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 (by Wikipedia)

Salad are a UK-based alternative rock group formed in London in 1992, that included Dutch vocalist/keyboardist Marijne van der Vlugt, bassist Pete Brown, drummer Rob Wakeman (ex-Colenso Parade), and guitarist Paul Kennedy. In 1996, Charley Stone (later of Gay Dad) joined the band as a live guitarist, keyboard player and backing vocalist.

Van der Vlugt had previously worked as a model, and as a video jockey for MTV Europe. The band started performing as The Merry Babes but changed to Salad in 1992, when Pete Brown was recruited on bass. Their first two releases, the Kent EP and "Diminished Clothes", were released on their own Waldorf label, gaining them significant music press coverage and leading to a deal with Island Records, initially on the 'indie' sub-label Island Red. Early singles reached the top 75 of the UK Singles Chart, with "Motorbike to Heaven" just missing out on a top 40 placing. First album, Drink Me (1995), reached No. 16 of the UK Albums Chart. The next three singles were all minor chart hits, but second album Ice Cream (1997) failed to match the success of the first. The band were dropped by Island Records and ultimately disbanded in 1998.

Van der Vlugt later formed Cowboy Racer, whose song "Yellow Horse" featured on the US television show, Grey's Anatomy. Pete Brown and Rob Wakeman established the popular entertainment site, BoreMe, which Pete Brown now runs on his own. Charley Stone has gone on to play in a number of bands including The Fallen Women and The Abba Stripes. Rob Wakeman released a few Tech House and Techno singles between 1999 and 2002, including Legs With Wings on City Rockers (2002). Wakeman, together with Jo Addison, formed the band Lapwing in 1999, appearing on various compilation albums from record labels including Mind Horizon Recordings and Dishy.

In 2016 Van der Vlugt and Kennedy began performing Salad songs acoustically as "Salad Undressed". They also performed their first radio session in 19 years at Phoenix FM in Brentwood. The duo, now joined by long time collaborator Donald Ross Skinner released an album entitled Good Love Bad Love in March 2018 - their first as Salad Undressed.

In 2017 the band announced that they would be playing two dates as a full electric band (with original bassist Pete Brown, guitarist Charley Stone and drummer Donald Ross Skinner joining van der Vlugt and Kennedy) in London before releasing a new album as a full band in 2018.




Aeroplane Sadness
- 1987-1992 - Pre-Salad demo recordings (2017)

My Life's Crown
It Came Apart In My Hands
Danger
Let'
s Go Sailing
I Am Cuckoo
On A Horse
In A House
Never Seen The Sun
Aeroplane Sadness
Babble
I'
ve Got Some Honey
Take It Away
Where You Been
Sally Sally Sally
Melanie From Another Planet
Hector The Horse



Singles Bar
- 2014-08-19 -

Kent
The king of love
Heaven can wait
Mistress
Diminished clothes
Clear my name
Come back tomorrow
On a leash
What do you say about that
Planet in the ocean
Problématique



Drink me
- 1995-03-16 -

Motorbike to heaven
Drink the elixir
Granite statue
Machine of menace
Overhear me
Shepherds' isle
Muscleman
Your ma
Warmth of the heart
Gertrude Campbell (Instrumental)
Nothing happens
N°1's cooking
A man with a box
Insomnia




Icecream
- 1997-05-19 -


U.V
Yeah yeah
Written by a man
Broken bird
Wanna be free
A size more woman than her
Cardboy king
Namedrops
Foreign cow
Terrible day
Wolves over washington
The sky's our terminal



Good Love Bad Love
- 2018-04-27 - Salad Undressed

Being Human
Evergreen
Relationship Dust
Nowhere Near
Door
I Love The Doctor
Moonshine
We'
ll Never Meet
Princes & Fools
Blue Cold Eyes
Hyacinth
Fine



The Lost Album, Vol. 1
- 2018-06-01 -

Big Monkey Girl
Cut And Cover
Debonair
Underwater
Poor Peach
Wonderful Face
Lift
Billy
OK Again
Paper Cup
Els
And This Night
Wave
Amsterdam



The Lost Album Vol. 2
- 2019-08-30 -

Always In Flight
Make Me Laugh
Cherry Roller
300 Horses
Lemonade
Patient With A Special Radar
Hey Pretty Baby
Legs
My Golden Shoes
Slow Motion Law Upholder
The Morning Never Comes
New Brothers
Frozen
Destination Earth
We Should All Carry Pens
Julius
A Hole In The Sky
Planet In The Ocean
Five Hand Luke (Instrumental)
Peter's Tour
Traintrack Brace
Let'
s Go Sailing
Tropical Island
I Don'
t Know How To Fly



The Salad Way
- 2019-08-30 -

You Got The Job
In The Dark
Details
Your Face
Vadim'
s Slipper
Merryland
Welcome To My World
Don'
t Expect Things Not To Be Scary
Under The Wrapping Paper
The Inside Of My Head
Wayward Thinking
Lovesick Energy
Time To Escape

Non Albums Tracks
- Misc -

Bridesmaids' gimmicks
Decade of the brain
Diary hell
Down at monty'
s
Dream a little dream
I am December
Ici les Amigos
It’s for You
I want you
Kiss My Love
Love song
Moon above my shoulder
One imitation smile
One in the bag
Open
Palm trees on the moon
Party
Plank
Sleepwalking
The Selfishness of Love
Things in Heaven
Ugly fashion town

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Aeroplane Sadness 

My Life's Crown

You say you don't love me anymore baby
Well I read it in the newspapers
It's a pity you couldn't have told me yourself
I had to read it in the marriage column of the newspapers

Now they say you're getting married today
To someone I've never even met
And that she's calling you her pet
I'm biting hard on a bullet I made back at school

How I wish I was a child again
Rolling around in the mud
With some other good friends
Making lemonade, home-made lemonade

Sipping life through a straw
Knocking on Lady Luck's door
And I hope she's in, yeah I hope she's in
How can I wear the same shirts as I used to with you

You were once my life's crown
But now you're Mr Euston Brown
And I'm wearing a frown as big as the moon
It all happened so soon

What do you see, what do you see
What do you see in that oafish goon
I'm telling you, she's an oafish goon
I'm biting hard on a bullet I made back at school
Let's hope it don't go off
I need you

It Came Apart In My Hands

It came apart in my hands
Just fell apart in my hands
I'll shoulder all of the blame
I shouldn't play that kind of game

I always knew it would
Just like a good boy in school
Would eat up all of his pud

It came apart in my hands
Twenty miles of the Rio Grande
With trees and bushes thrown in
What a wonderful way to start again

I always knew it would
In fact I'd like to point out
That I always felt it should

Hoy, Capitaine!

It came apart in my hands
Just fell apart in my hands
While wondering what to do next
I packed my bags and headed west

It came apart in my hands

Danger

There's danger in your eyes
When you look at me that way
I've got nothing to hide behind
And no disguise

You're so cold
When I touch your arm
I feel I'm touching frozen fish in a fish farm
And so I turn away, hey, hey, hey

I can't say when it started
You used to warm the pants off me
Way back in '83
And it's true, I can show you that

We've got older
And you've got colder
And nothing's the same anymore
You've got stranger
I can feel the danger
That you don't love me anymore

How does it feel now you're all alone
All alone
Where do you go when you're out of town
Out of town
And did you know that you've let me down
And left me down

I can't say when it started
You used to warm the pants off me
Way back in '83
And it's true, I can show you that

We've got older
And you've got colder
And nothing's the same anymore
You've got stranger
I can feel the danger
That you don't love me anymore

Let's Go Sailing

Let's go sailing in my beautiful yacht
Let's go sailing 'cause you know it's all I've got
Splice the mainbrace, I'll be with you tonight
Look at my face even though it's not quite right

Let's fo sailing the Delaware Coast
Raise your glasses and make another toast
Splice the mainbrace, I'll be with you tonight
Look at my face

It feels so fine
As we sail out to Cape Cod
If you were mine
We'd be like two peas in a pea pod

Let's go sailing on your wonderful raft
Let's go sailing 'cause I know you like a laugh
Splice the mainbrace, check the capstan out for fluff
Look at my face

The moon is white
And the waves are crystal black
It feels so right
As we go sailing back

The sails are full
And the wind's north by north-west
I can feel the pull
Of the sea within my chest

We'll feel so fine
As we sail out to Cape Cod
If you were mine
We'd be like two peas in a pea pod

Let's go sailing in my beautiful yacht
Let's go sailing 'cause you know it's all I've got
Splice the mainbrace, I'll be with you tonight
Look at my face

The sails are full
And the wind's north by north-west
I can feel the pull
Of the sea within my chest

The moon is white
And the waves are crystal black
It feels so right
As we go sailing back

I am Cuckoo

I came over as a second-hand lover
I didn't want no other
Like a Plover
I swooped down on the eggs and I took them
To a nest on high
My babies in the sky
To a nest on high
My babies in the sky

I am cuckoo, like a Plover
I am cuckoo
I am cuckoo, like a Plover
I am cuckoo

I came over as a second-hand lover
I didn't want no other

On A Horse

I have painted bright pink Hetty's stable
She's the girl who always talks in Morse
I saw you in that film with Betty Grable
And she was sitting with you on a horse

On a horse
We could ride out to the coast
On a horse
We could even toast our love
On a horse
We could tip-toe through a stream
And of course
We'll have to visit Cheam

I'm floating down his river
I'm pausing on his hill
My heart is all a-quiver
Now I know he loves me still
I know he loves me still

On a horse
We could ride out to the coast
On a horse
We could even toast our love
On a horse
We could tip-toe through a stream
And of course
We'll have to visit Cheam

I love him in the morning
I love him in the night
I love him in the evening
'Cause he makes me feel alright
He makes me feel alright

On a horse
We could ride out to the coast
On a horse
We could even toast our love
On a horse
We could tip-toe through a stream
And of course
We'll have to visit Cheam

Well that was the Merry babes there with er
On a Horse, littl equine song there
How about trying new Purcell
Washes whiter with bubbly bubble-icious
Whiter than a million miles and smiles of children and child

In a House

I'm gonna go where the good people go
You'll find me in a house
At the end of the river, in a house
You'll find me in a house
At the end of the river

I'm gonna go where the good people go
I'm gonna show what the good people know
You'll find me in a house
At the end of the river, in a house
Directly up-river, in a house
With a Water Rat and a Water Mouse

Never Seen The Sun

Watch out 'cause he's never seen the sun
Watch out 'cause he's never seen the sky
Watch out, he ain't never gonna run
'Cause he's never seen the sky
The sky, the sky

Watch out 'cause he's never seen the sun
Watch out 'cause he's never seen the sky
Watch out 'cause he's never seen
What it's like to be alive and well outside

Golden reaper, nothing sweeter
It seems to me they're all the same to you
You, you

Baby, baby, baby
You've seen the light of day

Ice cream parlour, Chicken Masala
A recipe for happiness, ...ess, ...ess

Watch out 'cause he's never seen the sun
Watch out 'cause he's never seen the sky
Watch out 'cause he's never seen
What it's like to be alive and well outside

Lady, maybe, maybe
You've seen a brighter day

Hey, come on kids
Let's get down to the deck shop

OK, children
Let's get down to that deck shop

Aeroplane Sadness

When I saw a log on the fire
I recognized my model aeroplane
It took me three weeks to construct
This ending seemed abrupt

But my love for it will never ever die
Though my aeroplane will never ever fly

I made that aeroplane from Balsa wood
The wings were stiff, the camouflage was good
I'd hoped to fly it in the park
Before it got too dark

And my love for it will never ever die
Though my aeroplane will never ever fly

But alas it's gone
Buried in the garden
Next to Rover with his bone
And his mind
And sometimes I wonder
Did I really cry

Aeroplanes, aeroplanes
Why are you treating me this way
Aeroplanes, aeroplanes
You've left me feeling everything is grey

And though I am only nine
I speak three languages and drink italian wine
Jim, you are my father's friend
Is this the bitter end
For my love for you will never ever die
Though my age is low and yours is fairly high

But alas you're off
Flying to Australia
With your girlfriend by your side
And in your mind
And sometimes I wonder
Will I really cry

Aeroplanes, aeroplanes
Why are you treating me this way
Aeroplanes, aeroplanes
You've left me feeling everything is grey

But alas it's gone
Buried in the garden
Next to Rover with his bone
And his mind
And sometimes I wonder
Did I really cry

Aeroplanes, aeroplanes
Why are you treating me this way
Aeroplanes, aeroplanes
I'm going to pack my bags and run away

Aeroplanes, aeroplanes
Why are you treating me this way
Aeroplanes, aeroplanes
There's nothing that will make me want to stay

Babble

Babble!
Babble!

