BLUR
Leisure (1991)
I see her face, everyday I see her face, it doesn't help me (x2) She's so high, she's so high, she's so high I want to crawl all over her (x2) I think of her, everyday I think of her, it doesn't help me (x2) She's so high... She doesn't help me (x3) She's so high... (x2)
Sitting in a SDT, waiting for an underground train To rumble underneath my feet Bang goes another day, where it went I could not say Now I'll have to wait another week When all is said and all is done, what was said was never done Don't panic, it's not really worth your while Bang goes another year, in and out of one ear Everybody's doing it, so do it too I don't need anyone But a little love would make things better (x2) Sitting on the early bus, passing through the morning rush It makes no difference that I’m not with you Bang goes another year, in and out of one ear Everybody is doing it, I'll do it too I don't need anyone... I Know
It's up to you, you know it is I can't convince you, all you have to do is slow down I've always said it will never change All you have to do, just you be you I mean that's all I want to say And all the things I’ve ever told you I didn't mean at all, I didn't mean at all, I'd forget you So if you come here, if you come here All you have to do, just you be you I mean that's all I need to say to you
So sure, so sure you are Nothing can touch you now I need to know, did you think of me? But you're forgetting me now Sow down, don't be so Eager to let me go Realise it could change you It could change your mind Try, try, try - Try, try, try All things remain the same, so why try again? Sow down, don't be so Eager to let me go I need to know, did you think of me? But you're forgetting me now Try, try, try...
Do you do anything you ever do? No, she said, do you want anything? You ever wanted - No, she said She don't know how, how to feel This is a bad day, this is a bad day To know Do you have anything you ever had? No, she said, do you love anyone? You ever loved - Yes, she said She don't know how... (x2)
I can't feel ’cause I am numb I can't feel ’cause I am numb So what's the worth in all of this? What's the worth in all of this? Sing to me - Sing to me So what's the worth in all of this? If the child in your head, if the child is dead Sing to me - Sing to me
You're taking the fun out of everything Making me run when I don't wanna think You're taking the fun out of everything I don't wanna think at all There's no other way, there's no other way All that you can do is watch them play (x2) You're taking the fun out of everything You're making it clear when I don't wanna think You're taking me up when I don't want to go up anymore, I’m just watching it all There's no other way... I'll watch you play - I'll watch you play There's no other way... (etc.)
Sorry, but I don't understand The things you say they make no sense at all Funny, but I think that you mean them all This time don't you I know that you think I'm a fool But couldn't you try to forgive a fool? One more time Sorry, but I'm not really listening I've got my mind on something else And sometimes I wonder if I'm here If I'm here at all I know that you want me to go, don't you? But it's not as easy as it seems I know that you think I'm not here at all But I'm just as fed up as you I know that you want me to leave I'm amazed at how cold you can be Well, may my weak and insipid soul grow stronger in your absence
I don't understand, walking all over me All over me to you You must be mad and you know you are You should have known, I'd do anything for you So, why? Why can't we come together? Why? Why? Why can't we come together? Why? Inside my head there's nothing left It's all been taken out by you And do I care? Well, you know I do You should have known, I'd do anything for you So, why? Why...? Now it's all been said and you know it all And you should have known I'd do anything for you For you, for you (x2) So, why? Why...?
If you come here, which you sometimes do Don't think that I really want you to And if you come here, which you always do Don't think that I expect you to Is that all I give you? Is that all I give you? And you talk too much, which you always do Don't think that I really want you to And if you talk too much, which you always do Don't think that I really need you to Is that all I give you? Is that all I give you?
It's my birthday, no one here day Very strange day, I think of you day Go outside day, sit in park day Watch the sky day, what a pathetic day I don't like this day, it makes me feel too small I don't like these days, they make me feel so small
Every time I come here I'm not sure what to say I know it should be easy, but it never seems that way You, you make me feel like no one ever will So why, why do you bore me until my heart is still? You, you wear me down My defenses are gone now and I can't fight (x2) I can't say I love you easily and you wouldn't want me to So I'd rather just say nothing and leave it up to you Then it's easy to forget, you're iust as small as me Then it's easy to forget, you're just as foolish as me You, you wear me down... (x2)
Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993)
