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DAMNED
Damned Damned Damned
NEAT NEAT NEAT
Be a man can a mystery man
Be a doll be a baby doll
It can't be fun not anyway
It can't be found no way at all
A distant man can't sympathise
He can't uphold his distant laws
Due to form on that today
I got a feeling then I hear this call
I said Neat Neat Neat
She can't afford a cannon
Neat Neat Neat
She can't afford a gun at all
Neat Neat Neat
She can't afford a cannon
Neat Neat Neat
She ain't got no name to call
Neat Neat Neat
No crime if there ain't no law
No more cops left to mess you around
No more dreams of mystery chords
No more sight to bring you down
I got a crazy got a thought in my mind
My mind's on when she falls asleep
Feelin' fine in her restless time
Then these words upon me creep
I said Neat Neat Neat
She can't afford a cannon
Neat Neat Neat
She can't afford a gun at all
Neat Neat Neat
She can't afford a cannon
Neat Neat Neat
She ain't got no name to call
Neat Neat Neat
Be a man can a mystery man
Be a doll like a baby doll
It can't be fun not anyway
It can't be found no way at all
A distant man can't sympathise
Can't uphold his distant laws
Due to form on that today
I got a feeling then I hear that call
I said Neat Neat Neat
She can't afford a cannon
Neat Neat Neat
She can't afford a gun at all
Neat Neat Neat
She can't afford a cannon
Neat Neat Neat
She ain't got no name to call
Neat Neat Neat
FAN CLUB
Well I'm craving for a cigarette
Hey give me a light
Feeling kind of thirsty
Give me something that bites
Sure been hanging 'round here
For much too long
All you crazy people waiting for my song
I said
Well here I am
I'm just another one night stand
Anyway I don't know why I'm sad
For my fan club
Waiting for an autograph
Well you must be mad
Standing in the pissing rain
Must be a drag
If that's what you wanna do
I won't say no
If you wanna see more of me
See me after the show
I said
Well here I am
I'm just another one night stand
Anyway I don't know why I'm sad
For my fan club
Well you send me pretty flowers
While I'm slashing my wrists
Read those little letters
Through my smashed out mists
The dream I shock you
Is my nightmare
I'm the freak that's on display
So stand and stare
I said
Well here I am
I'm just another one night stand
Anyway I don't know why I'm sad
For my fan club
I FALL
I gotta full moon
A smaller room than I need
A candy store a sexy whore
Yes I bleed
A sifting sand and an electronic hand
Yes I'm fine
I've got a pissed of god a government shock
Yes I'm blind
And I fall
Well I fall
Well I fall
Yeah I fall
My mind's a raging blame
A crying shame and I'm sad
A city of sin a bottle of gin
So dog-gone bad
A cool reaction for the big attraction
That's fine
A pissed off god a governmant shock
Well I'm blind
And I fall
Well I fall
Well I fall
Yeah I fall
I'm a falling angel
Falling down
Be a falling angel
Won't you come around?
Don't be scared to follow
It's no crime
You're a falling angel
Before your time
And I fall
Well I fall
Well I fall
Yeah I fall
BORN TO KILL
I get a calling time of day
Beat a lot a lot of crime away
There's nothing baby I can't take
With that crime I'm gonna make your body ache
It's no kind of big deal
No carnegie steal
I don't feel like no heel
When I'm born
Said I'm born
Yeah I'm born
And I'm born to kill
Said I'm born
Yeah I'm born
Know I'm born
When I'm born to kill
Jet along and jive my back
Don't tread on my toes and don't skivvy my back
Chedder bone chops you real fine fine fine
Well take a chance honey you can be mine
It's no kind of big deal
No carnegie steal
I don't feel like no heel
Said I'm born
Know I'm born
Yeah I'm born
When born to kill
Said I'm born
Y'know I'm born
Yeah I'm born
When I'm born to kill
Born to kill
Born to kill
Born to kill
Born to kill
STAB YOR BACK
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Well you used to hang around on the rails yeah
You know that was your patch
But there's a brand new kid in town
Never gonna let you gonna live it down
He's gonna
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Well I'm gonna stab yor back
You aint nothing but a dead hag
Now that you're 25
Never gonna live 'till you're 29
I'm gonna
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
Stab yor back
FEEL THE PAIN
I know you're cold but I've seen it before
I'll take a chance on the wine
Your starched white lips introvenous she drips
In fear of turning blind
Hair to grey and some guys say
Shows you're shows you're growing old
Do it again I can't explain
The light sure seems cold
Feel the pain it leaves no stain
Feel the pain the name of the game
Drop some blues time to choose
Why your heart is just a stabbing
Bloody eyes can't describe
The nature of your hacking
Back to front the blade tastes blunt
In the safety of your bedroom
No desire to touch the fire
It's just a just a sad obsession
Feel the pain
It leaves no stain (leaves no stain)
Feel the pain
The name of the game
Feel the pain
It leaves no stain (leaves no stain)
Feel the pain
The name of the game Feel the pain
Feel the pain
Feel the pain
Feel the pain
Feel the pain
Feel the pain
NEW ROSE
Is she really going out with him?
I got a feeling inside of me
It's kind of strange like a stormy sea
I don't know why I don't know why
I guess these things have got to be
I gotta new rose I got her good
Guess I knew that I always would
I can't stop to mess around
I got a brand new rose in town
See the sun see the sun it shines
Don't get too close or it'll burn your eyes
Don't you run away that way
You can come back another day
I got a new rose I got her good
Guess I knew that I always would
I can't stop to mess around
I got a brand new rose in town
I never thought this could happen to me
This is strange why should it be
I don't deserve somebody this great
I'd better go or it'll be too late
I got a feeling inside of me
It's kind of strange like a stormy sea
I don't know why I don't know why
I guess these things have got to be
I got a new rose I got her good
Guess I knew that I always would
I can't stop to mess around
I got a brand new rose in town
FISH
Well I've seen you hanging round and round
On the streets with something that's on your mind
Don't you think that I'm being fresh?
