Shoot me down in flames if I should tell a lie
Cross my heart, I promise that it's true
I've been in love so many times before
But never with a girl like you
With a girl like you
To hold and be beside
With a girl like you
To fill my heart with pride and joy
With a girl like you
I know where I belong
With a girl like you
I know I can be strong
You know I won't bring you any pain
I won't run around again
There'll be nothing to explain
With a girl like you
You know I won't bring you any pain
I won't run around again
There'll be nothing to explain
Everytime I see you walk by
there's a certain look in your eye
and your smile says there's something that I
should tell you
Everytime we meet we say "Hi"
"How's it going?" "Fine" we reply
But I wonder what would happen if I
could tell you
I love you
I love you
I don't know why it is
or what you do to me
Vocabulary-wise
with you I'm all at sea
Everytime I'm with you I try
I'm not a shoe-gazin' kind of a guy
but somehow I just come over too shy
to tell you
Why can't I tell you tell how I feel?
It's so absurd
Why does my tongue get tied on
three little words?
I feel as if I'm falling apart
Do I blame my head or my heart?
Because I stop every time I start
to tell you
I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
I'm not the kind of guy who likes to play big brother
But I've just seen your date outside, he's with another
I saw you both come in and clearly you're not meant for him
So please, please hold my hand
Hold my hand, yeah, yeah
Hold my hand, yeah, yeah
Hold my hand and I'll see you home
I want to tell you I'm in love with you completely
I'd like to take you far away from here discretely
Our love was meant to be and darling, it's a certainty
Oh, please, please hold my hand
Hold my hand, yeah, yeah
Hold my hand, yeah, yeah
Hold my hand and I'll see you home
Hold my hand, yeah, yeah
Hold my hand, yeah, yeah
Hold my hand and I'll see you home
Hold my hand, yeah, yeah
Hold my hand, yeah, yeah
Hold my hand and I'll see you home
Hold my hand, yeah, yeah
Hold my hand, yeah, yeah
I don't know why
The world turns out to be
The way it is
As time goes by
Oh, I don't know why
True love turns out to be
The stuff between
Hello and goodbye
Looking back with 20/20 hindsight
We only tried to play our part
When selfishness is state of the art
You've just got to change the locks on your heart
No, I don't know why
True love turns out to be
The stuff between
Hello and goodbye
Looking back with 20/20 hindsight
We only did the best we could
As green as any Norwegian Wood
The acid test of fame we withstood
Now I don't know why
The world turns out to be
The way it is
As time goes by
Oh, I don't know why
True love turns out to be
The stuff between
We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived! And it's suddenly clear
that we're here to stay
for more than a day
maybe a week or a year!
We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived...
From thirty thousand feet above the ocean
flying high in the sky
To thirty thousand fans showin' their devotion
hear them scream and cry!
We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived! And it's suddenly clear
that we're here to stay
more than a day
Hey! Maybe a week or a year!
We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
Unfinished words like these
Unfinished words like cheese and onions
Help me to write this Marzipan song
Unfinished words flying like birds
High in the sky above my deckchair
I don't like anchovies on top of strawberries
And cream pink litmus paper shit turning blue
Kippers and jam, custard and spam
Are only just the stuff of dreams
I can't pretend to be
Someone who pretends to be someone else
Or so my pretend friend tells me
Unfinished words flying like birds
Colliding circles in the sky
I have always thought
in the back of my mind
Cheese and onions
I have always thought
that the world was unkind
Cheese and onions
Do I have to spell it out?
C-H-E-E-S-E-A-N-D-O-N-I-O-N-S-oh-no
Man and machine
Keep yourself clean
or be a has-been
like a dinosaur
Got a device
For everthing nice
You better think twice
He used to travel in bath cubes
until the slump came
Faced with redundancy
he turned his mind to other things
and soon became a household name
Knicker Elastic - everybody used it
Knicker Elastic - nobody refused it
The Knicker Elastic King
The Knicker Elastic King
A self-made man with a business to run
A something to sell - to everyone
The Knicker Elastic King
He grew so rich the Gnomes of Zurich
were green with envy
The darling of the Stock Exchange
made the New Year's Honours List
and won the Queen's Award to Industry
Knicker Elastic - essence of propriety
Knicker Elastic - upholder of society
The Knicker Elastic King
Ooh la la...
