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from The Stranglers - Golden Brown (2010)
I'm not content to be with you in the day-time
Girl I want to be with you all of the time. The only time I feel alright is by your side. Girl I want to be with you all of the time All day and all of the night all day and all of the night All day and all of the night. I believe that you and me last forever Oh yeah all day and night-time yours leave me never! The only time I teel alright is by your side. Girl I want to be with you all of the time All day and all of the night all day and all of the night. I believe that you and me last forever . . . Girl I want to be with you all of the time . . . |
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from The Stranglers - Golden Brown (2010)
How many times have you woken up and prayed for the rain?
How many times have you seen the papers apportion the blame? Who gets to say, who gets the work and gets to play? I was always told at school, everybody should get the same How many times have you been told, if you don't ask you don't get? How many liars have taken your money, your mother said you shouldn't bet? Who has the fun, is it always the man with the gun? Someone must have told him, if you work too hard you can sweat There's always the sun There's always the sun Always, always, always the sun How many times have the weathermen told you stories that made you laugh? Y'know it's not unlike the politician and the leaders when they do things by half Who gets the job, of pushing the knob That sort of responsibility you draw straws for, if you're mad enough There's always the sun There's always the sun Always, always, always the sun |
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from The Stranglers - Golden Brown (2010)
This is the story
Of a poor man's son He pulled himself up Turned his face to the sun He burned up the world with a heart on fire And tempted the stars when they hid their light Now everyone wants to touch the golden boy Now everyone wants to touch the golden boy They made melody To support his word He's the new high priest Of the scene and herd They sanctified Sid Till he puked up his life A prick for an idol What a very strange sight Now children are weeping In a hundred towns The spitfire word Shot the pilot down They shoved a rag Down the golden throat And put up a column Where the poor dog choked |
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from The Stranglers - Golden Brown (2010)
Golden brown, texture like sun
Lays me down, with my mind she runs Throughout the night No need to fight Never a frown, with golden brown Every time just like the last On her ship tied to the mast To distant lands Takes both my hands Never a frown with golden brown Golden brown, finer temptress Through the ages she's heading west From far away Stays for a day Never a frown with golden brown (instrumental) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown |
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from The Stranglers - Golden Brown (2010)
The words
Came down the line Just a few words At a time The meaning It was Clear There was no sign of fear The scene That they described Were sad You could have cried The journey's Just too long To even Take the ride It's always The same It's always In vain If the truth Were only known If the words Had only shown That lies and deception They move in one direction And then in the end you lose........ That lies and deception They move in one direction And then in the end you lose........ You lose And now The line is dead You did everything You ever said You brought it down You turned around And what was said Was said The deed is done You've had your fun And home again You'll run You know inside You'll never hide And what was done Was done It's always The same It's always In vain If the truth Were only known If the words Had only shown That lies and deception They move in one direction And then in the end you lose........ That lies and deception They move in one direction And then in the end you lose........ |
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from The Stranglers - Golden Brown (2010)
Don't get too close now but don't stay too far
See I need you here when inclined to clear the Head and redefine Spend a day in my life You talk about money do you need to advertise Can you see me laughing This is no easy ride And I walk and I talk I'm alive And I walk and I talk I'm alive am I am I You get a little closer but won't stay too long You can take my bread for a life any place Anytime Help me out of my chair Did you think it was funny talking money money Those reptile eyes Can you see me laughing This is no easy ride Think of all the money with a lad and a girl Get yourself a home loch the door get along Get it up try your fucking luck get a dog Take a walk what's your point you've played your hand Money money Call it anything you want and I won't care It's all you think about it's money mother |
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from The Stranglers - Golden Brown (2010)
Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky ?
He got an ice pick That made his ears burn Whatever happened to dear old Lenny ? The great Elmyra, and Sancho Panza ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to all the heroes ? All the Shakespearoes ? They watched their Rome burn Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? No more heroes any more No more heroes any more Whatever happened to all the heroes ? All the Shakespearoes ? They watched their Rome burn Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? No more heroes any more No more heroes any more |
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from The Stranglers - Golden Brown (2010)
And the pharaoh raised his hand
Said dig a hole in the promised land The pointing men are marching in a line They're shooting poison arrows in the sky These are the last days of paradise row There's a man knocking on my door He's playing games with word of the law A hammer in his hand to break your soul But the spirit is a house that will not fall These are the last days of paradise row Tell me Moses where will your children go Now the scorpion will go Where the forest will not grow And the pharaoh lies behind a golden mask His pointing men steal water from our well I don't mind telling you It makes my heart bleed I don't mind telling you It makes my heart bleed These are the last days of paradise row Tell me Moses where will your children go? These are the last days of paradise row Tell me Moses where will your children go? |
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from The Stranglers - Golden Brown (2010)
Hot town summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down isn't it a pity Doesn't seen to be a shadow in the city All around me people looking half dead Choking on the sidewalk, it's hotter than a match head At night it's a different town Go out and find a girl Come on come on and dance all night Just what you need, it will be alright And babe don't you know it's a pity The days can't be like the nights In the summer in the city In the summer in the city Cool town meeting in the city Dressed so fine and looking so pretty Cool cat looking for a kitty Gonna look in every corner of the city 'till I'm wheezing at the bus stop Running up the stairs gonna meet you on the roof top At night it's a different town, go out and find a girl Come on come on and dance all night Just what you need it will be alright And babe don't you know it's a pity The days can't be like the night In the summer in the city In the summer in the city |
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from The Stranglers - Golden Brown (2010)
Ray decided to be silly after all
He'd died a 1000 times before in the viet war So he strapped himself in and he took his chances Into the valley of the bird, absurd I don't remember what it was the old man said I know I' d tempted fate a 1000 times before So we strapped ourselves in and we took such chances And had a flight for the brother who can't be Birdman, looking for the Wasteland, trying to get my Face tanned it's beautiful here Doing it we're flying in the valley of the birds- fly We decided one for all and all for one And when I do, I really want to go in style So without a sense of reason we explored Like throwing stones into the great unknown Birdman, looking for the Wasteland, trying to get my Face tanned it's beautiful here Doing it we're flying in the valley of the birds- fly |
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from The Stranglers - Coup De Grace (2008)
Hey babe take a chance on me
