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Everything went wrong, I'm sorry boys, I have to let you go
Ah we've had some hard times and the long rain, it didn't show
Hired hands, I've seen them come and go but you don't come much better
Ah today's Blue Monday, I just got a bad news letter

This day has come, the darkest cloud on our horizon
My hands are tied down to that promise note I signed upon
Always been this way, it's the poor man who gets hurt
And all you ever work for is to leave your footprints in the dirt

You work your fingers to the bone
You work your fingers to the bone
You work your fingers to the bone

The deed is done, the fruit will fall to someone else's hand
That's how the land lies, now we all know where we stand
You'll have to walk away, don't let them see you running
Ah today's Blue Monday and I should've seen it coming

You work your fingers to the bone
You work your fingers to the bone
Ah your fingers to the bone

If sweat and tears were all it took to make this valley green
Ah we'd be alright but now it's gone, they've taken everything
They say it's just an act of God and that's the way the ill wind blows
You've got thirty days to pack your bags, say goodbye, hit the road

You work your fingers to the bone
You work your fingers to the bone
You work your fingers to the bone

You work your fingers to the bone

If you find me tugging at your sleeve
Oh yeah well maybe you'd better believe
I'm searching for the one to love
That's all I'm thinking of

I believe in taking chances
Gonna see what your romance is
I'll be risking my life tonight
Fire, ice and dynamite
In the fire, ice and dynamite
If you see me running to extremes
Oh yeh well I'm only chasing my dreams
If you see me coming close the door
I'm coming back for more

I believe in taking chances
Gonna see what your romance is
I'll be risking my life tonight
Fire, ice and dynamite
In the fire, ice and dynamite
Fire and ice ..... and dynamite

Don't you worry if it starts to rain
Step aside if you can't stand the pain
From the mountain top to the valley below
Oh yeh well I'm fighting with the flow
I maybe burning in the frozen sun
Cos I'm gonna be number one

I believe in taking chances
Gonna see what your romance is
I'll be risking my life tonight
Fire, ice and dynamite
Fire, ice and dynamite
Fire, ice and dynamite
Fire, ice and dynamite

Cos I believe ..... in taking chances

I came 'round to your front door, your back door was locked
Pushed your button, rang your bell, you didn't hear me knock
I saw your window open wide, so I crawled inside
I ran to the top floor, but you were on the ground
I was on my way up and you were going down

Fire in the basement
Burn me up, scream and shout
There's fire in the basement
Only you can put it out

This strange sensation that I'm going through
Sweet infatuation when I get next to you
I know what it takes to be a man, you understand
'Cause when the sparks start flying you'll never be the same
You know I'll hate to leave you girl but I'm so glad I came

Fire in the basement
Burn me up, scream and shout
Fire in the basement
Only you can put it out

Smoky eyes burning bright
Innocence lost, satisfy my appetite
Surrender to the flame, what's your name
Let's get down to business, how can you refuse
Give this boy a helping hand, come on light my fuse

The golden light about you show me where you're from
The magic in your eye bewitches all you gaze upon
You stand up on your hill and behop all around you
They wonder where you're from oh yeah
They wonder where I found you
Oh my love it's a long way
Where you're from it's a long way

I tried to understand you, I tried to love you right
The way you smile and touch me always sets my heart alight
Your lips are like a fire burning through my soul
And people ask me where you're from
They really wanna know
Oh my soul it's a long way
Where you're from it's a long way

Magic woman wreckin' up my soul
Things you tell me have never been told
Magic woman I don't know
Electric before me I love you so I love you so

You're racing like a fireball dancing like a ghost
You're gemini and I don't know which one I like the most
My head is getting broken and my mind is getting bust
But now I'm coming with you down the road of golden dust
Oh my love it's a long way
Where you're from it's a long way

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Spread the word around
The rat is leaving town
The message is a song
The misery is gone

Once I had a dream
To sing before the queen
She didn't want to know
She wouldn't see the show

What a fright
I couldn't do it right
Oh what a night

Mystic demons fly
All about the sky
With memories of a clown
The saddest show in town

When I was seventeen
Me mother said to me
Be careful what you touch
You shouldn't take so much

I blew my mind
She was so kind
I could have cried

In my mind
I had to find
A kind of new way
Of being oh so cool
Like a blue blooded
Well studded
English fool

Speak about the past
Times are changing fast
Once I was so weak
I couldn't even speak

Shaking put a curse
Nothing could be worse
Walking through the door
Who could ask for more

Now I'm free
And I can see
And I can see

Spread the word around
The rat is leaving town
The message is a song
The misery is gone

Shaking out a curse
Nothing could be worse
Walking through the door
Who could ask for more

Now I'm free
And I can see
And I can see

Please stay away

I'm crying I'm dying

I can see what's wrong with me
It's in my head
I can see what's gonna be
As I lie in my bed
Man is not my brotherhood
I am of the dead
I died as I lived as I loved and was born
On some distant hill
The reasons to hide were the reasons I cried
Fools pass laughing still

There can be bad blood in all I can see
It's in my brain
You don't know the pain I feel
As I must live again
Rocks and stones can't bruise my soul but
Tears will leave a stain
They smile to themselves as they lay down my head
On some distant hill
The blind and the child sweep a tear from their eye
Fools smile as they kill

I got my own way to go and now I want
To take your minds
I believe if you could see
The blood between the lines
I believe that you could be
A better kind
Please lead the way so the unborn can play
On some greener hill
Laugh as the flames eat their burning remains
Fools die laughing still

Cast your eyes into the crystal
Deep inside the mystery
Is that a vision of a lonely man
I fear it looks a lot like me
Is that a man without a woman
Whose empty life is but a shell
Empty hearts will echo
Forever in the wishing well

Fortuneteller
You've got to help me find an end to the nightmare
'Cause I can't stand this pain and the curse of time
Somewhere in your eyes I'll find the answer
Give me the truth I've been looking for
Be my guiding light, I'll take my chances
Turn the card, seal my fate, close the door

Some days come with a vengeance
Some days I feel so bad
The mirror holds no secrets
I lost the best thing that I had

Fortuneteller
Can you help me to see, is there an end to the sorrow
Or was this slow ride to nowhere always meant to be
Somewhere in your eyes I'll find the answer
Give me the truth I've been looking for
Be my guiding light, I'll take my chances
Turn the card, seal my fate, close the door

She always taking more than she'd need
But we were both to blame somehow
In the heat of the moment I told her to leave
I guess I lost more than I found
But I remember ...

Ouh my honey, take my money
I do what I wanna do
Don't you know the sun is shining?
I'm sure trying, I ain't crying
My feet won't touch the ground
Ain't got no more misery
Spread the word I'm living again
Tell the world I'm loving again
Don't you know I feel like giving again?
Freedom (ououou...)

No more walking, fast talking
No thing is gonna wear me out
I'm sure glad I wasn't born a fool yeah
Some day baby you'll be my lady
I know that it won't be long
When I ain't got no more misery
Spread the word I'm living again
Tell the world I'm loving again
Don't you know I feel like giving again?
Freedom (ououou...)

Aah honey honey honey
Taking all the money yeah
I do what I really wanna do
Aah auh the sun is shining ah
I try, I try, I try, I try
I never never cry
Aoh my feet won't touch the ground
I ain't got no more misery
Spread the word around I'm living up again
Tell the whole world I'm loving again
Don't you know I feel like giving again?
Freedom (ououou...)