I've Got Some Honey

I've got some honey
But it's not the kind of honey that you eat
I've got some honey
But it's not the kind of honey that you buy in the shops
I've got some honey
Gonna be your sugar daddy take you out on the town tonight
I've got some money
Gonna take you out dancing, get you under the spotlight

Honey, honey, honey
Money, money, money
Honey, honey, honey
I'm gonna buy your love

I've got some honey
But it's not the kind of honey that you eat
I've got some honey
But it's not the kind of honey that you buy in the shops
I've got some money
Gonna buy you a new dress 'cause your old dress stinks
I've got some money
And it doesn't matter if I'm ugly 'cause money buys everything

Honey, honey, honey
Money, money, money
Honey, honey, honey
I'm gonna buy your love

Honey, honey, honey
Money, money, money
Honey, honey, honey
I'm gonna buy your love

Take it Away

One, two, three, four

Are you ever happy, did you ever know
The inside of a shoehorn is meant to glow
It's meant to glow

Are you ever lonely, have you ever seen
A Morphy Richards kettle with a silver sheen
That gives off steam

Take it away, take it away, take it away
Right away from here
Take it away, take it away, take it away
Keep the gangway clear

Is it even worth it, has it been pre-planned
You're hitching up your eyebrows, do you understand
We're undermanned, so

Take it away, take it away, take it away
Right away from here
Take it away, take it away, take it away
Keep the gangway clear

Wim Wenders amazing expanding suspenders
Are crying out to be hung up to dry

Are you ever happy, did you ever know
The inside of a shoehorn is meant to glow
It's meant to glow

So, take it away, take it away, take it away
Right away from here
Take it away, take it away, take it away
Right away from here

Take it away, take it away, take it away
Right away from here
Take it away, take it away, take it away
Keep the gangway clear

Where you been

I've had such a wonderful life
I've see laughter and I've seen tears
Audiences with the Royals
Washed behind my ears

I really need to know where you been
I really need to know where you been
Ah, I really need to know where you been
I really need to know where you been

Relaxed by placid lakes
I've climbed the highest mountains
I've worn furs and fakes
I've swam in crystal fountains

I really need to know where you been
I really need to know where you been
Ah, I really need to know where you been
I really need to know where you been

I've starred alongside Errol Flynn
Eaten breakfast with Mae West
I've seen a heap of jewellery
Oh yeah

I really need to know where you been
I really need to know where you been
Ah, I really need to know where you been
I really need to know where you been
Where you been, where you been, yeah

I really need to know where you been
I really need to know where you been
Ah, I really need to know where you been
I really need to know where you been

I've lived with Turks in Helium balloons
When I was working for the C.I.A.
I've seen my face reflected in the poshest spoons
I like to hang out in L.A.
You don't say

I really need to know where you been
I really need to know where you been
Ah, I really need to know where you been
I said I really need to know where you been

Sally Sally Sally

Sally, Sally, Sally
Sally don't you waltz in the dark
Sally, Sally, Sally
Sally please don't dance in that park

Is that a bus pass in your pocket
Or are you trying to elope
Is that a boyfriend in your cupboard
Or have you given up hope

It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
Since I heard from you

Sally, Sally, Sally
I hear you're opening a new boutique
Sally, Sally, Sally
I hope your sandals don't leak

Is that a chicken in your freezer
Or part of your boyfriend Bill
Is that a chicken in your freezer
And are you sure you're not ill

It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
Since I heard from you

It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
Since I heard from you

Sally, Sally, Sally
Sally don't you hide in the grass
Sally, Sally, Sally
Sally don't be so middle class

Is that a fish tank in your pocket
Or are you trying to elope
Is that a Beechnut in your fish tank
Or have you given up hope

It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
Since I heard from you

Melanie From Another Planet

Nobody knows where you've come from
Nobody knows where you've been
The only thing that anyone can tell us
Is what you've seen

We picked her up at the apartment
She'd climbed up a drainpipe or two
We put some but drink inside her
And she went blue

It turned out to be her natural hue anyway

Now we've been lovers for six years now
Anbd everything's rosy and pink
But ask Melanie about her childhood
And she'll just wink

Yes she will

I'm looking forward forward to Christmas
And Christmas looks forward to me
We sit around and open our presents
By the free

Daft people know what they want from life

She's a woman and I'm a man

She's Melanie from another planet
She's Melanie, oh yeah
She's unusually partial to fruit
Especially pears

She's Melanie from another planet
She's Melanie, oh yeah
She's unusually partial to fruit
Especially pears

Hector the Horse

Hector the horse was a funny old horse
He looked like an angel
Hector the horse as a matter of course
Worked on a treadmill

I should have known from the start
He was not very smart
But he looked like an angel
That's Hector the horse, the funny old horse
Who worked on a treadmill

Yet somewhere in his world
Hector was a girl
Yes somewhere in his world
Hector was a girl

Yes somewhere in his world
Hector was a girl
Oh yes somewhere in his world
He was such a pretty girl

Hector the horse was a funny old horse
He looked like an angel
Hector the horse as a matter of course
Worked on a treadmill

I should have known from the start
When I looked at his chart
That his whole life was dreadful
That's Hector the horse, the comedy horse
Who looked like an angel

Yet somewhere in his world
Hector was a girl
Yes somewhere in his world
Hector was a girl

Yes somewhere in his world
Hector was a girl
Oh yes somewhere in his world
He was such a pretty girl

Yet somewhere in his world
Hector was a girl
Yes somewhere in his world
Hector was a girl

Yes somewhere in his world
Hector was a girl
Oh yes somewhere in his world
He was such a pretty girl

Hector the horse
Hector the horse
Hector the horse
Hector the horse...

(Police Constable Jim McNab)
Ok Hector come out with your hands up
We've got you surrounded
It's no good running
We've read your dossier Hector
This time we're gonna put you in chains
And you're gonna go down for a very long time
We're gonna have you hoof-clamped Hector
That's Hector the Horse
Hector the horse
Hector the horse...

This is Police Constable Jim McNab
Signing off for MTV
 

Singles Bar

Kent

(Kent EP)

Casanova you had it all, but you had to die one day
Duchess Topless you had it all, but you had to cry one day
Cry one day, cry one day

Why don't you live in a house in Kent
Spend all your money in Brent
Why don't you live in a house in Kent
And don't ever move
Why don't you live in a house in Kent
Believe that it's heaven sent
Live in a house in Kent
And don't ever move

Senôr Picasso you had it all, but you had to die one day
Brandon Marlow you had it all, but you got to cry one day
Cry one day, cry one day

Why don't you live in a house in Kent
Spend all your money in Brent
Why don't you live in a house in Kent
And don't ever move
Why don't you live in a house in Kent
Believe that it's heaven sent
Live in a house in Kent
And don't ever move

Move, move, move ...

All you comedians you made us laugh, but you got to die one day
And cathedrals standing tall, well you got to fall some day
Fall some day, fall some day

Why don't you live in a house in Kent
Spend all your money in Brent
Why don't you live in a house in Kent
And don't ever move
Why don't you live in a house in Kent
Believe that it's heaven sent
Live in a house in Kent
And don't ever move

Move, move, move...

The king of love

(Kent EP)

The king of love sits in a field with his head in his hands
Says it's alright, in fact it's the way it was planned
We don't love his face, we don't love his hands
It's his mace, and the things we don't understand

The king of love - Oh no

Drinks white rum, says it's the liquor of kings
Phones his mum, "Where d'you hide my wig ?"
When the fridge opens wide, out jump Mungo and Madge ... Midge
No no, no no, no no, I don't need this bridge

The king of love - Oh no

Steeplechase, it's very popular here
They set it up to knock down the beer
You see them at lunch, all in a bunch year after year
But you never see them when the fat lady sings

The king of love - Oh no
The king of love - Yeah
The king of love - Oh no


Heaven can wait

(Kent EP)

You say you don't even care about love, well that's alright baby
I've got a face in my hair, I've got a face in my hair,
I've got a face in my yeah yeah yeah

You know what I should do with you now
I'll take you in hand, and walk you to a new land

Now I'm right about love, Now I'm right about hate
Now I'm right about tomorrow, Cos heaven can wait

You say you don't even care about toys, well that's alright baby
I've got a fish in my pond, I've got a fish in my pond
I've got a fish in my pond, I've got a fish and of it I'm fond

They say I shouldn't stand by the drinks machine
They tell me that the lime's run out

Now I'm right about love, Now I'm right about hate
Now I'm right about tomorrow, Cos heaven can wait

You say you don't even care about love, well that's alright baby
I've got a fish in my pond, I've got a fish in my pond
I've got a fish in my pond, I've got a fish in my pond
I've got a face in my hair, I've got a face in my hair,
I've got a face in my hair, I've got a face in my yeah yeah yeah

Mistress

(Kent EP)

I'm so young and curvy at the hips
You can't wait to kiss my rosy lips
Hold me in between your finger tips
But It's you that I've got in my grip

Bring me flowers, make sure you're not seen
Put down the phone, pick up a magazine

Trouble

I'm so tired of hanging in the dark
Ignite me with your mother loving spark
When the hell you gonna leave your wife ?
Come on honey, what about My life

Bring me flowers, make sure you're not seen
Put down the phone, pick up a magazine

Trouble

Diminished clothes

(Disminished Clothes)

It's nautical with weirdos
The cinema stays dry
The underground its heroes
They're queueing up, my oh my

The polythene wigwam ritual
She's got a blue bikini
Two kisses and you're captive
Like something from Fred Fellini

The need to play grew up with the admiring
Of those in diminished clothes

They're marching in defiant
They carry their flags on high
The military hatchet people
Are giving their battle cry

There's Latin sounds on Sunday
With caramel crêpes at large
We haven't got a drift net
For happenings free of charge

The need to play grew up with the admiring
Of those in diminished clothes

Clear my name

(Disminished Clothes)

I have to clear my name
My name has been defamed
The bastards got me now, now

I have to run away
It's been a feteful day
I'd better learn to pray, to pray

Clear my name on this fateful day
Clear my name on this fateful day

You know the heavy crew
They're playing nearby you
Peddling themselves, peddling themselves

Clear my name on this fateful day
Clear my name on this fateful day

Come back tomorrow

(Disminished Clothes)

Come on baby - I want your milt

Come back tomorrow, I won't be getting home till then
Come back tomorrow, we'll trip the light fantastic in my bed

Don't you know that it's true, my hair was an igloo
Built from varnish and glue
All the love in the world could never heal it

Come round tomorrow, Take my advice and bring a silver comb
If you still love me, we'll sit a while between the shows

And they said that it's true, Brighton pier holds a message for you
All the seagulls that fly there whisper it softly
Well you got to wear it out, one false move will let it fall out
Yeah you gotta let it out, don't leave it hanging all about

And if your heartbeats are round you'll know that you are breathing
All these thoughts are profound, They take us up to touch the ceiling

Come back tomorrow, we'll trip the light fantastic in my bed

On a leash

(On a Leash EP)

I ripped your picture off the wall, I put it on a leash
I ripped your picture off the wall
Yes indeed how come you never sent my letters home
You left them in the trash
When I sent you my best wishes, you only did a dash

I took your picture off the wall, I put it on my leash
When you wrote my epitaph, did you have to be so beefy
Did you have to be so beefy, did you have to be so beefy
Beefy, beefy

I ripped your picture off the wall
I put it on a leash
You know the fact that you're so tall
I have to reach from underneath

No you don't know what I do
You just stake a claim on booze
You say you will be in the news
You just stake a claim on blues
And when I tell you I'm no friend
You just go round and round the bend
And everyone's a little mad
On a voyage round their dad

I ripped your picture off the wall
I put it on a leash
Perhaps I wasn't there at all
When you were underneath

How come you never called me your best friend
You leftme on the wall
When we went skating on that icy pond
You seemed to help me fall

No you don't know what I do
You just stake a claim on booze
You say you will be in the news
You just stake a claim on blues
And when I tell you I'm no friend
You just go round and round the bend
And everyone's a little mad
On a voyage round their dad

I ripped your picture off the wall
I put it on a leash

What do you say about that

(On a Leash EP)

I met a man yesterday
The sludge of love was in his way

What do you say about that
What do you say
What do you say about that
Say you what do
What do you say about that
Hey what do you mean
What do you say about that
Gimme shelter

I met a man yesterday
He fell over yesterday
Sludge was in his way
The sludge of love
I hear you say

What do you say about that
What do you say
What do you say about that
Say you what do
What do you say about that
Where are you coming from
Well hang loose girl

Lada, lada, give me your lada
Lada, lada, give me your lada

What do you say about that
What do you say
What do you say about that
What do you say
What do you say about that
Say what do you do
What do you say about that
How do you do

What do you say about that
@\^@\``-[
What do you say about that
Larry touché
What do you say about that
Gary toupé
What do you say about that
Barry cliché

Well, swing it
Swing it baby

Planet in the ocean

(On a Leash EP)

Somebody told me there's a planet in the ocean
We call it love of the girl
But we don't wanna be the potion
It's such a savoury world
There's a planet in the ocean
They call it love of the girl
Such a commotion
Cos it's apparently curled

Dichotomy
It's all around me now
It's all around me now
I'll wait for you somewhere

Well there's a planet in the ocean
They call it love of the girl
Did you bring the suntan lotion
And the parasol furled
In the ocean
It's a terrible world
Careful with the axis
This planet's love of the girl

Dichotomy
It's all around me now
It's all around me now
I'll wait for you somewhere

Problématique

(On a Leash EP)

I don't have a problem, why don't you come to me
I don't have a problem, do you believe in me
I don't have a problem, but always say please
I don't have a problem, now get down on your knees

I don't have a problem, with les valseuses
i don't have a problem, do you, do you

Mesdames et Messieurs, Fumer interdit
Les valseuses du facteur, Mesdames et Messieurs
"Votre" bagage s'il vous plait, J'ai le cafard comme tu vois
La boulangerie se trouve tout droit
La maison est jolie, L'oiseau chante avec les doigts trois fois
Ecoutez, le chat s'est assis sur le tapis
Merci, now down on your knees
And always say please

I don't have a problem
Why don't you come to me
I don't have a problem

 

Drink me

Motorbike to heaven

I'm gonna drive my motorbike to heaven
I'm gonna slice a lemon in two
And when the charcoal's burning bright
We'll be there, in heaven
I'm gonna fly my motorbike to you

I don't know why
But I've got a good idea that we'll meet again some day
It makes me cry
There's a memory of you standing in the woods
And then they sigh
Cos they've got a good idea that my hair is full of ferns

I'm gonna shine my hair in blooms
Because my mind is full of you
I think I'm gonna dust my room
Cos there's a notice in my head
I'm gonna shine my bike instead
Cos that's what the notice said

I'm gonna drive my motorbike to heaven
I'm gonna slice a lemon in two
And when the charcoal's burning bright
We'll be there, in heaven
I'm gonna fly my motorbike to you

I don't know why
But I've got a good idea that we'll meet again some day
It makes me cry
You're standing on a yacht and I don't know what to say
I dreamt last night
We were playing kiss and tell then I watched you fly away

Well there's a diamond in my car
And it's shining like a star
I feel I'm coming home to you
Cos there's a message in my soup
And it could be like yesterday
I wish you'd never gone away
Repeat 2nd and 3rd verses

Drink the elixir

The ground is getting frosty
Then small drops of mint on my scarf
My lifespan is an unknown
I've never strayed far from the path

I'll wrap myself in bandages
And leopard skin and bandages
And nobody will bother me
I'll wrap myself in bandages
Till it gets ridiculous
And nobody will bother me

Drink the Elixir

With Saturn on the stopwatch
There's hope for me yet on this Earth
But Venus had an off day
A century's gone by since my birth
I'll wrap myself in bandages...

