-------- 1978 Go 2 -------- -------- Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian) -------- Battery brides, ha ha have you ever tried To break out of your waiting room And find yourself a waiting groom Ba ba ba ba battery brides Ba ba ba ba battery brides She left school with a million others And worked in a store part time She dreams of a husband and a lover Doesn't realise she's on the production line of ... -------- 1978 Go 2 -------- -------- Beatown -------- I spoke to your boss this morning He asked why you weren't home? I said sir they left without warning You won't even get them on the telephone They're in Beatown, it's a capital city And all roads lead to Beatown, B-b-beatown I spoke to your owner this lunchtime He asked why you weren't home? I said they thought it was hunchtime You won't even see them standing on their own Beatown, it's a capital city And all roads lead to Beatown, B-B-Beatown He says he wants his money back sir He says you're all communists sir I said they beat you fair and square sir They use the head and not the fist, sir They use the head and not the fist They use the head and not the fist They use the head and not the fist They use the head and not the fist Beatown, Beatown Beatown, Beatown Beatown, Beatown Beatown, Beatown Beatown, Beatown Beatown, Beatown Beatown, Beatown -------- 1978 Go 2 -------- -------- Buzzcity Talking -------- What makes you wander far Don't know who you are Now if the vibe is right I'll go out tonight 'Cause it's buzzcity talking It's buzzcity talking Go and find a late night bar If I'm not back, leave the door ajar It's buzzcity talking Talking to me We have sickness in our hair We have time to spare You close another door Break another law when it's Buzzcity talking It's buzzcity talking Go and find a late night bar If I'm not back, leave the door ajar It's buzzcity talking Talking to me Fast, night goes fast Ohh Fast, night goes fast Ohh Buzzcity talking It's buzzcity talking Go and find a late night bar If I'm not back, leave the door ajar It's buzzcity talking Buzzcity Buzzcity Buzzcity Buzzcity Buzzcity Buzzcity Buzzcity Buzzcity -------- 1978 Go 2 -------- -------- Crowded Room -------- Across a crowded room I first set eyes on you My vision was impaired Obstructed out of view By those faces in a crowded room Them bodies in a crowded room They're breathing in a crowded room And they're pushing me out, their pushing me out They're pushing me out Down the fire escape, down the fire escape Down the fire escape, down the fire escape In the crowded room I won't touch too much I felt the punch of a punch The language was enough To send me running from a crowded room Them bodies in a crowded room They're breathing in a crowded room And they're pushing me out, they're pushing me out They're pushing me out Down the fire escape, down the fire escape Down the fire escape, down the fire escape And in the crowded room I won't touch too much I felt the punch of a punch The language was enough To send me running from a crowded room Them bodies in a crowded room They're breathing in a crowded room By those faces in a crowded room Them bodies in a crowded room They're breathing in a crowded room, go -------- 1978 Go 2 -------- -------- I Am the Audience -------- I am the audience There's no doubt, no consequence I could make the morning papers If I use my capers Let's be the audience I might lose my patience Polite applause accepted To the ones selected as the audience Oh I am the audience No doubt, no consequence 'Cause I'm the audience Let's be the audience I might lose my patience Polite applause accepted To the ones selected I am the audience Breakdown the pretense No longer be silent Let's turn to violence I am the audience -------- 1978 Go 2 -------- -------- Jumping in Gomorrah -------- J U M P I N G Jumping in Gomorrah, I'm religion free J U M P I N G Jumping in Gomorrah, I'm religion free Bring your horn of plenty Gold calves if you got 'em We'll get stuck in history All aboard for Sodom J U M P I N G Jumping in Gomorrah, I'm religion free J U M P I N G Jumping in Gomorrah, I'm religion free Bring your burning bush Harlots if you're able We'll get stuck in history Next stop tower of Babel J U M P I N G Jumping in Gomorrah, I'm religion free J U M P I N G Jumping in Gomorrah, I'm religion free J U M P I N G Jumping in Gomorrah, I'm religion free J U M P I N G Jumping in Gomorrah, I'm religion free J U M P I N G J U M P I N G J U M P I N G J U M P I N G J U M P I N G (All aboard for Sodom) J U M P I N G -------- 1978 Go 2 -------- -------- Life is Good in the Greenhouse -------- Everybody lives somewhere mud hut igloo But what I got is the hottest spot and it's away from you Everybody says something truth lies or both But dear all your hot air don't encourage growth Do you wonder why I look so fresh? Do you wonder why I look so tall? Do you wonder why you'll never ever move me? Life is good in the greenhouse Rather be a plant than be your Mickey Mouse Life is good in the greenhouse So everybody eats something but you won't eat me You won't get me on your plate or have me over for tea Everybody lives somewhere mud hut or igloo What I got is the hottest spot and it's away from you Do you wonder why I look so fresh? Do you wonder why I look so tall? Do you wonder why you'll never ever move me? Life is good in the greenhouse Rather be a plant than be your Mickey Mouse Life is good in the greenhouse Grow Do you wonder why I look so fresh? Do you wonder why I look so tall? Do you wonder why you'll never ever move me? Life is good in the greenhouse Rather be a plant than be your Mickey Mouse Life is good in the greenhouse Rather be a plant than be your Mickey Mouse Life is good in the greenhouse -------- 1978 Go 2 -------- -------- Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!) -------- Woolworth beauty Factory beau Arm in arm They must go To the church of dance with the light on low Mechanic dancing oh we go Can't wait until the weekend comes I want to be with all my chums Alcohol is an easy key Helps you unwind And dance with me To a disco trot from Germany I'm standing in front of this girl I'm under a fluorescent light I've had a few beers inside me I feel like a giant tonight -------- 1978 Go 2 -------- -------- My Weapon -------- I dunno what she got, I dunno what she got I dunno what she got, I dunno what she got I dunno what she got but it seems to have a grip upon me No telling where she learn the things she do to me And I don't know what she done wrong but I want to hurt her Wanna take it out on her, wanna take it out on her Wanna take it out on her with my weapon With my weapon, with my weapon, with my weapon She's so exacting that she tells me when I go wrong She doesn't value the attention she receives She says I'm taking all the time but I'm not returning That's right I take it out on her, I take it out on her Well I take it out on her with my weapon With my weapon, with my weapon, with my weapon Do this, she won't do that Lying beside me like a parcel of fat Hot love, cold sweat feel her beneath me Wanna crush her to death She tries to justify the people who despise me She puts her finger on the things she knows will hurt And I can't defend myself till we turn the lights off then I take it out on her, I take it out on her I take it out on her with my weapon With my weapon, with my weapon, with my weapon I dunno what she got I dunno what she got I dunno what she got I dunno what she got I dunno what she got I dunno what she got I dunno what she got I dunno what she got My stinking weapon -------- 1978 Go 2 -------- -------- Red -------- You better watch your tape boys It's the tint that angers the beast Got their sails in the sunset They've already got the east Red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red Oh don't you let them make you Don't let them make you see red You better watch your lead boys It's already in your veins Did you ever see the color? Iron turns when it rains Red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red Don't you let them make you Don't let them make you see red, red It's not a gross infatuation It's not a fear, it's not a crush It's not any special nation But even now they make me blush Red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red Don't you let them make you Don't let them make you see Red Red Red ... -------- 1978 Go 2 -------- -------- Super-Tuff -------- In the car park, in the lamplight Go for a walk, clock him shiv-fight In the car park, in the lamplight Go for a walk, clock him shiv-fight Sodium-a-shine on all The faces white now And he got his Docs On bottle out all right now As you might say, as you might say As you might say, as you might say Him super-tuff, him super-tuff Him super-tuff In the corner, in the cold rain Sting like iodine in my brain In the corner, in the cold rain Sting like iodine in my brain Fist you 'til you fall down Hit him back, make him mad Really hard, really fast Have you never been had? 'Cause he's having you now As you might say, as you might say As you might say, as you might say Him super-tuff, him super-tuff Him super-tuff As you might say, as you might say As you might say, as you might As you might say Him super-tuff, he's super-tuff Him super-tuff, him super-tuff Him super-tuff, he's super-tuff but also tender -------- 1978 Go 2 -------- -------- The Rhythm -------- He makes a beeline for the place Where he gets his only ace Sometimes he's standing in the rain Oh, Gene Kelly's hat and cane He has the rhythm in his head He has the rhythm in his head He has the rhythm in his head He has the rhythm, sing It's chaotic at the bar B and O those sweaty drops We are all mesmerized To the thing we have inside He has the rhythm in his head He has the rhythm in his head He has the rhythm in his head He has the rhythm, sing Inside, outside, West side, East We kill the beast Your side, my side, worlds collide, yeah We kill the beast We have the rhythm in our head We have the rhythm in our head We have the rhythm in our head We have the rhythm We have the rhythm in our head We have the rhythm in our head We have the rhythm in our head We have the rhythm, sing -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- All Along the Watchtower -------- "There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth None of them along the line know what any of it is worth" "No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke But you and I, we've been through that and this is not our fate So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late" All along the watchtower, princes kept the view While all the women came and went barefoot, servants too Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- Cross Wires -------- It's the airwaves of the world Not the hairwaves on your head Oh But anything can be On land and in the sea When you've got Crosswires When you've got Crosswires Everything is Buzz Buzz Everything is Beep Beep Strange things happen everyday It's confusious the Chinese say Brings a nation to its feet It's them people that you meet (etc.) -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- Dance Band -------- Watch them go one two three I'm so happy and so is she In a dance band Show, slow, quick, quick, slow Heel to hell and toe to toe In a dance band Oh, you can do the Bosanova Till the night is through You know Gay Gordon You can meet him too But when you hear that tune One and one makes two Don't step on my toes Don't step on my toes Let's go Watch them go one two three I'm so happy and so is she In a dance band Show, slow, quick, quick, slow Heel to hell and toe to toe In a dance band Oh, you can do the Bosanova Till the night is through You know Gay Gordon You can meet him too But when you hear that tune One and one makes two Don't step on my toes Don't step on my toes You can do the Bosanova Till the night is through You know Gay Gordon You can meet him too But when you hear that tune One and one makes two Don't step on my toes Don't step on my toes I'm in a dance band I like a dance band I'm in a dance band I like a dance band Show, slow, quick, quick, slow Show, slow, quick, quick, slow Show, slow, quick, quick, slow Show, slow, quick, quick, slow Quick, quick -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- Do What You Do -------- Do what you do what you Do what you do what you Do what you do to me Do what you do what you Do what you do what you Do what you do to me The stars are out and so am I The stars I see, ain't in the sky I'm heading, heading, heading for Twilight Zone [Incomprehensible] Please don't take me home Do what you do what you Do what you do what you Do what you do to me Do what you do what you Do what you do what you Do what you do to me Do what you do what you Do what you do what you Do what you do to me Do what you do what you Do what you do what you Do what you do to me Do what you do what you Do what you do what you Do what you do to me Do what you do what you Do what you do what you Do what you do to me -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- Hang On To The Night -------- When we're laying in bed And we're laying in love You and the blackness Fit me like a velvet glove That's why I go crazy When you flick on your lamp I'm dreaming Hang on to the night Hang on to the night Hang on to the night I don't want to see That dawn light Burn your window When we're feeling drunk In a city park Put away that torch I'm changed in the dark That's why I go crazy When you flick on your lamp I'm dreaming Hang on to the night Hang on to the night Hang on to the night I say, I don't want to see That dawn light Burn your window [Incomprehensible] [Incomprehensible] Hang on to the night Hang on to the night Hang on to the night I say, I don't want to see That dawn light Burn your window [Incomprehensible] Hang on to the night Hang on to the night Hang on to the night I say, I don't want to see That dawn light Burn your window [Incomprehensible] Hang on to the night -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- Heatwave -------- She likes it hot She likes a tan She steals my infra fed When I'm gone Oh no, can it be We're heading for a heatwave Oh no, can it be We're heading for a heatwave Her hair is bleached like it's been boiled She browns herself in a sea of olive oil And I come around and she's relaxing, relaxing In the conservatory Her legs are brown A trace of rust She's in love With a MKII deluxe Oh no, can it be We're heading for a heatwave Oh no, can it be We're heading for a heatwave Her hair is bleached like it's been boiled She browns herself in a sea of olive oil And I come around and she's relaxing In the conservatory Her legs are brown A trace of rust She's in love With a MKII deluxe Oh no, can it be We're heading for a heatwave Oh no, can it be We're heading for a heatwave Oh no, can it be We're heading for a heatwave -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- I'll Set Myself on Fire -------- Ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ho Now you see it, now you don't Has no bones to hurt your throat Good and sweet, nice to eat If you like it, just repeat I'll set myself on fire I'll set myself on fire I'll set myself on fire Oh, strike my hand on a stone, Joan God knows this is yuck I do it all in unison Ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ho We have the pool, I know that's cool Why do you take me for a fool? Try the rails, it's just not me No, no, no, no siree I'll set myself on fire I'll set myself on fire I'll set myself on fire Oh, strike my hand on a stone, Joan God knows this is yuck I do it all in unison I'll set myself on fire I'll set myself on fire I'll set myself on fire I'll set myself on fire I'll set myself on fire I'll set myself on fire I'll set myself on fire ... -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- I'm Bugged -------- I'm bugged, you all look like insects In your brand new sun specs I'm bugged, I'm bugged I drop a little note through my sympathetics door I think I'm going ga ga, I just can't take anymore At first I see 'em swarming from a dark and midnight nest And when I see 'em fiddling, well, I think you've guessed the rest I'm bugged, you all look like insects In your brand new sun specs I'm bugged, I'm bugged I wake up in a cold sweat and I run into the street And just like in my nightmare they are jiggling at my feet I take a dead man's lighter and I burn them to the floor But where there was a dozen there are now a hundred more I'm bugged, you all look like insects In your brand new sun specs I'm bugged, I'm bugged I drop a little note through my sympathetics door I think I'm going ga ga, I just can't take anymore At first I see 'em swarming from a dark and midnight nest And when I see 'em fiddling, well, I think you've guessed the rest I'm bugged, you all look like insects In your brand new sun specs I'm bugged, I'm bugged I'm bugged, I'm bugged -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- Instant Tunes -------- Instant tunes only just been made Instant songs never to be played Instant tunes hanging out to dry Oh let me try to introduce you to Instant tunes Instant tunes Instant tunes Instant tunes Ever and ever will they give us pleasure? Their instant, still instant Like mother, mother used to make it, oh Instant tunes give instant cash Make me want to start a backlash Let me have the recipe And make me some lovely, lovely Instant tunes Instant tunes Instant tunes Instant tunes Ever and ever will they give us pleasure? Their instant, still instant Like mother used to make it, oh Ever and ever will they give us pleasure? Their instant, still instant Like mother used to make it, oh Instant tunes Instant tunes Instant tunes Instant tunes -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- Into the Atom Age -------- I'm heading into the atom age My contemporary house is all the rage My wife's getting lazy going gadget crazy Wants a pallette shaped coffee table and a matching settee I'm heading into the atom age My kids have gone obscene want to marry at fourteen Want a pallette shaped coffee table and a matching settee I'm heading into the atom age I flick on the video to soothe me It's better colour than the real thing! I relax to a three D porno movie Hey does anyone remember whatever happened to string? I'm heading into the atom age -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- Neon Shuffle -------- Hey, what you going to do now? You're standing there and wondering how You, you got to make some noise Just like one of the girls or even one of the boys When you do it, it ain't no disgrace I can see it written all across your face Neon shuffle and shuffle into outer space I said, "The neon shuffle is a dance for the human race" I said, "The neon shuffle is gonna pull you outta your place" You, you put your hands together Better make up a storm or give some electricky weather Now that the power's stopped Can you click your heels, can your fingers pop? When you do it, it ain't no disgrace I can see it written all across your face Neon shuffle and shuffle into outer space I said, "The neon shuffle is a dance for the human race" I said, :The neon shuffle is gonna pull you outta your place" When you do it, it ain't no disgrace I can see it written all across your face Neon shuffle and shuffle into outer space I said, "The neon shuffle is a dance for the human race" I said, :The neon shuffle is gonna pull you outta your place" Neon shuffle Neon shuffle Neon shuffle Neon shuffle, it's going to do it to me Neon shuffle, it's going to do it to you Neon shuffle, it's going to do it with red Neon shuffle, it's going to do it with blue Neon shuffle, it's going to run you right through Neon shuffle, with a stick of bamboo Neon shuffle, it's going to run you right through Neon shuffle, with a stick of bamboo Bam bam bam bamboo Bam bam bam bamboo Bam bam bam bamboo Neon Neon Neon ... -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- New Town Animal in a Furnished Cage -------- I think my watch has bust and so is time I borrowed all my love so nothing's mine There's nothing decent on the tv page Like a new town animal in a furnished cage It's gone eleven and the bar is shut I'm sitting waiting like a real good mutt I watch tv with an actor's rage Like a new town animal in a furnished cage -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- New Town Animal -------- I think my watch has bust and so is time I borrowed all my love so nothing's mine There's nothing decent on the TV page, yeah Like a new town animal in a furnished cage Like a new town animal in a furnished cage Uhh, it's gone eleven and the bar is shut I'm sitting waiting like a real good mutt There's nothing decent on the TV page, yeah Like a new town animal in a furnished cage Like a new town animal in a furnished cage, yeah It's gone eleven and the bar is shut I'm sitting waiting like a real good mutt I watch the TV with an actor's rage Like a new town animal in a furnished cage Like a new town animal in a furnished cage Like a new town animal in a furnished cage Like a new town animal in a furnished cage, ooh -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- Radios in Motion [White Music Version] -------- There's a message up in China That they getting in Japan Bouncing off an ocean liner Make em shake em in Siam All the kids are complaining That there's nowhere to go All the kids are complaining That the songs are too slow All I'm saying is you're deaf To the fact that there's... Radios in motion Atmosphere to ocean Radios in motion Gets you out of your red white and blues When we move then so do you'se There's a message in Milwaukee That they're getting in Moscow Everybody walkie talkie Everybody learning how All the kids are complaining (etc...) -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- Radios In Motion -------- Well, there's a message up in China That they're getting in Japan It's bouncing off an ocean liner And make 'em shake 'em in Siam And all my kids are complaining That there's nowhere to go And all my kids are complaining That the songs are too slow All I'm saying is you're deaf To the fact that there's Radios in motion Atmosphere to ocean Radios in motion Gets you out of your red, white and blues When we move then so do you Well, there's a message in Milwaukee And that they're getting in Moscow And everybody walkie talkie And everybody learning how And all my kids are complaining That there's nowhere to go And all my kids are complaining That the songs are too slow All I'm saying is you're deaf To the fact that there's Radios in motion Atmosphere to ocean Radios in motion Gets you out of your red, white and blues When we move then so do you Well, there's a message up in China And that they're getting in Japan It's bouncing off an ocean liner And make 'em shake 'em in Siam And all the kids are complaining That there's nowhere to go And all the kids are complaining That the songs are too slow All I'm saying is you're deaf To the fact that there's Radios in motion Atmosphere to ocean Radios in motion Gets you out of your red, white and blues When we move then so do you Radios in motion Radios in motion Radios in motion Gets you out of your red, white and blues When we move then so do you -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- Science Friction -------- I look out of my window at night I see the stars and I'm filled with fright I got a feeling someone's looking It ain't the aliens at the foot of my bed It's more the ale inside my head I got a feeling something's cooking Science friction burns my fingers Electricity still lingers Hey put away that ray How do you Martians say, "I love you"? I read my comics from front to back I'll be ready for any attack I got a feeling someone's looking -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- She's So Square -------- Awful plastic boots that come above her ankle Dayglo mini skirts just like a pop art spangle Digs vanilla fudge, buys lipstick by the pound Gets that 'English' look resembles Kath McGowan Have you seen her hair? It's a style from heaven Ah, she's nowhere, she thinks this is 1967? She's so square, she's nowhere She's so square, she's nowhere Take her to a disco and screaming, Lord [Incomprehensible] it Everyone must look but nobody must touch Have you seen her car? E type is the latest How about the Yardbirds? Jeff Beck is the greatest Have you seen her hair? It's a style from heaven Ah, she's nowhere, she thinks this is 1967 She's so square, she's nowhere She's so square, she's nowhere Take her to a disco and screaming, Lord [Incomprehensible] it Everyone must look but nobody must touch Have you seen her car? E type is the latest How about the Yardbirds? Jeff Beck is the greatest Have you seen her hair? It's a style from heaven Ah, she's nowhere, she thinks this is 1967? She's so square, she's nowhere She's so square, she's nowhere -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- Spinning Top -------- I'm like a spinning top going 'round and around Well, I don't know what's up and I sure Don't know what's down, now watch me I'm like a spinning top, I can't tell day from night Well, I don't know what's wrong and I sure Don't know what's right, now watch me It started when I heard your song of love Pouring down like honey from above I started to spin, I started to move, just like a needle That is sticking in the same old groove I'm like a spinning top going 'round and around Well, I don't know what's up and I sure Don't know what's down, now watch me I'm like a spinning top, I can't tell day from night Well, I don't know what's wrong and I sure Don't know what's right, now watch me It started when I heard your song of love Pouring down like honey from above I started to spin, I started to move, just like a needle That is sticking in the same old groove I'm like a spinning top, I'm like a spinning top I'm like a spinning top, I like it so much That I'm never gonna stop I'm like a spinning top, I'm like a spinning top I'm like a spinning top, I like it so much That I'm never gonna stop -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- Statue of Liberty -------- The first time I saw you standing in the water You must have been all of a thousand feet tall Nearly naked, unashamed like Herod's daughter Your love was so big, it made New York look small You've been the subject of so many dreams Since I climbed your torso Oh, my statue of Liberty Boo boo Impaled on your hair What do you do, do, do to me Boo boo I leaned right over to kiss your stoney book A little jealous of the ships with whom you flirt A billion lovers with their cameras Snap to look, and in my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt You've been the subject of so many dreams Since I climbed your torso Oh, my statue of Liberty Boo boo Impaled on your hair What do you do, do, do to me Boo boo Sing Oh, my statue of Liberty Boo boo Impaled on your hair What do you do, do, do to me Boo boo Liberty, liberty, liberty -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- This Is Pop? -------- In a milk bar and feeling lost Drinking sodas as cold as frost Someone leans in my direction Quizzing on my juke-box selection What do you call that noise That you put on? This is pop, yeah, yeah This is On a walkway and moving fast All I get is transistor blast Someone leans in my direction Quizzing on my station selection What do you call that noise That you put on? This is pop, yeah, yeah This is We come the wrong way We come the long way We play the songs much too loud This is pop, yeah yeah -------- 1978 White Music -------- -------- Traffic Light Rock -------- I'm out and I'm driving Got my eyes set on romance She says, "I've got a brand new thing Want to show you this dance" I say, "Am I learning it steady" She say, "Look you're doing it already" It's the traffic light rock Stop 'n go all of the time It's the traffic light rock Stop 'n go all of the time I'm out by the dance hall Best buddy by my side He says, "I've got a brand new car I want to take for a ride" I say, "Can we take Joan and Freddie' He say, "No they ain't ready" It's the traffic light rock Stop 'n go all of the time It's the traffic light rock Stop 'n go all of the time It's the traffic light rock Stop 'n go all of the time It's the traffic light rock Stop 'n go all of the time -------- 1979 Drums and Wires -------- -------- Complicated Game -------- I ask myself, "Should I put my finger to the left? No." I ask myself, "Should I put my finger to the right? No." It doesn't really matter where I put my finger Someone else will come along and move it And it's always been the same It's just a complicated game It's just a complicated game A little girl asked me, should she part her hair up on the left? No A little girl asked me, should she part her hair up on the right? No I said, "It really doesn't matter where you part your hair Someone else will come along and move it And it's always been the same It's just a complicated game It's just a complicated game." A little boy asked me, should he put his vote upon the Left? A little boy asked me, should he put his vote upon the Right? I said, "It really doesn't matter where you put your vote 'Cause someone else will come along and move it And it's always