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BILLIE
We're gonna light up the night like fireworks flashing through the sky like a satellite A series of bangs, beautiful colours Baby, tonight this is my night If you want to scream you can do it Anything obscene you can do it Put it to the test you can do it Momma knows what's best you can do it This is my night Anything goes in fashion! This is my night I'm in the throes of passion! This is my night I planned it for me and you! This is my night and nothing is taboo! DAVE I wanna light up the night like fireworks flashing through the sky like a satellite I've waited so long I won't get it wrong Baby, tonight will be my night If you wanna dance you can do it Give yourself a chance you can do it Show them what you are you can do it Baby, you're a star you can do it This is my night I'm gonna grab their attention This is my night I need divine intervention! This is my night and it's one I won't forget This is my night They ain't seen nothing yet! SHELL I want to light up the night up like fireworks Flashing through the sky like a satellite That fatherly kiss Is going to be bliss Baby, tonight will be my night No point being scared you can do it Change your life instead you can do it No more being alone you can do it When you're coming home you can do it This is my night A roller-coaster of emotion This is my night A lot of hugs and devotion This is my night Oh God, I'm going mad! This is my night I'm gonna meet my Dad! VIC This is my night Am I worth it? This is my night Do I deserve it? FLYNN You're gonna light up the night like fireworks flashing through the sky like a satellite you've got to be strong you've waited so long Daddy, tonight this is your night If you wanna scream you can do it nothing too obscene you can do it Remember you're a Dad you can do it Don't look so bloody sad you can do it This is your night... VIC I've made sure it's gonna be nice The champagne's on ice D'you think we'll need something stronger? I'm having one now, I can't wait any longer... LEE If you wanna score you can do it I can get you more I can do it Get out of your head you can do it What d'you want instead? you can do it This is my night Oh yeah? This is my night I couldn't really care This is my night Dunno why I bother This is my night Same as any other BILLIE, DAVE, SHELL, VIC, FLYNN, LEE & CAST We're gonna light up the night like fireworks flashing through the sky like a satellite A series of bangs, beautiful colours Baby, tonight this is my night If you want to scream you can do it Anything obscene you can do it Put it to the test you can do it Momma knows what's best you can do it This is my night This is my night This is my night BILLIE I planned it for me and you! CAST This is my night BILLIE and nothing, no, no, nothing, is taboo!! |
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DAVE
What am I now? Another boy becoming man who wants to change who's not afraid I've had to run from boring streets and bitter priests from smoking gun and stern parade For when you're living on your own without a girlfriend or a home people speculate but I'm much stronger than them I want to be something special I want to be something special Now I play the London game A hand-to-mouth existence 'til someone calls my name I want it now My chance has come and I will grab it just to change the way I am I understand the plans you make the risks you take the way you can when you're a man And if I sometimes have to do the things I've always wanted to I won't shy away Because I'm much harder than that I want to be something special I want to be something special Now I play the London game A hand-to-mouth existence 'til someone calls my name I want to be something special I want to be something special |
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Never been closer to heaven Never been further away
Give me hope Give me all your love Tell me now You're coming home tonight Have some faith In the love we share Is it fate? Does darkness end in light? Never been closer to heaven Never been further away Where'd you go? Did you lose your way? Tell me now You're coming back to stay In my hopes Paradise is real Horoscopes Can't forecast how we'll feel Never been closer to heaven Never been further away Give me hope Give me hope Never been closer to heaven Never been further away Give me hope Give me hope |
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Father: In denial, no my life's a trial I'm not denying that every little bit hurts It's a problem that I'm not solving Don't mind admitting I feel like quitting this job for a while, getting away before it gets any worse today Daughter: You're in denial and that is final You're not admitting you should be quitting all these queens and fairies and muscle Marys the rough trade boyfriend who in his pathetic own way denies he's gay Why can't you see? This is a fantasy world Father: Think I'm going mad How d'you know if you're going mad? Daughter: Look at me I'm lonely Father: Look at me I'm sad I'm not denying I could be trying a little harder to deal with some of this stuff Daughter: Know what I'm thinking? Less drugs and drinking No cigarettes and you'd feel a little less rough Father: Is that enough? My life is absurd, I'm living it upside down like a vampire, working at night, sleeping all day A dad with a girl who knows he's gay Both: Can you love me anyway? |
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BOB:
I have to admit I'm an absolute shit But at least you can't call me a hypocrite I don't want fame or the critics' acclaim Take it from me that's a pointless game I've got a minder a chauffeur, a flunkey 'cause I’m the organ-grinder not the monkey Call me old-fashioned At least I know what I like Call me old-fashioned If you're so wet Why don't you get on your bike? Call me old-fashioned At least I'm moving ahead Call me old-fashioned If I can't charm you I'll just strong-arm you to bed The moment I see you with your trousers dropped Will be as rewarding as just having shopped All of the names that I've spent years collecting They're the only things that are worth respecting Prada and Porsche and Philippe Starck The only little problem is where to park Call me old-fashioned You're all so quick to condemn Call me old-fashioned Until you learn How much I earn and I spend Call me old-fashioned and I've been called worse than muck Call me old-fashioned but understand What I've got planned won't be luck Sex is fun and sex sells, honey A shiny dream to make me money Where the sea is blue, the sky is sunny Love is hot and suprisingly Old-fashioned I'll make love down the phone Call me tomorrow I'll give you breaks I'll be as long as it takes to your home Call me old-fashioned At least I'm moving ahead Call me old-fashioned If I can't charm you I'll just strong-arm you to bed Where you can be old-fashioned with me |
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SHELL
This is great! DAVE I’m straight? SHELL Just great! I love the way you kiss It’s bliss DAVE How much bliss? SHELL Will nine out of ten do? You used to be so shy now I can’t deny you satisfy You’re scoring high Will nine out of ten do? DAVE Leaves room for improvement! SHELL And how do I rate? DAVE An eight? No wait To score some more: come one, explore! SHELL Only an eight? DAVE I’m one of those men who thinks he can surprise SHELL So I realise when I close my eyes and feel your size DAVE Will nine out of ten do? SHELL Is that inches or centimetres? DAVE Size isn’t everything! Let’s do it again and again until we’re scoring ten out of ten SHELL How does this compare with back then Back when you used to do it with men? DAVE What men? SHELL Did you never do it with men? DAVE Don’t you dare go there to compare Haven’t you found boys fool around? SHELL So you don’t deny it? DAVE Listen I have spent months with you and loved each moment too Just being with you has made me new SHELL And just how new? DAVE Will nine out of ten do? SHELL I love you DAVE And just how much? SHELL Will nine out of ten do? |
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BILLIE
An inspirational tirade against me How to explain my life? Girls to the left of me boys to the right of me neither husband nor wife Though the days are filled with pain there is no one who'll explain why I'm coming under friendly fire shot in the fatal cause of rock-and-roll but there's no-one, really no-one, to say: Why I endure under force majeure slandered without shame or tact I who studied make-up, mime and Buddha who taught two generations to react About me the critics lied I ignored them and survived in spite of coming under friendly fire shot in the fatal cause of rock-and-roll But there's nothing, really nothing, to deny When I look back my eyes are filled with tears Danger to mascara, applause to my peers When fame sustained me and arenas acclaimed me I floated through life on a cloud of love and insanity and pagan profanity before a worshipping crowd Now my status is ill-defined As an icon I'm inclined to be coming under friendly fire shot in the fatal cause of rock-and-roll but whatever dull or clever points they've scored I have never, oh no never, been ignored |
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I know what you think
It's clear as mud in your eyes We're the plastic poseurs and prostitutes You've obviously come to despise But you don't know nothing You're not hot enough to matter You don't understand it's the glamorous life A dream that no one can shatter We're shameless We will do anything To get our fifteen minutes of fame We have no integrity We're ready to crawl To obtain celebrity We'll do anything at all I'm ambitious Believe me I'm going to be big I'm a slave to glamour Applause and clamour My makeup my wardrobe my wigs Don't call me pathetic I'm harder than you'll ever guess Relentlessly tough for when the going gets rough The tough get their picture in the press We're shameless We will do anything To get our fifteen minutes of fame We have no integrity We're ready to crawl To obtain celebrity We'll do anything at all Tell me you love me Admit it you're really impressed Would it not amuse you For me to seduce you Have you ever seen me undressed We're shameless We will do anything To get our fifteen minutes of fame We have no integrity We're ready to crawl To obtain celebrity We'll do anything at all We're shameless We will do anything To get our fifteen minutes of fame We have no integrity We're ready to craw l to obtain celebrity We'll do anything With anyone Go absolutely any where For anything At all |
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Brother, it don't matter
Sister, don't worry Say what you like I'll do what you want me to do You're a vampire I'm a vampire too Sun in the kitchen Boy, you're still sleeping When you get hungry I'll do what you want me to do You're a vampire I'm a vampire too Night in the city New Orleans pretty Do what you want and then can I do it for you? You're a vampire I'm a vampire too You're a vampire I'm a vampire too It's a reflex Just a reflex like fear for sex Brother, it don't matter Sister, don't worry Say what you like I'll do what you want me to do You're a vampire I'm a vampire too You're a vampire I'm a vampire too Brother, it don't matter Sister, don't worry Brother, it don't matter Sister, don't worry |
