B i o g r a p h y (by John Bush)
Mike Skinner's recordings as the Streets marked the first attempt at adding a degree of social commentary to Britain's party-hearty garage/2-step movement. Skinner, a Birmingham native who only later ventured to the capital, was an outsider in the garage scene; though his initial recordings appeared on Locked On, the premiere source for speed garage and, later, 2-step from 1998 to the end of the millennium. He spent time growing up in north London as well as Birmingham, and listened first to hip-hop, then house and jungle. Skinner made his first tracks at the age of 15, and during the late '90s, tried to start a label and sent off his own tracks while he worked dead-end jobs in fast food. At the end of 2000, he earned his first release when the Locked On label — already famous for a succession of burning club tracks from Tuff Jam, the Artful Dodger featuring Craig David, Dem 2, and Doolally — signed him for the homemade "Has It Come to This?" By the following year, the single hit Britain's Top 20 and the inevitable full-length followed in early 2002. That album, Original Pirate Material, unlike most garage compilations and even the bare few production LPs, found a home with widely varying audiences, and correspondingly earned Skinner a bit of enmity from the wider garage community. By the end of the year, it had been released in the States as well, through Vice. After a quiet 2003, Skinner returned with A Grand Don't Come for Free, a concept record that pushed his production and performance eccentricities to a new level, but also resulted in a fresh wave of critical praise.
Original Pirate Material - 2002-03-25 -
Turn the page Has it come to this Let's push thing's forward Sharp Darts Same old thing Geezers need excitement It's too late Too much brandy Don't Mug Yourself Who got the funk The irony of it all Weak become heroes Who dares wins Stay positive
Original Pirate Material
Turn the page
That's it, turn the page on the day, walk away 'Cause they're sensing what I say I'm 45th generation Roman But I don't know 'em or care when I'm spitting So return to your sitting position and listen, it's fitting I'm miles ahead and they chase me Show yer face on TV, then we'll see You're can't do half, my crew laughs at yer rhubarb and custard verses Your rain down curses but I'm waving, Yer hearse is driving by Streets riding high, with the beats in the sky All stare, eyes glazed Garage burnt down The fire raged for 40 days and in 40 ways But through the blaze they see it fade The sea of black, the beaming heat on their faces Their figure emerges from the wastage Eyes transfixed with a piercing gaze One hand clutching a sword raised to the sky They wonder how, they wonder why The sky turns white it all becomes clear They felt lifted from their fears They shed tears in the light after 6 dark years Young bold soldiers, the fire burns, cracks and smoulders Five years older and wiser, the fires are burning on fire, never tire Slave warriors in the forests and on higher We sing, hear the strings rising, the war's over, the bells ring Memories fading, soldiers slaying, looks like Geezers raving The hazy fog over the bull ring The lazy ways the birds sing A new baby's born every day Few men may be spoilt today But look at things the other way 'Cause it may well be yer final day And then the crowds roar they slay, they all say I produce this using only my bare wit Gimme a jungle a garage beat and admit defeat Use war and past injury as my metaphor and simile Get all applications into me before the deadline 'Cause it's a fine line between strife or crime and a life of crime But you will reach the day And it's all mine, you can take it or leave it I shake and reveal stage tricks like Jimi Hendrix In the afterlife Gladiators meet their maker Thrown through the wind fields and lakes of Bluewater To the next life from the fortress Away from the knives and slaughter to their wives and daughters Once more before the law judges over all of us 'Cause in this place you'll see me brace yourself, 'cause this goes deep I'll show you the secrets the sky and the birds Actions speak louder than words Stand by me my apprentice, be brave, Clench fists
Has It come to this
Has it come to this? Original Pirate Material You're listening to The Streets Lock down your aerial Has it come to this? Original Pirate Material You're listening to The Streets Lock down your aerial Make yourself at home We got diesel or some of that homegrown Sit back in your throne, turn off your phone Cos this is our zone Videos, televisions, 64's Playstations We're paring with precision Few herbs and a bit of Benson But don't forget the Rizla Lean like the Tower of Pisa Liza, I'll raise her And this is the day in the life of a Geezer For this ain't a club track Pull out your sack and sit back Whether you white or black Smoke weed, chase brown or toot rock We're on a mission, support the cause Sign a petition, summon all your wisdom The Music's a gift from the Man on high The Lord and his children Triple teen year rude boys Come rain or snow the boodah flows You don't know? Stand on the corner watch the show 'Cause life moves slow Sort your shit out then roll Sex, Drugs 'n' On The Dole Some men rise, some men fall I hear you call, stand tall now Has it come to this? Original Pirate Material You're listening to The Streets Lock down your aerial Has it come to this? Original Pirate Material You're listening to The Streets Lock down your aerial I'm just spitting, think I'm ghetto? Stop dreaming, my data's streaming I'm giving your bird them feelings Touch your toes and touch the ceiling We walk the tightrope of street cred Keep my dogs fed All jungle all garage heads Gold teeth, valentinos and dreads Now, we were verbally slapped up Physically tip-top, spinally ripped up I do the science on my laptop I get my boys mashed up You're listening to The Streets You'll bear witness to some amazing feats Bravery in the face of defeat All line up and grab your seat 'Cause Tony's got a new motor SR Nova driving like a joyrider Speeding to the corner Your mother warned you to sound system banger Has it come to this? Original Pirate Material You're listening to The Streets Lock down your aerial My underground train runs from Mile End to Ealing From Brixton to Boundsgreen My spitting's dirty my beats are clean So smoke weed and be lean I step out my yard through the streets In the dead heat all I got's my spirit and my beats I play fair don't cheat And keep the gangsters sweet Just turn the page, don't rip it out at your age Move to the next stage Lock the rage inside the cage Like SK it's New Day But don't take the shortcut through the subway It's pay or play, these geezers walk the gangway Deep seated urban decay Deep seated urban decay Rip down posters alight From last weeks big Garage night And the next Tyson fight I cook 'em at ninety degrees farenheit And don't copy the copyright I got 'em in my sites, blinding with the lights Taken to dizzy new heights Blinding with the lights, blinding with the lights Dizzy new heights Has it come to this? Original Pirate Material You're listening to The Streets Lock down your aerial
Let's Push Things Forward
This ain't the down it's a upbeat Make it complete, so what's the story? Guaranteed accuracy, enhanced CD Latest technology, darts at Treble 20 Huge non recuperable advance, majors be vigilant I excel in both content and deliverance So let's put on our classics And we'll have a little dance, shall we? No sales pitch, no media hype No hydro, it's nice and ripe I speak in communications in BOLD type This ain't your archetypal street sound Scan for ultrasounds north, south, east, west And all 'round and then to the underground You say that everything sounds the same Then you go buy them There's no excuses my friend Let's push things forward You say that everything sounds the same Then you go buy them There's no excuses my friend Let's push things forward As we progress to the checkpoint I wholeheartedly agree with your viewpoint But this ain't your typical Garage joint I make points which hold significance That ain't a bag, it's a shipment This ain't a track, it's a movement I got the settlement My frequencies are transient And resonate your eardrums I make bangers not anthems Leave that to the Artful Dodger The broad shouldered, 51% shareholder You won't find us on Alta Vista, cult classic, not bestseller You're gonna need more power Plug in the free phase and the generator Crank it up to the gigawatts Critics ready with your potshots, the plot thickens Put on your mittens for these sub-zero conditions But remember I'm just spittin' Remember I'm just spittin' Once bitten forever smitten You say that everything sounds the same Then you go buy them There's no excuses my friend Let's push things forward You say that everything sounds the same Then you go buy them There's no excuses my friend Let's push things forward Split jewels like eastern riches, junkie fixes Around here we say birds, not bitches As London Bridge burns down, Brixton's burnin' up Turns out you're in luck so I know this dodgy fuck in The Duck So it's just another show flick From your local city poet In case you geezers don't know it Lets push things forward It's a tall order but we're taller Callin' all mawlers, backstreet brawlers Corner shop crawlers, victories flawless Love us or hate us but don't slate us Don't conform to formulas Pop genres and such, Sharp darts, Double Dutch Parked cars, troubles a much with more Bud Let's push things forward You say that everything sounds the same Then you go buy them There's no excuses my friend Let's push things forward You say that everything sounds the same Then you go buy them There's no excuses my friend Let's push things forward
Sharp Darts
Sharp darts spitting masters Spitting darts faster Shut up I'm the driver, you're the passenger I'll reign superior The pressure blows the dial on your barometer Do you understand? Or do you need an interpreter? My style is distinguished, all fires are extinguished Ask your girl to sing and she'll sing this, I'm a scientist Have no prejudice, that's my hypothesis Make your analysis, ever heard a beat like this? I walk the beat like a policemen No karma pedestrian In 500 years they'll play this song in museums I'm the bold adventurer U.K.'s Ambassador Holdin' up Excalibur Your beats are inferior Don't wanna embarrass your So call your solicitor The jury voted unanimously against you Sharp darts spitting masters Spitting darts faster Shut up I'm the driver, you're the passenger I'll reign superior The pressure blows the dial on your barometer Do you understand? Or do you need an interpreter? This one's fat like your mother Contains enough calories Resonating all your favorite frequencies I've got a worldwide warranty Satisfaction guarantee If you ain't happy then just Send it right back to me 'Spec to B.C., it's time to fuck loyalty One day I hope to earn some hard royalties From a bit of sample robbery Cook burglary, noise thievery Or wholesale piracy So watch your back, I'm inclined to sample I'll dismantle and make you all examples Sharp darts spitting masters Spitting darts faster Shut up I'm the driver, you're the passenger I'll reign superior The pressure blows the dial on your barometer Do you understand? Or do you need an interpreter? Sharp darts spitting masters Spitting darts faster Shut up I'm the driver, you're the passenger I'll reign superior The pressure blows the dial on your barometer Do you understand? Or do you need an interpreter?
Same old thing
Yeah, street level, oi, oi, yeah That's it, right there 'Round there nothin' seems too big At street level, same old thing, everyday That's it, that's it, that's it Just as playin' every plan in different places Yeah, oi, tunes heavy 'Round there nothin' seems too big At street level, same old thing, everyday That's it, that's it, that's it Just as playin' every plan in different places Yeah, oi, oi, right there Who's round is it? Down that beer quick Smash my glass back down Fall over the table, all rowdy and pissed Seems the only difference between mid week shit and weekend Is how loud I speak, and whether I try and pull a girlfriend That's it, who's got dough? Aye, you know, I'd pay, but I'm broke, only got coinage to show Puttin' off walking home on my own to my throne Two empty takeaways, ashtrays and remains of the day, stoned Pick a bottle, off the table, peel the label, tell a fable Offer opinion for free and a solution to the latest big news story Football and smut daily as I ponder winnin' the lottery Buy a drink, chat to a lady, the girls well, fit definitely, not maybe She's rude, I'd shag her and make tea, right there 'Round there nothin' seems too big At street level, same old thing, everyday That's it, that's it, that's it Just as playin' every plan in different places Yeah, oi, oi, heavy, heavy 'Round there nothin' seems too big At street level, same old thing, everyday That's it, that's it, that's it Just as playin' every plan in different places Can't lounge in the boozer all day, got maneuvers to make Gotta see a man about a dog, can't be late, I'm always late Rainin' cats and fog but nice and dry in the black dog Down it in one, my son, can't sit here, gotta run, things need done If they don't win this and the next one They're getting relegated to the third division At street level, real people saying, "Repeated sequel" Rock and roll, fall to the floor like last night, yesterday mornin' And the night before, and the night before Apparently there's a whole world out there somewhere It's right there, I just don't see it, right there I just don't see it, oi, oi 'Round there nothin' seems too big At street level, same old thing, everyday That's it, that's it, that's it Just as playin' every plan in different places Yeah, oi At street level, 'round there nothin' seems too big At street level, same old thing, everyday That's it, that's it, that's it Just as playin' every plan in different places Yeah, oi, oi, heavy, heavy Lock the door on your way out
*** Thanx a lot to ola for this one ***
Geezerz need excitement
Geezers need excitement If their lives don't provide them this they incite violence Common sense, simple common sense Geezers need excitement If their lives don't provide them this they incite violence Common sense, simple common sense Out the club about three, to the take away The shit in a tray merchants Shops got special perchant for the disorderly Geezers looking ordinary and a few looking leery Chips fly 'round to the sound of the latest chart entry An incendiary waiting to blast No harm with the contest, who can throw the furthest Behind the counter they look nervous, but Carry on cutting the finest cuts of chicken from the big spinning stick Then over flies a chip, flips, and hits you on the back You spin 'round on the attack "Fuck you playing at?" He looks like a Cheshire cat, almost falls down Your frowns and Superman eye lasers don't even register By now you want to leather this twat And forever your gonna regret that, your choice of path So mash his head up and your girl's now fed up But stop to think and it's never gonna be The Jackie Chan scene it could have been to end up Geezers need excitement If their lives don't provide them this they incite violence Common sense, simple common sense Geezers need excitement If their lives don't provide them this they incite violence Common sense, simple common sense So you owe someone money subbing scunny Best pay me Billy, no worries One fifty on Sunday But in someway that turns into Wednesday Then goes straight to pay on a hazy evening in the local bar cafe What a way, what a way Just to recap for those at the back This is everyday tit for tat you owe your dealer And can't pay back fee Suddenly he's the baddy So you tell your mates you could Have him anyway, to look 'geez' But he's a shady fuck, Beamer three series Lock, stock and two fat fucks backing him up Can't convey enough of his desire for the paper stuff In a blunt fashion, Billy's angry with a passion So please just accept it ain't happening and go back to your runnings 'Cause you might get yourself in trouble one of these days Geezers need excitement If their lives don't provide them this they incite violence Common sense, simple common sense Geezers need excitement If their lives don't provide them this they incite violence Common sense, simple common sense Get hold of this bird after pub closing hours Would your girl like this? No don't think so somehow, in the winter showers But she'll never know and your face will never show shit This is how goes it and besides she was well fit And who could resist Move up to the next place,a smooth club To flex bass beats and your best mates all down Nice sound, Smirnoff ice rounds MC's clowning, [Incomprehensible] boys frowning Every thing's sweet, every thing's tucked in And 'round here we're all downing But all of a sudden though, just through the smoke Is your bird laughing and joking with a bloke? Ain't just that either, as she moves closer Miss-shape what looks like their lover, he's tonguing her All rage sweeps up through your torso You're more so ready to go over and show him who's man Football fan style Leave it in the can for a while 'Cause even as they smile he's still got choices Don't listen to them voices Then at the end of the day you may just have caused this So leave the forces Geezers need excitement If their lives don't provide them this they incite violence Common sense, simple common sense Geezers need excitement If their lives don't provide them this they incite violence Common sense, simple common sense
*** Thanx a lot to Lise who corrected a mistake *** It's Too late
She said, "Meet me at the gates at 8 Leave now, don't be late" She said one day she'd walk away 'Cause I was always late Thought things were okay Didn't care though anyway Say, "Sorry babe I had to meet a mate", temptin' fate We first met through a shared view She loved me and I did too It's now seven fifty, gettin' ready, better be nifty Do my hair quickly, step out, it's cloudy Mate bells me to borrow money I got two Henrys and a dealer to pay Call upon Geezers to rid these green trees of my reekin' jeans Got a 'You think I care' air, outglarin' Geezers' stares I'm here and I'm there Couldn't see past the end of my beer What was gettin' near? All the silence after the cheers I didn't know that it was over 'Til it was too late, too late But if I ever needed you Would you be there? She said, "Meet me at the gates Don't be late" But pretty soon the day came for change And I was glad she never walked away So I'm choosin' what to wear Doin' my hair with an hour to spare When my life went pear She'd been there with a thick stare Big wheel climbed to the top Geezers stares bounced off Standin' at the top of this huge mountain Smilin' and shoutin', spring flowers sproutin' Not one inch of doubt in my mind As I reached the gates Came 'round the corner at a rate Risked her love but I'm gonna set things straight Never again am I gonna be late Never again am I gonna be late Never again am I gonna be late I didn't know that it was over 'Til it was too late, too late But if I ever needed you Would you be there? I said, "Meet me at the gates Leave now, don't be late" I waited for a while listenin' to her voice mail Mind set sail Then the facts turned me pale Wind, rain and hail My fears unveiled For my fair female She'd walked away Too little too late I step up the pace Walk past the gates Rain runs over my face Spirit falls from grace I purchase a hazy escape At the alcohol place in the chase Sat down, I got a fat frown Weapin' and drownin' My senses For this love game's expensive I walk in a trance Got a wounded soldier stance The everyday geezers stares Throw me off balance Now nothin' holds significance And nothin' holds relevance 'Cause the only thing I can see Is her elegance I didn't know that it was over 'Til it was too late, too late But if I ever needed you Would you be there? I didn't know that it was over 'Til it was too late, too late But if I ever needed you Would you be there?
