The Beat

Cross your fingers say you’re on high Pretend you’re in den and see what life brings. But always taking things as they come Tends to make you forget to put anything in. The longer you dwell the more it’s like hell You sit by the well just making a wish....

Don’t attempt to explain this incredible strain now confusion’s become far too simple a word for it is what you make that’s the usual mistake if you’re happy with pain you can take it from me that they’re all out to get you they’re painting your life...

i just found out the name of your best friend, you been talkin’ about yourself again, and no one seems to share your views. why doesn’t everybody listen to you kid? how come you never really seem to get through, is it you? talk about yourself again, you....

Yes, I’ve seen you go to work in your big car Yes, your fat and can afford to be tasteless You’re a big shot. You want the whole lot And if I like it or not You still control me, You tell me what to think and what to be. I like it best in the freezing...

Guess there’s no use in hangin’ ’round Guess I’ll get dressed and do the town I’ll find a crowded avenue Though it will seem empty without you I can’t get used to losing you No matter what I try to do Gonna spend my whole life through Loving you Don’t love s...

a valentine from a politician three pages of your dog’s ambitions the stabbed lover and the furious bunny stare too long and your eyes go funny yes i agree we’re reading tissue paper but we can talk about real things later cheated cheated win a greenhou...

it’s a one shot magazine , give it a spin open your mouth slide the barrel in if you don’t like it just don’t do it again itchy finger, finger, trigger, trigger click click click click click one in thirty-five is saying sorry through a bottle say it’...

it’s a must, it’s compulsive it is family entertainment play americans and russians find a place to hide your poison beat the others round the head beat the others round the table be the first to take the money past the point of desperation living on...

Compromise around the corner can you hear the accountants call? could you refuse another dollar? could you stop yourself from falling? so in between the sleepless nights you dream that you are winning fights but then it happens, dreadful thing a wave a...

She said to leave it till the end of the party Do it now, you know there’s never a next time How come the feeling that it’s only just started Pull back your cover, I could love you for all time But do it now, you know there’s never a next time. The...

There’s a training course boys and girls of real ambition start a new job in a factory where they’re making ammunition but it makes them think of stealing when they read between the lines through the owners of this funfair you won’t find a ride you like...

I told my friend I’d check for you He told me that he liked you too But then I saw him kissing you I could’ve died when he said, hands off she’s mine Said hands off she’s mine Hands off she’s mine Hands off she’s mine, I want her all the time Hands of...

Yes i’ll be down your street again quite soon and don’t ignore me when i wave at you for although i’m looking rather sad i’m all you’ve ever really had and when you’re desperate, you will hold me hold me to that. took your hat off in Wisconsin took you...

Just out of spite, I confess I’ve ruined three lives Now don’t sleep so tight Because I didn’t care till I found out that one of them was mine. Night after night time time after time. Done too much of both types of w(h)ining. Still wasn’t right fight a...

This song’s called the jackpot, well look at that Say hip, hip horray, yeah, yeah Hip, hip horray, yeah, yeah You got your jackpot, You got your jackpot when you hit the top You got your jackpot, You got your jackpot when you call the shots Say what...

All set luncheonette, kitchenette to let I bet to get hamburgerette again. We met in a launderette and kissed beneath the air jet No threat no sweat Another one in the back of the net. When I met Jeanette, Substitute Ronette, She said “Will you reme...

At the center, no one warns you when that moment might turn the corner stand the test of your position remember monkey murders always love ambition collect black marks when you try too hard not to treat her like another toy it makes you mad, you sleep...

I’m looking for a girlfriend, I want everything Noise in this world Someone to lie next to I want Wherever I want Whatever jacknife feels right Tearing at the blankets I want Wherever I want I’m just the crossed out names in your addressbook Sticks...

promise your secrecy into the microphone into the megaphone, into the cell questioning decency under the microscope over and over then over and out organise my life over the telephone over my dead body, over my head tread a fine line between you and you...

Pato and Roger ago talk (Right) Aha, uhu, Pato and Roger ago talk. You come in a de dance, You jump up and prance, And when tek a stop A so we hold dem in a trance. Aha, uhu, Pato and Roger ago talk. (Right) Aha, uhu, Pato and Roger ago talk. (R...

Rankin’ come forward. Full Stop, say Ranking Full Stop. Full Stop, say Ranking Full Stop. My name is Ranking Full Stop So all you really got to do is just-a move you little feet And just-a rock-a to the beat, as I would say, yeah, alright And when you...

This songs called the rough rider, yeah, ya’know I say gwarn like a spider Tell ya say gwarn like a tiger, ya know She was a rough rider A strong winer Who start to winey, winey Dem had a hard night Last night Lord he feel so broke up today Lord he...

Two dozen other dirty lovers, Must be a sucker for it, Cry cry but I don't need my mother. Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it Sooner or later Your legs give way, you hit the ground Save it for later Don't run away and let me down Sooner or lat...

Don’t want him But she can’t bear to tell him Don’t love him Love is uncompromising Can’t leave him No never never, So next time she meet him they’ll both be in heaven. In a de corner, But she hardly makes a sound She never get the energy to hit the...

Of course I want there to be an us, I’ve always wanted that But how And if giving time and patience Trying hard to understand We never feel the power of our own hands Sense the danger late And only vaguely ever grasp the means of our sole salvation?...

Try to live but it’s more like worry. Each time I try to speak it does sound like “sorry” Setting up races you’ve gotta keep winning Imaginary races, You jump until you’re bleeding and you’re needing And you’re wanting it so badly timed your sighing,...

In a me yard, You noh fe gwan like you hard. In a me yard in a me yard. Dats why you, spar wid me, I you have to pray to de Lord. In a me yard. Dats why you, Spar wid me, I hope you will agree noh climb up in de tree like a chimpanzee, Spar wid me,...

This world is upside down The right’s and wrong’s don’t get much wronger. Mistakes found in the past Turn into rules protecting power. It’s falling down It weighs a lot So you should not depend on it. This world is upside down But look I can’t hang on...

Say oh yeah baby baby Now if there’s a smile on my face It’s only there tryin’ to fool the public But when it comes down to foolin’ you Now honey that’s quite a different subject So don’t let my glad expression Give you the wrong impression ‘Cause real...

The only limits we set what can we get away with? in that at least we’re the same the only way we find of hiding the hurt we feel is more unnecessary pain each time you draw in like a breath it comes out like a knife you feel like offering yourself out...

something shows in your face aren’t you forgetting yourself merely let your mouth stand twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl emotion packed in every tear emotion mirrors your fears smile an...

I’ve never been one for the punch-ups But look I really hate them nazis A certain something starts to wind me up How could I hate them oh so violently When two swords slashing at each other Only sharpen one another And in the long run even he’s your bru...

Then she said… …”if you ever try to lean on me, too heavily, i’ll step aside and watch you fall we’ll make each other look so small let’s either find another way, or bang our heads into the wall, and walk away do you have to get this close before it hit...

come whether you whine or grind i say whether you whine or grind can you shake it up right on time i say shake it up right on time well, the first thing she ask is you havea ya brush you have’a ya brush, you can avoid the rush come whether you whine or...