Rufus Wainwright - Unfollow The Rules Album Lyrics

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Trouble in Paradise

I was going round from the town to the country
Then going back round
From the country back to the town
I was making rounds from the back to my forehead
Then going back round
From the front to the back of my crown

There's always trouble in paradise
Don't matter if your drinks are neat or on ice
There's always trouble in paradise
Don't matter if you're good or bad or mean or awfully nice

You see me here in my dress all in order
You see me there, my hair
A solid steel bob
But all you see is in fact just the armor
Don't see me laughing with joy
And the occasional sob

There's always trouble in paradise
Don't matter if your drinks are neat or on ice
There's always trouble in paradise
Don't matter if you're good or bad or mean or awfully nice

And when I'm gone you're gonna miss me so!
But not for long because I taught you what's de trops
But there's always trouble in paradise
And I bet I'll be there because you know in fact I'm actually rather nice

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Damsel in Distress

Will you forever be a damsel in distress?
Will you forever be a harbinger of loneliness?
Yes, I remember smiles
Yes, I remember wiles
Behind the Square of Sloan
Under the English moon within the Chelsea sky

Will you forever be wandering the wall
Looking for what you see?
Your father's face in a waterfall
Yes, I remember smiles
Yes, I remember wiles
Behind the Square of Sloan
Under the English moon within the Chelsea sky

So much
You got exactly that
You got exactly what you wanted
But what the hell is that?

Who do you think I am?
A traveler on the wind?
I am a prince of man who was raised to soon be king
All I can do is fight
All I can do is wright
Behind the Square of Sloan
Under the English moon there I learned to survive

So much
You got exactly that
You got exactly what you wanted
But what the hell is that?

I hope you find your way for the sake of what we've lost
And that there comes a day
When you realize the precious cost
Yes, I remember smiles
Yes, I remember wiles
Behind the Square of Sloan
Under the English moon, you in your disguise

So much
You got exactly that
You got exactly what you wanted
What the hell is that?

Will you forever be
A damsel in distress?
Will you forever be
A damsel in distress?
Will you forever be
A damsel in distress?
Will you forever be
A damsel in distress?
Will you forever be
A damsel in distress?
Will you forever be
A damsel in distress?

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Unfollow the Rules

Sometimes I feel like my heart turns to dust
Unfollow the rules
Unswallow the trust
Sometimes I feel like my brain turns to leaves
Unfollow the rules
Uncover the thieves of the game

Sometimes I reel in a fish far too small
Back into the sea, hook, sinker and all
And beyond ruins from before the fall
Stop looking and see
And just head the call of the plebes
Just like Hercules in Thebes was just
By just being a man

But I'm no Hercules
And this is Herculean
Tomorrow l will just be feeling the pain

Don't give me what I want
Just give me what I'm needing
Unfollow the rules
Unfollow the path to the seeding

I'll never know
But perhaps I'll have a feeling
Unfollow the rules
Unfollow the wrath to the stealing

But I'm no Hercules
And this is Herculean
Tomorrow I will just be feeling the pain

I'm no Hercules
And this is Herculean
Tomorrow I will just be feeling the pain

Don't give me what I want
Just give me what I'm needing
I will never know
But perhaps I'll have a feeling
Don't give me what I want
Just give me what I'm needing
I will never know
But perhaps I'll have a feeling

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You Ain't Big

You ain't big unless you're big in Alabama
Don't know who you are unless you made it in Wichita
Gotta get back to Kansas
Or at least southern North Carolina

You ain't big unless you're big in Mississippi
Don't know who you are unless you made it in Topeka
Gotta get back to Kansas
Or at least southern West Virginia

You ain't big if you're little in Texas
Don't know who are who you are unless you made it in Lawrence, Kansas
Wait a minute, Lawrence, Kansas
Doesn't really matter at all

You ain't big unless you're big in Alabama
Don't know who you are unless you made it in Wichita
Gotta get back to Kansas
Except of course back to Lawrence

(You ain't big unless you're big in Alabama)
God forbid, southern Pennsylvania
(You ain't big unless you're big in Alabama)
God forbid, eastern California
(You ain't big unless you're big in Alabama)
God forbid, western New York State

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Romantical Man

Sarah Siddons overlooking the motorway
Paddington Green certainly isn't what it used to be
Got a feeling London is calling me
Or could it be that I'm simply trying to run away

I took the veil, I took the veil at Liberty
And bought a scarf, now I'm fully covered ya see
But I don't think I can hide my ecstasy
Thinking of you up on Belsize Park thinking of me

Cause I'm a roman- romantical man
Can't be pedantic (if you gotta look it up, the definition)
Cause I'm a roman- romantical man
Wish I was sarcastic
But I'm feeling it
Like every second

We're all surrounded by shards of glass and not masonry
Perfectly reflecting what we don't want to see

And the classical critics can't stand a melody
I only ask what brought you to the opera firstly
Mother can you hear me, I'm calling you!
Mother can you hear me, I've made it through
But the temperature is rising
The water's high
The forests they are dying
But just for tonight
I'm a roman- romantical man

Tonight the ship will set sail from the sand
Can't be pedantic
If you gotta look it up, the definition
Wish I was sarcastic
But I'm feeling it
Like every second

Sarah Siddons overlooking the motorway...

