The lyrics to the full Celebrity album by the Escape Club
SAY HELLO
To all you sinners near and far
We’ve come to change the way you are
Nothing can be deemed too extreme
We’ve come to change the way you dream
Hello, hello
Don’t look away no, don’t go, don’t look away now
Don’t look away no, don’t go, don’t look away
Say hello, hello
To all the hidden and misplaced
Held back in time without a face
To all the sold – out and ignored
Washed up like oil upon the shore
Hello, hello
Don’t look away no, don’t go, don’t look away now
Don’t look away no, don’t go, don’t look away
Say hello, hello
Stay, say hello, hello
Goodbye hunger, goodbye pain
We’ll never see your face again
We’ll re-brand and make it fun
A supersize for everyone
Don’t look away no, don’t go, don’t look away now
Don’t look away no, don’t go, don’t look away
Say hello, hello
Stay, say hello, hello
They say hello, hello
To all you sinners near and far
Hello, hello
MISS AMERICA
Beauty burned into my eyes and tied me down
And I can’t move and I can’t breathe
I’ll admit you really got me spell-bound
You kicked in like a drug on me
Sent me on a ride, messing with my mind
You got to me so suddenly
You walked right in and knocked me out
When they were crowning Miss America
You filled my eyes, you shook me up
And I didn’t even notice her
You just came in, wrote your name on my heart
When they were crowning Miss America
You peel the layers off one by one
Like some strip fantasy
If I could reach out and touch the sun
You’d really make a mess of me
Could I win the prize,
You can bet I’d try
But it don’t come easily, you’re telling me
You walked right in and knocked me out
When they were crowning Miss America
You filled my eyes, you shook me up
And I didn’t even notice her
You just came in, wrote your name on my heart
When they were crowning Miss America
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Got to get you in my life, I’ve got you in my sights
I got a taste but I want more, pick me up off the floor
Can’t move, I can’t relax. You gave me a bad attack.
One look and I’m energized , I’m still flying high
Burned into my eyes,
Messing with my mind
You walked right in and knocked me out
When they were crowning Miss America
You filled my eyes, you shook me up
And I didn’t even notice her
You just came in, wrote your name on my heart
When they were crowning Miss America
GOD’S OWN RADIO
Well, I met her Sunday morning
She said, “I thought you were dead”
She was singing good and loud
To the songs in her head
She’s got Heaven in her pocket
And it jangles with her change
Down a pedestrian thoroughfare
To God’s own radio
She said, “nothing ever mattered
‘Cos nothing ever changes
All the lies that you wrote
Are ripped from my pages
I don’t need you no more
And I’ll never look back
‘Cos I’m tuned in now
To God’s own radio”
There’s a sound on the airwaves
That’s tripping the scene
We’ve got the number one song
If you know what I mean
From the back end of nowhere
To Idaho
Hey, look out here we go,
It’s God’s own radio
Well, I can’t abandon
The thought that she’s sinking
I look in her eyes
And I know what she’s thinking
She says, “hey, you can’t touch me,
You aint seen the light”
Hell, you got that right.
