Cock Sparrer

A U Come outside I'm fed up with you looking Like the cat who got the cooking I said A U You and me outside You've got the kind of face The face of a git And I really want to hit it I said A U You and me outside Coz I've been watching you Chatting u...

Hey, people down the street don’t know what’s goin’ on. They don’t know where I’m going. They don’t know where I’m from. I’ve got no time to explain to them. They only ask me again and again and again. Said I’ve got no time to explain to them… They only ask me...

Give me your hopes, give me your dreams Give me your conscience and your fears I'll keep them safe, I'll hold them dear And I'll believe in you When you're blind I'll be your eyes When you're weak I'll carry you When hope is gone I'll pull you through...

It started off like any other show Sunday nights on the radio Terry played the songs we wanted to hear And Terry said things no one else would dare He gave it all that he had to give They said it was his only reason to live But we just listened to the rock n r...

Just another tour, just another gig, just another sound and lighting rig A rock n' roll show and a couple of beers but some of those boys had other ideas A sign on the wall made it perfectly clear: no guns, no bombs, no knives in here Potsdam rocks but we...

With your hair so white you could light up the night Burning out like a shooting star From the stage to The Squeeze, from T.V. to striptease I loved you in the back of my car Nobody's gonna tell you what to do Nobody's gonna mess around with you You'll n...

Because you're young, sharp as a knife You need that buzz to come alive Out on the edge, out on the town You ain't got time to settle down You're always sure, you're always right You see it all in black and white You never listen to anyone Because you're young...

People say that life ain't fair And then they say what you give comes round the same What can you believe ? I say if you want passion in your life You can't be afraid of pain You've got to get out and live Coz freedom's a curse but boredom's even worse...

You got, you got, you know what You got, you got, you know what, How long can freedom last, when you got bird trouble and your sinking fast Well I heard you told her that you loved her And you whisper sweet nothings in her ear And I heard you're planning a...

Well the country's burned down look at it smoulder I wanna live for today don't wanna get any older You can't show us nothing we don't wanna be shown Don't wanna end up digging holes in the road Everywhere we go they shout you got a chip on your shoulder A ch...

I am a product of the sixth degree Don't you wish that you were me I go for a walk and then I watch TV 'Til it's time to have my tea I watch all the adverts splashed on my screen But they don't mean a thing to me It's a joke it's a scream a rotten scheme So I...

Got drunk on a Friday night Woke up Sunday morning His bags by the front door There's no final warning She's thrown in all his clothes And all reason is out It's the silence that killed him He wished to God she'd shout When you're a man it's hard to see why W...

Tower blocks we lived in all come tumbling down Moved out to another slum in another part of town Playing football in the street and pissing in the lift Who really ever thought it would come to this East ham high street market on a Saturday Stuffing thin...

There are people who know everything about you Every place that you've been every job you do State of health state of mind it's the world today It's all down in their files and computers too And it's there to be seen by a cynic few But you won't get to see it;...

Droogs dont run Droogs dont run If you're in any trouble You know we'll be right there We don't take no shit from no one We'll fight 'em anywhere So remember who your friends are If you wanna keep breathing air Your droogie is your brother someone you can...

When she's hot it's the heat of a burning at the stake And when she's cold it's the chill of a frozen Moscow lake And when she smiles is it real or the smile an assassin makes Before he sends you to hell ? She's an east end girl When she sighs it's the s...

Years of being told you ain't as good as us join the line sign your name and they all say that our county's going bust but no one's fooling us again. England belongs to me our nations pride the dirty water on the rivers no one can take away our memory Englan...

I was there in world war one I remember Vietnam I was standing by your side in the hills of Afghanistan You were young and you were scared but you still stood tail I’m watching as your heart breaks when the men around you fall I’ll be there.. every step o...

From the streets of Aberdeen to the Brighton scene There's something going wrong From the woolacomb shore to the tots dance floor They all shout "what's going on?" You promised us a country fit for a queen But the queen doesn't have to pay You promised...

