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I was surprised, I was happy for a day in 1975
I was puzzled by a dream, stayed with me all day in 1995 My brother had confessed that he was gay It took the heat off me for a while He stood up with a sailor friend Made it known upon my sisters wedding day I got married in a rush to save a kid from being deported Now she's in love I was so touched, I was moved to kick the crutches From my crippled friend She was not impressed that I cured her on the Sabbath So I went to confess When she saw the funny side, we introduced my child bride To whisky and gin The priest in the booth had a photographic memory For all he had heard He took all of my sins and he wrote a pocket novel called "The State I Am In" So I gave myself to God There was a pregnant pause before he said ok Now I spend my day turning tables round In Marks & Spencer's They don't seem to mind I gave myself to sin And I've been there and back again I gave myself to Providence The state that I am in Oh love of mine, would you condescend to help me I am stupid and blind Desperation is the Devil's work, it is the folly of a boys empty mind Now I'm feeling dangerous, riding on city buses for a hobby is sad Lead me to a living end I promised that I'd entertain my crippled friend My crippled friend |
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| 2. |
| 4:12 |
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Lisa's kissing men
like a long walk home When the music stops Take a tip from me don't go through the park When you're on your own it's a long walk home If they follow you Don't look back Like Dylan in the movies On your own If they follow you It's not your money that they're after boy it's you Pure easy listening settle down On the pillow soft when they've all gone home You can concentrate on the ones you love You can concentrate hey now they've gone If they follow you Don't look back Like Dylan in the movies On your own If they follow you It's not your money that they're after boy it's you Yeah you're worth the trouble and you're worth the pain And you're worth the worry I would do the same If we all went back to another time I will love you over I will love you over I will love you If they follow you Don't look back Like Dylan in the movies On your own If they follow you Tenderly you turn the light off in your room If they follow you Don't look back Like Dylan in the movies On your own If they follow you |
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| 3. |
| 3:44 |
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Judy wrote the saddest song
She showed it to a boy in school today Judy, where did you go wrong? You used to make me smile when I was down Judy was a teenage rebel She did it with a boy when she was young She gave herself to books and learning She gave herself to being number one Judy, I don't know you if you're gonna show me everything Judy, I don't know you if you're gonna show me everything Judy got a book at school She went under the cover with her torch She fell asleep till it was morning She dreamt about the girl who stole a horse Judy never felt so good except when she was sleeping Judy never felt so good except when she was sleeping Judy, let's go for a walk We can kiss and whatever you want But you will be disappointed You will asleep with ants in your pants Judy, you're just trying to find and keep the dream of horses And the song she wrote was Judy and the Dream of Horses Dream of Horses You dream of horses The best looking boys are taken The best looking boys are staying inside So Judy, where does that leave you? Walking the street from morning to night With a star upon your shoulder lighting up the path that you walk With a parrot on your shoulder, saying everything when you talk If you're ever feeling blue Then write another song about your dream of horses Write a song about your dream of horses Call it Judy And The Dream Of Horses Call it Judy And The Dream Of Horses You dream of horses |
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| 4:38 |
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Make a new cult every day
to suit your affairs Kissing girls in English at the back of the stairs You're a honey with a following of innocent boys They never know it Because you never show it You always get your way They never know it Because you never show it You always get your way Have you and her been taking pictures of your obsessions? Because I met a kid who went through one of your sessions In his blue velour and silk You liberated A boy I never rated And now he's throwing discuss For Liverpool and Widnes You liberated A boy I never rated And now he's doing business The stars of track and field, you are The stars of track and field, you are The stars of track and field are beautiful people Could I write a piece about you now that you've made it? About the hours spent the emptiness in your training You only did it so that you could wear Your terry underwear And feel the city air Run past your body Your terry underwear And feel the city air Run past your body Could I write a requiem for you when you're dead? She had the moves she had the speed it went to her head She never needed anything to get her round the track But when she's on her back She had the knowledge To get her into college But when she's on her back She had the knowledge To get her watching wanted The stars of track and field, you are The stars of track and field are beautiful people The stars of track and field, you are The stars of track and field are beautiful people The stars of track and field, you are The stars of track and field are beautiful people The stars of track and field, you are The stars of track and field are beautiful people The stars of track and field, you are The stars of track and field are beautiful people |
