Elastica Lyrics, Photos, Pictures, Paroles, Letras, Text for every songs

B i o g r a p h y
(by Stephen Thomas Erlewine)

Elastica's brief, angular, and catchy punk rock became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1995. While the group reworked both the sound and the image of new wave and punk rockers like Adam & the Ants, Wire, the Buzzcocks, and Blondie, the band's songs are more pop-oriented and hook-driven than most of their influences, and Justine Frischmann's cool sexuality is earthier, yet more detached, than Debbie Harry's. Guitarist/vocalist Justine Frischmann began performing professionally in the early '90s, forming Suede with her boyfriend Brett Anderson. In addition to naming the band, Frischmann was the group's original guitarist and continued to perform with them once lead guitarist Bernard Butler joined. However, she left the group soon after her relationship with Anderson ended. Frischmann formed Elastica after leaving Suede in 1991. Recruiting guitarist Donna Matthews, drummer Justin Welch, and bassist Annie Holland through advertisements, the final lineup of the band was set in 1993. Elastica released their first single, the roaring three-chord, two-minute punk rocker "Stutter," at the end of 1993. The single was a limited-edition run and it quickly sold out, thanks to radio airplay and rave reviews. "Line Up" followed a few months later. It also sold very well, yet some critics claimed the band appropriated the melody from Wire's "I Am the Fly" for the song. For most of 1994, the group was relatively quiet, playing the occasional concert and recording; nevertheless, the band's name stayed in the British press, largely due to Frischmann's romance with Damon Albarn, the lead singer for Blur, England's most popular band of 1994. Released in the fall of that year, "Connection," their biggest hit yet, suffered the same criticism, this time for taking the keyboard riff from Wire's "Three Girl Rhumba." On the eve of the March 1995 release of their debut album, the group was taken to court by Wire's publishers, as well as the publishers of the Stranglers (who claimed Elastica's new single, "Waking Up," took the riff from the punk band's "No More Heroes"); both cases were settled out of court before the album was released.

Entering the charts at number one, Elastica's self-titled first album became the fastest-selling debut in the U.K., beating the record Oasis' Definitely Maybe set only seven months earlier. As well as being a popular success, the record received overwhelmingly positive reviews. Like Oasis, Elastica managed to have a hit single in America with "Connection"; the single was a major modern rock radio hit, as well as reaching the Top 100 on the singles chart. Elastica continued to make headway in America by replacing Sinead O'Connor on the 1995 Lollapalooza tour, although the group suffered a blow when Holland announced her exit from the lineup. A follow-up LP was years in the making, and Elastica's future was the subject of considerable media speculation; in the spring of 1999 Matthews quit as well, although Holland soon returned to the fold, joining new guitarist Paul Jones as well as keyboardists Dave Bush and Mew. A new six-track EP finally appeared late that summer. Their long-awaited sophomore effort, The Menace, was finally released six years after the band's debut. After a year of inactivity, the band released a farewell single in England and announced that their breakup, which had been rumored about them for some time, was, indeed final.

Elastica

Line up

Drivel Head wears her glad rags,
She's got her keys, money and fags,
I know that her mind is made up,
To get rocked.

Drivel Head needs a new man,
As only a drivel head can,
He's a hormonal nightmare,
So beware.

Another victim of line up in line,
Line up in line is all I remember.
Oh, how their favours change,
You could have been kinder.
Yes, yes, line up in line,
Line up in line is all I remember.
Oh, how their favours change,
You could have been kinder.

Drivel Head knows all the stars,
Loves to suck their shining guitars,
They've all been right up her stairs,
Do you care?

Drivel Head knows all the bands,
Knows them like the back of her hands.
You can't see the wood for the trees,
On your knees.

Another victim of line up in line,
Line up in line is all I remember.
Oh, how their favours change,
You could have been kinder.
Yes, yes, line up in line,
Line up in line is all I remember.
Oh, how their favours change,
You could have been kinder.

