Here Lies Love Album Lyrics

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American Troglodyte

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

I could be a dancer, maybe
I could be a judge
Used to sing that karaoke
But I, I don't do it much

Democracy in action
There is nothin' up my sleeve
A watermelon postcard I am
Plantin' all my seeds

Americans are wearin' those sexy jeans
Americans are usin' technology
Americans are surfin' that Internet
Americans are listenin' to 50 Cent

Americans are buyin' that modern art
Americans are drivin' gigantic cars
Americans are doin' that exercise
Americans are livin' like troglodytes

Everybody knows me
They are drinkin' to my health
I terrorized my family and I
Terrorized myself

Evangelized my bedroom you can
Ride away with me
All the girls together in a
Mighty symphony

Americans are playin' that basketball
Americans are doin' that rock and roll
Americans are goin' to outer space
Americans are buyin' that real estate

Americans are livin' the simple life
Americans are dancin' on Friday nights
Americans are goin' to Broadway shows
Americans believe in the Holy Ghost

Americans are wearin' that lingerie
Americans are throwin' that shit away
Americans are watchin' reality
Americans are goin' from A to Z

Americans are dancin' in discotheques
Americans are payin' their income tax
Americans are workin' from 9 to 5
Americans are livin' like troglodytes

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Here Lies Love

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

When I was a young girl in Leyte
My dresses were all hand-me downs and scraps
I’d see the people smile
When I would sing for them
How happy they all seemed when I would dance

We lived a stone’s throw from the palace
A simple country girl who had a dream
The ladies passing by, a better class than I
How much it meant to me to be like these

Is it a sin to love too much?
Is it a sin to care? I do it all for you
How can it be unfair?
I know that when my number’s up
When I am called by God above
Don’t have my name inscribed into the stone

Just say: Here lies love, here lies love
Here lies love just say:
Here lies love, here lies love
Here lies love

The most important things are love and beauty
It doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor
To prosper and to fly, a basic human right
The feeling in your heart that you’re secure

Is it a sin to love too much?
Is it a sin to care? I do it all for you
How can it be unfair?
I know that when my number’s up
When I am called by God above
Don’t have my name inscribed into the stone

Just say: Here lies love, here lies love
Here lies love just say:
Here lies love, here lies love
Here lies love

I know that when my number’s up
When I am called by God above
Don’t have my name inscribed into the stone

Just say: Here lies love, here lies love
Here lies love just say:
Here lies love, here lies love
Here lies love

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Child of the Philippines

(David Byrne and Fatboy Slim)

All around our land I see hatred and fear

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
Hatred and fear!

[NINOY]
Where is the kindness, where now my dear?

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
Where can it be?

[NINOY]
Now can our country be healed?
Can it change and be strong
Will the answers come soon? Ha
A-we have waited so long

Now listen up!

[NINOY AND MALE ENSEMBLE]
I am a child of the Philippines
From Calayan to Lake Sebu

[NINOY]
And I, I'm a young man
A young man in a hurry
But you
You know that those miracles
You know that those miracles
You know that those miracles
They might come true

I see you, Imelda

[IMELDA]
Hey, Aquino!

[NINOY]
Girl, you better bring that pretty face over here
Cause, uh, you make me wanna'
You make me wanna'

Uh!
Dream a little dream
Ha -
With a girl just like you

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
Girl just like you!

[IMELDA]
It's not a dream
And you know that it's good
[NINOY]
Now when you walked in the room
I just had to say, yah!
And with you by my side, uh!
I know we'll go far

[IMELDA]
Anything you want
Everything you do

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
That thing you do!

[IMELDA]
Love is gonna' change
The bad into good

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
Bad into good

[NINOY]
But we have waited so long
Now a change will come soon
And if you put me in charge
Hey! That's what I'd do

Help me out, fellas!

