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A rush and a push and the land is ours
HELLO
I am the ghost of Troubled Joe
hung by his pretty white neck
some eighteen months ago
I traveled to a mystical time zone
but I missed my bed
and I soon came home
they said:
"there's too much caffeine in your bloodstream
and a lack of real spice in your life"
I said:
"leave me alone because I'm alright, dad
surprised to still be on my own...."
Ooh, but don't mention love
I'd hate the strain and the pain again
a rush and a push and the land that
we stand on is ours
it has been before
so it shall be again
and people who are uglier than you and I
they take what they need, and just leave
Oh, but don't mention love
I'd hate the pain and the strain all over again
a rush and a push and the land that
we stand on is ours
it has been before
so why can't it be now?
and people who are weaker than you and I
they take what they want from life
Oh, but don't mention love
no - just don't mention love!
a rush and a push and the land that
we stand on is ours
your youth may be gone
but you still look nice
so phone me, phone me, phone me
so phone me, phone me, phone me
Oh, I think I'm in love
Oh, I think I'm in love
Oh, I think I'm in love
Urrgh, I think I'm in lerv
Accept yourself
Everyday you must say
so how do I feel about my life
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
when will you accept yourself ?
I am sick and I am dull
and I am plain
how dearly I'd love to get carried away
but dreams have a knack of just not coming true
and time is against me now
who and what to blame ?
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
when will you accept yourself ?
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
everyday you must say
how do I feel about the past
others conquered love-but I ran
I sat in my room and I drew up a plan
but plans can fall through as so often they do
and time is against me now
and there's no one left to blame
tell me when will you
when will you accept your life
the one that you hate
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
everyday you must say
how do I feel about my shoes
they make me awkward and plain
how dearly I would love to kick with the fray
but I once had a dream and it never came true
and time is against me now
and there's no one but yourself to blame
anything is hard to find
when you will not open your eyes
when will you accept yourself ?
Ask
Shyness is nice, but
Shyness can stop you
From doing all the things in life that you'd like to
So, if there's something you'd like to try
Ask me, I won't say no, how could I ?
Coyness is nice, but ,
Coyness can stop you
from saying all the things in life that you want to
If there's something that you'd like to try
ask me, I won't say no, how could I?
Spending warm, Summer days indoors
Writing frightening verse
To a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg
ASK ME, ASK ME ,ASK ME
ASK ME, ASK ME ,ASK ME
Because if it's not Love
Then it's the Bomb
That will bring us together
Nature is a language-can't you read?
Nature is a language-can't you read?
ASK ME, ASK ME ,ASK ME
ASK ME, ASK ME ,ASK ME
Because if it's not Love
Then it's the Bomb
That will bring us together
Asleep
Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
I'm tired and I
I want to go to bed
Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
And then leave me alone
Don't try to wake me in the morning
"Cause I will be gone
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I will feel so glad to go
Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
I don't want to wake up
On my own anymore
Sing to me
Sing to me
I don't want to wake up
On my own anymore
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I really want to go
There is another world
There is a better world
Well, there must be
Well, there must be
Bye bye
Back to the old house
I would rather not go
back to the old house
I would rather not go
back to the old house
there's too many
bad memories
When you cycled by
here began all my dreams
the saddest thing I've ever seen
and you never knew
how much I really liked you
because I never even told you
oh, but I meant to
Are you still there?
or have you moved away?
I would love to go
back to the old house
but I never will
Barbarism begins at home
Unruly boys
who will not grow up
must be taken in hand
Unruly girls
who will not settle down
they must be taken in hand
A crack on the head
is what you get for not asking
and a crack on the head
is what you get for asking
Bigmouth strikes again
Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking when I said
"I'd like to smash every tooth in your head"
Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking when I said
"by right you should be bludgeoned in your bed"
and now I know how Joan of Arc felt
now I know how Joan of Arc felt
as the flames rose to her roman nose
and her Walkman stared to melt
Bigmouth, bigmouth
bigmouth strikes again
and I've got no right to take my place
with the Human race
and now I know how Joan of Arc felt
now I know of Joan of Arc felt
as the flames rose to her roman nose
and her hearing aid started to melt
Bigmouth, bigmouth
bigmouth strikes again
and I've got no right to take my place
with the Human race
The boy with the thorn in his side
The boy with the thorn in his side
behind the hatred there lies
a murderous desire for love
how can they look into my eyes
and still they don't believe me
how can they hear me say those words
and still they don't believe me
and if they don't believe me now
will they ever believe me?
and if they don't believe me now
will they ever believe me?
The boy with the thorn in his side
behind the hatred there lies
a plundering desire for love
how can they see the Love in our eyes
and still they don't believe us
and after all this time
they don't want to believe us
and if they don't believe us now
will they ever believe us ?
and when you want to Live
how do you start ?
where do you go ?
who do you know ?
