You never listen you never know
never the lender you always follow
cause it’s you doing it you say it’s alright
to yourself you’re lying
I didn’t wanna see you dying
before you know it you’re all alone
your can is empty you feel such sorrow
you think that using
all your best friends is alright
to yourself you’re lyin’
can’t you see it can’t you feel that
your vices are ruining your life and on and on,
your vices are ruining your life your mind
your vices are ruining your life
why can’t you stop that vice from ending your life
you’re always missing you’re always slow
used to be so deep now you’re so shallow
another friend out there
no I don’t think it’s right
your soul is frying
can’t you hear your mother crying
take your medicine
thru your nose
fine today but what about tomorrow
say it does not control you
but think I might
you’ve hit rock bottom
can’t you use it can’t you see that
you’re telling lies
and for help you are crying
I keep on knocking but there’s nobody home
you’re telling lies, living high, now you’re dying
if you want somebody’s help
why don’t you answer the door.

You feel the knife stuck in your back
You feel it twist and you hear it crack
Can’t make a sound for the sudden pain
You wish your blood were Novocaine

You see the smoke and you feel the flak
You’re burning up and you’re turning black
They say you fell and you hit your head
Your other bun is Whitenbread

Vicious rumours, paranoic fears
Sonic boomers ringing in your ears
All of this is getting normal now
You’ll never go back to your farming plough
Vicious rumours

You’re right at home back at William’s flat
You heard a sound you turned and shot your cat
Your hands are shaking, everybody sees
And there’s a rhythm drumming in your knees

You return into a foreign night
Inside you know something is just not right
Sometimes you duck when you see your pet
Canary turned into a Sabre jet

Shocked consumer – you’re just an average guy
Swelling tumor pushing on your eye
And now you know why all the headaches come
And why you’re getting progressively numb
Vicious rumours

I’ve been denied, debriefed, detuned
Sometimes I howl right at the moon
My family treats me gradually
They know my volatility

Vicious rumours, paranoic fears
Sonic boomers ringing in your ears
And now I know why all the headaches come
And why you’re getting progressively numb
Vicious rumours

(Vicious rumours)
(Vicious rumours)
(Vicious rumours)
(Vicious rumours)
(Vicious rumours)
(Vicious rumours)
(Vicious rumours)
(Vicious rumours)

[Fade into..]

Who do you think we are
Who do you think we are
Who do you think we are
Who do you think we are
Who do you think we are
We don’t care
We don’t care

“I’m of a mind 2 make some mookie, he he? phonebook”


The phone rings – it’s Vicki callin’
She wants me 2 come 2 the crib
U see, conversation’s better than being lonely
So I try my best 2 ad lib
I tell her the joke about the woman
Who asked her lover – “Why is your organ so small?”
He replied, “I didn’t know I was playin’ in a cathedral”
Vicki didn’t laugh at all


This is where she wants 2 be
And I am what she wants 2 see
I’ve never known a love so sweet
But still I keep Vicki waiting
Alright


All is well in Gotham City
The sound of terror is all U hear
Sometime a pistol take the place of her body
Sometimes her body’s here
U see, when crime is your only love
All that matters – the present, the here and now
People, people – whatever floats this Joker’s boat
Is whatever this Joker will bang


CHORUS:
This is where she wants 2 be (I?)
I am what she wants 2 see
Never known a love so sweet
Still I keep Vicki waiting


Oh yeah
Wait on, mama


Talk of children still frightens me
Is my character enough 2 be? (Never)
One that deserves a copy made? (Never, never)
This I one day, I hope 2 see
Until then she’s held at bay by my animal-like persistence
Or maybe she’s just 2 proud 2 say
That fate (fate) brought us 2gether
And this is where she wants 2 stay


CHORUS {x2}
(Oh)
(Oh yeah)
(Ah yeah, yeah, yeah)


All is well in Gotham Town (This is where she wants 2 be)
I am what she wants 2 see
I’ve never known a love so sweet
But still I keep Vicki?
Still I keep Vicki?
Still I keep Vicki waiting, oh yeah (Waiting)
Uh-huh, uh-huh
Still I keep Vicki?
Still I keep Vicki waiting


This is where she wants 2 be

Spinnin? those curlers round all day
Her little beauty shop provides a way
To work at home and sleep in late
So she can dance the night away

Pilot gotta fly—eagle gotta soar
Give a baby candy—gotta give it more
Cowboy gotta ride—gambler gotta chance
Vickie Vance gotta dance—Vickie Vance gotta dance

She can be dancin? to nothin? at all
And she does a mean swing with the shadows on the wall
Yeah and I bet she?s done the two step a million times
Yeah she drives all the boys on the dance floor wild

Pilot gotta fly—eagle gotta soar
Give a baby candy—gotta give it more
Cowboy gotta ride—gambler gotta chance
Vickie Vance gotta dance—Vickie Vance gotta dance

Oooh, she can?t stand still
Yeah, she?s dancin? off the wall
Dancin? on the window sill

A simple system,
mind control
losing your soul in this fight that you started
now you’re left broken hearted
shot down off a cloud for being so dumb
you do everything you could for just a little more fun.

But now consequence is coming
no use to start your running
you’re a ship out to see and
I’m a storm cloud forming.

