WORKING CLASS VOODOO
I guess Mona Lisa smiles
I’ve never been to Louvre
Wasted all my precious time
On dreams just like you
My phoenix from the flames
Died this afternoon
I might have lost my job
Still got my greasy spoon
Might have left my roots
Yet I’m no Danny Boone
Heros come and go
They end up in cartoons
JUST A LITTLE RAIN
NOTHING ELSE WILL DO
I KNOW IT SOUNDS INSANE
BUT I’M IN LOVE WITH BEING BLUE
JUST A LITTLE RAIN
JUST A LITTLE PAIN
WORKING CLASS VOODOO
Marriage is just like
Inhaling helium
First it takes you high
Then paints your face with gloom
Your consolation price
Sticky hands and balloons
The world outside my window
Moves and grooves
I’m on my couch down with the blues
DAYTIME SUFFERING
Heal me
Come over here and baby feel me
You know you used to make me dream
I miss the days when you were mine
So be it
Life didn’t give us what we needed
That’s not the reason to delete it
I always stood right by your side
MCCARTNEY’S WINGS PLAY ON MY MIND
JUST WHEN I THINK I’M DOING FINE
THOSE SILLY LOVE SONGS LEAD TO NIGHT
AND DAYTIME SUFFERING
I kneel
I cross my hands in case he hears me
But God’s been way too busy lately
He keeps me hanging on the line
Daytime suffering you haunt me
Daytime suffering you taunt me
Babe I wish I knew just what I wanted
Indecision plagues the broken-hearted
WHAT IS LOVE?
Baby if I seem all blue
It’s only cause I’m missing you
Though I have come to realize
You will always be just fine
Laughing at your end of the line
Telling me you’re coming home tonight
If your flight leaves on time
TELL ME WHAT IS LOVE?
TELL ME WHAT IS PAIN?
THEY SEEM JUST THE SAME
YET I FORGIVE YOU SOMEHOW
THROUGH ALL THIS BLAME
THROUGH ALL THIS SHAME
I TURN OLD AND GRAY
YET I FORGIVE YOU SOMEHOW
I can take care of the kids
We can fool around a bit
I always knew how to make you smile
Addicted to the shows you like
I’ll try my best not to fight
I’ll drink another glass of bitter wine
Your disappointed Frankenstein
I really want to know
(What is love?)
I don’t seem to have a clue
It’s so hard letting go
Because you know I love you so – I do baby
I really want to know what love is
You know I miss you sometimes
GOOD OL' STUPID ME
(by Tom Tikka & Elina Suominen)
I watch the evening news
A kind of self-abuse
Those getting rich and fat
Still own my ass that’s that
I’ve seen the whole wide world
Been worshipped, I’ve been burned
Intoxication wise
There’s nothing I ain’t tried
I’M THROUGH
PRETENDING I AM GOOD
THAT I AM SMART AND TRUE
I JUST WANT TO BE
GOOD OLD STUPID ME
NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA
GOOD OLD STUPID ME
My exes curse my name
And they’re right I am to blame
God only knows I’ve paid
A fortune for getting laid
Here’s just another song
About how things went so wrong
Mine was shooting star
But I’m back playing guitar
Good old stupid me
Has put in a plea
Good old stupid me
Just wants to be set free
DRIVING ME INSANE
Mark Antony, I guess that’s me
He had Rome but I’m all alone
I think of you; I feel a fool
You’ll never leave
Your Hallmark fantasy, girl
Or your pedigree
I WISH YOU KNEW
JUST WHAT YOU DO
IT’S HURTING GOOD
YOU GIVE ME LOVE BUT YOU DRIVE ME INSANE
I WISH YOU KNEW
TO TELL THE TRUTH
I’VE GOT THE BLUES
YOU GIVE ME LOVE BUT YOU DRIVE ME INSANE
DRIVE ME INSANE
DRIVE ME INSANE
You Xbox me and play for free
Then run back home
To your big brownstone
And lots of gold
A name that's old
And family tree
Why would you prefer me, girl
I live reality
I heard you’re moving to LA
I guess you’ll find another lay
SWEET SUGAR
Sometimes loneliness can hurt
And lack of love can burn
That’s what we’re doing here
I keep seeing you every night
Under these neon signs
One of which says “beer”
How about more than a smile?
WELL I’M BY MY LONESOME
HOLD ME TIGHT
I GOT SWEET SWEET SUGAR ON MY MIND
IF YOU CONSENT
BABY I GOT THE TIME
I WILL PULL YOU CLOSE
STAY BY YOUR SIDE, GIRL
I WON’T LEAVE BEFORE DAYLIGHT
JUST GIVE ME SWEET SWEET SUGAR
BABY I’LL BE WORTH YOUR WHILE
Wish there was another way
To make it through the day
To make it through the night
You are thinking of your guy
I’m thinking of my wife
Lord knows I have tried
I can’t take another fight
We can just talk about it
Or try hard to live without it
So what if we’re fatally flawed?
