MAN ON THE EDGE

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(1995)

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MAN ON THE EDGE

(Bayley/Gers)

IM

The freeway is jammed and it's backed up for miles
The car is an oven and baking is wild
Nothing is ever the way it should be
What we deserve we just don't get you see
IM
A briefcase a lunch and a man on the edge
Each step gets closer to losing his head
Is someone in heaven are they looking down
Nothing is fair just you look around
IM
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down
IM
He's sick of waiting of lying like this
There's a hole in the sky for the angels to kiss
Branded a leper because you don't fit
In the land of the free you just live by your wits
IM
Once he built missiles a nation's defence
Now he can't even get birthday presents
Across the city he leaves in his wake
A glimpse of the future a cannibal state
IM
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down
IM
The freeway is jammed and it's backed up for miles
The car is an oven and baking is wild
Nothing is ever the way it should be
What we deserve we just don't get you see
IM
A briefcase a lunch and a man on the edge
Each step gets closer to losing his head
Is someone in heaven are they looking down
Nothing is fair just you look around
IM
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down

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THE EDGE OF DARKNESS

(Harris/Bayley/Gers)

IM

I've looked into the heart of darkness where the blood red journey ends
When you've faced the heart of darkness even your soul begins to bend
IM
For a week I have been waiting still I am only in Saigon
The walls move in a little closer I feel the jungle call me on
IM
Every minute I get weaker while in the jungle they grow strong
What I wanted was a mission and for my sins they gave me one
IM
They brought it up just like room service 'cause everyone gets what they want
And when that mission was all over I'd never want another one
IM
I know captain that you've done this work before
We've got a problem you can help us all I'm sure
The colonel's gone rogue and his methods are unsound
You'll take a PBR up river track him down
IM
There's a conflict in every human heart and the temptation is to take it all too far
In this war things get so confused, but there are some things which cannot be excused
IM
He's acting like a God...an insane lunatic, your mission - exterminate with extreme prejudice
The route is dangerous and your progress may be slow, here is the file and it's all you need to know
IM
Here I am the knife in my hand
And now I understand why the genius must die
IM
Now I stand alone in darkness with his blood upon my hands
Where sat the warriors the poet now lie the fragments of a man
IM
I've looked into the heart of darkness where the blood red journey ends
When you've faced the heart of darkness even your soul begins to bend

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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

(Murray/Harris)

IM

Have you heard on the news

Another let off madman
Another screw on the loose

Is it the judge or the bad man

What's the matter these days
No one has the courage to put them away
Nobody has any faith
'Cause there's a breakdown of justice and order
IM
Waiting for justice, waiting for justice of the peace
Waiting for justice, waiting for justice of the peace
IM
When I remember back the memories of yesteryear
With all the friends and all the times
When people were carefree
And walking down the street
When everyone knew everyone
And all the houses doors were open

No one had to care those days are gone

Those days are gone

Those days are gone
IM
Waiting for justice, waiting for justice of the peace
Waiting for justice, waiting for justice of the peace
IM
I long for the times when you could
Wander down the street unharmed

When people didn't have much money

But didn't seem to care
It must be the cynic in me
But I don't really like things now
The violence the attitudes
Aggression that you see everyday
A sick society looks the other way

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