He's a twentieth century boy, with his hands on the rails Trying not to be sick again and holding on for tomorrow London ice cracks on a seamless line, he's hanging on for dear life And so we hold each other tightly and hold on for tomorrow Singing: la, la, la-la-la (etc.) Holding on for tomorrow She's a twentieth century girl, with her hands on the wheel Trying not to make him sick again, seeing what she can borrow London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes, but we're lost on the Westway And so we hold each other tightly and we can wait on for tomorrow Singing: la, la, la-la-la... We’re trying not to be sick again and holding on for tomorrow She's a twentieth century girl, hanging on for dear life And so we hold each other tightly and hold on for tomorrow Singing: la, la, la-la-la... (etc.) Jim stops and gets out the car, goes to a house in Emperors gate Through the door and to his room, then he puts the TV on Turns it off and makes some tea, says "Modern Life, well it's Rubbish" Holding on for tomorrow Then Susan comes into the room, she's a naughty girl with a lovely smile Says "Let's take a drive to Primrose Hill, it's windy there and the view is so nice London ice can freeze your toes, like anyone I suppose" Holding on for tomorrow
It's six o'clock on the dot and I’m half way home I feel foul mouthed as I stand and wait for the underground And a nervous disposition doesn't agree with this I need something to remind me that there’s something else You need a holiday somewhere in the sun With all the people who are waiting there never seems to be one Say something, say something else (x2) Advertisements are here for rapid persuasion If you stare too long you lose you appetite And a nervous disposition doesn't agree with this You need fast relief from aches and stomach pains I need a holiday somewhere in the sun With all the people who are waiting there never seems to be one Say something, say something else (x2) You need a holiday... Say something, say something else (x2)
Colin Zeal knows the value of mass appeal He's a pedestrian walker, he's a civil talker He's an affable man with a plausible plan keeps his eye on the news, keeps his future in hand (And then he) Looks at his watch he's on time yet again Looks at his watch he's on time yet again He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself So pleased with himself, ah-ah While sitting in traffic, Colin thinks in automatic He's an immaculate dresser, he's the common aggressor He's a modern retard with a love of bombast Keeps his eye on the news, doesn’t dwells on the past (And then he) Looks at his watch... He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself So pleased with himself, ah-ah (x2) He's a modern retard, he's a terminal lard He's an affable man with a carotene tan Because Colin Zeal is ill
Only the magical transit children sing Sing the lullaby bah, bah, bah Sitting on the pavement sucking on a long straw It's colorful, it's colorful, but it washes you out Here is my violence and here is the excuse I learned it all but only second hand Falling into walls well, what is it with you You'd never know, never know, never know We planned it all this way, we planned it all this way Pressure on Julian Swimming in yellow pissy water Sand getting in between the ears No blood in head in this bloody weather Irate people with yellow tongues Only the magical transit children sing Sing lullaby bah, bah, bah Falling into walls, well what is it with you You'd never know, never know, never know We planned it all this way, we planned it all this way Pressure on Julian There was pressure on Julian Pushing trolleys in the car park from B to A then back to B Pressure on Julian, he keeps passing out Poor little snout, the birds are singing at night Pressure on Julian
Wash with new soap behind the collar, keeps a clean mental state Don't usually bother in cold weather but still I’m getting into work late And I don't need the practice I've been making plans (for the future) Become an unconscious man (all for the good) I feel so unnecessary (we don't think so) (You seem starshaped) I have a couple at the weekend, keeps up comaraderie And my mind boggles in the muddle at the possibilities And I don't need the practice I've been making plans... (x2) Wash with new soap behind the collar, helps keep down the laundry And now I bother in cold weather because it cleans me mentally And I don't need, don’t need the practice I've been making plans... (x2)
Air cushioned soles, I bought them on the Portabello Road on a Saturday I stop and stare a while, a common pastime when conversation goes astray But don't think I’m walking out of this She don't mind whatever I say, whatever I say I don't really wanna change a thing I wanna stay this way, forever Blue blue jeans, I wear them every day There's no particular reason to change My thoughts are getting banal, I can't help it But I won't pull out hair another day I don't think I’m walking out of this... If you dont mind whatever I say, whatever I say I don't really wanna change a thing I wanna stay this way, forever You know it would be with you And don’t give up on me, yes Don't think I’m walking out of this She don't mind whatever I say, whatever I say I don't really wanna change a thing I wanna stay this way, forever If you dont mind whatever I say, whatever I say I don't really wanna change a thing I wanna stay this way, forever You know it's to be with you
The pay-me girl has had enough of the bleeps So she takes a bus into the country Although she got herself rosy cheeks She didn't leave enough money to pay the rent The landlord says that she's out in a week What a shame she was just getting comfy And now she's eating chocolate to induce sleep In a chemical world it’s very, very, very cheap And I don't know about you They're putting the holes in, yes yes It’s been a hell of a do Been putting the holes in, yes yes Peeping Thomas has a very nice view Across the street at the exhibitionist These townies they never speak to you Just stick together so they never get lonely Feeling lead, feeling quite light-headed Had to sit down and have some sugary tea In a chemical world, in a chemical world, it’s very, very, very cheap And I don't know about you... (etc.)
