The Jam

Where the streets are pave with blood, with cataclysmic overtones Fear and hate linger in the air A strictly no-go deadly zone I don't know what I'm doing here 'cause it's not my scene at all There's an 'A' bomb in Wardour Street They've called in the...

Feel is a word I can't explain At least not in words that are plain Make it easy to express But I'll try to do my best To hit you where it counts I just want to build up A solid bond in your heart (Yeah) A solid bond in your heart (Aha) I'm fuelled by...

Oi! All over the country (We want a new direction) I said all over this land (We need a reaction) Well there should be a youth explosion (Inflate creation) But something we can command What's the point in saying destroy I want a new life for everywhe...

Seen you before, I know your sort, You think the world awaits your every breath You'll be my friend, or so you say You'll help me out when the time comes And all the time we're getting rich, You hang around to help me out But when we're skint, Oh God F...

Tell me that you've got everything you want But you don't get me You say you've seen seven wonders And you're bird is green But you don't see me When your prized possessions start to weigh you down Look in my direction, I'll be 'round I'll be 'round...

Anything that you wanna do, anyplace that you wanna go Don't need permission for everything that you want Any taste that you feel is right Wear any clothes just as long as they're bright Say what you want, 'cos this is a new art school Do what you want if...

Things are getting just too cozy for me And I see people as they see me Gonna break away and gain control You free your mind You free your soul I was the type who knocked at old men (history's easy) Who together at tables sit and drink beer (somewhere...

Beat surrender - Come on boy, come on girl Succumb to the beat surrender All the things that I care about (are packed into one punch) All the things that I'm not sure about (are sorted out at once) And as it was in the beginning, so shall it be in the en...

Open up the sky 'Cause I'm coming up to you So send down your wings It'll bring me to you You know I'm standing at the station Ready to go Big ol' airplane, you know I trust in you so Get on up big bird To my baby, love Get on up big bird To my baby...

If it's not you moaning, then it's someone else, Jumping down my throat, every chance you get, If it's not you crying, then it's probably me You're a little dog messing up my tree - Billy Hunt is a magical world, Full of strippers and long legged girls C...

See me walking around I'm the boy about town that you heard of See me walking the streets I'm on top of the world that you heard of Oh, like paper caught in wind I glide upstreet, I glide downstreet Oh, and it won't let you go Till you finally come to re...

Bricks and mortar, reflecting social change, Cracks in the pavement, reveal cravings for success Why do we try to hide our past By pulling down houses and build car parks Windows and mirrors like a two-way glass This is progress, nothing stands in its pat...

Dear, How are things in your little world, I hope they're going well and you are too. Do you still see the same old crowd, the ones who used to meet every Friday. I'm really sorry that I can't be there but work comes first, I'm sure you'll understand. Thin...

Picked you up and let you down and I never said a word - But I'm different now and I'm glad that you're my girl Mess you 'round and upset you I hurt you most of all - But I'm different now and I'm glad that you're my girl Fun lasts for seconds, love las...

Take a look at the great street It don't seem the same Remember how great it should be Shops are full of fashion People told what they want The street that was a part of the British Monarchy British Monarchy Who wants cafgans and all that We don't ne...

If you gave me a fresh carnation I would only crush its tender petals With me you'll have no escape And at the same time there'll be nowhere to settle - I trample down all life in my wake I eat it up and take the cake I just avert my eyes to the pain Of...

I am a dull and simple lad Cannot tell water from champagne and I have never met the Queen And I wish I could have all he has got - I wish I could be like David Watts And when I lie on my pillow at night I dream I could fight like David Watts And lead the scho...

A boy I know is sick in his head - At least that's what the doctors say he is Shut in his room for hours on end Looks like he's forgotten, but is he His mind it ticks, more than you know One day something in his head will click Warders fill him full of l...

The distant echo - of faraway voices boarding faraway trains To take them home to the ones that they love and who love them forever The glazed, dirty steps - repeat my own and reflect my thoughts Cold and uninviting, partially naked Except for toffee wra...

Streets I ran - this whole town - Backstreets and all - I wanted to leave there. But no matter how fast I ran, my feet were glued, I just couldn't move there. I saw the hate and lots of people I heard my name called above the noise I tried to speak but m...

I sat alone with the dreams of children Weeping willows and tall dark building, I've caught a fashion from the dreams of children But woke up sweating from this modern nightmare, and I was alone, no one was there I caught a glimpse from the dreams of chi...

No matter where I roam I will come back to my English rose For no bonds can ever tempt me from she I've sailed the seven seas, Flown the whole blue sky. But I've returned with haste to where my Love does lie. No matter where I go I will come back to my...

Sup up your beer and collect your fags, There's a row going on down near Slough, Get out your mat and pray to the West, I'll get out mine and pray for myself. Thought you were smart when you took them on, But you didn't take a peep in their artillery room...

