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GET SMART! LYRICS
Ankle Deep In Mud
Went down by the swamp, looking around
Went down by the swamp, see what I've found
Went down by the swamp, down by the sea
Went down by the swamp, looking at me
Ankle deep in mud, trying to run
Ankle deep in mud, it's no fun
Something underground, sneaking on by
Something underground, people cry
Something underground, go crawling on
Something underground, my nerves are gone
Ankle deep in mud, nowhere to go
Ankle deep in mud, we're running too slow
Screams all around, out of nowhere
Screams all around, no one will dare
Screams all around, something is near
Screams all around, that's something I fear
Ankle deep in mud, getting no place
Ankle deep in mud mud mud mud mud mud
Where's the race?
Ask yourself where's the race?
Ankle deep in mud, getting no place
Ankle deep in mud mud mud mud mud mud
Words and Music by Vance Lyon. (c) 1981 Syntax Music
Back Into The Future
I try in vain, so hard to speak
Choked on my tongue, it's down my throat
It used to be, stuck in my cheek
At four a.m., becomes a ghost
As I run faster, I can imagine
I'm looking inside, how could I stumble
I'm looking inside, back into the future
I plan ahead, to spend at last
I jumped the gun, I killed my life
What came before, became my past
What calms me most is my fright
As I crawl deeper, I might imagine
I'm looking inside, The walls around me
I'm looking inside, Back into the future
Lyrics: Marc (c) 1985 Syntax Music
Because Of Green
Sit back and consume
There is nothing left to choose
Automatic this and that
Sit right back and get fat
Sit right back
Sit right back
Relax until you die
It's a sin to just get by
Your eyes are turning green
Living life suppressed by greed
Relax
Relax
Relax until you die
It's a sin to just get by
Automatic this and that
Sit right back and get fat
Sit right back
And relax
Lyrics: Marc (c) 1984 Syntax Music
Berlin On The Plains
Berlin on the Plains (3x)
No choice but action (2x)
It's night but you see
It's cold but you burn
It's still but you hear
It's mean but you're strange
Why are the bells tolling signs of action?
Berlin on the Plains
Berlin on the Plains
Berlin on the Plains
No choice but action
No choice but action
It's weak but you're fresh
It's stay but you leave
It stares but you sneer
It's bound but you're free
Why are the bells tolling signs of action?
Berlin on the Plains (3x)
No choice but action (2x)
Go!
It's night but I see
It's cold but I burn
It's still but I hear
It's mean but I'm strange
Why are the bells tolling signs of action?
Berlin on the Plains (3x)
No choice but action (2x)
It's weak but I'm fresh
It's stay but I leave
It stares but I sneer
It's bound but I'm free
Why are the bells tolling signs of action?
Berlin on the Plains (6x)
No choice but action
Lyrics: Frank (c) 1984 Syntax Music
Black Mirror
In the night, I can pretend
Black and bright, I see the end
Vicious nightmares, Silent dreams
Only black stares, frightened screams
Reflections of nothing, nothing but fear
Shiny future, in my black mirror
White sunlight, Shows us the past
Bright black night, covers all that
Only dreams see what I know
No one's with me where I go
There's nothing that I see,
Nothing is here, shiny future
In my black mirror
In the night I can pretend
Black and bright, I see the end
Vicious nightmares, silent dreams
Only black stares, frightened screams
Reflections of nothing, nothing but fear
Shiny future, In my black mirror
Lyrics: Vance Lyon, Music: Get Smart! (c) 1984 Syntax Music
The Difference
Differences ignored, they'll get you in the end
Differences ignored, nerves will bend
You push too far, there's nothing left
You push too far, there's nothing left
You make a bed, you dig a grave
You lie in a blanket it'll go away
You make a bed, you dig a grave
Under the covers, you've got it made
Differences ignored, unforseen tragedy
Giving up is not the end
You make a bed, you dig a grave
Let's die again (x3)
You make a grave, you got it made
With differences you die indifferent
You make a grave, you got it made
Our differences just lie indifferent
Differences ignored, unforseen tragedy
Giving up is not the end
You make a bed, you dig a grave
Let's die again (x4)
Lyrics: Lisa (c) 1984 Syntax Music
Disillusion
Portrait person, half-cocked smile
Picture perfect, don't go far
Understanding, too much good
Disappointing, try too hard
Evolution, change of pace
Adaptation, not too fast
Situation, learn from me
Disillusion, not too sure
Try very hard to fit into the mold
It would be a shame if you weren't accepted
Evolution, change of face
Adaptation, cannot last
Situation, look at me
Disillusion, not too sure
Situation, all mixed up
Disillusion...