I'll be your man tonight Just tell me when you've had enough Then I'll apply the coup de grace If I were to live forever I'd hope you'd apply the coup de grace Hey babe take a chance with me I'll take you down the river tonight A full moon with a big wolf too The end won't be a pretty sight And then we seeking something We need the coup de grace O lord I'm on my knees, save our holes Or it's the coup de grace, save our holes Hey babe I'm a bum tonight I need somewhere to sleep I'll love you now and I'll love you then But in the morning you will weep |
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from The Stranglers - Coup De Grace (2008)
God is good- God is good- God is good
God is good- God is good- God is good God is good- God is good- God is good God is good and he will always provide There's no place for the infidel to hide God is good- God is good- God is good This was my land, now it's yours But when we're gone, it will always be gone God is good- God is good- God is good Slit the throat of the infidel Kill the children so they never will tell God is good- God is good- God is good God is good- God is good- God is good God is good- God is good- God is good |
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from The Stranglers - Coup De Grace (2008)
And if you could see your hand
That would help you understand All the things that we endured To be here right now On the way I lost some dreams Shattered other people's too Those remaining are my friends And they light a trail to you And if you could plainly see What was occurring round the bend Would it really change what happens in the end Once I loved a woman so I asked her to be my wife Now that love is indifferent For those years did I waste my life If we saw what was to be Would we just avoid the debris We're here to make our own mistakes And for that we've got to be free And if you could plainly see What was occurring round the bend Would it really change what happens in the end Am I too philosophical Should I look into a crystal ball Am I being too quizzical Or should I trust in fate And if you could see your hand That would help you understand All the things that we endured To be here right now And if you could plainly see What was occurring round the bend Would it really change what happens in the end Would it really change what happens in the end |
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from The Stranglers - Coup De Grace (2008)
I saw a woman with a monkey on her back now
I saw the flunkey's suffering on the road Let's all pray to the virgin of hysteria Let's all pretend to be quite sincere Our lives will never be the same now Too much money says look the other way And if you manage to return somehow I promise I will change Please don't go away, again I jump over my shadow, to reach out to you again I jump over my shadow, will you take me back again I jump over my shadow, I jump over my shadow I jump over my shadow, I jump over my shadow Big eyes on little kids with big ideas yeah They're wanting everything that they can see No need to work and bust your guts now Just take what you want from you and me We want some instant deification Too much faith says look the other way And if we don't get gratification Will we ever change, would we ever say, again I jump over my shadow, to reach out to you again I jump over my shadow, will you take me back again I jump over my shadow, I jump over my shadow I jump over my shadow, I jump over my shadow |
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from The Stranglers - Coup De Grace (2008)
Here there lies
Under southern skies A young man loved by someone Known unto God Here there died Under foreign skies A young man loved by someone Known unto God Long to remain underground The boy who lost his name Weeping mother is homeward bound She failed to find his grave I can hear the wind and sea Forever they will be here to guard our sons Here there lies Under southern skies A young man loved by someone Known unto God Here there died Under foreign skies A young man loved by someone Known unto God Long to remain underground The girl who lost her love She will never hear the sound Of the boy who won't return I can hear the wind and sea Forever they will be here to guard our sons Known only unto God |
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from The Stranglers - Coup De Grace (2008)
Your making plans to miss to morning train
You want all the world to feel your pain Tearing at the rules to ease your mind Sometimes days are dull without this light You see me staring down the wishing well Drowning in the stories kissed and fell Burning through the daze across the night Summer days are dull without this light I won't miss you, down where all the souls are broken I won't miss you, drowned where all the eyes are soaking I won't miss you, not gonna miss you Not gonna miss you, I won't miss you How I miss you Standing in the shadow of your ties Said you'd rather lived before it died Now the days had lost their sweet caress Decide it was right to taste the rest You said we really had to freeze the frame We'll meet another time the perfect plane But stars really don't mean that much to me Without their light there's nothing left to see I won't miss you, down where all the hearts are choking I won't miss you, drowned in all the stolen moments I won't miss you, not gonna miss you Not gonna miss you, I won't miss you How I miss you Maybe I lost, maybe I'm lost, break me tied knot Maybe I'm lost, maybe I'm lost, maybe I'm not |
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from The Stranglers - Coup De Grace (2008)
She gave no reason
I'll just follow he sun She gave no reason I'll be back when I return And with reason We might have still been friends today If not this season Then on judgement day, on judgement day I was imperfect with it Seen through perfect eyes Please now lie down beside me In the morning I will rise And with reason We might have still been friends today If not this season Then on judgement day, on judgement day No reason strong enough To keep her waiting here All reasons disappeared a long time ago No reason like she'd had enough Now I'm swimming in my beer All reason disappeared a long time ago All reason disappeared a long time ago And in the morning morning Over ancient spires The Cambridge mists were rising Over our secret desires And with reason We might have still been friends today If not this season Then on judgement day, on judgement day No reason strong enough To keep her waiting here All reasons disappeared a long time ago No reason like she'd had enough Now I'm swimming in my beer All reason disappeared a long time ago All reason disappeared a long time ago |
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from The Stranglers - Coup De Grace (2008)
Predestination, not a thing that you'd plan
Misunderstanding, or a line in the sand Thunder & lightning, did God have a hand Wasn't it frightening, wasn't it sad Would it have mattered, it the timing was bad Something surprising, or nothing so sad A night at the Wiskey, or was I just mad Was it intended, why was I so glad Was it so lovely, did it seem real Was there a purpose, I just can't tell you It was always darkness, time was never on your side That's the rock of ages, and I could tell you why I'd talk about the daytime, and tell you 'bout the night You'll have to live in darkness to get some piece of mind Don't try to make the darkness bright, night will always dim the light Something is a happening, nothing ain't right I've been a waiting, a waiting all night Is it on purpose, who know if you might I'm biting my nails, right through to the bone I seem to be dripping my blood on the phone It was always darkness, time was never on your side That's the rock of ages, and I could tell you why I'd talk about the daytime, and tell you 'bout the night You'll have to live in darkness to get some piece of mind Don't try to make the darkness bright, night will always dim the light If I could tell you I might as well If it was heard, the honest word But you should know, like no one knows The words, just can't be heard Now it don't matter, it's too late to care It's something you'd saviour, leave up in the air You can't criticise it, it wouldn't be fair You couldn't do that, you'd be such a bore It's only the thinking, that altered the score It was always darkness, time was never on your side That's the rock of ages, and I could tell you why I'd talk about the daytime, and tell you 'bout the night You'll have to live in darkness to get some piece of mind Don't try to make the darkness bright, night will always dim the light |
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from The Stranglers - Coup De Grace (2008)
Tonight let's drink enough
