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Stephen Cummings: Senso
Gymnasium

Cummings/Martin Armiger

When you pout, I walk out
It only serves to wet my anger
Your face is your fortune
Pretty as a picture
High and low, lying lovers
Nail me to the spot
Take me to the gymnasium
And you get me hot
It's a violent rain
All memories, I sleep here every night
Scratch the surface, it won't go away
Scratch the surface, it won't go away

  Oh gymnasium 
  I go in, I go out
  I work it out

High and low, lying lovers
Nail me to the spot
Take me to the gymnasium
And you get me hot
It's a violent rain
All memories, I sleep here every night
Scratch the surface, it won't go away
Scratch the surface, it don't go away

It's all debris, don't desert me
Of course I'd like to help you
No - I don't know why

High and low, lying lovers
Nail me to the spot
Take me to the gymnasium
And you get me hot
It's a violent rain
All memories, I sleep here every night
Scratch the surface, it won't go away
Scratch the surface, it don't go away

  Oh gymnasium 
  I go in, I go out
  I work it out
  Oh gymnasium 
  I go in, I go out
  I work it out

When you pout, I walk out
It only serves to wet my anger
Your face is your fortune
Pretty as a picture
High and low, lying lovers
Nail me to the spot
Take me to the gymnasium
And you get me hot
It's a violent rain
All memories, I sleep here every night
Scratch the surface, it won't go away
Scratch the surface, it won't go away

  Oh gymnasium 
  I go in, I go out
  I work it out
  Oh gymnasium 
  I go in, I go out
  I work it out

I go in, I go out
I work it out

  Oh gymnasium 
  I go in, I go out
  I work it out
  Oh gymnasium 
  In, out
  I work it out
Another Kick In The Head

Martin Armiger

  Another kick in the head
  Another smack in the mouth
  Another lonely night
  Where were you when I needed you
  Where were you when I needed you
  Another kick in the head
  Another knife in my heart
  Another lonely night
  Where were you when I needed you
  Where were you when I needed you

Finally got used to being alone
That's when you call me on the telephone
I've spent a whole life waiting for you
Now you just do just what you want to do

  Another kick in the head
  Another smack in the mouth
  Another lonely night
  Where were you when I needed you
  Where were you when I needed you

When I think of all the things we did together
Spent with someone else having too much fun

  Another kick in the head
  Another smack in the mouth
  Another lonely night
  Where were you when I needed you
  Where were you when I needed you

But I can't find the words to say
It's done, just go away
I can't find the words to say
It's done, it's done, just go away

It's not so bad when you're away
I do the same things everyday
There must be something I can do
To take this pain away
To stop this raining in my heart

  Another kick in the head
  Another smack in the mouth
  Another lonely night
  Where were you when I needed you
  Where were you when I needed you

But I can't find the words to say
It's done, just go away
I can't find the words to say
It's done, it's done, just go away

  Another kick in the head
  Another smack in the mouth
  Another lonely night
  Where were you when I needed you
  Where were you when I needed you
Walking Out The Door

Cummings/Martin Armiger

Every night I see your picture on the wall
I stick little pins in it
One day you'll call
You'll fall
You've been saying one thing
And meaning another
Talking like a friend
Acting like a lover
Playing me for a fool
Well you know your eyes can cut like a knife
Your face is all scared

  Walking out the door
  ?With love looking? over your shoulder
  Walking out the door
  ?With love looking? over your shoulder

Now I know all your friends
Are going to ring and ask what happened
I see their faces as I'm walking down the street
I know it's nothing to get upset about
But isn't that what love does?

