CULTURE CLUB DON'T MIND IF I DO (1999) LYRICS   I JUST WANNA BE LOVED Take a picture of tonight and Keep it by your heart Love has left us memories There's no better way to part I will find another love Someone new to drag me down How you tried to level me But you never stood your ground Fortunately I got wise this time Fortunately I had me on my mind Oh I just want to be loved Don't want to fight you baby But I'm much too proud to say it loud I just want to be loved Don't want to beg you baby But I'm much too proud to say it loud Take a piece of dignity and Use it in your life Even though you hurt me I still want you to survive Love was never special We were never down You will always have someone To bring you on the ground Fortunately I got wise this time Fortunately I had me on my mind Oh I just want to be loved Don't want to fight you baby But I'm much too proud to say it loud I just want to be loved Don't want to beg you baby But I'm much too proud to say it loud When you love someone Don't you know, love is blind When you love someone It'll be for all time, yeah that's right Fortunately I got wise this time Fortunately I had me on my mind Oh I just want to be loved Don't want to fight you baby But I'm much too proud to say it loud I just want to be loved Don't want to beg you baby Love me, love me, love me, love me yeah   COLD SHOULDER Watching the stars on Primrose Hill The moon is high and the city is still I came here to escape the chill Of your cold shoulder Evil sometimes the things you say If you really wish I would just go away Then why do you cry Like a little child All your world that's what you say I am I'm working so hard to be a better man You know I'll never ever lie, never play those games with my mind You'll be the loser, you might find Questions lead to answers in time While you're so cold, so cold inside Remember that fight in Amsterdam When I made you cry 'cause I know I can? You could not escape the chill Of my cold, cold shoulder All your world that's what you say I am I'm working so hard to be a better man You know I'll never ever lie, never play those games with my mind You'll be the loser, you might find Questions lead to answers in time While you're so cold I know you're hurting inside Want someone to pay for the tears you cry Ain't gonna be me, not this time Never lie, never play those games with my mind You'll be the loser, you might find Questions lead to answers in time While you're so cold, so cold inside Never play those games with my mind You'll be the loser, you might find Questions lead to answers in time While you're so cold, so cold inside I know you're hurting I'm hurting too But I don't wanna hurt you 'Cause I love you But my head says 'not this time'   MAYBE I'M A FOOL Dangerous lover With the blue-green eyes Slides into the room He's got trouble on his mind Maybe you're misunderstood So come and lie here by my side 'Cause your love it hurts so good Every time, every time Maybe I'm a fool for loving you Maybe I'm a fool Maybe I'm a fool for wanting you Maybe I'm a fool But love's so hard to find I keep searching every time Foolish words spoken Forgotten in the night When the sun meets the ocean I wanna be here by your side Let me give you all those things That money just can't buy 'Cause your love it hurts so good Don't ask me why, don't ask me why Maybe I'm a fool for loving you Maybe I'm a fool Maybe I'm a fool for wanting you Maybe I'm a fool Maybe I'm a fool, but I love you baby, baby... (Rap by Derick Johnson) (I keep searching everytime) Maybe I'm a fool Maybe I'm a fool Baby you're misunderstood So come and lie here by my side Cause your love it hurts so good Don't ask me why, just don't ask me why Maybe I'm a fool for loving you Maybe I'm a fool, I'm a fool, I'm a fool, yeah Maybe I'm a fool for wanting you Maybe I'm a fool, I'm a fool for your loving Right now Love's so hard to find I keep searching every time All the time, all the time Cause I can't live without you Can't live without you Maybe Maybe baby I'm a fool for your loving (repeat until end)   SIGN LANGUAGE I'm not hungry - I eat When I'm tired - I can't sleep When I'm nervous - I speak It seems the only thing to do In the morning - I rise Wipe the dream from my eyes Contemplate your demise There's just no getting through Always dream, don't apologize Life is sweet, never close your eyes The truth it seems, must have passed you by At least a million times Gimme a sign, gimme a reason to be here I'm leading the blind, when will you make your motives clear Gimme a sign (gimme gimme, gimme a sign) After all this time why can't we get it right So you made me - a 'creep' (ow) I'm not losing any sleep (ow) Cause my scars are much too deep (ow) Don't start getting precious on me (yeah) In the morning - I rise While your life is - paralyzed In the sweet smell of disguise There's just no getting through to you Always dream, don't apologize Life is sweet, never close your eyes The truth it seems must have passed you by At least a million times Gimme a sign, gimme a reason to be here I'm out of my mind, so shallow and always insincere Gimme a sign (gimme gimme, gimme a sign) After all this time why can't we get it right