Sunday, Sunday here again in tidy attire You read the color supplement, the TV guide You dream of protein on a plate, regret you left it quite so late Together the family around the table, to eat enough to sleep Oh, the Sunday sleep Sunday, Sunday here again, a walk in the park You meet an old soldier and talk of the past He fought for us in two world wars, says the England he knew is no more He sings songs of praise every week but always falls asleep For that Sunday sleep Sunday, Sunday here again in tidy attire You read the color supplement, the TV guide You dream of protein on a plate, regret you left it quite so late Together the family around the table, to eat enough to sleep And mother's pride is you epithet, that extra slice you will soon regret So going out is your best bet, then bingo yourself to sleep Oh, the Sunday sleep
Lead in me and me in water, dangling in my word I swallowed too much oily water, now it’s slipping down my spine In a sense of self decline growing fat on sound It's only an early morning dream and the whole world will be all right My head is full of suspicion, I'm coming home sometime I've swallowed too much oily water, it’s slipping down my spine In a sense of self in decline, I’m lying on my back It's only an early morning dream and so the whole world will be all right
Miss America sits in the shower She's plucking hours from the sky Picks up the telephone into another home Don't ask me why I don't mind, I don't mind at all I love only you She's a well wisher and she wishes you well Wish away, wish away She's no jellybean, she's a jemima ho-ho Wish away, wish away I don't mind, I don't mind at all I love only you, da do da da do Here is here and I am here, where are you? Far away, far away She's no jellybean, she's a jemima ho-ho Wish away, wish away
Practice doesn't make perfect when you're interbreeding Speaking drivel can it get confused with heavy breathing Mixing drinks at water holes get snarled up in the suburbs Meandering through this and that you are suspected of vagueness When work is done go to Villa Rosie every night, so tasty So form a queue at Villa Rosie every night, so tasty Across the common everyday you come across the fine line But wearing boots can prevent the leeches in the long grass Eating between meals stifles the appetite, is it healthy? Coming home that nagging doubt there in your belly And all the while at Villa Rosie every night, you're tasting A sweeter life at Villa Rosie every night, so tasty All losers come to Villa Rosie every night, they're waiting So form a queue at Villa Rosie every night, so tasty Don't break your back at Villa Rosie every night, we're tasting A sweeter life at Villa Rosie every night, so tasty
Primal, evil, what am I? Tongue-tied until the day I die There's no love made with mermaids It's just distraction or so they say But I'm trying to care about it Can't you see it in my face, my face When I feel this strange, can I go through this again? When I feel this strange, can I go through this again? It's a sorry state you're getting in The same excuse is wearing thin There's no self control left in me What was not will never be And I'm trying to care about it...
Kazoo, kazoo, you are mine Kazoo, kazoo, every time Turn it up, turn it up, turn it in (x2) Anyway you choose, anyway you choose at all Some days you do too much, some days it all gets too much Kazoo, kazoo, you are mine Why do you turn your back on me? Turn it up, turn it up, turn it in (x4)
I think too much on things I want too much It makes me hateful and I say stupid things Only you can fill my blank heart And I'm resigned to that I wish the sun could just keep me warm And I'm resigned to that I'll forget to breathe someday I've never stopped to think why
Parklife (1994)
Street's like a jungle so call the police Following the herd down to Greece, on holiday Love in the nineties is paranoid On sunny beaches take your chances, looking for Girls who are boys, who like boys to be girls Who do boys like they're girls, who do girls like they're boys Always should be someone you really love Avoiding all work 'cause there's none available Like battery thinkers count your thoughts, on one-two-three-four Five fingers, nothing is wasted, only reproduced You get nasty blisters, du bist sehr schön, but we haven't been introduced Girls who are boys...
(Tracy Jacks) works in civil service (Tracy Jacks) it's steady employment (Tracy Jacks) it's a golfing fanatic (Tracy Jacks) but his put is erratic (Tracy Jacks) saw a harley street doctor (Tracy Jacks) who prescribed healthy living (Tracy Jacks) but he's getting past forty (Tracy Jacks) and all the seams are splitting Everyday he got closer He knew in his heart he was over I'd love to stay here and be normal But it's just so overrated (Tracy Jacks) left home without warning (Tracy Jacks) at five in the morning (Tracy Jacks) got on the first train to walton (Tracy Jacks) and stood on the seafront (Tracy Jacks) threw his clothes in the water (Tracy Jacks) and ran around naked (Tracy Jacks) got stopped by the police (Tracy Jacks) and escorted back home Everyday he got closer... Tracy Jacks (x4) And then it happened on a tuesday morning Tracy Jacks bulldozed down the house he lived in Saying it's just so overrated Tracy Jacks (x4) Everyday he got closer...
She says there's ants in the carpet, dirty little monsters Eating all the morsels, picking up the rubbish Give her effervescence, she needs a little sparkle Good morning TV, you're looking so healthy We all say, "don't want to be alone" We wear the same clothes 'cause we feel the same And kiss with dry lips when we say goodnight End of a century, oh it's nothing special Sex on the TV, everybody's at it And the mind gets dirty as you get closer to thirty He gives her a cuddle, glowing in a huddle Good night TV, you're all made up And you're looking like me We all say... Can you eat her? Yes, you can We all say...
Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as... (Parklife!) And morning soup can be avoided if you take a route straight through What is known as... (Parklife!) John's got brewer's droop, he gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons They love a bit of it. (Parklife!) Who's that gut lord marching? You should cut down on your porklife Mate, get some exercise! (Parklife!) All the people, so many people And they all go hand in hand Hand in hand through their parklife Know what I mean? I get up when I want, except on Wednesdays When I get rudely awakened by the dustmen (Parklife!) I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea And I think about leaving the house. (Parklife!) I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too It gives me a sense of enormous well-being. (Parklife!) And then I'm happy for the rest of the day Safe in the knowledge there will always be a bit of my heart devoted to it. All the people... Parklife - Parklife! (x2) It's got nothing to do with your vorsprung durch technik, you know Parklife - Parklife! And it's not about you joggers who go round and round and round... Parklife - Parklife! All the people...(etc.)
