The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris), is a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus), a member of the Canidae family of the mammilian order Carnivora. The term "domestic dog" is generally used for both domesticated and feral varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in human history. The word "dog" may also mean the male of a canine species, as opposed to the word "bitch" for the female of the species.
The present lineage of dogs was domesticated from gray wolves about 15,000 years ago. Remains of domesticated dogs have been found in Siberia and Belgium from about 33,000 years ago. None of these early domestication lineages seem to have survived the Last Glacial Maximum. Although mDNA suggest a split between dogs and wolves around 100,000 years ago no specimens predate 33,000 years ago that are clearly morphologically domesticated dog.
Dogs' value to early human hunter-gatherers led to them quickly becoming ubiquitous across world cultures. Dogs perform many roles for people, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship, and, more recently, aiding handicapped individuals. This impact on human society has given them the nickname "Man's Best Friend" in the Western world. In some cultures, dogs are also source of meat. In 2001, there were estimated to be 400 million dogs in the world.
I was hungry and I was cold , had a father far too old
Couldn't make it to the place he'd like to be
In a treetrunk in the park , he was living in the dark
Keeping other dogs like him for company
In the evening I'd go down to a nightclub in the town
Try to get some bread to make another way
Back to the park I'd go , dig him out of the snow
You know he's lived a thousand years day to day
Well , the days get shorter and the nights get longer
And you never learn to know
If you love one another , could you look at each other
Could it ever really show
And at this moment in time you couldn't make up your mind
Now could you ever understand
Are you following me just like Moses to the sea
Do you think I'll give you freedom in the end
When I'm long dead and gone will your love for me go on
Will I be the one you run to in the end
And all my dogs need a friend
It was a quarter to three in the summer of '73
When I heard somebody call outside my door
Said "Are you friend or are you foe"
He looked up and he said "no, but I'd like to come inside and know you more"
Well the days get shorter and the nights get longer
And you never learn to know
If you love one another , could you look at each other
Could it ever really show
And at this moment in time you couldn't make up your mind
Now could you ever understand
Are you following me just like Moses to the sea
Do you think I'll give you freedom in the end
When I'm long dead and gone will your love for me go on
Will I be the one you run to in the end
And all my dogs need a friend
Need a friend
I was hungry and I was cold , had a father far too old
Couldn't make it to the place he'd like to be
In a treetrunk in the park , he was living in the dark
Keeping other dogs like him for company
In the evening I'd go down to a nightclub in the town
Try to get some bread to make another way
Back to the park I'd go , dig him out of the snow
You know he's lived a thousand years day to day
Well , the days get shorter and the nights get longer
And you never learn to know
If you love one another , could you look at each other
Could it ever really show
And at this moment in time you couldn't make up your mind
Now could you ever understand
Are you following me just like Moses to the sea
Do you think I'll give you freedom in the end
When I'm long dead and gone will your love for me go on
Will I be the one you run to in the end
And all my dogs need a friend
It was a quarter to three in the summer of '73
When I heard somebody call outside my door
Said ";Are you friend or are you foe";
He looked up and he said ";no, but I'd like to come inside and know you more";
Well the days get shorter and the nights get longer
And you never learn to know
If you love one another , could you look at each other
Could it ever really show
And at this moment in time you couldn't make up your mind
Now could you ever understand
Are you following me just like Moses to the sea
Do you think I'll give you freedom in the end
When I'm long dead and gone will your love for me go on
Will I be the one you run to in the end
And all my dogs need a friend
Need a friend
Need a friend
You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.
And after a while, you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye, and an easy smile
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
You'll get the chance to put the knife in.
You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you get older
And in the end you'll pack up, fly down south
Hide your head in the sand
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer.
And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And it's too late to loose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down, all alone
Dragged down by the stone.
I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze?
Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable and no-one has a real friend
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
And everythings done under the sun
And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer.
Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a pat on the back
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Here we are in confusion
Could be it's all an illusion
Who knows the times to come
The years to face, the race to run
We believe in graven image
We believe in the fight to the finish
We desire the almighty dollar
The pound of flesh, the golden collar
Lick the hand, we give our land to dogs
Here we are in the years
The blood, the sweat, the tears
Have made us bondage slaves
In a world that we never made,
The politicians lick our bones,
The tacticians, hearts of stone
They turn us against our brothers
Make us fight and kill each other
Locked in lust we put our trust in dogs
Here we are again,
The dead still look the same
Who cares they're soon forgotten
Nobody loves corpse that's rotten
Your fathers, mothers, daughters, sons
Have been taken by the chosen ones
But don't forget you made the choise,
You made your mark, you raised your voice,
They're all the same, you're all to blame
You're dogs
The first time we met you were a kennel maid,
You gave me a tip I got me forecast paid,
You were holding a greyhound in trap number one,
Your white coat was shining in the afternoon sun.
Now we're both together,
We're never gonna break apart, no no,
'Cause we're a happy couple you and me,
With a greyhound at either knee.
I'll have ten shillings to win on Camera Flash, young man,
What dog's that, it's a deuce, look at it.
There was nothing in my life bigger than beer,
There was nothing in my life bigger than beer,
'Ceptin' you, little darling,
'Ceptin' you, little darling,
We're a happy couple you and me,
With a greyhound at either knee.
We go to the dog track on Saturday night,
We put all our money on a dog that we like,
A kiss and a cuddle, a hot meat pie,
Two dollar tickets and a starry sky.
There was nothing in my life bigger than beer,
There was nothing in my life bigger than beer,
'Ceptin' you, little darling,
'Ceptin' you, little darling,
We're a happy couple you and me,
With a baby on either knee.
Yes it's you little darling,
Yes it's you little darling,
Now it's you little darling,
Now it's you.
Girl, where's me wage packet ?????,
Ah I'll put twenty-five knicker please on Gallop Printer,
Oh, I hope the wife don't find out,
Yes, it's sure to win, isn't it,
Yes, I know, it's a good dog, I saw it run at White City,
Just last week, broke the record, Gallop Printer,
Nice dog, yes, lovely form, lovely buttocks.
You got to be crazy
You gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes
When you're on the street
Got to be able to pick out the easy meat
With your eyes closed
Then moving in silently
Down wind and out of sight
You've gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking
And after a while
You can work on points for style
Like the club tie
And the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye and the easy smile
You have to be trusted
By the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
You'll get the chance to put the knife in
You gotta keep one eye
Looking over your shoulder
You know, it's going to get harder
Harder and harder
As you get older
Yeah, and in the end you'll pack up and fly down south
Hide your head in the sand
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer
And when you loose control
You'll reap the harvest you have sown
And as the fear grows
The bad blood slows and turns to stone
And it's too late to lose the weight
You used to need to throw around
So have a good drown
As you go down
All alone
Dragged down by the stone
Gotta admit
That I'm a little bit confused
Sometimes it seems to me
As if I'm just being used
Gotta stay awake
Gotta try and shake off
This creeping malaise
If I don't stand my own ground
How can I find my way out of this maze?
Deaf, dumb, and blind
You just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable
And no one has a real friend
And it seems to you the thing to do
Would be to isolate the winner
And everything's done under the sun
And you believe at heart everyone's a killer
Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a pat on the back
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone
Who was dragged down by the stone
Ha ha ha, tokin' on my indo, smokin' on a indo
Lookin' through your window
Doin' what I win doe, ha ha, ha it goes
Who that tokin' on my indo?
Fragile niggaz get mashed out, who dat?