To se the god and laugh Let's get shit faced and talk rubbish Let's get drunk and silly Tonight we're gonna understand Those tricks the gods they play on man Let's fix those problems between religions And between fathers and their sons For tonight we're gonna get lost For tonight we're gonna get lost I used to dream a lot Stay up all night and smoking pot But now life is serious business I have a family and a mistress So tonight we're gonna get lost So tonight we're gonna get lost Lost in each other's bodies Lost in each other's sorrow Maybe there'll be no tomorrow Who cares Tonight let's drink enough To se the god and laugh Let's get shit faced and talk rubbish Let's get drunk and silly For tonight we're gonna get lost For tonight we're gonna get lost So tonight we're gonna get lost Tonight |
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from The Stranglers - Norfolk Coast (2005)
Life Was Good For A Short While
Hot Sweet Nights Days That Were Fine Spent Many Hours Just Looking At You Heart Stopped Beating For A Moment Or Two Long Black Veil Now You Are Mine Sun Went Down Never To Rise Lost In Tears Filling My Eyes Saw My Love Trampled Deep In The Dirt Overwhelmed By The Bitterest Hurt Long Black Veil Now You Are Mine I've Lately Felt A Stirring Of Ghosts Around My Mind And I'm Frightened Of The Things That I Might Find The Veil Of Black That Claimed You And Took You From My Sight Has Marched Across The Sands Of Time Tonight |
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from The Stranglers - Norfolk Coast (2005)
I Was A Loser In The Loving Wars
I Took My Treasure To The Norfolk Coast You Did It To Me You Did It To Me And Now You See What's Left Of Me I Walked Alone On The Norfolk Coast With The Screams Of The Birds They Echoed Around My Mind With The Screams Of The Birds They Echoed Around My Mind I Was A Coward In The Loving Wars You Were For Ever I Was Just A Pause You Did It To Me You Did It To Me And Now You See What's Left Of Me I Walked Alone On The Norfolk Coast With The Screams Of The Birds They Echoed Around My Mind I Walked Alone On The Norfolk Coast With The Screams Of The Birds They Echoed Around My Mind With The Screams Of The Birds They Echoed Around My Mind... |
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from The Stranglers - Norfolk Coast (2005)
Eine Umarmung
Eine Buck In Deine Augen Und Ein Sanfte Kuss J'te Tiens Dans Mes Bras On Verra Ce Que Ca Donnera Et Puis Par Petit Pas Tu Me Baisera J'te Tiens Dans Mes Bras On Verra Ce Que Ca Donnera Et Puis Par Petit Pas Tu Me Baisera Just A Little Closer I Gaze Into You Eyes And Then A Gentle Kiss I Hold You In My Arms And Then We'll See What Happens And Little By Little I Will Fuck You |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
Bitching 'bout the things we've seen
Bitching 'bout the things we've seen Bitching 'bout the loves we've had My oh my! It wasn't so bad When we had that to loosen our minds Hey little baby in the front row be kind (Bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth (Bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed? (Bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new? (Bar bitching) Bar bitching Bitching 'bout the Windsor C Bitching 'bout the Western Sea Why can't you all be like a Grainger man? Or even a Pheland man? I'll tell you what we'll meet in Amsterdam And then you'll see what should be really can (Bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth (Bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed? (Bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new? (Bar bitching) Bar bitching, that's what I'm talking about Got anything to say? No? Well shut up! I really don't know what to say It's gonna happen to us all one day And when it does you have me too But until then I really don't know what to do I'm just gonna keep (Bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth (Bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed? (Bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new? There's a place with a lot of eyes Strange smoke perfume around the peacock guys And the girls, they move their heat To the impulsive compulsive beat But that's another place another time Maybe we'll meet there in quite a short while (Bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth (Bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed? (Bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new? (Bar bitching) Bar bitching, that's what I'm talking about |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
I want to love you like your dad And be your superman I'll show you things you've never had And hold your little hand Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles I'll kiss your zone erogenous There's plenty to explore I've got to lick your little puss and nail you to the floor Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles I go crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya Lemme lemme fuck ya fuck ya lemme lemme fuck ya fuck ya lemme lemme lucky lucky smiles Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles I go crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya Lemme lemme fuck ya fuck ya lemme lemme fuck ya fuck ya Lemme lemme lucky lucky smiles Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles Bring em on There's lots of games that we can play You can turn my tap I'll drip And when the fever reaches you I'm high beneath my zip Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles I go crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
Come on little baby let me take you out of your mind
Little choosey Susie, there's no reason to fall behind You and me, we're gonna be free We're gonna make love until we're weak Yeah, believe you me, choosey Susie There's an awful lot of stars but there are more that we don't see Little choosey Susie help me find eternity You and me, we're gonna be free We're gonna make love until you bleed Yeah, take it from me Hugh... You go away when the night is young If only you could stay then we could have some fun Stay out all night long Come on little baby let me take you out of your mind Little choosey Susie, there's no reason to fall behind You and me, we're gonna be free We're gonna make love until we're weak Yeah, believe you me, choosey Susie You better believe me now or forever hold your peace After this there's no turning back Do you remember what happened to Lot's wife? You do? |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
Dave was from out of town
Manchester's likely too Had read De Sade to Marx More read than me and you Scaffolding pays good bread It pays for drugs and kicks Dave only had one love Had no real need for chicks Dave was so far ahead But now he's dead I'm not going to cry I bet he hit that water high I guess he lost control And welcomed in the night It was too much for him What were his thoughts that night? The River Thames is cold It keeps on flowing on But it left Dave alone It just kept flowing on There's city sickness here But now he's dead Late night a street in the west of the city There was a place there where he lost himself Strange feelings did he feel there Strange people did he meet there Angry sounds did he hear there Like the howling of bulls I'm not going to cry I bet he hit that water high |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
Boogie woogie
The boys and the girls are all dancing around Dancing all night to the crazy sound It's the newest thing to hit this land The boys and the girls are all holding hands I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go I'm with my friend Bob having a good time I've got me some speed and I'm doing fine But Bob is not dancing no sir-ee He's got a likely eye on a little lady I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go What I say? I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go Yeah boogie now Dave... Elbow rooming his way around the floor (oh) You can see him he's sitting by the door (oh) All the chickies they wanna see him dance some more (ONE TWO THREE FOUR) Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go I see we're changing partners, but that's not for me I notice Bob isn't joining the party He's standing on the outside, looking in Wishing that little chickie was with him I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go The party is over and we're all going home I can't find Bob so I'm leaving alone But wait a minute, who is that, I can see? None other than Bob with that girl on his knee I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go Tell me now I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go Boogie Yeah I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go What I said? I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go One more time I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