Grandma has got new dentures To eat the crust on pizza Been taken out by her daughter Because she thought she oughta The kids are eating snickers Because they're so delicious Then there's sticky fingers And mother looses her knickers Bank holiday comes six times a year Days of enjoyment to which everyone cheers Bank holiday comes with a six pack of beer Then its back to work a.g.a.i.n. Bar-b-que is cooking Sausages and chicken The patio is buzzing The neighbours they are looking John is down the fun pub Drinking lots of lager Girls and boys are on the game All the high streets look the same Bank holiday comes six times a year... Back to work a.g.a.i.n. Bank holiday comes six times a year... Bank holiday!
So far I've not really stayed in touch Well you knew as much it's no surprise that today I'll get up early too from a lack of anything to do And I might as well just grin and bear it Because it's not worth the trouble of an argument And you have not really stayed in touch Well I knew as much it's no surprise that today I get up around two with nothing to do Except get a touch of flu And I might as well grin and bear it Because it's not worth the trouble of an argument And in any case I'd rather wear it It's like a badhead in the morning (And I know) And I might as well grin and bear it... (x2) (And I know)
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I spy in the night sky, don't I? Phoebe, Io, Elara, Leda, Callisto, Sinope Janus, Dione, Portia, so many moons Quiet in the sky at night, hot in the milky way Outside in Vega, Capella, Hadar, Rigel, Barnard's Star Antares, Aldebaran, Altair, Wolf 359, Betelgeuse Sun, sun, sun, sun...
All those dirty words (Jusqu'à la fin) They make us look so dumb (En plein soleil) We've been drinking far too much (Jusqu'à la fin) And neither of us mean what we say (En plein amour) Well you and I, collapsed in love And it looks like we might have made it Yes, it looks like we've made it to the end What happened to us? (Jusqu'à la fin) Soon it will be gone forever (En plein soleil) Infatuated only with ourselves (Jusqu'à la fin) And neither of us can think straight anymore (En plein amour) Well you and I... (etc.)
A malady has taken him over Coughing tar in his Japanese motor The lights are magic and he feels lucky And he's got money, shoots like an arrow, oh London loves, the mystery of a speeding car London loves, the misery of a speeding heart Its love you like, and everyone's at it And words are cheap when the mind is elastic He loves the violence, keeps ticking over So sleep together before today is sold forever London loves, the way people just fall apart London loves, the way you just don't stand a chance London loves, the mystery of a speeding car London loves, the mystery of a speeding car London loves, the misery of a speeding heart London loves, the mystery London loves, the way people just fall apart London loves, the way we just don't stand a chance London loves, a speeding heart
I am the message centre Local and direct Room to room an operator - No calls today dear, they'll just have to wait dear I call and I collect - So just strike him softly away from the body You're made up too shiny today (in so much trouble) Thoughts are just pissing away (in so much trouble) In so much trouble I am a manager I am in control As the local delegator - No calls today dear, they'll just have to wait dear I offer no guarantee at all - So don't take it lightly, you'll put yourself under You're made up too shiny today (in so much trouble) Thoughts are just pissing away (in so much trouble) A new type face and new day (in so much trouble) You can't remember ten minutes ago (in so much trouble) Too much trouble (x2)
I'm on the white cliffs of Dover Thinking it over and over But if I jump it’s all over A cautionary tale for you I'd like to roll in the clover With you over and over On the white cliffs of dover And then I'd let you push me over And if that is the fact then in actual fact It's not where it's at, and it's over (x2) Yes, it is And now the bluebirds are over Over the white cliffs of Dover So when you push me over Don't bury me, I'm not worth anything And if that is the fact...
Bill Barret has a simple dream He calls it his plan B Buildings in the sky and the air is sugar free And everyone is very friendly Plan B arrived on a holiday Took a cab to the shopping malls Bought and ate until he could do neither anymore Then found love on Channel 44 La, la-la-la-la - He wants to go to Magic America La, la-la-la-la - He'd like to live in Magic America With all the magic people Bill Barrett sent his postcards home to everyone he'd ever known Fifty nine cents gets you a good square meal From the people who care how you feel La, la-la-la-la... With all the magic people La, la-la-la-la - He wants to go to Magic America La, la-la-la-la - He'd like to live in Magic America La, la-la-la-la - So nice to be in Magic America La, la-la-la-la - He'd like to live in Magic America With all the magic people (etc.)
Jubilee slouches in the settee, he’s losing all will to move He gone divy, too much telly, he watching 24 hours of rubbish He got butane, he got plastic bags, his eyes are going square, oh yeah He no raver, just anti-social, he no going to cut his hair He dresses incorrectly, no-one told him seventeen He not mean enough He dresses incorrectly, no-one told him seventeen He not keen on being like anyone else Jubilee's dad billy banker thinks his son is a slob He should get out more stop scabbing, he really should go and get a job He dresses incorrectly, no-one told him seventeen He not mean enough He dresses incorrectly, no-one told him where to go But he just don't get out enough He dresses incorrectly, no-one told him talk to girls But he's just too spotty He dresses incorrectly, no-one told him seventeen He not keen on being like anyone else So he just plays on his computer game He dresses incorrectly, no-one told him seventeen He not mean enough He dresses incorrectly, no-one told him where to go But he just don't get out enough He dresses incorrectly, no-one told him talk to girls But he's just too spotty He dresses incorrectly... no-one told him seventeen He not keen on being liked anyone He's not being like anyone Jubilee's not like anyone else
And into the sea Goes pretty England and me Round the Bay of Biscay And back for tea Hit traffic on the Dogger Bank Up the Thames to find a taxi rank Sail on by with the tide And go to sleep (And the radio says) This is a low, but it won't hurt you When you're alone, it will be there with you Finding ways to stay so low On the Tyne, Forth and Cromarty There's a low in the high forties And Saturdays locked away on the pier Not fast enough, dear And on the Malin Head Blackpool looks blue and red And the Queen, she's gone round the bend Jumped off Land's End (And the radio says) This is a low... (etc.)