Only want to lay with you
I promise you won't smell no fish
I said fish
Well I don't want you to think I'm being obscene
When I say say say I wanna hold your hand
Feeling kind of cold need something hot to hold
Only wanna lay with you
I promise you won't smell no fish
I said fish
Fish
Fish
Well I've seen you hanging round and round
On the streets with something that's on your mind
Don't you think that I'm being fresh
Only wanna lay with you
I promise you won't smell no fish
I said fish
I said fish
I said fish
SEE HER TONITE
1 2 3 go
Well it's not so clear she's got nothing to say
It don't happen at all it's not her day
She don't like god and plastic's a con
She can't stand fools who think it's right to be wrong
Oh she's so cool see her tonite
Yeah she's no fool I wanna see her tonite
She don't fit in any so called scene
She don't like going where she's already been
Afraid rock'n'roll's gonna end up like art
She can't like ending what she can't even start
Oh she's so cool see her tonite
Oh she's no fool I wanna see her tonite
Oh she's so cool I wanna see her tonite
Yeah she's no fool I wanna see her tonite
It's not so clear she's got nothing to say
It don't happen at all it's not her day
She don't like god and plastic's a con
She can't stand fools who think it's right to be wrong
Oh she's so cool see her tonite
Oh she's no fool I wanna see her tonite
Oh she's so cool I wanna see her tonite
Oh she's no fool I wanna see her tonite
I wanna see her tonite
I wanna see her tonite
I wanna see her tonite
I wanna see her tonite
I wanna see her tonite
I wanna see her tonite
I wanna see her tonite
1 OF THE 2
Oh yeah you're all cracked up fury
Won't get the jury to defend you
You tried but you couldn't cry
When they see you
You want me to hang around
With you always
But you lie and die when
All you ever give me is disgrace
That's the way down
That's the way down
That's sedation
That's sedation
One of the two
One of the two
With our saturation eyes
You think you can disguise all those mean things
But can you grovel in the dust
Masochistic lust make the song sing
Oh yeah you're all cracked up fury
Won't get the jury to defend you
You tried but you couldn't cry
When they see you
That's the way down
That's the way down
That's sedation
That's sedation
One of the two
One of the two
Oh yeah you're all cracked up fury
Won't get the jury to defend you
You tried but you couldn't cry
When they see you
You want me to hang around
With you always
But you lie and die well
All you ever give me is disgrace
That's the way down
That's the way down
That's sedation
That's sedation
One of the two
One of the two
One of the two
One of the two
One of the two
SO MESSED UP
One, two, three oh she's so
Messed up she don't even ball
Well she's so messed up she has no fun at all
She's a sad case of hit and run
I think that I would rather f*ck her mum
Oh yeah her face is such a mess
The best thing she can do is die
Oh well I'd save her the trouble
But I bet you'd still call it a crime
Oh would you now
So messed up well she's so messed up
Oh yeah she's so messed up so messed up
So messed up
So messed up
So messed up
So messed up
Lying in the gutter
So messed up
Flat on her face
So messed up
So messed up
So messed up
So messed up
Oh she's so messed up she don't feel the pain
Oh she's so messed up she's always been the same
Oh she's so messed up she don't feel the pain
I think know what I think she ain't even got a brain
I FEEL ALRIGHT^
Hey Keith...
Outa my mind on a Saturday night
Nineteen seventy seven baby is rollin' in sight
Radio burning up above
Beautiful baby be my love
Alright feel cool always
Alright feel cool always
I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
Where's your baby burn my heart
Take your baby burn my heart
Fall apart now baby fall apart
Where's your baby burn my heart
Alright feel cool always
Alright feel cool always
I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
Outa my mind on a Saturday night
Nineteen seventy seven baby is rollin' in sight
Radio burning up above
Beautiful baby be my love
Alright feel cool always
Alright feel cool always
I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
Feel alright
The Damned - Machine gun etiquette
LOVE SONG
Ladies and gentlemen...how do.
Hey man, what's happening?
I'll be the ticket if you're my collector
I've charge the fare if you're my inspector
I'll be the luggage if you'll be the porter
I'll be the parcel if you'll be my sorter
Just for you here's a love song
Just for you here's a love song
And it makes me glad to say
It's been a lovely day
And it's okay
I'll be the mail you'll be the guard
I'll be the ink on your season ticket card
I'll be the rubbish you'll be the bin
I'll be the paint on the sign if you'll be the tin
Just for you here's a love song
Just for you here's a love song
And it makes me glad to say
It's been a lovely day
And it's okay
SECOND TIME AROUND
I remember what you said (second time around)
Don't you wish that we were dead (second time around)
No more getting pushed around (second time around)
Not that we've gone underground (second time around)
Now its time for you to see (second time around)
What the Love Song did for me (second time around)
Really famous stinking rich (second time around)
Straight up there without a hitch (second time around)
I remember what you said (second time around)
Don't you wish that we were dead (second time around)
No more getting pushed around (second time around)
Back to haunt you with our sound (second time around)
I JUST CAN'T BE HAPPY TODAY
I Just Can't Be Happy Today
I Just Can't Be Happy Today
A lot of you know there's nothing to smile
There's no feeling fine without being fined
It's a price on your head
No point being sad when justice is red
I Just Can't Be Happy Today
I Just Can't Be Happy Today
They're closing the schools
They're burning the books
The church is in ruins
The priests hang on hooks
The radios on ice
The telly's been banned
The army's in power
The devil commands
Illegal to dance Forbidden to cry
You do what you're told and never ask why
Ignore all those fools
They don't understand we make our own rules
I Just Can't Be Happy Today
I Just Can't Be Happy Today
I Just Can't Be Happy, Just Can't Be Happy, Just Can't Be Happy Today