Disillusion...
Lyrics: Marc (c) 1981 Syntax Music
Eat, Sleep A Go-Go
Consume, consommation
Heartbeat, palpitation
Cold, hot, don't stop
Eat, Sleep, A Go-Go (x4)
Rice, stew, boogaloo
Tongue twist and lung chew
Crunch it up, don't get stuck
Eat, Sleep, A Go-Go (x4)
Do the calorie burn
Do the calorie burn
You can't quit
Metabolic alcoholic
It's a gas, get on the stick (x3)
Don't stop (x4)
Lyrics: Lisa (c) 1981 Syntax Music
Every Road That You Go Down
Every road that you go down,
every road that you see,
every road that you go down,
bends eventually.
Begin, no, remember.
May your eyes always see.
Every road that you go down
repeats for eternity.
A ten mile walk down
Past, you're already there.
Drumhead in the kitchen.
Any comfort left to spare?
Standing in a blue field.
Somewhere else to be. . .
Restless abandon,
eat your heart on a stick.
Lyrics: Frank (c) 1986 Syntax Music
Face
White men, some wear silver, some wear gold
Clean men, some are new, some are old
They bite, they smile, they can scare
Deciduous existence is not fair
Two men, one can see, one cannot
Blue men, I can't help what I got
They sleep, they stare, they can cry
One thing's for certain, they can't lie
There's too many people that I can't ...
There's too many people that I can't ...
There's too many people that I can't ...
Face, face
Lyrics: Marc (c) 1981 Syntax Music
Gold To Rust
The time for change is long, long goes
Carving ornamental hearts of stone
Leaving some mystery disclosed
You'll never have to search for hope
I've seen hard rock turn into sand
Into sand
One into a face that's real
A bleeding friend's own face I see
Being it's easy to be alone
If ever you can trust yourself
I've seen warm words turn into cold
Into cold
Will I always sometimes believe
Wasted time is gambled and lost
Nothing someone can ever trust
Whenever a change is at stake
I've seen pure gold turn into rust
Into rust
Lyrics: Frank (c) 1986 Syntax Music
In The Dark
In the dark, take me by the hand
Lead me to another land
Promises, too soon to make
Fragile feelings too soon to break
In the dark (x2)
In the dark, flying through space
I can see your terrified face
I realize why we're here
The future really is not too clear
In the dark (x2)
In the dark (x2)
Where's the light, in the dark
Where's the light, I'm in the dark
Lyrics: Marc (c) 1981 Syntax Music
Just For The Moment
Eyes are lined with respectable lies
Floating backward ‘til it cries
Function stops, in walks conflict (x3)
Lives are lined with forgettable ties
Forced emotion ‘til it dies
Nothing's said, I'm forgotten (just for the moment) x4
Just for the moment (x4)
Lyrics: Marc (c) 1984 Syntax Music
Knight
Sitting around thinking alone
I got rats and birds on my side
You say, talk talk
Nothing to hide
There are lessons learned
Who's on my side?
Is it real for you?
Is she everything you need?
Do you sit at home and lie to yourself
Like I do? Like I do
Laughter is measured, Time, no pleasure
Laughter is measured, Time, no pleasure
What do I want? What do you need?
Do you bleed like I do
Like I do? Like I do
Sitting around thinking alone
I got rats and birds on my side
You say, talk talk
Nothing to hide
There are lessons learned
Who's on my side?
Who is she? Is it real for you?
Is she everything you need?