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The Great Escape (1995)
Blur (1997)
Beetlebum, what you done She's a gun, now what you done, beetlebum Get nothing done, you beetlebum Just get numb, now what you done, beetlebum And when she lets me slip away She turns me on and all my violence's gone Nothing is wrong, I just slip away and I am gone Nothing is wrong, she turns me on I just slip away and now I am gone Beetlebum, because you're young She's a gun, now what you done, beetlebum She'll suck your thumb, she'll make you come ‘Cause she's your gun, now what you done, beetlebum And when she lets me slip away... He's on, he's on, he's on it (etc.)
Woo-hoo! (x4) I got my head checked by a jumbo jet It wasn't easy, but nothing is - No Woo-hoo! When I feel heavy metal Woo-hoo! And I'm pins and I'm needles Woo-hoo! Well, I lie and I'm easy All of the time I’m never sure why I need you Pleased to meet you I got my head done, when I was young It's not my problem, it’s not my problem Woo-hoo!... Yeah-yeah - Yeah-yeah Yeah-yeah - Oh, yeah
Yeah, I found nowhere - It got to know me Let me sleep all day - Spend the money I haven't felt my legs - Since the summer And I don't call my friends - Forgot their numbers VIP 223 I had my chances or did they have me? Now stay up nights, watch TV I'm country sad - I'm a ballad man I'm on a comeback roll - Yeah, I'm a blizzard And in my motor home - Sweat on my pillow, all night VIP 223 I had my chances and they had me Now stay up nights, watch TV I'm country sad - I'm a ballad man (x2) I've gone and fucked it ‘Cause I'm a ballad man - And everybody is ‘Cause I'm a ballad man - And that’s all it is ‘Cause I'm a ballad man - I've gone and fucked it ‘Cause I'm a...
It's automatic - It's automatic I need to unload - Need to unload Under the pressure - Under the pressure Gone middle of the road - Middle of the road Fall into fashion (Fall into fashion) Fall out again (Fall out again) We stick together (We stick together) ‘Cause it never ends (It never ends) Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl) Here comes a high (The only ones in the world) Here comes everything (You and me, we'll work it out) Here it comes - You, me, we'll work it out Here comes tomorrow - Here comes tomorrow One, two, three episodes - Three episodes We stick together - We stick together Gone middle of the road - Middle of the road ‘Cause that's entertainment (That's entertainment) It's the sound of the wheel (Sound of the wheel) It rolls on forever (Roll, roll forever) Yeah, you know how it feels (Know how it feels) Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl) Here comes a high (The only ones in the world) Here comes everything (Like monkeys out in space) Here it comes (We are members of the human race) Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl) Here comes a high (The only ones in the world) Here comes everything (You and me, we'll work it out) Here it comes - You, me, we'll work it out It's automatic (It's automatic) I need to unload (Need to unload) Under the pressure (Under the pressure) Gone middle of the road (Middle of the road) Here comes a low...
Holy man tiptoed his way across the Ganges The sound of magic music in his ears Videoed by a bus load of tourists Shiny shellsuits on, and drinking lemonade Now, I've got a funny feeling, which I bought mail order From a man in a tee-pee in California He said he once was the great game show performer Then he blew all his money away, blew it all away So take me home, don't leave me alone I'm not that good, but I'm not that bad No psycho killer, hooligan gorilla I dream to riot, oh you should try it I read parole, get gold card soul My joy of life is on a roll And we'll all be the same in the end ‘Cause then you're on your own Then you're on your own Well, we all go happy day glow in the disco The sound of magic music in our brains Someone stumbles to the bathroom with the horrors Says Lord, give me faith, for I've jumped into space, I'm in outer space So take me home... (x2) (Is you ready to roll, is you ready to roll when the music stops) (etc.)
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Sad, drunk and poorly, sleeping really late Sad, drunk and poorly, not feeling so great Wandering lost in a town full of frowns Sad, drunk and poorly, dogs digging up the ground And I feel the light in the night and in the day And I feel the light when the sky's just mud and grey And I feel the light when you tell me it's OK ‘Cause you're so great and I love you Tea, tea and coffee helps to start the day Tea, tea and coffee, shaking all the way City's alive and, surprise, so am I Tea, tea and coffee, get no sleep today And I feel the light...
The death of the party Came as no surprise Why did we bother? Should have stayed away Another night, and I thought "Well, well" Go to another party and hang myself Gently on the shelf The death of the teenager Standing on his own Why did he bother? Should have slept alone Another night...
