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Alsatian Cousin Were you and he lovers? and would you say so if you were? on a forecourt on a Friday passing my way Were you and he lovers? and if you were, then say that you were! on a groundsheet under canvas with your tent-flap open wide A note upon his desk: "P.S. Bring Me Home And Have Me!" Leather elbows on a tweed coat Oh! Is THAT the best you can do? So came his reply: "...but on the desk is where I want you!" So I ask (even though I know): were you and he lovers? Little Man, What Now? An afternoon nostalgia television show you spoke in silhouette (but they couldn't name you) although the panel were very polite to you but I remembered you from Friday nights 1969 ATV - you murdered every line too old to be a child star too young to take leads four seasons passed and they AXED you nervously juvenile (WON'T SMILE!) What became of you? did that swift eclipse torture you? a star at eighteen and then-suddenly gone down to a few lines in the back page of a teenage annual oh but I remembered you I looked up to you Everyday Is Like Sunday Trudging slowly over wet sand back to the bench where your clothes were stolen this is the coastal town that they forgot to close down Armageddon - come Armageddon! Come Armageddon! Come! Everyday is like Sunday everyday is silent and grey Hide on the promenade scratch out a postcard "how I dearly with I was not here" in the seaside town ...that they forgot to bomb Come! Come! Come - nuclear bomb! Everyday is like Sunday everyday is silent and grey Trudging back over pebbles and sand and a strange dust lands on your hands (and on your face) Everyday is like Sunday "Win Yourself A Cheap Tray" share some greased tea with me everyday is silent and grey. Bengali In Platforms No no no he does not want to depress you oh no no no no no he only wants to impress you Bengali in platform she only wants to embrace your culture and to be your friend forever Bengali, Bengali oh shelve your Western plans and understand that life is hard enough when you belong here A silver-studded rim that glistens and an ankle-star that...blinds me a lemon sole so very high which only reminds me, to tell you so I break the news gently I break the news to you gently "Shelve your plans" Bengali, Bengali its the touchy march of time that blinds you don't blame me don't hate me just because I'm the one to tell you that life is hard enough when you belong here life is hard enough when you belong here shelve your western plans life is hard enough when you belong here. Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together Angel, Angel don't take your life tonight I know they take and that they take in turn and they give you nothing real for yourself in return and when they've used you and they've broken you and wasted all your money and cast your shell aside and when they've bought you and they've sold you and they've billed you for the pleasure and they've made your parents cry I will be here BELIEVE ME I will be here ...believe me Angel, don't take your life some people have got no pride they do not understand the Urgency of life but I love you more than life I love you more than life I love you more than life I love you more than life. Late Night, Maudlin Street The last night on Maudlin Street goodbye house goodbye stairs I was born here I was raised here, and ...I took some stick here love at first sight may sound trite but it's true, you know I could list the details of everything you ever wore or said, or how you stood that day and as we spend the last night on Maudlin Street, I say "goodbye house-forever!" I never stole a happy hour around here Where the world's ugliest boy became what you see here I am - the ugliest man Its the last night on Maudlin Street and truly I do love you oh, truly I do love you When I sleep with that picture of you framed beside my bed oh, it's childish and it's silly but I think it's you in my room by the bed (...yes, I told you it was silly...) and I know I took strange pills but I never meant to hurt you oh truly I love you I came home late one night everyone had gone to bed nobody stays up for you when you have sixteen stitches all around your head the last buss I missed to Maudlin Street so, he drove me home in the Van complaining: "Women only like me for my mind..." don't leave your torch behind power-cuts ahead as we crept through the park but no I cannot steal a pair of jeans off a clothesline for you but you...without clothes oh I could not keep a straight face me - without clothes? well a nation turns its back and gags... I'm packed I am moving house a half-life disappears today every slag waves me on (secretly wishing me gone well, I will be soon oh - I will be soon) There were bad times on Maudlin Street when they took you away in a police car dear Inspector - don't you know? don't you care? don't you know - about Love? Your gran died and your mother died on Maudlin Street in pain and ashamed with never time to say those special things I took the keys from Maudlin Street well, it's only bricks and mortar! and...truly I do love you wherever you are wherever you are. Suedehead Why do you come here why do you hang around I'm so sorry I'm so sorry Why do you come here when you know it makes things hard for me when you know, oh why do you come? Why do you telephone? and why send me silly notes? I'm so sorry I'm so sorry why do you come here when you know it makes thing hard for me when you know, oh why do you come? You had to sneak into my room 'just' to read my diary was it just to see all the things you knew I'd written about you? and...so many illustrations I'm so very sickened oh, I am so sickened NOW. Break Up the Family The strange logic of your clumsiest line stayed emblazoned on my mind break up the family and lets begin to live our lives I went to see all my friends tonight it wasn't Youth, it wasn't even Life born Old, sadly wise resigned (well, we were)to ending our lives I'm so glad to grow older to move away from those awful times I want to see all my friends tonight Yes you found love but you weren't at peace with your life home late, full of Hate despise the ties that bind oh I'm so glad to grow older to move away from those younger years now I'm in love for the first time and I don't feel bad Let me see all my old friends let me put my arm around them because I really do love them now, does that sound mad? Captain of games, solid framed I stood on the touchline hailstones, driven home in his car - no breaks? I don't mind I'm just so glad to grow older to move away from those darker years I'm in love for the first time and I don't feel bad so wish me luck my friends goodbye. The Ordinary Boys Ordinary boys, happy knowing nothing happy being no one, but themselves Ordinary girls, supermarket clothes who think it's very clever to be cruel to you for you were so different you stood all alone and you knew that it had to be so avoiding ordinary boys happy going nowhere, just around here in their rattling cars and ordinary girls never seeing further than the cold, small streets that trap them but you were so different you had to say no when those empty fools tried to change you, and claim you for the lair of their ordinary world where they feel so lucky so lucky, so lucky with their lives laid out before them they're so lucky, so lucky so lucky, so lucky. I Don't Mind If You Forget Me I don't mind I don't mind if you forget me having learned my lesson I never left an impression on anyone so now you send me your hardened 'regards' when once you'd send me 'love' sincerely I must tell you your mild 'best wishes' they make me suspicious but I don't mind I don't mind if you forget me having learned my lesson I never left an impression on anyone the pressure to change, to move on was strange and very strong so this is why I tell you I really do understand BYE BYE I don't mind if you forget me no no no no no no no REJECTION IS ONE THING BUT REJECTION FROM A FOOL IS CRUEL REJECTION IS ONE THING BUT REJECTION FROM A FOOL IS CRUEL and I don't mind if you forget me I don't mind if your forget me. Dial-A-Cliche Further into the fog I fall well, I was just following you! when you said: "Do as I do and scrap your fey ways" (dial-a-cliche) "grow up, be a man, and close your mealy-mouth!" (dial-a-cliche) But the person underneath where does he go? does he slide by the wayside? or...does he just die? when you find that you've organized your