1.New French Girlfriend
作詞:Luke Haines
Want a girl to hold my hand
When the plane lands
When the cracks appear in the plan
And the rocks turn into sand
Better call my new French girlfriend
Make a call international
All around the world
Money fame liberate and free
Better call my new French girlfriend
That, the price of success
Want a girl to hold my hand
When the plane lands
2.I'm A Rich Mans Toy
作詞:Luke Haines
I a rich mans toy
Sick of the way you've been
Putting me down
Sick of all your stupid games
I'm a rich mans toy
You're a son of a gun
And I'm easily led
Coming up sometimes for air
I'm a rich mans toy
Sick of the way you're been
Putting me down
Sick of all your stupid games
A toy when you die they'll burn your bones
But they'll never destroy your remains
You must be the king of the world
I'm a rich mans toy
The duchess envoy said when I was a kind
You'll smack me around on a whim
I'm a rich mans toy
Your boyfriend moved
All my things in the hall
Didn't know you were sleeping with him
I'm a rich mans toy
With powder and make-up
D'you think that I scrub well?
Watching you wake up
Who's right, who's not
Who's gonna get it now that
I'm a rich mans toy
What's the matter with me?
What's the matter with you?
What's the matter with me?
Read us the riot act
Or read off your cues
Powder and make-up
Watching you wake up
Do you think I scrub well
Who's right who's not?
Who owes who's what
Who's gonna get it now
I'm a rich mans toy
3.She Might Take A Train
作詞:Luke Haines
Need a line for a life
Need to get some advice
Whoa, oh
Column inches are brief
Need to find some relief
Then we must talk
She might take a train
She might take a train anyway
She might take a, she might take a
Possessions bar none, mean nothing at all
You can have them all
If I try to explain like a suicide
They miss their aim
She might take a train
She might take a train anyway
She might take a, she might take a
She might take a train
She might take a train anyway
She might take a, she might take a
4.Child Brides
作詞:Luke Haines
When I first saw the child brides
Two bridegroom boys at their side
Genevieve in union with holy communion
Marriage the younger wife
And the child brides went down to the water
Neptune calls out to his daughters
Throw yourself at the tide
I'll see you on the other side
In a loveless marriage when I was fourteen
All brained knees and black knees
Then you come round here with your fancy talk and your big ideas
What have you done with your wives?
And the child brides went down to the water
Neptune calls out to his daughters
Throw yourself at the tide
I'll see you on the other side
Bride of Christ, bride of Jesus
Bride of the fish when your fathoms down
And the uncles and the brothers
With their Sunday suits on
Search the villages and towns
But the child brides, etc.
5.Vacant Lot
作詞:Luke Haines
24 hours, some time ago
Since you were around
There's a lot of people here
Since the building came down
Since the building came down
24 hours, some time ago
Since you were around
No guards, no answer phones
Since the building came down
Since they pulled it down
Now I've seen a lot of people
Around here
This kind of thing
Must stop
(Caught dumb again)
Can't read
This vacant lot
24 hours, some time ago
Since you were around
There's a lot of people here
Since the building came down
Since you left town
24 hours who's counting?
Well I'm allowed
No calls no messages
Since the building came down
Since the building came down
24 hours, some time ago
Since you were around
There's a lot of people here
Just standing round
Since you left town
6.Staying Power
作詞:Luke Haines
Well, your armies never showed up
Well, your fan base must have got stuck in the mud
When it comes to popularity, you win hands down
More power, staying power
I'm around, I'm around
Well, your house guest has woke up
Well, your likeness has been all broken up
When it comes to popularity, you win hands down
More power, staying power
I'm around, I'm around
Well, your sand dunes won't stand up
Fingered circles have all turned into mud
When it comes to sand sculpture, you win hands down
More power, staying power
I'm around, I'm around
7.High Diving Horses
作詞:Luke Haines
Well I had to shoot the lame horse
It's extra useless leg
Cut my hand, pray for rain
Well I had to shoot the lame horse
To take him down a peg
Cut my hand, pray for rain
And I'd do it again, I'd do it again
You don't have to look the gift horse
And stab him in the mouth
It's such, such the nag
Outdoor operations are no longer fun
Make it do the high dive, set up for a fall
Follow Mr.Finlay's law
And I'd do it again, I'd do it again
You don't have to look the gift horse
And stab him in the mouth
It's such, such the nag
High diving horses look so small
High diving horses look so small
High diving horses look so small
Outdoor operations
Are no longer fun
Make it do the high dive
Set up for a fall
High diving horses look so small
And I'd do it again, I'd do it again
You don't have to look the gift horse
And stab him in the mouth
It's such, such the nag
8.Breaking Up
作詞:Haines Luke Michael
There's an image of you
Staring in a baker's window
Sold to the parents of
A gift to the little girl
A present on their child's birthday
Breaking up is hard to do
Breaking up is hard to do
Breaking up is hard to do
Especially with you
Especially with you
Said you'd leave by Christmas
Said you'd leave by June
Stop drinking for a while
That's a compromise
Maybe go and see an adult movie
Breaking up is hard to do
Breaking up is hard to do
Breaking up is hard to do
Especially with you
Especially with you
And on your birthday
You're twenty two
Someone's anniversary
Breaking up is hard to do
Breaking up is hard to do
Breaking up is hard to do
Breaking up is hard to do
Especially with you
Especially with you
Especially with you
Especially with you
You don't return my calls
Messages not received
Well, that's complacent and rude
Abandon your second man
Go out and see a band
Breaking up is hard to do
Breaking up is hard to do
Breaking up is hard to do
Breaking up is hard to do
Especially with you
Especially with you
Especially with you
Especially with you
9.Kenneth Anger's Bad Dream
作詞:Luke Haines
Well, I think it's gonna rain today, good Lord
And I think it's gonna rain today, I think it's gonna pour
Better draw the blind and shut the door
And I think it's gonna rain today
And I think it's gonna rain today
Come on in and shut the door
Take the weight off your feet
Relax, sit down, make a drink
Meet the family
There's a man outside
Who's gonna tear the fanclub down?
Back home the North Sea flows
Everybody drowned and it's gonna rain
It's gonna rain
Well, the cops came 'round at a quarter to three
And they talked about Christmas and New Year's Eve
And Bobby says, 'It's been a good day
But I think it's gonna rain today
But I think it's gonna rain today'
Come on in and shut the door
Take the weight off your feet
Relax, sit down, fix a drink
Meet the family
There's a man in here
Who's wants to tear the fan club down?
Back home the ocean froze
And everybody drowned and it's gonna rain
It's gonna rain, it's gonna rain, it's gonna rain
Lucifer rising, roll over the desert wind
Lucifer rising, roll over the desert wind
And I think it's gonna rain today
And I think it's gonna rain
And I think it's gonna rain today
And I think it's gonna rain
10.Sick Of Hari Krisna
作詞:Haines Luke Michael
Sick of Hari Krisna, Krisna, Krisna
Sick of Hari Krisna, Krisna, Krisna
Sing a song for the east wing
Give you all my money
Turn the lights out in our house
Watch your horror movies
Sick of Hari Krisna, Krisna, Krisna
Sick of Hari Krisna, Krisna, Krisna
I remember gold for favor
From a missionary
Turn the lights out in you house
Watch you horror movie
Sick of Hari Krisna, Krisna, Krisna
Sick of Hari Krisna, Krisna, Krisna
Krisna, Krisna, Krisna
Sick of Hari Krisna, Krisna, Krisna
Sick of Hari Krisna, Krisna, Krisna
Sick of Hari Krisna, Krisna, Krisna
Sick of Hari Krisna, Krisna, Krisna
Sick of Hari Krisna, Krisna, Krisna
11.Car Crazy
作詞:Carl Blecher, Charles Singleton
Even if I try to touch the dash
Try to reach over
Big hands on the wheel
I want it to stop
I want it to slow down
Don't know if she wants to
Don't know if she will
And she's gone car crazy
Red light green light
Don't mean a thing
She went off the ditch
And went off the white line
There's no driving
Since I was denied
There's no driving
Since I was denied
I only wanted
To show her a good time
Feel the expense of
The leather veneer
To take the girls out
And shoot the red light
There's no one driving
Since she took the gear
And she's gone car crazy
Red light green light
Don't mean a thing
She went off the ditch
And went off the white line
There's no driving
Since I was denied
There's no driving
Since I was denied
I'm going to leave her
That's if she comes home
I loved her and left her
Before she loved me
'Cause it's not polite
For a girl to be so right
About pick-up trucks
And stretch limousines
And we've gone car crazy
Red light green light
Don't mean a thing
She went off the ditch
And went off the white line
There's no driving
Since I was denied
There's no driving
Since I was denied
12.Glad To Be Gone
作詞:Luke Haines
Before you turn another page
Maybe you should check your pace
College boy has been and gone
Left back in another place
Maybe you should cut the strain
Maybe you could flip and win
My memory let me down
Your memory let you down
Maybe you could lose a limb
Before we lose another round
Maybe we should just step down
Thought of burning down your house
Maybe burn the whole town
Maybe you should cut the strain
Maybe you could flip and win
My memory let me down
Your memory let you down
Maybe you could lose a limb
Before you turn anther page
Maybe you should check your pace
College boy has been and gone
Left back in another place
Maybe you should cut the strain
Maybe you could flip and win
My memory let me down
Your memory let you down
Maybe you could lose a limb
13.Wedding Day
作詞:Luke Haines
I was caught out by surprise
In conversation with your brand new bride
Didn't know that you had second sight
Didn't know a thing about your life
Oh, must be the end of an age
Oh, it's your wedding day
I was stuck, the ladies choice
Leaned against the wall
I'm a born wallflower
Growing very tall
Oh, must be the end of an age
Oh, it's your wedding day
Who gave the bride away?
Who dropped the bouquet?
Happy Birthday, Happy Halloween
Happy New Year
All of this means much the same
With or without you dear
Oh, must be the end of an age
Oh, it's your wedding day
Oh, it's not the end of an age
Oh, it's your wedding day
Just your wedding day
It's your wedding day
14.A New Life A New Family
作詞:Luke Haines
A new life, a new family for me
Wait on Billy's return
A new life, a new family for me
I know somebody's gonna get burned
Airfare, it was in the fall, in the war
Question Billy for hours
Barmen I've never seen
Exhume the place, debase the scene
Sent to kill John Faraday
A new life, a new family for me
Wait on Billy's return
A new life, a new family for me
Somebody's gonna get burned
Airfare, it was in the war, in the dark
Question Billy for hours
Firemen I've never seen
Debase the place, exhume the scene
Sent to kill John Faraday
Sent to kill John Faraday
15.Johnny And The Hurricanes
作詞:Haines Luke Michael
Ah, ho, ho, ho
Ah, ho, oh, oh
Ah, ho, ho, ho
Ah, ho, oh, oh
This is Nero calling out to God and the kids
This is the kiss off kiss from the one they missed
Are four young men gonna change the world again?
Johny and The Hurricanes
English tarmac, English trains
I had a dream in black and white
The future's 1955
Ah, ho, ho, ho
Ah, ho, oh, oh
Ah, ho, ho, ho
Ah, ho, oh, oh
Will your lick spittle, courtier stay out of view?
I come to bury you, not exhume
We're a little bit awkward, we're a little dim
Johny and The Hurricanes
English tarmac, English rain
Billy was a spiderman
Threw himself beneath a train
Ah, ho, ho, ho
Ah, ho, oh, oh
Ah, ho, ho, ho
Ah, ho, oh, oh
Johny and the Hurricanes live in the dark
Johnny Kid, Johnny Johnny and they live in the dark
Born on a Monday, dead within a year
A black mass for Richard Kaey
My girlfriend's brother found him
(Hanging in the garage)
The GPO, electric trains
Johny and The Hurricanes
Continental cigarettes
Continental cigarettes
Oh ho
Johnny and The Hurricanes
Oh ho
Oh ho
Johnny and The Hurricanes
Oh ho
16.Kid's Issue
作詞:Luke Haines
Some of the kids around here
You know the one's in the mudflats
Your kid, the one in the home
Is just a running brat
I'm so sharp, I'm so sharp
I went and spun myself off
I'm so sharp, I'm so sharp
I went and cut myself off
Kid's issue, kid's issue
Kid's issue, kid's issue
Kid's issue, kid's issue
Kid's issue, kid's issue
You're so calm, I want to run
Close our eyes and run away
You should be tethered, tarred and feathered
I heard your mother would say
I'm so sharp, I'm so sharp
I went and cut myself on
I'm so sharp, I'm so sharp
I went and spun myself out
Some of the kids around here
You know the one's in the mudflats
Your kid, the one with the home
Is just a running brat
Kid's issue, kid's issue
Kid's issue, kid's issue
Kid's issue
17.1967
In 1967, in 1967
The clock's ticking by, I'm thirty five
I think we should have a child soon
In 1967, no pop in our record collection
The Beatles and Stones mean nothing to us
I think we should count our blessings in 1967
In 1967, my wife's expecting
A Surrey midwife delivers the child
I'll get a job in Yorkshire
In 1967, no pop in our record collection
No color section in our record collection
Ho
In 1967, no pop in our record collection
Some people have died, some people have gone
Our spring is in a cardboard box
Present time, I'll apologize to the nation
We are bedazzled, we're ordering cocktails
We act like peasants
1999, no pop in out record collection
Record on the radio station
It means nothing to us
I think we should count our blessing since 1967
In 1967
(The clocks ticking by, I'm thirty five)
In 1967
(The clocks ticking by, I'm thirty five)
In 1967
(The clocks ticking by, I'm thirty five)
In 1967
(The clocks ticking by, I'm thirty five)
18.Asti Spumante
Asti Spumante, he's frozen orange
He is a good lad raised on the water
It's a little less tat then your council flat
It's a little less flat then your council tat
When I was younger when I was nothing at all
Asti Spumante, he's frozen orange
He is a good lad raised by a waiter
In a black bin liner in the boot of your car
Dump the leaves in Potters Bar
Your old Ford Zephyr, your old Ford Zephyr
Won't start, start, start, start, start, start
They're making martyrs, English tarmac
Why are you crying, are you a baby?
Never done nothing unless he was told
Never done nothing unless he was told
It's the best feeling in the world
Asti Spumante, he's frozen orange
Asti Spumante, he's frozen orange
Asti Spumante, he's frozen orange
Asti Spumante, he's frozen orange
19.The South Will Rise Again
How does the magic move around you?
How does the magic move around you?
So come down from the castle, say
The old town looks the same
My father's ghost from '53
The south will rise again
How does the magic move around you?
The queen of the south frowns upon you
Went to see the medium
Went to change my name
Came back home a better man
The south will rise again
See I was born and I will die here
And the seasons never change
Scatter my ashes in the water
The gods have smiled, all hail the new queen
The south will rise again
How does the magic move around you?
Church bells ring out Sunday morning
(No one can quite believe the news)
Children's faces betray the second coming
It's Sunday morning
He was a leading light with his fascism of the day
We are angry and we're getting nearer
The gods have smiled, all hail the new queen
The south will rise again
The gods have smiled, all hail the new queen
The south will rise again
How does the magic move around you?
20.Some Changes
Some changes
Make some changes
Some changes
Make some changes
I have no memory
Of time, space or events
So forget it wonder child
Just listen to this
Got a letter from a friend
Says, 'You're scum, you're gonna die'
Will not speak ill of my friend
Just hate nostalgia
Some changes
Make some changes
Some changes
Make some changes
This kid comes up to me
Says, 'You've gotta raise your game'
This kid is half my age
'Pleased to meet you, Mr Haines'
Some changes
Make some changes
Some changes
Make some changes
Whatever happened
To the weather of our youth?
Whatever happened
To the weather of our youth?
Some changes
Make some changes
Some changes
Make some changes
Some changes
Make some changes
Some changes
Make some changes
21.Lights Out
Lights out, come on baby, turn the lights out
Romeo and Juliet, we can be like them
Come on, Leslie, turn the lights out
Lights out, last exit on the motorway
Drive out to the woods turn on the radio
A busy night for rescue parties
Do the stars watch over you
So sleep tight when you turn out the light
Your guardian angel can't see to guide you
Lights out somewhere there's a satellite
Watching over you and I
Its wrong to put your faith in space junk
Lights out
Come on Leslie, turn the lights out
Do the stars watch over you
So sleep tight when you turn out the light
Your guardian angel can't see to guide you
Lights out, met a man in a pub car park
Money was exchanged, no mention of a name
You must never call me again
Lights out the nation turns the lights out
At the flicker of a switch we can count the stars
22.School
I am waiting for a man
To collect me from the station
He will drive me past your house
And the bridge and the precinct
Later on he'll stuff my mouth
With flies, sit astride me
I am waiting for a man
To collect me from the station
And the kids around the flats
The mums and dads, your uncle
And I'm never going back
To your old school
Some blank verse from Michael Ray
Blue and white power on his fifteenth
Join the army or the National Front
When you're sixteen
Mickey says you were undressed
Easily led in the back field
Maybe I could come around
Your brother's out, cop a feel
And the kids around the flats
The mums and dads, your uncle
And I'm never going back
To your old school, school
I am standing in the front room
With your mother and your father
I am talking to a man
Who says he baptized you
On the way back from the church
Your brother got home early
I am waiting for a man
To collect me from the station
Does the aerosol on brick
Just make you think you still rule?
And I'm never going back
To your old school
And the kids around the flats
The mums and the dads, your uncle
And I'm never going back
To your old school, to your old school
23.The Rubettes
Hang up your jeans, put out your school clothes
Tune in for the top ten
Monday morning's hours away
Say goodbye to the weekend
Slip between the sheets with my brand new friend
Doo wah, sugar baby love
(Sugar baby love)
Another night alone, a manic episode
Underneath the covers with the lights out
Doo wah, where did the sad songs go?
(Sugar baby love)
They've faded far too low inside my radio
Underneath the covers with the lights out
Underneath the covers with the lights out
Hell's angels on TV and you biker '73
Sew on patch, cycle chains
Iron cross on your C&A's
Can't get in the disco
Can't dance anyway
Doo wah, sugar baby love
(Sugar baby love)
Another night alone, a manic episode
Underneath the covers with the lights out
Doo wah, where did the sad songs go?
(Sugar baby love)
They've faded far too low inside my radio
Underneath the covers with the lights out
Underneath the covers with the lights out
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, no, no, no, no, ah
Come on, baby, do the jukebox jive
Rock and roll will never die
Can't dance, you look like a freak
But at least you're still alive
You developed late, weren't the nineties great?
Doo wah, sugar baby love
(Sugar baby love)
Another night alone, a manic episode
Underneath the covers with the lights out
Doo wah, where did the sad songs go?
(Sugar baby love)
They've faded far too low inside my radio
Underneath the covers with the lights out
Underneath the covers with the lights out
Underneath the covers with the lights out
Underneath the covers with the lights out
Doo wah
24.How I Learned To Love The Bootboys
I'm in love
A rat tailed girl
Scared to dance
Our church hall
But it's better than being bitch
Slapped in the shrubbery
While the teatime classes
Watching I TV
Chartbusters, Bootboys
All right, oh yeah who's scared tonight?
All right, oh yeah who's scared to dance
How I learned to love the Bootboys
'Round our way
Call them by their given names
Pass the time of day
Chartbusters
(Chartbusters)
Bootboys
All right, oh yeah who's scared tonight?
All right, oh yeah who's scared to dance
How I learned to love the Bootboys
Give them half a chance
They're at the bottom of the road
They're at the top of the charts
They drag me like a Christian
Over the dance
I was dreading and dread
I was scared to dance
Youth Records
(Youth Records)
Bootboys
All right, oh yeah who's scared tonight?
All right, oh yeah who's scared to dance
All right, oh yeah who's scared tonight?
All right, oh yeah who's scared to dance
How I learned to love the Bootboys
25.Don't Trust The Stars
Who cares about your mystic lies?
Is it a claim to some reality
I found myself barefoot on stones
I don't think it was meant to be
I don't think it just had to be
So how can it be pre-arranged
When there's no order anyway
I found myself barefoot on stones
I don't think it was destiny
It wasn't in the stars that day
Good fortune, smile
On my ascendant star
Take heed, small talk
Don't trust the stars
I know that it's insufferable
Visionary can be so vain
To think that somewhere
There's a path for you
I know it makes it seem mundane
It makes it all seem so mundane
Good fortune, smile
On my ascendant star
Take heed, small talk
Don't trust the stars
26.Your Gang, Our Gang
They don't know what I want
They don't know what I mean
I was kicking around on a can
Thinking about your gang, your gang
Your gang, our gang
Your gang, our gang
Always get your man
Always get your man
Always get your man
Your gang, our gang
Get your man
Well there's gonna be a fist fight
And there's gonna be a bitch fight
And they traced me to a city pub
On a Saturday night, on a Saturday night
Your gang, our gang
Your gang, our gang
Your gang heart of the mainstream
Our gang nerve of the slipstream
I was thinking around the can
Thinking about your gang, your gang
Your gang, our gang
Your gang, our gang
Always get your man
Always get your man
Always get your man
Your gang our gang
Get your man
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