He makes an inner arm block Then kicks from behind, the lights they go off But he can fight blind ‘cause he got the touch And he won't live long, he comes from Hong Kong Where justice is done Chinese bombs, millions jump Chairman's junk, USA Won't somebody? Won't somebody? Sink the place! Got a call to go to Soho The dragon said go, let everyone know That you got the touch, you come from Hong Kong Where justice is done, where people are strong But you won't live long Chinese bombs, millions jump Chairman's junk, USA Bruce Lee come, save the day Bruce Lee come, the Chinese way
I'm Just A Killer For Your Love
I heard a man who had no lungs He took me in and made me lunch Told me how I'd lost a friend He smiled at me, that was the end And I said, I'm just a killer for your love (x4) Cut my hair off in the road I tear my coat off, drop my load Wipe my hands on the grass ‘Cause now I know nothing will last And I said, I'm just a killer for your love (etc.)
Good morning, lethargy Drink Pepsi, it's good for energy The bath's on, smoke in the bedroom Sore throat, and on my neck a nasty bruise And where it came from, well I don't know But we played last night, it was a good show Got to play a second rate chat show A nationwide deal, so we gotta go Jeff from the Company says it'll be all right Got an ad on KROQ and there's an in-store tonight Well I build things up, then I let them go Got to get time-share on the radio Look inside America She's all right, she's all right Sitting out in the distance But I'm not trying to make her mine Looking for America With its cookie nights and suicides TV says it’s all right ‘Cause everybody's hung up On something or other Stepping off in twenty, so the driver says I should sleep tonight, but I think I'll watch videos instead Annie Hall leaves New York in the end Press rewind and Woody gets her back again And the whole world could have passed through me But I don't know that it means much to me Look inside America... And the whole world could have passed through me But I don't know that it means much to me
Strange News From Another Star
All I wanna to be is washed out by the sea No Death Star over me, won't give me any peace All I want is light relief, put the crazies on the street Give them guns and feed them meat, they'll shoot the Death Star down Dig a hole and put it down, a thousand miles underground They say it's no game There's strange news from another star I'm lost, I'm lost There's strange news from another star Give me all your stuff until I can't get up Watch the whole world freeze, counting tin cans in our sleep Submarines are diving deep and don't believe in me And don't believe in me, all I've ever done is tame Will you love me all the same? Will you love me though it's always the same? They say it's no game... From another star (x3)
At the music heist I met the gourmet man With aluminium lungs sucks out all he can He sees the whole world go flip in a stunt bug style ‘Cause he's a parasite with a cellulite pile Well, he can smile ‘Cause this is the music Moving on, we're moving on Hey, this is the music Moving on, we're moving on Sticky eyes and sticky bones, you get no time on your own You get a dose and a ghost, you get it coast to coast Now you dye your hair black, get Satan tattooed on your back You pierce yourself with a Coke can and rub yourself with fake tan Now you're in the band ‘Cause this is the music Moving on, we're moving on Hey, this is the music Moving on, we're moving on No matter how low, there's always further to go When you're moving on, you're moving on No matter how low, there's always somewhere to go Moving on, we're moving on Won't be long before we're gone Hey, this is the music Moving on, we're moving on Yeah, this is the music Moving on, we're moving on No matter how low, there’s always further to go Moving on, you're moving on No matter how low, there's always further to go Moving on, you're moving on
I remember thinking murder in the car Watching dogs somersault through sprinklers on tiny lawns I remember the graffiti We are your children, coming in with spray cans of paint I remember the sunsets and the plains of cement And the way the night just seemed to turn the colour of orangeade In this town, cellular phones are hot with teens In this town, we all go to terminal pubs It helps us sweat out those angry bits of life From this town, the English army grind their teeth into glass You know you'll get a kicking tonight The smell of puke and piss The smell of puke and piss on your stilettos Here comes that panic attack My heart stops - And then it starts Give me a drink, I'll drink your round I take you round the pole, it's cold up here (I see the universe waiting by a minibus) You'll catch the flu or you'll catch the city Either way, you'll catch the flu or you'll catch the city
13 (1999)
Tender is the night, lying by your side Tender is the touch of someone that you love too much Tender is the day the demons go away Lord, I need to find someone who can heal my mind Come on, come on, come on - Get through it Come on, come on, come on - Love's the greatest thing Come on, come on, come on - Get through it Come on, come on, come on - Love's the greatest thing That we have, I'm waiting for that feeling I'm waiting for that feeling, waiting for that feeling to come Oh my baby, oh my baby - Oh why, oh my (x2) Tender is the ghost, the ghost I love the most Hiding from the sun, waiting for the night to come Tender is my heart, I'm screwing up my life Lord, I need to finds someone who can heal my mind Come on, come on, come on... (x2) Tender is the night, lying by your side Tender is the touch of someone that you love too much Tender is my heart, you know I'm screwing up my life Oh Lord, I need to find someone who can heal my mind Come on, come on, come on...
I am the ex-offender They let me out in the summer I think I was in a coma I didn't know what to do, oh no Go round, go round, go round l watch myself hang on Look out for the Bugman Go round, go round, go round Watch yourself hang on Look out for the Bugman I got no sense of existence I know the nodding dogs I go out in the city I stay away from the bugs, oh yeah Go round, go round... I go out in the city I stay away from the bugs, oh yeah I go out in the city (x2) Look out for the Bugman (x2) I stay away from the (ooh, ooh) bugs (etc.) (Space is the place (etc.))