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Peaceful Afternoon

Well, it's coming onto thirteen years together, babe
I pray that it's the luck, a lucky, lucky number
And although I know I've brought you joy and happiness, babe
I've also been a fec-, a fecund resource for anger

'Cause it's all a part of the game
Yeah, it's all a part of the symphony
And I pray that your face is the last I see
On a peaceful afternoon

And now that our machine is running at full steam
I pray that nothing shucks a wrench into the matter
But between sex and death and tryin' to keep the kitchen clean
Remember wild roses bloom best in ruins forever after

'Cause it's all a part of the game
Yeah, it's all a part of the symphony
And I pray that your face is the last I see
On a peaceful afternoon
Leaving the living room

Yeah, it's all a part of the game
Yeah, it's all a part of the symphony
And I pray that your face is the last I see
On a peaceful afternoon

And just in case you go before me
Rest assured that of this I can guarantee
That my face, that my face is the last you'll see
On a peaceful afternoon
Leaving the living, living room

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Only The People That Love

Only the people that love
May dream
In a world of
A silent scream

Only the people that love
Mean, God of love, mean
'Cause

Love means go on a do it
Love means go ahead and do it
Love means go on and say it
Love means go ahead and say it
Everything

Only the people that love
May cry
In a world of
Eternal goodbye

Everyone else ought to just
Die, God of love, die
'Cause

Love dies go on and do it
Love dies go ahead and do it
Love dies go on and say it
Love dies go ahead and say it
With your eyes

Go on and do it
Go ahead and do it
Go on and say it
Go ahead and say it
Don't be shy

Only the people that love
Only the people that love
Only the people that love
May fly
May fly
May fly
May fly
May fly

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This One's For The Ladies (THAT LUNGE!)

This one's for the ladies that lunge
Spunge your brow
Clutch your remaining arrows
Remaining arrows

This one's for the ladies that plunge
Break your vow
Leave your children hanging, dangling

And come with me
To the wondrous land
Where people listen to your plan
And come with me
To a wondrous place
Where no one stares past your face

Nah nah nah nah...

Oh this one's for the ladies that lunge
Spunge your brow
Clutch your remaining arrows
Remaining arrows

Yeah baby, this one's for the ladies that plunge
Break your vow
Leave your children hanging, dangling

Come with me
To a wondrous place
Where people listen to your plan
And come with me
To a wondrous place
Where no one stares past your face

This one's for the ladies
This one's for the ladies
This one's for the ladies

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My Little You

You were thought of in the dressing room of La Divina
Where your parents spent too much time in front of the mirror
In the Conservatorio Musicale Luigi Cherubini
My little you

Daddy putting on his make-up and wearing black feathers
Mama wading through the river Styx with all the answers
Back and forth between the living and the dead
Lipstick glances you
My little you

Don't let anybody out here
Tell you what you gotta do here

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Early Morning Madness

Early morning madness
Everything is wrong
Early morning sadness
Everything is crap and long
Gotta take a nap later on
Then the early morning longing will be gone
That's the thing just in time
For the chime of the dinner gong

Early morning madness
I'm a perfect man
Early morning sadness
Gotta get some rest I guess
Gotta take some time to be well
Then the early morning longing will dispell
That's the thing just in time
For the ting of the dinner bell

Early morning madness
Early morning sadness
I don't have the senti- sentiment, senti- sentiment, ah

Early morning madness
You're a total bore
Earl morning sadness
Don't wanna ride that ship no more
Sailing at that clip evermore
But the Flying Dutchman's calling me a boy
That's the thing, it's a scare
I can hear the ring trrring trrrring trrrrring... of a flaying funeral snare

Early Morning Madness
Early Morning sadness
I don't have the senti-sentiment, senti- sentiment, ah

Early morning madness
Early morning sadness

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Devils And Angels (Hatred)

Hatred on the horizon
Must be assumed for the ascension
Shatter the scepter
Lower the drawbridge
Drain the moat
Empty the catapult

Hatred on the horizon
Must be assumed for the ascension
Unlock the padlock
Swallow the key
For any prisoners
There won't be any need

Hatred on the horizon
Must be assumed for the ascension
Sit out and wait
Wait on the throne
For it to take
And for the beasts to come

Devils, devils and angels
I'm gonna give myself away
I'm gonna give myself away
Dispense with the niceties

Over over to neither
I'm gonna give myself away
I'm gonna give myself away
To the monstrosities

Hatred on the horizon
Must be assumed
For the ascension
I hear galloping

Scent of blood
Under the fire
Behind the flooding

Devils
Devils and angels
I'm gonna give myself away
I'm gonna give myself away
Dispense with the niceties

Over over to neither
I'm gonna give myself away
I'm gonna give myself away
To the monstrosities

Give away
Give away
Give myself
Give myself away
Give myself away
Give give myself away

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Alone Time

I need a little alone time
A little dream time
But don't worry, I will be back, baby
I need a little be-gone time
A little on-my-own time
But don't worry, I will be back, baby

To get you on the Mists of Avalon
To save you from the cliffs of lovers leaping off
And on and off and on and off and on

I need a little alone time
A little dream time
Don't worry, I will be back, baby
I need a little be-gone time
A little on-my-own time
But don't worry, I will be back, baby

To get you on the wings of a perfect song
To save you from these stings of having to turn off
And on and off and on and off and on

I need a little alone time
A little dream time
But don't worry, I will be back, baby
I need a little be-gone time
A little on-my-own time
But don't worry, I will be back, baby

To get you
To get you
To get you
To get you