The fuse is set and checked once more
Then left beside a back street door
And in the cold grey light
Someone sees a shadow run through the night and out of sight
They hide inside a smoke filled room
To hear at last the blast of doom
And so the deed is done
They listen to the final countdown begun, three, two, one
Madness, it's a kind of madness
Tat turns good men bad
And we're helpless caught up in the madness
Of a world gone mad
The roar of fire rings out on high
And flames light up the black night sky
A child screams out in fear
A hopeless cry for help but no one is near enough to hear
As walls collapse and timbers flare
The smell of death hangs in the air
When help at last arrives
They try to fight the flame but nothing survives of all those lives
And it's madness, every time a victim dies
There is madness, burning in a blind man's eyes
And it's madness, hidden in the hate and pain
There is madness, burning in a wild man's brain
And it's madness, every time the bullets start
There is madness, burning in a poor man's heart
And it's madness, something that we can't control
There is madness, burning in a madman's soul
I've been most unwilling to see this turmoil of mine
The thought of sitting with this has me paralyzed
With this prolong exposure to mirror and averted eyes
I've feigned that I've been waiting: such mileage for empathizing
[Chorus]
And now I see the maddness in me is brought out in the presence of you
And now I know the madness lives on, when you're not in the room
And though I'd love to blame you for all, I'd miss these moments of opportune
You've simply brought this madness to light and I should thank you
Oh thank you, much thanks for this bird's eye view
Oh thank you for your most generous triggers
It's been all too easy to cross my arms and roll my eyes
The thought of dropping all arms leaves me terrified
[Chorus]
I'd have to give up knowing and give up being right
You inadvertent hero, you angel in disguise
Mixed up and I'm so confused
I'm getting aggravated with a really short fuse
And I'm having a conversating to show my cooperation
They drag me to the station
And they ask me about the time and place and
I think they know I did it
The evidence shows I did it
They keep on asking me for the body
But I forget where I hid it
I get these black out spells
And I don't remember much
But I'm always at the police station
Every time that I wake up
They're yelling louder now
The night has turned to dawn
They said if I don't know him
How the fuck did I have his sweater on
They handed me a folder
And told me to look inside
These pictures had me in them
And they put me at the scene of the crime
And when I touched them all
These visions came flashing back
And I can see me standing behind
I'm about to swing an axe
And when he falls
I see my body collapse
And now that's all I remember
I'm just stating the facts
Change me, never wanna hate me
All are gonna pray for the day that our worlds collide
Save me
We like to keep it crazy ruthless 'til it blows your brain
We're not the average and that's why the call us strange
Change me, hate me
Oh the way the body reacts
Sometimes as if there is no relaxing
See the reaction, feel the impulse
That runs through the body and stumbles across
It crept inside of my head
And a holy man pulled it up out of my mind
Thinking of loving and constantly hating
Consuming us all the time
I'm worse if no better with pages and letters
That change into words and become angel feathers
I past upon broken wings hoping the open
Then giving them wings to fly
Away to the sky for a new piece of mind
A chance to move forward while falling behind
The time to get right, no more just getting by
Do or do not, there's no reason to try
Let it subside, I'm letting you know
That things get mixed up like an antidote
Take control of your body and soul
And swipe it all for miracles
And even if your mind's confused
Then this is what you need to do
You need to get that mixed up feeling
Upside and from out of you
I fell to the earth and got back up
And shook that shit off eagerly
I took a step and jumped to the heavens
But my ups are humanly
Angelie to the center
But surrounded by society
And all the while and everyone
Is watching me so quietly
Change me, never wanna hate me
All are gonna pray for the day that our worlds collide
Save me
We like to keep it crazy ruthless 'til it blows your brain
We're not the average and that's why the call us strange
Change me, never wanna hate me
All are gonna pray for the day that our worlds collide
Save me
We like to keep it crazy ruthless 'til it blows your brain
We're not the average and that's why the call us strange
Considered by many people
To be the equal of the anti-christ
But those are the people of old generations
Filling my life with bad advice
Can he be right
Well I guess I find out when I'm on the mic
Press conference in the pentagon quick
But still can't stop this child of the night
Anonymous like a letter of anthrax
Just to get my point across, I derailed an amtrak
Fine line between genius, going through it
And some one who's just doing it to prove that he's a lunatic
Which one am I
Well I won't know until I die
Won't know until I'm walking on down
Or floating in the sky
Why should I be the same lame game
You're use to
I'd rather say some shit
That'll burn a hole right through you
I'm stranger than a stranger
Knocking on the door
In danger of himself
And he's asking you for help
And of course you turn your back on
Anything a little different
And that's why the aliens you saw
Never exsisted
Change me, never wanna hate me
All are gonna pray for the day that our worlds collide
Save me
We like to keep it crazy ruthless 'til it blows your brain
We're not the average and that's why the call us strange
Change me, never wanna hate me
All are gonna pray for the day that our worlds collide
Save me
We like to keep it crazy ruthless 'til it blows your brain
Hello Good Evening And Welcome
I've been down the high road towards the crossroads
To hear the sound thats buggin me.
Catchy little rhythms in music and rhyme, its that nutty sound you see.
Rhythm....
As I got nearer I heard it clearer , it started to affect my brain
Its that nutty rhythm that gets yout thinking your almost going insane.
I felt the greound shake,
I had a feeling I was sitting on an old steam train
Shaking in me knee bones and me elbows, its driving me around the bend
Uncontrollable feelings sends me reeling,
Theres no need top pretend
Melody...
It had me spell bound, span me head round,
I could feel myself going mad.
Now I am an addict,
I have to hear it,
Everything else sounds bad.....
(W. Wurlitzer)
Transcribed by ir.drs. Ben Jos Walbeehm (Walbeehm@fsw.ruu.nl)
Date of last revision: August 16, 1993.
I used to work nights with my dad
It was the best job I ever had
Until them blokes on their bikes came through
Said "Come on down to youth, brother, see what's new"
Well come on, come on, come on, let's have some fun tonight
Went to the dance like they said I should
It cost me a bob, but it was quite good
The band were jumpin' and a-jivin' around
Their 20 Watt amps really made a sound
Well come on, come on, come on, let's have some fun tonight
Well, I'll have a cup of tea and then I'll change me name
And I'll put my records o-ah-o-ah-on
Till all the geezers in the flat complain
"Wish that rockstar bloke was gone" is the moan
Let's have some fun tonight
Sold all my records and I bought a bike
I found some blokes who would do what I like
I saw the rigger who ran the hall
He said we can rehearse there any time at all
Well come on, come on, come on, let's have some fun tonight
We're really rocking now, I've got a bird
She says we are the best band she's ever heard
I've got a bike and I'm having a time
But my mum keeps saying "Rock 'n' roll's a crime!"
Well come on, come on, come on, let's have some fun tonight
(All right, all night!)
(Thompson/Barson)
I wear my cap with pride
When swaying side to side
Indoors where it be crude
Too late to find me shrewd.
I never lay in doubt
When walking from about
At home where it be warm
You're sound asleep unborn!
I'm a small chap
Walk tall chap
When it rains
Cats and dogs
From my pocket I pick a pac-a-mac.
Inside a rubber wall yelling
Screams echo, off the ceiling.
My love could penetrate
So I'll leave you now prostrate.
My fag smoulders out and out
And odours waft there about
So I give my head a kip
My cap's worn to a split.
I'm a small chap
Walk tall chap
When it rains
Cats and dogs
From my pocket I pick a pac-a-mac.
I wear my cap with pride
When swaying side to side
Indoors where I feel nude
Too late to find me shrewd.
I never lay in doubt
When walking from about
At home where it be warm
You're sound asleep unborn!
I'm a small chap
Walk tall chap
When it rains
Cats and dogs
(Smyth/Foreman)
Father wears his Sunday best
Mother's tired she needs a rest
The kids are playing up downstairs
Sister's sighing in her sleep
Brother's got a date to keep
He can't hang around
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...
Our house it has a crowd
There's always something happening
And it's usually quite loud
Our mum she's so house-proud
Nothing ever slows her down
And a mess is not allowed
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...
Something tells you that you've got to get away from it
Father gets up late for work
Mother has to iron his shirt
Then she sends the kids to school
Sees them off with a small kiss
She's the one they're going to miss
In lots of ways
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...
I remember way back then when everything was true and when
We would have such a very good time such a fine time
Such a happy time
And I remember how we'd play simply waste the day away
Then we'd say nothing would come between us two dreamers
Father wears his Sunday best
Mother's tired she needs a rest
The kids are playing up downstairs
Sister's sighing in her sleep
Brother's got a date to keep
He can't hang around
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our ...
Our house, was our castle and our keep
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, that was where we used to sleep
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our street
(McPherson/Bedford)
Transcribed by ir.drs. Ben Jos Walbeehm (Walbeehm@fsw.ruu.nl)
with Simon Roberts (roberts@airtime.co.uk)
Date of last revision: March 04, 1996.
Arlington house, address: no fixed abode
An old man in a three-piece suit sits in the road
He stares across the water, he sees right through the lock
But on and up like outstretched hands
His mumbled words, his fumbled words, mock
Further down, a photo booth, a million plastic bags
And an old woman filling out a million baggage tags
But when she gets thrown out, three bags at a time
She spies the old chap in the road to share her bags with
She has bags of time
Surrounded by his past, on a short white line
He sits while cars pass either side, takes his time
Trying to remember one better day
A while ago when people stopped to hear him say
Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine
Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes
Now she has walked enough through rainy town
She rests her bag against his and sits down
She's trying to remember one better day
A while ago when people stopped to hear her say
Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine
Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes
Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine
Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes
The feeling of arriving when you've nothing left to lose
Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine
Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes
(Bedford)
Transcribed by ir.drs. Ben Jos Walbeehm (Walbeehm@fsw.ruu.nl)
Date of last revision: September 7, 1993.
(Oy !) in the pub, about seven thirty
Mother makes sure that his face ain't dirty
Him and mother go everywhere
Holds her hand without a care
Lived with mother for fourty years
The neighbourhood said that he must be queer
Normal folk a-just don't like that
Glad he can't hear behind his back
When mother dies, he will have a cry
'cos he'll be on his own
He's frightened stiff, would he come to this?
Will he lose her to the heavenly home?
In the pub, about seven thirty
Mother makes sure that his face ain't dirty
Him and mother go everywhere
Holds her hand without a care
Lived with mother for fourty years
The neighbourhood said that he must be queer
Normal folk a-just don't like that
Glad he can't hear behind his back
When mother dies, he'll have a cry
'cos he'll be on his own
He's frightened stiff, would he come to this?
Will he lose her to the heavenly home?
Once went out with a London girl
Dirty weekend in a hotel
Broke it off when she got shirty
She was twelve and he was thirty
Right after that he was bedsore
He wouldn't go out with girls no more
From that day since, he never has
(Barson)
Well Mrs. Hutchinson, you're looking healthy (huh)
But just in case,
Here's a pill a remedy.
Well Mrs. Hutchinson, this is something,
That little upset, I thought I'd diagnosed,
Well not to worry, it's not what I supposed.
You better sit down son your mother's very ill (ah)
We may have to operate it's more than just a chill.
But don't you worry, it's all in competent hands,
We believe it's under the ribs or one of the glands.
Well Mrs. Hutchinson, eat up your breakfast (come on)
Don't smoke, it stunts your growth,
Stick to your diet, let's hope that you're insured.
(Come on eat your breakfast !)
Well Mrs. Hutchinson, you must be very pleased to know you're leaving here.
We're going to miss you so (hold on)
Here comes your son again.
Are you thirsty son, I think you'll need a drink.
There's been some complications, she's very near the brink.
I have to tell you, it's my duty to speak.
Your mother will not last a week.
(Barson/Thompson/Barson)
Transcribed by ir.drs. Ben Jos Walbeehm (Walbeehm@fsw.ruu.nl)
and Charles Corby (cmcorby@buffnet.net)
Date of last revision: February 23, 1996.
It's been some time since the smile upon my face
Had I sneaked previewing town
It's been a while since I gave chase
It's been some time since the girl from round my way
Came and took me by the hand
Been a long time since I came around
I can remember when I stood on my head
Walking straight across the ground
Still picture their laughing faces
Catch me, I'm falling into my past
Catch me, the deeper the louder the laugh
I was told to grow up soon, face my consequences
Being told it was high time, high time to come to my senses
Climbing up to the top floor, stood the look of pleasure
Such a silly aged man with an attic full of treasure
Catch me, I'm falling into my past
Deeper, the deeper the louder the laugh
I remember when I was ten, things were somewhat better then
Time went by so easily, is this the way life's supposed to be?
But looking back I wonder why it seems to pass so quickly by
Memories can make you cry, I close my eyes, my tears I try to hide
I was thinking about Tamer Lane
Of all the funny places
I was thinking, a short time ago
Catch me, I'm falling into my past
Catch me, the deeper the louder the laugh
Catch me, I'm falling into my past
(McPherson/Smyth)
The windows are open wide
Georgie Fame for those outside
And answering the call
Blue flames leap up the wall
Who would have thought it strange
That all of us would change
Out there in the hall
The shadows leave the wall
Then we had the plan
Back when it began
And as we turn we know
That one of us will go
(Would you) dance with a mad man, mad man, mad man
Over the hills and far away
Arm in arm
Mad not mad
A star-spangled sight
Silhouettes at night
Dancing over Big Ben
Seven ragged men
Up up and away
Forever and a day
(Would you) dance with a mad man, mad man, mad man
Over the hills and far away
Arm in arm
Mad not mad
Dance with a mad man, mad man, mad man
Beyond the reach of yesterday
What are we but our friends
Mad not mad
(Mad not mad)
Hello crazy gang
Goodbye with a bang
What are we but our friends
Sailing round the bend
In love through thick and thin
I know it will all win
(Would you) dance with a mad man, mad man, mad man
Over the hills and far away
Arm in arm
Mad not mad
Dance with a mad man, mad man, mad man
Beyond the reach of yesterday
What are we but our friends
Mad not mad
Dance with a mad man, mad man, mad man
As only you can
Staggering home,
the headlights throw a shadow up and upon
Friends and loved ones that have done no wrong
But no longer mean anything to me
Am I mumbling on into a crystal glass that echoes a song
the enticement invites you alongA path of exterior colour
But come the morning shivering and contorting
To border on the brink for just another sink
Oh take me down for one more round
Oh involve me in libations
Stick arock in my foundation
Pickle my relations
Put me probations
I'LL take you down for one last round
Lovestruck I've fallen for a lamppost given her my upmostSpilling out my deepest feelings
Now all I want to do is snuggle up to you
A night cap in the earls morning dew
Look! What have I become?
Distancing myself so far and from
But gazing up I wave the night boat on
For now its heaven in deepest Tottenham
What have I done to deserve this fate?
Its all going wrong
Even my cab fares been and goneNow I'm lagging in deepest Tottenham
Frightening, frightening strike me down with lightning
I've given in to fighting
Now all i want to do is snuggle up to you
What's the time?
I was trying to get some sleep
Attention
Bridges, Shorty, Nutty
Jackson, Thompson, Mother
As you can see we've got a new recruit
To this land of hope and glory
Hands behind backs and legs apart
And tell us all a story
Who me, sir?
Yes, you, sir
I was an innocent man till someone grassed me of a plan
Of earning some big a money
If I hadn't mouthed it about, I am sure without doubt
I'd have missed this land of hope and glory
Well, you poor poor sod
Here you're up sharp at six thirty
A cold shower down to breakfast
Can't have you looking dirty
I suggest you eat what's given you
Even if it doesn't agree with you
'Cos it's all you're be getting up until twelve thirty
In between this time you stay up in your room
And you can dream about life, good things
Two years of me teen age life
Given to this stand to attention life
Of land, of hope and glory
I was getting so bored, then time drags by
I think I'll do something dirty
I pick at the floor for juicy butts
And I'll make me self a smoke
A bog roll and envelope stick it
All this helps to pass my time
As the evening drags on, you can watch a little telly
Or dance with pans people with a little bit of belly
Pass yourself cold with a hint of yesterdays
Don't complain, learn the game
And I'll get through another day
I was sitting there on the clock at long last it's nine thirty
Off to bed, straight to sleep
As I leave this land of hope and glory
But only for a few seconds am I in ecstasy
Before the bell rings to let me know, sharp at six thirty
A the, a two, a six, a ta
(Barson/McPherson/Foreman/Smash/Daisuke Inoue/Bill Crutchfield)
(City, city!)
(City!)
He is just a boy in the city
Dressed the same he's uniformly pretty
He knows it's the time
He can read the signs
He can really change
In the city
The best dressed boy in town he thinks it's funny
Half a dozen jobs makes his money
He's just a boy in the city
Friday night propels Walter Mitty
It's about time
He can read the signs
A night on the town
In the city
Monday is a work day
Tuesday's much the same
Wednesday comes and goes away
Thursday's back again
Friday night to Sunday in the morning
Monday brings the weekend's final yawning
Now it's about time
He has crossed the line
He is miles away
In the city
(City!)
(City!)
(City!)
(City!)
Now it's about time
He can read the signs
He can really change
It is on his mind
He has crossed the line
He has gone once more
(Thompson/Woodgate)
I'll be your promotional copy in this here number one band
Take your business beyond your furthest dreams sounds
Sounds great sounds really grand but wait
Let us hurry now time is catching up
And it looks like the music hall race has caught me up
But I'll compete (yeah yeah)
For all that it's worth
I'll compete (with the rest of the pack)
For all that it's worth
I'll compete (on the beat)
For all that it's worth
I'll compete (with a full deck)
For all that I'm worth
I'll be your popswop, come floppy disc, race you along the upper deck
Retrieve from you my with-held treasure,
Then watch you sink with you sunken rotting wreck,
Let us hurry now, time is running out,
Let's not forget time is money said the business man to his faithful scout.
But I'll compete (in the national press)
For all that it's worth
I'll compete (with the back chat)
For all that it's worth
I'll compete (on the beat)
For all that it's worth
I'll compete (international)
For all that it's worth
We must hurry now time is closing in
And I'm getting no younger in fact
I'm five years closer to my pension scheme
But I'll compete (yeah yeah)
For all that it's worth
I'll compete (for the ratings)
For all that it's worth
I'll compete (on the beat)
For all that it's worth
I'll compete (with the rest of the pack)
For all that I'm worth
C-c-c-c-compete
(Barson/Thompson)
Good morning miss
Can I help you son?