*** Thanx a lot to Vicky for this one ***
Too much Brandy
Smell of good earthy herbs makes my nerves shudder But where were you that cold December Cos we were in the grasshopper spending guilders Central station, charged up like Scarface Amsterdam ain't a nice place off your face, we enter the race Walk down, been there before, done that, no joy if you're bored Let's go see Roy, get fucked up with the boys Calvin, Schmalvin, I'm well within my limit, oh hang on a minute These mushrooms just kicked in, think I might be finished The ball game heads for the worse For what it's worth I might just fall off the edge of the earth Brain's kind of surfing now We wander down darkened pathways in a daze "Want to buy any cocaine?", am I paranoid? Yes, you're paranoid Charlie, darling, please save me, this is raving Take me home to my baby, two bags of mushrooms Room's mushed up and I need a cradle In its own little way, my body was trying to say That you better stop drinking brandy In its own little way, my body was trying to say That you better stop drinking brandy Now getting to the bar's gonna be trouble So the Marlons'll have to be doubles Then you drink doubles The same speed you drink singles Ah, beautiful, the barman holds aloft the crystal glass And I'm having all that's in the bubble in the bottom of the bottle Then by three or four, your head's a bit mangled Club's full, you mingle you dance the fandango You sing all your favourite jingles Far gone on one, call me Baron Von Marlon One has a monocle and cigar Dickie bow and long Johns My utility belt tells me it's to the bar batman Fat cans of that lager then it's straight to the dance floor For much more fancy footwork, it's adored by many amour Don't awe me with your little sidestep technique Get to the beat, loosen up, it's the streets In its own little way, my body was trying to say That you better stop drinking brandy In its own little way, my body was trying to say That you better stop drinking brandy We eat junk food, sat drunk on the tube Every time the train clunks I feel like puking Wonder whether that beautiful bird'll ring Then it all goes hazy, these are the days We're walking up out and back to the road, talking Well, shouting actually, loads more drunk, by Jove Mind's focused, balance fucked up Ra, ra, ra, it's all back to the dogstar and If it's his round I'm quite partial to another Marlon at the bar Bad idea to start again late, should've given my brain a break Take it easy mate, you start to think You're a state, you definitely are a state In its own little way, my body was trying to say That you better stop drinking brandy In its own little way, my body was trying to say That you better stop drinking brandy
Don't mug yourself
A new day another morning after leaning back on my chair In a greasy spoon cafeteria Last night was some beer laryness done our way but again We're back in the light of day chatting shit, sitting at the wall table Telling jokes playing with the salt, lookin' out the window Girl brings two plates of full English Over with plenty of scrambled eggs and plenty of fried tomato Get my phone out, 'bout to give this girl a shout see if she had A nice time last night up town ask if she fancies trying it again Sometime then call grabs the phone Hold it down boy, your head's getting blurred I know you can't stop thinking of her By all means you can vibe with this girl But just don't mug yourself, thats all don't mug yourself Seriously Mick you fucker No no no 'cos ya know what I mean Don't mug yourself I'm fucking, I'm know why Really do you know what I mean? I can take it or leave it, believe and then calving like oi You need to hold it down Jack, put your phone back Quit staring into space and eat your snack, thats that She'll want you much for not hanging on Stop me if I'm wrong, stop me if I'm wrong Why should she be the one who decides whether its Off or on or on or off or on? Now the girl's rude, I know she's rude but she's screwed Right through you, you'll be on your knees soon Hold it down boy, your head's getting blurred I know you can't stop thinking of her By all means you can vibe with this girl But just don't mug yourself, that's all don't mug yourself And I'm like, honestly it's not like that, your acting like I'm prancing like a sap jumping when she claps and that Do you really think I act whack 'cos I'm tellin' you Serving the aces and it's game set and match Perfectly in control of this goal, I've got the lead role Won't be fooled and I'm older than you're told Girl sold, high speeds gold Game over game over too cold Hold it down boy, your head's getting blurred I know you can't stop thinking of her By all means you can vibe with this girl But just don't mug yourself, that's all don't mug yourself Hold it down boy, your head's getting blurred I know you can't stop thinking of her By all means you can vibe with this girl But just don't mug yourself, that's all don't mug yourself oh yeah Hold it down boy, your head's getting blurred I know you can't stop thinking of her The girl is she as smelly ala piss She must have crab and fuckin' shrimp in her teeth No no that's it that's it let me go again let me go again Are we still recording Well yeah!
*** Thanx a lot to ola & Gav for this one ***
Who Got The Funk
Oi oi oi Lee Satchell you bastard Stop trying to shag the birds and fight the geezers Mine's a Kronenberg mate The streets Who gots the funk? Geezers, geezers, geezers Who gots the funk? Original pirate material Day in the life of a geezer Crispy, Rosco, England's glory Unique lyrics Locked on, Andy Lewis All Birmingham geezers All London heads Barnett, Brixton, Beckenham You're listening to the streets Original pirate material Day in the life of a geezer Day in the life of a geezer This is just a groove Just a groove
The irony of it all
Hello, hello, my name's Terry and I'm a law-abider There's nothin' I like more than gettin' fired up on beer And when the weekend's here I exercise my right to get paralytic and fight Good Bloke fairly But I get well leery when geezers look at me funny Bounce 'em round like bunnies I'm likely to cause mischief Good clean grief you must believe And I ain't no thief, law-abidin' and all, all legal And who cares about my liver when it feels good? What you need is some real manhood Rasher, rasher, burnin' cash up Puttin' people's backs up Public disorder, I'll give you public disorder I down eight pints and run all over the place Spit in the face of an officer, see if that bothers ya 'Cause I never broke a law in my life Some day I'm gonna settle down with a wife Come on lads let's have another fight Um, hello, my name's Tim and I'm a criminal In the eyes of society I need to be in jail For the choice of herbs I inhale This ain't no wholesale operation Just a few eighths and some play station's my vocation I pose a threat to the nation And down the station the police hold no patience Let's talk space and time I like to get deep sometimes And think about Einstein and Carl Jung And old Kung Fu movies I like to see Pass the hydrator please, yeah, I'm floatin' on thin air Going to Amsterdam in the New Year, top gear there 'Cause I take pride in my hobby Home-made bongs using my engineering degree "Dear leaders, please legalize weed for these reasons" Like I was saying to him, I told him, "Fuck with me and you won't live" So I smacked him in the head and downed another carling Bada bada bing, for the lad's like, mad fight His face a sad sight, Vodka and Snake Bite Going on like a right geez, he's a twat Shouldn't have looked at me like that Anyway, I'm an upstandin' citizen If a war came along I'd be on the front line with 'em Can't stand crime either, them hooligans On heroin, drugs and criminals Those thugs are the pinnacle of the downfall of society I've got all the anger pent up inside of me You know, I don't see why I should be the criminal How can somethin' with no recorded fatalities be illegal? And how many deaths are there per year from alcohol? I just completed gran turismo on the hardest settin' We pose no threat on my city Ooh, the pizza's here, will someone let him in please? We didn't order chicken Not a problem, we'll pick it out I doubt they meant to mess us about After all we're all adults, not louts As I was sayin', we're friendly peaceful people We're not the ones out there causin' trouble We just sit in this hazy bubble with our quarters Discussing how beautiful Gail Porter is MTV, BBC 2, Channel 4 is on until six in the mornin' Then six in the mornin' the sun dawns and it's my bedtime Causin' trouble? Your stinkin' rabble boys Saying I'm the lad who's spoilin' it You're on drugs It really bugs me when people try and tell me I'm a thug Just for gettin' drunk, I like gettin' drunk 'Cause I'm an upstandin' citizen If a war came along I'd be on the front line with 'em Now Terry, you're repeatin' yourself But that's okay, drunk people can't help that A chemical reaction happenin' inside your brain Causes you to forget what you're sayin' What? I know exactly what I'm sayin' I'm perfectly sane You stinkin' student lameo Go get a job and stop robbin' us of our taxes Um, well actually accordin' to research Government fundin' for further education pales in insignificance When compared to how much they spend on repairin' leery drunk people At the weekend, in casualty wards all over the land Why you cheeky little swine come here I'm gonna batter ya, come here
*** Thanx a lot to Ed for this one *** Weak Become Heroes Turn left up the street Nothing but gray concrete and dead beats Grab something to eat, Maccy D's or KFC Only one choice in the city Done voice in my pity, now let's get to the nitty gritty Tune reminds me of my first E Like unique still sixteen and feelin' horny Point to the sky feel free A sea of people, all equal smiles in front and behind me Swim in the deep blue sea, cornfields sway lazily All smiles, all easy, where you from? What you on and what's your story? Mesmerizing tones, risin' pianos, this is my zone so stop clonin' Pick paper scissors or stone 'Coz me and you are same, I known you all my life I don't know your name The name's European Bob, saw it anyway Gonna have dance now, see you later, please to meet you Likewise a pleasure We were just standin' there mindin' our own And it went on and on We all smile, we all sing Weak become heroes, then the stares align We all sing, we all sing, sing We were just standin' there mindin' our own And it went on and on We all smile, we all sing Weak become heroes, then the stares align We all sing, we all sing, sing The night slowly fades and goes slow motion All the commotion becomes floatin' emotions Same piano loops over Arms wave, eyes roll back and jaws fall open I see in soft focus Chattin' to this bloke in the toilets Dizzy new heights blinded by the lights These people are for life, it's all back to his place At the end of the night, they could settle wars with this If only they will imagine, the worlds leaders on pills Then imagine the mornin' after War's causing disaster, don't talk to me, I don't know ya But this ain't tomorrow and for now I still love ya Hours fly over, sail round diamonds and pearls Never seen so many fit girls Discover new worlds, look at my watch, can't focus Last two hours I lost, every move fills me with lust All of life's problems, I just shake off Mad little events happen, things map out and A few blue maddens alight the toilets Big beefy bouncers out to reveal us, geezers on E's And first timers, kids on whizz, darlin's on Charlie All come together for this party All races, many faces from places you never heard of Where you from, what's your name and what you want? Sing to the words, flex to the fat ones The tribal drums, the sun's risin' We all smile, we all sing We were just standin' there mindin' our own It went on and on We all smile, we all sing Weak become heroes, then the stares align We all sing, we all sing, sing We were just standin' there mindin' our own It went on and on We all smile we all sing Weak become heroes, then the stares align We all sing, we all sing, sing Then the girl in the cafe taps me on the shoulder I realize five years went by, I'm older Memories smoulder, winters colder But that same piano loops over and over and over The road shines and the rain washes away The same Chinese take away, selling shit in a tray It's dark all round, I walk down same sight Same sounds, new beats though Solid concrete under my feet No surprises, no treats, the world stands still As my mind sloshes round, the washin' up bowl in my crown My life's been up and down since I walked from that crowd We were just standin' there mindin' our own It went on and on We all smile, we all sing Weak become heroes, then the stares align We all sing, we all sing, sing We were just standin' there mindin' our own It went on and on We all smile, we all sing Weak become heroes, then the stares align We all sing, we all sing, sing Out of respect for Johnny Walker, Apollo, Ford Niki Holloway, Danny Rampling And all the people who gave us these times And to the goverment I stick my middle finger up With regards to the Criminal Justice Bill For all the heroes who came along the way Weak become heroes, then the stares align We all sing , we all sing, sing Weak become heroes, then the stares align We all sing, we all sing, sing We were just standin' there mindin' our own It went on and on We all smile, we all sing Weak become heroes, then the stares align We all sing , we all sing, sing
*** Thanx a lot to Virginie & Izzy & ola who corrected some mistakes ***
Who Dares Wins It's who dares wins in the city Sit pretty Locked on not tripoli Get dressed for the party As I spit simile after simile Got the latest Nikes on my feet The Streets merely reflect this bass line and beat Lock on to 102.6, The Streets Kronenburg double doves and herbs Action speak louder than words Get fucked up sound the curbs Street geezers Accept me as your own Let me make myself at home I just ain't a clone Still got the Monsta Boy ring tone though Raised as a northern star With a London underground travel card
Stay positive
'Cos this world swallows souls And when the blues unfold It gets cold silence burns holes You're going mad Perhaps you always were But when things was good you just didn't care This is called irony When you most need to get up you got no energy Time and time shit'll happen The dark shit's unwrapping But no one's listening your mates are laughing Your brethren's fucking and then you start hating Your stomach starts churning and you mind starts turning So smoke another draw It won't matter no more but the next day still feels sore Rain taps on your window Always did tho but you didn't hear it when things were so so You're on your own now Your little zone you were born alone and believe me you'll die alone Weed becomes a chore You want the buzz back so you follow the others onto smack Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive Feels nice and still Good thing about brown is it always will It's easy, no one blames you It's that world out there that's fucked you You're no less of a person and if God exists, He still loves you Just remember that the more you sink The further back from that brink Maybe you've lifetime scars and you Think tattoos might be more fitting But who's picking? Searching for yourself you find demons Try and be a freeman and grasp that talisman 'Cos your the same as I am We all need our fellow man We all need our samaritan Maybe I'm better looking than you tho Maybe I've got more dough but am I happier, no Get the love of a good girl and your world Will be much richer than my world And your happyness will un-curl Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive Stop dreaming People who say that are blaspheming They're doing nine to five and moaning And they don't want you succeeding when they've blown it And you idols who are they? They too dreamt about their day Positive steps will see your goals Whether it's dollars or control, feel the gold I aint helping you climb the ladder I'm busy climbing mine That's how it's been since the dawn of time If you reach a Cul De Sac The world turns it's back This is you zone, it's like blackjack He might get the ace or the top one So organise your two's and three's into a run Then you'll have fucked him son And for that you'll be the better one One last thing before you go though When you feel better tommorow you'll be a hero But never forget today you could be back here Things can stray What if you see me in that window? You won't help me I know That's cool, just keep walking where you go Carry on through the estate, stare at the geezers So they know you ain't lightweight And go see your mates And when they don't look happy Play them this tape Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive I hope you understand me Just trying and stay positive I aint no preaching fucker and I aint no do goody goody either This is about when shit goes pear shaped And if you aren't or ever have been at rock bottom Then good luck to you in the big wide world But remember that one day shit might just start crumbling Your bird might fuck off or you might loose your job It's when that happens that what I'm talking About will feel much more important to you So if you aint feeling it, just be thankfull That everythings cool in your world Respect to B C Positivity, positivity Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive Just try and stay positive
*** Thanx a lot to Matt who corrected a mistake ***
A Grand Don't Come For Free It Was Supposed To Be So Easy
It was supposed to be so easy Just take back the DVD, withdraw that extra money Tell mum I wouldn't be back for tea, then grab my savings and hurry So first to get the film back in time, to avoid that big fine I had to do a fast hill climb, but a faster decline But I flew a bit quick, arms like a lunatic Had to stop for a few ticks, I started feelin' sick Got to the video shop in a state, but chuffed it wouldn't be late Only when he flicked open the case, I'd left the disc at my place Today I've achieved absolutely nought In just bein' out of the house, I've lost out If I wanted to end up with more now I should've just stayed in bed, like I know how So I failed on the DVD, but I still had to get the money Tell mum I couldn't make tea, get the savin' and then hurry Rushin' to the cash machine, still a bit mashed and lean Then ofcourse a mandatory car, drives by and splashes me Get there the cues outrageous, ladies takin' ages My rage is blowin' gauges, how longs it take to validate your wages? At last my turn comes, press the fifty squid button Insufficient funds Today I've achieved absolutely nought In just bein' out of the house, I've lost out If I wanted to end up with more now I should've just stayed in bed, like I know how So I failed on the DVD, couldn't withdraw any money But I still had to call mum, get the savings and then hurry So to call my mum so that, I could tell her I can't go and that At least I remembered my phone man, I didn't know her number off hand Where's my phone have I got it, oh this is a crock of shit I lost the fuckin' thing, oh here it is in my pocket But the batteries nearly flat, gotta call quick snap Aww shit, the battery is flat Today I've achieved absolutely nought In just bein' out of the house, I've lost out If I wanted to end up with more now I should've just stayed in bed, like I know how So I've failed on the DVD, couldn't withdraw any money Or call mum about tea, I'll have to get the savings and hurry But where was the money?, I knew I'd left it on the Side, next to the telly, this is not even funny I left it in the livin' room, ready to pick up as soon As I passed through, on the way out to the rendezvous So the shoe box full of money, just disappearing from me Is not what I call funny, a grand don't come for free Today I've achieved absolutely nought In just bein' out of the house, I've lost out If I wanted to end up with more now I should've just stayed in bed, like I know how Oi, soaked to the bone in my jeans, do you want me to stop? I imagine my mums weaping right now And the thousand pounds you swore, that I left on the table this morn Has simply disappeared right before my eyes, his eyes and yours And I'm a thousand pounds poorer A hundred thousand pennies, no more A thousandth of a million squid, or two monkeys or a whole fifty scores Gone withdrawn from my life, the money is no more for sure It was supposed to be easy
*** Thanx a lot to Wim for this one ***
Could Well Be In