We were born by the Thames' running water, sons of the social disorder Go to school, get a job, be a fool or a yob and prepare yourself for gaol But we tired of the constant surrender to those with a hidden agenda So we fought with the best, now it's time f...

For years we stood, side by side Heads held high, heart full of pride One of a kind, staunch and true You turned your back and to this day I'm not sure why you run away Loyalty means nothing to you I bet you think it'll be forgotten Not a chance, too much, to...

I see it in the women, the coldness in their eyes So shallow in their minds, so predictable in desire I see it in the bosses whose hands hold people's lives So stupid in promotion of old boys, sycophants and liars [Chorus] And I feel a death coming on T...

I fit central heating, I have done it now for years I have got all the know how I have got all the gear I used to earn my money working on a building site Now Im pulling up the floorboards, soldering up the pipes And those housewifes they just cant get enough...

It can't be right what I'm reading here No one believes in all this stuff no more Our ideas don't see eye to eye You get your press with a pocketfull of lies Telling everybody every word is true One day soon they're gonna see through you [Chorus] I go...

Well I worked on a site and I soldered up pipes And I still ended up with nothing left to show So I thought I'd give it one more go I met this bloke and I thought it was a joke When he asked if I had it in my heart to rob What he meant was a nice bank job...

I got home this morning 'bout a quarter to four I found my baby headin' out the door Cuz I been out dancing all night long She thought I been romancin' but she got it wrong I try to stay clean she wont let me be Shes always checking up on me I need a witness...

Well you won't hear us on the radio or Top Of The Pops 'Cos we're blanked And I wonder what is that we've done Oh he was only having some fun What went wrong I get the feeling that somebody's got it in for us all the way And we've been called names that were n...

I'll be on the last train to Dagenham I've been drinking in a pub up west I'm looking for the sign that says this is the District Line and I'm gonna catch the alky express I'll be on the last train to Dagenham With all the other ravers, drunk and stoned...

Cheats never prosper, crime don't pay, The meek shall inherit come judgement day, Peace in our time, no pain no gain, management decisions, insurance claims, The slow but sure will always win it, there's one born every minute It's a lie. The cheque's in the...

Everybody's got a number tattooed on their soul And the time's gonna come boy, when your number's called Everybody gets a uniform and a hut to live in They give you your rank, you tell 'em your next of kin And there's no escape for the likes of you, my friend...

So what you gonna do, you gonna stick with the crowd Walk the streets of the city following the biggest mouth They want you for their dreams full of hate and oppression When they're done they're all the same weekend politicians What they're gonna give you ain...

When we were at school I thought he had it sussed Fighting the law with the rest of us Smoking, drinking, acting cool. ('Til) they started treating him like a fool Then he stayed on his own for most of the time Dreaming dreams of a life of crime In and out of...

Life sucks and then you die That's what my old man said Stand up its in yout face But don't let it get you down Remember this instead There's a road somewhere that'll lead you to your dreams Oooohh oooohhh ooohhh We're all looking for the roads to freedom (x2...

Run away Johnny [x3] Johnny run away The bosses are the menaces they don’t give a damn for you They know that you earn their pay There’s a real life waiting if you just get up and go run away Johnny run away You know the banks and the money lenders want to ke...

Run with the blind the best of your kind Your leaders your God like saviours Run with the cold and do what your told You live by the shepherds of your graveyard Run with the blind and see what you'll find See if you can bring on a reaction Run with the crowd b...

Things you say, Things you do sure worry me, When were out on the street making money for you in your society. It seems to me the time is right, For another generation and another street fight. Got no future, sure got a right, i got a right to live. I can't s...

Collecting funds for the holy fight Like a door to door salesman in the dead of night Russian guns help him on his way Bought with money from the USA [Chorus] And the ordinary people say what's it for And the ordinary people say we want no more But the man at...

When I met you, you were on your own No looks, no class, no money Well, I took you in and I tried to help I gave you everything I had Must've known I want something in return You say you don't know how to repay me Well, the time has come for you to learn The...