His rubber business kept expanding
but then disaster...
Ee bah gum!
The price of raw materials
coupled with inflation
squeezed his global holdings
his liquid assets bottomed out
and shrunk his retail outlet operation
..And that's the story of The Knicker Elastic King...
and market forces
The Knicker Elastic King...
'Horses for courses'
A self-made man with a business to run
And something to sell - to everyone
The Knicker Elastic King
Ooh la la...
Did you ever get the feeling
That the truth is less revealing than a downright lie?
And did you think your head was hip
To certain things it's not equipped to qualify?
All day long the sky is blue
And everyone says "How do you do" in Shangri-La
Every day's a perfect day
And you can go your own sweet way in Shangri-La
In Shangri-La, in Shangri-La
You can be whoever you are in Shangri-La
Investment with a good return, provides the means
Through which we earn our daily bread
Insisting on an equal cut
Some people even bust a gut to stay ahead
All day long the sky is blue
And no one has a lot to do in Shangri-La
In Shangri-La, in Shangri-La
You can be whoever you are in Shangri-La
It's a strange world we live in
But surely we're forgiven if we don't know where to turn
With paradise for hire
On the back streets of desire, we all live and learn
All day long the sky is blue
And everyone's in love with you in Shangri-La
Lovers dance and children sing
And everybody does their thing in Shangri-La
In Shangri-La, in Shangri-La
You can be whoever you are
In Shangri-La hah hah hah
In Shangri-La, in Shangri-La
You can be whoever you are in Shangri-La
All together now, one two three
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
Here we are in Shangri-La
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
Here we are in Shangri-La
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
Here we are in Shangri-La
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
Here we are in Shangri-La
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
Here we are in Shangri-La
Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah
Here we are in Shangri-La
I'm sitting in a Dandelion Den
Blowing bits of fluff into the air to tell the time
And welcome anybody passing by
Do you ever come here with a friend?
No, I've never found someone
To share my rendezvous
Do you spend the time like me
Wishing that you could be free?
Free from all you have to do
Doing only what you want to?
Oh yes, of course, I do
We thought as much
Hang on, who are youse?
We're the other members of the band
And who invited you to sing along?
Go on, answer that
Well, no one, we were only passing by
Well, kindly keep on going if you please
But we're only trying to help with your song
But I don't want any help
Oh, yeah? What about the middle eight?
Oh yeah
Do you spend the time like me
Wishing that you could be free?
Free from all you have to do
Hey mister man in the street, excuse me
Do you have a few moments to spare? Oh yeah
Don't worry, I'm not trying to sell you anything
You wouldn't want, I'm just a questionnaire
Tell me what you think about this low-fat diet shampoo?
Do you think it's crunchy, half crunchy or not crunchy at all?
Put a tick in the appropriate box, there's nothing to it
Yes, no, don't know, I don't care
I'm only a questionnaire, only a questionnaire
Please, mister man in the street, believe me
I'm only doing my job and I need to know, oh
Everything about you, take it easy, all you gotta do
Is answer 'Yes' or 'No'
Tell me what you think about the Devil and the deep blue sea
Do you think there's one true God, a false God, or no God at all?
Put a tick in the appropriate box, there's nothing to it
Yes, no, don't know, I don't care
I'm only a questionnaire
Yes, no, don't know, I don't care
I'm only a questionnaire, only a questionnaire
Now can you tell me what you think
About how easy it can be to buy a gun?
Do you think it's 'Crazy', 'Half Crazy' or 'Not Crazy' at all?
Once upon a good time
on this very day
somewhere in another universe
A band got in a van
and drove for miles on end
They just this minute got here
with no time to rehearse
They've not even had a sound-check
but don't worry folks, it's true!