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| 3:49 |
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I could be sleeping
I could be dreaming I could have ordinary people chasing me from town to town Mission Impossible They've got a spy for every blink of your eye I'm feeling awkward I'm feeling tongue tied They've got a knife for every time you take the same train into work A family's like a loaded gun You point it in the wrong direction someone's gonna get killed If you had such a dream Would you get up and do the things you believe in? Is he your husband? Or just your boyfriend? Is he the moron who's been beating you and keeping you inside? I've never done this kind of thing But if I kill him now, well who's gonna miss him? I went up to the school I took a walk up Castlehill For every step there is a local boy who wants to be a hero Do you want to do it now? Outside the butchers with a knife and a bike chain If you had such a dream Would you get up and do the things you believe in? If you had such a dream Would you get up and do those things? If you had such a dream Would you get up and do those things? While your head is clear While your head is clear While your head is clear While your head is clear |
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| 4:51 |
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Seymour Stein I've been lonely
I caught a glimpse of someones face It was mine and I'd been crying Half a world away Ticket for a plane Record company man I won't be coming to dinner My thoughts are far away I'm working on that day North Country girl 1 think she's going to stay Promises of fame promises of fortune LA to New York San Francisco back to Boston Has he ever seen Dundee Won't he hire a limousine Seymour bring her back to me I heard dinner went well You liked Chris's jacket He reminded you of Johnny Before he went Electronic Seymour Stein sorry I missed you Have a nice flight home It's a good day for flying Seymour Stein Seymour Stein Seymour Stein Seymour Stein |
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| 5:37 |
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Working the village shop
Putting a poster up Dreaming of anything Dreaming of the time when you're free From all the trouble you're in In the mud, on your knees Trying hard not to please Anyone, all the time Being a rebel is fine But you go all the way to being brutal You will have a boy tonight You will have a boy tonight On the first bus out of town On the first bus out of town Let's see your kit for games All the girls look the same You are challenging style for running miles You're running miles in some boy's jumper Boo to the business world! You know a girl who's tax free On her back and making plenty cash While you are working for the joy of giving You will have a boy tonight You will have a boy tonight On the first bus out of town On the first bus out of town You will have a boy tonight You will have a boy tonight And you hope that she will see And you hope that she will see You are in two minds Tossing a coin to decide Whether you should tell your mum About a dose of thrush you got While you were licking railings But you read in a book That you got free in Boots There are lotions, there are potions You can take to hide your shame From all those prying eyes Lazy Jane, all the time Painting lines You are sleeping at bus stops Wondering how you got your name And what you're going to do about it You will have a boy tonight You will have a boy tonight On the last bus out of town On the last bus out of town You will have a boy tonight You will have a boy tonight And you hope that she will see And you hope that she will see |
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And the moment will come when composure returns
Put a face on the world, turn your back to the wall And you walk twenty yards with your head in the air Down the Liberty Hill, where the fashion brigade Look with curious eyes on your raggedy way And for once in your life you have nothing to say And could this be the time when somebody will come To say, Look at yourself, you're not much use to anyone Take a walk in the park, take a valium pill Read the letter you got from the memory girl But it takes more than this to make sense of the day Yeah it takes more than milk to get rid of the taste And you trusted to this, and you trusted to that And when you saw it all come, it was waving the flag Of the United States of Calamity, hey! After all that you've done boy, Im sure you're going to pay In the morning you come to the ladies salon To get all fitted out for The Paperback Throne But the people are living far away from the place Where you wanted to help, it's a bit of a waste And the puzzle will last till somebody will say There's a lot to be done while your head is still young If you put down your pen, leave your worries behind Then the moment will come, and the memory will shine Now the trouble is over, everybody got paid Everybody is happy, they are glad that they came Then you go to the place where you've finally found You can look at yourself sleep the clock around |
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| 3:07 |
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There's a portrait
In a back room Which I keep for days upon Which I relent And gaze for hours on The muscle, skin and bone of some Imaginary friend. So how about it? Show me please how I Will look in twenty years And let me please Interpret history In every line and scar That's painted there in front of me. It doesn't matter what I'm thinking What I tell myself to do I'll end up calling. I stay in to defrost the fridge Now the kid has gone to bed A feeling of dread At least when she's around The trouble's there It's worse to wake up with her Falling round the room. Listen Johnny, you're like a mother To the girl you've fallen for, And you're still falling Listen Johnny, you're like a mother To the girl you've fallen for, And you're still falling And if they come tonight You'll roll up tight And take whatever's coming to you next |
