Brandon Flowers - The Desired Effect Album Lyrics

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Dreams Come True

The highway was teasing me
With promises and visions of a country unseen
In a black limousine
For the better part of my twenties
On the corner of this dirty street
A decade in the making
Just a loser on two tender feet

Saying dreams come true
Dreams come true
Dreams come true
Dreams come true

She wasn't having anything
No birds or any bees, girl
Don't go shooting all your dogs now
Just cause one's got fleas
I'll bite what turns you sour baby
I've got miles per hour lady
Make up your mind
You never know what you might find

When dreams come true
Dreams come true
Yes they do
Dreams come true
Dreams come true
Dreams come true
Yes they do
Dreams come true

Punch the clock, baby on the nightstand
Close your eyes, waiting for the Sandman
Spend your life, bracing for the crash land
You forget, baby it's a dreamland
Baby it's a dreamland

A natural believer
I don't carry any bones
If you see things a little different
I'm not casting any stones
You're taking it for granted
I've got the right to speak my mind
I'll overcome the dark
Just like the dead, the lame, the Leper, and the blind man
Like Lazarus or the mother of Peter's wife

Punch the clock, baby on the nightstand
You close your eyes, waiting for the Sandman
Spend your life, bracing for the crash land
You forget, baby it's a dreamland
Take a chance, underneath the streetlight
Cross my heart, everything is alright

I don't waste my time, on "Where do I park the car?"
I don't stand in line
It's treated me, alright so far
If dreams come true
I get to drink the cup
But one fine day
We'll find a better way
(Gonna have a lot to say)

Punch the clock, baby on the nightstand
You close your eyes, waiting for the Sandman
Spend your life, bracing for the crash land
You forget, baby it's a dreamland
Take a chance, underneath the streetlight
Cross my heart, everything is alright

In the blackness of the night
Everything is alright
Woah oh, hey oh! Hey oh! Woah oh, hey oh [x4]

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Can't Deny My Love

Open up, till the night our bed
Is underneath a heavy moon
Cast a doubt like a shadow
Walking through the corners of the room
I always thought I have a full tank to go

(but not tonight, you're not alone)

I always thought I'd find my own way

(What's going on in your head now?
Was it something I said?
I know that you've been living in the past
What's going in your head now?
Maybe something I said)

It's driving me crazy, and you can try to lie

But you're not gonna, not gonna deny
No you're not gonna, not gonna deny my love
And you can run to the hillside
And you can close your eyes
But you're not gonna, not gonna deny
No you're not gonna, not gonna deny my love
You can't deny my love

The eyes of God are watching over us
So we don't break the golden rules
The seven seas, have we learned
Or are we sailing on a ship of fools?

I always thought I had a full tank to go
(but not tonight, you're not alone)
I always thought we'd get there someday

It's driving me crazy, and you can try to lie

But you're not gonna, not gonna deny
No you're not gonna, not gonna deny my love
And you can run to the hillside
And you can close your eyes
But you're not gonna, not gonna deny
No you're not gonna, not gonna deny my love
You can't deny my love

When you close your eyes, tell me what you see
Locked up in your room is there any room for me?
In the spoils of your mercy
In the reverence of your bed
In the cradle of the morning
What was it that you said?

What's going in your head now?

You're not gonna, not gonna deny
No you're not gonna, not gonna deny my love
And you can run to the hillside
And you can close your eyes
But you're not gonna, not gonna deny
No you're not gonna, not gonna deny my love
You can't deny my love, my love

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I Can Change

When your time runs out
And you're looking for a place to land
I'll step from the shadow
Into the palm of your hand

When you're out of luck
I'll be what you're looking for
Even if it's not who I am

When you're out of luck
I'll be what you're looking for
Even if it's not who I am

I can change
I can change for you
I can change
I can change for you

I can bend
I can break
I can shift
I can shape
Blaze a trail through the driving rain
Girl, I can change for you
I can change for you

When your time runs out
And you don't know where to stand
I'll step from the shadow
I'm at your command

[Spoken:] And when you're looking for a change...