Whatever Major Happy
did for them, they'll do for you
Here we are
once again
on another one-night stand
Major Happy's
Up And Coming
Once Upon A Good Time Band
Major Happy, Major Happy, Major Happy,
Made ya happy
Major Happy's
Up and coming
easy-going good time band
We're only here
for you out there
So give yourselves a great big hand
Major Happy, Major Happy, Major Happy,
Made ya happy
So put your hands together
and let's really hear it for
Major Happy's Up And Coming
I know you know what you know
But you should know by now that you're not me
Talk about a month of Sundays
Toffee nosed wet weekend as far as I can see
Hey diddle diddle
The cat and the fiddle
Piggy in the middle
Doo-a poo-poo
Bible punching heavyweight
Evangelistic boxing kangaroo
Orangutang and anaconda
Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse
Even Pluto too
Hey diddle diddle
The cat and the fiddle
Piggy in the middle
Doo-a poo-poo
[Incomprehensible]
One man's civilization
Is another man's jungle, yeah
They say revolution's in the air
I'm dancing in my underwear
'Cause I don't care
Hey diddle diddle
The cat's in the fiddle
Piggy in the middle
Doo-a poo-poo
Doo-a poo-poo
Walky talky man says hello, hello, hello
With his ballerina boots
You can tell he's always on his toes
Hanging on a Christmas tree
Screaming like a bogey man
Getting up my nose
Hey diddle diddle
The cat and the fiddle
Piggy in the middle
Doo-a poo-poo
A-poo poo-poo
This little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy had roast beef
And this little piggy had none
This little piggy went woo
All the way home
This little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy had roast beef
And this little piggy had none
This little piggy went woo
All the way home
Now this little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy had roast beef
And this little piggy had none
And this little piggy went woo
All the way home, way home
Now this little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy had roast beef
Ouch, you're breakin' my heart
Ouch, I'm fallin' apart
Ouch, ow ow ouch
(When)
When we first met I must admit
(When we first met)
I fell for you right from the start
(I must admit I fell for you right from the start)
(Now)
Now when we meet all kinds of things
(Now when we meet)
It seems to upset the apple cart
(All kinds of things, it seems to upset the apple cart)
Ouch, don't desert me
Ouch, please don't hurt me
Ouch, ow ow ouch
(What)
What is this thing called love?
(What is this thing?)
Why do they say it makes the world go 'round?
(Called love? Why do they say it makes the world go 'round?)
I can't explain the way I feel for you
(I can't explain)
My feet don't touch the ground
(The way I feel for you, my feet don't touch the ground)
Ouch, don't desert me
Ouch, please don't hurt me
Ouch, ow ow ouch
(When)
When we first met I must admit
(When we first met)
I fell for you right from the start
(I must admit I fell for you right from the start)
(Now)
Now when we meet all kinds of things
(Now when we meet)
It seems to upset the apple cart
(All kinds of things, it seems to upset the apple cart)
Ouch, don't desert me
Ouch, please don't hurt me
Ouch, ow ow ouch
Ouch, don't desert me
Ouch, please don't hurt me
Number one, number one
(Number one, number one)
You're my number one
(You're my number one)
You're my second to none
(You're my second to none)
Number one, number one
(Number one, number one)
One and one makes two
And I'll look after you
Number one, number one
(Number one, number one)
You're my number one
(You're my number one, ooh)
When I fell for you
I didn't need a shove
Now that we are two
It all adds up to love, to love
Number one, number one
(Number one, number one)
You're my number one
(You're my number one)
You're my second to none
(You're my second to none)
Number one, number one
(Number one, number one)
One and one makes two
And I'll look after you
Number one, number one
(Number one, number one)
You're my number one
(You're my number one, ooh)
My teacher couldn't teach me
And I had no time for school
No one there could reach me
But baby, I'm no fool, no fool
Number one, number one
(Number one, number one)
You're my number one
(You're my number one)
You're my second to none
(You're my second to none)
Number one, number one
(Number one, number one)
One and one makes two
And I'll look after you
Number one, number one
(Number one, number one)
You're my number one
(You're my number one, ooh)
Now, she's left you
Left you for another guy
Now, she's left you
And you feel you wanna die
She's no longer by your side
And your tears you cannot hide
Now, she's left you, my friend
Now, she's left you
Now, she's left you
And you're feeling so alone
Now, she's left you
Sat beside a telephone
That pulls at your heartstrings
Every time it rings
Now, she's left you, my friend
Now, she's left you
Your love is up to date my friend today
Yesterday has gone and tomorrow's on its way
Now, she's left you
And you don't know what to do
Now she's left you
Go and find somebody new
You have my sympathy
For she did the same to me
Now, she's left you, my friend
Now, she's left you
Now, she's left you, my friend
In this day and age, love is all the rage
Life goes on, it only goes to show
It's not my cup of tea, it's all the same to me
For we are here today and gone tomorrow
(We are here today and gone tomorrow)
Nevertheless, make the most of it, make the most of it
All the world's a stage they say
And I've seen many things
Standing with my little ukelele in the wings
I've seen bearded ladies
And strong men with iron bars
I've seen cheeky chorus girls
Hob-nobbing with the stars
Yes, all the world's a stage they say
And I've seen many things
Standing with my little ukelele in the wings
Once a leading lady
Was clearly in distress
She asked if I could help her
With the fasteners on her dress
You should have seen the outcome
I almost broke me strings!
Standing with my little ukelele in the wings
I've seen song and dance men
Being heckled by cat-calls
And a buxon bare-back rider
Make a juggler drop his clubs!
Yes, all the world's a stage
And you won't believe the things
I've seen standing with my little...
Standing my little...
Love life, love life, love life, love life
Make up your mind
(Love life)
In your own time
(Love life)
To live is to live
(Love life)
To love is sublime
(Love life)
Where there's a will, there's a way
Love is the meaning of life
Life is the meaning of love
Love life, love life, love life, love life
People give thanks
(Love life)
People rejoice
(Love life)
Given the chance
(Love life)
Given the choice
(Love life)
Where there's a will, there's a way
Love is the meaning of life
Life is the meaning of love
Love life, love life, love life, love life
Where there's a will, there's a way
Love is the meaning of life
Life is the meaning of love
Love life, love life, love life, love life
(Everybody)
Love life, love life
(All together now)
Love life, love life
Love is the meaning of life
Life is the meaning of love
Love is the meaning of life
Life is the meaning of love
Love is the meaning of life
Life is the meaning of love
Love is the meaning of life
Life is the meaning of love
Love is the meaning of life
(Hold my hand, yea yea)
Life is the meaning of love
Love is the meaning of life
Life is the meaning of love
Love is the meaning of life
Life is the meaning of love
Love is the meaning of life
Life is the meaning of love
Love is the meaning of life
Life is the meaning of love
Love is the meaning of life
You look forlorn
Too tired to yawn
As pale as a moon
On a bright afternoon
Your face is drawn
You've got lonely-phobia
And I only hope ya get better
You sit and stare
Beyond all care
But mirrors don't lie
And the look in your eye
Is showing your despair
You've got lonely-phobia
And I only hope ya get better
Another love could set you free
But you're afraid to go
Another love may prove to be
No better than the devil you know
It's late at night
You feel uptight
Your lover's in bed
While the thoughts in your head
Are far from light
You've got lonely-phobia
And I only hope ya get better
Another love could set you free
But you're afraid to go
Another love may prove to be
No better than the devil you know
You look forlorn
Too tired to yawn
As pale as a moon
On a bright afternoon
Your face is drawn
You've got lonely-phobia
And I only hope ya get better
You've got lonely-phobia
I grew up in the Country
Beside a chicken shack
So I left for the City
And I didn't look back
Now I'm livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
Livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
Yes, I'm livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
Livin' in hope
Walkin' ground the City
Feelin' all alone
Nobody told me
The streets are paved with stone
But I'm livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
Yes, I'm livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
I'm livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
I'm livin' in hope
Can't find my feet or a friendly face
In this god-forsaken town
Nobody stops to lend a hand
Unless they wanna put you down, no
Got no woman
Or a steady job
Feelin' like a cowboy
And lookin' like a slob
But I'm livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
Livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
Yes, I'm livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
I'm livin' in hope
Nothin' in my pocket
Nowhere to go
Lookin' for a handout
But no one wants to know
Why I'm livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
Livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
Yes, I'm livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
Livin' in hope
I'm livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
Livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
Yes, I'm livin' in hope
(Livin' in hope)
Time goes by, as we all know, naturally
People come and people go, naturally
Let's be natural, ever since the world began
Let's be natural, every woman, every man
Let's be natural, as part of nature's plan
Let's be natural, oh yeah
Stars are in the sky above, naturally
People rise and fall in love, naturally
Let's be natural, ever since the world began
Let's be natural, every woman, every man
Let's be natural, as part of nature's plan
Let's be natural, oh yeah
Ev'rything is ev'rything, naturally
Yeah, people cry, laugh and sing, naturally
Let's be natural, ever since the world began
Let's be natural, every woman, every man
Let's be natural, as part of nature's plan
Let's be natural, oh yeah
People be so natural, people be so natural, people be so natural
People be so natural, people be so natural, people be so natural
My name is Joe Public
I'm sure you all know me
Sometimes, they call me 'The Man In The Street'
But I don't mind
I've got my place in society
I've got my feet on the ground
I've got my pride and my prejudices
No one can push me around
My name is Joe Public
I'm sure you all know me
Sometimes they call me 'The Proletariat'
But I don't mind
They know me for my common sense
They know they can't please all of me
They know I can't be fooled all of the time
I am what I am and I'm happy to be
Joe Public, that's me
Joe Public, that's me
I put my faith in the powers that be
Joe Public, that's me
My name is Joe Public
I'm sure you all know me
Sometimes they call me 'The Great Unwashed'
But I don't mind
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But names can never hurt me
I've got my pride and my prejudices
I am what I am and I'm happy to be
Joe Public, that's me
Joe Public, that's me
Joe Public, that's me
Joe Public, that's me
I put my faith in the powers that be
Joe Public, that's me
I put my faith in the powers that be
I put my faith in the powers that be
(I'm sure you all know me)
I put my faith in the powers that be
(I'm sure you all know me)
I put my faith in the powers that be
(I'm sure you all know me)
I put my faith in the powers that be
(I'm sure you all know me)
I put my faith in the powers that be
(I'm sure you all know me)
There was no one in my life 'til I met you
You showed me love and taught me how to smile
You picked me up when I was feeling blue
From now on my future is worth while
(Chorus)
It's looking good
It's looking good
It's looking good
It's looking good
It's looking good
It's looking good
It's looking good
It's looking good
It's looking good
It's looking good
Now that you have given me reason to live
I will stay forever by your side
And give you all the loving I can give
Just say the word and be my bride
(Chorus)
I'm not throwing caution to the wind. No, no
Love is not an easy game to play
Although I may not be a man of words. Yeah, yeah
There is one thing I feel that I should say
(Chorus, twice)
It's looking good!
It's looking good!
When you woke up this morning
Did you feel all alone?
Did you get a grip on yourself?
Were you just flesh and bone?
Did you long for the center-fold spread
Of some bimbo-girl magazine to appear by your side
And physically question your manhood
And make you come clean?
Hey, hey mister, all you need
Is a little rock 'n' roll, rock 'n' roll
Rock 'n' roll
When you woke up this morning
Did you you feel like hell?
Did you think that some Jevohah's Witness
Was a-ringing your bell?
Did you think you were in Babylon?
Did you take a good look around?
Or did you stick your head out the window
And find you could not make a sound?
Hey, hey mister, all you need
Is a little rock 'n' roll, rock 'n' roll
Rock 'n' roll
When you woke up this morning
Did you get up and go?
Did you take a good look at yourself in the mirror
And go on with the show?
Did you picture yourself as a Leonardo Da Vinci
With wrinkles and curls?
Or did you see just another piece of modern art
Like 'The Peppermint Tower' in 'Praise Of Greedy Little Girls'?
Hey, hey mister, all you need
Is a little rock 'n' roll, rock 'n' roll
Rock 'n' roll
Goose-steppin' mama under-cover charge
Goose-step mama taken by and large
While you tinker with some tailor
someone soldier to a sailor
Goose-step mama
Oh yeah!
Goose-step mama
Goose-step mama boogie all night long
Goose-step mama you can do no wrong
You know how to reassemble
clumsy hands and knees that tremble
Goose-step mama
Oh yeah!
Goose-step mama
Wooo!
You've got something that makes you something
something tells me loud and clear
In the end it comes to nothing
You've got nothing to eins zwei drei vier
Goose-step mama with your rock 'n roll
Goose-step mama with your heart of gold
You don't like to see men suffer
Love is tough but life is tougher
Goose-step mama
Oh yeah!
Goose-step mama
Hour after hour in an ivory tower
A thousand and nothings to do
Spending the day in a colourful way
Blue upon blue upon blue
Psychadelicatessen
Fricasse chorus girls thigh
Toffee and mackeral gateau
Pineapple pie in the sky
See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll away
See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll away
Like ice in a drink
invisible ink
or dreams in the cold light of day
The children of rock 'n roll
never grow old
They just fade away
Drifting along on a cotton wool cloud
dreaming of drum majorettes
Swastika nightingales croon tongue in cheek
an elephant never forgets
See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll away
See how the good times roll
See how the good times roll
Working up a fever in a one-horse town
was a Jockey by the name of Joe
He didn't have a lot of you might call luck
but he had a lot of get up and go
Get up and go
Get up and go
Get up and go back home
Get up and go
Get up and go
Get up and go back home
Tall in the saddle in a one-horse town
Joey knew someday he'd hit the road
He traded with a dealer for a pick-up truck
And went looking for a medium load
Get up and go
Get up and go
Get up and go back home
Get up and go
Get up and go
Get up and go back home
Cruising down the highway doing sixty-five
in the middle of the double white line
His foot down on the gas and his head in the clouds
He didn't see the one-way sign
Get up and go
Get up and go
Get up and go back home
Get up and go
Get up and go
Look at all the nice things money can buy
Every day there's more and more
Do you ever stop and wonder why
You're neither rich nor poor
Eine kleine middle klasse musik
Dropping off the school kids in the second car
Parking on the yellow line
Getting in the shopping on a credit card
Knowing how to choose a wine
Eine kleine middle klasse musik
Proud of your home and your neighborhood
It's so up and coming that you feel so good
This is freedom in a land of plenty
You get nowhere if you just stand still
You got to hold on to what you got as best you can
'Cause if you don't someone else will
Look at all the nice things money can buy
Every day there's more and more
Do you ever stop and wonder why
You need to lock your door
Loneliness is all that people ever share
Smuggling their pain through nothing to declare
Living next to people who agree to disagree
Happy in a pie-chart society
Eine kleine middle klasse musik
Eine kleine middle klasse musik
Eine kleine middle klasse musik
Eine kleine middle klasse musik
Easy listening
I'm in that easy listening mode
Easy listening
Why don't we do it in the middle of the road?
Kick off your shoes, sit back, relaxez-vouz
Tell me what more can an old rocker do?
Easy listening
Easy listening
Easy listening
(Never mind the world outside)
Easy listening
(Famine, war and genocide)
Easy listening
(Forget the looney on the loose)
Easy listening
(Rising crime and child abuse)
Ignore the poisoned atmosphere
Open up another beer
The media feeds ya everyday
What to think and say
Kick off your shoes, sit back, relaxez-vous
(Relaxez-vous, relaxez-vous, relaxez-vous)
Tell me what more can an old rocker do?
(Rocker do, rocker do)
Easy listening
(Life could be a dream)
People were proud in Doubleback Alley
Neighbors were loud but ever so pally
People would shout, joking about
The smoke and the soot, mother would put
The milk bottles out
We had a good time in Doubleback Alley
With fences to climb and Father O'Malley
To clip your ear and steer you clear
Of the funny man in the ice cream van
Who talked so queer
Doubleback Alley takes me back
And in my mind I see
Happy, smiling faces if I flog my memory
Plenty to do in Doubleback Alley
Play peek-a-boo with Saccharine Sally
Bouncing a ball against a wall
Showing her drawers, "You come indoors"
Her dad would call
La la la laa
La la la laa
Doubleback Alley takes me back
And in my mind I see
Happy, smiling faces if I flog my memory
Stinking of gin in Doubleback Alley
Grinning a grin in Doubleback Alley
Kick a dustbin, bingo to win
Windows to break, mother would take
The milk bottles in
Doubleback Alley takes me back
And in my mind I see
Happy, smiling faces if I flog my memory
Doubleback Alley takes me back
And in my mind I see
Happy, smiling faces if I flog my memory
Well you can take it any way you want
You can shake it till it's back to front
If you rock it till it's inside out
Let me tell you what it's all about
It's a rock 'n roll symphony
and it's gonna be the death of me
