Siouxsie And The Banshees - Kiss Them For Me

It glittered and it gleamed

For the arriving beauty queen

A ring and a car

Now you're the prettiest by far

No party she'd not attend

No invitation she wouldn't send

Transfixed by the inner sound

Of your promise to be found, oh

Nothing or no one

Will ever make me let you down

Kiss them for me, I may be delayed

Kiss them for me, if I am delayed

It's divoon, oh, it's serene

In the fountain's pink champagne

Someone carving their devotion

In the heart-shaped pool of fame, oh

Nothing or no one

Will ever make me let you down

Kiss them for me, I may be delayed

Kiss them for me, I may find myself delayed

Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh

On the road to New Orleans

A spray of stars hit the screen

As the tenth impact shimmered

The forbidden candles beamed, oh

Kiss them for me, I may be delayed

Kiss them for me, I may find myself delayed

Kiss them for me, kiss them for me

Kiss them for me, I may find myself delayed

Kiss them for me, kiss them for me

Kiss them for me, I may be delayed

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Arabian Knights

The jewel, the prize

Looking into your eyes

Cool pools drown your mind

What else will you find

I heard a rumour - it was just a rumour

I heard a rumour - what have you done to her

Myriad lights - they said I'd be impressed

Arabian Knights - at your primitive best

A tourist oasis - reflects in seedy sunshades

A monstrous oil tanker

Its wound bleeding in seas

I heard a rumour - what have you done to her

I heard a rumour - what have you done to her

Veiled behind screens

Kept as your baby machine

Whilst you conquer more orifices

Of boys, goats and things

Ripped out sheeps' eyes - no forks or knives

Myriad lights - they said I'd be impressed

Arabian Knights - at your primitive best

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Stargazer

Been thinking how to escape?
This strait-jacket of constraint
Been thinking what can be wrong?
With feelings that long to belong

Stargazing me
In an upside down sea

So weary this strait-jacket dreamer
So resigned to continue to suffer
But you've learnt that as you grow weaker
There's less hurt because there's much less to hurt

Stargazing me
In a tumbling sea
Up in the galaxy
Staring down on me

Stargazer reach out to touch
With your mind that frees you so much
Stargazer kissing your kismet
With bright jewel encrusted scars

Stargazing me
In tranquillity
Up in the galaxy
Staring down on me

Siouxsie And The Banshees - This Wheel's On Fire

If your mem'ry serves you well
We were goin' to meet again and wait
So I'm goin' to unpack all my things
And sit before it gets too late
No man alive will come to you
With another tale to tell
But you know that we shall meet again
If your mem'ry serves you well

This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode!

If your mem'ry serves you well
I was goin' to confiscate your lace
And wrap it up in a sailor's knot
And hide it in your case
If I knew for sure that it was yours . .
But it was oh so hard to tell
But you knew that we would meet again
If your mem'ry serves you well

This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode!

If your mem'ry serves you well
You'll remember you're the one
That called on me to call on them
To get you your favors done
And after ev'ry plan had failed
And there was nothing more to tell
You knew that we would meet again
If your mem'ry served you well

This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode!

(originally recorded by The Band)

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dear Prudence

Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence won't you come out and play

Dear Prudence open up your eyes
Dear Prudence see the sunny skies
The wind is low the birds will sing
that you are part of everything
Dear Prudence won't you open up your eyes?

Look around round
Look around round round
Look around

Dear Prudence let me see you smile
Dear Prudence like a little child
The clouds will be a daisy chain
So let me see you smile again
Dear Prudence won't you let me see you smile?

(originally recorded by The Beatles)

Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Killing Jar

Down where this ugly man
Seeks his sustenance
Down in the blue, midnight flare
A glass hand cuts through the water
Scything into his twisted roots
Then from his eyes
Spring fireflies
Breathing life
Into a roaring disguise

Needles and sins, sins and needles
He's gasping for air
In the wishing well
Dust to rust, ashes on gashes
Hand around the killing jar
Hand around the killing jar

A soft hoodwink of shadows
The size of make-believe
Punching through his spike of rage
A glass hand cuts through the water
Snuffing out the magic fury

Then from inside
Bolt lightning cries
Swiftly crushed
The final, muffled sighs

Needles and sins, sins and needles
He's gasping for air
In the wishing well

Dust to rust, ashes on gashes
Hand around the killing jar
Hand around the killing jar

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Cities In Dust

Water was running, children were running
You were running out of time
Under the mountain, a golden fountain
Were you praying at the Lares shrine?

But oh your city lies in dust, my friend

We found you hiding, we found you lying
Choking on the dirt and sand
Your former glories and all the stories
Dragged and washed with eager hands

But oh your city lies in dust, my friend

Hot and burning in your nostrils
Pouring down your gaping mouth
Your molten bodies blanket of cinders
Caught in the throes...

And your city lies in dust

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Face To Face

Face to face
My lovely foe
Mouth to mouth
Raining heaven's blows
Hand on heart
Tic tac toe
Under the stars
Naked as we flow
Cheek to cheek
The bitter sweet
Commit your crime in your deadly time
It's too divine
I want to bend
I want this bliss but something says I must resist

Another life
Another time
We're Siamese twins writhing intertwined
Face to face
No telling lies
The masks they slide to reveal a new disguise

You never can win
It's the state I'm in
This danger thrills and my conflict kills
They say follow your heart
Follow it through
But how can you
When you're split in two?

And you'll never know
You'll never know

One more kiss
Before we die
Face to face
And dream of flying
Who are you?
Who am I?
Wind in wings
Two angels falling
To die like this
With a last kiss
It's falsehood's flame
It's a crying shame
Face to face
The passions breathe
I hate to stay but then I hate to leave

And you'll never know
You'll never know . . .

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo

Creeping up the backstairs
Slinking into dark stalls
Shapeless and slumped in bathchairs
Furtive eyes peep out of holes
She has many guises
She'll do what you want her to
Playing dead and sweet submission
Cracks the whip deadpan on cue

Peek-a-boo Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo Peek-a-boo

Reeking like a pigsty
Peeling back and gagging free
Flaccid ego in your hand
Chokes on dry tears, can you understand?
She's jeering at the shadows
Sneering behind a smile
Lunge and thrust to pout and pucker
Into the face of the beguiled

Peek-a-boo Peek-a-boo
Golly jeepers
Where'd you get those peepers?
Peepshow, creepshow
Where did you get those eyes?

Strobe lights pump and flicker
Dry lips crack out for more
`Come bite on this rag doll, baby!
That's right, now hit the floor'
They're sneaking out the back door
She gets up from all fours
Rhinestone fools and silver dollars
Curdle into bitter tears

Peek-a-boo Peek-a-boo
Golly jeepers
Where'd you get those peepers?
Peepshow, creepshow
Where did you get those eyes?