...I'll be what you're looking for
Even if it's not who I am

I can change
I can change for you
I can change
I can change for you

I can bend
I can break
I can shift
I can shape
Blaze a trail through the driving rain
Girl, I can change for you

I can slip
I can slide
I can run
I can hide
Blaze a trail through the driving rain
Girl, I can change for you

I'll be what you're looking for
I'll be what you're looking for

I can change
I can change for you
I'll be what you're looking for
I can change
I can change for you

I can change
I can change

I can bend
I can break
I can shift
I can shape
Blaze a trail through the driving rain

I can slip
I can slide
I can run
I can hide
Blaze a trail through the driving rain
Girl, I can change for you
I can change for you
I can change

I'll be what you're looking for

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Still Want You

Everyone's got a combination
If you put in the time
The numbers come like a revelation
You show me yours
I'll show you mine
And when you're down, girl, you got to know this
Nobody else is in your room
We'll make it through

[Chorus:]
Time is passing by
I still want you
Crime is on the rise
I still want you
Climate change and debt
I still want you
Nuclear distress
I still want you
The Earth is heating up
I still want you
Hurricanes and floods
I still want you
Even more than I did before

I used to think that I knew big time
Before you came around
But I was up in the velvet gold mind
And you put my feet back on the ground
A piece of mind is a lot to ask for
These silly days
But we got it made
Don't let it fade
Oh, no!

[Chorus]

And when your mind's made up
I'm gonna bring it down
When you got no time
You're gonna see it found
Your heart, crowds call
There's something on the line
It's hard for me to show
There's something you should know

[Chorus]

Time is passing by
I still want you
Crime is on the rise
I still want you
Nuclear distress
I still want you
Climate change and debt
I still want you
The Earth is heating up
I still want you
Hurricanes and floods
I still want you
Even more than I did
Even more than I did
Before

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Between Me And You

Between me and you
I've been thinking about the future and
Between me and you
I think I'm losing it now
Between me and you
I've been worried about the future and
Between me and you
I think I'm losing it now
And all my life, I've been told
Follow your dreams but the trail went cold
And the heart don't lie
And that's a good luck charm
But I'm watching it tear out of my arms

And there's a power in letting go
I guess I didn't want to let you know
These hours I'm working ain't nearly enough
And sometimes its like a bullet came and blasted me right of out of the blue
But I'm doing my best to not let it get between me and you
Between me and you
(Come on child)
I've been struggling to carry the weight
(Get up child)
Between me and you
(Come on child)
I think I'm losing it now
(You got to fly)

The first time that I saw your face
Time stood still
I found my place
Now I'm watching it tear right out of my arms

And there's a power in letting go
I guess I didn't want to let you know
These hours I'm working ain't nearly enough
And chasing every dollar girl is this what I was born to do?
But I'm doing my best not to let it get between me and you

I remember you in white in the garden
Its been trial after trial
Through the ringer in the back
At the window of this track
I was just too proud to know
(Come on child)
Cause there's a power in letting go

Never thought it'd be so hard
These hours I'm working ain't nearly enough
And sometimes its like a bullet came and blasted me right of out of the blue
And I feel like I've got nothing to show
And I've been wondering what I'm suppose to do
And I'm doing my best not to let it get
And I'm doing my best not to let it get
Between me and you

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Lonely Town

I've been working overtime
And I can't get you off my mind
I sleep in the pouring rain
When will you come home again?

[Hook x2:]
Spinnin' like a Gravitron
When I was just a kid
I always thought that things would change
But they never did

I'm hanging on to the end of this rope
Somewhere on the outskirts of hope
Life without you not around
Another kid in Lonely Town
And I'm

[Hook x2]

Now I'm standing outside your house
And I'm wondering, Baby
Do you hear the phone when I call?
Do you fill the void when I fall?
Do you hear the crack when I break?
Did you lock the door when it shut?
Can you see the knife when it cut?
Do you keep your ear to the ground?
For the kid in Lonely Town (Lonely Town)
Lonely Town
Kid in Lonely Town (Lonely Town)
Lonely Town

[Hook x2]

Do you hear the phone when I call?
Do you hear the crack when I break?
Do you lock the door when it shut?
Do you keep your ear to the ground?
For the kid in Lonely Town (Lonely Town)
Lonely Town (Lonely Town)
Lonely Town
Lonely Town

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Digging Up The Heart

Tony came back to town
With his cap and gown
That they give him at the state
Him breaking it every few day
Tony's mamma said 'he's only human'

Look what the cat dragged in
Papa snatched your kin
Little sister hugs the tin man
Tony, she's grown
And she's pretty, in her little black dress
He's digging up the heart
To know the price he paid
You heard me in the train
When you're in the cage
And you can smell the rain
And you can see the sage
While fretting the highway
But you can try
And when you finally put the asphalt to the tyre
Looks something like sistine
Or a fire
Ripping through the dark
He's digging up the heart