Do you feel like a chain store? Practically floored One of many zero skicked around bored Your ears are full but you’re empty, holding out your heart To people who never really care how you are So give me coffee and TV, history I've seen so much, I'm going blind and I’m braindead virtually Sociability it's hard enough for me Take me away form this big bad world and agree to marry me So we can start all over again Do you go to the country? It isn't very far There's people there who will hurt you ‘cause of who you are Your ears are full of the language, there's wisdom there you're sure 'Til the words start slurring and you can't find the door So give me coffee and TV... (x2) Oh, we could start over again (x4)
Give me good times Give me soul life Give me fever I'm a believer, yeah, yeah Give me anything Give me space brain Gimme music, gimme love I've never seen love Gimme good times (I wanna be with you) Let me jump high (And all I want is you) Gimme easy breathing Give me everything, everything, everything (Wahka, wahka…) Give me good times And give me soul life Give me fever I'm a believer Give me anything (I wanna be with you) Gimme space brain (And all I want is you) Don't leave me ever (I wanna be with you) We'll live forever (And all I want is you) (Yes we will, I know we will) Oh, give me good times Give me soul lives Gimme fever I'm a believer You know I am Give me anything (I wanna be with you) And gimme space brain (And all I want is you) Gimme music, give me love (I wanna be with you) I've never seen love (And all I want is you) Stick it in my brain (x3) La, lala, lala, lalala... (etc.)
Going into business An agreement of your bombast You'd love my bed You took the other instead But don't you feel low? I was being oblique And you'd love my bed You got the other instead What do you owe me? The price of your piece of mind You'd love my bed You took it all instead
Group using the loop of another pop group Group shooting the hoop And starving it up into the soup ‘Cause I'm of regular features And Adidas trainers Completing the cycle Teenage maniacs will bring it all back B.L.U.R.E.M.I. (etc.) Group using the loop of another pop group Completing the cycle Until the teenage maniacs will bring it all back Will bring it all back (x4) B.L.U.R.E.M.I...
Battle (x5) Battle someone, whoo (x2) Completion search, here I love the bow See it all come down Adorn myself, it's a new song glory See me what you think of now Battle... You turn you sights, kill until sub-zero See me, oh it turns you on All my gore it's the end of your Take your last one now Battle... (etc.) Keep sounds, keep love about See me overcome
I live my stream, I'm a guillotine Pull it away in my machine Where have I been? I'm not you Shooting stars in my left arm, it's an alcohol low Giving away time to Casio The sun is slow and I've got soul Is this where I'm going to? We see, we see, we see I kill this sleep, I'm the man in the moon I'm walking on sand on my own high noon In love with the moon, and not you 'Cause I live my stream, I'm a guillotine Pull it away in my machine Forget where I've been, I forget you Is this where I'm going to? We see, we see, we see
Freestyle - Freestyle, 45 - Freestyle I'm a country boy, I've got no soul Don't sleep at night, the world's growing old I lost my girl to the Rolling Stones I lost my girl to the Rolling Stones
I gotta get over, I gotta get over I’ve gotta get better, I'm with you forever I gotta find genius (Caramel), I gotta get better (Caramel) I gotta stop smoking (Caramel), I gotta get better (Caramel, Caramel) Do-doo, do-do-doo... (etc.) Where is the magic? I gotta get better Oh Lord give me magic, I'm with you forever I gotta find my skill (Caramel) and live by the mountains (Caramel) I love you forever, I knew I…, I knew I… Low-low, low, low... (etc.)
I've got no style, I take my time All those losers on the piss again I dose, dose away That's just the way it is (x2) I've got Trimm Trabb, like the flashboys have Now I can't go back, let it flow, let it flow I sleep alone, I sleep alone That's just the way it is Just the way it is (x5) I've got Trimm Trabb, like the flashboys have And I can't go back, let it flow, let it flow I sleep alone, I sleep alone (x2) I've got no style, just take my time All those losers on the piss again I doze, doze away That's just the way it is (x2) I've got Trimm Trabb, like the flashboys have And I can't go back, let it flow, let it flow I sleep alone, I sleep alone (x2)
It's over, you don't need to tell me I hope you're with someone who makes you feel safe in your sleeping tonight I won't kill myself, trying to stay in your life I got no distance left to run When you see me, please turn your back and walk away I don't wanna see you ‘cause I know the dreams that you keep is wearing me When you’re coming down, think of me here I got no distance left to run It's over, I knew it would end this way I hope you're with someone who makes you feel that this life is the night And it settles down, stays around, spends more time with you I got no distance left to run
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Think Tank (2003)
I ain't got nothing to be scared of No, I ain't got nothing to be scared of No, I ain't got nothing to be scared of ‘Cause I love you I was born out of love It’s the only way to come into this world I know I’m not all there But I’m getting-getting-getting-getting there If you let me live my life I’ll stay with you to the end And I know lord, I'm nearly there I want to tell you this I ain't got nothing to be scared of...
