Stranglers, The Filmography

• Top of the Pops: The Story of 1977 (2012)
• Der Formel Eins Film (1985)
• Punk in London (1977)

• Out Of My Mind - The Stranglers
• Don't Bring Harry - The Stranglers
• Burning Up Time - The Stranglers
• Bring On The Nubiles - The Stranglers
• Let's Celebrate - The Stranglers
• Let Me Introduce You To The Family - The Stranglers
• Where I Live - The Stranglers
• Uptown - The Stranglers
• Tramp - The Stranglers
• Too Many Teardrops - The Stranglers
• The Man They Love To Hate - The Stranglers
• Sweet Smell Of Success - The Stranglers
• Strange Little Girl - The Stranglers
• Souls - The Stranglers
• Someone Like You - The Stranglers
• Skin Deep - The Stranglers
• Punch and Judy - The Stranglers
• Pin-Up - The Stranglers
• North Winds - The Stranglers
• No Mercy - The Stranglers
• Never To Look Back - The Stranglers
• Man Of The Earth - The Stranglers
• Mad Hatter - The Stranglers
• Let Me Down Easy - The Stranglers
• Laughing - The Stranglers
• La Folie - The Stranglers
• It Only Takes Two To Tango - The Stranglers
• In This Place - The Stranglers
• Ice Queen - The Stranglers
• Down In The Sewer - The Stranglers
• How To Find True Love And Happiness In The Present - The Stranglers
• Hanging Around - The Stranglers
• Goodbye Toulouse - The Stranglers
• Golden Brown - The Stranglers
• Get A Grip (On Yourself) - The Stranglers
• Everybody Loves You When You're Dead - The Stranglers
• Bitching - The Stranglers
• Always The Sun - The Stranglers
• Ain't Nothin' To It - The Stranglers
• 96 Tears - The Stranglers
• Shakin Like A Leaf - The Stranglers

Out of my mind I can't get you
Out of my mind I can't get you
I'll tell you somethng I feel hung over today
I'll tell you something this head just won't go away
But when you smile my day gets brighter
And in a while my head's gone away
Out of my mind I can't get you
Out of my mind I can't get you
Let me tell you something
I'm high from talking to you
I'll tell you something your smell works better than glue
And when you smile I see the colours
And in a while there's a world brand new
Out of my mind out of my mind
Out of my mind I can't get you
I'll tell you something I got to see you today
I'll tell you something nothing can get in our way
And when you smile I see the sunrise
And in a while out of things to say
Out of my mind I can't get you

Harry and me we live in a dream
With a friend like him I don't need enemies
I don't know where morning is
It might not come today
That's the trouble when harry's around
He forces me to play
I should have refused to meet this midnight cheat
He likes to prey on my mind with his own special treat
I don't know when morning comes
It might not come today
Harry likes to play all night
I'll do what harry says
Don't bring harry I don't need him around
Don't bring harry I don't need him around
Ah you've met harry - I can see by your eyes
If once there was life there now there's compromise
Harry is a beast of luxury
He just wants my body and soul - leaves the bones behind
Ah you've met harry - I can see by your eyes
If once there was action - Now there is no life
Don't bring harry I don't need him around
Don't bring harry I don't need him around

The Brighton train it goes real soon
My Brighton Belle is in her room
It's burning up time
Burning up time
I wanna burn up while I'm having good times
Don't wanna burn up with other people's bad times
Like a meteor
Like to meet yer
The weekend's here the Finchley Boys
Are gonna make a lot of noise
It's burning up time
You either love or you despise
There's just no time for compromise
The days have gotta move real fast
We know that nothing's gonna last

I want to love you like your dad
find be your superman
I'll show you things you've never had
And hold your little hand
Bring on the Nubiles
Bring on the Nubiles
I go crazy for ya
Crazy for ya
Crazy for ya
Crazy for ya
I'll kiss your zone erogenous
There's plenty to explore
I've got to lick your little puss
And nail it to the floor
Bring on the Nubiles
Bring on the Nubiles
I go crazy for ya
Crazy for ya
Crazy for ya
Crazy for ya
Lemme lemme fuck ya fuck ya
Bring on the Nubiles
Bring on the Nubiles
Lemme lemme lick your lucky smiles
There's a lot of games that wet can play
Just turn my tap I'll drip
And when the fever reaches you
I'm high beneath my zip
Bring on the Nubiles
Bring on the Nubiles
I go crazy for ya
Crazy for ya
Crazy for ya
Crazy for ya