Hey! (Gimme gimme gimme a sign) Gimme gimme gimme Yeah! (Gimme gimme gimme a sign) Gimme gimme gimme Yeah, yeah, yeah (Gimme gimme gimme a sign) After all this time why can't we get it right Another drive by love affair Why don't you tell someone who cares If you care Gimme a sign, gimme a reason to be here I'm out of my mind, when will you make your motives clear Gimme a sign (gimme gimme gimme a sign) After all this time why can't we get it right (Gimme a sign) (Gimme gimme gimme a sign) Gimme gimme yeah yeah (I'm out of my mind, Gimme gimme gimme a sign) Gimme gimme gimme yeah (Gimme a sign) (Gimme gimme gimme a sign) After all this love why can't we get it right Let's get it right   MIRROR (Trying to get the message through) You took the sun from the sky, give it back You know I wouldn't take a bullet for you You bring me down 'cause of all that you lack You're underhanded and you're sly with it too In a moment of desperation We forgive and we compromise Reaching out for that one sensation - life No time for wasting my time I'm just trying to get the message through You hold up a mirror to me You know that all you'll ever see is you All you'll ever see is you You know you won't change the world from your back But still you lie there like a vacant fool What happens when all your credit runs out And I have to be kind to be cruel In a moment of desperation We forgive and we close our eyes Reaching out for that perfect love to survive hey, yeah, yeah No time for wasting my time I'm just trying to get the message through (trying to get the message through) You hold up a mirror to me You know that all you'll ever see is you All you'll ever see is you You just don't get it Do ya? (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) Baby, baby, baby (I'm trying, trying to get the message) In a moment of desperation We forgive and we close our eyes Reaching out for that one sensation to survive, hey yeah No time for wasting my time I'm just trying to get the message through (trying to get the message through) You hold up a mirror to me You know that all you'll ever see is you (ooh-ooh) All you'll ever see is you (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (I'm trying, trying to get the message) (Trying to get the message through) Yeah!   BLACK COMEDY Sweet cunning eyes try to take from me You're too young, I'm too wise, this is parody A taste of what you like can be fatal sometimes Arms that hold you tight but leave you cold, so cold The stars in the sky are out of reach tonight Tears fall like rain, wrong again, words won't make me right 'Cause I knew from the start you were wrong for me Call it fate if you like or black comedy Love, maybe lust, made me sweet sixteen So my soul lost control, nothing in between A taste of what you want can be brutal sometimes Arms that hold you tight but leave you cold, so cold The stars in the sky are out of reach tonight Tears fall like rain, wrong again, words won't make me right 'Cause I knew from the start you were wrong for me Call it fate if you like or black comedy The stars in the sky are out of reach tonight Tears fall like rain, wrong again, words won't make me right 'Cause I knew from the start you were wrong for me Call it fate if you like or black comedy The stars in the sky are out of reach tonight Tears fall like rain, wrong again, words won't make me right 'Cause I knew from the start you were wrong for me Call it fate if you like or black comedy The stars in the sky are out of reach tonight Tears fall like rain, wrong again, words won't make me right 'Cause I knew from the start you were wrong for me Call it fate if you like or black comedy   YOUR KISSES ARE CHARITY Last night you breathed the deepest sigh Turned away with those cold cool eyes You said won't you give me space to breathe And my tears gave you confidence to leave Now you say I'm just to much for you There are things you'll never know If you lie and cheat so easily You'd better go, go go go, yeah All I know is how I feel And my heart was always yours to steal But you take and never give to me Your kisses are charity Your kisses are charity, yeah Yesterday you were my brightest star But even when you're near I don't know where you are I was wrong to show my weaker side Now it's much too late to cry cry cry I was blind to put my trust in you If you leave me I'll fall apart Did you plan to make a fool out of me From the start, yeah yeah yeah, yeah All I know is how I feel And my heart was always yours to steal But you take and never give to me Your kisses are charity Your kisses are charity, yeah, yeah Now you say I'm too much for you There are things you'll never know If you lie and cheat so easily You'd better go, go go go, yeah All I know is how I feel And my heart was always yours to steal But you take and never give to me Your kisses are charity Your kisses are charity, yeah, yeah   WEEP FOR THE CHILD Hey you, do you ever cry - for the child? Falling in love with strangers, feeling incomplete, hey that's me Some are fly, some are shy, some are acting like they own the street, ooh One minute we're together then the next you're acting really cool, so cool You can play me any way but don't ever