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OPERA ELECTRONICA +
Words and Music By Georg Kajanus ©2001 EMI Music Publishing
(All Rights Reserved)
1. CUCKOOLAND
Cuckooland - cuckooland
Public enemy - no.1 - I think is boredom - boredom - lack of having fun
public enemy - no.2 - is you - you’ve gone cuckoo
stepping in and out of trouble’s just an other vocation
anarchistic - communistic - capitalistic generation
what are we to do? - put’em in the army - let’em all go barmy
toys for boys go bang!
cuckooland - we’re moving into cuckooland
cuckooland - we’re moving into cuckooland
cuckooland - cuckooland
Preoccupation no.1 - is money - money - and how to get me some
preoccupation no.2 - is . . . (censored) - you’ve gone cuckoo
falling in and out of love is just a form of liberation
masculine and feminine and in-between obsessed generation
what are we to do? - put’em in the army - let’em all go barmy
toys for boys go bang
cuckooland - we’re moving into cuckooland
cuckooland - we’re moving into cuckooland . . .
2. I WANT TO KNOW
(I want to know - I want to know - I want to know)
Oh, when you wake up in the morning
in the middle of your breakfast - I guess you read the paper
but does it make you feel safer?
for just looking at the headlines - is enough to give you heartburn
but no matter how you feel it - you’re always going to read it
according to the doom watch in the paper
we’re going to shake hands with the maker - how do you cope with the news?
oh, won't you tell me - tell me - tell me - tell me - tell
I want to know - I want to know (right now) - I want to know
where you get your cool from - where you get your nerve
looking at the future - of the world
Oh when you settle in the evening - (give me the news) - in the middle of your dinner
(give me the news) you get it all in vision (give me the news) - from your colour television
(give me the news) with all the shock and the detail - as to how it all happened
with the chat and the profile - to try to make it less hostile
according to the doom watch on television - we’re in a social collision
how do you cope with the news?
oh, won't you tell me - tell me - tell me - tell me - tell
I want to know - I want to know - I want to know
where you get your cool from - I want to know - I want to know (right now)
I want to know where you get your nerve
looking at the future - of the world
(when you settle in the evening - in the middle of your dinner
you will get it all in vision - on your colour television
with the shock and with the detail - as to how it all did happened
with the chat and with the profile - just to make it look less hostile)
(I want to know - I want to know)
I want to know - I want to know (right now) I want to know
where you get your cool from - I want to know - I want to know (right now) I want to know
where you get your cool from - where you get your nerve
looking at the future - of the world
3. FALLOUT
What are you going to do now - where are you going to go
you always had the answers - on your phone-in show
it’s never going to happen - or so you did say
for no one really wants it - but here we are today
with a fallout - it’s a fallout
You’d better run for shelter - and put yourself in a fallout suit
you’d better get yourself used to - just living in a fallout suit
a satellite clockwork information - is going to give you the duration
of the fallout -
So what are we going to do now - now that it’s here
but listen to you talking - about the after care
living in boxes - covered in lead
in three feet of concrete - to keep us from the dead
it’s a fallout - it’s a fallout
You’d better run for shelter - and put yourself in a fallout suit
you’d better get yourself used to - just living in a fallout suit
a satellite clockwork information - is going to give you the duration
of the fallout ...
4. FEVER OF LOVE
Fever - of love - fever - fever - of love
I feel strange - I feel low - don’t need a doctor - for I know
it’s not a natural fever
it won’t go - it won’t stop - I’ve tried it all - right around the clock
I’m like a river on fire - for you
I don’t know what I can take to get rid of this fever (fever of love)
I don’t know what they could make for such fever
You’ve got it - you’ve got your faculties in trouble
you’ve got it - you’ve got your heart beating double
you’ve got it - you’ve gone delirious - you’ve got fever of love
you’ve got it - you’ve got your feelings in a muddle
you’ve got it - you’ve got your eyes seeing double
you’ve got it - you’ve gone delirious - you’ve got fever - fever of love
It’s too hot - I can’t sleep - it’s like a desert - under my feet
just carry on pacing ... (hah - hah - hah) - I can’t breath -
it’s no good - there’s no need - for I’m a river on fire for you
I don’t know what I can take to get rid of this fever (fever of love)
I don’t know what they could make for such fever
You’ve got it - you’ve got your faculties in trouble
you’ve got it - you’ve got your heart beating double
you’ve got it - you’ve gone delirious - you’ve got fever of love
you’ve got it - you’ve got your feelings in a muddle
you’ve got it - you’ve got your eyes seeing double
you’ve got it - you’ve gone delirious - you’ve got fever of love
5. STAR
Star - star - wonderful beautiful - star
The make-up bag is out - and the stylist looks hazy
the studio lights go on - and the manager goes crazy
and the girl in the chair - she looks afraid - to be a star
the backing track is rolling - the girl is on her mark
her mother watches proudly from a crowd full of sharks
and everybody says “she’ll go far - she’ll be a star!”
her record’s been out for a week - it’s on the radio
with promises they say they’ll keep for television shows
and the press will come like the tide of the sea
for the word is out: “come and see the making of a star!”
shining star - wonderful - beautiful - star - shining star
wonderful - beautiful - star
Many hits late, in her white limousine
accountants and lawyers - are now just part of the scene
paving the way towards the ultimate - to be a superstar
requests for appearances - keep pouring in
offers from Hollywood - where all the greats have been
the day just doesn’t seem long enough - to be a star
her records are all at the top of every chart I know
with promises of her very own television show
but late at night when she’s all on her own
she breaks down in tears out of feeling alone
but the crowd will roar - they will ask for more
can’t you see - can’t you see - can’t you see -
she’s a star - shining star - wonderful - beautiful
star - shining star - wonderful - beautiful - star - shining star . . .
