- "Love My Way"
- Hamburger Mary
She's got a gun
Nothing goes on all the time
And she thinks it's fun- Run and Run
- Pass your time away
Its' just another day
And everything you say
Was said yesterday
Won't you come with me
Be who you want to be
You'll get no sympathy
For staying home- Yes I Do
Mirror Moves (album) (1984)
editAll lyrics written by Richard Butler and Tim Butler, except as noted.
- A race is on I'm on your side
And hearing you my engines die
I'm in a mood for you.
For Running away
Stars come down in you
And love, you can't give it away
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade
The ghost in you
She don't fade
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade
- There's a way to turn it off
It gets so hard at times
To take it serious
It really gets to be a drag
When all we really need is love
Here come cowboys
Here to save us all.
- "Here Come Cowboys"
- There's a hole in the sky
Where the sun don't shine
And a clock on the wall
And it counts my time
And heaven
Is the whole of the heart
And heaven don't tear you apart
- And a hero is always alone
At the end of the day
It's a price that you pay
With your pieces of love
All your pieces of love
And it's my time to turn you around
And it's my time to hold out a hand
And it's my time to turn on a light for you- "My Time",
- You hurt for a change
And they ease you
And cool you
And love you so strange
And you talk like a stranger- Like a Stranger
- They tore up our kisses and ran
On tomorrow's pages
And the lions have eaten the lamb
On tomorrow's pages
There's a day of your life in your handful of people you don't understand- Highwire Days written written by John Ashton and Richard Butler
Midnight to Midnight (1987)
editAll tracks composed and arranged by Richard Butler, John Ashton and Tim Butler.
- And it feels like love,
But it don't mean a lot.
And it feels like love,
And it's all that we've got.There's a Heartbreak Beat playing all night long
Down on my street.
And it feels like love, got the radio on,
And it's all that we need.
Book of Days (1989)
editAll lyrics written by Richard Butler.
- Shine
I heard her sing.
...The world's at my feet
And it turns when i speak
And it shines
...Shine on all that is- "Shine"
- Days that never come
To shine a light on the damage done
Somedays without a sun
I feel the dark even closer now
I wear it, a winter coat
I'm far away but not far enough
What's true is torn
And shouted down- "Shine"
- The air here tastes like poison
The traffic moves on broken roads...
She's 14 and she's fading
There's a wasted year for
Every train that passes
She is leaving someday
Someday never comes
This road is poison - Book of Days
- All of this I now regret
Not a name that I might place
Not at my parade
Framed the faces I applaud
All the same sad eyes
Write the world between the lines- "Torch"
- This day is not my life
The passing time is not my life
The thorn that's in my side
Is all these scenes that we regret
The wasted words we can't forget- "House"
- Shame, will shake this house
Your dreams are not my life
These broken words are not my life
Your lies are none of my invention- "House"
World Outside (1991)
edit- Here in my head I hear you say
Here in my head I hear you pray
Time is what it's made
Made by others i regret
Remember me i hear it said
Out of faces i forget
Hope you get up off your feet
Shake the dust out of your shoes- In my head
- And with her step I move my feet.
And with her hand I feel my skin.
And with her need I find I'm saved.
And with her dreams I'm laid.Until she comes again.
The sun goes out and night comes in.
The time goes 'round and day grows dim.
Until she comes again.
- From where I stand, I've got a view
Out of all the miles of you
Where I wait
I know what's true
All about you- All about you