The Funk D O C Spock hash mouth rhymer
The Prime Timer, sharper than barber shop liners
Look at my chin, ninety degree bent
When I spit I make devils come out east St. Loren
I spend so much money on chalk and the indo
My weed supplier need to build a drive through window
My form of art rock, jewels with Clarks
When my bass sparks for fiends it disturbs the NARC's
Freak pattern after pattern to leave Angeles Los
The roughest rapper a DJ needle came across
Knock it in your hummer; if it's too hot dial 9-1-1
Hook off on you like I know what you did last summer
Your dog is my dog, we dogs when it's thug time
When the fuckin' hoes keep that drow in your bloodline
Yo, I send this to all my, dog
To my real niggaz that are true, dog
Niggaz who will bust guns for they, dog
Niggaz who will spit ones for they, dog
Niggaz who be rollin' deep with they, dog
Niggaz who blaze blunts with they, dog
Niggaz who would do time for they, dog
Niggaz who would diss a bitch for they, dog
Yo, I'm a dog I piss on the wall in airport bathroom stalls
Grab the intercom and yell, fuck you in the mall
I drop it with the holocaust force, I got balls
I get my pants fitted twelve inches bigger than y'all
I went to college, rockin' tie one below outfits
Dropped out, but stuck my friends for college deposits
Nigga, get a country nigga gun bustin'
Like they saw Tu Pac with two glocks still thuggin'
Fuckin' with a dog like me, I call your name out
While you pussy niggaz call ID, when I blaze
You step life your wife got a baby on the way
The way I flex son you think I'm made out of clay
I'm ill in, my lyrics on the blocks make the killings
I string your moms out until diapers take to chillin'
I don't like to toot my own horn but I'm the shit
And if you hearin' me I see you paid that twelve cent
So peace to homey Short dog
Peace to that funky nigga Snoop dog
Peace to that old nigga Dirt dog
Pour some beer out on the curb for your dead dog
You can call a female a dog too, true
You can feed they stinkin' ass u-canu-bu, dog
They fuck your enemies and bring the beef to you
You got me, I left a couple in your Fubu
A real raw dog never get jealous
They keep they shit cocked if niggaz try to dead 'em
So ask face, keep your mind on your money
I keep the stinkin' ass hoes doin' laundry dog
'Cause I'm a dog
The first time we met you were a kennel maid
You gave me a tip, I got me forecast paid
You were holding the greyhound in trap number one
Your white coat was shining in the afternoon sun
Now we're both together
We're never gonna break apart, no no
'Cause we're a happy couple you and me
With a greyhound at either knee
I'll have ten shillings to win on Camira Flash, young man
What dog's that? It's the Duke's dog, ennit
There was nothing in my life bigger than beer
There was nothing in my life bigger than beer
Exceptin' you little darling, exceptin' you little darling
We're a happy couple you and me
With a greyhound at either knee
We go to the dog track on Saturday nights
We put all our money on a dog that we like
A kiss and a cuddle an' hot meat pie
Two dollar tickets and a starry sky
There was nothing in my life bigger than beer
There was nothing in my life bigger than beer
Exceptin' you little darling, exceptin' you little darling
We're a happy couple you and me
With a baby at either knee
Yes it's you little darling
Yes it's you little darling
Now it's you little darling
Now it's you
Where's me wage packet? I need it
Ah I'll put twenty-five knicker please on yellow printer
Oh, I hope the wife don't find out
Yes, it's sure to win, isn't it?
Yes, I know, it's a good dog, I saw it run at White City
Just last week, broke the record, yellow printer
she lives with an orange tree and a girl that does yoga
she picks the dead ones from the ground when we come over
and she gives i get without giving anything to me
like a morning sun
like a morning
like a morning sun
like a good good morning sun
the girl that does yoga
when we come over
the girl that does yoga
he lives in a little house on the side of a little hill
picks the litter from the ground, litter little brother spills
he gives i get without giving anything to me
and the dogs they run
and the dogs they
and the dogs they run
in the good good morning sun
side of a little hill
litter little brother spills
side of a little hill
and she's always dressed in white
she's like an angel man she burns my eyes
when she turns she pulls a smile
we drive her 'round man she drives us wild
and she moves like a little girl
i become a child man she moves my world
and she gets splashed in paint and turns away and leaves me standing...
she lives with an orange tree and a girl that does yoga
got a wolf to keep her warm when he comes over
she gives he gets without giving anything to see
and the day it ends
and the day it
and the day it ends
and there's no need for me
with a girl that does yoga
when we come over
I heard it's getting windy so I'll set and watch you blow
I will chain you to my boat
I will carry you back home
And I won't say I love you cause it's all been said before
Let's not say it anymore
'cause love nothing here's for sure
They treat us like dogs
So we play along
We bark and we moan
And play them more songs
But when we blow away
And get out of this place
We go down like a shower
And up like a prince
I heard it's getting windy and we'll all be blown away
Did you tell me you're afraid?
