Sleaze Lyrics - Singles - Sitting Dove

Came out west way too long ago 

And almost...all I've seen is sleaze 

At night it's heavy in the air 

In daylight a disease 

I knew that beast was out here 

Way before I headed west 

I just thought that it would take longer 

For me to lie down in its soft nest 

But the sunshine and those desert palms 

And all of my big dreams 

I'll be the first one to admit it 

I was hooked way too easily 

I came out west way too long ago 

And almost all I've seen is sleaze 

At night it's heavy in the air 

In daylight a disease 

It infects, inhabits invisibly 

Beamin' down every street 

Waves...Bouncin' off space satellites 

Screaming from computer screens 

Scrambling brain waves, genetic codes 

Mutating how we think 

The media's designed to do one thing 

Let mass hypnosis ring 

From the great white way of Wall Street 

To that theatre called DC 

Behind it all is Hollywood 

Not the place, the global scene 

New Delhi, London, sweet Paris 

Shanghai, Mumbai, N-Y-C 

Rio, Sydney, Nairobi 

Cape Town, Bogota, and Belize 

Chi-town, Frankfurt, Tel Aviv 

Jerusalem - we must find peace 

Cairo, Hong Kong, Miami 

Manilla, Seoul, Buenos Aires 

Berlin, Jakarta, Tripoli 

Bangkok, Zurich, and Beijing 

Moscow, Mexico City 

But I hear Brussels's now the place to be 

Like Rome and Athens of antiquity 

It's rippling now, the monster seethes 

But they never had like this you see 

When we say global we mean actually 

Came out west way too long ago 

And almost all I've seen is sleaze 

At night it's heavy in the air 

In daylight a disease 

I knew that beast was out here 

Way before I headed west 

I just thought that it would take longer 

For me to lie down in its soft nest 

Now I've tried hard to sedate myself 

With fine wine and greenery 

Why? Not because I have to 

Just best not to feel or see 

All the selfish souls and double talk 

And my complicity 

And how you can't hardly trust an-y-one 

Without payin' a way high fee 

We live on the dark side of the silver screen 

To hit that red carpet, people do those things 

Then hide those dirty secrets behind some bling 

Hot lights kill the pain of having lost something 

Came out west way too long a-go 

And almost all I've seen is sleaze 

At night it's heavy in the air 

In daylight a disease 

The virus now permeates everywhere 

From sea to shining sea 

Ya think you're safe, you best beware 

Proof's that you're hearin' me 

Ad-lib Outro: 

You know who I am. You're with me...