Every night I see your number on my wall
I stick little pins in it
One day you'll call
You'll call
You've been saying one thing
And meaning another
Talking like a friend
Acting like a lover
Playing me for a fool
Well you're so ambitious
I just couldn't keep up the pace

  Walking out the door
  ?With love looking? over your shoulder
  Walking out the door
  ?With love looking? over your shoulder

My Mission Tonight

Cummings/Andrew Pendlebury

It's three o'clock in the morning
And you've used up the night
To keep the world quiet
And there's nowhere else to go
You've spent all your money
On expensive drinks
You both admit
That's it, lets call it quits

  My mission tonight
  To keep the world quiet
  My mission tonight
  To keep the world quiet

The things you have to do
The things you have to do

The tired old arguments are brought out again
You raise your glass
Yes it's always the same
You're left looking out the window
You wanna go
But you got to let her know

  My mission tonight
  To keep the world quiet
  My mission tonight
  To keep the world quiet

The things you have to do
The things you have to do

Your girl says you're driving her crazy
Sitting at the other end of the room
Your girl says you're driving her crazy
Sitting at the other end of the room

My mission tonight

It's three o'clock in the morning
And you've used up the night
To keep the world quiet
And there's nowhere else to go
You've spent all your money
On expensive drinks
You both admit
That's it, lets call it quits

  My mission tonight
  To keep the world quiet
  My mission tonight
  To keep the world quiet
The Company Turns Ugly

Cummings/Ian Stephen

You accuse me at the party
And the company turns ugly
Ambivalent, you came and you went
And the company turns ugly

I was screaming out of the window in the car
It was irregular
I was looking out the window
When you said
Shut up let's go

Amorous
Vaguely glamorous
And the company turns ugly
You sound angry
It's unnecessary
And the company turns ugly

You wore a funny look on your face
You looked out of place
I was looking out the window
When you said
Shut up let's go

  The company turns ugly (think it over)
  Can't you see why I'm angry (what's the matter think it over)
  The company turns ugly (what's the matter)
  Can't you see why I'm angry (what's the matter think it over we got company)

All of the time
You're always on my mind
And the company turns ugly
Such fidelity
It means a lot to me
And the company turns ugly

I was screaming out of the window in the car
It was irregular
I was looking out the window
When you said
Shut up, let's go

  The company turns ugly (think it over)
  Can't you see why I'm angry (what's the matter think it over)
  The company turns ugly (what's the matter)
  Can't you see why I'm angry (what's the matter think it over we got company)

You accuse me at the party
And the company turns ugly
Ambivalent, you came and you went
And the company turns ugly

You wore a funny look on your face
You looked out of place
I was looking out the window
When you said
Shut up let's go

  The company turns ugly (think it over)
  Can't you see why I'm angry (what's the matter think it over)
  The company turns ugly (what's the matter)
  Can't you see why I'm angry (what's the matter think it over we got company)
We All Make Mistakes

Cummings/Ian Stephen

Make mistakes 
Make mistakes
Make mistakes
Make mistakes

Girl
Of all the girls I've met
You take the cake
Refused to admit 
You've made a mistake 
Shouldn't sweep me off my feet
If you can't stand the heat
No I don't want to meet your mother

Girl
You're much too much 
You know you're quite a number of fine fellow
Shouldn't sweep me off my feet
If you can't stand the heat
No I don't want to meet your mother

  Girl
  Don't put on the brakes
  We all make mistakes
  Don't put on the brakes
  We all make mistakes
  Don't put on the brakes
  We all make mistakes
  Don't put on the brakes
  We all make mistakes

Memories of long ago
Come filtering back
Like rubble rash and burn
You're so abstract
I said no-ones entitled to
Anymore of you
Than you want them to

  Don't put on the brakes
  We all make mistakes
  Don't put on the brakes
  We all make mistakes
  Don't put on the brakes
  We all make mistakes
  Don't put on the brakes
  We all make mistakes

Make mistakes
Make mistakes
Make mistakes
Make mistakes

  We all make mistakes

Shouldn't sweep me off my feet
If you can't stand the heat
No I don't want to meet your mother
Take me someplace I don't know
You're just so-so
But there's no place left to go

  We all make mistakes
  Don't put on the brakes (make mistakes)
  We all make mistakes
  Don't put on the brakes (make mistakes)
Only A Lonely Man

Hunter/Verdi

Once I thought that love was a toy for girls and boys
I never gave my heart
I just played the part, right from the start
Then there was you, sweet you
With a love that I knew
I knew was true
But in my pride
I left you behind
Just hanging on now love is gone