been the same It's just a complicated game It's just a complicated game." They wanted Tom, they wanted Joe To dress 'em up and stick 'em out on show They were holding arrows in a very bad aim It's just a complicated game God asked me, should he ought to put his world up on the left? No God asked me, should he ought to put his world up on the right? I said, "It doesn't really matter where you put your world Someone will come along and move it And it's always been the same It's just a complicated game It's just a complicated game It's just a complicated game Just a complicated game." -------- 1979 Drums and Wires -------- -------- Day In Day Out -------- [Verse 1] Clock in my head Clock on the wall And the two of them Don't agree at all [Chorus] Friday is heaven Friday is heaven Day in, day out Day in [Verse 2] (Day in) Wish you were here On the shop floor (And day out) And together, we could Count the dots on the wall [Chorus] Friday is heaven Friday is heaven Day in, day out Day in Friday is heaven Friday is heaven Day in (day in) Day out (day out) Day in (day in) Day out (day out) Day in [Instrumental outro] -------- 1979 Drums and Wires -------- -------- Helicopter -------- [Refrain] Oh, heli! Oh, heli! [Verse 1] I'm crouching here with a telescope in hand Looking out across our Legoland I really think it's about time that she came down She a laughing, giggly whirlybird She got to be obscene to be ob-heard I really think it's about time that she came down [Pre-Chorus] And I object to all the air male that she pick up The air male that she pick up The air male that she pick up Oh! [Chorus] When she's up there twirling 'round Just like a helicopter, 'copter She's landing on the town It's about time that I stopped her, stopped her When she's up there twirling 'round, 'round, 'round Just like a helicopter, 'copter [Refrain] Oh, heli! Oh, heli! [Verse 2] Now she's away from convent, she's gone wild She's grown from a nice young lady to a child I really think it's about time that she came down She's a laughing, giggly whirlybird She got to be obscene to be ob-heard I really think it's about time that she came down [Pre-Chorus] And I object to all the air male that she pick up The air male that she pick up The air male that she pick up Oh! [Chorus] When she's up there twirling 'round Just like a helicopter, 'copter She's landing on the town It's about time that I stopped her, stopped her When she's up there twirling 'round, 'round, 'round Just like a helicopter, 'copter [Refrain] Oh, heli! Oh, heli! [Instrumental break] [Refrain] Oh, heli! Oh, heli! [Chorus] When she's up there twirling 'round Just like a helicopter, 'copter She's landing on the town It's about time that I stopped her, stopped her When she's up there twirling 'round, 'round, 'round Just like a helicopter, 'copter [Refrain] Oh, heli! Oh, heli! Oh, heli! [Chorus] When she's up there twirling 'round... Like a helicopter, 'copter She's landing on the town - look out, town! It's about time that I stopped her, stopped her When she's up there twisting 'round, 'round, 'round... [Refrain] Oh, heli! Oh, heli! -------- 1979 Drums and Wires -------- -------- Making Plans for Nigel -------- [Verse 1] We're only making plans for Nigel We only want what's best for him We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel just needs that helping hand [Chorus] And if young Nigel says he's happy He must be happy He must be happy He must be happy in his world [Verse 2] We're only making plans for Nigel He has his future in a British Steel We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel's whole future is as good as sealed, yeah [Chorus] And if young Nigel says he's happy He must be happy He must be happy He must be happy in his world [Bridge] Nigel is not outspoken But he likes to speak And he likes to be spoken to (in his world) Nigel is happy in his work (in his world) Nigel is happy in his work (in his world) [Verse 1] We're only making plans for Nigel We only want what's best for him We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel just needs this helping hand [Chorus] And if young Nigel says he's happy He must be happy He must be happy He must be happy in his world [Guitar Solo] [Outro] We're only making plans for Nigel We only want what's best for him We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel just needs this helping hand We're only making plans for Nigel He has his future in a British Steel Steel, steel, steel, steel, steel, yeah We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel, Nigel, Nigel, Nigel Nigel, Nigel, Nigel, Nigel Nigel, Nigel, Nigel, Nigel Nigel, Nigel, Nigel, Nigel -------- 1979 Drums and Wires -------- -------- Millions -------- [Verse 1] We smelled your soup on the fire cooking We saw your toys and your pencils looking bright So bright and yet they come from, oh, so far away [Verse 2] We heard your flags and your banners flapping We felt the air from your hands, all clapping time In time, I'm sure your time is not so far away [Chorus] Millions, all moving forward Millions, all babbling crossword Millions, all flow as water Millions, all bright with laughter He make you glowing He bake you golden Like the Yangtze mud [Verse 3] I saw your writing on paper landing Your stamps showed bridges and temples standing still So still, and yet they're standing, oh, so far away [Verse 4] I saw you asking for Western thinking I say it's poison that you'll be drinking Stay as east, as far away as dreams will let you be [Chorus] Millions, all moving forward Millions, all babbling crossword Millions, all flow as water Millions, all bright with laughter He make you glowing He bake you golden Like the Yangtze mud [Instrumental break] [Chorus] Millions, all moving forward Millions, all babbling crossword Millions, all flow as water Millions, all bright with laughter He make you glowing He bake you golden Like the Yangtze mud [Instrumental outro] -------- 1979 Drums and Wires -------- -------- Outside World -------- She has six swans singing in her sauna So she can't hear what's going on She can't hear what's going on In the outside world In the outside world In the outside Bad black and white men Standing in their pigpen Selling guns to simpletons To shoot 'em in the abdomen She's not interested in that No, she's not interested in that She has six swans singing in her sauna Outside - world - outside She has eleven lions laughing at her, lakeside So she can't hear what's going on She can't hear what's going on In the outside world In the outside world In the outside Bad brown and yellow men Splitting on their fellow men Drape her in a newspaper And stab her with a poison pen She's not interested in that No, she's not interested in that She has eleven lions laughing at her, lakeside Outside - world - outside You can keep your animals All the noise and the din Just make a little space for me I'm coming in She has six swans singing in her sauna So she can't hear what's going on She can't hear what's going on She can't hear what's going on She just won't hear what's going on... The outside world The outside world The outside world -------- 1979 Drums and Wires -------- -------- Real by Reel -------- [Verse 1] In this secret time of invading on our privacy Unknowing, we mime We play for the ministry They can film you in bed or when you take a bath They can tape every cry; they can tape every laugh They can turn you around so you won't know what's... [Chorus] Real by reel Busy little bees, recording everything you feel On real by reel You're documented down like rats They're catching up on every squeal On real by reel by real by, reel by real by reel by [Verse 2] In this hidden time, ignorance may help you to cope Rehearsing for crime and sex just in government cinema-scope They can film you at work or when they let you play They can tape what you think and they can tape what you say They can blur your I.D. so you won't know what's... [Chorus] Real by reel They're busy little bees, recording everything you feel On real by reel You're documented down like rats They're catching up on every squeal On real by reel by real by, reel by real by reel by [Bridge] Now I lay me down to sleep Knowing that your lenses peep And now, I eat my daily bread And into the tape spool, I'll be fed [Guitar Solo] They can film you in bed or when you take a bath They can tape every cry; they can tape every laugh They can turn you around so you won't know what's... [Chorus] Real by reel They're busy little bees, recording everything you feel On real by reel You're documented down like rats They're catching up on every squeal On real by reel by real by, reel by real by reel by Real by reel by real by, reel by real by reel by -------- 1979 Drums and Wires -------- -------- Roads Girdle the Globe -------- [Verse 1] Am I asleep or am I fast? Your every race You're first, you're last [Chorus] Roads girdle the globe We're safe in your concrete robe Hail mother motor! Hail piston rotor! Hail wheel! Roads girdle the globe Oh, oh oh, oh oh! Oh, oh oh, oh oh! [Verse 2] Am I tied in or do I turn? Your holy incense Your tire burn [Chorus] Roads girdle the globe We're safe in your concrete robe Hail mother motor! Hail piston rotor! Hail wheel! Roads girdle the globe Oh, oh oh, oh oh! Oh, oh oh, oh oh! [Bridge] Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna Steer me, Anna! Oh, oh oh, oh oh! Oh, oh oh, oh oh! [Verse 3] Am I get there? When is A, B? Your iron, oil and steel Your sacred three [Outro] Roads girdle the globe We're safe in your concrete robe Roads girdle the globe We're safe in your concrete robe Roads girdle the globe We're safe in your concrete robe Roads girdle the globe We're safe in your concrete robe Hail mother motor! Hail piston rotor! Hail wheel! Hail mother motor! Hail piston rotor! Hail wheel! Hail mother motor! Hail piston rotor! Hail wheel! -------- 1979 Drums and Wires -------- -------- Scissor Man -------- Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man Putting end to evildoers' games Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man Maybe you are in his book of names Maybe you are in his book of names So be kind and helpful to your mother Just think twice before you try to steal When he cuts with sticky silver snippers You may find that wounds will never heal All self-made bad boys If you refuse to believe he exist You won't be frightened When you find out you're on his list You're on his list, you're on his list Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man Putting end to evildoers' games Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man Maybe you are in his book of names Maybe you are in his book of names So be good and never poison people Just think twice before the deed is done When you wake up guilty in the morning You may find important pieces gone All self-made bad boys If you refuse to believe he exist You won't be frightened When you find out you're on his list You're on his list, you're on his list Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man Putting end to evildoers' games Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man Maybe you are in his book of names Maybe you are in his book of names All self-made bad boys If you refuse to believe he exist You won't be frightened When you find out you're on his list You're on his list, you're on his list Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man Putting end to evildoers' games Snipping, snipping, snipping goes the scissor man Maybe you are in his book of names Maybe you are in his book of names -------- 1979 Drums and Wires -------- -------- Ten Feet Tall -------- [Spoken intro] "Now, why stop there?" [Verse 1] Happy I'm floating Around on my feet now You make me go dizzy I'm weak at the knees [Refrain] Yes, I feel like I'm walking 'Round a ten feet tall I feel like I'm walking 'Round a ten feet tall [Verse 2] Well, you say I'm faking And I say, "Don't worry." The way that I bubble There's something in the make [Refrain] Yes, I feel like I'm walking 'Round a ten feet tall I feel like I'm walking 'Round a ten feet tall [Chorus] Right, the chemistry is right This boy has reached his height This feeling just goes on and on, and on, and on From strength to strength, I'm ten feet long [Refrain] Yeah, I feel like I'm walking 'Round a ten feet tall I feel like I'm walking 'Round a ten feet tall But I feel like I'm walking 'Round a ten feet tall I feel like I'm walking 'Round a ten feet tall [Chorus] Right, the chemistry is right This boy has reached his height This feeling just goes on and on, and on, and on From strength to strength, I'm ten feet long [Verse 3] Yeah, happy I'm floating Around on my feet now You make me go dizzy I'm weak at the knees [Refrain] Yes, I feel like I'm walking 'Round a ten feet tall I feel like I'm walking 'Round a ten feet tall... -------- 1979 Drums and Wires -------- -------- That Is the Way -------- [Intro] (Do this, do that, do this, do that) [Verse 1] Go and speak (Do this) To your niece (Do that) Kiss your aunt (Do this) On the cheek (Do that) Don't talk back (Do this) Now run along (Do that) It's gone eight (Do this) Say goodnight (Do that) [Chorus] That is the way that it's done That is the way that it's done That is the way that it's done Boy and girl, girl and boy This is how you do it And who am I to reason why? (Do this, do that, do this, do that) [Verse 2] Wear a shirt (Do this) Wear a tie (Do that) You look smart (Do this) In a suit (Do that) Use your fork (Do this) On the left (Do that) Straighten up (Do this) Shoulders back (Do that) [Chorus] That is the way that it's done That is the way that it's done That is the way that it's done Boy and girl, girl and boy This is how you do it And who am I to reason why? [Trumpet solo] -------- 1979 Drums and Wires -------- -------- When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty -------- [Chorus] When you're near me, I have difficulty respirating When you're near me, I have difficulty concentrating When you're near me, I have difficulty standing upright When you're near me, I have difficulty sleeping at night [Verse 1] I used to stand proud like a sphinx In a noble, immovable state And then your heart nailed me under a jinx Now I'm feeling like a jellyfish Just a spineless, wobbly jellyfish And it's great, great, so great [Chorus] When you're near me, I have difficulty respirating When you're near me, I have difficulty concentrating When you're near me, I have difficulty standing upright When you're near me, I have difficulty sleeping at night [Verse 2] I used to stand high like a pine Just a piece of emotionless wood And when you put your body near mine Now I'm feeling like a jellyfish Just a spineless, wobbly jellyfish And it's good, good, so good [Bridge] I used to be an iceman, living in an iceman town So I'm warning all you cool, cool icemen Better be prepared to be melted right down! Down! [Instrumental break] [Chorus] When you're near me, I have difficulty respirating When you're near me, I have difficulty concentrating When you're near me, I have difficulty standing upright When you're near me, I have difficulty sleeping at night [Outro] When you're near me, I have difficulty When you're near me, I have difficulty When you're near me, I have difficulty... -------- 1980 Black Sea -------- -------- Burning with Optimism's Flames -------- [Verse 1] Never seen her glowing All that bright she's throwing like some aurora From her head, it's growing Reaching to the ground And all around like a Navajo blanket Never heard her singing Now she's gently ringing like copper wind chimes What on earth is bringing up this stream? The cat who got the cream is licking her lips And smiling like her Cheshire cousin [Pre-Chorus] She claims she's found a way to make her own light All you do is smile, you banish the night [Chorus] She says she's burning with optimism's flames, away, away She says she's burning up all her guilts and shames, away, away She says she's burning with optimism's flames, away, away She says she's burning up Burning up [Verse 2] Now you see I'm smiling Back to juveniling I learnt her lesson, in like flint and styling All the world is neatly curled Around my littlest finger I can't stop this grinning So assume I'm winning Threw pessimism in the air, it's spinning Crashing to the floor and nevermore will it lure me away With sweets and shiny things just like a magpie [Pre-Chorus] She claims she's found a way to make her own light All you do is smile, you banish the night [Chorus] She says she's burning with optimism's flames, away, away She says she's burning up all her guilts and shames, away, away She says she's burning with optimism's flames, away, away She says she's burning up She's burning up [Bridge] Now every bird and bee, just fuel the fire for me Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes Now every closing door just fan the flames some more Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yeah, yeah, yeah [Pre-Chorus] She claims she's found a way to make her own light All you do is smile, you banish the night [Chorus] She says she's burning with optimism's flames, away She says she's burning up all her guilts and shames, yeah She says she's burning with optimism, optimism's flames, hey She says she's burning up Burning up Burning up [Outro] Now I'm thinking okay I'm turning night into day -------- 1980 Black Sea -------- -------- Generals and Majors -------- [Verse 1] Generals and Majors, ah ah! They're never too far From battlefields so glorious Out in a world of their own They'll never come down 'Til once again victorious Generals and Majors always Seem so unhappy 'less they got a war Generals and Majors, ah ah! Like never before are tired of being action-less [Chorus] Calling Generals and Majors Generals and Majors everywhere Calling Generals and Majors Your World War III is drawing near [Verse 2] Generals and Majors, ah ah! They're never too far Away from men who made the grade Out in a world of their own They'll never come down Until the battle's lost or made Generals and Majors always Seem so unhappy 'less they got a war Generals and Majors, ah ah! Like never before are tired of being in the shade [Chorus] Calling Generals and Majors Generals and Majors everywhere Calling Generals and Majors, hey! Your World War III is drawing near World War III [Verse 1] Generals and Majors, ah ah! They're never too far From battlefields so glorious Out in a world of their own They'll never come down 'Til once again victorious [Outro][Repeat 3x] Generals and Majors Generals and Majors -------- 1980 Black Sea -------- -------- Living Through Another Cuba -------- Living through another Cuba It's 1961 again and we are piggy in the middle Living through another Cuba While war is polishing his drum and peace plays second fiddle Living through another Cuba Russia and America are at each other's throats but don't you cry Living through another Cuba Just on your knees and pray and while you're down there, kiss your arse goodbye Living through another Cuba We're the bulldog on the fence while others play their tennis overhead Living through another Cuba It's hardly love all and somebody might wind up red or dead Living through another Cuba Pour some oil on the water quick, it doesn't really matter where from Living through another Cuba He love me, he loves me not, he's pulling fins from an atom bomb Living through another Cuba This phenomenon happens every 20 years or so Living through another Cuba If they're not careful, your watch won't be the only thing with a radioactive glow Living through another Cuba I'll stick my fingers in my ears and hope they make it up before too late Living through another Cuba If we get through this lot alright, they're due for replay, 1998 -------- 1980 Black Sea -------- -------- Love at First Sight -------- [Verse 1] See the lovers, all gone crazy Looking for romance, it seems Many sleepless nights will follow Some may lose but some succeed [Chorus] Love at first sight What they want is, hey oh, love [Verse 2] Make a play of lust intention Only just one thing in mind Make a slip, could be forever Wedding bells, the shotgun kind [Chorus] Love at first sight What they want is, hey oh, love Love at first sight What they want is, hey oh, love [Bridge] Mouse takes the bait As soon as he leaves his seat There's no escape Very soon, their eyes will meet [Chorus] Love at first sight What they want is, hey oh, love Love at first sight What they want is, hey oh, love [Bridge] Mouse takes the bait As soon as he leaves his seat There's no escape Very soon, their eyes will meet [Chorus] Love at first sight What they want is, hey oh, love Love at first sight What they want is, hey oh, love [Verse 3] Take your partner to surrender Then your misdemeanor's done Sacrifice of maidenhood But little boys must have their fun [Chorus] Love at first sight What they want is, hey oh, love Love at first sight What they want is, hey oh, love Love at first sight What they want is, hey oh, love Love at first sight What they want is, hey oh, love -------- 1980 Black Sea -------- -------- No Language in Our Lungs -------- [Verse 1] There is no language in our lungs To tell the world just how we feel No, no, no, no, no, no bridge of thought No mental link No letting out just what you think [Chorus] There is no language in our lungs Lungs, lungs, lungs [Verse 2] There is no muscle in our tongues To tell the world what's in our hearts No, no, no, no, no, we're leaving nothing behind Just chiseled stones No chance to speak before we're bones [Chorus] There is no muscle in our tongues Tongues, tongues, tongues [Instrumental break] [Bridge] I thought I had the whole world in my mouth I thought I could say what I wanted to say For a second, that thought became a sword in my hand I could slay any problem that would stand in my way I felt just like a crusader Lionheart, a Holy Land invader But nobody can say what they really mean to say And the impotency of speech came up and hit me that day And I would have made this instrumental But the words got in the way [Instrumental break] There is no language in our... [Verse 3] There is no language in our lungs To tell the world what's in our hearts No, no, no, no, no, we're leaving nothing behind Just chiseled stones No chance to speak before we're bones [Chorus] There is no language in our lungs Lungs, lungs -------- 1980 Black Sea -------- -------- Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins) -------- Paper, iron, won't buy Eden Working for paper and for iron Work for the right to keep my tie on Working for paper and for iron Work for the unicorn and lion I pray the kids aren't starving No chicken for the Sunday carving I'll stay for one more farthing I take home my notes and coins every week I'm told I'm worth much more But the church says turn the other cheek The other cheek Paper, iron, won't buy Eden Working for paper and for iron Work for the right to keep my tie on Working for paper and for iron Work for the unicorn and lion I know the family needs me Can't moan, the factory feeds me Won't bite the hand that bleeds me I take home my notes and coins every week I'll inherit the earth, I'm told But the church says to remain this meek Remain this meek Paper, iron, won't buy Eden I'm still a proud man Won't show anybody else my wage A blend in the crowd man Is this anybody's golden age? Is this anybody's golden age? Is this anybody's golden age? Or am I dreaming of a golden cage? La, la, lo, it's paper La, la, lo, and iron La, la, lo, just paper La, la, lo, just iron Working for paper and for iron Work for the right to keep my tie on Working for paper and for iron Work for the unicorn and lion I pray the kids aren't starving No chicken for the Sunday carving I'll stay for one more farthing I take home my notes and coins Paper, iron, won't buy Eden (Working for paper and for iron) Paper, iron, won't buy Eden (Working for paper and for iron) Paper, iron, won't buy Eden (Working for paper and for iron) -------- 1980 Black Sea -------- -------- Respectable Street -------- [Intro] It's in the order of their hedgerows It's in the way their curtains open and close It's in the look they give you down their nose All part of decency's jigsaw, I suppose [Chorus] Heard the neighbor slam his car door Don't he realize this is Respectable Street? What d'you think he bought that car for? 'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street [Verse 1] Now they talk about abortions In cosmopolitan proportions to their daughters As they speak of contraception And immaculate receptions on their portable Sony Entertainment Centers [Chorus] Heard the neighbor slam his car door Don't he realize this is Respectable Street? What d'you think he bought that car for? 'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street [Verse 2] Now she speaks about diseases And which sex position pleases best her old man Avon lady fills the creases When she manages to squeeze in past the caravans That never move from their front gardens [Chorus] Heard the neighbor slam his car door Don't he realize this is Respectable Street? What d'you think he bought that car for? 'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street [Bridge] It's in the order of their hedgerows It's in the way their curtains open and close It's in the look they give you down their nose All part of decency's jigsaw, I suppose [Verse 3] Sunday church and they look fetching Saturday night, saw him retching over our fence Bang the wall for me to turn down I can see them with their stern frown as they dispense The kind of look that says they're perfect [Chorus] Heard the neighbor slam his car door Don't he realize this is Respectable Street? What d'you think he bought that car for? 