Generation X

On the floor of Tokyo Or down in London town to go, go With the record selection With the mirror reflection I'm dancing with myself When there's no-one else in sight In the crowded lonely night Well I wait so long For my love vibration And I'm dancing...

Day by day - look what the papers say Day by day - look what the papers say Stranded in the jungle Trapped inside the tube [You] hate your next door neighbour Cos he's got more than you Going round and round / day by day On the cirlce line Round and ro...

I once had a dream A feeling inside A yearning so bad you have to shout it out Hey kid look at me You can make it real You can get it if you want Hey you know When I first started out They shut all the doors But I laughed at all the doors And I kic...

Your heroes stare with glossy smiles (Friday's Angels) They always had that special style (Friday's Angels) Standing naked dressings at trial (Friday's Angels) You'd give anything to be there for a while (Friday's Angels) You're made up, played up and fe...

I know you've heard these things before You get the same reply But all these things are new to me So I'm asking why? Isn't it the truth you want to hear Not lies and jealousy From the heart I can tell no lies From the heart I can tell no lies, lies,...

I'm sick and tired of hearing things From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics All I want is the truth now Just gimme some truth now I've had enough of reading things By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians All I want is the truth no...

Jailhouse Rocker roots training down in Memphis Liverpool Johnny rocks out round Paul's place Seconds away as the rhythm comes down King faces King in the ring for the crown King rocker, king rocker rock, rock, rock King Kong, King Kong Elvis from...

The greyhound's rocking out tonight To maximum rockabilly When two punks chose to risk the subway For a tube to Picadilly The Zephrys stir fast gangs for glory Another dumb casualty Having fun In South West six When a hidden flick knife flicks Kiss me...

All around me All around me Better watch that man See him gun in hand No one seems to see No one seems to see Better watch that man See him gun in hand What you gonna do next What you gonna do now Use a Kleenex Wipe out sex - Kleenex Better than...

What's it like to play a part? What's it like to have a wooden heart? Every word you say is so rehearsed You think your clothes and actions control the universe Listen, what you'd better do Listen, better change your head Listen, or there's nothing we c...

Well I met her downtown I think we'd spoken I think we'd spoken once before The sound was loud I said yeah, I said yeah give me more And something deep inside Started engines of desire And y'know there ain't a chance Of stopping love, Love like fire,...

Blinded by a million shades I couldn't see their eyes, I couldn't see their eyes The eyes of the crazies who drive I couldn't see their eyes, I couldn't see their eyes Chrome and plastic wheeled star-fighters Smiled the psycho pink late nighters Taking...

They customised their gear and synchronised (They)flame out in the streets with flame in their eyes Guerilla operator ain't heard of cool Check out any wall - one hundred punks rule One hundred punks rule A hundred punks run with London town Down Wardou...

A sixteen hundred packed with angry young men Came burning down mainstreet I touched the epiphone that hung on my hip It knew the sound of my heartbeat But turning the corner In a twisted heap They pulled some bodies From an upturned Ford Some kid loo...

The last lot made a few mistakes They didn't die young, they got big waists We got let down at the back of Earls Court We swore that night we'd never get caught Cause we were smarter than they were (they were) We started out with guitars and hate With o...

Ready, Steady, Go I'm not in love with television I'm not in love with the radio I'm not in love with the Kings Road Because I'm in love with Cathy McGowan - she said Ready steady go - all things she said Ready steady go - wasn't it fabulous Ready (rea...

Suzie came to London, to have her fortune told. Now she is a mother, she’s feeling kinda old. When she gets the money, she’ll take a knife for two. She’ll slit her throat of the one she trusts, Of the one who stole the right to choose. Revenge! Revenge!...

Yesterday by the paper stand I felt the power of another religion Rebels with a cause came out of the sun And spoke the only language they'd been given Creepers tapping out the beat as I felt the heat Man they sure looked neat Well tonight for sure You...

When I feel, you're right up close to me That's when I get, shakes all over me Quivers from your backbone Well, shakin' from the kneebone Yeah, shakin' from the sidebone Shakin' all over I went to the doctors just the other day Yeah, I'm about to tell...

Everywhere he goes Everything he does Everything proves to him That he don't exist for them Cos they don't understand what The invisible man understands Everyday he tries Every night he dies Looking for someone like him Someone who don't walk by him...

Part 1. Kenny Silvers The boy who disappeared, Kenny Silvers The boy who disappeared Kenny gets by on a fiddle almost every day Chasing his childlike dream in an English town Ambition like his street is paved in grey Nothing made much sense anyway Ke...

You're to to to too personal You're to to to too personal Well you keep talking about love - Well what do you want We have fun alright- so what do you want The idea of fate its all in the mind We are the ones who control our own time Look don't get me...

You and me are about to escape in the days of cold fire, drugs and desire. (probably) Gas and ice are a syncapated sound that sends us back along where the skins hung out But it was O.K. It was all right We were, we were The untouchables tonight The...

Into the valley of the dolls, Into the valley of the dolls, Into the valley of the dolls Went the gang of four Song number one and the rhythm up amping Drummer beats down 4/4 rock ranking A bass so deep thud, thud spines shaking And all around mad eye...

I'm walking in the street With the latest on my feet And the hair that makes the people stop and stare I got no money, but that's okay Because I live from day to day And I'm free to come and go just as I please Wild, wild, wild, youth Wild, wild, wild...

Trying to forget your generation You know all the ways when in what I see The ends must justify the means Your generation don't mean a thing to me I say your generation don't mean a thing to me I say your generation don't mean a thing to me Might take a...

Youth youth youth Youth youth youth Never wanna be an adult Always wanna be in revolt Youth youth youth Youth youth youth Don't wanna spend my life saving up for things Don't wanna have what a steady job brings I don't want security Don't want respo...