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Wonderful - Adam Ant

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Won't Take That Talk

Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni/Boz Boorer I won't take that talk from no one I won't take that talk from no one Inside it makes you ill And the pity of it all you're fighting You don't see it any more you're fighting A size 12 fight in a size 10 war I said I'd never forget you And I didn't and I never will Have a dance meet a girl you dig Acting like the second coming Oh words are only words Said another way Got to stop treating people Like they have no feelings Stop treating people Like they have no meaning I won't take that talk from no one I won't take that talk from no one Inside it makes you ill Soft as a mother's love Her hands were cool and graceful And you'll get no complaints from me I said I'd never forget you And I didn't and I never will Have a dance meet a girl you dig Behaving like the second coming Words were only words So I tell myself Got to stop treating people Like they have no feelings Stop treating people Like they have no meaning

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Beautiful Dream

Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni/John Reynolds/Kevin Mooney She was kissing my back and my neck and my face I was looking around for the perfect place To lay down beside her and say maybe This is the time to make babies Prettiest girl that I've ever seen I look at you and I think it's a dream I love your voice and your sexy body Let's go deep inside into the love stream Face like a picture in a gallery Her legs were long and slim as she walked up to me Wide at the front and wide at the back Her hips were curved only her stomach was flat An IQ of 690, everything one woman can be Push push cos I like it like that So I push push and then she pushed back said Don't stop it's never felt better I think I'd like to carry on forever Beautiful dream more than a dream In effect in a love stream love power It was a beautiful dream more than a dream In effect in a love stream love power Love and hate will never be friends This is a dream I don't want to end I'll be your friend I'll be more than your friend This is a love I must defend Slow slow and it grows it grows Fast fast and it lasts it lasts On top till you jump right off Underneath don't stop don't stop And when it's time to change position We gotta make a big decision Already did this once before Let's get off the bed and onto the floor Hey emotion, love, devotion Sex is emotion in motion Hey emotion, love, devotion Sex is emotion in motion I think I'd like to carry on forever Let's fire it up! This is a dream whose time has come And you and me are the only ones To take it on to the special place Let me touch your mouth let me kiss your face One and one and one make two Sleeping together like dreamers do We look to love to make something new Darling darling it's all you It's sex that sets your mind and body free I'ts sex stay away from the HIV Sex open the lock if you got the key Sex made you and sex made me So let's turn it up let's turn it down It's better the second time around

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Wonderful

Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni/Bonnie Hayes Did I tell you how much I miss Your sweet kiss? Did I tell you I didn't cry? Well I lied I lie lie lied Over real over When I nearly hit the face I loved So tired of packaging the anger Always pushing you away Did I tell you you're wonderful? I miss you yes I do Did I tell you that I was wrong? I was wrong Cos you're wonderful yeah Did I tell you how much I miss Your smile? Did I tell you I was okay? Well no way No way way way You're wonderful yeah yeah Now now now each and every day I realize the price I have to pay You you're wonderful And now for your information I'm walking around like an arm decoration You you're wonderful So high I can't get over it So deep I can't get under it You You're wonderful yeah You're wonderful yeah yeah You're wonderful yeah yeah You're wonderful yeah yeah Wonderful Did I tell you you're wonderful? I miss you yes I do Did I tell you that I was wrong? I was wrong For so long long long

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1969 Again

Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni/Boz Boorer Well hello matey What have you done for me lately? Yeah Are you paying my rent? Are you my best friend? You can't beat our meat So you better shut your pipehole Mister are you listening? To the bingy bingy bingy bingy bongy children Do you feel good? Do you feel the shame? Or is it 1969 again? Oh how you make me Wish I was a baby Yeah When you're playing Miss Swish Knickers on we're British You're my agony nanny With your big towel protection God made the little fishes And God he made the seven seas God makes us pay for our sins That's why he gave us The bingly bongly children

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Yin + Yang

Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni/Boz Boorer I got Utah dust Inside my boots Peroxide Covering my roots Know what it's like to love And like to be loved I tell you it's such a thrilling thing That's just the Yin and the Yang of it Sweet China went to dust for the want of it Call it Zen or call it Buddah Inner peace or Heavy Banana That's just the Yin and the Yang of it Sweet China swam in blood for the need of it So don't you ask me to stop wanting Don't ask me to stop needing it It's just the Yin and the Yang of it Call it Zen or call it Buddah Inner peace or Heavy Banana That's just the Yin and the Yang of it It's got some words and a beat to it So don't you ask me to stop wanting it Don't ask me to stop needing it It's just the Yin and the Yang of it In from the cold Show me ecstasy Just let the tears Roll on out of me Know what it's like to love And like to be loved I tell you it's such a thrilling thing That's just the Yin and the Yang of it...

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Image Of Yourself

Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni/Boz Boorer You're living up to someone's image of yourself Crawling like a helpless infant on the floor You turn down bread for the want of a steak What's worth waking up in a cold sweat for? You know it could have been good And it could have been fine you know You're living up to someone's image of yourself Devastated they don't really give a damn As you wait around for someone to do it all for you You know they gonna make you pay through the nose On the very rare occasions that they do The more innocent you are The more you will know you say You're living up to someone's image of yourself Oh you Don't need opinion Don't need a mirror Believe that you're enough And you Tapped at my shoulder Captured my heart I thought your name was love Thought you name was love It's just an image of yourself Just an image of yourself...

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Alien

Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni/Boz Boorer Great when you call us Thank you for staying with us We missed you all so desperately But don't blink or you'll miss me On a street like this as it were From the thick of Jerusalem Is what makes you love old England The roots of freedom are here Say what you will about the Alien Just dig in and start with the sky He is welcome and ever may be so And then somehow everything seems To come out right So let's hear it for Let's hear it for Let's hear it for The Alien You're such a killer But oh just you trade that in For tea and Jammie Dodgers Down the Prospect and sing

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Gotta Be A Sin

Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni/Boz Boorer It's burning holes into my heart To leave that face so tenderly I know that I can't stop the pain But oh the pain cannot stop me Into a heart so lost and broken An angel seized the pain Swallow her breath hold her to my chest I feel so warm in love again Right from the first time I made love with you I had nothing in life to compare that moment to But it's gotta be a sin Gotta be a sin Gotta be a sin Yeah it's gotta be a sin Gotta be a sin Gotta be a sin I want to wake up really early Want the first thing that I see To be your eyes still softly closed And your lips waiting patiently I know the saddest sight in this world Is you climbing out of bed Vision you are clipping on that bra Maybe we'll stay in bed instead Cos nothing Oh nothing That feels that good can be street legal Nothing Oh nothing That feels that good Has ever happened to me now Just holding your hand is like making love Just standing next to you is like making love So let's tie our shirts together and rig up a sail Just want to do the things we did before Oh some more so

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Vampires

Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni/Boz Boorer I want your heart I want your soul I want everything you hold dear I want the sinews that bind you together I know enough is never enough I want the broad road and 20/20 vision Your wrist a keyboard of perfume Money cannot buy And I'm in a position to say The camera does not lie There's a lot of vampires out there Hanging out to grab your soul They don't live in Transylvania They don't live in rock 'n' roll I want your bones I want your blood I want everything you hold dear I want the sinews that bind you together I made an educated guess There's a panic in the lingerie You know I tremble at each touch Close my eyes and sigh Then fly off like a bullet For the darkside of the sky I want you pain I want your pleasure I want everything you hold dear I want the sinews that bind you together I know enough is never enough Hatcheck to showgirl Let's to bed madam I know there's no way out but through together Wet with sex Wet with sweat Embody your body There's a lot of vampires out there Hanging out to grab your soul They don't live in Transylvania They don't live in rock 'n' roll Rock 'n' roll Vampires

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Angel

Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni/Boz Boorer Well come tell me your story I'll tell you mine Sunday morning Communion Standing in a line Feeling like a cannibal Eating flesh and drinking blood Diguised as wine I know someday we're gonna see Wings spring out from your shoulders What kind of being are you? For there are moments upon moments Upon moments When you hardly seem to walk the earth And I realize I've spent my whole life searching Searching for an angel For an angel (you're an angel) So come tell me your story I'll tell you all Looking at Rococco statues And paintings on the wall Sitting up there high and mighty Was this Eden was this hell? I had to know

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Very Long Ride

Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni/John Reynolds/Kevin Mooney I got up early and the sun was by my side I thought you was my friend But all you did was lie And now I carry this until the day I die I keep on riding till the sun goes from the sky Sometimes you get the bear and Sometimes the bear gets you I know it's the only fight you got Look what it's done to you I carry this .357 in my hand Don't ask me why If you don't want to understand I keep on moving I keep driving through this land And by the moonlight I will travel if I can It's gonna take nerve It's gonna take real nerve It's gonna take more than you ever ever ever Thought it could Very Long Ride it's a Very Long Ride Very Long Ride it's a Long Ride Very Long Ride it's a Very Long Ride Very Long Ride it's a Long Ride I travel light cos I am the lone rider I travel light cos I am the outsider I travel light cos I'm a very good fighter I travel light all through the day And through the night It's gonna take more than reaction Much more than a brave attempt You're gonna need skin like a rhino To face such cold contempt I drive in style I drive a '99 Beamer And you just wait until the time that I see ya You better look again before you look away I will be driving by the Kings Highway Very very Demi-semi-quaverous Very Long Ride I keep on moving now until I reach the end But I'm not moving cos I'm looking for revenge And I'm not moving cos a friend of mine crossed me I'll just keep on till I get you the fuck off me

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Musicians: Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni, Boz Boorer, Bruce Witkin, Dave Ruffy, John Reynolds.


Copyright 1995 EMI Records Ltd.