VERSE ONE

ONE BY ONE
TWO BY TWO
GET ON THE BUS
GO OFF TO SCHOOL
SEE IT ON T.V.
SEE IT ON THE STREETS
WHAT MAKES OUR LIFE
FULL AND COMPLETE
SPEEDING THRU THE CORRIDORS
INTO YOU FAST
INTO YOU HARD
THAT LIGHTNING CRASHED

CHORUS

WHAT WILL BE SOWN
LIFE IS SUCH A SIMPLE GAME
THE MORE WE KNOW
THE MORE OBTAINED
A GENERATION
THAT'S LOST ITS' WAY
A GENERATION
LOST IN SPACE

VERSE TWO

MULTI-MEDIA PROPHECIES
BEAMED DOWN FROM THE HILL
SLIPPING INTO TWILIGHT
A BRAVE NEW WORLD
10 GENERATIONS
OF WAR ON CHILDREN
AS ANGELS TRADE SECRETS
WHILE THEY LIE
WITH OUR WOMEN
DANGEROUS TIMES
SHINE WHITE AS WOOL
MID-RUSH TO THE FUTURE
THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE THREE

ONE BY ONE
CONVERSATIONS END
TWO BY TWO
TRANSGRESSIONS BEGIN
SHADOWS GROW LONG
DOWN ON THE BOULEVARD
A RAGING SEA OF TRAGEDY
COMING AT US HARD
A GENERATION
THAT'S LOST ITS' WAY
WILL TURN THE OTHER CHEEK
AND MAKE US PAY

REPEAT CHORUS

Try Not Thinking

VERSE ONE
IT'S PRICELESS
YOUR PEACE OF MIND
BUT YOU CAN'T GET THE PIECES
THRU THE DOOR
RUN SO FAST TO PICK THEM UP BEFORE THEY FALL
THRU A HOLE IN THE FLOOR
YOU SAID
IT'S REALLY NOT YOU
WELL IS IT ME
YOU'RE THINKING
WAY TOO HARD
CLOSE YOUR EYES
AND YOU'LL SEE

VERSE TWO
IT'S TIME
TO TAKE THE WORDS
TURN THE CONVERSATION AROUND
STOP WRITING YOUR PHILOSOPHY DOWN
ON THE BATHROOM WALLS
YOU SAY
IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER
WELL IT DOES
IT DOES TO ME
THEY'RE GONNA LOCK YOU UP
AND THROW AWAY THE KEY

CHORUS

TRY NOT THINKING
ABOUT WHAT MATTERS
BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE
WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE
TRY NOT THINKING
ABOUT WHAT MATTERS
BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO BELIEVE
YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO BELIEVE

VERSE THREE
IT'S THE SINGER
NOT THE SONG
THE WHOLE THING'S
WRITTEN DOWN ALL WRONG
GOT TO WORK IT OUT
OR IT'LL FALL APART
BEFORE TOO LONG
YOU SAY
IT'S REALLY NOT YOU
WELL IS IT ME
YOU BETTER PUT YOUR FINGER DOWN
AND DON'T POINT IT AT ME

(REPEAT CHORUS)

VERSE FOUR

IT'S PRICELESS
YOUR PEACE OF MIND
BUT YOU JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE
YOU'RE THINKING
WAY TOO HARD NOW
JUST TO KEEP YOUR FEET
ON THE FLOOR
YOU SAY
IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER
WELL IT DOES
IT DOES TO ME
THEY,RE GONNA LOCK YOU UP
AND THROW AWAY

V.Q.2.

Verse One

V.Q.2.
IS ON EVERYDAY
PHOSPHERESCENT GLOW
WON'T GO AWAY
REMOTE REFLEX
BECOMES COMMON PLACE
500 CHANNEL
WITH FLYING HEAD ERASE
RED, BLUE AND GREEN GUNS
THEY HOLD YOU AT BAY
CABLE COMPANY
MAKES YOU PAY AND PAY

Chorus

ON TELEVISION YEAH
WE GET AROUND
AND ROUND
WE GET AROUND
WHERE ?
ON TELEVISION
WE'RE GONNA GET YOU

Verse Two

SUCKS YOUR KNOWLEDGE
FROM THE VIDEO SCREEN
GET TO YOUR CHILDREN
O YES, BY ALL MEANS
GREED IS THE HERO
OF THE LAND
IS IT ALIVE
OR IS IT CANNED
SOON YOU SEE YOUR LIFE
AS A NARROW GLIMPSE OF
NON-REALITY
THAT'S IT

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse Three

SHUTTER BARS
GONNA LOCK YOU IN
THE COMMERCIAL WAR
THAT NEVER ENDS
IT'S A VIDEO EMPIRE
THAT'S NO LIE YEAH
IN WHICH ALL OF US
IS A SPY
SLAVE OR MASTER
WELL IS IT YOU ?
CAN'T RESIST THE POWER
OF V.Q.2.
SOON YOU SEE YOUR LIFE
AS A NARROW GLIMPSE OF
NON-REALITY
THAT'S IT

Modern Alien Lover

Verse One

IT WAS A NIGHT LIKE TONIGHT
WHEN YOU CAME DOWN ON ME
DARK EYES CAUGHT ME
LONG LEGS LOCKED ME
DEEP IN ECSTASY
MINDS TWISTED, TIME KEPT SLIPPING
YOU CALLED MY NAME
MODERN ALIEN LOVER

BRIDGE / CHORUS

SHE KEPT TALKING
SHE KEPT ON WALKING
SHE'S A MODERN ALIEN MACHINE
SHE SAID COME ON, COME ON
WON'T YOU COME WITH ME
SHE KEPT TALKING
SHE KEPT ON WALKING
SHE'S A TWO-LEGGED LOVING MACHINE
SHE SAYS "COME ON"

MODERN ALIEN LOVER
WON'T YOU COME BACK YEAH HEY
OOOO YEAH HEY
WON'T YOU COME BACK WITH ME

Verse Two

TOOK ME FOR A RIDE
SHE WOULDN'T BE DENIED
WE CAN MAKE LOVE
AN ENCOUNTER OF THE CLOSEST KIND
SHE SAID SHE'D BE MINE ALL THE TIME
IF I'D COME WITH HER
YEAH, YEAH... MODERN ALIEN LOVER

(REPEAT BRIDGE / CHORUS)

Verse Three

IT WAS A NIGHT LIKE TONIGHT
WHEN YOU CALLED MY NAME
MINDS TWISTED, TIME KEPT SLIPPING
I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME
I WANT YOU TO BE MINE
I WANT YOU TO STAY
YEAH, YEAH... MODERN ALIEN LOVER

(REPEAT BRIDGE / CHORUS)