Sixteen today
And up for fun
I'm a big boy now
Or so they say
So if you'll serve
I'll be on my way
Box of balloons
With the feather-light touch
Pack of party-poppers
That pop in the night
A toothbrush and hairspray
Plastic grin
Miss Clay on all corners
Has just walked in
Welcome to the House of Fun
Now I've come of age
Welcome to the House of Fun
Welcome to the lion's den
Temptation's on his way
Welcome to the House of
N-n-n-n-n-n-no no miss
You misunderstood
Sixteen big boy
Full pint in my manhood
I'm up to date
And the date's today
So if you'll serve
I'll be on my way
Welcome to the House of Fun
Now I've come of age
Welcome to the lion's den
Temptation's on his way
Welcome to the House of (Fun)
I'm sorry son
But we don't stock
Party gimmicks
In this shop
Try the House of Fun
It's quicker if you run
This is a chemist
Not a jokers' shop!
Party hats
Simple enough clear
Comprehende savvy understand
Do you hear?
A pack of party hats
With the coloured tips
Too late!
Gorgon's heard gossip
Well hello Joe, hello Miss Clay
Many happy returns from the day
Welcome to the House of Fun
Now I've come of age
Welcome to the House of Fun
Welcome to the lion's den
Temptation's on his way
Welcome to the House of Fun
(Barson/Thompson)
Received a letter just the other day,
Don't seem they wanna know you no more,
They've laid it down given you their score,
Within the first two lines it bluntly read.
You're not to come and see us no more,
Keep away from our door,
Don't come 'round here no more
What on earth did you do that for?
Our aunt, she don't wanna know she says,
What will the neighbours think they'll think,
We don't that's what they'll think, we don't,
But I will, 'cause I know they think I don't.
Our uncle he don't wanna know he says,
We are a disgrace to the human race he says,
How can you show your face,
When you're a disgrace to the human race?
No committment, you're an embarrassment,
Yes, an embarrassment, a living endorsement,
The intention that you have booked,
Was an intention that was overlooked.
They say, stay away,
Don't want you home today,
Keep away from our door,
Don't come 'round here no more.
Our dad, he don't wanna know he says,
This is a serious matter,
Too late to reconsider,
No one's gonna wanna know ya !
Our mum, she don't wanna know,
I'm feelin' twice as old, she says,
Thought she had a head on her shoulder,
'Cause I'm feelin' twice as older,
I'm feelin' twice as older.
(McPherson/Foreman)
I am the bringer of your wishes,
Your saviour from doing work,
The washer of your dishes,and
You'll still get you mid-day perk.
Estate agent,
Your mansion and pot of gold,
All the home comforts,
Before you're getting tired and old.
One more try,
Try to get what you've never had,
Five more bob,
For the whole world that can't be bad.
We can't all win,
Look it's happening,
The future's looking not so bleak,
A thousand winners every week.
A thousand winners every week.
So when you hear me coming,
Along halls and up the stairs,
Get the black teapot,
In the cupboard, under chairs,
Forget all your wives tales,
Or forecasts and dividends,
E.R.N.I.E. feels vibrations,
Only pays out to trusting friends.
One more try,
Try to get what you've never had,
Five more bob,
For the whole world that can't be bad.
We can't all win,
Look it's happening,
The future's looking not so bleak,
A thousand winners every week.
A thousand winners every week.
Keep your hand on the bottle,
And your eyes glued upon the set,
When the score cards come up,
Could be you for the big one next.
Publicity, no thank you,
On the front page of the currant bun,
They think you stink,
But in the pub you'll be number one.
One more try,
Try to get what you've never had,
Five more bob,
For the whole world that can't be bad.
We can't all win,
Look it's happening,
The future's looking not so bleak,
A thousand winners every week.
A thousand winners every week.
A thousand winners every week.
(Bedford/McPherson)
Walls signed with autographs,
Ceilings full of echoed laughs,
Something's disappear.
Gurus on roller skates,
Capital for swinging fetes
The area is to be cleared.
A stab in the back, the smoke and the black
As it smoulders to its grave.
Disappear with the fun and the fear
Another chance to misbehave.
Organ tinkling organ,
Marriage planning children,
Spinning, round and round.
rusty swings and roundabouts,
Disco's full of layabouts,
Nowhere to be found.
A stab in the back, the smoke and the black
As it smoulders to its grave.
Disappear with the fun and the fear
Another chance to misbehave.
Come on then we'll go down there,
Let's see the local ash tray,
Let's see if we can be happy,
We'll mess about just you and me,
I must try to make it home before tea.
Walls signed with autographs,
Ceilings full of echoed laughs,
Something's disappear.
Gurus on roller skates,
Capital for swinging fetes
The area is to be cleared.
A stab in the back, the smoke and the black
As it smoulders to it's grave.
Disappear with the fun and the fear
Another chance to misbehave.
A stab in the back, the smoke and the black
As it smoulders to its grave.
Disappear with the fun and the fear
(McPherson/Foreman)
Summer in London, watery sunshine,
A place in the city where I can go sometimes.
To get on a red bus and go anywhere,
See all the sights and not pay the fare,
Summer in London.
Chip on your shoulder, chips in your mouth,
Can you see the old lady, with tickets to tout.
Getting the tourists into their traps,
Taking their money, the shirts off their backs,
Summer in London.
To get in a taxi and go anywhere,
Jump out at the park and not pay the fare.
Watch Speakers Corner, listen to their talk,
Eating their ice creams, going for a walk.
Summer in London, the weather man said,
Waking up late, got to get out of bed.
So much to do, got to go everywhere
A day on the town and not pay the fare.
One, two, three, four
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
We're the Chipmunks, hear us roar
WE'RE THE CHIPMUNKS, HEAR US ROAR
Sound off, CHIPMUNKS
Sound off, CHIPMUNKS
One, two, three, four
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
One, two, three, four
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
One, two, THREE, FOUR
D'you have a good time tonight boys?
YEP, WE SURE DID
Do you think the time is right, boys?
YEP, WE SURE DO
Sound off, CHIPMUNKS
Sound off, CHIPMUNKS
One, two, three, four
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
One, two, three, four
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
One, two, THREE, FOUR
(Smash/Foreman)
Papers in the morning
Bowler hat on head
Walking to the bus stop
He's longing for his bed,
Waiting with his neighbours
In the rush hour queue
Got to get the first bus
So much for him to do.
He's got to hurry
Got to get his seat
Can't miss his place
Got to rest his feet.
Ten more minutes till he gets there
The crossword's nearly done.
It's been so hard these days
Not nearly so much fun.
His mind wanders to the office
His telephone, desk and chair
He's been happy with the company
They've treated him real fair.
Think of seven letters
Begin and end in 'C'
Like a big American car
But misspelt with a 'D'.
I wish this bus'd get a move on,
Driver's taking his time.
I just don't know, I'll be late
Oh dear what will the boss say?
Pull yourself together now
Don't get in a state
Don't you worry
There's no hurry
It's a lovely day
Could all be going your way
Take the doc's advice
Let up enjoy your life
Listen to what they say
It's not a game they play.
Never get there at this rate
He's caught up in a jam.
There's a meeting this morning
It's just his luck oh damn!
His hand dives in his pocket
For his handkerchief.
Pearls of sweat on his collar
His pulse-beat seems so brief.
Eyes fall on his wristwatch
The seconds pass real slow
Gasping for the hot air
But the chest pain it won't go.
Tried to ask for help
But can't seem to speak a word,
Words are whispered frantically
But don't seem to be heard.
What about the wife and kids?
They all depend on me!
We're so sorry
We told you not to hurry.
Now it's just too late
You've got a certain date
We thought we made it clear
We all voiced our inner fears
We left it up to you
(McPherson/Foreman)
The government have announced
That London Bridge is to be closed
Under the full moon of May the third
All the light houses and seaside roads
No I never heard I never read in the news
Come on tell me, who's this for ?
Lighting the questions and
Burning the boats one by one
Burning the boats one by one by
Tap, tap, tap, birds that sing,
Telephone calls that do not ring,
One, two, three, what's the time ?
Who's that hanging off my line ?
I know that nothing lasts for ever
And I'm just waiting for the sun to set
Blowing dust from my loud hailer, on the roof.
Come on tell me, who's this for ?
Lighting the questions and
Burning the boats one by one
Burning the boats one by one
Burning the boats one by one by
The ministry of co-operation
Are washed and hanging on the line
There's a million burning questions
To set the Thames alight
Now I've joined an exclusive club
Just by being more than poor
I saw the deputy chairman, on the floor.
Come on tell me, who's this for ?
Lighting the questions and
Burning the boats one by one
Burning the boats one by one
Burning the boats one by one by
Burning the boats one by one
(Thompson/Foreman)
So there I am polished heart throat in full puff
I look the part my wad is packed to reimburse.
I've yet to re-rehearse many moons spent on lovelines lent from
Long-legged pop-eyed fat-necked Benny Bullfrog.
Final run-through polish up
The flower of love's my buttercup.
Moon in June for you I'll croon
Just like pop-eyed fat-necked Benny Bullfrog.
Mean piece of muscle I'm Melvin Toad,
I dice with death, across the road.
Hop aboard my lover's leap
Fat-necked Quatermass
Who needs a Benny Bullfrog.
Here she comes (Keep a cool head)
My legs numb (Keep a cool head)
I can't run (Keep a cool head)
High! My name's Hunky how d'you do
I catch a fly in one swoop
I catch a fly just for you
That's if you do want me to
But you're not hungry I know
A sixth sense gave me a clue.
I know what else we can do.
(You creep !)
Long-legged pop-eyed fat-necked Benny Bullfrog.
Wish I was Benny Bullfrog
Cool as Benny Bullfrog
(Barson/Hasler)
Transcribed by ir.drs. Ben Jos Walbeehm (Walbeehm@fsw.ruu.nl)
Date of last revision: July 28, 1993.
Everything that I tell you, girl, every word that you hear
Every little whisper, let me make myself clear
There ain't no lies to deceive you, I love you too much for that
Every word that I say is true, you can believe me on that
My friends tell me jealous lies
Now I'm getting my goodbyes
Life without you, my dear
Was dull, as dull as can be
I ask you, my love, why not take me now
Not to leave me in misery
(Saxophone!)
If you take in all they say,
I guess I'll be on my way
Please, my darling, it's not true
I don't know this girl called Sue
Sue's a name I have not heard
I lost my girl from that one word
Will she come back, I just don't know
And I'm takin' a heavy blow, oh
I've got myself together
I can't go on in this cold weather
Christmas comes but once a year
It's a time of love and cheer
Your friends tell you jealous lies
Now I'm getting my goodbyes
No no no no, no no no no
(McPherson/Barson)
Transcribed by ir.drs. Ben Jos Walbeehm (Walbeehm@fsw.ruu.nl)
with Charles Corby (cmcorby@buffnet1.buffnet.net)
Date of last revision: January 26, 1995.
Please observe my continental alligator skin line shoulder bag
I've covered it in stickers from far and wide
And stuffed it full of suits and matching ties
I've travelled on the seas and I've travelled on the land
And there's not a single person I can't understand
I've forgotten the languages and wave my cash
I've enjoyed every minute of it with a splash
I wear a Panama on my Brilcremed hair
I think I carry it with a certain flair
When travelling abroad I know the score
With the voice of authority from the first a-world war
I went all through to Congo on a magic pleasure knock
Staving off disease with hallucinogenic drugs
With a mind-bending root from a local native source
Made my mind and my body have a premature divorce
I felt like I was sliding from a massive height
It seemed like it was morning in the middle of the night
My eyes were open, though there's nothing much to see
A swirling mist of images
The seas are my friend and the skies my home
When clinging to the arm-rests, I travel alone
I'm always ready to give advice
Travelling companions never ask twice
I've travelled on the seas and I've travelled on the land
And there's not a single person I can't understand
I've forgotten the languages and wave my cash
I've enjoyed every minute of it with a splash
I've travelled on the seas and I've travelled on the land
And there's not a single person I can't understand
I've forgotten the languages and wave my cash
I've enjoyed every minute of it with a splash
(McPherson)
A straw headed woman, and a barrel chested man,
A pocket full of posies with a hat brim full of sand,
Ooh - waiting for the train that never comes,
A dog chasing the tumbleweeds, across the sandy floor,
That drift along the platform, through the ticket office door,
Ooh - waiting for the train that never comes,
Ooh - waiting for the train that never comes,
But don't tell me there's nothing coming, you don't fool me,
I hear the ghost train rumbling along the tracks - set them free,
And I hear them,
It's black and white don't try to hide,
It's black and white don't try to hide,
The station master's writing with a piece of orange chalk,
A hundred cancellations, still no one wants to walk,
Keep the hungry children from the skeletons in the back,
Paid to keep an eye out for the gipsy caravan,
Ooh - waiting for the train that never comes,
Ooh - waiting for the train that never comes,
I hear the ghost train rumbling along the tracks - set them free,
And I hear them,
It's black and white don't try to hide,
It's black and white don't try to hide,
It's black and white don't try to hide,
It's black and white don't try to hide,
It's black and white (don't try),
It's black and white (don't try),
It's black and white don't try to hide,
It's black and white don't try to hide,
And I hear them,
It's black and white don't try to hide,
It's black and white don't try to hide,
Now I've been here and I've been there
And I've been almost everywhere
There's not a thing I can't repair
Cos I'm Stan, Yes I am,
The odd job man
I'm a tradesman, I know all the tricks
There's not a thing that I cannot fix
Beginners use my concrete mix
I'm Stan yes I am, The odd job man
Well, thats the way to do it
Just be as quick as a flash
Don't hang about
Just in and out
And always ask for cash
Any job that you want done,
Phone me up cos Im the one
Electrical, plumbing, woodwork too
I'll do the job that's right for you
Well, that's the way to do it
Just be as quick as a flash
Don't hang about
Just in and out
And always ask for cash
I've never done the same job twice,
Listen to me take my advice
I'll double the work for half the price
The finished job will look, look nice
I've been around and had some fun
There's not a job that I've not done
No unemployment where I'm from
Jack of all trades, master of none
Welcome home
Seems as if it were yesterday since you were gone
Now sit yourself and let me witness what's become
Of the smiles that you brought, and placed upon
But there is nothing that I could or would have done
Oh, the look in your eyes as they dragged you from
The clutches of my bricking heart
Our hope's true that could put us drawn
The time has stood still until now
Although it was unfair
you're back in my arms again, now
Although the memory's bare
we can rebuild all our hopes again
Please understand
That you were like an angel blowing in my hands
By circumstances change as to their demands
And I thought that love would have coped but in the end
Oh there was only ugly scenes and wrecked romance
And the look in your eyes as they dragged you from
The clutches of my bricking heart, now
Although it was unfair
you're back in my arms again, now
Although the memory's bare
we can rebuild all our hopes again
The clutches of my bricking heart and happy home
The time has stood still until now
Oh yes it was unfair
But now
You're back in my arms again
Now [Although it's unfair]
Although it was unfair you're back in my arms again
Now
Although the memory's bare we can rebuild all our hopes again
Now
Although it was unfair you're back in my arms again
Now
Please observe my continental alligator skin line shoulder bag
I've covered it in stickers from far and wide
And stuffed it full of suits and matching ties
I've travelled on the seas and I've travelled on the land
And there's not a single person I can't understand
I've forgotten the languages and wave my cash
I've enjoyed every minute of it with a splash
I wear a Panama on my Brilcremed hair
I think I carry it with a certain flair
When travelling abroad I know the score
With the voice of authority from the first a-world war
I went all through to Congo on a magic pleasure knock
Staving off disease with hallucinogenic drugs
With a mind-bending root from a local native source
Made my mind and my body have a premature divorce
I felt like I was sliding from a massive height
It seemed like it was morning in the middle of the night
My eyes were open, though there's nothing much to see
A swirling mist of images
The seas are my friend and the skies my home
When clinging to the arm-rests, I travel alone
I'm always ready to give advice
Travelling companions never ask twice
I've travelled on the seas and I've travelled on the land
And there's not a single person I can't understand
I've forgotten the languages and wave my cash
I've enjoyed every minute of it with a splash
I've travelled on the seas and I've travelled on the land
And there's not a single person I can't understand
I've forgotten the languages and wave my cash
I've enjoyed every minute of it with a splash
(Barson)
My girl's mad at me
I didn't wanna see the film tonight
I found it hard to say
She thought I'd had enough of her
Why can't she see
She's lovely to me?
But I like to stay in
And watch t.v. on my own
Every now and then
My girl's mad at me
Been on the telephone for an hour
We hardly said a word
I tried and tried but I could not be heard
Why can't I explain?
Why do I feel this pain?
'Cause everything I say
She doesn't understand
She doesn't realise
She takes it all the wrong way
My girl's mad at me
We argued just the other night
I thought we'd got it straight
We talked and talked until it was light
I thought we'd agreed
I thought we'd talked it out
Now when I try to speak
She says that I don't care
She says I'm unaware
Every morning at the break of dawn
Sleeping deeply next to me
To every evening as the sun goes down
Together we stay, together we'll stay
Chorus:
Nobody else to bring you down
Nobody else to be around
This time you're free
Nobody else to draw you away
Nobody else to take you away
This time just you and me
I'm so pleased that you waited for me
And I thought of you oh so much
It could fill an eternity
Her big sad eyes that stare
Nobody else going to bring you down
Nobody else to be around
This time you're free
Where I come from
Nobody knows
And where I'm going
Everything goes
(We'll meet again)
Nobody else to blow you away
Nobody else to take you away
This time just you and me
I've searched about everywhere
But I still can't find her
Events that cease at my memory
I still can't picture
Mother of Mercy, Sister of Mary
Please help me (to find her)
Is there something you should tell me
Please hear me (to find her)
Nobody else going to bring you down
Nobody else to be around
This time you're free
Nobody else to blow you away
Nobody else to take you away
This time just you and me
Mother of Mercy, Sister of Mary
Please help me (to find her)
Is there something you should tell me
Please hear me (to find her)
Nobody else going to bring you down
Nobody else to be around
This time you're free
That was a close escape, have to get a new hobby to relate.
Something less conspicuous, won't take up too much time,
something less energetic, for what I've got in mind.
I won't be too persistant 'cos I'm not that way inclined.
See, that's the one for me. Look under ";Collins"; see if she's free.
