The Alchemy Session

Never trust strangers
Cause they’ll blame you
You cant blame me for the state I’m in
Never trust blind men
Cause they’ll lead you
They suck you in then they spit you out
CLEAR BRIGHT NEW DAY
HERE we’re building new homes
NOW inside your perfect estates
LIFE well it’s a hell of a joke
HERE we owe it all to the state
I’ll never trust strangers
Cause they laugh at me
You cant blame me it’s the state I’m in
We can just hide our eyes
Until they find us
They suck you in then they spit you out
CLEAR BRIGHT NEW DAY
HERE we’re building new homes
NOW inside your perfect estates
LIFE well it’s a hell of a joke
Fake tears to welcome you home
HERE INSIDE YOUR PERFECT DOMAIN

Written by Annie Lennox and David A Stewart

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I travel the world
And the seven seas,
Everybody's looking for something.
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused.
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I travel the world
And the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Hold your head up
Keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on
Keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up
Keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on
Keep your head up, movin' on
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused.
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I travel…

Silence how come you never smile
Face me Afraid to face yourself
What you dont have I’m told you will never miss
Silence How can we be so cruel

Poets are what you read reading between the lines
A thirst for knowledge know ledge of another kind
Words are all we have and words are all you need
Silence how come you never laugh

Sometimes it’s like bashing your head against a
brick wall
You confuse me
BREAKING THE SILENCE

Security Safe inside your head
Hiding secrets Some things can never be said
What you dont see I’m told you can never feel
Silence how come you never smile
Sometimes its’s like bashing your head against a
brick wall
You confuse me
BREAKING THE SILENCE

I’m walking over the Chinese line
The saki here tastes better than any french wine
I’m looking over the Berlin wall
There’s nothing here except a joker and a fool

We’re playing war games
Everyone’s playing war games

I’m driving in my Japanese car
I’m in the cinema watching american sci-fi
I’m looking an Indian brave
It’s too late so find another race to slave

We’re playing war games
Everyone’s playing war games

Living the dreams of one hundred thousand
Seeing that life's not just pieces of paper

l was sitting in a carriage with some tight lipped Englishman
Saying how good life must have been before the unions
You could get your own way
And there were profits to be made
Dreaming of Empire Days
And the man on the telly’s telling me everything’s fine
And how we’re all so much better off than before
They’re still telling you to smile
While they sit and count the numbers
Dreaming of empire days

Living the dreams of one hundred thousand
Seeing that life’s not just pieces of paper

Look in my eyes (blinded by) passion
Stuck in my ways well I drink a little
I’m not dead yet in fact l’m a little better
Look in my eyes well I cry a lot

Look in my eyes full of comprise
It’s the same me a year old
I get the same feelings when I look at you
Look in my eyes well I lie a lot

So where do you go
So what do you do

Look in my eyes feeling the strain
Stuck in my ways so I drink a little
I’m not dead yet in fact I’m a little better
Look in my eyes well I cry a lot

So where do you go
So what do you do