Annie, told me,
Get out of here, head for the sea,
The sun is hot and the air is clean
The best things in the world are free
And Mister Murphy
Likes his Jackanory
Holsten Export times three
Jimi Hendrix and Thin Lizzy
Annie, Annie, Annie
Met a mate in the afternoon
Holsten shore-line pub-crawl
Looking for some cold beer
Missed the stone punch drunk Judy
Tony, brandy, M.G., Andy
Vodka, scotch and loads of beer
It's so great we want to stay here
Annie, Annie, Annie

Connection

Riding on any wave
There is the luck you crave
They don't believe it now,
They just think it's stupid
So got anything ?
Anyone could have done
Who would've cared at all, not you

Another heart has made the trade
Forget it, forget it, forget it
I don't understand how a heart is a spade
But somehow the vital connection is made

Riding on anything
Anything's good enough
Who would've thought it of someone like you
Just as they brought me round
Now that they brought you down
Roundabout and roundabout
Who wants a life anyway

Another heart has made the grade
Forget it, forget it, forget it
I don't understand how the last card is played
But somehow the vital connection is made

Car song

You could call me a car lover
'Cos I love it in a motor
And the way it feels
To ride around on new wheels.

I hardly know you
But I think I'm going to
Let's go siesta
In your Ford Fiesta

Here we go again
I'm riding in your car
Let me count to ten
'Cos it's gone way too far
Up my street to nowhere
You know what detours are
Here we go again
And it's gone way too far

Sometimes I just can't function
My heart's spaghetti junction
Every shining bonnet
Makes me think of my back on it.

I just can't escape the feeling
That I'd rather be free wheeling
In every little Honda
There may lurk a Peter Fonda, ho

Here we go again
I'm riding in your car
Let me count to ten
'Cos it's gone way too far
Up my street to nowhere
You know what detours are
Here we go again
And it's gone way too far

Smile

One, Two, Three, Four
Peaches and cream
Where have you been ?
Did you know I've been waiting all night ?
Whose bed were you in ?
Whose head were you turning ?
Don't you know I've been out of my mind
'Cos I know what you fear you will find
Oh why...

Sweetness and light
I don't wanna fight you
But I don't wanna listen to lies
Your face is a mess
You know you should drink less
I said I don't want to hear how time flies
'Cos I know from the look in your eyes
You were talking to some girl
Who'd seen you on her T.V. set
She said that she felt like she knew you
Although you'd only just met
Oh yeah...

Don't stop talking shop
I'll see you down the time swap
I've been tested and tried
Lost on the tide
So cold inside
Do you know I've been out of my mind
'Cos I know what you fear you will find
You were talking to some girl
Who said that she'd seen you before
Oh my head's such a mess
'Till I hear your key in the door
Oh yeah...Oh yeah

Hold me now

Don't stop shaking it's my head
That makes me want to second guess at a distance.
Hoping there's a method to your madness, baby,
I might just understand if you obey me.

Hold me now, I need assistance.
I'd take somebody else if I could.

Walking down tree-lined place so pensive in the country,
I can't take the voodoo that you do.
Just lust easier sussed real love makes me untrue.
It's hard to make a stew when the meat keeps looking up at you.

So, hold me now, I need assistance.
Follow down the path of least resistance.
Hold me now, don't keep your distance.
I'd take somebody else if I could.

Hold me now, I need assistance.
Follow down the path of least resistance.
Hold me now, do I need a license to hold you?

Hold me now, I need assistance.
Follow down the path of least resistance.
Hold me now, ( While I take the ... time to hurt you )

S.O.F.T

And now we find
Looking back at your state of mind,
Was it all just a cover up,
Woke your mother up,
You were on TV.

Did the devil say to you,
You can make it through,
I'll take you to the top
And now that you're heaven bent
And it pays the rent,
Is it hard to stop ?

S.O.F.T.
Thought you knew the score
S.O.F.T.
Always wanted more
S.O.F.T.
Are you sure you're sure
S.O.F.T.

And now we find
Looking back at your state of mind,
Was it all just a cover up,
Broke your mother up,
On my TV.

Did the devil say to you,
You can make it through
I'll take you to the shop
And in a dress too small
To be a dress at all
Is it hard to stop ?

S.O.F.T.
Thought you knew the score
S.O.F.T.
Always wanted more
S.O.F.T.
Are you sure you're sure
S.O.F.T.

Indian song

If you want to,
Then you've got to
Let it show,
It is waiting,
It is waiting.

If you want to,
Then you've got to
Let it go,
It is waiting,
It is waiting.

If you want to,
Then you've got to
Let it show,
It is waiting
Heaven is waiting.

Blue

John's gone his senses loaded over by your house it's so basic
One, two, three, four
John's gone his senses loaded
Over by your house it's so basic
I think you're faking have a good time
But don't get into my head.
Do you recommend I wait a while
Direct and live or keep it constant
And selective blue.
I can read your mind,
If you want to
I will let you blue.
I can read your mind,
If you want to.

John's gone, he needs attention
Do you understand his inclination?
I've seen you shaking,
Come down here and I'll show you the wrong way
Try to rearrange this tired old line
Connect this smile and keep it standard
And reflective, blue
I can read your mind,
If you want to
I will let you blue.
I can read your mind,
I will let you
If you want to.

All nighter

It's nearly eleven
Do you think we'll stand the test of time
You're a cloud short of heaven
But you know I want you to be mine
Am I sitting here waiting
Yeah, and it's getting frustrating

Got to go to the garage
Got to get some fags and make some tea
Can you lend me enough wedge
Do you want to walk up there with me
And I'm sitting here waiting
Yeah, I'm tired of debating

We've been up all night
I can feel a strange attraction
Now it's getting light
But I can't spur you into action
Sure not alone
But so on my own, oh.

It's a quarter to seven
Don't you think we've stayed up half the night
You're a cloud short of heaven
But I'd love to see you strut your stuff
And I'm sitting here waiting
Yeah, and it could be X-rated
We could be oh so happy,
We could be oh so happy.

I'd work very hard but I'm lazy
I can't take the pressure and it's starting to show
In my heart you know that it pains me
A life of leisure is no life you know

Waking up and getting up has never been easy,
Oh oh, I think you should know.
Waking up and getting up has never been easy,
Oh, oh, I think you should know.
Oh, oh, I think you should go.
Make a cup of tea, and put a record on.

I'd work very hard but I'm lazy
I've got a lot of songs but they're all in my head.
I'll get a guitar and a lover who pays me
If I can't be a star I won't get out of bed.

Waking up and getting up has never been easy,
Oh, oh, I think you should know.
Waking up and getting up has never been easy,
Oh, oh, I think you should know.
Oh, oh, I think you should go.
Make a cup of tea, and put a record on.

Waking up and getting up has never been easy,
Oh, oh, I think you should know.
Waking up and getting up has never been easy,
Oh, oh, I think you should know.
Oh, oh, I think you should go.
Make a cup of tea, and put a record on.

2:1

Keeping a brave face
In circumstances
Is impossible
Cannot describe
So many decisions
It's impossible
To know which is
The proper order
The best position
To be in
Take advantage
Or so it seems
The way it goes.

It's tragic / Sandman comes
Laid down on your side / Two to one
Too easy / In the dark
You know that, you know / Dark reflections
You're soaking wet / In my head
You talk too much / In my bed
It's not necessary / Again

Before the ice melts / Sandman goes
I just want to say / Two in tow
This racket's yours / Wet and dumb
Don't ask for more / Three's the number
'Cause somewhere along the line / Coming down
Coming round again
I've forgotten already

See that animal

See that animal get some heavy metal
Watch the world go singing sha-la-la-la
White stick happiness, will we ever know how it feels, how it feels?
I feel your tatoo on mine, but I can't wash it off this time
Oh it's time, oh it's time, oh it's time, oh it's time.

See that drug act, that AC/DC drag act on the wires in the sky tonight
Fifteen new cities, but will we ever know how it feels, how it feels.
I feel my tatoo on you, it's a sweet thing Terry, but it's not true
It's not true, It's not true, It's not true, It's not true.

Stutter

No need to whine, boy,
Like a wind-up toy you stutter at my feet,
And it's never the time, boy,
You've had too much wine to stumble up my street.
Well it isn't a problem,
Nothing we can't keep between the sheets,
Tell me you're mine, love,
And I will not wait for other bedtime treats.

Is there something you lack,
When I'm flat on my back,
Is there something that I can do for you?
It's always something you ate,
Or it's something you hate,
Tell me is it the way that I touch you?
Have you found a new mate,
And is she really great,
Is it just that I'm much too much for you?
Oh, oh oh , ouah oh ah

Don't feed me a line, boy,
I can hear that voice you use upon the phone,
And there's no need to be coy,
That is something you can do upon your own.
Well it isn't problem, nothing we can't solve so just relax.
Am I on the wrong train, love,
And will I have to tie you to the tracks.

Is there something you lack,
When I'm flat on my back,
Is there something that I can do for you?
It's always something you ate,
Or it's something you hate,
Tell me is it the way that I touch you?
Have you found a new mate,
And is she really great,
Is it just that I'm much too much for you?
Oh, oh oh , ouah oh ah
I really want you to
Oh, oh oh , ouah oh ah
I really want you to
Oh, oh oh , ouah oh ah

It's a sign of devotion
You made everybody else seem insane
You filled my head with your notions
You made everybody else seem so tame
In your bed I lay reeling
You made everybody else seem a shame
I knew from the way I was feeling
Nothing could ever be quite the same

I moved straight into your shoes
I took up your cause and answered your phone
I couldn't really imagine
What life was like when I was alone
Then I started to worry ( then I started to worry )
I thought of our lives left on the shelf
Too much TV and curry
Too much time spent on ourselves.

We were sitting in waiting
And I told you my plan
You were far too busy writing
Words that didn't scan
And you lent me your records
And I leant you an ear
Funny how it seems to me now
That you were never here
Never really here.

In our bed I lay reeling
You made everybody else seem insane
I knew from the way I was feeling
Nothing could ever be quite the same
It's a sign of devotion
You made everybody else seem so tame
Then it felt like going through the motions
First impressions never remain

We were sitting in waiting
And you told me your plan
I was far too busy writing
Rhymes that'll never scan
Now I've sold all your records
'Cos they give me the fear
Funny how it seems to me now
That you were never here
Never really here
Never really here

( Louder, louder )

When you're stuck like glue
When you need some goo
When you're stuck like glue,
Vaseline
When you're black and blue,
Vaseline
La la la la la la la la la la
When you're stuck like glue,
Give me some
When you're stuck like glue
If you'd like to woo,
Vaseline
La la la la la la la la la la
If it's hot like you,
Give me some
Do you need a clue,
I want some
Vaseline, Vaseline, Vaseline,
Vaseline, Vaseline, Vaseline.

Don't need a credit card to make my charge complete
Don't want you on your back i just got on my feet
Don't want the same boy another time
Don't bother making love don't want to make you mine

Don't need this anymore ???
I want to get you down
Don't need this anymore ???
I want to

Be myself, gonna get in your way, yeah
Be myself, gonna get it under
Be myself, gonna get in your way, yeah
Be myself, you're the one

You're the one, last one...

Please yourself
You gotta be yourself
You gotta check yourself
Don't forget yourself

Don't need a credit card to make my charge complete
Don't want you on your back i just got on my feet
Don't want the same boy another time
Don't bother making love don't want to make you mine

You know i'm waiting for my man
Just because i can
You know i'm waiting another time
Ii want to

*** Thanks a lot to Smet at Strange Attraction for the lyrics ***

I'm a sonic generator
It's as far as i can take it
Aren't you glad that i can make it
Oh oh in the money
Baby put your arms around me
Aren't you glad that you have found me
You want it? i've got it...
Oh oh on and on it

I'm a self taught regulator

Eeny meeny miney moaner
Catch a poet by the toga
You want it? i've got it
Oh oh on and on it
I'm a spastic generator
It's as far as i can take it
I was lying...
In all mat cocoa butter

Dead, dead in the water

I'm a third rate imitator
I'm a second hand fornicator
I'm a spastic generator

...see you later, alligator

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Should the image change
Would the rest look better
Surface dissolves skin and bone
We're on the other side
It might be better
If i left you now
Talk for hours
But it doesn't change
This feeling won't go away

Should the image change
Cost effects the measure
It does explain a second chance
I keep it all inside
It might be better
If i left you now
Talk for hours
First impressions last
And cast shadows on the rest

[Justine: "The big drum straight away, Jus..."]

1, 2, 3

I twist, you shout
I'm in, you're out
Too sharp, too flat
It's fate, and that's that

Get with it, baby

Bonjour, adieu
Can't win, with you
You're hard, i'm not
You're shit, shit hard

Get with it, baby

Cocaine, it's crack
Bloody, was black
I'm class, you're ace
Your arse, in my place

Get with it, baby

I like it like that

I was only human
Of flesh and blood
I would relate to you
You know I could

I long to hold you
Just like you do
Ten times I've thought about it
The things you do

And so you see [them]
It's such a shame
It's just the way it goes
There is no pain

I long to hold you
Do what you would
Do dancing like you want to
You know I could

Took back time, take an instant pleasure
Credit is due for the life of leisure
Get to work and work gets done
Best at being was not best at all

Face the facts, being best got bitter
Simple tastes won't suit me better
Used to matter but that got done
Best at being was not best at all

Nothing stays the same
Always change to remain

Less than fine peace of mind
Keep in check there is no time

Tasks take time and time took effort
Packed in pieces and pieced together
Tend to work and work gets done
Best at being was not best at all

A Love Like Ours

Getting better, on your feet
Take a look, kept in deceit
A love like ours will never die

Break my bonds, break my back
Not a lot to break apart
A love like ours will never die
A love like ours will never die

Break my bonds and break my back
Not a lot to [break] apart
A love like ours will never die
A love like ours will never die

Getting better, on your knees
Three times blind, could not please
A love like ours will never die
A love like ours will never die
A love like ours will never die

Hey!

From a [promise], yeah
In ???
From your [teen] years
Throw one down

Hey!

Real [time]
Out of sync
From your [teen] years
Throw one down

Hey!

??? for kickin' it out [4X]

Real [time]
Out of sync
From your [teen] years
Throw one down

Out of sync
Is out of sync

From a [promise]
Throw one down

??? for kickin' it out [4X]

Real [time]
Out of sync
From a [promise]
Throw one down

My sex

What I want
Mornings to the winter and afternoons to the summer

What I want
Is for you to be waiting round the other side of every door

What I want
To walk through the wardrobe of other bodies we have known

What I want
Is fifteen minutes of you

What I want
A lover who loves me when others have loved me not

What I want
Is a big love, two spoons in a drawer, the master plan

What I want
A lover who can love me slowly

What I want
To make your heartbeat faster

What I want
Is a room with a three-bar fire, like the one you had before,
When you were poor and i just liked you more

What I want
To be in the park in the morning, the
Long shadows on the grass and the swans still asleep

What I want
Is to love you everywhere and everyhow

What I want
To kiss you until our lips are numb

What I want
Kiss you 'til everywhere hurts

What I want
Is to hear the rain against the window again

When i work all day
Just the way i like it
Sing a song with a subtle hand
When i need to spike it
And i'm living all right
And i'm doing ok
Had a lover who was made of sand
And the wind blew him away

But i've got a good idea..

Don't need to be right
Don't need to be wrong
Been torn with a subtle hand
That's why i sing this song
It's a rolling ride, oh yeah
That look in your eyes, oh no
Hold me with another hand
It'll be all right

Da da da

What you do and what you don�t
What you will and what you won�t
What you can and what you can�t
This is what you got to know
Loved you though it didn�t show

Ich lieb dich nicht du liebst mich nicht [4X]

da da da [4X]

Da da da, i don�t love you, you don�t love me [4X]

Da da da [4X]

I know why you went away
Understand you couldn�t stay
Wonder where you are today
After all is said and done
It was right for you to run

Ich lieb dich nicht du liebst mich nicht [4X]

da da da [4X]

Da da da, i don�t love you, you don�t love me [4X]

Da da da [4X]

Da da da [4X]

Pussycat

Pussycat waits as the [night] splashes down,
Taking her time as she [drives on] the ground,
Oh she is the queen of the non-fucking zone,
She is aware of the [bite] of the ground.

Rockunroll

Rock and roll is dead,
I put that thing in its head.
I told it what I said.
Who wants to sha-la-la with or without you,
Tra-la-la-la-la-la with or without love.
Rockunroll is bred,
When its shiny skin is shed,
With a poison pencil lead,
You all rock until you're bled.

Spastica

A morbid fascination with all things in extremes
A limited sport will leave its spot on me
Early in the morning, I've given up on sleep
I'm in the attention, but all I hear is my heart beat
His spastic aspirations will make a man of me
Brought him for his playing, such sensitivity
Monsters of the present are the monsters of the past
Took a look in your lyric book, your head's right your arse
It's unbelievable, the way you got it all, it seems improbable
The inner city fauna is crying round your feet
I never really noticed how your eyebrows seemed to meet
In perpetual fear of being swallowed whole
Beached in the suburbs in the body of a whale

The five star short cut is the way to boost [to start]
Translated just for you we introduce the latest conveyer belt
Best equipment as you can see with promises to delete all work strain no gain fact and vacuum your interior
It's hard luck - no short cuts
It's hard luck - no short cuts
It's just examples you know I'm curious
Can't say no to the good thing then that's just expected
It's hard luck - no short cuts

Gloria

You're so merry up on high,
Oh so scarily on high
Gloria never ever cries,
'Cos she's just too busy
Gloria never shuts her eyes,
'Cos it makes her dizzy
And now you've got it all,
What do you want it for
Are you sick or,
Do you just want more
You're a strange girl, Gloria
You say you've got it all ,
What do you want it for
All that noise you got ,
Oh, oh , Oh, Gloria
Oh so merry up on high
Now you've got it all,
What do you want it for
All that noise you got ,
Well you're just a whore
Oh, oh, Gloria
'Cos you've got it all ,
What do you want it for
You're a strange girl ,
All that noise you got
Oh, oh, Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis

Gloria

You're so merry up on high,
Oh so scarily on high
Gloria never ever cries ,
'Cos she's just too busy
Gloria never shuts her eyes ,
'Cos it makes her dizzy
Now you've got it all ,
What do you want it for
All that noise you got,
Do you still want more
You're a strange girl, Gloria
You say you've got it all,
What do you want it for
All that noise you got,
Well you're just a whore
You're a sick girl, Gloria
Oh so scary up on high
You say you've got it all,
What do you want it for
All that noise you got ,
Well you're still a whore
You're a sick girl, Gloria
You say you've got it all,
What do you want it for
All that noise you got ,
Do you still want more
You're a strange girl, Gloria ,
Hosanna in excelsis

Brighton rock

We were sauced right there on Brighton beach
You a goth and I was such a peach
I sought to be the best at it
PC Plod he still arrested it
We're getting over it
We're sweating over it
That makes you happy
I'm happy too.
You're game in spite of everything
[Page theme] and then she'll be some things
Your name carved on my Brighton rock
My name can be your mental block
We're getting over it
We're sweating over it
That makes you happy
I'm happy too.

Donna

It's tragic
Laid down on your side
Too easy
You know that you know
You're soaking wet
You talk too much
It's not necessary
Before the ice melts
I just want to say
This packet's yours
Don't ask for more
Cos somewhere along the line
I've forgotten already

Justine

Sandman comes
Two to one
In the dark
Dark reflections
In my head
In my bed again
Sandman goes
Two in tow
Wet and dumb
Three's the number
Coming down
Coming round again

Bar bar bar

Ba-ba-ba ba-ba, Ba-ba-ba ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba ba-ba, Ba-ba-ba ba-ba
Aiee-aiee-aiee
This is the song
Hell of a song
Twelve inches long
It's easy, it's easy, it's easy for some
This is the way
To be queen for a day
So play away
If you don't care what they say
You work so hard, they just expect you to
Work so hard, they've got it in for you
Work so hard, nothing is getting through
They just got sick of you.
Ba-ba-ba ba-ba, Ba-ba-ba ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba ba-ba, Ba-ba-ba ba-ba
Aiee-aiee-aiee
This is the sound,
Of the hare and the hound
With its feet on the ground
Are you in for a penny or in for a pound?
You work so hard, they just expect you to
Work so hard, they've got it in for you
Work so hard, nothing is getting through
They just got sick of you.
Ba-ba-ba ba-ba, Ba-ba-ba ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba ba-ba, Ba-ba-ba ba-ba
Aiee-aiee-aiee

Cleopatra - she did ten thousand
In her lifetime
Now that's a wide mouth
Cleopatra gave a suction
Oh so unheard of
She was a wide mouthed girl
A wide mouthed girl (believe it)
Cleopatra - she did one hundred
Roman Centurions
For after dinner mints
Cleopatra she gave a service
With a smile
She was a wide mouthed girl
A wide mouthed girl
Show me a bigger mouth ( X4 )
What a weak distorted image
Elizabeth and Richard
Gave you on the screen
Of that wide mouthed girl
Wide mouthed girl (believe it)

Father Christmas, He's got a big bag
So full of presents, Now that's a big bag
Father Christmas, He's got a reindeer
With a red nose
He's got a big, big, bag, A big, big, bag
Believe it
Father Christmas
He does ten million
In a night-time
Now that's a fast sleigh
Father Christmas
Comes down the chimney
[With] lots of bells on
He's got a big, big, bag
A big, big, bag
Believe it
Show me what you got ( X4 )
Yeah
What a very, very, nice man
Bringing lots of presents
Coming down the chimney
With his big, big, bag
His big, big, bag
Believe it

In the city

[I'm working for the dogs in the city]
Your mind was strong but your body was weak
Now your body's here but your mind has snuffed it
I think it's time that somebody stopped it.
On the screen there's a boy with no name
It looks like like you but it's just not the same
You're so damn gone, I can hardly see you
It must have been a double at the BBC
Oh yeah...
In the city, in the disco
[Think you're] pretty, [ ... ]
It's a shit-hole, you're a hero,
You're a freak-oh....
Just when I think I'm getting the knack
I'll see you and have a panic attack
I'm an acrobat on the channel changer
And it seems I'm out of danger
Oh yeah....
In the city, in the disco
[Think you're] pretty, [ ... ]
It's a shit-hole, you're a hero,
You're a freak-oh....

You always said I should follow my star
Take a chance and I might go far
I wanna ride a camel, wanna smoke a cigar
I wanna be a king of Orient-ah
Oh, wanna be a king of Orient-ah
Wanna be a king of Orient-ah
Gonna [settle] for the man with money
Sounds like fun but it's just not funny
Gonna get a camel, gonna sell my car
Gonna be a king of Orient-ah
Oh, gonna be a king of Orient-ah
Got some spice and a little cigar
Wanna get a keyring with a golden guitar
Wanna find a babe that's born under a star
Then I'll be a king of Orient-ah
Gonna be a king of Orient-ah
Going to be a king of Orient-ah
Gonna be a king of Orient-ah

I Want You

BBC Radio 1 Evening Session 05/08/96

Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh

Give me a, headache
Give me a, heartbreak
The pains you, don't fake
I want you, oo-oo, ooh

Sometimes you're bruisin'
Sometimes you're cruisin'
And when you're [losin' usin']
I want you, oo-oo, ooh

I count on you I do
I want you
I count on you I do
I want you

Give me a, headache
Give me a, heartbreak
Some pains I, can't fake
I want you, oo-oo, ooh

Sometimes I'm, bruisin'
Sometimes I'm, cruisin'
But when I'm, [losin' usin']
I want you, oo-oo, ooh

I count on you I do
I want you
I count on you I do
I want you

I've seen you, [shake it]
I've seen you, [make it]
Go on and, break it

I've seen you, [shake it]
I've seen you, [make it]
But when you, [break it]

I want you, oo-oo, ooh
I want you, oo-oo, ooh
I want you, oo-oo, ooh
I want you

I've seen you, [skinnin']
I've seen you, [winnin']
But when you're, [grinnin']
I want you

The Other Side

BBC Radio 1 Evening Session 08/08/96

It's been really hard I know
It's been really hard under fire
So take a look at what this world's become
You know I've really got to go right now, oh

You've been polishing that gun too long
It's seen no action since the war begun
So take a look before you join the other side
You know I've really got to go right now

So strung out

You see [that I] don't want to play this game
I need your shoulder to cry on
It's something I can rely on
Don't want to live this way
That's why I'm leaving this for you
To Russia with love

Oh, see you
It's me

We've [been] pushing it, it's like cold war
The walking wounded from the night before
So take a look before you join the other side
You know I've really got to go right now

I'll see you round

You see [that I] don't want to play this game
I need your shoulder to cry on
It's something I can rely on
Don't want to live this way
That's why I'm leaving this for you
To Russia with love

[You] see I'm talking about you
Don't want to fight without you
Don't want to fight about it
I'm just your [LOVER!]

Paranoid

Why d'you have to be so paranoid
[Can't keep away ...]
[ ... ]
Why d'you have to be so paranoid

Why d'you have to be so paranoid
[Can't keep yourself, can't keep your health]
[ ... ]
Why d'you have to be so PARANOID

Keep it on ice

"Helter Shelter", Forum, Kentish Town 06/07/95

Keep it on ice, I'd rather [call]
I can't [ignore ... ]
Frozen love is [on the line]
My heart is cold but my head's [ ... ]

Aah-aa-aah, don't know what it's like
Don't know what it's like
Aah-aa-aah, keeping it on ice
Keeping it on ice

Oh, take it to [the point] and it will crack
And you say you won't take me back
[ ... ] you know I like the sound
'Cos then I know that you're still around

Aah-aa-aah, don't know what it's like
Don't know what it's like
Aah-aa-aah, keeping it on ice
Keeping it on ice

[ ... ] through this frozen [ ... ]
A [boy] in the bush is worth two in the head
If you crack in my frozen [ ... ]
[To think that] on a long distance line

Aah-aa-aah, don't know what it's like
Don't know what it's like
Aah-aa-aah, keeping it on ice
Keeping it on ice

Saw you in a mag
Kissing a man
Saw you in a mag
Kissing a man
Smoking a fag
Kissing a man
Saw you in a mag
Kissing a man yeah

Saw you in a mag
Kissing a man
Saw you in a mag
Kissing a man
Smoking a fag
Kissing a man
Saw you in a mag
Kissing a man yeah

Got you in a corner [4X]
Got you in a cottage
Got you in a corner [2X]
Oh no no no

1-2-X-U

I'm really close you see
Feel it breathing
In my living heart
I see you going for a life that's cruising
Waste at smart
I really do
I really want it, but is it here?
I love you anyway true
No flickers
Listen, they'll disappear

Separate the scenes and the hints that make it
Operate in a sane way all start to fall apart
Sitting in day after day is not a good way
After all

And i just want to go home

Dreams are made of this
But they're
Over there
I know you sent me here
To peel away your fear
Operate the groove
I need a reason
For being here
Your crazy ways
Are in my ear

...and i just want to go

Friends, a warehouse pain
They tack their own car

A thousand kids who buried their parents

There's laughing outside
We're locked out of the public eye

No smooth chords on the car radio
No smooth chords on the car radio

We set the trash on fire
And watch outside the door

The ??? of the paper
And out of the ???

There's laughing outside
We're locked out of the public eye

No smooth chords on the car radio
No harsh chords on the car radio

No smooth chords on the car radio
No ... chords on the car radio