Oh my God what have I done
please forgive me
I feel so hated
so aggravated
so frustrated
can’t explain it the way that I feel
I feel so numb
preferred to run then face the fact
stabbed your back
I’m a victim slipping through the system.

Listen to me real slow
I know that you’re just dying
to know the wrong direction
where ever you were trying to go
the intersection I met you at a quarter to one
to listen to what you like doing for fun.

You had to learn the hard way and I taught you,
you had to take the long road
I never did but I’m all numb preferred to run the face the fact,
I stabbed your back
I understand that did not deserve
that you can’t go back can’t you see it
God what have I done please forgive me…

Here I am, once again
This time, babe, I’m gonna do it right
Mind’s made up, heart is set
Ain’t no way I’m gonna compromise

Something happened, Hollywood skies
I was mesmerized
Suits and ties with platinum eyes
Cold cash junkies got the best of me

Victim of circumstance

Got myself back together
Learned my lesson well
I had to put up a fight, to make it right
Freedom’s ringing like the sound of a bell

Victim of circumstance

One more thing I want to say to you
Before you go away
Don’t you let ’em, know!
Don’t you let ’em, know!

(Delbert McClinton)

It’s 6:05am on Sunday mornin’
And I was supposed to’ve left for Memphis late last night
But I stopped at one of them old highway places
And ’cause I did I’ll sleep in Tarren County Jail tonight

Well I started out tonight with good intentions
But I ended up gettin’ sidways drinkin’ wine
Well the last thing I remember we was rollin’
And something hit my head and knocked me from my conscious mind

And I’m a victim of life’s circumstances
Well I was raised around bar rooms and Friday night dances
Singin’ them old country songs
And half the time ending up some place I don’t belong

I said, “Jailor, hey, what y’all got me charged with?”
Well he looked at me and halfway closed one eye
Well he said, “To mean to say you don’t remember Cuttin’ up some fool with that bone handled knife?”

And I’m a victim of life’s circumstances
Well I was raised around bar rooms and Friday night dances
Singin’ them old country songs
And half the time ending up some place I don’t belong
And I’m a victim of life’s circumstances
Well I was raised around bar rooms and Friday night dances
Singin’ them old country songs
And half the time ending up some place I don’t belong

What kind of love have you got?
You should be home but you’re not
A room full of noise and dangerous boys
still makes you thirsty and hot
I heard about you and that man
There’s just one thing I don’t understand
You say he’s a liar and he put out
your fire
How come you still got his gun in your hand?
Victim of love I see a broken heart
You got your stories to tell
Victim of love it’s such an easy part
and you know how to play it so well

Some people never come clean
I think you know what I mean
You’re walkin’ the wire, pain and desire
Looking for love in between

Tell me your secrets, I’ll tell you mine
This ain’t no time to be cool
And tell all your girlfriends,
you “been around the world” friends
that talk is for losers and fools

Victim of love, I see a broken heart
I could be wrong, but I’m no
Victim of love, we’re not so far apart
Show me, what kind of love have you got?

Victim of love, you’re just a victim of love
I could be wrong , but I’m not
Victim of love, now you’re a victim of love
What kind of love have you got?
What kind of love have you got?
What kind of love have you got?

No, I can’t believe that it’s true
After all we’ve been through
You say that there’s somebody new
Hey, what did you feel when we kissed
Tell me, was there something that I missed
Never thought it would end up like this

Chorus:
So goodbye, baby say goodbye
I know it won’t be easy
‘Cause you need me
A victim of love (2x)

And I don’t know what I’m to do

Chorus

They say all is fair in love
But sometimes enough is enough
Losing at love is so rough
Hey, they said you were my friend
That true love is without an end
Tell me, do broken hearts ever mend

This is the last time
I’ll never hurt again

Chorus
Say goodbye bye boy

Chorus
Victim of love
Stop

Better say goodbye
Say goodbye
I’ll never hurt again
Whoa, a victim of love
I don’t know what to do

Goodbye, baby say goodbye
I know it won’t be easy
‘Cause you need me
I was a victim of love
And I’ll never hurt again
Victim of love

I thought that you and I were different
The way you made me feel
In your arms, the sweet words you whisper
Seem to be so real
But now it’s time to turn and walk away
Sometimes dreams come true
But not for me my love
But maybe for you

Goodbye

You said you’d never fake it
You swore we’d always make it last
And it sounded so real
And I fell into your love trap
Lying, yes, I was the perfect fool
I believed every word
And it never occurred to me
Is this a game are you just playing
Will I be losing you

Oh am I a victim of love, victim of love
Did you take me for a ride
Victim of love, victim of love
Then I hope you’re satisfied
Victim of love, victim of love
Were you only using me
Victim of love, victim of love
What a fool you made of me

My friends warned me about you
I laughed, how could I doubt your love
Then I saw you with him
And my world crumbled around me
I felt life slip away from me
There’s a void inside me
Where my heart used to be
So now, this was a game you were just playing
And now I’m losing you

Oh I’m a victim of love, victim of love
Well you took me for a ride
Victim of love, victim of love
Well I hope you’re satisfied
Victim of love, victim of love
You were only using me
Victim of love, victim of love
What a fool you’ve made of me