I Just Can't Be Happy, Just Can't Be Happy, Just Can't Be Happy Today
MELODY LEE
Melody lee, a broken man and a broken dream
It must have been a change of heart
Your life was cruel they called it art
Melody lee, you need a nuke to set you free
You know you can't cheat tomorrow
If you hide any sorrow
Melody lee, you gotta find your secret enemy
You're on the run with nowhere to go
If you die someone to know
Forget your heart, you need not stay
A second longer than today
Melody lee, a broken man and a broken dream
It must have been a change of heart
Your life was cruel they called it art
ANTIPOPE
I'm going back to church tonight
Take me back when I was eight
But I don't mean to pray
I'm gonna nick the collection plate
I've got nothing against church
Or the people who go there and show there
Plain ignorant they don't understand
At congregation at weekends will change their behaviour
So many people are weak enough
To have to seek answers from pedlars of hope
I should know I used to go there myself
That's the day I became antipope
Theres gonna be some fun tonight
Spending it around the town
The vicars are transvestites
With a fetish for erotic gowns
I've got nothing against church
Or the people who go there and show there
Plain ignorant they don't understand
At congregation at weekends will change their behaviour
So many people are weak enough
To have to seek answers from pedlars of hope
I should know I used to go there myself
That's the day I became antipope
Religion doesn't mean a thing
Its just another way of being right wing
I think sex films are okay
I don't dig that poko way
I've got nothing against church
Or the people who go there and show there
Plain ignorant they don't understand
At congregation at weekends will change their behaviour
So many people are weak enough
To have to seek answers from pedlars of hope
I should know I used to go there myself
That's the day I became antipope
THESE HANDS
These are the hands of a demented circus clown
Outside I'm laughing but inside I'm really wearing a frown
I see you laughing at me
But baby in my dreams
Its quite a different scene
Chasing you through the night with my hands around your neck
Funny how everything seems to make me colliette
I find I'm laughing at you
And you are turning blue
Ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha Ho ho ho
Stop laughing
PLAN 9 CHANNEL 7
She plays her mouth into a smile
And offers that he stay a while
Two hearts that beat as one
And eyes that hardly ever saw the sun
Hollywood babbles on
She lays a wreath of lilies on his grave
His flame gone along with the love he never gave
Not to be seduced by those red lips
Two dimensional comic clips
Hollywood babbles on
on and on and on and on and...
Channel 7, with shades of grey
Too close but two worlds away
Plan 9, hello may
Too close but two worlds away
They say
Step into the night
She plays her mouth into a smile
And offers that he stay a while
Two hearts that beat as one
And eyes that hardly ever saw the sun
Hollywood babbles on
She lays a wreath of lilies on his grave
His flame gone along with the love he never gave
Not to be seduced by those red lips
Two dimensional comic clips
Hollywood babbles on
on and on and on and on and...
Channel 7, with shades of grey
Too close but two worlds away
Plan 9, hello may
Too close but two worlds away
They say
NOISE NOISE NOISE
It's 7am on a brand new day
I'm gonna start it in the perfect way
Put the greatest record on
I kick the dog and kick the cat
Insult my mum insult my dad
Scream out loud and sing along
We say noise is for heroes (heroes)
Leave the music for zeroes (zeroes)
Noise Noise Noise is for heroes (heroes)
Oh yeah
I'm down the pub the time is one
Hit the jukebox for my favourite song
Gonna turn it up too loud
Have a couple of games of pool
Argue with a drunken fool
Have a beer with the usual crowd
We say noise is for heroes (heroes)
Leave the music for zeroes (zeroes)
Noise Noise Noise is for heroes (heroes)
Oh yeah
Its noise that makes the world go round
I can't survive without that sound
The sound torments me
Its 8 o'clock down the church hall
Enourmous amplifiers 6 feet tall
Gonna turn them up full blast
The vicar waves his arms and looks absurd
The noise drowns out his godly words
And he can't get out too fast
We say noise is for heroes (heroes)
Leave the music for zeroes (zeroes)
Noise Noise Noise is for heroes (heroes)
Oh yeah
Noise Noise Noise
Noise Noise Noise
Noise Noise Noise
Noise Noise Noise
Noise Noise Noise
Noise Noise Noise
Noise Noise Noise
LOOKING AT YOU
When it happened
Something Snapped inside me
Made me wanna hide
All alone on my own, all alone on my own
I stood up on the stand my eyes shut tight
Didn't wanna see anybody
Feeling alright, having a good time
Doing alright, doing alright
Doing alright, doing alright
I saw into the dancing crowd
Felt like screaming out loud
I saw you standing there
Saw your long, your long hair
Opened up my eyes baby
You made me realise what I wanna do now
All I wanna do now babe is look at you
Looking at you babe, looking at you
Looking at you, looking at you baby
You baby
You baby
You baby
You baby
You baby
You baby
Yeah yeah
I saw into the dancing crowd
Felt like screaming out loud
I saw you standing there
Saw your long, your long hair
Opened up my eyes baby
You made me realise what I wanna do now
All I wanna do now babe is look at you
Looking at you babe, looking at you
Looking at you, looking at you baby
You baby
You baby
You baby
You baby
You baby
You baby
You baby
You baby
You baby
LIAR
Theres not a word of truth in anything that I say
I don't really want to listen till they go away
I haven't finished and I never try
If you ask me reasons I just lie
I'm a liar, liar, I never tell the truth
I'm a liar, liar, I never tell the truth
I tell you how I feel and why it is
And what you are if you don't start to give
I love spending hours watching television
I saw a dance, lights, room and a fall and your crepid polititions
I'm a liar, liar, I never tell the truth
I'm a liar, liar, I never tell the truth
I smoked your last cigarette I say that someone else did
I send your mum to the vet and find out your sisters brilliant
You ask me why, I just lie
