Black Box Recorder

Everybody needs to dream Romance and love and eight hours sleep A little cottage by the sea A glass of gin, a box of chocolates To be both wanted and decide To move away when we retire No hell or heaven in-between British racing green Pebble-dash house...

Whatever happened to the fear of god? Whatever happened to church on sunday? Whatever happened to the velvet glove? And the iron fist Whatever happened to the social season? Whatever happened to the debutants? Whatever happened to the South of France?...

I stopped talking when I was six years old I didn't want anything more to do with the outside world I was happy being quiet But, of course, they wouldn't leave me alone My parents tried every trick in the book From speech therapists to child psychologists...

I trapped a spider underneath a glass, I kept it for a week to see how long he'd last, He stared right back at me, He thought that he could win, We played a waiting game, He thought that I'd give in, England made me, England made me, I had a dream la...

This is the soundtrack of my life This is the song that keeps me breathing Under the water a distant light From Monday morning to Friday night Factory radio Factory radio This is no ordinary life This is the place where I belong This is the song I've...

It's just French rock'n'roll It's just French rock'n'roll When he slams the door And your nerves are raw And you've no-one but yourself to blame And you just want to end it all It's just French rock'n'roll It's just French rock'n'roll La, la la la,...

They're digging up human remains In Notting Hills Behind the screens, behind the wall In our backgarden Don't you know when you're well off? Don't you know when times are good? I just want to be loved I just want to be loved I just want to be loved...

It's my primary instinct to protect the child, Girl singing in the wreckage, My dress is torn, My hair is wild, Girl singing in the wreckage, My first car, My early boyfriends, Girl singing in the wreckage, Wet weekends, New Years Eve parties, Girl s...

Put on your make-up Apply it with care Use your imagination We can go anywhere We'll have an adventure I'm bored with just love A fairy tale with a sting in the tail Tonight we'll draw blood From Blackpool tower to Brighton pier Turn the lights out...

Close the windows, draw the blinds I can't stand it if the sun shines On Sunday Hated Sunday Disturbing pictures on the news Distant wars but they won't touch you On Sunday Hated Sunday Your mother calls, she's alright Your sister calls, she's in ho...

I.C. one female, Turn the sirens on, Just a small domestic situation, I.C. one female, Under surveillence, Heading northwards as the crow flies, But I still love you, I bloody well love you, I.C. one female, Not making any sense, Don't think she re...

I was brought up in an ideal home Bay windows let the sun shine in Natural light chased the shadows I was brought up in an ideal home In an ideal home, nothing you do can go wrong In an ideal home, everything's safe and you can Sit by the fire, read a g...

It's only the end of the world, Not a death in the family, We've seen all the best sights, Been on all the best rides, The amusement park on Saturday, We got tongue tied, After all the best fights, Stuff that's too boring to trash, It's classless and...

It's hardly in my nature boy I think my star is rising Caught like a rabbit in the glare of the lights Oh, what a beautiful carve up And if my mother's ghost could see me now Staring down at my pillow Moisturized and tranquilized Oh, what a beautiful ca...

Born into money it's not a crime You can fool the people all the time Nine hundred dead in Jonestown Rescued from a shopping mall Heiress with a little girls soul Do you think we'll make the papers? And we're searching for your daughter And we're searc...

It seems like years ago That the headlines read: Lord Lucan is missing (x2) Lord Lucan is missing (x4) Fleet Street looked everywhere And the police did too Lord Lucan is missing (x2) Repeat Chorus Miss him at the Clearmont Club Or in The South of...

Meet me in the playground after school When everybody has gone home Promise not to breathe a word of this Don't even look at me till we're alone Or tonuges will start to wag Stories will go round They'll talk behind our backs We'll never relive it down...

New baby boom starts today, I've got everything you need, Baby boom, Take you home, I've been waiting so long, New baby boom, Slipping through your magic fingers, I'll meet a man, But you'll have your mother's eyes, First love song for our brand new...

Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth You pull on your finger, then another finger, then cigarette The wall to wall is calling, it lingers, then you forget Oh oh oh, you're a rock 'n roll suicide You're too old to lose it, too young to choose it...

Goodbye to you, my trusted friend, We've known each other since we were nine or ten; Together we climbed hills and trees, Learned of love and A-B-C's; Skinned our harts and skinned our knees. Goodbye, my friend, it's hard to die, When all the birds are...

Girl on girl, in your dreams Girls on top, in between Girls together, girls alone In your dreams, in your dreams Boy on boy, boys on top Boys together, boys don't stop Being boys, in your dreams In your dreams, in your dreams I've been thinking about...

I'm grooming a soul boy I'm taking my time Because he's so young Because he's so shy Play Pool all night. I'm Grooming a soul boy I'm leading him on Possessing him Obsessing him Undress him with my eyes. Chorus: Top pocket, I'll try a trick shot...

I left school and hit the high street, had my youth in 6 weeks flat Topshop, doves and Glastonbury, learned to be a secretary. Chorus: If I can't have it, nobody can You follow the instructions it's all part of the plan When you start as you mean to go o...

(Dream home) It's a beautiful morning (It's a beautiful morning) (Dream home) It's a beautiful day (It's a beautiful day) (Dream home) It's a beautiful morning (It's a beautiful morning) (In our) Dream home (In our) Dream home Straight life Away from al...

If you let me join your gang, I'll show you things you never dreamed of, After school we'll steal a car, Drive until the feeling changes, All the people have to say, We're swinging, We don't like you, Go away, We're swinging, Feeling rotten to the co...

La la la, la la la la la La la la, la la la la la You're quite precautious I know which button should be pressed Let's go out driving I'll wait until you pass the test We can get a hood down Throw away those learner plates You got the hang of steering...

I'm swimming with the Deverell Twins I haven't got a care in a world, not a care They are looking after me This is the age of chivalry This is the age of alchemy I'm invited by the Deverell Twins I'm delighted to accept Their hospitality This is the...

Ah ah, ah ah Ah ah, ah ah The English motorway system is beautiful and strange It's been there forever, it's never going to change It eliminates all diversions, it eliminates all emotions (All you got to do to stay alive is drive) There are things we n...

(Chocolate Layers Remix) When boys are just eleven They begin to grow in height at a fast rate than they have done before They develop curiosity and start to fantasize About the things they have never thought of doing before These dreams are no more harm...

This is the school song This is the school of song BLACK BOX RECORDER Welcome to the school of song We'll help you achieve perfection Destroy your record collection It's for your own protections You're late again…thank you so much for gracing us with...

A pint of milk–a loaf of bread-a magazine-on special offer Check the weather forecast – Buy a new umbrella Send a text message – take a shower Meet me in the park - in half an hour These are the things that keep us together These are the things that keep...

See me in me heels and ting, Dem check sey we hip and ting, True them no know and ting, We have them going and ting, Nah pop no style, a strictly roots, Nah pop no style, a strictly roots, See me pon the road I hear you call out to me, True you see mi...

I see with tunnel vision I know what's going on, I think What I'm supposed to think. There are no hidden meanings No sleight of hands or secret signs I keep an open mind To the cabaret From the pantomime Watch the angel, not the wire Wait for it to...

Laying on the floor, with my best friend Late at night, early morning Careful not to touch, we've drunk enough Just another weekend falling Friday night, Saturday morning Friday night, Saturday morning Friday night, Saturday morning Friday night, Satur...

Well you can bite the bullet Breath in, breath out Or be a victim all your life Go window shopping Save your money Riches to rags overnight It's a wonderful life It's a wonderful life You can join the family business Serve behind the counter Even h...