Times Square (Live "Blazing Away" Version) - Marianne Faithfull

Mmm-hmm, hmm-mmm Eh, oh yeah, oh no Reality, tryna escape from reality I'm tryna put my demons under me All my friends turning enemies, yeah Legendary, migbee shi nɔŋŋ then mi te shi Blood don't always mean family Been thinkin' Grammys since like 17 And I, I keep on wantin' more, more yeah You can try, boy, you already know I will never fall, fall yeah 'Cause I keep on gettin' better I wanna do this thing forever I wanna see my face on Times Square I stay ready like whenever 'Cause I keep on gettin' better I wanna do this thing forever I wanna see my face on Times Square I stay ready like whenever 'Cause I could die today Yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, I could die today Said I could die today Yeah, yeah, I could die today I could die today Sweat oozin' through my pores when it rains it pours I self examine, I see every single flaw Every single day how long have I been single for? What am I singing for if I no fit tour Singapore? Every country in Africa, all 54 I have no regrets or remorse for ever wantin' more Some said I couldn't sell out, we fell out quick (ah) See them projecting their doubts that's their own flick How can you tell me it's magic when it's a cheap trick? (Mmm) Don't say it's libation when you just took a piss (mmm) I don't need validation I spot the evil quick State of constipation, I won't lose my shit I know I'm shaking tables (oh yeah), I'm not unaware (oh yeah) My son doing times table, I'm thinking Times Square (oh yeah) Every corner humans dey I want travel there I don't need a dare, oh my dear, just to be clear 'Cause I keep on gettin' better I wanna do this thing forever I wanna see my face on Times Square I stay ready like whenever 'Cause I keep on gettin' better I wanna do this thing forever I wanna see my face on Times Square I stay ready like whenever 'Cause I could die today Yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, I could die today Said I could die today Yeah, yeah, I could die today I could die today Grey clouds surround in a place that's seen better days The scene seems serene but it's a façade of the real I'm passionate still, every song I go for the kill I'm pure with the cure, but they still question my ill, urgh Still we tidy up the wounds, then we celebrate (celebrate) Shun the past glories, we don't live for yesterday (yesterday) My whole life I've put on centerstage Success depends on these verses I'm doing ten a day See this world as we know it has changed The journey can be beautifully strange We're going through unusual pains Many epic pandemics, pandemonium came And if we learnt something, it's nothing, was ever the same True (oh), true (yeah), make you never doubt it (oh yeah) I dey my own lane, so my paddy, man is never crowded (oh) Ei me nua, woammia w'ani a then forget about it Taking it to the globe, I swear down 'Cause I keep on gettin' better I wanna do this thing forever I wanna see my face on Times Square I stay ready like whenever 'Cause I keep on gettin' better I wanna do this thing forever I wanna see my face on Times Square I stay ready like whenever 'Cause I could die today (oh yeah, oh yeah) Yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah, I could die today Said I could die today (oh yeah, oh yeah) Yeah, yeah (oh yeah), I could die today I could die today

Yesterdays, yesterdays, Days I knew as happy sweet sequestered days Olden days, golden days, Days of mad romance and love Then gay youth was mine Truth was mine Joyous free and flaming life Then truth was mine Sad am I, glad am I, For today I'm dreaming of Yesterdays Yesterdays, yesterdays, Days I knew as happy sweet sequestered days Golden days, olden days, Days of mad romance and love Then gay youth was mine Truth was mine Joyous free and flaming life Then truth was mine Sad am I, glad am I, For today I'm dreaming of Yesterdays

In my solitude you haunt me With memories of days gone by In my solitude you taunt me With memories that never die I sit in my chair And filled with despair There's no one could be so sad With gloom everywhere, I sit and I stare I know that I'll soon go mad In my solitude, I'm afraid Dear Lord above Send back my love I sit in my chair And filled with despair There's no one could be so sad With gloom everywhere, I sit and I stare I know that I'll soon go mad In my solitude, I'm afraid Dear Lord above Send me back my love

It is safe to sleep alone In a place no one knows And to seek life under stones In a place water flows. It is best to find in sleep The missing pieces that you lost Best that you refuse to weep Ash to ash, dust to dust. It is strange to sleep alone In a place no one knows Strange to shelter under stones In a place water flows. It is safe to walk with me Where you can read the sky and stars, Safe to walk upon the sea In my sleep we can go far. It is safe to sleep alone In a place no one knows And to shelter under stones In a place water flows. It is strange to sleep alone In a place no one goes, Strange to seek life under stones. In my sleep no one knows.