[NINOY, IMELDA AND MEN]
I am a child of the Philippines
From Calayan to Lake Sebu

[NINOY]
And this, this is our land
A land that's in a hurry

But you
You know that those miracles
You know that those miracles
You know that those miracles
They might come true

I think they can come true!
We can educate our children
And we can unionize our workers
We can give our people a break
Come on, let's give our people a break!

You say -

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
Give our people a break!

[NINOY]
Come on, let's give our people a break
Let me hear it!

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
Give our people a break!

[NINOY]
Let me hear it!
Give our people a break
You say -

[MALE ENSEMBLE]
Give our people a break!

[NINOY]
Just give 'em a break
Yeah

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Opposite Attraction

(David Byrne and Fatboy Slim)

[IMELDA]
Come on, boys

I say
Everyone needs love
And to love in return
But you say
You've got to change the world
Well that's alright

Cause I say
No one lives by bread
By bread alone
But you say
People got to have a home
That's what you say

But I say
Opposite attraction
Like magnetism or the pieces of a puzzle
It's a natural reaction now baby it's sick
And I think that I'm in trouble

Now we're different as we can be
And the fit is pretty good it seems
We're so tight it make you wanna scream
But that's why opposites attract for real
Yeah opposites attract for real
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[NINOY]
Now

You know me
I gotta' speak my mind
No matter what the cost
And you say

[IMELDA]
Boy, don't you leave me behind

[NINOY]
That's what you say

You say

[IMELDA]
I say that love is all, it's all we need

[NINOY]
But I say

Ooh girl, we're living in a world
A world so real

Now opposite attraction
Though we keep trying
There's an awful lot of distance
And emotional reaction
Now I'm taking my shot
And I need to make a difference
Now we're different as we can be
And politics puts you to sleep

I understand the pain you feel
Now it's sad the way this has to end
So baby can we still be friends
And I know someday you will understand

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Rose of Tacloban

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

I wrote inside my year book
"To try is to succeed"
Fried chicken and the Rumba
The colors pink and cream

Ninoy was my first love
But he said I was too tall
A rich girl stole the sweetheart
Of the Rose of Tacloban

The heart grows slightly colder
Necessary to survive
And money makes it easy
In many people's lives

The sky above protects us
Don't know what I will become
Or what lies beyond tomorrow
For the Rose of Tacloban

The love and women
On a magazine page
Elegant woman
Like a paper parade

I don't go out dancing
I just stay at home
Cutting out their faces
And replacing them with my own
Cutting out their faces
And replacing them with me own

The sky above protects us
Don't know what I will become
Or what lies beyond tomorrow
For the Rose of Tacloban
What lies beyond tomorrow
For the Rose of Tacloban

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A Perfect Hand

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

They occupied our country
We were almost overrun
I knew if I did not react
They'd kill us, everyone

I promised to my mother
She meant so much to me
That for every single tear she shed
There'd be a victory

Who's holding aces?
And who's gonna fold
And who's got a secret?
And who's feeling bold?

It's a winning combination
If a lady understands
That the King and the Queen of Hearts
Could be a perfect hand

So know what you are holding
But be prepared to bluff
There are many ways to win a game
And skill is not enough

In the Senate or in business
But most of all in love
You ladies all know how things work
You know how to get things done

And if you open the door for a lady
You open a door for yourself
And a stranger's only someone
Who you have yet to help

Who's holding aces?
And who's gonna fold?
And who's got a secret?
And who's feeling bold?

It's a winning combination
If a lady understands
That the King and the Queen of Hearts
Could be a perfect hand

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Eleven Days

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

He is so fast
Tell me what's his name
It was only a moment
But I don't feel the same

He gave me two roses
He gave me two roses
One is open, one is closed
One is the future and one is my love

[Chorus]
Eleven days since the moment we met
Eleven days I will never forget
Eleven diamonds on the ring that he gave
I haven't seen him in eleven days
Eleven days, eleven days, eleven days

What am I doing?
Must be out of my mind
He pulled out the paper
And I signed on the line

He gave me two roses
He gave me two roses
One is open, one is closed
One is the future and one is my love

