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OTHER CRIMES & MISDEMEANOURS II (1997)

GHCD5 (Avalon Records)

Contains four sessions from the period 1987 to 1990, previously unreleased on CD, including the band's only single release Dreaming From the Inside.

Credits

OCMII was initially compiled by Stu [Nicholson] from various DATs, half- and quarter-inch tapes with the assistance of Max at Max's studios and Steve Smith at Room With a View in the summer of 1995. It was subsequently re-mastered by Chris Thorpe at Serendipity in February 1997.

CD booklet design and layout by Stu and Printout. Original cassette design by Ross Andrews and Stu. Cover design by Karl [Garrett]. Dreaming from the Inside artwork by Pip Kenny.

Track Listing

1. Dreaming From The Inside
2. The Opiate
3. Reach In To The Flames
4. Dreams Of Tomorrow
5. GSX
6. Truth Of You
7. Aqua Nimue
8. Painted Lady
9. Pretty In The Sun
10. There Must Be A Way
11. Rollercoaster
12. Suffering In Silence

Lyrics

[Select a track title below to view the lyrics for that track, or scroll down from here to see the entire set.]

Dreaming From The Inside / The Opiate / Reach In To The Flames / Dreams Of Tomorrow / GSX / Truth Of You / Aqua Nimue / Painted Lady / Pretty In The Sun / There Must Be A Way / Rollercoaster / Suffering In Silence

DREAMING FROM THE INSIDE

As your dreams lie in ruins,
They shatter all around you
And taste of defeat lingers within you
You're dreaming from the inside
A million no-go ideals
You're not alone in your cold thoughts
You're not the only one who feels...

And you're dreaming, dreaming, dreaming from the from the inside
Yes you're, you're dreaming, dreaming, oh!dreams you cannot hide
Yes you're dreaming, dreaming, dreaming from the inside
Yes you're, you're dreaming, dreaming, dreams you cannot hide

The merry-go-round of fate
Never stopped in the right place for you
Only bitter experience was all that came so true
And the silence of your aching mind explodes in to the night
Convincing yourself that you were there and you were right!!

Into the mighty cauldron of witches desire
Fuelled by the very friend of the Devil's fire
You're taken from a living land to face a term of death
And for reasons yet unknown to you
You never had the faith....

And you're dreaming, dreaming, dreaming from the from the inside
Yes you're, you're dreaming, dreaming, oh!dreams you cannot hide
Yes you're dreaming, dreaming , dreaming from from the inside
Yes you're, you're dreaming, dreams, dreams you'll never hide

THE OPIATE

Where were your plebiscites?
Where was my freedom?
You men in black, you were supposed to lead with me!
But where did it lead us to?
Your crucifix is no disguise
I see no heaven in your eyes
Gods great mystery hidden
Behind a mask of dark obscurity

Do not use me as an excuse for your massacres
Do not use me as an use to spill others blood
Or as an excuse to fight your wars
Or to knock others to the floor ...

Twisting the rules, human tools
Creating your wealth, but you were the fools
Phony practitioners trained to preach
But only the Devil's gospel was in your minds
I will be rid of you parasites
I see no light of God in your souls
In your souls

My divine power will trade against your malice
Forever chained within the boundaries of my rules
This disease will be struck down for the good of mankind
And a new enlightenment will be mind
Yes my friends a new era optimism will have begun
Will have begun

And no longer will you use me as an excuse for your massacres
And no longer will you use me as an use to spill others blood
Or as an excuse to fight your wars
No longer will you use me as an excuse to knock others to the floor ...

No more will you use me..
No more
No more

REACH IN TO THE FLAMES

Once again as the World is waiting with bated breath
Looking austere and cold two pale faces meet
But there are no chess pieces, we are the pawns
The only black or white is for peace or for war

Reach in to the flames
Don't be blinded by the heat
God knows it's hot in the fire
But you know you've got to succeed

Every nations ears are held to their receivers
In hope of a break from the deadlock of years
Searching for new ways to end this tired war of words
Instil a new kind of confidence and maybe we will arise to new dawn..