Got the chance of a real good time
If you're by yourself, don't hesitate
Spent too long on a wooden fence
If you wanna come don't have to wait
If you wanna come don't hesitate
Let me get to taste your honey child
Let's celebrate
Let's celebrate
Let's celebrate
Let's celebrate
Let's celebrate
Wave a flag or sing a song
When you come along let's celebrate
Climb aboard the fun mobile
There's plenty of room on the tailgate
There's plenty of room on the tailgate
Let me get to taste your honey child
Let's celebrate
Let's celebrate
Let's celebrate
Let's celebrate
Let's celebrate
Look for honey round the world
Find it in some special girl
Maybe one maybe eight
Makes no odds let's celebrate
Take some time and run around
Love the world or run it down
Trouble is it's getting late
Come with me let's celebrate
Let me get to taste your honey child

I love the family
Longer than longevity
Mother tells me what to be
Taller than the tallest tree
I love the family
Sister loves me tenderly
Sitting on my daddy's knee
Let me introduce you to the family
I love the family I love the family
I love the family I love the family
I love the family I love the family
I love the family
Friends will fall for the family
Brother you are dear to me
Watch it grow the family tree
Can't outrun the family
It gets me where I want to be
Trough thick and thin it will help me
Let me introduce you to the family
I love the family I love the family
I love the family I love the family
I love the family I love the family
I love the family

Hey man, I like your beard
And I like the way you serve that beer
I like the way your daughter smiles at me
Hey mister, could I have just one more beer
I got two big balls
A cap and a bat
And I play with them all the time
I got a million things I'd rather do
If only you say you'll stay mine
If only you say you'll stay mine
If only you say you'll stay mine
Yea, this is the place where I live
And the place where I love
Hey mamselle, fill me up baby
I like the way you give me gas
Tell me
Who is the man with the double-barrelled gun?
(My daddy)
I think I better move on fast
I got a big black car
A dog and a cat
And I play with them all of the time
I got a million things I'd rather do
If only you say you'll stay mine
If only you say you'll stay mine
If only you say you'll stay mine
Yea, this is the place where I live
And the place where I love
The way the old church spire stabs the clouds
And when the old folks say
I'll have another drink to see me
Through the day, thank you J.J.
Yea, this is the place where I live
And the place where I love
Hey, Mrs. B, take a look at me
D'you really think I'm quite that bad
Soometimes I say and do stupid thngs
That only serve to make you sad
I got a motorcycle, an empty seat
And twenty years ahead of my time
I got a million other things I'd rather do
If only you say you'll stay mine
If only you say you'll stay mine
If only you say you'll stay mine
Yea, this is the place where I live
And the place where I love
Ah, this is it

Gonna grab my crop gonna grab my hat
Gotta change my situation
I'm gonna pick a steed who's been built for speed
Who's a flat-racing sensation
I'm racing Uptown gotta saddle up
So I take my seat I'm off to the meet
Don't know when I'm getting back
I don't care who wins as the race begins
It's a pleasure at the track
I'm racing Uptown gotta saddle up
I'm racing Uptown gotta win that cup
We're all meeting at the track uptown
We're all meeting at the track uptown
I'm racing Uptown gotta saddle up
I'm racing Uptown gotta win that cup
You gotta rein in strong if the race is long
You'll be hoping for a place
Can you believe your luck
You're uptown and stuck
But every jockey won the race
We're all meeting at the track uptown
We're all meeting at the track uptown
I'm racing Uptown gotta saddle up
I'm racing Uptown gotta win that cup

Takes the time to stay one place
Though his clothes aren't finest lace
Read the lines on a tramp's face
Taking his time just like you just like me
Wandering so fancy free
Searching for love in the call of the wild
Travelling lost like a child
Law has missed him every day
Doesn't need it anyway
Life is the next meal away
A lost woman long ago
Does she miss him does he know?
Does it matter in the snow?
Taking his time just like you just like me
Wandering so fancy free
Searching for love in the call of the wild
Travelling lost like a child
Taking his time just like you just like me
Wandering so fancy free
Searching for love in the call of the wild
Travelling lost like a child