[Chorus]

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When She Passed By

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

I heard that you were getting married
I always knew that you'd do well
You're a legendary beauty
From our small provincial town

Ilocos joined to Leyte
Two important families
A glorious occasion
A foretold destiny

I followed in the morning papers
How exciting it has been
The courtship and the whirlwind romance
For the sweetest of beauty queens

He's crazy for you
Who wouldn't be, I'm sure?
And nothing matters more than that
And you'll never be poor no more

How she looked when she passed by
How she looked when she passed by
I feel like I'm watching history
Living before my eyes
Many years from now
We'll recall just how
How she looked when she passed by

I know that you are in there somewhere
Whole Man drawing
Letters get misplaced in the mail
Guess that there was some confusion
Amidst those throngs and swells

Did you see me outside?
Did you see me wave
When you passed in your car?
Ah, well, that's okay

How she looked when she passed by
How she looked when she passed by
Feel like I'm watching history
Living before my eyes
Many years from now
We'll recall just how
How she looked when she passed by

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Sugartime Baby

(David Byrne and Fatboy Slim)

[IMELDA]
People ask me
How we started
I tell them it's true

I was just a
Simple salesgirl
When I ran into you

[MARCOS]
I took one look at you
Sitting there with your friends
Had I seen you before?
Now my whole life is changed

[IMELDA AND MARCOS]
Now I'm walking on air
Through these tropical streets
We're from different worlds
Love has power to heal

Sugartime baby, honeymoon
Lucky for me, crazy for you
Puffy white clouds both near and far
Flowers exploding in my heart
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You never know
Where love is found
God only knows
Where we are bound

Wo-hoo wo-hoo wo-hoo
Wo-hoo wo-hoo wo-hoo

[JEIGH MADJUS]
What a picture they make
I'm so proud of us all

[ENSEMBLE]
And the whole can see
They're our Jackie and John

Now the man from the North
And the Tacloban Rose
Make a beautiful dream
And how far they will go!

[IMELDA AND MARCOS]
Sugartime baby, honeymoon
Lucky for me, crazy for you
Puffy white clouds both near and far
Flowers exploding in my heart
You never know
Where love is found
God only knows
Where we are bound

Wo-hoo wo-hoo wo-hoo
Wo-hoo wo-hoo wo-hoo

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Walk Like a Woman

(David Byrne and Fatboy Slim)

(Imelda and answers)
He taught me (how to do it)
He taught me (lightly)
He taught me (you'll get through it)
He taught me (nightly)

And to be married to such a man
I can't believe how lucky I am
I am so lucky-so lucky to be
Never poor no more-I have all that I need

I'm going to learn how to walk like a woman
I'm going to learn how to dress, how to dance
I'm going to learn how to make an impression
Do anything for the love of this man

And if he loved me on the day we met
Then why must I be someone else?
The girl he married-now is that still me?
Who am I now? I ask myself

See him look at someone else
I copy her hair and the way that she dress
I live to see him look at me
That's all I want, that's all that I need

I'm going to learn how to walk like a woman
I'm going to learn how to dress, how to dance
I'm going to learn how to make an impression
Do anything for the love of this man

Shouldn't he love me for the way I am?
And if he loves me, then why must I change?
Was that the reason that we fell in love?
Will he still love me if I'm not the same?

And if I bang my head on the wall for hours
Then I won't feel the confusion no more
The New York doctor-bright yellow pills he gave me
Remind yourself what you're doing it for-
It's for love-it's for love-it's for love
It's for love-it's for love-it's for love
It's for love-
(in your head, there's nothing wrong with your heart)

I'm going to learn how to walk like a woman
I'm going to learn how to dress, how to dance
I'm going to learn how to go out in public
Do anything for the love of my man

It's for love-it's for love-it's for love
It's for love-it's for love-it's for love
It's for love-
(in your head, there's nothing wrong with your heart)

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Don't You Agree?