Your streets were paved with love
Your skies were blue Goodbye Toulouse I walked your streets in fear I washed your streets with tears Toulouse Goodbye Toulouse Your cafes tell the tale Of saddened millionaires Toulouse A million dreams I've had A million lies I've told Toulouse Goodbye Toulouse Paula looked down on me From her high balcony Toulouse I will return some day So you can hear me say Farewell Goodbye Toulouse Goodbye Toulouse Goodbye Toulouse |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
Big girl in the red dress
She's just trying to impress us And she's got the barley fever But she doesn't make a sound She's just hanging around She's just hanging around Down the court road early With the Hustlers big and burly There's a million of 'em selling And the buyers can be found They're just hanging around They're just hanging around [CHORUS:] Christ he told his mother Christ he told her not to bother Cos he's alright in the city Cos he's high above the ground He's just hanging around (hanging around) He's just hanging around (hanging around) He's just hanging around (hanging around) He's just hanging around (hanging around) One of 'em comes over Got a monkey on his shoulder And the monkey's getting grinner But his eyes are on the ground He's just hanging around He's just hanging around I'm moving to a coleheme With the leather all around me And the sweat is getting steamy But their eyes are on the ground They're just hanging around They're just hanging around [CHORUS 2x] He's just hanging around (hanging around) He's just hanging around |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
When you're walking on the streets at night
You turn around and die of fright What's that in the shadows? What's that in the shadows? Walking down the streets at night Turn around and you can die of fright Walking on the streets at night Turn around and die of fright What's that in the shadows? What's that in the shadows? Is it a dog? Is it a cat? Is it a dog? What do you think of that? When you're walking on the streets at night Turn around and die of fright What's that in the shadows? What's that in the shadows? Is it a dog? Is it a cat? Is it a dog? What do you think of that? When you're walking on the streets at night Moving, shiny, bright Walking on the night When you're walking on the streets at night Look around you Look around you When you're walking on the streets at night When you turn around and die of fright Who's there in the shadows? What's that in the shadows? What's that in the shadows? Look around you |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
Little lady
With Dingwall's bullshit You're so stupid Foetid brainwaves Little lady What really happens When you see mirrors You get the shivers Ah! Making love to The Mersey Tunnel With a sausage, have you ever been to Liverpool? Please don't talk much It burns my ears Tonight you've talked for a thousand years Plastic's real when you're real sick Plastic's real when you're real sick Plastic's real when you're real sick Plastic's real when you're real sick Plastic's real when you're real sick Plastic's real when you're real sick Plastic's real when you're real sick Plastic's real when you're real sick Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about Oh London Lady Why did you lay me? Your head is crowded With the names you've hounded The lines around your Eyes they show me You realize the party's over London Lady Party's over London Lady Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By HUGH CORNWELL, DAVID GREENFIELD, BRIAN DUFFY, JEAN JACQUES BURNEL <i>Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group</i> |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky ?
He got an ice pick That made his ears burn Whatever happened to dear old Lenny ? The great Elmyra, and Sancho Panza ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to all the heroes ? All the Shakespearoes ? They watched their Rome burn Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? No more heroes any more No more heroes any more Whatever happened to all the heroes ? All the Shakespearoes ? They watched their Rome burn Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? No more heroes any more No more heroes any more |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
Strolling along minding my own business
Well there goes a girl and a half She's got me going up and down She's got me going up and down Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches Well I got the notion girl that you got some suntan lotion in that bottle of yours Spread it all over my peelin' skin baby That feels real good All this skirt lappin' up the sun Lap me up Why don't you come on and Lap me up Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches Well there goes another one just lying down on the sand dunes I'd better go take a swim and see if I can cool down a little bit Cause you and me woman We got a lotta things on our minds (you know what I mean) Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches Will you just take a look over there (where?) There Is she tryin' to get outta that clitares? Liberation for women That's what I preach Preacher man Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches Oh shit! There goes the charabang Looks like I'm gonna be stuck here the whole summer Well what a bummer I can think of a lot worse places to be Like down in the streets Or down in the sewer Or even on the end of a skewer |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
The day is sticky yellow
The night was so untight The cows go moo moo moo Is everything alright? Baby digit at my face Who's the man with the smile, mum? Do you like it like that? I'm just a peasant in the Big Shitty I'm going real slow But if the light ain't real Then there can't be a hole Not even some red Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? You're not real, oh no, you're not You're not real, oh no, you're not You're not real, oh no, you're not You're not real, oh no, you're not There be a strange garlic here The room is full of fear With empty wavelength touch It's coming in a rush It's coming in a rush It's coming in a rush It's coming in a rush Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? I'm just a peasant in the big shitty |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
She's gone and left me
I don't know why That girl she's crazy She made me cry She's gone and left me I don't know why Yeah she's the queen of the street What a piece of meat She's real good looking She makes me sigh Blue jeans and leather Her heels are high She's real good looking she makes me sigh Yeah, she's the queen of the street What a special treat She's no lady She'll stab you in the back She's no lady She's princess of the pack With words of fire She'll make you small With eyes that smile She'll make you tall With words of fire She'll make you small But you would rather wait a year till she gave you a call She's gone and left me I don't know why That girl she's crazy She made me cry She's gone and left me I don't know why But she's queen of the streets what a piece of meat She's no lady She'll stab you in the back She's no lady She's princess of the pack |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
A fine day for the classroom and the pupils are here
Julie's got a headache but the others don't care Sarah's got to stay behind and help with the drill Teacher's got his eye on her Moves in for the kill. Nobody can see or hear the things that they do All the books stay closed, there must be something they do Only teacher knows about the subjects they span - span Education's secondary, being a school mam Oooooeeee! Teachers doing fine as far as I can see Being a school mam Long holidays in the summer Being a school mam Free milk in your coffee break Being a school mam Government paid monthly salary cheques Noises heard the principal investigates She turns on all the cameras but it's too late Catches both their pants down in a passion war Hasn't seen it happen since the day she was born Reaching down for glasses that just can't be found By the time she finds them, why their down on the ground Tossing and a turning they've got feverish hands Lead can be so fluid when you're being a school mam Oooooeeee! Teachers doing fine as far as I can see Being a school mam Controlling promiscuity after hours Being a school mam Giving out detentions by the dozen Being a school mam Give her fifty lines (of speed) Being a school mam Sucking on her fingernails she can't believe what she's seeing She's seeing something close to what appears on the screen Locks her door, with trembling hands and her hearts beating very fast She pretends she's down there on the floor in the class Gives herself to teacher although he doesn't know Works herself into a frenzied state and it shows Sarah's almost at the top but try as she can She can't reach her helter skelter Down with the school man Just watch her go and help her try if you can Use your twentieth century imagination - if you've got any Oooooeeee! Now she's at the top and teacher sets her free Being a school mam Disgusting behaviour Being a school mam All over the parquet flooring Being a school mam Letting the flood gates open wide Being a school mam Now the principal collapses dead on the floor With contentment on her wrinkled old face ever more She went out the very best way that an old woman can She was where the action was Down there with the school man Oooooeeee! Teacher never will discover who could see Being a school mam One and one make two if you're very lucky Being a school mam Two twos make four if I remember correctly Being a school mam Four fours make sixteen and sixteen's over age Sixteen and sixteen makes thirty two That's approaching middle age Thirty two and thirty two makes sixty four That's OAP land Sixty four and sixty four makes a hundred and twenty eight A hundred and twenty eight divided by three let me pause for reflection for a second.... But Teacher! Three doesn't go into a hundred and twenty eight exactly, But it goes forty two and a bit Forty three, forty four, forty five, forty six, forty seven Forty eight, forty nine, forty nine, point one, forty nine, point two, forty nine, point three Forty nine, point four, forty nine, point five, forty nine, point six, forty nine, point seven Forty nine, point eight, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, Fifty! |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
Someday I'm going to smack your face
Someday I'm going to smack your face Somebody's going to call your bluff Somebody's going to treat you rough Sometimes there is only one way out I've got to fight Sometimes I get to feel so mean Sometimes I get to feel so mean Sometimes you look like you're too clean Sometimes I see the in-between Sometimes only one way I've got to fight You're way past your station Beat you honey till you drop You're way past your station It's useless asking you to stop I got morbid fascination Beat you honey till you drop Sometimes you're going to get some stick Sometimes you're going to get some stick Somebody's standing in our way Somebody's gonna have to pay Sometimes there is only one way I've got to fight |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
And the first commandment reads That human flesh and blood is sacred Until there is no more food The break of day has come I see the cracks have just begun to Line the walls Line the walls Oh won't you see the little girls and boys destroy their toys Line the walls Line the walls What a fate for little gir-ir-irls British boys' minds in a whir-ir-irl Tell you things that'll make your cur-ur-urls Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out For twenty years or more just tell me what we're living for So tell me now Tell me now Frustrated intellect the Government capitulation Follows now Follows now What a fate for little gir-ir-irls British boys' minds in a whir-ir-irl Tell you things that'll make your cur-ur-urls Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out The break of day has come I see the cracks have just begun to Line the walls Line the walls Oh won't you see the little girls and boys desroy their toys Line the walls Line the walls What a fate for little gir-ir-irls British boys' minds in a whir-ir-irl Tell you things that'll make your cur-ur-urls Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out (x16 until fade) |
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from The Stranglers - Live At The Hope And Anchor (The Requests Show-Nov 22 1977) [live] (2003)
if you see me walking down the streets
and i start to cry each time we meet walk on by aahh walk on by make belive i can see the tears now let me grieve in private cause each time i see you i just want to cry walk on by walk on by walk on by i just can't get over loosing you and so if i seem so broken in pieces walk on by aah walk on by with foolish pride if i can't see the tears let me hide from the tears and the sadness when you said goodbye walk on by walk on by walk on by just go for a stroll in the trees walk on by aahh walk on by and make belive that i can't see the tears now let me grive in private cause each time i see you i break down and cry walk on by walk on by |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
Bitching 'bout the things we've seen
Bitching 'bout the things we've seen Bitching 'bout the loves we've had My oh my! It wasn't so bad When we had that to loosen our minds Hey little baby in the front row be kind (Bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth (Bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed? (Bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new? (Bar bitching) Bar bitching Bitching 'bout the Windsor C Bitching 'bout the Western Sea Why can't you all be like a Grainger man? Or even a Pheland man? I'll tell you what we'll meet in Amsterdam And then you'll see what should be really can (Bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth (Bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed? (Bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new? (Bar bitching) Bar bitching, that's what I'm talking about Got anything to say? No? Well shut up! I really don't know what to say It's gonna happen to us all one day And when it does you have me too But until then I really don't know what to do I'm just gonna keep (Bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth (Bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed? (Bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new? There's a place with a lot of eyes Strange smoke perfume around the peacock guys And the girls, they move their heat To the impulsive compulsive beat But that's another place another time Maybe we'll meet there in quite a short while (Bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth (Bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed? (Bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new? (Bar bitching) Bar bitching, that's what I'm talking about |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
I want to love you like your dad And be your superman I'll show you things you've never had And hold your little hand Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles I'll kiss your zone erogenous There's plenty to explore I've got to lick your little puss and nail you to the floor Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles I go crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya Lemme lemme fuck ya fuck ya lemme lemme fuck ya fuck ya lemme lemme lucky lucky smiles Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles I go crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya Lemme lemme fuck ya fuck ya lemme lemme fuck ya fuck ya Lemme lemme lucky lucky smiles Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles Bring em on There's lots of games that we can play You can turn my tap I'll drip And when the fever reaches you I'm high beneath my zip Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles I go crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
The Brighton train it goes real soon
My Brighton Belle is in her room It's burning up time Burning up time I wanna burn up while I'm having good times Don't wanna burn up with other people's bad times Like a meteor Like to meet yer The weekend's here the Finchley Boys Are gonna make a lot of noise It's burning up time You either love or you despise There's just no time for compromise The days have gotta move real fast We know that nothing's gonna last |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
Dave was from out of town
Manchester's likely too Had read De Sade to Marx More read than me and you Scaffolding pays good bread It pays for drugs and kicks Dave only had one love Had no real need for chicks Dave was so far ahead But now he's dead I'm not going to cry I bet he hit that water high I guess he lost control And welcomed in the night It was too much for him What were his thoughts that night? The River Thames is cold It keeps on flowing on But it left Dave alone It just kept flowing on There's city sickness here But now he's dead Late night a street in the west of the city There was a place there where he lost himself Strange feelings did he feel there Strange people did he meet there Angry sounds did he hear there Like the howling of bulls I'm not going to cry I bet he hit that water high |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
One, two, three, four!