  Only a lonely man would know
  The bitter tears I've cried
  Since I've lost you darling
  Since you said goodbye

  Only a lonely man would know
  The hurt inside of me
  Since I've let my pride make a fool of me

Ask any lonely man you see (Hurt me baby)
Ask any lonely person like me (Hurt me baby)

Foolishly girl, I broke my heart
Now we're apart
Now in my lonely room
I just reminisce long for you kiss
And through my lonely fears
I see straight ahead
Long lonely years
Without your love
My world, my world's at an end
Blank's closing in
Now I know
What I was too slow in learning
Now I know
Now that I'm all alone and yearning

  Only a lonely man would know
  The bitter tears I cry (only a lonely man)
  Since I've lost you darling
  Since you said goodbye
  Only a lonely man would know
  The hurt inside of me
  Since I let my pride make a fool of me

  Ask any lonely man you see (Hurt me baby)

Only a lonely man would know
The hurt inside of me
Stuck On Love

Cummings/Ian Stephen

Picturing you, picturing me
Backed up against the wall
Bob haircut, short shift
Five foot six inches tall

  So unusual
  Everybody can tell
  So unusual
  So you're stuck on love

Peek-a-boo eyes
Black cashmere
Full of contradictions
Terse words, a cold silence
Silly suspicions

  So unusual
  Everybody can tell
  It's unusual
  So you're stuck on love

You're curious
Stop talking, take note
Pay attention to me
You're so funny
I've become someone else
Stuck on love

You're so
Stuck on love
This Feeling Will Survive

Cummings/Ian Stephen

It's alive
This feeling will somehow survive
A mistake
That we'll have to remake

One to one
It seems complete
Roller skates
On your feet

I see how
Pieces fit together now
I'll admit
An idea takes hold and won't quit

Chipping away at an obsession
Problems of possession

  This feeling will survive
  It'll carry on (it'll carry on)
  This feeling will survive
  It'll carry on
  Just as strong (carry on)

I can change
Superstitions that strike me as strange
Opportunity
Reconstruct our identity

One to one, it seems so complete
Roller skates on your feet

  This feeling will survive
  It'll carry on (it'll carry on)
  This feeling will survive
  It'll carry on
  Just as strong (carry on)
Almost

Cummings/Ian Stephen

Walking with an angel
It's summer, now be serious
Disillusioned
Oh but not quiet close enough

Love shivers and turns itself inside and out
I see you
I have to shout
Am I dreaming
I suppose
Almost, almost

But I'll be sticking around
All the things we did together
Didn't we always have fun
Didn't always know just what we done
Backstabbers

Buff/McFadden/Whitehead

They smilin' in your face
All the time they want to take your place
Backstabbers, backstabbers
They're smilin' in your face
All the time they want to take your place
Backstabbers

All you fellas who have someone and you really care
Then it's all of you fellas who better beware
Somebody's out there to get your lady
A few of your buddies they sure look shady
Better look what's caught in their fist
And straight at your back
I don't think they'll miss

What they doin'?

I keep gettin' all these visits from my friends
They come to my house again and again and again
So they are there to see my woman
I don't even be home but they just keep on comin'
What can I do to get on the right track
I wish they'd take some of these knives off my back

What they doin'?

They're smilin' in your face
All the time they want to take your place
Backstabbers, backstabbers
They're smilin' in your face
All the time they want to take your place
Backstabbers, backstabbers
I Won't Give Up Your Love

Cummings/Ian Stephen

Abandoned
She's taken flight
And this time
She's gone for good

Keep away, this heart is a disaster zone
If I telephone
She wouldn't be home
It hasn't rained for half an hour
But nothing looks good tonight
Wild night spills out over this town
I can't keep away
Whenever you're around

  So give up, give up your love
  Give up, give up your love
  Give up, I won't give up your love
  (Your love, your love)

I won't
Relinquish your love
I refuse
To give up this ideal
Keep away I keep myself these days
Watching the world outsde
Go this way

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