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

With my heart and with my skin
From time to time and back again
With my skin and with my soul
How each one smiles when she's alone

And here we are, Convention Center
Traveled so far 'cross many rivers
No time to rest, no time to sleep
Keep movin' on, my tired feet

Sometimes we need a hero
Can't make it on our own
Sometimes you need a strong man
With seize of all control

[Chorus]
Don't you agree, agree with me?
Don't you agree, don't you agree?
Don't you agree, agree with me?
Don't you agree, don't you agree?

Who needs a chair whose roof has leaks?
The children's name, what each one did
Got my people everywhere
The bellboys and operators

Who stood up to the Japanese?
Who cares about the Philippines?
He built a house, I decorate
I'm telling all, you delegate

[Chorus]

Sometimes you need a hero
Can't make it on our own
Sometimes you need a strong man
With things of all control

Don't you agree, agree with me?
Don't you agree, agree with me?
Don't you agree, don't you agree?

[Chorus: x2]

Don't you agree?
(Don't you agree?)
Agree with me
(Agree with me)

Don't you agree?
(Don't you agree?)
Agree with me
(Agree with me)

Don't you agree?
(Don't you agree?)
Agree with me
(Agree with me)

Don't you agree?
(Agree with me)

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Pretty Face

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

Will you reach into your pockets?
And show us that you care
For the orphans and the farmers
Everyone give their share

I feel so guilty when I’m resting
Though I rise at early dawn
For every hour that passes
I could have helped someone

And we’ll show the world
What a country girl can change
And we’ll show the whole wide world
That we have a pretty face
Pretty face, pretty face pretty face have we
Pretty face, pretty face pretty face have we

A thousand miles of concrete
Schools and dams and parks
Two thousand day care centers
And a center for the arts

There will always be poor people
But teach them how to care
If a hospital is needed
Every business give it's share

And we’ll show the world
What a country girl can change
And we’ll show the whole wide world
That we have a pretty face

Pretty face, pretty face pretty face have we
Pretty face, pretty face pretty face have we

Some would call me Robin Hood
But this work we do I know is good
So dig a little deeper now
We’re gonna turn this thing around
Pretty face, pretty face pretty face have we
Pretty face, pretty face pretty face have we

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Dancing Together

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

Went to the house of Mary Lasker
Saw Matisses, Picassos, Renoirs and Gauguins
Golf course and flowers, statues and stables
I met a Whitney, Rockefeller and Brown

And they were dancing, dancing together
Dancing, oh so beautifully
Dancing, dancing together
Dancing, oh as if in a dream

Charles Jourdan, Oleg Cassini
There was Andy Warhol and Hanae Mori
Beautiful products all over the table
Fills my heart up with thoughts of my people
And they were dancing, dancing together
Dancing, oh so beautifully
Dancing, dancing together
Dancing, oh as if in a dream

I love my little people
You don't know what it's like
I'd rather be back in my Leyte
Back in the Quonset hut

That I'll be dancing, dancing together
Dancing, oh so beautifully
Dancing, dancing together
Dancing, as if in a dream

Ali Hassan, Margot Fonteyn
Christina Onassis and the Queen of Spain
Beautiful women in beautiful homes
Just out of reach if
Your skin's colored brown

And they'll be dancing, dancing together
Dancing so beautifully
Dancing, dancing together
Dancing, oh as if in a dream

"Hello Mr zeibel? Yes, my name is Jane Ryan
Mr saunders and I would like
To make a deposit… mm hmm, now listen"
Breakfast with George, disco with George
It must be us who truly serve
And we're dancing, dancing together
Dancing, oh so beautifully
Dancing, ow together
Dancing, as if in a dream

Dancing, dancing together
Dancing so beautifully
Dancing, dancing together dancing

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Fabulous One

(David Byrne and Fatboy Slim)

ENSEMBLE:
I'ma rise up!
I'ma rise up!
I'ma rise up!
I'ma rise up!

I'ma rise up!
I'ma rise up!
I'ma rise up!
I'ma rise up!