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| 3:30 | 
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| 3:11 |
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Now I'm in a band people try to make me do things
Kiss arses and pay tribute But I'm inclined today to do those things anyway And I don't care who hears it 'Cause I'm a fan of the Go-Betweens A fan of Robert, and I always have been But I like Grant, now that I've met him Because he's charming Of all the stars, and all the would-be stars I'd take him home, to my mum and dad Yeah, he's charming, but he's a trouble-maker too He amuses me greatly I like Lindy and I saw Vickers Pete stole the set list, and the itinerary He wrote my name down as 'Tour Rent Boy' It was hard, but so is life I was making button badges And I had too much time on my hands I coloured them by hand Pere Ubu and the Sugarcubes Kids came in to watch me But Pete & Sean just scorned Just like they scorned Robert But I secretly loved the big guy He dressed like Sherlock Holmes And he fixed us with a quizzative eye Before singing such romances That only the sods trampled underfoot by Thatcher Could appreciate their love Could appreciate their love |
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| 2:27 |
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| 13. |
| 3:50 |
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Hello world, this is me.
Life should be,fun for everyone. Every now and then I'm insecure, Let me show you life can be so pure Seize the day,wear a big,happy smile on your face. On every life a little rain will fall, That won't change my attitude at all You are you,I am me,we'll be free. Hello world,this is me, Life should be,fun for everyone Hello world,come and see, Life should be,fun for everyone Life is easy if you wear a smile Just be yourself,don't ever change your style. I like you,you like me, Let's have fun,be happy Look into my eyes and tell me straight For you,I'll make the whole world wait Let me know,if it's so,let it show Hello world,this is me, Life should be,fun for everyone Hello world,come and see, This is me Come on baby,don't be afraid. Come on baby,it's not too late. Say you do,won't you open up the door, And let me in. Di da di,yeah. Di,di. Yeah,yeah,yeah. Open up the door, For me,yeah. Yeah,yeah. Mmmhh,mmhh,yeah. Hello world,this is me, Life should be,mmhh,mmmh,yeah,fun for everyone Hello world,come and see, Life should be,fun for everyone Hello,world,this is me,fun for me, For me,yeah,everyone. |
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| 4:29 |
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| 3:45 |
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I could hang about and burn my fingers
I've been hanging out here waiting for something to start You think I'm faultless to a 't' My manner set impeccably But underneath I am the same as you I could dance all night like I'm a soul boy But I know I'd rather drag myself across the dance floor I feel like dancing on my own Where no one knows me, and where i Can cause offence just by the way I look And when I come to blows When I am numbering my foes Just hope that you are on my side my dear But it's best to finish as it started With my face head down just staring at the brown formica It's safer not to look around I can't hide my feelings from you now There's too much love to go around these days You say I've got another face That's not a fault of mine these days I'm honest, brutal and afraid of you |
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| 2:25 |
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| 5:20 |
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Me and the Major could become
close friends cause we Get on the same train and he wants to talk to me Me and the Major could become close friends cause we Get on the same train and he wants to talk But there is too much history too much biography between us Me and the Major don't see eye to eye on a Number of things he'll take a guy like me and then Me and the Major don't see eye to eye on a Number of things he'll take a guy like me And put him in the army Cause the Queen's own army makes a man of you But he doesn't understand and he doesn't try He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I We're the younger generation we grew up fast All the others did drugs They're taking it out on us They're taking it out on us They're taking it out on us Me and the Major are from different worlds but if I get stuck in the lift it's always with a toff Me and the Major are from different worlds but if I get stuck in the lift it's always with a man Of noble standing who looks down on me like I was never born I think the Major's going quite insane he goes Along the pavement and comes back again oh yeah I think the Major's going quite insane he goes Along the pavement and comes back again Like he is on parade and he is on parade At least he thinks so Now he is swapping his tent for a sheltered home He doesn't have a family he is living alone He remembers all the punks and the hippies too And he remembers Roxy Music in seventy two He doesn't understand and he doesn't try He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I We're the younger generation we grew up fast All the others did drugs They're taking it out on us They're taking it out on us They're taking it out on us I want a dance I want a drink of whisky so I Forget the Major and go up the town I want a dance I want a drink of whisky so I Forget the Major and go up the town Because the snow is falling |
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Wandering alone on the ridge of the coast
lost to the world he had known as a boy He knows his lover lies south in the city Passing along and as sleepy as night Warm in the woods that conceal him from light he is accustomed to hiding from people Taking his time as he crosse the Holding the flowers he picked from the ridge Walking in shadows to his senorita Safe in the dawn he gest under the sheets His Senorita a heavenly sweet soul That was put there to save and protect him He knows that time can not endlessly go Traps will be set by the people below She will be caught too and he could not bear it Hope in the freedom he can almost touch Folk take for granted as they walk to church He says his prayers and God listens to him Sir all I want is a chance to amend Past infidelities please do not send Me far away from my wise Me far away from my wise Me far away from my wise Senorita |
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I will confess to you
Because you made me think about the times You turn the picture on to me and I'll turn over The vision was a masterpiece of comic timing But you wouldn't laugh at all And I wonder what the boy was thinking The picture was an old collage of something classical The model with a tragic air Because without a doubt he'd given up the fight The ghost of somebody at his side I will confess to you Because I didn't think about the message As I walked down the alleyway it was a Sunday And all my friends deserted me because you painted me As the fraud I really was And if you think you see with just your eyes you're mad 'Cause Lisa learned a lot from putting on a blindfold When she knew she had been bad She met another blind kid at a fancy dress It was the best sex she ever had I'll send a dress to you Because it's needing badly taken in But I was so embarressed when I missed your party It was me that paid for it eventually Because you know how much I wanted To meet your friend the star of stage and local press The dream of all the bowlie boys that hang around here And I'm no different from the rest I'm not too proud to say that I'm okay with The girl next door who's famous for showing her breasts You're not impressed by me But it's a funny way for you to tell me A whisper in a choir stall The man was talking about you simultaneously Frankly, I let my heavy eyelids flutter Because I have been sleeping badly lately I know you were historical from all the books I've read But I thought you could be bluffing And with this chance I've missed I feel remiss It's days and months before I see you again |
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mile and a half on a
bus takes a long time The odour of old prison food takes a long time to pass you by Day upon day of this wandering gets you down Nobody gives you a chance or a dollar in this old town Hovering silence you is a giveaway Squalor and smoke's not your style I don't like this place We better go Then I compare notes with your older sister I am a lazy gett she is as pure as the cold driven snow What did you learn from your time in the solitary Cell of your mind There was noises distractions from anything good And the old prison food Colour my life with the chaos of trouble Cause anything's better than posh isolation I missed the bus You were laid on your back With the boy from the arab strap With the boy from the arab strap something to speak of the way you are feeling To crowds there assembled Do you ever feel you have gone too far Everyone suffers in silence a burden The man who drives minicabs down in Old Compton The Asian man With his love hate affair With his racist clientele central location for you is a must as you stagger about making free with your lewd and lascivious boasts We know you are soft cause we've all seen you dancing We know you are hard cause we all saw you drinking from noon Until noon again You're the boy with the filthy laugh You're the boy with the arab strap Strapped to the table with suits from the shelter shop Comic celebrity takes a back seat as the cigarette catches And sets off the smoke alarm What do you make of the cool set in London You're constantly updating your hit parade of your ten biggest wanks |
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I went looking for my darling, I went looking for a sign
and I found her in the morning, somewhere in the back of my mind I'm not what I could be, I need a true love I went looking and I found one The wrong girl The wrong kind The wrong hand to be holding The wrong eyes to go searching behind The wrong dream to have on my mind |
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L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back
L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back Refer to our discussions, confirm the terms of our love affair I exercise all options, and I know I'll see you there BA-BA-BA etc. etc. L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back Not withstanding provisions of clauses 1,2,3 and 4 Extend contractual period, me and you for evermore You're the Legal Man, you've got to prove that you're no liar I'll render services that you may reasonably require L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back Get out of the city and into the sunshine Get out of the office and into the springtime Get out of the city and into the sunshine Get out of the office and into the springtime Get out of the city and into the sunshine Get out of the office and into the springtime Get out of the city and into the sunshine Get out of the office and into the springtime |
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