The Vindictives

I'm her yesterday man
Well my friends that's what I am
I'm her yesterday man
Well my friends that's what I am
That's what I am, her yesterday man

Please tell me something have you met an angel
Someone too lovely to live on earth
Well yesterday I thought I met an angel but
She wasn't worth but she seemed to be worth

Oh, what a fool I have been
Boy, I was sure taken in.

Yeah, I'm her yesterday man
Well my friends that's what I am
I'm her yesterday man
Well my friends that's what I am
That's what I am, her yesterday man

Get some of the good kind and some of the bad kind
Some of the others are in between
But all that I can say she is the worse kind
Well I think you know what I mean

And yet for all that I say
I take the bad any day

Now I'm her yesterday man
Well my friends that's what I am
I'm her yesterday man
Well my friends that's what I am
That's what I am, her yesterday man

I went to a party at the local county jail,
All the cons were dancing and the band began to wail.
But the guys were indiscreet,
They were brawling in the street.
At the local dance at the local county jail.

Well the band were playing,
And the booze began to flow.
But the sound came over on the police car radio.
Down at precinct 49,
Having a tear-gas of a time.
Sergeant Baker got a call from the governor of the county jail.

Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets
Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets
I love to hear those convicts squeal,
Its a shame these slugs ain't real.
But we cant have dancing at the local county jail.

Sergeant baker and his men made a bee-line for the jail.
And for miles around,
You could hear the sirens wail.
Theres a rumor going round death row,
That a fuse is gonna blow.
At the local hop at the local county jail.

Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets,
Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets.
I love to hear those convicts squeal,
Its a shame these slugs ain't real.
But we cant have dancing at the local county jail.

Well we don't understand why you called in the National Guard,
When uncle Sam is the one who belongs in the exercise yard,
We all got balls and weights,
Some got balls and chains,
At the local dance at the local county jail.

Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets
Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets
Is it really such a crime
For a guy to spend his time
At the local dance at the local county jail
At the local dance at the local county jail
Whatcha gonna do about it, whatcha gonna do
Whatcha gonna do about it, whatcha gonna do

I see trees of green, red roses too,
I see them bloom for me and you.
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white,
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night,
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky,
Are also on the faces of people going by.
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do,
They're really thinking I hate you.

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world

Bang, bang, shoot em' up, destiny
Bang, bang, shoot em' up to the moon
Bang, bang, shoot em' up one, two, three
(One, two, three, four!)

I wanted to be a spaceman
That's what I wanted to be
But now that I am a spaceman
Nobody cares about me

Hey mother fuck
Won't 'cha bring me back down
Safely to the sea
But 'round and around and around and around
Is all she ever say to me

I wanted to make a good run
I wanted to go to the moon
I knew that it had to be fun
I told 'em to send me real soon
I wanted to be a spaceman
I wanted to be it so bad
But now that I am a spaceman
I'd rather be back on the pad

Hey mother fuck
Won't 'cha bring me back down
Safely to the sea
But 'round and around and around and around
Is all you ever say to me

'Round and around and around and around and around
(So bring me back down)
'Round and around and around and around and around
Safe on the ground

Hey what the fuck,
Won't 'cha bring me back down
Safely to the sea
But 'round and around and around and around
Is all you ever say to me, yeah

Say it's alright
If you really love me
It's my life
And I really wanted you that night
Was about to break
If I could just take off my pants
Time is not to waste
We couldn't let it slide through our hands

When my heart called
You answered me
When I was lonely
You were there for me

There's no rules in love
Can't you see?
No rules in love
For you and me
No rules in love

Walking through the streets
The echo of our footsteps in time
In between the beats
Tell me that you'll always be mine

I really want to trust you
Like I'm ready to?
I've been waiting so long
And I never refused

There's no rules in love
Can't you see?
No rules in love
For you and me
No rules in love

All my life, been living on the same dreams
Sometimes they seemed so real
All my love I held deep inside me
I wanted to feel
I want to fuckin' feel

Yeah I wonder
What you're doing tonight
I can see you laughing at me
As I closed my eyes

There's no rules in love
Can't you see?
No rules in love
For you and me
No rules in love (no rules in love)
No rules in love (no rules in love)
No rules in love (no rules in love)
No rules in love (no rules in love)
No rules in love

I ain't got no home
No place to roam
I ain't got a home
No place to roam
I'm a lonely boy
I ain't got a home

I got a voice
And I love to sing
I can sing like a bird
And I can sing like a frog
I'm a lonely boy
I ain't got a home

Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo

I ain't got a man
I ain't got a son
I ain't got a daughter
I ain't got no one
I'm a lonely frog
I ain't got a home

Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo

I ain't got no money
I ain't got a holder
I ain't got no sister
Not even a brother
I'm a lonely fuck
I ain't got a home

What you sayin' to me,
What you sayin' to me
What you sayin' to me
What you sayin' to me,
I'm a lonely fuck,
Ain't got a home.

Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo

Crave communication
See me this is my life in the crazy robot man reservation
Do you feel him, the cold vibration
'Cause a man everywhere, produce a crazy science fiction creation

And I say oooh, oooh
I'm a robot man
And I say oooh, oooh
I'm a loser
And I say oooh, oooh
I'm a robot man
I lost my mind
I lost my life
I lost my soul

Babe, it's a magic station
Where we live what we do with our magic from my generation
And I say babe, it's not a vision
It's reality, this is a robot scene what we live in.

And I say oooh, oooh
I'm a robot man
And I say oooh, oooh
I'm a loser
I say oooh, oooh
I'm a robot man
I lost my mind
I lost my life
I lost my soul

And I say oooh, oooh
I'm a robot man
And I say oooh, oooh
I'm a loser
I say oooh, oooh
I'm a robot man
And I say oooh, oooh
I'm a loser
[x2]

She said I'm sorry baby I'm
Leaving you tonight
I found someone new he's
Waitin' in the car outside
Ah honey how could you do it
We swore each other everlasting love
She said well yeah I know but when
We did - there was one thing we weren't
Really thinking of and that's money

Money changes everything
Money, money changes everything
We think we know what we're doin'
That don't mean a thing
It's all in the past now
Money changes everything

They shake your hand and they smile
And they buy you a drink
They say we'll be your friends
We'll stick with you till the end
Ah but everybody's only
Looking out for themselves
And you say well who can you trust
I'll tell you it's just
Nobody else's money

Money changes everything
Money changes everything
We think we know what we're doin'
We don't pull the strings
It's all in the past now
Money changes everything

Money changes everything
Money changes everything
We think we know what we're doing
We don't know a thing
It's all in the past now

Money changes everything
Money changes everything
Money changes everything

Friday night I crashed your party
Saturday I said I'm sorry
Sunday came and trashed me out again
I was only having fun
Wasn't hurting anyone
And we all enjoyed the weekend for a change

I've been stranded in the combat zone
I ate a piece of Styrofoam,
I rode my motorcycle in the rain
And you told me not to drive
But I made it home alive
So you said that only proves that I'm insane

You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right

Remember how I found you there
Alone in your electric chair
I told you dirty jokes until you smiled
You were lonely for a man
I said take me as I am
Cause you might enjoy some madness for awhile

Now think of all the years you tried to
Find someone to satisfy you
I might be as crazy as you say
If I'm crazy then its true
That its all because of you
And you wouldn't have me any other way

You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the lights
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right

You may be wrong for all I know,
But you may be right. [x4]

Heartbeat, why do you miss
When my baby kisses me?

Heartbeat, why does your love kiss
Stay in my memory?

Pittery-pat.
I know that new love thrills me.
I know that true love will be.

Heartbeat, why do you miss
When my baby kisses me?

Pittery-pat.
I know that new love thrills me.
I know that true love will be

Heartbeat, why do you skip
When my baby's lips meet mine?

Heartbeat, why do you flip
Then give me a skip each time?

Pittery-pat.
Sing to me love's story
Bring to me love's glory.

Heartbeat, why do you miss
When my baby kisses me?

I've got your picture of me and you
You wrote "I love you" I wrote "me too"
I sit there staring and there's nothing else to do
Oh it's in color Your hair is brown
Your eyes are hazel And soft as clouds
You've got me turning up and turning down
And turning in and turning 'round,

I'm turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so

I've got your picture, I've got your picture
I'd like a million of them all round my cell
I want the doctor to take a picture
So I can look at you from inside as well
You've got me turning up and turning down
And turning in and turning 'round

I'm turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so

No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women
No fun, no sin, no sun, no wonder it's dark
Everyone around me is a total stranger
Everyone avoids me like a pantie sniffer, everyone

That's why I'm turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
I'm turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so
Turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so

Turning Japanese (turning Japanese) [x8]

Chewy, Chewy, Chewy.....
Always got a mouthful of such sweet things to say
Chewy, Chewy, Chewy,
Chewy's full of sugar and I love her that way

Ooh I love to kiss her
Love to hold her
Love to miss her
Love to scold her
Love to love her like I do.
Oh little Chewy
Don't know what you're doing to me
But you're doing to me what I want you to.