'Cause he realized this is Respectable Street [Outro] He realized this is Respectable Street He realized this is Respectable Street He realized this is Respectable Street -------- 1980 Black Sea -------- -------- Rocket from a Bottle -------- [Verse 1] Birds beware, expect me up there Me and air are feeling light today Jets should hide, I'll fly alongside Me and pride are bolted tight today [Pre-Chorus] I've been set off by a pretty little girl [Chorus] Like a rocket from a bottle shot free I've been just explosive since you lit me I've been up with the larks, I've been shooting off sparks And I'm feeling in love [Verse 2] Hate step back, my smile might just crack Can't stop grins from going wide today Hell, look sharp Angels, play your harp I feel strong like the tide today [Pre-Chorus] I've been set off by a pretty little girl [Chorus] Like a rocket from a bottle shot free I've been just explosive since you lit me I've been up with the larks, I've been shooting off sparks And I'm feeling in love I'm like a rocket from a bottle shot free I've been just explosive since you kissed me I've been up in the clouds, I've been shrugging off shrouds And I'm feeling in love [Instrumental break] [Chorus] I'm like a rocket from a bottle shot free I've been just explosive since you lit me I've been up with the larks, I've been shooting off sparks And I'm feeling in love I'm like a rocket from a bottle shot free I've been just explosive since you kissed me I've been up in the clouds, I've been shrugging off shrouds And I'm feeling in love I'm like a rocket from a bottle shot free I've been just explosive since you lit me I've been up with the larks, I've been shooting off sparks And I'm feeling in love [Outro] A rocket from a... I'm, I'm, I'm a rocket from a... I'm, I'm, I'm a rocket from a... I'm, I'm, I'm a rocket from a... -------- 1980 Black Sea -------- -------- Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) -------- [Hook] Hey, rock, rock! Hey, rock, rock! Hey, rock, rock! Hey, rock, rock! [Verse 1] I'm enlisting, overseas aid Need assisting, help with a maid Get the expert on mademoiselles He could diffuse any bombshell [Pre-Chorus] If I could only be tough like him Then I could win my own small battle of the sexes [Chorus] And Sgt. Rock is going to help me Make the girl mine, keep her stood in line And Sgt. Rock is going to help me Make the girl mine, keep her stood in line And make the girl mine, wave the victory sign [Hook] Hey, rock, rock! Hey, rock, rock! Hey, rock, rock! Hey, rock, rock! [Verse 2] I'm invading territories Girls are foreign and strange to me Get the expert at kissing and stuff Well, he stays easy when things get rough [Pre-Chorus] If I could only be tough like him Then I could win my own small battle of the sexes [Chorus] And Sgt. Rock is going to help me Make the girl mine, keep her stood in line And Sgt. Rock is going to help me Make the girl mine, keep her stood in line And make the girl mine, wave the victory sign [Bridge] Sometimes relationships don't go as planned Some girls can make themselves so cold A no man's land [Pre-Chorus] If I could only be tough like him Then I could win my own small battle of the sexes [Chorus] And Sgt. Rock is going to help me Make the girl mine, keep her stood in line And Sgt. Rock is going to help me Make the girl mine, keep her stood in line And Sgt. Rock is going to help me Make the girl mine, keep her stood in line And Sgt. Rock is going to help me Make the girl mine, keep her stood in line Make the girl mine, wave the victory sign [Hook] Hey, rock, rock! Hey, rock, rock! Hey, rock, rock! Hey! -------- 1980 Black Sea -------- -------- Towers of London -------- [Chorus] Towers of London When they had built you Did you watch over the men who fell? Towers of London When they had built you Victoria's gem found in somebody's hell [Verse 1] Pavements of gold leading to the underground Grenadier Guardsmen walking pretty ladies around Fog is the sweat of the never-never navies who pound Pound, pound, pound, pound Spikes in the rails to their very own heaven [Chorus] Towers of London When they had built you Did you watch over the men who fell? Towers of London When they had built you Victoria's gem found in somebody's hell [Verse 2] Bridges of muscles spanning so long and high Merchants from Stepney walking pretty ladies by Rain is the tears of the never-never navies who cry For the bridge that doesn't go in the direction of Dublin [Chorus] Towers of London When they had built you Did you watch over the men who fell? Towers of London When they had built you Victoria's gem found in somebody's hell [Bridge] And I've seen it in a painting And I've seen it in engraving And I've seen it in their faces Clear as children's chalk lines on the paving [Instrumental break] [Bridge] And I've seen it in a painting And I've seen it in engraving And I've seen it in their faces Clear as children's chalk lines on the paving [Chorus] Towers of London When they had built you Did you watch over the men who fell? Towers of London When they had built you Victoria's gem found in somebody's hell [Outro] Towers of London Towers of London Towers of London Towers of London La, la, Londinium La, la, Londinium La, la, Londinium La, la, Londinium La, la, Londinium La, la, Londinium La, la, Londinium La, la, Londinium La, la, Londinium La, la, Londinium La, la, Londinium -------- 1980 Black Sea -------- -------- Travels in Nihilon -------- [Verse 1] You've learnt no lessons All that time so cheaply spent There's no youth culture Only masks they let you rent [Chorus] Travels, travels in Nihilon A war, a war, a warrior, a warrior, a warrior We've seen no Jesus come and gone A war, a war, a warrior, a warrior, a warrior [Verse 2] Fashion, their vampire Drapes itself across your back As you fall from style It weighs rebirth on its rack [Chorus] Travels, travels in Nihilon A war, a war, a warrior, a warrior, a warrior We've seen no Jesus come and gone A war, a war, a warrior, a warrior, a warrior [Instrumental break] [Verse 3] Building your whimsy Hypnotizing you to need Dance goes full circle One step ahead of your greed [Chorus] Travels, travels in Nihilon A war, a war, a warrior, a warrior, a warrior We've seen no Jesus come and gone A war, a war, a warrior, a warrior, a warrior [Verse 4] You've learnt no lessons All those years to get it right Flashes of promise Burn out faster than strobe light [Chorus] Travels, travels in Nihilon A war, a war, a warrior, a warrior, a warrior We've seen no Jesus come and gone A war, a war, a warrior, a warrior, a warrior Travels, travels in Nihilon A war, a war, a warrior, a warrior, a warrior We've seen no Jesus come and gone A war, a war, a warrior, a warrior, a warrior -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- All of a Sudden (It's Too Late) -------- [Verse 1] What can I say? Why do we starve a thing that's near extinction? From day to day These weeds of fear are choking our conviction [Pre-Chorus 1] Life's like a jig-saw You get the straight bits But there's something missing in the middle [Chorus] (All of a sudden) We find the cupboard's bare (All of a sudden) We find Heaven's not there (All of a sudden) We find the sun's gone cold (All of a sudden) We find we're more than old (All of a sudden) We find that we've lost love Please don't push or shove because It's too late It's too late In all your hurry You accidentally locked the gate [Verse 2] What can we do? Trying to stem the flow of sand seems useless It's up to you Start holding hands, watch the balance redress [Pre-Chorus 2] Life's like a firework You're only lit once And you must stand and radiate correctly [Chorus] (All of a sudden) We find the cupboard's bare (All of a sudden) We find Heaven's not there (All of a sudden) We find the sun's gone cold (All of a sudden) We find we're more than old (All of a sudden) We find that we've lost love Please don't push or shove because It's too late It's too late In all your hurry You've accidentally locked the gate [Bridge] Love's not a product you can hoard Or pack a suitcase with It's more a way you have to give [Pre-Chorus 1] Life's like a jig-saw You get the straight bits But there's plenty missing in the middle [Chorus] (All of a sudden) We find the cupboard bare (All of a sudden) We find Heaven's not there (All of a sudden) We find the Sun's gone cold (All of a sudden) We find we're more than old (All of a sudden) We find that we've lost love Please don't push or shove because (All of a sudden) We find the cupboard bare (All of a sudden) We find Heaven's not there (All of a sudden) We find the Sun's gone cold (All of a sudden) We find we're more than old (All of a sudden) We find that we've lost love It's... It's... In all your hurry You accidentally locked the gate -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- Ball and Chain -------- [Chorus] Save us from the ball and chain Save us from the ball and chain Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah The diggers and the tower cranes Save us from the ball and chain Save us from the ball and chain Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah The diggers and the tower cranes The diggers and the tower cranes [Verse 1] Don't want demolition Don't want your compensation It's not just bricks and mortar We are lambs to slaughter [Chorus] Save us from the ball and chain Save us from the ball and chain Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah The diggers and the tower cranes The diggers and the tower cranes [Verse 2] Must we live in fear From those who shed no tears? Our one and only shelter Your games, your helter skelter [Bridge] Motorways and office blocks They're standing on the spot where stood a home (Oh no, no) They're crushing on the memories Of people who have since turned to stone (ahh) They've turned to stone (ahh) They've turned to stone [Chorus] Save us from the ball and chain Save us from the ball and chain Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah The diggers and the tower cranes Save us from the ball and chain Save us from the ball and chain Save us from the ball and chain, oh yeah The diggers and the tower cranes The diggers and the tower cranes The diggers and the tower... -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- Down in the Cockpit -------- [Intro] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Oh-oh oh oh oh-oh, oh-oh oh oh oh-oh Oh-oh oh oh oh-oh, oh-oh oh oh oh-oh [Verse 1] Man acting like a farmer and He's treating the woman like a poor cow We got to treat you better from now But man is just a baby and He's needing your milk of kindness, I vow To drink as much as you will allow [Chorus] All the way through history Man, machine, no miss-miss-mystery All the way through history Girl, have the brain to act as like the weaker sex Down in the cockpit Man need the woman to pull him right out of it Down in the cockpit Man need the woman to pull him right out of it Queen wants the castle Back from the rascal Queen wants the castle [Intro] Now, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Oh-oh oh oh oh-oh, oh-oh oh oh oh-oh Oh-oh oh oh oh-oh, oh-oh oh oh oh-oh [Verse 2] The girl tribe are growing up And filling the world full with a new soul To get so far they paid a high toll Try not to make the same mistakes As man has made or you'll fall in that hole And you will see us changing our role [Chorus] All the way through history Man, machine, no miss-miss-mystery All the way through history Girl, have the brain to act as like the weaker sex Down in the cockpit Man need the woman to pull him right out of it Down in the cockpit Man need the woman to pull him right out of it Queen wants the castle Back from the rascal Queen wants the castle, now! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! [Bridge] "Oh, look, what is this picture down in the hole?" "Well, I know that. The strange being was once abundant on this Earth. They would grow in great herds and many made important decisions. But now they are virtually extinct! Some say they were called Man!" [Chorus] All the way through history Man, machine, no miss-miss-mystery All the way through history Girl, have the brain to act as like the weaker sex Down in the cockpit Man need the woman to pull him right out of it Down in the cockpit Man need the woman to pull him right out of it Queen wants the castle Back from the rascal The Queen wants the castle Throw him! Down in the cockpit Man need the woman to pull him right out of it Down in the cockpit Man need the woman to pull him right out of it [Intro] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Oh-oh oh oh oh-oh, oh-oh oh oh oh-oh Oh-oh oh oh oh-oh, oh-oh oh oh oh-oh [Outro] Ow, ow, ow, ow! Oh-oh oh oh oh, down in the cockpit Oh-oh oh oh oh, down in the cockpit Oh-oh oh oh oh, down in the cockpit Oh-oh oh oh oh, down in the cockpit Oh-oh oh oh oh, down in the cockpit Oh-oh oh oh oh, down in the cockpit Oh-oh oh oh oh, down in the cockpit Oh-oh oh oh oh, down in the cockpit Oh-oh oh oh oh, down in the cockpit Oh-oh oh oh oh, down in the cockpit Oh-oh oh oh oh, down in the cockpit Oh-oh oh oh oh, down in the cockpit -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- English Roundabout -------- [Verse 1] People rushing 'round with no time to spare I'm so dizzy, I'm neither here nor there 'Neath this traffic jam, I just want to shout "Let me off of this English roundabout!" [Chorus] Oh-oh-oh, English roundabout Oh-oh-oh, English roundabout Oh-oh-oh, English rounda... And all the horns go 'Beep! Beep!' All the people follow like sheep I'm full of lights and sound Making my head go 'round, 'round, 'round, 'round [Verse 2] Everyone is cursing under their breath I'm a passenger, I feel close to death Hopeless situation, I have no doubt Stop the madness, English roundabout [Chorus] Oh-oh-oh, English roundabout Oh-oh-oh, English roundabout Oh-oh-oh, English rounda... And all the cars go "Vroom! Vroom!" And in my ears I feel a hum The neons blind my eyes All those tempers rise, rise, rise, rise [Verse 3] Cars and buses go, puffing out their smoke Roll my window down, I begin to choke I have had enough, I just want to get out Let me off of this English roundabout [Chorus] Oh-oh-oh, English roundabout Oh-oh-oh, English roundabout Oh-oh-oh, English rounda... Round, round, round, round Round, round, round, round Round, round, round, round Round, round, round, round Round, round, round, round Round, round, round, round Round, round, round, round Round, round, round, round [Outro] Round, round, round, round, round, round Round, round, round, round, round, round Round, round, round, round, round, round Round, round, round, round, round, round -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- Fly on the Wall -------- [Intro] "Here we go, then!" "Aargh!" "1, 2, 3, 4..." [Verse 1] I am the fly up on the wall My prying eyes are looking through your bottom drawer I just came flying through your door You didn't notice that your number had been called [Chorus 1] I see the mother beating the babe I see the money, the pennies you save Stored on computers, birth to the grave I'm telling you Fly on the wall See-see-see-seeing it all [Verse 2] I am the fly up on the wall You're in the index of the files that stand so tall Although your health is rather poor We have a place for those who cannot find a cure [Chorus 2] I know your income, your daily crust I know your pleasures, your passion, your lust I know when you're living and I know when you're dust I'm telling you Fly on the wall See-see-see-seeing it all [Bridge] One is born and one will die, it's all undertook The bit that's in the middle doesn't count, oh, no, don't count [Verse 1] I am the fly up on the wall My prying eyes are looking through your bottom drawer I just came flying through your door You didn't notice that your number had been called [Chorus 1] I see the mother beating the babe I see the money, the pennies you save Stored on computers, birth to the grave I'm telling you Fly on the wall See-see-see-seeing it all I'm telling you Fly on the wall See-see-see-seeing it all (woo!) Fly on the wall See-see-see-seeing it all Fly on the wall See-see-see-seeing it all Fly on the wall See-see-see-see-see-see-see... -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- It's Nearly Africa -------- [Verse 1] Chant your spirit free Rush to greet truth like a dart Shake your bag of bones Shake your bag of bones That's not traffic roar That's a leopard in your heart Shake your bag of bones Shake your bag of bones [Pre-Chorus 1] Go tell your stale friends Go tell false prophets and drug traffickers Not to try to push our bodies any faster Cause we're dancing with disaster And the first will be the last [Chorus] It's nearly Africa, whay-oh It's nearly Africa, whay-oh Any day now Any day now, now Any day now Any day now, now Any day now (it's nearly Africa!) Any day now, now Any day now (it's nearly Africa!) Any day now, now [Verse 2] Unplug future plans Finger-paint the sun on you Shake your bag of bones Shake your bag of bones Mend your missing links I think trust could be the glue Shake your bag of bones Shake your bag of bones [Pre-Chorus 2] Go tell your warboys Go tell all leeches and blind panickers Not to try to push your bodies any faster Cause we're dancing with disaster And the first will be the last [Chorus] It's nearly Africa, whay-oh It's nearly Africa, whay-oh Any day now Any day now, now Any day now Any day now, now Any day now (it's nearly Africa!) Any day now, now Any day now (it's nearly Africa!) Any day now, now [Bridge] Our civilization car is running wild Who did you give the whee-whee-wheel to? The fat man driving us over the edge of the nearest cliff-face Is he the same God that I've seen you kneel to? [Pre-Chorus 1] Go tell your stale friends Go tell false prophets and drug traffickers Not to try to push our bodies any faster Cause we're dancing with disaster And the first will be the last [Chorus] It's nearly Africa, whay-oh It's nearly Africa, whay-oh Any day now Any day now, now Any day now Any day now, now Any day now Any day now, now Any day now Any day now, now Any day now (it's nearly Africa!) Any day now, now Any day now (it's nearly Africa!) Any day now, now Any day now (it's nearly Africa!) Any day now, now Any day now (it's nearly Africa!) Any day now, now [Outro] Any day now (it's nearly Africa!) Any day now, now Any day now (it's nearly Africa!) Any day now, now Any day now (it's nearly Africa!) Any day now, now -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- Jason and the Argonauts -------- [Intro] There may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release [Verse 1] Oh, my head is spinning like the world And it's filled with beasts I've seen Let me put my bag down And I'll tell you it all right from the start Like the scarlet woman Who would pick on the boys she thought were green And the two faced man Who made a hobby of breaking his wife's heart [Chorus] Seems the more I travel From the foam to gravel As the nets unravel All exotic fish I find like Jason and the Argonauts There may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release like Jason and the Argonauts There may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release [Verse 2] I was in a land where men force women To hide their facial features And here in the west it's just the same But they're using make-up veils I've seen acts of every shade of terrible Come from man-like creatures And I've had the breath of liars Blowing me off-course in my sails [Chorus] Seems the more I travel From the foam to gravel As the nets unravel All exotic fish I find like Jason and the Argonauts There may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release like Jason and the Argonauts There may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release [Bridge] I have watched the manimals go by Buying shoes, buying sweets, buying knives I have watched the manimals and cried Buying time, buying ends to other people's lives ...be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release And there may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release And there may be no golden fleece But human... ...my head is spinning like the world And it is filled with beasts I've seen My head is spinning like the world And it is filled with beasts I've seen... ...there may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release Well, there may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release Well, there may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release... ...I have watched the manimals go by here Buying shoes and buying sweets and buying knives I have watched the manimals go by here They're buying shoes and buying sweets... ...my head is spinning like the world And it is filled with beasts I've seen Oh, my head it is spinning like the world And it is filled with beasts I've seen Oh, my head it is spinning like the world... ...there may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release Well, there may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release... I have watched the manimals go by Buying shoes, buying sweets and buying knives! I have watched the manimals and cried Buying time, buying ends to other people's lives [Chorus] Jason and the Argonauts There may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release like Jason and the Argonauts There may be no golden fleece But human riches Jason and the Argonauts There may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release like Jason and the Argonauts There may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release [Outro] ...there may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release Well, there may be no golden fleece But human riches I'll release... (Jason and the Argonauts) ...my head is spinning like the world And it is filled with beasts I've seen Oh, my head it is spinning like the world And it is filled with beasts I've seen... (Jason and the Argonauts) -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- Knuckle Down -------- [Verse 1] Knuckle down, love his skin It doesn't matter what color skin he's locked in, knuckle down Knuckle down and love that skin Knuckle down, love his race It doesn't matter if you win or lose a little face Knuckle down and love that race Because One bright morning, the world might end with a big bang Big bang And you'll never ever get yourself another chance So put aside the hoodoo and some of the voodoo About people being different They're not so different [Pre-Chorus 1] Take them by the arms and run to the street Take a little drum to supply some beat Soon the whole world will be up on its feet And dancing [Chorus] For my sake, won't you put your knuckles down, boys? Mine, mine For my sake, won't you put you knuckles down, boys, oys, oys [Verse 2] Knuckle down, love her skin It doesn't matter what color skin she's locked in, knuckle down Knuckle down and love that skin Knuckle down, love her race It doesn't matter if you win or lose a little face Knuckle down and love that race Be-be-because One bright morning you just might wake when the coin drops Coin drops Even though you think that love is such a corny thing You can burst the bubble, it's full up with trouble Says that people always got to be a-fighting, not right [Pre-Chorus 2] Take them by the arms and run to the fields Blow on your horn until Jericho yields Soon the whole world will lay down swords and shields For singing [Chorus] For my sake, won't you put your knuckles down, boys? Mine, mine For my sake, won't you put your knuckles down? [Pre-Chorus 1] Take them by the arms and run to the streets Take a little drum to kick up some beat Soon the whole world will be up on it's feet And da-da-da-da-da-da-dancing [Chorus] For my sake, won't you put your knuckles down, boys? Mine, mine For my sake, won't you put your knuckles down, boys? Mine, mine For my sake, won't you put your knuckles down? -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- Leisure -------- [Chorus] Leisure They taught me how to work But they can't teach me how to shirk correctly Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh [Verse 1] As you see, science once again robs us of our jobs They've put a microchip in my place I hide behind a screen of aggression nowadays It's just a way of saving some face [Chorus] So now I'm permanently drunk like the rest of the race with Leisure If you think I'm clowning I assure you that I'm drowning here in Leisure They taught me how to work But they can't teach me how to shirk correctly Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh [Verse 2] I spend all day and all my allowance on TV games Amusement heaven at the flick of a switch Instead of a lathe, I busy my fingers nowadays By scoring goals with the gentlest twitch [Chorus] I've forgotten how to use my legs to invade the pitch of Leisure If you think I'm clowning I assure you that I'm drowning here in Leisure They taught me how to work But they can't teach me how to shirk correctly Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh [Bridge] They had retired before I left school (Just saw no point in the standing in line) So I spend lots of time lounging at home (Why not come in 'cause the carpet is fine) What a waste of breath it is Searching for the jobs that don't exist [Chorus] So now I'm permanently drunk like the rest of the race with Leisure If you think I'm clowning I assure you that I'm drowning here in Lei... They taught me how to work But they can't teach me how to shirk correctly Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh La, la, la, la, leisure La, la, la, la, leisure [Outro] Lazybones, looking through the sun How'd you ever find your day's work? Oh, leisure (ooh leisure, leisure) Lazybones, looking through the sun How'd you ever expect to find your day's work? Oh, leisure -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- Melt the Guns -------- [Verse 1] Programmes of violence As entertainment Brings the disease into your room We know the germ Which is man-made in metal Is really the key to your own tomb [Pre-Chorus] Prevention is better than cure Bad apples affecting the pure You'll gather your senses, I'm sure Then agree to [Chorus] Melt the guns Melt the guns Melt the guns and never more to fire them Melt the guns Melt the guns Melt the guns and never more desire them Melt the guns (you wanna) Melt the guns Melt the guns and never more to fire them Melt the guns Melt the guns Melt the guns and never more desire them [Verse 2] Children will want them Mothers supply them As long as your killers are heroes And all the media Will fiddle while Rome burns Acting like modern-time Neroes [Pre-Chorus] Prevention is better than cure Bad apples affecting the pure You'll gather your senses, I'm sure Then agree to [Chorus] Melt the guns Melt the guns Melt the guns and never more to fire them Melt the guns Melt the guns Melt the guns and never more desire them Melt the guns (you want to) Melt the guns Melt the guns and never more to fire them Melt the guns (woo!) Melt the guns Melt the guns and never more desire them [Bridge] I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm I'm speaking to the Justice League of America The U.S. of A., hey you, yes you, yes you in particular When it comes to the judgement day And you're standing at the gates in your weaponry You dead go down on one knee Clasp your hands in prayer, start quoting me 'Cos we say... We say... Our father We've managed to contain the epidemic in one place, now Let's hope they shoot themselves instead of others Help to civilize the race now We've trapped the cause of the plague In the land of the free and the home of the brave And if you listen quietly You can hear them shootin' from grave to grave And if you listen quite quietly You can even hear them shooting from grave to grave If you listen quite quietly You can even hear them shooting from grave to grave From grave to grave, you do Ever listen to 'em shooting from grave to grave From grave to grave, from grave to grave You should melt the guns [Chorus] Melt the guns Melt the guns Melt the guns and never more to fire them Melt the guns Melt the guns (you wanna) Melt the guns and never more desire them Melt the guns (woo!) Melt the guns Melt the guns and never more to fire them Melt the guns Melt the guns (you wanna) Melt the guns and never more desire them [Outro] Melt the guns Melt the guns now Melt the guns Oh, melt the guns now Melt the guns Melt the guns now Melt the guns Melt the guns now Melt, melt, melt, melt, melt... Melt the guns, nevermore, melt the guns... Melt the guns down... Melt the guns, take the guns down, down, down Right down You wanna melt the guns, you wanna melt the guns on down Melt them, melt them, melt them, melt them down Take the guns and melt them down Take the guns and melt them down Take the guns and melt them down, now -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- No Thugs in Our House -------- [Verse 1] The insect-headed worker wife Will hang her waspies on the line The husband burns his paper, sucks his pipe While studying their cushion-floor His viscous poly-paste breath comes out Their wall-paper world is shattered by his shout A boy in blue is busy banging out a headache On the kitchen door [Pre-Chorus] And all the while Graham slept on Dreaming of a world where he could do Just what he wanted to [Chorus] No thugs in our house, are there dear? We made that clear We made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy No thugs in our house, are there dear? We made that clear We made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy [Verse 2] The young policeman who just can't grow a moustache Will open up his book And spoil their breakfast with reports of Asians Who have been so badly kicked Is this your son's wallet I've got here? He must have dropped it after too much beer! Oh, officer, we can't believe our little angel Is the one you've picked! [Pre-Chorus] And all the while Graham slept on Dreaming of a world where he could do Just what he wanted to [Chorus] No thugs in our house, are there dear? We made that clear We made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy No thugs in our house, are there dear? We made that clear We made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy [Bridge] They never read those pamphlets in his bottom drawer They never read that tattoo on his arm They thought that it was just a boys club badge he wore They never thought he'd cause folks any harm [Verse 3] The insect-headed worker-wife Will hang her waspies on the line She's singing something stale and simple Now this business has fizzled out Her little tune is such a happy song Her son is innocent, he can't do wrong 'Cos Dad's a judge and knows exactly What the job of judging's all about [Pre-Chorus] And all the while Graham slept on Dreaming of a world where he could do Just what he wanted to [Chorus] No thugs in our house, are there dear? We made that clear We made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy No thugs in our house, are there dear? We made that clear We made little Graham promise us he'd be a good boy No thugs in our house! No thugs in our house! No thugs in our house, dear! [Outro] No thugs in our house! No thugs in our house, woo! No thugs in our house! No thugs in our house, ow! No thugs in our house! No thugs in our house, woo! No thugs in our house, ow! No thugs in our house No thugs in our house, woo! No thugs in our house... -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- Runaways -------- [Chorus] Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway (Please come home) Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway (Please come home) [Verse 1] Daddy hit you in a temper But he's sorry now (Please come home) Just a quarrel had with mummy Just a family row (Please come home) [Pre-Chorus 1] You caught mum chasing dad with a knife (Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry) You ran away to escape from the fights (Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry) Now you're lost in a maze of neon light And she's worried, he's worried She's worried, oh [Chorus] Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway (Please come home) Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway (Please come home) [Verse 2] Pacing street lamps on the highway Haystack for your bed (Please come home) In the morning we will find you In papers to be read (Please come home) [Pre-Chorus 2] You heard screams from the warmth of your bed (Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry) You slumbered on without being fed (Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry) Now there's no more tears to be shed And she's sorry, he's sorry She's sorry, oh [Outro] Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway (Please come home, please come home) Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway (Please come home, please come home, please come home) Oh run a, oh run a, oh runaway (Please come home, please come home, please come home) -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- Senses Working Overtime -------- [Intro] [Verse 1] Hey, hey, the clouds are whey There's straw for the donkeys And the innocents can all sleep safely All sleep safely My, my, sun is pie There's fodder for the cannons And the guilty ones can all sleep safely All sleep safely [Pre-Chorus 1] And all the world is football-shaped It's just for me to kick in space And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste [Chorus 1] And I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to taste the difference 'tween a lemon and a lime Pain and pleasure, and the church bells softly chime [Verse 2] Hey, hey, night fights day There's food for the thinkers And the innocents can all live slowly All live slowly My, my, the sky will cry Jewels for the thirsty And the guilty ones can all die slowly All die slowly [Pre-Chorus 2] And all the world is biscuit-shaped It's just for me to feed my face And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste [Chorus 1] And I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to taste the difference 'tween a lemon and a lime Pain and pleasure, and the church bells softly chime [Bridge] And birds might fall from black skies (Whoo-whoo) And bullies might give you black eyes (Whoo-whoo) And buses might skid on black ice (Whoo-whoo) But to me they're very, very beautiful (England's glory) Beautiful (A striking beauty) [Pre-Chorus 1] And all the world is football-shaped It's just for me to kick in space And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste [Chorus 2] And I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to tell the difference 'tween the goods and crimes Dirt and treasure And there's one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to taste the difference 'tween a lemon and a lime Pain and pleasure, and the church bells softly chime -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- Snowman -------- [Chorus 1] It isn't even winter but I'm freezing, freezing This sort of feeling isn't pleasing And what I want to know, man Why, oh why does she treat me like a snowman? It isn't even winter but I'm freezing, freezing This sort of feeling isn't pleasing And what I want to know, man Why, oh why does she treat me like a snowman? [Verse] She's been building me Up quite steadily Seems like I've been here years and years and years and years I wait patiently Froze in history All ice water is tears and tears and tears and tears [Pre-Chorus] She treats me far too frosty This hanging on has cost me dear [Chorus 2] It isn't even winter, but I'm shivering, shivering Waiting for the love that's not delivering And what I want to know, man Why, oh why does she treat me like a snowman? It isn't even winter, but I'm shivering, shivering Waiting for the love that's not delivering And what I want to know Why, oh why does she treat me like a snowman? Ha! [Verse] She's been building me Up steadily Seems like I've been here years and years and years and years I wait patiently Froze in history All ice water is tears and tears and tears and tears [Pre-Chorus] She treats me far too frosty This hanging on has cost me It seems you would say I was too soft hearted If you made a dunce cap, I'd don it People will always be tempted to wipe their feet On anything with "Welcome" written on it [Chorus 1] It isn't even winter but I'm freezing, freezing This sort of feeling isn't pleasing And what I want to know, man Why, oh why does she treat me like a snowman? Ha! It's just a little winter but I'm shivering, shivering I'm waiting for the love that's not delivering And hat I want to know Why, oh why does she treat me like a snowman? Ha! [Outro] (Why, oh why?) Does she treat me, does she treat me (Why, oh why?) Does she treat me, does she treat me (Why, oh why?) Does she treat me like a snowman (Why, oh why?) Just like a snowman -------- 1982 English Settlement -------- -------- Yacht Dance -------- [Verse 1] We, we will dance like tiny boats with cotton sails Upon the tops of the seas That would pull us down to depths and crush us flat If given half a chance No need to look back To pictures of lost When all was rust We, we will skim across the surface of the mud As if we're spinning pebbles [Chorus] Whoa, whoa, whoa! Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho In our yacht dance, doo da dut doo da da dut Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho In our yacht dance [Verse 2] We, we will dance like tiny boats with cotton sails Upon the tops of the seas Made of people stained with scorn Who never see the light of real love No need to look back Through diaries of lost Now turned to dust We, we will skate across the surface of the storm As if we're wheeling sea-birds [Chorus] Whoa, whoa, whoa! Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho In our yacht dance, doo da dut doo da da dut Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho In our yacht dance [Bridge] And how they'll be jealous of both of us In our yacht dance [Verse 2] We, we will dance like tiny boats with cotton sails Upon the, 'pon the tops of the sea Made of people stained with scorn Who never see the light of real love [Chorus] Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho In our yacht dance, roo da dut doo da da dut Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho In our yacht dance -------- 1983 Mummer -------- -------- Beating of Hearts -------- [Verse 1] Do you know what noise awakes you Every morning from your bed A-coming from the farthest hillside A-coming from inside your head [Chorus] You have heard You have heard the loudest sound In this and every world you can think of Louder than tanks on the highway Louder than bombers in flight Louder than noises of hatred Dancing us from darkest night is the rhythm of love Powered on the the beating of hearts [Verse 2] And did you know you had this power? Drumming on it always stays Never try to use it badly Tunes of good are all it plays [Chorus] And you have heard You have heard the loudest sound In this and every world you can visit Louder than tanks on the highway Louder than bombers in flight Louder than noises of hatred Dancing us from darkest night is the rhythm of love Powered on the the beating of hearts [Bridge] For a heart without love is a song with no words And a tune to which no one is listening So your heart must give love and you'll find that you shine Like the rain on the leaves, you'll be glistening [Chorus] You have heard You have heard the loudest sound In this and every world you can think of Louder than thoughts of dictators Louder than rattling swords Louder than loading of rifles Louder than screaming warlords Louder than tanks on the highway Louder than bombers in flight Louder than noises of hatred Dancing us from darkest night is the rhythm of love Powered on the the beating of hearts -------- 1983 Mummer -------- -------- Deliver Us from the Elements -------- We can plant a seed and watch it grow Food enough to fill a table Running water down an overflow Eat as much as we are able But would the fruit turn ripe If the rains had never been? Oh Lord, deliver us from the elements We, at Your mercy and Your reverence Oh Lord, deliver us from the elements We've no defense, we are impotent You can travel far to distant lands Some, so hot, no man could bear You can conquer peaks with winds of sand Where Mother Nature didn't care Would not our world turn cold If the sun refused to shine? Oh Lord, deliver us from the elements We, at Your mercy and Your reverence Oh Lord, deliver us from the elements We've no defense, we are impotent And when the world grows old And we know more than our brains can hold Nature will be law Well, we're as helpless, now, as we've ever been before Would not our world turn cold If the sun refused to shine? Oh Lord, deliver us from the elements We, at Your mercy and Your reverence Oh Lord, deliver us from the elements We've no defense, we are impotent Oh Lord, deliver us from the elements We, at Your mercy and Your reverence Oh Lord, deliver us from the elements We've no defense, we are impotent Oh Lord, deliver us from the elements Oh Lord, deliver us from the elements Oh Lord, deliver us from the elements -------- 1983 Mummer -------- -------- Funk Pop a Roll -------- Funk pop a roll beats up my soul Oozing like napalm from the speakers and grill Of your radio into the mouths of babes And across the backs of its willing slaves Funk pop a roll consumes you whole Gulping in your opium so copiously From a disco, everything you eat is waste But swallowing is easy when it has no taste They can fix you rabbits up With your musical feed They can fix you rabbits up Big money selling you stuff that you really do not need They can fix you rabbits up With your musical feed They can fix you rabbits up Big money selling you stuff that you really do not need Funk pop a roll for fish in shoals Music by the yard for the children they keep Like poseable dolls, the young to them are mistakes Who only want bread but they're force-fed cake Funk pop a roll the only goal The music business is a hammer to keep You pegs in your holes but please don't listen to me I've already been poisoned by this industry Funk pop a roll beats up my soul Funk pop a roll beats up my soul Bye bye -------- 1983 Mummer -------- -------- Great Fire -------- [Verse 1] Great fire burning, you supplied the spark Fires burning spreading through the ark Animals are panicking I'm animal and panicking [Pre-Chorus 1] Your glance, a match on the tinder wood You never spoke but I understood Bring water Eyes, bring water [Chorus 1] Great fire burning through Great fire burning through my house Great fire burning through my house and heart [Verse 2] Great fire burning, all because of you Fires burning spreading through the zoo Animals are panicking I'm animal panicking [Pre-Chorus 2] No round of drinks can extinguish this Feeling of love and engulfing bliss Bring water Eyes, bring water [Chorus 2] Great fire burning through Great fire burning through my house Great fire burning through my house and heart [Bridge] I've been in love before But it's never been as hot as this Smoke curling 'round the door Memories of old loves crack and Blister, mister fireman Bet you couldn't put me out if you tried [Pre-Chorus 3] Your glance, a match on the tinder wood You never spoke but I understood Bring water Eyes, bring water [Chorus 3] Great fire burning Great fire burning Great fire burning through Great fire burning through my house Great fire burning through my house and heart Great fire burning through Great fire burning through my house Great fire burning through my house and heart Great fire burning through Great fire burning through my house Great fire burning through my house and heart Great fire burning through Great fire burning through my house Great fire burning through my house and heart -------- 1983 Mummer -------- -------- Human Alchemy -------- An alchemy, human alchemy We stole them from their Freedom to be sold To turn their skins of black Into the skins of brightest gold An alchemy, human alchemy We stoked the fires of trade With human coals And made our purses From the flailed skins of purest souls An alchemy, human alchemy Other lands became a larder full of all the good things All we had to do was go and take Blood, the color of the rain that grew our wicked harvest Black, the color icing on our cake An alchemy, human alchemy Other lands became a larder full of all the good things All we had to do was go and take Blood, the color of the rain that grew our wicked harvest Black, the color icing on our cake We stole their babes and mothers Chiefs and braves Although we held the whip You knew we were the real slaves To alchemy, human alchemy Alchemy, human alchemy An alchemy, human alchemy Alchemy, human alchemy Alchemy, human alchemy Human, human alchemy -------- 1983 Mummer -------- -------- In Loving Memory of a Name -------- Boom goes my heart Dancing around your daisies Church bells will start Sat on you reading your ages I drift away In loving memory of a name Covered in moss You may have died for your country Forgotten, not lost You're laid to rest where you're wanted I stare awhile In loving memory of a name England can never repay you You gave your life to be buried alongside The place you loved The sermons attended when you were young Still echo round these churchyard walls England can never repay you You gave your life to be buried alongside The place you loved The sermons attended when you were young Still echo round these churchyard walls Heroes and rogues Together surrounded by nature Lump in my throat Sat in the land of your maker I drift away Loving memory of a name Loving memory of a name Loving memory of a name ... -------- 1983 Mummer -------- -------- Ladybird -------- Oh ladybird I have heard you wish to walk me through your garden I crave your pardon if I woke you with my thinking Ladybird Oh ladybird I have heard you wish to walk me through your meadow You'll spread no wings to fly in fright if I'm beside you Ladybird All through the winter time When wood was warm and splintered Time seemed longer than a goods train Now that spring is back again I'll ask your name, your name Oh ladybird I have heard you wish to walk across my pillow No weeping willow was ever as beautiful, sad as you are Ladybird And as you're walking past I'm laying on the grass and making chains of thought To snare you with my wit But bit by bit, you fade to gone, gone All through the iron season Love was hanged and treason became Something of a parlor game Now sun is back in power, I'll ask your name, your name Oh ladybird I have heard you have to run to tend your children No flood can drown nor fire blacken purest longing For ladybird Ladybird Ladybird Ladybird ... -------- 1983 Mummer -------- -------- Love on a Farmboy's Wages -------- High climbs the summer sun High stands the corn And tonight, when my work is done We will borrow your father's carriage We will drink and prepare for marriage Soon, my darling, soon, my darling Shilling for the fellow who brings the sheep in Shilling for the fellow who milks the herd Shilling for the fellow with a wife for keeping How can we feed love on a farmboy's wages? Deep under winter snow Deep lay the lambs And tonight, by the full moon's glow Flask of wine on my feather bedding We will drink and prepare for wedding Soon, my darling, soon, my darling Shilling for the fellow who brings the sheep in Shilling for the fellow who milks the herd Shilling for the fellow with a wife for keeping How can we feed love on a farmboy's wages? People think that I'm no good Painting pictures carving wood Be a rich man if I could But the only job I do well, is here, on the farm On the farm and it's breaking my back We will borrow your father's carriage We will drink and prepare for marriage Soon, my darling, soon, my darling Shilling for the fellow who brings the sheep in Shilling for the fellow who milks the herd Shilling for the fellow with a wife for keeping How can we feed? Shilling for the fellow who brings the sheep in Shilling for the fellow who milks the herd Shilling for the fellow with a wife for keeping How can we feed love on a farmboy's How can we feed love on a farmboy's How can we feed love on a farmboy's wages? -------- 1983 Mummer -------- -------- Me and the Wind -------- Me and the wind are celebrating your loss Me and the wind are pulling kites and pushing tress Me and the wind are celebrating your loss Me and the wind are feeling freer than air should ever be Should ever be should ever be should ever And when you lured me into your syrup All I could think of was what a lovely way for me to go I never really realised that Just like the struggling summer flies that I was drowning no matter how sweet or how slow Have I been such a fool Have I been sitting on your stool While you cracked the whip While you cracked the whip I danced imprisoned in your drumbeat Your tune of spring had me whirling like a mad march Merry hare It never really came to mind that Just as the hunter's wires bind that The strings of your instrument were strangling me Inside their snare Have I been such a fool Have I been sitting on your stool While you held the hoop While you held the hoop Now that I'm out and I'm shouting in doorways Freed from a love more like murder I should be singing but in liberation Feel like a ship with no rudder Me and the wind are celebrating your loss Have I been such a fool -------- 1983 Mummer -------- -------- Wonderland -------- Can't you see, love and affection When it's put in your direction? Wrapped in your mysterious wonderland No fast car can make you grow up Gentlemen, you think you've sewn up Locked in your wonderful wonderland No dark horse like me Can cramp all of your style Too plain and simple I am for your file One day you will break out of your spell And some day you will want me for your own And I'll say, "Welcome to reality" All this talk of late-night parties Flirting with the lower gentry Lost in your magical wonderland Out of depth, out of class Phase of your life will come to pass Caught in this tragical wonderland All of the riches That shine will turn sour Each moment you slip You will bring near the hour And one day you will break out of your spell And some day you will want me for your own And I'll say, "Welcome to reality" Wrapped in your mysterious wonderland Caught in your superficial Nonexistent fairy-story wonderland Caught in your tragical wonderland Wonderland Mysterious, wonderland Wonderland -------- 1984 The Big Express -------- -------- All You Pretty Girls -------- [Intro] Do something for me, boys If I should die at sea, boys Write a little note, boys Set it off afloat, saying [Chorus] Bless you, bless you, all of you pretty girls Village and city girls by the quayside Bless you, bless you, all of you pretty girls Watching and waiting by the sea Bless you, bless you, all of you pretty girls Quiet or witty girls by the quayside Bless you, bless you, all of you pretty girls Watching and waiting there for me I think about your pale arms waving When I see the caps upon the green And the rocking roller-coaster ocean Think about you every night when I'm fathoms asleep And in my dreams We are rocking in a similar motion [Chorus] I think about the salt sea rolling Down in pearly tears upon your cheeks Just like the day the harbor pulled away I think about your warm white sheets unfolding The more I have to drink The more that I can think to say [Intro] [Chorus x3] -------- 1984 The Big Express -------- -------- I Bought Myself a Liarbird -------- I bought myself a liarbird He came with free drinks just to blur The lies falling out like rain On an average English summer's afternoon I bought myself a new notebook Sharpened my guitar and went to look If this biz was just as bongo As the liarbird made out All he would say Is, "I can make you famous'' All he would say All he would say "Just like a household name'' is All he would say Methinks world is for you Made of what you believe If it's false or it's true You can read it in your Bible Or on the back of this record sleeve I bought myself a liarbird Things got more and more absurd It changed to a cuckoo And expanded filling up with all I gave I bought myself a big mistake He grew too greedy, bough will break And then we will find that liarbirds Are really flightless on their own And all he would say Is, "I can make you famous'' All he would say All he would say "Just like a household name'' is All he would say Methinks world is for you There's no handing it back If it's false or it's true You can read it in your prayer book Or on the side of a cornflake pack I gave away a liarbird A couple less drinks and now I've heard The truth shining out like sun On an average English winter's afternoon -------- 1984 The Big Express -------- -------- I Remember the Sun -------- Hot as golden sand in fields We whiled away the hours I'm thinking of the days we had Enormous super powers Yes, I'm sleeping, my mind's on the blink I thought a page, like it's written in ink When I remember distant days I remember many things But most of all, I remember the sun Most of all, I remember the sun Most of all, I remember the sun Squinting at the sun through eyes Screwed up by a fireball Tarmac on the road is soft Chaff burns in a smoke wall Yes, I'm weeping, a teardrop attack I give emotion at the drop of a hat When I remember days at school I remember many things But most of all, I remember the sun Most of all, I remember the sun Most of all, I remember the sun Sun that worked on overtime Fueled our bodies, kindled fire in our minds Burning scars soon disappear Like heat that hangs like water on the road But most of all, I remember the sun Most of all, I remember the sun Most of all, I remember the sun Most of all, I remember the sun Most of all, I remember the sun Most of all, I remember the sun I remember the sun, I remember -------- 1984 The Big Express -------- -------- Reign of Blows -------- Reign of blows, reign of blows Reign of blows cascading down upon your shoulders Far too many men dressed up as soldier The lamb is brought to the ground Under the weight of the crown A crown of thorns and dark deeds The swastika and the hammer and sickle Are symbols that reap only weeds The reign of blows, reign of blows Reign of blows precedes a storm of revolution People have no place in their solution So torture raises its head Decked out in blue, white and red And iron maidens will slam And by the half light of burning republics Joe Stalin looks just like Uncle Sam Reign of blows, reign of blows Reign of blows has washed away the corpse of Abel Cain is now the king in every Babel I just don't care who you are When Death draws up in his car And talks in terrorist tones Remember violence is only a vote for the Black Queen to take back the throne Reign of blows, reign of blows Reign of blows, reign of blows Reign of blows, reign of blows ... -------- 1984 The Big Express -------- -------- Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her -------- It's raining on the beach She inches close but out of reach The waves look painted on Seagulls screaming The sea is warship gray It whispers, "Fool" then slides away Black coastline slumbers on Seagulls screaming kiss her, kiss her And all the flags that flap on the pier Spell why on earth do you want The fog hides much but one thing is clear She's nearer Dead deck chairs under shrouds And life belts gape like minstrel mouths Her hair still smells of salt Seagulls screaming kiss her, kiss her Kiss her, kiss her, kiss her, kiss her He who hesitates is lost If you want her, you should tell her Take her by the hand If you hesitate If you wait, November wins her, November will win her She returns to sand so get a hold of the girl I say, I like your coat Her thank-you tugs my heart afloat I nearly didn't hear for Seagulls screaming kiss her, kiss her He who hesitates is lost -------- 1984 The Big Express -------- -------- Shake You Donkey Up -------- Here he come again Dress in all that skin Like he was still human being Look at he long ears And he big brown eyes And with them truth he is seeing Isn't it a shame you kicked that girl Isn't it a shame she kicked you back, jackass She really shake you donkey up She really make you donkey up She really shake you donkey up, quite a packet She really shake you donkey up She really make you donkey up She really shake you donkey up, quite a packet How she carry you Over thick and thin ice You still dug you spurs in Now you forced to walk Laden down with shame It's not just you back that's hurting Isn't it a shame you kicked that girl Isn't it a shame she kicked you back, jackass She really shake you donkey up She really make you donkey up She really shake you donkey up, quite a packet She really shake you donkey up She really make you donkey up She really shake you donkey up, quite a packet Now children saddle him for riding Pick a fight with love and she will Tan your hide in She really shake you donkey up She really make you donkey up She really shake you donkey up She really shake you donkey up She really make you donkey up She really shake you donkey up She really shake you donkey up She really make you donkey up She really shake you donkey up, quite a packet She really shake you donkey up She really make you donkey up She really shake you donkey up, quite a packet Shake you donkey! Shake you donkey! Shake you donkey! Shake, shake -------- 1984 The Big Express -------- -------- The Everyday Story of Smalltown -------- Smalltown, snoring under blankets Woken by the clank It's just the milkman's dawn round Smalltown, hiding undercovers The lodgers and the lovers Are asleep 'round Smalltown Shiny gray black snake of bikes He slithers Bearing up the men and boys To work We're standing in poplar lines Making alarm clocks that'll wake our wives up Don't ask us, we haven't the time We're racing the hooter that'll signal life's up Smalltown, crouching in the valley Woken by the sally army Sunday march round Smalltown, coughing in the toilet Now who on earth would spoil it Would they pull down Smalltown? If it's all the same to you Mrs. Progress Think I'll drink my Oxo up And get away It's not that you're repulsive to see In your brand new catalog nylon nightie You're too fast for little old me Next you'll be telling me it's 1990 I have lived here for a thousand years or maybe more And I've sheltered all the children who have fought the wars And as payment they make love in me Squeaky old beds, in bicycle sheds Inside of their heads, as singles and weds As Tories and Reds And that's how I'm fed And that's how I'm fed Smalltown, snoring under blankets Woken by the clank It's just the milkman's dawn round Smalltown, hiding undercovers The lodgers and the lovers Are asleep 'round Smalltown Smalltown, crouching in the valley Woken by the sally army Sunday march round Smalltown, coughing in the toilet Now who on earth would spoil it Till you pull down Smalltown Smalltown Smalltown Smalltown Smalltown Smalltown Smalltown Smalltown Smalltown Smalltown Smalltown -------- 1984 The Big Express -------- -------- This World Over -------- Ah well, that's this world over Ah well, next one begins Will you smile like any mother As you bathe your brand new twins? Will you sing about the missiles As you dry odd numbered limbs? [Chorus] Ah well, that's this world over Ah well, next one begins Ah well, that's this world over You sadly grin Will you tell them about that far off and mythical land About their leader with the famous face? Will you tell them that the reason nothing ever grows In the garden anymore Because he wanted to win the craziest race That's this world over Will you smile like any father With your children on a Sunday hike? When you get to a sea of rubble And they ask "What was London like?" You tell them: [Chorus] Will you tell them about that far off and mythical land And how a child to the virgin came? Will you tell them that the reason why we murdered Everything upon the surface of the world So we can stand right up and say we did it in his name? That's this world over Or so it seems That's this world over The end of dreams That's this world over, over, over and out -------- 1984 The Big Express -------- -------- Train Running Low on Soul Coal -------- Me train running low on soul coal They push pull tactics are driving me loco They shouldn't do that, no, no, no They shouldn't do that Me train running low on dream steam They pull me whistle too hard, me bound to scream And they shouldn't do that, no, no, no They shouldn't do that Think I'm going South for the winter Think I'm going mad in this hinterland Between young and old I'm a thirty year old puppy doing what I'm told And I'm told there's no more coal For the older engines Me train running low on soul coal They push pull tactics are driving me loco They shouldn't do that, no, no, no, no, no, no, no They shouldn't do that Me train running low on dream steam They pull me whistle too hard me bound to scream And they shouldn't do that, no, no, no They shouldn't do that, no Think I'm going South for the winter Think I'm going West and my sprinter's speed Is reduced to a crawl My rails went straight but straight into the wall It's the wall on which they dash the older engines And all my servants are leaving Imagination gone packing Can't find the wound from where I'm bleeding He's just a nut and he's cracking Hammer goes down, brakes all scream Me and a couple of empty carriages Slide down hill, still Next stop, bad dreams ville Think I'm going South for the winter, yeah yeah Think I'm going West and my sprinter's speed Is reduced to a crawl My rails went straight, straight to the wall It's the wall on which they dash the older engines, no Me train running low on soul coal Me train running low on soul coal Me train running low on soul coal Me train running low on soul coal Me train running low Me train running low Me train running low on soul coal Me train running low