[Chorus:]
Digging up the heart
Digging up the heart
Well it ain't that strange
Any boy can change
Digging up the heart

One, two, three, four, five
Oh, me, oh, my
Count the reasons that you shouldn't be messing
With the sons of perdition
That were gonna take you down
The straight and narrow
You dreaming of another place
You just can't get
Like the workmen in the pit
Little brother, you're a liar to yourself
I didn't think you'd changed

It's just another heart
Ain't there something strange
When tony left
They were scratching at the door
In particular, one, one, hitting more
Her name was christie
The queen of old folk county
But what we'd have loved is the right time, that there day
Because he met on something nothing, boy got engaged
Lessons in the dark
He's digging up the heart

[Chorus:]
Digging up the heart
Digging up the heart
Well it ain't that strange
Any boy can change
He's digging up the heart

He's digging up the heart
Digging up the heart
With a little luck
With the times getting rough
Digging up the heart
Well the perp's got his hands up
And his mind's on the march
The 30 day beneath the register
He's digging up the heart

[Chorus]

He's digging up the heart
Digging up the heart
With a little luck
With the times getting rough
Digging up the heart
Well it ain't that strange
Any boy could change
Digging up the heart

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Never Get You Right

It's a coin toss, its a game on
Your were born lost and dirt blonde
No curfew with your drunk mom
No one to stop you know

And I'll give you my opinion its the only one I got
They'll turn you into something whether you are it or not

[Chorus:]
But they'll never get you right
I've been watching you all night
And the people passing by they should tremble at your sight

These bad dreams and these back seat happys
A good angel with bad wings
No one to help you out

And Ill give you my opinion where your it or not
Through a microscope lens dissecting your whole life

[Chorus x2]

Everybody talks from the wrong side of the mask
Gliding through the universe as the world keeps rolling past
Don't give into the pressure cause it isn't gonna stop
The world goes on around you whether you like it or not
(Around you around around)
(Whether you like it or not)

[Chorus]

They'll never get you right
Get you right well they re never gonna get you right
[x5]

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Untangled Love

Well let's say that now's the time to start
Blessed all, the young at heart
She's just here to look the part
In the fruit of all this labor land
Friday nights, football stands
Been fumbled by so many hands

I've been looking for untangled love
But it's hard to get a handle on
I always hoped I'd see the light
Break the bad luck in my life
Untangled love, yeah
I can see it in your eyes
Untangled love, oh

It's been 21 years since I left home
I've been looking for a place to call my own
I see the silver lining shining like polished gold

I've been looking for untangled love
But it's hard to get a handle on
And I always hoped I'd see the light
And break the bad luck in my life
Untangled love, yeah
I can see it in your eyes
Untangled love, true

Blue Skies
Live a landslide
Tumbles down today, I'm on your side
And if a twister and sweeps it all away
I'm on your side

Stay close, my love
This ain't right, look out trouble, we've had enough
I've been looking for untangled love
But it's hard to get a handle on
It took a lot of faith, it took a lot of lies
But I finally came to realize

Untangled love
I can see it in your eyes
Untangled love
You took me by surprise
Untangled love, yeah
I can see it in your eyes
Untangled love, true
Untangled love
I can see it in your eyes
Untangled love
You took me by surprise
Untangled love
It took me by suprise

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The Way It's Always Been

They shut down the golden hotel
Just because he says it won't be long till they blow it all to the hell
She's standing in the front yard cut off the skins
Me and her brother we been friends, since I can't remember when

Ain't that the way that it's always been?
Everybody sitting around waiting for the sun to come again
A shift at the chemical plant, a white wedding dress
I wake up every morning and I wonder if I'm gonna pass the test

Just trying to live up to but she's got in mind
Sometimes the pressure's so heavy I feel like leaving it all behind

Ain't that the way that it's always been?
Laying low just long enough for the dust to settle down
The black and the white, the thick and the thin
And hoping that He's really got the power to save us from these sins
Everybody sitting around waiting for the sun to come again

I took a long walk yesterday
To a field where I used to play
I saw myself in the corner of my mind
I was twelve years old and blind
To the big wheel and the grind

Ain't that the way that it's always been?
Standing at the water's edge waiting for the fog to clear
Tackle or touch, you sink or you swim
And hoping that he's really got the power to save us from these sins
Everybody sitting around waiting for the sun to come again
They're waiting for the sun to come again