Do you sit at home and lie to yourself
Like I do? Like I do
Laughter is measured, Time, no pleasure
Laughter is measured, Time, no pleasure
Laughter is measured, Time, no pleasure
Lyrics: Lisa (c) 1984 Syntax Music
Looking Out For #3
Oh, did you see me floating past you
I saw three of you in separate corners all a part of me
One was an arm I used to have
One was a gift that I wanted so badly
But here it is without a purpose 'cause it's inside me
Oh, did you see me floating past you
Wondering what that shadow of a woman is.
The child with the bid grin on?
But now I touch the three
And now I live the three
And it's all so simple while we're young
Oh I'm floating past you
Looking out for number three
Lyrics: Lisa (c) 1986 Syntax Music
Nothing I Can Do
Just a glance
A glimpse from some impulsive world
Vaguely focus in and out
I can see it fading, turn and go
I can see it fading, nothing I can do
My eyes are tied
Just one time
A grasp on some unchallenged realm
Firmly stating my control
I can feel it churning, wait a while
I can feel it churning, nothing I can do
My limbs are tied
I can see it fading, nothing I can do
I can feel it churning, nothing I can do
My mind is tied
Lyrics: Marc (c) 1986 Syntax Music
Numbers And Colours
7 1 8 2 and
Yellow, red, green and blue
7 1 8 2 and
Yellow, red, green and blue
Numbers and colours a world to choose
Numbers and colours defend to lose
Numbers and colours a world to choose
Numbers and colours defend to lose
Silver, gold steel and glass
Pretend to be the number one class
Silver, gold steel and glass
Pretend to be the number one class
Numbers and colours a world to choose
Numbers and colours defend to lose
Numbers and colours a world to choose
Numbers and colours defend to lose
Silver, gold steel and glass
Pretend to be the number one class
Silver, gold steel and glass
Pretend to be the number one class
Numbers and colours stay to the end
Numbers and colours count your blessings till then
Lyrics: Marc (c) 1981 Syntax Music
On And On
Your eyes have cracked
They've shattered the image
Convenience for the moment
On and on and on and on and on
It slips away
The place is packed, whose image is worse?
Controlling every movement
On and on and on and on and on
And run away
No time to look back, trapped in the past
Controlling all the destiny
On and on and on and on and on
And fade away
You keep thinking, you keep acting
Keep on pretending
On and on
and on and on and on
and on and on and on
and on and on and on
and on and on
Lyrics: Marc (c) 1981 Syntax Music
One More Circle
Acting too much, can't feel no more
Jumping in circles, can't play no more
No more time, no more time
No more time for circles (x2)
Talking too much gets through no more
Running in circles, can't focus no more
No more time, no more time
No more time for circles (x2)
Jumping in circles, hit the floor
Running in circles, can't find the door
No more time, no more time
No more time for circles (x2)
No more rhyme (no more circles)
No more crime (no more circles)
No more crime (no more circles)
Lyrics: Marc (c) 1981 Syntax Music
Room w/a View
I'm in the light and my eyes are burning
Catch expression while my head is turning
Where are the strings that move my lips?
You had them in your hands
I'm in a room where the walls don't end
I had a pen and I lost it again
Where are the chords that move my voice?
You had them in your hands
Outside the noises swell and I don't feel so well
With no surprise, no room to fall
how can we doubt what we know so well?
These are the strings that move my lips
These are the chords that move my voice
These are the fingers that move my pen
You had them in your hands
Lyrics: Lisa (c) 1986 Syntax Music
See Who's Laughing
Pack up your life and I'm left writhing
Empty rooms are all too haunting
Nonsense aggravation from sitting on my hands
Avoid the truth
Put up with strife and you get happy
Day by day and you say sorry
Intense circumstances is simply borrowed time
See who's laughing
Drag it out and now I'm sorry
After all it's all too haunting
Going in circles and I corner sordid past
Avoid the truth, see who's laughing
I'm not laughing (ha, ha, ha)
Why do I do all the counting?
Lyrics: Marc (c) 1986 Syntax Music
Sleeve
And the less we know the better it feels
Oh how I wish wishing made it so
Take this thing away 'cause I can't sleep no more
Take this thing away 'cause I can't eat no more
Take this thing away and let me breath
It's burning a hole in my sleeve
Enough, that's enough
I find nothing to be habit forming
Enough, that's enough
What would I be without it?