NINOY:
Out every night
In New York and Paris
Champagne and dancing
While back here at home
People barely surviving
They - they're living in shanties!
Our country's in trouble
But her party goes on

Now
Now I have risen
At the risk of her ire
And I have risen
At the risk of her scorn

Ha!
And I have risen
At the risk of her fury
While that monument rises
For the, the fabulous one
The fabulous one

You know who I'm talking about
The fabulous one
Out on her yacht
Bacchanalian feasts
On the palace roof
They party 'til dawn!
Now a cultural center
For Callas and Bernstein
That monument rises
For the fabulous one

Now
Now I have risen
At the risk of her ire
And I have risen
At the risk of her scorn

Ha!
And I have risen
At the risk of her fury
While that monument rises
For the, the fabulous one
She's so... fabulous, ha!

NINOY & ENSEMBLE:
A ghetto sprawls
And I am revolted
Houses of cardboard
No medical care
Misuse of money (I'ma rise up)
And a monument rises (I'ma rise up)
The stench of the toilets (I'ma rise up)
But they don't stand there (I'ma rise up)

NINOY:
C'mon, let me here ya' say
Rise up!
Say rise up!
Say rise up!
Say rise up!
Rise up!
Say rise up!
I wanna' see you jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump!
C'mon let's jump! Jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump!

We're gonna' rise up!

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Men Will Do Anything

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

You play around with that woman
Didn't you know I cared?
Walking 'round, everyone can see
A sleazy cheap affair

What's the matter with me, baby?
Am I not good enough for you?
If you prefer that slut, okay
I'll tell you what we'll do

Men will do anything
For a little piece of mind
Men will do anything
That's how you keep them in line
Men will do anything
For some sweet tranquility
Men will do anything
And there's nothing you can do to me

Do anything that you want them to
If you leave them on their own
They'll sign here on the dotted line
If you ignore what they have done

Like a poor little mangy puppy
With his tail between his legs
If you catch them fooling around
Outside the mosquito net

Men will do anything
For a little piece of mind
Men will do anything
That's how you keep them in line
Men will do anything
For some sweet tranquility
Men they'll do anything
And there's nothing you can do to me

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Star and Slave

(David Byrne and Fatboy Slim)

IMELDA:
Last night, I had a dream
That I was back in Leyte
I dreamed I was barely alive
But I could still see

Then a woman in white
Approached my bed
This Egyptian queen
She could raise the dead

And a crowd of people
They were praying in there for me
And this crowd of people
They were singing their songs for me

And I can feel it now
Their faith and affection
Feel that I, I'm
Their Pygmalion now

I sit up in the dream I rise
And I, I come back
To the river of life
Now I rejoin the river of life

Now my personal life
That old life is over
And I'll serve my country
For the rest of my days

And I, oh I thank god
We know how to make money
Now I, I am the people's
Star, star and slave

Now it's because of you
That happiness lives here
And I'll give you my love
Now it's my turn to say

That if, if it is true
That you shall enslave me
Well it's because of you
Nothing can stand in my way

Let me be
Your star and slave
And my personal life
Well let them take it away

I can't be hurt anymore
By those things that they say
Let it come, let it come
Let it come what may

Let me be
Your star
Star and slave

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Poor Me

(David Byrne and Fatboy Slim)

MARCOS:
Oh Imelda
Light of my world
My queen of hearts
For all of these years
Come back to me
Don't leave me alone
For there is darkness
When you are not here

IMELDA:
Putang ina mo!
You deserve to be sick
In public no less
What you did to me
How can a titi mo
Run the country?
It takes a woman
To do a man's job

MARCOS:
I'll be up and about
In a matter of days
She, she meant
Nothing to me
I'll never do it again

ENSEMBLE:
The President's fine!
It's a slight allergy
Well he's doing okay
You know he's writing a book!
Our President's fine!
It's just a small cold
Now our President's fine
You know he's so overworked!

ENSEMBLE:
Poor me!