'Coz her last relationship fucked her up Got hurt majorly, finds it tough to trust Looked at the ashtray, then looked back up Spinnin' it away on the tabletop She looked much fitter than Saturday just She worked in JD's with Dan Back then I figured she was pretty damn rough But she was only wearin' her work stuff And in these clothes she looked more than buff She stirred her straw, sat up to adjust I told her I thought it was important That you could get lost in conversation Chattin' shit, sittin' in oblivion With that person who's your special one She said she was the worst pool player under the sun But blokes go easy so she always won I saw this thing on ITV the other week Said, that if she played with her hair she's probably keen She's playin with her hair, well regularly So I reckon I could well be in She didn't look too bored with what I was sayin' Her hair looked much better than the other day She had her fingers 'round her hair playin' I saw on the telly that's a good indication She didn't offer to buy the next drink though, nay Suppose that's just a girl's way I'm tryin to think what else I could say Peelin' the label off, spinnin' the ashtray Yeah actually, yes, she did look pretty neat Her perfume smelled expensive and sweet I felt like my hair looked a bit cheap Wished I'd had it cut back last week She kept givin' me this look 'coz she would speak Was she only friendly or was she a keep? Asked if she wanted the same again to drink Started to turn and get up out my seat I saw this thing on ITV the other week Said, that if she played with her hair she's probably keen She's playin' with her hair, well regularly So I reckon I could well be in She said that her close mates all were Always the most important thing to her I said, "I thought it was a bit more blurred" She asked what I meant by that as she stirred I told her about the money and what had occurred With it goin' missing from the living room, so With my best mates all there standin by Right where I left it, under their eyes So surely one of them might have spied What happened to my money at that time I felt like they were all smilin' on the side She was like 'Fair Play', she couldn't say why She didn't know what all my mates were like And I said she just might be right Wish I had someone I could always rely Someone to get lost chattin' to all night I saw this thing on ITV the other week Said, that if she played with her hair she's probably keen She's playin with her hair, well regularly So I reckon I could well be in As I walked back with more drinks to our place She had her phone stuck to the side of her face I sat for a minute while she chatted away 'Bout somethin with her Mom and her birthday Played for a bit with the same ashtray Thought about things while I sat and waited It was nice to chat about the shit in my head Someone who just listens to you instead I looked to the barman, wiping down again Looked at the football on the TV set Tryin to look like I weren't just waitin' there For her conversation to come to an end I look at my watch and realized right then That for three hours been in conversation Before she put her phone down she switched to silent And we carried on chattin' for more than that again I saw this thing on ITV the other week Said, that if she played with her hair she's probably keen She's playin with her hair, well regularly So I reckon I could well be in I saw this thing on ITV the other week Said, that if she played with her hair she's probably keen She's playin with her hair, well regularly So I reckon I could well be in
*** Thanx a lot to Zoey who corrected this one ***
Not Addicted
I've never lied to you It's his lucky day, that's a given He'll tick the box on the slip and then just watch and learn He's not addicted, he can stop anytime But this is gonna pay, he feels it this one'll be fine This time I know I'm gonna smash the bet I foresee it smacked in the back of the net Men grip slips, wipe their hands that sweat The camera pans the away fans end Twenty quid for blues to thrash the reds Then cash that cash, when the ref has said My mate's out, his pads a mess Its getting late, I've not dashed yet Oh, the question I have to ask myself Is can I see us not battering them? If I can't see that happening then I'm gonna put all my money down on one fat bet Now I don't know the first thing about football But my instincts tell me this is my windfall It's his lucky day, that's a given He'll tick the box on the slip and then just watch and learn He's not addicted, he can stop anytime But this is gonna pay, he feels it this one'll be fine This time I know I woulda cashed the lot I woulda held in my hand the whole jackpot The games won, the ends have a swap Two nil up, they're getting mashed up But I wont win now, the chance flopped 'Cause I couldn't make it to the damn shop Might as well put tea in that pot I've got nowhere else I have to bop The question I have to ask one Is how I managed, not to manage the trot Maybe I could phone in and slap it on Put all my money on a mid-match one Yes, I don't know the first thing about football But my instincts tell me this is my windfall It's his lucky day, that's a given He'll tick the box on the slip and then just watch and learn He's not addicted, he can stop anytime But this is gonna pay, he feels it this one'll be fine Oh shit, I'm mad glad I didn't back that match Suppose to be an unproblematic catch Full time the whistle blasted after The last passer, passed the last pass Would you believe how we fell back Three goals lost in the last half So glad I was stranded back at the flat Wincing at every goal we let 'em have The question I now have to ask Is how the fuck did we get smashed that bad? I just very, very nearly, nearly Lost every penny of all my cash Yes, I don't know the first thing about football And my instincts almost led me to a pitfall It's his lucky day, that was barmy He didn't tick the box on the slip and what a relief He's not addicted, he can stop anytime But next time he will be more lucky, next time he'll be fined It's his lucky day, that was barmy He didn't tick the box on the slip and what a relief He's not addicted, he can stop anytime But next time he will be more lucky, next time he'll be fined I need to rethink the technique of my betting shit Maybe change the parameters a little bit Instead of betting on to win the football I'll bet to lose the cricket
Blinded By The Light
That's the one, oi How did he not find the baggy with his hand in my shoe? Way too close for me, ah well at least they allowed me through Should be a good night in here, Ramo in the main room People keep pushing me though, no reception on the phone And I'm thinkin' (Lights are blinding my eyes) They said they'd be here, they said, they said in the corner And I'm thinkin' (People pushing by then walkin' off into the night) These are well speckly, bit green and blue Threes is well cheap though, so I'll take three if I need to Right I'm on the plan, I wish the bouncers would go away Borrow water off this man, here goes nothing okay And I'm thinkin' (Lights are blinding my eyes) Argh that's proper rank, that tastes like hairspray And I'm thinkin' (People pushing by then walkin' off into the night) I hate coming to the entrance just to get bars on my phone You have no new messages, so why haven't they phoned? Menu, write message, so where are you and Simone? Send message, Dan's number, where've they gone? And I'm thinkin' (Lights are blinding my eyes) Why's the message pending? Where the fuck are you? And I'm thinkin' (People pushing by then walkin' off into the night) Hmm, brandy or beer? Water's a good idea Wish that bar lady'd appear, and come serve over here Where the fuck could they be? Still not over in the corner This nights a tragedy, I keep thinking I saw her And I'm thinkin' (Lights are blinding my eyes) No thats not them, thats not them either And I'm thinkin' (People pushing by then walkin' off into the night) I'm still not feeling anything, this has got to be a dud It's been ages since I necked it and smoked six tabs to the nub Belly's not even tingling, I just feel a bit pissed And no one looks like minglin', I cant see her or him And I'm thinkin' (Lights are blinding my eyes) I'm gonna do another I think, yeah, one more, these are shit And I'm thinkin' (People pushing by then walkin' off into the night) These toilets are a piss take, queue's bigger than the door Gotta get rid of this pill taste, what are they chattin' so much for? Glad I'm not a girl in this place, they'll be here till dawn Sure my belly's tingling a bit, somethings happening I'm sure And I'm thinkin' (Lights are blinding my eyes) Maybe I shouldn't have done the second one, I feel all fidgety and warm (People pushing by then walkin' off into the night) Whoa, everything in the room is spinning, I think I'm gonna to fall down My heart's beating too quick, I'm fucking tripping out I wonder whether they got in, turned away no doubt Who cares, this is a tune coming in, that one where he's like I'm thinkin' (Lights are blinding my eyes) My eyes are rolling back, I'm rubbing my thighs with my hand And I'm thinkin' (People pushing by then walkin' off into the night) Yeah yeah they cheer, can they see my hand in the air? I need to wave 'em over here, I swear Simone's kissing Dan My head is twisted severe, body's rushing everywhere They could have texted me when they were near But I'm fucked and I don't care (Lights are blinding my eyes) What was I thinkin' about? Ah who cares, I'm mashed (People pushing by then walkin' off into the night) Totally fucked, can't hardly fuckin' stand This is fuckin' amazing, ah
*** Thanx a lot to Wim & Christian for this one ***
Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
I should be standin' at the bar waving a ten pound note around But I sit here on the sofa at my girls house I should be chattin' shit as I've not been out another snout But I'll roach a spliff watching the TV for now I should be watching the fruit machine for which one will pay out But I sit on the sofa at my girls anyhow I should be leggin' it for ma cab like a mad little lout But I'll roach a spliff watchin' the TV throughout I know, I never tell about every single day now I'm always thinking loads about her She's the best thing that ever happened to me and I don't know what I would do without her I should actually go out and about and flip some beer mats Instead of sittin' here at my girls gaff 'Coz all I seem to do is sit in this habitat Just roachin' a spliff wotchin' the TV and that On the TV at my house it's a bit broken on the back So I use my girls TV to wotch the match Yeah I might head out later to get off this beaten trap Of watching the TV roachin' up on the same old mat I know, I never tell about every single day now I'm always thinking loads about her She's the best thing that ever happened to me and I don't know what I would do without her But on second thoughts I won't do shots No I think I will sit on the sofa and eat my TV meal I would actually much prefer to just sit here a chill Roachin' a spliff watchin' eastenders or the bill 'Coz basically I love her and I love being here still And I love sittin' on the sofa with my girl for real I don't wanna knock my mates, but there it's the same old drill Roachin' a spliff watchin' the TV is my will I know, I never tell about every single day now I'm always thinking loads about her She's the best thing that ever happened to me and I don't know what I would do without her No fuck that, I might ask my mate where they'll be drinkin' From the sofa giving them a ding, tell 'em I will go freeze on that gramm later on this evening Instead of roachin' a spliff watchin' the TV again And then go out whilst back at hers she duz her ting Sittin' on the sofa at her end But as I watch the big screen, I know I will quite miss Me and her roachin' a spliff watchin' the TV again I know, I never tell about every single day now I'm always thinking loads about her (Thats exactly what I'm taking about) She's the best thing that ever happened to me and (I wouldn't have it any other way) I don't know what I would do without her (I tell you this) I know, I never tell about every single day now (There's a whole world out there) I'm always thinking loads about her (A whole world, but do I give a challenge) She's the best thing that ever happened to me and (There's a whole world out there) Do you know what I mean I don't know what I would do without her I've got one packet of rizzla over there But it's nearly dry now I've got bits of cigarette all over the place The clipper needs a shaking The ash tray needs an emptying But I wouldn't have it any other way I said, "I wouldn't have it any other way" I said, "I wouldn't have it, have it any other" (Wouldn't have it any other way) (Wouldn't have it any other way) (Wouldn't have it any other way) No I wouldn't (Wouldn't have it any other way) Wouldn't have it any other way (Wouldn't have it any other way) I said, "The ash-tray needs an emptying" (Wouldn't have it any other way) I said, "The clipper needs a shaking" (Wouldn't have it any other way) But I (Wouldn't have it any other way) (Wouldn't have it any other way) I said "The same thing as yesterday" (Wouldn't have it any other way)
*** Thanx a lot to Wim & Gordboy for this one ***
Get Out Of My House
Go, get out of my house Please and actually give me back my keys But I'll be proper angry If you're not back later on your knees Look, if I'm talking to you you shouldn't be gawping in thin air You're so selfish but what about us, as in pair? I needed you to come over man, I needed you to be near I'm about to do something crazy, you'll regret this, I swear This one time I really needed you to head over mine where I was throwing up all morning it was all in my hair Then because I was so dizzy I almost fell down the stairs Like you always do, you know, you just don't fucking care Go, get out of my house Please and actually give me back my keys But I'll be proper angry If you're not back later on your knees Look, come on, calm down, it wasn't all totally like that You're over-reacting just a bit, maybe we can sit down and chat? It's just you know I had stuff to do, you know, this and that Maybe it wasn't so important as you being in the sack But I had to sort out my pills man, I needed to stock up my stash I couldn't do it any other day, I had to do it then, quick, snap And you didn't want me there last Sat so I left you on your jack And this Saturday I thought it was the same deal As last Sat at your gaff Go, get out of my house Please and actually give me back my keys But I'll be proper angry If you're not back later on your knees You don't care about my broken TV I sit on my sofa all day smoking weed I never phoned that bloke from the TV company So please don't be like this, please, please, please Actually now I think about it, what am I guilty about? I felt like I was in the wrong, I felt like I was the lout Oi, this is what happened last Saturday now, I think I remember now You were ill last Saturday and two weeks before that little 'bout You know I need that medication for my epilepsy now Or I run the risk of having a fit, you know I can't go without So when you being in bed is because last night you got pissed It's you that's being selfish, it's you that don't give a shit I'm gone, I'll get out your house Then I'll never be back again But I'll still be 'cieving When you text me to make up and be friends So there you go, eh? Don't try and gimme that shit, right? Because, d'you know what I mean? You're not exactly fuckin', y'know d'you know what I mean? It don't really matter anymore, d'you know what I mean? It's hard enough to remember my opinions Without remembering my reasons for them You're confusing me now I'm not gonna give you an example, I can't remember an example You do it all the time, you know, that thing that you do I look, I can't remember when you last did it can I? I'm gone anyway I'm never gonna darken your towers again, I'll tell you that And that thing about femme fatal yeah? She's fit, and she's fitter than you anyway I like her, d'you know what I mean? I'm never gonna meet her So before you get these jealous I like her, y'know You can turn that off
Fit But You Know It
Excuse me girl I know it's a bit embarrassing But I just noticed some tan lines On your shirt See, I reckon you're about an eight or a nine Maybe even nine and a half in four beers time That blue top shop top you've got on is nice Bit too much fake tan though but yeah, you score high But there's just one little thing that's really, really Really, really annoying me about you, you see Yeah, yeah, like I said, you are really fit But my gosh, don't you just know it I'm not trying to pull you Even though I would like to I think you are really fit You're fit but my gosh, don't you know it So when I looked at you standing there with your hoard I was waiting in the queue looking at the board Wondering whether to have a burger or chips Or what the shrapnel in my back pocket could afford When I noticed out of the corner of my eye Looking towards my direction, your eyes locked onto my course I couldn't concentrate on what I wanted to order Which lost me the place in the queue I waited for, yeah I'm not trying to pull you Even though I would like to I think you are really fit You're fit but my gosh, don't you know it Whoa, leave it out Are you smoking crack or something? Mike just leave it, just leave it We cannot have that behavior in this establishment It's not worth it Mike, just leave it, it's not worth it Don't touch me, don't touch me I'm alright, don't touch me For a while I was thinking yeah, but what if? Picturing myself with bare white hot wit Snaring at you as you were standing there opposite Whether or not you knew it I swear you didn't tick And when that bloke in the white behind us lot queuing Was clocking onto you too, yeah, I had to admit that Yeah yeah you are fit and yeah, I do want it But I stopped sharkin' a minute to get chips and drinks I'm not trying to pull you Even though I would like to I think you are really fit You're fit but my gosh, don't you know it Now, I bashed my head hard earlier due to the brew But I am digressing slightly so I'll continue I didn't wanna bowl over all geezer and rude Not rude like good but just rude like uncouth You girls think you can just flirt and it comes to you But let me tell you, see, yes, yes, you are really rude And rude as in good, I knew this as you stood and queued But I just did not want to give the satisfaction to you I'm not trying to pull you Even though I would like to I think you are really fit You're fit but my gosh, don't you know it Just as you started to make your big advance With the milkshake and that little doughnut in hand I was like, nah, I can't even though you look grand But you look sharp there smiling hard, suggestin' and Gleamin' away with your hearty hearty looking tan But I admit the next bit was spanners to my plan You walk towards my path but you just brushed right past And into the arms of that fuckin' white shirted man I'm not trying to pull you Even though I would like to I think you are really fit You're fit but my gosh, don't you know it Oh, what do I give a fuck, I've got a girlfriend anyway Whoa, we've all had a drink mate We're all a bit drunk, we've had a few, fair play I got this Stella, I bombed from that last cafe This night's not even begun, yes, yes, oh yay I did fancy you a bit though, yeah, I must say I would rather I hadn't mugged myself on display But this is just another case of female stopping play On an otherwise, total result of a holiday I'm not trying to pull you Even though I would like to I think you are really fit You're fit but my gosh, don't you know it You're fit, but you're fit, but you know it You're fit but you know it I think, I'm going to fall over I think, I'm going to fall, oh, fuck it all
*** Thanx a lot to Wim & Ninja for this one ***
Such A Twat
Yeah safe man, you okay? Just calling to ensure you got back in Hope you coped yesterday 'coz I felt well damn grim But yeah in the air on the plane my stomach was turning Man I was hanging head-to-stead on the headrest in pain Prayin' away all my bad sins Lost count of the plain Chardonnays before the fourth or maybe the fifth In future I need to abstain, if only I'd had a bit of discipline But worth every bit of spare change, pure clowning down to the last drink Hang on let me slam the door, mate Just pause that thought for a bit Why did I have to go and do a stupid thing like that? 'Coz yeah it felt like we were through though But I could've ruined it, I'm such a twat I've been pacing the place Well paralyzed since I got back in with my bags though Yeah I'm too aware that last night was way mad slack, I know Carried in a gang I lost sight of Simone on her own, back at home Distracted from the fact it weren't right Could have raised up the hand but no Simone was moaning and That about me playing away on this holiday She was watching the box at her Dad's house There preparing spliffs away As I'm smacking glasses down at George Best, best session rate Can you hear me? Na sorry mate You're fuzzy mate, I can't hear you Why did I have to go and do a stupid thing like that 'Coz yeah it felt like we were through though But I could've ruined it, I'm such a twat So, I lost you for a minute, yeah, yeah I can hear you now See I mean that the true thing though I suppose I chose myself to allow I was weak and stupid but as far as I viewed anyhow She couldn't have been it for me the only girl I'd ever go out with I didn't want to waste my youth in a girl's house to the sound of spliffs And when she got in a mood with me in that text about that thing I just switched off the phone when she started shouting Coming to a conclusion I couldn't be bothered with anymore rowing Why did I have to go and do a stupid thing like that 'Coz yeah it felt like we were through though But I could've ruined it, I'm such a twat (Nah nah nah) And then after shots made me lose the plot, it all got a bit bizarre And that incident with the ice cream I forgot, it all ended in our vodka What I can remember is a blotch, I got a fat bruise on my arm She weren't even much too hot but she totally mugged me up like rah She knew exactly what she was doing and it all went a bit too far She was with that bloke in the white top in Mcdonalds' car park And then she let me chat her up later on in that lovely little bar Hello? Ah fucking phones, man! Why did I have to go and do a stupid thing like that 'Coz yeah it felt like we were through though But I could've ruined it, I'm such a twat Yeah I think we got cut off, yeah I got crap reception in my house I have to stand in a certain spot in my kitchen or it cuts out Yeah you know I was potty to even let myself allow it I would if I could just swap what happened then for right now And if she ever found out how far it got it would be more than just a row This whole thing just got on top but it's her that I want, no doubt So in a way its helped me doing wrong, I know I've fucked up now This is where that dodgy shit stops, she's just gotta not find out Why did I have to go and do a stupid thing like that 'Coz yeah it felt like we were through though But I could've ruined it, I'm such a twat Why did I have to go and do a stupid thing like that 'Coz yeah it felt like we were through though But I could've ruined it, I'm such a twat
What Is He Thinking
He's fuckin' lyin' I know he is It's written all over his face I wish I could read what his eyes are sayin' Starin' straight and not blinkin' He's not givin' anythin' away What is he thinkin'? I wish I could read what his eyes are sayin' Starin' straight and not blinkin' He's not givin' anythin' away What is he thinkin'? Can't seem to do anything but stare My C.P. coat is lyin' just there Draped over the edge of that dusty chair All fits into place suddenly Yeh, the coat was hangin' up under my stairs But one day, went leavin' the cupboard bare The facts all click in and become square He stole it while I was unaware But why's he denyin' it, when it's so bate? Lookin' at the telly, won't look over straight Why's he not flappin' and explainin' away? To one very fuckin' frustrated mate Dan's been trustin' every word Scott says He believes in mates so fair play But Scott's story is too far outweighed And I'm gonna act before it's too late I wish I could read what his eyes are sayin' Starin' straight and not blinkin' He's not givin' anythin' away What is he thinkin'? I wish I could read what his eyes are sayin' Starin' straight and not blinkin' He's not givin' anythin' away What is he thinkin'? This must all look a bit weird It's Mike's C.P coat sittin' here Draped over the chair So that it appears to all fit me up suddenly And clear, I'm gonna have to just try and volunteer An' answer 'bout the man who left the bomber here He must've picked it up from Mike's dear Girl's house, when the weather wasn't clear The man must've thought it was Simone's coat We didn't think it was Mike's coat though I can't just deny it, 'cos my face shows Lookin' at the telly's not aidin', no I can't tell Mike, this man didn't know And innocently borrowed the coat at Simone's 'Cos then Mike would demand to know Why this man was even at Simone's? That frown could mean anything What the fuck am I gonna do now? He know's I'm lyin' I wish I could read his mind It's written all over my face I wish I could read what his eyes are sayin' Starin' straight and not blinkin' He's not givin' anythin' away What is he thinkin'? I wish I could read what his eyes are sayin' Starin' straight and not blinkin' He's not givin' anythin' away What is he thinkin'? What the fuck's he saying? She had the garm' Either he has gone John Barnes Or he's tryin' to spin me a con's yarn He think's he's the fuckin' don gar How long have I undergone his smarm? Shruggin' it all off as fun charm If he don't stop lookin' at the TV, though I'm gonna wrap the cable round his wee throat "Hang on", Scott says, "Simone had the coat" Where did he see her on the d low? What is it I don't need to know? Is he scheming to be near Simone? In the club I wondered what was on the go Dan was tryin' to keep Scott from bein' close And Scott teefed me money and he teefed my coat And he's tryin' to steal my girlfriend from under my nose I wish I could read what his eyes are sayin' Starin' straight and not blinkin' He's not givin' anythin' away What is he thinkin'? I wish I could read what his eyes are sayin' Starin' straight and not blinkin' He's not givin' anythin' away What is he thinkin'? Right, I can't be bothered with this no more I'm gonna have to tell him, I owe him the score I wish I could tell him about the dough on the draws That's somethin' I don't know, I swore The coat thing will look dodgy loads more If I don't throw it down as the crow soars I'd better put the video on pause Face up toe to toe over the floor He really needs to know how his jacket Miraculously appeared round my gaff, here And the man that left it's been shaggin' Mike's girl behind Mike's back and thing This shit's all got a bit out of hand There's no options I'm all down on plans I'm jus' gonna have to spit it now, man Tell Mike the person that brought the coat 'round was Dan
Dry Your Eyes
In one single moment your whole life can turn 'round I stand there for a minute starin' straight into the ground Lookin' to the left slightly, then lookin' back down World feels like it's caved in proper sorry frown Please let me show you where we could only just be for us I can change and I can grow or we could adjust The wicked thing about us is we always have trust We can even have an open relationship, if you must I look at her she stares almost straight back at me But her eyes glaze over like she's lookin' straight through me Then her eyes must have closed for what seems an eternity When they open up she's lookin' down at her feet Dry your eyes, mate I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up There's plenty more fish in the sea Dry your eyes, mate I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts But you've got to walk away now, it's over So then I move my hand up from down by my side It's shakin', my life is crashin' before my eyes Turn the palm of my hand up to face the skies Touch the bottom of her chin and let out a sigh 'Cause I can't imagine my life without you and me There's things I can't imagine doin', things I can't imagine seein' It weren't supposed to be easy, surely Please, please, I beg you, please She brings her hands up towards where my hands rested She wraps her fingers 'round mine with the softness she's blessed with She peels away my fingers, looks at me and then gestures By pushin' my hand away to my chest, from hers Dry your eyes, mate I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up There's plenty more fish in the sea Dry your eyes, mate I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts But you've got to walk away now, it's over I know in the past I've found it hard to say Tellin' you things, but not tellin' straight But the more I pull on your hand and say The more you pull away Dry your eyes, mate I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up There's plenty more fish in the sea Dry your eyes, mate I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts But you've got to walk away now
Empty Cans
If I want to sit in and drink super tenants in the day I will No-one's going to fucking tell me Jack But can you rely on anyone in this world? No you can't, it's not my fault there's wall to wall empty cans Everyone wanted this to all go wrong for me from the start It's fucked up that a mans life, can just be attacked Watching this morning with a beer is much better relying on Unknown cunts for mates I was given that don't have my back Scott texted me to say he'd have a look at the TV for me But I layed it down telling him to fuck right off chap Phoned this company out the yellow pages Told them to take away the TV and fix it quick snap The next day they took away the TV and told me They'd repair the little bit that's broken round on the back I thought that would be that but the next bit was on top This was where it all started to get a bit out of hand No-one gives a crap about Mike that's why I'm acting nasty You know what you can do with your life, introduce it up your jacksie 'Cause no-one gives a crap about Mike that's why I'm acting nasty You know what you can do with your life, introduce it up your jacksie The TV man comes back later, knocks on mine To say he's found something in the back of the TV I'm looking at it absolutely speechless Can't quite believe he's trying to pull this fucking stunt on me I knew it was a simple case of the power supply gone on the back But he's trying to tap me up for more money He says it's not like that and I'm like, "Fuck off and die" And stick up my two fingers and one more to make three He say's, "Don't talk to me like that" and I don't understand Face is in his face and I tell him I understand perfectly And he grabs my shirt and I grab his face with my hand So he brings his fist up and twats me a good one on my cheek Now I'm trying to pull his head down so I can knee it but he's got my ear He's twisting it round so much that it's really hurting me And we both go down on the floor and he pushes my head back Onto the corner of the fridge which is total agony Then he gets up and runs out the kitchen and out of the door Shouting stuff to me, slams the door shoutin' to me So here I am in my house, drinking on my own settee Everyone's a cunt in this life, no-one's there for me No-one gives a crap about Mike that's why I'm acting nasty You know what you can do with your life, introduce it up your jacksie 'Coz no-one gives a crap about Mike that's why I'm acting nasty You know what you can do with your life, introduce it up your jacksie If I want to sit in and drink super tenants in the day I will No-one's going to fucking tell me Jack But can you rely on anyone in this world? No you can't, it's all my fault there's wall to wall empty cans I sat in the kitchen all fucked off Imagining over and over what they're all doing behind my back Dodgy things going on, actions I regretted Stain bottle with a pipe and tin foil on the matt Scott texted me telling me he'll have a look at the TV for me And I felt like just telling him to fuck right off chap But what he said about wanting to do the right thing by both mates And then opting to stay out, it seemed to match But I's told him he could make it up by fixing the TV He said that's the least he could do to square things flat I thought that would be that but then the next bit was mad This is where everything started to all turn back The end of the something I did not want to end Beginning of hard times to come But something that was not meant to be is done And this is the start of what was He had to unscrew about fifteen screws before he could Pull the panel off the back to get in the fecking thing But just as he did so, he said he saw something That slipped inside behind the panel, down the back of it Must have been some leaflets or a bill maybe I didn't want to lose the bill in case it was a final warning So we both tried to get the back off and work out If there was any more screws to get out or if we left any in And when he looked down the back of the TV, his eyes just froze Before he rammed his hand in saying, "No shit" He's looking at me absolutely speechless He can't quite believe what he's trying to pull out the slip I get up wondering what he's smiling about He's shaking his head at this point with the biggest of grins I look down the back of the TV and that's where it was In all it's glory, my thousand quid The end of the something I did not want to end Beginning of hard times to come But something that was not meant to be is done And this is the start of what was About 2 this afternoon the last of the people left my house 'Coz they never stop chattin' till all the rackets gone I really feel like things clicked into place at some point Or maybe it's the fact that me and Alison really got on Or maybe it's that I realized that it is true No-one's really there fighting for you in the last garrison No-one except yourself that is, no-one except you You are the one who's got your back 'til the last deeds done Scott can't have my back till the absolute end 'Coz he's got to look out for what over his horizon He's gotta to make sure he's not lonely, not broke It's enough to worry about keeping his own head above I shut the door behind me, huddled up in my coat Condensation floating off my breath, squinted out the sun My jeans feel a bit tight, think I washed them a bit too high I was gonna be late, so I picked up my pace to run The end of the something I did not want to end Beginning of hard times to come But something that was not meant to be is done And this is the start of what was
Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
Pranging Out I get back from touring Suddenly it doesn't seem like Much fun to be off my face At a quarter to eleven am You're prangin' out, I see through you (I feel awful) This voice's talkin' to me This ain't even funny (The irons been on in my house for four fucking weeks) I see through you I'm about to do something stupid I dare say why my manager got Lary and smacked me These headaches are gettin' unbearably nasty Staring at the crackwork, lookin' scary with me brandy The rock 'n roll cliche walked in and then smacked me Carelessly rackin' out prangs just to handle the fear I do a line but then panic and feel a bit prang'd So I glug Marlon from the bottle to ease of the panic Then when it starts wearing off, I just feel a bit sad Snort more tour support and then have a drink The bruise on the side of my head is madly banging The only reason I started this was the deal me a laughin' The only reason I started this was the deal me a laughin' You're prangin' out, I see through you These voices talkin' to me This ain't even funny, I see through you I'm about to do something stupid The girl in my bed is kinda distant right now I know she's thinkin' she's a bit frightened somehow I don't think she realized what I'd invited her back to my house I don't want anyone to see me like this right now I sorts thoughts rollin' back in my eyes I've been a poor sports, thoughts dance in my mind A banging headache dancin' prang'd by their side Dancin' with the pictures from the past of my life I don't remember any of what I just thought at all The conclusion prior to when I forgot it all Panicking a bit, gettin' frightened to fuck all So nursing my bruise I drink right from the bottle I don't want anyone, I know to see me like this My fibs and single became lies and lists She's gonna sell-tell, no doubt, fuck it I'm not going to start drinkin', no, I can't for now You're prangin' out, I see through you These voices talkin' to me This ain't even funny, I see through you I'm about to do something stupid My laptop must have slipped down and gone to sleep Before the prangers pain must've dawned on me Around the time I was sketchin' tryin' to con some sleep And the new day on me was nearly dawning in here I must have flaked while I puttied, way to loads more 'Cause I'd staked on bookings waited to tell the score Why do I break my rules not to wager any more? I flaked on the bookings and majorly totaled on the score I've got a simple problem but my mind's spinning out I remembered the website between the wine and the stout The rush of fear made me forget how fucked I'd been This time I'm drying my eyes and a fuckin' nose bleed Turnin' the phone off when my promo bloke phones me Evaded for it getting nasty when my manager when he only beat me I threw his wallet out the window as it had grown heated He said, "Sort your life out" as he punched me onto my feet You're prangin' out, I see through you These voices talkin' to me This ain't even funny, I see through you I'm about to do something stupid You're prangin' out, I see through you These voices talkin' to me This ain't even funny, I see through you I'm about to do something stupid Right now logic states, I need to be not contemplating suicide (I see through you) 'Cause rational thought, it would seem that I need to be Not doing stuff that makes death seem like an easier option (I see through you) I need a totally Trojan plan right now (I see through you)
*** Thanx a lot to Methman for this one ***
War Of The Sexes
I dream that one day I'll have a child And that child will say to me "Dad, what was war?" But it's not going to happen It's a war of the sexes, never get it bled I beg that you learn 'cause she's cleverer How attracted to you she is this party your gab? But it's multiplied by how little of you she can have Oi, the reason girls flirt is to work out their worth Whereas men just hanker for the panky to happen Retain this fact I'm hammering, this fact is gonna matter What little you think you're letting by her sly She senses you're near her and smells your desire The general rule of mine, her intellect will be higher Your task is to make her notice you fast But hanker when you don't close in after She knows she can get most dudes Though she mustn't know about you If you screw this all up and then lose all your cool That's when she ends up liking you as a friend You're not playing at hard to get You're playing at not getting a hard-on yet It's a war of the sexes, never get it bled I beg that you learn 'cause she's cleverer How attracted to you she is this party your gab? But it's multiplied by how little of you she can have And you wanna know what, listen The answer is to get close enough to her But listen the next thing you just totally blank her You think I'm fucking mad don't you? But I don't shag on my own Get somewhere near to the lamb Glance and then turn to the man You do need to be near to the lamb But she doesn't want to feel cramped Instead of cowering up to the hostile lamb Bowl up to the trusting man It's much easier talking to him He doesn't suspect you want anything Just tell him something like Did you know cigarette lighters were invented before matches? It's ABC making a he break with glee 'Cos he isn't suspicious you're trying to muscle into his misses Do you know what I'm talking about? That's why I'm talking about It's a war of the sexes, never get it bled I beg that you learn 'cause she's cleverer How attracted to you she is this party your gab? But it's multiplied by how little of you she can have The woman is a highly socially-practiced Master in body language, dab-handed actress She's calculating all of the mad facts and the figures While you're pretending to listen staring at her tits It's a war of the sexes, never get it bled I beg that you learn 'cause she's cleverer How attracted to you she is this party your gab? But it's multiplied by how little of you she can have It's a war of the sexes, never get it bled I beg that you learn 'cause she's cleverer How attracted to you she is this party your gab? But it's multiplied by how little of you she can have Elementary, my dear cousin, I cannot state this enough She must not clock your flop, you can't placard your march Your threws seclude your moves or you're colluding well weapon It's a war of the sexes never get it bled I beg that you learn 'cause she's cleverer How attracted to you she is this party your gab? But it's multiplied by how little of you she can have And remember not to get hammered either 'Cause people who get hammered don't get to nail
The hardest way to make an easy living I need something in my life to straighten me out Let's rent this shed, we'll do vocals in the bog Call toast pr tell 'em we've opened up shop Campaign meetings at Warner, no coke and not drunk 3 years to make this work, or look a joke and be broke Blag their lawyers like the con with a dog And there'll be no more straight scores to drop and keep dropping Settle my gross addictions with my net and come Tell my mum over tea that my whole life's fucking up We've got two fifty grand in the budget to go Subtract five for club promo Lose five for a good video and fifteen for a dud video, fuck that It's the hardest way to make an easy living The party stage is a bit nearer to delivery Mayhem text's me about the press and TV See if I've taken any ES so I can get some sleep Nap on the settee, the laptop next to me Wince for my family at the Skinner Scandal of the week TV pluggers, product managers straight up Club promo needs to step up, help it work Stick to our guns, don't crack to demands Tell my mum in the car, that the car might have to go back Two hundred and twenty five grand Twenty six grand for a showcase And five more on tour support And support story It's the hardest way to make an easy living The party stage is a bit nearer to delivery We'll never get bankrupt if we never have a go This is no ordinary able, I need to flash up my flow Go into morris stead as well as Savile Row I want a pin-stripe suit that no man owns Cash in the Kano beat for the silver shadow Send it to warrior for the flash and the glow The safest way to dvouble your money is to fold it in your pocket Tell my mum during breakfast that I got no sleep Eight grand paid in September April, May and December If this keeps going so well That's going to be the end of us It's the hardest way to make an easy living The party stage is a bit nearer to delivery In spread betting it's easy to draw a small fortune start With a big fortune and lose into a small fortune Haven't got a clue, we blindly charge on Death threats from a boy of the girl, I serged on She said, she didn't have a bloke, another lesson marked down Verbal agreements aren't worth the paper they're marked on Get scans of reviews, we beg to chart up Tell my mum over tea, the press have started up We've spent a fortune 'Cause with ghost buying It's the end for tune We need to sell some records soon It's the hardest way to make an easy living The party stage is a bit nearer to delivery It's the hardest way to make an easy living The party stage is a bit nearer to delivery