I'm a liar, liar
I'm gonna be the biggest liar in the world
I'll be so good you'll believe every word
I could even make you believe Adolf Hitler
Send him to Russia for the winter
I'm a liar, liar, I never tell the truth
I'm a liar, liar, I never tell the truth
SMASH IT UP
We've been crying now for much too long
And now we're gonna dance to a different song
I'm gonna sream and shout til my dying breath
I'm gonna smash it up til theres nothing left
Oooh ooh smash it up, smash it up, smash it up
Oooh ooh smash it up, smash it up, smash it up
People call me villain oh its such a shame
Maybe its my clothes must be to blame
I don't even care if I look a mess
Don't wanna be a sucker like all the rest
Oooh ooh smash it up, smash it up, smash it up
Oooh ooh smash it up, smash it up, smash it up
Smash it up
Smash it up
Smash it up
Smash it up
Smash it up
Smash it up, you can keep your krishna burgers
Smash it up, and your Glastonbury hippies
Smash it up, you can stick your frothy lager
Smash it up, and your blow wave hairstyles
And everybody's smashing things down
I said everybody's smashing things down yeah
Damned - Music for pleasure
PROBLEM CHILD
Stealin' cars lost in bars
Treating hard-to-be's like superstars
I wanna come home at 3AM
I love my records
Alright and I'm going to play 'em
Problem child, problem child
We think you live much too wild
Problem child, problem child
When you get home
Your daddy's gonna tan your hide
I gave a dose to my sister
Only need to be a teen-dream hipster
Don't care about my grades at school
Or my teacher
My Probation lady says, you ain't so cool
Problem child, problem child
We think you live much too wild
Problem child, problem child
When you get home
Your daddy's gonna tan your hide
Gave a dose to my sister
Only need to be a teen-dream hipster
Don't care about my grades at school
Or my teacher
My probation lady says, you ain't so cool
Problem child, problem child
We think you live much too wild
Problem child, problem child
When you get home
Your daddy's gonna tan your hide
Problem child, problem child
We think you live much too wild
Problem child, problem child
When you get home
Your daddy's gonna tan your hide
DON'T CRY WOLF
You don't have to listen
To what your parents say
They don't understand us
Their laws we don't obey
You can wear what you want
There ain't no uniform
Go where you want to go
Don't stay locked at home
Don't be a fool
Don't cry wolf
Don't be a fool
Don't cry wolf
You can't stand around now
Looking like fools
But there's a lot you could do
There ain't no rules
No point in getting bored
That won't help if you fall
So come and have some fun yeah
And help us smash it up
Don't be a fool
Don't cry wolf
Don't be a fool
Don't cry wolf
It's no good for you kids
Being told what to do
There's a lot of change for you
If you find something new
You don't have to listen
To what your parents say
They don't understand us
They're laws we don't obey
You can wear what you want
There ain't no uniform
Go where you want to go
Don't stay locked at home
Don't be a fool
Don't cry wolf
Don't be a fool
Don't cry wolf
Don't be a fool
Don't cry wolf
Don't be a fool
Don't cry wolf
ONE WAY LOVE
She don't care about your miseries
There ain't nothing you can do
She's afraid of all your injuries
Just makes you look a fool
I guess you better fall for another girl
Before you fall from above
Well I guess you better find yourself another girl
'Cause all you got is a one way
A one way a one way
A one way one way love
One way a one way
A one way one way love
One way a one way
A one way one way love
One way a one way
A one way one way love
She ain't the beauty that you used to know
She's the fastest girl in town
She ain't worried who's been shooting her
Bad boy shooters from around
I guess you better fall for another girl
Before you fall from above
Well I guess you better find yourself another girl
'Cause all you got is a one way
A one way a one way
A one way one way love
One way a one way
A one way one way love
One way a one way
A one way one way love
One way a one way
A one way one way love
She don't care about your miseries
There ain't nothing you can do
She's afraid of all your injuries
Just makes you look a fool
I guess you better fall for another girl
Before you fall from above
Well I guess you better find yourself another girl
'Cause all you got is a one way
A one way a one way
A one way one way love
One way a one way
A one way one way love
One way a one way
A one way one way love
One way a one way
A one way one way love
Hey you take a tip from me
You gotta change your one way love
Hey you take a tip from me
You gotta change your one way love
Hey you take a tip from me
You gotta change your one way love
Hey you take a tip from me
You gotta change your one way love
POLITICS
I used to get real bored in class
I don't need no politics to make me dance
No rules no laws no regulations
No facist friends no race relations
I just wanna run around
I don't wanna settle down
Politically fashionable scene
Facist managers dreams
My politics don't sell clothes
And riots don't sell my soul
If I vote for something it's something I can see
Give me fun not anarchy
Just wanna run around
Don't wanna settle down
Politically fashionable scene
Facist managers dreams
I used to get real bored in class
I don't need no politics to make me dance
No rules no laws no regulations
No facist friends no race relations
I just wanna run around
Don't wanna settle down
Politically fashionable scene
Facist manager dreams
Dreams
STRETCHER CASE
Thought you were a problem
Thought you were a problem
Thought you were a problem
And you're a stretcher case baby
Say you could kiss like a dream
Say your kisses like peaches and cream
But while you're here
That don't mean a thing
'Cause you're a stretcher case baby
Thought you were a problem (problem)
Thought you were a problem (problem)
Thought you were a problem (problem)
You're a stretcher case baby
Make a little floor for the 30 year old whore
Soon you'll be let out
Not for your ecstacy but
It's your autopsy
Thought you were a problem (problem)
Thought you were a problem (problem)
Thought you were a problem (problem)
And you're a stretcher case baby
Sucker wanna pay so what do you say?