IMELDA:
Now I have to do everything!

ENSEMBLE:
Poor me

IMELDA:
I'm their star and their slave

ENSEMBLE:
Poor me

IMELDA:
I learned to walk like a woman

ENSEMBLE:
Now I'm strong

IMELDA:
Nothing can stand in my way

ENSEMBLE:
Our President's fine
How to do it
He's doing okay
Lightly
Our President's fine
You'll get through it
I saw him today
Nightly
Our President's fine

IMELDA:
Now I have to do everything

ENSEMBLE:
He's doing okay

IMELDA:
I'm their star and their slave

ENSEMBLE:
Our President's fine

IMELDA:
I learned to walk like a woman

ENSEMBLE:
I saw him today

IMELDA:
Nothing can stand in my way

MARCOS:
Oh Imelda
Light of my world

ENSEMBLE:
How to do it

MARCOS:
My queen of hearts

ENSEMBLE:
Poor me

MARCOS:
For all of these years

ENSEMBLE:
Lightly

IMELDA:
Let me be

MARCOS:
Come back to me

ENSEMBLE:
Poor me

MARCOS:
Don't leave me alone

ENSEMBLE:
You'll get through it

IMELDA:
Your star and slave

ENSEMBLE:
Now I'm strong
Nightly

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Please Don't

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

The world is full of intolerance,
Greed, injustice, and dominance
A women won't know no relationship
That's why, why I make, make my life a trip

So if there's a problem
Well I don't the president

Please don't
Don't let them look down on us
Please don't
Like they used to do to me

Nixon, Castro, Zhou Enlai
Qaddafi is easy and I'll tell you why
A woman knows just how to do, only rub his leg
He understood my point of view so I don't have to beg

So if there's a problem
Well I don't the president

Please don't
Don't let them look down on us
Please don't
Like they used to do to me

So if there's a problem
Well I don't the president

Please don't
Don't let them look down on us
Please don't
Like they used to do to me
Please don't
Don't let them look down on us
Please don't
Like they used to do to me

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Solano Avenue

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

What did I do to make you mad?
I swear I only told the truth
And none of this could hurt you now
And it's no insult to be poor

So take back all your money
Although I need it more than you
Just acknowledge that you knew me
On Solano Avenue, oh

I didn't mean you any harm
I didn't mean to bring you shame
It's not a sin that we had nothing
You and I were not to blame

When they teased you on the street
When they hurt you deep inside
To me it was that you came running
And I held you when you cried

So take back all your money
Although I need it more than you
Just acknowledge that you knew me
On Solano Avenue, oh

What did I do to make you mad?
I swear I only told the truth
And none of this could hurt you now
And it's no insult to be poor

So take back all your money
Although I need it more than you
Just acknowledge that you knew me
On Solano Avenue, oh

I didn't mean you any harm
I didn't mean to bring you shame
It's not a sin that we had nothing
You and I were not to blame

When they teased you on the street
When they hurt you deep inside
To me it was that you came running
And I held you when you cried

So take back all your money
Although I need it more than you
Just acknowledge that you knew me
On Solano Avenue, oh

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Order 1081

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

A bomb went off this morning raining bodies on TV
They are blaming the insurgents; they are blocking off the streets
And the smoke is rising slowly from the barrel of a gun
The solution to disruption: Order 1081

Now the sunsets are incredible across Manila Bay
You can hear the bombers landing at the U.S. Air Force base
And somewhere in the distance, out beyond the setting sun
They will sign a proclamation: Order 1081

Now, we live down by the water in a shack that's made of wood
And the bankers need to huddle so they need some extra room
We will find us somewhere better; there's enough for everyone
Got a perfect explanation: Order 1081

I thought I ordered coffee, but they gave me 7-Up
Got to clear away these shanties and these ugly nipa huts
So the seeds of our great future, they can grow here when we're done
And it's clearly all because of Order 1081