Reach in to the flames
Don't be blinded by the heat
God knows it's hot in the fire
But you know you've got to succeed
you've got to succeed

There must be way to progress without some sticky compromise
Maybe the children of east and east could live in a perfect peace
Don't let the will of Beelzebub enter in to your minds
Think of the will of the innocents and maybe will find a new light
A new light

So come on you leaders with power in your pockets
It's there to be shared, it's not your own
Let all your feelings for the love of this World of ours
Reach out be friends and let it be shown

So reach in to the flames
And don't be blinded by the heat
God knows it's hot in the fire
But you know you've got to succeed

I said reach in to the flames
And don't be blinded by the heat, the heat, the heat
God knows it's hot in the fire
But you know you've got to succeed

DREAMS OF TOMORROW

Well I'm lost in a back street bar in some obscure part of town
Propping up my mortal coil trying hardest not to drown
Alcohol delivers my need and my head is spinning round
Falling deeper in to the grip of a wild imagination

In my subject haze, I can't help myself smiling
The lure of the dollar signs, I must say is quite appealing

The cogs begin to fire and spark, moving in to overload
Voices sing, the music starts, this show is on the road

Dreams of tomorrow
Fuel our determination
Dreams of tomorrow
Big league syncopation

Time is closing again, I got to pack up my dream bags and go
Out in to a cold winter's night, out in to the real World
Down and out trying to work it out in which direction to go
I can see them laughing at me, they'll never, ever know

Dreams of tomorrow
Fuel our determination
Dreams of tomorrow
Big league syncopation

Dreams of tomorrow
Fuel our determination
Dreams of tomorrow
Big league syncopation

Dreams of tomorrow
Dreams of tomorrow
Dreams of tomorrow

GSX

Won't you let me, won't you let me in? ... yeah
Won't you let me get right under your skin? ... yeah
Won't you play with your flesh?
Won't you feel your sweet caress?

Cos I'm high
Oh so high
Oh so high
On emotion
Cos I'm high
Oh so high
Oh so high
On emotion

Won't you let me tear your heart to shreads?
Won't you let me lift your soul from the dead? ... yeah
Won't you let feel your body vibrate?
Don't you know that this must have been fate!

Cos I'm high
Oh so high
Oh so high
On emotion
Cos I'm high
Oh so high
Oh so high
On emotion

(silly guitar solo)

We can be together now as one again
I knew it, yes I knew it all along
We could be together from this hour
Can't you feel our hearts beating faster, faster, faster?

Cos I'm high
Oh so high
Oh so high
On emotion
Cos I'm high
Oh so high
Oh so high
On emotion
(repeat last chorus)

Wooohhhhhh ... so highhhhh yeah!!!!

TRUTH OF YOU

Here I am again, talking out of honesty
I give you my all, but what you giving to me
Sometimes it's difficult I know
But for once in your life
Why don't you give me the real show

Oh, give me some time and I'll think of a cue
And maybe we can talk and dance the whole night through

Too many skeletons, too many mysteries
I don't believe a word that you say to me
Too many skeletons, to many mysteries
Why should I believe you?
why should I listen to you… or trust you?
Why should I?

Here we have a cause we can both celebrate
If I'm hearing the truth from who I think is a friend
Sometimes it's difficult to tell
Whenever we speak, it's always a case of a tell tale, tell tale
But I don't like deceipt and I never much for lies
Why are you always trying to pull the wool
Right over my eyes, ohhh!

Too many skeletons, too many mysteries
I don't believe a word that you say to me
Too many skeletons, to many mysteries
Why should I believe you?
why should I listen to you ... or trust you?
Why should I?

Because I've seen too many skeletons
I give you a moment, you take at least a mile
Open up your soul and let me pass on through
I'm only interested in the truth of you
The truth of you
The truth of you

Give me some truth

Too many skeletons, too many mysteries.....

AQUA NIMUE

Aqua Nimue
Aqua Nimue
Aqua Nimue
Aqua Nimue

Cast by the hand of Bedivere
Laid to rest in to the murky depths
Waiting with a magical will
For a chance to arise once more

Raise the sacred blade
Above the endless sea
Our kingdom will be saved
Averting catastrophe

Shadow and soul
Merlins bane and woe

The endless sea
With grace
With grace
With grace

Aqua Nimue
Aqua Nimue
Nimue

PAINTED LADY

Your technicolour extravaganza
Has taken my attention
A gymnast and a painter unaware of my affection
Your patterns of beauty decorate the air
Your peacefulness and tranquillity
With all of us you share

Dancing in the sunlight
Complementing the day
Please my Painted Lady
I wish for you to stay
Please my Painted Lady
I wish for you to stay ...

