You can drive in the wrong direction
And arrive at your destination
You'll be driving for a while and meanwhile
I'll be down in my old back garden
Waiting for something great to happen
We could meet up on the way
Here comes Alex with a tray
I get out of my depth
Until nothing is left
And it's only coming up to our hips
I get out of my depth
Unless something is said
If you ignore it then it doesn't exist
Here we go for the final chapter
Time is called on the final after
When you go the wrong way round
You'll get there in the end
I get out of my depth
Until nothing is left
And it's only coming up to our hips
I get out of my depth
Unless something is said
If you ignore it then it doesn't exist
I get out of my depth
Until nothing is left
And it's only coming up to our hips
I get out of my depth
Unless something is said
It's like nothing happened
When everything happened
You took it away
But that's the way I like it
I find myself laughing
Cuz everyone's laughing
I don't belong
Making up a number
Then there was nothing
In my mind
Then there was nothing
In my mind
I was just out of focus
In my mind
I was just out of focus
In my mind
I wasn't behaving
I wasn't invited
She could put it away
That's the way I like it
It's not entertaining
Being entertaining
I don't even work here
I operate the curtains
Then there was nothing
In my mind
Then there was nothing
In my mind
I was just out of focus
In my mind
I was just out of focus
In my mind
Then there was nothing
In my mind
Then there was nothing
In my mind
I was just out of focus
In my mind
I was just out of focus
In my mind
I was just out of focus
Who got hit and who hit first?
Who was bad and who got worse?
Who got caught up in the life? (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Who went down and who got higher?
Who ran back into the fire?
Who was really hypnotised? (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
And if I didn't believe you then
Then I won't believe you now
And if I didn't believe you then
Then I don't believe you now
I'm on the run
I'm on the run
I'm on the run
We'll ride into the sun
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Who was them and who was us?
Who stood up and robbed the bus?
Who is wrong and who decides? (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Who went left and who was right?
Who went out on a mischief night?
Who was really hypnotised? (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
And if I didn't believe you then
Then I won't believe you now
And if I didn't believe you then
Then I don't believe you now
I'm on the run
I'm on the run
I'm on the run
We'll ride into the sun
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I'm on the run
We'll ride into the sun
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh, I live for these moments, just like this one
Oh, I live for these moments, just like this one
Oh, I live for these moments
Oh, I live for these moments, just like this one
Oh, I live for these moments, just like this one
Oh, I live for these moments, just like this one
Oh, I live for these moments, just like this one
(I'm on the run)[Oh, I live for]
(I'm on the run)[These moments, just like this one]
(I'm on the run)[Oh, I live for]
Time on your side that will never end
The most beautiful thing you can ever spend
But you work in a shirt with your name tag on it
Drifting apart like a plate tectonic
It don't matter to me
'Cause all I wanted to be
Was a million miles from here
Somewhere more familiar
Too much time spent dragging the past up
I didn't see you not looking when I messed up
Settling down in your early twenties
Sucked more blood than a backstreet dentist
It don't matter to me
'Cause all I wanted to be
Is a million miles from here
Somewhere more familiar
And oh my God, I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my God, I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my God, I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my God, I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
Great rulers make for greater glory
The only thing growing is our history
Knock me down, I'll get right back up again
I'll come back stronger than a powered up Pac-Man
It don't matter to me
'Cause all I wanted to be
Was a million miles from here
Somewhere more familiar
And oh my God, I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my God, I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my God, I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my God, I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my God, I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my God, I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my God, I can't believe it
I've never been this far away from home
And oh my God, I can't believe it
What did you learn today?
I learned nothin
What did you do today?
I did nothin
What did you learn at school?
I didn't go
Why didn't you go to school?
I don't know
It's cool to know nothin
(X2)
Television's on the blink
There's nothin on it
I really want to really big coat
With words on it
What do you want for tea?
I want crisps
Why didn't you join the team?
I just didn't
It's cool to know nothin
(X2)
Take a look, take a look, take a look
At the kids on the street
No they never miss a beat
No they never miss a beat
Never miss a beat
Never miss a beat, beat, beat, beat
Take a look at the kids on the street
No they never miss a beat
No they never miss a beat
Never miss a beat
Never miss a
Never miss a beat
Never miss a beat
Here comes the referee
The light's flashin
Best bit of the day
Now that's livin
Why don't you run away?
Are you kiddin?
What is the golden rule?
You say nothin
It's cool to know nothin
(X2)
Take a look, take a look, take a look
At the kids on the street
No they never miss a beat
No they never miss a beat
Never miss a beat
Never miss a beat, beat, beat, beat
Take a look at the kids on the street
No they never miss a beat
No they never miss a beat
Never miss a beat
Never miss a
Never miss a beat
Never miss a beat
Take a look, take a look, take a look
At the kids on the street
No they never miss a beat
No they never miss a beat
Never miss a beat
Never miss a beat, beat, beat, beat
Take a look at the kids on the street
No they never miss a beat
No they never miss a beat
Never miss a beat
Never miss a
Never miss a beat
Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Naa
It does not move me it does not get me going at all
Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Naa
It does not shift me it's not the kind of thing that I like
Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Naa
It does not move me it's not the kind of thing that I like
Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Naa
She does not listen she's too wrapped up with all of her things
Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Naa
This does not get to me 'cos she's not the kind of girl that I like
Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Naa
She does not move me she's not the kind of girl that I like
Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Naa
It does not move me it's not the kind of thing that I like
Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Naa
It does not move me (it does not move me) it does not get me going at all
Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Naa
It does not shift me (it does not shift me) it's not the kind of thing that I like
Na Na Na Na Naa
Na Na Na Na Naa
It does not move me it's not the kind of thing that I like
Na Na Na Na Naa
You can rely on me
You know
For the way to go
Ah ah ah ah
I reminded some people
And, oh
And I will return
Ah ah ah ah
And if I ever knew what you were up to
And if I ever knew what you were up to
And if I ever knew, and if I ever knew
I know my place is here
I won't stay away for too long
I know my place is here
I won't stay away for too long
You realise
I memorised
Every silouhette
Ah ah ah ah
And every line
You ever wrote to me
So I don't forget
Ah ah ah ah
And if I ever knew what you were up to
And if I ever knew what you were up to
And if I ever knew, and if I ever knew
I know my place is here
I won't stay away for too long
I know my place is here
I won't stay away for too long
What if I stayed at home?
We'd never talk on the phone
I'd never miss you
We'd never make up
We'd know exactly what the other one was doing all the
time
What if I stayed at home?