treat me like a fool, no no no Sometimes so hateful Sometimes so shy Don't ask me why Weep for the child Better raise your hand We're twisting the style Ain't no need to understand Don't leave me alone to make it tonight No don't go Wearing your desperation wrapped me on your sleeve, yes you do You've got everything you want but you just can't get the things that you need, oh no no no Sometimes you fake it Sometimes you lie Don't ask me why Weep for the child Better raise your hand, raise your hand We're twisting the style Ain't no need to understand Don't leave me alone to make it tonight, no no no Sweet baby You never understood You never treat me right Weep for the child Better raise your hand, raise your hand We're twisting the style Ain't no need to understand, do you understand? Don't leave me alone to make it tonight, yeah Weep for the child Weep Weep Weep in your heart Weep for the child Better raise your hand, raise your hand We're twisting the style Ain't no need to understand, no need Don't leave me alone to make it Alone to make it Alone to make it tonight   SEE THRU No apology necessary shut your mouth You've closed your mind We've been walking this road forever It don't lead to paradise In the mirror your sad reflection haunting you Now I see mine Yes I see mine And you just don't get it But you just might regret it, you might regret it Shooting the rainbows from the sky Throwing your love to passers by Begging forgiveness for your crime Never prepared to do your time It's always them and never you 'Cause you're so see thru, I see thru you ('Cause you're so see thru) Ain't no use in demanding justice You're a victim of your sight I held you up when your heart was heavy Now you never give me mine In the mirror my sad reflection haunting me One more time, one more time And you just don't get it, do ya? But you just might regret it, yeah yeah yeah yeah Shooting the rainbows from the sky Throwing your love to passers by Begging forgiveness for your crime Never prepared to do your time It's always them and never you 'Cause you're so see thru, I see thru you ('Cause you're so see thru) Shooting the rainbows from the sky Throwing your love to passers by Begging forgiveness for your crime Never prepared to do your time It's always them and never you Boy you're so see thru, I see thru you ('Cause you're so see thru) You just don't get it, no you just don't get it You just don't get it but you might regret it You might regret it Shooting the rainbows from the sky Throwing your love to passers by Begging forgiveness for your crime Never prepared to do your time It's always them and never you 'Cause you're so see thru, I see thru you ('Cause you're so see thru) Shooting the rainbows from the sky - you're so see thru Throwing your love to passers by Begging forgiveness for your crime - throwing your love to passers by, you're so see thru Never prepared to do your time It's always them and never you - never prepared to do your time, you're so see thru 'Cause you're so see thru, You're so see thru, yeah yeah Shooting the rainbows from the sky Throwing your love to passers by Begging forgiveness for your crime Never prepared to do your time It's always them and never you 'Cause you're so see thru, 'Cause you're so see thru   STRANGE VOODOO How can I love you boy when you don't even love yourself? I'm useless now as I have always been Just like some worthless love song dying on the radio We talk in circles 'til we don't know what we mean No happy ever after, no big dark man Ain't no perfect situation, can't you understand Loving you is some strange voodoo Loving you is some strange voodoo How can I help you boy when I can barely help myself? I'm useless now as I have always been Your lying eyes, your thieving hands, you're such a rogue at times But you will always be a part of me No happy ever after, no big dark man Ain't no perfect situation, ain't no master plan Loving you is some strange voodoo Loving you I keep loving you yes I do Loving you is some strange voodoo Loving you is some strange voodoo No happy ever after, no big dark man, no Ain't no perfect situation, can't you understand Loving you is some strange voodoo Loving you I keep loving you yes I do Loving you is some strange voodoo Loving you is some strange voodoo Loving you Loving you Loving you   TRUTH BEHIND HER SMILE Just see how she makes them love her Twisting the world around her finger Sensing weakness in a stranger With one kiss she'll re-arrange ya But I know the truth behind her smile Keep me warm tonight, never satisfy If you meet again she may pass you by No apologies, never compromise It's the truth behind her smile Just see how she makes them want her Oh, if I could be her for one day Sensing weakness in a stranger See them run, no sense of danger But I know the truth behind her smile Keep me warm tonight, never satisfy If you meet again she may pass you by No apologies, never compromise It's the truth behind her smile She'll let you down Keep me warm tonight, never satisfy If you meet again she may pass you by No apologies, never compromise It's the truth behind her... Truth behind her smile   FAT CAT Another song of woe Woe sounds like this You say nothing's changed, where were you when my world Was spinning into masquerade You claim it's just a question of mathematics I shut the door on your amateur dramatics Then you think too much And you talk too much, vicariously Yeah you think too much And you talk too much Every word is substance free You're the dirt on my collar You're the hole in my favourite shoe You're the last dying breath of love You're the weight that I need to lose And you hurt yourself You say I'm deranged, I'll admit to being strange But I just can't stop loving you If the light in your eyes Addiction came as a surprise Didn't think I'd be so into you Then you think too much And you talk too much, so carelessly Yeah you think too much And you talk too much Every word is substance free You're the dirt on my collar You're the hole in my favourite shoe You're the last dying breath of love You're the weight that I need to lose You're the dirt on my collar You're the hole in my favourite shoe You're the last, last dying breath of love You're the weight that I need to lose You're the dirt on my collar You're the hole in my favourite shoe You're the last dying breath of love You're the weight that I need to lose   CONFIDENCE TRICK Never meant to hurt you, I don't know why You come with your lawyers and your alibi How can you look me straight in the eye When you know The clock on the wall is singing our song The love in my heart is all dead and gone You know why You know why There you go with your confidence trick I'm much too wise, you don't fool me a bit Feeling so low and looking so high We both know that your truth is a lie I never really knew you all these years You lied to my face while I undressed your fears Then you set me a-sail on an ocean of tears Said goodbye The clock on the wall is ticking real slow There's nothing to say and there's nowhere to go You know why You know why There, there you go with your confidence trick I'm much too wise, you don't fool me a bit, no no Feeling so low and looking so high We both know that your truth is a lie It's a lie Looking up to the truth of what you are Blinding all colours and beauty And the sparkle in your eye is blinding The clock on the wall is singing our song The love in my heart is all dead and gone You know why You know why Why, why, why, why, why, why There, there you go with your confidence trick I'm much too wise, you don't fool me a bit Feeling so low and looking so high We both know that your truth is a lie It's a lie, lie (The truth is, the truth is a lie) (repeats in background) And you never stopped loving me Choaking back tears for you So lovable And we never go And we never know See I'm over But I'm under I don't ever wanna come down I don't ever wanna come down I don't ever wanna come down To where you are   STARMAN Didn't know what time it was and the lights were low I leaned back on my radio Some cat was layin' down some rock 'n' roll 'lotta soul, he said Then the loud sound did seem to fade Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase That weren't no DJ, that was hazy cosmic jive There's a starman waiting in the sky He'd like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds There's a starman waiting in the sky He's told us not to blow it Cause he knows it's all worthwhile He told me - Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children boogie I had to phone someone so I picked on you Hey, that's far out so you heard him too! Switch on the TV we may pick him up on Channel Two Look out your window I can see the light If we can sparkle he may land tonight Don't tell your papa or he'll get us locked up in fright There's a starman waiting in the sky He'd like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds There's a starman waiting in the sky He's told us not to blow it Cause he knows it's all worthwhile He told me - Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children boogie Starman waiting in the sky He'd like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds There's a starman waiting in the sky He's told us not to blow it Cause he knows it's all worthwhile He told me - Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children boogie La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la-la (repeat until end)     LESS THAN PERFECT I know a song ain't good enough to let you know how I feel I'll sing it hard, I'll sing it sweet, to let you know that it's real If I change my attitude, maybe I can conquer you completely All the things I say and do, everything I learn from you defeats me And I let you down I let you down I let you down I let you down I know it's wrong to blame the past for everything that I do I fool the world most of the time but there's no fooling you If I change my attitude, maybe I can conquer you completely Everything I say and do, all I learn from you defeat me And I let you down I let you down I let you down I let you down I let you down Let you down What you see ain't always what you get No matter how clear it seems One minute lovers, then the next... Oh oh no Oh no I let you down, yeah yeah I let you down I let you down I let you down I let you down I let you down Let you down Let you down    Back To Boy Page