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Soft Cell

Desperate

Release date: 8th October 2002

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About This Track

"Desperate" is a track by Soft Cell, from the album Cruelty Without Beauty, released 8th October 2002. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Soft Cell

Soft Cell

Lyrics

Desperate

I'll do anything

Anything at all

Just throw a little cash

In my direction

I'll sing anything

From rock to music hall

Just for a morsel of

Your attention

Maybe as a child

I wasn't given

All the love I needed

Maybe I'm a sad

Reflection of today

I'm desperate

I'm desperate

I'm desperate

Desperate for love

Any kind of love

Or attention

Don't have to tempt me

You won't see me resisting

See me in a magazine

Or I'm not existing

I'll parody myself

Just don't leave me on the shelf

Maybe I'm a symptom

Of a bigger problem

I'm desperate

I'm desperate

I'm desperate

Desperate for love

Any kind of love

Or attention

I'm always available

Without hesitation

Opening an envelope?

Just send an invitation

I'll dance for you

Pose for you

Take off all my clothes for you

Speak your words

Sing your song

I'm up for auction

Going gone!

I'm desperate

I'm desperate

I'm desperate

I'm desperate

I'm desperate

I'm desperate

Desperate for love

Any kind of love

Or attention

Any kind of love

Or attention

Any kind of love

Or attention

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Track details

From Cruelty Without Beauty

2002
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Album
Cruelty Without Beauty
Cruelty Without Beauty
Soft Cell
Release year
2002
  1. —Caligula Syndrome
  2. —Monoculture (Playgroup remix)
  3. —Monoculture (Jan Driver radio edit)
  4. —Darker Times
  5. —On an Up
  6. —Together Alone
  7. —Desperate
  8. —Last Chance
  9. —Le Grand Guignol
  10. —Sensation Nation
  11. —The Night
  12. —Whatever It Takes
  13. —All Out of Love

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