You never listen to a word that I said You only seen me For the clothes that I wear Or did the interest go so much deeper It must have been The colour of my hair
The Public Image
What you wanted was never made clear Behind the image was ignorance and fear You hide behind this public machine Still follow same old scheme
Public Image
Two sides to every story Somebody had to stop me I'm not the same as when I began I will not be treated as property
Public Image
Two sides to every story Somebody had to stop me I'm not the same as when I began It's not a game of monopoly
Public image
Public image You got what you wanted The public image belongs to me It's my entrance My own creation My grand finale My goodbye
I could be wrong I could be right I could be black I could be white I could be right I could be wrong I could be white I could be black
Your time has come Your second skin The cost so high The gain so low Walk through the valley The written word is a lie
May the road rise with you May the road rise with you May the road rise with you
I could be wrong I could be right I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right I could be wrong I could be right Could be black I could be white I could be right I could be wrong I could be black I could be white They put a hot wire to my head 'Cause of the things I did and said They made these feelings go away Model citizen in every way
May the road rise with you May the road rise with you May the road rise with you
Anger is an energy Anger is an energy Anger is an energy
May the road rise with you May the road rise with you May the road rise with you
Anger is an energy Anger is an energy Anger is an energy
I could be wrong I could be right I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right I could be black I could be white I could be right I could be wrong I could be black I could be white Your time has come your second skin Cost so high, the gain so low Walk through the valley The written word is a lie
May the road rise with you May the road rise with you May the road rise with you
I could be wrong I could be right I could be wrong
They put a hot wire to my head 'Cause of the things I did and said They made these feelings go away A model citizen in every way Your time has come your second skin Cost so high, the gain so low
May the road rise with you May the road rise with you May the road rise with you
Anger is an energy Anger is an energy Anger is an energy Anger is an energy Anger is an energy (repeat)
Closed mouth catches no flies Burning bridges as you're crossing is not very wise When analysed Be tongue-tied Play snakes and ladders But not suicide Like casting pearl before swine
Talking to you is a waste of time You burned the bridges you've been crossing Go crawl back into your dustbin
Crawl back in your own dustbin
From you expect this lack of respect To be sly Not one of a kind Pretty picture Bad frame of mind Like casting pearl before swine
Talking to you is a waste of time You burned the bridges you've been crossing Go crawl back into your dustbin
Go crawl back into your dustbin Go crawl back into your dustbin Go crawl back into your dustbin Go crawl
I've learned caution This comes from wisdom These altitudes These dizzying heights These bottomless pits These sweet delights
Like me You are unlike me Like me You are unlike me
Go crawl Back in Your dustbin
Talking to you is a waste of time You burned the bridges you've been crossing
Under surveillance Sweet subservience I think you're stupid But you're worth the mention People who need people Are the stupidest of people
Go crawl back into your dustbin Go crawl back into your dustbin Go crawl back into your dustbin Go crawl back into your dustbin
CHORUS Better days will never be Better days will never be Better days will never be
Now what does this mean It means we get the best scenes When politics talk, the ends of power meet Nice to be wanted, safe and protected The ends of pwoer, when politics talk
CHORUS
Better days will never be Home sweet home, home, home
Now let's talk politics Every dog has its day For me (for me) I don't believe (I don't believe in anything) Better days ahead (one more war) Will never be (I do believe no more) I don't believe in (no long goodbye) Anything (nuclear day)
CHORUS
Spare no man, match bomb for bomb War, all is fair in war When the ground is soft with hot blood Spare no man
Better days will never be (match bomb for bomb) A scorched earth (flatten the earth, this home sweet home) No charity (burn everything, from lust to dust) No weak pity (no charity, no weak pity) >From lust to dust (all is fair in war) Home sweet home
Alla Alla Doom sits in gloom in his room Destroy the infidel In a mosque In a ghost Is a sword Is a Saracen Alla Joan of Arc was a sorcerer The trilogy the desert sand Scriptures in the tower of Babble Alla Only ending is easy Burn Burn Burn In the tower Only ending is easy Alla Arise in the east The trilogy Alla Alla I take heed Arise in the West A new crusade