The way that sunlight flits across your skirt, makes me feel I'm from another world, To touch your face in the morning light. I hope you're always gonna be around. The times I struggle to understand why, The ancient proverbs like Who am I? Why am I here...

Down in amongst the streets tonight Books will burn, people laugh and cry in their turmoil (turmoil turns rejoiceful) Shed your fears and lose your guilt Tonight we burn responsibility in the fire We'll watch the flames grow higher! But if you get too bu...

You say that you miss him I can tell by the way you kiss him Get yourself together And you'll be alright You say that you love him Now he's gone so please forget him Get yourself together And you'll be alright I'm just like you so take my lead You see...

Why are you frightened can't you see that it's you That ain't no ghost it's a reflection of you Why do you turn away an' keep it out of sight Oh don't live up to your given roles There's more inside you that you won't show But you keep it hidden just...

Girl on the phone keeps a-ringing back Her voice is smooth but the tone is bland She's telling me this and she's telling me that She talks about me and I must agree With what she says about me About how nice I can be But it makes no difference to my mind...

Some people might say my life is in a rut, But I'm quite happy living with what I got People might say that I should strive for more, But I'm so happy I can't see the point. Somethings happening here today A show of strength with your boy's brigade and,...

Thought that I would forget you? Heaven knows that's not my style And that I would let you? Walk away without at least goodbye You shouldn't let those feelings fool you - You shouldn't let those feelings get you down Thought that I was a devil? But I'm...

Whenever I'm with you Something inside starts burning Snd my hearts filled with fire Stop this - it's got a hold on me I said this ain't the way it's supposed to be It's like a heatwave burning in my heart I can't keep from crying Tearing me apart Wh...

If we tell you that you've got two days to live Then don't complain, 'cos that's one more than you'd get in Zaire - So don't hang around and be foolish Do something constructive with your weekend - From Monday morning I work for Friday nights Collect my w...

Because it's real you think it's a joke Because it's on your doorstep you have to have a poke At someone It's only a cliche because it's all true Time after time it happens through and through To a new generation You're just so smug in your elected seat...

Saw a girl that I used to know I was deep in thought at the time Don't recognise the face at first 'Cause I was probably looking at mine Well she was the only girl I've ever loved But my folks didn't dig her so much I was young It was serious To me she...

I need you to keep me straight When the world don't seem so great And it's hard enough you know I need you to be around When my conscience brings me down And the world feels so obscure I want you to be the one Who tells me off when I do wrong And you k...

Knew the time to leave had come when you pointed out your ring Never could see what was in this matrimony thing Baby, baby, baby you sure made a noise when I left And your father started shouting lest you ironed my shirts 'fore I left Would've liked to ex...

In the city there's a thousand things I want to say to you But whenever I approach you, you make me look a fool I wanna say, I wanna tell you About the young ideas But you turn them into fears In the city there's a thousand faces all shining bright And those g...

When I'm in the crowd, I don't see anything My mind goes a blank, in the humid sunshine when I'm in the crowd I don't see anything I fall into a trance, at the supermarket the noise flows me along, as I catch falling cans of baked beans on toast, technolo...

I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour That's when my love comes tumbling down I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour That's when there's no one else around I'm gonna take you, gonna hold you Do all the things I told ya Midnight hour, oh baby I'm gonna w...

Murder on the terraces And fools in high places It's all so sickening And we're so satisfied - In the street tonight Hate on every pavement Paranoia on shop doorways The kids want some action And who can fucking blame them now It's all so sickening...

Well nothing seems too clear to him anymore Well funny how he’s the one who’s always so confused People point the finger, they all look at him Well can’t somebody tell him what he’s done wrong? Well what has he done to you or someone? Nobody speaks - or...

All we seem to do is talk about it we always end up shouting about it there was a time when we could overcome it But it's too late to say we'll just forget it It's too bad that we had to break up and too much said for us to ever make up I could get by if...

Hello darlin' - I'm home again Covered in shit and aches and pains Too knackered to think so give me time to come round Just gimme the living room beat to the TV sound - My hard earned dough goes in bills and the larder And that Prince Philip tells us we...

Looking from a hilltop, watching from a lighthouse, just dreaming Up here I can see the world Ooh, sometimes it don't look nice - That's OK Life from a window, I'm just taking in the view Life from a window, observing everything around you Staring at a g...

Its funny how you never knew what my name was, Our only contact was a form for the election. These days I find that you don't listen, These days I find that we're out of touch, These days I find that I'm too busy, So why the attention now you want my ass...

Liza Radley, see the girl with long hair See her creeping 'cross summer lawns at midnight And all the people in the town where we live say “she's not quite right” She don't fit in with a small town They just can't understand why she doesn't say much But in...

Do you know what you're looking for? Streets of gold, fame and fortune? You didn't fancy working in a factory But your mum and dad didn't agree You slept on Waterloo station at first But now you've moved to a posher squat You wonder where your next meal...

London traffic (state of confusion) London traffic (blocking the streets) London traffic (going nowhere) London traffic (polluting the air) Drive round London in a car Don't really want to go far So many cars fill the streets Wonder why we bother at all...

Puts up the closed sign does the man in the corner shop Serves his last then he says goodbye to him He knows it is a hard life But its nice to be your own boss really Walks off home does the last customer He is jealous of the man in the corner shop He is...

This is a modern world - This is the modern world What kind of a fool do you think I am? You think I know nothing of the modern world All my life has been the same I've learned to live by hate and pain It's my inspiration drive - I've learned more than...

Hush now child and don't you cry Your folks might understand you by and by Move on up towards your destination You may find from time to time Complications *Bite* your lip and take a trip Though there may be wet road ahead You cannot slip So move on up...

Daylights dawns, you wake up and yawn - Mr. Clean A piece of toast from the one you love most - and you leave You get the bus in the 8 o'clock rush, And catch the train in the morning rain Mr. Clean - Mr. Clean If you see me in the street - look away Ca...

Power, Pop! Read about the things that happen throughout the world Don't be believe in everything you see or hear The neighbours talk day in day out about the goings on They tell us what they want - they don't give an inch Look at the pictures taken by t...

Come down - your tea is on the table Nothing seems to matter anymore And if you're good we'll go out on Sunday Spend the whole day thinking of you Take you sailing across the water To a faraway place Remember when life was lovely Forever was captured in...

Non-stop dancing, truly out on the floor Non-stop moving, baby, baby Still you scream out for more We don't care if it rains or shines Cause everything's fine inside, when we're dancing Non-stop dancing I said, non-stop loving, with my girl by my side E...

The streets of pleasure took you to top But every light was red and every sign said stop I felt so confined, just like glued to the spot, oh As we were sleeping in the noon day sun We escaped the test and the marathon run And no one heard Alfie's muffled...

Kid walks down the street Bumps into emptiness Pow! Kid looks at the sky Looks at his watch Decides to go home Zap! Kid spies pretty girl Walks up to her Kisses her On the mouth Where else? And all day long I was thinking I was thinking this, th...

Your precious love - that means so much will it ever stop or will I just lose touch What I want to say - but my words just fail Is that I need it so I can't help myself Like a hungry child - I just help myself And when I'm all full up - I go out to play...

I've got a pocket full of pretty green - I'm gonna put it in the fruit machine - I'm gonna put it in the juke box - It's gonna play all the records in the hit parade - This is the pretty green - this is society You can't do nothing - unless it's in the p...

Closer than close you see yourself A mirrored image of what you wanted to be. As each day goes by a little more You can't remember what it was you wanted anyway. The fingers feel the lines they prod the space Your ageing face the face that once wa...

I was hoping we'd make real progress - But it seems we have lost the power Any tiny step of advancement Is like a raindrop falling into the ocean - We're running on the spot - always have - always will? We're just the next generation of the emotionally cr...

Saturday's boys live life with insults, Drink lots of beer and wait for half time results, Afternoon tea in the light-a-bite - chat up the girls - they dig it! Saturday's girls work in Tesco's and Woolworths, Wear cheap perfume 'cause its all they can aff...

Your twisted cynicism - makes me feel sick - Your open disgust for 'Idealistic naive' You've given up hope you're jaded and ill The trouble is your thoughts a catching disease Ooh - you need to get away - Ooh - you need a change of pace - Because you're...

I was in the pub last night A mutual friend of ours said He'd seen you in the uniform Yeah the leather belt looks manly The black boots butch But oh what a bastard to get off Promises, promises They offer real solutions But hatred has never won for lo...

High town - high street connections With clothes at the top of my list You could steal things from the jewelry department But you can't take kind or steal a kiss As I flit from shop window to window I'm trying to pick up a friendly bargain But it's not l...

Here we go again, it's Monday at last, He's heading for the Waterloo line, To catch the 8 a.m. fast, its usually dead on time, Hope it isn't late, got to be there by nine. Pin stripe suit, clean shirt and tie, Stops off at the corner shop, to buy The Time...

Sounds from the street, sounds so sweet What's my name? It hurts my brain to think Sounds from the city, sound so pretty Young bands playing Young kids digging And I dig them The USA's got the sea Yeah, but the British kid's got the streets I don't mi...

Oh we make the standards and we make the rules And if you don't abide by them you must be a fool We have the power to control the whole land You never must question our motives or plans - 'Cause we'll outlaw your voices, do anything we want We've nothing...

It's not important for you to know my name - Nor I to know yours If we communicate for two minutes only It will be enough For knowing that someone in this world Feels as desperate as me - And what you give is what you get. It doesn't matter if we neve...

Baby when I found out you were lying Playing around and conniving Undesired tears I was crying 'Cause sugar coated as I was buying I was just a backseat driver in a car of love Going wherever you take me Don't know why I put up with the pain 'Cause no o...

Found myself in a strange town Though I've only been here for three weeks now I've got blisters on my feet Trying find a friend in Oxford Street I bought an A to Z guide book Trying to find the clubs and YMCAs But when you ask in a strange town They say...

Well come on pretty baby you know what I like now You're shakin' all over and it's feeling alright now You're rockin' and rollin' and I don't know what to say But daddy's little cat's gonna rock all day Well come on pretty woman you know what I mean now T...

Bring you a tale from the pastel fields Where we ran when we were young This is a tale from the water meadows Trying to spread some hope into your heart It's mixed with happiness - it's mixed with tears Both life a death are carried in this stream That o...

A police car and a screaming siren Pneumatic drill and ripped up concrete A baby wailing, a stray dog howling The screech of brakes and lamplights blinking That’s entertainment, that’s entertainment A smash of glass and the rumble of boots An electric train...

In your white lace and your wedding bells You look the picture of contented new wealth But from the on-looking fool who believed your lies I wish this grave would open up and swallow me alive For the bitterest pill is hard to swallow The love I gave hangs...

So you finally got what you wanted You've achieved your aim by making the walking lame And when you just can't get any higher You use your senses to suss out this week's climber And the small fame that you've acquired Has brought you into cult status But...

And life is very difficult, when you're in the crowd When you're in the crowd, you see things as they really are You can smell the fear and hate, generated by all around I want to breakaway, but the ties are too strong Want to go on holiday, but the crowd...

Move - move - I've got the gift of life Can't you see it in the twinkle of my eye I can't stand up and I can't sit down I gotta keep movin' - I gotta keep movin' All the time that gets wasted hating Why don't you move together and make your heart feel bet...

I think we must have all gone mad Maybe right turned over They promise us the earth Instead we've got the great depression Now you're free and easy with the base You blame your brothers and sisters And neurotics say "sod the rest" It's the new dissentio...

it's right for the night, thousands of lights, show us the way. me and my mates, will have a good time in the amusement acrade. unpack your bags, we're here at last for the birds that play ball This is it! it's what it's all about! we worked all we...

The place I love is a million miles away It's too far for the eye to see Still it's me at least, and you can't come there No one is allowed at all Only animals that love, will always, only, ever could be And it's always at the back of my mind The place I...

Letting loose the lunatics - wasn't the greatest of ideas Giving them plans and money to squander Should have been the worst of our fears The dream life luxury living was a pleasant no. 10 whim But somewhere down the line of production They let out human...

Times were so tough, but not as tough as they are now, We were so close and nothing came between us and the world - No personal situations. Thick as thieves us, we'd stick together for all time, and we meant it but it turns out just for a while, we stole...

Whatcha trying to say that haven't tried to say before You're just another red balloon with a lot of hot gass Why don't you fuck off? And you think you've got it worked out And you think you've got it made And you trying to play the hero But you never wa...

To be someone must be a wonderful thing A famous footballer a rock singer or a big film star, yes I think I would like that To be rich and have lots of fans have lots of girls to prove that I'm a man And be No. 1 - and liked by everyone Getting drugged...

Tonight at noon, tonight at noon When we meet in the midnight hour, I will bring you night flowers (coloured) Like your eyes Tonight at noon, I'll touch your hand Held for a moment amongst strangers Amongst the dripping trees Country girl Walking in c...

Better Stop dreaming of the quiet life cos it's the one we'll never know And quit running for that runaway bus cos those rosey days are few And stop apologising for the things you never done Time is short and life is cruel but it's up to us to change this...

Ordinary people don't get time to think not that it's their fault cos you have to hustle and bustle about your work just to make sure the food gets bought goverments threaten you with recession then they threaten you with war how the other side wants to...

Meet me on the wastelands later this day, We'll sit and talk and hold hands maybe, For there's not much else to do in this drab and colourless place. We'll sit amongst the rubber tyres, Amongst the discarded bric-a-brac, People have no use for amongst...

It's like the middle of a ... age I feel the space between us all A forced expense But the big divide Between the devil and the deep blue sea Let's take a chance with beginner's luck We have nothing so there's nothing to lose I can't believe the only re...

Life is timeless, days are long when you're young You used to fall in love with everyone Any guitar and any bass drum Life is a drink and you get drunk when you're young Life is new and there's things to be done You can't wait to be grown up Acceptance i...

Worlds apart, you and I, we’re worlds apart The difference between every day I can’t think of the words to say Worlds apart, you and I, we’re worlds apart I’ve been in some clubs where the music’s loud ‘cos I see your face in every crowd But it’s not...