Granite statue

Sitting in a garden with a face like a granite statue
I am winter solstice waiting like a granite statue

Just like a granite statue
I will come when the weather's fine
Just like a granite statue
I want to know what's on your mind

Every single time that I come here I can't tell you what I feel
I am so polite to you and courteous
I know that it's not real

I long to grab a hold of you and take you in my arms tonight
But when I feel I'm going to my courage flies away and I turn cold

Just like a granite statue
I will come when the weather's fine
Just like a granite statue
I want to know what's on your mind

Just like a granite statue
Statue, is that you, statue

Just like a granite statue
I will come when the weather's fine
But I'm a granite statue
And I know you'll not ever be mine
Just like a granite statue
Statue, is that you, statue...

Machine of menace

I'm versatile, Removable
I'm reversible, So edible
I'm the Machine of Menace

You put me in your place
So go on, the pleasure's mine
I gotta see your face
You put me in your place
So go on, I gotta see your face

I'm versatile, I'm flexible
I'm physical, Quite murderous
I'm the Machine of Menace

Chorus

Show me your face
I gotta see your face
Cos you put me in your place
So go on, the pleasure's mine
I gotta see your face

Incurable, Rememberable, I'm increasable
In fact delectable, Machine of Menace

Overhear me

The Bechstein was our lifeline
We could see our faces in the shine
And know it wasn't over

You never said you loved me
Even when we crowded out the children from the sofa

I hope you overhear me
I hope you overhear me
When I'm uttering my name for you

In case collected copies of The Times get faded before ninety nine
The trunk will stay locked shut

In the garden the ritual was acted out under every tree
Shame my favourite scenes were cut

Shepherds' isle

Don't take me there tonight
To the Sheperd's Isle
They say there's people walking in towelling dressing gowns
Awaiting trial

I don't want to go
I don't need to know
I don't want to go, a-ha...

The hounds hunt in fives
Gnashing teeth will eat you alive
So board this boat with me
Why so shaky, can't you see?

Chorus

Come all ye faithful
Tractor salesmen from hell
And when we're walking walking
We know we don't walk too well
I feel like crumbling buildings
With dust on the windowsills
It's such a mindless island
I feel like paying boredom bills
This boredom really kills

Muscleman

He's a muscleman, such a muscleman
Muscle up to him, He'll let you rub his tan
He's a muscleman, such a muscleman
Muscle in with him, he'll let you hold his hand

I'm now an apple that suits me fine
And I'm out of line, but we'll all be fine
And now I'm knackered and feeling kind
But I'm not even worth a dime
And that suits me fine, and that suits me fine

He's a muscleman, such a muscleman
Muscle up to him, He'll let you rub his tan
He's a muscleman, such a muscleman
Muscle in with him, he'll let you hold his hand

He's a muscleman, such a muscleman
He's a muscleman, yeah, he's my muscleman

I'm not an apple in a line
I'm that way inclined
For God's sake be mine
And please don't go blind

'Cause I've got this apple
And it needs a habit
And now I'm out of time
But you're a friend of mine

And we'll both be fine
And not out of line
Again you'll be mine
And that suits me fine

Yeah that suits me fine
He's a muscleman...
He's my muscleman

Your ma

I've got an itch that I can't fix
I'm gonna get your mother to mix me a drink
Just think

She takes my hand to put it up her skirt
I'll call you up to dish the dirt on her
So it doesn't reoccur

Your Ma will do it

I don't know where to hide
Before I know it her hand's inside
I know the damage that she can do with her hands untied
I try to keep her on hubbie's work
But if I don't stop she'll think I'm a jerk
A jerk

Chorus

Go on!
Upper grade...

I've got a problem with someone's mum
But she relieves me of my daily humdrum
And while I stand there taking off her dress
I guess I'm in a mess
Cos she wants a boy with the teenage drive
And knock his socks off his teenage life
And then I remember - She's your daddy's wife

Warmth of the hearth

Say it's not so
I can't even chant in the bath
I'm so alone
I'm coming home
I need the warmth of the hearth
The antique phone

Here comes the hearth
We're almost there baby
I'm on the path
Missing you already
Here comes the hearth
We're almost there baby
On the path

Say it's not so
Many's the dog that we've sent on the way
Down below I'm coming
I need the warmth of the flames
On my bones

Nothing happens

Waiting upstate in the pines
There's a man
Whose arms are twisted round the vines
Looking out for her to show
But she's late
The sound of the crickets all around
In the heat

In the heat
They say you'll sell your body to the heat

So he takes his muslin bag
To the well
Runs his fingers through his hair
He's unwell
Then the sea comes into view
And he moves downhill
Meets his car down by the bay
Drives away

Chorus

Come on now - gotta take it in your stride...
Well a fugitive can run but he can't hide

Nothing happens in the town
Nothing moves
A lone mosquito settles down
On a shoe

N°1's cooking

Everyone is twisted
Except the girl with the funny tattoo on her ankle
Funny tattoo on her knee, (I wish it was me)

Money and pleasure make me tick,
Enough to make you sick
She's a modern muse, With a mixed up bruise

Whichever way you're looking
No.1's the one that's cooking

But we've all got our place, This planet's got its funny ways
We just have a good time, (They have a bad time)

It's just awful doing nothing, When everything's so fine
Treading on a fragile line, We can't ignore the suffering
(But we do)

Chorus

And when the leaves turn brown
I hope I've still got my feet on the ground
It's too easy to feel guilty

Basically it's got to be said, That anyone with a pretty head
Could save the world instead, And I'm a guilty girlish thing
But charity makes my ego ring

Chorus

And all that is just twisted

A man with a box

In the 1920s a man with a box came to stay
In the 1930s the man with a box went away
In the 1940s a man with a box went beserk
In the 1950s the man with a box left for work

A man with a box could be loving and he knows it
But a man with a box don't work that way
A man with a box could be loving if he tried it
But his rainclouds are permanently grey

In the 1960s a man with a box opened up
In the 1970s the man with a box drained his cup
In the 1980s a man with a box came along
And in the 1990s a man with a box wrote this song

Chorus

A man with a box made a train escape from Euston
While his butterflies went wild in the woods
The police report stated that every year at Margate
The daisies grew a different shade of brown
Man...

Insomnia

Some say I'm ill
Sick as a parrot, bone-chilled
How does my face look today?
Don a smart cane in a dandy way
My head is full
I cannot think
Slip downstairs for a secret lemonade drink
Lemonade drink

Sleep cures everything
Sleep cures, if it's deep enough
Sleep cures everything but insomnia
Insomnia

Money - a modern factor
A quick rub down or a chiropractor
I kid you, you kid me
Take a close look at the family tree
Sex dreams, nightmares
Wake me up to the fact that nobody cares
Nobody cares

Chorus

I go out like a light
Clutch the heart of the night
I go out like a light
Clutch the heart of the night

Yoga turns, watering plants
Even a flapping limb dance
Anything but the job in hand
Gotta lift my head clean out of the sand
Out of the sand



Icecream

U.V

Stacey has informed me that
The 60's borrowed 20's fashion
I've lost all sense of city taste
I'll pick out all my favourite garms
And wear them with the tightest passion
I've lost the feeling in my face

The Jeweller blew me away
With his demands of green
To circle fingers in gold
I'll need a man less mean

I'm leaving pink for UV to see

Getting into flowers it seems
Birds a current living hobby
I needn't dress for the wild of life
It's pointless to complete with petals
Collars flapping, never take off
So de-wing with my pocket knife

The Jeweller blew me away
With his demands of green
To circle fingers in gold
I'll need a man less mean

I'm leaving pink for UV to see

The Jeweller blew me away
With his demands of green
To circle fingers in gold
I'll need a man less mean

I'm leaving pink for UV to see X2

Yeah yeah

Step outside the house and leg it into town
It's snowing now, the air is growing cold
I rubbed the dirt and stared in through the windowpane
I almost lost my mind - ooh yeah

They take you home and show you the street
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Got a lot of places where your friends all meet
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
And I don't care if you got long air
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Your mum's all right when she's out of the fight
She says you is mine but I don't know that's right

Go into the public house and drink them blind
Get kicked out and wake up in the road
When I peered inside with my binoculars
I almost lost my mind - ooh yeah

They take you home and show you the street
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Got a lot of places where your friends all meet
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
And I don't care if you got long air
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Your mum's all right when she's out of the fight
She says you is mine but I don't know that's right

They take you home and show you the street
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Got a lot of places where your friends all meet
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
And I don't care if you got long air
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Your mum's all right when she's out of the fight
She says you is mine but I don't know that's right

Written by a man

Get a boy with a toy
He'll never cease to amaze you
And every time he makes you smile
He'll never cease to please you
So get a boy as a toy
He'll never cease to amaze you
And every time he makes you smile
He'll never cease to please you
And when he leaves you having pleased you
He'll never cease to move you
Now when he calls at your door
He'll never cease to lose you

He was written by a man
Come and get it if you can
He was written by a man
On the side of a far grand grander plan
He was written by a man
Come and get it if you can

If you wanna play then play it safe
Into his hand of this man and his plan

Get a boy plus a toy
He'll never cease to amaze you
And when he smiles he takes his time
He'll never cease to please you
And when he leaves you having pleased you
He'll never cease to move you
Now all the time he gets annoyed
Find someone who loves you
So never mind if you find that
He's walked out on you
Now when he calls at your door
He'll never cease to lose you

He was written by a man
Come and get it if you can
He was written by a man
On the side of a far grand grander plan
He was written by a man
Come and get it if you can

On a count of eight let's participate
With this man and his plan

He was written by a man
Come and get it if you can
He was written by a man
On the side of a far grand grander plan
He was written by a man
Come and get it if you can

If you wanna play then play it safe
Into his hand of this man and his plan

Broken bird

The backroom card game under smoky mobiles
The lift attendent who's been riding for miles
Safari season is upon us once more
The lion's share to the man by the door

She twists her body like a broken bird
And staggers to the lift without a single word

Her taking leave of the spinning room
Leaves rain unwatched under eyeing moon
In third floor peace dwelling on he fate
She dents the side of the bed with her sparrow weight

She twists her body like a broken bird
And cranes her neck down slowly to the water

As luck would have it she desired that man
So she threw away hearts to weaken her hand
The winner in a grey suit fills the frame
Unaware that she's still playing her game

She twists her body like a broken bird
As waves roll up the shore and break softly

Wanna be free

And you say that you wanna be free
But you can't cos you're looking at me
Hold you tight in my arms and you'll see
I am the one

Awake in sweat, the air is hot and thick
And the pillow's wet, I'm feeling kind of sick
You're lying there alive and breathing deep
Your frown is tight - you've been thinking in your sleep

And you say that you wanna be free
But you can't cos you're looking at me
Hold you tight in my arms and you'll see
I am the one

I'll hold you down with promises and threats
Remind you how it was when we first met
Let's take a boat to tha dark side of the lake
And share a joke cos there's music in the trees

And you say that you wanna be free
Well you can't cos you're looking at me
Hold you tight in my arms and you'll see
I am the one

I was the one - the oyster to your pearl
I've loved you more than a thousand other girls
So we'll sing our song - it's been haunting us for years
Spin me to the sun and we'll kiss the world our cheers

And you say that you wanna be free
But you can't cos you're looking at me
Hold you tight in my arms and you'll see
I am the one

A size more woman than her

It's a magical phase I'm going through
But it means so little without you
Hold my hand and we'll feel better
Let's go outside as the sky goes redder
Other girls don't do it this way
And you knew it otherwise why would you have stayed
All the things that the world keeps bringing
They're very nice but they just mean nothing

Oh - I loved you so
But now I'm back on my feet
My life is really sweet
So don't come begging for more
Cos all I'll do is slam the door
No - you've sunk too low
She's got a wardrobe to please
Thinks you're the bee's knees
And she may have a pretty purr
But I'm a size more woman than her

It's a magical phase I'm going through
Never been so happy without you
Her eyes are blue but her lipstick's faded
Her teeth are nice but her skin is jaded
She's got a front but I'll tell you this much
Underneath is a token cleavage
Got to steer round her lips while kissing
And that's no joke cos her lips are missing

Oh - I wish you'd go
After all you got a girl
But now you know full well
That she can't even count to three
So who's sorry now, well not me
Oh - I wish she'd go
She's got a taster for you
Loves all that you do
But you can't rest your head in her curves
Cos I'm a size more woman than her .....