A bed in the corner The suffering suffragette Such an obvious trap Imagine that A Butterball turkey Spread her body Naked and silly A bulbous heap Batting her eyelids The lights go down Erupting in fat The blackwall tunnel An elephant's grave A second-hand mattress Come and play total commitment Premenstrual tension
Down in the dark Tell us a story From the room below You are an Ostrich Bury your head Personal Austwich Fermenting in bed Empty promises help to forget No more No more Repair the damages you made Amen, Amen, Amen, Empty promises help to forget No more, no more Amen, Amen, Amen
Now in the summer I could be happy or in distress Depending on the company On the veranda Talk of the future or reminisce Behind the dialogue We're in a mess Whatever I intended I sent you flowers You wanted chocolates instead The flowers of romance The flowers of romance
I've got binoculars On top of Box Hill I could be Nero Fly the eagle Start all over again I can't depend on these so-called friends It's a pity you need to defend I'll take the furniture Start all over again
Under the house Under the house It came out of the wall A single cadaver (under the house) It went under the house Scream in the trees Under the moon (scream in a dream) Solid the grave (vile stinking) Stone cold ambition Solid and gross It went under the house It's not the sun I wear as a crown I colour the clouds Under the house Solid the grave Stone cold ambition (solid discreet) It came out of the wall A single cadaver It went under the house A scream in the trees Under the moon Ages apart Under the house It's not the sun I wear as a crown I follow the clouds Under the house Scream in the trees Under the moon It came out of the wall A single cadaver It went under the house The jugular bulge rips Steal if I could Under the house (ages apart, under the house) Scream in the trees (stone cold ambition, solid discreet) Under the moon (under the house) It went under the house Under the house A scream in the trees Under the moon The vile stink in my nostril A single cadaver (stone cold ambition) It clouded out of the wall Solid disgrace (the smoke is a float) It's not the sun that I wear as a crown (every breeze brings disease) Ages apart Under the house Mercenary
Hello What do you want You're irritating Go away Its not my fault That you're lonely Just look around I think you'll find that Everyone has the same problem This is not a real home The walls are so thin The neighbours listen in Keep the noise down They're complaining Humiliated You were born and bred Humble to the spoon fed Why worry now You're not dead yet You've got a whole lifetime to correct it You're wasting Admiring hating This lot are not happy heroes Just better actors A hundred and one dilations And fifty seven varieties Outside with the empties Keep banging the door Keep banging the door Keep banging the door I won't answer the phone I won't answer the door Reptilians I won't let you in If he knew we were here I'm sure he'd let us in I won't let you in
Alright, stop Nick
This is not a real home The walls are so thin The neighbours listen in Keep the noise down They're complaining I won't let you in If he knew we were here I'm sure he'd let us in I won't let you in I won't let you in Won't let you in If he knew we were here I'm sure he'd let us in I won't let you in If he knew we were here I'm sure he'd let us in Keep banging the door Keep banging the door Keep banging the door I won't answer the phone I won't answer the door Keep banging the door
Left Right Left Right Don't look back Take second best Number one protect Self interest Here every day is a Monday, Monday Left, right Left, right Left, right, left, right Get it up, get the right armour Don't look back Look after your health Good days ahead Don't listen to the red refugees Aliens Go back, go back Go back, go back Extreme right The face is white Left foot, right foot Keep the shoulders up Column eighty eight The master plan Uber alles The Klu Klux Klan Improvements on the domestic front Have a cup of tea Good days ahead Don't ever look back Good days ahead Don't ever look back Good days ahead Don't ever look back Good days ahead Don't ever look back Good days ahead Don't look back Good days ahead Don't look back Good days ahead Don't ever look back Improvements on the domestic front Good days ahead Don't ever look back Good days ahead
Plead not guilty Plead not guilty Life Sentenced for life Go down for life Francis Moran Mountjoy is fun Go down for life Go down for life Mountjoy is fun Francis Moran Go down for life Term Francis Moran Go down for life Go down for life Mountjoy is fun Francis Moran Sentenced for life Go down for life Mountjoy is firm Francis Moran Francis Moran Go down No goodbye