On God’s own radio
I only met her in the morning
And by ten – fifteen
She was trying to turn me
To the clean – living scene
Well, I made my excuses
Said I had to go
She’s got her own show
On God’s own radio
There’s a sound on the airwaves
That’s tripping the scene
We’ve got the number one song
If you know what I mean
From the back end of nowhere
To Idaho
They don’t play Rock and Roll
On God’s own radio
CAN’T LEAVE THE PARTY
This party’s over
But it just keeps on going
And I should really leave here
But I can’t get out the door
Down in the basement
They took on a new groove
And they ran out of cool new
But they just sent out for more
Here we go again
Can’t leave the party
Having a good time
Can’t leave the party
Since 1989
Can’t leave the party
We’re grooving to the vibe
Can’t leave the party
And you aint leaving
Dead or alive
I met a Princess
She said she come from outside
She got stuck to a mirror
Soon as she walked in the room
She Neo-Con recitals
She said she satisfies those
High rolling rollers
Keep her living in the groove
Let me tell you now
Can’t leave the party
Having a good time
Can’t leave the party
Since 1989
Can’t leave the party
We’re grooving to the vibe
Can’t leave the party
And you aint leaving
Dead or alive
Can’t leave this Goddam party
Emo teenagers tell me
That they’ve been chosen
But I’ve seen those vampires
From like twenty years before
They’ve got no shadows
And they, they shimmy slowly
Look like Bella Lugosi
Yeah they’re crowding out the floor
Here we go again
Can’t leave the party
Having a good time
Can’t leave the party
Since 1989
Can’t leave the party
We’re grooving to the vibe
Can’t leave the party
And you aint leaving
Dead or alive
CELEBRITY
Let’s all go and get famous
You don’t have to be strangers
C’mon and share the publicity
As long as there’s somebody watching
And you can smile about something
You’re never going to be a non – entity
‘Cause it’s a buzz when reality hits
It’s got to stick when you think about it
One shot goes off on the right night
One flash and you’re there in the spotlight
One kiss is essentially all you need
You need to be seen on the T.V.
The right line and you’ve got notoriety
One picture in is O.K.
‘Cause then you’ll be
If you can fake without bluffing
Let’s all talk about nothing
C’mon and take it to the paparazzi
‘Cause it’s a buzz when reality hits
It’s got to stick when you think about it
One shot goes off on the right night
One flash and you’re there in the spotlight
One kiss is essentially all you need
You need to be seen on the T.V.
The right line and you’ve got notoriety
One picture in is O.K.
‘Cause then you’ll be
Bleach your teeth with whitening
Get in there like lightning
Don’t just be a wannabe
Be a Celebrity
It’s a buzz when reality hits
It’s got to stick when you think about it
One shot goes off on the right night
One flash and you’re there in the spotlight
One kiss is essentially all you need
You need to be seen on the T.V.
The right line and you’ve got notoriety
One picture in O.K.
And then you’ll be
WAITING FOR THE SUN
As the night turns into day
I’m still lying here awake
‘Cause I tried to reel back time again
God, the years have left me numb,
Guess I’m not the only one
If a part of you is yesterday today
I can’t think about it
I’ve learned to live without it
I never felt it slip away
And I don’t know where the love’s gone
Where this loneliness has come from
‘Cause I never thought of myself
Waiting for the one
And I kid myself it’s alright,
But I don’t know where the love’s gone
A light went out tonight
And I’m still here
Waiting for the sun
Seems like time just slipped away
Count the stars and give them names
I can’t seem to find my way anymore
Feel her standing with me still
Always have and always will
In another place
Ten thousand days away
I can’t think about it
Just learned to live without it
I never felt it slip away
And I don’t know where the love’s gone
Where this loneliness has come from
‘Cause I never thought of myself
Waiting for the one
And I kid myself it’s alright,
But I don’t know where the love’s gone
A light went out tonight
And I’m still here
Waiting for the sun
Don’t know where the love’s gone
I’m still waiting here
Waiting for the one
Don’t turn around
No going back again, back again
And I don’t know where the love’s gone
Where this loneliness has come from
‘Cause I never thought of myself
Waiting for the one
And I kid myself it’s alright,
But I don’t know where the love’s gone
A light went out tonight
And I’m still here
Waiting for the sun
Don’t know where the love’s gone
I’m still waiting here
Waiting for the one
EMOTIONAL TERRORIST
You ripped my heart and you stole my name
You took my word and you made it a game
Emotional terrorist
I paid the price and it’s called desire
We aint fighting fire with fire
Emotional terrorist
You burn it all
And I wind up with nothing
How ‘bout giving me something
Emotional terrorist
You took my home and you stole my thunder
I’ll still be mad when I’m six feet under
Emotional terrorist
Are you gunning for me?