Me train running low Me train running low Me train running low Me train running low Me train running low Me train running low Me train running low Me train running Me train running low Me train running low Me train running low Me train running low [Incomprehensible] -------- 1984 The Big Express -------- -------- Wake Up! -------- You put your cleanest dirty shirt on Then you stagger down to meet the dawn You take a ride upon a bus, it's just a fuss You know it keeps you born You get to know a morning face You get to join the human race You get to know the world has passed you by Who cares? You might be dead Who cares? You stayed in bed Who cares? You wrote the note Who cares? You might have spoke Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up You take a snack to fill the gap And then you're ready for another shift Your attention was diverted By the girl who smiled and made the lift The radio is blaring out It's in one ear and then it's out You didn't notice that the record's over Who cares? You might be dead Who cares? You stayed in bed Who cares? You wrote the note Who cares? You might have spoke Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up In the road a crowd had gathered And a man was close to dead The blood is running down the gutter While you're yawning, nothing's said His body's wriggling like an eel They got no sense, no touch, no feel Somebody better go and get a blanket Who cares? You might be dead Who cares? You stayed in bed Who cares? You wrote the note Who cares? You might have spoke Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up, who cares? Wake up Wake up Wake up ... -------- 1984 The Big Express -------- -------- You're The Wish You Are I Had -------- What was I supposed to do? I turned around with the world and she simply was there My blood ran like ice right through She had your face and your lips and your eyes and your hair You're the wish you are I had You're the wish you are I had You're the wish that I had I wonder if she knows that when I made her up I made her eat an apple and I made her drink a cup or two Wish, wish, wish, wish, wish Wish, wish, wish, wish, wish for you Who'd believe me if I said I brought an angel to earth by the power of mind Think I'm going off my head She caught the same bus as me and she sat down behind You're the wish you are I had You're the wish you are I had You're the wish that I had Little did I know that on a rainy day All the little wishes I had put away would bring you Wish, wish, wish, wish, wish Wish, wish, wish, wish, wish for you, yeah Well, if wishing is bad, bad, bad Then send me to hell, hell, hell But if you take my wish away Then this cold world would burn as well You're the wish you are I had You're the wish you are I had You're the wish that I had I wonder if she knows that when I made her up I made her eat an apple and I made her drink a cup or two Wish, wish, wish, wish, wish Wish, wish, wish, wish, wish You're the wish you are I had You're the wish you are I had You're the wish that I had Little did I know that on a rainy day All the little wishes I had put away would bring you Wish, wish, wish, wish, wish Wish, wish, wish, wish, wish for you, ooh You're the wish you are I had You're the wish you are I had You're the wish you are I had ... -------- 1985 25 O'Clock -------- -------- 25 O'Clock -------- Time... The urge to take you grows more strong For time had made me wait too long Each watch I smash apart, just adding to my power Each watch I smash apart, just bringing near the hour Of 25 o'clock, that's when you're going to be mine 25 o'clock, we'll be together 'til the end of time At 25 o'clock The ticking seconds hear them call My spell of hours will make you fall Each timer that I break will halt the flowing sands Each timer that I break will put you in my hands At 25 o'clock, that's when you're going to be mine 25 o'clock, we'll be together 'til the end of time At 25 o'clock Each watch I smash apart, just adding to my power Each watch I smash apart, just bringing near the hour At 25 o'clock, that's when you're going to be mine 25 o'clock, we'll be together 'til the end of time At 25 o'clock, that's when you're going to be mine 25 o'clock, we'll be together 'til the end of time 'Till the end of time 'Till the end 'Till the end, of... TIME!!! -------- 1985 25 O'Clock -------- -------- Bike Ride to the Moon -------- Push me off to start the fun On a bike ride to the moon Lots of room for everyone On a bike ride to the moon And we'll bring back cheese for my Auntie Jane And some magic moon dust that'll stop the rain On my poor Uncle Alfred's head, even though he stays in bed (Silly Alfred) Why not bring a pot of tea On a bike ride to the moon Angel cake for you and me On a bike ride to the moon And we'll pack a tent 'case it's cold at night And I'll share your sleeping bag if I might And might be a positive boon To protect you from the man in the moon (Who happens to be me, look out!) Racing forward, can't look back On a bike ride to the moon What did I omit to pack On a bike ride to the moon? With the stars all glinting in the shiny Chrome Then I suddenly remembered what I left at home Now I shan't be peddling any higher 'Cos a sharp sputnik has given me a cosmic flat tyre -------- 1985 25 O'Clock -------- -------- My Love Explodes -------- My love explodes all over the world for you, yeah you My love explodes in diamonds and pearls for you, just you When the straight plastic bowler men Grab your soul and pull you down down down Call my name on your dream telephone Catch a saucer and I'll be around Blow 'em out of town My love explodes My love explodes like the stars up in space for you, yeah you My love explodes with the whole human race for you, just you When the walls are all closing in And your paradise goes wrong wrong wrong Spell my name on your pillow tonight Catch a rainbow and I'll be along Singing coloured songs My love explodes I've got people billions of people Waiting here for bliss All it takes to free these people Is the power of a kiss, my love explodes My love explodes all over the world for you, yeah you My love explodes in diamonds and pearls for you, just you My love explodes (Spoken) That is the most obscene abomination of a song that I... that is trash, that is dirt, that is filth! What possessed you to write such a disgusting, degeneratized song as that? And I'm complementing you by even calling it a song... -------- 1985 25 O'Clock -------- -------- Open a Can of Human Beans -------- Turn that opener at a pretty fast rate Pour out the contents on a big round plate Poke around a while and then you'll see They're just like you and they're just like me Open a can of human beans Open a can and see their crazy dreams And stranger schemes Open a can of human beans Open a can and see their loving scenes With war machines Everybody got an appetite on fire Everybody want a slice of heaven But of self-devouring we will never tire If you are what you eat Grab a knife and fork and take your seat Open a can of human beans Open a can and see their crazy dreams In reds and greens Open a can of human beans Open a can and see their loving scenes In magazines Everybody got a feeding frenzy now Everybody want a piece of action But we think that we're above the pig sheep cow If you are what you eat Shake hands with your dinner when we meet Turn that opener at a pretty fast rate Pour out the contents on a big round plate Poke around a while and then you'll see They're just like you and they're just like me Everybody's got an appetite on fire Everybody wants a slice of heaven But of self-devouring we will never tire If you are what you eat Grab a knife and fork and take your seat Open a can Open a can Open a can -------- 1985 25 O'Clock -------- -------- The Mole from the Ministry -------- If you think there's something wrong Holes appearing on your lawn Don't you blame the man next door It's not him Flowers walk from place to place Dark spot moves around your face Objects vanish without trace It's not you I'm the mole from the ministry And you'll all bow down to me I'm the mole in your potting shed I'm the bad thoughts inside your head And you won't catch me (fish and visitors smell after three days) If you thinks there's something strange Garden starts to rearrange From perfect lawn to mountain range It's not you I'm the mole from the ministry Working underground And you'll all bow down to me Moving facts and figures all around I'm the mole in your potting shed Undermine your world I'm the bad thoughts inside your head And you shouldn't think me, no! And you shouldn't think me Mole Mole Mole -------- 1985 25 O'Clock -------- -------- Tin Toy Clockwork Train -------- Tin toy clockwork train Driving all around your brain Take you there and back again In a tin toy clockwork train Tin toy clockwork train The driver is a toad whose eyes Are painted on his cheeks Pulling on a whistle made of candy cane Climb aboard and we can all go tripping To a place where everything is sublime You'll arrive before the past has happened Get you back on time Tin toy clockwork train Driving all around your brain Take you there and back again In a tin toy clockwork train Tin toy clockwork train The guardsman is a chimp Who's waving his electric flags The tickets are collected by a wind-up man Climb aboard and we all can go tripping To a station at the back of your head Signals change and now we're all unzipping Next stop feather bed (Come on, hurry up, get on board, look out, hold on top) Tin toy clockwork train Driving all around your brain Take you there and back again In a tin toy clockwork train Tin toy clockwork train Tin toy clockwork train Driving all around your brain Take you there and back again In a tin toy clockwork train Tin toy clockwork train -------- 1985 25 O'Clock -------- -------- What in the World??... -------- 2032 Housewives shock in blue What in the world is it coming to? What in the world 2033 Cannabis in tea What in the world, acid is free What in the world If daddy could see today He'd be turning in his grave If mummy could see the way The boys and girls and the manner in which They talk to their parents 2034 Women fight the wars Men are too bored, they're scrubbing floors Men are too bored They're staying at home Doing the chores What in the world Do you remember when this life Was in perspective and the grownups were respected They'd give up a seat on the bus Open your door with no fuss 2035 The whole world's one beehive Throw us a line you might be in time Throw us a line What in the world Who gets the girl What in the world -------- 1985 25 O'Clock -------- -------- Your Gold Dress -------- You gold dress is whirling around Like a fan it's lifting you high High above the ground Never coming down You gold dress is burning alight Deafens me with the sound of the sun Setting fire to the night And everything's all right Vibrations coming my way When you're floating on by In your gold dress Vibrations coming to play When you're filling the sky With your gold ... dress Your gold dress is shaming the stars A thousand melting Dali Guitars Make no sound And dripping slowly down Your gold dress is all I can see Blind my eyes but there it will be Beacon burning bright And everything's all right Your gold dress! -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- 1000 Umbrellas -------- One thousand umbrellas Upturned couldn't catch all the rain That drained out of my head When you said we were Over and over I cried 'Til I floated downstream To a town they call Misery, oh oh misery Misery oh oh misery And one million teacups I bet couldn't hold all the wet That fell out of my eyes When you fell out with me Now I'm crawling the wallpaper That's looking more like a roadmap To misery, oh oh misery How can you smile and forecast Weather's getting better And you'll soon forget her If you let the sunshine come through How can you smile and forecast Weather's getting better If you never let a girl rain all over you And just when I thought that my vista was golden in hue One thousand umbrellas opened to spoil the view One million salt seas Recalled from school atlas Alas, would be filled to the brim Sunny Jim couldn't jump it How can I be pleased When I'm handed the keys To a town they call Misery Oh oh Misery So with a mop and a bucket I'll just say forget her And carry on sweeping up Where I've been weeping The Jesters will creep in To strike down the newly crowned Monarch Of Misery, oh oh Misery How can you smile and forecast Weather's getting better And you'll soon forget her If you let the sunshine come through How can you smile and forecast Weather's getting better If you never let a girl rain all over you Just when I thought that my skies were a June July blue One thousand umbrellas opened Two thousand umbrellas opened Ten thousand umbrellas opened to spoil the view -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- Another Satellite -------- [Verse 1] My heart is taken, it's not lost in space And I don't want to see your mooney, mooney face I say why on Earth do you revolve around me? Aren't you aware of the gravity? Don't need another satellite [Verse 2] I'm happy standing on my feet of clay I have no wish to swim your Milky, Milky Way I say why on Earth do you send your letters 'round here Only to gum up the atmosphere Don't need another satellite [Chorus 1] So circling we'll orbit another year Two worlds that won't collide So circling we'll orbit another year Moon still tries to steal the tide away [Post-Chorus 1] Fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa ta-ta-ta Don't need another satellite Fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa ta-ta-ta Don't need another satellite [Verse 3] Abort your mission let's just say you tried Before you glimpse I have a darker darker side I say why in Heaven's name do you come on these trips Only to freeze in a total eclipse Don't need another satellite [Chorus 2] So circling we'll orbit another year Two worlds that won't collide So circling we'll orbit another year Moon still tries to steal the tide away Don't need another satellite [Outro until fade-out] Fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa ta-ta-ta Don't need another satellite Fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa ta-ta-ta Don't need another satellite Fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa ta-ta-ta Don't need another satellite Fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa ta-ta-ta Don't need another satellite Fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa ta-ta-ta Don't need another satellite -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- Ballet for a Rainy Day -------- [Verse 1] Orange and lemon Raincoats roll and tumble Together, just liked fruit tipped from a tray Pineapple wet heads Watch new hairdos crumble As scenery sunlight shifts away [Chorus 1] Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play [Verse 2] Apples and cherries Are varnished in water Despite, striped awnings bright dismay I push my paintbrush To conjure a new world While this one is slowly washed away [Chorus 2] Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Dancing out there through my window To the backdrop of a slow descending grey [Bridge] When it rains, it rains All the colors in my paintbox When it rains, it rains Tickets for the front row seats Up on the rooftops [Verse 3] Orange and lemon Raincoats roll and tumble Together, dropped in diamond disarray [Chorus 3] Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Dancing out there through my window Behind the curtain silver falling Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Dancing out there through my window To the backdrop of a slow descending grey -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- Big Day -------- It's your big day, your big day So you want to tie the knot Tie it tight, don't let it rot, the memory of this day Are you deafened by the bells? Could be heaven, could be hell In a cell for two Big day come and big day go Life goes on after the show But will your love have the fire and glow Like on the big day? Statistics, they don't say a lot But can you keep what you have got forever, together? There's a lesson to be learnt Many fingers have been burnt with the touch of gold Love can come and love can go What your chance is, I don't know But if you have love, then let it show like on the big day You're a new recruit (The big day) In your wedding suit There's a lesson to be learnt Many fingers have been burnt with the touch of gold Big day come and big day go What your chance is I don't know But if you have love then let it show like on the big day Yes, you're looking fine (Big day) Sign on the dotted line (Big day) It's your wedding march today (Big day) You're the new recruit (The big day) In your wedding suit (Like on the big day) Yes, you're looking fine (The big day) Sign on the dotted line (The big day) It's your wedding march today (Big day) Your big day (Big day) -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- Dear God -------- [Verse 1] Dear God, hope you got the letter and... I pray you can make it better down here I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer But all the people that you made in your image See them starving on their feet Cause they don't get enough to eat from God I can't believe in you [Verse 2] Dear God, sorry to disturb you but... I feel that I should be heard loud and clear We all need a big reduction in amount of tears And all the people that you made in your image See them fighting in the street Cause they can't make opinions meet about God I can't believe in you [Bridge] Did you make disease and the diamond blue? Did you make mankind after we made you? And the devil too! [Verse 3] Dear God, don't know if you noticed but... Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book And us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look And all the people that you made in your image Still believing that junk is true Well I know it ain't, and so do you, dear God I can't believe in I don't believe in [Verse 4] I won't believe in Heaven and Hell No saints, no sinners, no devil as well No pearly gates, no thorny crown You're always letting us humans down The wars you bring, the babes you drown Those lost at sea and never found And it's the same the whole world 'round The hurt I see helps to compound That Father, Son and Holy Ghost Is just somebody's unholy hoax And if you're up there you'd perceive That my heart's here upon my sleeve If there's one thing I don't believe in [Outro] It's you Dear God -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- Dying -------- It frightens me when you come to mind The day you dropped in the shopping line And my heart beats faster when I think of all the signs, all the signs When they carried you out your mouth was open wide The cat went astray and the dog did pine for days and days And I felt so guilty when we played you up When you were ill, so ill What sticks in my mind is the sweet jar On the sideboard. And your multicolored tea cozy What sticks in my mind is the dew-drop hanging off your nose Shriveled up and blue And I'm getting older, too But I don't want to die like you Don't want to die like you, don't want to die like you -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- Earn Enough for Us -------- [Verse 1] I've been praying all the week through At home, at work and on the bus I've been praying I can keep you And to earn enough for us [Verse 2] I can take humiliation And hurtful comments from the boss I'm just praying by the weekend I can earn enough for us [Bridge 1] Found a house that won't repair itself With its windows cracking And a roof held together with holes (Oh!) Just because we're at the bottom of the ladder We shouldn't be sadder Than others like us Who have goals for the betterment of life Glad that you want to be my wife, but honest [Verse 3] I've been praying all the week through At home, at work and on the bus I've been praying I can keep you And to earn enough for us [Bridge 2] So you're saying that we're going to be three Now, a father's what I'll be Don't get me wrong, I'm so proud But the belt's already tight I'll get another job at night, but honest [Verse 4] I can take humiliation And hurtful comments from the boss I'm just praying by the weekend I can earn enough for us [Hook] [Bridge 3] Just because we're at the bottom of the ladder We shouldn't be sadder Than others like us Who have goals for the betterment of life Glad that you want to be my wife, but honest [Verse 5] I can take humiliation And hurtful comments from the boss I'm just praying by the weekend I can earn enough for us I can earn enough for us [Outro] -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- Grass -------- [Verse 1] Laying on the grass, my heart it flares like fire The way you slap my face just fills me with desire [Floating away 1] You play hard to get 'Cause you're teacher's pet But when the boats have gone We'll take a tumble, excuse for a fumble [Verse 2] Shocked me too the things we used to do on grass If you fancy, we can buy an ice-cream cone Your mate has gone, she didn't want to be alone [Floating away 2] I will pounce on you Just us and the cuckoos You are helpless now Over and over we flatten the clover [Verse 3] Shocked me too the things we used to do on grass It would shock you too the things we used to do on grass [Hook] Grass On grass [Outro] Things we did on grass -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- Mermaid Smiled -------- From pools of xylophone clear From caves of memory I saw the children at heart That we once used to be Borne on foaming seahorse herd Compose with trumpeting shell From lines across their hands A song as new as new moon As old as all the sands Shrank to stagnant from Atlantic wild Lost that child 'til mermaid smiled Summoned by drum rolling surf As laughing fish compel The young boy woken in me By clanging diving bell Breakers pillow fight the shore She wriggles free in the tide I'm locked in adult land Back in the mirror she slides Waving with comb in hand I was lucky to remain beguiled Grown to child since mermaid smiled -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- Sacrificial Bonfire -------- [Verse 1] Fire they cried So evil must die And yields are good So men pull back hoods And smile The scapegoat blood spilled Spittled and grilled It crackled and spat And children grew fat On the meat Change must be earned [Chorus] Sacrificial bonfire Must burn Burn up the old Ring in the new Burn up the old Ring in the new [Verse 2] Assembled on high Silhouette against the sky The smoke prayed and pranced And sparks did their dance In the wind Shadows wore thin With less and less skin And the clothes that were draped Was all that told man From ape Change must be earned [Chorus] Sacrificial bonfire Must reign Reign over good Banish the bad Reign over good Banish the bad Oh -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- Season Cycle -------- Season cycle moving round and round Pushing life up from a cold dead ground It's growing green It's growing green, well [Chorus] Darling, don't you ever stop to wonder About the clouds about the hail and thunder 'Bout the baby and its umbilical Who's pushing the pedals on the season cycle? (Summer chased by Autumn) (Autumn chased by Winter) Season cycle go from death to life (Winter chased by Springtime) Bring a harvest or a man his wife (Springtime's turning) It's growing green It's growing green, well [Chorus] Darling, don't you ever sit and ponder (Darling did you ever think) About the building of the hills a yonder (All this life stuff's closely linked) Where we're going in this verdant spiral Who's pushing the pedals on the season cycle? Round and round and round and round (Round and round and round and round) [Bridge] I really get confused on who would make all this (Is there a God in Heaven) Everybody says join our religion Get to heaven I say no thanks why bless my soul I'm already there (...ere) (Du-duludududu...) [D part] Autumn is royal As Spring is clown (But to repaint summer) To repaint Summer They're closing winter down (Ooh!) Du-duludu du du du [Chorus] Darling, don't you ever stop to wonder (Darling, did you ever think) About the clouds about the hail and thunder (All this life stuff's closely linked) About the baby and its umbilical Who's pushing the pedals on the season cycle? (Season cycle) Darling, don't you ever sit and ponder (Darling did you ever think) About the building of the hills a yonder (All this life stuff's closely linked) Where we're going in this verdant spiral Who's pushing the pedals on the season cycle Push it, push it, push it, yeah! -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- Summer's Cauldron -------- [Verse 1] Drowning here in Summer's Cauldron Under mats of flower lava Please don't pull me out This is how I would want to go Breathing in the boiling butter Fruit of sweating golden inca Please don't heed my shout I'm relax in the undertow [Chorus] When Miss Moon lays down And Sir Sun stands up Me, I'm found floating round and round Like a bug in brandy In this big bronze cup Drowning here in Summer's Cauldron Eh! [Verse 2] Trees are dancing drunk with nectar Grass is waving underwater Please don't pull me out This is how I would want to go Insect bomber Buddhist droning Copper chord of August's organ Please don't heed my shout I'm relax in the undertow [Chorus] When Miss Moon lays down (in her hilltop bed) And Sir Sun stands up (raise his regal head) Me I'm found floating round and round Like a bug in brandy In this big bronze cup Drowning here in Summer's Cauldron -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- That's Really Super, Supergirl -------- I can't hold you down If you want to fly Can't you see I'm all broke up inside? Well, just you use your two X-Ray eyes Hurt like Kryptonite Put me on my knees Now that I've found out just what you're doing With your secret identities [Chorus] That's really super, Supergirl How you saved yourself in seconds flat And your friends are going to say That's really super, Supergirl How you're changing all the world's weather But you couldn't put us back together Now I feel like I'm tethered deep Inside your fortress of solitude Don't mean to be rude But I don't feel super, Supergirl I won't call again Even in a jam Now I realize you could be on a mission Saving some other man [Chorus] That's really super, Supergirl How you saved yourself in seconds flat And your friends are going to say That's really super, Supergirl How you stopped the universe from dying But you're never going to stop me crying And I feel like you're trying hard To sweep me, like dirt, underneath your cape Well, I might be an ape But I used to feel super, Supergirl That's really super, Supergirl How you saved yourself in seconds flat And your friends are going to say That's really super, Supergirl How you're changing all the world's weather But you couldn't put us back together Super, Supergirl How you stopped the universe from dying But you're never going to stop me crying Super, Supergirl I'm here in your fortress of solitude Don't mean to be rude, but I don't feel super -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul -------- The man who sailed around his soul From East to West, from pole to pole With ego as his drunken captain Greed, the mutineer, had trapped all reason in the hold The man who walked across his heart Who took no compass, guide or chart To rope and tar his blood congealed When he found his self revealed ugly and cold And the Sirens that sing By your nose with its ring They'll drag you in For your sins Now he sits all alone And it's no place like home It's empty skin A bag to keep life's souvenirs in The man who sailed around his soul The man who sailed around his soul The man who sailed around his soul Came back again to find a hole Where once he thought compassion and the truth Had laid to warm his freezing carcass on return The man who walked across his heart Was doomed to journey to the start Of every love affair he'd broken All the lies he'd ever spoken Tattooed on his arm And the jellyfish stings Even angels with wings Who look too deep And dare to peep Now he sits all alone Knowing flesh blood and bone Is everything He found the treasure he'd been seeking The man who sailed around his soul [Repeat x6] -------- 1986 Skylarking -------- -------- The Meeting Place -------- [Verse 1] Meet you in the secret place Scuffling in the dirt, I wait Whistle will blow Whistle will blow Share a joke, the laugh's on me When I get you on your own, we'll see Someone might hear Someone might hear [Pre-Chorus 1] You're a working girl, now You've got money of your own [Chorus] Hmmm, the meeting place Hmmm, the meeting place [Verse 2] Strolling under grimy skies Machines that make you kiss in time Smoke on your breath Smoke on your breath Chimney never looked so good (never looked the way it should) From lying in the bracken wood Coat on the ground Coat on the ground [Pre-Chorus 2] Take a walk down the lane We'll be late back again [Chorus] Hmmm, the meeting place Hmmm, the meeting place Hmmm, the meeting place Hmmm, the meeting place -------- 1987 Psonic Psunspot -------- -------- Brainiac's