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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I LIVE MY WAY

(Harris/Bayley/Gers)

IM

Sometimes when I feel the anger
Sometimes when I'm all alone
Sometimes when I feel surrounded
Like all the doors are closed
I feel like I've been a prisoner
I feel like I've been a tool
Let people try to judge me
When they're not in my shoes
IM
I've lived on my knees
Trying to please
It's time to change
IM
Some people are only happy
When they can watch you fail
And to them every day is
Another coffin nail
I think that I've found the answer
I think that at last I know
We've only got one lifetime
I'll make my life my own
IM
I've lived on my knees
Trying to please
It's time to change
To live my own way
IM
I live my way
Living for today
Don't care what they say

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