All Goes Out The Window Can you blatantly say looking straight in her face That you aren't telling tales to her? If you never tell a lie to her You don't have to remember anything It all goes out the window when I try to do it myself Can you blatantly say looking straight in her face That you ain't telling tales to her? That you never get stressed when she questions Events you'll be best to forget Can you actually blag when the lamb glances When you prang and your chatting That if you had the chance to go back to her pad For a passionate act you wouldn't have it? Oi, but why's that then? It's cause the reason you been faithful is, been so good 'Cause you've never seen temptation Deep down you hear the mans burden (We all have a man's burden in our heads) You'll always be a bad person It's getting you down, you were letting her down You were tempted and you failed You showed her up, you need to be owning up You need to show her you love her for once It was an extreme circumstance it was she that advanced She defeated you gradually So you must then be honest, you must then get on this Mend the wrong shit If you never tell a lie to her You don't have to remember anything It all goes out the window when I try to do it myself Oi oi, so why you wanna phone up? Why you wanna own up? You were selfish and so dumb To ease it off your chest, to be relieved of the mess That's being proper selfish, oi I been in some broken moments, I know what goes on the road But there's a road you chose However coked up your brain, you know you chose to strain She knows your game, oi But it makes you see things clearer It was weird though, man But you didn't wanna be with her Seriously back home If a girl was to even hear It would spare her weak heart And she'd have no fear The chance to see the fit thing naked will spell and mesmerize you You'll disregard the ways the lady in your life inspires you Which is why the day she tires of you You'll be crying and howling And if you have the chance to go back to her pad For a passionate act she won't allow it But if your plans for a chance to go back ain't even had Then the passionate act won't happen 'Cause you plan not to have the chance Rewind that back if that sounded fast, oi You can't think straight, you gotta avoid the situation Forget what she's doing You may be mugged if you trust too much But it will fuck you up more worrying about trust If you never tell a lie to her You don't have to remember anything But it all goes out the window when I try to do it myself If you never tell a lie to her You don't have to remember anything But it all goes out the window when I try to do it myself You may be mugged if you trust too much But it will more fuck you up It will more fuck you up, worrying about trust
*** Thanx a lot to Laura & Spliffz for this one ***
Memento Mori Ah, what was the question, oh yeah, Memento Mori It means remember it's inevitable that we will all die It sounds quite depressing when said so raw and direct But it means don't hang yourself on a material life But that gets dropped when I'm bop on shopping day Am I shallow, am i hung up on such wrong ways Yes I am shallow and loving every wrong play If love is blind then why do we all buy lingerie I've got nothing in my life Away from the studio So when I'm loose I end up consuming dough Memento Mori, Memento Mori It's Latin and it says we must all die I tried it for a while but it's a load of boring shit So I buy buy buy If I start to think of life I have prangs of paranoia Pull one stripey shirt off a racks or another Overthink my fate grasping a pastel jumper Panic buy a flight home, prang though actually sober Change my mind and fly back into Vegas Buy more pastel shades and some famous labels Frame the Ferrari through the day with the Mayhem Just to forget about the race in my head I don't really care About the luck and the look But driving a Ferrari Is fucking a book Memento Mori, Memento Mori It's Latin and it says we must all die I tried it for a while but it's a load of boring shit So I buy buy buy I think if I could see me now from my growing past I'd hate the shirted cunt that seems to be so fucking flash I reckon from the threads, I think all I think's about cash But my manager tells me, I ought to think about cash It's like people don't know the eighties started My car just keeps carding with the card machine You don't regard the old you, driving a Ferrari Mine's the driving license through Nevada at speed I never think about money In fact I have no idea How much money I have Memento Mori, Memento Mori It's Latin and it says we must all die I tried it for a while but it's a load of boring shit So I buy buy buy Chilly 'n Carmen air sips as I'm parting her hair But I'm an asbo drinker I want to be chilly parkair But asbo drinkers just don't dig my art and my flair Even if they dig my asbo driving, past their carlight flair Sometimes when I buy my diamond trinkets with my whores I know I've strayed a bit from my old sins and my walks But then I laugh out loud that my car still fucking talks I feel awful for a bit but at least, I'm not poor
Can't Con an Honest John Using the following, I'm going to show you (A) How to con someone using their own greed, 'B' (B) That you won't feel bad 'cos They're trying to con you anyway, and, 'C' Taking their money, as I have come to realize Running the beats is just getting people's confidence This scam only works 'cos that man Thinks he's working this scam And that you man off his mark Get your mate, let's call your mate Piers No, not Piers, let's call him Farquhar Anyway get Farquhar to crawl into a bar with his dog Like I said, the barman will try and con you later But you're gonna take all his money Anyway, get Farquhar to pass into a local bar And call to the bar to look after a dog for a dart Just for twenty quid for a while, claiming that he hated it But it was worth more than his car This, by the way, requires That you find and supply Farquhar With an animal, and a life, from your local park Get a nice dog that doesn't bark But not so nice that someone might Miss this mutt from the park Anyway, using this technique You're gonna take all this man's money But you're not gonna care 'Cos he's gonna fucking deserve it You'll never con an honest John An honest John you can't drag down (Exactly) Con-do-lee get conned When they think they're the cunning one (It's all one big con) Neighbor you won't con An honest John Now listen, get Farquhar to dart out the bar And just shop for some garm's, maybe Just to pass an hour or so I would go shopping 'cos I gave up drinking But whatever, just have Farquhar down the road Now you walk in the bar, walk up to the barman Order a jar, when you've caught him slouched on his own Start eying the dog that he's minding by his side Currently vibe him and start on about the dog you own Start asking the barman, if it's his fine specimen of a dog Nod, smile, agree, look interested and cool When he tells you it's someone else's you've just left previous Tell him, 'This is a very rare breed of animal' Last time I lied my manager swiped me But lie and tell him it's like a fucking Red-eared hunting Spaniel Tell him it's worth six-hundred quid And you would pay handsomely If you were to accept finance at all You'll never con an honest John (Sometimes) An honest John you can't drag down (Sometimes I think I should just go completely) Con-do-lee get conned When they think they're the cunning one Neighbor you won't con an honest John (Keep listening though It's important that you keep listening) Now take all his shopping off him Get your mate Farquhar to pop in Looking straight gutted a bit later on He should order a jar, talk at the bar Ensure he looks calm, warm with the barman And generally start conversating on Farquhar should start falling apart About how he's arsed up some chance And how arsed up his day was Or in the event, the spread betting He's getting ready to accept That his rent's not getting payed up The barmans mind will chime slowly for a while He might wipe the bar, as his mind is making sums Farquhar should continue to moan about money And that this mutt is not the greatest of his worries And like 'ching', the barman will five out of six times Kindly offer his greed to buy The dog for a price of three hundred quid And after some bartering Your barman will haggle And charge harder In greed of the scent Of the scheme in his head (That's right, neighbor) You'll never con an honest John An honest John you can't drag down Con-do-lee get conned When they think they're the cunning one (The barman, is gonna see How much he can stitch you up for) Neighbor you won't con an honest John (How does that work? 'Cos' every time it's based around Someone who thinks they're conning you) They'll never imagine the whole scenario Is prepared solely for him, why should he? That sort of paranoia Can get you in the loony bin As I have come to realize Running the beats is Just getting people's confidence And then taking their money It's all one big con
*** Thanx a lot to Spliffz for this one ***
When You Wasn't Famous Ah see, right see the thing That's got it all fucked up now is camera-phones How the hell am I supposed to be able to do a line In front of complete strangers When I know they've all got cameras When you're a famous boy It gets really easy to get girls It's all so easy you get a bit spoilt So when you try to pull a girl Who is also famous too It feels just like when you wasn't famous The celebrity pages in papers don't tell tales that are always to the line of the truth It's till a line at which most likely you'll have the time, or enough finance to sue Which is why it's so frightening buying papers in the morning fearing the next Mike Skinner scoop ‘Cause I used to believe what I read, so now I know that others will believe that it's true But I realised, with you the truth can be, a whole lot worse than the flack My whole life I never thought I'd see, a pop star smoke crack And I must admit I was quite shocked, with that thing you did with me on my back But outside in the lobby, I shouldn't have laughed when you slapped that man When you're a famous boy It gets really easy to get girls It's all so easy you get a bit spoilt So when you try to pull a girl Who is also famous too It feels just like when you wasn't famous You were so much fun I really got to like you more than you liked me I really hoped that you'd stay Considering the amount of prang you'd done, you looked amazing on cd uk You learn dances, do promo, cameras flashing, get in the van and zoom away I wake up high, dizzy feel, hung over and sorry for my doomed day But I know I got a bit close to you, and that you found it fucking boring You taught me so much about how to deal with the fire I'd fallen in And what version of a rumour would be next day everyone's story of me You taught me all the realities and turn the page and ignore ‘em When you're a famous boy It gets really easy to get girls It's all so easy you get a bit spoilt So when you try to pull a girl Who is also famous too It feels just like when you wasn't famous Anyway, I had to rest my beer hat, delete my dealer's number and unroll my bank notes And we were on borrowed time anyway, what with the daily toilet papers not knowin' And I knew that when the people who thought they knew you, when they found out, I would've been mocked Which is ironic, ‘cause in reality, standing next to you I look fucking soft Whenever I see you on MTV, I can't stop my big wide smile And past the children's appeal, I see the darkness behind We both know the scratches on my back, much better than the alludes and lies I miss the bitchin' and shoutin', but I'm glad I got out in time When you're a famous boy It gets really easy to get girls It's all so easy you get a bit spoilt So when you try to pull a girl Who is also famous too It feels just like when you wasn't famous You can't keep fucking popstars We've got a fucking business to run There are industry repercussions, Michael I know Never Went To Church Two great European narcotics Alcohol and Christianity I know which one I prefer We never went to church Just get on with work and sometimes things'll hurt But it hits me since you left us And it's so hard not to search If you were still about I'd ask you what I'm supposed to do now I just get a bit scared Every now, hope I made you proud On your birthday when mom passed the forks and spoons I put my head on the table, I was so distraught with you You tidied your things into the bin, the more poorly you grew So there's nothing of yours to hold or to talk to You put your hand up and interrupt the conversation with a, but People say I interrupt, people with the same look Sometimes I think so hard, I can't remember how your face looked Started reading about dreams in your favorite book I panic and pace when I can't see the right thing to do You'd be scratching your head through the best advice you knew And I feel sad, I can't hear you reciting it through I miss you dad, but I've got nothing to remind me of you We never went to church Just get on with work and sometimes things'll hurt But it hits me since you left us And it's so hard not to search If you were still about I'd ask you what I'm supposed to do now I just get a bit scared Every now, hope I made you proud I needed a break when your book about dreams was taken I needed to pray or see a priest that day I needed to leave this trade and just heave it away But I cleaned up my place like you so I could see things straight I never cared about God when life was sailin' in the calm So I said I'd get my head down and I'd deal with the ache in my heart And for that if God exists, I'd reckon he'd pay me regard Mom says me and you are the same from the start I guess than you did leave me something to remind me of you Every time I interrupt someone like you used to When I do something like you, you'll be on my mind or through 'Cause I forgot you left me behind to remind me of you We never went to church Just get on with work and sometimes things'll hurt But it hits me since you left us And it's so hard not to search If you were still about I'd ask you what I'm supposed to do now I just get a bit scared Every now, hope I made you proud We never went to church Just get on with work and sometimes things'll hurt But it hits me since you left us And it's so hard not to search But you, you still tell me How you didn't know what to do even now And then I'm not so scared somehow 'Cause I know that you'd be proud I got a good one for you dad I'm gonna see a priest A Rabbi and a Protestant clergyman You always said, I should hedge my bets
Hotel Expressionism The fine art of hotel expressionism Pen a sentiment with the kettle and condiments Compose your mood using the soap and your shoe The minibar can be part of the art also The fine art of hotel expressionism Pen a sentiment with the kettle and condiments Compose your mood using the soap and your shoe The mini bar can be part of the art In the early hours of a blurry hotel You need guests and venture forth My word is word if we earn success In hotel expressionism Stay away from small boutique hotels So when wrecked there's no victim I've been ejected from hotels that When I'm checking in will swear to be with them Man, I'm not some crank vandal Swinging the TV about at random Attached to the lamp stand for a handle Is the art of action through crafted illusion Tediously mischief from rakin' Is why we hide from enemy pages Throwing the TV out the window Mate, is nothing clear of weak cliche It's vandalism an expressionism Is to be keenly disassociated I'm talking incontrivertable Structural damage human injury, real mayhem The fine art of hotel expressionism Pen a sentiment with the kettle and condiments Compose your mood using the soap and your shoe The minibar can be part of the art Fill the iron with minibar brandy And blam see you have a brandy iron The sweet boozy steam moves freely And is in no manner mindless fun Express yourself in anyway, say anything you may And anyway that man lied to you That's fuckin' lies, fuckin' cunt The fuckin' damage isn't minor, fucker But louts harassin' is fuckin' drole Spellin' through the death of rock and roll Rap and roll are separate to some acid trip 'Cause rock and roll is fuckin' old The group of girls your zone in on Have to be on their own there and pissed But you have a problem with the man they're with He's a dealer but there's a rift You need to get him fucked up on his own shit Take his gear, he disappears Leave him there his hand in a bucket of water A gaffer taped to a chair in a lift The fine art of hotel expressionism Pen a sentiment with the kettle and condiments Compose your mood using the soap and your shoe The mini bar can be part of the art I'll tell you straight Expressionism is his own form of art Because with normal art someone usually The artist they pour out their heart But it's worth is decided by committee And has to obey the law and sharks I tell expressionists walk out the lift Mind checkin' out pay for their art Real art should be nothing but that Shouldn't be about the money or fashion I make these crap rap rhythms To pay the hotel bills that fund my passion The fine art of hotel expressionism Pen a sentiment with the kettle and condiments Compose your mood using the soap and your shoe The mini bar can be part of the art It's tedious, the mischief from rakin' Why we hide from enemy pages Throwing the TV out the window, mate Is nothing clear of weak cliche It's vandalism an expressionismism Is to be keenly disassociated I'm talking incontovertable, structural damage Human injury, well mayhem basically Two Nations Print Two nations divided by a common language And about two hundred years of new songs and dancing But the difference is language and just the bits you got wrong 'Cause we were the ones who invented the language Sorry, oi that's just my idea of a joke But you guys are different to us across the pond folk And I keep having to say that I'm only joking In New York when I have to buy fags on the road, oi Biggy man, God bless America and that But you lot keep killing all your best talent We build up our stars and then papers sweep on them And you build on stars and maniacs shoot them I don't know much about nines and max But we still got two dues, we're inclined to pay And I much prefer the profit margin nowadays And crystal methods all the height with crack It was no shock to me when we flew to the door At the Nars gig where the mans were shooting in a war Since it got reported in the latest news story That London is now more dangerous than New York Two nations divided by a common language And about two hundred years of new songs and dancing But the difference is language and just the bits you got wrong 'Cause we were the ones who invented the language, oi Understated is how we prefer to be That's why I've sold three millions and you've never heard of me The Paparazzi shoot me, the the girls, all lose on me But don't shoot hiders, we fight football rivalry The work wac means to come back home And I wrote the Ten wac Commandments on my own I was in front of the bloke shooting at the Nas show They weren't shooting at him it was honor that night though We don't shoot idols happily shoot instead Up my road the police just thought are you dead? 'Cause they guessed he might of been a bit of a terrorister Does my bomb look big in this bag then But we love Biggy, Johnny Cash and Stevie Wonder It's no Biggy we, got no cash and its no wonder 'Cause I'm proud we gave you people like John Lennon Even though you shot him as well Two nations divided by a common language And about two hundred years of new songs and dancing But the difference is language and just the bits you got wrong 'Cause we were the ones who invented the language
Fake streets hats If you don't like what's going down You need to change something 'round And what you can't change You've got to change the way you thought about If you don't like what's going down You need to change something 'round And what you can't change You've got to change the way you thought about Two days before I finally snap from bumped a gig I was being a twat, the bass player behind the scenes Yo cap, he's Belgium, another bright screaming gang Johnny drum machine peeps, leaving trailing gaps Putting face cream on between the breaks and tracks I needed to stop this, draw the last of my ways 20 minutes to go the floor manager says Been a long summer sure spanned an age I wanna dry my eyes and Call the band on the stage (I wanna see the whole crowd in Belgium) Dead silence, not very nice to feel so depressed and violent (He's fuckin' puttin moisturizer on, he's fuckin moisturizin' his face (I know yeah) If you don't like what's going down You need to change something 'round And what you can't change You've got to change the way you thought about If you don't like what's going down You need to change something 'round And what you can't change You've got to change the way you thought about (Some cunt is bringing up a load of fuckin shithole streets hats) Down the day before the crash The streets hats were made by Warner staff Thought they were fakes, not thought to ask So I tirade the audience, found under the stage But I'd only just spoken Ted Mayhem Had never seen me so darn broken The very next day in bed in London with a girl I have little memory of, unable to feel anything much Which was the reason why I bought my first suit But wasn't thinking at that bit on stage The Fake Streets Hats were actually not fake If you don't like what's going down You need to change something 'round And what you can't change You've got to change the way you thought about If you don't like what's going down You need to change something 'round And what you can't change You've got to change the way you thought about If you don't like what's going down You need to change something 'round And what you can't change You've got to change the way you thought about If you don't like what's going down You need to change something 'round And what you can't change You've got to change the way you thought about It was my ears Who's that cunt Tell him to fuck off man "The streets" No look what what Oh yeah no go go go yeah mate stop You know it is made so hard
Everything Is Borrowed
Everything is borrowed This is my hour, I'm never going to bed The sky is still black, but begs to be red I just put my book down, but it begs to be read I'm not nod, I'm not napper, never rest my head Some days I feel I'm getting smaller and smaller But some nights, I seem to grow taller and taller And we keep shrinking and shrinking but this will not finish You're never nothing, if you didn't disappear Just when I discovered the meaning of life they change it Just when I'm loving life it seems to start raining I pulled the sail safe switch, sea sail and I'm into the stars I love the rain out my skies The sky's now red, my eyes reflect jets Smiling at this blessing, this life is the best I came to this world with nothing And I leave with nothing but love Everything else is just borrowed I wanna notice chances I've passed without notice I wanna see details previously veiled I wanna grab that chance, carry it home so I can marry and know That I noticed every chance that I could have passed without notice I saw details that to all were veiled And I grabbed those chances, carried them home And then I'll have had it with roaming I came to this world with nothing And I leave with nothing but love Everything else is just borrowed I wanna speak every cliche but tweak If I've seen change In new way it could be said If it's bleak, or if the week's leaking down the street Or if any days wasted I wanna face facts My time on this earth is my only penny Wise is the gent counting every moment spent I don't want to explain things, don't wanna fill in the gaps I want to look at my friends and in that minute be at Memories are times we borrow for spending tomorrow Memories are times we borrow for spending tomorrow I came to this world with nothing And I leave with nothing but love Everything else is just borrowed If spit like luck, you can only seem to borrow it, you can't keep it When the wind of change whistles into play Will I blink or flinch away? The wind of change won't whistle me away If I spin my tails and sail And sail away, let yesterday become today I came to this world with nothing And I leave with nothing but love Everything else is just borrowed As time will say, nothing but I told you so Memories are times we borrow for spending tomorrow
*** Thanx a lot to Micha for this one *** Heaven For The Weather I wanna go to heaven for the weather But hell for the company I wanna go to heaven for the weather But hell seems like fun to me There's something in the sun this day, I feel it Or maybe it's just my hay fever The weeds are green, the sky is shining But it'll soon be night which is nicer But then cracks peel back and hell bends the room And the devil gestures to you, you you've never seen such a Beelzebee And he's telling you to make up your bean About what's left of your evening About whether to flake out or fecking stay out What do you make of this doubt? The devil wants to know if you're going down or up Easy, I know what my speech should be I wanna go to heaven for the weather But hell for the company I wanna go to heaven for the weather But hell seems like fun to me The devil beams a big beaming grin The sort which leads you up the streets of sin He holds up paperwork, sign the line Let's clash with madmen, grime is fine It sounds all hectic, you're having cold feet Things are out of hand, you make an embarrassing retreat Let's ride the Valkyrie, commit a bit of sin Turn rock to rubble, punch me in the chin I simply, Lucifer refuse to wind up on fire with low life liars Then you're destined for the world Without chores and sweating The eternal hell of boredom in heaven I wanna go to heaven for the weather But hell for the company I wanna go to heaven for the weather But hell seems like fun to me You tell the devil in no uncertain terms You'll never be evil, you'll never be turned What is this evil and who decides this? When left to devices some humans try shit This is the reason we should all be tied up? We're just normal people exploring our minds We don't go around here putting poison in wine But we enjoy what we like which is not always right People are intricate, people aren't swines Let's screw the rules up and rely on our minds Sign on the line, you sign on the line He clutches the wine and tips it in cyanide I wanna go to heaven for the weather But hell for the company I wanna go to heaven for the weather But hell seems like fun to me I wanna go to heaven for the weather But hell for the company I wanna go to heaven for the weather But hell seems like fun to me I wanna go to heaven for the weather But hell for the company I wanna go to heaven for the weather But hell seems like fun to me I Love You More (Than You Like Me) We haven't even started and it's almost the end We never talked it over, 'fact we never said anything Two of the same kinda sorts hiding thoughts As the small talk ebbs away the silence is awkward You hardly even know me and I'm starting to show that I hardly even know you but I like what I know I want to talk about it but I quake in my skin It'll only push you further into making decisions You want to like me but you are likely undecided The voice inside is always right which is why the awkward silence Not gonna risk losing you which is why I'm never gonna woo you I think I love you more than you like me Although I'm never sure or maybe I should want to be blind I think I love you more than you like me Because this is even crossing my mind Any other day and you'd have not looked twice The joking went along with my roll of the dice Purely by a chance I happened on feeling Really confident around the place and people You caught a no hitter hitting winning strokes I never am a winner, I'm a lonely bloke Acting exciting like a man for a while Until you realize I can act like a child Eternal optimism is spurring me on to think That acting on your ins like this might lead me to learn a secret But I don't really know or why I think so It's just a good hunch, hunches are always right though I think I love you more than you like me Although I'm never sure or maybe I should want to be blind I think I love you more than you like me Because this is even crossing my mind I drew a drawing of you after last time I saw you I never felt to draw a picture like that before I learnt a lot about myself drawing all morning It was absolutely shit, I'm awful at drawing I think I love you more than you like me Although I'm never sure or maybe I should want to be blind I think I love you more than you like me Because this is even crossing my mind I think I love you more than you like me Although I'm never sure or maybe I should want to be blind I think I love you more than you like me Because this is even crossing my mind The Way Of The Dodo Everybody do the dodo Everybody do the dodo Everybody do the dodo Everybody do the dodo Everybody do the dodo Everybody do Everyone's gotta do the dodo It's not earth that's in trouble It's the people that live on it, no, no Earth'll be here long after we've all gone The way of the dodo It's not earth that's in trouble It's the people that live on it, no, no Earth'll be here long after we've all gone The way of the dodo I can't imagine the day when things Have actually faded away But the day I may not be able to pay My way could be today It's not that I don't care, just that I'm way too Caught up with breathing air To grieve for the trees and air Or how breathable air is You go first, I'll follow suit Make the mistakes I'd probably make I'm right behind you but don't expect me To ride like it's a race 'Cause you'll be back there picking scraps While I'm Mr. Mug, do gooding around And I've lost my rank and base I've got to manage my little space It's not earth that's in trouble It's the people that live on it, no, no Earth'll be here long after we've all gone The way of the dodo It's not earth that's in trouble It's the people that live on it, no, no Earth'll be here long after we've all gone The way of the dodo I'm not a stereotypical give you what I want When I want it with a big cherry on it Just another brother trying to love my son and mother Providing for my wife is the vibe I'm on in life I might well starve, that's what would happen If I started off this march It's not my world but I'm in it to win it Put it in the bin if you push it, listen Let's all start at the same point Following rules equally losing Tell me if it does, I wish it be true But never gonna happen, we are not equal For the kids let's make the rules But I saw the film and hated the sequel It's not earth that's in trouble It's the people that live on it, no, no Earth'll be here long after we've all gone The way of the dodo It's not earth that's in trouble It's the people that live on it, no, no Earth'll be here long after we've all gone The way of the dodo Everybody do the dodo You and me are family, pass the love round, then back to me Two and three, that's the feeling Scramble for the top, for the bottom of the ceiling Conspiracy theories, we all hear these We will seal the deal, we will seal the deal If you don't know where you're going Then any road will take you there If you don't know where you're going Then any road will take you there If you don't know where you're going Then any road will take you there We do not know where we're going, any road It's not earth that's in trouble It's the people that live on it, no, no Earth'll be here long after we've all gone The way of the dodo It's not earth that's in trouble It's the people that live on it, no, no Earth'll be here long after we've all gone The way of the dodo These are my wings, this is my beak On The Flip Of A Coin From the point he gazed, from the choice was made But walk the cave or the shore The oily cave seemed to breathe on him from gravestone jaws His little hand grasped in anguish as he weighed up his coin Somewhere a blue eyed girl in the world is just waiting for a boy Footprints trailed as if trod by slaves up to the gray cave floor But not one graze from anything ever escaping this fort So with coin on hand his joy came back when ordered to take the shore Why on earth, as he wandered the warmth am I obeying this coin Turn your life on the flip of this coin Turn upside, a choice you'd normally avoid And promise me you'll follow what it says Whatever it says Again, walk within the trusted beach or swim the swell of the sea And again the scarier alternative looked like certain death to he He'd never learnt to skill of swimming, it never occurred to be very easy And again he winced as he flipped his coin and it twirled to his feet How is this sane, he blamed the coin now aiming for the waves As he hesitated at the swirl of water that now raged and rained Blue eyed girls were waiting and he was drowning in the spray Blue eyed girls, he should have been acquainted with But for shouting and flailing Turn your life on the flip of this coin Turn upside a choice you'd normally avoid And promise me you'll follow what it says Whatever it says He finally slugs it back to land feeling chewed up and foolish Empties his pockets on the sand spewing a pool each Staggers back to his dad who's too cool to be So he says, why did you have me follow this stupid rule, please To be honest little fellow, I'll tell you I was just as afraid as you But you said you wanted to get with people and places ever new And I got a bit scared about the fate of my baby son's future So I invented a reason to see whether you could ever make do As soon as you appeared behind that rock looking angry at me I soon realized what a hell of a man you've ended up being I knew you'd worked out how to swim which I hadn't had in me And I stand as a companion of you proudest a man has ever been Turn your life on the flip of this coin Turn upside a choice you'd normally avoid And promise me you'll follow what it says Whatever it says On The Edge Of A Cliff I am really okay, thanks, there's nothing to witness I said as I look back from the edge of a cliff The old man looking down, lend over the bridge Stood with a grin as if a blessing had hit him I slumped on the jut of the cliff Just leave me alone, this is none of your business I will said the old man but just one thing And what he said was so lovely it stunned me He said I lay right there once at the edge of the rock I was ready to jump, I was ever so lost But this gentlemen stopped and said something I never forgot For billions of years since the outset of time Every single one of your ancestors survived Every single person on your mum and dad's side Successfully looked after and passed onto you life What are the chances of that like It comes to me once in a while And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile And then the old man walked away and out of sight Till the sound of him hiking turned to the sound of silence I just froze in a profound surprise And from down on my pride I found a smile to my eyes And for many days again I've been passing the same cliff And on many occasions I'd chance on the same thing Laying in the moss in the same way I was Would be another man looking like he needed a change of luck So I'd say I lay right there once at the edge of the rock I was ready to jump, I was ever so lost But this gentleman stopped and said something I never forgot For billions of years since the outset of time Every single one of your ancestors survived Every single person on your mum and dad's side Successfully looked after and passed onto you life What are the chances of that like It comes to me once in a while And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile For billions of years since the outset of time Every single one of your ancestors survived Every single person on your mum and dad's side Successfully looked after and passed onto you life What are the chances of that like It comes to me once in a while And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile
Never Give in I'll never give in till you're laying with me You may as well tell me when that day will be I'll never give in till you're laying with me You may as well tell me when that day will be I don't mean to sound so keen but you know me and I don't feel To spoil what we've got, enjoying watching dots Touring out lines, fully boring good time Through the scent of flowers and the humility of love The evening is now set up for a thorough dreaming of The gentle guests and games with a sense of sex and said Every sentiment lending metaphors for bed I'll never give in till you're laying with me You may as well tell me when that day will be I'll never give in till you're laying with me You may as well tell me when that day will be I'll soon lie to you tonight about the true signs who flew in my mind I'll keep my arms with me from wrapping right round you Till what we spark of a thought that could drown you Does she do or does she don't love me true or fucking won't? The only time I know of love is when silence is violent Optimism fizzing in the clonk in dizzy imagery Rocking hot humidity, but this is sizzling Stumble over innuendo Does she notice, does she fuck know? Starting the evening riffling through feelings I'll never give in till you're laying with me You may as well tell me when that day will be I'll never give in till you're laying with me You may as well tell me when that day will be I don't mean to sound so keen but you know me and I don't feel To spoil what we've got, enjoying watching dots Touring out lines, fully boring good time I'll never give in till you're laying with me You may as well tell me when that day will be I'll never give in till you're laying with me You may as well tell me when that day will be I'll never give in till you're laying with me You may as well tell me when that day will be I'll never give in till you're laying with me You may as well tell me when that day will be
The Sherry End Til the very end We'll be just as friends I've known you better You've seen my worst So let's invent worse When a good night flounders and it's over How good it was I tend to know By adding up or rounding down The evenings count of jokes Me and my hilkshare are trying that team deciphered by other gangs That's the thing I love about my fine brothers in slang If it's got a funny story which mentions me It's not for others in ear splash It's ours, it's mad, it's many hours spent laughing at events past We smirk or outsmart the quirk that will spark The word which we will laugh at It sparks around the crowd this work of art which we have found Til the very end We'll be just as friends I've known you better You've seen my worst So let's invent worse I love the craze of the latest phrase Amazing mongrels of conjoinment Crazy paving saying are a joy to say with mates And girls all love the lingo They curl right up and bingo They go that extra smile And they go that whole damn smock I mean it though a joke from that one like that one was wrong That makes no sense really Shorten to a word and then to a nod That is friendship to me The secret handshake of three mad mates It makes me pleased to share traits In understanding absurdities that mean our brains play Til the very end We'll be just as friends I've known you better You've seen my worst So let's invent worse
Alleged Legends Some people live their lives by a little red book The points for right lying out and guides them good They never really mimic every word by eye 'Cause if they did they'd be in a whole world of strife The book's quite old school, but then it was tough It contains some quite experimental justice The thinking people are thinking that without this book That without these verses we'd pillage and murder but Following this red book word for word Leads you to actually pillage and murder Could it be so what we think to be right Is simply the opinion that survived? Do what you think's right and you will feel alright 'Cause when you're bad you will feel sad That's the religion I live by There's a bloke in the book who made everything He knows every individual and every trick in them Way above emotion, never getting stressed But when men choose against him, gets jealous People fight for him in crippling wars But since he has the power of infinite awe We're merely itching on futilities floor Should we really be needing to assist him at all? If he loves us all, knowing all we think Should he only like people with faith in him? Given I can't control what I truly believe Can I be forgiven for only believing who I see? Do what you think's right and you will feel alright 'Cause when you're bad you will feel sad That's the religion I live by Do what you think's right and you will feel alright 'Cause when you're bad you will feel sad That's the religion I live by Could it be time to avoid this bush So we wouldn't be blind when joining up coulds? Could we see both sides of the coin for the good Breed less strife on our voyage for good? Getting threatened by men with questions We'll never get anywhere rejecting evidence Could we test everything instead of betting On alleged legends? If we teach that it's right to blindly believe If we reach to the sky to define our meaning Well, I agree what's right will keep driving people To fight with people Do what you think's right and you will feel alright 'Cause when you're bad you will feel sad That's the religion I live by
The Strongest Person I Know One of the first things about you I did see Is that you verse your views quietly When nature verses truths I get violent feelings But softly time will reply that's wise A delicate gesture of why you see The best route through this being right through here But met with a cute blind snide of fear Best to go there along with their idea But you gently take things slowly You softly bowl them over That's the delicate way you've shown me You're the strongest person I know You gently take things slowly You softly bowl them over That's the delicate way you've shown me You're the strongest person I know After taking the worst route blatantly Bang on cue we manage losing way But in a squirmy backed and screwed up way They actually managed passing you the blame With that mad man wrapped with rage Even then your temper stays exactly the same And in that manner is the manner you stay Beautiful person that's happily unchanged You gently take things slowly You softly bowl them over That's the delicate way you've shown me You're the strongest person I know You gently take things slowly You softly bowl them over That's the delicate way you've shown me You're the strongest person I know In the heat of speech your words improve Right out of reach in my stirred up words But every time they fucking blurt out drool I'm noticing they're all learning from you 'Cause even though they know they cursed you They should've admitted that they were fools The next time they're wanting to work things through The very first person they turn to is you 'Cause you gently take things slowly You softly bowl them over That's the delicate way you've shown me You're the strongest person I know You gently take things slowly You softly bowl them over That's the delicate way you've shown me You're the strongest person I know The Escapist All these walls were never really there Nor the ceiling or the chair I'm eking weeks of peace at the beach I see the breezes weave the trees These walls you'll find are yours and mine Defined not by them I I'm in times that lie behind my eyelids The sunset still the rising silence I'm not full of fear 'cause I'm not really here I'm nowhere near here There's no rain on roof that grates and beats me My favorite tree breaking light to pieces Sprinkling, sharded light on me Throw a stone as high as you can And hearing with hand not hear it land Nothing taxing dusting sand My window world spins and twirls The walls then fall, I recall the sort White clouds white wash faded spotless The weighty shadows, ranges of rocks The cold is all illusion thought up Stroll on the shore, snooze and explore All possibilities in each new morning 'Til satisfied reaching out, yawning Fish in a big dish, some rice and spice Salt over shoulder, never salted so tight The truth I have told was silence sometimes But who's soul does not hide any crimes Wrapped in walls, encircled by work The walls fall, the story occurs No barrier, no boundary or 'low us ID's The freedom to stay off straight Be fiend or friend cause no harm but charm The peaceful end I'm not full of fear 'cause I'm not really here I'm nowhere near here I'm not full of fear 'cause I'm not really here I'm nowhere near here Pale ancient woods, strew white sandy bays This ugly room pales away today I'm swimming in the ocean, I sink slow motion Fingers, toes, floating Every year 'til yesterday I see the eternal setting sea I compare all this to me It's all fleeting momentary me I blink my eyes, this is reminding me Life lies in the blink of an eye The old die for reasons, new tides for seasons New life born is like teasing All these walls were really never there Nor the ceiling or the chair I'm eking weeks of peace at the beach I see the breezes weave the trees I am not here at all, you are dearly fooled I see bristling trees, the shush at the sea Mischievous, fluttering seagulls No, I'm not trapped in a box, so I am glancing at rocks I'm dancing off docks, since this stance began that's where I am I'm not full of fear 'cause I'm not really here I'm nowhere near here I'm not full of fear 'cause I'm not really here I'm nowhere near here So done
