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A little something about Culture Club
To the public, "Culture Club" was, to all intents and purposes, Boy George, and his appetite for publicity and clever manipulation of the media seemed effortless. His barely concealed homosexuality, though no problem to his many fans, caused considerable comment in the tabloid press. The band became MTV favorites, largely due to George's androgynous dress, and Boy George soon found himself a cultural icon, known for his witty interviews. Ultimately, however, it was not his sexuality but his involvement with drugs that brought his downfall. A week after he teased journalists with the proclamation that he was "your favourite junkie" at an anti-apartheid concert in London, the British national press revealed that he was indeed addicted to heroin. Now recognised as a leading dance music DJ, George contributed vocals to a drum 'n' bass version of "Police And Thieves", released by London dance collective Dubversive in 1998. Boy George has also written a musical based on his life's experiences. George has penned 15 new songs for the musical Taboo, named after a London nightclub where the singer spent much of his youth. Taboo features some of Culture Club's biggest hits, including "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" and "Karma Chameleon."

Lyrics featured below: "Karma Chameleon", "Do you really want to hurt me", "I'll Tumble For Ya"

Karma Chameleon

Desert loving in your eyes all the way
If I listen to your lies would you say
I'm a man without conviction, I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contradiction, you come and go, you come and go

CHORUS:
Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon
You come and go, you come and go
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream
Red gold and green, red gold and green

Don't hear your wicked words every day
And you used to be so sweet, I heard you say
That my love was an addiction, when we cling our love is strong
When you go you're gone forever, you string along, you string along

CHORUS

Every day is like survival
You're my lover, not my rival
Every day is like survival
You're my lover, not my rival

I'm a man without conviction, I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contradiction, you come and go, you come and go

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

Give me time to realize my crime
Let me love and steal
I have danced inside your eyes
How can I be real

Do you really want to hurt me
Do you really want to make me cry
Precious kisses words that burn me
Lovers never ask you why

In my heart the fire's burning
Choose my color find a star
Precious people always tell me
That's a step a step too far

CHORUS:
Do you really want to hurt me
Do you really want to make me cry
Do you really want to hurt me
Do you really want to make me cry

Words are few I have spoken
I could waste a thousand years
Wrapped in sorrow words are token
Come inside and catch my tears

You've been talking but believe me
If it's true you do not know
This boy loves without a reason
I'm prepared to let you go

If it's love you want from me
Then take it away
Everything is not what you see
It's over again


I'll Tumble For Ya

Downtown we'll drown
We're in our never splender
Flowers
Showers
Who's got the new boy gender

I'll be your baby
I'll be your score
I'll run the gun for you
And so much more

Chorus:
I'll tumble 4 ya
I'll tumble 4 ya
I'll tumble 4 ya
I'll tumble 4 you

(chorus)

Uptown their sound
Is like the native
You send her
Junction
Function
The boy with pop is slender

Did he say maybe
Or I'mnot sure
He'll be a boy for you
But you need more

(chorus x2)

I get a crazy feeling
That chases in my head
It's nothing that you do to me
It's nothing that you said
It's love in stereo
And when I can't let go I say

I'll be your baby
I'll be your score
I'll run the gun for you
And so much more

(chorus)

Downtown we'll drown
We're in our never splender
Flowers
Showers
Who's got the new boy gender

I'll be your baby
I'll be your score
I'll run the gun for you
And so much more

I'll tumble 4 ya
I'll tumble 4 ya
I'll tumble 4 ya