I'm gonna scream
You caught a brick in your face
That's why
You're a stretcher case baby
Thought you were a problem (problem)
Thought you were a problem (problem)
Thought you were a problem (problem)
And you're a stretcher case baby
Thought you were a problem (problem)
Thought you were a problem (problem)
Thought you were a problem (problem)
And you're a stretcher case baby
You
IDIOT BOX
I can turn you off
Well I just tried & left you off
Tumbling you made me art
But you sure ain't a rock'n'roll
People standing in the rain
Just to see that screen Verlaine
Supersonic I'll come back soon
'Cause all we got is unlucky moon
Billy singer don't waste my time
Just turning on to What's My Line
Preacher boy you're here this night
You should have road the golden stars
People standing in the rain
Just to see that screen Verlaine
Supersonic I'll come back soon
'Cause all we got is unlucky moon
Old friend Smith works for the box
Oh what a haggard face
Hope he gets a lot of shocks
From his Fender bass
People standing in the rain
Just to see that screen Verlaine
Supersonic I'll come back soon
'Cause all we got is unlucky moon
YOU TAKE MY MONEY
You take my money you slap my face
You take my money you take my place
You take my money just get up and go
You take my money and my f*ckin' sad show
You take my money
You take my money
You take my money
You take my money you mess me around
You take my money all seven pounds
You take my money for little kicks
You take my money make me feel real sick
You take my money honey
You take my money
You take my money
You take my money baby
But don't be funny baby
I can get hard if you make me fight
You suck my honey baby
Oh take my honey
I don't need you
You know I'm right alright
You take my money honey
You take my money
You take my money you slap my face
You take my money you take my place
You take my money just get up and go
You take my money and my f*ckin' sad show
You take my money
You take my money honey
You take my money
ALONE
Lying in the wiped out park
Where silver screams from the dark
There's no direction
A still erection to feel
Can you swallow the mist from the space
And suffer the dirt on your face
Well you can't imagine
The things that could happen this way
There's no reason to cry
Anyway you won't get no reply
'Cause you're alone
But not me not me
That painted face feels so sad
But it's the biggest thrill you're ever had
Well it's funny to think of the fun
That you link with this game
So why not be out of your mind?
Having a real good time
But don't bother to choose
Between calling this good or bad
There's no reason to cry
You won't get no reply
'Cause you're alone
But not me not me
I'm not alone
Lying in the wiped out park
Where silver screams from the dark
There's no direction
A still erection to feel
Can you swallow the mist from the space
And suffer the dirt on your face
Well you can't imagine
The things that could happen this way
There's no reason to cry
You won't get no reply
'Cause you're alone
But not me not me
I'm not alone
But you are
YOUR EYES
It's your eyes
That confuse me
It's your eyes
Oh that use me
I miss your philly eyes
I miss your smooth white lies
Pass me a cigarette
Maybe I can forget
Your eyes
That confuse me
It's your eyes
Oh that use me
Give me another drink
That honey I can sink
All of these memories
That I can't get out of my mind
It's your eyes
That confuse me
Your eyes
Oh that use me
You won't have to look far
I'll be in the nearest bar
I feel so very cold and I'm feeling
So very old
Without your eyes
They confuse me
Your eyes
Oh that use me
I miss your philly eyes
I miss your smooth white lies
Pass me a cigarette
Maybe I can forget
Your eyes
That confuse me
Your eyes
Ah that use me
Your eyes
Your eyes
Your eyes
Your eyes
CREEP (YOU CAN'T FOOL ME)
Think you're pretty mean
Acting James Dean
I look real tough
But it ain't good enough
With your heart on your clothes
You try and act with your pose
But if I look in your eyes
You just run and hide
You can't
You can't fool me
You can't
You can't fool me
Now the actions begun
You ain't scarin' no one
Just back him up quick
You only make me feel sick
Just going home
Leave us alone
Go and beat up your cat
I bet you're I bet you're good at that
You can't
You can't fool me
You can't
You can't fool me
Now the actions begun
You ain't scarin' no one
Just back him up quick
You only make me feel sick
Just going home
Leave us alone
Go and beat up your cat
I bet you're I bet you're good at that
You can't
You can't fool me
You can't
You can't fool me
You can't
You can't fool me
You can't
You can't fool me
YOU KNOW
You've got your plastic cards
But you can't create
You've got your open bars
But you can't relate
Pretty as a mirror
Ugly as your smile
You won't fool anybody
Not even for a while
You know you know
You know honey you know
You know you know
You know you know
Can't stop thinkin' of you
All the ways you go on
Don't try to tell me baby
All your plastic has gone
You know we need your honey
Like I need a loan
Your time is running out now
Unless we're really on a go
Well you know you know
You know yes you know
You know you know
You know you know
You know you know
You know honey
You've got your plastic cards
But you can't create
You're got your open bars
But you can't relate
Pretty as a mirror
Ugly as your smile
You won't fool anybody
Not even for a while
You know why
You know you know
You know honey you know
You know you know
You know you know
You know you know
Damned - Strawberries
IGNITE
Twilight comes and the mood's complete
Gonna hit the street grab some of that night time beat
My heart is beat beat beating like a drum
The night is in my veins we're gonna have some fun tonight
Light the fuse I must ignite
I'm gonna set the world alight
Light the fuse I must ignite
I'm gonna set the world alight
I wanna see you burn
I killed the cigarette I killed the light
I'm killing time the heat kills me on a hot summer night
I'm gonna dream a life live a dream
Hell for leather in my scheme of things tonight
Light the fuse I must ignite
I'm gonna set the world alight
Light the fuse I must ignite
I'm gonna set the world alight
GENERALS
Big city all scratched out revenge is not so sweet
Once proud once so devout they're tired and they are weak
They came from east to west counting up the cost
Red star soon to arrive they know that all is lost
And only the wounded remain
The generals have all left the game
With no will to fight
They'll fade with the light
There's nobody left they can blame
What once was decadence now's nothing but raized land
The end so imminent big city's not so grand
They came they saw they conquered people hid in fear
They looted raped and plundered angry russian bear
And only the wounded remain
The generals have all left the game
With no will to fight
They'll fade with the light
There's nobody left they can blame
Reichstag flies red flag signalling the end
Party now bad bad suicide the end
There's some who think that golden years might lie ahead
No leaders anymore in the bunker dead
And only the wounded remain
The generals have all left the game
With no will to fight
They'll fade with the light
There's nobody left they can blame
And only the wounded remain
The generals have all left the game
With no will to fight
They'll fade with the light
The whole world is going insane
STRANER ON THE TOWN
Did you ever see a man turned inside out
He can come and go without a sound
They say ok when they turn you down
'Cos someones always smiling when they really frown
You turf me out can't keep me down
'Cos I'm a stranger on the town
Don't put me down
And I only want a place to rest my head
But if looks could kill I might as well be dead
Get me on my feet take me to the door
I'll face the law might even get a bed
You turf me out can't keep me down
'Cos I'm a stranger on the town
Don't put me down
You turf me out can't keep me down
'Cos I'm a stranger on the town
Don't put me down
Don't need me
Won't feed me now
Just say the word
Just smile as I'm thrown out
You turf me out can't keep me down
'Cos I'm a stranger on the town
Don't put me down
And the city's new so the faces change
I know they're different yet they act the same
I've read the script and I know the score
I know it's only time before I'm shown the door
You turf me out can't keep me down
'Cos I'm a stranger on the town
Don't put me down
You turf me out can't keep me down
'Cos I'm a stranger on the town
Don't put me down
I've got some money
So do you love me now?
Now will you run me out
And they wonder why I shout
Even in a crowd when you're all alone
It's so far from home there's faces all around
They stare mean and proud you've gotta get away
You gotta get away
So I'm a stranger
And though you put me down you know I
Aint no clown and you're a stranger
'Cause I'll see you around
When the chips are down
And I'm a stranger on the town....
Ooh ooh the city's new the faces change
I know they're different yet they act the same
'Cos I'm a stranger on the town
And I only wanna place to rest my head
If looks could kill I might as well be dead
'Cos Im a stranger on the town
Yes I am
And everyone tries to put you down
Nobody wants to have you around
'Cos I'm a stranger on the town
Yes I am
DOZEN GIRLS
Won't you tell me the reason why
He goes out almost every night?
He never goes too far he's always
The one who's got it right
He's got charm
He's got style
He's got a dozen girls
Tell me why
I don't know why
He's got a dozen girls
Now he's always the one with all the hooks
When it comes to making it with you
Now I would be there in his place if only
I knew what it is I had to do
He's got charm
He's got style
He's got a dozen girls
Tell me why
I don't know why
He's got a dozen girls
He's got charm
He's got style
He's got a dozen girls
Tell me why
I don't know why
He's got a dozen girls
He's alright and he dont care
He's got thermal underwear
THE DOG
She wanders alone through the night
A child with eyes burning bright
She extends her arms for an embrace a tiny smile
Her ruby lips on her doll- like face
The danger's a mystery here
As she invites you to hold her near
Her mirrored image could not be linked to
A woman's mind so sharp and so distinct
Like a swimmer in a secret sea
Undecayed for all eternity
Claudia
Better stay away from Claudia
The silkiness of her lips
As she bends low to kiss
A tiny seductress in ringlets and pearls you reel
In madness as the whole world about you whirls
Like the tinkle of a small silver bell
Her voice will put you under her spell
A crushed crysanthemum in her hand a beautiful doll of death
She'll take your dying breath
Like a swimmer in a secret sea
Undecayed for all eternity
Claudia
Better stay away from Claudia
Like a swimmer in a secret sea
Undecayed for all eternity
Claudia
Better stay away from Claudia
GUN FURY (OF RIOT FORCES)
I do expect you might have heard
Through state research an old jailbird
About the guys
The gun fury of riot forces
A warning sounds they're dressed to kill
They're out of bounds we've had our fill
Who dares resist
The gun fury of riot forces
They're glad to be your friend
They hate the public they defend
They call the shots from start to end
Shots from start to end
A handbag man he makes a snatch
In riot cops he's met his match
He lies dead before
The gun fury of riot forces
A warning sounds they're dressed to kill
They're out of bounds we've had our fill
Who dares resist
The gun fury of riot forces
They're glad to be your friend
They hate the public they defend
They call the shots from start to end
THE PLEASURE AND THE PAIN
These feelings locked inside my head
I try to reason out of bed
These feelings locked inside of me
Will never see the light of day
Slowly upwards faster down
Reach the top and hit the ground
So many things we left unsaid
So many feelings left for dead
A love affair like this could last
I take a trip back through the past
It tears my heart out deep inside
To think of times i spent inside
The pleasure and the pain
It tells me that I'm in love again
The pleasure and the pain
Take a look deep in my eyes
See the emptiness inside
See where forest fires rage
In vain I try to turn the page
But nothing that i say or do
Will ever make me forget you
The pleasure and the pain
It tells me that I'm in love again
The pleasure and the pain
LIFE GOES ON
Life goes on and on and on
If you think it's al gone wrong
Go on and on and on
Life's a con a con a con
If you think you can't go on
Go on and on and on
But always remember
This is the happiest day of your life
Life goes on and on and on
If you think it's al gone wrong
Go on and on and on
Life's a con a con a con
If you think you can't go on
Go on and on and on
And as the years they move along
I see it now, there's something wrong
'Cos life is for always
Take your time
Who cares what fools say
I don't mind
'Cos this is my day
I'll live it my way
Today, there's just today
Life goes on and on and on
If you think it's al gone wrong
Go on and on and on
Life's a con a con a con
If you think you can't go on
Go on and on and on
BAD TIME FOR BONZO
Bad time
You know I saw him in a movie with his leather on
Bad time
The fists were flying and the guns did roar
Bad time
You know I kinda liked the way he sung his cowboy songs
Bad time
But I can't listen to them anymore
Bad time for me
Bad time for you
Bad time for bonzo too
You know that bonzo's always dreaming
He'd like you to be dreaming too
Bad time for me
Bad time for you
Bad time for bonzo too
You know that bonzo's always scheming
He'd like you to be scheming too
He'd like you to be scheming too
Bad time
You know there was a time when no-one knew the fun he'd start
Bad time
As actors go he was an 'also ran'
Bad time
But now old bonzo's gone and got himself
Another part
Bad time
We'd best re-write the script while we can
Bad time for me
Bad time for you
Bad time for bonzo too
You know that bonzo's always dreaming
He'd like you to be dreaming too
Bad time for me
Bad time for you
Bad time for bonzo too
You know that bonzo's always screaming
He'd like you to be screaming too
He'd like you to be screaming too
Bad time for me
Bad time for you
Bad time for bonzo too
No no no no no no no
No no no no no no no
