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(So the story begins)
City dweller Successful fella Thought to himself: 'Oops, I've got a lot of money Caught in a rat race Terminally I'm a professional cynic But my heart's not in it I'm paying the price of living life at the limit Caught up in the century's anxiety' Yes, it preys on him He's getting thin (Try the simple life) He lives in a house A very big house In the country Watching afternoon repeats And the food he eats In the country He takes all manner of pills And piles up analyst bills In the country Oh, it's like an animal farm That's the rural charm In the country He's got morning glory and life's a different story Everything's going Jackanory Touched with his own mortality He's reading Balzac, knocking back Prozac It's a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland Oh, it's a century's remedy For the faint at heart A new start (Try the simple life) He lives in a house A very big house In the country He's got a fog in his chest So he needs a lot of rest In the country He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh Takes herbal baths In the country You should come to no harm On the animal farm In the country (Blow, blow me out, I am so sad, I don't know why) |
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If you want to go out, if you want to go out
Read it in the papers, tell me what it's all about If you want to stay home, if you want to stay home Freedom of the papers, all you ever need to know, yeah Freedom of the papers, all you've got to do, oh no, oh no If you want to play home, if you want to play home Freedom from the papers, all you've got to do is come, yeah Freedom from the papers, all you've got to do, oh no, oh no If you want to go out, if you want to go out Read it in the papers, tell me what it's all about Read it in the papers, all you've got to do, oh no, not me If you want to go out, if you want to go out If you want to go out, if you want to go out If you want to go out |
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Na na na nah na nah na na
One, two, three Na na na nah na nah na na Na na na nah na nah na na Na na na nah na nah na na Na nah I'm sick of all this scratching around I'm calling Fred to come and give me a hand He's the queen of all the shops where he shops And he's the king of all the scene, to be seen Skin of a nosebreak Fatima toothpaste Penelope Cheapskate Claudia Farmgate We're taking Egg Shaped Fred for tea We'll make them sit strategically We'll test their egg-ability We'll make them meet He only wants to get in your kecks So he can carry out his own little test He only wants to get in your pants Because he knows that you have played in a band Skin of a nosebreak Fatima toothpaste Penelope Cheapskate Claudia Farmgate We're taking Egg Shaped Fred for tea We'll make them sit strategically We'll test their egg-ability We'll make them meet Mavis she knows Mavis she knows She's got all these things around her All things to no men She see you in hell I'll go shopping instead He will send his centipede to sort ya' He's stretched it out to make it two feet taller We're taking Egg Shaped Fred for tea We'll make them sit strategically We'll test their egg-ability We'll make them meet Na na na nah na nah na na Na na na nah na nah na na Na na na nah na nah na na Na nah Na na na nah na nah na na Na na na nah na nah na na Na na na nah na nah na na Na nah Na na na nah na nah na na Na na na nah na nah na na Na na na nah na nah na na Na nah |
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Rows of houses
all bearing down on me I can feel their blue hands touching me All these things into position All these things we'll one day swallow whole And fade out again and fade out This machine will not communicate These thoughts and the strain I am under Be a world child form a circle Before we all go under And fade out again and fade out again Cracked eggs dead birds Scream as they fight for life I can feel death can see it's beady eyes All these things into position All these things we'll one day swallow whole And fade out again and fade out again lmmerse your soul in love lmmerse your soul in love |
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I'm not the same as you
That's always been the problem It's a problem that we hide away but true Something UNSAID That hangs between the future It's a future that we never had but true I remember stars above her Scattered through this the sky just for her Beautiful alone Everything and always to me Everything and all things to me Everything and always was she Beautiful alone Some people say to you- They want to be your lover They want to turn you into someone else you Same people wait They're saving up their hatred Just for twisting into the back of you |
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I was high on a molatov of cocktails,
I was low on a hundred things, I was wrong to put my money where my mouth was, I was right about the whales and the dolphins, Whales and dolphins, whales and dolphins, yeah. And I don't mind preserving time at all. I was blue about the people in the power, I was green that's my excuse, I was yellow when they said to fight the reds, 'Cos I knew I'd be beaten black and blue, Black and blue, battered and bruised, yeah. Hold the line, just give it some time then (call)... "Cor", what I like and what I hate about perseverance, Ooh, what I'd give and what I'd take for perseverance. I was round and about in the area, I was square in my suit and tie, I was lost in the Bermuda triangle, It all went pear-shaped, twisted and twined, Twisted and twined, twisted and twined, yeah. And I don't mind preserving time at all. Hold the line, just give it some time then (call)... "Cor", what I like and what I hate about perseverance, Ooh, what I'd give and what I'd take for perseverance. I was lost on the road to nowhere, I was a guest on a runaway train, I was happy 'cos I knew I was innocent, They were glad to let me take the blame, Taking the blame, taking the blame, taking the blame, It's always the same 'cos I... what I like and what I hate about perseverance, Ooh, what I'd give and what I'd take for perseverance, I haven't time, I haven't space for perseverance, 'Cos I swap and change just when I like to keep up appearance. |
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Girl power
Girl power I don't wanna be a boy I wanna be a girl I wanna do things That'll make your hair curl I wanna play with knives I wanna play with guns I wanna smash the place Up just for fun I wanna go out Wanna go out I wanna party, yeah And act like a child If it suits me Cause we've got Cause she's got Girl power, we glover We might look sweet But we wanna be sour I don't wanna go to I don't wanna go to college Don't wanna get a job Wanna sit round the house And act like a slob I wanna be evil I wanna be bad I wanna drive my next door Neighbours mad I wanna go out Wanna go out I wanna party, yeah And act like a child If it suits me Cause we've got Cause she's got Girl power, we glover We might look sweet But we wanna be sour Cause we've got Cause she's got Cause we've got girl power Girl power Girl power Girl power Girl power Girl power Girl power Girl power Girl power Girl power |
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Caught by the fuzz
Well I was Still on tthe buzz In the back of the van With my head in my hands It?s like a bad dream I was only 15 If only my brother could be here now He?d get me out and sort me out alright I knew I should have stayed at home tonight Locked in the cell Feeling unwell I talk to a man he says Better to tell Who sold you the blow Well it was no one I know If only you?d tell us we?d let you go We?d made it alright for you if you tell us what you know We?d make you wish you?d stayed at home tonight Here comes my mum Well she knows what I?ve done Just tell them the truth You know where it?s from You?ve blackended our name Well you should be ashamed If only your father could be here now He?d break down and he?d throw you out for sure I never should have let you out tonight |
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Stereotypes
The suburbs they are dreaming They're a twinkle in her eye She's been feeling frisky since her husband said goodbye She wears a low cut T-shirt Runs a little B&B She's most accomodating when she's in her lingerie Wife-swapping is your future You know that it would suit ya Yes They're stereotypes There must be more to life All your life you're dreaming And then you Stop dreaming From time to time you know you should be Going on another bender The suburbs they are sleeping But he's dressing up tonight She likes a man in uniform He likes to wear it tight They're on the lovers' sofa They're on the patio And when the fun is over Watch themselves on video The neighbours may be staring But they are just past caring Yes The stereotypes There must be more to life All your life you're dreaming And then you Stop dreaming Time to time you know You're going on another bender Yes There must be more to life Than stereotypes |
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Cant get the stink off
He's been hanging round for days Comes like a comet suckered you but not your friends One day he'll get to you teach you how to be a holy cow You do it to yourself you do and that's what really hurts you do it to yourself just you you and no one else you do it to yourself you do it to yourself Don't get my sympathy hanging out the 15th floor you've changed the locks 3 times he still comes reeling through the door and soon he'll get to you teach you how to get to puresthell You do it to yourself you do and that's what really hurts you do it to yourself just you you and no one else you do it to yourself You do it to yourself You do it to yourself You do it to yourself You do it to yourself |
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I'm sick of this England's shit
It's slashing down, we are drowned Star is here drinking beer Star is scrawled on my wall CID, they follow me I kidnap Star in my car A TVR, we'll drive to Prague And stop at Mars and we'll be Taking Star to L.A. We'll drive to Vegas for the day We want to sit in the sun And take it easy, take it easy Mum's got cake, belly ache Feeling sick through Kuwait Stole a tank, drove to France Star's amazed, in a trance M53 hit a tree Crashed my car, I killed Star Stowaway on a ship Dodge the pigs, what a trip Taking Star to L.A. We'll drive to Vegas for the day We want to sit in the sun And take it easy, take it easy Take it easy, take it easy Take it easy, take it easy |
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Hold Tight!
Now were on our own To Night! Now it's ready to roll To Night! I've been waiting for Agrivating for years It's Fun! Oh we just can't wait Hold Tight You're Wrong I'll do anything Doesn't matter what is shown Just as long as everyone knows What to say What to buy The Stockmarket for the pop life Take your money Leave your boss Everybody's on top of the pops This one's bourn everyday Sing a song than you fade away Tick Toc! What's the furchure in the pop industre Not right! Hey, Yeah, Hey, Yeah |
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We are young, we run green,
Keep our teeth, nice and clean, See our friends, see the sights, feel alright, We wake up, we go out, smoke a fag, Put it out, see our friends, See the sights, feel alright, Are we like you? I can't be sure, Of the scene, as she turns, We are strange in our worlds, But we are young, we get by, Can't go mad, ain't got time, Sleep around, if we like, But we're alright, Got some cash, bought some wheels, Took it out, 'cross the fields, Lost control, hit a wall, But we're alright, Are we like you, I can't be sure, Of the scene, as she turns, We are strange in our worlds, But we are young, we run green, Keep our teeth, nice and clean, See our friends, see the sights, feel alright, Are we like you, I can't be sure, Of the scene, as she turns, We are strange in our world, But we are young, we run green, Keep our teeth, nice and clean, See our friends, see the sights, feel alright. |
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The wind′s whistling
My mind′s twisting I was making myself the usual cup of tea When the doorbell strangely rang Because I′ve been up here for a while I′m starting to feel the monotony of the tower block I′m not so manic now I can uphold the weight of those neighbours And she′s lifting and throwing to the wall The post-natal harmonies of youth When this younger man, twenty-five Advantageously took away her pride The wind′s whistling My mind′s twisting I was making myself the usual cup of tea When the doorbell strangely rang I staggered shaking slowly to the door Through the frosted panel I could see you Your intentions as a salesman truly cush You endeavoured as a psycho just to push And whilst lifting and throwing to the wall My puny structure of an ageing OAP No reason why you chose my flat Breathing deeply in a trance The wind′s whistling My mind′s twisting I was making myself the usual cup of tea When the doorbell strangely rang I′m not so manic now (not so manic now) I′m not so manic now (not so manic now) I′m not so manic now (not so manic now) I′m not so manic now (not so manic now) Because I′ve been up here for a while I′m starting to feel the monotony of the tower block I′m not so manic now I can uphold the weight of those neighbours And she′s lifting and throwing to the wall The post-natal harmonies of youth When this younger man, twenty-five Advantageously took away her pride I′m not so manic now I′m not so manic now I′m not so manic now I′m not so manic now Not so manic now I′m not so manic now I′m not so manic now Not so manic now I′m not so manic now I′m not so manic now Not so manic now I′m not so manic now I′m not so manic now Not so manic now |
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This is the next century
Where the Universal's free You can find it anywhere Yes, the future's been sold Every night we're gone And to karaoke songs How we like to sing along 'Though the words are wrong It really, really, really could happen Yes, it really, really, really could happen When the days they seem to fall through you Well, just let them go No-one here is alone Satellite's in every home Yes, the Universal's here Here for everyone Every paper that you read Says tomorrow's your lucky day Well, here's your lucky day It really, really, really could happen Yes, it really, really, really could happen If the days they seem to fall through you Well, just let them go |
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