Cardboy king

Wait until the caller ends
The conversation with his mother
Then take his place inside the box
And plaster one wall then the other
Pictures do the work of words
Adverts for the modern lover

He's the cardboy king
And he's distributing as always
The girls can stay indoors
And then he visits them in turn

Take a daily risk of up to
A grand and half as much again
He's mapped out his career of sorts
But going nowhere no matter how many men
Will his heart shack up with any of
Polly, Tanya, Kim or Pen
Dear old Pen

He's the cardboy king
And he's distributing as always
The girls can stay indoors
And then he visits them in turn

Messing up the BT decor
Till they've fallen on the floor
Messing up the BT decro
Till they've fallen on the floor

It doesn't go down popular
With the generation libido free
Catch him in the act and they will
Throw him over their collective knee
But seeing wrinkle echo wrinkle
Wouldn't that be lovely ?
Lovely

He's the cardboy king
And he's distributing as always
The girls can stay indoors
And then he visits them in turn

He's the cardboy king
And he's distributing as always
Always distributing

He's the cardboy king
And he's distributing as always
The girls can stay indoors

Namedrops

You don't even know your name
You get on a bicycle
And bend the frame

Samson in a cage
Gave him some wine and Danish
Man, was he depraved

Raindrops, teardrops
Give me some real food
Like out on the balcony

Hamish in a den
Now that I'm seventeen
He must be ten

You don't seem to love me any more
I gave you my word of honour
You sprinkled your path with gravel
Angels fell from the sky

You don't even know your name
You get on a bicycle
I get on a plane

Namedrops on a hill
Perhaps in a distant valley
They'll be still

You don't seem to love me any more
I gave you my word of honour
You sprinkled your path with gravel
Angels fell from the sky

You don't seem to love me any more
I gave you my word of honour
You sprinkled your path with gravel
Angels fell from the sky

Namedrops on a hill
Perhaps in a distant valley
They'll be still

Foreign cow

So she waltzes by
Her sky is as high as sky
The apple of her eye
She doesn't even try

She knows she's a foreign cow
She knows it and how
She knows she's a foreign cow
She knows it and how

You give them shit
And they take it
Spend a little energy just for kicks
But remember for a second
That you're not Bill Hicks

Give a little bit
You know there's time for it
Give a little bit
You know you want it
Give a little bit
You know you're gonna be sick
Of slapping everyone around

Freedom is the key
Just how free do you wanna be
She's taken it too far
Now she wants a bigger car

She knows she's a foreign cow
She knows it and how
She knows she's a foreign cow
She knows it and how

Royalty doesn't make you sound
Spend a little money on a house in town
Don't you know your face is ugly
When you pull that frown

Give a little bit
You know there's time for it
Give a little bit
You know you want it
Give a little bit
You know you're gonna be sick
Of slapping everyone around

I want a piece of that pie
And no-one's gonna take it away
And if you cross my path
You know I'm gonna hate you
You know I'm gonna hate you all day

Give a little bit
You know there's time for it
Give a little bit
You know you want it
Give a little bit
You know you're gonna be sick
Of slapping everyone around

Give a little bit
You know there's time for it
Give a little bit
You know you want it
Give a little bit
You know you're gonna be sick
Of slapping everyone around X3

Terrible day

It's a terrible day for you
Cos he's left you feeling blue
All alone all alone all alone - you're all alone
All alone all alone all alone - the seeds are sown

Well the seeds are sown
Of discontent
And you're washed your hands of the incident
Washed your hands

It's a terrible day for you
Cos he's run away with someone new
All alone all alone all alone - you're all alone
All alone all alone all alone - the seeds are sown

Oh yeah the seeds are sown
Of discontent
And you've put your bedsit up for rent

All alone all alone all alone - you're all alone
All alone all alone all alone - Your hopes have flown
Yeah your hopes have flown

Well your hopes have flown
Into air
Cos you throught you had a life to share
Life to share

Wolves over washington

Space looks good today
It doesn't realy change
Looking up from 5th street
The moon's within your range

Space looks good today
Take us for a ride
I can see the big apple
And it's 50 wings wide

Wolves over Washington
Fly with me tonight
The streets of New York want you
Fly with me tonight

Space looks good today
It's a jester ride on the giant slide
Is that a manicure or do they just grow that way ?

Space looks good today
A card game on the way
Our glasses reflect everything
When's the big day ?

Wolves over Washington
Fly with me tonight
The streets of New York want you
Fly with me tonight

Wolves over Washington
Fly with me tonight
The streets of New York want you
Fly with me tonight

Space looks good today
I'm glad we're on our way
If we get there really quick
We can call ourselves
Aerodynamic

Wolves over Washington
Fly with me tonight
The streets of New York want you
Fly with me tonight

The sky's our terminal

Hit the mission abort button
Coitus interruptus
Tried to leave the world free spinning
Someone surely stopped us

Wait a day
Second engine is OK
Here we go again
One more delay
Couldn't think what to say
This is no test
We've been told

The sky's our terminal

There's a message come through from my other home
It's my daughter's birthday
If I feel over the moon about that special new
I'd end up in a worse way

Wait a day
Second engine is OK
Here we go again
One more delay
Couldn't think what to say
This is no test
We've been told

The sky's our terminal X2

Hit the mission abort button
Coitus interruptus
Tried to leave the world free spinning
Someone surely stopped us

Wait a day
Second engine is OK
Here we go again
One more delay
Couldn't think what to say
This is no test
We've been told

The sky's our terminal X4 ...

Good Love Bad Love

Being Human

Being human
It's very strange
Being human
It's all the rage
Being human
So very strange

I've tried a lot of things
But this is off the page

Being human
It's got the lot
Being human
Honey's in the pot
Being human
Feeling hot

I've tried a lot of things
But I'm glad of what I've got

Where to go
What to do
So many choices
Open to you

It's not original
You know we've been here before
It's not original
It's all been done before
Take me to the floor

I've tried a lot of things
But this is off the page

Being human
What a stroke of luck
Must try harder to catch up
Catching up with you
I'm on your side

Gotta do this hand in hand
To enjoy the ride

Evergreen

I hear you calling out to me
Your voice is soothing as can be
As it rides a million miles crying out my name
It's softly singing on the breeze

You don't have to save me
I'm an evergreen
My leaves are never down
I'm an evergreen

We parted badly yesterday
We'd partied madly through the day
And when the fun was through we went our separate ways
Our love was damaged in the haze

You don't have to save me
I'm an evergreen
My leaves are never down
I'm an evergreen

You don't have to save me
I'll tell you once again
I'm an evergreen

Save me
Save me

I see my sister ride to me
She ride across the rising sea
She can ride a million miles
And still she won't be free
I see my sister ride to me

You don't have to save me
I'm an evergreen
My leaves are never down
I'm an evergreen

You don't have to save me
You don't have to save me
You don't have to save me
I'm an evergreen

You don't have to save me
I'll tell you once again
I'm an evergreen
I'll tell you once again
I'm an evergreen

You don't have to save me
I'm an evergreen
You don't have to save me
You don't have to save me

I'll tell you once again
I'm an evergreen

Relationship Dust

Relationship dust
You're beginning to count the cost
How to split the records up
There's a question

Who's gonna get the steely Dan
Here's a clue
I am

Betrayal of trust
Had to be an outlet for that lust
How to cleave the kitchenware
Pots and pans silverware
Her's a hint
I don't care
I'll eat my meals off paper plates

Relationship dust
Let's dissect it
Let's dissect it
Relationship dust
Must we

Where did it all go wrong
There's a query, there's a query
Was it when I wrote this stupid song
No because you hadn't done

Relationship dust
You're beginning to count the cost
How to split the bookshelf up
There's a question
Who's gonna keep the invisible man
Her's a clue
I am
Well I'll eat my meals off paper plates

Relationship dust
Let's dissect it
Let's dissect it
Relationship dust
Must we

Where did it all go wrong
There's a query, there's a query
Was it when I wrote this stupid song
No because you hadn't done
She's right

Nowhere Near

You think I like you
You're nowhere near
And if you think it's friendship
What do you think I'm doing here

Because I love you, love you, love you, love you
And if you think I like you
You're nowhere near

You're nowhere near
You're nowhere near
You're nowhere near

Please believe me
Let me make it clear
Please believe me
Let me make it clear

Let's go away
Get away from here
To a far off paradise
That's nowhere near

Because I love you, love you, love you, love you
And if you think I just like you
You're nowhere near

You're nowhere near
You're nowhere near
You're nowhere near

Please believe me
Let me make it clear
Please believe me
Let me make it clear

You're nowhere near
You're nowhere near
You're nowhere near

Please believe me
Let me make it clear
Please believe me
Let me make it clear

You think I like you
You're nowhere near
And if you think it's just friendship

Door

You say you don't love me no more
You say you don't love me no more
I look at my watch
Can't believe that it stopped
'Cause you say you don't love me no more

You open the door with your eyes
You open the door with your eyes
'Cause you've got a way to make me obey
When you open the door it's goodbye

Now I'm outside
I'm trying to understand
Just what it is
That you've got planned

Are you holding
Are you holding
Another sucker's hand

Now I'm walking past your front door
Yes I'm walking past your front door
I used to go in now my life's in the bin
So I walk right on by that old door

Now I'm outside
I'm trying to understand
Just what it is
That you've got planned

Are you holding
Are you holding
Another sucker's hand

I love the doctor

We were meant to be together
That's what I told the doctor
We were meant to ski together
That's what I told him

If only he could see
I've got a blameless history
We were meant to be together
The doc and me

I love the doctor
It's true
He can write me out a script to chase away the blues
Yes, I love the doctor
It's true
He can write me out a script to elevate my mood

We could have some good times together
Me and the doctor
Life could be sublime together
That's what I told him
If only he could see
His smile sets me free
We were meant to be together
The doc and me

'Cause I love the doctor
It's true
He can write me out a script to chase away the blues
Yes, I love the doctor
It's true
He can write me out a script to elevate my mood

We were meant to be together
That's what I told the doctor
We were meant to see each other
On neutral ground
If only he could see
We got matching geography
We were meant to be together
The doc and me

Yes, I love the doctor
It's true
He can write me out a script to chase away the blues
Yes, I love the doctor
It's true
He can write me out a script to elevate my mood

I love the doctor
It's true
He can write me out a script to chase away the blues
Yes, I love the doctor
It's true
He can write me out a script to chase away the blues

Moonshine

Going down to the dark side of the town
Gonna get down to the bad side of the tracks
I wanna meet you there at the Prickly Pear
There's some things I'd like to tell you
When we're down there
Wanna whisper in your ear
All the things I know you wanna hear
Like how I'm gonna whisk you away
To the other side of the railroad tracks
Some bright and sunny day

But in the meantime
I got some moonshine in my sack
And once you've tasted it
There's no going back

See how the moon shine
All through the night time
Glowing in our bed

See how the moon shine
All through the night time
Glowing in our heads

Your mama, your mama
Your mama

Your mama won't like it
But I wanna take you away from here
Your papa
He despises me
But let me make this clear
I love you baby
I'll love you for a thousand years

But in the meantime
I got some moonshine in my sack
And once you've tasted it
There's no going back

See how the moon shine
All through the night time
Glowing in our bed

See how the moon shine
All through the night time
Glowing in our heads

See how the moon shine
All through the night time
Glowing in our bed

See how the moon shine
All through the night time
Glowing in our heads

See how the moon shine
All through the night time
Glowing in our heads

See how the moon shine
All through the night time
Glowing in our heads

We'll never meet

We'll never meet
And it's breaking me in two
We'll never meet
What am I gonna do

I've seen you in the street
And I've seen you on the screen
But never anywhere
In between

I've followed you
I've followed your career
I take great interest
In the way you appear

I keep thinking, We'll never meet
I keep thinking, We'll never meet
I keep thinking
I'll never know what it's like to miss you

I've got your gallery
Of images
I wear your jewellery
Your jewellery

I keep thinking, We'll never meet
I keep thinking, We'll never meet
I keep thinking
I'll never know what it's like to miss you

I keep thinking, We'll never meet
I keep thinking, We'll never meet
I keep thinking
I'll never know what it's like to miss you

I keep thinking, We'll never meet
I keep thinking, We'll never meet
I keep thinking
I'll never know what it's like to miss you

Princes & Fools

Sometimes I wonder what it's all about
I sit and ponder to work it out

Let's not disagree
Let's not disagree

When I first met you
You made me shout
That shout of gladness has petered out

Let's not disagree
Let's not disagree
Let's not disagree
Let's not disagree

Of all the princes
And all the fools
I choose you
But I don't understand the rules
You put me through

What's your agenda
Is it written down
I'll be your princess
Will you be my clown

Let's not disagree
Let's not disagree
Let's not disagree
Let's not disagree
Yeah, yeah

Of all the princes
And all the fools
I choose you
But I don't understand the rules
You put me through

Blue Cold Eyes

With your blue cold eyes
You freeze me to the wall
I'm in a state
Can't get nothing done at all

Since we first me
It's always been the same
I feel like a pawn
In your game

Your blue cold eyes
Have got me on the run
Away from myself
Oh, what have I become

Since we first me
You've had me in your grip
But here's the thing
It doesn't hurt a bit
I'm not free
But maybe that's the way it's gotta be

How your blue cold eyes
Have cast their spell
I've become the person
You know so well

Since we last met
I've fathomed out your game
And what I'm scenting
Is a rose by any other name

I'm not free
But maybe that's the way it's gotta be

I'm not free
But maybe that's the way it's gotta be
Yeah

Well I'm not free
'Cause I find it hard to disagree
With your blue cold eyes

Have cast their spell
I've become the person
You know so well

I'm not free
But maybe that's the way it's gotta be
With your blue cold eyes

Hyacinth

I met you in the garden
Down by the wishing well
As soon as I saw yoru violet eyes
I could tell

Over by the clocktower
I could feel the pealing bell
When I fell into your violet eyes
I could tell
I could tell you were the special one

Let me raise you on a plinth
Let me raise you on a plinth
Hyacinth, hyacinth

Let me raise you on a plinth
Let me raise you on a plinth
Hyacinth, hyacinth

The garden warm and hazy
The sky appears in blue
All the birds were softly sleeping in the trees

I lay with you that evening
Upon the summer lawn
And when I heard your golden song
I knew you were the one
I could tell you were the special one

Let me raise you on a plinth
Let me raise you on a plinth
Hyacinth, hyacinth

Let me raise you on a plinth
Let me raise you on a plinth
Hyacinth, hyacinth

I could tell you were the special one

Let me raise you on a plinth
Let me raise you on a plinth
Hyacinth, hyacinth

Let me raise you on a plinth
Let me raise you on a plinth
Hyacinth, hyacinth

Fine

I've been through the wars
I came out the other side
Been through the wars
I'm so glad to be alive

I'm so glad
I'm so glad to be alive

I've been in a nightmare
It seemed real at the time
Now I've awoken
It's gonna turn out fine

It's gonna
It's gonna turn out fine
Now that you are mine

And the sun is in the sky
And the moon is on my side

The darkness has gone
I'm out in the open air
The colours flow back
They are in everything

I'm so glad
I'm so glad to be alive

I've been through the wars
And I've seen the other side
Found I don't need anyone
I'm ready to just move on

Because love make me strong
And fun don't last too long
And eventually I'd like to turn out fine
To where the sun is in the sky
And I no longer need to lie to myself

The Lost Album, Vol. 1

Big Monkey Girl

You're a beautiful girl
You're all that I've got in the world
I hold you in my arms
'Cause you're all that I've got in the world

Can't you see what I'm saying
Can't you see what I'm saying

You're a beautiful girl
You're all that I've got in the world
Can't you see what I'm saying

I hold you too closely sometimes
It almost seems too fine

Beautiful girl
You're all that I've got in the world
Can't you see

I hold you in my arms
'Cause you're all that I've got in the world

Can't you see what I'm saying
Can't you see what I'm saying

I hold you too closely sometimes
It almost seems too fine

You're a beautiful girl
And you're all that I've got in the world
Can't you see

I hold you in my arms
'Cause you're all that I've got in the world

Can't you see what I'm saying
Can't you see what I'm saying
Can't you see what I'm saying
Can't you see what I'm saying

Cut and Cover

Going round and round in a circle
Round in a circle and it's alright
Going round and round in a circle
On the underground
Try not to spill your drinks now
And baby, what's her name

And you want to take her home
Feed her breakfast honeycomb
Walking barefoot in the foam at Common
Oh, yeah

Didn't anybody tell you
That you ought to keep your nose clean
It's a spinning machine but it's okay
Oh, yeah

Speeding up around the Paddington ???
Looks like you lost your friends at Euston
I wish you could join

You're in a hole, it's cotton cover
And you may have found a lover
But your mouth is saying things you don't mean

'Cause the drinks are flowing briskly
Sam from Spain hands you the whiskey
And there's ??? Café in between
Oh yeah.

So it's over to you now
Think you're in love
But he's left the train
He didn't think he had a chance anyway
Chance anyway

You're in a hole, it's cotton cover
And you may have found a lover
But your mouth is saying things you don't mean

What you did was second nature
Left the carriage, tried to chase her
But she left no indication where she'd been
Oh, yeah

So it's over to you now
Think you're in love
But he's left the train
He didn't think he had a chance anyway
Chance anyway

Debonair

One day we're going up in the air
And throwing our throwaway toys
Right down on whose head we choose

And then when we have flattened the town
All innocent whistling waste
The battle soon ensues

You have a debonair attitude
I don't, so what will I do
Give me a face and an altitude
Then I can hang out with you

I clobber up the hole in the ground
And what I thought was nothing
Turns out to be a nest

Even though the sun is inside
It's a battle to fully adjust (?)
But I do my very best

You have a debonair attitude
I don't, so what will I do
Give me a face and an altitude
Then I can hang out with you

You have a debonair attitude
I don't, so what will I do
Give me a face and an altitude
Then I can hang out with you

Underwater

Taking a ride in my silver car
It goes so smoothly by
It comes and goes when it's not too far
We slip so lightly by

And I don't know about you
But I'm feeling lost
The song of the sea
Is an endless march

Underwater
Underwater
That's where I wanna be
Underwater

I wanna make it with you
I wanna make it with you
At the bottom of my blue

Splashing around in the crystal blue
The rainbows dancing by
Taking a dive with fish for girls
And voices tell us why

And I don't know about you
But I'm feeling lost
The song of the sea
Is an endless march

Underwater
Underwater
That's where I wanna be
Underwater

I wanna make it with you
I wanna make it with you
At the bottom of my blue

Sat through the night in a sugar bowl
And touched the jellyfish.
And the paper says
That they didn't get far enough
And that's the point of it

And I don't know about you
But I'm feeling lost
The song of the sea
Is an endless march

Underwater
Underwater
That's where I wanna be
Underwater

Underwater
Underwater
That's where I wanna be
Underwater
That's where I wanna be

Poor Peach

Over all the rooftops, I'll fly
I'll tie you to my side
Over all the lovers in Town
They cry, and sigh

I am not a lover, for you, so shoo
I've got things to do
And over all the street cats, they see me
I'm crying, have pity

'Cause all you need to do is say that
I'm the one
I'm the one
I'm the one

Now I am alone, it's not clever
So lonely, no lover
Think of all the pictures we own
They left you, ???

So all you need to do is say that
I'm the one
I'm the one
Yeah, I'm the one
I'm the one
I'm the one

'Cause all you need to do
Is say girl, I'm with you
With you

Say I'm the one
I'm the one
I'm the one

Give me one more reason to stay
I love you
Will that do

It's just another reason
Not to go away
You need me
And it's late

So all you need to do is say
That I'm the one
I'm the one
Yeah, I'm the one
I'm the one
I'm the one

Show me love
Show me love
Show me love
Show me love

Show me love
Show me love
Show me love
Show your love
Show me some love

'Cause all you need to do is say
Girl, I'm with you

Wonderful Face

They say she's got a face
It's wonderful
They say she's got a oo-ee-oo
They say she's got a laugh, it's cruel

And I don't know what they mean
And I don't know what they mean
No, I don't know what they mean
Let's open up and go ???

Well, they say she's got a charm
It's physical
And they say she's got a oo-ee-oo
Well they shower her with praise
Uncritical

And I don't know what they mean
And I don't know what they mean
No, I don't know what they mean
Let's open up and go ???

She's got her makeup on her face
Mascara on her lashes
See those boys over there
They'll soon be making passes

They say she's got a body beautiful
They say she's got a oo-ee-oo
They wanna try on her, stay wild

And I don't know what they mean
No, I don't know what they mean
I still don't know what they mean
Let's open up and go ???

Lift

Seven people trapped in a lift
Going down the street and round the houses
Four of them are wearing shirts
The other three are wearing blouses

Seven people trapped in a lift
Going down the street and round the houses
I wake up in the morning
I got a school advice
Feels right to me

I wake up in the morning
Look out the window
No one wants to be there
No one has to be there
No one needs to be there

Wake up in the morning
Look down the street
No one has to be there
No one wants to be there
Pillow sweet

But you wanna believe in something
You gotta believe in something
Yes, you wanna believe in something
You need to believe in something

Take the easy train
Make the easy fame
And catch the evening plane
Don't know what you got till it's gone

Make the daisy chain
Make the crazy planes
And wake the sleeping brain
Do it to you softly

Yeah, you gotta believe in something
You wanna believe in something
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You're better off down there
You know it makes sense
So get off your defense (?) and

Take the easy train
Make the easy fame
And catch the evening plane
???

Make the daisy chain
Make the crazy planes
And wake the sleeping brain
Do it to you softly

You gotta believe in something

Make the easy train.
The easy fame
Catch
You need to believe in something
You don't know what you got till it's gone
You better believe in something

You better believe in something
You're hanging a sign
But you're already blind

Billy

Billy, Billy, Billy
Billy, don't you hide in the grass
Billy, Billy, Billy
Billy, don't be so middle-class

Is that a pistol in your pocket
Pistol in your pocket
Are you trying to elope
Is that a pistol in your pocket
Pistol in your pocket
Have you given up hope

It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
Since I heard from you

Something like this, sister

Billy, Billy, Billy
Billy, Billy, Billy
I hear you're opening a new boutique
Billy, Billy, Billy
Billy, Billy, Billy
I hope your saddle's only
Yeah
Is that a chicken in your freezer
Chicken in your freezer
Or part of your girlfriend Jill
Is that a chicken in your freezer
Chicken in your freezer
Are you sure you're not ill

It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
Since I heard from you

Take it away

It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
It's been sixteen long years
Since I heard from you

Because you never bought that dress
Say that again
I said, because you never bought that dress
lWel
You can only buy it once, love
There you go
I'll see you tomorrow
See you tonight
See you tomorrow
Yeah
Two or three times
They're perverts

Ok Again

Is this the sunshine after rain
That really makes it okay again
And it's the moonlight after the kill
That you trust to care about it, feel no thrill
Sorry I was so uptight
I'm worth more than one night
And it's the sunshine after rain
That really makes it okay again

Okay again, okay again
Okay again, okay again
Okay again, okay again
Okay again

Oh, and when the sun shines after rain
I don't feel the need to play stupid games
And it's the rain shine after wine
Well I appreciate so

I broke my own heart
Twice in monday
I'm the one at work
Working and jerking myself around

Yeah, around, lay around, on my own
Yeah, around, lay around, on my own
Yeah, around, lay around, on my own
Yeah, around, lay around, on my own

Give me a chance
To hold my head up high again
Give me a chance
To make a man of you my man

Give me
Give me

Just give me a chance
To hold my head up high again
Give me a chance

To make a man of you my man
Sunshine after rain
Sunshine after rain
Sunshine after rain
Sunshine after rain

Paper Cup

What are you going through
You seem to shout at everything you do
It's a shame, it's a shame

I think it's fair to say
I lost my love today
What shall I do
What shall I do

I can see that it's easy now
To hang your head up and pick me down
And I feel that it's a waste of time
But I love you, I still love you

Go easy on me, baby
Let me down slow
Hold me in your arms
And let me feel your soul

Go easy on me, baby
Let me down slow
Hold me in your arms
And let me feel your soul

Where are you going to
You seem to laugh at everything I do
It's a shame
That's no good

You sit around in chairs
And fall apart in pairs
Wherever you go
Whatever you do

Won't you come back and tidy up
I think it's all that I deserve
Take me out to tea and leave me there
Because I love you
Because I still love you

Go easy on me, baby
Let me down slow
Hold me in your arms
And let me feel your soul

Go easy on me, baby
Let me down slow
Hold me in your arms
And let me feel your soul

I love you
Still love you

Go easy on me, baby
Let me down slow
Hold me in your arms
And let me feel your soul

Go easy on me, baby
Let me down slowly
Hold me in your arms
So I can feel your soul

Els

Els

Customs lay on a heavy grill
But where there's will there's way
Suspect of an ungodly rage
In this day and age
An oath of innocence

Her father, his father
One L or two Ls, she don't change
One L or two Ls, she don't change
From border to border

This alter ego's like stallion
This alter ego's

Customs lay on a heavy grill
But where there's will there's way
Suspect of an ungodly rage
In this day and age
An oath of innocence

Been traveling, with a devil
Globe-trotting gang in two time zones
Globe-trotting gang in two time zones
From border to border

This alter ego's like stallion
This alter ego's

Customs lay on a heavy grill
But where there's will there's way
Suspect of an ungodly rage
In this day and age
An oath of innocence

And This Night

Last night I handled more than my weight in gold
On both bended knees
Last night those words and those sounds meant so much more
Than those jealousies

Maybe you were right there all along
Maybe you were putting your arm around me warm me
Maybe you were right there all along
Little did I realize what you did for me
For me

Last night I listened closely to what you had to say
About the two of us
Last night you know I could not help what I did to you
I was full of lust

Maybe you were right there all along
Maybe you were putting your arm around me
Warm me
Maybe you were right there all along
Little did I realize what you did for me
For me
I like hearing that tune that you hummed in the dark

This night I handled more than my weight in gold
On both bended knees
This night those words and those sounds meant so much more
Than those jealousies

Maybe you were right there all along
Maybe you were putting your arm around me
Warm me
Maybe you were right there all along
Little did I realize what you did for me
For me
I like hearing that tune that you hummed in the dark
I like hearing that tune that you hummed in the dark
I, I like hearing that tune that you hummed in the dark

Wave

Wise to decline
So that phones can match align
Sides align
And when we talk, the moves don't mind

Home alone
Love or change
Small wonder
You're out of range

Lies are sweet
Formed just like we define
Changing times
So choose your light
But don't confuse the lines

All over again
All but arranged
Small wonder
You're back again

Where do you stand now
The wave that was allowed
Move true moves, but still it's true
Moving out of range

Clearer sight
Spent the night
Flew back to life
Changing times
So choose your side
But don't lose mine

Far over here
As yet, we fear
Need for nowhere
You're back again

Fly over fader
You're always on my cover
You always stay too long
Moving, never truly gone

Amsterdam

One night in Amsterdam
I gazed from the moon
I saw that it was bright
That it was raining, too

We took a seat downstairs
And drank around the town
Life became meaningless
And then he set us down

Amsterdam
Opens up my eyes afresh to you
When we danced
Everything becomes so clear and new

I don't know what to do
When I am without you
Nothing feels as good as new

One night in Amsterdam
We drank a lot of tea
He knows my heart and soul
And he sets us free

Amsterdam
Opens up my eyes afresh to you
When we dance
Everything becomes so clear and new

I don't know what to do
When I am without you
Nothing feels as good as new

The Lost Album Vol. 2

Always In Flight

Come on
Don't take it too hard
If she's not here
It don't mean she's playing

???

She wants to be everywhere at once
But she can't get there
She don't feel right
So she's movin' again
Always in flight
Oh, it's true

She's playing with you
Like a petal pool, twisted and blue

???
??? talkin' to another man

She wants to be everywhere at once
But she can't get there
She don't feel right
So she's movin' again
Always in flight

Always in flight
Always in flight
Always in flight

You can pick her out for her technical precision
Like the last bit of a plan
Kissing within passion
Is it a fashion
If you wanna take her hand

She wants to be everywhere at once
But she can't get there
She don't feel right
So she's movin' again
Always in flight

And when she can't get there
She don't feel right
So she's movin' again
Always in flight

Always in flight
Always in flight
Always in flight

Always in flight
Always in flight
Always in flight

Make Me Laugh

Your bum's on the chair
Can't sit still a minute
Next one you're not there
You're against the wall

Try me to relax
Don't blow so much air now
I gave you the facts
I won't use them

You spend all those many waking hours
Struggling to make me loathe
Must think I'm not happy to be your other

Louder than a school
Play into the playground
Dancing like a fool
Hey there look at me

Here you go again
Dressing up in my clothes
And all that you intend
Isn't made sadly

You spent all those many waking hours
Struggling to make me low
You must think I'm not happen to be your other

You spent all those many waking hours
Struggling to make me low
You must think I'm not happy that I'm nothing more

You spent all those many waking hours
Struggling to make me low
You must think I'm not happy to be your other

You spent all those many waking hours
Struggling to make me low
You must think I'm not happy that I'm nothing more

Cherry Roller

Staying at the ceiling lying on my bed
Colors of hues swimming in my head
You taste like lemon (?)
I'm sure we've been this way before

And now I'm lost in thoughts (?)
What about our man
Stuck in the telephone
Kept in hand

I'm a jelly roller
Fuzzy fun girl
Looking for a new position or pose

I'm a jelly roller
Feeling ill
Swallowing the sugar purple pills

Margarita shuffling in the bed
Scientific theories rattling in my head
???

I'm sure we've been this way before
And now I'm lost in thoughts (?)
What about our man
Stuck in the telephone (?)
Kept in hand

I'm a jelly roller
Fuzzy fun girl
Looking for a new position or pose

I'm a jelly roller
Feeling ill
Swallowing the sugar purple pills

Staying at the ceiling lying on my bed
Colors of hues swimming in my head

Margarita shuffling in the bed
Scientific theories rattling in my head

I'm a jelly roller
Fuzzy fun girl
Looking for a new position or pose

I'm a jelly roller
Feeling ill
Swallowing the sugar purple pills

300 Horses

I was two young
Kids who thought they were tough
Didn't take long before they were in love
This is a story of Ellen and Ray
She loved him so much that she threw him away

He gave her a gun and she made herself sick
High school and prom night
They're just get away (?)

She carved in his face ???
Three hundred horses won't keep her away

I know a young man
Who makes his girl weep
He takes his work home
And he talks in his sleep

Only the cat hears the secrets he keeps
And only his dreams tell him that he's in deep

A bitter and naughty castle in Spain
None of that grinds you got rid of the pain
The pain of not knowing if he will be sus
But everyone knew he was gonna be bad

Is it hard for you girls to keep it in keep (?)
'Cause here the concept of treating him mean
I, on the other hand, think what the hell
You know when I do it, I do it so well
So well

Lemonade

It is a natural thing
Your face is the end of it
Let's get together and swing
Hear me, baby, it'll be all right

We'll ???
And fight at the end of it
It's time to kiss and make up
Hurry up, baby
'Cause you're too damn tight

And it's all so easy for you
You think you've got it made
But you're lemonade
What are you gonna do
You're wandering around in slacks
Smoking less than that

Don't you know
That you look better in the spring
Yes, you know
You mustn't forget anything

It is a natural thing
Your face is the end of it
Oh, let's get together and swing
Down the ???

And don't you know
They say you're leaving this year
I'll be on the runway

And ith a tear from my eye
We had more fun than a runaway son

Oh it's all so easy for you
You think you've got it made
But you're lemonade
What are you gonna do
When will you stop and think
Become a stronger ???

Don't you know
???
You should know
It's getting hard but it's gonna get better

Patient With A Special Radar

Laughing at the president who's so sincere
Listening to feeling ??? with different ears

Here's what I can trace
A blatant lie is a big disgrace

Only a patient with a special radar
A patient
A patient with a special radar
Don't ignore him
Don't ignore him
Don't, don't, don't

Ruby soon turned out to be a rhinestone
Dealing hard inequalities unknown

Here's what I can trace
A blatant lie is a slap in the face

Only a patient with a special radar
A patient
A patient with a special radar
Don't ignore him
Don't ignore him
Don't, don't, don't

Here's what I can trace
A blatant lie is a slap in the face

For a patient with a special radar
A patient
A patient with a special radar
Don't ignore him
Don't ignore him
Don't, don't, don't

Hey Pretty Baby

Hey, pretty baby
There's a lot of stuff for us to see
Hey, pretty baby
You and me

Sometimes in my dreams, I'm happy
Sometimes in my head
And then I wake

If I think of you for too long
I'll have to take a drug for body ache

Hey, pretty baby
There's a lot of stuff for us to see
Hey, pretty baby
You and me

Seems kinda warm here in your arms
Kiss me and ?? me with your tongue
Let's go fast way down
???

Hey, pretty baby
There's a lot of stuff for us to see
Hey, pretty baby
You and me

Bigger than the both of us
Louder than the sea
Thing called love

Some believe their souls can take it
What I talk about is from above

Hey, pretty baby
There's a lot of stuff for us to see
Hey, pretty baby
You and me

Hey, pretty baby
There's a lot of stuff for us to see
Hey, pretty baby
You and me

Legs

I stopped and looked at my legs
'Cause they were too wonderful (?)
And when I looked at them more
I couldn't see what they're for

I stopped and looked at my legs
What do I do with my legs now
They're getting bored (?)

What do I do with my legs now
They're wanting more
Wanting more

Legs over other legs
Kicking off my Adidas
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do
To try and concentrate
Look as though you give a toss

Do, do, do, do, do
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Legs over other legs
Kicking off my heavy glass (?)
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do
To try and concentrate
No one's gonna tell a word

Do, do, do, do, do
Yeah, yeah, yeah

I stare at the opposite pair
Whose checkers are gracefully bare (?)

So when the room ???
I took my chance and go ???
I couldn't stop my legs

What do I do with my legs now
They're getting sore
What do I do with my legs now
They're wanting more
Wanting more

Legs over other legs
Kicking off my heavy glass (?)

Do, do, do, do, do, do, do
To try and concentrate
Look as though you give a toss

Do, do, do, do, do
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Legs over other legs
Kicking off my heavy glass (?)

Do, do, do, do, do, do, do
To try and concentrate
No one's gonna tell a word

My Golden Shoes

My golden shoes
Are what I wear when I'm in love
Oh yeah, they make me feel so good
There's rivers in the hills

Rolling slowly to the sea
And when they pass the town
There's a hubbub in the trees
They're every other year

The brass band starts to play
There's shivers in the sand
As the market shuts down

My golden shoes
Are what I wear when I'm in love
Oh yeah, they make me feel so good

My golden shoes
Are what I wear when I'm in love
Oh yeah, they make me feel so good

And all we do is sing
With our marbles in our hands
Our voices purple rain
To the corners of the land

And Mary's in the jug
She's rattling down the street
The cobbles brightly shine
'Cause they're good enough to eat

My golden shoes
Are what I wear when I'm in love
Oh yeah, they make me feel so good

My golden, golden shoes
My golden, golden shoes

The ?? is the place
Where the young ???
Speed and shimmer in the night
With the rival lockets lead

We've passed this way before
But we never shall again

My golden shoes
Are what I wear when I'm in love
Oh yeah, they make me feel so good

My golden shoes
Are what I wear when I'm in love
Oh yeah, they make me feel so good
Oh yeah, they make me feel so good

Slow Motion Law Upholder

We just found some ??
And we learned
Handbag, bedside, tell us, chick (?)
Hey everyone

Slow Motion Law Upholder
Slow Motion Law Upholder

Car defenders choose karate
'Cause they wanna get to party (?)
Make the nice move
Make the nice move

Make the nice move
Make the nice move
Make the nice move

Someback playground
Bare-balled ???
Five years, pissed off
Second rate, Dion King

Slow Motion Law Upholder
Slow Motion Law Upholder

Car defenders choose karate
'Cause they wanna get to party (?)

Make the nice move
Make the nice move
Make the nice move
Make the nice move

The Morning Never Comes

The car is outside
Door is open wide
Will I see you in the morning
You drive me away just like yesterday
I wanna see you in the morning
Oh, yeah

I'd love to see you in the morning
But the morning light never comes
'Cause you gone away and left me on my own

I've left you calling out
There's no answer
When I call you on the phone

I hoped that you'd stay, but you ran away
You left me without a word
You packed all your bags and ???
???

I'd love to see you in the morning
But the morning light never comes
Though the lights will shine as if you're ??? to stay

I'll wait up calling for you
From the day our lives were falling it away
It away

But the morning light never comes
'Cause the lights will shine as if you're ??? to stay
I'll wait up calling for you
From the day our lives were falling it away

New Brothers

What is winding wind from the cradle to the bomb
Homeward is not a sure thing
Because his feet won't go that far
That's not a gun

It's just a way through the monotony
Better in the company of others
There's no easier way to be made new brothers
Yes, yes, brothers

???
There's a sympathetic ???
Someone feels the same way
Too late, he's been before
That's not a gun

It's just a way through the monotony
Better in the company of others
There's no easier way to be made new brothers

What is winding wind from the cradle to the bomb
Homeward is not a sure thing
Because his feet won't go that far
That's not a gun.

It's just a way through the monotony
Better in the company of others
There's no easier way to be made new brothers
Brothers, brothers, brothers

Frozen

One, two, three, four

You said you would be coming home
About a quarter past ten
Now I've seen you're lying

You left me sitting all alone
Until way past ten
Now what do you think of it
And where do we go from here

You said that last meeting
It was anticipating danger
So let's begin the process ??? no strangers
So there's a lot of hurt
In what it takes to prove we understood everything

You are the boy with the frozen heart
And a physics degree
And a strange lover ???

I've seen the way you're coming home
Sometimes I wish I could be his friend
???

You said you would be coming home
About a quarter past ten
Now I've seen you're lying
You left me sitting all alone
Until way past ten

Now what do you think of it
And where do we go from here

You are the boy with the frozen heart
And a physics degree
And a strange lover ???

I've seen the way you come home
Oh, sometimes I wish I could be his friend
???

Destination Earth

Destination earth
Destination earth
Has been with me since my birth

As I look into your bottle
To see what I can find
Almost made it sweeter than your mind

There's a kiss in every city
???
And it's ??? perfume takes you down
Takes you down

Destination earth
Destination earth
Has been with me since my birth

???
???

Destination earth
Destination earth
Has been with me since my birth

There's a kiss in every city
???
And it's ??? perfume takes you down
Takes you down
Takes you down

Destination earth
Destination earth
Has been with me since my birth

Destination earth
Destination earth
Has been with me since my birth

We Should All Carry Pens

We should all carry pens
Not rely upon our friends
To remember what it's all about today

Twenty four extra hours
On Sunday ??? me ???
Is what I need on current faraway days

???

We should all carry pens
Not rely upon our friends
To remember what it's all about today

Julius

Love
Love
Love
Love

When I see you lying there
How I love you, Julius
Take my hand, understand
That I love you, Julius

Love
I - I - I - I - I love

Hold me close
Dont let me go
How I love you, Julius
You make me feel like a Catherine Wheel
How I love you, Julius

Love
I - I - I - I - I love

Let′s go home, move above
Go to bed and dream of love
When we met that sunny day
And with you, I'll always stay

When I see you lying there
How I love you, Julius
Take my hand, understand
That I love you, Julius

Love

A Hole In The Sky

When it's on, it's all good
When it's on, it's all good
When it's on, it's on and on, and on, and on, and on

When it's on, it's all good
When it's on, it's all good
When it's on, it's on and on, and on, and on, and on

You know there has to be a hole in the sky
Where we fell out
I said there has to be a hole in the sky
Where we fell in

When it's on, it's all good
When it's on, it's all good
When it's on, it's on and on, and on, and on, and on

When it's on, it's all good
When it's on, it's all good
When it's on, it's on and on, and on, and on, and on

You know there has to be a hole in the sky
Where we fell out
There has to be a hole in the sky
Where we fell in, yeah

Hole

When it's on, it's all good
When it's on, it's all good
When it's on, it's on and on, and on, and on, and on

When it's on, it's all good
When it's on, it's all good
When it's on, it's on and on, and on, and on, and on

You know there has to be a hole in the sky
Where we fell out
I said there has to be a hole in the sky
Where we fell in, yeah

Planet in The Ocean

Somebody told me there's a planet in the ocean
We call it love of the girl
But we don't wanna be the potion
It's such a savoury world

There's a planet in the ocean
They call it love of the girl
Such a commotion
'Cause it's apparently curled

Dichotomy
It's all around me now
It's all around me now
I'll wait for you somewhere

Dichotomy
It's all around me now
It's all around me now
I'll wait for you somewhere

Well there's a planet in the ocean
They call it love of the girl
Did you bring the suntan lotion
And the parasol furled

In the ocean
It's a terrible world
Careful with the axis
This planet's love of the girl

Dichotomy
It's all around me now
It's all around me now
I'll wait for you somewhere

Dichotomy
It's all around me now
It's all around me now
I'll wait for you somewhere...

Peter's Tour

I had never thought that I'd remain those KM shirt (?)
So with the sun's revenge

Meet up on Peter's tour
If I had chance, ???
I'm on his tail now
Two plastic cups and ???
Can't work that mobile thing
How can we fail now
Green velvet tween us
Won't catch the land bus

Too, too, too precious ???
Let's go, let's leave
To split up evenly (?)

I had never thought that I'd remain those KM shirt
So with the sun's revenge
I had never thought that I'd remain those KM shirt
So with the sun's revenge

Meet up on Peter's tour
If I had chance, ???
I'm on his tail now
Didn't recognize his face
Walk politely just in case
Don't even ask how
Green velvet tween us
Won't catch the land bus

Too, too, too precious ???
Let's go, let's leave
For old family

I had never thought that I'd remain those KM shirt
So with the sun's revenge

Traintrack Brace

Traintrack brace is on her pretty face
She's growing quite a straight
White teeth and no bad taste

Alco-milkshake better with a straw
Wants the young things to impress them as before

At the station there's a funny fellow looking at her
Wondering why she smiles

At the station she stands here not touching a coin
Feeling free with style

Her willing mouth magnetic in the South
But it's time so the doctor says to take it out

No more hope for Ringoff the bell
Because now she's just like everybody else

At the station there's a funny fellow looking at her
Wondering why she smiles

At the station she stands here not touching a coin
Feeling free with style

At the station there's a funny fellow looking at her
Wondering why she smiles

At the station she stands here not touching a coin
Feeling free with style

Let's Go Sailing

Let's go sailing in my beautiful yacht
Let's go sailing 'cause you know it's all I've got
Slice the main brace
I'll be with you tonight
Look at my face

Let's go sailing on the Delaware coast
Raise your glasses and make another toast
Slice the main brace, I'll be with you tonight
Look at my face

We feel so fine
As we sail out to get caught
If you were mine, we'd glide to Virginia before

Let's go sailing in your wonderful raft
Let's go sailing 'cause I know you like it a lot
Slice the main brace, take the course down our first slot
Look at my face

The moon is white and the waves are crystal black
It feels so right as we go sailing back
The sails are full and the wind's north by northwest
I can feel the pull of the sea within my chest

The moon is bright and the waves are crystal black
It feels so right as we go sailing back

Tropical Island

Something in my heart rang me like a bell in my head
Let me know when I want to know extension (?)
And I don't know ???
??? I'm asking any attention

Something in my heart ringing like a bell in my head
Let me know when I want to know extension (?)

So now that you are running from a dream
What is what I like for a drop in the ocean
???
A tropical island

Something on the ground
Shining like a diamond ???
Teared me up when I want to tear me up

???

