I stopped talking when I was six years old I didn't want anything more to do with the outside world I was happy being quiet But of course they wouldn't leave me alone My parents tried every trick in the book From speech therapists to child psychologists They even tried bribery I could have anything, as long as I said it out loud
Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it
Of course this episode didn't last forever I'd made my point and it was time to move on To peel away the next layer of deceit And see what new surprises lay in store My school report said I showed no interest 'A disruptive influence' I felt sorry for them in a way And when they finally expelled me It didn't mean a thing
Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it
("At that time she stopped what she was doing, she stopped playing... she stared, she had the facial grimicing... and then the psychiatrist was saying, "Julie, Julie, can you hear me? Can you open your eyes? Can you stick out your tongue?" And all of a sudden, Julie struck out")
The November day I came home the Christmas decorations were already up Spray on snow, coloured flashing lights And an artificial tree that played Silent Night Over and over again My parents welcomed me with loving arms But within an hour were back at each others throats Normal, happy childhood back on course Batteries not included
Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it
Never mind the rain Just be thankful that you're here On holiday Put your coat on, go and play Here's some money for today Don't talk to anyone Or I'll send you to bed Without any food And I'll skin you alive You know what I'll do Don't you know that I love you? Don't you know that I love you? Collecting driftwood on a beach Build it up like fire Send a message to a passing ship 'Come and rescue me Come and take me somewhere else Where the weather's good' Now the tide's coming in And it's starting to rain But I'll be back tomorrow And I'll try once again I ran all the way home I ran all the way home I just want to go home The novelty has worn off We are not amused anymore If you really love me You'll let me go home I just want to escape I'm stuck in a Kodak moment With people in the future ... If you really love me Won't you let me go home? I just want to go home I ran all the way home Met a couple on the beach Said they'd lost a child like me Several years ago Said I reminded them Of the way she might have looked They had a photograph They invited me back To look at her room I said maybe tomorrow But I've got to go soon I ran all the way home I ran all the way home I just want to go escape Don't want to be brave Don't ever want to go back there again If you really love me You'll let me go home I ran all the way home I know that you love me You're taking care of me I'm frightened, I'm tired (If you really love me) But I want to go home I just want to go home I ran all the way home I ran all the way home I ran all the way home
A pint of milk–a loaf of bread-a magazine-on special offer Check the weather forecast Buy a new umbrella Send a text message take a shower Meet me in the park in half an hour These are the things that keep us together These are the things that keep us together I love you I want you Must have you I still love you These are the things that keep us together Make the bed wash the sheets Iron a shirt try to eat Check for e-mail send replies Set the video Catch the headlines Write a Get Well card have a cup of tea Think of you again think of you These are the things that keep us together -Uh huh Another night with some old friends I pray that it will soon be over I'm not listening to them Their laughter floats out of the window I wish that they would leave so I can go to sleep And dream of you again Until tomorrow These are the things that keep us together These are the things that keep us together I love you I want you Must have you I still love you These are the things that keep us together These are the things that keep us together -Uh huh
Heard in on Sunday evening Organised a bit of a do Get off the phone, Mum Someone important's trying to get through (Number One) 24/7 promotion (Number One) It's hard work, but it's fun (Number One) Adventures start in shopping centres (Number One) Pray that we're number one (Being Number One) A bed of roses (Number One) A box of chocolates (Number One) A bowl of cherries (Number One) Being number one Being number one Being number one A triumphant return to the home town (Ooh, ooh, ooh...) Treated with love and respect A special school assembly Before they would have broken my neck (Being Number One) My favourite colour (Number One) An E-type Jag (Number One) Roll out the red carpet (Number One - Being number one) A glass of champagne - Not the cheap stuff! God bless the public, God bless Number One God bless the radio, God bless TV God bless pocket money, these are the days (These are the days) Of too much wine and song Being Number One Being Number One Being Number One Being Number One Being Number One The skeletonsdance out of the closet Laughing all the way to the bank (ha, ha, ha, hee, hee, hee) A dozen illegitimate children (ooh, ooh, ohh) I guess we've got Max Clifford to thank (Being Number One) Toppermost of the poppermost (Number One) Every truck driver's friend (Number One) Climbing up the airwaves (Number One - Being number one) From John O Groats to Lands End (Number One) You're watching you waistline (Number One) A second release (Number One) You sleep with the dogs (Number One - Being number one) You wake up with fleas Being Number One Being Number One Being Number One
Everybody needs to dream Romance and love and eight hours sleep A little cottage by the sea A glass of gin, a box of chocolates To be both wanted and decide To move away when we retire No hell or heaven in-between British racing green Pebble-dash houses under- Neath the flight-path, still life Perfectly preserved through double-glazed windows Satellite dish brings Entertainment to our home Crack in the foundations - claim for Compensation leads to Aspirations and pipe dreams Buy myself a sports car British racing green Everybody needs to dream (La, la, la, la, la...) Romance and love and eight hours sleep A little cottage by the sea A glass of gin, a box of chocolates To be both wanted and decide To move away when we retire No hell or heaven in-between British racing green British racing green Still don't know where I was going Top down - inclement weather Just like all the English people Trying to win the Island Race, whatever British Racing Queen British Racing Green Everybody needs to dream Romance and love and eight hours sleep A little cottage by the sea A glass of gin, a box of chocolates To be both wanted and decide To move away when we retire No hell or heaven in-between British racing green British racing green Now I'm living in a chat-room With the Diana fan-club They sent a virus to my dream That wiped the hard-drive British racing green Everybody needs to dream Romance and love and eight hours sleep A little cottage by the sea A glass of gin, a box of chocolates To be both wanted and decide To move away when we retire No hell or heaven in-between British racing green Everybody needs to dream Romance and love and eight hours sleep A little cottage by the sea A glass of gin, a box of chocolates To be both wanted and decide To move away when we retire No hell or heaven in-between British racing Queen British racing green British racing green British racing green