feelings, for people who didn't like you then and certainly don't like you now yet still you say: "Do as I do and scrap your fey ways" (dial-a-cliche) "grow up, be a man, and close your mealy-mouth!" (dial-a-cliche) "the Safe way is the only way! there's always time to change, son!" yes well I've changed but I'm in pain! dial-a-chiche. Margaret On the Guillotine The kind people have a wonderful dream Margaret on the guillotine because people like you make me feel so tired when will you die? when will you die? when will you die? when will you die? when will you die? because people like you make me feel so old inside please die and kind people do not shelter this dream make it real make the dream real make the dream real make it real "Bona Drag" (opsamlingsalbum) Piccadilly Palare Off the rails I was and off the rails I was happy to stay GET OUT OF MY WAY on the rack I was "easy Meat but a reasonably good buy a reasonably good buy the Piccadilly palare was just a silly slang between me and the boys in my gang "so bona to vada, OH YOU your lovely eek and your lovely riah We plied an ancient trade where we threw all life's instructions away exchanging lies and digs (my way) well, in a belted coat oh I secretly knew that I hadn't a clue the Piccadilly palare was just a silly slang between me and the boys in my gang exchanging palare you wouldn't understand good sons like you NEVER DO So why do you smile when you thing about Earls Court? but you cry when you think of all the battles you've fought (and lost)? it may all end tomorrow or, it could go on forever (in which case; I'm doomed) it could go on forever Interesting Drug There are some bad people on the rise there are some bad people on the rise they're saving their own skins by ruining people's lives bad, bad people on the rise Young married couple in debt - ever felt had? young married couple in debt - ever felt had? on a government scheme designed to kill your dream oh mum, oh dad once poor - always poor la la la la interesting drug the one that you took God, it really really helped you I wonder why you're only half-ashamed? "Because ENOUGH is TOO MUCH! and look around... ...can you blame us? CAN you blame us? November Spawned a Monster Sleep on and dream of Love because it's the closest you will get to love poor twisted child so ugly, so ugly poor twisted child oh hug me, oh hug me one November spawned a monster in the shape of this child who later cried "But Jesus made me, so Jesus save me from pity, sympathy and people discussing me a frame of useless limbs what can make GOOD all the BAD that's been done? And if the lights were out could you even bear to kiss her full on the mouth (or anywhere?) poor twisted child so ugly, so ugly poor twisted child oh hug me, oh hug me one November spawned a monster in the shape of this child who must remain a hostage to kindess and the wheels underneath her a hostage to kindess and the wheels underneath her a symbol of where mad, mad lovers must PAUSE and draw the line So sleep and dream of love because it's the closest you will get to love that November is a time which I must put OUT of my mind oh one fine day LET IT BE SOON she won't be rich or beautiful but she'll be walking your streets in the clothes that she went out and chose for herself Will Never Marry I'm writing this to say in a gentle way Thank You - but no I will live my life as I will undoubtedly die - alone I'm writing this to say in a gentle way Thank you... I will live my life as I... for whether you stay or you stray an inbuilt guilt catches up with you and as it comes around to your place at 5 a.m. it wakes you up and laughs in your face Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference Such a little thing such a little thing but the difference it made was grave there you go wielding a bicycle chain oh why won't you change cange and be nicer? such a little thing a gentle tone of kindness or written words on paper - can you write? How I love all of the very simple things of life (God's good air) how I love all of the very simple things of life such a little thing a fumbling politeness the difference it saved me wielding a bicycle chain "I WILL NOT CHANGE AND I WILL NOT BE NICE Most people keep their brains between your legs (don't you find?) Leave me alone - I was only singing leave me alone because I was only singing leave me alone - I was only singing leave me alone you have just proved (again) MOST PEOPLE KEEP THEIR BRAINS BETWEEN THEIR LEGS The Last of the Famous International Playboys Dear hero imprisoned with all the new crimes that you are perfecting oh I can't help quoting you because everything that you said rings true and now in my cell (well, I followed you) and here's a list of who I slew Roger Kray - do you know my name? don't say you don't please say you do, I am: the last of the famous international playboys the last of the famous international playboys and now in my cell (well, I loved you) every man with a job to do Ronnie Kray - do you know my face? don't say you don't please say you do, I am: the last of the famous international playboys the last of the famous international playboys In our lifetime those who kill the newsworld hands them stardom and these are the ways on which I was raised these are the ways on which I was raised but I never wanted to kill I'M NOT NATURALLY EVIL such things I do just to make myself more attractive to you HAVE I FAILED? Ouija Board, Ouija Board Ouija board would you work for me? I have got to say Hello to an old friend Ouija board, ouija board would you work for me? I have got to get through to a good friend She has now gone from this Unhappy Planet with all the carnivores and the destructors on it ouija board, ouija board would you help me because I still do feel so horribly lonely would you, ouija board would you, ouija board would you help me because I just can't find my place in this world she has now gone from this Unhappy Planet with all the carnivores and the destructors on it Oh hear my voice ("hear my voice") oh hear my voice ("hear my voice") The table is rumbling... the table is rumbling the glass is moving "No, I was NOT pushing that time it spells S.T.E.V.E.N. the table is rumbling the glass is moving "no, I was NOT pushing that time": P.U.S.H.O. double F. Hairdresser On Fire Here is London, giddy of London Is it home of the free - Or what ? Can you squeeze me Into an empty page of your diary And psychologically save me I've got faith in you I sense the power Within the fingers Within an hour the power Could totally destroy me (Or, it could save my life) Oh, here is London "Home of the brash, outrageous and free" You are repressed But you're remarkably dressed Is it Real ? And you're always busy Really busy Busy, busy Oh, hairdresser on fire All around Sloane Square And you're just so busy Busy, busy Busy scissors Oh, hairdresser on fire (Only the other day) Was a client, over-cautious He made you nervous And when he said "I'm gonna sue you" Oh, I really felt for you ...mmm... So can you squeeze me Into an empty page of your diary; And supernaturally change me ? Change me, change Oh, here in London "Home of the brash, outrageous and free" You are repressed But you're remarkably dressed Is it Real ? And you're always busy Really busy Busy clippers Oh, hairdresser on fire All around Sloane Square And you're just too busy To see me Busy clippers Oh, hairdresser on fire (Only the other day) Everyday Is Like Sunday Trudging slowly over wet sand back to the bench where your clothes were stolen this is the coastal town that they forgot to close down Armageddon - come Armageddon! Come Armageddon! Come! Everyday is like Sunday everyday is silent and grey Hide on the promenade scratch out a postcard "how I dearly with I was not here" in the seaside town ...that they forgot to bomb Come! Come! Come - nuclear bomb! Everyday is like Sunday everyday is silent and grey Trudging back over pebbles and sand and a strange dust lands on your hands (and on your face) Everyday is like Sunday "Win Yourself A Cheap Tray" share some greased tea with me everyday is silent and grey He Knows I'd Love To See Him He Knows (he knows) Or, I think he does because when I lived in the Arse of the world... he knows, he knows he knows I'd love to see him happy (or as close as is allowed) because when I lived in the Arse of the world he knows, he knows he knows I'd love to see him happy (or as close as possible as close as possible as close as is