Daughter -------- [Lily Fraser:] I took the strangely glowing ticket from the giant crane fly and turned to get on the train. "Hurry!" he hissed, and then before my very eyes changed into a splendid cream bun! Brainiac's Daughter Made me a suit of bricks and mortar And a matching stove pipe hat, oh yes Brainiac's Daughter Took me on a sleigh ride underwater And I'm crazy for girls like that Oh yes Sir, yes Sir Three bags full, Sir All across the land the bells ring out It's night, sun shines bright So I reach to hold her frozen hand in flight As we alight in the bottle city of Kandor Brainiac's Daughter Talks like a Daily Planet Reporter Sitting cross legged there on the mat, oh yes Brainiac's Daughter Swallowed the pocket watch I bought her And I'm crazy for girls like that Oh yes Sir, yes Sir All fall down, Sir And I love the lights that blink on and off All around her head And I love the clothes that she tries on and off Landing on the bed Yes Sir, yes Sir Three bags full, Sir -------- 1987 Psonic Psunspot -------- -------- Collideascope -------- Collideascope Careful, don't look down the wrong end You will see ships that fall out of the sky Who put that nail in your eye You make me want to cry with your... Collideascope Everything looks smashed and broken You will see fishes that drown in the sea If you don't alter your mind I'd hate you to go blind why don't you Wakey Wakey Wakey Little Sleeper If you doze much longer Then life turns to dreaming Wakey Wakey Wakey Little Sleeper If you doze much longer Then dreams turn to nightmares Collideascope Everything looks topsy turvy You will see one young girl split into two One half who's false one half true You better get your glue ready Wakey Wakey Wakey Little Sleeper Collideascope Careful don't look down the wrong end All the world's colours will crash into one Monochrome living's no fun You're staring down a gun with your Collideascope -------- 1987 Psonic Psunspot -------- -------- Have You Seen Jackie? -------- Have you seen Jackie? He's a strange, strange, strange little girl Makeup on his face and his hair in curls Have you seen Jackie? She's a strange, strange, strange little boy Her long black beard is her pride and joy And all the children follow him around And all the grown-ups try to drag her down So we sing Hey, leave Jackie alone Hey, his pigeons have flown Hey, she's never at home at all these days Leave Jackie alone Have you seen Jackie? He's an odd, odd, odd little fish To fly around is his only wish Have you seen Jackie? She's a queer, queer, queer little bird Shy and quiet, neither seen nor herd And all the rats will follow him around The dogs and cats will chase her from the town And we sing Hey, leave Jackie alone Hey, his mind is all blown Hey, she's not on the phone at all these days Leave Jackie alone Jackie couldn't decide if he was a girl or if she was a boy And all the children follow him around And all the grown-ups try to drag her down And we sing Hey, leave Jackie alone Hey, his pigeons have flown Hey, she's never at home at all these days So we sing Hey, leave Jackie alone Hey, his mind is all blown Hey, she's not on the phone at all these days Leave Jackie alone Have you seen Jackie? -------- 1987 Psonic Psunspot -------- -------- Little Lighthouse -------- [Verse 1] She's a little lighthouse when she Opens up her huge eyes And streams of diamonds shoot out 'Til we're wading waist deep in her brilliant love [Verse 2] She's a little lighthouse when she Opens up her red mouth And gold word ribbons rope and rodeo The dark clouds in bouquet above [Chorus 1] For how long will this dark age last? For how long must we wait to learn? Across the black and fossil ocean vast I spy love and she doth brightly burn Love sure lives in the right house [Verse 3] She's a little lighthouse when she Opens up her huge mind and Thoughts descending spears of crystal Build a Jacob's ladder up to love [Verse 4] She's a little lighthouse When she opens up her red dress Show skin of rubber marble Lit by knowledge and the fireflies above [Chorus 2] And can others see this splendid beam? Or do they navigate in dark? If you ever want to dock your dream Well you'll need love to guide your fragile ark Love sure keeps a bright house [Verse 3] She's a little lighthouse when she Opens up her huge mind and Thoughts descending spears of crystal Build a Jacob's ladder up to love [Verse 4] She's a little lighthouse When she opens up her red dress Show skin of rubber marble Lit by knowledge and the fireflies above (Yes) [Outro] She's a little lighthouse She's a little lighthouse She's a little lighthouse She's a little lighthouse She's a little lighthouse She's a little lighthouse She's a little lighthouse -------- 1987 Psonic Psunspot -------- -------- Pale and Precious -------- So pale and precious is the light that will shine Out of the windows in her head So pale and precious like the sun as it climbs Up every morning on her bed If all of her moments were put down in a book Then I could read it 'til I went blind If all of the tears she cried flowed into a brook Well than I'm sure it would taste like wine Don't care what the others might say As far as I'm concerned they can all fall apart Fade away So pale and precious is the light that will shine Out of her perfumed golden hair So pale and precious are the steps that I climb Up to her room so bright and bare If all of the things she said were flowers and tress Well then her garden would always be green If all of our time together fell on one day It would be like every Christmas there's been Don't care what the others might say As far as I'm concerned they can all fall apart Fade away Up she rises each and every morning She blows the stars out of the sky And lights the sun with her bright eyes So pale and precious is the light that will shine Out of the windows in her head So pale and precious like the sun as it climbs Up every morning on her bed The smell of the pinecones And the sea in her hair Silver gentle -------- 1987 Psonic Psunspot -------- -------- Shiny Cage -------- Hiding faces turning pages Still they read and read Double deckers full of smokers Look who's gone to seed Well, the sun's getting higher Think I'll take a flyer The thought of it's causing me pain Ooh! Shiny Cage Take a walk under the subway See an old school chum Window shopping for a short while Then we'll have some fun Well, the shop's closing early Everywhere's deserted A hello and down comes the rain Oooh! Shiny Cage We'll do the town tonight I know some girls, then stop off for a bite No strings to tie my kite No strings to tie my kite Well living for the night No way to spend a life -- Ooh! Yeah, the shop's closing early Everywhere's deserted A hello and down comes the rain Oooh! Shiny Cage We'll do the town tonight Hiding faces turning pages Still they read and read Double deckers full of smokers Look who's gone to seed Well, the sun's getting higher Think I'll take a flyer The thought of it's causing me pain Ooh! Shiny Cage -------- 1987 Psonic Psunspot -------- -------- The Affiliated -------- ["Now we're breaking into our programs for the second time tonight..."] Pubs and clubs and opening hours Was all he knew One arm bandits and affiliated members Women taboo Had his own tankard And the evening standard And a trophy from darts That he kept over the bar He'd nothing to fear He had his beer B-e-e-r! Then came her Through the blur Then came she Made him see He saw the light before he'd finished his pint She saved him from the biggest crime in life They hated her They said you'll never see him again Got a mortgage 'round his neck And eight screaming kids But his seat's always here if he wants it -------- 1987 Psonic Psunspot -------- -------- Vanishing Girl -------- Someone's knocking in the distance But I'm deaf and blind She's not expected home this evening So I leave the world behind For the vanishing girl The vanishing girl Yes, she'd give you a twirl But she vanishes from my world So burn my letters and you'd better leave Just one pint a day The whole street's talking about my White shirts looking so grey People gossip on the doorstep Think they know the score She's giving him the runaround The man from number four Has a vanishing girl A vanishing girl Yes, she'd give you a twirl But she vanishes from my world Yes, the paint is peeling and my Garden is overgrown I got no enthusiasm to even answer the phone When she's here it makes up for the time she's Not and it's all forgotten But when she goes I'm putting on the pose For the vanishing girl The vanishing girl Yes, she'd give you a twirl But she vanishes from my world So burn my letters and you'd better leave Just one pint a day (the vanishing girl) The whole street's talking about my White shirts looking so grey (the vanishing girl) [Lily Fraser:] By this time, the suitcase was getting very heavy. So, I rested on a grassy knoll and took a peek inside. As I opened it, out burst a fountain of many-colored butterflies, rainbow game counters, chess pieces, laughing cutlery, tiny chairs and tables, and flying plates covered with exotic fruit -------- 1987 Psonic Psunspot -------- -------- You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel) -------- Well you're a good man Albert Brown And you was wounded in the war And though you shot some people down You're still a good man Albert Brown Well you're a good man Albert Brown Though you are drunk upon the floor And if you're buying the next round Then you're a good man Albert... Brown was the colour of the mud across the Somme Red was the blood you spilled upon it Pink were the fingers of the nurse who dressed your wound White was the starch upon her bonnet And you married that nurse And her name was Else And then along came dad Well you're a good man Albert Brown And you was wounded in the war And though you shot some people down You're still a good man Albert Brown Well you're a good man Albert Brown Though you are drunk upon the floor And if you're buying the next round I'll have another pint of... Brown is the colour of your old walking boots Green is the cash you'd love to squander Gold is the colour of your wife's faithful heart So get yourself home, no more to wander And you married that nurse And her name's still Else And another child was had You're a good man Albert Brown -------- 1987 Psonic Psunspot -------- -------- You're My Drug -------- You take me to heaven from deeper than hell ever dug And you fly me higher than a trip on a magical rug Confessions unravel You bang with your gavel And here I stand guilty In a court where you are the judge You're the drug You've got to come on round and pick me up You've my drug And I don't ever know if I can give you up Well you bring me colour where once I had just black and white Now I have rainbows appearing round here in the night Our true loving is growing And passion is flowing Well I don't need any cigarettes or beer from a jug You're my drug You've got to come on round and pick me up You're my drug Well you can slow me down or quick me up You're my drug Well you can spill me down and lick me up You're my drug And I don't ever know if I can give you up -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- Across This Antheap -------- Soldiers, workers, slaves and farmers Nurses, queens and drones Wish they'd leave my head tonight Let me rest my bones A billion feet sound just like a billion drums A bed is creaking as the new messiah comes The cars are crashing and the bacon is hacked The coffin's lowered and the lunches get packed Still segregating 'cause we insects are too proud Doesn't matter what colour of cat you are there's no dogs allowed And the screaming sky won't let me sleep The stars are laughing at us As we crawl on and on across this antheap War planes go over but no wages go 'round A sign goes up to say hey we're twin towned The dough is rising but no bread will be baked The fur is genuine but the orgasm's faked We're spending millions to learn to speak porpoise When human loneliness is still a deafening noise And the screaming sky won't let me sleep The stars are laughing at us As we crawl on and on across this antheap Soldiers, workers, slaves and farmers Nurses, queens and drones Wish they'd leave my head tonight And let me rest my bones And all the world's babies are crying still While all the police cars harmonize with power drills As jets and kettles form a chord with screeching gulls Accompanied by truncheons keeping time on human skulls And the screaming sky won't let me sleep The stars are laughing at us As we crawl on and on past lovers who'll leap On and on past widows who'll weep On and on no more than skin deep On and on across this antheap On and on, on and on On and on, on and on On and on, on and on On and on, on and on On and on, on and on On and on -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- Blue Beret -------- Life is sometimes shorter than you think So take yourself a hike from the kitchen sink Me, I like to roam Wasn't built in a day And night throws the stars in our way Meanwhile on planet earth Some people are dying for the right to say Some people are dying 'cause the other people busy blowing them away Well, we're all dying so we better have a ton of fun along the way I say hats off, get your hats off, take your hats off, get your hats off For the blue beret Blue beret, blue beret The wind has blown it off his head And sent it spinning straight to nowhere Nowhere to get ahead in this life Life is sometimes longer than you need Especially if it's thrown away on hate and greed Well, me I like to think while the other fish swim But sharks made a meal out of him Meanwhile on bone dry land Some people are dying for the right to say Some people just want the right to say Some people are dying 'cause the other people busy blowing them away Some people are merely blown away Well, we're all dying so we better have a ton of fun along the way I say hats off, take your hats off, get your hats off, take your hats off To the blue beret Blue beret, blue beret The wind has blown it off his head And sent it spinning straight to nowhere Nowhere to get ahead in this life So just love your dog and don't kick your wife Put down that knife, watch out the windows And blow your hat away -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- Chalkhills and Children -------- I'm floating over strange land It's a soulless, sequined, showbiz moon I'm floating over strange land And then stranger still, there's no balloon But I'm getting higher Wafted up by fame's fickle fire 'til the Chalk hills and children Anchor my feet Chalk hills and children Bringing me back to earth Eternally and ever Ermine Street Even I never know where I go when my eyes are closed I'm skating over thin ice Upon blunted blades of metal soft I'm skating over thin ice While some none such net holds me aloft But I'm getting higher Lifted up on lucks' circus wire 'til the Chalk hills and children Anchor my feet Chalk hills and children Bringing me back to earth Eternally and ever Ermine Street Even I never know where I go when my eyes are closed Even I never spied that the scenes were posed Even I never knew this is what I'd be Even eyes never mean that you're sure to see Still I'm getting higher Rolling up on three empty tyres, 'til the I'm soaring over hushed crowds The reluctant cannonball it seems I'm soaring over hushed crowds I'm propelled up here by long dead dreams Still I'm getting higher Icarus regrets and retires puzzled Chalk hills and children Anchor my feet Chalk hills and children Oddly complete (Even I never know where I go when my eyes are all closed) Here I go again -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- Cynical Days -------- Another year's gone by The world's grown older Sometimes I heave a sigh People grow colder Every day I do my best to show I can make it in this world I know But all the bad thoughts that people bring My faith in human nature's getting pretty thin Help me get through these cynical days Help me get through my cynical ways You say, it's just a passing phase You've got to help me get through, these cynical days Another see through scheme People are shallow The dark night's closing in My dark thoughts follow I try and make my world a better place (My efforts seem in vain) But I'm competing in a human race (Falling deeper down the drain) That value things that just don't count Makes me wonder what it's all about Help me get through these cynical days Help me get through my cynical ways You say, it's just a passing phase You've got to help me get through, these cynical days Yeah, you say, it's just a passing phase You've got to help me get through, these cynical days Yeah, you keep sayin' it's a passing phase Yeah, help me get through, these cynical days Yeah, you say, it's just a passing phase You've got to help me get through, these cynical days Cynical days Cynical days -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- Garden of Earthly Delights -------- [Verse 1] Kid, stay and snip your cord off, talk and let your mind loose Can't all think like Chekov but you'll be okay Kid, is this your first time here? Some can't stand the beauty So they cut off one ear but you'll be okay [Chorus 1] Welcome to the garden of earthly delights Welcome to a billion Arabian nights This is your life and you do what you want to do This is your life and you spend it all, this is your life And you do what you want to do, just don't hurt nobody And the big reward's here in the garden of earthly delights [Verse 2] Kid, pick up with another, some will even drop you But hearts are built like rubber, so you'll be alright Kid, swallow but believe us, you won't die of boredom Should you have to leave us, it'll be alright [Chorus 2] Welcome to the garden of earthly delights Welcome to a billion Arabian nights This is your life and you be what you want to be This is your life and you try it all, this is your life And you be what you want to be, just don't hurt nobody 'Less of course they ask you in the garden of earthly delights [Chorus 3] Welcome to the garden of earthly delights Welcome to a billion Arabian nights This is your life and you do what you want to do This is your life and you spend it all, this is your life And you do what you want to do, just don't hurt nobody [Chorus 4] Welcome to the garden of earthly delights Welcome to a billion Arabian nights Welcome to the garden of earthly delights Welcome to a billion Arabian nights This is your life and you be what you want to be This is your life and you try it all, this is your life And you be what you want to be, just don't hurt nobody 'Less of course they ask you in the garden of earthly delights -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- Here Comes President Kill Again -------- [Chorus 1] Here comes President Kill again Surrounded by all of his killing men Telling us who, why, where and when President Kill wants killing again [Verse 1] Hooray, ring out the bells King Conscience is dead Hooray, now back in your cells We've President Kill instead [Chorus 2] Here comes President Kill again Broadcasting from his killing den Dressed in Pounds and Dollars and Yen President Kill wants killing again [Verse 2] Hooray, hang out the flags Queen Caring is dead Hooray, we'll stack body bags For President Kill instead [Bridge] Ain't democracy wonderful? Them Russians can't win Ain't democracy wonderful? Let's us vote someone like that in [Chorus 3] Here comes President Kill again From pure White House to Number 10 Taking lives with a smoking pen President Kill wants killing again [Verse 3] Hooray, everything's great Now President Kill is dead Hooray, I'll bet you can't wait To vote for President Kill instead -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- Hold Me My Daddy -------- Hold me my daddy I never felt lower than dirt on the floor I say hold me my daddy I never felt like crying oceans before If this means war, why are we in it? Might've fired off a couple of rounds I didn't mean to begin it If these are the bullets That every father and son must chew Well then hold me my daddy I forgot to say I love you Hold me my daddy It hurts me to see grow men fighting this way I say hold me my daddy The young and the old dog aren't having their day This civil war, why are we in it? There's nobody on this flat earth Would ever want to win it If these are the hot coals That every father and son walks through Well then hold me my daddy I forgot to say I love you And if you agree we can make amends All this squabbling I've hated In another time and another place where our history bends We could've been the best of friends and not merely related Well these are the right words to say They're difficult but still true Well then hold me my daddy I forgot to say I love you Hold him tight, hold him like he was a baby Hold him tight, hold him like he was a baby Hold him tight, hold him like he was a baby -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- King for a Day -------- [Verse 1] Everyone's creeping up to the money God Putting tongues where they didn't ought to be On stepping stones of human hearts and souls Into the land of 'Nothing for free' [Chorus 1] Well, the way that we're living Is all take and no giving There's nothing to believe in The loudest mouth will hail the new found way To be king for a day [Verse 2] Everyone's licking up to the new king pin Trying to get a way up with the smile Sing for your supper boy and jump to a finger click Ain't my way of living in style [Chorus 2] 'Cause the ladder gets longer And ambition gets stronger I can't satisfy the hunger That bad old moon has got you in its sway To be king for a day, king for a day [Bridge] You're only here once, so you got to get it right No time to fuss and fight 'Cause life don't mean much If measured out with someone else's plight [Chorus 3] 'Cause the way that we're living Is all take and no giving There's nothing much to believe in The loudest mouth will hail the new found way To be king for a day King for a day King for a day King for a day -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- Merely a Man -------- [Verse 1] Higher, I'm a king, yes, I'm a head of state But I'm the kitchen boy who'll wash your dirty plate I had no message and the message was We're all Jesus, Buddha and the Wizard of Oz [Chorus 1] I'm merely a man and I bring nothing but love for you I'm merely a man and I want nothing that you can't do [Post-Chorus] And you know it's true that with logic And love we'll be lifting humanity higher, higher [Verse 2] I'm all religious figures rolled into one Gaddafy Duck propelled from Jimmy Swaggart's tommy gun Don't promise rainbows with some golden pot In fact what I can offer, I know you've already got [Chorus 2] I'm merely a man and I bring nothing but love for you I'm merely a man and I want nothing that you can't do [Post-Chorus 2] And you know it's true that with logic And love we'll have power enough To raise consciousness up And for lifting humanity higher, higher [Post-Chorus 3] And you know it's true, we should chase superstition And fear from our hearts if we're going to survive And take levels of sanity higher, kick it up, higher [Chorus 3] I'm merely a man and I bring nothing but love for you I'm merely a man and I want nothing that you can't do I'm merely a man and I bring nothing but love for you I'm merely a man and I want nothing that you can't do [Post-Chorus 4] And you know it's true that with logic And love we'll have power enough To raise consciousness up And for lifting humanity higher -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- Miniature Sun -------- I'm 12 oclock, all daylight hours I'll warm your bed, I'll grow your flowers Like I'm a miniature sun This ball ignited when she told me I was her only one I'm not the same now I'm not that plain little boy I'm all aflame now I'm king up here like a miniature sun No life comes close, I'm rising higher On holiday, on ball of fire You made a miniature sun There's no more shadows in this world She says I'm her only one I'm not the same now I'm not that plain little boy I'm all aflame now I radiate like a miniature sun Now everything looks right today A billion watts of bright today And I'm a blazing kite today I think I'll float around her house And tell her exactly how she makes me glow But then the other man leaving merely doffs his hat And I'm the last to know Now everything looks wrong today An out of tune sung song today I've grown from big king kong today Right down to miniature Don't come too close, I'll burn your arm I'll bleach your hair, dust bowl your farm I'll blind your eyes, you blinded mine I'll spin with rage, all summertime You made a miniature sun Just take a look up in the night sky, Im not the only one I'm not the same now I'm not that vain little boy that I was I'm all to blame now Look out below here I come Man crashing down like a miniature sun Man crashing down like a miniature sun Man crashing down like a miniature sun Man crashing down like a miniature sun -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- One of the Millions -------- I got so much to say But I'm afraid it'll come out wrong I'm not a king to the eighties thing Where you look after number one But I won't rock the boat 'Cause I'm scared what might happen I won't rock the boat 'Cause I'm one of the millions Who never seem to do anything (He never seems to do anything) I never seem to do anything (He never seems to do anything) And every time I get the urge To strike out on my own Insecurity wraps me up It's cold outside the fold So I won't rock the boat 'Cause I'm scared what might happen I won't rock the boat 'Cause I'm the man who merely threatens He's always saying what he's gonna do (He's always saying what he's gonna do) I'm always saying what I'm gonna do (He's always saying what he's gonna do) I'm running steady, oh so steady So safe and sound, I could drown, I could drown Hey! I've had my fill of living in my cosy armchair land But all my schemes come to an humiliating end So I won't rock the boat 'Cause I'm scared what might happen I won't rock the boat 'Cause I'm one of the millions He's always saying what he's gonna do (He's always saying what he's gonna do) I'm always saying what I'm gonna do (He's always saying what he's gonna do) No I won't rock no boats (He's always saying what he's gonna do) Kiss goodbye to my hopes (He's always saying what he's gonna do) No I won't rock no boats (He's always saying what he's gonna do) Life is easy when you're being kept afloat (He's always saying what he's gonna do) (He's always saying what he's gonna do) He won't rock no boats, hey No I won't rock no boats I'm so scared, well I'm scared 'Cause I won't rock no boats Yeah, yeah I'm one of the millions I'm one of those millions No I won't rock no boats -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- Pink Thing -------- Anytime you rise, I'm here and I'm crazy for you pink thing You make me want to laugh, you make me want to cry When I stroke your head I feel a hundred heartbeats high Ooh, pink thing I want to take you out and show you 'round the world Pink thing it'll be okay If I could only wake you from your slumber curled Pink thing what would straight folks say? That man isn't fit to enter heaven That man is a sinner, ever burning in disgrace Pink thing, spit in my face, I'd love you for it Anytime you call, I'll fall, into madness for you pink thing You make me want to live, you make me want to die And when I stroke your head I feel a hundred heartbeats high Ooh, pink thing I wanna take you out and show you to the girls Pink thing they're a whole new tribe If you could only see the way the way the gingham swirls Pink thing it's a whole new vibe That man isn't fit to be a father That man is a sinner, fore they cast me down to die Pink thing, spit in my eye, I'd love you for it, yes, I'd love you for it Anytime you rise, I'm here, I'm crazy for you pink thing You make me want to laugh, you make me want to cry When I stroke your head I feel a hundred heartbeats high Ooh, pink thing hundred heartbeats high Ooh, pink thing hundred heartbeats high I want to introduce you, take you to the brink thing I want to introduce you, tell me what you think thing I want to introduce you, make that missing link thing Don't you think it's time you met some female pink thing? You make me want to laugh, you make me want to cry So why is it I'm happy when there's tears down in your eye? Ooh, little pink thing, ooh little pink thing The pink thing, pink thing tell me what you think thing Ooh, here comes pink thing You make me want to laugh, you make me want to cry -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- Poor Skeleton Steps Out -------- Poor skeleton steps out, dressed up in bad blood Bad brains, bad thoughts and others deeds Poor skeleton no doubt, one of these days You can cast aside your human, be free When the cities run with blood and you drink our health in mud All flesh be gone, save your dry and joyous shout For the day poor skeleton steps out Step out, step out, step out, step out Poor skeleton steps out, sprung from his life sentence Deep inside some muscle mask Poor skeleton devout, propping up truck drivers Filmstars, thieves or queens, your brave