No no no no no no no nooh
Bad time for me
Bad time for you
Bad time for bonzo too
You know that bonzos always dreaming He'd like you to be dreaming too
Bad time for me
Bad time for you
Bad time for bonzo too
You know that bonzo's always scheming
He'd like you to be scheming too
Bad time for me
Bad time for you
Bad time for bonzo too
You know that bonzo's always dreaming
He'd like you to be dreaming too
Bad time for me
Bad time for you
Bad time for bonzo too
You know that bonzo's always screaming
He'd like you to be screaming too
Bad time for me
Bad time for you
Bad time for bonzo too
You know that bonzo's always dreaming
He'd like you to be dreaming too
Bad time for me
Bonzo is dreaming
Bad time for me
Bonzo is scheming
UNDER THE FLOOR AGAIN
Under the floor again
Once I was up and in the air but now I'm down
Goodbye to all my friends
Forget I ever was the mole goes underground
Under the floor again
Eight years of hide and seek no peek of me is seen
I skip the law again
The to and fro the come and go and miss the scene
But who was the girl we saw last night
Wearing a frock and gown she's kinda paralysed
A door in the floor a head materialised
I'm sure that I saw a face I recognised
Don't say a word
Just stay here at my leisure
No sound is heard
Can't take my simple pleasures
Like walking in the park
And taking in the air
Just lock me in the dark
It's no fun
Under the floor again
My baccy bets and beer are here and all I need
I'm feeling sore again
Three feet of life is all I have and rats to feed
Won't say a word
Just stay here at my leisure
No sound is heard
Can't take my simple pleasures
Like breathing in the air
It's cleaner than the stuff
I've had in recent months
It's no fun
Under the floor again
Once I was up and in the air but now I'm down
DON'T BOTHER ME
I say hello don't think that I don't know you're listening to me
But please don't bother me
Don't bother me
You bought this thing so I would sing about that awful nuclear thing
I hope won't bother me
Won't bother me
Your rolling stones and pop star clones don't even want to hear their moans
I say don't bother me
Don't bother me
Those men of steel I really feel are quite extremely unreal
I wish they'd all just fade away
So here am I under the sky can I ask you
Without a lie to please don't bother me
Don't bother me
I'm in a hole just like a mole
Don't give a toss lady in her mink stole
Don't bother me
Don't bother me
The people change they rearrange but stay the same
It's awfully strange
But they don't bother me
Don't bother me
Until the day their troubles stray on to my patch
Like tony hatch's 'crossroads' theme
Please go away
Go away
Not interested
Damned - The black album
WAIT FOR THE BLACKOUT
Don't you ask me to come out
When the sun does shine
Let us stay here with curtains drawn
In darkness you'll be mine
Let's wait for the blackout
The light is too bright
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
Well welcome to my basement flat
No windows to see through
With darkness closing in my friend
We'll both know what to do
Let's wait for the blackout
The light is too bright
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
Come lay with me upon the earth
That keeps us both alive
No living thing has lasted here
Yet we shall both survive
Let's wait for the blackout
The light is too bright
Let's wait for the blackout
Wait for the night
In darkness there is no sin
Light only brings the fear
Nothing to corrupt the eyes
There is no vision here
At first you may find it strange
But do not go away
The darkness holds a power
That you won't find in the day
There is no vision here
There is no vision here
LIVELY ARTS
I'm gonna stay in bed all day
I'm not gonna hear a word you say
It's gonna be a life of style for me
Electric blankets, pillows, fire and TV
Take a look outside
Those lively arts are on the slide
And culture's just a bore
When you're angry young and poor
And if I got my way
Those idle rich would pay
When the discussion starts
On the lively arts
I'm gonna be a lazy slob
Sod the folks and sod the job
And tell the foreman that I'm ill
And in a week I'll be here still
Yes I will
Take a look outside
Those lively arts are on the slide
And culture's just a bore
When you're angry young and poor
And if I got my way
Those idle rich would pay
When the discussion starts
On the lively arts
SILLY KIDS GAMES
I just want my fortune now
I don't care where or when or how
I don't want the dustbin
Or the cuddly toy
I'm going for the jackpot
Boy oh boy oh boy
See me on the box
See me winning lots of loot oh yeah
Silly kids games
Grabbing cash off that old coot oh yeah
Now I've got the replies to all the questions
There's just one thing that I should mention
When I win all the loot
Don't you have no fear
I'm going to take my hols
In Kampuchea yeah
And it's been a pleasure
Thanks a million
I hope you like the show
La la la la la la la
DRINKING ABOUT MY BABY
I was yours and you were mine
We were together all the time
We had sun and happy days
Living together in our lazy ways
Drinking 'bout my baby
I'm drinking about her all the time
Drinking 'bout my baby
I'm drinking about her all the time
I can see just where I am
Sitting in a lonely bar
One-arm bandits, friends of yours
Keep asking where you are
Drinking and thinking and drinking Wo-oh
Drinking and thinking and drinking Wo-oh
Drinking and thinking and drinking Wo-oh
TWISTED NERVE
I hear cries and whispers in the night
But I know that I was in the right
Hear footsteps echo behind me as I walk
People listening when I talk
No room for error
No room for mistakes
No time for friends
It's for your own sake
Go to the window and what do I see
Killers face looking at me
Go to the window and what do I see...