They call me Blue Suede Schubert
The king of the bop
Blue Suede Schubert
I just can't stop
When I get that beat
my music is complete
Well, it's crazy but you know it's true
You gotta do what you gotta do
And I'm gonna have to sing my song
while the back beat's going strong
Everybody rock 'n roll 'n more
even rolling all around the floor
They call me Blue Suede Schubert
The king of the bop
Blue Suede Schubert
I just can't stop
When I hear that drum
I'm gonna blow to kingdom come
They call me Blue Suede Schubert
The king of the bop
Blue Suede Schubert
I just can't stop
When I get that beat
my music is complete
Blue Suede Schubert
Blue Suede Schubert
Blue Suede Schubert
Blue Suede Schubert
Blue Suede Schubert
I'm looking at you
You're looking at me
Between us it's oh, so easy to see
We were made for each other, girl
We were made for each other
Between us
Love has begun between us
Two hearts are one between us
Nothing can come between us
Whatever we do
Whenever we kiss
Between you and me it's not hit and miss
We were made for each other, girl
We were made for each other
Between us
Love has begun between us
Two hearts are one between us
Nothing can come between us
Between us
Love has begun between us
Two hearts are one between us
Nothing can come between us
Between us
Nothing can come between us
Between us
Nothing can come
Many years from now
When your grandchildren climb up on your knee
You may be quite astonished to see
How many channels they can change on TV
When some old film in black and white
Comes on and there you are up on the screen
Or is it someone just like someone you've been
Looking not a day over nineteen
"Granddad", the little ones are asking you
"Why do you look so sad?"
So you tell them all about the fun you had
"Back in '64, before you were born
People had no time for pouring scorn
(Or scoring porn)
On dreams of love and peace, no one was obese
Only tight trousers were worn"
"Back in '64, we were at it like knives
Back in '64, the time of our lives
Was in the present tense
Now, does that make common sense?
Any more than girls with hair-dos called beehives?"
Back in '64, before you were born
Back in '64, before you were born
But as you've gone on and on
Your audience has flown
And as you find yourself all on your own
You may wistfully recall
How Benjamin Disraeli said that
Life is too short to be small
Or maybe like some old time song
Baby let me be
Baby set me free
I'm on my knees
I'm begging you please
Won't you set me free
If you don't want me
Baby let me be
Baby let me be
Baby set me free
You treat me so bad
You make me so sad
Won't you set me free
If you don't want me
Baby let me be
Ooo!
Say you wanna settle down
but you keep running around
What am I supposed to do?
At times like these when enemies can number more than
friends
A friend indeed is what I need, not someone who pretends
I'm on my way, I cannot stay another day.
You're such a pain, must I explain my every meaning to
you?
It's such a drag the way you nag at me and make me feel
blue
I'm on my way, I cannot stay another day.
You're so pusillanimous, oh yeah
Nature's calling and I must go there.
A glass of wine with Gertrude Stein I know I'll never
share
But I don't mind, that's just the kind of cross each man
must bear
I'm on my way, I cannot stay another day.
You're so pusillanimous, oh yeah
Nature's calling and I must go there.
Another day, I know they say that all the world's a stage
I'll play the fool, but as a rule I'd rather act my age
I'm on my way, I cannot stay another day
I'm on my way, I cannot stay another day
I feel good
I feel bad
I feel happy
I feel sad
Do you think I'm in love? (aahaah)
I must be in love
I feel rich (oooo, la la la)
I feel poor (oooo, la la la)
I'm in doubt (oooo, la la la)
I feel sure (oooo, la la la)
Am I in love? (aahaah)
I must be in love
Any time of the day I can see
(I can see her face)
Her face, when I close my eyes
Ooooooo!
She's a dream (she's a dream)
She is real (she is real)
Can't explain (can't explain)
How I feel (how I feel)
Am I in love? (aahaah)
I must be in love
Any time of the day I can see
(I can see her face)
Her face, when I close my eyes
Ooooooo!
Am I dead (oooo, la la la)
Or alive? (oooo, la la la)
Can my poor heart (oooo, la la la)
Survive? (oooo, la la la)
Am I in love? (aahaah) I must be in love
I feel good (I feel good)
I feel bad (I feel bad)
I feel happy (I feel happy)
I feel sad (I feel sad)
Am I in love? (aahaah)
I must be in love
I must be in love
I must be in love