allowed) My name still conjours up deadly deeds and a bad taste in the mouth the police - they actually knew me they said: "You're just another person in the world you're just another fool with radical views you're just another who has maddening views you want to turn it on its head by staying in bed! I said: "I know I do". Yes, I Am Blind Yes, I am blind no, I can't see the good things just the bad things Yes, I am blind no, I can't see there must be something horribly wrong with me? Love's youg dream I'm the one who shopped you I'm the one who stopped you 'cause in my sorry way I love you Love's young dream aren't you sorry for what you've done? well, you're not the only one and in my sorry way I love you Yes, I am blind but I do see Evil people prosper over the likes of you and me ALWAYS Little lamb on a hill run fast if you can good Christians want to KILL you and your live has not even begun! Lucky Lisp When your gift unfurls when your Talent becomes apparent I will roar from the stalls I will gurgle from the circle The Saints smile shyly down on you they couldn't get over your nine-leaved clover Lucky lisp was not wasted on you lucky lisp was not wasted on you When your name is with the best will my name be on your guest list? I will roar from the stalls oh the balcony fool was me, you fool Jesus made this all for you, love He couldn't get over your Grandma's omen Lucky lisp was not wasted on you lucky lisp was not wasted on you Suedehead Why do you come here why do you hang around I'm so sorry I'm so sorry Why do you come here when you know it makes things hard for me when you know, oh why do you come? Why do you telephone? and why send me silly notes? I'm so sorry I'm so sorry why do you come here when you know it makes thing hard for me when you know, oh why do you come? You had to sneak into my room 'just' to read my diary was it just to see all the things you knew I'd written about you? and...so many illustrations I'm so very sickened oh, I am so sickened NOW Disappointed Our unsleepable friend gets the message on an ill-wind 'all your friends and your foes would rather die than have to touch you' TO SAY THE LEAST: truly disappointed truly, truly, truly Drank too much said too much and there's nowhere to go - but Down young boy - I wanna help you SEE THESE LINES?: truly disappointed truly, truly, truly Don't talk to me now about people who are "nice 'cause I have spent my WHOLE LIFE in RUINS... because of people who were "nice This world may lack Style, I know but each bud must blossom and grow Young girl one day we really will be old but the thing is: I love you NOW This is the last song I will ever sing No I've changed my mind again GOODNIGHT AND THANK YOU "Kill Uncle" (album) Our Frank Our frank and open deep conversations they get me nowhere they bring me down, so give it a rest, won't you? give me a cigarette God give me patience just no more conversation Give us a drink and make it quick or else I'm gonna be sick sick all over your frankly vulgar red pullover now see how the colours blend Our frank and open deep conversations they get me nowhere they bring me down, so give it a rest, won't you? now will you just give over the world may be ending but look, I'm only human Give us a drink and make it quick or else I'm gonna be sick all over your frankly vulgar red pullover now see how the two colours blend Won't somebody stop me from thinking all the time about everything so deeply so bleakly Asian Rut Day oh so late strangely the sun still shone oh Asian boy what are you on? Day oh so late strangely the sun still shone what drugs are you on? Tooled-up Asian boy has come here to avenge the cruel, cold killing of his very best friend Tooled-up Asian boy has come here to take revenge for the cruel, cold killing of his only friend Peace through the school so quiet in the hall it's a strange sign for one of what's to come Tough and hard and pale oh they may just impale you on railings oh English boys it must be wrong three against one? Brakes slammed, and a gun jammed, and as far as I could tell brave Asian boy dealt a blow and fell I'm just passing through here on my way to somewhere civilised and maybe I'll even arrive maybe I'll even arrive? Sing Your Life Sing your life any fool can think of words that rhyme many others do why don't you? do you want to? Sing your life just walk right up to the microphone and name all the things that you love all the things that you loathe sing your life all the things that you love all the things that you loathe oh sing your life oh sing your life Others sang your life but now's your chance to shine and have the pleasure of saying what you mean the rare pleasure of meaning what you sing oh, make no mistake, my friend all of this will end so sing it now all the things you love all the things you loathe oh sing your life all the things that you love all the things that you loathe oh sing your oh sing your Don't leave it all unsaid somewhere in the wasteland of your head and make no mistake, my friend your pointless life will end but before you go can you look at the truth? You have a lovely singing voice a lovely singing voice and all of those who sing on key they stole the notion from you and me Mute Witness Your poor witness crying so loudly on the floor oh but she's only trying to tell you what it was that she saw she is only trying to tell you what it was that she saw Now see her standing on the table with her small arms flailing and you feel such compassion in your soul for Your poor mute witness still testing the strength of our patience oh but she's only trying to tell you what it was that she saw Now see her pointing to the frisbee with a memory too fuzzy as her silent words describe the fright of last night 4 a.m. Norhtside, Clapham Common who knows what she was doing there? will she sketch the answer later? Well, I'll ask her "now dry your tears, my dear" Now see her mime in time so nicely it would all have been so clear is only she had never volunteered "your taxi is here, my dear" King Leer Your boyfriend, he went down on one knee well, could it be he's only got one knee? I tried to surprise you with Vodka or, Tizer I can't quite remember but you didn't thank me you didn't even thank me because you never do Your boyfriend, he has the gift of the gab or, could it be the gift of the grab? I tried to surprise you I lay down beside you and...nothing much happened and you didn't phone me you didn't even phone me because it's not your style to dial Your boyfriend, he displays to me more than just a hint of cruelty I tried to surprise you I crept up behind you with a homeless chihuahua you gushed for an hour you handed him back and said "You'll never guess I'm bored now" Found Found Found found found found found found found someone who's worth it in this murkiness someone who's never seeming scheming found found found found found found someone who's worth it in this murkiness someone who's never seeming scheming Oh, but if I'd never found oh, but if I'd never found oh, but if I'd never found I do believe that the more you give your love and I do believe that the more you offer trust the more you chase the more you cry the more you're bound to lose the more you're bound to lose Oh, but if I'd never found oh, but if I'd never found somebody who wants to be who wants to be with me all the time Driving Your Girlfriend Home I'm driving your girlfriend home and she's saying how she never chose you "turn left", she says so I turn left and she says "So how did I end up so deeply involved in the very existence I planned on avoiding?" and I can't answer I'm driving your girlfriend home and she's laughing to stop herself crying "drive on", she says so I drive on and she says "So how did I end up attached to this person when his sense of humour gets gradually worser?" and I can't tell her I'm parking outside her home and we're shaking hands goodnight, so politely The Harsh Truth of the Camera Eye Churchillian legs hair barely there the harsh truth of the camera eye Your eyes signal pain because of the strain of smiling the harsh truth of the camera eye telling you all that you never wnated to know showing what you didn't want shown My so friendly lens zooms into "the inner you" and it tells the harsh truth and nothing but Laugh with us all here that's if you can then take the pictures home and scream telling you all that you never wanted to know showing you what you didn't want shown This photographer