Chewy, Chewy, Chewy,
Every time you love me it's a real sugar treat
Chewy, Chewy, Chewy,
Love me little chewy cause you do it so sweet

Ooh I love to kiss her
Love to hold her
Love to miss her
Love to scold her
Love to love her like I do.
Oh little Chewy
Don't know what you're doing to me
But you're doing to me what I want you to.

Chewy, Chewy, Chewy,
Baby a living box of candy wrapped up so very fine
Chewy, Chewy, Chewy,
Do it to me chewy chew me out of my mind.

Ooh I love to kiss her
Love to hold her
Love to miss her
Love to scold her
Love to love her like I do.
Oh little Chewy
Don't know what you're doing to me
But you're doing to me what I want you to

I may live in the tiny world inside my tiny head,
And if I change my mind about things
I know that I will change it again.
Then I evaluate the processes of the modern world,
Hoping this evaluation thing moves quick enough to make things work.
Macromutations, is a major morphological change
Produced by a single homoerotic genetic monstrosity,
The material basis of all the boys and girls
Who'll change your world will mutate
And merge till they save the world.
I juggled around the variables and found them incomplete;
I looked at all the data now I know
That I'm better off just taking a guess.
We just go through the motions, mostly without a clue
Trying to rub our stomachs in a circle
While we pat our head with our hands.
The world isn't flat anymore.
You're sitting on a time bomb,
You're a ticking time bomb,
You're living on a time bomb,
You're a living time bomb

Some folks like water
Some folks like wine
But I like the taste
Of straight strychnine

You may think it's funny
That I like this stuff
But once you've tried it
You can't get enough

Wine is red
Poison is blue
Strychnine is good
For what's ailin' you
[x2]

If you listen to what I say
You'll try strychnine some day
Make you jump, it'll make you shout
It'll even knock you out

Some folks like water
Some folks like wine
But I like the taste
Of straight strychnine

Strychnine (hey, hey) [x4]

Heartbeat, why do you miss
When my baby kisses me?

Heartbeat, why does your love kiss
Stay in my memory?

Pittery-pat.
I know that new love thrills me.
I know that true love will be.

Heartbeat, why do you miss
When my baby kisses me?

Pittery-pat.
I know that new love thrills me.
I know that true love will be

Heartbeat, why do you skip
When my baby's lips meet mine?

Heartbeat, why do you flip
Then give me a skip each time?

Pittery-pat.
Sing to me love's story
Bring to me love's glory.

Heartbeat, why do you miss
When my baby kisses me?

Every night I see you walk
Walking by, walking by
You hold your head so close to hers
I could cry, yeah, I could cry
I want to be that girl tonight
Girl tonight, girl tonight

How much more can I take
Before I go crazy, oh yeah
How much more heartbreak
Before I go crazy, oh yeah

Love's in your eyes
It makes me cry
Why isn't it me?
She's looking good
Just like I would
If it could be me

How much more can I take
Before I go crazy, oh yeah
How much more heartbreak
Before I go crazy, oh yeah

I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial
Doing anything my radio advised
With every one of those late night stations
Playing songs bringing tears to my eyes
I was seriously thinking about hiding the receiver
When the fuckin' thing broke 'cause it's old
They're saying things that I can hardly believe
They really think we're getting out of control

Radio is a sound salvation
Radio is cleaning up the nation
They say you better listen to the voice of reason
But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason
So you had better do as you are told
You better listen to the radio

I wanna bite the hand that feeds me
I wanna bite that hand so badly
I want to make them wish they'd never seen me

Some of my friends sit around every evening
And they worry about the times ahead
But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference
And the promise of an early bed
You either shut up or get cut up, they don't wanna hear about it
It's only inches on the reel-to-reel
And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools
Tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel

Radio is a sound salvation
Radio is cleaning up the nation
They say you better listen to the voice of reason
But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason
So you had better do as you are told
You better listen to the radio
Radio, radio [x8]

Teen riot structure, ankle deep in fear
Babies lost in bellies and the oracle can't hear
A demon angel demi-god
Blasted through the night
Me and Lucy Lightning holding on real tight

An ancient Lord in wonder rung upon my bell
I fed him with my nightmares
And he ate my dreams as well
All London was in blazes burning to the sound
Of deep galactic tragedies
In stereophonic sound

A tempest teen of stature
In Gatsby hat and cloak
Licked upon my lollipop,
But I didn't get the joke
As devastation mounted
My wardrobes almost burned
The teens held hands on shifting sands
And wonder what they learnt

Structure,
Teen riot structure [x4]

[fades out]