Darling, you look so afraid
And I'm not sure what happens when everything here ends
But I hope it's like they said
And I hope it never ends
They treat us like gold
Dug up to be sold
We shine and we shake
Assuming our roles
But when we blow away
Up over this place
We go down like a shout
And up like a praise
I know it's hard to see me darling
Let your eyes adjust
If you go blind just trust
You are made out of my dust
I was made out of your dust
And the wind will carry us
In the ocean's evening dust
Up above the mountaintops
He/You will have the both of us
He Will have the both of us
My secrets end up on oil canvases
In a gallery for everyone to judge
When I lost everything you offered Jesus
Didn't seem like a fair trade at all
I'll keep my, i'll keep my promise to you
I'll keep my, i'll keep my promise to you
I'll keep my, i'll keep my promise to you
I will rock you like a baby, lover
Cradled in my arms
I will keep you safe from danger
Shelter you from harm
There will never be another lover
Who treats you like I do
We can drift into forever
On a love that?s made for two
Don?t you ever say this love's not special
Don?t you ever think it's not essential, baby
I was only thinking of you
Hoping you were thinking of me
Two hearts beating just like one
Against the world, baby
I am always dreaming of you
Hoping you are dreaming of me
I could never live
One day without your love
I will kiss you like an angel, baby
Cradled in my wings
I will take you up to heaven
Show you precious things
If you promise that you love me
If you promise that you care
I will be here for you always
And forever this I swear
Don?t you ever say this love's not special
Don?t you ever think it's not essential, baby
I was only thinking of you
Hoping you were thinking of me
Two hearts beating just like one
Against the world, baby
I am always dreaming of you
Hoping you are dreaming of me
I could never live one day
Without your love
Though you say you want a love
But you don?t think you believe it
Just open up your heart
And you know, you will receive it
Oh baby, baby
Don?t you ever say this love's not special, no
Don?t you ever think it's not essential, baby
I was only thinking of you
Hoping you were thinking of me
Two hearts beating just like one
Against the world, baby
I am only dreaming of you
Hoping you are dreaming of me
I could never live one day
Without your love
I was only, I was only, I was only thinkin' of you
I was only, I was only, I was only thinkin' of you
I was only, I was only, I was only thinkin' of you
She lives with an orange tree
The girl that does yoga
She picks the dead ones from the ground
When we come over
And she gives
I get
Without giving anything to me
Like a morning sun
Like a morning
Like a morning sun
Good good morning sunbr>
The girl that does yoga
When we come over
Girl that does yoga
He lives in a little house
On the side of a little hill
Picks the litter from the ground
Litter little brother spills
He gives
I get
Without giving anything to me
And the dogs they run
And the dogs they
And the dogs they run
In the good good morning sun
Side of a little hill
Litter little brother spills
Side of a little hill
Oh and she's always dressed in white
She's like an angel, man
She burns my eyes
Oh and she turns
She pulls a smile
We drive her round
And she drives us wild
Oh and she moves like a little girl
I become a child, man
She moves my world
And she gets splashed in rain
And turns away
and leaves me standing
She lives with an orange tree
The girl that does yoga
Got a wolf to keep her warm
When he comes over
She gives
He gets
Without giving anything to see
And the day it ends
And the day it
And the day it ends
And there's no need for me
The girls that does yoga
When we come over
You have opened my eyes
I don't wanna see the dogs and their hungry smiles
It's very sad, I wanna get out
I don't have to build a future out of dry food and bones
Or very soon, you can make me sit and roll over play dead
Would be so damn nice, I don't wanna be your dog for the rest of my life
Ohohoh
I'm all set to get out
I'm all set to get out of this voluntary cage
My future was made
I had a lot going my way, no way,
Always a serpentine smile, for the foolish grind
But then the sun sets suddenly nothing will remain the same
I'll keep this up until I feel the darkness is around me
Ohohoh
They are still around me, I can feel 'em coming
They are all around me and I'm going under
My, my, my
So beware, there is always something else we find to fear
It is not okay, it's a shame. I could blame it on the way we were raised
And if this is wrong
You can make me sit and roll over play dead
Would be so damn nice, I'll look back on my dog days as the best of my life
I'll keep it up until I feel the darkness is around me
Ohohoh
Have the virgins with their honesty... guarantee?
We move like vandals down darkened streets
And talk like dime store nobles
Shining blackness in our one track eye
Shining blackness in our one track mind
Shining blackness in our one track eyes
Just like grabbed by lightning corners
Just like cannibals, we must be starving...