Haven't I seen you somewhere around before? Haven't I seen you somewhere around before? Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a conkeroonee stringer Wasn't it you said you was into changing the law? Wasn't it you said you was into changing the law? Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a conkeroonee stringer Wasn't it you running around proud of being poor? Wasn't it you running around proud of being poor? Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a conkeroonee stringer Productivity Credibility Impossibility |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
There is no love inside of me
I gave it to a thousand girls We build towers of saddened ivory In our English towns The dogs they try to possess us I can hear their anguished cries They build towers of ivory In our English towns I can see their astonished eyes Look the same in any size And their secrets are all the same Seeking pleasure seeking fame No love in a thousand girls No love in a thousand girls |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
I need a dream where I can live what I said I need a place where I can put my bed I need a hole where I'll find darkness now And if you hassle me mister I might just lose my head 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead They came on a Saturday night They killed his cat and the raped his wife And in their eyes there was fear and hate And when they spoke they spoke with knives 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead Some say that I should hate them all But I say that wouldn't help at all I just wanna find those guys that's all I just wanna find those guys that's all that's all that's all 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead The night time comes and the streets they ring With the fears of a thousand things And if you worry 'bout your ports of call You'll never get nothing done at all 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead Some say that I should hate them all But I say that wouldn't help at all I just wanna find those guys that's all I just wanna find those guys that's all I just wanna find those guys that's all that's all |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
I feel like a wog people giving me the eyes
But I was born here just like you I feel like a wog Got all the dirt shitty jobs But everybody's got to have something to do with their time I feel like a wog I don't wanna go home I've got a lot of life to run through I feel like a wog I don't mean you no harm Just don't ask me to shine your shoes Golly gee: Golly gosh Don't call me your Golly Wog Golly gee: Golly gosh Don't call me your Golly Wog Let me tell you about Pimpo We met him down at the After Eight He wanted to sell us some limbo But we said mister You've just got to wait You've got to wait (x3) He wanted to take us down to Sao Paulo But we said mister We ain't got no bread I tried to make him laugh But he didnt get the joke And then he said I wasnt right in the head And then he made me (x3) And then he made me feel And then he made me feel like (x3) You know I feel like (x3) You know I feel like a wog |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky ?
He got an ice pick That made his ears burn Whatever happened to dear old Lenny ? The great Elmyra, and Sancho Panza ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to all the heroes ? All the Shakespearoes ? They watched their Rome burn Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? No more heroes any more No more heroes any more Whatever happened to all the heroes ? All the Shakespearoes ? They watched their Rome burn Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? No more heroes any more No more heroes any more |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
The day is sticky yellow
The night was so untight The cows go moo moo moo Is everything alright? Baby digit at my face Who's the man with the smile, mum? Do you like it like that? I'm just a peasant in the Big Shitty I'm going real slow But if the light ain't real Then there can't be a hole Not even some red Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? You're not real, oh no, you're not You're not real, oh no, you're not You're not real, oh no, you're not You're not real, oh no, you're not There be a strange garlic here The room is full of fear With empty wavelength touch It's coming in a rush It's coming in a rush It's coming in a rush It's coming in a rush Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? I'm just a peasant in the big shitty |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
A fine day for the classroom and the pupils are here
Julie's got a headache but the others don't care Sarah's got to stay behind and help with the drill Teacher's got his eye on her Moves in for the kill. Nobody can see or hear the things that they do All the books stay closed, there must be something they do Only teacher knows about the subjects they span - span Education's secondary, being a school mam Oooooeeee! Teachers doing fine as far as I can see Being a school mam Long holidays in the summer Being a school mam Free milk in your coffee break Being a school mam Government paid monthly salary cheques Noises heard the principal investigates She turns on all the cameras but it's too late Catches both their pants down in a passion war Hasn't seen it happen since the day she was born Reaching down for glasses that just can't be found By the time she finds them, why their down on the ground Tossing and a turning they've got feverish hands Lead can be so fluid when you're being a school mam Oooooeeee! Teachers doing fine as far as I can see Being a school mam Controlling promiscuity after hours Being a school mam Giving out detentions by the dozen Being a school mam Give her fifty lines (of speed) Being a school mam Sucking on her fingernails she can't believe what she's seeing She's seeing something close to what appears on the screen Locks her door, with trembling hands and her hearts beating very fast She pretends she's down there on the floor in the class Gives herself to teacher although he doesn't know Works herself into a frenzied state and it shows Sarah's almost at the top but try as she can She can't reach her helter skelter Down with the school man Just watch her go and help her try if you can Use your twentieth century imagination - if you've got any Oooooeeee! Now she's at the top and teacher sets her free Being a school mam Disgusting behaviour Being a school mam All over the parquet flooring Being a school mam Letting the flood gates open wide Being a school mam Now the principal collapses dead on the floor With contentment on her wrinkled old face ever more She went out the very best way that an old woman can She was where the action was Down there with the school man Oooooeeee! Teacher never will discover who could see Being a school mam One and one make two if you're very lucky Being a school mam Two twos make four if I remember correctly Being a school mam Four fours make sixteen and sixteen's over age Sixteen and sixteen makes thirty two That's approaching middle age Thirty two and thirty two makes sixty four That's OAP land Sixty four and sixty four makes a hundred and twenty eight A hundred and twenty eight divided by three let me pause for reflection for a second.... But Teacher! Three doesn't go into a hundred and twenty eight exactly, But it goes forty two and a bit Forty three, forty four, forty five, forty six, forty seven Forty eight, forty nine, forty nine, point one, forty nine, point two, forty nine, point three Forty nine, point four, forty nine, point five, forty nine, point six, forty nine, point seven Forty nine, point eight, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, Fifty! |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
Don't You Like The Way I Move When You See Me?
Don't You Like The Things That I Say? Don't You Like The Way I Seem To Enjoy It? When You Shout Things But I Don't Care Something's Happening And It's Happening Right Now You're Too Blind To See It Something's Happening And It's Happening Right Now Ain't Got Time To Wait I Said Something Better Change I Said Something Better Change I Said Something Better Change I Said Something Better Change Don't You Like The Way I Dance? Does It Bug You? Don't You Like The Cut Of My Clothes? Don't You Like The Way I Seem To Enjoy It? Stick My Fingers Right Up Your Nose Something's Happening And It's Happening Right Now You're Too Blind To See It Something's Happening And It's Happening Right Now Ain't Got Time To Wait I Said Something Better Change I Said Something Better Change I Said Something Better Change I Said Something Better Change |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
And the first commandment reads That human flesh and blood is sacred Until there is no more food The break of day has come I see the cracks have just begun to Line the walls Line the walls Oh won't you see the little girls and boys destroy their toys Line the walls Line the walls What a fate for little gir-ir-irls British boys' minds in a whir-ir-irl Tell you things that'll make your cur-ur-urls Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out For twenty years or more just tell me what we're living for So tell me now Tell me now Frustrated intellect the Government capitulation Follows now Follows now What a fate for little gir-ir-irls British boys' minds in a whir-ir-irl Tell you things that'll make your cur-ur-urls Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out The break of day has come I see the cracks have just begun to Line the walls Line the walls Oh won't you see the little girls and boys desroy their toys Line the walls Line the walls What a fate for little gir-ir-irls British boys' minds in a whir-ir-irl Tell you things that'll make your cur-ur-urls Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out (x16 until fade) |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
Back up boy forty five feet
Always looking for a freebie Why don't you let up sometime Hawks out here with his axe and me with this lead sheet on Trying to scuffle up those two's and fews For uncle so I can bail out my full orchestration Looks like he got me but this cat wouldn't feed Grass to a horse in a concrete pasture He's so tight he wouldn't buy a pair of shorts for a flea Just look at him n' dig that vine All off tome his strollers look like he's ready to jump He's playing ketchup n' I got to tighten his wig Hold it down n' I'll come up with line two like I said Ain't nothin' to it, just here Ain't nothin' to it, just here Ain't nothin', ain't nothin' to it just here I saw that dinner up the street guzzlin' foam in The drink den and the sharks are droppin' the shucks Like the yellow kid trying to tighten her and Weaving the four f's all around her I nixed her out long ago, man, she's too some-timey She will and she won't She do and she don't always on the fence and Sleeps with her glasses on Man Man Ain't nothin', ain't nothin' to it just here She's faust to me, so skip it and forget it She's faust to me, so skip it and forget it Ain't nothin' to it [Repeat until fade] |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
They crucify you when you get it wrong
When things are fine they put you ahead They laugh at you with your trousers down They pick the stones and aim them at your head When you're alive they won't care what you said What you deserve and all the blood you bled It doesn't matter what you try to hide The sun comes out and then the truth is read Your fans will love you when you're alive But the wreaths are laid by the rest instead When you're alive they won't care what you said What you deserve and all the blood you bled 'Cause everybody loves you when you're dead Kneel and pray by the side of your bed And everybody loves you when you're dead Kneel and pray just like your momma said When you're alive they won't care what you said What you deserve and all the blood you bled You'll turn in your grave at what's gonna be said You'll finally be appreciated 'Cause everybody loves you when you're dead 'Cause everybody loves you when you're dead |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
Golden brown, texture like sun
Lays me down, with my mind she runs Throughout the night No need to fight Never a frown, with golden brown Every time just like the last On her ship tied to the mast To distant lands Takes both my hands Never a frown with golden brown Golden brown, finer temptress Through the ages she's heading west From far away Stays for a day Never a frown with golden brown (instrumental) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
Once I knew a man in love with money
He said it solved his worries and his cares The one day I heard him say Something I hear everywhere Once I knew a man in love with power He bought a uniform and he kept it clean Then one day I heard him say There's something he's never seen Tell him how to find true love and happiness In the present day Tell him how to find true love and happiness In the present day Then I know a girl in love with living Didn't like to stay in one place long Then one day I heard her say She'd discovered something's wrong Tell her how to find true love and happiness In the present day Tell her how to find true love and happiness In the present day Repeat Tell him how to find true love and happiness In the present day (X 3) |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
It only takes two to tango
It only takes two to start the dance You gotta begin with circumstance It takes two to tango It only takes two It only takes two to tango It only takes to to start the war You gotta make do or you gotta get more It take two to tango It only takes two [Chorus] It only took two in ancient history To get to the top of the monkey tree Better wait and see Better wait and see Better wait and see It only takes two to tango It only takes two to start the dance You gotta make do could be your only chance It takes two to tango It only takes two [Chorus] Better wait and see [Repeat: x4] |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
Ton vehicule n'a pas l'air d'avoir de passager
Peux-tu: Veux tu me recevoir Sans trop te deranger? Mes bottes ne feront pas trop d'echos dans ton couloir Pas de bruit avec mes adieux Pas pour nous les moments perdus En attendant un uncertain au-revoir Parce que-j'ai la folie, oui c'est la folie Il etait une fois un etudiant Qui voulait fort, comme en literature Sa copine, elle etait si douce Qu'il pouvait presque, en la management Rejeter tous les vices Repousser tou les mals Detruire toutes beautes Qui par ailleurs, n'avait jamais ete ses complices Parces qu'il avait la folie, oui, c'est la folie Et si parfois l'on fait des confessions A qui les raconter - meme le bon dieu nous a laisse tomber Un autre endroit, une autre vie Eh oui, c'est une autre histoire Mais a qui tou raconter? Chez les ombres de la nuit? Au petit matin, au petit gris Combien de crimes ont ete commis Contre les mensonges et soi disant les lois du coeur Combien sont la a cause de la folie Parce qu'il ont la folie |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
I love the family
Longer than longevity Mother tells me what to be Taller than the tallest tree I love the family Sister loves me tenderly Sitting on my daddy's knee Let me introduce you to the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family Friends will fall for the family Brother you are dear to me Watch it grow the family tree Can't outrun the family It gets me where I want to be Trough thick and thin it will help me Let me introduce you to the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family Repeat |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
Dedicated emancipated
Claims she waited her life for her man Loves to pray every day Says she's not frustrated in any way Dressed in a black cotton sack Pledges herself and she never looks back She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she's running running running running running Enlisted sister knows her mister Never two times with the rest of the clan In her eyes you sympathize The afterlife holds a better plan She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she gives up her whole life And she'll never be your wife 'Cause she's got the best lover Better than any other Better than any other She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she's running running running running running Dedicated emancipated Claims she waited her life for her man Loves to pray every day Says she's not frustrated in any way She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she gives up her whole life And she'll never be your wife 'Cause she's got the best lover Better than any other Better than any other Better than any other |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
She's a centre spread special size of the month