Are you faking for me?
Well, I can see
So let the bunny boil
You cracked my heart and you stole my name
I have to fight you
Again and again and again
Emotional terrorist
WE CAN’T GO WRONG
We’re moving on
To the soundtrack of our favourite song
Engine running now the morning’s come
Windows open wide, we can’t go wrong
Let’s take a ride,
Leave behind the wreckage of our lives
Tie it down and leave it all behind
Cheating on those memories
We’ve gone, we’re moving on
And I don’t know where to take you, you decide
Chose a road and don’t let go
The day’s begun, our favourite song
We can’t go wrong
We’re moving up
Today’s the day the arguments all stop
Let’s hit the road and see where we end up
I’ve seen the silver screen
It won’t take long
The radio’s on
And I don’t know where to take you, you decide
Chose a road and don’t let go
With Ray Bans on, our favourite song
We can’t go wrong
And darling we’re driving
Away from our lives
Don’t suffer in silence
This time we’ll be fine.
We’re moving on
To the soundtrack of our favourite song
Our windows open as we sing along
Surely now this time we can’t go wrong
We can’t go wrong
But I don’t know where to take you, you decide
Chose a road and don’t let go
We’ve started on our favourite song
We can’t go wrong
HEARTSTRINGS
She sways like a tiger
With glitter in her eyes
You’re thinking about the morning
And planning alibis
But you’ll never make the night
Boy, she’s just playing
On your heartstrings
She moves and you follow
On a trail of her perfume
And every man is turning
To track her round the room
And she’s hooked you on a line
But I know she’s just playing on your heartstrings
Don’t let go
Don’t follow
All those shiny things
She’s just playing
On your heartstrings
So frozen up with poison
That her face is like a veil
Your Momma should have told you
Never trust a girl with nails
They’re never satisfied
Boy, she’s just playing
On your heartstrings
Don’t let go
Don’t follow
The siren song she sings
She’s just playing
On your heartstrings
Don’t let her into your heart now
She’s going to eat you alive now
Use your eyes,
Boy, she’s just playing on your heartstrings
Don’t let go
Don’t follow
It aint what it seems
She’s just playing
On your heartstrings
PLANETATION
Planetation,
Stick figures in mass quantity
Planetation
Where fame is the one eternal key
There’s beauty up on that hill
See where Jack met Jill
Re-calibrate your own reason for living
And the people
Climb the steeple
And they look for other people
Planetation,
Design a new life of your own
Planetation
Does re-incarnation mean a clone?
Amazing shades of grace
Revolve at your own pace
And wake up to the sound
Of others spinning
And the people
Climb the steeple
And they look for other people
Gas spinning round
Through stars and dizzy towns
And settle on the thought
Of Planetation
And the people
Climb the steeple
And they look for other people
EIGHTIES LOVE SONG
Out of time, way out of grace
Washed up in this other place
Homesick for the song in our hearts
You and I, we cut our fears
Rolling through the Reagan years
When modern love could tear us apart
There were times, I’m sure we knew
When we were young and beautiful
Yeah, we could chose,
Just couldn’t lose
And you and I
We touched the sky
Let’s put on an Eighties love song
And for a while we’ll dance the night away
Then let it fade to grey
The way was up and we all knew,
Here’s a photograph of you
Dressed in black for Pretty in Pink
The light of fashion in your eyes,
Walkman playing out your life
That new design just aint what you think
There were times when we would fight
We didn’t always get it right
But you’ve got to chose,
Win or lose
And you and I
We touched the sky
Let’s put on an Eighties love song
And for a while we’ll dance the night away
I was standing on the street
You were there in front of me
So slick and knowing it all
We pulled them over the wall
And you and I
We touched the sky
And there were times, I’m sure we knew
When we were young and beautiful
Nothing could touch us at all
And you and I
We touched the sky
Let’s put on an Eighties love song
And for a while we’ll dance the night away
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