And the wars we play and now I pay
Oh, nothing lasts, please make it through this day
Lyrics: Marc & Lisa (c) 1986 Syntax Music
That's What They Tell Me
Don't tell me tomorrow
Don't tell me maybe
Because you know I won't be happy
Till I get what I need
(repeat 1st verse)
Everyone's got lots of money
Everyone's got lots of love
Everyone's got a happy family
That's what they tell me
That's what they tell me
(repeat 2nd verse)
(repeat 1st verse)
(repeat 2nd verse)
Lyrics: Frank (c) 1986 Syntax Music
They Walk In Pairs
Sentinels guard the enemy thoughts
And stare each other down
All is open but nothing's revealed
They wait for each other to open fire
Action, action and reaction,
They walk in pairs
Action, action and reaction,
They walk in pairs
Courage hides and lies are heroes
Talk, no cares, they walk in pairs
Feelings flee, discuss what remains
Talk, no cares, they walk in pairs
Action, action and reaction
They walk in pairs
Action, talk no cares
They walk in pairs
Action, talk no cares
They walk in pairs
Lyrics: Lisa (c) 1981 Syntax Music
This Is Style
Starting out from a different point of view
I have got an image to undo
Expecting me for free and all the while
Expecting me to change my inner style
This Is Style (x3), don't change my... style
Starting out with a different set of rules
I've got this image to undo
Fashion comes and the masses thrive
Except this nonesense expected to survive
This Is Style (x3), don't change my... style
This is style, this is ...
This is style, I'll change my.. my own style
Lyrics: Marc (c) 1981 Syntax Music
To The Nines
Blackest country, coldest swell
Spinning only breaks the spell
Singing voices clear as bells
Don't you hear them just as well?
And your silence freezes hell
Vacant eyes are all to tell
To the nines
Control inside of the few
Instant instinct says of new
Burning crosses, ideas too
Setting sunrise is the view
Start the learning, action too
Restless fingers, more than two
Lyrics: Frank (c) 1986 Syntax Music
What It Is We Fear
Touch I can touch
Pale, you turn pale
Deadly are my fingers
I guess you can tell
What it is we fear
Passion where is this love it
doesn't take
Talk we can talk
all night in silence
What it is we fear
For reasons of purpose
virtue has not stuck
Trapped in the syntax of
someone else's game
What it is we fear
(instrumental break)
What it is we fear
What it is we fear
Lyrics: Marc (c) 1984 Syntax Music
Where Did This Week Go?
Give me some time, I'm too slow
I need more time, don't you know
That I'm tired, I'm wired
Don't spend hours planning for me
I won't be here when my time is free
Now, don't you see, that's not for me
Next week I'll go to the store
Next week I'll sleep some more
Next week, hey, where did this week go?
The TV has a life of it's own
While we're asleep unplug the phone
We're tired, perspired
The light bulbs are dying and nobody cares
We leave their corpses on the stairs
They're tired, so uninspired
Next week I'll be more relaxed
Next week I'll pick up the slack
Next week, hey where did this week go?
Next week is this week (x2)
Next week I'll do something useful.
Lyrics: Lisa (c) 1981 Syntax Music
World Without End
World without end
drink the water from this empty cup
Swallow down; spirit up
World without end
In your days of loneliness
spend the time of all your seconds left
I confess; save yourself
Need the pain of someone else
spend the time of all your seconds left
Nothing left to be spent
World without end
Never end can be the answer back
No distress to the end
Lyrics: Frank (c) 1985 Syntax Music
You've Got To Stop
Unknown weakness follow me
Enter anguish, tragically
The ceiling up above
Falling down, falling down, falling
The world around standing still
Move too fast, now I'm ill
The pressure up above
Caving in, caving in, caving
People don't help, they just stare
Nothing to fear, never a care
People all around
Run away, run away, run, run
You have got to stop
You know you can't go on (4x)
Lyrics: Marc (c) 1984 Syntax Music
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