Cemetry gates
A dreaded sunny day
so I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
A dreaded sunny day
so I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
while Wilde is on mine
So we go inside and we gravely read the stones
all those people all those lives
where are they now ?
with love, and hate
and passions just like mine
they were born
and then they lived and then they died
it seems so unfair
Oh, I want to cry
You say, "ere thrice the sun hath done salutation to the dawn"
and you claim these words as your own
but I've read well, and I've heard them said
a hundred times (maybe less, maybe more)
if you must write prose and poems
the words you use should be your own
don't plagiarize or take "on loan"
'cause there's always someone, somewhere
with a big nose, who knows
and who trips you up and laughs
when you fall
You say, "ere long done do does did "
words which could only be your own
you then produce the text
from whence was ripped
(some dizzy whore, 1804)
A dreaded sunny day
so let's go where we're happy
so I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
A dreaded sunny day
so let's go where we're wanted
so I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
but you lose
because Wilde is on mine
This charming man
Punctured bicycle
on a hillside desolate
Will nature make a man of me yet ?
Then this charming car
this charming man
Why pamper life's complexities
when the leather runs smooth
on the passenger seat ?
I would go out tonight
but I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome
that someone so handsome should care"
A jumped-up pantry boy
who never knew his place
He said "Return the rings"
(he knows so much about these things)
I would go out tonight
but I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome
that someone so handsome should care
A jumped-up pantry boy
who never knew his place
He said "Return the ring"
(he knows so much about these things)
Death at one's elbow
Oh Glenn
don't come to the house tonight
Oh, Glenn
don't come to the house tonight
because there's somebody here
who really really loves you
stay home
be bored
(it's crap, I KNOW)
Oh, Glenn
don't come to the house tonight
Oh, Glen
don't come to the house tonight
because there's somebody here
who'll take a hatchet to your ear
how the frustration renders me
hateful, Glenn!
don't come to the house tonight
don't come to the house tonight
because you'll slip on the
trail of my bespattered remains
and so, that's why
GOOD-BYE MY LOVE, GOOD-BYE MY LOVE
GOOD-BYE MY LOVE, GOOD-BYE MY LOVE
GOOD-BYE MY LOVE, GOOD-BYE MY LOVE
Belch
Death of a disco dancer
The death of a disco dancer
well, it happens a lot 'round here
and if you think Peace
is a common goal
well, that goes to show
how little you know
The death of a disco dancer
well, I'd rather not get involved
I never talk to my neighbor
I'd rather not get involved
Love, peace and harmony ?
Love, peace and harmony ?
Oh, very nice
very nice
very nice
very nice
...but maybe in the next world.
Girlfriend in a coma
Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know - it's serious
Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know - it's really serious
there were times when I could have 'murdered' her
(but, you know, I would hate
anything to happen to her)
NO, I DON'T WANT TO SEE HER
Do you really think she'll pull through ?
Do you really think she'll pull through ?
Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know, it's serious
there were time when I could have 'strangled' her
(but, you know, I would hate
anything to happen to her)
WOULD YOU PLEASE LET ME SEE HER!
Do you really think she'll pull through ?
Do you really think she'll pull through ?
Let me whisper my last good-byes
I know - IT'S SERIOUS
Frankly, Mr. Shankly
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held
it pays my way, but it corrodes my soul
I want to leave you will not miss me
I want to go down in musical history
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, I'm a sickening wreck
I've got the 21st Century breathing down my neck
I must move fast, you understand me
I want to go down in celluloid history
Fame, Fame, fatal Fame
it can play hideous tricks on the brain
but still I rather be Famous
than righteous or holy, anyday anyday anyday
but sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled
making Christmas cards with the mentally ill
I want to live and I want to love
I want to catch something that I might be ashamed of
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held
it pays my way and it corrodes my soul
oh, I didn't realize that you wrote poetry
(I didn't realize you wrote such bloody awful poetry)
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask
you are a flatulent pain the ass
I do not mean to be so rude
but still, I must speak frankly, Mr. Shankly
(Oh, give us money)
Girl afraid
Girl afraid
where do his intentions lay ?
Or does he even have any ?
She said,
"He never really looks at me
I give him every opportunity"
in the room downstairs
he sat instead
in the room downstairs
he sat instead
I'll never make that mistake again !"
Boy afraid
prudence never pays
and everything she wants costs money
"But she doesn't even like me !"
and I know because she said so
in the room downstairs
she sat instead
in the room downstairs
she sat instead
I'll never make that mistake again !"
Golden lights
Golden lights displaying your name
golden lights it's a terrible shame
but oh my darling
WHY DID YOU CHANGE ?
Boy in a million, idol, a big star
I didn't tell you how great you were
I didn't grovel or scream
Or rip your brand new jacket at the seams
You made a record, they liked your singing
All of a sudden the phone stop ringing
I never thought that you would let
The glory make you forget
Golden lights displaying your name
golden lights it's a terrible shame
but oh my darling
WHY DID YOU CHANGE ?
Top ten idol, king of your age
but who do you turn to when you're backstage ?
Don't you remember you once knew a girl
Who loved you more than the world
Is life always like this, brother
Good for some but bad for the other
I must put you behind me tonight
'Cause you belong to the lights
Golden lights displaying your name
golden lights it's a terrible shame
but oh my darling
WHY DID YOU CHANGE ?
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