6. LEFT RIGHT CENTRE
(Left Right Centre - Left Right Centre - Left Right Centre -
Left Right Centre Centre - Left Right Centre Centre - Left)
If you’re cosy with the "Commies" and Bulgarian wine - but would settle for a
Socialist and a lager and lime - (you better vote for the Left now)
If you want to make your money for the good of the State
and find the birthday of Stalin a time to celebrate
(you better vote for the Left now)
put your vote in the box (got to vote - got to vote - got to vote - got to)
vote (vote) vote (vote) vote (vote)
Left Right Centre - (Centre Left Right ) - Left Right Centre -
(Centre Left Right ) - Left Right Centre - (Centre Left Right -
Left Right Centre Centre - Left Right Centre Centre - Right)
If you’re going for the gravy and working with the brain for the overseas
account and a villa down in Spain (you better vote for the Right now)
If your mood is for the missile but not where it’s heading
and want to take a short cut to armageddon (you better vote for the Right now)
put your vote in the box
got to vote - got to vote - got to vote - got to vote - got to vote -
got to vote - (vote) - got to vote - (vote) - got to vote - (vote) - got to vote - (vote) -
(got to) Left Right Centre Centre - Left Right Centre Centre - Centre
If you’re the man in the middle and don’t know where to go
and your choice is on the level of ‘eeny meeny miny mo’
(you better vote for the Centre)
If you’re mild in your manners when prices are soaring
playing it safe and from the middle and... boring!
(you better vote for the Centre) put your vote in the box
(got to vote - got to vote - got to vote - got to vote - got to vote - got to vote -
got to vote - got to)
Left Right Centre - (Centre Left Right ) - Left Right Centre -
(Centre Left Right ) - Left Right Centre - (Centre Left Right) -
Left Right Centre - (Centre Left Right ) - Left Right Centre -
(Centre Left Right ) - Left Right Centre Centre - Left Right Centre Centre
got to vote - got to vote - got to vote - got to vote - got to . . .
politics make the world go . . .
7. LIFE ON VIDEO
Life on video - sound in stereo -
from an ape in a cavern - to a bright magic lantern - glowing
Life on video - sound in stereo -
from a dream to a passion - from a trend to a fashion - growing
makers of time and digital dreams - are overflowing
Why don’t you show - what the real world is like
don’t want to know - maybe you’re right
Life on video - sound in stereo -
from a space revolution - came a world of illusion - glowing
makers of time and digital dreams - forever growing
8. ARMAGEDDON
Oh, tell me did someone push that button down
(maybe so - maybe west of the border)
to see the world breaking up like a poppadom
(maybe no - could be east of the border)
on a Sunday bells are supposed to be ringing -
but I don’t hear any bells or anyone singing
Armageddon - Armageddon - Armageddon -
won’t you pinch me and see if I’m dreaming - I must be dreaming
Oh, tell me where can I look for my girlfriend
(somewhere in the middle of nowhere)
oh, tell me where can I stay for the weekend
(somewhere in the middle of nowhere)
something in the air makes me feel lonely
and when I look down the street - it looks quite ghostly
Armageddon - Armageddon - Armageddon -
won’t you pinch me and see if I’m dreaming -
Armageddon - Armageddon - Armageddon -
won’t you pinch me and see if I’m dreaming - I feel like screaming!
No more Sunday afternoon - out for tea and scones on the lawn
with the sound of distant church bells and a game of tennis next door . . .
Oh, tell me did someone push that button down
(maybe so - maybe west of the border)
to see the world breaking up like a poppadom
(maybe no - could be east of the border)
something in the air makes me feel lonely
and when I look down the street - it looks quite ghostly
Armageddon - Armageddon - Armageddon -
won’t you pinch me and see if I’m dreaming -
Armageddon - Armageddon - Armageddon...
