U.K.

I'm 3000 miles from home,
I'm so tired and I'm all alone
It's a good thing that I'm single,
wish I could swing all nite long
But I got a job with a price on my head
so I must get away
It's one hell of a lifestyle
but then it brings in the pay
Nowhere to hang my gun
(No time to say hello)
And every mother's son
(He wants to see you swing)
I take the job again
(And you will never know)
I dread the moment when
(The telephone will ring)

Danger money
Danger money
Danger money
Danger money

I got a Luger strapped to my thigh,
I got a Magnum as well
I got my cold eyes for comfort,
I can be hotter than hell
I'm a professional man,
I could see you in seconds flat
I can show you no mercy,
well they don't pay me for that
A fine political mess
(And someone's got to go)
Just leave name, time and address
(In plain sealed envelope)
I get out just in time
(And no-one tells the tale)
And all that's left is mine
(But how do you feel?)

Danger money
Danger money

I am soldier of fortune,
I've got the will to survive
But when the brass tacks are down,
I'm lucky to be alive
When I think back on my past,
might do the same thing again
I got a bug now for the danger,
just take the money and run
I start this whole machine
(And when the bullets fly)
I'm nowhere to be seen
(You're too afraid to die)
It's on the news tonight
(They wonder who you are)
I'm on another flight
(But you ain't going nowhere)

2. Rendezvous 6:02

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It's 5 o'clock
Driving down Park Lane
As London leaves
For the weekend again
Through the dark city streets
In the clinging rain

I take my car
Towards the Thames
And Waterloo…

Rendezvous 6:02
Rendezvous 6:02

Was that a face I saw?
No, just a trick of light
It's getting clearer now
But moving out of sight
It's cold and late
and I can't miss that train

I turn around
Walk through the arch
Of Waterloo

I saw the same hooded face
He beckoned me from the gate
"Did you not know, my friend?
Ten years ago was the end
After the war
Waterloo was no more
But your ticket states
There is one train
It's leaving now
And there is a place
Remember my face
And Waterloo…"

3. The Only Thing She Needs

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Midnight mass a yellow moon
Wonder walked from my window
Now she sings a different tune
Golden tones, out of the blue

Now the sky is clearing
Looking through her crystal eyes
Waiting widows loom before her
Cutting her back down to size

The thing she's searching for is
The only thing she needs

Gazing in simplicity
Toward ambitions that she craves
The best thing since arithmetic

Now the sky is clearing
Looking through her crystal eyes
Waiting widows loom before her
Cutting her back down to size

The thing she's searching for is
The only thing she needs

4. Caesar's Palace Blues

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Creamed-up kitten screaming for her next injection
Dead dog in the driveway-protein for infection
The most exclusive restaurants got a few uninvited diners
Don't worry if your underage-
they've special schemes for minors

Caesar's Palace blues


I lost my shirt on my last hand,
I nearly sold my shoes
I came up trumps last weekend,
and so I gotta pay my dues
Cards fall, faces change, cat's cunning shows
Same rules still apply, either way you lose

Lovers on the carpet,
Cupid's dream for certain
There's always someone hiding right behind the hotel curtain
They've cameras in casinos and bugs under the bed
But all the gold in Vegas
won't bring Caesar back from dead

Caesar's Palace blues
Caesar's Palace blues
Caesar's Palace blues
Caesar's Palace blues

5. Nothing To Lose

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Nothing to lose
Now I can really break it
Nothing to lose
Now I don't have to fake it
If you can't choose
Forget it then I don't need it
Nothing to lose
If it ain't hot I'll leave it

Nothing to show but no-one to stop me
I'm going away
I'm kicking my heels, rolling the wheels
and I'm leaving today yeah, yeah

Nothing to lose
I gotta run for my life
Nothing to lose
Shoot out and shine those search lights
Nothing to lose
I'm ready to cross that border line
Nothing to lose
I'm going to make it stick this time

Nothing to show but no-one to stop me
I'm going away
I'm kicking my heels, rolling the wheels
and I'm leaving today yeah, yeah

6. Carrying No Cross

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Stop…

Been wrong so many times before
Was always laying down the law
And all attractions were a bore
They led me back to you

Uniforms were an allergy
They never felt quite right to me
They conjured wartime Germany
And God knows we need that

Temptation boundaries will never know
The time when my morale was low
The circumstances always show
The place was yours or mine

Carrying no cross before me
Prize to idolize no story
To tell of adolescent glory

Just void…
Empty spaces nothing to show
No point of reference or place to go
But one thing I'd ignored and so
The light came shining through

I've been wrong so many times before
Was always laying down the law
One thing you cannot ignore
Bad boys can come clean


Emotions I could not control
Illuminate my heart and soul
I saw a light,
I scored a goal

And what price peace of mind?

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