DAVE GAHAN DISCOGRAPHY

Song Lyrics by Album

La Ribera

Instrumental

In The Morning

author: Richard Blaise Machin, Dave Gahan, Richard David Machin, Ian John Glover

The leaves are falling, it's in your nature

I'm counting all the sticks left on the ground

Early this morning, when I tried to wake ya

You wasn't making any kind of sound

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Why can't you hear me?

Why can't you feel me?

Was there a message, that I'm not getting

Do you think that I am lost or am I found

Just after midnight, when I woke up sweating

I was dreaming you were right here with me now

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Oh, why can't you hear me

Why don't you heal me

I am lost, I am lost here

I'm lost here now

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So I am nothing if I'm not with you

In the morning, we'll forget this night somehow

Longest Day

author: Dave Gahan, Ian Glover, Richard Blaise Machin

I was walking home alone late the other night

I couldn't see a single star in the sky

Oh, they must be too high

Shadows dance around me in the dark

Don't stop

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This could be the longest day

And the night has yet to come

This must be the door to take

There's nowhere left to run

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This could be the longest day

And the night has yet to come

This must be the door to take

I've nowhere left to run

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Was eleven years to change what had been lost

One single shot was fired at what a cost

Oh, at what a cost

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This could be the longest day

And the night has yet to come

This must be the door to take

There's nowhere left to run

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This could be the longest day

And the night has yet to come

This must be the door to take

I've nowhere left to run

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I wanna run

I better run now

Run

As far as I can

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This could be the longest day

And the night has yet to come

This must be the door to take

There's nowhere left to run

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This could be the longest day

And the night has yet to come

This must be the door to take

I've nowhere left to run

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I wanna run

I better run now

Run

As far as I can

Presence of God

author: Dave Gahan, Richard Blaise Machin, Ian John Glover, Richard David Machin

I can feel the presence of God

Occupying my intentions

In my soul, within my thoughts

And in ways to dreary to mention

These thoughts torment me

They mould and shape me

There's a man that I should be,

Or someone I could be

Nothing can break me

Nothing that I say

You can't shape me,

You can't take me, so set me free.

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I can feel the presence of God

In need of my attention

In this room and in your words

In too many ways to mention

These thoughts torment me

They mould and shape me

There's a man that I should be,

Or someone I could be

Nothing can break me

Nothing that I say

You can't shape me,

You can't take me, so set me free

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I can feel the presence of love

Holding my attention

She torments me

Creates and shapes me

There's a man that I should be

Or someone I could be

Nothing can break me

Nothing that I say

You can't shape me,

You can't take me, so set me free.

Just Try

author: Ian John Glover, Richard Blaise Machin, Dave Gahan, Richard David Machin

You came to me with open arms

To take away my fears

I took you in and you stayed a while

You lived with me right here

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You told me to believe in something

Something that's true

Like the mountains and the deep blue ocean

So much bigger that you

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You said: Just try

Come on, just try

Just try

Just try

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Just try

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I offered you a place to stay

Somewhere to rest your head

The Lord knows I need you here

There were something you said

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You'll have to believe in something

Something bigger than you

Like the great white open spaces

There's religions too

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She said: Just try

Come on, just try

Just try

Just try

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Just try

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You gave me more than I deserved

You gave me peace

You gave anything i loved in this world

And now I have to sleep

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Just let me sleep...

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Just try

Just try

I have to sleep

Just try

Just try

Gone Too Far

author: Richard David Machin, Dave Gahan, Richard Blaise Machin, Ian John Glover

I watched you rising

I watched you sleep

I knew you were just like me

Intoxicated

Oh, struggling to breathe

I heard you whimpering

In the back room

Gone too far

Too far too soon

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I guess it's your time here

That time for you

When it all comes crashing down on you

Yes, I've been praying

Oh, so what else am I supposed to do?