PRETTY IN THE SUN

Pretty, pretty in the Sun
She's the only one

She was a mean machine
In British Racing Green
She was a real cool cat
She was where it was it
She was as hot as hell
When it came to the bell
She'd take you apart
Right from the start

Pretty, pretty in the Sun
Pretty, pretty in the Sun
She's the only one
Pretty, pretty in the Sun
Pretty, pretty in the Sun
She's the only one

She was a real speed Queen
She could be quite obscene
She had a real wild streak
No place for the meek
She purred like all the big cats do
Sheer class through and through
You could smell that rubber burn
After completing every turn

She was pretty, pretty in the Sun
Pretty, pretty in the Sun
She's the only one
Pretty, pretty in the Sun
Pretty, pretty in the Sun
She's the only one

(Acapella) Pretty, pretty in the Sun
Pretty, pretty in the Sun
She's the only one

(Solo)

Pretty, pretty in the Sun
Pretty, pretty in the Sun
She's the only one
Pretty, pretty in the Sun
Pretty, pretty in the Sun
She's the only one

Pretty on the sun
She's the only one

Pretty on the sun
She's the only one

Pretty on the sun
She's the only, she's the only one

THERE MUST BE A WAY
(A tribute to Freddie Mercury)

We've played our fair share of smoky halls
Pubs and Legions we've pleased them all
Climbed the highest mountains and taken all the falls
And still we stand strong in spite of it all

We don't need a reason to do what we do
We don't need to justify the fact we are who we are
We don't need to prove ourselves to anybody, anywhere anymore

There must be a way
There must be a way
There's got to be a way we can break through
There must be a way
There must be a way
There's got to be a way we can break through

We've taken all the backstabs and the mud slinging too
Heard about the rumours and I've wondered if they are true?
Gazed up at the heavens and said God give me strength
But our own self belief pulls us through it all in the end

We don't need a reason to do what we do
We don't need to justify the fact we are who we are
We don't need to prove ourselves to anybody, anywhere anymore

There must be a way
There must be a way
There's got to be a way we can break through
There must be a way
There has to be a way
There's got to be a way....

We don't need a reason to do what we do
We don't need to justify the fact we are who we are
We don't need to prove ourselves to anybody, anywhere anymore

There must be a way
There must be a way
There's got to be a way we can break through
There must be a way
There has to be a way
There's got to be a way we can break through

(With operatic backing vocals)
There must be a way
There must be a way
There's got to be a way we can break through

There must be a way
There must be a way
There's got to be a way we can break through

We can break through
We can break through....

There must be a way
There must be a way
There must be a way
There must be a way

ROLLERCOASTER

Ooooh yeah!

Well we're on our way again
Moving out of town
Getting away from the bright city lights
Heading for some peace and quiet alone

But that is until we reach our faraway destination
A good time playground wrapped in our own little fantasy

Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster

Well now you can feel the heat
Metal and flesh interact with each other
Adrenalin pumping as the passion grows
Juices react the love freely flows

I never want to leave this Nirvana
I could stay here with you forever
Holding you close and never letting you go again

Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster

And now you're reaching the point of excess
The point of no return
Screaming out loud as we reach for the clouds
Reeling as the passion burns

I never want to leave this Nirvana
I could stay her with you forever
Holding you close and never letting you go again

Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster

SUFFERING IN SILENCE

The factory gates have been locked up tight
The tried their best but they lost their fight
The ghost of prosperity has been laid to rest
How the hell are we going find a way out of this mess

In an old boatyard down by Holes Bay
They are doing short time and taking half pay
Working tooth and nail to save the day
These futile gestures as there ain't no way!

Suffering, suffering in silence
Hard times I thought I'd never see
Suffering, suffering in silence
Affecting friends and family

A lonely husband sits in a room full of memories
Staring at his worldly possessions
A burning anger and pent up frustration
Smouldering within his soul

Suffering, suffering in silence
Hard times I thought I'd never see
Suffering, suffering in silence
Affecting friends and family
Suffering, suffering in silence
In this land of opportunity
Suffering, suffering in silence
In this so called land of the free

Come the revolution! what revolution? there'll be no revolution!
Come the revolution! what revolution? there'll be no revolution!

Suffering, suffering in silence
Hard times I thought I'd never see
Suffering, suffering in silence
Affecting friends and family
Suffering, suffering in silence
In this land of opportunity
Suffering, suffering in silence
In this so called land of the free