he must have really had it in for you "Oh, I don't want to be judged anymore I don't wnat to be judged I would sooner be Loved I would sooner be just blindly Loved..." (I'm) The End of the Family Line With no complications fifteen generations (of mine) all honouring Nature until I arrive (with incredible style) I'm the end fo the line the end of the family line the end of the line No baby pulled screaming out into this seething whirl by chance or whim (or even love?) our family tree hacked into decline and I'm spared the pain of ever saying ("goodbye") I'm the end of the line the end of the family line the end of the line There's A Place In Hell For Me and My Friends There is a place reserved for me and my friends and when we go we all will go so you see I'm never alone there is a place with a bit more time and a few more gentler words and looking back we do forgive (we had no choice we always did) all that we hope is that when we go our skin and our blood and our bones don't get in your way making you ill the way they did when we lived There is a place a place in hell reserved for me and my friends and if ever I wanted to cry then I will because I can "Your Arsenal" (album) You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side With the world's fate resting on your shoulders, You're gonna need someone on your side. You can't do it by yourself any longer, You're gonna need someone on your side. Someone kindly told me that you'd wasted Eight of nine lives. Oh, give yourself a break before you break down. You're gonna need someone on your side. And here I am! And here I am! Well, you don't need to look so pleased. Day or night, there is no difference, You're gonna need someone on your side. Day or night, there is no difference, You're gonna need someone soon. And here I am! And here I am! Well, you don't need to look so pleased. Glamorous Glue First day with the joy you find, Everyone lies. First day with the joy you find, Everyone lies, Nobody minds, Everyone lies. Where is the man you respect? And where is the woman you love? Third week with the joy you find, Everything dies. "We won't vote Conservative, Because we never have.'' Everyone lies, everyone lies, Where is the man you respect? And where is the woman you love? Everything of worth, On earth, Is there to share I used to dream and I used to vow, I wouldn't dream of it now. We look to Los Angeles For the language we use London is dead London is dead London is dead London is dead London is dead London is dead I'm too much in love, I'm too much in love. ?? I know, I'll go, Empty hand From the land ?? We'll Let You Know How sad are we? And how sad have we been? We'll let you know, We'll let you know. Oh, but only if You're really interested. You wonder how We've stayed alive 'til now. We'll let you know. But only if You're really interested. We're all smiles Then, "honest I swear it's the turnstyles That make us hostile." We will descend On anyone unable to defend Themselves. And the songs we sing, They're not supposed to mean a thing, La da da . . . La da da . . . etc. We may seem cold, Or we may even be The most depressing people you've ever known. At heart, what's left, we sadly know That we are the last truly British people you'll ever know. We are the last truly British people you will ever know. The National Front Disco David, the wind blows, The wind blows Bits of your life away. Your friends all say, "Where is our boy? Ah, we've lost our boy". But they should know, Where you've gone, Because again and again you've explained That you're going to . . . Oh, oh, oh, going to . . . Yeah, yeah, yeah, "England for the English", "England for the English". David, the wind's blown, The wind's blown All of my dreams away. And I still say, "Where is our boy? Ah, we've lost our boy". But I should know Why you've gone, Because again and again you've explained You're going to the National . . . Ah, to the National . . . There's a country, You don't live there, But one day you would like to. And if you show them what you're made of, Ah, then you might do. But David, we wonder, We wonder if the thunder Is ever really gonna begin, Begin, begin You're mum says, "I've lost my boy". But she should know Why you've gone, Because again and again you've explained You're going to the National, To the National, To the National Front disco, Because you want the day to come sooner, You want the day to come sooner, You want the day to come sooner, When you've settled the score. Oh, the National, Oh, the National, Oh, the National, Oh, the National, Oh, the National. Certain People I Know I take the cue from Certain People I Know, I use the cue and then I hand it on to you. And when I swing it so it catches his eye, Would you dare? You'd have died. I trust the views of Certain People I Know, They look at danger and they laugh their heads off. Their clothes are imitation George The Twenty-Third, Don't you find this absurd? I'd hate to be like Certain People I Know, They break their necks and can't afford to get them fixed. They'd sacrifice all of their principles for, "Anything casual" -- I do believe it's terrible. Oh, oh, oh. Ah, ah, ah. Oh, oh, oh. Ah, ah, ah. Oh, oh, oh. Ah, ah, ah. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful We hate it when our friends become successful, We hate it when our friends become successful. Oh, look at those clothes, Now look at that face it's so old, And such a video, Well, it's really laughable, Ah hahahaha etc. We hate it when our friends become successful, And if they're northern That makes it even worse and If we can destroy them You bet your life we will destroy them. If we can hurt them, well, We may well. It's really laughable, Ah hahahaha etc. You see, it should have been me. It could have been me. Everybody knows, everybody says so. They say, "Oh, you have loads of songs, So many songs, More songs than they can stand -- Verse, chorus, middle eighth break" Just listen, "La la la etc." You're the One for Me, Fatty You're the one for me, fatty, You're the one I really, really love. And I will stay, Promise you'll say if I'm in your way. You're the one for me, fatty, You're the one I really, really love. And I will stay, Promise you'll say if I'm ever in your way. Ah-hey. All over Battersea, Some hope and some despair. All over Battersea, Some hope and some despair. You're the one for me, fatty, You're the one I really, really love. And I will stay, Promise you'll say if I'm in your way. You're the one for me, fatty, You're the one I really, really love. And I will stay, Promise you'll say if I'm ever in your way. Ah-hey. All over Battersea, Some hope and some despair. All over Battersea, Some hope and some despair. You're the one for me, fatty, You're the one I really, really love. And I will stay, Promise you'll say if I'm in your way. You're the one for me fatty, You're the one for me-a-hey . . . Seasick, Yet Still Docked I am a poor, freezing-cold soul, So far from where I intended to go. Scavenging through life's very constant lulls, So far from where I'm determined to go. Wish I knew the way to reach the one I love. There is no way. Wish I had the charm to attract the one I love, But, you see, I've got no charm. Tonight I've consumed much more than I can hold, Oh, this is very clear to you. And you can tell I have never really loved. You can tell, by the way, I sleep all day. And all of my life no-one gave me anything. No-one has ever given me anything. My love is as sharp as a needle in your eye. You must be such a fool to pass me by. I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday My love, Wherever you are, Whatever you are, Don't lose faith. I know it's gonna happen someday To you. Please wait . . . Please wait . . . Ah, ha, ha, Wait . . . Don't lose faith. You say that the day Just never arrives And it's never seemed so far away. Still I know it's gonna happen someday To you. Please wait . . . Don't lose faith Tomorrow Tomorrow, Will it really come? And if it does come, Will I still be human? All I ask of you, Is one thing that you never do, Would you put your arms around me, (I won't tell anyone). Tomorrow, Does it have to come. All I ask of you, Is one thing that you'll never do, Would you put your arms around me, (I won't tell anybody). Tomorrow, And what must come before.. Oh! The pain in my arms! Oh! The pain in my legs! Oh! My shiftless body. Tommorrow, It's surely nearer now. You don't think I'll make it, I never said I wanted