I heard you whispering

In the back room

You've gone too far,

Too far too soon

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You made that mistake now

They were gunning for you

You've gone too far

Too far too soon

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Now you feel nothing

Life can be cruel

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That night I saw you

You passed by my room

I hope you make peace with the man in the moon

Point Sur Pt. 1

Instrumental

Take Me Back Home

author: Dave Gahan, Richard Blaise Machin, Richard David Machin, Ian John Glover

The first time you gave me freedom

For the first time I felt free

as long as you were right with me here

there's nothing else I would need

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You take me back there

take me back home please

No I can't go in there

Just take me back home, home

that's where I want to be

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I was a fool before I met you

Only fools find it hard to believe

You just might be might only savior

If you are then come and save me

if it's true come back and save me

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You take me back there

take me back home please

No I can't go in there

Just take me back home, home

that's where I want to be now

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With all my stumbling misses

and all your wonderful kisses

that's where i want to be

that's just me.

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You take me back there

take me back home please

No I can't go in there

Just take me back home, home

that's where I want to be now

Bitterman

author: Richard David Machin, Dave Gahan, Richard Blaise Machin, Ian John Glover

There's no tomorrow

Only yesterday

I may have drunk too much

Now I'll have to pay

So how far should I go

Oh that's hard to say

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Wild is the sky

That covers you

Long be the night

That comforts you

Dark is the day confronting you

And pushing you

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There's a face in the mirror

That I don't understand

See the one that I wear is not who I am

I made up my mind

And I want to stay

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Wild is the sky

That covers you

Long be the night

That comforts you

Dark is the day confronting you

And pushing you

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You're such a bitter man

Doing all that you can

In the name of fun

Just a bitter man

Taking all that you can

All for number one

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There's no confusion

Only black

No questions left to ask

Like, am I coming back?

I made up my mind

And I want to stay

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You're such a bitter man

Doing all that you can

In the name of fun

Just a bitter man

Taking all that you can

For the number one

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You're such a bitter man

Doing all that you can

All in the name of fun

Just a bitter man

Taking all that you can

All for number one

I Can't Stay

author: Dave Gahan, Richard David Machin, Ian John Glover, Richard Blaise Machin

Even as you talk

I can't understand a word

Lips they keep on moving

Telling tired tales that have all been heard

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So many precious days

And all the parts you've played

You've looked so fine

All those days have gone

You tried to get along

Well not all, not all the time

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I can't stay with you in here anymore

I feel like my time is running out

I know that much for sure

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I can't stay another day in here with you

I feel like my time is running out

I know that much for sure

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Spend your days complaining

About what's only in your head

Turning every page in your book of everything

You should have done instead

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So many wasted days

And all the parts you've played

It's the same old song

Well I guess it's up to you

And I wonder what you'll do

Don't take, don't take too long

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I can't stay with you in here anymore

I feel like my time is running out

I know that much is true

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I can't stay for another day in here with you

I feel like my time is running out

I know that much is true

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I can't stay with you in here anymore

I feel like my time is running out

I know that much for sure

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I can't stay for another day in here with you

I feel like my time is running out

I know that much for sure

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I can't stay with you in here anymore

I feel like my time is running out

I know that much is true

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I can't stay for another day in here with you

I feel like my time is running out

I know that much for sure

I know that much for sure

Take

author: Ian Glover, Richard Blaise Machin, Dave Gahan

Take, take all you can

From the life you've been given

And stop making plans

This world is all that you need

You just have to notice

Remember to breathe

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There's a price that you pay

With the games that you play with that devil

And you better be sure when you walk through that door before you meddle

Life is so short and you're going to get caught being bought

And the choices you make and the demons you wake must be fought

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Take, take all you can

From the life you've been given

And stop making plans

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There's a price that you pay

With the games you play with that devil

And you better be sure when you walk through that door before you meddle

The life is so short and you're going to get caught being bought

And the choices you make and the demons you wake must be fought

Tonight

author: Richard David Machin, Dave Gahan, Ian John Glover, Richard Blaise Machin

When you're looking for salvation

Better take some time to get your story straight

Are you sure you're ready for forgiveness

You might have left it kind of late

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Tonight

No it's never too late

Tonight

No it's never too late

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When you're looking for salvation

In another person's life

Oh, you better get yourself a witness

You might consider a wife

Tonight, tonight

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So listen to what I'm saying

Don't be listening to their fear

Oh, you gotta jump into the water sometimes

You gotta risk it all, my dear, my dear

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Looks like you might be heading for some trouble

You keep listening to their lies

Oh, I know you have that nagging sickness sometimes

We can change it all tonight

Tonight, tonight

2012