Too many teardrops falling make a final blow
Over the years for love are there any left for now
Just when I need some soothing water
None of my tears are left around
Night and day they take so long
Tears would was the hurting away
Too many teardrops
Too many teardrops
Too many teardrops make a lake where a man can drown
Too many teardrops find their way onto the ground
Just when I thought the sun was shining
Need some more tears there's none around
Night and day they take so long
Tears would wash the huring away
But they're gone, from now on
But they're gone, from now on
(Chorus)

They woke to grey English morning
And to a strange honeymoon
The girl who gave him all her love
And the man who said it still wouldn't do
His parents always worked hard
Never went to bed late
nd though they were God's own people
They're still the ones he loves to hate
He never wanted to
Suffer this fate
All the girls have fallen for
The man they love to hate
The city is an animal
It snores and by day it roars
And though he loved to hate it
He couldn't live without it's flaws
With pastel curtains moaning
At a thousand harsh words - then hush
The girl she wanted to leave
Because she loved the man too much
He never wanted to
Suffer this fate
All the girls have fallen for
The man they love to hate
His father was a fighter
And he practised on his son
His mother was just some furniture
Who'd lost the will to run
The girl she wrote him a farewell note
And though he probably didn'y care too much
The girl she finally left him
Because she loved the man too much

You get a taste it ain't enough
To eat your fill you need the stuff
You think you're there about to land
But is the trip just what you planned
You're falling, yes you're falling
For the sweet smell of success
You're gambling like everyone
Who cares who wins you're having fun
And you'll be back another day
You think you'll win next time you play
You're falling, yes you're falling
For the sweet smell of success
You check your hand you're looking good
You see a paath within the wood
She beckons you what can you do
But follow her to somewhere new
You're falling yes you're falling
You're falling yes you're falling
For the sweet smell of success

One day you see a strange little girl look at you
One day you see a strange little girl feeling blue
She'd run to the town one day
Leaving home and her country fair
Just beware when you're there
Strange little girl
She didn't know how to live in a town that was rough
It didn't take long before she knew she'd had enough
Walking home in her wrapped up world
She survived but she's feeling old
'Cause she found all things cold
Strange little girl where are you going?
Strange little girl where are you going?
Strange little girl you really should
You really should be going
I know you really should
I know you really should
I know
I know you really should
One day you see a strange little girl look at you
One day you see a strange little girl feeling blue
Walking home in her wrapped up world
She survived but she's feeling old
'Cause she'd found all things cold
Strange little girl where are you going?
Strange little girl where are you going?
Strange little girl you really should
You really should you really should
Strange little girl where are you going?
Strange little girl where are you going?
Strange little girl you really should
You really should you really should
Strange little girl where are you going?
Strange little girl where are you going?
Strange little girl you really should
You really should you really should
Be going...

Just like an Indian I climb
Offering sacrifice
Up to the temple on the hill
Can human heart suffice?
Can I survive the world alone
Without a well within my home
Without the one idol's love
Shining down upon me?
She eats Souls
She eats Souls
All that I'm offering's the heart
That's all I have to give
With all this heat surrounding me
My deity forgives
And if she needs it every day
I'll climb the steps my savage way
Uttering incantations up up above me
She eats Souls
She eats Souls
Souls
Can I survive the world alone
Without a well within my home
Without the one idol's love
Shining down upon one?
She eats Souls
She eats Souls

Your earthquake hit when I was living so peacefully
My mind was busy I had something to do
My world was planned and I was living so tranquilly
You turned me round just like a whirlpool
Someone like you (makes me dizzy)
Someone like you
Someone like you (drives me crazy)
Someone like you
Your hurricane was blowing like there was no today
I was asleep alone with nothing to do
My roof was raised as I was snoring so comfortably
You shooke me up just like a twister
Someone like you (makes me dizzy)
Someone like you
Someone like you (drives me crazy)
Someone like you
Alone at night I lie without any air
Then you arrive and always take me somewhere
What else can you do?
Someone like you (makes me dizzy)
Someone like you
Someone like you (drives me crazy)
Someone like you
Alone at night I lie without any air
Then you arrive and always take me somewhere
What else can you do?
Someone like you