No room for feelings careless talk costs lives
Cold as the cold war front
The red star life
I see faces when there's no-one there
Memories that I don't need to share
No room for error
No room for mistakes
No time for friends
It's for your own sake
Go to the window and what do I see
Killers face looking at me
Go to the window and what do I see...
Go to the window
What do I see
Go to the window
The killer is me
It's me, it's me...
Twist and turns
Twisted nerve
Twist and turns
Twisted nerve
HIT OR MISS
Met on the dance floor of the Palais De-Dance
Feeling kinda lonely thought I'd take a chance
I never thought it would turn out like this
Another case of hit or miss
I gave you everything that money could buy
Things for your wardrobe, things to get you high
I never wanted you to bring it back
I didn't see you stab me in the back
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another chance of hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
And I was looking for a kiss
When you were fallen I put up with a lot
I took your cheating I put up with a lot
The sun was setting for what we had got
You took my money took the whole damn lot
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another chance of hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
And I was looking for a kiss
Why does it always end like this?
Why does it always end like this?
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another chance of hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
And I was looking for a kiss
Don't feel so beaten don't feel so down
About the rumours that you put around
I think I'll call this girl who lives nearby
Take her down have another try
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another chance of hit or miss
Another hit or miss
Another hit or miss
And I was looking for a kiss
DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE
I'm normal outside
He's evil inside
I'm Dr Jekyll and
He's Mr Hyde
I try to be true
He tries to be cruel
I'll hold you gently but
He'll smother you
My clothes will impress you
And my claws will undress you
I'm normal outside
He's evil inside
I'm Dr Jekyll and
He's Mr Hyde
I want what's right
He walks in the night
Searching for sin in his
Decedant life
My charms will beguile you
And my arms will defile you
(spoken)
Me I'm on the side of the angels
But the devil's my best friend
Sin is a way of life
Saints are for suckers
Welcome to the underworld
I start where nightmares end
Two for the price of one
Two for the price of, one?
I'm normal outside
He's evil inside
I'm Dr Jekyll and
He's Mr Hyde
I try to be true
He tries to be cruel
I'll hold you gently but
He'll smother you
SICK OF THIS AND THAT
I say you're messing me around
You say I'm getting out of hand
I'm sick of the coutry
Sick of the town
Sick of the future
It's getting me down
I say the future's going to last
You say there's nothing in the past
I'm sick of the government
Sick of the Police
Sick of the boredom
I want release
I can recall a strange event
I gave you nothing with my complements
A discontent that efferents
An enptyness or nothingness that's heaven sent
I'm sick of the coutry
Sick of the town
Sick of the future
It's getting me down
I say, and you say
I say, and you say
I say it's getting me down
HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 1
I just hit the ground boy have I arrived
Tell the dinosaurs they just won't survive
So I fell and you just laughed
You think that I can't stand
To see me trip this way
You think I'm second hand
I have seen it all she's the only one
She belongs to me I'm the lonely one
Counting sheep and swatting flies
You think there's no more left
Talk is cheap how many lies
Sustain a single breath
Adam Chance and Zorro
Take them with a pinch of salt
Sad about tommorrow
Sorry but it's not my fault
While they were shooting at the moon
Somebody croaked and no one heard
But what's a sin or two
In the history of the world
Someone said to me why'd you play so loud?
What do you want from me
You corrupt the crowd
Miles of print you'd think
We thought of nothing else
There's more important things
Thank ink and decibels
Leave it to tommorrow
Corporal Clot and Stalingrad
There the ones to follow
There the ones that make me glad
No one alive and no one left
Nobody cares or ain't you heard
Looks like I'll take my dying breath
In the history of the world
13TH FLOOR VENDETTA (HIS MASTERS DELIGHT)
The organ plays 'till midnight on Maldine Square tonight
The dancer's dance with a fever and delight
His brow is tense but his hands never shake
Revenge has come sweetly and death is his mate
The organ plays 'till midnight note perfect like clockwork
Perfect precise and a slave to the master's demands
Two souls locked together for all eternity
Soon to be one our work is nearly over
But who is the victim?
And who is the innocent?
The organ plays 'till midnight note perfect like clockwork
Perfect precise and a slave to the master's demands
THEROPY
Theropy plug me in straight again
Who needs this voltage food?
Who needs theropy?
Who needs this filthy room at night
Who says give up without a fight
Who gets their answers out of books
Dirty man with their dirty looks
Theropy for clones with their Barclaycards
Pension books and morgage minds
Pay for this theropy
Who needs this filthy room at night
Who says give up without a fight
Who gets their answers out of books
Dirty man with their dirty looks
What do you need in your room at night
Theropy
That's right
What do you get when you kill the light
Theropy
That's right
What do you want when it all goes wrong
Theropy
That's right
Who needs theropy all night long
I do
I dream of pavements
Pavements cold and grey
Cheeful and laughter on a lovely day
I dreem of pavements
They won't do away
I dream of pavements
CURTAIN CALL
Can you taste the grit
Between your teeth
The heat of the lights
The crack of the whip
The snapping sound
Of someone's nerves
If you pay you get
What you deserve
Were coming up from the deep
The lizard sheds it's skin
Night obliterates the day
And all the fun begins
Shadow boxing with yourself
Just seems to get you nowhere
You don't want to cheat
When playing solitare
Three faces come alive
Try and focus and be one
never let it be said that
The jester comes undone
A wreckless gambling pace
With time enough to borrow
Time enough to measure
All of our tomorrows
Curtain call and light go dim
Tragedy, love all lie within
Each player takes his chance to play
And lives to fight another day
What boundries to cross
What chances for the taking
Stepping in the angels wake
Not to be foresaken
No more will I roam
Our childish dreams are soon outgrown
But here we stand
In our own theatreland
Curtain call
About to fall |