to. Well, did I? Oh! the pain in my arms! Oh! the pain in my legs! Oh yeah! and oh yeah! And, Oh yeah! and oh yeah! And, Oh! my shiftless body. Tommorrow, Tommorrow. All I ask of you, oh, oh-oh, Is would you tell me that you love me, Tell me, tell me that you love me. Tell me, tell me that you love me. Tell me that you love me. Oh! I know you don't mean it. Oh! I know you don't mean it. Tell me, tell me that you love me. Tell me, tell me that you love me. Tell me oh! Tell me oh! Tell me oh! . . . "Vauxhall And I" (album) Now My Heart Is Full There's gonna be some trouble a whole house will need re-building and everyone I love in the house will recline on an analyst's couch quite soon your Father cracks a joke and in the usual way empties the room tell all the friends (I don't have too many just some rain-coated lovers' brothers) Dallow, Spicer, Pinkie, Cubitt rush to danger wind up nowhere Patric Doonan - raised to wait TIRED again - TRIED again, and now my heart is full now my heart is full and I just can't explain SO I WON'T EVEN TRY TO Dallow, Spicer, Pinkie, Cubitt every jammy Stressford poet loafing oafs in all-night chemists loafing oafs in all-night chemists underact - express depression ah, but Bunnie I loved you I was tired again I tried again, and now my heart is full now my heart is full and I just can't explain SO I WON'T EVEN TRY TO Spring-heeled Jim Spring-heeled Jim winks an eye he'll "do," he'll never be "done to" he takes on whoever flew through "WELL, IT'S THE NORMAL THING TO DO" Spring-heeled Jim lives to love now kissing with his mouth full and his eyes on some other fool so many women his head should be spinning AH, BUT NO! Spring-heeled Jim slurs the words: "there's no need to be so KNOWING take life at five times your average speed, like I do" until Jim feels the chill "oh, where did all the time go?" once always in for the kill now it's too cold and he feels too OLD Billy Budd Say, Billy Budd so you think you should? everyone's laughing say, Billy Budd so you think that you should? everyone's laughing! since I took up with you Things have been bad yeah, but now it's 12 years on now it's 12 years on yes, and I took up with you I took my job application into town did you hear? they turned me down yes and it's all because of us and what was in our eyes and what was in our eyes Say, Billy Budd I would happily lose both of my legs if it meant you could be free if it meant you could be free Hold On To Your Friends A bond of trust has been abused something of value may be lost give up your job squander your cash - be rash just hold on to your friends There are more than enough to fight and oppose why waste good time fighting the people you like who would fall defending your name don't feel so ashamed to have freinds But now you only call me when you're feeling depressed when you feel happy I'm so far from your mind my patience is stretched my loyalty vexed you're losing all of your friends Hold on to your friends hold on to your friends resist - or move on be mad, be rash smoke and explode sell all of your clothes just bear in mind: there just might come a time when you need some friends The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get The more you ignore me the closer I get you're wasting your time the more you ignore me the closer I get you're wasting your time I will be in the bar with my head on the bar I am now a central part of your mind's landscape whether you care or do not yeah, I've made up your mind the more you ignore me the closer I get you're wasting your time the more you ignore me the closer I get you're wasting your time Beware! I bear more grudges than lonely high court judges when you sleep I will creep into your thoughts like a bad debt that you can't pay take the easy way and give in yeah, and let me in IT'S WAR Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself The sanest days are mad why don't you find out for yourself then you'll see the price very closely some men here they have a special interest in your career they wanna help you to grow then syphon all your dough why don't you find out for yourself then you'll see the glass hidden in the grass you'll never believe me, so why don't you find out for yourself sick down to my heart that's just the way it goes some men here they know the full extent of your distress they kneel and pray and they say: "long may it last" why don't you find out for yourself then you'll see the glass hidden in the grass bad scenes come and go for which you must allow sick down to my heart that's just the way it goes Don't rake up my mistakes I know exactly what they are and...what do YOU do? well...you just SIT THERE I've been stabbed in the back so many many times I don't have any skin but that's just the way it goes I Am Hated For Loving I am hated for loving I am hated for loving anonymous call, poison pen brick in the small of the back again I still don't belong to anyone - I AM MINE I am hated for loving I am haunted for wanting anonymous call, poison pen brick in the small of the back again I still don't belong to anyone - I AM MINE I am falling with no noe to catch me I am falling and there's still no one to catch me anonymous call, poison pen brick in the small of the back again I still don't belong to anywhere I just don't belong Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning Always looking for attention always needs to be mentioned who does she think she should be? the shrill cry through darkening air doesn't she know he's already had such a busy day? SOMEBODY TELL HER...SHHH It was only a test but she swam too far against the tide she deserves all she gets the sky became mad with stars as an out-stretched arm slowly disappears OH HURRAY Please don't worry there'll be no fuss she was...NOBODY'S NOTHING When he awoke the sea was calm and another day passes like a dream Used To Be a Sweet Boy Used to be a sweet boy holding so tightly to Daddy's hand but that was all in some distant land Blazer and tie and a big bright healthy smile used to make all of our trials worthwhile Used to be a sweet boy and I'm not to blame but something went wrong something went wrong and I know I can't be to blame The Lazy Sunbathers A world war was announced days ago but they didn't know the lazy sunbathers the lazy sunbathers the sun burns through to the planet's core and it isn't enough they want more Nothing appears to be between the ears of the lazy sunbathers too jaded to question stagnation the sun burns through to the planet's core and it isn't enough they want more Religions fall children shelled "...CHILDREN SHELLED? THAT'S ALL VERY WELL, BUT WOULD YOU PLEASE KEEP THE NOISE DOWN LOW? BECAUSE YOU'RE WAKING THE LAZY SUNBATHERS..." Speedway And when you slam down the hammer can you see it in your heart? All of the rumours keeping me grounded I never said that they were completely unfounded when you slam down the hammer can you see it in your heart? can you delve so low? and when you're standing on my fingers can you see it in your heart? and when you try to break my spirit it won't work because there's nothing left to break anymore All of the rumours keeping me grounded I never said that they were completely unfounded You won't sleep until the earth that wants me finally has me oh you've done it now You won't rest until the hearse that becomes me finally takes me oh you've done it now You won't smile until my loving mouth is shut good and proper FOREVER All of the rumours keeping me grounded I never said that they were completely unfounded and all those lies written lies, twisted lies well, they weren't lies they weren't lies they weren't lies I never said I could have mentioned your name I could have dragged you in guilt by implication by association I've always been true to you in my own strange way I've always been true to you in my own sick way I'll always stay true to you "Southpaw Grammar" (album) The Teachers Are Afraid Of Their Pupils There's too many people Planning your downfall When your spirit's on trial These nights can be frightening Sleep transports sadness To some other mid-brain And somebody here Will not be here next year So you stand by the board Full of fear and intention And, if you think that they're listening Well, you've got to be joking Oh, you understand change And you think it's essential But when your profession Is humiliation Say the wrong word to our children ... We'll have you, oh yes, we'll have you Lay a hand on