For thirty days the rain fell--we were nearly washed away
The radio fell silent; nothing left to do but pray
And the senator he told us the guerrillas are on the run
And the reason they are hiding? Order 1081

They are planting plastic flowers on the seaside esplanade
The Pope is speaking Spanish, but we can't hear what he says
Got to stop all this confusion, got to wipe away this scum
And the way to make it happen: Order 1081

It's amazing that the soldiers somehow all know how to dance
It's amazing how the soldiers keep the creases in their pants
Now it's safe to walk the streets at night; a new world has begun
Everybody's sleeping soundly thanks to 1081

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Seven Years

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

For seven years I've been in here
Seven years down in the hole, they said
"Your watch, your glasses, and your wedding ring
You won't need them anymore"

I felt abandoned--I felt cast aside
So where is God who never sleeps?
I heard a voice say, "Why do you cry?"
Then I found my inner peace

Ninoy, you were my first love
But you said I was too tall
The heart gets stronger and grows colder
For the Rose of Tacloban

I begged to God, could he forgive me now
And take back all those things I said?
This moment was a gift from above
Maybe it's some kind of test

Santo Niño, Santo Niño
Take good care of him
Santo Niño, Santo Niño
Take good care of him

Ninoy, remember a long time ago
You used to walk me to my home?
Who set you free? Who built this hospital?
You think I hate you, but you're wrong

For seven years I wore this crucifix
A necklace that watched over me
Face to face with mortality
I let go of all my fears

Now my husband he might hate you
But you know I saved your life
Ninoy, don't be a hero
I beg you, don't get on that flight

Santo Niño, Santo Niño
Take good care of him
Santo Niño, Santo Niño
Take good care of him

Santo Niño, Santo Niño
Take good care of him
Santo Niño, Santo Niño
Take good care of him

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Gate 37

(David Byrne and Fatboy Slim)

AQUINO:
So hold me now,
Cory and Benny
You know this thing
It's bigger than me -

I've got to do this alone
So it'll draw less attention
But it hurts me so much
Now it's time must leave

AQUINO & ENSEMBLE:
Now you're all gathered here
Here at Gate 37
Do you know what it means
To be saying goodbye?

AQUINO:
Do you know what it means
That this might be forever?
I might be seeing you now
For the very last time

I can hear the announcement
As they call China Airlines
This bulletproof vest
It's the best we can do

But the chances are slim
And if the truth it be told
'Cause if they aim for my head
It won't do me much good

AQUINO & ENSEMBLE:
Now you're all gathered here
Here at Gate 37
Do you know what it means
To be saying goodbye?

AQUINO:
Do you know what it means
That this might be forever?
I might be seeing you now
For the very last time

AQUINO & ENSEMBLE:
Now you're all gathered here
Here at Gate 37...

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Just Ask Flowers

(David Byrne and Fatboy Slim)

AURORA AQUINO:
When I asked my son
What do you want to be?
I was a little surprised
When he said to me

"I wanna' be a drummer, mom
I wanna' be a drummer
I gotta' call the people, mom
And get 'em all together

I wanna' be a drummer, mom
I wanna' be a drummer
I gotta' call the people, mom
And get 'em all together"

Now I watch the procession
As his body goes by
Half the country is here
But they won't see me cry

Ten thousand or more
And they've waited for hours
When I asked why are you here
They said, "Just ask the flowers"
They said, "Just ask the flowers"

Yeah just ask the flowers
Tama na, sobra na
We put up with so much
But this is going too far

"I wanna' be a drummer, mom
I wanna' be a drummer
I gotta' call the people, mom
And get 'em all together

I wanna' be a drummer, mom
I wanna' be a drummer
I gotta' call the people, mom
And get 'em all together"

It was a hero's procession
Now it's more than one man
And my son was a drummer
This I now understand

That day something was born
In those afternoon showers
And the reason they're here
You need just ask the flowers

Just ask the flowers
Yeah just ask the flowers
Tama na, sobra na
We put up with so much
But this is going too far

"I wanna' be a drummer, mom
I wanna' be a drummer
I gotta' call the people, mom
And get 'em all together

I wanna' be a drummer, mom
I wanna' be a drummer
I gotta' call the people, mom
And get 'em all together"

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Why Don't You Love Me?