SUMMER MEANS NEW LOVE
She’s got ribbons in her hair
And she puts flowers on his grave
She is down and out
Down and out
Down and out – she’s down
He’s been gone so very long
And yet her feelings are so strong
She is lost and found
Lost and found
Lost and found – she’s found
SUMMER MEANS NEW LOVE
SUMMER MEANS NEW LOVE
YET SHE’S PRAYING FOR
GOD TO BRING HER HOME TO HIM
SUMMER MEANS NEW LOVE
SUMMER MEANS NEW LOVE
YET SHE’S PRAYING FOR
JUST ANOTHER DREAM SHE SPENDS WITH HIM
She can hear his gentle voice
See him playing with their boys
It’s all in her mind
In her mind – in her lonesome mind
When she’s alone at night
Holds his picture oh so tight
She lives in the past
In the past – in her distant past
Life is hard and it always will
Hit you hard, bring you to your knees
It brings you to your knees
It brings you to your knees, baby
DISMAL DAY
If you pardon me from sunset
I pardon you from pain
I am through dancing in the rain
So love was not what we expected
Life turned out much the same
Here’s to waking up to another dismal day
Yet through all the disappointments
And through all the wasted years
As I’m leaving, I’m holding back the tears
I won’t tell you that I’m going
I won’t even bid farewell
I’ll be happy to leave behind this hell
If I could go back in time
I know just what I’d do
I wouldn’t even glance at you
I know we had our moments
And we had our silly laughs
I got to face it
They are now my past
I got to face it
Sometimes the past is past
JUST LIKE XMAS (LOVE IS WAR)
I see the snow flakes falling
They cover up the trees
I feel just like calling you
But you’re not here
Another lonely heartache
Though this season’s dear
I’ve come to the conclusion
That Santa just ain’t real, now aint it
JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS
JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS
JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS
LOVE IS WAR
I wonder round the streets that
We walked hand in hand
Listening to John Lennon
And Plastic Ono band
Singing war is over
Man, it’s still going on
A new year’s resolution
That they got real wrong, now ain’t it
JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS
JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS
JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS
LOVE IS WAR, NOW AIN’T IT
JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS
JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS
JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS
IT’S YOUR FAULT
Perhaps you will remember
Love letters in the sand
Perhaps you will remember
That I’m your man
TURN BACK THE TIME
I allow myself to weep
After you have gone to sleep
After I tuck in the kids
I fall into thousand bits
Knowing you don’t give a shit
WISH I COULD TURN BACK THE TIME
WISH I’D NEVER MADE YOU MINE
SO MANY THINGS I REALIZE JUST NOW
WISH I COULD TURN BACK THE TIME
We fight about your wedding rings
Work and sex, most everything
If they could whitewash my mind
I’d erase it all outright
So that I could sleep at night
I kiss my three-year old goodnight
Wish I could stay right by his side
I see a man all dressed in black
At a lonely cul du sac
Loading up a U-Haul van
Saying goodbye to his clan
Someday they will understand
ALL SHE WANTS IS YOU
She’s been my girl all of this time
And then you came and changed her mind
Now she hates the things I do
And all she wants is you
She used to love me and hold me tight
Kept me warm all through the night
Now she’s gone and I feel blue
And all she wants is you
All she wants is you
She’s made up her mind
All she wants is you I’m out of time
She’s been my girl all of this time
And then you came and messed up her mind
I tired to love her like best I could
And all she wants is you
MARY
(by Tom Tikka & Lappe Holopainen)
Mary loves her life
She’s got everything
A good girl should have
At a coffee shop
On 42nd Street
She serves people dreams
Hold me tight I’m falling down – she says
Hold me tight I’m breaking down – she says
Hold me tight I’m so down – love me
ALL THOSE HAIL MARYS
CUTE STORIES AND FAIRYTALES
LEFT YOU UNAWARE OF
THE DARK MERCENARIES OF LOVE
THEY COME WITH BOXING GLOVES
Once upon a time
In a smaller town
When she was still at school
Mary came across
A travelling salesman
Loved God but scarred her good
Mary loves her life
It’s all inside her mind
Preaches about crimes
Against eternal life
JADED MIND
(by Tom Tikka & Elina Suominen)
Closed my eyes and heard them all
10 000 people maybe more
A gathering of tribes
The window of an old drugstore
Had a sign make love not war
But peace you can’t prescribe
News clips of days gone by
Make me wanna cry
WE’VE BEEN ALWAYS BLIND
I’M WAITING ON SOMETHING THAT WOULD BLOW MY MIND
AND WE’VE BEEN ALWAYS BLIND
I’M WAITING ON A CHANGE THAT WOULD HEAL MANKIND
IT’S FINE
I’VE GOT A JADED MIND
An expedition to the stars
The history of Taj Majal
Richard Nixon’s memoirs
Educated by TV
My generation’s ruled by screens
The past one went to Mars
News clips of days gone by
Make me wanna cry
Got a jaded mind
Got a jaded mind
Wish I wasn’t blind
Got a jaded mind
THAT'S WHAT WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID
A man who lives alone
Is the man who dies alone
And winding is the road
I took long time ago
Kerouac was right, so damn right
There’s no end in sight on this rough ride
Life just stretches on
Then one day you are gone
SO FAR FROM HOME
SO FAR FROM HOME
IF YOU’RE IN HELL
JUST GO FULL STEAM AHEAD
THAT’S WHAT WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID
I thought you were my friend
I’d bring this to an end
But you know I am cursed
With my sexual thirst
Just one look from you, you can lie
A touch that feels real good, I won’t ask you why
I don’t turn you on
Or where the hell you’re going
A GOOD THING GOING ON
You got your daddy; I got my life
You want more but let me tell you right now
Come on baby we got a good thing going on
Ain’t nothing better than a bath with you
Come to think of it, I like ‘em showers too
Come on baby we got a good thing going on
You ain’t no cow and your milk ain’t free
We’ve been through this, so mamma just please
Call me over, make me reel
But don’t you tell me how I’m supposed to feel
I ain’t looking for another ring
Don’t want to be jealous or controlling
Come on baby we got a good thing going on
ALL SONGS BY TOM TIKKA UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED