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Shakespeare's sister

Young bones groan
And the rocks below, say:
"throw your skinny body down, son"
But I am going to meet the one I love
So, please don't stand in my way
Because I'm going to meet the one I love
No, Mamma, let me go !
Young bones groan
And the rocks below, say:
"Throw you white body down"
But I am going to meet the one I love
At last! At last ! At last !
I am going to meet the one I love
La-de-da, la-de-da
No, Mamma, let me go !
I thought that if you had
An acoustic guitar
Then it meant that you were
A Protest Singer
Oh I can smile about it now
But at the time it was terrible
No, Mamma. let me go

Sheila take a bow

Is it wrong to want to live on your own ?
No, it's not wrong-but I must know
How can someone so young
Sing words so sad ?
Sheila take a, Sheila take a bow
Boot the grime of this world in the crotch, dear
And don't go home tonight
Come out and find the one that you love and who loves you
Is it wrong not to always be glad
No, it's not wrong-but I must add
How can someone so young
Sing words so sad ?
Sheila take a, Sheila take a bow
Boot the grime of this world in the crotch, dear
And don't go home tonight
Come out and find the one that you love and who loves you
Take my hand and off we stride
You're a girl and I'm a boy
Take my hand and off we stride
I'm a girl and you're a boy
Sheila take a, Sheila take a bow
Throw your homework on to the fire
Come out and find the one that you love
Come out and find the one that you love

Shoplifters of the world unite

Learn to love me
Assemble the ways
Now, today, tomorrow and always
My only weakness is a list of crimes
My only weakness is...well, never mind
Shoplifters of the world
Unite and take over
Shoplifters of the world
Hand it over
Hand it over
Hand it over
Learn to love me
Assemble the ways
Now, today, tomorrow and always
My only weakness is a listed crime
But last night the plans of a future war
Was all I saw on Channel Four
Shoplifters of the world
Unite and take over
Shoplifters of the World
Hand it over
Hand it over
Hand it over
A heartless hand on my shoulder
A push-and it's over
Alabaster crashes down
(Six months is a long time)
I tried living in the real world
Instead of a shell
But I was bored before I even began
I was bored before I even began
Shoplifters of the world
Unite and take over
Shoplifters of the world
Unite and take over
Shoplifters of the world
take over

Some girls are bigger than others

From the ice-age to the dole-age
there is but one concern
and I have just discovered
some girls are bigger than others
some girls are bigger than others
some girls mothers are bigger than other girls mothers

As Anthony said to Cleopatra
as he opened a crate of ale:
some girls are bigger than others
some girls are bigger than others
some girls mothers are bigger than other girls mothers

Still ill

I decree today that life
is simply taking and not giving
England is mine and it owes me a living
ask me why, and I'll spit in your eye
ask me why, and I'll spit in your eye
but we cannot cling to the old dreams anymore
no, we cannot cling to those dreams

Does the body rule the mind
or does the mind rule the body ?
I don't know

Under the iron bridge we kissed
and although I ended up with sore lips
it just wasn't like the old days anymore
no, it wasn't like those days
am I still ill ?

Does the body rule the mind
or does the mind rule the body ?
I don't know

Ask me why, and I'll die
Oh, ask me why, and I'll die
and if you must go to work tomorrow
well, if I were you I wouldn't bother
for there are brighter sides to life
and I should know because I've seen them
but not very often...
under the iron bridge we kissed
and although I ended up with sore lips
it just wasn't like the old days anymore
no, it wasn't like those days
am I still ill ?

Stop me if you think you've heard this one before

Stop me, stop me
stop me if you think that you've
heard this one before
stop me, stop me
stop me if you think that you've
heard this one before
nothing's changed
I still love you, oh I still love you
...only slightly less than I used to
I was delayed, I was way-laid
an emergency stop
I smelt the last ten seconds of life
I crashed down on the crossbar
and the pain was enough to make
a shy, bald Buddhist reflect
and plan a mass-murder
who said I'd lied to her ?
who said I'd lied because I never
who said I'd lied because I never
I was detained, I was restrained
he broke my spleen
he broke my knees
(and then he really laid into me)
Friday night in Out-patients
who said I'd lied to her ?
who said I'd lied - because I never
who said I'd lied - because I never
Oh, so I drank one
it became four
and when I fell on the floor
...I drank more
stop me, stop me
stop me if you think that you've
heard this one before
nothing's changed
I still love you
I still love you
but only slightly
less than I used to