task When technology is rust and you write your book in dust All flesh be gone, can't buy tickets from a tout For the day poor skeleton steps out Step out, step out, step out, step out Poor skeleton steps out, liberated from sex organs And brown, black, white skin Poor skeleton, you lout, don't you think That we might like to have been asked to join in? For good skeletons are we and we're dying to be free All flesh be gone, I will scream or sulk and pout Until my poor skeleton steps out Step out, step out, step out, step out Skeleton steps out, step out, step out, step out, step out Skeleton steps out, watch out, here comes bony boy Step out, step out, step out, step out Skeleton steps out, look out, here comes bony boy Step out, step out, step out, step out, now, step out -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- Scarecrow People -------- [Verse 1] Hope you enjoyed your flight In one of our new straw aeroplanes You'll find things here are just like What you're used to There's lots of waste and razor wire And no one gives a damn about the land We just stand around and stare Like you folks do [Chorus 1] For we ain't got no brains And we ain't got no hearts It's just that wild old wind That tears us all apart We're the scarecrow people Have we got lots in common with you And if you don't start living well You're all gonna wind up scarecrow people too [Verse 2] Hope you enjoyed your meal It's only gas and chemicals We thought that you'd prefer Something not nature made Now while you're here can you advise us On a war we'd like to start Against some scarecrows over there A different shade? [Chorus 2] For we ain't got no brains And we ain't got no hearts It's just that wild old wind That tears us all apart We're the scarecrow people Have we got lots in common with you And if you don't start living well You're all gonna wind up scarecrow people too [Bridge] We don't have no tears here, no one hopes or cares or fears here For the old, the sick, the poor and them what taint you We thought we'd base our civilization upon yours 'Cause you're the smartest animals on earth, now ain't you? [Bridge 2] We don't have no love here, there's no need to rise above here No one wants to write a book or try to paint thee We thought we'd base our civilization upon yours 'Cause we're all dead from our necks up, now ain't we? [Chorus 3] And we ain't got no brains And we ain't got no hearts It's just that wild old wind That tears us all apart We're the scarecrow people Have we got lots in common with you And if you don't start living well You're all gonna wind up scarecrow people too [Chorus 4] And I ain't got no brains And I ain't got no heart It's just them other humans Tear my soul apart I'm a scarecrow person Have I got quite some message for you For if we don't start learning well We're all gonna wind up scarecrow people too -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- The Loving -------- [Chorus 1] All around the world, every boy and every girl Need the loving The humble and the great, even those we think we hate Need the loving Soldiers of the queen, all the hard men that we've seen Need the loving Babies at the breast, those in power and those suppressed Need the loving [Verse 1] Let's face it you just can't hide Your first taste'll send you reeling Like a firework to which we're tied Be prepared to go through your ceiling now [Pre-Chorus] The loving's coming The loving's more than just an adman's vision The loving's strumming On your heart strings, so loud that you can't help but listen [Chorus 2] Sailors on the seas, or the clergy on their knees Need the loving All the rich and poor, even those we fight at war Need the loving [Verse 2] That thing that we need most of That stuff we should try before we've died Everyone is begging to be loved With a free gift, a working heart inside [Pre-Chorus 2] The loving's coming The loving's advertised in all the papers The loving's humming Your favorite song but for once it won't annoy the neighbors The loving, the loving [Chorus 3] All round the world, every boy and every girl Need the loving Cold-hearted or warm, every single person born Needs the loving Way out there in space, think we'll find that alien race Needs the loving And just to end the list, everything that could exist Needs the loving [Post Chorus] The loving's coming The loving's coming The loving's coming -------- 1989 Oranges & Lemons -------- -------- The Mayor of Simpleton -------- [Verse 1] Never been near a university Never took a paper or a learned degree And some of your friends think that's stupid of me But it's nothing that I care about [Chorus 1] Well, I don't know how to tell the weight of the sun And of mathematics well, I want none And I may be the mayor of Simpleton But I know one thing and that's I love you [Post-Chorus] When their logic grows cold and all thinking gets done You'll be warm in the arms of the mayor of Simpleton [Verse 2] I can't have been there when brains were handed round (Please be upstanding for the mayor of Simpleton) Or get past the cover of your books profound (Please be upstanding for the mayor of Simpleton) And some of your friends (some of your friends) Think it's really unsound that you're even seen talking to me [Chorus 2] Well, I don't know how to write a big hit song And all crossword puzzles, well I just shun And I may be the mayor of Simpleton But I know one thing and that's I love you [Bridge] I'm not proud of the fact that I never learned much Just feel I should say What you get is all real, I can't put on an act It takes brains to do that anyway (and anyway) [Chorus] And I can't unravel riddles, problems and puns How the home computer has me on the run And I may be the mayor of Simpleton But I know one thing and that's I love you (I love you) [Verse 3] If depth of feeling is a currency (Please be upstanding for the mayor of Simpleton) Then I'm the man who grew the money tree (No change of office and no hope of getting one) Some of your friends (some of your friends) Are too brainy to see That they're paupers and that's how they'll stay [Chorus] Well, I don't know how many pounds make up a ton Of all the Nobel Prizes that I've never won And I may be the mayor of Simpleton But I know one thing and that's I love you (I love you) [Outro] When all logic grows cold and all thinking gets done You'll be warm in the arms of the Mayor of Simpleton You'll be warm in the arms of the Mayor of Simpleton You'll be warm in the arms of the Mayor Please be upstanding for the Mayor of Simpleton Please be upstanding for the Mayor of Simpleton Please be upstanding for the Mayor of Simpleton Please be upstanding for the Mayor of Simpleton Please be upstanding for the Mayor of Simpleton -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- Books are Burning -------- Books are burning in the main square And I saw there, the fire eating the text Books are burning in the still air And you know where they burn books, people are next I believe the printed word should be forgiven Doesn't matter what it said Wisdom hotline from the dead back to the living Key to the larder for your heart and your head Books are burning in our own town Watch us turn 'round and cast our glances elsewhere Books are burning in the playground Smell of burnt book is not unlike human hair Well, I believe the printed word is more than sacred Beyond the gauge of good or bad The human right to let your soul fly free and naked Above the violence of the fearful and sad The church of matches Anoints in ignorance with gasoline The church of matches Grows fat by breathing in the smoke of dreams, it's quite obscene Books are burning, more each day now And I pray now, you boys will tire of these games Books are burning, I hope somehow This will allow, a phoenix up from the flames -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- Bungalow -------- Bungalow Bungalow By the sea Bungalow In the sea air Climbing rose Time to spare Luxury accommodation traps the sun So we're working every hour that God made So we can fly away Saving it all up for you Bungalow Bungalow By the sea Bungalow Silver shore line In the gorse You can be mine Standing prime position for the town Working for a vision through this lives So we can fly away Saving it all up for you Bungalow Bungalow You wait and see -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- Crocodile -------- Crocodile, no, you won't make me jealous That she left me for him Scene one standing Crushed on landing You may have walked out But I'll swallow up my fate Scene two sitting Man in kitchen Bit and cold lifeless Like the burger on my plate But there's one emotion I'm afraid of Hear him scratching gently to be fed I can't stand it when he sits there smiling I don't want him nesting in my head Crocodile, no, you won't make me jealous That she left me for him, so get away Crocodile, no, you won't make me jealous I'm not letting you in Scene three lying (Through his backteeth) Speared and dying (Bitten beneath) I'll crawl the wall to hand there Skinned and stuffed with drink But there's one emotion I'm controlling Green eyed monster with his jaws spread wide (But he's your pet now) I can't stand it when he sits there crying (You can't run away and hide) I don't want to throw myself inside Crocodile, no, you won't make me jealous That she left me for him, get away Crocodile, no, you won't make me jealous I'm not letting you in, so get away Crocodile, no, you won't make me jealous That she left me for him, so get away Crocodile, no, you won't make me jealous I'm not letting you in, oh, get away Crocodile with the jaded, jealous smile Crocodile with the jaded, jealous smile Crocodile with the jaded, jealous smile Crocodile with the jaded, jealous smile -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- Dear Madam Barnum -------- I put on a fake smile And start the evening show The public is laughing I guess by now they know So climb from your high horse And pull this freak show down Dear Madam Barnum I resign as clown You said I was the master Of all I surveyed But now I'm sweeping up The last in line in your circus parade Children are clapping As I fall to the floor My heart torn and broken And they just scream for more If I'm not the sole fool Who pulls his trousers down Then dear Madam Barnum I resign as clown You tread the high wire Between truth and lies Your safety net just walked out Much to your surprise Strike up the band love And let the show begin For this is the last time I'm painting on a grin If I'm not the sole fool Who pulls his trousers down Then dear Madam Barnum I resign as clown I resign as clown I resign as clown -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- Holly Up on Poppy -------- Holly up on Poppy Canter never stop She has escaped from the world Where they bake beautiful girls Holly up on Poppy Trotting to the top She talks and banners unfurl Their secrets crayoned in swirls Everyday I have to pluck up Courage to look her in the eyes The eyes of storms Anyway I Love to watch her Ride and play the alchemy That love performed Laughing Holly up on Poppy Canter never stop She has escaped from the world Where they bake beautiful girls Every time I Look at my watch I'm reminded we are poor In hours per day Every second Spent with her Is a bulging wallet overstuffed With angels pay Laughter! Holly up on Poppy Holly up on Poppy Holly up on Poppy -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- Humble Daisy -------- Humble Daisy Form a chain to Hold all battleships in check Humble Daisy Knit a ladder Down to nature's sunken wreck Ragged rug unbound Tangle trip the lovers Royal barge aground Brighter than all of the others on the window sill I'll sing about you if nobody else will Humble Daisy Cast the milk and Coins of morning's cash about Humble Daisy I fell down to Heaven as you picked me out We'll look up together Browsing through some old sky Sipping in the weather You've got me dizzy, the fly that climbed the sugar hill I'll lay upon you 'till somebody else will Humble Daisy We'll look up together Humble Daisy Sipping in the weather Humble Daisy We'll look up together Humble Daisy Sipping in the weather -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- My Bird Performs -------- Fine art never moved my soul No vintage wine and designer clothes But my world shakes for me My bird sings sweetly A different kind of tinsel Decorates my tree Yeah my bird performs A thousand Cheshire cats Grin inside of me Yeah my bird performs There she goes Shakespeare's sonnets leave me cold The drama stage and the high brow prose But my world shakes for me My bird sings sweetly The brightest fireworks Are lighting up my sky Yeah my bird performs The cage is open But she's no desire to fly 'Cause my bird performs There she goes And you keep saying what you got You keep saying what you got Look out! Fine art never moved my soul My bird sings sweetly No vintage wine and designer clothes My bird sings sweetly Shakespeare's sonnets leave me cold (My bird sings sweetly) My bird sings sweetly The drama stage and the high brow prose (My bird sings sweetly) My bird sings sweetly -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- Omnibus -------- Hey yeah Hey yeah, yeah Climb up here beside me We can ride and find a friend unfound Put your foot upon the laughing gas And drive your grin around Omnibus, take all of us All of us, take Omnibus Ain't nothing in the world like a white skinned girl Make your Union Jack and make your flag unfurl You can't say you've ridden 'Til you've given up your heart and seat Man that lady clippie rip your ticket Make your trip complete Omnibus, take all of us All of us, take Omnibus Ain't nothing in the world like a black skinned girl Make your Shakespeare hard and make your oyster pearl Hey yeah, yeah Don't let horses pass you by Take a run and leap on Pull the blinkers from your eyes Before big bus has gone We'll be stopping off In every shop until you find that mate Don't waste time, go on and taste them all Why don't you fill your plate? Omnibus, take all of us All of us, take Omnibus There's nothing in the world like a gold skinned girl To make your bonsai weep and make your bamboo curl Omnibus, take all of us All of us, take Omnibus Omnibus, take all of us All of us, take Omnibus Ain't nothing in the world like a green skinned girl But that don't mean to say you can't look Omnibus, Omnibus, Omnibus Omnibus, Omnibus, Omnibus -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- Rook -------- Rook, rook, read from your book Who murders who and where is the treasure hid? Crow, crow, spill all you know Is that my name on the bell? Rook, rook, gaze in the brook If there's a secret, can I be part of it? Crow, crow, before I let go Say, is that my name on the bell? Soar up high, see the semaphore from the washing lines Break the code of the whispering chimneys and traffic signs What's the message that's written under the base of clouds? Plans eternal, I know you know so don't blurt out loud Rook, rook, by hook or by crook I'll make you tell me What this whole thing's about Crow, crow, why can't you show If that's my name on the bell? On the wings of night, I fly too, above field and stream My head bursting with knowledge 'til I wake from the dream If I die and I find that I had a soul inside Promise me that you'll take it up on its final ride Rook, rook, gaze in the brook If there's a secret, can I be part of it? Crow, crow, before I'll let go Say is that my name on the bell? Is that my name on the bell? -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- That Wave -------- That wave pulled me into your eyes Through the greeny gray pebbles And countless cathedrals arriving That wave lift me into your mouth Turning spires and spittle of pearls To perplex the young diver I flew down to the bottom of the sea Where I questioned the fishes all about it I was in heaven, address, Cloud Eleven They danced and laughed spelling all I fell into was love That wave carried me through your hair Up from suffocate seaweed The perfumed with cushions cascading That wave pushed me into your skin Where I bathed in the promises Giddy with planets parading I swam down to the bottom of the sky Where I questioned the blue birds all about it I was in heaven, address, Cloud Eleven They danced and laughed spelling All I fell into was love that wave That wave pulled me right overboard Into permanent morgasm Emotional action painting I flew down to the bottom of the sea Where I questioned the fishes all about it Well, I was in heaven, address, Cloud Eleven They danced and laughed spelling all I fell into was love -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead -------- [Intro] Let's begin! [Verse 1] Peter Pumpkinhead came to town Spreading wisdom and cash around Fed the starving and housed the poor Showed the Vatican what gold's for [Chorus] But he made too many enemies Of the people who would keep us on our knees Hooray for Peter Pumpkin Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead? Oh my! [Verse 2] Peter Pumpkinhead pulled them all Emptied churches and shopping malls When he spoke it would raise the roof Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth [Chorus] But he made too many enemies Of the people who would keep us on our knees Hooray for Peter Pumpkin Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead? Oh my! [Verse 3] Peter Pumpkinhead put to shame Governments who would slur his name Plots and sex scandals failed outright Peter merely said any kind of love is alright [Chorus] But he made too many enemies Of the people who would keep us on our knees Hooray for Peter Pumpkin Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead? [Verse 4] Peter Pumpkinhead was too good Had him nailed to a chunk of wood He died grinning on live TV Hanging there he looked a lot like you And an awful lot like me! [Chorus] But he made too many enemies Of the people who would keep us on our knees Hooray for Peter Pumpkin Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead? [Outro] Hooray for Peter Pumpkin Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin? Hooray for Peter Pumpkinhead Oh my, oh my, oh! Don't it make you want to cry, oh? -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- The Disappointed -------- The disappointed All shuffle round in circles Their placards look the same With a picture and a name Of the ones who broke their hearts The disappointed All congregate at my house Their voices sob with grief That they want me to be chief Of the tribe with broken hearts Once, I had no sympathy For those destroyed and thrown away by love Seems, your ring upon my finger Signifies that I've become the spokesman of The disappointed Will bear me on their shoulders To a secret shadow land Where a somber marching band Plays a tune for broken hearts And day grows darker now Everywhere, everywhere The disappointed Are coming in their millions They're spilling from the bus At a monument to us Made of bits of broken heart Once, I had no sympathy For those destroyed and thrown away by love Seems, your ring upon my finger Signifies that I've become the spokesman of The disappointed Are growing every second They blot the sun to black At the bottom of the pack I'm the king of broken hearts The disappointed The disappointed The disappointed The disappointed The disappointed -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- The Smartest Monkeys -------- Well man created the cardboard box to sleep in it And man converted the newspaper to a blanket Well you have to admit That he's come a long way Since swinging about in the trees We're the smartest monkeys The smartest monkeys The evidence is all around Our brains are bigger this we've found The smartest monkeys Well man discovered the park bench can make a transition And the rubbish tip makes a valid form of nutrition With discoveries like these Civilization agrees To give itself a pat on the back We're the smartest monkeys The smartest monkeys The evolution's plain to see We're the dominant of the species The smartest monkeys We're the smartest monkeys The smartest monkeys We brought the caveman from the stone age To the subways of the modern world How they pack so many in Quick call the Guinness Book of Records Well you have to admit That he's come a long way Since swinging about in the trees We're the smartest monkeys The smartest monkeys The evidence is all around Our brains are bigger this we've found The smartest monkeys The smartest monkeys The smartest monkeys The evolution's plain to see We're the dominant of the species The smartest monkeys The evidence is all around Our brains are bigger this we've found The smartest monkeys, okay -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- The Ugly Underneath -------- [Verse 1] First there's the handshake It's so warm that you could bake by it Designed to take attention from their Ugly underneath Then there's the wedding The coordinated bedding And the fairy tale shredding Boy, it's ugly underneath And after the pretty There's a gluttony of pity On a cake called nitty, gritty And it's ugly underneath [Chorus 1] Did you ever try to prise away the mask Go ahead, take a spoon and try I can tell you it's a herculean task Go ahead, it's okay to cry What you're chewing on's the truth And that's the hardest thing To wash down with a glass of lemonade The ugly underneath The thing with politicians is I wouldn't have suspicions If I saw their worst positions And their ugly underneath But after all the voting Suck away the sugar coating Now they've had you and they're gloating Boy, it's ugly underneath Did you ever try to roll away the wheel Go ahead, take a fork and try See the unattractive things that make us real Go ahead, it's okay to cry What you've trodden in's the truth And that's the hardest thing To wash down with a glass of lemonade -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- Then She Appeared -------- Then she appeared, apple venus on a half open shell Then she appeared, the first photograph on Fox Talbot's gel I was a little frightened Flying with my senses heightened Cherubim cheered Then she appeared Then she appeared, as the giggling crew of Marie Celeste Then she appeared, pale Atlantis rising out of the west I was a little dazzled Catherine wheeled and senses frazzled Know it sounds weird Then she appeared And the sun which formerly shone In the clearest summer sky Suddenly just changed address Now shines from her blue eyes Then she appeared, brittle shooting star that dropped in my lap Then she appeared, dressed in tricolour and phrygian cap I was a little troubled Hookah with my senses bubbled All Edward leared Then she appeared And the moon which formally shone On the marbled midnight mile Suddenly just packed its bags Now shines from her bright smile Then she appeared Out of nowhere -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- War Dance -------- There's an epidemic Stirring passions in young hearts Even the old campaigners Have got it really bad Well, we ain't seen nothing like it Since coronation day But when the street parties sound I'm going underground To keep the rabid hounds at bay Oh, my, my, this war dance A patriotic romance No, we ain't seen nothing like it Since coronation day Oh, my, my, my But when the tickatape flies And blood is on the rise You know it's got you in its sway You've got yourself a war dance There's a cheap sensation Keeping Fleet Street wide awake Everyone wants a slice of The jingoistic cake And they're resurrecting Churchill And bringing national service back Fueling power and glory fever Makes for a sicker Union Jack Yeah, I'm talking about this war dance A patriotic romance And I know all you poets Have seen it all before About the stirring of those young hearts Back in the first world war Oh, my, my, this war dance Patriotic romance This war dance Gotta hold on tree dance Oh, my, my, my, war dance The stirring of those young hearts, young hearts War dance, um, war dance -------- 1992 Nonsuch -------- -------- Wrapped in Grey -------- Some folks see the world as a stone Concrete daubed in dull monotone Your heart is the big box of paints And others, the canvas we're dealt Your heart is the big box of paints How coloured the flowers all smelled As they huddled there, in petalled prayer They told me this, as I knelt there Awaken you dreamers Adrift in your beds Balloons and streamers Decorate the inside of your heads Please let some out Do it today But don't let the loveless ones sell you A world wrapped in grey Some folks pull this life like a weight Drab and dragging dreams made of slate Your heart is the big box of paints And others, the canvas we're dealt Your heart is the big box of paints Just think how the old masters felt, they call... Awaken you dreamers Asleep at your desks Parrots and lemurs Populate your unconscious grotesques Please let some out Do it today But don't let the loveless ones sell you A world wrapped in grey And in the very least you can Stand up naked and Grin -------- 1999 Apple Venus Volume 1 -------- -------- Easter Theatre -------- Gold sun rolls around Chocolate nipple brown Tumble from your arms Like the ground, your breasts swell Land awake from sleep Hares will kick and leap Flowers climb erect Smiling from the moist kiss of her rainbow mouth Stage left (Enter Easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk) Stage right (Now the son has died, the father can be born) Stand up (If we'd all breathe in and blow away the smoke) New life (We'd applaud a new life) Odin mounts the tree Bleeds for you and me Splashing on the lamb Gamboling with spring's step Buds will laugh and burst Racing to be first Turning all the soil As the promptress' fingers through her spinning script Stage left (Enter Easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk) Stage right (Now the son has died, the father can be born) Stand up (If we'd all breathe in and blow away the smoke) New life (We'd applaud a new life) Easter in her bonnet Easter in her hair Easter are the ribbons She tied everywhere Stage left (Enter Easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk) Stage right (Now the son has died, the father can be born) Stand up (If we'd all breathe in and blow away the smoke) New life (Hey) Stage left (Enter Easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk) Stage right (Now the son has died, the father can be born) Stand up (If we'd all breathe in and blow away the smoke) In her bonnet (Easter ) Everywhere Easter Easter Easter Easter -------- 1999 Apple Venus Volume 1 -------- -------- Frivolous Tonight -------- Let us talk about Some trivial things we like A bit of this and that Lets chew the fat Pour ourselves a glass of Stout And let our Rael Brook shirts hang out Nothing makes us more content To let us wallow in a bit of nonsense We're all so frivolous tonight, tonight Lets reveal our childlike nature And leave our stocks And invoices to rot Lets go to pot Tell our jokes about mothers in law But watch him jump when she comes through the door Oh, the party goes with a swing When we talk about the trivial things We're all so frivolous tonight But there's always one Who wants to talk shop We'll drive him through the door With a broom or a mop Let us tell our favorite story About some poor chap who put it on display Hip hooray And let the girls gather in their slacks To talk about husbands' hairy backs Some might think were a bit of a shower But this could be our finest hour We're all so frivolous tonight, tonight We're all so ridiculous tonight -------- 1999 Apple Venus Volume 1 -------- -------- Fruit Nut -------- Tending my fruit, tending my fruit Ah, you've got to have a hobby A man must have a shed to keep him sane Spraying my buds, spraying my buds Got to keep away diseases I mix the poisons and the wife don't complain Some people say that I am out of my tree Or just a strawberry fool Someday they'll see, 'til then I'll blow you a raspberry 'Cause apples and pears are me So I'm tending my fruit and I don't give a hoot 'Cause it keeps me sane, it keeps me sane Some people say that I am out of my tree Or just a strawberry fool Someday they'll see, 'til then I'll blow you a raspberry 'Cos apples and pears are me So I'm tending my fruit, tending my fruit Ah, you've got to have a hobby A man must have a shed to keep him sane To keep him sane, to keep him sane, to keep him sane Oh, the wife can't complain To keep him sane, to keep him sane Yeah, keeps him sane, yeah, to keep him sane To keep him sane, yeah, it keeps him sane To keep him sane -------- 1999 Apple Venus Volume 1 -------- -------- Greenman -------- Please to bend down for the one called the Greenman He wants to make you his bride Please to bend down for the one called the Greenman Forever to him you're tied And you know for a million years he has been your lover He'll be a million more And you know for a million years he has been your lover Down through the skin to the core Heed the Greenman Heed the Greenman Please to dance round for the one called the Greenman He wants to make you his child Please to dance round for the one called the Greenman Dressed in the fruits of the wild And you know for a million years he has been your father He'll be a million more And you know for a million years he has been your father Run to his arms at the door Lay your head, lay your head Lay your head, lay your head on the Greenman Lay your head, lay your head with mine Lay your head, lay your head Lay your head, lay your head on the Greenman Build a bed out of oak and pine See the Greenman blow his kiss From high church wall And unknowing church Will amplify his call Please to bend down for the one called the Greenman He wants to make you his bride Please to bend down for the one called the Greenman Forever to him you're tied And you know for a million years he has been your lover He'll be a million more And you know for a million years he has been your lover Down through the skin to the core Lay your head, lay your head Lay your head, lay your head on the Greenman Lay your head, lay your head with mine Lay your head, lay your head Lay your head, lay your head on the Greenman Build a bed out of oak and pine Please to bend down for the one called the Greenman Please to bend down for the one called the Greenman Please to bend down for the one called the Greenman Lay your head, lay your head with mine Please to bend down for the one called the Greenman Lay your head, lay your head with mine Lay your head Lay your head Lay your head ... -------- 1999 Apple Venus Volume 1 -------- -------- Harvest Festival -------- See the flowers 'round the altar See the peaches in tins 'Neath the headmaster's chair Harvest festival See the two who've been chosen See them walk hand in hand To the front of the hall Harvest festival, harvest festival What was best of all was the Longing look you gave me, that longing look More than enough to keep me fed all year See the children with baskets See their hair cut like corn Neatly combed in their rows Harvest festival, harvest festival What was best of all was the Longing look you gave me, that longing look Across the hymnbooks and the canvas chairs The longing look you gave me, that longing look More than enough to keep me fed all year And what a year when the exams and crops all failed Of course, you passed and you were never seen again We all grew and we got screwed and cut and nailed Then out of nowhere, invitation in gold pen See the flowers 'round the altar See that you two got married And I wish you well Harvest festival, harvest festival What was best of all was the Longing look you gave me, that longing look Across the hymnbooks and the canvas chairs The longing look you gave me, that longing look More than enough to keep me fed all year Harvest festival -------- 1999 Apple Venus Volume 1 -------- -------- I Can't Own Her -------- And I may as well wish for the moon in hand I own this river, I own this town All of it's climbers and it's wino's sliding down But I can't own her and I never will No I can't own her and that's a bitter pill Taken with rain 'Til the gutter shines like the swirling sky Like the swirling sky I've got all morning, I've got all year It's down in my pocket with the daylight folded there But I can't own her and I never will No I can't own her and that's a bitter pill Taken with rain How I'd wash her hair like the swirling sky Like the swirling sky And when I say I can't own her I don't mean to buy her It's nothing at all to do with money I simply want her in my arms forever more Is that an odd request? Is that something so funny? And I may as well wish for the moon in hand Yes there's more chance of that coming true But I can't own her and I never will No I can't own her and that's a bitter pill So I can't own her (Of all the things you've got the thing you want the most is her) And I never will (And she's the one thing that you just can't have) No I can't own her (Of all the things you've got the thing you want the most is her) And that's a bitter pill (And she's the one thing that you just can't have) Taken with rain Which I swallow down with the swirling sky With the swirling sky But I can't own her And I may as well wish for the moon in hand No I can't own her Yes there's more chance of that coming true -------- 1999 Apple Venus Volume 1 -------- -------- I'd Like That -------- I'd like that if we could cycle down some lane I'd like that if we could ride into the rain No macs, getting wet I'd be your Albert if you'd be Victoria We'd laugh because each drop would make me grow up Really high, really high like a really high thing Say, a sunflower I'd like that I'd like that if we could lay before my fire (What would you like?) I'd like that if you could slide me from this wire (What would you like?) Toasting fork, I'll be done I wouldn't Hector if you'd be Helen of Troy, oh boy We'd laugh because each flame would make me grow up Really high, really high like a really high thing Say, a sunflower, I'd like that I'd smile so much my face would crack in two Then you could fix it with your kissing glue I'd like that, yes, I'd like that I'd like that if we could float away in bed (What would you like?) I'd like that if I could row your heart and head (What would you like?) With you laid on one arm I'd be your Nelson if you'd be my Hamilton, what fun We'd laugh because each stroke would make me grow up Really high, really high like a really high thing Say, a sunflower, say, a sunflower, say, a sunflower Say, a sunflower, let me hear you say Say, a sunflower I became I'd be growing in your lane (Say it again) Say, a sunflower I became I'd be growing in your lane Say, a sunflower I became (Sunflower) I'd be growing in your lane Say, a sunflower I became (Sunflower) I'd be growing in your lane Say, a sunflower I became (Sunflower) I'd be growing in your lane -------- 1999 Apple Venus Volume 1 -------- -------- Knights in Shining Karma -------- Knights in shining karma tend your flame And with love for armor they'll remain Ever by your bed, guarding, still sleeping Shield your soul from this rain Knights in shining karma will remain Jealous winter sun, cold as Vichyssoise Steals your smile for fuel They'll ignite with braziers of warming stars Knights in shining karma wash your feet And with spotless dharma come complete Ever by your sink drying up tea tears Shield your soul from this heat Knights in shining karma come complete Swollen summer moon, hot as boiling air Poach your dreams to ash They'll bring sips from restful slumbers, cooling keg Jealous winter sun -------- 1999 Apple Venus Volume 1 -------- -------- River of Orchids -------- Hey I heard the dandelions roar in Piccadilly Circus I heard the dandelions roar in Piccadilly Circus Take a packet of seeds, take yourself out to play I want to see a river of orchids where we had a motorway Push your car from the road Push your car from the road Just like a mad dog you're chasing your tail in a circle Just like a mad dog you're chasing your tail in a circle It's all in your backyard, you've the whole world at your feet Said the grass is always greener when it bursts up through concrete Push your car from the road Push your car from the road River of orchids winding our way Want to walk into London on my hands one day River of orchids, the road overgrows Want to walk into London smelling like a Peckham rose Just like a mad dog you're chasing your tail in a circle (Yeah) Just like a mad dog you're chasing your tail in a circle (You know, you can do it) I had a dream where the car is reduced to a fossil I had a dream where the car is reduced to a fossil Take a packet of seeds, take yourself out to play I want to see a river of orchids where we had a motorway It's all in your back yard, you've the whole world at your feet (Push your car from the road) Said the grass is always greener when it bursts up through concrete Take a packet of seeds, take yourself out to play (Push your car from the road) I want to see a river of orchids where we had a motorway River of orchids winding my way Want to walk into London on my hands one day River of orchids, the road overgrows Want to walk into London smelling like a Peckham rose River of orchids winding my way (I heard the dandelions roar in Piccadilly Circus) Want to walk into London on my hands one day (I heard the dandelions roar in Piccadilly Circus) River of orchids, the road overgrows (Just like a mad dog you're chasing your tail in a circle) Want to walk into London smelling like a Peckham rose (Just like a mad dog you're chasing your tail in a circle) River of orchids winding my way (I had a dream where the car is reduced to a fossil) Want to walk into London on my hands one day (I had a dream where the car is reduced to a fossil) River of orchids, the road overgrows (I heard the dandelions roar in Piccadilly Circus) Want to walk into London smelling like a Peckham rose (I heard the dandelions roar in Piccadilly Circus) River of orchids winding my way (Just like a mad dog you're chasing your tail in a circle) Want to walk into London on my hands one day (Just like a mad dog you're chasing your tail in a circle) River of orchids, the road overgrows (I had a dream where the car is reduced to a fossil) Want to walk into London smelling like a Peckham rose (I had a dream where the car is reduced to a fossil) River of orchids winding my way (I heard the dandelions roar in Piccadilly Circus) Want to walk into London on my hands one day (I heard the dandelions roar in Piccadilly Circus) River of orchids, the road overgrows (Just like a mad dog you're chasing your tail in a circle) Want to walk into London smelling like a Peckham rose (Just like a mad dog you're chasing your tail in a circle) River of orchids winding my way (I had a dream where the car is reduced to a fossil) Want to walk into London on my hands one day (I had a dream where the car is reduced to a fossil) -------- 1999 Apple Venus Volume 1 -------- -------- The Last Balloon -------- The last balloon is leaving The last balloon from fear The last balloon is leaving Form that line right here Climb aboard, climb aboard, you menfolk You won't need any bombs or knives Climb aboard, climb aboard, you menfolk Leave all that to your former lives Drop it all The last balloon is leaving The last balloon of all The last balloon is leaving Undress, discard, let fall Climb aboard, climb aboard, you women You won't need any gems or furs Climb aboard, climb aboard, you women Leave all that to the bad old years Drop it all The last balloon is leaving The last balloon, they'll fly The last balloon is leaving And we won't qualify Climb aboard, climb aboard, you children Move aloft while your fleet and fast Climb aboard, climb aboard, you children We're weighed down by our evil past Drop us all, you should drop us all Drop us all and free your hand Drop us all, you should drop us all Drop us all like so much sand -------- 1999 Apple Venus Volume 1 -------- -------- Your Dictionary -------- H A T E, is that how you spell love in your dictionary? K I C K, pronounced as kind F U C K, is that how you spell friend in your dictionary? Black on black, a guidebook for the blind Well, now that I can see, my eyes won't weep Now that I can hear, your song sounds cheap Now that I can talk, all your corn I'll reap I'm not so sure that Joey wed a virgin Mary There are no words for me inside your dictionary S L A P, is that how you spell kiss in your dictionary? C O L D, pronounced as care S H I T, is that how you spelt me in your dictionary? Four-eyed fool, you led 'round everywhere Well, now that I can see, it's the queens new clothes Now that I can hear all your poison prose Now that I can talk with my tongue unfroze I'm not so sure of Santa or the buck-tooth fairy There are no words for me inside your dictionary Now your laughter has a hollow ring But the hollow ring has no finger in So let's close the book and let the day begin And our marriage be undone -------- 2000 Wasp Star - Apple Venus Volume 2 -------- -------- Boarded Up -------- Boarded up Yeah, we're boarded up Nailed up shut Yeah, we're boarded up Music venue has had it's day Death watch Beetle band moved in to play Groups don't come down from London way 'Cos we're boarded up Yeah, we're nailed up shut Two by fourded up Yeah, we're boarded up Touring companies stay away Rats and mice take the center stage Carpenter's mate have a field day Boarded up Yeah, we're nailed up shut (Don't mind me at all) Two by fourded up Yeah, we're boarded up Pubs and clubs had the chop Making way for a superstore plot Some town planner didn't know when to stop Boarded up Come and see us Boarded up Don't wait too long now 'cos we're Boarding up Yeah, boarded up -------- 2000 Wasp Star - Apple Venus Volume 2 -------- -------- Church Of Women -------- A lie for a lie, but a truth for the truth Church of women is made out of milk Which their love turns to butter Church of women will have you give praise With a laugh, bark and stutter Like us men like us men They are nothing like us men Men have gargoyles 'round their hearts I'm on my knees but dancing Want to worship at the church of women Breathe 'em in until my head goes spinning around Want to worship at the church Let me worship at the church of women Church of women is making donations of loving and giving (Church of women is making donations of loving and giving) Church of women performing that miracle raising the living (Church of women performing that miracle raising the living) Like us men like us men Will they ever like us men? Men have thorns around their minds I'm on my mountain preaching Want to worship at the church of women Breathe 'em in until my head goes spinning around Want to worship at the church Let me worship at the church of women Lie for a lie, but a truth for the truth Give 'em back their house, the walls, the doors, the floors and roof And stop tryin' to diet on the wafers and wine and submit we're in control Now let's put things right Let's multiply the loves and kisses 'Til we have enough to love and eat forever Want to worship at the church of women (I want to worship at the church of women now) Breathe 'em in until my head goes spinning around (I'll breathe 'em in until my head goes spinning 'round) Want to worship at the church Let me worship at the church of women (Worship at the church of women) Want to worship at the church of women (I want to worship at the church of women now) Breathe 'em in until my head goes spinning around (I'll breathe 'em in until my head goes spinning 'round) Want to worship at the church Let me worship at the church of women (Worship at the church of women) Want to worship at the church of women (I want to worship at the church of women now) Breathe 'em in until my head goes spinning around (I'll breathe 'em in until my head goes spinning 'round) Want to worship at the church Let me worship at the church of women (Worship at the church of women) Want to worship at the church of women (I want to worship at the church of women now) Breathe 'em in until my head goes spinning around (I'll breathe 'em in until my head goes spinning 'round) Want to worship at the church Let me worship at the church of women -------- 2000 Wasp Star - Apple Venus Volume 2 -------- -------- In Another Life -------- Well, would you want me in your afternoons If I seduced you in your Mills and Boon? Well, I'll be the master, if you'll be the maid But don't ya get those headaches in another life I'll bring you milk tray from a parachute I'll play the Hollywood hunk, you can dye your roots Well, I'll be your Burton if you'll be my Liz There might be flying pigs in another life It's how we're built, love, don't let it wilt, love I'll take ya flat feet, well if you'll take my habits It all works out in the end, ah but in another life I'll be the stranger in your horoscope The cheeky builder calling with his quote Or maybe a Chippendale on girls night out Make mine the biggest pouch in another life It's how we're built, love, don't let it wilt, love I'll take ya mood swings, well if you'll take my hobbies It all works out in the end, ah but in another life Well, I'll be your Burton if you'll be my Liz There might be flying pigs in another life And you'd give up the cigs in another life And beer tastes good in tins Test matches we might win And your mother buys her gin -------- 2000 Wasp Star - Apple Venus Volume 2 -------- -------- I'm The Man Who Murdered Love -------- I'm the man who murdered love Yeah, what do you think to that? I'm the man who murdered love Yeah, what do you think to that? He was beggin' on his bended knee For me to pull him from his misery He hadn't worked at all this century Said, I'd do a job for all humanity (Chorus) I put a bullet in his sugar head He thanked me kindly, then he lay down dead Phony roses blossomed where he bled Then all the cheering angels shook my hand and said (Chorus) Oh, it's the middle of the song Oh, yeah, oh, I'm guilty I'm guilty, I'm guilty, yeah And then I turned and said There'll be no more pain from broken hearts And no more lovers to be torn apart Before you throw me in your dungeon dark You oughta' film me putting statues up in every park (Chorus) So dear public, I'm here to confess That I'm the one who freed us from this mess Love won't be calling at your address 'Cause what you never had you'll never miss, I guess (Chorus) If ya' never ever use it Ya' know you're gonna lose it If ya' never ever kiss it How you ever gonna miss it? Yeah, I'm the man I'm the man I'm the man -------- 2000 Wasp Star - Apple Venus Volume 2 -------- -------- My Brown Guitar -------- In my heart, in my heart You want some lovely, I got some lovely In my head, in my head Where the lions wear the right tie Where the gems roar, there be lovely You want some lovely, I got some lovely In my bed (In my bed) Where the ocean wears the shore down Where's the on switch? There be lovely (Laying waiting naked for you) We can play every day We can play at being lovers We can play every day We can play on my brown guitar We can play every day We can play at being lovers We can play every day We can play on my brown guitar You want some lovely, I got some lovely In my yard (In my yard) There be inchworm, there we football Take my yardstick, stir some lovely (Laying waiting naked for you) You want some lovely, I got some lovely In my field (In my field) There be green grass, there be pink skies There be blue birds, come and nest there We can play every day We can play at being lovers We can play every day We can play on my brown guitar We can play every day We can play at being lovers We can play every day We can play on my brown guitar You want some lovely, I got some lovely In my heart, in my heart for you -------- 2000 Wasp Star - Apple Venus Volume 2 -------- -------- Playground -------- I climb up, spending daylight Slide down, bankrupt on the other side Some sweet girl, playing my wife Runs off with a boy whose bike she'll ride Playground, it's a playground Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies In the playground, every day ground Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world Bells will ring, door flies open Hare and Greyhound in the old kiss chase You've been caught, game is ended Smack on kisser from her slap on face Playground, it's a playground Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies In the playground, every day ground Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world Watch the leaves all tear away, one by one Leaving you but lined like an exercise book What did your report once say? Know the one This boy must try harder to please from down on his knees Playground, playground, careful what you say ground Playground, playground, gonna make you pay ground Brain gets bent, heart gets broken You can't jump off once the pages turn School is out but never over That's the only lesson you can learn Playground, it's a playground Marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies In the playground, every day ground Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square Playground, it's a playground You're for the high jump, if you let 'em push you In the playground, every day ground There's no escaping, escaping from their big square world You may leave school but it never leaves you -------- 2000 Wasp Star - Apple Venus Volume 2 -------- -------- Standing In For Joe -------- I'm standing, standing in for Joe Joe called 'round to ask me, would I do a favor While he's gonna be out of town Says his girl needs company, she gets so restless Would I keep her safe and sound Softly, softly, in the night Well, you can guess the rest Now, these shoes fit all too well Standing in for Joe, standing in for Joe I'm standing in for Joe Joe said, we've been friends so long But I would be the one he would trust with his life Now, those words run 'round my brain As darkness falls as I turn out his bedroom light Who could resist her tender charms? So the story goes This actor, he plays all the parts Standing in for Joe, standing in for Joe Oh, I'm standing in for Joe Love is like a river, you cannot stop its flow Joe called 'round to ask me, would I do a favor While he's gonna be out of town Says his girl needs company, she gets so restless Would I keep check that she's safe and sound Softly, softly, in the night Well, you can guess the rest Now, these shoes fit all too well Standing in for Joe, I'm standing in for Joe Oh yeah, I'm standing in for Joe Standing in for Joe, standing in for Joe, standing in for Joe Standing in for Joe, standing in for Joe, standing in for Joe Standing in for Joe, standing in for Joe, standing in for Joe Standing in for Joe, standing in for Joe, standing in for Joe -------- 2000 Wasp Star - Apple Venus Volume 2 -------- -------- Stupidly Happy -------- I'm stupidly happy Everything's fine I'm stupidly happy My heart pumping wine I'm stupidly happy With idiot grin I'm stupidly happy It's surely a sin All the birds of the air call your name As they land on my kitchen roof All the fish in the lake do the same Should you need extra proof I'm stupidly happy My vision is skewed I'm stupidly happy I'm coming unscrewed And if the Devil walks up Dressed in any disguise I'd take him by the collars Look him in the eyes I'm stupidly happy Now you're my defense I'm stupidly happy This world's making sense I'm stupidly happy I roll like a train I'm stupidly happy With you in my brain All the lights of the cars in the town Form the strings of a big guitar I'm a giant to play you a tune For wherever you are I'm stupidly happy Like the words to that song I'm stupidly happy No, nothings not wrong And should the Devil drive up With his business card out I'd tear it to confetti With a grin and shout Stupidly happy All of the time I'm stupidly happy Now you're mine Stupidly happy -------- 2000 Wasp Star - Apple Venus Volume 2 -------- -------- The Wheel And The Maypole -------- I've got the plow if you've got the furrow I've got the rabbit if you've his burrow home I've got the pen if you've got the paper Time is but clay and I'll see you and the wheel turn You and the wheel turn Chorus: And if the pot won't hold our love If the pot won't hold our love If the pot won't hold our love Then we'll dash it to the ground And if the pot won't hold our love If the pot won't hold our love If the pot won't hold our love We'll build one bigger all around Goes the wheel I've got the seed if you've got the valley I've got the big stick if you've Aunt Sally's head I've got the time if you've got the motion Time is but clay and I'll see you and the wheel turn You and the wheel turn Chorus Chorus 2: Maypole Maypole Maypole you've spun me round and knocked me off my axis mundi Maypole Maypole Maypole the ties that bind you will unwind to free me one day And everything decays Yes, everything decays Forest tumbles down to make the soil Planets fall apart Just to feed the stars and stuff their larders And what made me think we're any better And what made me think we'd last forever Was I so naive? Of course it all unweaves Chorus 2 Pyramids and palaces to dust Empires crumble in Wedding cake begins to must and molder And what made me think we're any better And what made me think we'd last forever Was I so naive? Failing to perceive Maypole (round goes the wheel) Maypole (round goes the wheel) Maypole (the ties that bind you will unwind to free me one day) Maypole (if the pot won't hold our love) Etc -------- 2000 Wasp Star - Apple Venus Volume 2 -------- -------- We're All Light -------- And I won't take from you Don't you know 'bout a zillion years ago Some star sneezed, now they're paging you in reception Don't you know Jack and Jill-ion years ago Some dinosaur dropped the pail when it saw our reflection Don't you know We're all light Yeah, I read that someplace Don't you know We're all light Yeah, I read that someplace So you won't mind if I kiss you now Before indecision can bite Don't you know in this new Dark Age We're all light Don't you know At your fingertips arrayed There's a universe of atoms that thinks you're real something Don't you know Just a couple of lips away There's an revolutionary bean-feast whose insides are jumpin Don't you know We're all light Yeah, I read that someplace Don't you know We're all light Yeah, it's a bumper sticker someplace So you won't mind if I kiss you now We may hear the angels recite Don't you know in this new Dark Age We're all light And I won't take from you what you can't take from me And I'll leave nothing here that you can't use upon your trip And I won't take from you what you can't take from me And I'll leave nothing here but love and milk a' plenty for your tea Don't you know Upon the pillion of time's bike We roar onto the stage and too soon we're dead center Don't you know Buffalo Bill-ions raised his sight He's picking off the whole herd as soon as we enter So you won't mind if I kiss you now And maybe come on in for the night Don't you know in this new Dark Age We're all light We're all light And I won't take from you What you can't take from me And I won't take from you (you know where you itch, is a little tiny switch, and if you let Me in, I can show you just the pin, that you put in the slot and the Element gets hot, and the stuff just pours out) And I won't take from you What you can't take from me (all we're light) (kiss me now, kiss me now) And I won't take from you What you can't take from me And I won't take from you What you can't take from me -------- 2000 Wasp Star - Apple Venus Volume 2 -------- -------- Wounded Horse -------- Well, I stumbled and I fell Like a wounded horse When I found out you'd been riding Another man Well, I staggered round in circles On a loser's course When I found out you'd been riding Another man Well, my friends all said Just climb back in the saddle And you know that everything will turn out right Well, my friends all said You won't sink if you paddle But my ship drifts on into an endless night Well, I bit out my own tongue Like a wounded horse When I found out you'd been riding Another man Well, my friends all said Just climb back in the saddle And you know that everything will turn out right I can [Incomprehensible] story Well, my friends all said You won't sink if you paddle But my ship drifts on into a endless night Well, I bit out my own tongue Like a wounded horse When I found out you'd been riding Another man When I found out you'd been riding Another man -------- 2000 Wasp Star - Apple Venus Volume 2 -------- -------- You And The Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful -------- And every morning before I'm awake I walk around the world to make sure she's alright And every evening 'fore I bolt the door I give the stars a stir to make sure they will spin all night For I see people who will scratch and spit and kick and fight And I see nations war about whether right is left and whether wrong is right And I know storms inside your head can amplify the blight But no matter what the weather, you and the clouds will still be beautiful No matter what the weather, you and the clouds will still be beautiful And every Troy with wooden horse I take to peaceful waters but can't make him drown And every Bastille that gets stormtroopered "Hail to the Chief" comes rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin' down And I've seen people conduct lightning down to a summer's day And I've seen nations playfully hurl snowballs packed with stones and clay And I know rain inside your head can seriously put a stop to play But no matter what the weather, you and the clouds will still be beautiful No matter what the weather, you and the clouds will still be beautiful So let it rain And when we see flying saucers, flying cups, and flying plates And as we trip down lover's lane we sometimes bump into the gate And I know thunder in your head can still reverberate But no matter what the weather, you and the clouds will still be beautiful No matter what the weather, you and the clouds will still be beautiful No matter what the weather Yeah So let it rain So let it rain You know you still be beautiful So let it rain It doesn't matter what the weather you know you're beautiful Just let it rain You're just, you're beautiful So let it rain Yeah, since the clouds all part the clouds just rose So let it rain From your pretty little mouth to your pretty little nose you're beautiful So let it rain It doesn't matter if the rain wants to fail if the rain wants to fall Just let it rain So let it rain So let it rain