Sweaty fingers find 5p 4151683
";Hello Miss Collins you'll not know me. I'm in the undies
buisness, see? Please please can you tell me the size; how
far from the knee?";
Oh dear dear, me luck is running thin.
I'll take another name I might have a win.
What? 2 more points? I hope no one fills it in.
See, that's the one for me. Look under ";Dickens"; CFG.
See if she'll speak to me. Hand's get shakey eye's can't see.
Having trouble find 5p 2171983
";Hello Miss Dickens you'll not know me, I'm in the undies
buisness, see?";
Feel more relaxed now here we go again.
Hoi! No temporaries I've heard most take me in.
Oh dear dear me, that is the one it fits.
So please please can you tell me the textured fit feels good to me.
In the naked mood, try to grin and bear with me.
Please don't think me rude, I only hear don't want to see.
See, that's the one for me. That was quick, too quick for me.
Of that I can see, wash me laundry oh bugger me!
Sugar or milk with your tea? No I couldn't, well I'll see.
What's your hobby? Just the same as me, see you soon for tea.
I'll give it one last chance I think you'll all agree.
I'm getting nowhere here, on my last 5p.
I'm sick of waiting for ages nothing interests me.
I'll ring another number, make sure it's a she.
Here we go again, I'll give it 3rd degree.
No hard feelings oh yes I'm sure you'll all agree.
I'll take another name I might have a win.
(Thompson)
Buster, he sold the heat
With a rock-steady beat
An earthquake is erupting
But not in Orange street
A ghost-dance is preparing
You got to help us with your feet
If you're not in the mood to dance
Step back, grab yourself a seat
This may not be uptown Jamaica
But we promise you a treat
Buster bowl me over with your bogus dance
Shuffle me off my feet
Even though I'll keep on runnin'
I'll never get to Orange street
So I set it up myself to say
For the man who set the beat
So I'll leave it up to you out there
To get him back on his feet
Buster bowl me over with your bogus dance
Shuffle me off my feet
Even though I'll keep on runnin'
I'll never get to Orange street
Bring back the
Who is the
We want the
[Instrumental]
[Instrumental]
Take time for your pleasure
And laugh with love
Take the hand of another
And sing for the wings of a dove
Whoa, whoa, for the wings of a dove
Whoa, whoa, for the wings of a dove
Look up at the rooftops
When you're walking 'round
Don't think for a moment
Of looking down
Whoa, whoa, for the wings of a dove
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Whoa, whoa, for the wings of a dove
Whoa, whoa, for the wings of a dove
Whoa, whoa, for the wings of a dove
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Look up at the rooftops
When you're walking 'round
Don't think for a moment
Of looking down
A room at the top
Where we're not allowed
Cheer to the echo
Can you hear the sound?
Whoa, whoa, for the wings of a dove
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Whoa, whoa, for the wings of a dove
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Whoa, whoa, for the wings of a dove
Whoa, whoa, for the wings of a dove
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Whoa, whoa, for the wings of a dove
Whoa, whoa, for the wings of a dove
Whoa, whoa, for the wings of a dove
Down between the sunbeams the moneylenders chat
Hiding in the shade outside a council flat
Kids in the lift looking for things to throw
And practising their aim on the heads below
They make their apologies with the quickness of their feet
Then lost in the heat haze that shimmers across the street
Underfoot the pavement is melting
Crumbling for the luckiest girl
The whole world is melting.
(White white heat)
I'm still not in until a week next Wednesday
I'm holidaying on the roof ©til the big bad wolf goes away
In the street the pavement is melting
Crumbling for the luckiest girl
The whole world is melting.
White heat turns the street upside down.
Down between the sunbeams the debt collectors chat, chat, chat, chat,
Hiding in the shade outside a council flat
By the hairs on my chinny chin chin
I shall not let you in.
In the street the pavement is melting
Crumbling for the luckiest girl
The whole world is melting.
(For the luckiest girl in all the world)
(White, white heat)
[Instrumental]
Eh, Tu!
Deja todo y fijate en esto:
El sonido mad marchoso y vacilon que existe actualmente.
Si vas por la calle y el cuerpo te pide marcha, no te escapes,
escuchalo y vuelvete loco al ritmo del rock canero de Madness:
Un Paso Adelante!
With the ease of a practised smile
The tears of a crocodile
Well shake then wash your hands
Of the smell of foreign land
The propaganda woman said
It might be worse you could be dead
Now we've an impressive show
Let's wind it up and watch it go
Still a strange thing to me
Is there's no place I'd rather be
Rollercoasting backwards to
Up and down and turning blue
No pie in the sky
For the small man gets smaller
But a poke in the eye
From an unwelcome caller
Still a strange thing to me
Is there's no place I'd rather be
Rollercoasting backwards to
Up and down and turning blue
Policeman's eyes on overload
A fractured island might explode
A million pieces washed ashore
From Disneyland to Warsaw
Let's have a rehearsal run
An underground holiday in the sun
Take time to sit and reflect
A white wall where the sun collects
Still a strange thing to me
Is there's no place I'd rather be
Rollercoasting backwards to
Up and down and turning blue
Scouring through the wasteland
With an uge to take
Anything that comes into view
Only ten more puffs to tea time
I've found eating so time consuming
WIllie, oh Willie she cried
It's time for tea
WIllie, where in hell has he gone
It's time for tea
South of the wateland at your D.I.Y.
The inconsiderate rings his till
Offering plans of easy credit
Claims he'll cause a killing in the school half term
WIllie, oh Willie she cried
It's time for tea
WIllie, where in hell has he gone
It's time for tea
And welly well well well what have I found here
A hiding place made by frigid air
I think I'll try it on and give my mates a scare
They'll all be searching neither here nor there
WIllie, oh Willie she cried
It's time for tea
WIllie, where in hell has he gone
It's time for tea
Long depress of autumn breeze
Sucking on a rubber back teeth
Plays into the hands of the hardware man
Who selfishly ";I don't care";
(Smyth)
When I considered how my life is spent
They cry but I know that everything is heaven sent
But why do people lie when all they want is truth at their tables
The sky is looking very blue today
It's so fine I'd agree with every word you say
About it it must be said it doesn't mean much at all
Time you make changes
Time you'll add ages
Time is walking with you by your side
There's no reason that we should complain
In the night everybody looks the same
It's so sad but we don't seem to be going forward at all
(Time)
(Time)
Time
Time you make changes
Time you'll add ages
Time is walking with you by your side
Time you make changes
Time you'll add ages
Time is walking with you by your side
(Come on time)
Time you make changes
Time you'll add ages
Time is walking with you by your side
Time gentlemen please
Time
Whoa oh
Staggering home everybody sings
All the old songs the cockney routines
All the old women, all the young men
Try changing places then back again
Old man in the morning,
Young man at night
Breakfast full of wisdom
Until you hit the lights
Knock back the drinks , hitch up your skirt
Fall over backwords undo your shirt
Everyone shouting what a terrible state
Age creeping backwards as it gets late
Old man in the morning,
Young man at night
Breakfast full of wisdom
Until you hit the lights
Have a quick short, forget about work
Have a couple more then you go beserk
Who cares about this morning, Wise old man
The wisdom comes up later and goes down the pan
Old man in the morning,
Young man at night
Breakfast full of wisdom
Until you hit the lights
Then another round, forget whos turn
Waking up to feel your stomach churn
Whos in the chair and whos on the floor
Incoherants knocking on the Door
Old man in the morning,
Young man at night
Breakfast full of wisdom
Until you hit the lights
Hit the Lights
(Smyth)
Now I see tears you can't hide
Carry the world on your back
Heavy weights tear you apart
Now I see tears you can't hide
Feel in a rage can't speak up for yourself
All that you try to do it's no good anyway
Now I see tears you can't hide
No use saying it's a crime
Voices surround me but they lie, lie
Hold out your hand together make your stand
You may be alone you may feel scared inside
Now I see tears you can't hide
No use saying it's a crime
Voices surround me but they lie, lie
(Just hit me with your saxophone, Lee)
Now I see tears you can't hide
Now I see tears you can't hide
Now I see tears you can't
[Instrumental]
[Instrumental]
(McPherson/Foreman)
A man opened his window and stared up Primrose Hill
Out there enjoying themselves I've seen them from this sill
Green splashed with white and red going brown
Children baiting animals running up and down
I stare out of this window
See the world go past
Slipping from the newspapers stacked against the wall
Piles of colour supplements squeeze between his fall
For a fleeting second I was up that hill
Although I've never been there I wish I was there still
I stare out of this window
See the world go past
I've read and looked at everything
I know it off by heart
Deliveries every day newspapers and food
Never had to venture out the phone has been removed
Open up the window and stare up Primrose Hill
Sitting here it's dark outside and everything is still
I stare out of this window
See the world go past
I've read and looked at everything
Night Boat To Cairo !!.....
It's just gone noon
Half past monsoon
On the banks of the river Nile
Here comes the boat
Only half-afloat
Oarsman grins a toothless smile
Only just one more
To this desolate shore
Last boat along the river Nile
Doesn't seem to care
No more wind in his hair
As he reaches his last half mile
The oar snaps in his hand
Before he reaches dry land
But the sound doesn't deafen his smile
Just pokes at wet sand
With an oar in his hand
Floats off down the river Nile
I didnt want to,
Leave you behind,
But your clothes werent stepping,
Into line.
Too much self pity,
Not enough nitty griity
And just when you were looking pretty
Pretty boring, pretty drab, out of date, colors bad,
You should know it stays the same.
No individuals things ever change.
But oif its new, its in the past.
Everything goes by so fast.
Upstaged by the supporting cast.
Dont ask the girlfreind to throw it away,
It'll be in fashion by next Friday,
Hoping our clothes have something say
Take It Away!
haha...
The in vogue clock goes spinning round
Space age fasion lifts off the ground
Just accept the new faith
Try and look common place
Instead of looking out of place
But cant you see I'm staying still, that rich little bastards made me Ill,
Ill, ILL!
I walk through Camden town in the evening,
strolling silently and hardly breathing.
Footsteps behind me slightly quicker,
the corner of my eye a shadowy flicker.
I wonder if he's after my soul again tonight.
Stops to whisper with the shadows but still keeps me in his sight.
I shout at passing strangers but they don't seem aware,
don't want to get involved in my spiritual affair.
Tonight my fears are growing worse and worse.
I feel him brewing up an evil curse.
I sense a chill creep up my spine
I want to scream but only whine
because I know it can't be true
mind's gone now legs it's up to you.
I wonder if he's after my soul again tonight.
Stops to whisper in the shadows but still keeps me in his sight.
I shout at passing strangers but they don't seem aware,
don't want to get involved in my spititual affair
I try to accept him as my partner.
He still makes cold his manic laughter.
But every time I try to turn around he throws my fears
and makes no sound he stirs them to the ground.
Acheing muscles, puff and pant I run.
To stagger home and hide behind my mum.
But even when I'm safely in my bed.
I know that he is waiting in my head.
I wonder if he's after my soul again tonight.
Stops to whisper in the shadows but still keeps me in his sight.
I shout at passing strangers but they don't seem aware,
don't want to get involved in my spiritual affair.
[Instrumental]
Prospects By Madness.
---------------------
A train ride
Till tuesday
A platform far away
Scarlet shades of evening
Move clouds so grey
The waking
Ariving
The dirty station where
He passes crouds of people
Who Don't see him there
He's a desert island man
A forgien man who's cast away
Stranded in this home from home
>From his family far away
Home
This is it
This is it
Is this my heart
I miss you with all my heart
This is not
Is this not my home
One shoe-laced cardboard suitcase
One passport from he came
One room for a light bulb
Where no one's been
Sticks and stones
My old bones
It's now nineteen fifty-four
When then I could fight
But not any more
The city room
Where is my room
He thinks of home far away
Home
This is it
This is it
Is this my heart
I miss you with all my heart
This is not
Is this not my home
I thik I'm geting old
Well the climate's changed
Stranded on this island
While others change
He's a desert island man
A forgien man who's cast away
Stranded in this home from home
>From his family far away
How is it when you feel it
Do you know what gets you down
You're looking in the windows
When you walk this town
(Barson/Hasler)
Transcribed by ir.drs. Ben Jos Walbeehm (Walbeehm@fsw.ruu.nl)
with Pascal Mouret (mouret@lim.univ-mrs.fr)
Date of last revision: August 16, 1993.
It's not so easy to find out later
About the necessary knowledge for survival
You think you know enough to get you through life
But find out too late of chances passed by
An early start is not so important
But timing is most essential
Opportunity gone, is gone forever
You never know how much it could have been
And once gone, gone forever
You will find out to your cost
A better use can be made of your time
Don't think that life is easy
You may never get a lucky break
They'll put you down, cold and unknown
A total failure from womb to grave
Door Locked Open, Door Locked Shut
See you soon, hopefully not
I've been and gone so many times
Without a work I've dropped no lines
Just look Forward, Never Back
Selfish bastard, dicta-brat
Please forgive me
For the things that I've done
Don't feel ashamed
If you're asked hows your son
Living here and living there
Lived at home but very rare
To see your faces it would be
a treasure locked in memory
Do drop a line, say hello dad
I await your answer, for I also beg
Please accept me
From a baby I have come
Pain, distress and heartache
I have now overcome
Running here and running there
Often caught but never cared
Been a-courting every year
Reaching up to press my best friend's bell
On my tiptoes
Whatever made me climb this side of hell
Oh, God only knows
Lifting up another catch and slipping through the blind
It's... it's so easy
Lighting up another match to see what I can find
It's... become so easy
But after a while
You can hear yourself breathe
What seems a long long while
You can feel yourself sealed
Ones second thoughtlessness
Nobody's home
One's second thoughtlessness
One's second thoughtlessness
Here up on my own
One's second thoughtlessness
Sniffing around
Hope to get out
Smelling a scent
That something is up
I've seen this song before
Is this the house my family lives - yes
Ah, I've been here before
Yes, I did it because, because
Yes, I did it because
Yes, I did it because, because
Yes, yes, I did it because, because
No - because
One's second thoughtlessness
I am my own
One's second thoughtlessness
One's second thoughtlessness
I stand alone
One's second thoughtlessness
Hey you, don't watch that
Watch this!
This is the heavy heavy monster sound
The nuttiest sound around
So if you've come in off the street
And you're beginning to feel the heat
Well listen buster
You better start to move your feet
To the rockinest, rock-steady beat
Of Madness
One step beyond!
(Thompson/Madness)
Up I rush off to work
Hello Fred you look half dead and
Are you coming are you going
I could never do a double shift
(Allo Fred get some bed Fred)
Hello Steve long time no see
I like the Stones still on the thieve
Bet you ain't half seen some time
In your short-lived life of crime
(By the way, have you got the time ?)
On the beat Pete
Wiv me size ten feet
I wander up and down the town
For me that's a treat
The beauties of the city and
Everything's sweet
For me that's a treat
'Cos I'm on the beat Pete
Swing my truncheon merrily
Try to teach the blind to see
Move a lady for a seat
Tourist find a sight to see
Mingle with the crowd
I wonder if they're proud
Yes, that would be a treat
'Cos I'm on the beat Pete... beat Pete
Hello Snowball, you still drunk ?
Here have a smoke, anyone for lunch ?
A printed person of last week's times
Seen a lot of stars and moonshine
(Spare you a dime ?)
On the beat Pete
Wiv me size ten feet
I wander up and down the town
For me that's a treat
The beauties of the city and
Everything's sweet
For me that's a treat
'Cos I'm on the beat Pete
Swing my truncheon merrily
Try to teach the blind to see
Move a lady for a seat
Tourist find a sight to see
Mingle with the crowd
I wonder if they're proud
Yes, that would be a treat
'Cos I'm on the beat Pete... beat Pete
Hello Bun been down the oven ?
What's the rate for a single person ?
Is it good, is it sad ?
You look unhappy it must be bad
Hello May been a busy lady
All work and no time for play
Still it's the life you chose I suppose
Good luck to you come what may !
Skip-a-di-do-da-days !
On the beat Pete
Wiv me size ten feet
I wander up and down the town
For me that's a treat
The beauties of the city and
Everything's sweet
For me that's a treat
'Cos I'm on the beat Pete
Swing my truncheon merrily
Try to teach the blind to see
Move a lady for a seat
Tourist find a sight to see
Mingle with the crowd
I wonder if they're proud
Yes, that would be a treat
'Cos I'm on the beat Pete... beat Pete
She says he's gone away on a short holiday
He won't be back for awhile
The twleve from the bench stood up
And hesitated he'll be leaving
right after this trial
Circumstance, evidence who can cheat providence
He wished he could go back again
A flick of the wrist
He wished that he missed
Not guilty is all he can say
Pass 'round the gossip now
Let's wait and see
Pass 'round the tray now
Let's have some tea
My boys haven't seen him
He's been working away
Don't bother asking
he's not home today
Not home today
T-shirts and badges
With free tickles and smudges
In the end you'll believe what you feel
When ten hands are aiming
And no-one is complaining
In a sense it could be more real
Wherever I go
What can I do
Im at a loose end since I split with you
Upped my best, tried hard to please
Now all i've got are my memories
hat will I do now, heaven knows
Find another I suppose
Now you say you dont want to know
What did I do
Where did I go wrong
Since you left its seemed so Low
We made a good pair
Everyone agrees
Now all I've got are my memories
What will I do now, heaven knows
Find another I suppose
Now you say you dont want to know
What will I do now, heaven knows
Find another I suppose
Now you say you dont want to know
To break your follows
Your Letters Too,
Its just as if I never Knew You
Boo Hoo Hooo....
(McPherson/Barson)
The sun shines through the open window,
The empty sides the shadows shallow
My arm circles nothing at all,
My fingers reach to touch the wall.
Missing you when I'm away,
Think of things I'd like to say,
Almost cry to hear you voice,
Lying with me,
Got no choice.
Mundane thoughts during the day,
Suddenly to see your face,
Interrupted thoughts have gone,
Knowing that you're all I want.
Missing you when I'm away,
Think of things I'd like to say,
Almost cry to hear you voice,
Lying with me,
Got no choice.
The awesome love I feel for you,
To see you now what would I do,
The desperate feeling you're not there,
To be with you pull out my hair.
Missing you when I'm away,
Think of things I'd like to say,
Almost cry to hear you voice,
Lying with me,
(Cecil Campbell)
Madness, madness, they call it madness
Madness, madness, they call it madness
It's plain to see
That is what they mean to me
Madness, madness, they call it gladness, ha-ha
Madness, madness, they call it madness
Madness, madness, they call it madness
I'm about to explain
a-That someone is losing their brain
Hey, madness, madness, I call it gladness, yee-ha-ha-ha
Propaganda ministers
Propaganda ministers
I've a-got a heavy due
I'm gonna walk all over you
'Cause
Madness, madness, they call it madness
Well if this is madness
Then I know I'm filled with gladness
It's gonna be rougher
It's gonna be tougher, pa-da-da, pa-da-da
And I won't be the one who's gonna suffer
Oh no, I won't be the one who's gonna suffer
I never thought I'd miss you
Half as much as I do
And I never thought I'd feel this way
The way I feel
About you
As soon as I wake up
Every night, every day
I know that it's you I need
To take the blues away
It must be love, love, love
It must be love, love, love
Nothing more, nothing less
Love is the best
How can it be that we can
Say so much without words?
Bless you and bless me
Bless the bees
And the birds
I've got to be near you
Every night, every day
I couldn't be happy
Any other way
It must be love, love, love
It must be love, love, love
Nothing more, nothing less
Love is the best
As soon as I wake up
Every night, every day
I know that it's you I need
To take the blues away
It must be love, love, love
It must be love, love, love
Nothing more, nothing less
Love is the best
Inanity Over Christmas
Hello, everyone out there. This is Carl and the rest of Madness
We'd just like to bring you a bit of Christmas cheer
Please remember to keep a smile on your face till the New Year
Hello, this is Woody. And we've got a little song for you. Merry Christmas
1, 2, 3, 4
Hiya, Merry Christmas everyone, Mark here. I'm going to play a bit of bass for you now
Hello, this is Chris, Happy Christmas
Hi, Lee Kix here, filling your stocking
I play sax
But also, I sing at the same time
Baffling, eh?
Well, it's jingling bells, it's Christmas time
Santa fetches his sack
Snowdrop glitter falls from the skies
To settle upon each and everyone's back
Chimney sweeps take to the streets
In the ongoing situation
Pages freeze upon your pension book
And up flies the flag of inflation
And all this time I'll be waiting up by the chimney stack
On this coldest year since brrrr, up above upon a reindeer's back
Stop off at the Rock of Gibraltar
Tea under the {indecipherable} of Malta
Wrap up warmer in Warsaw
Cruise over the flats of Alaska
And all this time I'll be waiting up by the chimney stack
On this coldest year since brrrr, up above upon a reindeer's back
I hope you've enjoyed this song so far. This is Suggs, and now I am going to take it away
OK, lads, let's close it together
And all this time I'll be waiting up by the chimney stack
On this coldest year since brrrr, up above upon a reindeer's back
OK, quiet everybody. This should go on here
Er, help me with those baggy {indecipherable}, there
Oooh
Oooh
"You'll never take me alive, copper"
"Look, reindeer, don't be silly, just come on down"
"I'm going to get that conny to ma"
"Don't waste anymore, sit down this is holding the pace up"
"Shove it, copper, I stick a grapefruit in your face"
"You what? You're out of a bloody job now come on down again"
"Nothing's going to stop us singing, copper, even if I have got to come down and tell you myself, and stick it in your face"
"I'm going to send in the troops if you don't come down""
"We're going to keep singing in every home in the nation"
"Do whatever you want to do. What? That's it!
"You stupid flatfoot, you'll never take me alive. I'm on top of the world, boy"
Up above the chimney stack, by the chimney
{indecipherable}, Chris, quieten down over there, will you, I'm trying to get a message across, you know
I'm going to change the world overnight, yeah
Thank you
Thank you
(Yoohoo, etc. Oh Hello. Hello.)
I read a brand new paper
About a man who had a thousand guns
Lived in the Southern States
Ran away from everyone
Felt it wasn't safe
Even in the Southern States
I read a brand new paper
Walking down my own street
The man with a thousand guns
Has taken to his feet
He felt it wasn't safe
Even in the Southern States
He thought that he might die
But was he frightened by
Anyone with a gun?
Well, every stranger's danger
Everybody has one
But alone and hungry
He couldn't eat his.....
Guns
I watched my television
Sitting on the floor
The window man was watching
Me and a million more
He read me the news
Someone's getting abused
He thought that we might die
He wasn't frightened why
Everyone has a bomb
It's a passing danger
Or so he said
Everybody has one
Care to see or just wait
(That's just great)
I've saved a little bit of money from Christmas gone,
What with my Birthday nearly due,
I'm dressing up as Guy in the shopping arcade,
Have you a penny for a boy named blue ?
I've seen it advertised on TV shows,
Flashed up on the evening news,
My local M.P. said I should grin and bear it,
But I'd rather go and blow her fuse,
Right on, right off!
Right off, right on.
Right on, right off!
Right off, right on.
Let me tell you a little tale of naughty's,
On the estate I used to loathe,
I aimed 30 rockets at a Shilling each,
You should have seen their front door's go,
Right on, right off!
Right off, right on.
Right on, right off!
Right off, right on.
Let it talk CB
Fireball XL sitting in the window,
Just waiting for a match to come,
You're looking so so sad in your pretty coloured frock,
Don't let that make up on your eye balls run.
I got my little lot of money from a cherished friend,
His name was piggy but he wasn't to know,
He hit my god-damn hammer like a wall of bricks,
You should have seen his pig tail go,
Right on, right off!
Right off, right on.
Right on, right off!
Right off, right on.
Fireball XL propped up at my window,
Wondering what on earth it's to do!
Now that it's gone from the window of the shopping arcade,
Everybody's looking for a boy named blue.
Blue who
Blue who
Blue who
Blue who
Quack, quack, quack, quack.
Oink, oink, oink, oink.
Woof, woof, woof, woof.
Bridit, bridit, bridit, bridit.
Albert, albert.
Don't call us we'll call you.
I am the bringer of your wishes,
Your saviour from doing work,
The washer of your dishes,and
You'll still get you mid-day perk.
Estate agent,
Your mansion and pot of gold,
All the home comforts,
Before you're getting tired and old.
One more try,
Try to get what you've never had,
Five more bob,
For the whole world that can't be bad.
We can't all win,
Look it's happening,
The future's looking not so bleak,
A thousand winners every week.
A thousand winners every week.
So when you hear me coming,
Along halls and up the stairs,
Get the black teapot,
In the cupboard, under chairs,
Forget all your wives tales,
Or forecasts and dividends,
E.R.N.I.E. feels vibrations,
Only pays out to trusting friends.
One more try,
Try to get what you've never had,
Five more bob,
For the whole world that can't be bad.
We can't all win,
Look it's happening,
The future's looking not so bleak,
A thousand winners every week.
A thousand winners every week.
Keep your hand on the bottle,
And your eyes glued upon the set,
When the score cards come up,
Could be you for the big one next.
Publicity, no thank you,
On the front page of the currant bun,
They think you stink,
But in the pub you'll be number one.
One more try,
Try to get what you've never had,
Five more bob,
For the whole world that can't be bad.
We can't all win,
Look it's happening,
The future's looking not so bleak,
A thousand winners every week.
A thousand winners every week.
A thousand winners every week.
A thousand winners every week.
I've been driving in my car, it's not quite a Jaguar
I bought it in Primrose Hill from a bloke from Brazil
It was made in fifty-nine in a factory by the Tyne
It says Morris on the door, the G.P.O. owned it before
I drive in it for my job, the governor calls me a slob
But I don't really care, give me some gas and the open air
It's a bit old but it's mine, I mend it in my spare time
Just last week I changed the oil, the rocker valves and the coil
Just last week I changed the oil
Last week it went round the clock, I also had a little knock
I dented somebody's fender, he learnt not to park on a bender, ha ha ha
I've been driving in my car, it don't look much but I've been far
I drive up to Muswell Hill, I've even been to Selsey Bill
I drove along the A45, I had her up to 58
This copper stopped me the other day, you're mistaken what could I say
The tyres were a little worn, they were O.K., I could have sworn
I like driving in my car, I'm satisfied I've got this far
I like driving in my car, it don't look much but I've been far
I like driving in my car, even with a flat tyre
I like driving in my car, it's not quite a Jaguar
I like driving in my car, I'm satisfied I've got this far
Walls signed with autographs,
Ceilings full of echoed laughs,
Something's disappear.
Gurus on roller skates,
Capital for swinging fetes
The area is to be cleared.
A stab in the back, the smoke and the black
As it smoulders to its grave.
Disappear with the fun and the fear
Another chance to misbehave.
Organ tinkling organ,
Marriage planning children,
Spinning, round and round.
rusty swings and roundabouts,
Disco's full of layabouts,
Nowhere to be found.
A stab in the back, the smoke and the black
As it smoulders to its grave.
Disappear with the fun and the fear
Another chance to misbehave.
Come on then we'll go down there,
Let's see the local ash tray,
Let's see if we can be happy,
We'll mess about just you and me,
I must try to make it home before tea.
Walls signed with autographs,
Ceilings full of echoed laughs,
Something's disappear.
Gurus on roller skates,
Capital for swinging fetes
The area is to be cleared.
A stab in the back, the smoke and the black
As it smoulders to it's grave.
Disappear with the fun and the fear
Another chance to misbehave.
A stab in the back, the smoke and the black
As it smoulders to its grave.
Disappear with the fun and the fear
Another chance to misbehave.
In the earliest days of my shoplifting career,
You could safely say I was filled with fear.
It was nail biting work from the very start,
But several quick sucesses soon gave me heart.
After a while I could pick or nick or steal,
Some shirts some trousers and a few LPs.
No-one ever stopped me, they didn't seem to care.
It sometimes seemed to me that there was no-one there.
Then a fine summers day my mates and me,
Set off down the westend on our usual spree.
Things were as normal for an hour or so,
Then my nimble hands were a bit too slow.
Two store detectives made a fast approach,
One grabbed my jacket (you're nicked!)
The other grabbed my throat.
So they caught me at last, one said with joy:
"You'll have to do some time, my light fingered boy!"
If only I'd remembered my common sense,
They captured me red-handed with evidence.
If I go to the manager and say I'm sorry,
Maybe he'll forgive me for my youthful folly.
But what will me social worker say,
If I don't come home today?
He'll give me a clout!
What if they don't let me out?
I told him I'm on me own!
Don't they understand?
I'm from a broken home!
I'll tell them I'm the product of a broken home,
And I always went out on my own.
Was it too late to say I'd pay,
And I'll never steal again 'till the end of my days?
Because I have no friends to call as such,
Money and posessions I did not have much,
So I started to steal in order to get by.
The quickness of the hand deceives the eye.
deceives the eye the eye the eye...
I cried all night just thinking of you
I wonder now what Im going to do
Since you left me for that friend of mine
Every second is just crying time
I cry cos my heart is in pain
I cry though I know its in vain
But knowing this I cry all the same
I wake at night Crying out your name
You said that you'd never leave
I never listened that you were a tease
People talk about me behind my back
They dont understand its the passion they lack
People go around and whisper my name
They think its a laugh because I never complain
But to my face they are always the same
They dont understand its a crying shame
you always sais that you needed me,
Exactly what for I find it hard to see
I've sat up all night wishing you were still mine
Now I understand theres better things to do with my Time
I cry cos my heart is in pain
I cry though I know its in vain
But knowing this I cry all the same
I wake at night Crying out your name
I cry each night with tears in my eyes
I cant believe you are telling me lies
People go around whispering my name
Dont they know its a crying Shame
I cry cos my heart is in pain
I cry though I know its in vain
But knowing this I cry all the same
I wake at night Crying out your name
More leverage was passed today
From the radio I heard him say
I fixed another lock on my toilet door
House to house checks will commence throughout
Looking at my prize possessions
Trying to remember which ones I own
I could be up for a week's detention
Without a line I could die in there
Another law was passed today
Cut price bullets in your hardware store
And to pass your time of stay
Life size cutouts are your target score
Throwing open the windows
And screaming down the street
Eight o'clock and all is well
Until the brand new beat
Can you smell the brand new beat
Star shaped badge that shines upon
Comes free in your bumper pack
But if it's left around too long
It'll burn right through to your back
Throwing open the windows
And screaming down the street
Eight o'clock and all is well
Until the brand new beat
Can you smell the brand new beat
Shipped direct via the Isle of Man
The money maker shows his face
He breeds his fear across the land
Then casts off without a trace
Eight o'clock and all is well
Until the brand new beat
You can smell the brand new beat
Can you hear the brand new beat
You can hear the brand new beat
Can you smell the brand new beat
Er, excuse me mate,
scuse me,
scuse me,
scuse me,
scuse me mate
Yes, sonny
Someone's taken the cue from behind the eight ball
(Barson)
Well there's a man I know
At least I used to years ago
I didn't really mind
He used to come 'round all the time
Of course he had to be fed
I had to give him a bed
He used to kip on my sofa
They used to call him a loafer
I've heard he's changed
A lot since then
But some of his ways
He just can't mend
Told the other day
That he'd offered to pay
He didn't like his dad
He earned all he ever had
He didn't have no shame
He was a master at his game
He never showed his hand
He was the bed and breakfast man
[Instrumental]
Summer in London, watery sunshine,
A place in the city where I can go sometimes.
To get on a red bus and go anywhere,
See all the sights and not pay the fare,
Summer in London.
Chip on your shoulder, chips in your mouth,
Can you see the old lady, with tickets to tout.
Getting the tourists into their traps,
Taking their money, the shirts off their backs,
Summer in London.
To get in a taxi and go anywhere,
Jump out at the park and not pay the fare.
Watch Speakers Corner, listen to their talk,
Eating their ice creams, going for a walk.
Summer in London, the weather man said,
Waking up late, got to get out of bed.
So much to do, got to go everywhere
A day on the town and not pay the fare.
Riots in London.
Trying hard, I thought I'd done my best
All my life, I can't get no rest
Some who've closed the door before
Say I can't carry on no more.
I hear them saying
Tomorrow's just another day
I hear them saying
And it gets better every day
I hear them saying
Tomorrow's just another day
Listened long, tried to take it in
All these facts leave me in the swim
It's down and down there is no up
I think that I've run out of luck.
I hear them saying
Tomorrow's just another day
I hear them saying
And it gets better every day
I hear them saying
Tomorrow's just another day
Tomorrow's just another... day
Walking now, over covered ground
There is a chance if I move around
I need a moment to reflect
On the friendships I have wrecked.
Why is it I, don't I always try ?
I hear them say
Tomorrow's just another day
I hear them say
And it gets better every day
I hear them say
Tomorrow's just another day
I hear them say
And it gets better every day
I heard them say
Tomorrow's just another day
I hear them say
Tomorrow's just another day
Tomorrow's just another...
I hear them saying
Tomorrow's just another day
I hear them saying
And it gets better every day
I hear them saying
Tomorrow's just another day
These are the streets I used to walk
On summer nights, sit out and talk
That's the house where I used to live
I remember what I would give.
This is the town I won't forget
And after anger there's nothing left
Walking now round and round
Familiar sights are open ground.
Being here again
I can recall
Forgotten moments
The rise and fall.
We used to live where children play
They leave their homes a mile away
To come and stand in trees and grass
Where we once walked the memories last.
Being here again
I can recall
Forgotten moments
The rise and fall.
The sun shines east, the sun shines west
But I know where the sun shines best
Casey street in the afternoon
Once again it's over too soon.
Being here again
I can recall
Forgotten moments
The rise and fall.
Being here again
I can recall
Forgotten moments
The rise and fall.
Rise
(Rise)
(Rise)
Rise and fall
Rise and fall
I see a face that face is mine
The mirror marks the changing time
Her face I'll never see again
And mine will never be the same
That face was fine only yesterday
My problems seemed so far away
Reflections I see of myself
As in sickness as in health
As she left as for worse
No chance to re-rehearse
Try to forget try not to see
Who is that face looking at me
Reflections of yesterday
If only I could make you stay
One day past is like a year
She wouldn't say what made her leave
I didn't think she'd ever go
And why she did I'll never know
I wish I could return and see
But now it's just a memory
Reflections of yesterday
Reflections of yesterday
I see a face that face is mine
The mirror marks the changing time
Her face I'll never see again
And mine will never be the same
Reflections of yesterday
Reflections of yesterday
Sunday morning silence, curtain stay closed late
No one thinks of kitchens mornings in a filthy state
Dishes cups and beer stains, ashtrays on the floor
Sunday morning papers are left outside the front door
Sunday school and Sunday roast
Sunday papers Sunday post
Sunday morning Sunday rest
Sunday sermon Sunday best
(Sunday, bloody sunday rest)
Glass of fizzy water helps to start the day
Sit and listen to Sunday silence, problems fade away
Sunday cars and drivers break the morning air
Uncollected milk outside reveals there's no one there
Sunday school and Sunday roast
Sunday papers Sunday post
Sunday morning Sunday rest
Sunday sermon Sunday best
Sunday school and Sunday roast
Sunday papers Sunday post
Sunday morning Sunday rest
Sunday sermon Sunday best
Bathrobes hang in waiting, windows steaming up
Somewhere in the sink downstairs lies an unwashed cup
Tea and toast for breakfast clear away the plates
Wash-up prepare for cooking Sunday lunch awaits
Sunday lunch awaits
Sunday lunch awaits
New Delhi at three A.M.
Just arrived by K.L.M.
Left the airport in the heat
In the bus strange people meet
Driving through the starless night
Passing very unusual sights
Left the bus at five to five
Caught a taxi started to drive
He thought I was a millionaire
And accordingly put up the fare
Dawn was breaking in the east
Causing this hot night to cease
Mosquitos buzzing in my ears
Grating sound of clashing gears
Burning rubber filled the air
Taxi driver began to swear
The heat was burning my head was turning
It was then the car broke down
Just on the outskirts of town
A camel from the Dhrangadhra
Silently passed by our car
A vulture circled high above in the air
I had to shade my eyes to cover the glare
Sweating in the plastic seats
Hard to breathe in the increasing heat
Lying back my mind started to
Drift into an uneasy sleep
I dreamt I was in New Delhi
Slowly dying of la grippe
Wriggles from his captor's arms
Mr speaker gets the word and
Running now from the alarms
Speaks his mind free as a bird
Free now to roam around
Stand up straight when he quotes
Spread the word that he has found
Books of verse and scribbled notes
Mister speaker gets the word
(To tell the secrets he has heard)
Speaks so fast his words are slurred
(Mister speaker gets the word)
Stands up straight outside my door
I bring you now the words I've learned
To whom it may concern senor
Tell my friends I have returned
Mister speaker gets the word
(To tell the secrets he has heard)
Speaks so fast his words are slurred
(Mister speaker gets the word)
Excitement rages through his brain
Stirred and stirred throughout the years
Not enough time to explain
Eyes of many sighs of fear
Making space from Colney Hatch Lane
Just some poetry my friend
Scuttles past my window frame
Vanishes right round the bend
Mister speaker gets the word
(To tell the secrets he has heard)
Speaks so fast his words are slurred
(Mister speaker gets the word)
I've never had much cause for worry
And I've not got a lot to say
You'll never find me in a hurry
Because I live my life day by day
People say that I'm crazy
But I'm not that way inclined
I know what I know and I'll happily show
That madness is all in the mind
Twenty-four hours is all that I care for
I believe that's the only way
Twenty-four hours is all that is needed
Because I live my life day by day
People say that I'm crazy
But I'm not that way inclined
I know what I know and I'll happily show
That madness is all in the mind
I'm happy the way that I do things
Continually feeling okay
I've no worries on what tomorrow brings
Because I live my life day by day
People say that I'm crazy
But I'm not that way inclined
I know what I know and I'll happily show
That madness is all in the mind
Well some men seek answers in bottles
And others in degenerate ways
But I don't care much for the question
Madness is all in the mind
Madness is all in the mind
Madness is all in the mind
Madness is all in the mind
(Thompson/Foreman)
A sorting office in the Old Kent Road
Caters from coast to most
A nice little number if you're out of work
And aren't the sort to boast,
you're in need of a job, bob-a-job, rob-a-job
I'm your man to see
I'll sit I'll listen I'll not say a word
The less said would be best for we
Ooh, what a firm of naughty boys
Ooh, I've been a naughty boy
We don't want to mark each other's card
Except the one you need
I need you and your returns to help
Build my company.
My twins work Brighton on a sunny day
They cover town with the shake of a hand
On a high come back coz of no come back
Now they're working in the promised land.
Ooh, what a pair of naughty boys
Ooh, I've been a naughty boy
(The Allied Irish Cyprus Bank)
(India Bank Bank of Turkey)
(United Bank The People's Bank)
(To catch the worm you got to be up early)
Temporarily out of bounds had to move office
Clear out of town
For every problem there's a solution and
I can do without constitution
Dealing cards from up the Old Kent Road
I've been checked up on my heavy load
You can go but be back soon
I'll have some work for you to groom.
Ooh, what a lot of naughty boys
Ooh, I've been a naughty boy
(Trustees Bank, Barclays Bank)
(The Natwest Bank, Midland Bank)
(Bank Of Scotland, Williams and Glyns)
(Bureau de Change, The People's Bank)
Ooh, what a lot of naughty boys
Ooh, what a pair of naughty boys
Ooh, what a firm of naughty boys
(Thompson)
I can fly you to your loved ones but I can promise no return
To a shell-shocked God forsaken where their craters still they burn
Have a drink on me
Have a drink on me
Still the worst is over that I hope you understand
The you're one more hurdle over our protector of the land
Have a drink on me
I put it down to the company
Three cheers to the blue skinned beast hip hip !
To the blue skinned beast hip hip !
Three cheers to the blue skinned beast hip hip hip hip !
To the blue skinned beast hip hip !
Here you have this medal you can even melt it down
Or frame it in the living room every time you turn around
Have a drink on me
Have a drink on me
I heard you shout for yesterday, but I was sleeping on the job
And I dreamt of fighters miles away whose lives I had to rob
Have a drink on me
I put it down to the company
Three cheers to the blue skinned beast hip hip !
To the blue skinned beast hip hip !
Three cheers to the blue skinned beast hip hip hip hip !
To the blue skinned beast hip hip !
Here you have this medal you can even melt it down
Or frame it in the living room every time you turn around
I can fly your loved ones to you
With guarantee of no return
And if John Wayne's dummy's bounce off
Don't look shocked when it comes your turn
Have a drink on me
I put it down to company
Three cheers to the blue skinned beast hip hip !
To the blue skinned beast hip hip !
Three cheers to the blue skinned beast hip hip hip hip !
To the blue skinned beast hip hip !
Hip hip !
Hip hip !
Hip hip hip hip !
Hip hip !
Three cheers to the blue skinned beast hip hip !
To the blue skinned beast hip hip !
Hip hip hip hip !
Hip hip !
Three cheers to the blue skinned beast hip hip !
To the blue skinned beast hip hip !
Three cheers to the blue skinned beast hip hip hip hip !
(Thompson/Barson)
Could it be someone's telling lies
Or could it be that I'm getting wise
Awoke myself from a nose-dive glide
I caught myself but you've lost all pride
I'm not going with you
Won't you come on with me ?
See your world in a drift fly past
So good the feeling you want to last
I'm not going with you
Would you come on with me ?
I'm not here to watch day and night
Or to hear you drift out of life
If I could wake you
A moment I would
Share you my lifeline
Feed you some good
If I could wake you
A moment I would
Share you my lifeline
Feed you some (good)
I'm worried for you
But you not for me
When everyone's living
I know where you'll be
If I should listen to your proposal
Put my future at your disposal
Promise me you'll keep yourself clean
Cut yourself from your mid-day dream.
If I could wake you
A moment I would
Share you my lifeline
Feed you some good
If I could wake you
A moment I would
Share you my lifeline and
A cage of my own, this cage is my home,
And oh so alone am I.
From above all around helpless to the sound
Of my brother's cry.
Just leave us alone, we don't want to moan,
Only if you make us.
Smashed on the lock until I've had to, drop.
Tried to get my message through.
Off goes another with another's brother,
My arms try to bend across to a friend.
You can't burn me with your laser beam,
It's pointed at you and tomorrow's dream.
You'll burn my body quietly set free,
And I'll cry for you as I sway from my tree.
I'd give you my brain nothing you would gain,
Its misery seeps from you.
When leaving my cage I am in a rage
Because I know what you're up to.
When you walk away remember next day,
Not a second I've slept, awake I'll have kept.
When I reappear, don't look on in fear
My hands could kill
But they never will.
You can't burn me with your laser beam,
It's pointed at you and tomorrow's dream.
You'll burn my body quietly set free,
And I'll cry for you as I sway from my tree.
(McPherson/Barson)
This is disposable, throw it away,
This is an animal, don't let it stray,
That was the past, so leave it behind,
This is the future, it's all in our mind.
Feeding your interest, in between lines,
Reading the caring one, sign of the times,
This is your Englishman, this is his lawn,
This is your female, undone and torn.
We are the people, and we really care,
We don't really look, we just like to stare,
Unprintable feelings that play on your mind
Get written in innocence, pretend we are blind.
Patience the virtue not learnt in schools
A-ha, it's funny to break all the rules.
Law-breakers are broken, and so we all share
The family problems, the paper that cares
Cheapest and brightest, sexiest news,
We'll make up some stories with unbiased cues.
We are the people, and we really care,
We don't really look, we just like to stare,
Unprintable feelings that play on your mind
I'll promise you a gift worth much more if not sold.
Half for you and half for me if I may act so bold.
I'll promise you a home that money cannot buy.
All good homely spirits walking by and by.
I'll promise you a world of making of amend,
And on our anniversary invite you round the bend.
I'll promise you a life it only takes a tick.
All the fruits of life carry you aboard my ship.
I'll promise you a world of making of amend,
And on the anniversary invite you round the bend.
Don't feign to me you're only acting when you care,
So I've decided on decisions that will not strike you very fair.
Let's devise a plan and we'll think about it twice,
Sketching watercolour paints, bury hatchets in the ice.
Don't feign to me you're only acting when you care,
So we decided on decisions that will not strike you very fair.
Let's devise a plan and we'll think about it twice,
Let's make mates merry, bury hatchets in the ice.
Don't feign to me you're only acting when you care,
So we decided on decisions that will not strike you very fair.
Now let's devise a plan and we'll think about it twice,
Let's make mates merry, bury hatchets in the ice.
Don't feign to me you're only acting when you care,
So we decided on decisions that will not strike you very fair.
Now let's devise a plan and we'll think about it twice,
Sketching watercolour paints, bury hatchets in the ice.
(Barson)
When I get home it's late at night,
I'm black and bloody from my life,
I haven't time to clean my hands,
Cuts will only sting me through my dreams.
It's well past midnight as I lie
In a semi-conscious state.
I dream of people fighting me
Without any reason I can see.
In the morning I awake,
My arms my legs my body aches,
The sky outside is wet and grey
So begins another weary day.
So begins another weary day.
After eating I go out,
People passing by me shout.
I can't stand this agony
Why don't they talk to me?
In the park I have to rest
I lie down and I do my best,
The rain is falling on my face
I wish I could sink without a trace.
In the morning I awake,
My arms my legs my body aches,
The sky outside is wet and grey,
So begins another weary day.
So begins another weary day.
In the park I have to rest
I lie down and I do my best,
The rain is falling on my face
I wish I could sink without a trace.
In the morning I awake,
My arms my legs my body aches,
The sky outside is wet and grey,
So begins another weary day.
So begins another weary day.
oooo I didnt talk too much, in fact not at all
but to ask for the price I was to be no fool,
Moneys no time to waste Or to shoot up the wall
Yyou got The know how, the place did you take media school
She led the way from the alley back to her house
Must not be seen going in must not be seen coming Out.
She said I looked mighty but thin
She told me 'im gonna give you a second helping'
Oooo Razor blade alley, I've been there,
Razor Blade alley neither of us cared
It was the prime time but the wrong place
It was my first time, I hope my last date
I'm just to shy to check in, but this pain of these razors is cutting in
Oooh felt like a knight without shining armour on at the time
She thought she was in a dream, floating up on cloud nine
Now I awake,
She is nowhere,
But the razor cuts deeper everywhere.
(McPherson/Madness)
There is such confusion in my mind,
To play your illusion is so unkind,
I didn't know who you were this afternoon,
You said that it didn't matter and I'll see you soon.
Standing here in the rain,
Maybe the weather will change again,
Change again or stay the bleeding same.
How I met you in the first place I'll never know,
But now I think I know you you're telling me to go, ho, ho,
You said you'd be back you told me to wait here just in case,
But then you never arrive and I'm waiting outside your place.
Standing here in the rain,
Maybe the weather will change again,
Change again or stay the bleeding same.
Standing here in the rain,
Maybe the weather will change again,
Change again or stay the bleeding same.
There is such confusion in my mind,
To play your illusion is so unkind,
I didn't know who you were this afternoon,
You said you said that doesn't matter I'll see you soon.
Standing here in the rain,
Maybe the weather will change again,
(Foreman/McPherson)
Nice man George, newsagent on the corner,
Not very rich, but never any poorer,
Jaunty old George, a happy sixty-three,
Not very tall, but healthier than me.
He whistles timeless tunes as he saunters down the street,
Springs in his legs and elastic in his feet.
But in the middle of the night,
He steals through your garden,
Gives your hosiery a fright,
And doesn't say pardon.
As soft as a breeze,
With an arm full of underwear,
On his hands and knees,
Dreams about the knicker scare.
Hello there George, newsagent on the corner,
How's the old car, yes the climate's getting warmer,
Chatty old George as you get your morning paper,
Read about the knicker thief, underwear taker.
Bids you 'Good day', as you wander out the door,
Never closes early, always cleans the floor.
But when darkness hits the town,
And there's washing on your line,
Get your knickers down,
Before the dreaded sign.
When the clock strikes eight,
And you're snuggled up in bed,
He'll be at the garden gate,
Filling underwear with dread.
Nice man George, newsagent on the corner,
He was closed today, maybe gone to mow the lawn,
I had to go further down the road to get me current bun,
Hello - Isn't that George on page one ?
No it couldn't be, but yes it is,
Difficult to see from these photofits.
But they are after him,
Of that you can be sure,
They've called him on the phone,
They've knocked on his door.
a-But he's gone away,
Gone to stay with some mates,
He got the papers early,
Its all Eggs Bacon Beans and a Fried Slice.
Did you see the one, yeah yeah,
The one they wrote in the paper just the other day,
well, well would you believe it,
Well what I said, they took it all the wrong way.
Now you've gotta be careful, 'bout what you say,
Cos they've got a bad habit
Were you reading in between the lines?
Or is that what I said?, now I just cant remember
They seem to have a very good memory though
But as far as Im concerned, as as far as Im concerned
You don;t have to be black white, chinese or anything really
Just enjoy, shut up, listen and dance...
Its all eggs bacon beans and a fried slice
Dont Quote me on that, dont quote me on that
Dont Quote me on that, please dont quote me
Dont Quote me on that
Dont Quote me on that
Hey Hey, you know something, I said I liked that guy,
but thats not what I read in the paper
I dont have anything against them,
Its just eggs bacon and a fried slice
Dont Quote me on that dont quote me on that
Dont Quote me on that please dont quote me
Dont Quoe me on that
Dont Quote me on that.
You know, now we get worried about what we say
We shouldnt be that way
You know, I don't care who comes,
cos as far as im concerned,
Its, eggs bacon beans and a fried slice
Dont quote Me on that
Dontr quote me on that
Please dont quote me
Mama mama, you know I'm still friends with Mickey
they say I shouldnt like him anymore, because I'm all white,
Well he's allright by me
Dont Quote me on that
Please dont quote me
Dont quote me on that
Dont quote me on that
Now what I do, I bring all my old friends along to see the show
and if you have the wrong ideas well,
Its all eggs bacon beans and a fried slice
Dont quote me on that oh no
(dont quote me on that)
Please dont quote me
(dont quote me on that)
I never said that
(dont quote me on that)
thats not what I meant
(dont quote me on that)
well I suppose you could take it that way
(dont quote me on that)
But thats not what I meant to say
(dont quote me on that)
wont you give me another chance
(dont quote me on that)
Please Please
Dont quote Me On That....
Id like to say thank you to Pete, Peter tosh
And all the other people who come and they believe in us for the fun and the music
Cos all I've got to say to you press now is
Its all bacon beans and a fried slice
Eggs bacon beans and a fried slive
Go to Maggies caff
132 Liverpool road
Just down the road, just round the corner
Only theres not much corner
Its just chairs and tables and they've even got a space invaders machine...
A cup of tea, thats fine for me,
Cos its all eggs bacon beans and a fried slive
Are you sure you turned that tape recorder off?
Are you sure?,
Are you sure?
In the earliest days of my shoplifting career,
You could safely say I was filled with fear.
It was nail biting work from the very start,
But several quick sucesses soon gave me heart.
After a while I could pick or nick or steal,
Some shirts some trousers and a few LPs.
No-one ever stopped me, they didn't seem to care.
It sometimes seemed to me that there was no-one there.
Then a fine summers day my mates and me,
Set off down the westend on our usual spree.
Things were as normal for an hour or so,
Then my nimble hands were a bit too slow.
Two store detectives made a fast approach,
One grabbed my jacket (you're nicked!)
The other grabbed my throat.
So they caught me at last, one said with joy:
";You'll have to do some time, my light fingered boy!";
If only I'd remembered my common sense,
They captured me red-handed with evidence.
If I go to the manager and say I'm sorry,
Maybe he'll forgive me for my youthful folly.
But what will me social worker say,
If I don't come home today?
He'll give me a clout!
What if they don't let me out?
I told him I'm on me own!
Don't they understand?
I'm from a broken home!
I'll tell them I'm the product of a broken home,
And I always went out on my own.
Was it too late to say I'd pay,
And I'll never steal again 'till the end of my days?
Because I have no friends to call as such,
Money and posessions I did not have much,
So I started to steal in order to get by.
The quickness of the hand deceives the eye.
deceives the eye the eye the eye...
The sweetest girl in all the world
These eyes are for you only
The sweetest girl in all the world
These eyes are for you only
The sweetest girl in all the world
These words that die before me
The sweetest girl in all the world
These words that die before me
When we walk in the dark
I never can tell
When when we walk in the dark
I never can tell
It's just loving it
Ooh loving it
The sweetest boy in all the world
His life has got so lonely
The sweetest boy in all the world
His life has got so lonely
The maddest group in all the world
How could they do this to me
The maddest group in all the world
How could they do this to me
What I want I shall take what you think that you know
Oh such an awful mistake to never let go
When the government falls I wish I could tell
When the city calls I never can tell
The weakest link in any chain
I always want to find it
the strongest words in each belief
Find out what's behind it
The politics is prior to
The vagaries of science
She left because she understood
The value of defiance
The sweetest girl in all the world
These eyes are for you only
The sweetest boy in all the world
His life has got so lonely
The sweetest girl in all the world
These words that die before me
(She wants to go, but she don't know why)
(Loving it, ooh loving it)
The maddest group in all the world
How could they do this to me
The sweetest boy in all the world
His life has got so lonely
The sweetest girl in all the world
These words that die before me
The sweetest boy in all the world
His life has got so lonely
Please don't go
I used to walk you home
Then walk back alone
As I remember
I just can't remember
I used to walk you home
Then walk back alone
As I remember
I just can't remember
I will admit that there were times
When I was rude and so unkind
But can't we kiss and make amends
Oh why oh why can't we be friends
When we were seen
It was like a dream
Always together
I thought forever
But now you seem
That it's time to end
But I say never
N-n-n-no never
But when we kissed and when we touched
It used to mean so very much
But now your cold and want to go
Before you do, I want you to know
Please don't go
Please don't go because I really know
That I love you I really love you
I used to walk you home, then walk back alone
As I remember, I just can't remember
But when we kissed and when we touched
It used to mean so very much
But now your cold and want to go
Before you do, I want you to know
Please don't go because I really know
That I love you I really love you
Please don't go because I really know
That I love you I really love you
Please don't go because I really know
That I love you I really love you
(Please don't go....love you)
(McPherson/Foreman/Clive Langer)
No I never heard through the grapevine
How you left long before your time
But in France on the radio
I could not understand a word
But I felt you go
We waited all night for the midnight lover's calling
It was the coldest day of the year
And I'm still thawing
I didn't sleep a wink
But while radio played
I was day dreaming
Of what might have been
While the cold night air was freezing
The coldest night
The coldest day of the year
What is happening mother father please
Who will save us from the autumn breeze
Shivering to a halt no one wants to speak too soon
Although we all knew under the pale blue moon
The pale moon
The pale blue moon
What happens then when the sun goes down
Tell me what's the word Johannesburg
When the rent goes up and the lights go down
On the coldest day outside the coldest town
We waited all night and I'm still falling
I didn't sleep a wink
But while radio played
I was day dreaming
Of what might have been
While the cold night air was freezing
The coldest night
The coldest day of the year
The coldest night
The coldest day of the year
Woohoo woohoo woohoo
Here comes an honest looking man
With his round face and his fat hands
See the news, there he is
With the answers to the last quiz
I can never know what I then knew
In a million years
I can never know what I used to
In a million tears
Turn it on we will see
Everything today
Me and you will lose
Our marbles on the way
I'll remember you forever
'Til the day I'm dead
I'll remember us together
And the things we've said
I'll spare a penny for my thoughts
And try to work out what I just bought
Let me think, let me think
Left swimming in an ice rink
Woohoo woohoo
I don't want to hear what someone has to say
I'll just write it down and throw it all away
I could never know what I then knew
In a million years
I could never know what I used to
In a million tears
Woohoo woohoo
I'll remember you forever
'Til the day I'm dead
I'll remember us together
And the things we've said
I could never know what I then knew
In a million years
I could never know what I used to
In a million tears
In a million tears
In a million tears
In a million tears
In a million tears
(Barson)
It's raining again,
I'm hearing its pitter patter down.
It's wet in the street
Reflecting the lights and splashing feet,
Nowhere to go,
And nothing I have to do, have to do.
It's raining again,
I follow the Christmas lights down town.
I'm leaving the flow
Of people walking all around,
Round and round,
I hear the sound of rain falling in my ears
Washing away the weariness like tears.
I can feel my troubles running down,
Disappear into the silent sound.
Just walking along,
My clothes are soaked right through to the skin,
I haven't a doubt, that this is what life is all about,
The sun and the rain.
Scraps of paper(???) washing down the drain.
I feel the rain falling on my face
I can say there is no better place
Than standing up in the falling down
In so much rain I could almost drown.
It's raining again
A crack in the clouds reveals blue skies
I've been feeling so low(low)
But now everything is on my side
The sun and the rain.
Walk with me fill my heart again
I hear the rain falling in my ears
Washing away the weariness like tears.
I can feel my troubles running down,
Disappear into the silent sound.
I feel the rain falling on my face
I can say there is no better place
Than standing up in the falling down
In so much rain I could almost drown.
Do de do do de do do do
Do de do de do de do do do
One night in a cold sweat
I heard the call
So without fear and free from fright
I walked tall
As I crept the passages
Only just but faint
In and out of the central heating
It came and then went
Samantha, Samantha dear
I have to be gone
Samantha, oh Samantha dear
But ooh, she slept on
Well I've itched a thousand itches
But this one tops them all
While crouched down with an ear to the ground
I saw the call
Springing up in disbelief
The supension spilt
And peering in a bathroom mirror
Hung the men with guilt
Samantha, Samantha dear
I have to be gone
Samantha, oh Samantha dear
But ooh, she slept on
One night in a cold sweat
I heard the call
So without fear and free from fright
I walked tall
Samantha, Samantha dear
I have to be gone
Samantha, oh Samantha dear
But
Samantha, Samantha dear
I have to be gone
Samantha, oh Samantha dear
But
There were all sorts of funny faces
Being pulled
But mine was the funniest face
Samantha, Samantha dear
I have to be gone
Samantha, oh Samantha dear
But ooh, she slept on
(Smyth/Woodgate)
(I am Michael Caine)
He's walking where I'm afraid I don't know
I see the firemen jumping from the windows
There's panic and I hear somebody scream
(aaaah)
He picks up useless paper
And puts it in my pocket
I'm trying very hard to keep my fingers clean
I can't remember tell me what's his name
(My name is Michael Caine)
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep
The sun is laughing its another broken morning
I see a shadow and call out to try and warn him
He didn't seem to hear
Just turned away
The quiet fellow follows and points his fingers
Straight at you
He had to sacrifice his pride yes throw it all away
(I am Michael Caine)
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep
His days are numbered he walks round and round in circles
There is no place he can ever call his own
He seems to jump at the sound of the phone
Staring out the window there's nothing he can now do
All he wanted was to remain sane
He can't remember his own name
(My name is Michael Caine)
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep
And all I wanted was a word or photograph
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep at home
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep
And all I wanted was a word or photograph
And all I wanted was a word or photograph to keep
Well we change from one extreme to another
Can you help me with my shame
I didn't mean to when I kicked and punched
From nowhere this demon came
Forgive me for this mindless mood
Accept this honest plea
Don't use me for the devil's food
And throw away the key
Give me a reason so I've got
Someone else to blame
Give me the reason so I've got
Something else to blame
I only meant to wipe away the cries
With the softness of my hand
I didn't mean to break the tie
I'm after all a family man
Give me a reason so I've got
Someone else to blame
Give me the reason so I've got
Something else to blame
Give me the reason
Give me a reason
I am the master of this house
Don't try to run away
I tried the same things at your age
And I was also made to pay
Forgive me for this mindless mood
Accept this honest plea
Don't use me for the devil's food
And throw away the key
Mister patience and Misses alike
Upon and throughout the land
A lot of attention
With a heap of affection
Wouldn't go astray
Give me a reason so I've got
Someone else to blame
Give me the reason so I've got
Something else to blame
This is the reason, one of the reasons
I am the reason so I've got only myself to blame
I am the reason so I've got no-one else to blame
(Barson/McPherson)
You said you're leaving, well that's ok,
You said you've had enough, what can I say ?
I suppose I'll be sad for a week or two,
But in the end, it's the same for me and you,
We'll both be sorry through and through.
You said you're leaving, well that's ok,
You said you've had enough, what can I say ?
I suppose I'll be sad for a week or two,
But in the end, it's the same for me and you,
We'll both be sorry through and through.
Me and you.
You must stop doing this, you've got to change,
'Cos you hold all the cards, you've got range,
Every time you go away, I think of you.
You said you're leaving, you said this,
You said, you said that,
You said you don't want to see me no more,
You said you don't want me to come to your door,
You said, you said,
I suppose I'll be sad for a week or two,
But in the end, it's the same for me and you,
We'll both be sorry through and through.
Yes you do.
You must stop doing this, you've got to change,
'Cos you hold all the cards, you've got range,
(Barson/Thompson)
How come he enjoys himself not me? (I don't know)
How can she smile a good morning to me?
How do they make a hard day's work easy?
Tell me something I'll put it to the test
Take hold of yourself and you will see
How lucky we are to be free,
Now you take for granted,
Life and country.
How come he jokes with friends but not me?
How can she sing out of tune not me?
How do they find time for kids on Sunday?
I can't express uncalled for agress,
You're in one-way traffic can't you see?
Before a head-on crash steer free,
When if it's too late,
Don't come and cry to me.
How come they get on with but not me?
How can they walk arm-in-arm happily?
How does that old boy dance down the street?
Tell me something I'll put it to the test,
Take hold of yourself and you will see,
How lucky we are to be free,
Now you take for granted,
Life and country.
How come we never get on you and me?
How can we find out the remedy?
How does that old lady's home look neat?
How does that old lady's home look neat?
How does that old lady's home look neat?
From Regents Park mosque onto Baker Street.
Down to the Cross where all the pipes smoke neat.
To Somers Town where some things never stop.
The Roundhouse, the Marathon bar in Camden lock.
You can make it your own hell or heaven, Live as you please,
Can we make it if we all live together, As one big family.
Down to Chinatown for duck and rice.
Along old Compton Street the boys are nice.
On Carnaby you can still get the threads.
If you wanna be a mod a punk a ted or a suede head.
You can make it your own hell or heaven, Live as you please,
Can we make it if we all live together, As one big family.
We are London,
London talking.
We are London,
London walking.
In all the night clubs, strip joints and the bars.
From it's poorest paid to it's highest stars.
The poets plumbers painters spreads and sparks.
From it's inner city to it's furthest parts.
You can make it your own hell or heaven, Live as you please,
Can we make it if we all live together, As one big family.
We are London,
London talking.
We are London,
These are the streets I used to walk
On summer nights, sit out and talk
That's the house where I used to live
I remember what I would give
This is the town I won't forget
And after anger there's nothing left
Walking now round and round
Familiar sights are open ground
Being here again, I can recall
Forgotten moments, the rise and fall
We used to live where children play
They leave their homes a mile away
To come and stand in trees and grass
Where we once walked the memories last
Being here again, I can recall
Forgotten moments, the rise and fall
The sun shines east, the sun shines west
But I know where the sun shines best
Casey street in the afternoon
Once again it's over too soon
Being here again, I can recall
Forgotten moments, the rise and fall
Being here again, I can recall
Forgotten moments, the rise and fall
Rise
(Rise, rise)
Rise and fall
Hurry up, don't slow down
Pick a time, don't let hands pull you down
If you're waiting
Have it up, move along
Say, goodbye, don't let words stay too long
If you're leaving
It read, "We missed you"
Between the lines it said, "Hold it high with a smile
Speak out loud with the mind of a child, if you're lucky"
It read, "We missed you"
Between the lines it said, "Hurry up"
We really must be going there's no time to delay
We have to leave our message because we can't stay
It really is important so remember take care
Please keep on moving 'cause there's nobody there
It read, "We missed you"
Between the lines it said, "We've waited for so long
But now it's time t-t-to keep moving along"
Here and there are the signs on the road
Give way to stop and go when you're moving
It read, "We missed you"
Between the lines it said, "We've waited for so long
But now it's time to to to keep moving along"
Keep moving, you've got to keep moving
Keep, keep, you've got to keep moving
Received a letter just the other day
Don't seem they wanna know you no more
They've laid it down given you their score
Within the first two lines it bluntly read
You're not to come and see us no more
Keep away from our door
Don't come 'round here no more
What on earth did you do that for?
Our aunt, she don't wanna know she says
"What will the neighbors think, they'll think
We don't, that's what they'll think, we don't"
But I will, 'cause I know they think I don't
Our uncle he don't wanna know he says
"We are a disgrace to the human race", he says
"How can you show your face
When you're a disgrace to the human race?"
No commitment, you're an embarrassment
Yes, an embarrassment, a living endorsement
The intention that you have booked
Was an intention that was overlooked
They say, "Stay away
Don't want you home today
Keep away from our door
Don't come 'round here no more"
Our dad, don't wanna know he says
"This is a serious matter
Too late to reconsider
No one's gonna wanna know ya"
Our mum, she don't wanna know, she says
"I'm feelin' twice as old", she says
"Thought she had a head on her shoulder
'Cause I'm feelin' twice as older
I'm feelin' twice as older"
Naughty boys in nasty schools
Headmasters breaking all the rules
Having fun and playing fools
Smashing up the woodwork tools
All the teachers in the pub
Passing 'round the ready rub
Trying not to think of when
The lunch time bell will ring again
Oh, what fun we had
But did it really turn out bad
All I learnt at school
Was how to bend not break the rules
Oh, what fun we had
But at the time it seemed so bad
Trying different ways
To make a difference to the days
Headmaster's had enough today
All the kids have gone away
Gone to fight with next door's school
Every term, that is the rule
Sits alone and bends his cane
Same old backsides again
All the small ones tell tall tales
Walking home and squashing snails
Oh, what fun we had
But did it really turn out bad
All I learnt at school
Was how to bend not break the rules
Oh, what fun we had
But at the time it seemed so bad
Trying different ways
To make a difference to the days
Lots of girls and lots of boys
Lots of smells and lots of noise
Playing football in the park
Kicking push bikes after dark
Baggy trousers, dirty shirt
Pulling hair and eating dirt
Teacher comes to break it up
Back of the edge with a plastic cup
Oh, what fun we had
But did it really turn out bad
All I learnt at school
Was how to bend not break the rules
Oh, what fun we had
But at the time it seemed so bad
Trying different ways
To make a difference to the days
Baggy trousers, baggy trousers, baggy trousers
Baggy trousers, baggy trousers, baggy trousers
Baggy trousers, baggy trousers, baggy trousers
Baggy trousers, baggy trousers, baggy trousers
Baggy trousers, baggy trousers, baggy trousers
(Smash)
(Okay Boys, let's get real solid gone !)
Shake it mister
And a sister too
I'm gonna make ya boogie woogie
Gonna rattle in your shoes
Boogie with me baby (Boogie boogie)
Oh won't ya boogie with me baby (Boogie boogie)
Oh won't ya boogie with me baby we'll flip the whole night through
(Oh but listen to me baby)
Come on baby won't ya do it right
You can boogie with me baby and you know I'll hold you tight
move on over and a (watch this)
That's the way to do it honey
It ain't the twist won't you
Boogie with me baby (Boogie boogie)
Boogie with me baby (Boogie boogie)
Boogie with me baby we'll flip the whole night through
(Swing it on that Joanna)
(Yeh July 4th)
(Oh)
(Chrissy Boy pick it !)
Well I got the boogie the boogie got me,
I'm so gone I hap-happy
Won't ya boogie with me baby(Boogie boogie)
Boogie with me baby (Boogie boogie)
Boogie with me baby we'll flip the whole night through,
Let's take it over there over there,over there,
Well, the boogie is a-comin'
Over there, there, there.
I said I got the boogie (I got the boogie)
Boogie with me baby (Boogie with me baby)
I said I got the boogie (I got the boogie)
Boogie with me baby (Boogie with me baby)
I said come on and flip the whole night through.
I said boogie with me baby we'll flip the whole night through
I said come on over baby we'll flip the whole night through.
I'm a real solid gone
(McPherson/Foreman)
An insolent speck of youth
Being taken for a walk
So tightly by the ear
That he can hardly talk
Yesterday's men hang to today
To sing in the old-fashioned way
It must get better in the long run
Has to get better in the long run
A metropolitan marathon
Has been held today
But who you need to catch
Will be coming the other way
Yesterday's men hang to today
To sing in any old way
It must get better in the long run
Has to get better in the long run
Because when you're told to start
How far can you go
When your race is won
And you already know
Because when you're told to stop
How far will you go
When your race is run
And you already know
Yesterday's men hang to today,
To sing in any old way,
It must get better in the long run
Has to get better in the long run
Will it get better in the long run
Will we be here in the long run
Yesterday's men hang to today,
To sing in any old way,
It must get better in the long run
Has to get better in the long run
Will it get better in the long run
Will we be here in the long run
(Thompson/Barson)
He hums tonight through his streets,
My unlatched window the tune repeats,
The kerb-crawling car winds down to a stop.
A few seconds mumble then whisks him off.
Sick and tired of abuse,
Controlled signs of hysteria,
But like when dawn arrives,
He remembers his leisure.
He runs tonight through his block,
A crack in the curtain is unlocked.
No meeting with a mother or greeting a friend
A sharp-looking boot-jack with some time to spend.
Sick and tired of abuse,
Controlled signs of hysteria,
But like when dawn arrives,
He remembers his leisure.
He cries tonight
Through his manner
I can see his conscience
Get the better
From a door-way stepped in
Shadowed leather
Exchanging handshakes for money
And pleasure.
He crawls tonight through his scum,
From my dirty window his body's numb.
Beneath the street-lamp tilts shoulders bent,
Then meets his pick-up who pays his rent.
Sick and tired of abuse,
Controlled signs of hysteria,
But like when dawn arrives,
He remembers his leisure.
(Smyth/McPherson)
Transcribed by ir.drs. Ben Jos Walbeehm (Walbeehm@fsw.ruu.nl)
and Simon Roberts (roberts@airtime.co.uk)
Date of last revision: February 23, 1996.
The latest and greatest ... amazing arrival
No conscience, no shame ... for the game of survival
Thieves and villains ... and fraudulent swindlers
Gathered in tribute ... with masks of respect
A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful
Let the band play a waltz into mischief
The chairman is speaking ... instructs the apprentice
All faces are turned ... to the wizard of sentence
Years of experience ... fall from his tongue
Like teardrops to puddles ... they rippled among
A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful
Let the band play a waltz into mischief
This kid of the cowboys ... of fastest deception
Writes down his kiddings ... to ruptuous reception
Calls on the crowd ... of white-pointed heads
To check on the carpets ... while we're in our beds
(Nelly the elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus)
A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful
Let the band play a waltz into mischief
A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful
Let the band play a waltz into mischief
A big hand, hurray! Oh come on you trustful
I just left Victoria gardens
And walked through cardboard city land
A burnt out star was asking
How would I like to shake his hand
I walked on in no hurry
And wondered where did we go wrong?
Looking, listening, hoping
That things are changing for the better
Don?t want to preach or teach
The blues to you now, brother
I walked on in no hurry
And wondered where did we go wrong?
Looking, listening, hoping
That things are changing for the better
Don?t want to preach or teach
The blues to you now, brother
It?s a bloody fine situation
That we find ourselves in
He said something I couldn?t mention here
And we laughed with him again
I walked on in no hurry
And wondered where did we go wrong?
Looking, listening, hoping
That things are changing for the better
You?re trying to see if
What you?re teaching is the truth, sir
She said it?s for the good of us all
And now it is early evening
I look across gray Leicester Square
A large and silent crowd were walking
Said they had every right to be there
I walked on in no hurry
And wondered where did we go wrong?
Looking, listening, hoping
That things are changing for the better
Don?t want to preach or teach
The blues to you now, brother
Looking, listening, hoping
That things are changing for the better
You?re trying to see if
(Thompson/Foreman)
Here they come again hop scotching up to my door
One by one again knockety knock knocking upon my floor
Swinging on my gate they gain entry by the yard
Pulling at my hair they scream paint your thoughts upon my card
But not tonight I've got studies to examine
Tomorrow I'll be watching all the Queen's men
A talent contest on Monday with my Uncle Sam
Who now takes up all of my time he gives me things to do
'Cause he's a wonderful man
But I'm sailing across the sea to see my Uncle Sam
I'm sailing across the sea to be with my Uncle Sam
To be with my Uncle Sam
Silly little sniggers from the women liberators
But I'll stand and hold my post
Polished buttons and erect I'll raise the flag
I'll show those women who's the most
But not tonight I've got studies to examine
Tomorrow I'll be watching all the Queen's men
A talent contest on Monday with my Uncle Sam
Who now takes up all of my time, gives me things to do
He's a wonderful man
But I'm sailing across the sea to see my Uncle Sam
I'm sailing across the sea to be with my Uncle Sam
I'm sailing across the sea to see my Uncle Sam
I'm sailing across the sea to be with my Uncle Sam
But not tonight I've got studies to examine
Tomorrow ah ah ah
And tomorrow I'll be watching all the Queen's men
A talent contest on Monday with my Uncle Sam
Who now takes up all of my time he gives me things to do
'Cause he's a wonderful man
I'm sailing across the sea to see my Uncle Sam
I'm sailing across the sea to be with my Uncle Sam
I'm sailing across the sea to see my Uncle Sam
I'm sailing across the sea to be with my Uncle Sam
(Thompson/Barson)
A cage of my own, this cage is my home,
And oh so alone am I.
From above all around helpless to the sound
Of my brother's cry.
Just leave us alone, we don't want to moan,
Only if you make us.
Smashed on the lock until I've had to, drop.
Tried to get my message through.
Off goes another with another's brother,
My arms try to bend across to a friend.
You can't burn me with your laser beam,
It's pointed at you and tomorrow's dream.
You'll burn my body quietly set free,
And I'll cry for you as I sway from my tree.
I'd give you my brain nothing you would gain,
Its misery seeps from you.
When leaving my cage I am in a rage
Because I know what you're up to.
When you walk away remember next day,
Not a second I've slept, awake I'll have kept.
When I reappear, don't look on in fear
My hands could kill
But they never will.
You can't burn me with your laser beam,
It's pointed at you and tomorrow's dream.
You'll burn my body quietly set free,
(Smyth/Barson)
Trying hard, I thought I'd done my best
All my life, I can't get no rest
Some who've closed the door before
Say I can't carry on no more.
I hear them saying
Tomorrow's just another day
I hear them saying
And it gets better every day
I hear them saying
Tomorrow's just another day
Listened long, tried to take it in
All these facts leave me in the swim
It's down and down there is no up
I think that I've run out of luck.
I hear them saying
Tomorrow's just another day
I hear them saying
And it gets better every day
I hear them saying
Tomorrow's just another day
Tomorrow's just another... day
Walking now, over covered ground
There is a chance if I move around
I need a moment to reflect
On the friendships I have wrecked.
Why is it I(???) don't I always try ?
I hear them say
Tomorrow's just another day
I hear them say
And it gets better every day
I hear them say
Tomorrow's just another day
I hear them say
And it gets better every day
I heard them say
Tomorrow's just another day
I hear them say
Tomorrow's just another day
Tomorrow's just another...
I hear them saying
Tomorrow's just another day
I hear them saying
And it gets better every day
I hear them saying
Tomorrow's just another day
Trying hard I thought I'd done my best. All my life I can't get no rest.
Some who've closed the door before say I can't carry on no more.
I hear them saying: Tomorrow's just another day.
I hear them saying: And it gets better every day.
I hear them saying: Tomorrow's just another day
Tomorrow's just another day.
Listened long
tried to take it in. All these facts leave me in the swim.
It's down and down there is no up I think that I've run out of luck.
I hear them saying: Tomorrow's just another day. . . .
Walking now
over covered ground. There is a chance if I move around.
I need a moment to reflect on the friendships I have wrecked.
Why is it time; don't I always try?
I hear them say: Tomorrow's just another day.
I hear them say: And it gets better every day.
I hear them say: Tomorrow's just another day. . . .
I heard them say: Tomorrow's just another day.
I hear them say: Tomorrow's just another day
Tomorrow's just another day.
I hear them saying: Tomorrow's just another day. . . .
(McPherson/Barson)
Waking up again another sleepless night
Climbing taller buildings more dreams of flight
In a pool of sweat not knowing what to do
No more earth-bound feelings a diff'rent point of view
Moment of truth he heads towards the building
His glazed eyes stare vacantly following his feelings
No turning back the door's already shutting
Standing on his tiptoes to reach the nineteenth button
To miss a grasping hand
(I'm falling again)
And squash a passer-by
(I'm falling again)
He wanted to see some evidence
(I'm falling again)
That he could really fly
Balanced on the edge only time could tell
Some say he was pushed, others say he fell
Standing on that rooftop his brain told him 'no'
But all the dreams in nights before told him he must go
To miss a grasping hand
(I'm falling again)
And squash a passer-by
(I'm falling again)
He wanted to see some evidence
(I'm falling again)
That he could really fly
His questions and himself
Nearly fell on stony ground
He could've embarrassed his family
Who watched him from the crowd
Balanced on the edge only time could tell
Some say he was pushed, others say he fell
To miss a grasping hand
(I'm falling again)
And squash a passer-by
(I'm falling again)
He wanted to see some evidence
(I'm falling again)
That he could really fly
Hey you seen jane?
No man, ok I'll catch the train
Can you wait a long time?
No, we gotta catch a flight
Well, that's roots man
No man it's a fruit
(McPherson/Foreman)
I tell you I didn't do it
'Cause I wasn't there
Don't blame me, it just isn't fair
You listen to their side
Now listen to mine
Can't think of a story
Sure you'll find me sometime
Now pass the blame and don't blame me
Just close your eyes and count to three
(One two three)
Then I'll be gone and you'll forget
The broken window, t.v. set
It wasn't me either, I'm just his mate
He told me to stand here and watch the gate
I've got a wife and three kids you know
They'll tell you I'm straight, at least I think so
I'm as honest as the day is long,
The longer the daylight, the less I do wrong
Now pass the blame and don't blame me
Just close your eyes and count to three
(One two three)
Then I'll be gone and you'll forget
The broken window, t.v. set
Pass the blame and don't blame me
Just close your eyes and count to three
(One two three)
Then I'll be gone and I'll forget
That what you give is what you get...
Pass the blame and don't blame me
Just close your eyes and count to three
(One two three)
Then I'll be gone and you'll forget
The broken window, t.v. set
Pass the blame and don't blame me
Just close your eyes and count to three
(One two three)
Then I'll be gone and I'll forget
I said oh misery,
Shame and scandal in the family
I said oh misery,
Shame and scandal in the family
Down in Trinidad there was a family
With much confusion you'll see
A mamma and a papa and a boy who was grown
He wanted to marry
And have a wife of his own
He found a girl that suited him nice
He went to his father and asked his advice
His father said son
I have to say no
The girl is you sister
But your mamma don't know
I said oh misery,
Shame and scandal in the family
I said oh misery,
Shame and scandal in the family
Oh and a week went by
And the summer came down
Soon on the best girl on the island he'd found
He went to his father to make a date
His father shook his head and said
You can't marry that girl
I have to say no
Cause the girl is your sister but your mamma don't know
I said oh misery,
Shame and scandal in the family
I said oh misery,
Shame and scandal in the family
He went to his mamma he covered his head
He told his Mum what his father had said
His mamma just laughed and said go man go
Your daddy ain't your daddy but your daddy don't know
I said oh misery,
Shame and scandal in the family
I said oh misery,
Shame and scandal in the family
I said oh misery,
Shame and scandal in the family
I said oh misery,
Too much, too fast maybe.I don't know where my destiny's
taking me.So i'll go wherever it leads me.
Too high, too low baby.I wanna know where my destiny's
taking me.So i'll go to make you believe me.(yeah)
Bridge:
Cry,cry when there's something to cry about.
Cry,cry baby but don't drown in sadness.
Refrain:
It's madness.
Don't ask me to explain.
Don't take away the pain.
It's impossible to save me.
It's madness.
Too cheap, too scary. Too creepy to marry.Too serious
too mysterious and way too deep.
Bridge + Chorus(2x)
Crack in the shield, feels so unreal.
No one to blame for losing the flame.
Crack in the shield.
Lost in the fields of sadness.
It's madness.
Chorus
(Mu-mu-mu-mad-mad-mad) x3
I... I can't get this memories out of my mind.
And some kind of Madness,
Has started to evolve, mmn.
And I... I tried so hard to let you go.
But some kind of Madness,
Is swallowing me whole, yeh.
I have finally seen the light.
And I... have finally realized.
What you mean...
And now, I need to know if it's real love.
Or is it just Madness,
Keeping us afloat, mmm.
And when I look back, at all the crazy fights we have,
Like some kind of M-m-madness,
Was taking control, yeh.
And now I have finally seen the light,
And I... have finally realized,
What you need, mmm.
(Mu-mu-mu-mad-mad-mad) x2
And now I have finally seen the end,
(I have seen the end)
And I'm... I'm expecting you to care,
(Expecting you to care)
And I... have finally seen the light,
(Have finally seen the light)
And I... have finally realized,
(Realized)
(I NEED TO LOVE) x2
Capture me,
Trust in your dream,
Come on and rescue me.
Yes, I know, I can't move on,
Baby, you're too head-strong.
Our love is...
only the righteous kiss those lips
too much guessing too much "need to believe"
this is madness madness
why should i suffer when i can't see your eyes?
whose truth is your truth?
what brain can you pick? what bones?
this is madness
when did living start being a sin?
if this is today - well what the fuck's tomorrow?
whose fashion is your fashion?
what passion can you buy?
when you know god is dead
and you are god?
this is madness madness
madness madness
fucking madness
only the righteous kiss those lips
too much guessing too much "need to believe"
this is madness madness
why should i suffer when i can't see your eyes?
whose truth is your truth?
what brain can you pick?
Too much, too fast maybe.
I don't know where my destiny's taking me.
So I'll go where ever it leads me.
Too high, too low baby.
I don't know where my destiny's taking me.
So I'll go to make you believe me.
Cry, cry when there's something to cry about.
Cry, cry baby but don't drown in the sadness.
It's madness.
Don't ask me to explain. Don't take away the pain.
It's impossible to save me.
So come on!
Too cheap, too scary.
Too creepy to marry.
Too serious, too mysterious and way to, way too deep.
Cry, cry when there's something to cry about.
Cry, cry baby but don't drown in the sadness.
It's madness.
Don't ask me to explain. Don't take away the pain.
It's impossible to save me.
It's madness.
So easy to complain. Nobody left to blame.
It's impossible to save me.
Crack in the shield. It feels so unreal.
No one to blame for loosing the flame.
Crack in the shield, lost in the fields of sadness.
It's madness...
It's madness.
Don't ask me to explain. Don't take away the pain.
It's impossible to save me.
Save me from Madness
Oh, It's madness
Know that it's madness
I've got eyes for you baby
Your lips are looking so tasty
My face is smearing of make up
If it's a dream then I don't wanna wake up
Right now these pills they aren't work
I'm shaking but I ain't moving
I'll withdraw from all this obsession
I don't know what to do
You got me going crazy over you
You got me going crazy over you
It's just a simple case of madness
It's just a simple case of madness
You got me going crazy over you
You got me going crazy over you
It's just a simple case of madness
It's just a simple case of madness
I keep talking, talking to myself
I just might need to get some help
When your face follows me daily
I'm walking the line from being sane to insanity
And I know we all go a little mad sometimes
It's okay you make me lose my mind
I think it's turning you on that it's turning me on
And you know that it's you that's...
Got me going crazy over you
You got me going crazy over you
It's just a simple case of madness
It's just a simple case of madness
You got me going crazy over you
You got me going crazy over you
It's just a simple case of madness
It's just a simple case of madness
I think it's total insanity
I'm losing my mind
Intoxicated can barely breathe
I need you tonight
I need you tonight
I need you tonight
I'm hearing voices in my head and I know it's you
You got me going crazy over you
You got me going crazy over you
It's just a simple case of madness
It's just a simple case of madness
You got me going crazy over you
You got me going crazy over you
It's just a simple case of madness
In the year three thousand and thirty everybody wants to be an MC
In the year three thousand and thirty everybody want to be a DJ
In the year three thousand and thirty everybody want to be a producer
In the year three thousand and thirty
everybody want to tell ya the meaning of the music
I must appeal to you people with your faculties
'cause everybody else is gonna laugh at me
People try to get over and take a crack at me
The universe is one and I can see what rap can be glorious
Put in the Smithsonium my podiums for holy hymns
But you see whos controlling them
Fuck myself off 'cause of the egotistical mode I'm in
No I can't slap you no five
When you and your cutty is talkin shit about me outside
People take pride in what they have no hand in
Sorta like a phantom holographic handsome
But deep inside he wants to do what his man done
Just because his peers jeer and and clown
When your six foot deep no one hears you now
They say were not compatible like deers and cows and owls
So many rules and regulations say you're not allowed
I'm caught in the grip of the city.. Madness (4X)
If I had to describe the way I survive its like vice squeezin
The reason I'm black and still breathin
Heathens will breed heathens so
Everybody's suspect I must check your ID
'cause you lookin sheisty you might be intelligence
Someone that Del's against
Opposite or positive
When I drop the law against nature be faithful
Why should I hate you we ain't that different
We may act differen't in some ways
But we still grouped together like a fuckin survey
Sufferin and fuck em all's the motto
I'm trapped in a bottle
My music's gettin hollow
That's what happens when humanity you follow
Where every leak or info is hard to swallow
Sell your Marlboros and car insurance
Put niggas on the moon and can't pay your burdens
I smoke herb and rock a turban
Meditate on the world and whats occurrin
A lot of white boys like the style and copy
Dig in something deeper and youll peep that were not free
It's not about the seperation its about the population
I'm caught in the grip of the city.. Madness (4X)
Simple minded people always poin't the finger
To bring it to a close as if life is their role, their path
When all paths are intersections
It all depends on the persons perception
When I'm mad as fuck you get shot
And to some it's bad luck
I believe you held something back for too long
It grew strong
And enegy has its own will
And people think they make music still
But music is there with out you or me we just manipulate
For better or worse so let it situate
I get to make records and dough
Paid out the ass hole
And still seen as another face on the totem pole
Conquer, my sponsors are monsters
And everybody thinks that I owe them one
I'm glad I love music and life
'cause it's easy to see the pain and strife and end it all tonight
I know that you're thinking 'bout the future
Now the message is clear, Mmmmmm, Mmmm:
Everything I'm looking for
But I ain't gonna find it in here, in here
All this time I've waited for a saviour
For somebody who cares, who cares
I don't need, I don't need, I don't need to evolve
I just need some control
Ooh ee baby, I just keep thinkin' that I need saving
Nobody ever seems to question lately
Am I the only one...
I can't stop this madness going on
It's crazy
The way I'm feeling I may never make it
Each way I turn I see the same old faces
I get the picture that I can't stop this madness going on.
All the world is talking
I can hear them when I'm turning in bed, in bed
I hear what they're saying
And they're praying for a man on the ledge
Mmmmm...mmmm
I don't need, I don't need, I don't need to evolve
I don't need a new soul
I don't need a new soul
I just keep on Spinning
From the madness going on in my head, my head-eeead
Ooh ee baby, I just keep thinkin' that I need saving
Nobody ever seems to question lately
Am I the only one?
I can't stop this madness going on
It's crazy
The way I'm feeling I may never make it
Each way I turn I see the same old faces
I get the picture that I can't stop this madness going on.
Stay what you're staying for
Say what you're mad about
Make it impossible
Run to you, and
Love in a perfect world
Play in a broken road
Lift up your heart of heart
Choose your something
Give til you got it all
Pick up the photograph
All that your sad about
I'm still waiting,
For better things, for better times
From this madness inside
Oo-ooh baby, I just keep thinkin' that I need saving
Nobody ever seems to question lately
Am I the only one?
I can't stop this madness going on
It's crazy
The way I'm feeling I may never make it
Each way I turn I see the same old faces
I get the picture that I can't stop this madness going on.
Ooh ee baby
I just keep thinking that I need saving
Nobody ever seems to question lately
Am I the only one?
I can't stop this madness going on
It's crazy
* background vocals
[Intro: Killah Priest]
Up and down
Didn't I say niggas gotta come ready for more?
Father forgive us for we know not what we do
Ain't nuttin here, ain't nuttin you gotta say to that
Now what you gonna do about it? What you gonna do
about it man?
{*police sirens*} Bring it any day!
[Killah Priest]
This is madness, niggas runnin up the block, duckin shots
Cop cars swervin, niggas squirtin, the ghetto's burnin
Hell's season, the soul's returnin
We live like crows and a hermit, searchin for a higher learnin
The fire's burnin, lightnin bolts comin down
Hittin both coasts, leavin niggas comatosed
That's why I wear the chrome close
And we'll all meet the omen in the moment of most
Runnin in churches with my gun, I'm nervous
Disrupt the service, ask the pastor, "Where do I worship?"
My life is worthless, I done seen so many nights and murders
The enemy stuck a knife in Curtis
I wake up in cold sweat, grab my Tec, I'm hopeless
All my homies pullin on roaches of foul coaches
Or loud explosives, return to the hood like the child Moses
A bastard in a basket, my gat spit
Till the palbearers close the casket
And that's it, the end of the chapter
The beginnin of the next one
The resurrection, imperfection, after death come
The black son in the ghetto section
The light protect them from the iron weapon
This is madness...
[Chorus: Killah Priest]
This is madness, this is madness...
[Killah Priest]
Mystic night beneath the cherry moon, we rarely move
Peace to the ghetto nation, three million population
Guns poppin Satan, feel our feather wings
Eloheim as we bury kings
Our fathers pumpin garbage in their blood streams
The novel of Apollo, every thug thing
Blood, money and cancer inside a dope fiend
My hungry team sellin drugs, Verazine got me feelin buzzed
Ghetto breed felonies, my niggas face the judge
The witness tryin to place his mug, the D.A. tryin to taste his blood
And the lawyers is the court employers, showin fake love
The court system is 33 and 1 third of a mace and club
While niggas is still beefin and tradin the slugs
{*gat firin*}
Who's to blame? I hear cats callin my name
Sayin, "Please, don't fall in this game!"
We're all in a gang
It's like the ghetto, got me trapped with a ball and a chain
To them crack rocks I swallow, absorbed in my vein
Nightmares of bein shot, record in my brain
My neck and soul dropped and fall in the flames
Every night I wanna roll a Dutch, scared to sober up
I'm like a bird in the cobra's clutch
I'm like a bird in the cobra's clutch
This is enough...
[Chorus]
[Killah Priest]
You bought this Proverb baby!
Every day I hear violent screams outside my window
I see black hurses followed by limos
On your forehead I see the devil's symbol
3 6's, do the arithmic of the witches
And Grand Wizard, can you withstand the blizzard?
