General Public

Here amongst these judgemental eyes, I watch the sky with darkened disguise, I play this game, Of loss and gain, When meaningful majority is lost, And tears of acid are gained. They don't view the sharpened cliffs, That tempt me t'wards the sky, The s...

Hanging on the line Waiting to be picked Same old story Every time I ask a favour of you Force and hold me back So that we don't win So that you don't lose So long I don't move Trained to expect We're forced to deny If you take away the feelings Yo...

Say you'll be there I'll change my clothes and cut my hair Say that you might I'd sit outside your door all night Quiet as a mouse Say yes and I'll go to our mom's house If you say you care I'll go to the foot of our stairs But are you leading on me on Or is t...

Matter of order As a matter of fact First to get told Last to get asked Just mind your ass When the buck gets passed Mind over matter As a matter of fact As a matter of fact The cards are stacked As a matter of fact It's a matter of class What's th...

This one is called the big bed "Cause it's kind of heavier than lead And kind a dreader than dreader than dread there you know You call me, I'm not at home, when you're alone sleeping in the middle of our big bed Cuddled with you, where I should be Try...

The kind that knows exactly what you should have done But when something's on, you know they're nowhere near You've been expecting this for such a lont time now And now there's something that I think you ought to hear It's true, Oo Oo The sort of things...

Watch the skies for signs or planes Same old bad news again today Just a thousand ways to make torture sound polite From H. Block to Springbok Tell me when does the beating stop I'm not prepared to just sit and watch again tonight Here it comes Here i...

cheque in the post, cheque in the post i'm looking for a world that cures my fears wishing that security was here forgetting all the rudes + bads + wrongs wanting all the wants that make you strong those moments when you want to be on top knowing there'...

there's been so much eye for an eye now i can't tell which cheek to turn look how we double deal just to keep the pack at bay ah now i'm asking the whys & whens he's coming back for a second term and i'm all fingers and thumbs through trying to have...

don't you think that you've already done enough? doesn't your mouth ever stop soft focussing on what you insist on calling love? well i hope it comes along to shut you up it's a sad but natural fact there's something deep inside that stays lonely foreve...

Always running Fast for running Keep your cool and have your say Say say say say so Silent hunger Must get stronger Cause you're waiting for that day Today day today Your reactions Can make or break the world Stand and be part Of what you're meant to be Your r...

Can't take my own advice your letter reached me the other day i like ther way you got around to saying "don't screw it up and throw it away" said "it can be paradise or it can be hell we're always stuck somewhere inbetween we just bite it off, chew it up &...

duck & cover in the tower of babel train your children to sit under tables a warm rain but a chill in the air can't they tell that there's people down there? forward as one not marching as to war forward as one not marching as to war forward as on...

Sitting there, making out that it's just not fair at all Cold stares, nose in the air Both pretending that we just don't care, but Every time you leave the room I'd start to worry and I'd wonder where... Where were you going, where had the lvoe gone? B...

Come and join the federation We could have communication You can have your application Be inside the battle station Could this be your fascination Look out for hallucinations Stick right to the regulations Must keep down the population That right you...

Now there's a place I know, and I sometimes love where they're born in the shadow of a rifle club Hearts of gold, but they're in some doubt when it's time to get the handgun out Time to get, get the handgun Time to get the handgun out Now it's time to g...

This tiny spark could brighten up your darkest day And right from the start you've tried to break this masquerade Searching for something more than a friend over and over and over again Your heart is a siren you cannot deny You grab on to love and you ho...

In a far far cooler light This could seem too deep a bite But the days too bright Tonights the night So hot you cool So cool you hot Show me my favourite beauty spot Tie me up in a love knot Boiling over bubbling up So hot you cool So cool you hot...

I'll Take You ThereGeneral PublicThreesome SoundtrackOh . . . mmmI know a placeAin't nobody cryin'Ain't nobody worriedAin't no smilin' facesMmm, no noLyin' to the racesHelp me, come on, come onSomebody, help me now(I'll take you there)Help me, ya'all(I'll take...

in conversation in conversation in conversation in conversation, your mind is acting now to take what's coming could make you change your mind piece of the action, look who's in pieces now it turns me 'round and around i'm struggling, i'm waiting, watch...

Maybe you will and maybe you won't Maybe you care, but hey I'd like to think you don't Maybe you're right and maybe I'm wrong Maybe you stay up worrying about it all night long? Danger, there's a man inside Watch out, what are you trying to hide? Oh God...

Musical thing keep you rocking So all you got to do is keep on coming down And tek in the vibes as I would tell you do it Yeah dis a de brand new style Dis is a bubbling style Chorus: it's me the original D Come fe mash it up with enough style It's me...

you know you're not the only one who'd like to grab their coat and just try to run love without the fun now can you just stand and finish what you had begun now the ... sun's the moon, and the moon's the sun how come it's not that it's not love, but...

what made the truth sound like a lie led step by step into desire choose to be understanding say you don't care when i know you do i can sleep at night, but each time i try you know i dream of you it's murder murder murder no time for cheap excuses li...

the tips he gets turn out to be rubbish he's crossed his heart now all roads lead to ruin his willing ear gets him nowhere (sit with a drink or think about drugs?) he's never there, never all there (escape in a movie, hide in a book?) never all there n...

When you're out on the street in amongst a thousand people all full of opinions You're never not alone When you're coming in When it's time to make your exit When you're out on the dancefloor You're never not alone Never not alone You're never not al...

Well who would've guessed? Well I guess I should The second night was just as good By the end of the week we were living as one Gone two years now we're still together Day in and day out For however long It's the kind of love that could last forever...

Well who would've guessed? Well I guess I should The second night was just as good By the end of the week we were living as one Gone two years now we're still together Day in and day out For however long It's the kind of love that could last forever Day in and...

But here comes the musical thing keep You rockin' an swing so all you gotta do is keep On coming down adn don't be no clown as I would Tell you 'bout the musical thing that we love to call Punk 'Cause dis yah one it have to make a hit song and And this y...

Musical thing called the rainy days Specially designed not to make you go astray, you know Rainy days, rainy rainy rainy out there Song dong dong dong dong dong dong dong Rainy days, rainy rainy rainy out deh Song dong dong dong dong dong dong dong Dri...

Now come in all G.P. crew This one is dedicated to you Whether you're black, brown, pink or blue General Public come back for true. Here comes General Public Here comes General Public Here comes General Public To rub it better aha, aha Here comes Gene...

I don't know when to start or when to stop My luck's like a button I can't stop pushing it My head feels light But I'm still in the dark Seems like without tenderness There's something missing Tenderness Where is the Tenderness Where is it? I don'...

are the lights so bright that you can't see how a little taste of everything could leave you quite this empty? tell yourself it's not your fault take the pills with a pinch of salt makes no difference, makes no bones it's hard to think with your mouth f...

Look at the ivy on the old clinging wall Look at the flowers and the green grass so tall It's not a matter of when push comes to shove It's just an hour on the wings of a dove There's just warm love It's just warm love And it's everpresent everywhere A...

Always tried to keep in touch But somehow the ringing never stopped I tried to break that lock With almost death defying leaps and bounds But never found too many friends on stony ground A friend's a friend but a pound's a pound And things can get awful heavy...