Stretch out and wait

All the lies that you makeup
What's at the back of your mind
Your face I can see
And it's desperately kind
what's at the back of your mind ?
Two icy-cold hands conducting the way
It's the Eskimo blood in my veins
Amid concrete and clay
And general decay
Nature must still find a way
So ignore all; the codes of the day
Let your juvenile impulses sway
This way and that way
This way and that way
God, how sex implores you
To let yourself lose yourself
Stretch out and wait
Stretch out and wait
Let you puny body lie down, lie down
As we lie, you say
As we lie, you say
Stretch out and wait
Stretch out and wait
Let you puny body lie down, lie down
As we lie, you say:
Will the world end in the day time ?
(I really don't know )
Or will the world end in the night time ?
(I really don't know)
And is there any point ever having children ?
no, I don't know
All I do know is that we're Here and it's now
So stretch out and wait
Stretch out and wait
There is no debate, no debate, no debate
How can you consciously contemplate
When there's no debate, no debate
Stretch out and wait

Suffer little children

Over the moors,take me to the moors
dig a shallow grave
and I'll lay me down

Lesley-Anne, with your pretty white beads
oh John, you'll never be a man
and you'll never see your home again
oh Manchester, so much to answer for

Edward, see those alluring lights ?
tonight will be your very last night

a woman said, "I know my son is dead,
I'll never rest my hands on his sacred head"

Hindley wakes and Hindley says:
"Wherever he has gone, I have gone "

But fresh lilaced moorland fields
cannot hide the stolid stench of death

Hindley wakes and Hindley says:
"Whatever he has done, I have done"

But this is no easy ride
for a child cries

"find me...find me, nothing more
we are on a sullen misty moor
we may be dead and we may be gone
but we will be right by your side
until the day you die
this is no easy ride
we will haunt you when you laugh
yes, you could say we're a team
you might sleep
BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM!"

Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Over the moor, I'm on the moor
the child is on the moor

Sweet and tender hooligan

He was a sweet and tender hooligan
and he swore that he'd never, never do it again
and of course he won't (not until the next time)
poor old man
he had an "accident" with a three bar fire
but that's OK
because he wasn't very happy anyway
poor woman
strangled in her very own bed as she read
but that's OK
because she was old and she would have died anyway
DON'T BLAME
this sweet and tender hooligan
because he'll never, never do it again
(at least not until the next time)
So jury you've heard every word
but before you decide
would you look into those "Mother-me" eyes
I love life for you my love, you my love
you my love, you my love
So jury you've heard ever word
but before you decide
would you look into those "Mother-me" eyes
I love you for you my love, you my love
I love you just for you my love, you my love
don't blame
the sweet and tender hooligan
who claims that
"In the midst of life we are in debt ETC."
ETC.! ETC.! ETC.! ETC.!
IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEBT ETC.!

There is a light that never goes out

Take me out tonight
where there's music and there's people
who are young and alive
driving in your car
I never never want to go home
because I haven't got one
anymore
take me out tonight
because I want to see people and I
want to see lights
driving in your car
oh please don't drop me home
because it's not my home, it's their
home, and I'm welcome no more
and if a double-decker bus
crashes in to us
to die by your side
is such a heavenly way to die
and if a ten ton truck
kills the both of us
to die by your side
well the pleasure and the privilege is mine
take me out tonight
oh take me anywhere, I don't care
and in the darkened underpass
I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last
(but then a strange fear gripped me and I
just couldn't ask)
take me out tonight
take me anywhere, I don't care
driving in your car
I never never want to go home
because I haven't got one
I haven't got one.

These things take time

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the sacred wunderkind
you took me behind a dis-used railway line
and said "I know a place where we can go
where we are not known"
and then you gave me something that I won't forget too soon
but I can't believe that you'd ever care
and this is why you will never care
for these things take time
and I know that I'm
the most inept
that ever stepped

I'm spellbound, but a woman divides
and the hills are alive with celibate cries
but you know where you came from, you know where
you're going and you know where you belong
you said I was ill, and you were not wrong
but I can't believe that you'd ever care
and so, you never cared
but these things take time
and I know that I'm
the most inept
that ever stepped

Oh, the alcoholic afternoons
when we sat in your room
they meant more to me
than any living thing on earth
they had more worth
than any living thing on earth

vivid and in your prime
you will leave me behind
you will leave me behind

Unloveable

I know I'm unlovable
You don't have to tell me
I don't have much in my life
But take it-it's yours
I know I'm unlovable
You don't have to tell me
Message received
Loud and clear
I don't have much in my life
But take it-it's yours
I wear Black on the outside
Because Black is how I feel on the inside
And if I seem a little strange Well, that's because I am
But I know that you would like me
If only you could see me
If only you would meet me

Unhappy birthday

I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
because you're evil
and you lie
and if you should die
I may feel slightly sad
(but I won't cry)
Loved and lost
and some may say
when usually its Nothing
surely you're happy
it should be this way ?
I say "No, I'm gonna kill my dog"
and: "May the lines sag heavy
and deep tonight"
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
because you're evil
and you lie
and if you should die
I may feel slightly sad
(But I won't cry)
Loved and lost
some people say
when usually its Nothing
surely you're happy
it should be this way ?
I said "No"
and then I shot myself
so, drink, drink, drink
and be ill tonight
from the one you left behind
from the one you left behind
from the one you left behind
from the one you left behind

Vicar in a tutu

I was minding my business
lifting some lead off
the roof of the Holy Name church
it was worthwhile living a laughable life
setting my eyes on the blistering sight
of a vicar in a tutu
he's not strange
he just wants to live his life this way
a scanty bit of a thing
with a decorative ring
that wouldn't cover the head of a goose
as Rose collects the money in the canister
who comes sliding down the banister
the vicar in a tutu
he's not strange
he just wants to live his life this way
the monkish monsignor
with a head full of plaster
said "my man, get your vile soul dry-cleaned"
as Rose counts the money in the canister
as natural as rain
he dances again
vicar in a tutu
The next day in the pulpit
with Freedom and Ease
combating ignorance,disgust and disease
as Rose counts the money in the canister
as natural as rain
he dances again
the fabric of a tutu
I could never get used to
and I am a living sign

Well I wonder

Well I wonder
do you hear me when you sleep ?
I hoarsely cry

Well I wonder
do you see me when we pass ?
I half-die

Please keep me in mind
please keep me in mind

Gasping - but somehow still alive
this is the fierce last stand of all I am

Gasping - dying - but somehow still alive
this is the final stand of all I am

Please keep me in mind

What difference does it make ?

All men have secrets and here is mine
so let it be known
for we have been through hell and high tide,
I think I can rely on you
and yet you start to recoil,
heavy words are so lightly thrown
but still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you

So, what difference does it make ?
so, what difference does it make ?
it makes none
but now you have gone
and you must be looking very old tonight

The devil will find work for idle hands to do
I stole and I lied, and why ?
because you asked me to !
but now you make feel so ashamed
because I've only got two hands
well, I'm still fond of you

So, what difference does it make ?
so, what difference does it make ?
it makes none
but you have gone
and your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight

but no more apologies
no more
no more apologies
I'm too tired
I'm too sick and tired
and I'm feeling very sick and ill today

But I'm still fond of you

What she said

What she said:
"How come someone hasn't noticed
that I'm dead
and decided to bury me
God knows, I'm ready"
What she said was
but then, all the rejection she's had
to pretend to be happy
could only be idiocy
What she said was not for the job or
lover that she never had
What she read all heady books
she'd sit and prophesise
(it took a tattooed boy from Birkenhead
to really open her eyes)
What she read
all heady books
she'd sit and prophesise
(it took a tattooed boy from Birkenhead
to really really open her eyes)
What she said:
"I smoke because I'm hoping for an
early death
and I need to cling to something"
What she said:
"I smoke because I'm hoping for an
early death
and I need to cling to something"

William, it was really nothing

The rain falls hard on a humdrum town
this town has dragged you down
oh, the rain falls hard on a humdrum town
this town has dragged you down
and everybody's got to live their own life
and God knows I've got to live mine
God knows I've got to live mine
William, William it was really nothing
William, William it was really nothing

How can you stay with a fat girl who'll say:
"Would you like to marry me ?
and if you like you can buy the ring"
she doesn't care about anything
would you like to marry me ?
and if you like you can buy the ring"
I don't dream about anyone
(except myself)
William, William it was really nothing
William, William

You just haven't earned it yet, baby

If you're wondering why
All the love that you long for eludes you
And people are rude and cruel to you
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
You just haven't earned it yet, baby
You just haven't earned it yet, son
You just haven't earned it yet, baby
You must suffer and cry for a longer time
You just haven't earned it yet, baby
And I'm telling you now
If you're wondering why
When all I wanted from life is to be Famous
I have tried for so long, it's all gone wrong
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
You just haven't earned it yet, baby
You just haven't earned it yet, son
You just haven't earned it yet, baby
You must suffer and cry for a longer time
You just haven't earned it yet, Baby
And I'm telling you now
Today I am remembering the time
When they pulled me back
And held me down
And looked me in the eyes and said
You just haven't earned it yet, baby
You just haven't earned it yet, son
You just haven't earned it yet, baby
You must suffer and cry for a longer time
You just haven't earned it yet, baby
And I'm telling you now.

You've got everything now

As merry as the days were long
I was right and you were wrong

back at the old gray school
I would win and you would lose

But you've got everything now
and what a terrible mess I've made of my life

No, I've never had a job
because I've never wanted one

I've seen you smile
but I've never really heard you laugh

So who is rich and who is poor?
I cannot say...

You are your mother's only son
and you're a desperate one

But I don't want a lover
I just want to be seen in the back of your car

A friendship sadly lost?
Well, this is true ...and yet, it's false

Did I ever tell you , by the way
I never did like your face

But you've got everything now
and what a terrible mess I've made of my life

No, I've never had a job
because I'm too shy

But I don't want a lover
I just want to be tied to the back of your car.