JAPANESE
WHISPERS (1983)
Let's Go To Bed
Let me take your
hand
I'm shaking like
milk
Turning
Turning blue
All over the
windows and the floors
Fires outside in
the sky
Look as perfect
as cats
The two of us
together again
But it's just the
same
A stupid game
But I don't care
if you don't
And I don't feel
if you don't
And I don't want
it if you don't
And I won't say
it
If you don't say
it first
You think you're
tired now
But wait until
three...
Laughing at the
Christmas lights
You remember
From December
All of this then
back again
Another girl
Another name
Stay alive but
stay the same
It's just the
same
A stupid game
But I don't care
if you don't
And I don't feel
if you don't
And I don't want
it if you don't
And I won't play
it
If you don't play
it first
You can't even
see now
So you ask me the
way
You wonder if
it's real
Because it
couldn't be rain...
Through the right
doorway
And into the white
room
It used to be the
dust that would lay here
When I came here
alone
But I don't care
if you don't
And I don't feel
if you don't
And I don't want
it if you don't
And I won't say
it
If you don't say
it first
Doo doo doo doo
Let's go to bed!
Doo doo doo doo
Let's go to bed!
You're too far
away
Too far away to
touch
And this mother's
love inside me
Hurts too much
Prettily waving
Playing on the
sand
Dreaming of
everything
Dancing
Dancing in our
hands
Dancing
Dancing
Dizzy dizzy dizzy
As I speak
Like a tumbling
cat
I watch in
fascination
Like a vampire
bat
Don't do it don't
do it
Don't do it don't
do it
Don't give it
away
We'll use it up
tomorrow
If we don't use
it today
Rest your head
Oh! just put it
outside
All wrapped up in
ribbons
The night
The dream
The time love
died
We pushed it in
our mouths
Pushed it deep
inside
All wrapped up in
ribbons
The night
The dream
The time
Love died
Remember the time
that you rained all night
The queen of Siam
in my arms
Remember the time
that the islands sank
But nobody opened
their eyes
Remember that
time that the trees fell down
The wood crashing
through the wall
Remember the
sound that could wake the dead
But nobody woke
up at all
Somebody died for
this
Somebody died for
just one kiss
Remember the time
that the sky went black
We waited alone
on the sands
Remember the
taste of the raging sea
But nobody held
out their hands
Somebody died for
this
Somebody died
For just one kiss
Just one kiss
Just one kiss
I love it all
These games we
play
I close my eyes
You run away
I'm sure I asked
you to stay
But now you're
gone
And so I feel the
grey
Pulse in my head
I turn off the
lights and crawl into bed
I try to think of
sunshine
But my body goes
wet
With the first
crash of thunder...
I don't think I
can know
Anyone but you
dear
That's for sure!
When it gets to
four
It's my turn to
go
Oh the kiss!
So alcoholic and
slow
Arranging me for
Saturday
I thought you
would know
That I always
sleep alone...
I don't think I
can know
Anyone but you
Dear
That's for sure!
The upstairs room
is cool and bright
We can go up
there in summer
And dance all
night...
Your sister
started talking at a minute after ten
So everyone
jumped up
And then fell
over again
In April you can
join them
And stare at me
At the ghost from
your past...
I called you
after midnight
Then ran until I
burst
I passed the
howling woman
And stood outside
your door
We walked around
a lake
And woke up in
the rain
And everyone turned
over
Troubled in their
dreams again
Visiting time is
over
And so we walk
away
And both play
dead then cry out loud
Why we always cry
this way?
I kissed you in
the water
And made your dry
lips sing
I saw you look
Like a Japanese
baby
In an instant I remembered
everything...
I called you
after midnight
Then ran until my
heart burst
I passed the
howling woman
And stood outside
your door
I kissed you in
the water
And made your dry
lips sing
I saw you look
Like a Japanese
baby
In an instant I remembered
everything...
It was only
yesterday
Waving arms
across the street
Your white face
left me blue...
How can I say all
the things
I have to say to
you?
Oh! all the
people here
All look the
same...
The little time I
spend with you
We drink each
other dry
Mammnnarghaassstmmetc!
Speak my
language!
It was only
yesterday
My eyes touched
yours across the street
We cut the words
And waved goodbye
And dropped off
the edge of the world
Mammnnarghaassstmmetc!
Speak my language!
Today there was a
tragedy
Underneath the
bridge
A man walked
Cold and blue
Into La Ment
The sky coloured
perfect
As the man
slipped away
Waving with a
last vanilla smile...
Somewhere at a
table
Two drowned fools
Smoking
Drinking water as
they talked
Of how they loved
our lady
And oh! the smell
as candles die...
One more ice
cream river body
Flowed underneath
the bridge
Underneath the
bridge
We move like
cagey tigers
We couldn't get
closer than this
The way we walk
The way we talk
The way we stalk
The way we kiss
We slip through
the streets
While everyone
sleeps
Getting bigger
and sleeker
And wider and
brighter
We bite and
scratch and scream all night
Let's go and
throw
All the songs we
know...
Into the sea
You and me
All these years
and no one heard
I'll show you in
spring
It's a
treacherous thing
We missed you
hissed the lovecats
We're so
wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully
Wonderfully
pretty!
Oh you know that
I'd do anything for you...
We should have
each other to tea huh?
We should have
each other with cream
Then curl up by
the fire
And sleep for
awhile
It's the
grooviest thing
It's the perfect
dream
Into the sea
You and me
All these years
and no one heard
I'll show you in
spring
It's a
treacherous thing
We missed you
hissed the lovecats
We're so
wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully
Wonderfully
pretty!
Oh you know that
I'd do anything for you...
We should have
each other to dinner huh?
We should have
each other with cream
Then curl up in
the fire
Get up for awhile
It's the
grooviest thing
It's the perfect
dream
Hand in hand
Is the only way
to land
And always the
right way round
Not broken in
pieces
Like hated little
meeces...
How could we miss
Someone as dumb
as this?
I love you...
let's go...
Oh... solid
gone...
How could we miss
Someone as dumb
as this?