Where's the love song to set us free? Too many people down Everything turning the wrong way round And I don't know what love will be But if we stop dreaming now Lord knows we'll never clear the clouds And you've been so busy lately That you haven't found the time To open up your mind And watch the world spinning, gently out of time Feel the sunshine on your face It's in a computer now Gone are the future, way out in space And you've been so busy lately... Tell me I'm not dreaming but are we out of time? We're out of time (x4)
Crazy beat, crazy beat yeah-yeah (x4) You gotta get it together, you're shooting at me You’re just a teenage industry Why are the CIA having fun? They think you're clever 'cause you've blown up your lungs But I love to hear that crazy beat It gets the people dancing on their feet And I’d love to live in paradise I love my brothers on a Saturday night, yeah Crazy beat, crazy beat yeah-yeah (x4) Break up! I'm on my mobile, talking to the president I've got a head full of money I've spent Trying to get him to party with me And even offered him ecstasy But I love to hear that crazy beat It gets the people dancing on their feet And I’d love to live in paradise I love my sister and I'll love her tonight, ooh Crazy beat, crazy beat yeah-yeah (x4) Break up! It's a beat! And I love to hear that crazy beat It’s gets the people dancing on their feet And I’d love to live in paradise I love my brothers on a Saturday night Yeah, I love to hear that crazy beat It’s gets the people dancing on their feet And I’d love to live in paradise I have a feeling and I love her tonight
Waiting, got no town to hide in The country got a hold of my soul TV’s dead, and there ain’t no war in my head, now And you seem very beautiful to me Sleeping, but my work’s not done I could be lying on an atom bomb I take care ‘cause I know you’ll be there You seem very beautiful to me It’s the rest of your life, keeps rolling and rolling Picture in my pocket looks like you It’s the rest of your life, keeps rolling, rolling, rolling We’re all
And on the way to the club I fell down a hole All the people there said you come along And I, I just wanna be, darling with you The music's made that way My eyes are blue, there's nothing I can't do So I stayed in the club, just rewarding myself Happiness, it turned into something else And I, I just wanna be...
Brothers and sisters, rebuild your lives We’re all drug takers, give us something tonight A cartoon in a ketamine, Jelly mixed with margarine White doves from the war machine, everybody moving Cocaine is for murderers, codeine for the jurors Caffeine made for all of us, everybody on it Crackwhores back in town again, eggships sniffing benelyn Burning on the yard again, smoking makes you holy Texting abbreviates the brain, Aspirin takes away the pain Welcome, everyone's the same, that’s the way it is Brothers and sisters... A hit though like a chloroform, sugar on the table Washed out like a dinosaur, really don’t believe it Sticky sniffing superglue, sulphates keep you in the zoo Monkeys turning into you, everybody horny Acid good up on the moors, Gimpo stops you getting bored Beta's appears to make you walk, proacaine stops you screaming Living for anxiety, drinking is our society Guessing an intirity, that's the way it is That's the way it is, even when we're pissed
Caravan's lost to sun and to dust No one loves you when you are lost Here I'm a clown, pulling my world down I believe I was strong but you were the song And when it comes You'll feel the weight of it, the weight of it The day will come When you'll get away from it, away from it Sometimes everything is easy Sometimes everything is easy La, la-la-la-la-la... I try to please but my heart won't buy it I got a family but caravan come first for me And when it comes...
We've got a file on you (x3) We've got a... on you
Moroccan People's Revolutionary Bowls Club
The trees are spinning oxygen, they're the rockets we should fear If we go and let 'em off then we will disappear Yeah we will disappear, surely we will disappear The road is hot and dusty, the desert needs a beer But if we go and blow it up then we will disappear We will disappear, surely we will disappear If we go and blow it up then we will disappear We will disappear, surely we will disappear (etc.)
What am I to do? Someone is really unhappy Put myself on a knife, It seems I never got through to you So I’ll wean myself off slowly I’m a darkened soul, my street’s all pop music and coke All our lives on TV, just switch off and try to sleep People get so lonely I believe, I believe, I believe everything’s out to see I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe it’s the way it should be I hope you feel the same Everyone is dying, stop crying now here comes the sun I didn’t mean to hurt you, oh no no, it takes time to see what you’ve done So I’ll wean myself off slowly I believe, I believe, I believe love is the only one I deceive, I deceive, I deceive, I deceive 'cause I’m not that strong I hope you feel the same And now, it seems that we're falling apart But I hope I see the good in you, come back again I just believed in you
Jets are like comets at sunset
I've got a brain, it's a left hand drive, I don't sleep other side I ride a bullet like Steve McQueen, each time intervene Get a keef and a barnet jumping, it's all right, we got time I got a radio hit in mind, can't see, am I blind? Every night and day I never dug it In the USA, I believe myself Gonna get to know you gene by gene, you're my jellybean Get out the shower round 4.15 and I'm dead when I'm clean That boy on the barn is jumping, it's all right, it's just time Got to get into a better business, deep down happiness Every night and day...
This is a ballad for the good times So put a battery in your leg Put a rock beat over anything And get it stuck there in your head You can be with me I've got nothing to rely on I've broken every bone Everybody's stopped believing But you know you're not alone You can be with me This is a ballad for the good times And all the dignity we had Don't get het up on the evil things And you ain't coming back You can be with me, if you want to be You can be with me
???? You let yourself down and you don't know why But you've ???? I'm the original, I'm the original When it comes to the suburbs, I'm the original Being English isn't about hate It's about disgust, we're all disgusting And then you move-move-move-move And you push-push-push-push And you trip over yourself and you think to yourself Why am I here? I'm here because I got no fucking choice And furthermore, furthermore You're boring (x5)