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

Why don't you love me?
Why don't you love me?
Why don't you love me?

I gave you my life
I gave you my time
What more could I do?
I'm broken inside

I rose each morning
Worked way past midnight
Exhausted, expired
Now you kick me out?

Why don't you love me?
What's a woman to do?
Why don't you love me? (Do I)
Mean so little to you?

It's been so long our lives
What's wrong? What's right?
I did everything
Everything was for you
Why don't you love me?

My legs won't hold me
My chest feels so strange
Why don't you love me?
Was it something that I said?

How can you say this?
And when did you change?
You used to love me
Was it just pretend?

Why don't you love me?

Just look at Nixon
They tore him apart
How could you be so hard?
I gave you my heart

Does it add up to nothing
The years that we've been through?

And how can you say this to me
When I did everything?
Everything was for you

Why don't you love me?
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?

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God Draws Straight

(David Byrne and Fatboy Slim)

As I left my house
As I walked out today
Thought I walked out' my marriage
Thought I walked out on grace

As the dawn it was breaking
At the end of the street
I didn't know what would happen
Didn't know what I'd see

I saw two transit buses
Block the road on our side
Saw a couple of joggers
Who chanced to run by

Saw some soldiers come out
And they mixed with the crowd
Tears came to my eyes
We're just walking around

Well there's so many people
Everybody is here
I saw the girls from the office
I saw those guys from the street

You might think you are lost
But then you will find
That god draws straight
But with crooked lines

I saw a matron in white
Her face lifted to heaven
I saw nuns on their knees
Some who were weeping

Saw a middle-aged man
And a government clerk
An Afro-mestizo
Held his rosary up

I saw nobody leave
I didn't feel fear or terror
It felt like a movie
Like the end of an era

Nobody got hurt
And nobody died
I'll remember this day
I'll remember this time

And there's so many people
Everybody is here
I saw the girls from the office
I saw those guys from the street

You might think you are lost
But then you will find
That god draws straight
But with crooked lines

As I turned on my walkman
And all I could hear
Every station was Marcos
He's on every TV

An appliance store window
He fills every screen
Then the TVs went blank
And his face disappeared

Then the darkness it thickened
There was no time for choices
Half blind I ran
I was guided by voices

When the choppers took off
Leaving Malacañang
We knew it was over
Knew it was the end

And there's so many people
Everybody is here
I saw the girls from the office
The whole country, it seems

You might think you are lost
But then you will find
That god draws straight
But with crooked lines

Yeah god draws straight
But with crooked lines

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Here Lies Love (Finale)

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim)

When I was a young girl in Leyte
My dresses were all hand-me downs and scraps
I’d see the people smile
When I would sing for them
How happy they all seemed when I would dance

We lived a stone’s throw from the palace
A simple country girl who had a dream
The ladies passing by, a better class than I
How much it meant to me to be like these

Is it a sin to love too much?
Is it a sin to care? I do it all for you
How can it be unfair?
I know that when my number’s up
When I am called by God above
Don’t have my name inscribed into the stone

Just say: Here lies love, here lies love
Here lies love just say:
Here lies love, here lies love
Here lies love

The most important things are love and beauty
It doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor
To prosper and to fly, a basic human right
The feeling in your heart that you’re secure

Is it a sin to love too much?
Is it a sin to care? I do it all for you
How can it be unfair?
I know that when my number’s up
When I am called by God above
Don’t have my name inscribed into the stone

Just say: Here lies love, here lies love
Here lies love just say:
Here lies love, here lies love
Here lies love

I know that when my number’s up
When I am called by God above
Don’t have my name inscribed into the stone

Just say: Here lies love, here lies love
Here lies love just say:
Here lies love, here lies love
Here lies love