*** Thanx a lot to Micha for this one ***
Computers And Blues
Outside Inside The world is outside but inside warm Inside informal outside stormy inside normal... Wake up and smell the coffee Stirring a word the conversation absurd Like the herbs of work their patiences and concurred Wake up and smell the coffee Light up and dwell the offerings Drink with a thinking pinch Sit with a kitchen sink The world is outside but inside warm Inside informal outside stormy inside normal Back to the time skip it on it's bullocks Rome to the oven turn it off it's on Skin a racket fag I'm gone What are we waiting for mate Let's wait to the place 'Cause it's all a bit late And were all in a bit of a state Weed makes me not want to be in new places fight it! Stare at the same TV watching the torrent like it The world is outside but inside warm Inside informal outside stormy inside normal The fossil-ed remains of locked of ancient ways Are buried or lost in every of my mates brains But I can't find it because they like blazing Solving that problem brings priests and doctors and poets maybe And hot overclocked brains I'm not over shocked blotto or of my rock place I got their at lunchtime I was still their at 8 Next they were turning chairs onto the table at my place Psychedelic cycle get it? Ride all wet Arrive a bit sketch But I like bedding The world is outside but inside warm Inside informal outside stormy inside normal The world is outside but inside warm Inside informal outside stormy inside normal The fossil-ed remains of locked of ancient ways Are buried or lost in every of my mates brains But I can't find it because I like blazing! Solving that problem can be quite amazing The world is outside but inside warm Inside informal outside stormy inside normal
Going Through Hell It's not the size of the dog in the fight But the fight and the dog Let's surprise and take a slog And if you get a knife from behind Know you're nice and in front Do it, do it I wouldn't say a word Till I've walked a mile in your shoes But once a mile from you I'll utter what the fuck I choose Wearing nice new shoes Do it, do it If you're going through hell If you're going through hell If you're going through hell If you're going through hell Keep going Fall down five times Rise up six Give the good news by way of fists The mind plays tricks on the fighter who wishes Kindness is right and both sides win Push the limits of stubbornness to Finish up above the stubbornness of silly limits Run the ring around your finger And build the ring around to bring it, bring it If you're going through hell If you're going through hell If you're going through hell If you're going through hell Keep going If you can't join them, beat them If you won't 'roid up, be friends The joy of the fight is the fight in the boy I'm making this up now, finding a point Is it if you can't win, then run The coming two fists is the fun of the thing It's all just lads, and the normal ambience For a stabbing, call an ambulance I can resist anything, but temptation Lead me not into that place I can find it myself I can resist anything, but temptation Lead me not into that place I can find it myself Found it Your hero is only ordinary Is just a hero, a moment more than you and me You have nothing to lose, but your chains So it maybe might rain And yeah, maybe slight pain Or a day light slain Do it, do it At the end of the tunnel There is always light It just might be a train Beefy If you're going through hell If you're going through hell If you're going through hell If you're going through hell Keep going
Roof Of Your Car Gaze up to the skies Truth you've opened up my eyes On the leg and a wing We'll be winging it hard On the wing of a prayer On the wing of a car Between radio stations And tuned-in verse Are echoes of the creation of this Universe Stars don't light up Stars reflect I don't light up We reflect You then light up I deflect Just the racket of crickets And this packet of biscuits Some flat out big riffs And a fat lemon bifter On the roof of your car at the stars On the roof of your car at the stars On the roof of your car at the stars Through to the star Gaze up to the skies Truth you've opened up my eyes One day they're gonna make Electrical implants for the brain That simulate raving sensations away Imagine the dilemma For the man and his penance If he could get fucked Without hanging his health up Would this be illegal (no no no) Would the Daily Mail rail on it Is this evil to need to escape these capers On the roof of your car at the stars On the roof of your car at the stars On the roof of your car at the stars Through to the star Gaze up to the skies Truth you've opened up my eyes Pull out the glove box Blanket in the boot Yesterday's sweets are hankering for some fruit In a rainproof jacket on the sunroof Sack it I wish on a star I wish for a bar with a cigar Start up the engine til the battery doesn't flatten The music on the shuffle is becoming a patent I don't know what that is On the roof of your car at the stars On the roof of your car at the stars On the roof of your car at the stars Through to the star Like some Ballardian nightmare from 1986 Let the satellite navigation system guide us to the Styx We ride on her direction through the night while up to tricks So the authority like figures don't find us with ours spliffs On the roof of your car at the stars On the roof of your car at the stars On the roof of your car at the stars Through to the star On the roof of your car at the stars On the roof of your car at the stars On the roof of your car at the stars Through to the star Gaze up to the skies Truth you've opened up my eyes
Puzzled by People Love is the answer I'm pretty good at puzzles but puzzled by people And I don't trouble trouble and trouble don't trouble me Stare at the paper, fold it in two Facing the walls are the soles of my shoes Sometimes you have to find out for yourself Sometimes you need to be told Sometimes you never find the answer We never had a crossword My words got lost and you never heard I'm two down you're one across the room Beginning with I and ending in U Beginning in my eye and ending as an X Leaves a bad taste in my mouth To think of you again like the bad taste Leaking from the ink in my pen Doodle at the side as I do too life Choosing to lose time instead of doing what I like Starts off black and white and lacking in life Until pen in blue lends it a hue Puzzled by people Loving isn't easy You can't google the solutions to people's feelings Sometimes you have to find out for yourself Sometimes you need to be told Sometimes you never find the answer Chewing on the pen Two down again Not enough letters for the clue in my head Lost in thought, never been there before With the turn of a pun on the tip of my tongue The freshest memory will fail to recall As well as the messiest, faded scrawl I'm puzzled by people Loving isn't easy You can't google the solutions to people's feelings Sometimes you have to find out for yourself Sometimes you need to be told Sometimes you never find the answer Love is the answer I'm puzzled by people Loving isn't easy You can't google the solutions to people's feelings Sometimes you have to find out for yourself Sometimes you need to be told Sometimes you never find the answer Love is the answer
Without thinking I sleep with one eye open Sometimes I might close them But if immediate action is required I'm fucking loaded I know my exit strategies And I never plan anything So in fifteen minutes I can be absolutely anywhere Within radio contact For once I'm on point in the contacts are noisy we go dark ‘Cause life moves pretty slow If you don't even show up for the show you might never know I'll go out without a blink, out without a blink I'll go downtown without thinking and shout over a drink I'll go out without a blink, out without a blink I'll go downtown without thinking and shout over a drink All the people in the place All the people in the place Any hesitation, anything tying you to the bed where you sleep You're dead on your feet There's nothing on my person but money in a shirt In case any unexpected fun shit should occur Where I have to think on my feet and plan it on my own Hand to hand solo or tab it back home ‘Cause life moves pretty slow If you don't even show up for the show you might never know I'll go out without a blink, out without a blink I'll go downtown without thinking and shout over a drink I'll go out without a blink, out without a blink I'll go downtown without thinking and shout over a drink All the people in the place All the people in the place Take time in any new environment to relax But if fenced in advance the best defence is attack Piss poor planning proceeds any proper party Where you don't know you're out out till you're shouting Don't hang back like a bore, bags packed by the door Rags in a black backpack and dashed in passport ‘Cause life moves pretty slow If you don't even show up for the show you might never know I'll go out without a blink, out without a blink I'll go downtown without thinking and shout over a drink I'll go out without a blink, out without a blink I'll go downtown without thinking and shout over a drink All the people in the place All the people in the place I'll go out without a blink, out without a blink I'll go downtown without thinking and shout over a drink I'll go out without a blink, out without a blink I'll go downtown without thinking and shout over a drink
Blip On A Screen Turn on a light so it burns in the night Turn down the flight, the world is uncertain I'm certain by the curtains tonight You will not know but grow, we will not dare We'll always smile and care and play with your hair Got to reverse the pattern, what's the worst that could happen For the first time in my adulthood the worst that could happen Is utterly unthinkable, sinking unsaid dread Suddenly I'm worried about the bread under the bed But then all sorts of awful shit seems plausible indoors Precautions get warped into the worst of the certain You're growing thumbs, I'm going numb Tucked into your mum looks like it mite be quite fun A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be Black and white blotches to watch and not get And then flashes of sense along with your body and head It is all as simple as you think when you were little It is all as simple as me sinking a little drink You're growing nails, mine are so nailed I'm drinking your mother's wine for both of us today You don't know choice but you know my voice You should never have chosen me, I've loved like a boy The world's so dark sometimes, the noise of the cars Building a world filled up with toys and stars A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be You'll dance in every song foot fall every little move Before you realise that every noise is not music My dad raced these thoughts, he paced these boards I never knew I just grew, that's all you can do But then growing to an adult is just learning the language Of explaining with words what you were as a baby You'll leisurely learn how to lie and pretend To service your love and rely on your friends This could be fraud but it's all I got taught And I don't want to make it up as I go along with yours A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be I fix and I plan but this is just mad I love you, you're only a hundred pixels on a scan
Those That Don't Know There's those that don't know And those that don't know that they don't know There's those that don't know And those that don't know that they don't know From the north to the south, from the east and west London town is busy at best With the kicks to the chest and the dips and the crests Fall asleep past your stop Creeping past eleven o'clock in the morning No dawn is ever boring Sometimes I lie in the bath till it's cold nothing but a laugh to the front in the back of my soul I wanna live forever, give my best guess 'Cause that's the best you'll get is a guess, but no less Smoke in your chest hold it in, till its in your skin Inhale this hardly smoke, that's a hardy toke Flip flops and your shorts or the big dogs on the porch Till the night on the scorch I light like a torch There's those that don't know And those that don't know that they don't know There's those that don't know And those that don't know Two stones That they don't know Hunky dory all evening At a hundred and forty bpm Till its done sort of in the am Or you've done talking or its mayhem At the Cornucopia, doped up the local shops a mere toe tap Vocal in focus on the buying of papers, and fire drill And the brightest shades of milk, we look a mighty shady ilk Memories of a long lost eon, millions of stars out there Which one might you be on It's like Jupiter's moon in this room get the heat on I need a stencil to follow my pencil pensive and sensing Smoke in your chest, hold it in till it's in your skin Inhale this hardly smoke, that's a hardy toke There's those that don't know And those that don't know that they don't know There's those that don't know And those that don't know that they don't know You know me, I always detest the dawn The grass always looks like it was left on the lawn You talk around events around and from side of your sight The benson burns, it reflects in your eyes There's those that don't know And those that don't know that they don't know There's those that don't know And those that don't know that they don't know
Soldiers We line the streets like soldiers daily To let them know that we ain't fading This is a beat you can see it in my eyes It's gonna stay like this, it's gonna stay like this We line the streets like soldiers daily To let them know that we ain't fading This is a beat you can see it in my eyes It's gonna stay like this until they realise Eighty thousand people in a state of rowdy fever There will never be a sequel to this evening Singing in the rafters, in the wings and over galleys And then after all the laughing just a draught From the wings and over galleys, till I'm in a lonely alley If a feeling from my childhood comes to me then I will rally With all the cloves and all the rose tinted rows that go and sully Soak up that moment, Woe is the finale Lonely I am sinking in and overthinking it Looking at the goal only slowly it is shrinking Hesitate, hesitate, hesitate, wait, any day, any day (too late) We line the streets like soldiers daily To let them know that we ain't fading This is a beat you can see it in my eyes It's gonna stay like this, it's gonna stay like this We line the streets like soldiers daily To let them know that we ain't fading This is a beat you can see it in my eyes It's gonna stay like this until they realise The cheapest throwaway shades, are my deepest stowaway aid I'm up with the angels but keep a toe in the trade Known these folks since i was little but only through this ritual It's a pity they don't know me but what is there else than this Sweeping and sweeping, the speaking unceasing From steeple to steeple, the people are shrieking Soon we parade through the fence, absolutely dame Judy Denched And then stop, tell them to score and they flop I don't think I like this I'm only ever nervous I'm a fighter, I'm a fighter But tonight id like to flight Hesitate, hesitate, hesitate, wait Any day, any day (too late) We line the streets like soldiers daily To let them know that we ain't fading This is a beat you can see it in my eyes It's gonna stay like this, it's gonna stay like this We line the streets like soldiers daily To let them know that we ain't fading This is a beat you can see it in my eyes It's gonna stay like this until they realise The past isn't over last minute grow Ask me to show you, ask me to go Or stab me in the throat Hesitate, hesitate, hesitate, wait Any day, any day (too late)
We Can Never Be Friends Saying I love you forever, won't hold us together A dove and a feather won't better our love Or recover us ever But I don't know if I missed you Or if I'm blowing this tissue Because I only miss you Rather than no I'd not risk you That's not a frown I like How is it now you decide I'll go to town if I like, be round about five Your future lies in you seeing new guys You'll feel new eyes on you You'll need to lie about this And me you like wise too We can never be friends One wants to stay together One wants it to end We can never be friends We can make it easy Mistake a little, wait for an ache Mistake loneliness to mean only us An addiction to a fix of praise Rely on me to say it's ok There is only room for one in this sun There was only one of me and you once And you want to want another few loves In the night let it fly to the light All the bits you miss from your ex Commitment, kissing and sex Are what you'll insist from the next Are what you'll insist from the next But is it who dares wins, or only who knows goes Frank Bruno's nose has seen too many blows You're bitter then it's better to pretend not bicker It's butters when it festers it fucks all the fun This is us fizzling But with added little pangs We reached the end, you'll never see me again We can never be friends One wants to stay together One wants it to end We can never be friends We can make it easy We can never be friends One wants to stay together One wants it to end We can never be friends We can make it easy We can never be friends One wants to stay together One wants it to end We can never be friends We can make it easy
ABC Stop for a minute, don't make a move Like you don't have much to prove Standing there hands in the air Like you don't have much to care A you can't say what you B I don't C what you see I hear a meloDy To drop with a mellow E Hell not, never give an F But never shit a G Never dinged the H Why you lying to my I DJ be careful with the K Before everyday blaze L The condemned will all condemn and theM theN remember O I used to want the P but I'd rather do not Q I don't wanna hear R I don't wanna hear S too Sit back and sip T It starts but not U Or I'll give you straight V Single me W No stress life from your X Don't angle to no Y yes It's only ever the way with you get from A to Z Stop for a minute Stop OMG I looked at your status “In a relationship” “In a relationship” An earthquake hit me (Oi!) Your status had changed You've never worked about this Couldn't drag my eye away The words on the screen Nothing set between us But you just weren't that keen In a relationship Plain Helvetica So walk away and let it go Why did you leave it so late to tell me Wow what a revelation Then I get you and you get me honestly and Wow what a situation Oh my god why did you leave it so late to tell me Wow what a revelation Then I get you and you get me honestly and Wow what a situation I looked at your photo, of folks I didn't know Folks I hadn't noticed seem close to you now We'd been hanging out a lot I'd gathered that'd have to stop All that build up for me All the weeks of us walking past tree after tree All the patience and doubt The relational maybe May as well bow you're in a relationship now Why did you leave it so late to tell me Wow what a revelation Then I get you and you get me honestly and Wow what a situation Oh my god why did you leave it so late to tell me Wow what a revelation Then I get you and you get me honestly and Wow what a situation I looked at your status “In a relationship” “In a relationship” It devastated me Then what did I spy I punched the fucking sky Among the normally ignorable requests at the right I'd of never of guessed a request so nice Now if you look at my status I'm in a relationship too with you Why did you leave it so late to tell me Wow what a revelation Then I get you and you get me honestly and Wow what a situation I stand corrected I was pushing for the best I guess I took one look at you and I could fog out the rest If I've got what it takes, and it won't be wasted on fakes I paced myself I have faith this time I saw something for me I felt something right Why did you leave it so late to tell me Wow what a revelation Then I get you and you get me honestly and Wow what a situation Oh my god why did you leave it so late to tell me Wow what a revelation Then I get you and you get me honestly and Wow what a situation
Trying To Kill M.E. I used to love the night and now i dread my bed Using all the light is how my head got spent, Torturous virus talk to my eyelids, walk in my size nines Is this depression or a lesson from inner pressure pressing Either way the fevers it deals me an evil The thing that I love most is trying to kill m.e I have the queerest feeling of my dearest appearing To be leering from the ether, fear more fever I don't like sleepers drugs make me sleep Sleep is like death to do death when you're dead Bridge disappears through fog in my ears For this chronic fatigue there is no tonic is seems Lucid thinking is loopy to think of on and on weeks The thing that I love most is trying to kill m.e General health making my mental health break But I'll never let go of what helps me create Nothing to this point but for this love Love, torturous virus get out from my eyelids Just want to ride out life in the key of c I won't bash the black notes i wont ask for answers Glance up at the banister The thing that I love most is trying to kill m.e The only good thing and I should cling to it good Are the sparks of good art that park in the darkness Shaking eyes hate me to write But make me think up quite nice ideas It's like me enemy telling me forget the pen dwelling The madness and sadness is long, but flashes of mastery How many ways will it warm up Eight months ago fate came to break me in somewhat And rape me on the flames The queerest feeling of my dearest appearing To be leering from the ether, I fear more fever Like the bridge disappearing through fog in my ears There's no tonic it seems for this chronic fatigue I'm happily trading insanity lately for passion That makes me a man at least maybe The thing that I love most is trying to kill m.e The thing that I love most is trying to kill m.e What was I thinking, who was I then Duly I tried, truly amen What was I thinking, who was I then Duly I tried, truly amen Pull some paper out the printer pick up a pen and pen into the winter The oldest cell in my body is only ten years old With the smell of the kitchen I dwell on the kissing of my missus Holding a bowl and reminiscing I am just a child who got a few years older Pull some paper out the printer pick up a pen and pen into the winter
