Get out of bed, pick up the phone Time to tell the press Say to myself, I can't do no-one else There's a whole world outside I'm gonna tell it all I'm gonna sell it all I'm gonna sell Get out of bed Come out and sing Blue skies ahead The man who told everything And I feel, like I'm losing my head I didn't mean to stay Lives have been wrecked, and I've picked up my cheque Catch a plane out of here I'm gonna get out of here I'm gonna get out of here I'm gonna sell Get out of bed Come out and sing Blue skies ahead The man who told everything

I turned you into a secret To memorise alone To justify my behaviour Define who I've become Every time I tell my story I begin with you And I recall the night when I, when I, When I broke in two We were young, we were proud, we were promising We were hiding our innocence, ooh We had time, we had love, we had everything We had everything, ooh We were young, we were proud, we were promising We were caught in the heat of it, ooh We had time, we had love, we had everything We had everything, ooh I turned you into a reason To keep myself tied up So when I think that I'm crazy It was you that screwed me up But I don't wanna let you go, oh No, I don't wanna let you go We were young, we were proud, we were promising We were hiding our innocence, ooh We had time, we had love, we had everything We had everything, ooh We were young, we were proud, we were promising We were caught in the heat of it, ooh We had time, we had love, we had everything We had everything, ooh I told you I would always try to be brave (I didn't mean that, I didn't mean that, I didn't mean that, I didn't mean that, I didn't mean that) You told me you were happy making mistakes (I didn't mean that, I didn't mean that, I didn't mean that, I didn't mean that, I didn't mean that) 'Til it was too late 'Til it was too late We were young, we were proud, we were promising We were hiding our innocence, ooh We had time, we had love, we had everything We had everything, ooh We were young, we were proud, we were promising We were caught in the heat of it, ooh We had time, we had love, we had everything We had everything, ooh

Oh, what have we here, he must be three or four Checking out of the booth on his way back to war And he's not looking for a father or a mother Just a seven year old brother On this match line border camp of refugees I am the one who will remember everything I am the one who will remember everything So where are we now, he must be five or six Just running around, hungry kids, sharpen sticks And he will grow with pain, and fear, and jealousy Taking in by school of zealotry Who trained orphans to make orphans evermore I am the one who will remember everything I am the one who will remember everything I am the one who will remember everything I am the one who will remember everything We drink the smoke, we ride the noise We drink the smoke, we ride the noise And you say it's necessary And you forget the ordinary

Whiskey Man's my friend, he's with me nearly all the time He always joins me when I drink, and we get on just fine Nobody has ever seen him, I'm the only one Seemingly I must be mad, Insanity is fun If that's the way it's done Doctors say he just a figment of my twisted mind If they can't see my Whiskey Man they must be going blind Two men dressed in white collected me two days ago They said there's only room for one and Whiskey Man can't go Whiskey Man will waste away if he's left on his own I can't even ring him 'cause he isn't on the phone Hasn't got a home Life is very gloomy in my little padded cell It's a shame there wasn't room for Whiskey Man as well Whiskey Man's my friend, he's with me nearly all the time He always joins me when I drink, and we get on just fine Just fine

Imagine a man Not a child of any revolt But a plain man tied up in life Imagine the sand Running out as he struts Parading and fading, ignoring his wife Imagine a road So long looking backwards You can't see where it really began Imagine a load So large and so smooth That against it a man is an ant Then you will see the end You will see the end Imagine events That occur everyday Like a shooting or raping or a simple act of deceit Imagine a fence Around you as high as prevention Casting shadows, you can't see your feet Imagine a girl With long, flowing hair And the body of chalky perfection and truth Imagine a past Where you wish you had lived Full of heroes and villains and fools And you will see the end You will see the end And you will see the end You will see the end Oh yeah Imagine a man Not a child of any revolt But a man of today feeling new Imagine a soul So old it it is broken And you know your invention is you And you will see the end You will see the end You will see the end You will see the end Oh yeah

Home is where your heart is forever yearning Hope bears the scars you're forever learning It's been years since you went away Not so far away You disappeared like my voice Amongst the crashing waves I call out and call out The gaslight is fading Where are you now? The light is out Give me something I can dream about Cause come the middle of the night When the restless go away There's never a goodbye Only heartache when you wake And I don't know How much more to take I've never missed you more Please come home Come home, Virginia Please write and tell us how you are Are you happy? Steal your eyes, for a second Be a part of a dying memory Be a sight for a mother's failing heart Make a wish come true Be a sight for sore eyes Still I call out and call out The gaslight is fading Where are you now? The light's out Give me something I can dream about Cause come the middle of the night When the restless go away There's never a goodbye Only heartache when you wake And I don't know How much more to take I've never missed you more So glad you're home Home, Virginia

She's a gambler spinning wheels The poisoned victim a look of steal The coldest heart you've ever felt The coldest hands you've ever held Ticking down on her way A million miles still no headway Has her love truly blown In her mind I'm proud to roam She's elusive I'm awake Defiantly real there's nothing fake A mystery now to me and you Open my eyes as I'm next to you She says my destiny lies in the hands that set me free A wreckless night she hears me breathe Cursing the skies of this company You've lost the wisdom deep inside Her bitterness shows its side If it's true I am doomed What more is there to hold on to A strand of hair is all I own A gift to me this sorry soul She's elusive I'm awake Defiantly real there's nothing fake A mystery now to me and you Open my eyes as I'm next to you She says my destiny lies in the hands that set me free Something says this ain't right There's more to her than meets the eye She comes and goes at any time Back in my head to another time She's elusive I'm awake Defiantly real there's nothing fake A mystery now to me and you Open my eyes as I'm next to you She says my destiny lies in the hands that set me free

Crazy as I may Make my way through this world Oh, it's for no one but me to say What direction I should turn in now 'Cause I am the captain of this ship Wanting eyes and kissing lips The same as it was And will remain until I'm done and gone Strange, but it seems There's mutiny brewing inside of me now I don't want your pity Just the promise that I'll be alright 'Cause I am the captain of this ship Curious hands and fingertips The same as it was And will be until I'm gone Oh, I know I'm a dreamer Still think it's strange? I won't be here for long Oh, I know that I feel Oh, wait and go again, again Oh, look, I'm buried Like a cancer eating away inside of me I don't want your pity Only the promise that I'll be okay now But I am the captain of this ship Curious hands and fingertips The same as it was before here Here, back after all Why should I be hypnotized By the promise of a long life? Why should I hold hope In tiny, tiny dribbles that glide by? Why should I lean on everything upon? I won't be here long Oh, I know I'm a dreamer Still seems a truth I won't be long for here Oh, it's so, but I think I lay this On now your lips I'm drowning I am the captain of, oh, but, I'll be okay after all