She's the one on the wall Watched by him she's scared to move She's very well known only in the one stance She's the girl that survived over a hundred million glances She's the pin up She's always on his mind a Technicolor dream The secret weapon She lives on his locker door She's the girl he dreams of when he's at sea Although she's in 2-D he'd like her at home waiting She's the pin up She's the pin up All over submarines They think she's so serene As a mermaid she don't look much But such a sin could be this year's last year's thing She's a charity gives something for nothing A wall chart for his heart a victim of all his desires Sometimes he dreams of a scratch me scratch me section A rope ladder of hair a Babylon for him to climb She's the pin up She's the pin up All over submarines They think she's so serene As a mermaid she don't look much But such a sin could be this year's last year's thing She's a centrespread special size of the month She's the one on his wall Watched by him she's scared to move She's very well known always in the one stance She's the girl who'll survive over a hundred million glances She's the pin up She's the pin up |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
One day you see a strange little girl look at you
One day you see a strange little girl feeling blue She'd run to the town one day Leaving home and the country fair Just beware When you're there Strange little girl She didn't know how to live in a town that was rough It didn't take long before she knew she had enough Walking home in her wrapped up world She survived but she's feeling old And she found all things cold Strange little girl Where are you going? Strange little girl Where are you going? Do you know where you could be going? Walking home in her wrapped up world She survived but she's feeling old Cause she found all things cold Strange little girl Where are you going? Do you know where you could be going? |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
Takes the time to stay one place
Though his clothes aren't finest lace Read the lines on a tramp's face Taking his time just like you just like me Wandering so fancy free Searching for love in the call of the wild Travelling lost like a child Law has missed him every day Doesn't need it anyway Life is the next meal away A lost woman long ago Does she miss him does he know? Does it matter in the snow? Taking his time just like you just like me Wandering so fancy free Searching for love in the call of the wild Travelling lost like a child Taking his time just like you just like me Wandering so fancy free Searching for love in the call of the wild Travelling lost like a child |
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from The Stranglers - Black And White (2003)
The enemy has cut down all of the power
London south of the Thames is invaded Westminster is razed down to the ground The government has fled The government has fled The government has fled for Scotland today Grey becomes black and white Is it true what they say They turn the day into night Black and white becomes The government has fled into thin air What's left of our troops have joined with the Scots To form a defence across of the north Stay in your homes Stay in your homes Be off the streets by nightfall Grey becomes black and white Is it true what they say They turn the day into night Black and white becomes Germany failed to protect her borders She had grown soft with the American dream Men from the Steppes delivered their vacuum A new kind of freedom Freedom's a chain Maybe I'll find love when their's nothing to do Grey becomes black and white Is it true what they say They turn the day into night Black and white becomes |
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from The Stranglers - Black And White (2003)
Death and night and blood, death and night and blood
(Death and nights of blood, death and nights of blood) When I saw that Sparta in his eyes, young death is good (Death and nights of blood, death and nights of blood) And we decided that to die there was no greater love (Death and nights of blood, death and nights of blood) (Death and nights of blood, death and nights of blood) Hey, little baby, don't you lean down low Your brains exposed and it's starting to show Your rotten thoughts, yuck (Death and nights of blood, death and nights of blood) I was attracted to a night torchlight parade and there I came (Death and nights of blood, death and nights of blood) Home is a black leather jacket, fitting sweetly to my brain (Death and nights of blood, death and nights of blood) (Death and nights of blood, death and nights of blood) Hey, little baby, don't you lean down low Your brains exposed and it's starting to show Your rotten thoughts, yuck (Death and nights of blood, death and nights of blood) I will force my body to be my weapon and my statement so (Death and nights of blood, death and nights of blood) (Death and nights of blood, death and nights of blood) Hey, little baby, don't you lean down low Your brains exposed and it's starting to show Your rotten thoughts, yuck (Death and nights of blood, death and nights of blood) |
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from The Stranglers - Black And White (2003)
What's gonna happen when the sky goes black?
What will you do when the sea comes back? What if there's no way of moving back? What when your face falls apart? Have you got enough time? Have you got enough time? Have you got enough time? You're drifting out like a child who's lost Who's looking for a better way You're moving like a coin in the air What when your face falls apart? Have you got enough time? Have you got enough time? Have you got enough time? You're maybe looking for a sign of life You hope it's gonna save your life What will you do to restore your sight? What when your face falls apart? Have you got enough time? Have you got enough time? Have you got enough time? Have you got enough time? Have you got enough time? |
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from The Stranglers - Black And White (2003)
When you're walking on the streets at night
You turn around and die of fright What's that in the shadows? What's that in the shadows? Walking down the streets at night Turn around and you can die of fright Walking on the streets at night Turn around and die of fright What's that in the shadows? What's that in the shadows? Is it a dog? Is it a cat? Is it a dog? What do you think of that? When you're walking on the streets at night Turn around and die of fright What's that in the shadows? What's that in the shadows? Is it a dog? Is it a cat? Is it a dog? What do you think of that? When you're walking on the streets at night Moving, shiny, bright Walking on the night When you're walking on the streets at night Look around you Look around you When you're walking on the streets at night When you turn around and die of fright Who's there in the shadows? What's that in the shadows? What's that in the shadows? Look around you |
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from The Stranglers - Black And White (2003)
Somewhere outside Tokyo
Invented time Someone in a factory Invented time If people wanted proof to Carry on they'd like to buy one 50 million watches with a Strap to sell 50 million watches with a Strap to sell If people wanted proof to Carry on they'd like to buy one If they should ever sell out That would be the end of (time) Be the end of (time) Be the end of time |
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from The Stranglers - Black And White (2003)
I Can Sign For 1 2 3 or 4
Get 3 Weeks off In A Year Or More Save Up And Get My Very Own SLR 'Cos I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Yes I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Yes I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Yes I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Can You Seen The bullet's high velocity It Can Blow A Man's Arm Off At The Count Of Three If I Get My Hands On One Of Those I'm Something To Watch Out For I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Yes I Can Yes I Can I don't care where They Send Me Now Send Pictures Postcards To My Ol' Mother And Father So When I Come Home They'll Have someone to be proud Of I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Yes I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Yes I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Yes I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank |
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from The Stranglers - Black And White (2003)
I don't think things can be (Malfunction malfunctioning)
Pretty or ugly (Malfunction malfunctioning) All that you can say (Malfunction malfunctioning) Is if your existence is not threatened in any way (Malfunction malfunctioning) You are quite safe with me (Malfunction malfunctioning) I've got my very own philosophy (Malfunction malfunctioning) All that you can say (Malfunction malfunctioning) Is if your existence is not threatened in any way Threatened in any way Threatened in any way Threatened in any way Threatened in any way Man killed by industry Man killed by luxury Man killed by falling tree Man killed by sanity Bring me a piece of my mummy She was quite close to me |
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