Trust Me Trust me Is the skyline sliced up into pieces and broken steel and mesh Or is the progress of process that's a natural people quest Metal and the workings, dark and lurking in my mind Branded neon red and blue flashes The view from the flats is nice I see Alice in Wonderland I see malice in Sunderland Mouse to house, I am this land The were without, it's Thumberland Smoke to a karma coma Jamaicans do yard and roamers Shake Bacardi's and Coke and make me laugh and trust me So much stuff and many people The future is not evil The future is not fish and it's simple, it's efficient Now the things are costing nothing Is any of it good Come and love me, read my nothings Blogging river floods Dead plant planted on the window ledge Shadows dance, glint and blend Glance slow at the night outside I'm God in the game Sound rumbles in 5.1 round some corner to fight with guns Play God in games but nothing in trust me Dub step, club sweat, come get rubbed red Play the playlist Play the playlist I see Alice in Wonderland I see malice in Sunderland House to house, I love this land The were without, it's Thumberland Do the wrong thing, joke it right Span the longings and the fights For all the oil and the toil And the spoils of the royals We are nothing if not nice We are coughing if we are wise Roll me up like a leafy spliff Fuck that, roll me up and trust me
Lock The Locks I had a funny dream and I came to screaming That I was in a funny house but it was kind of mine And I was with you only it wasn't you It happened in the past but it was somehow now It put it into focus, things became clear I had to plan something I handed in my notice Even though to most it looked random My heart had left I was just going in tandem I smoked one too many cigarettes I heard one too many lies And I've gambled on too many bets I lost it all to this life I'm packing up my desk I've put it into boxes (to this life) Knock out the lights Lock the locks and leave I'll leave one evening be seen off At a party for my parting in a bar It starts on the early side and ends in a gutter With a fumble with a colleague in a car No more alarm that barks in the dark With the beeping like darts to the heart Yes, the maze it does look deep And days are over for dozing on my cheek I smoked one too many cigarettes I heard one too many lies And I've gambled on too many bets I lost it all to this life I'm packing up my desk I've put it into boxes (to this life) Knock out the lights Lock the locks and leave Read the funny card signed by all That was purchased by the person I will always recall Lock away my labours, steel stationary A kiss on the lips or a grin in a grip I had a funny dream and I came to screaming That I was in a funny house but it was kind of mine And I was with you only it wasn't you It happened in the past but it was somehow now I came to it noon through the tune of a spoon In a mug in a room, but I knew very soon That the mug in the room, was the mug yours truly Because I never stood up for what I wanted to do I smoked one too many cigarettes I heard one too many lies And I've gambled on too many bets I lost it all to this I smoked one too many cigarettes I heard one too many lies And I've gambled on too many bets I lost it all to this life I'm packing up my desk I've put it into boxes (to this life) Knock out the lights Lock the locks and leave (to this life)
Non Albums Tracks
All Got Our Runnins
( All Got Our Runnins EP )
Again I step out my yard Head swings 'round, clocks my landlord Start chippin' up the road 'cos I owe him three-weeks dough The ship's sinkin', tele's on the blink An' in the pub it's one beer to last all evening Later on chips for feedin' When the quids are down try sneakin' a bottle of brandy 'Round bouncers into the Ministry Of Sound Scored, Moffat, back indoors with a profit 'Cos they do say that havin' no money forces one to make The right choices on life each day If you can't pay you can't play Success hides a multitude of sins But I ain't successful and my piggy-bank's still in the bin Been there since I was a kid Goin' 'round in circles, not being careful but say 'I get paid on Friday, can't wait to live life my way' 'Cos on the streets I'm just a geezer I gotta make ends meet, yeah Gotta do what I need to Shit, we all got our runnin's now On the streets I'm just a geezer Gotta make ends meet, yeah Gotta do what I need to Shit, we all got our runnin's now On the streets I'm just a geezer Gotta make ends meet, yeah Gotta do what I need to Shit, we all got our runnin's now On the streets I'm just a geezer Gotta make ends meet, yeah Gotta do what I need to Shit, we all got our runnin's now Brut pocket I'm back in the Burassic seat again After spending sixty pound last week on beers with friends Brought it all on myself see, granted Now I'm scorin' draw for everyone to get my next spliff sorted Hang 'round mum's house to get smothered Got no tins in the cupboard this week Hold on to your seat 'cos it's all gone a bit Pete Live for the moment said he, "Wrong" Downin' beers out of my tree, now the moment's passed The cash is a distant memory You know things are bleak when you're tellin' the birds you asked out Last week that things are busy When really you've got no dough in the piggy Two days after pay day's clocked And it's back at The Black Dog stuffin' them socks Into pool table pockets 'Cos on the streets I'm just a geezer I gotta make ends meet, yeah Gotta do what I need to Shit, we all got our runnin's now On the streets I'm just a geezer Gotta make ends meet, yeah Gotta do what I need to Shit, we all got our runnin's now On the streets I'm just a geezer Gotta make ends meet, yeah Gotta do what I need to Shit, we all got our runnin's now On the streets I'm just a geezer Gotta make ends meet, yeah Gotta do what I need to Shit, we all got our runnin's now I'm skint, got no moolah Need to get some colour in my cheeks says mum That'll be my English inner city tan I'm skinny like a woman, need to get some punan' through the door "Please Sir, can I have some more?" Oi, oi, lend me a tenner so I can go to the chip-shop Twenty-four garage and then for a quick top This time opting for the reassuringly cheap option When the quids are down my Schott hoodie's my ball gown My essential accessory is my bad day frown 'cos Life in the third-class carriage can be evil When your only ticket to freedom is a permit to travel So, Uncle Shiner, you best go get the spade and dig me a grave 'Cos I can't pay the rent but I got Hundred-and-nine pound pair o' trainers on 'Cos on the streets I'm just a geezer I gotta make ends meet, yeah Gotta do what I need to Shit, we all got our runnin's now On the streets I'm just a geezer Gotta make ends meet, yeah Gotta do what I need to Shit, we all got our runnin's now On the streets I'm just a geezer Gotta make ends meet, yeah Gotta do what I need to Shit, we all got our runnin's now On the streets I'm just a geezer Gotta make ends meet, yeah Gotta do what I need to Shit, we all got our runnin's now La la la And then this geezer turned 'round to me and said 'What are you doing, you twat' and I was like 'What the fuck, is this, what are you saying, you div' Oi, that's it
*** Thanx a lot to Tony for this one ***
David Hassles ( Twitter track - demo )
You're giving me David Hassles I just want a Daniel Beddett You're giving me David Hassles I just want a Daniel Beddett There's a tear in my tea, I do fear what will be You talk like you walk with a dictionary Tell your friends, this will never end Time is the time we fucking well spend Your music is not better than it sounds Limited channels of primitive fannel Cookery souped-up, dupery what Chances and lotteries, that's not for me Luxury flattery, what have we got My bored up shows like brandy or whines Throttle me, wattle me, bottle me nine If it looks like a duck and it walks like a duck And it talks like a duck, it needs more time to cook You're singing a song Which is limping along You've not got the voice now Get up and be strong You're giving me David Hassles I just want a Daniel Beddett You're giving me David Hassles I just want a Daniel Beddett Diplomacy, making no sound like we And go to hell, sound like peace It's a disarming charm While your army is arming I need a tool for the job I may be a fool, I don't dob Choking on smoke and stroking on tokes Like a full sugar Allen you provoke People who hear you sing say you don't Give me a setlist, set it to a gist The night is cold like I's not liking The night is as old as just being pissed My problems are flown in daily Living my life holding sides Spliffing the finger indecisive But now I'm not sure of why When we're angry, we slander We often will pander That slang can be bang on You're giving me David Hassles I just want a Daniel Beddett I'm not really thinking this I watch and listen into things But once I've seen and I do know That's my emotions at show This is me, the me I be Collective reactions seen by people You're giving me David Hassles I just want a Daniel Beddett The mystique of what you seek Can never exist, the gist is just this I jest and I test your dress to suggest You quest to be any but breasts in a vest So cheek when you speak As if you were unique It leaks from your beak Like the beaded white streaks of weekend beak I speak with a tweak You're a beacon of weakness If it looks like a duck and it walks like a duck And it talks like a duck, it needs more time to cook
4 o'Clock ( Cyberspace and Reds Deluxe LP ) A frenzy unravelling in gravel Friends and enemies holla from the rabble Jab the body, grab a collar As clumsy as it may be I'll gouge out and get in any dig At four o'clock today I'm gonna punch you in your face I hear giggles and whispers and smirks all serious I spy ‘em in their eyes Two minutes til two, two hours flew by Since insighting this duel with you At four o'clock today I'm gonna punch you in your face I don't like the pain, I won't try and say I'm not frightened today you're fighter with height I will be beaten, I will be eating some teeth this evening At four o'clock today I'm gonna punch you in your face Me you won't know by name And everybody knows your imposing wide frame in folklore But if you can believe it This beef means nothing to me but to only provoke war At four o'clock today I'm gonna punch you in your face Trees swaying in the sky The sun is surprisingly bright for a day to be terrified white Control those nerves, hold on, observe At four o'clock today I'm gonna punch you in your face A frenzy unravelling in gravel Friends and enemies holla from the rabble Jab the body, grab a collar As clumsy as it may be I'll gouge out and get in any dig Unlike the movies, twisting wrists Fists kissing and flailing throws The bumps and the bruises, the thumping and booting In the blackness after the break of my nose At four o'clock today I'm gonna punch you in your face So why fight, why take a baking Why when everyone‘ll call me a fool 'Cause they'll see in the moment me fight my fight Despite being violently schooled People choose their battles and not needless bleeding Even the brave want the easiest rattle ”Cause in their minds they're making them Feel like I would fight them So when in life I'm not required to again This fight is not about you and me It's for all the people I might fight that see At four o'clock today I'm gonna punch you in your face At four o'clock today I'm gonna punch you in your face
Give Me My Lighter Back
( All Got Our Runnins EP ) 'Cause I can't be doing with your crap anymore So why don't you give me my lighter back And then trap Cause I can't be doing with your crap anymore So why don't you give me my lighter back And then trap You walk in the door packed pockets Guess what geez Say you've had it but now you've lost it again You've forgotten to bring your wallet But fair play i buy yous a brandy and coke safe I always do anything for my mates go sit down i'll bring it over 'Cause I'm no way that you always seem to avoid paying But your blag blag blag gets seen seen seen And how many missed calls have I got To take before you get some credit and call me for a change Eh eh eh eh eh eh 'Cause I can't be doing with your crap anymore So why don't you give me my lighter back And then trap 'Cause I can't be doing with your crap anymore So why don't you give me my lighter back And then trap Oi then after i top non one two one i notice you've gone And i'm sat staring into space lookin' like a billy no mates on his todd My favorite lighter seems to have done one 'Cause it was here when you were here and now it's gone Now you're gone I mean just cause i bought you a drink I'm not trying to tie you to the seat I don't give to receive But you seem to live to recieve So I end up chatting to andy Talking about his fucking grief With the nub you gave me for twos 'Cause I can't be doing with your crap anymore So why don't you give me my lighter back And then trap 'Cause I can't be doing with your crap anymore So why don't you give me my lighter back And then trap Half hour on i'm makin' my way to the bog Say aye to him nod to the corner say safe to you One How walk past the bar where you're at You've blatantly bought her a jar with the money you said you didn't have I walk past but I wanna lose my rag Then i do my business And as i've come out the bog your girlfriend walks in sees you drinkin' with next girl And tips the drink over your head And if you ask me it serves you fuckin' right, You have to hold it down 'Cause I can't be doing with your crap anymore So why don't you give me my lighter back And then trap 'Cause I can't be doing with your crap anymore So why don't you give me my lighter back And then trap 'Cause I can't be doing with your crap anymore So why don't you give me my lighter back And then trap 'Cause I can't be doing with your crap anymore So why don't you give me my lighter back And then trap
*** Thanx a lot to Aaron for this one ***
He's Behind You, He's Got Swine Flu
( Twitter track - demo ) He's behind you He's got swine flu Make a sacrifice for society Say no Decapitate your mate You started sneezing I could see that you were freezing in the heat of this really unbelievable evening The streets were all empty but for overturned cars Billowing smoke from the sparse roads clothes and scars The brain dead in face masks wandered arm stretched Sizzling bacon from beyond the far-fetched I've never hurt my friend till the very burning end Is what flirtingly I'd said to my best friends head He's behind you He's got swine flu Make a sacrifice for society Say no Decapitate your mate The story then was told It got gory it unfolded Broadcasters blasting out stories of the poorly I don't advocate anarchy in any way But I saw him scratch a rash And I had to grab an axe We've all known each other Since the groans of our mothers And throwing with our brothers Little stones in the river The fact that my man might not actually expire Caused me some ire while I hauled him on the fire He's behind you He's got swine flu Make a sacrifice for society Say no Decapitate your mate There's something that I need to share with you all I can't go on lying Im developing sores I'm turning, I'm burning up, I'm turning back bro I'll hold them up while u turn and run He's behind you He's got swine flu Make a sacrifice for society Say no Decapitate your mate
I Love My Phone
( Twitter track - demo ) A journey through time Unlock the living, put the four digit pin In your hand, you hold the whole world and it's dan Clutch the bare rubber that judders up late You muster more bluster and thrust yourself upstairs Cling to your thinking, glintzing for a ding If you with it you're and it and if you binned it you'd wither Without it, no doubt shit No ounce, it's a bitch History equips us with the kitchen sink How would I survive without my outside line to the doubting life in in the inside lining of my trousers tonight Communication with the new nation The escalator moves endlessly friend and to every station Quiver it delivers you the river or give up Addicted to the little thing that rings Like a torch in the dark, reading short remarks Scorching candescent thoughts from the heart Information advantage in the face of a rabbit People read headsets, frozen in headlamps How would I survive without my outside line to the doubting life in in the inside lining of my trousers tonight Well if I could build a time machine I would fly to you As 60 minutes an hour, with flowers in kind pursuit We can't change the past but we can ruin the present By scratching on our heads and fretting on the future A man takes on to men, take lovers and lunatics Metal fronted fronts, another way of doing it Glory paid to ashes comes too late, my phone mate The closing blows on stakes on an only frozen lake A constant stream of words in a wanton, teeming and turgid splurge Rechecking the stream of comment Many dreams from one end to the other end of nonsense How would I survive without my outside line to the doubting life in in the inside lining of my trousers tonight
Where my heart has been It's time to go low, it's time to go low Is this space where my heart has been It's time to go low, it's time to go low Is this space where my heart has been Don't give them what they think they want just give them what they need I don't wanna want what I want but I know that your heart bleeds It's time to go low, it's time to go low Is this space where my heart has been From my heart that is defective passed my bark that says i'm weak I never parked on art for sex, I parked with what's effected Part of that is what is gone before, shards of my own law Shattered so they can't say I ever parked up for the score I make music that's what I'll do with it, we'll hang together ruefully But to a ruthless melody I'll hang these boots on me I ran with the best but panned on the test that is for yes And when the lights go out we run the plight that we're about Don't give them what they think they want just give them what they need I don't wanna want what I want but I know that your heart bleeds We all happen to hang our heads here, I lost sight of that fact in fear Is this space where my heart has been Don't underestimate me friends, we don't know who's ahead til the end I might spend all day with it and then pan the night away and make Nil and none and nan, so jill and john and jen can kill and con with ken For their fill and fun with friends For all your pills and pons and penny I'm still stunned but sunny Over the hill - honey, anyway you've willed it one but when will it spill what we spon and span I have skill with skunk and skanks We still not act abend, don't underestimate me friend Didn't I make it easy, didn't I make it free Loyality is free when all the people see the dream I've started so I finished even if the start is the beginning, They aren't in this, they partied willing It's time to go low, it's time to go low Is this space where my heart has been It's time to go low, it's time to go low Is this space where my heart has been Don't give them what they think they want just give them what they need I don't wanna want what I want but I know that your heart bleeds Take your flunky and dangle, fake your funk and handle it I make funk on any angle, and get some kind of age old fungal Time put down can be irrelevant of gain That's the element of pain - for the blessing of the game I might spend all day praying - pannying every kind of way Tapping the pencil henceforth - forever in a day And suffer for nothing - that's the glough - I fucking love it bruv What goes in don't come out, joke jump in a shout It's time to go low, it's time to go low Is this space where my heart has been It's time to go low, it's time to go low Is this space where my heart has been You and me forever walking It's time to go low, it's time to go low Is this space where my heart has been It's time to go low, it's time to go low Is this space where my heart has been
Your Song
( Elton John Cover - Radio 1's live lounge ) It's a little bit funny this feeling inside I'm not one of those who can easily hide I don't have much money but boy if I did I'd buy a big house where we both could live If I was a sculptor, but then again, no Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show I know it's not much but it's the best I can do My gift is my song and this one's for you And you can tell everybody this is your song It may be quite simple but now that it's done I hope you don't mind I hope you don't mind that I put down in words How wonderful life is while you're in the world I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss Well a few of the verses well they've got me quite cross But the sun's been quite kind while I wrote this song It's for people like you that keep it turned on So excuse me forgetting but these things I do You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue Anyway the thing is what I really mean Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen