why do you come here looking for me

you should know by now that i’m gone

naive believer just follow that star

mars or andromeda its all the same

here is the mystery in black velvet boxes

and here is the trick all explained

and here is the afternoon just as i left it

five six seven eight

cloak yourself in sweet affirmations

guard your soul with a spell

our power is waning in this western world

is it my skull or a dry gulch?

beautiful women kissed my eyes cold

a blow to the head of a beast

all the mad children can never go home

oh mr erskine oh  fleur-de-lys

its quiet at home now the spirits’ve  left

its quiet right here in my head

all of the voices that goaded me on

the subtle one and the one with a hiss

theres a disaster in all our good fortune

theres a shark in every sea

theres a new frank sinatra born every minute

excuse me theres a knock at my door

mr s kilbey? can you please sign here

sorry sir wheres your I D ?

can you make out this one please to my wife ?

temperature drop in downtown winterland

love somewhere else written in cursive

love somewhere else in a cave

love somewhere else in a purview or perfume

love somewhere else love somewhere else

open myself to the rays of a dog star

open myself to their moon

open myself to the raising of dead man

yeah four five six seven

some grinding machine dares to pierce this great silence

but its just swallowed down by the rain

my heart loses time  and the clock is slow beating

(open myself open myself)

yeah i remember the memories forgotten

all those impossible things

it renders me dumb and my dumbness is numb

thats why i talk all the time

the slenderest thread is the vaguest idea

the  new path of  the least restraint

the accused the witness the judge and the crime

the jack and the knave are the same thing

love somewhere else in a fabulous past

love somewhere else i dont know

love somewhere else in a packet of drug

excuse me theres a knock at the door

are you mr kilbey we’ve had a complaint

your charisma is blocking your drive

and some dark  misfortune is long overdue

im sorry mate…. can you sign this CD?

mr kilbey  please empty your mind

constable read him his rites

mr kilbey    here is your fine fine

life somewhere else life somewhere else

aint life a bitch sir with its fishnet and holes

oh aint life a bitch with its kiss

oh aint life a bitch just all over the place

love bites from another world

considering everything  all the mistakes

the dead ends end living the life

always alive if you live in the future

love somewhere else love somewhere else

child come unto me  i am thy son

sister know i am thy man

the swans and the butterflies the idyl at noon

life somewhere else life somewhere else

the wind then disturbs our mutual reverie

the wind that comes under the door

the wind in the walls is laughing your name

five six seven eight

oh i miss everyday i no longer have

and i miss every night if i sleep

and i miss the messes  i made of this life

the recipes and the boulevards

love somewhere else where young summer is king

love somewhere else inner book

love somewhere else in a fictionist fragment

love in a doorway love on demand

i think of one thing and i burn in my anger

i think of one thing burn in lust

yet all of my thoughts are spectral illusions

think of one thing life somewhere else

it took me 2 hours to write this all down

i took me to roam and  to rue

it took me to realise that i didnt know

now six seven eight and nine

love somewhere else in a car or a barroom

love somewhere else in a shot

love somewhere else on a burnt DVD

love somewhere else love somewhere else

i must get ready to do something somewhere

i must get ready to leave

i must get ready counting my blessings

excuse me theres a knock at the door

oh hello my friend the lord sent me here

i speak yes from my highest hoarse

which messiah is in your complex

is it jesus or satan or ba’al or ducatti ?

the eden i offer is  discretely discreet

the tickets are so hard to find

now which is a god for the god of your head

is it set or jehovah or thoth or temptation

paradise lost still has vacant lots

i can open some heaven for you

life on this earth is threaded with dread

wouldnt you like life somewhere else?

open myself to the earth and cold ether

open myself to the rain

open myself to love somewhere else

now six seven eight nine

love somewhere else open myself

life somewhere else seven eight

open myself five six

life somewhere else love somewhere else

five six seven eight