With the jobless scandals of society, with their churlish retches
We want the graves and go for the bones
Of beloved ancestors and blessed saints
Deepest darkness in our blackened hearts
Got no time for you bleeding hearts
Deepest darkness in our blackened hearts
Got no time for you bleeding hearts
It comes with words of loneliness
It comes on nights of choruses
You're going to die and go straight to hell
You don't want to be the same
But all the other ships
Have sailed away
You can tell yourself
It's still okay
If it's illusions
You're looking for
You can wash yourself all day
You can't remove the stains of what you saw
You can turn and hide or walk away
But there's no running from who you are
I don't want to get caught
And blown away
Broken down
And torn apart
Like dogs, like dogs in the rain
All eyes look to the skies again
We've seen what's been sent
But you're all safely tucked up in bed
It's not our punishment
Oh they're not outside
No they're not outside
Oh yeah
I don't want to get caught or blown away
Broken down and set upon
Like dogs, like dogs in the rain
And the sun comes out again
Here on Earth’s kingdom, earthly seeds have flowered
Here we walk beneath the albatross of power
From Dreams of paradise a nightmare has been born
Enthralled to this vision amidst dogs we're thrown
This world is ruled by Dogs
This world is a haven for Dogs
This world is dreamt by Dogs
Having tired of dogs and thwarted by desire
I shall find a door and toward heaven aspire
Through rusted gates with wild vines overgrown
In the midst of heaven stands a barren throne
This world is a dream. A dream of control
With no God above and only Dogs below
This world is lie and Dogs shall not contain me
Arrested by the water
Wearing many shades of strange
Carted off to the policeman
As your mum calls your name
But your gone...
And all he wants is to understand
Why your splintered heart and your modern hands
Say hello man you know she's great
I do all that I can though I somnambulate
I'm alright
I've been governed by a lover that I never could alter
Concinced I'd discover a new world order of light
It goes dark
It goes dark
It goes dark
I suffer from a lack of concentration (I just can't
seem to concentrate)
Still got faith in my generation (I hope you're coming
and won't be late)
My brain's just tuned to a different station (my
brain's all tuned to a different state)
And I miss you
I miss you
I miss you
Say hello man you know she's great
I do all that I can though I somnambulate
I'm alright
I got something over here
Something over there
Oh it's lucky we can breathe 'cause there's something
in the air tonight
It goes dark
It goes dark
It goes dark
I suffer from a lack of concentration (I just can't
seem to concentrate)
Still got faith in my generation (I hope you're coming
and won't be late)
My brain's just tuned to a different station (my
brain's all tuned to a different state)
And I miss you
I miss you
I miss you
It goes dark
It goes dark
It goes dark
Well
I suffer from a lack of concentration (I just can't
seem to concentrate)
Still got faith in my generation (I hope you're coming
and won't be late)
My brain's just tuned to a different station (my
brain's all tuned to a different state)
And I miss you
I miss you
When wind blows throught a smashed window
They've got regrets and no-where to go
With a smile on our faces
To the market place
We never had very innocent minds
For retribution we were two of a kind
When the college boys fired
Our conscience expired
It was alright to see them run away
It's always alright to see the boys again. RIGHT
Why'd they never learn
Is ignorance habitual
It makes your stomach turn
We'll get you on the way home
Now these young conservatives
Should have rusks and bibs
Not parliamentary futures
We got fruit that;ll suit yer
To top it all you get a pellet in the wall
Right next to your head
God help us all if they graduated
We swap stones for their lead
It was alright to see them run away
It's always alright to see the boys again. RIGHT
Why'd they never learn
Is ignorance habitual
It makes your stomach turn
We'll get you on the way home
This stone is abullet
This stone is a bullet, in our
Shit storm with the bullies
Shit storm with the bullies
Why'd they never learn
Is ignorance habitual
It makes your stomach turn
We'll get you on the way home
And why when we all freeze
Where'd ya get a coat like that
I'm on the road
I'm making plans
Dismiss this one-night misunderstanding
And if I fail
At least I tried
Out of this jail
I'll still be dreaming, yeah
I will dismiss this misunderstanding, like I don't even
no you
I won't miss this misunderstanding, you gotta glimpse
my korona
Oh what a bad boy
What a sad scene
Oh what a bad egg
