Living In An Island-The Boomtown Rats

[ti:Living In An Island] [ar:The Boomtown Rats] [al:Classic Album Selection: Six Albums 1977-1984] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.47]Living In An Island - The Boomtown Rats [00:01.90] [00:02.58]Night fell fast like it did in the past [00:05.65]When the phone rang [00:06.72]Twice and a voice said I think I'm alone [00:08.48] [00:11.93]I gave my advice [00:13.27]And the voice said Nice but suicide [00:14.86] [00:15.53]Leaves such a bad [00:16.62]Aftertaste on the soul [00:18.29] [00:19.51]Oh aren't you glad that we live on an island [00:22.01] [00:22.90]You can choose your own way of being killed [00:25.43] [00:26.17]You can jump off a cliff [00:27.85]And get drowned in the sea [00:29.45]Or be dashed gainst the rocks and get split [00:31.61]And it could happen to you [00:32.76] [00:34.42]It could happen to you [00:35.95] [00:37.76]It could happen to you [00:39.42] [00:40.74]And if it do then you're a true blue suiside [00:48.25] [00:49.05]By side they waled into the tide [00:50.85]Till it rose to their nose and then [00:52.71]They kissed with their eyes goodbye [00:54.75] [00:56.51]They were seen to smile just before they dived [00:59.06] [00:59.60]Dead lovers don't have much [01:01.24]Except a certain desperate sense of style [01:03.29] [01:05.21]But aren't you glad etc [01:06.25] [01:08.35]You can choose your own way of being killed [01:10.61] [01:11.39]You can jump off a cliff [01:13.96]And get drowned in the sea [01:15.18]Or be dashed gainst the rocks and get split [01:17.34]And it could happen to you [01:18.87] [01:20.09]It could happen to you [01:21.63] [01:22.89]It could happen to you [01:23.92] [01:26.49]And if it do then you're a true blue suiside [01:32.80] [01:38.86]There were a lot of crazy problems [01:40.43]That they couldn't resolve [01:41.21] [01:42.04]A lot of tricky questions [01:43.46]Which they just couldn't solve [01:44.55] [01:45.08]The main problem was of course [01:46.76]He couldn't say no [01:47.95]On your marks get ready [01:49.85]Steady here we go [01:50.80] [02:28.10]In a fifth floor lift a man slit his wrist [02:30.96]His head ticked over and then it [02:32.88]Suddenly slipped away [02:33.53] [02:36.92]And the girl in the mask [02:38.39]At the back of the shack [02:39.83]Lay her head on the track [02:41.48]And said I think it's better this way [02:43.79] [02:45.17]Oh she was glad that [02:47.00]She lived on an island [02:48.27] [02:48.82]You can choose your own way of being killed [02:51.55]You can jump off a cliff [02:53.49]And get drowned in the sea [02:54.83]Or be dashed gainst the rocks and get split [02:56.81] [02:57.34]And it could happen to you [02:58.68] [03:00.13]It could happen to you [03:01.59] [03:03.33]It could happen to you