So now that you are running from a dream
What is what I like for a drop in the ocean
???

A tropical island

So now that you are running from a dream
What is what I like for a drop in the ocean
???

A tropical island
A tropical island
A tropical island
A tropical island

I Don't Know How To Fly

It's hard for me to say it
I don't know how to fly
I don't know how to fly
I don't know how to fly
I don't know how to fly
Fly

Fly away with me
Fly away with me

The whole world is crazy
They think I lost my head
Be close to my baby
I'll turn you in your bed

Even though their talks
I don't know how to fly
I don't know how to fly anymore
Flying anymore
Don't know how to fly anymore

Hard for us to say it
I don't know how to fly
The whole world is crazy
They say I'm off my mind
They say I'm off my mind

But I don't know how to fly
I don't know how to fly
Fly
Fly away with me
Fly away from here

Back to
Then go back to verse
Whatever, whatever, whatever

The Salad Way

You Got The Job

The golden kisses of summer
Keep me going through winter
I store them up in my treehouse
You got the job

You could do that for a living
With all the joy that you're giving
It's eternal springtime
You got the job

Just like a bear flipping its paws
Collecting nuts for us from the forest floor
You've already won - it's a win-win, isn't it
So don't fret - you got the job

You got the job, you got the job
You got the J-O-B
You got the job, you got the job
I think you know by now:
You got the job

The classic shape of your jawline
Keeps me going in the daytime
Have some faith in your good self
You got the job

You're my soul companion
(You're my soul)
Choosing hues with you is my passion
I'll meet you down the Tate Modern
(You're my soul)
You got the job

Just like a bear flipping its paws
Collecting nuts for us from the forest floor
You've already won - it's a win-win, isn't it
So don't fret - you got the job

You got the job, yhou got the job
You got the J-O-B
You got the job, you got the job
I think you know by now:
You got the job

You got the job, yhou got the job
You got the J-O-B
You got the job, you got the job
I think you know by now:
You got the job

What you gonna do now you got the job
What you gonna do now you got the job
You got the job, you got the job
I think you know by now:
You got the job

Job

In The Dark

When it's dark you'll hear me playing clarinet
When it's dark, when it's dark, when it's dark, yeah
Under the stars, gonna catch them with my big net
Big net
In the dark you'll hear me playing clarinet

I'm the guy who decided to try
I'm the guy, I'm the guy, I'm the guy, yeah
To try his hand at some things he hasn't mastered yet
I'm the guy, I'm the guy, I'm the guy, yeah
That's why you find me sitting playing clarinet
Under the constellations with my big net

You think you know me, but you're in the dark
The light's on in my head, but you're in the dark
Yes, you're in the dark

This is the verse that hasn't been written yet
It's the verse, it's the verse, it's the verse, yeah
Take out your pens and your stationery set
Reset
In the dark you'll hear me playing clarinet

I'm the guy who decided to try
I'm the guy, I'm the guy, I'm the guy, yeah
To try his hand at some things he hasn't mastered yet
Not yet
That's why you find me sitting playing clarinet
Under the constellations with my big net

You think you know me, but you're in the dark
The light's on in my head, but you're in the dark
Yes, you're in the dark

And do you think that I've learnt anything
Am I making this clarinet sing

You think you know me, but you're in the dark
The light's on in my head, but you're in the dark
Yes, you're in the dark

And if it's raining hard you can find me indoors
Locked in with my clarinet
My clarinet, my clarinet

Details

Details
Details, details
Details, details

Details - whatcha gonna do about the
Details, details - how d'you think I feel about the
Details, details - here you go again with all your details

Everything you look at
Everything you hear
Fills me with fear

Offloading all your pointless points
It makes me lose the will to think
Why do you have to fill each space
Until there's no more air to breathe
Because of all your

Details - whatcha gonna do about the
Details, details - how d'you think I feel about the
Details, details - here you go again with all your details

Everything you're saying
It's going in my ear
Filling me with fear

Mansplaining all your stupid points
It makes me want to eat my face
Why do you have to ramble on
Until I'm fed up with your song

Offloading all your pointless points
It makes me lose the will to think
Why do you have to fill each space
Until there's no more air to breathe
Because of all your
Details

Details
Details, details
Details, details
I'm sick of all your details

Your Face

I've been staring at the wall
And it's been staring back at me
I'm so glad we got rid of the TV

I've been walking the old canal
And it's been walking me
There's so much to like
Since we ditched the bike

I just gotta be there every morning
To see your face as it emerges from night
Just to see your face

I've been singing this song
Since the song started singing me
And I hope you'll agree that it's OK

Of all the people in my life
You got the most life in your veins
So you won't mind me saying
Again, again, again

I just gotta be there every morning
To see your face as it catches the light
Just to see your face
Just to see your face

I just gotta be there every morning
To see your face as it catches my sight
Just to see your face
Just to see your face, yeah
Just to see your face
Your face
Your face

Vadim's Slipper

I've been drinking rain again from Vadim's slipper
Met him on the train again going home
Sometimes we share the route to Casablanca
I see the muscles in his face getting tighter

Change

"What's going on, Vadim?"
I say to him

Change

"Why the tense moves on your brow?
Are you feeling the algorithms
Or is it something more important?
What's going on, Vadim?", I say

When I'm down at Milou's Burger Bar
I lick the paint, I taste the tar
You gotta get with your neighbourhood
And if I don't, you don't, who would

Change

Get with your neighbourhood
Get with your neighbourhood
Get with your neighbourhood
Get with your neighbourhood

Change

I've been washing tears again from Vadim's slipper
Bumped into him in Washington Square
Throwing down some dice, blowing up a storm
The fascination in their faces kept me warm

Change

"How do you do it, Vadim?"
I say to him

Change

"You always seem to shake a seven"
He looks at me with cockatoo eyes
And I know I've met my match
"How do you do it, Vadim?", I say

When I'm down at Mama Brown's Diner
I feel the surfaces, check the angles
You've gotta feel a sense of womanhood
And if I don't, you don't, who would

Change

Feel a sense of womanhood
Feel a sense of womanhood
Feel a sense of womanhood
Of womanhood, all right

Change

Merryland

There was a place called Merryland
I used to live there
Picked up the keys from a killer whale
Two eyes, no legs, big grin

Transparent swimming pool
Out in the sea
That killer whale was a-hanging around
Two eyes, no legs, big grin

There's a shark trainer
Standing with his back to the grounds
Looking away as the ship comes down
He doesn't wanna get involved
He's heading out of town
Wants to be elsewhere when the ship comes down

Meanwhile in another place and time
Sarcastic duck attempts pantomime
Two eyes, two legs, big grin

We are the players in Merryland
Are you coming down
Are you prepared to lend a hand
Two hands, some cash, no frowns

Confusion reings oh-oh oh-oh
Confusion reigns oh-oh oh-oh
But it never rains in Merryland

There's a shark trainer
Standing with his back to the grounds
Looking away as the ship comes down
His wife loves him, she loves his badge
And that's OK - he's got a spare one in the garage

There was a place called Merryland
I used to live there
Until the ship came down

Welcome To My World

I want to be alone
Inside my ice cream cone
Ignore the ringing phone
Let it ring for hours
The landscape of the night
Fills me with strange delight
The darkness feels so right
And I see colours in it

In 1978
New language on my plate
Difficult to relate
Welcome to my world
When I can't face reality
I lose myself in TV
It's one way to be free
Illuminates my eyes

Welcome to my world
Step right in, but take your shoes off
Welcome to my world
Step right in, but take your shoes off
Welcome to my world
Step right in, but take your shoes off
Welcome to my world
Step right in, but take your shoes off

Ride fearless through the night
On a horse that feels no fright
We're in our second flight
We're meant to be together
Then let's take a walk outside
Bathe in the sun's light
Everything will be right
Welcome to my world

Don't Expect Things Not To Be Scary

You can't put a date on a good thing
If you've got metal fatigue
There's other music out there
Running at different speeds

Don't hold back
Can't hold back
All your costumes and your face
Don't hold back
Never hold back
Things that got you to this place

You can't hide from what they're saying
Your happy face and sad one too
Zip one open and the other falls out
Looking to tell the truth

Don't hold back
Can't hold back
All the stories in your face
Don't hold back
Never hold back
Climb out of your make-up case

Don't pin your hopes on things not being scary
That's what I've learnt
How d'you think I've got as far as where I've got
Which isn't very far, I admit

Don't hold back
Can't hold back
All your costumes and your face
Don't hold back
Never hold back
Things that got you to this place

Don't expect things not to be scary
Don't expect things not to be scary
Don't expect things not to be scary
Don't expect things not to be scary
Don't expect things not to be scary
Don't expect things not to be scary
Don't expect things not to be scary
Don't expect things not to be scary
Don't expect things not to be scary

Under The Wrapping Paper

You got a present for me
Oh what can it be
Under the wrapping paper
What's under the wrapping paper

As I breathe and as I see
I never realised what would be
Under the wrapping paper
What's under the wrapping paper

As I live and as I breathe
I hope you'll never leave me
Under the wrapping paper
Way under the wrapping paper

All we see and all we hear
All the voices in our ears
Go under the wrapping paper
Deep under the wrapping paper

And that thing called rock and roll
That came to fumigate our souls
It went under the wrapping paper
We'll open it later

I worry about child labour
But I needed a T-shirt
Put it in a paper bag
You can recycle that later

Go under the wrapping paper
Under the wrapping paper
Under the wrapping paper
Under the wrapping paper

Go under the wrapping paper
Under the wrapping paper
Under the wrapping paper
Under the wrapping paper

As I live and as I breathe
I hope you'll never leave me
Under the the wrapping paper
Way under the wrapping paper

Go under the wrapping paper
Under the wrapping paper
Under the wrapping paper
Under the wrapping paper

The Inside Of My Head

I'm living in a place I don't want to be
It's called the inside of my head
Look in my eyes - can't you see
Wanna be someone else instead
My folks ran off when I was three
That really did it for my mind

So come on in - entrance is free
You might be entranced if you could see
The inside of my head
The inside of my head
My logical thoughts have all gone to bed

I walk the town in a semi daze
Can't take everything in
Are people happy or sad to see me
Am I self-centred again

So come on in - entrance is free
You might be entranced if you could see
The inside of my head
The inside of my head
My logical thoughts have all gone to bed

I'm living in a place I don't want to be
It's called the inside of my head
Look in my eyes - can't you see
Wanna be someone else instead

So come on in - entrance is free
You might be entranced if you could see
The inside of my head
The inside of my head
The inside of my head
My logical thoughts have all gone to bed

Wayward Thinking

There you are, you look so good
You look so good with your wayward thinking
All I can see is you right there
'Cause you're so there with your wayward thinking

The way you play it makes everything OK
The way you say it cracks my day
Scrape me off the floor
'Cause I've seen you once before

There you are, you look so fine
You look divine with your wayward thinking
I'm so aware of you right there
I have to say, you're in the moment

The way you use it makes everything OK
The things you choose to say
Scrape me off the door
You're impossible to ignore

You're so wayward
That's what I like about you
You're so wayward
So join the front of the queue

The way you play it makes everything OK
The way you say it cracks my day
Scrape me off the floor
'Cause I've seen you once before

There you are, you look so fine
You look so good with your wayward thinking

Lovesick Energy

I wanna taste it, I wanna taste it
I wanna taste your lovesick energy
I gotta taste it, I gotta taste it
I gotta taste your lovesick energy

Emptiness is a hole in the heart
I wanna taste your lovesick energy
Loneliness can tear your apart
I wanna taste your lovesick energy

I wanna taste it, I wanna taste it
I wanna taste your lovesick energy
I gotta taste it, I gotta taste it
I gotta taste your lovesick energy

Too many people are scared of love
I wanna taste yor lovesick energy
That lightning strike is like a bolt from above
I wanna taste your lovesick energy

I wanna taste it, I wanna taste it
I wanna taste your lovesick energy
I gotta taste it, I gotta taste it
I gotta taste your lovesick energy

I wanna taste it, I wanna taste it
I wanna taste your lovesick energy
I gotta taste it, I gotta taste it
I gotta taste your lovesick energy

Some people try to do their best to depress
I wanna taste your lovesick energy
They say you're the worst, I know you're the best
I wanna taste your lovesick energy

I wanna taste it, I wanna taste it
I wanna taste your lovesick energy
I gotta taste it, I gotta taste it
I gotta taste your lovesick energy

What I want is you
What I want is you

I'm so on I can't turn off
I wanna taste your lovesick energy
When I'm with you I'm like the hands on a clock
I wanna taste your lovesick energy

This is the place where I came in
I wanna taste your lovesick energy
And now it's time to go out again
I wanna taste your lovesick energy

I wanna taste it, I wanna taste it
I wanna taste your lovesick energy
I gotta taste it, I gotta taste it
I gotta taste your lovesick energy

I wanna taste it, I wanna taste it
I wanna taste your lovesick energy

Time To Escape

Love will take you away
And don't let it fade
It can make your day
My love will do you no harm
There's not enough air
I want you to stay
It's time to escape

Escape
Make time to escape
Escape

Escape
Find time to escape

Love, la la, will take you away
Feel the breeze through the hay
This could be the day
My love will take you away
From the dark tidal wave
Washing over your face
It's time to escape

Escape
Make time to escape
Escape

My love will take you away
From the dark tidal wave
Washing over your face
It's time to escape

Escape
Escape
Escape

 

Non Albums Tracks

Bridesmaids' gimmicks

(Cardboy king EP Part 1)

You just give me
Bridesmaids' gimmicks
There's a glacé cherry
On your wedding cake

Your ex-boyfriend's crying
In the background
Hiding behind
The easter candle

Glasgow italian ice cream family
Makes you feel better in the rain
Driving around in a musical van
Helps you hide the pain

I wish I could be home for easter
To light the votive candle
But all I do is paint my toes
This family's too hard to handle

You just give me
Bridesmaids' gimmicks
Silver tin foil and ribbons and lace
Confetti and painted faces

*** A great thanx to Oba For this one ***

Decade of the brain

(I want you EP Part 1)


Since the many sided coin
Went up into the air
And never came back down
That's when I got scared

It's the decade of the brain
But whose?
Pick up empty matter grey
That's blown a fuse

Since the many sided coin
Fell into the lap of
The gods at the party
That's when I relaxed


*** A great thanx to Oba For this one ***

Diary hell

(Motorbike To Heaven EP)

I go through your diary hell
I go through that I see
Madly blazing eyes
And signature in green
As I go through your diary

Hang on your neon elephantine
Hereditary monkey charm (?)
Take me back in time with everything and more
As I go through your diary

You used to be my boyfriend
Now you're secret homewordend (?)
What does he know that only the sea's feelings knows
As I go through your diary

Down at monty's

(Cardboy king EP Part 1)

The biggest laugh to be had in town
Is down at monty's
The paint is drying on the skirting board
The place is empty

I use the submarine ashtray
So it feels wanted
Nicotine stains will once again
Coat walls at monty's

But what is this apologetic fanfare?
I hope there's life after death

Backstage at the aftermath
The manager's pat
In two years from now
Who knows where you're at

The jokes are hanging saliva
Off his spent mouth
His lines on public lips
North west and east and south

The biggest laugh to be had in town
Was down at monty's
The paint's dried and it's curling up
The joint lies empty

*** A great thanx to Oba For this one ***

Dream A Little Dream

( Help LP - With Terry Hall )

Marijne :
Stars shining bright above you,
Night breezes seem to whisper, "I love you";
Birds singin' in the sycamore tree;
Dream a little dream of me...