our children And it's never too late to have you Mucus on your collar A nail up through the staff chair A blade in your soap And you cry into your pillow To be finished would be a relief To be finished would be a relief To be finished would be a relief To be finished would be a relief To be finished would be a relief To be finished would be a relief Say the wrong word to our children ... We'll have you, oh yes, we'll have you Lay a hand on our children And it's never too late to have you To be finished would be a relief To be finished would be a relief To be finished would be a relief To be finished would be a relief To be finished would be a relief To be finished would be a relief I'm very glad this thing has come Sometimes I'm so glad Never bother to play the tunes I've seen it coming for dear life Reader Meet Author You don't know a thing about their lives They live where you wouldn't dare to drive You shake as you think of how they sleep But you write as if you are my side-by-side Reader, meet Author With the hope of hearing sense But you may be feeling let down By the words of defence He says : "No-one ever sees me when I cry" You don't know a thing about their lives Books don't save them, books aren't Stanley knives And if a fight broke out here tonight You'd be the first away, because you're that type And the Year 2000 won't change anyone here As each fabled promise flies so fast You'll swear it was never there Oh, have you ever escaped from a shipwrecked life ? So safely with your software; all miles from the front line You hear the way their sad voices, and you start to imagine things Oh, any excuse to write more lies The Boy Racer He's just too good-natured and He's got too much money and He's got too many girlfriends I'm jealous, that's all Have you seen him go, though, oh ? Have you seen him go, though, oh ? Boy racer Boy racer, oh We're gonna kill this pretty thing Boy racer Boy racer, oh We're gonna kill this pretty thing He's got many girlfriends He thinks he owns this city He overspeeds and he never gets pulled over Have you seen him go, though, oh ? Have you seen him go, though, oh ? Boy racer Boy racer, oh We're gonna kill this pretty thing Boy racer Boy racer, oh We're gonna kill this pretty thing He thinks he got the whole world in his hands Stood at the urinal He thinks he got the whole world in his hands And I'm gonna ... kill him ! Oh, no ! Oh, no ! Oh, no ! Oh, no ! Oh, no ! Oh, no ! Oh, no ! Oh, no ! Oh, no ! Oh .... Boy racer Boy racer, oh We're gonna kill this pretty thing Boy racer Boy racer, oh We're gonna kill this pretty thing Boy racer Boy racer, oh We're gonna kill this pretty thing He's just too good-looking He's just too good-looking He's just too good-looking, and And, and ... Boy racer Boy racer, oh We're gonna kill this pretty thing Boy racer Boy racer, oh We're gonna kill this pretty thing The Operation You fight with your right hand And caress with your left hand Everyone I know is sick to death of you With a tear that's a mile wide In the kite that you're flying Everyone I know is sick to death of you Ever since You don't look the same You're just not the same, no way You say clever things and You never used to You don't catch what I'm saying When you're deafened to advice Everyone here is sick to the Back teeth of you With a tear that's a mile wide In the kite that you're flying Everyone here is sick to the Tattoo of you Ever since You don't look the same You're just not the same, no way You say pleasant things and There is no need to Still, you fight with your right hand And caress with your left hand Ooh, ooh ... Sad to say ... How once I was in love with you Sad to say ... You don't catch what I'm saying When you're deafened to advice Ooh, ooh ... Ever since You don't look the same You're just not the same, no way What the hell have They stuck into you ? Dagenham Dave Head in the clouds, and a mouthful of pie Head in a blouse, everybody loves him I see why Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave Oh, Dagenham Dave Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave Oh, Dagenham Dave "I love Karen, I love Sharon" on the windowscreen With never the need to fight or to question a single thing Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave Oh, Dagenham Dave Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave Oh, Dagenham Dave Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave Oh, Dagenham Dave Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave Dagenham Dave He'd love to touch, he's afraid that he might self-combust I could say more, but you get the general idea Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave Dagenham, Dagenham Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave Dagenham, Dagenham Dave Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave Oh, Dave, oh, Dagenham, dagenham Dagenham Dave Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave Oh, Dave, oh, Dave, oh, Dave Oh, Dave Do Your Best And Don't Worry Compare the best of their days With the worst of your days You won't win With your standards so high And your spirits so low At least remember ... This is you on a bad day, you on a pale day Just do your best and don't ... Don't worry, oh The way you hang yourself is oh, so unfair See the best of how they look Against the worst of how you are And again, you won't win With your standards so high And your spirits so low At least remember ... This is you on a drab day, you in a drab dress Just do your best and don't ... Don't worry, oh The way you hang yourself is oh, so unfair Just do your best and don't ... Don't worry, oh The way you watch yourself is oh, so unfair Just do your best and don't ... Don't worry, oh The way you hang yourself is oh, so unfair Just do your best and don't ... Don't worry, oh Do your best and don't ... Best Friend On The Payroll I turn the music down; and I don't know why, this is my house I turn the music down; and I don't know why, this is my house The best friend on the payroll No, no, no, it's not gonna work out It's not gonna work out No, no, no, no The best friend on the payroll Oh, no, no, no, it's not gonna work out It's not gonna work out More breakfast in bed, and I'll bring the paper in later The best friend on the payroll Oh, no, no, no, it's not gonna work out It's not gonna work out No, no, no, no The best friend on the payroll Oh, no, no, no, it's not gonna work out It's not gonna work out More breakfast in bed, and I'll bring the paper in later The best friend on the payroll No, no, no, it's not gonna work out It's not gonna work out No, no, no, no The best friend on the payroll No, no, no, no, it's not gonna work out It's not gonna work out Southpaw You were a boy before you became a man I don't see the joy And you ran with your pals in the sun You turned around and they were gone Again ... A sick boy should be treated So easily defeated Oh, I just don't understand So you ran with your pals in the sun You turned around You were alone Again ... And you ran back to Ma Which set the pace for the rest of your days Oh, you ran back to Ma Which set the pace for the rest of your days Oh, you ran back to Ma Which set the pace for the rest of your days And now, there is something that you should know There is something that you should know The girl of your dreams is Here all alone Girl of your dreams is Here all alone The girl of your dreams is Sad and all alone The girl of your dreams is Here all alone There is something that you should know There is something that you should know Girl of your dreams is Here all alone The girl of your dreams is Sad and is all alone The girl of your dreams is Sad and is feeling all alone Oh, there is something that you should know Help me, help me, help me ... "Maladjusted" (album) Maladjusted I wanna start from before the beginning Loot wine; "Be mine and then let's stay out for the night " Ride via parkside, semi-perilous lives Jeer the lights in the windows of all safe and stable homes (But wondering then, well, what could peace of mind be like?) Anyway, Do you want to hear our story or not? As the Fulham Road lights stretch and invite into the night From a Stevenage overspill we'd kill to live around SW6 with someone like you Keep thieves' hours with someone like you ...As long as it slides You stalk the house In a low-cut blouse: "Oh Christ, another stifled Friday night!" And the Fulham Road lights stretch and invite into the night Well, I was fifteen What