9. BOYS WILL BE BOYS
No matter what you do - no matter who you are - as long as you’re a boy
(you’ll need to get a car) for comfort and for joy - for saving on your time -
but always with the girl in the back of your mind, for
Boys will be boys will be - (too tough to handle if you -
don’t find a place in his heart)
boys will be boys will be - (too tough to tangle if you -
don’t crack his whole combination) - from the start
The crazy old professor - driven on remote - the papers of a general -
forgotten in his coat - the secrets of a lawyer - going into print -
the government official who’s off to see the shrink -
with neighbours at the window - and neighbours at the door -
the madness of the moment - don’t matter anymore -
for when you’re in a tangle - and all is in a mess -
there’s only just a girl who can help you with the stress, for -
Boys will be boys will be - (too tough to handle if you -
don’t find a place in his heart)
boys will be boys will be - (too tough to tangle if you -
don’t crack his whole combination) - from the start
When in love - it’s all right - it’s so warm - and so bright
but it’s true - what I’ve seen - you can fall in-between
When life is just for business - and meetings at the pub
when home is just for dinner - and soaking in the tub
when life begins at forty - and ends at forty-four
you’d better think it over - before they shut the door
from talking to computers - when working on your own
to living at the office - married to the phone -
afraid to get arrested for driving on a pint -
and never cross the street without the ‘bleep - bleep - bleep - bleep’
Boys will be boys will be - (too tough to handle if you -
don’t find a place in his heart)
boys will be boys will be - (too tough to tangle if you -
don’t crack his whole combination) - from the
boys will be boys will be - (too tough to handle if you -
don’t find a place in his heart)
boys will be boys will be - (too tough to tangle if you -
don’t crack his whole combination) - from the
boys will be boys will be...
10. OPERA ELECTRONICA
Benedicamus Domini - our Sunday action on TV
you’ve got the glamour of a star - your words have travelled very far -
but why should I believe in you when I can't see what you can do -
oh, tell me - why?
Benedicamus Domini - you’ll never find a place for me -
for in the glory of your song - I’ve seen so many going wrong -
but why - oh, tell me - why?
Domino - Domino
Domino - Benedicamus - Domino
Spirito Sanctus - Benedicamus - Domino
Stepping out at seventeen - I was ready to leave
I’ve never needed to bring in the power of make-believe
walking out of step with you - has helped me to see
to carry a burden to lean on - for shelter is not for me
Domino - Benedicamus - Domino
Spirito Sanctus - Benedicamus - Domino
Domino - Benedicamus - Domino
Spirito Sanctus - Benedicamus - Domino
I gave it up - that childlike fear of you - the burden of praising you -
if ever there were such as you -
but I know - the power of music - and how they’ve all used it - for all this time -
to praise your kind
Oh, Benedicamus - Domino - Benedicamus - Domino
but why should I believe in you when I can't see what you can do -
oh, tell me - why?
Away with all you faithful soldiers - sweep across the barren land -
the world is resting on your shoulders - and our fate is within your hand
away with all you faithful soldiers - sweep across the barren land -
the world is resting on your shoulders - and our fate is within your hand
Domino - Domino - Domino
11. POLITICS
Politics - politics, politics - politics, politics - politics,
I don’t know why - you don’t go back in the studio again
it’s easy with tracking and you’ve got the backing so tell us when
for you can choose any plug on the tele and the radio
play it cool and your fan club will grow
Politics - politics - you’ve got us in a fix - why do you make it so hard to sing along
politics - politics - up to your shady tricks -
you should have changed your words a bit - you got it wrong
politics - politics, politics - politics, politics - politics,
Why don’t you go - out on a tour with the band to meet the crowd
it’s hardly for money but touring is funny so don’t be proud
for you could choose any place, any hall, to do your show
play it cool and your fan club will grow
Politics - politics - you’ve got us in a fix - why do you make it so hard to sing along
politics - politics - up to your shady tricks -
you should have changed your words a bit - you got it wrong
politics - politics, politics - politics, politics - politics,
You’ve got a voice and an off beat gimmick with your hand
just like a hot shot well dressed leader of a band
but if your song doesn’t go to the top of the chart
it wouldn’t leave any grief in my heart
Politics - politics - you’ve got us in a fix - why do you make it so hard to sing along
politics - politics - up to your shady tricks -
you should have changed your words a bit - you got it wrong
politics - politics, wrong - politics - politics, wrong - politics - politics, politics...
12. TALK
Talk ... talk ...
I never thought that you would - turn out to be such an odd bird
(what are you going to do now)
it would have been O.K. if I was working on a crossword
(let us test it somehow)
I know a guy likes a girl with a brain - I’m no exception but this is insane
for out in the moonlight with stars above - you talk about astronomy
instead of making love you only
Talk talk talk talk talk - when I want some action
talk talk talk - the night away
you only talk talk talk talk talk - when I want some action
talk talk talk - night and day
I thought your body - spoke for itself - from the first day
(oh, won’t you speak! - sweet body of mine)
me Tarzan (me Jane) I wish it could have been that way
your kind of love is an evening with Freud - the kind of therapy I’d like to avoid
for when I want to kiss you - you ask me why - well never mind the rest I wouldn’t know what to try you only
Talk talk talk talk talk - when I want some action
talk talk talk - the night away
you only talk talk talk talk talk - when I want some action
talk talk talk - night and day
Talk talk talk talk talk - when I want some action
talk talk talk - the night away
you only talk talk talk talk talk - when I want some action
talk talk talk - night and day
you only talk talk talk talk talk ...