Many people tell you that they're your friend
You believe them
You need them
For what's round the river bend
Make sure that you're receiving the signals they send
'Cause brother you've only got two hands to lend
Maybe there's someone who makes you weep
And some nights loom up ahead
When you're asleep
Some days there's things on your mind you should keep
Sometimes it's tougher to look than to leap
Better watch out for the Skin Deep
Better watch out for the Skin Deep
Brother watch out watch out for the Skin Deep
Brother watch out watch out for the Skin Deep
Better watch out for the Skin Deep
One day the track that you're climbing gets steep
Your emotions are frayed
And your nerves are starting to creep
Just remember the days
As long as the time that you keep
Brother you better watch out for the Skin Deep
Better watch out for the Skin Deep
Better watch out for the Skin Deep
Brother watch out watch out for the Skin Deep
Brother watch out watch out for the Skin Deep
Better watch out for the Skin Deep

Punch remembers where he has been
Judy knows he's being fair
Punch has always hugged her tightly
Judy's waited on his touch
Punch has dreamed about her every night
And Judy's never had that much
Punch always had a sense of humour
And Judy must've realised that
He always cut a famous figure
With his truncheon and his hat
Judy's always been his bright flag
Shows the audience a smile
Cos she knows when they've all gone home
She can lick him clean in style
See such soul and beauty
In Punch And Judy
Punch has played the famous villian
Wants to rest his aching feet
Judy says she's more than willing
Wants to lay back in the heat
There's a few more shows to pack in
Cos his loyalty is strong
The way he's hitting on her tonight
She won't have to wait that long
See such soul and beauty
In Punch And Judy

She's a centrespread special size of the month
She's the one on the wall
Watched by him she's scared to move
She's very well known only in the one stance
She's the girl that survived over a hundred million glances
She's the pin up
She's always on his mind a technicolor dream
The secret weapon
She lives on his locker door
She's the girl he dreams of when he's at sea
Although she's in 2-D he'd like her at home waiting
She's the pin up
She's the pin up
All over submarines
They think she's so serene
As a mermaid she don't look much
But such a sin could be this year's last year's thing
She's a charity gives something for nothing
A wallchart for his heart a victim of all his desires
Sometimes he dreams of a scratch me scratch me section
A rope ladder of hair a Babylon for him to climb
She's the pin up
She's the pin up
All over submarines
They think she's so serene
As a mermaid she don't look much
But such a sin could be this year's last year's thing
She's a centrespread special size of the month
She's the one on his wall
Watched by him she's scared to move
She's very wellknown always in the one stance
She's the girl who'll survive over a hundred million glances
She's the pin up
She's the pin up

I saw an orange robe burning
I saw a youth on fire
I saw metal machines that were turning
On a generation that hadn't yet tired
I heard of two generations being murdered
In a Europe that was shrouded in black
I witnessed the birth pains of new nations
When the chosen people finally went back
North Winds Blowing
I wish it would Blow all away
North Winds Blowing
I wish they would blow all away
I wish they would blow all away
I saw freedom in the shape of disease
And mainly men had to quench their desire
And while a few could do just as they pleased
I saw kids whose bellies were all on fire
When all is dead and war is over
When hollow victory has been won
Who will join in the celebration
Of the evil that just can't be undone?
North Winds Blowing
I wish it would Blow all away
North Winds Blowing
I wish they would blow all away
I wish they would blow all away
I used to dream about destruction
But now that I feel it getting near
I spend rny time watching the ocean
And waves are all I want to hear
I wish I was a believer
I'd spend less time in being sad
So many laws against disbelieving
Don't know who's good or who's bad

Everyday you're working like a slave
Sweating buckets hoping that you get it right
Will it be as tough tomorrow?
Have to wait and see
Life shows no mercy
Everyday your love is getting warmer
Just look at her and love her did vou Qet it right
Will she soothe your brow with kisses only meant for thee ?
She'll show no mercy
She'll show no mercy
And when you hold her close to you
Just when you're feeling good it's true
Life shows no mercy
Life shows no mercy
Life shows no mercy
Life shows no mercy
Everybody has sorne secret wishes
Just keep your fingers crossed maybe they'll all come true
But don't worry if they just remain a fantasy
Life shows no mercy
Everybody seems the same all over
The search is on for love and comfort constantly
If it comes your way tomorrow count vourself lucky
Life shows no mercy
Life shows no mercy
And when you hold her close to you
Just when you're feeling good it's true
Life shows no mercy
Life shows no mercy
Life shows no mercy
Life shows no mercy

It's not that easy
Never to look back
The years distort the lies
We take for fact
I had a black shirt
But I wasn't one
All my loving is not enough for that
I had a black shirt
But I wasn't one
I had black thoughts
But now they're undone
Thoughts are eaasy
And they're all I have
All my loving is not enough for that
All my loving is not enough for that
How could I think it was ever like this
The truth's the truth but did it ever exist
I tell myself, well never again
Never to look back
'Cos it's never the same
Never to look back
Thoughts are easy,
But they're all I have
Life's not easy
If all you do is fight
The truth is changed by
The memories we have
All my loving is not enough for that
All my loving is not enough for that
How could I think it was ever like this
The truth's the truth but did it ever exist
I tell myself, well never again
Never to look back
'Cos it's never the same
Never to look back

The city blues they strike again
Another worker drops his pen
He wants to be done
And out on the run
Away fromhe curse, he'd swap all his worth
To be a man of the earth
For 2 or 3 weeks of the year
An Easter Bunny brings Christmas cheer
He's out of his head and toasting the dead
And feeling much worse, he'd swap all his worth
To be a man if the earth
To swap all his worth
To be a man of the earth
Words become the man if only he could write a sonnet
He'd place his life upon it to be a man of the earth
A man of the earth, he'd swap all his worth
To be a man of the earth
The wife and kids are already there
They're polishing his wicker chair it's looking so bleak
At the end of the week he'll be needing a nurse
He'd swap all his worth to be a man of the earth
A man of the earth
Words become the man if only he could write a sonnet
He'd place his life upon it to be a man of the earth
A man of the earth he'd swap all his worth
To be a man of the earth
A man of the earth

He's mad he's mad
He's mad he's mad
You may have read the book
You might have seen the film
But I've seen it with my eyes
Was it tweedle-dum? Was it tweedle-dee?
But Isaw through his disguise
There was a Cheshire cat next to a water rat
And a JuJu awful wise
We were sat to eat now was it trick or treat?
We were in for a surprise
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Here comes the Mad Hatter
He doesn't need a hat He's not crazy eves
And he rolls them round the group
He's got stories tall and a winning smile
As he then surveys his troups
Then he'll about a lot of things
In a song you've never heard
But it sounds so sweet He gets up on his feet
And he's looking for the word
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Mad as the Mad Hatter
Mad as the Mad Hatter
Mad as the Mad Hatter
It went on oh quite late as I went through the gate
And I began my journey back
I was glad to know that I'd seen the show
That I'd found a happy jack
Because they're getting rare, we never get our share
Seem to be a dying breed
But they're so much fun Laughter's on the run
As the Hatter plants the seed
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Here comes the Mad Hatter
Mad as the Mad Hatter
Mad as the Mad Hatter
Mad as the Mad Hatter

Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
When I rest my weary head
After all my words are said
When my eyelids close with the weight of a hundred years
Please Let Me Down Easy Let Me Down Easy
My boat can slip away into a calmer sea
Let Me Down Easy
I know there'll be nothing to fear
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
My body slips away out into weightlessness
Let Me Down Easy
Now I know that there's nothing to fear
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
When I rest my aching heart
After it's been torn apart
When my tears have flowed on the tide of a hundred seas
Please Let Me Down Easy Let Me Down Easy
Affection slips away into my memory
Let Me Down Easy
There's a better time waiting for me
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy

You could have wasted yourself in a plane in the air
But lead poisoning from your daddy to me just didn't seem fair
Committing the crime of taking your time
You're laughing we're carving
Your name in a tree for the kids to see
We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy
You paid the penalty
You could have wasted away on the floor of a hotel room
With the hand of a working girl to lead you into your tomb
Committing the crime of taking your time
You're laughing we're carving
Your name in a tree for the kids to see
We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy
You paid the penalty
You could have hung your hat on a pretender's lust for fame
But you refused to lay it down
It took your old man to live in shame
For committing the crime of taking your time
You're laughing we're carving
Your name in a tree for the kids to see
We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy
You paid the penalty

Bonsoir
Ton vehicule n'a pas l`air d`avoir de passager
Peux-tu: Veux tu me recevoir
Sans trop te deranger?
Mes bottes ne feront pas trop d`echos dans ton couloir
Pas de bruit avec mes adieux
Pas pour nous les moments perdus
En attendant un uncertain au-revoir
Parce que-j'ai la folie, oui c'est la folie
Il etait une fois un etudiant
Qui voulait fort, comme en literature
Sa copine, elle etait si douce
Qu'il pouvait presque, en la management
Rejeter tous les vices
Repousser tou les mals
Detruire toutes beautes
Qui par ailleurs, n'avait jamais ete ses complices
Parces qu'il avait la folie, oui, c'est la folie
Et si parfois l'on fait des confessions
A qui les raconter - meme le bon dieu nous a laisse tomber
Un autre endroit, une autre vie
Eh oui, c'est une autre histoire
Mais a qui tou raconter?
Chez les ombres de la nuit?
Au petit matin, au petit gris
Combien de crimes ont ete commis
Contre les mensonges et soi disant les lois du coeur
Combien sont la a cause de la folie
Parce qu'il ont la folie

It only takes two to tango
It only takes two to start the dance
You gotta begin with circumstance
It takes two to tango
It only takes two
It only takes two to tango
It only takes to to start the war
You gotta make do or you gotta get more
It take two to tango
It only takes two
It only took two in ancient history
To get to the top of the monkey tree
Better wait and see
Better wait and see
Better wait and see
It only takes two to tango
It only takes two to start the dance
You gotta make do could be your only chance
It takes two to tango
It only takes two
It only took two in ancient history
To get to the top of the monkey tree
Better wait and see

In this place I call home
There's a place where I'm alone
to speak with you now you're gone
Now the autumn has come
In this place I call home
Even though the leaves have gone
I can speak with you now
And the winter will come
All the words that could have been said
And the ghosts we thought we'd carefully laid
To rest have returned
In this place I call hoome
There's a time when I'm alone
To speak with you now you're gone
What will the spring bring along
All the words that could have been said
And the ghosts we thought we'd carefully laid to rest
Carefully laid to rest
Carefully laid to rest have returned
In this place I call home
There's a place where I'm a lone
To speak with you now you're gone
And the summer's also gone

I was never sure of the accurate score
When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen
It was just a game with a noble name
When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen
I didn't have time The aces weren't mine
I knew the stakes were high
She started melting when I was dealt in
I thought I'd just go along for the ride
I was never sure of the accurate score
When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen
Cards were laid and the hand was played
When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen
I didn't play fair I was beyond care
The stakes were getting high
She started melting when I was dealt in
I thought I'd just go along for the ride
I thought I'd just go along for the ride
I knew the Ice Queen
I knew the Ice Queen
I was never sure of the accurate score
When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen
One day I'd win and the next I'd lose
When I sat in for the blues with the Ice Queen
I didn't play fair I was beyond care
The stakes were getting high
She started melting when I was dealt in
I thought I'd just go along for the ride
I knew the Ice Queen
I knew the Ice Queen

Down in the sewer
Picking up on a lot of empty Coca Cola cans
And there sure are a lot of them around here
How did I get down here
Well it's a long story
I should have stayed down home out on the farm
And kept my tootsies warm
Instead of freezing them off down here.
There's lots of rats down here
You can see the whites of their eyes
They got sharp teeth
Deep breath, and lots of diseases
People say you shouldn't stay down here too long
Lose your sense of light and dark
Lose your sense of smell
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna make love to a water rat or two
And breed a family
And they'll be called the survivors
You know why?
Because they're gonna survive
I'll see you in the sewer darling (and don't be late

Once I knew a man in love with money
He said it solved his worries and his cares
The one day
I heard him say
Something I hear everywhere
Once I knew a man in love with power
He bought a uniform and he kept it clean
Then one day
I heard him say
There's something he's never seen
Tell him how to find true love and happiness
In the present day
Tell him how to find true love and happiness
In the present day
Then I know a girl in love with living
Didn't like to stay in one place long
Then one day
I heard her say
She'd discovered something's wrong
Tell her how to find true love and happiness
In the present day
Tell her how to find true love and happiness
In the present day
Tell her how to find true love and happiness
In the present day
Tell her how to find true love and happiness
In the present day
Tell him how to find true love and happiness
In the present day (3x)

Big girl in the red dress
She's just trying to impress us
And she's got the barley fever
But she doesn't make a sound
She's just hanging around
Down the Court Road early
With the hustlers big 'n burly
There's a million of 'em selling
And the buyers can be found
They're just hanging around
Christ has told his mother
Christ he told her not to bother
'Cos he's alright in the city
'Cos he's high above the ground
He's just hanging around
One of 'em comes closer
Got a monkey on his shoulder
And the monkey's getting grinner
But his eyes are on the ground
He's just hanging around
I'm moving in the Coleherne
With the leather all around me
And the sweat is getting steamy
But their eyes are on the ground
They're just hanging around
Christ has told his mother
Christ he told her not to bother
'Cos he's alright in the city
'Cos he's high above the ground
He's just hanging around

Your streets were paved with love
Your skies were blue
Goodbye Toulouse
I walked your streets in fear
I washed your streets with tears
Toulouse
Goodbye Toulouse
Your cafes tell the tale
Of saddened millionaires
Toulouse
A million dreams I've had
A million lies live told
Toulouse
Goodbye Toulouse
Paula looked down on me
From her high balcony
Toulouse
I will return some day
So you can hear me say
Farewell
Goodbye Toulouse
Goodbye Toulouse
Goodbye Toulouse

Golden brown texture like sun
Lays me down with my mind she runs
Throughout the night
No need to fight
Never a frown with golden brown
Every time just like the last
On her ship tied to the mast
To distant lands
Takes both my hands
Never a frown with golden brown
Golden brown finer temptress
Through the ages she's heading west
From far away
Stays for a day
Never a frown with golden brown
Never a never a never a frown
With golden with golden brown
Never a never a never a frown
With golden with golden brown
Never a never a never a frown
With golden,with golden brown
Never a, never a never a frown
With golden with golden brown
Never a never a never a frown .....

Didn't have the money round to buy a Morry Thou
Been around and seen a lot to shake me anyhow
Begged and borrowed sometimes I admit I even stole
The worse crime that I ever did was play some rock 'n roll
But the money's no good
Just get a grip on yourself
But the money's no good
Just get a grip on yourself
Suffering convictions on a two-way stretch inside
The air in here is pretty thin, I think I'll go outside
Committed for insanity and crimes against the soul
The worst crime that I ever did was play some rock 'n roll
But the money's no good
Just get a grip on yourself
But the money's no good
Just get a grip on yourself
And you should know
Now I find from week to week the sentence sticking fast
Turn the corner, rub my eyes and hope the world will last
Stranger from another planet welcome to our hole
Just strap on your guitar and we'll play some rock 'n roll
But the money's no good
Just get a grip on yourself
But the money's no good
Just get a grip on yourself
And you should know

They crucify you when you get it wrong
When things are fine they put you ahead
They laugh at you with your trousers down
They pick the stones and aim them at your head
When you're alive they won't care what you said
What you deserve and all the blood you bled
It doesn't matter what you try to hide
The sun comes out and then the truth is read
Your fans'll love you when you're alive
But the wreaths are laid by the rest instead
When you're alive they won't care what you said
What you deserve and all the blood you bled
'Cos everybody loves you when you're dead
Kneel and pray by the side of your bed
And everybody loves you when you're dead
Kneel and pray just like your momma said
When you're alive they won't care what you said
What you deserve and all the blood you bled
You'll turn in your grave at what's gonna be said
You'll finally be appreciated
'Cos everybody loves you when you're dead
'Cos everybody loves you when you're dead

Bitching 'bout the things we've seen
Bitching 'bout the things we've been
Bitching 'bout the loves we've had
My oh my it wasn't so bad
When we had that to loosen our minds
Hey little baby in the front row be kind
Bar bitching: telling you the gospel truth
Bar bitching: why don't you all go get screwed?
Bar bitching: why don't you tell me something new?
Bar bitching: Bar bitching
Bitching 'bout the Windsor C
Bitching 'bout the Western Sea
Why can't you all be like a Grainger man?
Or even a Pheland man?
I'll tell you what we'll meet in Amsterdam
Then you'll see what should be really can
Bar bitching: telling you the gospel truth
Bar bitching: why don't you all go get screwed?
Bar bitching: why don't you tell me something new?
Bar bitching: Bar bitching That's what I'm talking about
Got anything to say
No
Well shut up
I really don't know what to say
It's gonna happen to us all one day
And when it does you could have me too
But until then I really don't know what to do
I'm just gonna keep
Bar bitching: telling you the gospel truth
Bar bitching: why don't you all go get screwed?
Bar bitching: why don't you tell me something new?
There's a place with a lot of eyes
Strange smoke perfume around the peacock guys
And the girls they move their heat
To the impulsive compulsive beat
But that's another place another time
Maybe we'll meet there in quite a short while
Bar bitching...

How many times have you woken up and prayed for the rain?
How many times have you seen the papers apportion the blame?
Who gets to say, who gets the work and gets to play?
I was always told at school, everybody should get the same
How many times have you been told, if you don't ask you don't get?
How many liars have taken your money, your mother said you shouldn't bet?
Who has the fun is it always the man with the gun?
Someone must have told him if you work too hard you can sweat
There's always the sun
There's always the sun
Always, always, always the sun
How many times have the weathermen told you stories that made you laugh?
Y'know it's not unlike the politician and the leaders when they do things by half
Who gets the job, of pushing the knob
That sort of responsibility you draw straws for if you're mad enough
There's always the sun
There's always the sun
Always, always, always the sun

Back up boy forty five feet
Always looking for a freebie
Why don't you let up sometime
Hawks out here with his axe n' me with this lead sheet on
Trying to scuffle up those two's n' fews
For uncle so's I can bail out my full orchestration
Looks like he got me but this cat wouldn't feed
Grass to a horse in a concrete pasture
He's so tight he wouldn't buy a pair of shorts for a flea
Just look at him n' dig that vine
All off tome his strollers look like he's ready to
Jump he's playing ketchup n' I got to tighten his wig
Hold it down n' I'll come up with line two like I said
Ain't nothin' to it, just here
Ain't nothin' to it, just here
Ain't nothin' ain't nothin' to it just here
I saw that dinner up the street guzzlin' foam in
The drinkden and the sharks are droppin' the shucks
Like the yellow kid trying to tighten her and
Weaving the four f's all around her
I nixed her out long ago man she's too sometimey
She will and she won't
She do and she don't always on the fence and
Sleeps with her glasses on
Man
Man
Ain't nothin' ain't nothin' to it just here
She's faust to me, so skip it and forget it
She's faust to me, so skip it and forget it

Too many teardrops for one heart to be crying
too many teardrops for one heart to carry on
You're way on top now since you lfet me
You're always laughing way down at me
But watch out now I'm gonna get down
We'll be together in just a little while
And then I'm gonna put you way down here
And you'll start crying 96 tears
You'll cry, cry, cry, cry
And when the sun comes up I'll be on top
You'll be right down there looking up
I'm gonna get you but I know now
I'll just cry
Cry I'll just cry
Too many teardrops
You're gonna cry 96 tears

When you're lying in your bed
Wide awake with sleepy head
Thinkin' you should look beneath
And then you're shakin' shakin' shakin'
Sea a full moon in the sky
Time to be away and fly
Seems to be the sole relief
It's got me shakin' shakin' shakin'
Oh silent night
Give me some respite
Why must it be so brief
It's got me shakin'
It's got me shakin'
Like a leaf
Now that autumn's hit the ground
Every day and every sound
Says the world is changing round
It's got me shakin' shakin' shakin'
See the villains on their screens
Doing battle with their teams
Another week delays the grief
It's got me shakin' shakin' shakin'
Oh silent night
Give me some respite
Why must it be so brief
It's got me shakin'
It's got me shakin'
Like a leaf
Shakin' shakin' shakin' Like a leaf
Shakin' shakin' shakin' Like a leaf
shakin' Like a leaf