could I know? When the gulf between all the things I need And the things I receive Is an ancient ocean wide Wild, lost, uncrossed Still I maintain there's nothing wrong with you You do all that you do because it's all you can do Well, I was fifteen Where could I go? With a soul full of loathing for stinging bureaucracy Making it anything other than easy For working girls like me With my hands on my head I flop on your bed With a head full of dread For all I've ever said Maladjusted Maladjusted Maladjusted Maladjusted Never to be trusted Oh, never to be trusted Alma Matters So, the choice I have made May seem strange to you But who asked you anyway? It's my life to wreck my own way You see, to someone, somewhere, oh yeah Alma matters In mind, body, and soul In part and in whole Because to someone, somewhere, oh yeah Alma matters In mind, body, and soul In part and in whole So the life I have made May seem wrong to you But I've never been surer It's my life to ruin my own way You see, to someone, somewhere, oh yeah Alma matters In mind, body and soul In part and in whole Because to someone, somewhere, oh yeah Alma matters In mind, body, and soul In part and in whole To someone, somewhere, oh yeah Alma matters In mind, body and soul Part and in whole So to someone, somewhere, oh yeah Alma matters In mind, body and soul Part and in whole To someone, somewhere, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah Ambitious Outsiders Bolt lock your doors Alarm your cars And still, we move in closer Every day Top of the list Is your smiling kiss But we'll be smiling too So, that's okay Oh, and by the way, thank you Because you're giving, giving, giving And we're receiving- no no, we're TAKING Keeping the population down Your tax is paid But police way-laid And we knows when the schoolbus comes and goes We're on your street But you don't see us Or if you do, you smile And say "Hello" But don't underestimate us When you are giving, giving, giving And we're receiving- no no we're TAKING Just keeping the population down You're giving, giving, giving Well, it's your own fault for reproducing We're just keeping the population down Trouble Loves Me Trouble loves me Trouble leads me To things more than you do Or would attempt to So console me Otherwise, hold me Just when it seems like everything's evened out And where balance seems serene Trouble loves me Walks beside me To chide me Not to guide me It's still much more than you'll do So console me Otherwise, hold me Just when it seems like everything's evened out And the balance seems serene See the fool I've been Still running 'round On the flesh rampage Still running 'round Ready with ready wit Still running 'round On the flesh rampage At your age Go to Soho, oh Go to waste in the wrong arms Still running 'round Trouble loves me Seeks and finds me To charlatanize me Which is only as it should be Oh, please fulfill me Otherwise, kill me Show me a barrel and watch me scrape it Faced with the music as always I'll face it In the half-light So English....frowning Then at midnight, I CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD A disenchanted taste Still running 'round A disenchanted taste Still running 'round Papa Jack Papa Jack Wants to turn Back the clock And reach out To the kids He once had Who have flown Papa Jack In decline Feels inclined To reach out To the kids He once had Who have flown But there was a time When the kids reached up And Papa Jack Just pushed them away Looking deep In his heart Papa Jack Doesn't like What he sees All the time on his hands The dying day The chilly sun Papa Jack All alone Seems slow Grieving and low But there was a time When the kids reached up Now you can't always have it your way Ammunition I know these roads Each ridge and narrow bridge Each chevron, enticing me on, each one in time I take in my stride I don't need more ammunition I've got more than I can spend I don't dwell on things I'm missing I'm just pleased by the things I've found I know these roads An old hand understands Above all, I know what's expected of me now Veering Cliffwards I don't need more ammunition I've got more than I can spend I don't dwell on things I'm missing I'm just pleased with the things I've found The things I've found The things I've found I've found I've been crying It comes back on these salient days And it stays and it says "We've never really been away" I don't need more ammunition I've got more than I can spend I don't think of who I'm missing I've got no space and no time In my life anymore No space or time In my life Anymore For revenge Wide To Receive Download Something useful or useless Because I'm lying here Wide to receive Almost anything you'd care to give And I don't get along with myself And I'm not too keen on anyone else Turn on, plug in, then just walk away Unlock, process, and then just go And I've never felt quite so alone As I do right now I'm lying here wide to receive Almost anything you'd care to leave Wide, wide Roy's Keen (GO ON) He's romancing you and chancing his arm He'll be here Smiling on time He's romancing you and chancing his arm He'll be here Smiling on time Roy's keen, oh Roy's keen Roy's keen, oh Roy's keen We've never seen a keener Window cleaner Back up the ladder Into each corner Dunking the chamois Just think of the goodwill The ladders are planets Roy is a star, and I am a satellite But that's alright He can hold a smile For as long as you require (Even longer) He can hold a smile For as long as you require (Even longer) Roy's keen oh, Roy's keen Roy's keen oh, Roy's keen We've never seen a keener Window cleaner Back up the ladder Into each corner Dunking the chamois Just think of the goodwill The ladders are planets Roy is a star, and I am a satellite I will be set alight Don't say you'll hold it steady Then you let it go Don't say you'll hold it steady Then you let it go You're up the ladder Into each corner Fraught in a bucket We trust you to wreck it Even when it's under your nose Well, you just can't see it, can you? Well, it's here And you just can't see it, can you? Roy's keen, Roy's keen Roy's keen, Roy's keen We've never seen a keener Window cleaner He Cried I need you Simple words But words which had never been heard By the soul Stoned to death But still living And so he froze Where he stood and he looked To the ground And he cried He cried Ride our minds If you must But there's always a line you don't cross Time is short Don't be cruel Oh you don't know the power In what you're saying And so he froze Where he stood and he looked To the ground And he cried He cried People where I come from They survive without feelings or blood I never could Was stoned to death But I'm still living So, he froze where he stood And he looked to the ground And he cried He cried So he froze And he looked, and he looked To the ground And he cried He cried Sorrow Will Come In The End Legalized theft Leaves me bereft I get it straight in the neck Somehow expecting no less A court of justice With no use for truth LAWYER....LIAR LAWYER....LIAR You pleaded and squealed And you think you've won- But sorrow will come To you in the end And as sure as my words are pure I praise the day that brings you pain QC's obssessed with sleaze Frantic for fame They're all in the game They just use a different name You lied, and you were believed By a JP senile and vile You pleaded and squealed And you think you've won But sorrow will come To you in the end And as sure as my words are pure I praise the day that brings you pain So don't close your eyes Don't close your eyes A man who slits throats Has time on his hands And I'M GONNA GET YOU So don't close your eyes Don't EVER CLOSE YOUR EYES You think you've won OH NO Satan Rejected My Soul Satan rejected my soul he knows my kind he won't be dragged down he's seen my face around he knows heaven doesn't seem to be my home so I must find somewhere else to go I must find somewhere else to go so, take it please it's free you'll never see you'll never see all the fun in life it's cost me Satan rejected my soul As low as he goes he never quite goes this low he's seen my face around he knows Heaven doesn't seem to be my home so I must find somewhere else to go I must find somewhere else to go so, take it please it's really sly come on come on call me in haul me in call me in pull me in haul me in "You Are The Quarry" (album) åØåAmerica Is Not The World