Well what about me
Out of control
Misunderstood
Drop in the ocean
I never would
I want some way
And I'll you proud
And if I fail
Oh, I'll still be dreaming
I will dismiss this misunderstanding, like I don't even
no you
I won't miss this misunderstanding, you gotta glimpse
my korona
Oh what a bad boy
What a sad scene
Oh what a bad egg
Well what about-
They tar you with a brush
You're feathered like a thrush
You're stuck just like a stone in the mud
You're tired with the rough
You've had just about enough
You're stuck just like a stone in the mud, oh no no
You gotta glimpse my korona
Oh what a bad boy
What a sad scene
Oh what a bad egg
Enough about him, what about me
Enough about him, what a bad boy
Oh what a sad scene
Oh what a bad egg
We got four letter words with your name right one em
Hypocritical Oath, you took it with gusto
Your collagen smiles you love em likemoney
Your dirty little it doesn't run like clockword
We try not to run, try not to cry
They take you for a lift then they take you for a ride
No you can't sit still and let em have their day, the
City calls - Ruckin the night away
You don't let it fall appart
Their stabbin' little daggers right through your heart
Dont matter what they say
You got fashion nonsense, your off like mil
Our insufficient funds cause you no guilt
The coldest place in the betting shop
Is by the litter bin, you lost the lot
You try not to run
You try not to cry
No you can't sit still and let em have their day, the
City calls - Ruckin the night away
You don't let it fall appart
Their stabbin' little daggers right through your heart
Dont matter what they say
I'm not playng...
We're not playin'
You don't let it fall appart
Their stabbin' little daggers right through your heart
Dont matter what they say
Dont matter what they say
I've been alone seems like a month of mondays
Pick up the phone and conversation's one-way
I won't let nothing come between me and her
Now nothing's coming, I don't understand her
She leaves me, I suppose she's got a reason
I'm on the train against the window, sweating
Avert my gaze to lovers' heaving petting
And all I think about, I count on one finger
Why don't you ring her, why don't you ring her?
She leaves me, I suppose she's got a reason
She leaves me, she must have a reason
I dunno when they are, she doesn't seem to say
Will I swallow my guitar, will I wash the world away
Like a stone on the wall made of clay
I liked you better when you liked me as well
I liked you better when you liked me as well
She comes in colours that she won't let me see
She comes in colours and she goes with her back to me
She leaves me, I suppose she's got a reason
She leaves me, she must have a reason
And I dunno when they are, she doesn't seem to say
Will I swallow my guitar, will I wash the world away
Like a stone on the wall made of clay
Oh I can't decide
(ooh-ooh-ohh)
She leaves me
(ooh-ooh-ooh)
She leaves me
She won't come home
She leaves me
All alone
I liked you better when you liked me aswell
I liked you better when you liked me aswell
I liked you better when you liked me aswell
I liked you better
I liked you better when you liked me aswell
I liked you better when you liked me aswell
I liked you better when you liked me aswell
I liked you better (when you liked me aswell)
I liked you better when you liked me aswell
I liked you better when you liked me aswell
I liked you better when you liked me aswell
We think about making a score
We think about a little bit more
While you suffer our selfish ways
While I look at your selfish face
Oh we can't think of anything else
So you suffer us alone on your shelf
Then you whisper your selfless praise
While you suffer our selfish ways
Oh, I'm sorry but we've gotta breathe
And I know it's not easy
Through all of these days
You chose my selfish ways
Oh, I know I'm not so sure
And I might not be so pure
But through all of these days
You suffered my selfish ways
And you love it!
Darling, I'll bring you fire wood
But I will burn your house down
(And I will follow him
I'll take his wood away)
Darling, I'll bring you fire wood
But I will burn your house down
(And I will follow him down
I'll take his wood away)
Oh yeah, we think about making a score
And we think about a little bit more
While you suffer our selfish ways
While I look at your elfish face
Oh, we can't think of anything else
So you suffer us alone on the shelf
And I'd be better, I'd be better, I'd be better...
If you let go of my tether
Oh, my darling, I'll bring you fire wood
But I will burn your house down
(And I will follow him down
I'll take his wood away)
Darling, I'll bring you fire wood
But I will burn your house down
(And I will follow him down
I'll take his wood away)
To the ground.