Terry Hall :
Say "nighty-night" and kiss me,
Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me;
While I'm alone and blue as can be,
Dream a little dream of me...

Marijne :
Stars fading, but I linger on, dear,
Still craving your kiss;
I'm longing to linger til dawn, dear,
Just saying this:

Terry Hall :
Sweet dreams til sun beams find you,
Sweet dreams that leave our worries behind you;
But in your dreams, whatever they be,
Dream a little dream of me

Marijne & Terry Hall :
Stars fading, but I linger on, dear,
Still craving your kiss;
I'm longing to linger til dawn dear,
Just saying this:

Marijne & Terry Hall :
Sweet dreams til sun beams find you,
Sweet dreams that leave our worries far behind you;
But in your dreams, whatever they be,
Dream a little dream of me.

*** A great thanx to Rafet For this one ***

I am December

(Motorbike To Heaven EP)

I am your sister
And too glad to know your name
When they said of you, "Mister"
I felt so ashamed

I am December
I trim the moss and cook the lamb
A little blind, but am I
Mama's water from your hand

As a crane flew around, we made love
As our feet touched the ground
Followed by love
Followed by love

I am December
Mellow mist and fruitfulness
Told with the cuckoo
Dropping speed and in the mess

Sold my house to be with you once again
Held you tight, made a pact to be friends
To be friends

As a man, I was torn to be taught
As a girl, I was naked (?) through the world
As a girl, as a girl

Ici les Amigos

(Granite Statue EP)

Ici les amigos
Les amigos of Saint Tropez
Ici les amigos
Les amigos of Saint Tropez
Yeah

Ici les amigos
Les amigos of Saint Tropez
Ici les amigos
Les amigos of Saint Tropez

They came in the morning
They left in the afternoon
Funny how they never said goodbye
I guess they left way too soon
Yeah, they left too soon

Ici les amigos
Les amigos of Saint Tropez
Yeah
Ici les amigos
Les amigos of Saint Tropez

I watched them from my speedboat
I watched them as they sped away
And now in the village
The children cry
When they hear their names
Yeah, they cry

It’s for You

(Granite Statue EP / The Beatles Cover)

I'd say some day
I'm bound to give my heart away
When I do

It's for you love, true love
Seems to be all I'm thinking of
But it's true

It's for you
They said that love was a lie
Told me that I
Never should try to find
Somebody who'd be kind
Kind to only me

So I just tell them they're right
Who wants a fight
Tell them I quite agree
Nobody'd love me
Then I look at you

And love comes, love shows
I give my heart and no one knows
But I do

It's for you

It's for you
They said that love was a lie
Told me that I
Never should try to find
Somebody who'd be kind
Kind to only me

So I just tell them they're right
Who wants a fight
Tell them I quite agree
Nobody'd love me
Then I look at you

And love comes, love shows
I give my heart and no one knows
But I do
It's for you
It's for you
It's for you
It's for you

I want you

( I want you EP )

You know I loved you
When I first set eyes on you
And now you tell me
You felt the same way too

Now I want you
I want you
Yes I want you to know that
Loving you has changed my life

My life was empty
A meaningless charade
Before I met you
I played the losing card

Sad as I was
I always knew that
Love would come to me
Now that you're here
My happiness is
Boundless as can be

Yes I want you to know that
Loving you has saved my life

*** A great thanx to Oba For this one ***

Kiss My Love

(Drink The Elixir EP)

I don′t know why my face exploded in the night
But they said yes, aha hiii
They told me of a dream I had
A land called Sugarous, aha, aha hiii

And when I woke up to explore this land
I knew I must not give my name away
But only dreams can show the fools
That they are barbarous to her, ahiii

And when they open up their eyes to the countryside
They kiss my love
All they do when they walk out in the Market Harborough
Is kiss my love

I had to look around for muscles in my flesh
And in my heart
But somewhеre in an antique shop
A watch went tinklе, crash

I sit at night and watch the stars
And the moon above
They shine so sweetly
As I turn my swan-like neck to kiss my love
Kiss my love

And when they open up their eyes to the countryside
They kiss my love
All they do when they walk out in the Market Harborough
Is kiss my love

Kiss my love
Kiss my love
Kiss my love
Kiss my love

Kiss my love
Kiss my love
Kiss my love
Kiss my love

Kiss my love
Kiss my love

Love song

(Yeah yeah EP Part 2)

I'm just so beside myself
With my endless love for you
Love for you
Can't respond to things I see or touch
The way I normally do
Normally do

I can't seem to get on without you

I'm so glad you're here
All I need is a nice cup of tea
And a comedy
A comedy
Keeps me up there with the stars
With my feet on the ground
No one else around

When I walk beside you in the dark
I know I'll love you
For ever
When I put my hand upon your shoulder
Feel it moving
Moving closer


*** A great thanx to Oba For this one ***

Moon above my shoulder

(Cardboy king EP Part 2)

It's coming quick
It's shining down
It comes
From all around

I've got the moon above my shoulder

And now I know
Just what to do
I'm running fast
To be with you

I've got the moon above my shoulder

I know what I need
My baby knows it too
When we return to earth
We'll tell a tale or two

I'll take you down
To the long grass
And we will kiss
And we will clasp
It takes us up
Aaaah
The moonlit sky
Shines down on us

And now the moon's upon our bodies
Yes the moon's upon our bodies

*** A great thanx to Oba For this one ***

One imitation smile

(Cardboy king EP Part 2)

I can sleep in a chair
When the air is close
And the book is hardly started
You know I never pray
But i might one day
For those around departed

One imitation smile
Curls round your glass
I can see through white wine
One imitation smile
Curls round your lips
I can see right through you

I'm modelled in wax
But in good hands now
I'll burn up at both ends
Half dead with fatigue
In a social storm
I can gather all my close friends

I get the heaviest blues
And the shortest fuse
When the glutton party beckons
My rattle is a draw
On the restaurant floor
They'll soon be up for seconds

Right through

*** A great thanx to Oba For this one ***

One in the bag

(I want you EP Part 2)

There's one in the bag
For the laughing hag

There's one in the bag
For the fool on the hill
And one in the bag for you
There's one in the bag for you

There's one in the school
For the laughing moose
And one in the leg for you
Yeah there's one in the head
For the laughing moose
And everyone's herring fool

Mary's vineyard of toys
Will open my eyes to her joys

As I walk down her path
Her eyes beckon me to her bath

Oh, oh, I am in love with her

But there's one in the bag
For the laughing hag


*** A great thanx to Oba For this one ***

Open

(Your Ma EP)

It's such a freak show
Watch out for Coco
Growing slowly in the glue
Trapped inside your living room

Watch how the apple grows
Stretched like a pantyhose
See me as I really am
One of fifty ugly men

I don't drink water
Perhaps autumn (?)
Trapping daisies under glass
Don't forget the upper class

I'm in the nineties
Life's a tease
Pinning hopes on Number three
Will he make it
Well, maybe

Talk to the animals
They've got a sale on
Pandas on the upper racks
Reptiles lying on their backs

Sitting on a garden green
Take me to your legion room

What are your dreams for
And will you take more
Damsels in a damson shack
Don't forget I'm on your back

Palm trees on the moon

(Yeah yeah EP Part 1)


Stick palm trees on the moon
Eradicate the gloom
The place needs clearing up and dusting down

We'll sunbathe through the day
And sip on chardonnay
Until the earth comes up
Then we'll bed down

I was first one in the line
The waiting taking time
I counted two suns up
And one moon down

Ticket number one
Ticket number two

(I'm a loony passenger with you)

Ticket number one
Ticket number two

Gonna stick those plastic green fantastic
Palm trees on the moon

Devoid of coconut
I'll shout across to you
"What weather here!"

i'll want to tell my friends
when the holidaying ends
that they should book up early
for next year

Postcard send it fast class!

*** A great thanx to Oba For this one ***

Party

(Yeah yeah EP Part 2)

Party, take her to the party
Give the girl some smarties
She's the lucky one now
Banging banging party
Footprints on the carpet
The people look enticing
The pillows look inviting
Pull up her pyjamas
Her pyjamas

Forgetting her own simon
Talking to the doorman
Wants to take him surfing
She thinks he is Keanu
She gets what she deserves
He's a lucky fella
Toes are touching tiles now
Touching in the bathroom
In the bathroom

Party
At the party

I guess you're wondering
Why I asked you here today
Party, she gets through her candy
Brings her girlfriend mandy
Hope she loosens up now
Before the midnight hour
Get him in the shower
Wants to be deflowered
She likes watching parties


*** A great thanx to Oba For this one ***

Plank

(Your Ma EP)

Scratch your head, it's like a fire
You don't even know why
They said boo, you were the goose (?)
Now it's your turn to fry (?)
I put my yellow armbands on
We're going down now
It's time to swim in the purple sea
Warm and foamy

You know it's gonna last a long time
You know it's gonna last a long time
You're so silly
'Cause they named a plank after you

Scratch your head, it's like a fire
You don't even know why
It's all to do with being you
Small fry (?)

You know it's gonna last a long time
You know it's gonna last a long time
You're so silly
'Cause they named a plank after you

Buy the dog, got the cream (?)
Don't even know why
See there's spaces in between
Small fry

Take him out of house insurance
It's getting hot now
It's time to swim in the purple sea
Let's go down

You know it's gonna last a long time
You know it's gonna last a long time
You're so silly

'Cause they named a plank after you
You're so silly
'Cause they named a plank after you

Sleepwalking

(Yeah yeah EP Part 1)

I walk about and then I wake up
I scream and shout before I wake up
But the thing is I'm aware of this hell
You go to bed waiting for my yell

You ask me questions and I reply
It's an obsession, you ask me why
You don't understand I'm in sleepwalking land
Just leave me alone or give me a hand

They call it sleepwalking
I'd say it's more like bedroom stalking
I'm gonna hurt someone

I've been sleepwalking
I'd say it's more like bedroom stalking
The harm has been done

I've been asleep generating heat
And suddenly I'm out in the street
I feel blue, I am you
Up against the wall out across the hall
Next time it won't be such a close call

They call it sleepwalking
I'd say it's more like bedroom stalking
I'm gonna hurt someone

I've been sleepwalking
I'd say it's more like bedroom stalking
It's the weirdest thing I've done

I've been sleepwalking
My mouth now does it own talking
Don't know where I'm coming from

I've been sleepwalking
My mouth now does it own talking
Tomorrow should be fun


*** A great thanx to Oba For this one ***

The Selfishness of Love

Waking up with you, it's not adding up
Took you to the shops but the shops were shut
Would've left you long ago if I'd had the guts
You bite the hand that feeds
You gotta lotta needs
Waking up with you isn't adding up to much

And when you are alone
You call me on the phone
To tell me I'm the one
And when you're feeling blue
Want me to feel it too
The selfishness of love, of love

Gotta brace myself for the day in store
Thought I'd really nailed it but you just want more
You just want more and more
You bite the hand that feeds
You're sowing poison seeds
It'd make me laugh if it didn't make me weep

And when you are alone
You'll call me on the phone
To tell me I'm the one
And when you're feeling blue
Want me to feel it too
The selfishness of love, of love

This is a familiar road
And I know
It's time to leave this car
Cos I've worked out who you are
Yeah - I've worked out who you are
Who you are

You bite the hand that feeds
You're sowing poison seeds
It'd make me laugh if it didn't make me weep

And when you are alone
You call me on the phone
To tell me I'm the one
And when you're feeling blue
Want me to feel it too
The selfishness of love
Of love
Of love
Of love
Love
Love
Love

Things in Heaven

How does it feel
When you’re holding the wheel
When I’m with you
Feels there’s nothing we can’t do

All the things in heaven
Are right here on this earth
If you look hard enough
I will take your hand
And you will understand
Just what it’s worth

What is the plan
Shall we throw it away
And start again
Drive to the sea
We’ll take our surfboards there
Do you agree
With me

All the things in heaven
Are right here on this earth
If you look hard enough
I will take your hand
And you will understand
Just what it’s worth


Ugly fashion town

(I want you EP Part 1)

Well it's an ugly fashion town
And I don't want to get you down
But it's an ugly place to live

The boys and girls look so serene
In their professionally torn jeans
But their smiles are insincere

Well it's an ugly fashion town
And the people who mill around
Seem to share a vacant stare
As they walk across the village square

There's a marina and a mall
Where you can see them on the pull
In their silken padded shirts

The chimneys bellow grisly smoke
And the freeways are choked
It's such an ugly place to live

There's a marina and a mall
Where you can see them on the pull
In their floral pleated skirts

Well it's an ugly fashion town
And I don't want to settle down
I'm getting the first train west
I can almost feel the sweet clean air
Returning to my chest

*** A great thanx to Oba For this one ***

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