We'd never talk on the phone
I'd never miss you
We'd never make up
We'd know exactly what the other one was doing all the
time
I know my place is here
I won't stay away for too long
I know my place is here
I won't stay away
I won't stay away
I know my place is here
I won't stay away
I won't stay away
I know my place is here
Well it starts as a joke
Like a stick in your spokes
Or removing the bolt of the brakes
Then the bicycle flips
Crushing ribs smashing hips
And he broke every bone in his face
Now you're out of control
And you can't fill the hole
That was left by the thrill of the chase
You're a right piece of work
All the flakes go berserk
Have you forgotten how good they taste
You're my kind of guy
Cos I like your style
And you sound as horrible as me
And I don't mind if you're unkind
Cos you're reminding me of me
As the bicycle race
Gathers speed, gathers pace
And you feel that you're going too fast
Theres a word to the wise
You should take some advice
As the nice guys always finish last
You're my kind of guy
Cos I like your style
And you sound as horrible as me
And I don't mind if you're unkind
Cos you're reminding me of me
You're my kind of guy
Cos I like your style
You sound as horrible as me
And heads will roll
As it takes its toll
I know 'cos I've seen it
It was great and I want it
There's no point in sitting
Going crazy on my own
Do you know what
I was put here in this world for
Could you tell me
In three words or more
It's the only way of getting out of here
It's the only way of getting out of here
Take a lesson
>From the ones who have been there
My brain is not damaged
But in need of some repair
Hold on to the basics
But we can change all our tactics
There's no point in sitting
Going crazy on my own
It's the only way of getting out of here
It's the only way of getting out of here
This is the modern way
Of faking it everyday
And taking it as we come
And we're not the only ones
Is that what we used to say
This is the modern way
I know where I'm going
And that we are in the knowing
And I will stop at nothing
Just to get what I want
It's the only way of getting out of here
It's the only way of getting out of here
This is the modern way
Of faking it everyday
And taking it as we come
And we're not the only ones
Is that what we used to say
This is the modern way
This is the modern way
Of faking it everyday
And taking it as we come
And we're not the only ones
Is that what we used to say
Put a man on mars today
It wasn't the first time
I've seen it all before
Took my hat off in the rain today
It wasn't the first time
I've seen it all before
Trust you
Trust you
Trust you to know everything about me
Trust you
Trust you
Trust you to know everything about me all along
And the coffee is medicine
It's hard to remember
I've seen it all before
And the picture at the factory floor
Rats in a suitcase
I've seen it all before
Trust you
Trust you
Trust you to know everything about me
Trust you
Trust you
Trust you to know everything about me all along
Put a man on mars today
It wasn't the future
I've seen it all before
Trust you trust you trust you to know eveything about me
Trust you trust you trust you to know everything about me all along
All along
All along
I don't want much, I'm happy with what I've got,
On the second floor, I pass a ruffian on the stairs,
What the driver saw, throughthe letter box of number
four,
I don't have much, It will be deafening when I do
And all these little shocks, I'll be riding my
imaginary dynamo,
I wish I could give you undivided attention every
minute of the day but I can't,
I wish I could give you undivided attention every
minute of the day but I can't
Bless my heart, and everything will be explained,
In the diaries, especially the latter part.
I'll be a somebody, I found an empty glass today at
home,
Give me ability, turn up the pedal away from his hand
And all these little shocks, I'll be riding my
imaginary dynamo,
I wish I could give you undivided attention every
minute of the day but I can't,
I wish I could give you undivided attention every
minute of the day but I can't,
I wish I could have you just a little bit more just a
little bit more of your time,
I wish I could give you undivided attention every
minute of the day but I can't
I wish I could give you undivided attention every
minute of the day but I can't [x5]
And all these little shocks I'll be riding my imaginary
dynamo,
I wish I could give you undivided attention every
minute of the day but I can't,
I wish I could give you undivided attention every
minute of the day but I can't,
I wish I could have just a little bit more, just a
little bit more of your time,
I wish I could give you undivided attention every
In nights of old they lie in the roads
Off with their heads and always left opinion polls
Going in announce of another state's off
Try not to be obvious but with their inside seats
In uniforms of green and gold
Like crocodiles they march in files of unison
Going in announce of another state's off
Try not to be obvious but with their inside seats
Going in announce of another state's off
Try not to be obvious, you get the first one free
I like it too much
I like it too much
I like it too much
I like it too much
'Cause you are descended from animals
And you are constructed of chemicals
The one thing you can't have you like too much
You look but you cannot touch
Like dominoes one only goes
They all fall, sail the ship, rock the boat
Going in announce of another state's off
Try not to be obvious but with their inside seats
Going in announce of another state's off
Try not to be obvious, you get the first one free
I like it too much
I like it too much
I like it too much
I like it too much
'Cause you are descended from animals
And you are constructed of chemicals
The one thing you can't have you like too much
You look but you cannot touch
I like it all too much
'Cause you are descended from animals
And you are constructed of chemicals
The one thing you can't have you like too much
You look but you cannot touch
I like it all too much
I'm just waiting for
The man to come with all my things
And i'm just waiting for
Another man to take it all
And its not hard to tell
That I learnt my lesson well
And I'm just waiting for
The man to come and go away
What are you waiting for
Get up off your seat
Its just seven days
Feels like a week
What are you moaning for
You got all that you want
Your life could be worse
You could be a nurse
It seems so sensible
For us to keep the purse strings tight
And move the decimals
A couple of places to the right
And its not hard to tell
That I learnt my lesson well
It seems most sensible
But not exactly what we'd like
What are you waiting for
Get up off your seat
Its just seven days
Feels like a week
What are you moaning for
You got all that you want
Our life could be worse
You know, we all could be cursed
I Can't help feel like this
So don't rearrange it
I don't mean to be a dick
I just don't like the changes
I can not help the things I say
You know wouldn't to strangers
But I don't like going away
Cos it puts me in danger
I can tell you now
There ain't a problem can't be solved
With a good old fashioned row
So grit your teeth and stand your ground
And its not hard to tell
That I learnt my lesson well
But I'm still waiting for
The man to come with all my things
What are you waiting for
Get up off your seat
It's just seven days
Feels like a week
What are you moaning for
You got all that you want
Your life could be worse
I only wanna see the
I only wanna see the kinda girl you are
I only wanna see the
I only wanna see the kinda girl you are
I only wanna see the
I only wanna see the kinda girl you are
I only wanna see the
I only wanna see the kinda girl you are
I first heard you on the radio
And felt my heart explode
No other choice, I heard a voice and fell in love with you
From St. Bartholomew's to Gloucester Avenue
No one can do what you do, oh
I thought you were American, oh oh oh
I thought you were American, oh oh oh
I only wanna see the
I only wanna see the kinda girl you are
I only wanna see the
I only wanna see the kinda girl you are
Then I saw you in a center fold
You were looking cold
In just an artfully positioned piece of mistletoe
Mentally dressing you, I want to rescue you
And make you mine, all mine, oh
I thought you were a miracle, oh oh oh
I thought you were a miracle, oh oh oh
Hey!
I thought you were incredible, oh oh oh
I thought you were incredible, oh oh oh
I only wanna see the
I only wanna see the kinda girl you are
I only wanna see the
I only wanna see the kinda girl you are
I only wanna see the
I only wanna see the kinda girl you are
I only wanna see the
I don't know if you'll hear this song
And if you do you might not know
That is a tribute to the man who made
our world go around
I don't know if you'll hear this song
But if you do you're not alone
So dance while you can and cry while you can
Let the world go around
And if you will have me
I want to be the son that I was
And if you will have me
I want to be the boy from the photograph
I miss the daily phone call
And I miss the good advice
And my brother misses everything
He's just looking for you
It's the longest tough goodbye
So many lows and no real highs
Seems so little we can do
Is see glimpses of you
And if you will have me
I want to be the son that I was
And if you will have me
I want to be the boy from the photograph
Can't fight, life
So dance while you can
You can't fight, life
So just dance while you can
And if you will have me
I want to be the son that I was
And if you will have me
I want to be the boy from the photograph
And if you will have me
I want to be the son that I was
And if you will have me
Watching the people get lairyIt's not very pretty I tell theeWalking through town is quite scaryIt's not very sensible either
A friend of a friend he got beatenHe looked the wrong way at a policemanWould never of happened to SmeatonAn old Leodensian
I predict a riotI predict a riotI predict a riotI predict a riot
I tried to get to my taxiThe man in a tracksuit attacks meHe said that he saw it before meAnd wants to get things a bit gory
Girls scrabble round with no clothes onTo borrow a pound for a condomIf it wasn't for chip fat they'd be frozenThey're not very sensible
I predict a riotI predict a riotI predict a riotI predict a riot
And if there's anybody left in hereWho that doesn't want to be out there
Watching the people get lairyIt's not very pretty I tell theeWalking through town is quite scaryIt's not very sensible
I predict a riotI predict a riotI predict a riotI predict a riot
And if there's anybody left in hereWho that doesn't want to be out there
I like to fight
Throughout the night
I get a kick from it
And speaking of kicking
I might chuck a brick in
The window of your flat
I'm just doing what I've always done
I might look hard but I'm just having fun
I'm just doing what I've always done
Cause I'm just looking out for number one
Cause I don't need anyone
To get things done
I do it on my own
I get a kiss
She tastes of sick
And doesn't look that nice
And talking of sicking
Just getting some chicken
They tried to close it twice
I'm just doing what I've always done
I might look hard but I'm just having fun
I'm just doing what I've always done
Cause I'm just looking out for number one
Cause I don't need anyone
To get things done
I do it on my own
I don't love anything
So kick it in
I do it on my own
I get it I just don't think it's funny
I get it I just don't think you're funny
I just don't think it's funny
I like to get
Quite upset
With everyone around
I'm wearing a jacket
Where did I get it
I found it on the ground
I'm just doing what I've always done
I might look hard but I'm just having fun
I'm just doing what I've always done
Cause I'm just looking out for number one
Cause I don't need anyone
To get things done
I do it on my own
I don't love anything
So pack it in
I do it on my own
I don't need anyone
To get things done
None of the buildings even look the same,
And underneath them all the shops have changed.
I don't pretend they're in a lot more pain,
Stocking much too young for the professionals to stay in.
I can do it, I can do it, I can do it, I can do it without you.
I can do it, I can do it, I can do it, I can do it without you.
I'm in tunnel to the north again
Everybody has to talk on the train.
And if you've got nothing thats clever to say,
Nobody's listening to you anyway.
'Cos I can do it, I can do it, I can do it, I can do it without you.
I can do it, I can do it, I can do it, I can do it without you.
But it wouldn't be very good.
La la la, la la la la la la la la la, etc.
What you want here?
It doesn't matter!
I don't think that it can be done without you.
What you doing?
It doesn't matter!
But everything that's done is all about you
We convince each other nothing has changed
Nobody else will ever write the same
We're out of ?? thought the stage is not blame
For your protection all the names have been changed
I can do it, I can do it, I can do it, I can do it without you.
I can do it, I can do it, I can do it, I can do it without you.
I can do it, I can do it, I can do it, I can do it without you.
I can do it, I can do it, I can do it, I can do it without you.
I can just imagine you and me
Running out of steam
Going through the motions
I have no idea how you know
When I dip my toes
In other people's oceans
You have local knowledge
Of the local area
And that impressed me quite
So I tried that night
We did things I thought you'd like
But that just made it worse
And I impressed you not
Well not a lot
Slow-ly star-ting from the start...
When the heat dies down
I'll be back in town
But until that time
I'll be round at mine
When the heat dies down
We'll be back in town
But until that time
I'll be round at mine
When the heat dies down,
When the heat dies down,
When the heat dies down,
When the heat dies down...
I can not imagine growing old
To have and to hold
Til death do part we told them
Right now I can stroll back 20 years
Spending time at hers
Talking to our mothers
I've got wider knowledge of the world
I just can't face another argument about the rent,
It all seems so important
In the grander scheme of things
But I was purpose built
To not feel guilt
Slow-ly end-ing at the end...
When the heat dies down,
I'll be back in town,
But until that time,
I'll be round at mine
When the heat dies down,
We'll be back in town,
But until that time,
I'll be round at mine
When the heat dies down,
When the heat dies down,
When the heat dies down,
I swear I heard it break
I swear I heard it break, break
I swear I heard it break, break
I swear I heard it break
It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a
sprain
It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a
sprain
I could've sworn that I heard it snap
But they tell me it's just a sprain
It's been broke before but this hurts some more
Stretched beyond normal capacity and possibly torn
But they do say a sprain hurts more than a break
Or is that just to make you feel better about it?
I swear I heard it break
I swear I heard it break, break
I swear I heard it break, break
I swear I heard it break
It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a
sprain
It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a
sprain
Something is wrong a crack in the world
That'll never be right again
I'm not coping well and it's starting to tell
One thousand missed oppurtunites and possibly more
All I had to do was to look after you
And it turns out that I'm the one who needs looking
after
I swear I heard it break
I swear I heard it break, break
I swear I heard it break, break
I swear I heard it break
It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a
sprain
It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a
sprain
It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a
sprain
It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a
ooooooo ahhhh
ooooooo ahhhh
ooooooo ahhhh
ooooooo ahhhh
Light touch my hand, in a dream of Golden Skans, from
now on.
You can forget our future plans.
Night touch my hand with the turning Golden Skans,
From the night and the light, all plans are golden in
your hand.
Set sail from sense, bring all her young.
Set sail from where we once begun.
While we wait, while we wait.
A hall of records, or numbers, or spaces still undone.
Ruins, or relics, disciples and the young.
A hall of records, or numbers, or spaces still undone.
Ruins, or relics, disciples and the young.
Light touch my hand, in a dream of Golden Skans, from
now on.
You can forget our future plans.
Night touch my hand with the turning Golden Skans,
From the night and the light, all plans are golden in
your hand.
ooooooo ahhhh
ooooooo ahhhh
ooooooo ahhhh
ooooooo ahhhh
We sailed from sense, brought all our young.
We sailed from where we once begun.
While we wait, while we wait.
A hall of records, or numbers, or spaces still undone.
Ruins, or relics, disciples and the young.
A hall of records, or numbers, or spaces still undone.
Ruins, or relics, disciples and the young.
Light touch my hand, in a dream of Golden Skans, from
now on.
You can forget our future plans.
Night touch my hand with the turning Golden Skans,
From the night and the light, all plans are golden in
your hand
Light touch my hand, in a dream of Golden Skans, from
now on.
You can forget our future plans.
Night touch my hand with the turning Golden Skans,
From the night and the light, all plans are golden in
your hand
ooooooo ahhhh
ooooooo ahhhh
ooooooo ahhhh
It's getting better all the time
I used to get mad at my school
The teachers who taught me weren't cool
You're holding me down, turning me round
Filling me up with your rules.
I've got to admit it's getting better
A little better all the time
I't can't get no worse
I have to admit it's getting better
It's getting better since you've been mine.
Me used to be a angry young man
Me hiding me head in the sand
You gave me the word
I finally heard
I'm doing the best that I can.
I've got to admit it's getting better
A little better all the time
I't can't get no worse
I have to admit its getting better since you've been
mine
Getting so much better all the time
It's getting better all the time
Better Better Better
It's getting better all the time
Better Better Better
I used to be cruel to my woman
I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she
loved
Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene
And I'm doing the best that I can.
I admit it's getting better
A little better all the time
It can't get no worse
Yes I admit it's getting better
It's getting better since you've been mine
Getting so much better all the time
Its getting better all the time
Better Better Better
Its getting better all the time
Better Better Better
His photograph was taken in 1980 in New York on a
subway train
He emerges days later, the sun in his eyes, and it
started all over again
It spreads through the city like a hand-made virus and
catching a glimpse of their lives
Beggars and bankers and flyboys and hookers all hang on
together inside
He's either dead or in serious trouble, ah ah ah
He's either dead or in serious trouble, ah ah ah
Criminally minded and partially blinded, surviving on
minimal sleep
Scars on his face and a stone in the place where his
heart would previously beat
Travelling even faster in the wake of disaster and
reaching at you from the bleak
Escaping and hiding or simply surviving, way down in
the fluorescent deep
He's either dead or in serious trouble, ah ah ah
He's either dead or in serious trouble, ah ah ah ah ah
His photograph was taken in 1980 in New York on a
subway train
Then he hit self-destruct with a battering ram and it
started all over again
He's either dead or in serious trouble, ah ah ah
He's either dead or in serious trouble, ah ah ah
He's either dead or in serious trouble
He's either dead or in serious trouble
He's either dead or in serious trouble
This is your nightmare calling
It's the downside of life in the city
Trouble will always find you
That's the problem of life in the city
It's always a pity
That someone goes under
I'll show you the worse side of life
That you thought was forgotten forever
It's not that it's evil there
But it's always lurking around
Like a child of the Jago
A child of the Jago
Yeah yeah
The city's a cemetary
Everywhere that you dig is another
Open it up beneath you
And the bad things are pulling you under
And once you go under
You're gone and forgotten
Some of the symmetry
Between the rooftop pools in the sewer
It's easy to disappear
When you know that nobody would miss you
Like a child of the Jago
A child of the Jago
Yeah yeah
Theres always been weary souls
That look like they're straight out of fiction
Wretched and weather-beaten
With the wind blowing rain in their faces
It always disgraces
In most modern places
There's always a worse kind of place
Where it will shock even the sick and the twisted
The pocket is there for the picking
And the clothes are for living on church day
The difference is minor
To a child of the Jago
Yeah yeah
The future is medieval
The future is medieval
The future is medieval
The future is medieval
Yeah yeah
The future is medieval
The future is medieval
The future is medieval
The future is medieval
Yeah yeah
The future is medieval
You've done well my boy, my oh my
I bet you thought that you had one this time
Watch your back because revenge is sweet
And you are everything I wanna be
You got everything so high, oh, high
Did you have to take Caroline?
I bet you thought that was the death of me
'Cause you are everything I wanna be
In my life
In my life
You got your way now and I got mine
But mine is better and it took less time
People say now that you look like me
'Cause you are everything I wanna be
In my life
In my life
In my life
'Cause you are everything I wanna be
In my life
In my life
In my life
You and me we're made, it's impossible to say to me
Together always
Then you moved away to the capital of England
I hoped you stay there
Once you asked me what I'm thinking
I lay back and think of England
Do you know my real answer?
I was born to be a dancer
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh
I came down at your on the National Express
Request to touch your breasts
And there, I found that you, you were hanging with crowd
Alone, of cheats and liars
Do you know what I've been thinking?
I lay back and think of England
Do you know my real answer?
I was born to be a dancer
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh
Once you asked me what I'm thinking?
I lay back and think of England
Do you know my real answer?
I was born to be a dancer
Do you know what I've been thinking?
I lay back and think of England
Do you know my real answer?
I was born to be a dancer
In the summer
No-one remembers
How cold it was
Back in December
Back in your hometown
It's hard to imagine
Walking around
In a similar fashion
I know 'cos I've seen it
I know 'cos I feel it
Yes I know 'cos I've been it
And nobody can tell me I'm wrong
In the playgrounds
Dream of the future
Making your own money
Doing whatever suits you
Suddenly you're older
And so reminiscient
Of playing soldiers
And the girls you were kissing
I know 'cos I've seen it
I know 'cos I feel it
Yes I know 'cos I've been it
And nobody can tell me I'm wrong
And nobody can tell me I'm wrong
Yes I know 'cos I've seen it
I know 'cos I feel it
Yes I know 'cos I've been it
And nobody can tell me I'm wrong
Look back into the world
Don't forget the world
Step into the world
In the shadows
This generation
All looked up to winners
And their low expectations
In the city
Or out in the rat race
Nothing in their pockets
But a smile on their faces
I know 'cos I've seen it
I know 'cos I feel it
Yes I know 'cos I've been it
And nobody can tell me I'm wrong
'Cos I've seen it
I know 'cos I feel it
Yes I know 'cos I've been it
And nobody can tell me I'm wrong
Let it never be said, the romance is dead
'Cos there?s so little else occupying my head
There is nothing I need except the function to breathe
But I?m not really fussed, doesn?t matter to me
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
And do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya
Know what ya doing, doing to me?
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
Due to lack of interest tomorrow is canceled
Let the clocks be reset and the pendulums held
'Cos there?s nothing at all except the space in between
Finding out what you?re called and repeating your name
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
And do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya
Know what ya doing, doing to me?
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
Could it be, could it be that you?re joking with me
And you don?t really see you with me
Could it be, could it be that you?re joking with me
And you don?t really see you with me
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
And do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya
Know what ya doing, doing to me?
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
And do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya
Know what ya doing, doing to me?
We used to go out nightly
To the armoury
You used to be my team mate
Or that's the way it seemed
We lost our friends
Because you wanted to
They had no faith in you
I had faith in you
You said we don't need anybody new
It's just me and you
On a bicycle for two
Ah ah ahhh
We used to hold on tightly
And you relied on me
I used to to be your team mate
Or that's the way it seemed
We lost our friends
Because you wanted to
They had no faith in you
I had faith in you
We've been everything you wanted to
It was just me and you
On a bicycle for two
Ah ah ahhh
I won't be the one to disappoint you any more,
And I know I've said all this and that you've heard it all before.
The trick is getting you to think that all this was your idea,
And that this was everything you've ever wanted out of here.
Love's not a competition, but I'm winning.
I'm not sure what's truly altruistic any more,
When every good thing that I do is listed and you're keeping score.
Love's not a competition but I'm winning,
Love's not a competition but I'm winning,
At least I thought I was,
But there's no way of knowing,
At least I thought I was,
But there's no way of knowing,
You know what it's like when you're new to the game but I'm not.
I won't be the one to disappoint you,
I won't be the one to disappoint you any more.
I won't be the one to disappoint you, / Love's not a competition but I'm winning,
(Be the one to disappoint you)
I won't be the one to disappoint you any more, / Love's not a competition but I'm winning.
I won't be the one to disappoint you, / Love's not a competition but I'm winning,
(Be the one to disappoint you)
I won't be the one to disappoint you any more, / Love's not a competition but I'm winning.
I won't be the one to disappoint you, / Love's not a competition but I'm winning,
(Be the one to disappoint you)
I won't be the one to disappoint you any more, / Love's not a competition but I'm winning.
I won't be the one to disappoint you, / Love's not a competition but I'm winning,
(Be the one to disappoint you)
I won't be the one to disappoint you any more, / Love's not a competition but I'm winning.
None of the buildings even look the same,
And underneath them all the shops have changed,
And over time I'll earn a lot more praise,
Stacking boxes, we are professionals to stay.
And I can do it, I can do it,
I can do it, I can do it without you,
I can do it, I can do it,
I can do it, I can do it without you.
I'm returning to the North again,
Everybody has to talk on the train,
And if you've got nothing that clever to say,
Nobody's listening to you anyway.
'Cause I can do it, I can do it,
I can do it, I can do it without you,
I can do it, I can do it,
I can do it, I can do it without you,
But it wouldn't be very good.
La-la-laaa
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-laaa
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-laaa
La-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-laaa
La-la-la-la-la-laaa
What you want, it, it doesn't matter,
I don't think that it can be done without you.
What you do, it, it doesn't matter,
But everything that's done is all about you,
It's going on without you, going on without you...
We convinced each other nothing has changed,
Nobody else will ever rock the same,
The adaptation for the stage is now playing,
For your attention all the names have been changed.
I can do it, I can do it,
I can do it, I can do it without you,
I can do it, I can do it,
I can do it, I can do it without you,
I can do it, I can do it,
I can do it, I can do it without you,
I can do it, I can do it,
I can do it, I can do it without you,
But it wouldn't be very good.
Oo-oo-oo.
Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
I remember nights out when we were young,
They weren't very good; they were rubbish,
Running 'round High Royds isn't fun,
Just teenagers testing their courage.
Standing outside nightclubs in the snow
Is not very cool or impressive,
Electing all the girls from the year below,
No need for I.D.s with those dresses.
Got news from afar,
From a girl who knows who we are,
She's still got my dinner money,
And she can keep it.
Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Never had a fight that we haven't lost,
We're not very tough or athletic,
Once I had a boxing champ in a headlock,
When he gets out, I'll regret it!
Got keys to a car,
Picked up my girl from Potters Bar,
The fast-food and the cinema,
It's not worth it.
Got word from down south,
Well, he had heard it via word of mouth,
Haven't much stayed in touch
Since High Royds.
Let it go, let it go, and if I'm rolling, I won't know
'Cause no one's gonna tell but a friend,
But he is gone and he is gone, and everybody went along,
And nobody was left there in the end.
Got news from Uncle Hugh
Through a second cousin once removed,
It's too late, there's a housing estate,
It's called High Royds.
Got a text from an ex,
She wants to know when we're in London next,
Will you write a song about me?
I don't think so!
Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
We went to the youth club and we looked out of place.
I didn't know where to look
So I, looked at your face.
But you were a boxing champ, and I was a weakling.
You didn't give me a chance,
You gave me a beating.
And I thank you very much that you did.
And as the time went by we stayed out of trouble,
Before I could realise my age had doubled.
The man I became is a tragic bore,
And he's not a boxing champ anymore.
If there's one thing i've learnt it's to run away,
At least I enjoy what I do today.
There are many things that I would be proud of
If I'd only invented them such as the wheel
The washing machine and the tumble dryer
On these inventions surely I could retire
I want to retire
No longer required
I want to get by without the man on my back
A tear in my eye
With a heart full of pride
I must go out on a high
And tell nobody why
There are many things that I know I could do
If I'd only have wanted to, such as create
The perfect soulmate everyone would admire
On this creation surely I could retire
I want to retire
No longer required
I want to get by without the man on my back
A tear in my eye
With a heart full of pride
I must go out on a high
And not to answer to why
I want to retire
Inform the suppliers
I'll leave the party in style
And not to be carried out
Without a cloud in the sky
I Got my fingers in pies
A Golden watch on my side
Will measure my free time
Now my place in History is surely assured
I will be remembered here forever more
Brand new product in place and a potential buyer
Up on this next transaction surely I could retire
I want to retire
No longer required
I want to get by without the man on my back
A tear in my eye
With a heart full of pride
I must go out on a high
And not to answer to why
I want to retire
Inform the suppliers
I'll leave the party in style
And not to be carried out
Without a cloud in the sky
I Got my fingers in pies
A Golden watch on my side
I won't be the one to disappoint you anymore,
I know, I've said all this and that you've heard
It all before,
The trick is getting you to think that all this was your idea.
And that this was everything you've ever wanted out of here,
Love's not a competition but I'm winning.
I'm not sure what's truly altruistic anymore,
When every good thing that I do is listed and you're keeping score,
Love's not a competition but I'm winning
Love's not a competition but I'm winning
At least I thought I was but there's no way of knowing,
At least I thought I was but there's no way of knowing,
You know what it's like when you're new to the game but I'm not,
I won't be the one to disappoint you,
I remember nights out when we were young
They weren't very good, they were rubbish
Running round Highroyds isn't fun
Just teenagers testing their courage
Standing outside nightclubs in the snow
Is not very cool or impressive
They let in all the girls from the year below
No need for IDs with those dresses
Got news from afar
From a girl who knows who we are
She's still got my dinner money
She can keep it
Never had a fight that we haven't lost
But not very tough or athletic
Once I had a boxing champ in a headlock
When he gets out I'll regret it
Got keys to a car
Picked up a girl from Boston Spa
For fast food and the cinema
It's not worth it
Got word from down south
Well, Ian heard about us word of mouth
Haven't much stayed in touch
Since Highroyds
Let it go, let it go and if I'm running I won't know
'Cause no one's gonna tell you but a friend
But he's gone and he is gone and everybody went along
And nobody was left here in the end
Got news from Uncle Hew
Through a second cousin once removed
It's too late there's a housing estate
It's called Highroyds
Got a text from an ex
She wants to know when we're in London next
Will you write a song about me
I don't think so
Everyday I love you less and less
It's clear to see that you've become obsessed
I've got to get this message to the press
That everyday I love you less and less
And everyday I love you less and less
I've got to get this feeling off my chest
The doctor says all I need's pills and rest
Since everyday I love you less and less, unless
Unless I know I feel it in my bones
I'm sick, I'm tired of staying in control
Oh yes, I feel a rat upon a wheel
I've got to know what's not and what is real
Oh yes, I'm stressed, I'm sorry I digressed
Impressed, you're dressed to SOS
Oh, and my parents love me
Oh, and my girlfriend loves me, oh
Everyday I love you less and less
I can't believe once you and me did sex
It makes me sick to think of you undressed
Since everyday I love you less and less
And everyday I love you less and less
You're turning into something I detest
And everybody says that you're a mess
Since everyday I love you less and less unless
Unless I know, I feel it in my bones
I'm sick, I'm tired of stayin' in control
Oh yes, I feel a rat upon a wheel
I've got to know what's not and what is real
Oh yes, I'm stressed, I'm sorry I digressed
Impressed, you're dressed to SOS
Oh, and my parents love me
Oh, and my girlfriend loves me
Oh, they keep photos of me
Oh, that's enough love for me, oh
Oh, and my parents love me
Oh, and my girlfriend loves me
Oh, they keep photos of me
I'll tell you what it's going to be like
I saw you on the bus and that was that
There's more to this than passing by
There's more to this than meets the eye
I'll tell you what it's going to be like
I saw you on the bus, I saw your shoes
They fell apart some time ago
Am I so boring, fine
It's not my fault, I don't care
I don't regret a single thing
It's not my fault, I don't care
I don't regret a single thing
I'll tell you what it's going to feel like
You lost a limb and you can feel it
If you leave at night, not by my side
'Cause I'm not there to hold you too tight
Leave, I'll tell you what its going to be like
No you can never hold my hand
If only they can know or understand
That you and me are now together
It's not my fault, I don't care
I don't regret a single thing
It's not my fault, I don't care
I don't regret a single thing
Oh oh, you can have it all, if that's alright
Oh, I will give it all to you 'cause you never lied before
And you can have it all, if that's alright
And you can have it all, if it's alright, oh oh
It's not my fault, I don't care
I don't regret a single thing
It's not my fault, I don't care
I don't regret a single thing
Oh oh, you can have it all, if that's alright
And I will give it all to you 'cause you never lied before
And you can have it all, if that's alright
Oh, I will give it all to you 'cause you never lied before
And you can have it all, if that's alright
And I will give it all to you 'cause you never lied before
And you can have it all, if that's alright
It's not my problem now
Get him to sort it out
And when the dust has cleared
Look on your shoulder
It looks like we're over
You've got a lot to say
For someone who says they're okay
It must be serious
To look on my shoulder
It looks like we're over now
Hit that wall with a wrecking ball
Again, if I'm over
Hit that wall with a wrecking ball
Again, if I'm over, you are
We got out just in time
The furniture was mine
And that's most unfortunate
So look on my shoulder
It looks like we're over now
Hit that wall with a wrecking ball
Again, if I'm over
Hit that wall with a wrecking ball
Again, if I'm over, you are
So look on my shoulder
It looks like we're over
Look on my shoulder
Hit that wall with a wrecking ball
Again, if I'm over
Hit that wall with a wrecking ball
When you've got 24 hours left on the clock
What you gonna do?
What you gonna do?
When you are the last apple pie in the shop
What you gonna do?
What you gonna do?
Think about me
Think about me
When all is quiet, won't you think about --
Maybe I have missed the greatest day of my life
I hope that isn't true
I hope that isn't true
Ladies I have kissed could've all been my wife
But none of them were you
None of them were you
My darling
Oh, my darling
Think about me
Think about me
When all is quiet, won't you think about me?
I've been waiting for you (wasting my time)
Most of my life (wasting my time)
When all is quiet, won't you think about --
Think about me
Think about me
When all is quiet, won't you think about me?
I've been waiting for you (wasting my time)
Most of my life (wasting my time)
When all is quiet, won't you think about me?
Think about me
Think about me
Think about me
I can't do it any quicker
I don't want it any slicker
As far as the eye can see
Is miles and miles of icy sea.
So try your best
And think about it later
Or you will never know
I don't feel fear anymore
But I can't risk getting mauled
As far as the ear can hear
The wave is coming loud and clear
So try your best
And think about it later
Or you will never know
So try your best
And think about it later
Or you will never know
Which way your life could go
And you'll know when you know
So try your best
And think about it later
Or you will never know
Which way your life could go
It starts with nothing
And it ends in nothing
You start with nothing
And you leave with nothing
It'll start with nothing
And will end in nothing
You arrive with nothing
And you leave with nothing
You're on your own on the last train home
Open your eyes you have arrived
You're on your own again
At the end
It starts with nothing
And it ends in nothing
You arrive with nothing
And you leave with nothing
Nobody knows where the money goes
You are alive and a passerby
And leave it all behind
Never mind
It starts with nothing
And it ends in nothing
You start with nothing
And you leave with nothing
It'll start with nothing
And will end in nothing
You arrive with nothing
And you leave with nothing
Yes that is my final answer
Yes that is my final answer
Yes that is my final answer
Yes that is my final answer
Yes that is my final answer
Yes that is my final answer
You're on your own on the last train home
Another tunnel on the circle line
With nothing up your sleeve
As you leave
It starts with nothing
And it ends in nothing
You start with nothing
And you leave with nothing
It'll start with nothing
And will end in nothing
You arrive with nothing
How could we not notice it before?
Well, you may as well have pinned it to my door
Well, lately I'm oh so slowly coming around
To the fact that this friend is a friend no more
And if you think you're right then you are wrong
No one ever really knew what's going on
Now we're oh so slowly coming around
And this friend of a friend was no friend all along
The penny drops from the top of Tour Eiffel
Through the boulevards to Taj Mahal
A penny more to the floor of Sacre Coeur
I dare you not to touch your heart
I dare you not to fall apart
I have to leave
No-one ever drowned in their tears
No-one ever died from their fears
I don't believe
I have a sentimental thought in me
Because life is the simplest thing
When you realise you don't care
Oh darling don't worry
You'll never have to see me again
Don't roll your eyes
You'll never have to see me again
Daring you to count up to ten
Daring you to do that again
I have to go
No-one ever learned how to spell
No-one ever went to hell
I have to go
I know to cut my team and sell my soul[?]
Because life is the simplest thing
When you realise you don't care
Oh darling don't worry
You'll never have to see me again
Don't roll your eyes
You'll never have to see me again
Oh darling I dare you
Because life is the simplest thing
When you realise you don't care
Oh darling don't worry
You'll never have to see me again
Don't roll your eyes
You'll never have to see me again
Oh darling I dare you
You'll never have to see me again
Oh darling
Don't worry
Problem solved
It's easier said than done
A problem solved
Reveals another one to be done
Convinced I'm not
I know there's still a lot to be done
Convinced I'm not
I wish I was happy with my lot
I wish I was happy happy happy with my lot
I see you walking down the street
You know who you are
Smiling all the time
An empty head
Is not something I would aspire to
But that being said
It must be nice to be oblivious
Content I'm not
I know there's still a lot to be done
Content I'm not
I wish I was happy with my lot
I wish I was happy happy happy with my lot
I see you walking down the street
You know who you are
Smiling all the time
What does it take to make you listen?
What does it take to make you understand?
What does it take to make you listen?
What does it take to make you understand?
A problem solved
Don't be too quick to reach for champagne
Plenty more
Business rattling around my brain
Convinced I'm not
I know there's still a lot to be done
Convinced I'm not
People need light
To get down the stairs
People need light for
Brushing their hairs
People need light
To get to the toilet
People need light
People need light
If there was no light
Where would you go?
If there was no light
We'd have to go very slow...
People need light
To put on a play
People need light
To jump down the stage
People need light
For getting their tooth done
People need light
People need light
If there was no light
How could we see?
If there was no light
How would you tell it was meeeeeee?
If there was no light
Where would you go?
If there was no light
I'm only here trying to make a living
I need another midnight idea
Forty-five ??? lay abandoned
And my discount disappeared
Two lines written in the papers
And one of them is my name
I'm a long, long way from celebrating
And it's never gonna be the same
Do I miss you?
I don't know
I just need something
For my soul
As I'm a long, long way from celebrating
Ever since I knew that you were crazy
You're like a human TV
Spending time with you is some challenge
With a reaction guaranteed
We'll all be home in time for tea and bagels
And let them lick the pattern off the plate
But I'm a long long way from celebrating
It's gonna be bitter sweet
Do I miss you?
I don't know
I just need something
For my soul
As I'm a long, long way from celebrating
Would I miss you?
I don't think so
Just give me something
For my soul
As I'm a long, long way from celebrating
Do I miss you?
I don't know
I just need something
For my soul
I'm a long, long way from celebrating
Would I miss you?
Don't think so
Just give me something
For my soul
Girl and boy, everythin' in full swing
Heads or tails, doesn't make a difference
Beneath the glamor there was always gonna be
Amateur dramatics, a lot of bad behavior
I would see glasses on the table
One, two, three, only you and me
Wearing nothin' in the lap of luxury
Sip it slowly, not a leg to stand on
Take my money, twist of paper
Leave the table, bad behavior
I got my spies, swift to every consulate
To be my eyes and tell me what I never see
'Cause a ghost don't fear a lover
Nothin' teeth blank, ah get ready for the credit clubber
Secret moore, gettin' it together
With a big fat bowl of alphabet spaghetti
Watch the birdie lookin' through the mirror
Polly wanna cracker, that's not what I heard
Take my money, twist of paper
Leave the table, bad behavior
I will not lie to you
But I definitely only gave you half the truth
I will not lie to you
I will not lie to you
But I definitely only gave you half the truth
I will not lie to you
Gentlemen turn off your recorders
I can hear them buzzin' from inside of you're tracksuits
Got to get to California
Where this woman is threatening to sue me
Get right back, back to the beginning
Where we start off single and everythin' in full swing
Everyone around you wearing big gold hats, come on
Playin' the piano now
Take my money, twist of paper
Leave the table, bad behavior
I will not lie to you
But I definitely only gave you half the truth
I will not lie to you
I will not lie to you
But I definitely only gave you half the truth
I will not lie to you
Listen, I won't lie so baby don't cry
The way I'm feeling right now, I'm feeling so high
I can't tell you to choose, baby you know why
'Cause everybody talks about me, I'm a known guy
I'll tell you half the truth, at least I told you half
But then all the rest of it, I'll tell you if you only ask
'Cause I'm a gold digger and I should know better
I will not lie to you
But I definitely only gave you half the truth
I will not lie to you
I will not lie to you
I will not lie to you
Follow the underdog
Hold on his collar tight
This city loves a scrap
One day its gonna bite
Sticks and stones and animal bones
Can't stop me from having
A good day on a bad day
There's good days and bad days
Making a night of it
Breaking the barriers
Drowning your sorrows
Upset the regulars
Sticks and stones and animal bones
Can't stop me from getting away with
Good days and bad days
There's good days and bad days
Hey hey [x8]
(good days and bad days)
Sticks and stones and animal bones [x2]
Theres good days and bad days [x2]
Hey hey [x8]
If you had a different attitude
Instead of take and take and take
You have missed an opportunity
And that's a really big mistake
If you had a different attitude
You're beautiful
In every way
From the neck down
From the neck down
A kinda face
That could sink ships
Not in a good way
But in a bad way
You love her but you don't want to show her to your
friends
You love her but you don't want to show her to your
friends
You love her but you don't want to show her to your
friends
I got a fast car
A convertible
We keep the top up
Let's keep the top up
You love her but you don't want to show her to your
friends
You love her but you don't want to show her to your
In the middle of the night
You hardly know what's wrong from right
And it doesn't even matter
When you are hidden from the light
Anywhere I go it's clear
Anywhere I go it's clear
I'm a fly on the wall
The greatest thing you ever said
Was on your own and in your head
And did it ever even happen?
Not written down or ever read
Anywhere I go it's clear
Anywhere I go it's clear
I'm a fly on the wall
I'm a fly on the wall
I'm a fly on the wall
I'm a fly on the wall
I'm a fly on the wall
I'm a fly on the wall
I love to watch the gradual ball
I want to see the whites in your eyes
I need to be the tone of your voice
I have to be the fly on the wall
Anywhere I go
(The Move cover)
Woke up one morning half asleep
With all my blankets in a heap
And yellow roses gathered all around me
The time was still approaching four
I couldn't stand it anymore
Saw marigolds upon my eider down
[Chorus]
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain keeping me cool
So I lay upon my side with all the windows opened wide
Couldn't pressurise my head from speaking
Hoping not to make a sound
I pushed my bed into the grounds
In time to catch the sight that I was seeking
[Chorus]
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain keeping me cool
If this perfect pleasure has the key
Then this is how it has to be
If my pillow's getting wet
I don't see that it matters much to me
I heard the flowers in the breeze
Make conversation with the trees
Believed to leave reality behind me
With my commitments in a mess my sleep
Has gone away depressed
In a world of fantasy you'll find me
[Chorus]
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Sooooooooooooooooooooooo
Everything is average nowadays
Everything is average nowadays
Everyone would do it if they can
And everything is going down the pan
And everyone is following the craze
And everything is average
Now you say it's getting better
But I don't really see the signs
Said it is too different
You thought it would be suicide
Not much to believe in
Left up on a shelf
So get your coats we're leaving
We'll just do something else
Ohhhh Everything is average nowadays
Everything is average nowadays
And everything is of no consequence
Cos everyone is sitting on the fence
And everything will always stay the same
Cos everything is average
Now you said you didn't mean it
You threw away the book of rules
You thought that we should read it
I wouldn't even know how to
Not much to believe in
Left up on the shelf
So get your coats we're leaving
We'll just do something else
All I need is a ball and a wall
Or a sledge and a hill in heavy weather
All I need is a ball and a wall
A sledge and a hill in heavy weather
Oh oh oh oh etc.
Not much to believe in
Left up on the shelf
So get your coats we're leaving
We'll just do something else
Sooooooooooooooooooooooo
Everything is average nowadays
Everything is average nowadays
Everyone would do it if they can
And everything is going down the pan
And everyone is following the craze
My cousin in the Bronx
He knows everyone
And he said start the revolution without me
I'll definitely be at the next one
My cousin in the Bronx
I should probably get a taxi home
Aspecially around this time of night
Never stay out of the party
Forever more than a record now
My cousin in the Bronx
He knows everyone
And he said start the revolution without me
I've got to cut my hair
My cousin in the Bronx
He knows everyone
And he said start the revolution without me
I'll definitely be at the next one
My cousin in the Bronx
Why am I always the last one to leave
Walking home with my saturday clothes on
You can print that on the posters
It can get last in the gasters
My cousin in the Bronx
He knows everyone
And he said start the revolution without me
I've got to cut my hair
My cousin in the Bronx
He knows everyone
And he said start the revolution without me
I'll definitely be at the next one
In the west of town there's no promised land
And if you can't get that through your head then fine
And if you want me to be honest with
You can ask me and I'll tell you everything
And if you want to know a lie
Then I'll tell you a lie
If you want to know the truth
Then I'll tell you
Oh when you're coming up for air
And you think there's someone there
No you won't see me
Coz I'm faster than you think
As the world flies by and I close my eyes
To empty office buildings and the five-a-side
Where the air is thin in the morning light
If I'm on this road I'm gonna wait again
And if you want to know a lie
Then I'll tell you a lie
If you want to know the truth
Then I'll tell you
Oh when you're coming up for air
And you think there's someone there
No you won't see me
Coz I'm faster than you think
If you want the truth then just ask me
I will give it to you but you won't like it much
And if that's okay then we'll get on fine
And if not then we can call it quits
And if you want to know a lie
Then I'll tell you a lie
If you want to know the truth
Then I'll tell you
Oh when you're coming up for air
And you think there's someone there
No you won't see me
Coz I'm faster than you think
And if that's okay then we'll get on fine
There's times
There's times when I look around
There's times when I look up and down
Up and down my street
And I'm not very pleased
You complain
You complain behind a twitching blind
Writing strong worded letters to The Times
And you might even post them
If you dared go outside
I can't mind my own business
Thats why I've never, never had a trouble
I can't mind my own business, yeah
That's why I've never, never had a trouble with you
There were times
There were times when I truly believed
That everybody was out to get me
I know that's no longer true
Cuz now their out to get you
And these days
These days there's a kitchen knife
At the bottom every Bag For Life
So keep yourself to yourself
Or you'll end up in a canal
I can't mind my own business
That's why I've never, never had a trouble
I can't mind my own business, yeah
That's why I've never, never had a trouble with you
With you
I can't mind my own business
That's why I've never, never had a trouble
I can't mind my own business yeah
That's why I've never, never had a trouble
I can't mind my own business
That's why I've never, never had a trouble
I can't mind my own business, yeah
You said that stranger things have happened
I don't know why you're laughing
I wish I'd never asked
There must be something in the water
That's making it much stronger
That's building it to last
Do you admire me like I, admire you x2
And I know it might be cause you're easy
Or just because you're new to me
Or maybe cause you're new
There must be a combination of everything
Cause I haven't seen a lot of things
As interesting as you
Do you admire me like I, admire you x2
And I thought you were a nervous wreck and it
Turned out that you were
I heard you were a bag of nerves and it
Turned out that you were x3
I thought that when you said you need me
You meant that you needed me
You just need me in the head
Do you admire me like I, admire you x2
And I thought you were a nervous wreck and it
Turned out that you were
I heard you were a bag of nerves and it
Turned out that you were x3
Do you admire me like I, admire you x2
And I thought you were a nervous wreck and it
Turned out that you were
I heard you were a bag of nerves and it
Getting married in the morning
It's hardly peaches and cream
We haven't got a lot in common
Except the daily routine
Nothing on the television
Just the dust on the screen
So come on let's get together
Why don't we join a team?
You might as well face it you're addicted to drugs
You might as well face it you're addicted
You might as well face it you're addicted to drugs
You might as well face it you're addicted
The greatest poet of the 6th form
Turned out to be a fraud
Man, you've got a lot of buddies
How do you remember them all?
You might as well face it you're addicted to drugs
You might as well face it you're addicted
You might as well face it you're addicted to drugs
You might as well face it you're addicted
You might as well face it you're addicted to drugs
You might as well face it you're addicted
You might as well face it you're addicted to drugs
Didn't expect any of this
But it was really nice
Didnt want you to cause a fuss
But it feels alive
So Thank you very much
Its really nice to know
That you enjoyed the show
And I want you to know when to go
Cos this should be a thrill
But it feels like a drill
Now you must let me go, let me go
I just imagine that of you
And there's nothing nothing nothing I can't do
I just imagine that of you
And there's nothing nothing nothing I can't do
I just imagine that of you
And there's nothing nothing nothing I can't do
I just imagine that of you
And there's nothing nothing nothing I can't do
I remember what it was like
And it was really nice
Never thought I would experience this
From the other side
So Thank you very much
It's really nice to know
That you enjoyed the show
And I want you to know when to go
Cos this should be a thrill
But it feels like a drill
Now you must let me go, let me go
I just imagine that of you
And there's nothing nothing nothing I can't do
I just imagine that of you
And there's nothing nothing nothing I can't do
I just imagine that of you
And there's nothing nothing nothing I can't do
I just imagine that of you
I can prove anything
I'll make you admit again and again
I can prove anything
The way that it's read again and again
And its only cos you came here with your brothers too
If you came here on your own you'd be dead
Its only cos you follow what the others do
Its no excuse to say your easily lead
You can choose anything
You choose to lose again and again
You could do anything
Why should you do anything again
And its only cos you came here with your brothers too
If you came here on your own you'd be dead
Winding yourself up until your turning blue
Repeating everything that you've read
And here we go with the letter
Well can you fix it for me
Cos we need entertainment
To keep us all off the streets
So tonight you'll sleep softly in your bed
You can try anything
And no-one would know apart from you and me
You can stop anything
It's starts with just one and turns to two then three
Its only cos you came here with your brothers too
If you came here on your own you'd be dead
Raise a glass or two
You raise a fist or two
Get a shopping basket wrapped round your head
So here we go with the letter
Oh can you fix it for me
24 hour drinking
To keep us all off the streets
So tonight you'll sleep softly in your bed
We are the angry mob
We read the papers everyday day
We like who like
We hate who we hate
Head down, keep your head down
Keep the rent down all the time
Hold tight, to your red stripe
Why do we fight everytime
I wish that you could see me in the day
I hope that you'll remember me that way
Night club, Marlborough Light stub
Stuck to my gob, all the time
I treat you like the see-through
I don't mean to everytime
I wish that you could see me in the day
I hope that you'll remember me that way
What did I ever give you
When you wanted me to
All I gave you was pain
And a look of disdain
What did I ever give you
When you wanted me to
All I gave you was grief
Are you sick to your teeth
Disgraced, back to my place
I'm a complete waste of your time
I'm asleep before the first sheep
Until the last bleep of all time
I wish that you could see me in the day
I hope that you'll remember me that way
What did I ever give you
When you wanted me to
All I gave you was pain
And a look of disdain
What did I ever give you
When you wanted me to
All I gave you was grief
Are you sick to your teeth
What did I ever give you
When you wanted me to
All I gave you was pain
And a look of disdain
What did I ever give you
When you wanted me to
All I gave you was grief
Are you sick to your teeth
Like a tomato in the rain
I got that feeling again
Like a greyhound in a race
I've got a rabbit to chase
Roll under me
No one's going down
You got the remedy
What's going around?