In America, The land of the free, they said, And of opportunity, In a just and a truthful way In America, It brought you the hamburger, Well America you know where, You can shove your hamburger Steely Blue eyes with no love in them, Scan The World, See with your eyes, Touch with your hands, please, Hear through your ears, Know in your soul, please Irish Blood, English Heart
Irish blood, English heart, This I'm made of I've been dreaming of a time when I Have Forgiven Jesus I was a good kid, I wouldn't do you no harm, I was a nice kid, With a nice paper round I was a good kid, Through hail and snow, I'd go just to moon you, I carried my heart in my hand But Jesus hurt me, When he deserted me, but, I have forgiven you Jesus Monday - humiliation, Tuesday - suffocation, Wednesday - condescension, Thursday - is pathetic Why did you give me so much desire, When there is nowhere I can go to offload this desire? Come Back To Camden
Drinking tea with the taste of the Thames, Sullenly on a chair on the pavement Your leg came to rest against mine, Then you lounged with knees up and apart Where taxi drivers never stop talking, Under slate grey Victorian sky I'm Not Sorry On returning, I can't believe this world is still turning, The pressure's on, Because the pleasure hasn't gone On competing, Oh, when will this tired heart stop beating?, It's all a game, Existence is only a game I'm, Slipping below the water line, I'm, Slipping below the water line I'm, Slipping below the water line
And I'm, Not sorry for, For the things I've said The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores You must be wondering how, The boy next door turned out, Have a care, But don't stare, Because he's still there You must be wondering how, The boy next door turned out, Have a care, And say a prayer, Because he's still there Lamenting policewomen policemen silly women taxmen, Uniformed whores, Educated criminals, Work within the law What really lies, Beyond the constraints of my mind, Could it be the sea, With fate mooning back at me This world, I am afraid, Is designed for crashing bores, I am not one, I am not one Take me in your arms and love me, Love me, love me, Take me in your arms and love me, Take me in your arms and love me How Could Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
They said they respect me, Which means, Their judgement is crazy He said he wants to befriend me, Which means, He can't possibly know me So how can anybody possibly think they know how I feel, Everybody look, See pain, And walk away But even I, As sick as I am, I would never be you The First Of The Gang To Die You have never been in love, Until you have seen the stars, reflect in the reservoirs We are the pretty, petty thieves, And you're standing on our streets You have never been in love, Until you've seen the sunlight thrown, Over smashed human bone We are the pretty, petty thieves, And you're standing on our streets And he stole from the rich and the poor and not very rich and the very poor Let Me Kiss You There’s a place in the sun, For anyone who has the will to chase one Close your eyes, And think of someone, You physically admire I've zig-zagged all over America, And I cannot find a safety haven Close your eyes, And think of someone, You physically admire, But then you open your eyes, And you see someone, That you physically despise All The Lazy Dykes
All the lazy dykes, They pity how you live, Just "somebody's wife", You give, and you give, Touch me, Squeeze me, Hold me too tightly, And when you look at me you actually see me Free yourself, Be yourself, Come to the Palms and see yourself You Know I Couldn't Last The whispering, May hurt you, But the printed word might kill you The teenagers, Who love you, They will wake up, yawn and kill you So don't let the blue, The blue eyes fool you, They're just gelignite, Loaded and aiming right between your eyes The critics who, Can't break you, They somehow help to make you , The critics who, Can't break you, Unwittingly they make you So don't let the good days, Of the gold discs, Creep up and mug you Then in the end, Your royalties bring you luxuries, Your royalties bring you luxuries, Oh but "My Early Burglary Years" (opsamlingsalbum) "Sunny" We're really missing you Oh, well, you punched and fell We're really missing you So, Sunny, send at least one thoughtful letter Oh, they're not forgiving you Oh, with your jean belt wrapped around your arm Aah ... At Amber åØåI'm calling you from the foyer And the drunkards keep on drinking And you, my invalid friend I'm calling you from the foyer And I cannot - or, I do not And you, my invalid friend I'm calling you from the foyer Cosmic Dancer (live) åØåI was dancing when I was twelve Is it wrong to understand I danced myself into the tomb Is it wrong to understand Nobody Loves Us åØåNine times fined And we just can't wait to make more mistakes All in all, imagine this : People think all we do And we just can't wait to make more mistakes Call us home Call us home And we just can't stress, oh, how more the mess Sing us our "Swallow On My Neck" Oh ... I am a simple man Until he drew Then I was wrecked again I am a simple man And so he drew Aah ... You have been telling me Ah ... Sister, I'm A Poet All over this town That's 'cause I'm a ... Along this way Sister I'm a ... All over this town Sister I'm a ... Black-eyed Susan Black-eyed Susan Oh, Black-eyed Susan Black-eyed Susan Oh, heavy-rings on Oh ... Black-eyed Susan Black-eyed Susan Black-eyed Susan Michael's Bones åØåMichael's bones He was just somebody's luckless son Your gentle hands are frozen Michael's bones His gentle hands are frozen And now you've turned the last bend Oh, you lucky thing Oh ... I'd Love To Again I'd love to Oh, time is gonna wipe us out Now I've had enough So, again, I lay awake Reeder Meet Author You don't know a thing about their lives You don't know a thing about their lives So safely with your software, miles from the front line Pashernate Love Pashernate love Pashernate love Oh, as for me Pashernate love Pashernate love Oh, as for me I'm always there Whoah, Pashernate love Girl Least Likely To How many times have I been around ? And there is no style, but I say "well done" So I sit, and I smile, and I say "well done" I do think this, but I can't admit it And the scales of justice sway one way And I sit, and I smile, and I say "well done" So how many times will I shed a tear ? There is a different mood all over the world Jack The Ripper Oh, you look so tired Crash into my arms And I know a place Crash into my arms Crash into my arms Thankyou. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty I'm standing in the dock Outside there is a pain Something I have learned The Boy Racer åØåHe's just too good-natured and Have you seen him go, though, oh ? He's got too many girlfriends Have you seen him go, though, oh ? He thinks he got the whole world in his hands He's just too good-looking Boxers åØåLosing in front of your home crowd Your weary wife is walking away Losing in front of your home town Your weary wife is walking away Losing in your home town Your weary wife - walking away Andre tekster Pregnant For The Last Time åØåPhlegm lapels for the last time Interlude Time is like a dream Get Off The Stage Oh, you silly old man The Loop åØåUn ... deux ... Un, deux, trois ... I just wanna say I just wanna say This ... for me ? It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small
Hey Ringo, It’s sad though, Because it’s hard to walk tall when you’re small I attack from the back, Because it’s easy, And I can assail while wearing very nice jewellery Oh hey Ringo, It’s sad though, Because it’s hard to walk tall when you’re small I burst into public bars, And I throw my weight around Success is just a mess, Oh Hey gringo, It’s sad though, Because it’s hard to walk tall when you’re small Munich Air Disaster 1958 We love them, We mourn for them I wish I’d gone down, Gone down with them We miss them, Every night we kiss them I wish id gone down, Gone down with them They can’t hurt you, Their style will never desert you I wish I’d gone down, Gone down with them The Never Played Symphonies Reflecting from my death bed, I’m balancing lifes riches I can’t see those who tried to love me, Or those who felt they understood me You were one, you were meant to be one, And you jumped into my face Black sky in the daytime, And I don’t much mind dying You were one you knew you were one, And you slid right through my fingers |
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