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Cabaret Voltaire

The Crackdown

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Turning out, beggars to eat me
Cutting wood, coming to lure us
Beggars watch to pull you in
Lure them back in front of you
Eat it up and spit it out
What you saw is sweet nothing
Coming to lure you in
For twenty-four, twenty-four, twenty-four hours a day

Eat it up and spit it out
... too slim to aspire to
Pick it 'til you bleed, turn back
Cutting wood, coming to lure us, in

Coming to lure us in.
Turning back, they break us 'til we bleed
Cutting wood. Coming to lure us, in
Make us watch them pull you in
Throw it back in front of you
Eat it up and spit it out
What we saw that's in our face
To satisfy, to make us, to make us, 'til we bleed
Twenty-four, twenty-four, twenty-four hours a day

Twenty-four, twenty-four, twenty-four hours a day

Kick us 'til we wait to lure us

Make us watch...
Throw it back in front of you
Eat it up and spit it out
What we saw that's in our face
For twenty-four, twenty-four, twenty-four hours a day

Eat it up and spit it out

When we saw the shape of things to satisfy our makers
Makers 'til we bleed
Twenty-four, twenty-four, twenty-four hours a day

Twenty-four, twenty-four, twenty-four hours a day
Twenty-four, twenty-four, twenty-four hours a day
Turning, turning. Other smells you take it off

Underground you hear our feet
Turning, you spit it out
Coming to lure us in

Twenty-four, twenty-four, twenty-four hours a day




In The Shadows






Talking Time






Animation






Over And Over






Just Fascination

Slipping into new disguise,
Your eyes know, your body lies
This fascination
This fascination
This fascination

Your thoughts, closed off
But it's no concern, concern of yours
Just fascination. Just fascination. Just private, fascination

Hide away in secrecy,
You chop away this fantasy
This private fascination
This private fascination

But if they knew, you'd shoot yourself
A beast, you'd shoot yourself
This private, fascination
Just fascination. This fascination. This private fascination

Glances back, slip in the way, swift
You've found another way of,
Slipping into your disguise,
Your eyes know, your body lies
This fascination. This fascination
Just fascination. Just fascination. Just private, fascination
This private, fascination

Drive away in privacy,
You chop away this fantasy
Your thoughts, closed off
But it's no concern, concern of yours
Just fascination. Just fascination. Just fascination
Just private, fascination. Just private, fascination

A glance back, slipping away, the slip
You pack another way
But if they knew, you'd shoot yourself
A beast, you'd shoot yourself
This private fascination. This fascination. This fascination
This private fascination

This fascination
This fascination
This fascination
This private, fascination. This private, fascination




Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself)






Haiti






Crackdown

Scatter you, sweep your feet
Pick you up, and drag you in
Stubbing things to schemes and places
And someone, cracks down

Watching you watch others move
And sometimes, someone...

Flatter you, sweep your feet
Pick you up, and drag you in
Stick to you playing with fire
And it's so good that you scream
And someone, sometimes, cracks down
Someone, sometimes, cracks down

A bell rings, you jump a place,
Making moves to the right spot
And someone, somewhere, cracks down
Flatter you, sweep your feet
Pick you up, and drag you in
Stubbing things to schemes and places
Pick a place
Watching you watch others move
Then sometimes, someone, cracks down
Cracks down

Flatter you, sweep your feet
Pick you up, and drag you in
Take to you playing with fire
And it's so good that you scream
A bell rings, you jump a place,
Making right moves to the right spots
And someone, cracks down

Someone, sometimes, cracks down
Someone, sometimes, cracks down

Watching you watch others move
Cracks down
Someone, cracks down
Cracks down
Someone, cracks down
Someone, sometime, cracks down
Somewhere, someone, somewhere, cracks down

Watching you watch others move
Someone, sometimes, crack down
The crackdown. Crack down
Someone, somewhere, cracks down
Cracks down, cracks down, crackdown, someone, crackdown

You're seeing things, you're stopping things,
Dreams and chasers, picking places
Watching you watch others move
Right places. And someone cracks down
Cracks down

Crackdown, crackdown, crackdown, crackdown, someone cracks down
Crackdown, crackdown, cracks down, cracks down




Diskono






Double Vision






Badge Of Evil






Moscow






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