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Never been closer to heaven Never been further away
Give me hope Give me all your love Tell me now You're coming home tonight Have some faith In the love we share Is it fate? Does darkness end in light? Never been closer to heaven Never been further away Where'd you go? Did you lose your way? Tell me now You're coming back to stay In my hopes Paradise is real Horoscopes Can't forecast how we'll feel Never been closer to heaven Never been further away Give me hope Give me hope Never been closer to heaven Never been further away Give me hope Give me hope |
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GIRL 1
What’s the matter with you, girl? GIRL 2 Haven’t you heard? GIRL 1 No! What? SHELL Of all the boys in all the world I had to choose this one Where'd he come from? Dumb and deluded young and confused suddenly gay Who'd be in my shoes? It had to be me who found out the truth after catching him with the roughest youth Now I've ripped away his mask don't turn to me and ask... BABES What's the matter with you, girl? SHELL Isn't it obvious? BABES What's the matter with you, girl? SHELL Whaddaya mean what's the matter with ME? BABES We get the picture Yes, we see what you're going through but what you gonna do? SHELL What do you think I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do what's overdue... I'm gonna get him out of my system Get him out of my system Get him out of my system I'm getting him out of my system I'm gonna get him out of my system Get him out of my system Get him out of my system I’m getting him out of my system BABES Uh-oh, girlfriend, wounded pride! Your boyfriend bats for the other side! You're sure we're not gonna suddenly find Tomorrow morning you change your mind? SHELL My decision is implacable because we're not compatible sexually eventually after three months sleeping in my bed every night held me tight and this is what does in my head! He runs off with his pride and joy a young, drug-dealing, East End boy! BABES We get the picture Yes, we see what you're going through but what you gonna do? SHELL What do you think I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do what’s overdue... I'm gonna get him out of my system Get him out of my system Get him out of my system I'm getting him out of my system I'm gonna get him out of my system Get him out of my system Get him out of my system I'm getting him out of my system |
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BILLIE
Run girl, run Away from the sun Napalm burns all over your body. Cameras roll, photographers shoot. The western world would like to say sorry A whore or a nun What do you want to be? Joan of Arc or TV? |
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There are people who think I lead
A kind of charmed life With everything I need No pain or strife If only they knew The absolute truth The secrecy and lies The bitter tears I've cried The days when I can't hide From hopelessness inside The mad humiliation Of knowing what you've done In a sad infatuation That went on far too long After all that we've been through Only tears can tell the truth I'm not crying just for you I'm crying for me For those who came between I'm crying for all of us For the lack of communication Secrets shared no longer For my weak intimidation When I should have been much stronger For the jealousy and shame That you were someone's plaything For that love that survived the pain in spite of everything After all that we've been through Only tears can tell the truth I'm not crying just for you I'm crying for me For this whole wretched scene I'm crying for all of us For the impossibility Of love in world where sex Is a cruel competitive sport For the love that sex rejects For the ripples spreading wider For the friendships destroyed By suspicions and fighting And the cover-ups imp0lied After all that we've been through Only tears can tell the truth I'm not crying just for you I'm crying for me For those who came between I'm crying for you For me For what might have been For you And me Baby for all of us For all of us |
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Never been closer to heaven Never been further away
Give me hope Give me all your love Tell me now You're coming home tonight Have some faith In the love we share Is it fate? Does darkness end in light? Never been closer to heaven Never been further away Where'd you go? Did you lose your way? Tell me now You're coming back to stay In my hopes Paradise is real Horoscopes Can't forecast how we'll feel Never been closer to heaven Never been further away Give me hope Give me hope Never been closer to heaven Never been further away Give me hope Give me hope |
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Here we are
where we were back on everything Went too far now we're fine back on everything So much for making it day by day Back on everything Instead of taking another way we're back on everything I want a positive role model I want a positive role model My reflection on the street Is that the way I walk? Introspection as I speak I need to change the way I talk In a changing world there's so much you could be Why can't you choose your self like your enemy? Have you ever imagined a new you? I could be someone else Somebody new Reinvention: my intention I want a positive role model I want a positive role model I want a positive role model I want a positive role model |