Like a beetle on its back
I've got to get back on track
Or a police man on the tape
Waiting down in the lane
If the wheel comes off your car
Hammer in a nail or two
Before it falls apart
Add in more nails and glue
Yes, I do know about you
Shall I come home?
Yes, I do know about you
Shall I come home?
I got that feeling again
I got that feeling again
Roll around with me
No one's going down
You got our memories
It all comes back around
Yes, I do know about you
Shall I come home?
Yes, I do know about you
Well it's time honoured tradition
To get enough nutrition
Stay alive until you die
And that is the end of you
And I pity the fools
Who don't recognize the rules
We cannot cheat the reapers reap
And that is the end of that
That is the end of that
That is the end of that
That is the end of that
Ho ho ho ho...
Well it's not an old wives tale
Too much red meat and ale
Will make you pay get five a day
Or that is the end of you
And it's a common misconception
But true without exception
These nights of booze catch up with you's
And that is an actual fact
That is the end of that
That is the end of that
That is the end of that
Ho ho ho ho...
La lalala...
It's time honoured tradition
To get enough nutrition
Stay alive until you die
And that is the end of you
And I pity the fools
Who don't recognize the rules
We cannot cheat the reapers reap
Seperate me from
Ohhh
Seperate this
Life is all, life is always cells of lost on living
I could almost feel the breath that you were almost
giving
I can see the silence in the way that you were talking
I could leave the sites and sirens if i could ignore it
Friday night it isnt like
Saturday night, it isn't like monday
Sunday night, i think about friday
All my life, things change
Life is seperated
All my entire life
Things change
Things change
Almost everyday
Almost everyway
Sites and sounds of modern living
I just got through it all
The sites and sounds of modern living
Things change
The sites and sounds of modern living
The sites and sounds i can do it all
Things change
Almost everyday
Almost everyway
I told the doctor seperated
He wanted expose that i'll survive
Just when you thought it was safe to go
back in the party on your own
It's like the night of the living dead
With beer in hand and lampshade on head
Fast forward two weeks
someone's coming up your street
Fast forward two weeks
what is that is that a rat a tat tat tat
Sooner or later there will be a knock at the door now
Won't know what you're doin' or what you're doin' it
And then you say to yourself
That guy is everywhere
That guy is everywhere
That guy is everywhere
I was definitely there with you that night
when you looked like you had seen a ghost
I remember because you turned off the lights
and we hid In a pile of coats
Now fast forward two weeks
someone coming up you're street
Fast forward two weeks
what was that was that a rat a tat tat tat
Sooner or later there'll be a knock at the door but you
won't know what your doin' or what you're doin' it for
then you say to yourself
That guy is everywhere
that guy is everywhere
that guy is everywhere oh
Activated the security light as he came up the garden
path
we all waited and tried to be quiet
and we suddenly heard that rat a tat tat tat
Sooner or later there'll be a knock at the door but
you won't know what your doin' or what you're doin' it
then you say to yourself
That guy is everywhere
that guy is everywhere
that guy is everywhere
Count me out (repeat 11x)
Waiting just like before
But just one hour of excitement out of these 24
And now there's 15 minutes to go
Before you said it would be that long 15 minutes ago
Eighteen out of the blocks
They couldn't wait to stop you
So you knocked off their socks
With all the making up for lost time
Makes up past experience and adrenaline
Sink that ship, do it all in one go
And you rock that boat and they can't say no
Do what you like, that's alright
You gotta make mistakes, that's what it takes
Sink that ship, do it all in one go
Seeing all the sights 'cause they're all very nice
Have that next with your eye on the decks
You've gotta take that risk
Or you'll blink and you've missed it
Rewind back to the start
I'm good for nothing, but you looked for the heart
And now you're angry, counting to ten
I wouldn't do it slowly but I'd do it again
Sink that ship, do it all in one go
And you rock that boat and they can't say no
Do what you like, that's alright
You gotta make mistakes, that's what it takes
Sink that ship, do it all in one go
Seeing all the sights 'cause they're all very nice
Have that next with your eye on the decks
You've gotta take that risk
Leaning on a rope that's the worst kind of holiday
Another melody line will take you miles away
I recognise the noise and the feeling of the drunken
sway
I nearly fell down the stairs in the old fashioned way
I'm not saying I'm ready
I'm not saying it's here
But I haven't felt anything quite like this for a year
That's saying something, saying something
That's saying something, saying something
I'm hard to please
Yes I'm hard to please
And all that I could do was sit here watching you
Another brilliant view it's only rhythm of Blues
Despite of all the dangers I keep moving on
It was a brilliant line but for a different song
I'm not saying I'd do it
I'm not saying I won't
But when you tell me about how you always say that you
do then you don't
That's saying something, saying something
That's saying something, saying something
I'm hard to please
Yes I'm hard to please
The fire in me still burns even through the snow
The fire in me won't go out, no
Because I'm hardly even a hero
Time that we leave all the weirdos
That's saying something, saying something
That's saying something, saying something
That's saying something, saying something
That's saying something, saying something
The fire in me still burns even through the snow
The fire in me won't go out, no
Because I'm hardly even a hero
Time that we leave all the weirdos
That's saying something, saying something
That's saying something, saying something
That's saying something, saying something
That's saying something, saying something
I'm hard to please
S-s-suddenly there's a knock at your head
Don't let them in because they'll try to take your TV set
Ha-ha-happiness is the ball in your hand
You've got to try and throw this party just as far as you can
Cre-cre-creosote is pouring out of my brain
I swear I heard the floor boards they were creaking your name
G-g-get a room, get a head, get a hat
We're going to hell anyway, let's travel first class
Come to the city on a Saturday night
Watching the boys on their motorbikes
I wanna be like those guys, I wanna wear my clothes tight
Well matching jackets and a fistful of notes
New sneakers and a fresh pack of smokes
P-p-pneumothorax is a word that is long
Man, just trying to put the punk back into punctured lung
Pa-pa-panic over party off party on
'Cause we are birds of a feather and you can be the fat one
Come to the city on a Saturday night
Open your heads like a satellite
I wanna see what they see, I wanna love you like crazy
Those cameras are pointing right in your face
Can see into your room from outer space
Cut through the city on a Saturday night
It's not the size of the man in the fight
I wanna know what that does, I wanna show what matters
'Cause it's the size of the fight in the man
That makes the difference and decides who is champ
Cut through the city on a Saturday night
'Cause you and me, we're on the edge of the night
Come to the city on a Saturday night
I asked your mother and she said, "It's alright"
We're getting married when we're thirty
I want to do it on your birthday
'Cause I don't wanna waste a moment with you
Oh, I just wanna dance the whole night through
Cut through the city on a Saturday night
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