Oh, I'm sorry
Yeah, I really am
If I cut your heart to ribbons
I'm not really that kind of man
But you love it!
Oh, my darling, I'll bring you fire wood
But I will burn your house down
(And I will follow him down
I'll take his wood away)
Darling, I'll bring you fire wood
But I will only let you down
(And I will follow him
I went an' burnt my bridges at the weekend,
An' now there's nothing left but another week to end,
An' a sick an' sunken soul in a drunken body like mine,
From London bridge I swim east along the tide.
She says I won't wait I won't wait,
An' now she tells me that she wants me,
She says I won't wait I won't wait,
An' now she tells me that she wants me,
An' won't ya take me home.
When battered heads dissemble and descend into a mess
upon the city,
When bleeding hearts awake from single beds and paint
themselves so very pretty,
Oh from London Bridge you know its not such a bad sight
oh no no.
Shuddered hard at those memories of those filthy nights
we spent,
I never wanted to be the one who just came and went,
Oh lover you know I can't afford your game,
Oh lover no I can't afford your game
She said,
When battered heads dissemble and descend into a mess
upon the city,
When bleeding hearts awake from single beds and paint
themselves so very pretty,
When you're just eighteen, you never win an' no it's
not right,
Well from London Bridge you know its not such a bad
sight.
Woahh, I won't wait I won't wait,
An' now she tells me that she wants me,
She says I won't wait, I won't wait,
An' now she tells me that she wants me,
And that she loves me, oh take me home,
Take me home, woah won't you take me home, come on take
Get out the way
I don't need you anymore
You're not my sweet sweet sixteen
I don't like it anymore
You catch me at my worst
But I try to get better
Or am I just a scruffy lad
Who remembers what he once had
Better get out the way
Better get out the way
It's alright to run away
It's alright to run away
What a wanker
What a wanker
I'm going away from here
I'm going away from here
It's not happy when a long relationship ends
It's not happy when a long relationship ends
Call me Ishmael
Call me what you want
Take that skin that you're beating
Would you rather not a drum...
Wanker
Too much coke
Broke another mirror
Shattered into ten of me
Not one see's any clearer
Better get out the way
Get the fuck out the way!
It's alright to run away
Oh, it's alright to run away
What a wanker
What a wanker
I'm going away from here
I'm going away from here
It's not happy when a long relationship ends
Fall
Fall amongst that clover
Roll amongst that clover
Spread your bones just like I told ya
That's where I
I found the love of my life
I found the love of my life
I found the love of my life
Don't hang
Don't hang yourself on that rope
Cut my veins and I'll cope
But don't hang yourself on that velvet rope
And when I fall
When I fall out of favor
Well I'm the Son not the Saviour
Well I'll be on my best behavior
Shed your load your donkey's come home
Shed your load your donkey's come home
Shed your load your donkey's come home
Shed your load your donkey's come home, come home
Shed your load your donkey's come home
Shed your load your donkey's come home
Come home
Come home
I'm half the man that i wanna be
But is the other half coming on quite fast
Will i wash that longing man away from me
Now this half's gone out for tea
There's nobody home, he's left the lights on
He's down the street singing abuse at everyone
And when the morning comes
It takes away his charms
It leaves him battered and bruised
Bloody and knackered and laughed upon
Yeh but he's chained to no-one
So it's a hangman yes i see
Well i'll take a 'J' a 'U' an 'N' a 'K' an 'I' a Hey i
dont
wanna play anyway
It's me yeh you know me
I could fall in love with anyone
But they should section you you nutter Napolean
And when the morning comes
It takes away his charms
It leaves him battered and bruised
Bloody and knackered and laughed upon
Yeh but he's chained to no-one
Oh no
What we gonna do
We got so much to do infront of us
So little to loose behing but re-print old news
And the louder that they whistle
The less we're gonna hear
For constantly we've got the call of the wild
Ringing in our ears
And we're chained to no-one
To no-one, no
So i'm hald the man that i wnna be
But is the other half coming on quite fast
You might see, snow drenched roof tops
A stalagtite falls to the alley like an arrow from
cupid
intoo yo, The world has stopped
And it's pretty as a picture
You might not notice
How cold it gets when the gin runs out and history
is born again
You can't even think
How you wanna be with her
Well here we are darling, Jam never tasted so good
Nothing ever felt so warm as you, above this old
world shop
With it's old world trinkets
But how dare we even think it
When there's a cardboard box
With shivering feet full of distant memories and
nearby fantasies
Of good heels and chasmere socks
There's a cold war on thee world
That's what i heard
I opened up
Told her i'm lonely
I said dont you know me
She said who're you talking to?
