[Verse 1]
Young teacher, the subject of schoolgirl fantasy
She wants him so badly, knows what she wants to be
Inside her, there's longing, this girl's an open page
Bookmarking, she's so close now
This girl is half his age

[Chorus]
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

[Verse 2]
Her friends are so jealous
You know how bad girls get
Sometimes, it's not so easy to be the teacher's pet
Temptation, frustration, so bad, it makes him cry
Wet bus stop, she's waiting, his car is warm and dry

[Chorus]
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

[Verse 3]
Loose talk in the classroom to hurt, they try and try
Strong words in the staffroom, the accusations fly
It's no use, he sees her, he starts to shake and cough
Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov

[Chorus]
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

[Bridge]
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh

[Outro]
(Please don't stand so close to me)
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
(Please don't stand so close to me)
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
(Please don't stand so close to me)
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
(Please don't stand so close to me)
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
(Please don't stand so close to me)
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
(Please don't stand so close to me)
Don't stand, don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me

[Verse 1]
How can you say that you're not responsible
What does it have to do with me
What is my reaction, what should it be
Confronted by this latest atrocity

[Chorus]
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears

[Verse 2]
Hide my face in my hands
Shame wells in my throat
My comfortable existence is reduced
To a shallow, meaningless party
Seems that when some innocents die
All we can offer them is a page in a some magazine
Too many cameras and not enough food
'Cause this is what we've seen

[Chorus]
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears

[Bridge]
Woah
Woah
Woah
Woah

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
Protest is futile
Nothing seems to get through
What's to become of our world
Who knows what to do

[Chorus]
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears
Driven to tears

[Instrumental Outro]

[Verse 1]
Turn on my V.C.R. 
Same one I've had for years
James Brown on the T.A.M.I. Show
Same tape I've had for years
I sit in my old car
Same one I've had for years
Old battery's running down
It ran for years and years
Turn on the radio, the static hurts my ears
Tell me, where would I go
I ain't been out in years
Turn on the stereo
It's played for years and years
An Otis Redding song, it's all I own

[Chorus]
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around

[Verse 2]
Plug in my M.C.I. 
To exercise my brain
Make records on my own
Can't go out in the rain
Pick up the telephone
I've listened here for years
No one to talk to me
I've listened here for years

[Chorus]
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around

[Verse 3]
When I feel lonely here
Don't waste my time with tears
I run Deep Throat again
It ran for years and years
Don't like the food I eat
The cans are running out
Same food for years and years
I hate the food I eat

[Chorus]
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around

[Chorus]
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around

[Outro]
Turn on my V.C.R. 
Same one I've had for years
James Brown on the T.A.M.I. Show
Same tape I've had for years
I sit in my old car
Same one I've had for years

[Verse 1]
First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfect
Your sensibilities are shaken by the slightest defect
You live you life like a canary in a coalmine
You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line

[Verse 2]
You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza
You're so afraid to catch a dose of influenza
You live your life like a canary in a coalmine
You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line

[Chorus]
Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine

[Verse 3]
Now if I tell you that you suffer from delusions
You pay your analyst to reach the same conclusions
You live your life like a canary in a coalmine
You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line

[Chorus]
Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine
Canary in a coalmine

[Verse 1]
First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfect
Your sensibilities are shaken by the slightest defect
You live you life like a canary in a coalmine
You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line

[Outro]
Canary in a coalmine

[Chorus]
Voices inside my head
Echoes of things that you said
Voices inside my head
Echoes of things that you said
Voices inside my head
Echoes of things that you said
Voices inside my head
Echoes of things that you said

[Bridge]
Cha cha cha cha
Cha cha cha cha
Cha cha cha cha

[Outro]
Voices inside my head
Echoes of things that you said

[Verse 1]
The general scratches his belly and thinks
His pay is good but his officers stink
Guerilla girl, hard and sweet
A military man would love to meet

[Verse 2]
The President looks in the mirror and speaks
His shirts are clean but his country reeks
Unpaid bills, Afghanistan hills

[Chorus]
Bombs away
But we're okay
Bombs away
In old Bombay

[Verse 3]
The general only wants to teach France to dance
His army life don't give him any romance
Guerilla girl, hard and sweet
A military man would love to meet

[Verse 4]
The general scratches his belly and thinks
His pay is good but his company stinks
Guerilla girl, hard and sweet
A military man would love to meet

[Chorus]
Bombs away
But we're okay
Bombs away
In old Bombay

[Verse 1]
Don't think me unkind
Words are hard to find
They're only cheques I've left unsigned
From the banks of chaos in my mind

[Pre-Chorus 1]
And when their eloquence escapes me
Their logic ties me up and rapes me

[Chorus]
De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do, de da da da
Their innocence will pull me through
De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do, de da da da
They're meaningless, and all that's true

[Verse 2]
Poets, priests, and politicians
Have words to thank for their positions
Words that scream for your submission
And no one's jamming their transmission

[Pre-Chorus 2]
'Cause when their eloquence escapes you
Their logic ties you up and rapes you

[Chorus]
De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do, de da da da
Their innocence will pull me through
De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do, de da da da
They're meaningless, and all that's true

[Outro]
De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do, de da da da
Their innocence will pull me through
De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do, de da da da
They're meaningless, and all that's true

[Verse 1]
Woke up in my clothes again this morning
Don't know exactly where I am
And I should heed my doctor's warning
He does the best with me he can

[Verse 2]
He claims I suffer from delusions
Yet I'm so confident I'm sane
It can't be no optical illusion
So how can you explain

[Refrain]
Shadows in the rain, oh
(Ow!)

[Verse 3]
If you see us on the corner
We're just dancing in the rain
Join my friends there when I see them
Outside my window pane

[Chorus]
Shadows in the rain, oh
Shadows in the rain, yeah
Shadows in the rain, yeah
Shadows in the rain, oh

[Verse 1]
Woke up in my clothes again this morning
Don't know exactly where I am
And I should heed my doctor's warning
He does the best with me he can

[Chorus]
Shadows in the rain, oh
Shadows in the rain, oh

[Outro]
Shadows in the rain, oh, oh
Shadows in the rain, oh
Shadows in the rain
Shadows in the rain
How can I explain
Shadows in the rain
Shadows in the rain
How can I explain
Shadows in the rain
How can I explain
How can I explain
Shadows in the rain