A LETTER FROM ST. PAULI The Lyrics

PAINTED MOON (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

Walking home in the rain
Blood runs cold in my veins
News from a distant shore
Blues like never before

The moon is new
The moon is full
The moon is blue
The moon is cruel
Painted moon

Coming to the rescue
Angels from another world
Love is here to stay
So the angels say
Running to the rescue
Angels flying up above
Phantoms in the bay
While the natives pray
To the painted moon

I wash my face and get dressed
Time cuts into my wrist
So who invents our dreams
The hands that hold the machine

The moon is new
The moon is full
The moon is blue
The moon is cruel
Painted moon

Coming to the rescue
Angels from another world
Love is here to stay
So the angels say
Running to the rescue
Angels flying up above
Phantoms in the bay
While the natives pray
To the painted moon

Painted moon
Painted moon
Ooooh
Painted moon

Coming to the rescue
Angels from another world
Love is here to stay
So the angels say
Running to the rescue
Angels flying up above
Phantoms in the bay
While the natives pray
To the painted moon

Painted moon
Painted moon
Painted moon
Ooooh
Painted moon
Painted moon

I CAN`T CRY (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

I need attention it`s long overdue
There may be nothing anyone can do
So I sit here insane on the floor
And I make up my mind who to kill
And just to hone this desperation
I think I`ve caught a chill

I need attention but no one wants to hear
A tiny heartbeat filling me with fear
Oh it`s a matter of life or death
But I wish it wasn`t up to me
So no soft words please save your breath
Because I haven`t got the energy

Save your tears for this life inside

I can`t cry
I can`t cry she said

I need affection it`s becoming an emergency
A lonely passion is all that`s left for me
Oh spare me the "Straight from the heart"
God knows who`s to blame
We will spill this innocent blood
Because it hasn`t got a name

Say your prayers for this life inside

I can`t cry
I can`t cry she said
Cry
Cry

I`m learning reason
I`m learning patience
And I know what I`m made of
It`s just a case of another switch off
I could spit in the face of love

I can`t cry
I can`t cry she said
Cry
Cry
Please cry
Cry
Please cry

BULLETS AND BLUE EYES (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

Talking to my soul
I begin to wonder
Down a golden road
I close my eyes and travel slow

I remember your eyes
Some enchanted islands

Talking to my son
He`s killing me with thunder
From this machine gun
I close my eyes and crumble slow
And then I see
Reserved for me
The wastelands of sorrows Ah
The island of shadows
And through the blinds of history
Drumming in my blood
Rebel songs
Bullets and blue eyes

Bullets and blue eyes

Talking to my soul
I begin to wonder
We`re prisoners of love
Prisoners of history

I remember your eyes
Some enchanted islands

We used to sit in science rooms
And dream about the nuclear age
We used to sit in science rooms
And history rooms
And dream about the nuclear age

GOD`S GIFT (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

It`s God`s gift to the lost and needy
The rich and greedy the pulsing ragged tide
It`s God`s gift to all his young
Ohhh to the cool and the certified
It`s God`s gift to the Kings and the Generals
The young men in tickertape uniforms
Ohhh they come with tongues of fire
Praying for a Victory
Wrap it up
Take it away

It`s God`s gift to the armies of the world
To the sheiks of the sword and the 
Mafioso death cord
It`s God`s gift to the head-hunting girls
Keepers of the final flame
It`s God`s gift to the mental toi
To the mob to the boys of the Ninja death squad
Ohhh now there`s no talk back
Go Go Ronnie Go
Detonate blow us away

Ohhh No No No Not me
Can`t you understand I said
I`ve had a hard day
Diggin`my head in the sand
I said oooh
I said oooh

It`s God`s gift to the opium tongues
To the spitfire sons in shooting star machines
It`s God`s gift to the Reds to the Blues
To the Blacks to the Whites 
The Orange and the Greens
And all for nothing
All for nothing
All for nothing
All for nothing
Huh!

It`s God`s gift to the lost and needy
The rich and greedy the pulsing ragged tide
It`s God`s gift to all his young
To the cool and the certified
It`s God`s gift to the Kings and the Generals
The young men in tickertape uniforms
Ohhh they come with tongues of fire
Praying for a Victory

I SEE RED (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

The TV`s on in the blues soft room
A twist of lemon in the mouth of the moon
The intercom cracks with vitriol
I`ve just been talking to a voice in the wall

I`ve got these pills and they keep me sane
I had a job now I feel no pain

Then I wake up from a dream and
I`m still dreaming and it`s total silence
But I`m still screaming

You say that God`s got a narrow mind
You say that Heaven is a home for the blind
You think you`re clever being cruel this way
I`m so scared I might get carried away
Away

I`ve got these pills and they keep me sane
I had a job now I feel no pain

Then I wake up from a dream and
I`m still dreaming and it`s total silence
But I`m still screaming

When I see you
I see Red
I see Red
And what do I do
I see Red Red Red

You feed me poison but I`m still alive
You give me money but I`m still deprived
And in return for all my love all my love
You give me sex and prayers and molotovs

I`ve got these dreams and they keep me sane
I`ve got my friends and we think the same

Then I wake up from a dream and
I`m still dreaming and it`s total silence
But I`m still screaming

When I see you
I see Red
I see Red
And what do I do
I see Red Red Red

When I see you
I see Red
I see Red
And what do I do
I see Red Red Red

When I see you
I see Red
I see Red
And what do I do
I see Red Red Red

I OUGHT TO KNOW (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

I ought to know
I ought to know your name by now
I ought to know
I ought to know your games by now

How many others have you fooled this way
Led up the Golden path and then blown away
Seems to me you`re right at home
In your tawdry toytown world
You can`t bear to be alone
So you turn into another girl

I ought to know
I ought to know your name by now
I ought to know
I ought to know your games by now

How many naive boys have been here before
Chasing excitement till it kicks down their door
Thank the stars I don`t belong 
In your tortured two-time world
You can`t bear to be alone
So you turn to another girl

I ought to know
I ought to know your name by now
I ought to know
I ought to know your games by now
I ought to know

I ought to know
I ought to know your name by now
I ought to know
I ought to know your games by now
I ought to know
I ought to know
I ought to know

I ought to know all your games by now
I ought to know
I ought to know
I ought to know

A LETTER FROM ST. PAULI (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

I`m glad you`re still here on Earth
For a while I didn`t know what to think
Darling
This is what I look like now
Me and the boy of my dreams
It`s a nice photo
He has a girl but I`m going to bumb her off soon
Oh I have a big surprise
I will be coming to London
Possibly this summer
I`d love to spend some time with you
I hear things are outrageously priced in London
Is that true?
Anyway I`m still at school here in Minneapolis studying theatre
Oh what fun it is
Everything seems to be the same here
There is no happy medium
No way to go but up
Please send me a postcard
I collect them

BLUE DESIRE (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

Storm in space now it looks like rain
The Holy Ghost on a haunted train
Look out
Here comes blue desire

Well I left my home and my family
No you don`t realise what you`ve done to me
Look out
Here comes blue desire

Look out
Here comes young desire
Look out
Here comes blue desire

Now the Devil`s called by a thousand names
He`s the Lord of lies and he`s not ashamed

Look out
Here comes young desire
Ohhh here she comes
Look out
Here comes blue desire

I walk this road to find my children`s daily bread
I crawl like a snail on a jagged razor`s edge
I said Ooooooh

There`s a war in space now it looks like rain
Electric storms on the horizon
There`s a cloud of dust in the distant blue
When the twister hits it`ll bankrupt you
Now who`s going to pay the equipment hire
When the crops are dead and the farm`s on fire

Look out here comes blue desire
Look out here comes young desire
Ohhh here we come

Look out
Here comes blue desire
Look out
Look out
Here comes blue desire
Desire
Desire
Desire

POSESSED (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

Try my best to shake this down
Say a prayer on hallowed ground
Hoping to find a remedy
Letters from an acient chart
Make a sign then cross my heart
And maybe some day
I`ll be free

Ju Ju at the stroke of twelve
Can`t control it by myself
Can`t face tonight all alone
Dying in a bed of steam
Guaranteed to make you dream
Impossible dreams
I should`ve known

I`ve tried to hide this fear inside and act OK
I suppose I was going to lose my mind anyway

Possessed by you
Fired by you
Owned by you

How do I explain this hurt
Is it just the Devils work
Or is it a fault 
Is it a fault in me
Try my best to shake this down
Say a prayer on hallowed ground now
And maybe someday
I`ll be free

I`ll find a place to try and face this sad withdrawal
Well love is just a child of death after all

Possessed by you
Fired by you
Owned by you
Owned by you
Owned by you
Owned by you

Possessed by you
Fired by you
Well maybe someday
I will be whole again

Possessed
Maybe someday I`ll be free
Possessed
Maybe someday I`ll be free
Possessed
Possessed
Possessed
Possessed
Possessed
Possessed
Possessed
I try the best to shake this down
Say a prayer on hallowed ground
Maybe someday I`ll be free
Maybe someday I`ll be free

Maybe someday I`ll be free
Maybe someday I`ll be free

Swing down chariot stop and let me ride
Swing down chariot stop and let me ride
Ohhh Rock me low
Rock me low
Come on in and
I`ve got a whole of money
On the side

I said
Swing down sweet chariot stop and let me ride
Swing down sweet chariot stop and let me ride
Ohhh Rock me low
Rock me low
Come on in
I`ve got a whole of money
On the side

I said
Woke up on the street
What did I see
Four white chariot slow running up to me
I said
Four white horses running side by side
Swing down sweet chariot stop and let this child ride
Swing down sweet chariot stop and let me ride
Swing down sweet chariot stop and let me ride
Ohh Rock me low
Rock me low
Come on in
I`ve got a whole of money
On the side
I said
Wake me
Shake me
Don`t let me sleep to late
Gotta get going having a good time
Swing up Golden Gate
I said
Gotta get going having a good time
Swing up Golden Gate
Because I`m bound 
Higher ground
Yes `cause I`m bound 
Higher ground
Well `cause I`m bound
Higher ground
Higher ground
Higher ground

PAINTED MOON (J.O`Neill/The Silencers)

Wake me up now
I said
I said hmm

Walking home in the rain
Blood runs cold in my veins
News from a distant shore
Blues like never before

The moon is new
The moon is full
The moon is blue
The moon is cruel
Painted moon

Coming to the rescue
Angels from another world
Love is here to stay
So the angels say
Running to the rescue
Angels flying up above
Phantoms in the bay
While the natives pray
To the painted moon

I wash my face and get dressed
Time cuts into my wrist
So who invents our dreams
The hands that hold the machine

The moon is new
The moon is full
The moon is blue
The moon is cruel
Painted moon

Coming to the rescue
Angels from another world
Love is here to stay
So the angels say
Running to the rescue
Angels flying up above
Phantoms in the bay
While the natives pray
To the painted moon

Painted moon
Painted moon
Painted moon

Coming to the rescue
Angels from another world
Love is here to stay
So the angels say
Running to the rescue
Angels flying up above
Phantoms in the bay
While the natives pray
To the painted moon
Ooooh Painted moon

Painted moon
Painted moon