The Psychedelic Furs
The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in London in February 1977. Led by singer Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler on bass guitar, the Psychedelic Furs were one of the many acts spawned from the British post-punk scene. Their music went through several phases, from an initially austere art rock sound, to later touching on new wave and hard rock.
Song lyrics[edit]
Talk Talk Talk (1981)[edit]
All songs written by Richard Butler, John Ashton, Roger Morris, Tim Butler, Duncan Kilburn and Vince Ely.
- Give me all your paper ma
So I can get a train.
They just wanna suck you in
To being one of them.
Tell her that I'm not in here,
Tell her I'm a freak.
Tell her that I fall about
Every time I speak.
- She lives in the place
In the side of our lives
Where nothing is
Ever put straight.
She turns herself round
And she smiles and she says
'This is it'
'That's the end of the joke'
And loses herself
In her dreaming and sleep
And her lovers walk
Through in their coats.Pretty in pink,
Isn't she?
Pretty in pink,
Isn't she?
Forever Now (1982)[edit]
All songs written by Richard Butler, John Ashton, Tim Butler and Vince Ely.
- There's an army on the dance floor
It's a fashion with a gun, my love
In a room without a door
A kiss is not enough in.Love my way, it's a new road,
I follow where my mind goes.
- So swallow all your tears, my love
And put on your new face.
You can never win or lose
If you don't run the race.- "Love My Way"
Mirror Moves (album) (1984)[edit]
All lyrics written by Richard Butler and Tim Butler, except as noted.
- A race is on I'm on your side
And hearing you my engines die
I'm in a mood for you.
For Running away
Stars come down in you
And love, you can't give it away
- There's a way to turn it off
It gets so hard at times
To take it serious
It really gets to be a drag
When all we really need is love
Here come cowboys
Here to save us all.
- "Here Come Cowboys"
- There's a hole in the sky
Where the sun don't shine
And a clock on the wall
And it counts my time
And heaven
Is the whole of the heart
And heaven don't tear you apart- "Heaven"
- At the end of the day
It's a price that you pay
With your pieces of love
All your pieces of love- "My Time", written by John Ashton and Richard Butler
Midnight to Midnight (1987)[edit]
All tracks composed and arranged by Richard Butler, John Ashton and Tim Butler.
- And it feels like love,
But it don't mean a lot.
And it feels like love,
And it's all that we've got.There's a Heartbreak Beat playing all night long
Down on my street.
And it feels like love, got the radio on,
And it's all that we need.
Book of Days (1989)[edit]
All lyrics written by Richard Butler.
- Days that never come
To shine a light on the damage done
Somedays without a sound
I feel the dark even closer now
I wear it, a winter coat
I'm far away but not far enough
What's true is torn
And shouted down- "Shine"
- All of this I now regret
Not a name that I might place
Not at my parade
Framed the faces I applaud
All the same sad eyes
Write the world between the lines- "Torch"
- This day is not my life
The passing time is not my life
The thorn that's in my side
Is all these scenes that we regret
The wasted words we can't forget- "House"
World Outside (1991)[edit]
- And with her step I move my feet.
And with her hand I feel my skin.
And with her need I find I'm saved.
And with her dreams I'm laid.Until she comes again.
The sun goes out and night comes in.
The time goes 'round and day grows dim.
Until she comes again.
- From where I stand, I've got a view
Out of all the miles of you
Where I wait
I know what's true
All about you- All about you
- Here in my head I hear you say
Here in my head I hear you pray
Time is what it's made
Made by others i regret
Remember me i hear it said
Out of faces i forget
Hope you get up off your feet
Shake the dust out of your shoes- "Here in my head"