I see prophecies unfold that was told by the prophets of old
Looked up, I saw the clouds in Heaven roll
Back like a gigantic scroll
UFO's came down to damage the globe
3 rolls, saw the lamb with blood on his robe
While the beast shove us in stoves
And the government swallow our souls
I'm gettin drunk of a wild Irish rose
My brain's haunted, roll with much pain and torment
A fire like Elijah that came with the warnin
Bodies bein carried at the sound of the organ
Saw the skeleton, the rider of the Four Horsemen
Pull out my dick, chop off my foreskin
Take the blood and write down my four sins
On the side of Satan's coffin, I see angel's corpses
I start to gettin nautious from demonic forces
{*gats firin & siren sounds*}
[Chorus to fade w/ unknown singer]
[Outro: Killah Priest]
The crazy man inside my head
Waking up with empty eyes
He envies me, wishes that I was dead
My common sense wants to see him die
Taking over more and more
He's screaming through my soul
He uses my eyes to make me see
The world in a twisted reality
The power of madness
Is tearing down my mind
Into the darkness of fools
Where shadows lurk and madness rules
Madness, madness, madness
Madness is tearing down my mind
Madness, madness, madness
Madness, my senses going blind
Too late for me, insanity
Is spreading like a disease
My body shake, a nervous ache
I'm going crazy
Help, for god's sake
The power of madness
Is tearing down my mind
Into the darkness of fools
Where shadows lurk and madness rules
Madness, madness, madness
Madness is tearing down my mind
Madness, madness, madness
Madness, my senses going blind
I'm laughing at god
And I'm laughing at satan in hell
I'm fettered in chains on the rack
Suffering god's torture and pain
Inquisition, a demon you are
Take a life to find out a false truth
But after you've stolen my life
you'll suffer the vultures' fete
I confess, I'm the one, take my life
Make it done, once and for all
I feel no more, care no more, see no more
The pain is gone
Madness is stronger than mind
In this land where I am
Everything is fine
You torture me, but I am free
I feel nothing, crazy me
The power of madness
Is tearing down my mind
Into the darkness of fools
Where shadows lurk and madness rules
Madness, madness, madness
Madness is tearing down my mind
Madness, madness, madness
The worlds are colliding
There is no place for hiding
A state of confusion
Search for a conclusion
Another day another night
Another crack inside my mind
Another face another place
I don`t know who I am
Is this the way to madness
REALITY IS JUST A SHADOWPLAY
INSANITY IS CALLING ME
Words without meaning
Sleep without dreaming
I am deranged how life has changed
So strange
Another day another night
Another crack inside my mind
Another face another place
I don`t know who I am
This is the way to madness
REALITY IS JUST A SHADOWPLAY
INSANITY IS CALLING ME
I`M ON MY WAY TO MADNESS
The worlds are colliding
It`s so hypnotizing
A state of confusion
Search for a conclusion
REALITY IS JUST A SHADOWPLAY
INSANITY IS CALLING ME
I`M ON MY WAY TO MADNESS
Oh, look at our history
It always stays the same
The people called their leaders
To follow stupid games
Wrong heroes standing on the top
To blind your eyes with war
Manipulation since all times
Is washing out your brain
Fight for yourself and you're
Free
Madness is their god
Of the future and their war
Blood and death are religions
Oh god, forgive these crazy leaders
Madness is their god
Of the future and their war
Blood and death are religions
You're now only a number
Recruited in their lines
Without any feelings
You will lose, in time
You hope god will forgive you
Your wrong way of live
The love and hope you leave behind
´cos of this hate, blood and crime
Madness is my name
Madness is the game
I will play with you
Madness is the kiss I'll give to you
Wrapped in silver night
And you will never be the same
Madness is the maze I will build for you
Till you loose my trace
Madness is the word you will try to tie
Till you lose yourself
And you will never be the same
You'll also be insane
And you will never be the same
And you will also be insane
No use, confuse, what is the use
No use, confuse, what is the use
If nothing will be the same again
You will never be the same
Together forever we'll kill
Tonight you'll pay the bill
To those who never believed
Too much today you have lived
Kicking and ripping your face
Making you fall in disgrace
Forcing you sit on your shit
Scaring you say, I like it
Madness, laughing and fighting we'll take you to hell
Madness, break all your bones and we'll be well
Madness, break all your bones and we'll be well
Madness, smashing and crashing forever we dwell
Choosing black magic to fight
Always we search our light
Seeking and raping your cunts
Forever and ever we'll hunt
But now our dark time has come
Black work is going to be done
Come on enjoy our bestiality
I'm B.I.G,
Man wanna screw me because I MC
If you ever saw what the skeng done to the tree
You definatly wouldn't be looking at me
MADNESS [x2]
One two three four
You man better jam like a rebore
You will get left on the concrete floor
All you be hearing is ne-nor ne-nor
It's not a joke
No eddy murphy raw
You mustve been smokin on the p4
Cause if you ever saw what we saw
You wouldn't look me up and down like a see-saw
Check it out AZZI
Test it out solo
Test it out KJ
Test it out
I know it's working proper now
So it's not a joke when I take it out
Pull it out, shot one of my eyes and press it out
No practice,
But everytime I spit a verse on adlib
My names on everybodys lips like chapstick
Me d and p stick
With the metal like a magnet it's a madness
I'm B.I.G,
Man wanna screw me because I MC
If you ever saw what the skeng done to the tree
Definatly wouldn't be looking at me
MADNESS [x2]
If you saw what the 4 done to the cardoor
You wouldn't be acting hardcore (trust me)
I've got a big 45 that's rusty
I got it from my og who loves me
I beat it like the youts that rush me
You could call me bumpy (cause I bump ps)
And I get my knock on like rugby
And my swaggers insane your dusty
You lot are dutty
You dress all the same
Skepta ed-hardy all the way
You see dubz and christian augdigier
I'm on the block where the ballers stay
Your at home watching porn you're gay
I let the champagne pour
Your gang make money but my gang make more
That's why were on a champagne tour
I'm B.I.G,
Man wanna screw me because I MC
If you ever saw what the skeng done to the tree
Definatly wouldn't be looking at me
MADNESS [x2]
You know I buy glocks and I grind rocks
When I'm go on street when I go inside the shops
Fresh to the feet you can see designer socks
Buy gucci kreps these niggas buy shocks
If this was belly then I would be ox
My papes long like big H locks
Yeah you know a nigga topnotch
When I draw for the skeng sheet when the got cops
These niggas call crimestoppers
No days off we full time shotters
I'm on the block like shub
That watch looks good next time globetrotters
You know I'm P.A.V
Girls wanna screw me because I make P
Shes sipping on MD plus she on an E
For me? just don't beat, champerss
I'm B.I.G,
Man wanna screw me because I MC
If you ever saw what the skeng done to the tree
Definatly wouldn't be looking at me
My emotion you were
My life expression you were
Immersed in you I still am
But I have to leave you!
Loving you was madness
Reason was helpless!
It was wild, wild, wild, wild
freedom!
And a mess!
Oh yes!
I loved it! Until, until, until, until
I could no more!
Oh yes!
It was wild freedom and a mess!
Now my emotions spell depressions
I love you but you are killing me
I must leave you and that also kills me
What shall I do?
Loving you was madness
Reason was helpless!
It was wild, wild, wild, wild
freedom!
And a mess!
Oh yes!
I loved it! Until, until, until, until
I could no more!
Oh yes!
It was wild freedom and a mess!
Why couldn´t you avoid hurting me?
Why couldn´t you fight yourself?
Why do you say you love me?
Please! I must leave you!
Loving you was madness
Reason was helpless!
It was wild, wild, wild, wild
freedom!
And a mess!
Oh yes!
I loved it! Until, until, until, until
I could no more!
Oh yes!
It was wild freedom and a mess!
[Chorus]
Madness! Madness!
This is pure madness that we're talking about
Pure madness all the time now
This is pure madness that we're talking about
And I can't believe they wanna do it again
[Rob]
We gonna have to get em up
they gonna have to get me off
And you win some you lose some
so take this as loss
And cause a mother fuck smiles
don't mean that mother fuckers soft
I'm laughing all the while
while they come to hall you off
I got the powers got my powder
cops is casing the scene
That's how it goes something in me steady chasing the green
Its strictly cash only basis, but you're digging in your chest
let's fuck em out everybody where its mutual respect
[Chorus]
[Rob]
Skinhead rob fuck a bitch
No I never gave a shit
Good or bad present, past
no I never save a bitch
Suck I dick I need a down bitch one that ain't too flossy
One that's down to hold my work and bust the heat to get em' off me
She's the baddest, I mean baddest bitch that's up in the club
same one that's in the parking lot reloading the snug
That's the one who get my love
and you can't call it what you want
Or if that bitch is down to ride
that's the bitch that im'ma fuck
[Chorus]
[Rob]
I'm from the west coast, best coast
pump in the trench coat
Nothing like columbine everybody gets smoked
heard that I got smoked naw alls I gots smokes
Best mary jane right down to the rock coke
You're being jipped, so take em to the river
had to drop a tall can, I was fucking up my liver
Yet still I deliver like the first of 15
and I still make you quiver like your first 16th
[Chorus]
Sometimes the mind fails
and it leaves you with no brain
so go insane
run away
through the valleys of complete madness
it's for the better anyway
devote your heart to madness
before memories hunt you down
I sometimes feel the need for madness
is this crazy
who needs reality to live a life
who needs a brain to realize
we can no longer recognize madness
sometimes the mind cries
and it rells you
please
no more
don't stay here
where we're dying
so go insane
run away
if you won't leave
then I will
don't sell your heart to sanity
where memories hunt you down
Madness! Madness!
This is pure madness that we're talking about
Pure madness all the time now
This is pure madness that we're talking about
And I can't believe they wanna do it again
We gonna have to get 'em up, they gonna have to get me off
And you win some you lose some, so take this as loss
And 'cause a motherfuck smiles, don't mean that motherfuckers' soft
I'm laughing all the while, while they come to hall you off
I got the powers got my powder, cops is casing the scene
That's how it goes something in me steady chasing the green
It's strictly cash only basis, but you're digging in your chest
Let's fuck 'em out everybody where it's mutual respect
Madness! Madness!
This is pure madness that we're talking about
Pure madness all the time now
This is pure madness that we're talking about
And I can't believe they wanna do it again
Skinhead rob fuck a bitch, no I never gave a shit
Good or bad present, past, no I never save a bitch
Suck I dick, I need a down, bitch one that ain't too flossy
One that's down to hold my work and bust the heat to get em' off me
She's the baddest, I mean baddest bitch that's up in the club
Same one that's in the parking lot reloading the snug
That's the one who get my love and you can't call it what you want
Or if that bitch is down to ride, that's the bitch that I'mma fuck
Madness! Madness!
This is pure madness that we're talking about
Pure madness all the time now
This is pure madness that we're talking about
And I can't believe they wanna do it again
I'm from the west coast, best coast pump in the trench coat
Nothing like columbine everybody gets smoked
Heard that I got smoked, naw all's I gots smokes
Best Mary Jane right down to the rock coke
You're being jipped, so take 'em to the river
Had to drop a tall can, I was fucking up my liver
Yet, still I deliver like the first of 15
And I still make you quiver like your first 16th
Madness! Madness!
This is pure madness that we're talking about
Pure madness all the time now
This is pure madness that we're talking about
Cursed by the sins of others
Shedding blood to the ground
Fed on the pains of martyrs
the sorrows of the old remain
Distorted envisionments as seen before
Viewed through the eyes of the dead
Atrocity of relentless toil, Rivers of blood once bled
Face the land I've once known
Murder rules this place of till
Humanities existence overthrown
In the year three thousand and thirty everybody wants to be an mc
In the year three thousand and thirty everybody want to be a dj
In the year three thousand and thirty everybody want to be a
producer
In the year three thousand and thirty
everybody want to tell ya the meaning of the music
I must appeal to you people with your faculties
Cuz everybody else is gonna laugh at me
People try to get over and take a crack at me
The universe is one and I can see what rap can be
glorious
Put in the Smithsonium my podiums for holy hymns
But you see whos controlling them
Fuck myself off cuz of the egotistical mode I'm in
No I can't slap you no five
When you and your cutty is talkin shit about me outside
People take pride in what they have no hand in
Sorta like a phantom holographic handsome
But deep inside he wants to do what his man done
Just because his peers jeer and and clown
When your six foot deep no one hears you now
They say were not compatible like deers and cows and owls
So many rules and regulations say you're not allowed
I'm caught in the grip of the city Madness (X4)
If I had to describe the way I survive its like vice squeezin
The reason I'm black and still breathin
Heathens will breed heathens so
Everybody's suspect I must check your ID
Cuz you lookin sheisty you might be intelligence
Someone that Del's against
Opposite of positive
When I drop the law against nature be faithful
Why should I hate you we ain't that different
We may act differen't in some ways
But we still grouped together like a fuckin survey
Sufferin and fuck em all's the motto
I'm trapped in a bottle
My music's gettin hollow
That's what happens when humanity you follow
Where every leak or info is hard to swallow
Sell your Marlboros and car insurance
Put niggas on the moon and can't pay for your burdens
I smoke herb and rock a turban
Meditate on the world and whats occurrin
A lot of white boys like the style and copy
Dig in something deeper and you'll peep that were not free
It's not about the seperation its about the population
Simple minded people always point the finger
To bring it to a close as if life is their road, they path
When all paths are intersections
It all depends on the persons perception
When I'm mad as fuck you get shot
and to some, it's bad luck
I believe you held something back for too long
It grew strong
And enegy got its own will
And people think they make music still
But music is there with out you or me we just manipulate
For better or worse so let it situate
I get to make records and dough
Paid out the asshole
And still seen as another face on the totem pole
Conquered, my sponsors are monsters
And everybody thinks that I'm on one
I'm glad I love music and life
cuz it's easy to see the pain and strife and end it all tonight
Madness, madness
They call it madness
Madness, madness
They call it madness
It is plain to see
That is what they mean to me
Madness, madness
I call it gladness
Madness, madness
They call it madness
Madness, madness
They call it madness
I'm about to explain
That someone is losing his brain
Madness, madness
They call it gladness
Propaganda ministers
Propaganda ministers
I've got a heavy due
I'm gonna walk all over you
'Cause
Madness, madness
I call it gladness
Well if this is madness
Man I know I'm filled with gladness
It's gonna be rougher
It's gonna be tougher
And I won't be the one who's gonna suffer
Oh no, I won't be the one who's gonna suffer
Well there's always someone out to get you
Can you hear them trying?
Putting all their wits against you
Can you hear me crying?
Working hard, so hard to do what I believe in
Know what's right, it's in my sight
Wish I was a star
In this madness (How can you handle it? )
And you help me handle it?
In this madness (What do you want me to do? )
Don't you want me staying?
In this madness (?????????? )
Won't you help me out now?
In this madness (Is this what you come to play? )
Don't you want me staying?
I may have lost my feet
But I still keep moving to the beat
The water is not so deep
And I know??? I'm kind of shining???
A voice said to me, "What you want?"
I said,???"Ruling and cheating"???
And I still keep??? rubber smiley???
And you all think I am sweet
In this madness (How can you handle it? )
And you help me handle it?
In this madness (What do you want me to do? )
Don't you want me staying?
In this madness (?????????? )
Won't you help me out now?
In this madness (Is this what you come to play? )
Don't you want me staying?
In this madness, it might good to know
Where this one was gonna go
Telling you it's suddenly no joke
So if you know what's going down?
Lent your ears to the sound
'Cause it gets you sooner or later
In this madness (How can you handle it? )
And you help me handle it?
In this madness (What do you want me to do? )
Don't you want me staying?
In this madness (?????????? )
Won't you help me out now?
In this madness (Is this what you come to play? )
Don't you want me staying?
In this madness (How can you handle it? )
It's so confusing
In this madness (?????????? )
I feel I'm losing
In this madness (?????????? )
And you help me handle it?
In this madness (What do you want me to do? )
Can't you want me staying?
In this madness (?????????? )
And you help me handle it?
In this madness (?????????? )
Don't you want me staying?
In this madness (?????????? )
Don't you bring me down now?
In this madness (?????????? )
Don't you want me staying?
In this madness (?????????? )
I feel I'm losing
In this madness (What do you want me to do? )
Don't feel like moving it
In this madness (?????????? )
Won't you help me out now?
In this madness (?????????? )
Try not to stay in
In this madness (?????????? )
Don't pull me down now
In this madness (?????????? )
You can count me out now
In this madness (?????????? )
Silently still, the wrath of ubiquitous gods
Sanity wills, the manmade destruction to come
Is it the full moon that summons the madness to grow
Stealing the heart from mankind?
Are the heroes and saints, the souls who create
Fated to run out of time?
With destiny calling it's moonshine
With empires tumbling it's...
Moonshine and madness
Headlines leading to sadness
Madness gone wild, destruction now rains from the sky
Pity the child, tears flooding millions of eyes
Will this new wave of madness be nurtured or slain?
What will we favor to preach?
Will the lessons of old grow toxic with mold
Poisoning all within reach?
With empires tumbling it's headlines
With destiny calling it's moonshine
When towers go crumbling it's...
Moonshine and madness
Headlines leading to sadness
Will this new wave of terror find converts or foes?
What will we favor to preach?
Will the lessons of old grow toxic with mold
Poisoning all within reach?
With destiny calling it's moonshine
With empires tumbling it's headlines
With destiny calling it's moonshine
When towers go crumbling it's...
Moonshine and madness
Headlines leading to sadness
Moonshine and madness
a part of me will always be sitting quietly waiting for
your shadow to cast it's cool across my face.
my heart , my love, all back in place,
when you return me to grace
when you look into my eyes take my hand
hold me tight
and we'll stay quiet for a moment or two
until you say 'it was always you'
oh it must have been madness , madness , madness
oh what makes you think you belong anywhere else?
I will live and fill my days
but I'll be thinking of your ways
how nothing's happened tilI i've told you
nothing feels real.
and I don't know myself
and I don't know where you are
and I can only sleep when I picture you
as you look into my eyes ,take my hand,
hold me tight
and we'll stay quiet for a moment or two
until you say 'it was always you'
oh it must have been madness , madness , madness
oh what makes you think you belong anywhere else?
will this ever end?
oh will I ever be at peace again?
will I live to see, will you ever
look into my eyes ,take my hand,
hold me tight
and we'll stay quiet for a moment or two
until you say 'it was always you'
oh it must have been madness , madness, madness
oh what makes you think you belong anywhere else?
oh it must be madness, madness , madness