Four in the morning, out all night Going where she can't tell But she knows it'll be alright She's with the Suicide Girls Struttin' down the street with an attitude Like she owns the world Don't even think she'd look at you She's with the Suicide Girls...

She came from, well, in Garden City 'fore she moved into my town She was stone cold broke but her legs were pretty And her hair looked mean as she let her hair down She followed in her mother's footsteps To make a little cash on the side Invested in a well-ma...

We worked our way up from east end pubs To gigs and back stage passes Ex-boxing champs, West end clubs Americans in dark glasses Driving ten grand cars, they drink in hotel bars They're even making money in bed They wouldn't be no loss, they aint worth a toss...

There's something we both know You're meant for me but even so If I offered you the chance You'd probably still say no I've got to get it through to you You know you really want me to You've ignored me from the start You stuck-up, two-faced tart. You...

Friend of my mine said he rather be dead, with a bullet from a 45 in his head, Or his wrist slashed to ribbons with a blade instead, than reach 24 that's what he said. Ooh, ooh, ooh, what they trying to do to my teenage heart I said Ooh, ooh, ooh, what they t...

We got Reds under the bed We got lovely's nude and tanned We got the wife of a mass murderer And we only paid her ten grand We got Samantha Fox we got lots of sport We got scroungers full of greed "You Scum" is the headline For you and your kids to read The...

When I was young those stories took me in Of G.I.Joe the comic macho man They mean murder they mean murder Disguised as fairytales The hero never fails They mean murder they mean murder They wave their flags They play their anthems loud Teach men to kill then...

I've got a friend just an ordinary guy But sometimes he comes out with so many lies About how many women he's had in bed He's trying to impress me but he hurts my head Think again use your brain Your values are false and by lying you've nothing to gain There...

So you think you're gonna cause a splash You're gonna make some cash You're gonna open every door With the wind in your hair and the sun on your face Everything's gonna fall into place You're so sure And you take whatever you can while you sit at home ma...

When life gets big and your world is small When you bend your head cos you’ve got too tall You know it’s time to go over the wall It’s time to make your move When the rules become too hard to take And promises are made to break You need to make yo...

Day after day fingers to the bone To earn another pound, to pay another loan Face to the grindstone, neck on the line Killing himself, just to pass time Hour after hour, watching the clock Grafting hard with his head on the block Loyal to the end, the old scho...

I know he’s not the kind, the kind that settles down And I know he finds it hard to keep his feet on the ground He goes out every night down the pub with all his mates Getting into fight’s staying out till late When he comes home rolling drunk Don’t get t...

Everybody's talking about revolution Everybody's talking about smash the state Sounds to me like the final solution Right wing, left wing, full of hate [Chorus] We don't wanna fight Because you tell us to So watch your back when you attack us 'Coz we might ju...

We’re going out on Friday night; ( we know how to live) Lagered up and looking right; (we know how to live) Pull a bird at Benj.’s; take her home and do the biz A little take, a little give; (we know how to live) Bacon, eggs and tinned tomatoes; (we know how...

We don't care if you only love we. We don't care if you only love we. We love you. We love you and we hope that you will love we too. We love they. We love they and we want you to love they too. Ah We don't care if you hound we and love is all aroun...

We're coming back, we're coming back We're coming back to you We're never gonna go away again Hold on a little longer, try a little harder 'Til we're arm in arm together to the end [Chorus] So remember, out there somewhere You've got a friend, and you'll neve...

Me mum don't like the clothes I wear. Me dad don't like my spiky hair. Teachers at school say I'm a fool. But I say to them you're just uncool. Tell me what's it like to be old What's it like to be old Tell me what's it like to be old. Because you're old old o...

I believed in julie when she said how easy it could be And I believed in Tommy and his written words of anarchy And I believed in Joe when he said we had to fight And I believed in Jimmy when he told us to unite [Chorus] Where are they now Where are they now...

I been working all day for me mate on the site Running around like a blue arsed fly I been working And I been working all day for me mate Every bleeding minute I been on the go Up and down the ladder like a fiddler's elbow I been working I been working all da...