Her memory's faded
Irradicated
She's been infiltrated
But oh how i waited
Because i know there's something
I just can't get to it
I wasted years
How i held you near
I tasted fear
But how i helf you near
And i fought the combine
Until they let me outside
Here's to the lonely old soldiers
Gonna walk into the street
With the confidence of an apex predator
Gonna ask the first pretty girl i meet
If she fancies a trip to the west end cinema
I will sit her in the back row tell her what i know
Listen to her whispers share her shadow
I will fall into line with the evening tide
Ready present arms open wide
All my best laid plans, they might have to wait
'til tomorrow
Coz it's been an hour since i took off
And there's no pretty girls to speak of - ..Yeh right
How will i sit her in the back row tell her what i know
Listen to her whispers share her shadow
When i march 'round the corner into a post
What the hell am i doing must admit that i dont
know - i dont know
Here's to the lonely old soldiers
Here's to the lonely old soldiers
Here's to the lonely old soldiers
Here's to the lonely old soldiers
How will i sit her in the back row tell her what i
know - Listen to her whispers share her shadow
Will i sit her in a row bare my soul
Listen to her whispers share her shadow
We talk about a lot of things
We talk about all the things to come
We talk about going to sleep, about waking up
Now I've woken up
I never thought that it would hurt this much
I never thought it would hurt this much
No, but it did
We throw stones to the river bed
We take turns saying all the things we said
We got drunk on the beach
You're out of reach, oh...
I never thought that it would hurt this much
I never thought it would hurt this much
No, but it did
(Chorus)
Oh, wait don't leave me
I don't want to watch you go
No I don't want to watch you go
And what you never love you never know
We were in the basement
Staring up at the stars above us
You're out of place in there
You know I know, so why am I to blame?
I never thought that it would hurt this much
I never thought it would hurt this much
So I took her on the train
And I took her on a bus stop
And I took her on an aeroplane
We were thieves, friends then lovers and so much more
And I never thought that it would hurt this much
But it did
(Chorus)
D'you know I don't want to watch you go?
Oh no, I don't want to watch you...
Now that's done
I never thought that it would hurt this much
Never thought that it would hurt this much x3
I never thought it would hurt this much, no noooo
But it did, oooooh but it did, oh oooh oooooh...
Oh it's cold
Huddled beside you
There's no way out now
We're here and we're not certain how
Don't you feel the bass in the back of you throat?
If you listen to the way they're just so stoked
If you don't think we should stay, we should go home
Because you've got nothing to say
And this place reeks of no fun
If you don't think we should stay, we should go home
Home.
She's on fire
As I hung back, loose with the liars
They're like dogs
Panting and dragging their tongues
But that isn't the way that I roll
I'm so tired of this place, what we gonna do?
If you don't think we should stay, we should go home
If you don't think we should stay, we should go home
Because you've got nothing to say
This is lame, this is no fun
If you don't think we should stay, lets just leave
Lets just go home
If you don't think we should stay, we should go home
Bad people happen to things like me.
I broke across the room in waves and drown you in your
dress.
Bad people happen to things like me.
Dogs appear and disappear.
Its push, push but we don't kiss.
Everything I say to you is code for something else.
Why do you make love like this?
I can see the subtlety, the rising sea, suddenly.
It's push, push, but we don't kiss.
Everything I say to you is code for something else.
Sleep master, sleep.
Erase something, erase something, erase something sweet.
Bad people happen to things like me.
Bad people happen to things like me.
I broke across the room in waves and drown you in your
dress.
You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking
And after a while, you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye, and an easy smile
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
You'll get the chance to put the knife in
You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you get older
And in the end you'll pack, fly down south
Hide your head in the sand
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer
And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest that you've sown
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And it's too late to loose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down alone
Dragged down by the stone
I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake of this creeping malaise
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze
Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable and no one had a real friend
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer
Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a seat in the stand
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone