The Kinks

Woke up this morning, started to sneeze I had a cigarette and a cup of tea I looked in the mirror, what did I see? A nine stone weakling with knobly knees I did my knees bend press ups touch my toes I had another sneeze and I blew my nose I looked in the mirro...

This is the age of machinery, A mechanical nightmare, The wonderful world of technology, Napalm hydrogen bombs biological warfare, This is the twentieth century, But too much aggravation It's the age of insanity, What has become of the green ple...

Bide my time, Everything will be in line, Mystic rhyme, Nine and three and five are mine, Memories, Past, future, now, Show me, Just where man’s destiny will lie. Human race, Outa space, Travellers. Make a race, And mutate, Warriors. Unify, Open eye, Clarity....

In 80 days I am condemned to write this book But still so much is missing, I have a thread but still no hook Perhaps I'll find a way inside my mind Complete my book in 80 days In 80 days to circumnavigate this plan I'll do my duty as a noble Englishman...

Our star doesn't know who he is any More. is he the starmaker, the image Maker, looking for material or is he Just plain boring little norman after All? perhaps he should accept that he Is a plain ordinary bloke and not try to Be something he is not. A face i...

I've been waiting for years to buy a brand new cadillac But now that I've got one I want to send it right back I can't afford the gas to fill my luxury limousine But even if I had the dough no one's got no gasoline I went to my local dealer to see if he c...

He don't need no sedatives to ease his troubled mind. At work he is invariably unpleasant and unkind. Why should he care if he is hated in his home, 'Cause he's gotta house in the country, And a big sports car. He's gotta house in the country, And a big s...

One on the nose, one on the chin, You bruise so easy, so why stay with him? He uses you just like a human punching bag. But you don't complain, you're too scared to speak. Anyway, it only really hurts you when you laugh, And when you eat. But you can't b...

See all the people With hatred in their eyes I can't help thinking that It's only a disguise Cause underneath that core There's got to be more Than what we realize Maybe they're scared To let the inside out Maybe they're afraid to Show what they're...

Tears would fall like the falling rain, There would be a sea. But you don't have to cry to prove your love, Just believe in me. [Chorus] Cause a little bit of sunlight is all that I want from you, A little bit of sunlight, Is all that I want, All that I want,...

You've come a long way from the runny-nosed and scruffy kid I knew You had such good ways I can remember the little things that always made you smile They made you happy Now you think you're wiser because you're older and you think That money buys everyt...

Hello you, hello me Hello people we used to be Isn't it strange, we never changed We've been through it all, yet we're still the same And I know, it's a miracle we still go For all we know, we might still have a way to go Hello me, hello you You say you want...

Cause he gets up in the morning, And he goes to work at nine, And he comes back home at five-thirty, Gets the same train every time. ’Cause his world is built ’round punctuality, It never fails. And he’s oh, so good, And he’s oh, so fine, And he’s oh,...

You don't need no fancy clothes Where'd you get them, goodness knows? Just show some civility. Act nice, act nice and gentle to me. I don't need no luxuries, As long as you are understanding, I'm not difficult to please. Act nice, act nice and g...

I'm too terrified to walk out of my own front door, They're demonstrating outside I think they're gonna start the third world war, I've been to my local head shrinker, To help classify my disease, He said it's one of the cases of acute schizophrenia he...

The first time that I saw you, you were modestly waiting for a bus Now you're driving around in hired limousines And you talk so upper class. The cost is high, but it's not the only price you ultimately pay Add it up, you might have got some money But yo...

A little maiden climbed an old man's knee Begged for a story ? "Do, Uncle, please. Why are you single; why live alone? Have you no babies; have you no home?" "I had a sweetheart years, years ago Where she is now pet, you will soon know List to the story,...

Tea time won't be the same without my Donna At night I lie awake and dream of Donna I think about that small cafe That's where we used to meet each day And then we used to sit a while And drink our afternoon tea I'll take afternoon tea (afternoon tea)...

We are men of destiny, our fates amalgamated in one Comrades against adversity, heading for the setting sun But all about us there are doubters who'll cheer us when the battle is won They said it could never be, said that it could never be done We're agai...

Life grinds on day after day. In the city streets and motorways. The tension spreads just like a plague, Killing reason on the way. Like wildfire it spreads through the nation Chocking us with aggravation. Who needs it? The aggravation the daily goddam hassle...

Here is a story about a sinner, He used to be a winner who enjoyed a life of prominence and position, But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements, And his selfish wife`s fanatical ambition, It turned him to the booze, And he got mix...

Come on pretty baby, don't play hide and seek with me. Come on pretty baby, don't play hide and seek with me. Ain't nobody [?] but you and me. Said I, bye, diddly-iddly-I I'm gonna get really by All aboard, All aboard, All aboard, Catch me if . Said...

Can't you see it's all about me Can't kick the habit, just got to have it Attention, give it all to me I'll draw you into all my confusion Join in my madness, feed my delusion I will entice you and patronise you Then steal your secrets, just to discard...

1. I'm not content to be with you in the daytime, girl I want to be with you all of the time. The only time I feel alright is by your side, girl I want to be with you all of the time. All day and all of the night, all day and all of the night, all day and all...

All night stand, Been around seen a thousand places. All night stand, Seen a good half a million faces. Because I've lived this life, And I made it for myself. If you scandalize my name, Then you scandalize yourself. Because I'm not to blame, For the things...

My big day, it was the biggest day of my life. It was the summit of my long career, But I felt so down, and I drank too much beer, The management said that I should not appear. I walked out onto the stage and started to speak. The first night I've missed...

All she wrote was a goodbye letter "It's over for us, to tell you the truth I've met this person in a disco He's really special, reminds me of you "Now you can mix in those swinging circles Single bars and gay cafés With pickup lines to impress young sc...

America, the land of the free, the home of the brave That's what I thought before I toured there You see, I've got myself being seduced by the sheer Americana of it all and I'd seen their images on television of Lee Harvey Oswald, John F. Kennedy's assassi...

I know a place, Not far away where the Sun always shines. You will be mine, And I'll love you. I know a place where the Sun always shines. You will be mine, And I'll love you. Church bells will chime, And they will know you are mine. All of the time...

Lying in bed, waiting for the drip to feed Over my head, a movie on the TV Cops, killers ruling with the gun Then a nurse comes in, time for the medication Blame it on shock, blame it on the morphine But my finger prints put me on the crime scene Cruel...

On reflection, it was not all wine on the wall It was not all cuts and bruises Or the pulling out of hair And the bloodying of nose And the tearing off of clothes, although It was really animal, truly animal There were times when there was absolute comp...

This world is big and wild and half insane Take me where real animals are playing Just a dirty old shack Where the hound dogs bark That we called our home I want to be back there Among the cats and dogs And the pigs and the goats On Animal Farm My ani...

You're just an animal in the zoo Sittin' round feeling persecuted and abused You're locked up and I'm on the loose But I can't quite tell who's looking at who 'Cause I'm an animal, too But you're locked up in a zoo And you look at me and I look at...

Announcement 1 (track 1) "It has been rumored that a new People's Army has been formed by a certain 'Commander Black'. A few minor incidents have already been reported, and further unconfirmed reports suggest that this is a definite attempt to overthrow th...

Announcement 2 (track 5) Announcer 1: "In just a few moments, Mr. Black is due to address the people. We are now going over to live coverage of his speech." Announcer 2: "Well the scenes here are absolutely indescribable. I've personally never seen anyth...

Announcement 3 (track 11) "News has just reached us of a major victory for Mr. Black and the People's Army. The battle took place on the outskirts of a small village somewhere in the Northern Zone. Casualties on both sides are reported to have been very hig...

Announcement 4 (track 17) "At Six A.M. this morning the victorious People's Army overthrew the corrupt regime that has been ruling over our country. It is reported that Mr. Flash and his gang were all been taken prisoner. They have been taken to a secret hi...

Announcement 5 (track 20) "A state of emergency was declared by the government at Eight A.M. today. It was stated that this step has been taken in the interest of national security. And the emergency measures set out in today's announcement will remain in f...

You can walk outside On a crowded street People pass you by And no one stops to speak And when you haven't got a friend And the world's falling down around you And you need someone to care Anytime you're down Anytime you're sad I'll be there to see y...

I think I'm sophisticated 'Cause I'm living my life like a good homosapien, But all around me everybody's multiplying And they're walking round like flies, man, So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages In the zoo, man, 'Cause compar...

Well in this new love that you've found, Are you positive, are you sure, And are you ready girl? Are you ready? Though it's fun you talk about[?], It's the night life you explore. And are you ready girl? Are you ready? 'Cause you're living with a man...

Radios of the world are tuning in tonight, Are you on the dial, are you tuned in right? One of our D.J.'s is missing. Are you listening? Are you listening to me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me clearly? Around the dial. I've been around the dial so m...

Sunday afternoon there's something special It's just like another world. Jogging in the park is my excuse To look at all the little girls. I'm not a flasher in a rain coat, I'm not a dirty old man, I'm not gonna snatch you from your mother, I'm an art...

It was clear to everybody in the family that as a cripple I was a complete failure. I did no better at college, actually. I went to the Hornsey College of Art. Hornsey, with the emphasis on horn. But being at Art College in the mid till late sixties was qui...

My art school babe with your palette-knives and brushes, painted face, Egyptian eye-brows and bright red lips Pale white make-up, tight black skirts like Juliette Greco And there's me quoting pretentious chat up lines from Marcel Proust, Jean Cocteau and J...

Arthur was born just a plain simple man In a plain simple working class position Though the world was hard and its ways were set He was young and he had so much ambition All the way he was overtaken By the people who make the big decisions But he tried and he...

Slow dancing in a disco, Standing underneath the light show, Illuminated by the artificial light. I disbelieved it at first sight, I couldn't tell if she was black or white, It didn't matter in the artificial light, Artificial light. Artificial light....

I can't believe it's happening I just want to stay the way that I am. I don't want to live a lie in an artificial world. Let's build an antiseptic world, Full of artificial people. Cure all diseases, conquer pain And monitor the human brain, And...

Close my eyes Leave my body Flying high Across the universe Looking down Strange scenes below me Can this be? I am free No camouflage Magic carpet ride Technicolor landscape Where nobody cries As I look around Wondering who am I Where is this pl...

You go down the pub You wear make up And old dads trousers Why don't you tidy up You talk like a docker but you act like a queer You drink champagne then complain it's too dear You try so hard not to follow any trends Then you cry in your beer and say you've g...

Opportunities are available in all walks of life in Australia So if you're young and if you're healthy Why not get a boat and come to Australia Australia, the chance of a lifetime Australia, you get what you work for Nobody has to be any better than what...

From the dew-soaked hedge creeps a crawly caterpillar, When the dawn begins to crack. It's all part of my autumn almanac. Breeze blows leaves over, mostly coloured yellow, So I sweep them in my sack. Yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac. Friday evening...

Sitting in that small cafe I caught your glance you took my breath away We talked all night until the dawn I held you close I knew my heart was lost Away from you Seems all I do is dream of you The whole night through Caressing you My heart my soul I'm giving...

Babies being born every day In a world where there's so much to discover All the babies crying out from the womb Not much room, can I come out mother? Mama, can you hear me call? Don't drop me now 'Cos it's a long way to fall Mama, I can hear all the sounds O...

I never knew why I loved you so much Maybe it's the way you look at me when you get up in the morning I didn't need a shove, I just fell in love, With your little baby face Baby face, You got the prettiest little baby face There isn't another one to ta...

Got back to the frontroom, Dave was plugged in to the green amplifier Pete was on the bass, they sounded great Dave had this great way of playing the guitar The way Dave played was very individual I'd been overwhelmed by all the culture Art School prays t...

Just come back where I came from, Looks the same as something's wrong. And all my friends that used to be, Have gone and turned their backs on me. Everyone's got different views, Now I'm all shook up and all confused. East is West, left is right, Up is...

Well I don't want no bald headed woman Gonna make me mean, yes, love, it make me mean I don't want no bald headed woman Gonna make me mean, yes, love, it make me mean Well I don't want no sugar in my coffee Gonna make me mean, yes, love, it make me mean...

I first met Julie a long time ago, staring up at me from the front row She had a timeless glow, she was the image of youth that never grows old or gets long in the tooth And who would think after all these years that good fortune would smile my way She's...

Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o Daylight come and me wan' go home Day, me say day, me say day, me say day Me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o Daylight come and me wan' go home Work all night on a drink a' rum Daylight come and me wan' go home Stack banana till the mornin' come...

I've so much still to learn I've found another open door To find, discover and explore And when that's done there'd still be more I thought I knew it all But now I've broken all my rules She got me stumbling like a fool My knowledge seems so minuscule...

Beautiful Delilah, sweet as apple pie Always gets a second look from fellas passing by Every time you see her, she's with a different guy Beautiful Delilah, that's the reason why Rebecca don't allow me fool around with you You are so tantalizing, you jus...

It has been, the most beautiful night. The stars have shone, and the moon was bright. I felt the universe. I touched the stars. With this new love, I can be happy, at last. 

The leaves of brown came falling through the view, In Berkeley Mews I first met you, I staggered through your chilly dining room, In Berkeley Mews I first met you. Your kitchen sink was cluttered up, So I couldn't shut her?? Up forlornly?? I brewed another cu...

I don't want to leave, Bernadette, But I don't want to live with the jet set. I don't want to leave with you payin' all my debts, With that alimony, palimony, whatever it is you get. Ooh, Bernadette, you are so expensive. You've never done a day's work i...

Heres wishing you the bluest sky, And hoping something better comes tomorrow. Hoping all the verses rhyme, And the very best of choruses to Follow all the doubt and sadness. I know that better things are on the way. Heres hoping all the days ahead Wont be as...

She was sick and tired of country life. A little country home, A little country folk, Made her blood run cold. Now her mother pines her heart away, Looking for her child in the big black smoke, In the big black smoke. Frailest, purest girl the world ha...

Big Sky looks down on all the people looking up at the Big Sky. Everybody pushing one another around Big Sky feels sad when he sees the children scream and cry But the Big Sky is too big to let it get him down. Big Sky too big to cry Big Sky too high to see P...

Everybody got the right to speak their mind So don't shoot me for saying mine Everybody talking about racial equality Cause everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes But if I told you that God was black What would you think of that I bet you wouldn't bel...

How much longer must we linger on, In this wonderland, In this unreal, And this is not our home, what are we doing here, We are pure my love, we are energy, Things never change but we must move on, Through the galaxy, It is true my love. Distraction,...

You look like a real human being But you don't have a mind of your own Yeah, you can talk, you can breathe You can work, you can stitch, you can sew But you're brainwashed Yes you are, yes you are Get down on your knees You've got a job and a house And...

Time's running out just as fast as it can She's leaving me cold, I don't understand Hearts beating hard on the edge of the floor Gotta kill this pain, 'cause I can't take no more Bright lights on a cold night If it feels good, then it's alright Thinking abou...

The world's goin' crazy and Nobody gives a damn anymore. And they're breakin' off relationships and Leavin' on sailin' ships for far and distant shores. For them it's all over, But I'm gonna stay. I wouldn't leave anyway. I know that someday we'll find...

There's a bug in my brain And it's drivin' me insane. There's a bug in my mind Of an alien kind. All the right is all wrong And the wrong is all right. Gotta act, get 'em back, Am I losing my track? The last will be first And the first will be last I've got...

I don't want no Cadillac (C A D I L L A C) The one I got, I'm gonna take it back (C A D I L L A C) Come down to my house early in the morning (C A D I L L A C) Look at the car wouldn't give me no warning Oh, Cadillac Well, I looked in the trunk but there was...

I remember when you were down And you needed a helping hand I came to feed you But now that I need you You won't give me a second glance Now I'm calling all citizens from all over the world This is captain America calling I bailed you out when you were down on...

Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star And everybody's in movies, it doesn't matter who you are There are starts in every city In every house and on every street And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard Their names are written in concrete Don't st...

Charity, all the world really needs is charity We're living in a dream I'll plead with you all till it tears me apart. Is this all that we want? Is this all that we really are? Turn away if you want, turn away if you like, For the rest of your life, ev...

Glory is on our way Worship the sun, Great Spirit. Born of the mother earth, Seek for the true white brother. We are the chosen people, give back our sacred land. We are the four grandfathers, a destiny for man. It is written in our prophecy, [It is wr...

Sunset over the high-rise, By a motorway, A little man looks up at the sky. An uneventful end to a wasted day. Close-up on the man at the window, Looking at the street down below. It's obvious he's got things on his mind. He shakes his head, pulls down the bli...

One time I saw you in the street Thought that I would be that kind you want Ooh babe, you're the best of them all I'm trying to tell you how much I love you Oh baby, please let me climb your wall Ooh baby, you're the best of them all Then in the dawn I...

A hopeful adventure Got missionary ways Could start in the jungle Feel this way Search for an answer Over land and over sea All the mountains Of promised opportunities I cried out but you were lost In a corporate position So money's the solution Curing all th...

I've seen you, cold winter, I know you, cold winter. You showed me no mercy, Still I shan't forget the warning. You'll never know how it feels to be loved. I know you, cold winter, You broke my heart, cold winter. I missed you, warm summer, Never th...

They put a parking lot on a piece of land When the supermarket used to stand. Before that they put up a bowling alley On the site that used to be the local pally. That's where the big bands used to come and play. My sister went there on a Saturday. Come dancin...

Come on now Come on, let the music get you movin' Let 'em see that you're not losin' See the clock, it's gettin' late now Get you coat and fix your face So come on now (baby come on now) Well come on now Well it's getting late and we better go (It's g...

Well I woke up this morning With nothing but blues on my mind Well I woke up this morning With nothing but blues on my mind Oh please help me Lord Sometimes I can't help but cry All these creditors and interest Rent man says pay up or go In this ruthl...

Well I woke this morning with a pain in my neck, A pain in my heart and a pain in my chest, I went to the good doctor and the good doctor said, You gotta slow down your life or you're gonna be dead, Cut out the struggle and strife, It only complicate...

From the gutter to the highest steeple in the land Corruption, like a plague, is bearing down on every man From the wealth of high society to the lowliest of slums The vile stench of evil is corrupting everyone The very fabric of our nation is infested by...

You caught me with my pants down But I was only taking a shower Still you looked for the evidence Like the smell of perfume, or lipstick on my collar You're always suspicious, I'm terrified I've made a mistake We are such creatures of little faith We are...

You're not leaving so descreet, Just creeping out on me. Your dizzy head, and smoky eyes, You'll find some other's bed to sleep. So don't look back, it is too late, No story to be told. This creepin' mess you left for me, Promising that you'd be home. You do...

Some people say that life is a game, well if this is so I'd like to know the rules on which this game of life is based. I know of no game more fitting than the age old game of cricket It has honour, it has character and it's British. Now God laid down the...

Calling out around the world Are you ready for a brand new beat? Summer's here and the time is right For dancing in the street They'll be dancing in Chicago Down in New Orleans In New York City All we need is music, sweet music There'll be music everywhere Th...

Dandy, Dandy, Where you gonna go now? Who you gonna run to? All your little life You're chasing all the girls. They can't resist your smile. Oh, they long for Dandy, Dandy. Checkin' out the ladies, Tickling their fancy, Pouring out your charm To meet your own...

Ooh, I wrote you a letter, And you never sent a reply. It's a shame, always money or power, And it doesn't really matter what you think. Oh, I'd give you all I had to give, Over and over again. While the government hides its head in the sand, We live i...

Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa I am a dull and simple lad Can not tell water from champagne And I have never met the queen And I wish I could have all that he has got I wish I could be like David Watts Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa Fa-fa-f...

Daylight over the Village Green early in the morning. Daylight over the hills and valleys heralding the morning. Daylight over the mountains, daylight on the Village Green, Daylight over the field and the factories. Another night has gone away and here com...

Thank you for the days, Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me. I'm thinking of the days, I won't forget a single day, believe me. I bless the light, I bless the light that lights on you believe me. And though you're gone, You're with me eve...

Let me see clear, let me see clearly Life without fear Let me see clear, let me see clearly Life without fear [chanting] You will come back Life after life Life ever after You will come back Life after life Life ever after Life after life Life...

Theres a crack up in the ceiling, And the kitchen sink is leaking. Out of work and got no money, A sunday joint of bread and honey. What are we living for? Two-roomed apartment on the second floor. No money coming in, The rent collectors knocking, trying to...

Dear Margaret I beg of you Dear Margaret gonna tell on you Don't want to be patronized By those lying eyes Dear Margaret I wanted you You're warming me up So you can leave me cold Kissin' up to the rich Intending to control All the money money money Is that a...

My makeup is dry and it cracks on my chin I’m drowning my sorrows in whisky and gin The lion tamer’s whip doesn’t crack anymore The lions they won’t fight and the tigers won’t roar La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la So let’s all drink to the death of a clown...

They seek him here, they seek him there, His clothes are loud, but never square. It will make or break him so he's got to buy the best, 'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion. And when he does his little rounds, 'Round the boutiques of London Town,...

Got a letter through the post that says I don't exist. Apparently the new computer thinks I won't be missed. We need more facts, perhaps you would find out and forward them. There's no proof or trace or date or place or where or when. Central Information's...

I spy with my little eye Anything here that I can buy. I see a little thatched cottage Looking so neat With compulsory purchase we can buy it up cheap. Then we'll pull up the floor boards, Knock down the walls, Rock the foundations, Until the house fal...

Down the way from the Tottenham Court Road Just round the corner from old Soho There's a place where the publishers go If you don't know which way to go Just open your ears and follow your nose 'Cos the street is shakin' from the tapping of toes You can...

Met a girl called Lola and I took her back to my place Feelin' guilty, feelin' scared, hidden cameras everywhere Stop! Hold on. Stay in control Girl, I want you here with me But I'm really not as cool as I'd like to be 'Cause there's a red, under my bed And t...

Went for a walk down the Old King's Road, To see if anybody was there. But there was nobody home at 3 Bywater Street, And they had sold Cadogan Square. And I remember myself in my tie dye sweater, And my hipster corduroy flares. As I knocked on doors, And walk...

Did you see his name in the local paper? Stole a tin of beans From a cut-priced grocery store The judge said he must pay So he put him on probation And the paper gave his name Did you see his name in the criminal section? And the center page Gave his name and...

A displaced person in a displaced land I lost my home, lost everything you can Tried so hard, doing the best I can But where I am is where I stand Your eyes are filled with greed and hate But wherever you wander is a holy place Where my heart loves is a...

Standing in the middle of nowhere Wondering how to begin Lost between tomorrow and yesterday Between now and then And now we're back where we started Here we go round again Day after day I get up and I say I better do it again (do it again) Where are all the...

Walter, remember when the world was young And all the girls knew Walter's name? Walter, isn't it a shame the way our little world has changed? Do you remember, Walter, playing cricket in the thunder and the rain? Do you remember, Walter, smoking cigarettes...

Oh, didn't you like to do, An uneasy thing to do? Are you troubled by the bad things in your life? If you're worrying 'bout a verse, And you can't get it off your chest, Just lie down and try to ease your mind. If your mother comes 'round the bend, Come...

You can blame it on the government, The unions, They use you all you life, You can take system and make believe it will be alright, They've taken the spirit of your life, And given you a machine. No wonder you feel so hard done by Chorus They're doin...

Walking 'round this metropolis With its buildings that reach to the clouds There must be millions of people out there Walking 'round with their heads bowed This city kills me, but it thrills me Now something's gone and held up the crowd They're pointing at a m...

Don't ever change Don't ever change from the way that you are now If you ever change I would be sad 'cause I wanted you just as you are Don't you ever change now Always be the same now No, don't ever change from the way that you were Last night Don't...

Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go You've been runnin' round with other guys (other guys) I keep hearing these stories, I wish they were lies (wish they were lies) Yeah, but don't ever let me go, because I w...

You look out of your window, Into the night. Could be rain, could be snow, But it cant feel as cold as youre feeling inside. And all of you friends are either married, vanished, Or just left alone. But thats no reason to just stop living. Thats no excuse to j...

Don't you fret, now, I'll be there I'll be there to hold your hand. I'll be there to see the sunrise, As it lightens up the sky. Don't you fret, now, I'll be there, I'll be there to put you right. I'll be there to hold you tightly, When the Sun goes do...

Down all the days Though the past is just a blink away, The future waits for me and you, Down all the days till 1992 Here is hope for all the people And generations yet to come, An the future's bright tomorrow, Illuminated by the morning sun. Here's for all t...

When I look so far away Please don't wake me from my dreams I'm just wondering who I could be If I lived inside my dreams I could be a king or a football star Drive around in a big sports car An astronaut or a millionaire I could do anything or...

Drift away, just drift away Sometimes I wish I could just drift away They say there's gonna be a river of blood It's apocalypse now So we're waiting for the flood The ice is gonna melt, the water gonna rise And we'll all go to hell So they're keeping us advise...

It seems like all the world is fighting They're even talking of a war Let all the Russians and the Chinese And the Spanish do their fighting The sun is shining We're going drivin', drivin' Drop all your work Leave it behind Forget all your problems A...

After dinner Norman becomes depressed. [Star] Norman's office got on my nerves to-day. [Wife] What do you mean? You are Norman! [Star] (Shouts) I am a star! [Wife] You're not a star Norman. You're Just a plain ordinary little bloke and Even if you walked d...

I've seen you ride through Technicoloured sunsets Fight a million battles, and never lost one yet Surely you must be the greatest man the world has known You fought the war and you did it all on your own I've seen you stop so many bad guys with your six g...

Eastern eyes they cry, Western eyes they cannot see, Memory is gone, I'm alone, and I am free, In my mind I see All my spiritual history, Egypt calls me back, But I must change the past in me. Chorus: Oh, could it be a love everlasting for you and me...

In a deep dark jungle long time ago Lived a lonesome caveman He was a solitary soul And he spent his playtime Chewing meat from bones. He didn't know how to talk much He only knew how to groan Then he lifted up his hands and reached to the sky Let out...

I'm the elevator man, I take people up and down all day, Some get out others stay, Some get off some go all the way. I'm the eklevator man, I see lots of different faces, I see losers going nowhere, I see winners going places. I take 'em up and I bring...

It's emptiness for me Since you stepped right out of my life Without a kiss or a sigh You just left me alone in my emptiness Just one more kiss, cause I know That I can't live without you It's emptiness for me Now you're gone, and there's nothing left It must...

Winter time is coming All the sky is grey Summer birds aren't singing Since you went away Since you've been gone, end of the season Winter is here, close of play I get no kicks walking down Saville Row There's no more chicks left where the green grass...

There's been another assassination T.V. cameras moving in. To shoot the bloodstains on the pavement And get them on the News at Ten. Will he live or will he die, before we go on the air? Yes, the networks are all there, in the name of Entertainment. Superstar...

Into a lifetime of the time See flowers bloom then fade to dust I watch each moment sadly die Time the stranger called me here Fields before me I walk alone Each tear that falls is lost forever And this illusion where time has its way Stripping away th...

I am a creator, Inventor and innovator. I observe the people, The ordinary people No matter what your occupation is Everybody's in showbiz. 'Cos I'm a Star (gonna make you a star), And I can make you a Star (gonna make you a star), I believe that every...

And I know, and I know, And I know that ev'rybody, And I know that ev'rybody be happy, As happy as you and me. 'Cause I know, I know. Come on baby let me tell you All the things I wanna say Come on baby let me tell you All the things I wanna say, and Everybo...

Now all the lies are beginning to show, And you're not the country that I used to know. I loved you once from my head to my toe, But now my belief is shaken. And all your ways are so untrue, No one breaks promises the way that you do. You guided me, I tr...

Fancy, if you believe in what I believe in, Then we'll be the same, always. Fancy, just look around thee If you will fancy all the girls you see, always. My love is like a ruby that no one can see, Only my fancy, always. No one can penetrate me, They o...

When I was small I believed in Santa Claus Though I knew it was my dad And I would hang up my stocking at Christmas Open my presents and I'd be glad But the last time I played Father Christmas I stood outside a department store A gang of kids came over...

See your face everywhere, Giving you all my life, All I own is for you. There's a fire, a fire burning in my heart, Can't deny it, a fire burning in my heart for you. A fire burning in my heart. It only goes to show, The world is full of miracles, I...

I've just had a dream that I never will forget, And I wish I could erase. I was standing on the street with a whole crowd of people And no one knew my name. And I was just another face No one looked at me or touched me Spoke to or acknowledged me. I had...

[Scene] Mr. Black's army is closing in on Flash & The Spivs. After a long day's campaigning Flash, having overindulged The alcohol, has fallen asleep in his den. [Voice] Cooee. Cooee. Flash. Flash [Flash] Who is this? [Voice] Wake up Flash. Can you...

Today as I'm sifting through these photographs of you Never thought I'd feel this way All these memories keep calling me to you How I wish they'd go away All these visions just remind me of better days And I miss you most of all When I see Flowers in th...

Mum would shout and scream when dad would come home drunk When she asked him where he'd been, he'd say "Up the Clissold Arms" Chatting up some hussy, but he didn't mean no harm Sunday morning drives, just to get away Ramsgate or Southend, it would always b...

In a world devoid of love Where war is peace, hate eats the heart Toxic bodies, polluted brains Mind diseased, deceived with lies and shame Enrage, in rage Who are the culprits, who's to blame? So much fear drives you insane No more chains, no more cha...

Life's so full of complications On the internet, and the news All the politicians' lies and cover ups It's making me confused Can't even decide what clothes to wear The leopard skin tights or 70's flairs I'm all stressed out and me temperature's up Fre...

Freedom, there's more to your life so now Old laws, man has made only blind. Oh, give us freedom, a call to the brave and the strong, To stand in the face of all wrong and show the way. Freedom lies, freedom lies, freedom lies. Freedom to live out the dream...

Haven't you noticed a kind of madness in my eyes? It's only me, dear, in my midnight disguise. Pay no attention if I crawl across the room. It's just another full moon. Don't be afraid of me when I'm walking in my sleep. Don't get alarmed, dear, when I s...

You're walking 'round in my memory That only gets stronger and stronger Smudged mascara and pill-shaped eyes Everything you want was bought with lies. But what can I do about it The say you won't last any longer All the gates of love you won't walk thro...

Facing the world ain't easy when there isn't anything going Standing at the corner waiting watching time go by Will I go to work today or shall I bide my time 'Cos when I see that union man walking down the street He's the man who decides if I live or I di...

Here's a song for all the little men, who get forgotten Trodden time and time again Here's a message for the little guy, don't let this situation pass you by You're in the middle while the big mouths fight You get it from the left and the right, ain't it c...

Give something back for all you've taken Give it right away Won't you give something back for all you've taken Love will come your way The lights shine on Broadway Living in a dream, yes you and I Living for today Never thinking much of anyone Think a...

Hey, hey, hey... Give the people what they want Well, it's been said before, the world is a stage A different performance with every age. Open the history book to any old page Bring on the lions and open the cage. Give the people what they want You go...

I waited at your door With open arms to see you Smiling back at me But you're not there We give and we give 'Til we can't give no more Then we try, yes we try to understand Why we give at all I gave you all my love But you threw it in my face Now y...

Glamour, Today, Glamour, Today, Illusion all around me, And it's hard to tell, Such bewilderment, Can't tell a truth from a fallacy, Can it be, Clouds what we think, What we do, What we say, Glamour, Today, Although we struggle and fight, Can't...

God in my brain Verse Don't say goodbye, There's a smile on my face. There is a Love Beyond form, Full of grace; Unchain your mind from the engines of fear. Open your heart, let love in, let it in... Chorus And the dawn will break, and the love will...

Man made the buildings that reach for the sky And man made the motorcar and learned how to drive But he didn't make the flowers and he didn't make the trees And he didn't make you and he didn't make me And he's got no right to turn us into machines He...

She left a message after the tone, I hear it over and over on the answer phone. No one can find her, address unknown. She just decided to go out and make it alone. Solo, solo, My little child is going solo. Solo, solo, My little child is going solo. I feel l...

The sky is blue but there are clouds in my head, With big decisions looming ahead. The sun is out but the room is so grey, So much confusion headed my way. Get positive, try to be gay. News of the world, tea and biscuits in bed. The headlines said that Diana...

Good golly miss Molly, sure like to ball, Good golly miss Molly, sure like to ball, A-When you're rockin' and a rollin', can't hear your mama call. From the early early mornin' to the early early night, When I caught miss Molly rockin' at the house of blue li...

If a black cat crossed your path, little woman, Would you walk along with me? Don't have to worry 'bout a thing, girl, It's all right, you see. 'Cause I'm a good luck charm, Honey, don't worry 'bout me. If you ain't got no money, baby, That's all right too. As...

Got love if you want, babe Got love if you want, babe I got love if you want it I got love if you want it I got love if you want it You don't ask all the while You don't ask all the while I love you little woman I love you little woman The way your hair hang...

I wanna lot out of life, but I know my limitations Guess I want a lot of things and got my inclinations Got my feet on the ground, and I'm standing on my own I don't need no one I don't need no one I've learned a lot out of life, watchin' other folks mis...

Hush little baby don't you cry Soon the sun is going to shine We're going to be free like the birds and the bees Running wild in the big country Got to be free to do what I want Walk if I want, talk if I want Got to be free to say what I want Make what...

I won't stay around with you my friend My life's been empty since I went Since I went away from home I'm sick and tired of being alone There's nothing left for me to do So I gotta get the first plane home I gotta get the first plane home I gotta wing w...

Sometimes I think I'm gonna better myself, Searching for acceptance in this big, wide world. Sometimes I think I won't make it, Playing in a rock 'n' roll band. Sometimes I wanna be a picture director, And try to make the world understand. By making groovy mo...

Stand before your maker, it will make or break you While living for today I know you, you are a faker, don't try me I will take you While living for today Don't stand in the light for the truth it will blind you Secure in your offices of self-gratification De...

Ah, Tom is young and Tom is bold Tom is as bold as the knights of old But whenever he gets in a bit of a jam There's nothing he won't do to get a harry rag Harry rag, harry rag Do anything just to get a harry rag And he curses himself for the life he's...

You keep on accusing me Of making your life misery But if that's not abusing me, what isn't You wanna be my friend, well it's too late My love for you has turned to hate And I think that it's a permanent condition You say you wanna make the peace Smile and tur...

Granny's always ravin' and rantin', And she's always puffin' and pantin', And she's always screaming and shouting, And she's always brewing up tea. Grandpappy's never late for his dinner, Cos he loves his leg of beef And he washes it down with a brandy, And a...

Has everybody got problems? Are you stuck in a deadend job? Frustrated and dissatisfied? Are you on the edge of suicide? Terrorist bombers on the left, Fascist plots on the right. Mass destruction and homicide, Are you horrified and terrified? Such a shame....

Sitting by my stereo all alone My baby calls me on the telephone She says, baby take me out for a dance I tell my baby I feel so bad I can't go out and it's making me sad But when you see me, I know you will understand I got hay fever, blocking up my he...

He comes on smooth, cool and kind, But he wants your body not your mind. He's got style, personality, But he's the devil in reality. He'll make you laugh, make you smile, And make you feel good for a while. Wicked smile, decadent grin, He likes school g...

Headmaster, this is my confession. This time you won't be overjoyed, I have destroyed what little faith you had in me, I've been such a naughty boy. Headmaster I am at your mercy, I've been such a little fool. I've dishonored one who trusted me, I have...

Growing up isn't easy to do, Especially for one who always knew, You would always come up second best. Is that why you have such bitterness? The apple of your father's eye, And always by your brother's side. Then a little sister came along, And you fou...

I got a letter this morning with serious news that's gone and ruined my day, The borough surveyor's used compulsory purchase to acquire my domaine, They're gonna pull up the floors, they're gonna knock down the walls, They're gonna dig up the drains. Here...

You'd better run, you'd better fly. Hide your daughters, hide your wives. Lock your doors and stay inside Here comes Flash. There's no way that you can win, You must obey his every whim, Or else he's going to do you in. Here comes Flash. He will smil...

Here comes yet another day, creeping through my window. Drank myself to sleep last night, beer stains on my pillow. I gotta pull my things together, The night can last forever. Here comes a new dawn, here comes a new day Tune up start to play, just like any o...

I got a girl, she's such a mess She makes a rubbish bin look almost kind of sexy[?] She's got a stain down her dress It makes it look like she's been dancing in a sewer [?] But they [?] But underneath that poverty I know she's got hidden quality Undern...

Come on pretty baby, don't play hide and seek with me. Come on pretty baby, don't play hide and seek with me. Ain't nobody ? but you and me. Said I, bye, diddly-iddly-I ? I'm gonna get really by ? All aboard, All aboard, All aboard, Catch me if ?. Said ten,...

Today, when she comes in, I'll be standing at the door, and I won't say any more. I know that she's been there. It's not the way I look at her, it's the way she looks at me. Yes you can hold my hand any other night, Hold my hand, it's gonna be all right....

Holiday, Oh what a lovely day today, I'm so glad they sent me away, To have a little holiday today, holiday, Holiday, And I'm just standing on the end of a pier, Hoping and dreaming you were here, To share my little holiday, Lookin' in the sky, for a...

I won a competition in a little column in my local paper. So I packed my bags and flew across the sea all on my local paper. I sailed to Hawaii in the U.S.A. I'm just an English boy who won a holiday in Waikiki. I didn't realize it was commercialized when...

I had a break for a week So I booked my seat And confirmed a reservation At a quiet little seaside hotel. I packed my bags And I caught my train and Reached my destination Just in time for the dinner gong--ding dong. Then I saw Lavinia Standing at the bottom o...

They took my baby, to Holloway jail, They took my baby, down Holloway jail, She was a lady, when she went in, Now she's in jail, and it's giving me hell. She was just succeeding in the city, She was just beginning to excel, Then a spiv named Frankie Sim...

Sitting here, wondering what it's all about Thoughts moving on, gonna give it a shout Oh, people are so strange, and I don't know why There must be a way But it brings a tear But a fine group of teachers we've got gathered here We're lost in a world in t...

My baby woke me up this mornin' She said get down that labour exchange, And if you don't come home with a job son, You'll get no dinner to-day. You gotta secure me a weekly workin' wage. You'll get no more fancy cookin', You'll get no more apple pie, Yo...

It's been a while, I haven't seen you for at least A year or more, or is it less? I can't be sure Well, anyway, you must have heard about the Troubles that I had, but somehow I got through I always managed to... and by the way How are you? How is your life? Ho...

Living in a world where the flesh is cheap. Body touches body but it's only skin deep. I can hold you in my arms every time that you weep But we've lost that emotional flow. Living on a planet full of emptiness With maximum exposure full of sleaziness But the...

I don't believe that God is a man with white hair sitting in a big chair Judging the world and its morals Forgiving today so we can sin again tomorrow But I believe I need something to look up to I believe I wanna pray but don't know what to I'm not a...

Sailing in-between the land, the air and me Confusion never talks 'Cause frame of mind tells me that I am free I am free Doors are open wide No credits to be seen Sail with me my friend I need someone, it's dark and it could get lonely I am free I am free I do...

I believed you I believed you Now it's up to me I believed you I believed you Now it's up to me I believed what you said The lovin' days were through But you were fooling around I found somebody who, Will never never take your place Will never give me your e...

You say you'll be home today But I bet you won't stay I bet you won't stay You say you'll be coming home But I bet you won't stay I bet you won't stay I bet you won't stay here with me, my darling I know that you like to be free, my darling You say wh...

Well I don't need you honey, 'Cause things just ain't the same. Since you've been going out with other fellas, Things have really changed. Well I needed you once, But now I'm standing alone. I don't need you any more. I don't need you any more. I don't need y...

When I look up from my pillow I dream you are there with me. Though you are far away I know you'll always be near to me. I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me. I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me. I look aroun...

I gotta go now, gotta go now I gotta go now, gotta go now Hey, little girl I've gotta go now. Hey, little girl. I've gotta go now. Well your mum, She's so angry Hey, little girl, Guess I'd better go now. [Chorus] Hey, little girl. What you gonna...

I don't wanna get left behind Gonna love my baby all the time If I don't wanna get left alone I gotta move on down my baby's home And if my baby isn't there I'm gonna fill my gap and comb my hair Gotta move, gotta move Gotta move, gotta move All my life I've...

I need you, I need you more than birds need the sky I need you, It's true little girl, That you can lift the tears from my eyes But if you ever tell me goodbye I'll break down and you'll hear me cry I need you More than anybody else has needed anyone before...

Well I took my baby home She said don't you leave me alone She kissed me on the cheek and I moaned I said I wo-wo-wo-wo-won't Well, she said, baby I know what's best She said I could do with a rest Then she put her hand on my chest I said I wo-wo-wo-wo-won't...

I'll get over, no matter what you do or say. I'll get over, pretty lady, now you've had your way. For what it's worth, for what it gives, Is there a better way for you to live? In your eyes there is something strange. Wandering around, a women of the night,...

I'll remember everything you said to me. I'll remember everything we did. I'll remember best of all, The love we shared, the tears that fell now. I'll remember everything you said to me. I'll remember every word you said to me. I'll remember every...

I'm a hog for you baby, can't get enough of your love I'm a hog for you baby, can't get enough of your love When I go to sleep at night that's the only thing I'm thinking of One little piggie ate a pizza (yeah) One piggie ate potato chips (yeah) But here's a...

Well I met a pretty girl, as pretty as can be I thought she was my baby till she introduced to me A great big tall fella, about six foot tall I shivered and I shook, couldn't do any more 'Cause I'm a lover not a fighter Yes, I'm a lover not a fighter Ye...

Are you loving him just the way, That I loved you when you walked away? Whoa, I'm crying, crying. Do you need him just the way, That I needed you when you left that day? Whoa, I'm crying, crying. Crying, crying. Do you think that he's so glad, Do you...

I won't take all that they hand me down, And make out a smile, though I wear a frown, And I won't take it all lying down, 'Cause once I get started I go to town. 'Cause I'm not like everybody else, I'm not like everybody else, I'm not like everybody els...

I'm on an island And I've got no where to swim Oh what a mood I am in I'm on an island I'm on an island Since my girl left me behind She said that I'm not her kind I'm on an island But there is no where else on Earth I'd rather be Then if my long, l...

Years go by, people change I'm trying to understand all the ups & down of relationships Ooh, it's such a shame how we drifted apart Ooh, it's breaking my heart I know that I've made mistakes Just trying to survive the best that I can I'm only a man...

Well I've been driving on Bald Mountain Well I've been driving on Bald Mountain Well I've been driving on Bald Mountain But I've done my time, you know I've done my time Well look here buddy, where'd you get your learning? Well look here buddy, where'd you ge...

[Chorus] I've got that feeling, it's her, oh yeah. I've got that feeling, it's her, oh yeah-ah-ah. Let me tell you 'bout a girl I know, I love her, I love her. When we kiss ? show, But I love her, I love her. She is the sweetest girl I know. And when...

I miss the soft cold touch of your skin In the night when I see your picture smashed to the ground But my heart begins to pound I've got your number but you're never at home I leave a message, please telephone It's so sad that you're not around It's bri...

We live and suffer according to our vision Of love and choices, romantic indecision Again, again, the same repetition We play the game but hate the condition We make mistakes without resolution Again, again, we do it to ourselves We never learn, we scre...

Is this really it? Is this the final station It's really been quite a trip You know it's been great to watch the sights Playing the edited highlights And all the outtakes you did not see Were only my unreality I am, I am imaginary I am, I am imaginar...

Voices all across the nation, Echo in my mind. In the streets, In the factories, In the towns. Living out what imagination made real. Got to leave the old world behind, Use a fantasy, Imagination is real. Chorus I'm so much in love, I can't explain...

It was a matter of fact that when I paid all my tax I held my world in the palm of my hand And all of my debts were causing me to defect To a land of bananas and sand So I ran, yes I ran, yes I ran to a foreign land Here I am, here I am Here I am in a fo...

Sunlight and the city is barely awake As all the early morning drifters make their way Headlights in the distance too bright for my eyes Still I love the dusk, the dawn, between times They are mine ‘Cos you can't tell if it's day or night Do we see the...

In a space, allocated to me by the human race Inhabiting this area until I die this space is occupied I'm in a space leased by kind permission of the human race Close up I am big but far away I'm small and hardly here at all Cause in a space out in space We di...

The first time that I saw you You were the lady of my dreams. The very next time I had to make you mine, And I treated you like a queen. The third time that I saw you You treated me with such distaste, Now I wish I'd never seen your face. I'm in disgr...

This is how it begins, Open your heart and let the light shine through. It's so easy to do, Just close your eyes, And feel the love around you. You've just got to believe, What a waste of a life, What a waste of a time. Yes, in you I believe. Oh we're...

While the rich get their kicks with their affluent antics Mr. Black sits and ponders their fate. He just sits in the gloom of his dimly-lit room Waiting for them to swallow the bait. While the rich run their rackets he sits in his attic And casually clock...

They say you're as cold as ice. All that matters to me, Is what I see inside you. You know what people are like, Talk about you when your back is turned. But don't you worry about a thing, Oh, some people, they just never learn. They just can't underst...

Lift yourself out of the doldrums Make yourself a cuppa tea Drag your emotions out of the gutter Don't wallow in self pity When you wake up, all of a fluster Thinking life has passed you by Give yourself a kick up the backside Jump out of bed and punch...

Chorus: Is this the only way, For the wheel keeps turning, Is there no other way, Ooh, heart is yearning. There is hope in your eyes, And all the people say, You're a star, And you're playing the part, But how long do you think it will last, I know y...

I want you to imagine that somewhere in America There's a lovely housewife watching TV, Doing her housework Hi there. Are you feeling tired, drained of all energy? Is your life becoming routine? Does your husband Find you unattractive? Is your love life non-...

I get the feeling it ain't over I get the feeling it ain't over 'till it's done And my heart's beating like a drum I get the feeling it ain't over I get the feeling it ain't over 'till it's done Well my heart's bustin' with this love I bet you're wonde...

Once I had a man, he was a simple man But he was honest through and through He was rough and ready, but dignified In fact he looked a lot like you I'll search the seven seas to find him Though temptations beckon, I will never break Because until I know...

I gotta wings I'm gonna fly I'm going home And I know why To see my baby That's enough I'm going home It's all right It's all right, yeah It's all right, yeah It's all right, yeah I gotta wing, wing I'm gonna fly by I'm going home And I know why, why To see...

They want your mind and your body But they don't understand And don't care much about it Gotta work for your country Society's built on concrete and money If this room was to vanish And the toys of man turned to civilized dust There'd still be you and m...

It's too late now for you to say your sorry It's too late now for you to make amends You're gonna pay for all the lies you told me Well don't apologize 'cause it's too late It's too late Much too late You said those words You said them much too late...

Who's the fool with the cross-eyed stare, The turned up nose and moronic glare? Who's that simpleton standing over there? Jack, Jack the Idiot Dunce Who's that dumb-looking freckle-faced runt? Jack, Jack the Idiot Dunce He walks like his feet are on back to f...

Johnny Thunder lives on water, feeds on lightning. Johnny Thunder don't need no one, don't want money. And all the people of the town, They can't get through to Johnny, they will never, ever break him down. Johnny Thunder speaks for no one, goes on fightin...

There's a lady plays her fav'right records On the jukebox ev'ry day. All day long she plays the same old songs, And she believes the things that they say. Other ladies like to prance around And flirt and dance the whole night through, But she just sits...

Every night I just can't go sleep Every night I have to count sheep Every night I just can't go sleep, uh huh Without you, without you I just can't go to sleep Every night I feel so lonely Longing for you, one and only Every night I just can't go sleep...

Please step inside Just for a while I want to befriend you And just make you smile You've nothing to lose I've nothing to gain I shall not molest you I shan't break your brain Friends we'll become Friends we will stay Friends till forever...

We've been here long enough In all this filth and dust And all this dirt and degradation The squalor and the heat (a superficial state) The beggars in the street (accepting what is fate) And so uncivilized I simply can't believe my eyes Why is there su...

One two three four Never been anywhere, south of the Delaware Never been through Kalamazoo Never been to Timbuktu Livin' is fantasy, travelin' mentally Makin' up tunes in hotel rooms 'Bout places I've never been to Though I've never crooned under a Kentucky...

I see so little hope in you, So much despair, As I look in your eyes I wonder, What thoughts linger there. Life means nothing to you, At least that's what they say, But it doesn't mean that you have the right to take life away. How were we to know what was go...

Everybody's going somewhere See how they stand in line All complaining their lives are unfair Too bad for them, too bad for mine (It's the killing time) From now till then (Killing time), Not knowing when They're watching me, I'm watching them Standing by th...

I'm King Kong and I'm ten feet long, Got a big six gun and everybody is scared. I'm King Kong, got a hydrogen bomb, I can blow up your houses so you better beware. Everybody wants power, Everybody wants fame. Everybody wants money. La-la-la-la-la, King...

Marriage is a two-headed transplant, Sometimes that's how it seems. When the sex wears off it's all give and take, And it's good-bye to all your dreams. One head wants to go to a movie While the other wants to stay at home, And just like a two-headed tra...

Now the race has begun You are strong and you are young It's your choice, it's up to you Be good to us and we'll be good to you And you will be rewarded for conforming to our plan The system will accept you because we understand You'll be up there with u...

Don't be shy or sentimental, be a little continental She's not bashful, she's no tease and once you start it's oh so easy So enjoy yourself tonight, come and whet your appetite And enjoy the city lights out with the ladies of the night How coarse, how vul...

Like the last of the good ol' puffer trains, I'm the last of the blood and sweat brigade, And I don't know where I'm going, or why I came. I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains. I'm the last of the good old renegades. All my friends...

I want to walk eternity, In through the land of make believe. And watch the clouds roll over me, And let the sun shine down on me. The only place that I wanna be, Lavender Hill for me. Wish I could live on sugar and milk, Then I could live on Lavender Hill. T...

Daisy and Teddy had two Cockney boys And two Cockney sisters and they all shared their toys With old Rosie Rooke and Peggy O'Day They all lived together down in Lavender Lane Lavender Lane, oh my Lavender Lane The people were poor and the people were pla...

Lazy old sun What have you done to summertime? Hiding away Behind all those misty thunder clouds I don't mind To spend my time Looking for you For you are my one reality When I'm dead and gone Your light will shine eternally Sunny rain, shine my way...

When I'm thinking of the pages still unwritten Staring at that empty page fills me with anger and with rage It gives me chills, it makes me age When I think of all the pages to be written I'll write the lines, contrive the plot I'll take the praise and a...

If you run out of luck don't give in to hate Just find a new direction before it's too late If you hear them knocking on my door Just say that I'm not here I can't take it any more Well I'm leaving town and I won't be 'round 'Til I reach my destination, tell t...

Let me see clear, let me see clearly Life without fear Let me see clear, let me see clearly Life without fear You will come back Life after life Life ever after You will come back Life after life Life ever after Let me see clear, let me see clear...

A friend of mine just had a real bad time. You see, his life was shattered and he lost his mind. His girl ran off along with his best friend, And through emotional stress he brought his life to an end. It was such a tragedy, But that's the way it's got to...

Ever since I was a child, I loved to wander wild Through the bright city lights, And find myself a life I could call my own. It was always my ambition To see Piccadilly, Ramble and roam around Soho And Pimlico and Savile Row, And walk down the Abbey Ro...

I've gotta get a train, take me back home again, See my daddy, momma wants to see me too. I'm gonna see my momma looking through the window At the station in the morning, been a few mornings since I've been home. I've been doing wrong but now I'm going ho...

You gotta listen to me Every little thing I wanna say to you All the little things that I've gotta do If you listen to me You gotta listen to me and do things my way And listen to what I've got to say You know you gotta listen to me Listen to me Listen to me...

Ooh la la la, Ooh ... Hear the voices calling from the future In our world of lies they tell of change I pull an energy message from the invisible Offered with love to ease the pain Listen to the spirit calling All that's truth remains Listen to the spirit c...

I'm your little man in a little box You can turn me on, you can switch me off You can do anything with me, anything you please I'm your little man in a little box You can turn me on, you can switch me off Carry me around, pick me up, put me down Any time of d...

Well I met her accidentally, In a little discotheque. And she acted oh so friendly To every fella that she met. And her hair was hanging down, Like a bright and silken sheen. Little Miss Queen of Darkness Dancing night and day. Little Miss Queen of Dar...

I got the lumps in my throat When I saw her coming down the isle I get the wiggles in my knee When she looked at me and sweetly smiled There she is again Standing over by the record machine Yeh she looks like the model On the cover of a magazine Why s...

Have you heard about trouble throughout the land With the fascists and the left wing militants Out of work executives are killing themselves And the I.R.A. are killing everybody else Don't panic, don't lose control Keep your head, keep ahold Act normal t...

All the stories have been told Of kings and days of old, But there's no England now. All the wars that were won and lost Somehow don't seem to matter very much anymore. All the lies we were told, All the lies of the people running round, They're castles...

I met her in a club down in North Soho Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Coca - Cola See-oh-el-aye Cola She walked up to me and she asked me to dance, I asked for her name and in a dark brown voice she said "Lola" El-oh-el-aye lo lo lo lo...

There's a room in a house in a street in a manor in a borough that's part of a city that is generally referred to as London It's a dark place, a mysterious place And it is said that if you're born within the sound of Bow-Bells you have the necessary qualif...

Ooh, Darling, what can I do? I feel so afraid, and even my friends don't know what to say, That's why I'm asking you. I'm so afraid, I know I should be strong, But when affection is gone, it's hard to face each day, Knowing love has drifted away. Some...

Spent last winter playing in the sand With the prisoners of the motherland Damn hotel is feeling like a cell And even paradise can be so cruel Sitting by the swimming pool Trying to keep my head together In that hot Australia weather Three days to kil...

Gonna tell Aunt Mary about Uncle John He says he got the blues but he has a lot of fun Oh baby, Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh baby, Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh baby, We're having some fun tonight Well Long Tall Sally has a lot on the ball And nobody cares if she's sh...

They call me the Long Tall Shorty 'Cause I know what love is all about They call me Long Tall Shorty 'Cause I know what love is all about Well I can tell you where the lights go Oh, when they go out Girls, if you get lonely Dial 4-2-4-6-8-9 Well, girl...

Look a little on the sunny side Even when they say you're on the slide, And for a while they'll say your records never make it, But in a while they're gonna be showering you with praises. They'll give you mediocre reviews And put you in the underground fo...

(Look for me baby) Well you can search high and low if you want But you won't find me (Look for me baby) Well, you search the mountains Look in the sea Look all around the world But you won't find a love A love like mine You'll be low And cry misery[...

Look through any doorway, Each life will tell it's story. See the joy and heartbreak, For all the world to see. She's on the city streets, On her face is desolation. Just a kid from out of town, In the land of hope and glory. Look through any doorway,...

The world's spinning round like a looney balloon Heading for a collision with Saturn and Mars And we're narrowly missing the man in the moon, Spinning out of control crashing into the stars. Have we all lost our gravity, reason and sanity? Is this the pr...

Waiting for the hurricane To hit New York City Somebody said it's hit the bay This is the nitty gritty And all the bag ladies Better put their acts together We're near the eye of the storm This is really heavy weather We were lost and found, in the n...

Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go. Yi-yi-yi-yi-yi Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go. A fine girl, who waited for me. I catch a ship across the sea. I sailed the ship all alone. I wondered when Im gonna make it home. Louie Louie, oh baby, I gotta go. Yi-yi-yi-y...

Love gets you any way, any way it can. Love gets you any way, any way it can. Close my eyes and think of you, my love, This space is full of you, my love, Oh, hold me tight here in your arms tonight. Love gets you any way that you want it, Love gets yo...

You don't have to look at me You don't have to smile at me You just have to love me till the sun shines You don't have to cook for me You don't have to laugh with me You just have to love me till the sun shines Take my money, I don't mind You can be su...

Cheap is small and not to steep But best of all, cheap is cheap. Circumstance has forced my hand To be a cut-priced person In a low-budget land. Times are hard, but we'll all survive. I just gotta learn to economize. I'm on a low budget! I'm on a low budget!...

I've been sacrificed in the name of the company, I've been victimized for the sake of economy. I had a big house, a big car, Expense account and credit cards, But now look what they've done to me. They're making massive reductions, It's all mass production an...

I'd be home free if I could make up my mind, What to do about you. One minute I think I love you, the next I'm playing the fool. You're such a part of me, can't tear myself away from you. Don't care what people say, I just wanna be close. I've changed my...

I'll have some clam chowder, followed by beef steak on rye Pumpkin pie, whipped cream and coffee, I wanna green salad on the side, Don't forget the french fries, Pizza pie, garlic and anchovie. I keep burning up calories as fast as I keep putting the...

You got a mean disposition, You got no inner vision, And you're cruel in addition. I can tell by the way you look, I can read you like a book. Oh, you're out there on your own, Without friends to call your own. Remember the days, When we thought they...

I can deal with the national crisis, economic worry and strife Though my mind is racked with indecision Pressures from the radicals, pressures from the right And appear to appease my critics, yet retain my party line I can have it both ways at the very sam...

Well I've tried everything to get along with you But I'm gonna tell ya what I'm gonna do I'm sick of all your crying, gonna leave you alone If you don't believe I'm going You pack all my things, I'm gone I'm gonna leave Gonna leave you lovin' baby...

Haven't we come a long way From newly-weds in our bed-sitter flat? We skimped and scraped every penny For a down payment on our semi-detached. New towns for all the young hopefuls, A garden suburb with mortgage attached, Oh, look at us now, sale all agreed, no...

I've been traveling a long time, To be just where you are. In dreams I have seen you, But you are so very far. How long must I travel on, To be just where you are? How long must I travel on, To be just where you are? I was your friend, I was a fool, I feel f...

Why I love you though you treat me bad. 'Cos when I look at you I'm looking through the mirror of love. Oh the mirror of love and you look alright, 'Cos when I look at you I'm looking through the mirror of love. You're such a cool lover, But you're such a...

Misery I know you got troubles but you don't have to spread it about Misery You moan and you groan but all of that I can live without Well Until you stop worrying yourself You'll never get anywhere with me I'll still be hanging in there but you're still a mise...

You've been sleeping in a field but you look real rested You set out to outrage but you can't get arrested You say your image is new, but it looks well tested You're lost without a crowd yet you go your own way You say your summer has gone Now the Winter...

Have you seen this face? Does it ring a bell? Does it strike a chord somewhere in your mind? And there's a big reward, If you help us solve this crime, And if you recognize this face, dial nine nine nine. Have you seen this face? Dig deep in your mind. Has an...

By the town of Straight and Narrow, There's a dark and misty place. Everything is hazy, So the people are afraid. All except Maria's daughters, Who believe in misty ways. Everything is lovely, In a misty morning glaze. I like misty water, I like fog...

Come on love Let's forget about all the things that we've done wrong Just remember all of the things that we've done right I'm in no mood to argue and I'm in no mood to fight So let the tears pass you by Don't you cry, don't you cry, don't you cry...

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Ah, the milkmen came in, and that washing machine It's drivin' you crazy, to hear the kids scream Ah, but your life ain't so bad You feel happy inside, it's a crime That you're wastin' away each and every precious day Don't be blind...

The best things in life are free But you can give them to the birds and bees I want money Lots of money That's what I want Money don't get everything, it's true But what it don't get, I can't use I want money Lots of money That's what I want Give m...

We are sick and tired Of being promised this and that. We work all day, we sweat and slave To keep the wealthy fat. They fill our heads with promises And bamboozle us with facts, Then they put on false sincerity Then they laugh behind our backs. Money...

Show me a man who says he can live without bread And I'll show you a man who's a liar and in debt. There's no one alive who can't be purchased or enticed There's no man alive who wouldn't sell for a price, Money talks and we're the living proof, There ain...

When I was a child I tried to sail away to sea The ocean symbolized adventure, romance and mystery The sea holds all the secrets of man's mortality Great men come and go, but the sea lives on eternally Some men are shallow, others are deeper then the sea...

Under a lamp light Monica stands at midnight, And every guy think he can buy her love, But money can't buy sweet lovin' from Monica. Morning to moonshine, Monica knows every line. Don't ever propose 'cause Monica knows, you know. She'll turn up her nos...

It was the biggest house in the neighborhood. He went and bought this house when he made good. Ten bedrooms and a swimming pool, Where he entertained all the people that he knew. But he hit the hard times and had to sell out. Most exclusive residence for sale....

Motorway food is the worst in the world, You've never eaten food like you've eaten on the motorway. Motorway food is the worst in the world, The coffee tastes weak and the cakes taste stale And gasoline fumes are the worst to inhale, Your stomach rolls ov...

They lived together in a dirty old shack At the edge of the black rocky mountain And they drank mountain dew and they lived on the food That they grew at the side of the mountain She's a mountain woman, he's her mountain man They lived all their lives by the...

Don't want to surrender anymore to the likes of you, Don't want a pretender to show me what to do. No degree of immunity, Gonna give you freedom guaranteed. But it ain't no joke When there ain't no hope. There's no political system gonna satisfy me....

Life is only a moving picture Nothing in life is permanent fixture Oh no, oh oh no Black girls, white girls oh what a mixture Looking as pretty as a picture Oh no, oh oh no We live, we die, no one knows why We come, we go, we see the show And it's always mov...

I remember when you started out You were the best friend I ever knew I tried to meet you when you had your success But you had better things to do Now I bet that you're losin' count Of the people that you used But now we're gonna see the vicious side of you M...

Well Mr. Churchill says, Mr. Churchill says We gotta fight the bloody battle to the very end Mr. Beaverbrook says we gotta save our tin And all the garden gates And empty cans are gonna make us win We shall defend our island On the land and on the sea...

Oh Mr. Pleasant, how is Mrs Pleasant? I hope the world is treating you right, And your head's in the air, And you're feeling so proud, 'Cause you're such a success, And the whole wide world is on your side, hey hey. How are you today? People say Mr. Pleasant...

Hey, Mr. Reporter, How 'bout talking about yourself? Do you like what you're doing, Or is it that you can do nothing else? Hey, Mr. Reporter, I'll believe all that you put down. I'll believe the sun is going up, Even though it's going down. Hey, Mr....

Hey, Mr. Shoemaker's daughter, Hey, Mr. Shoemaker's daughter, Don't throw my love away. I'm coming home today. Hey, Mr. Green Grocer's daughter, Hey, Mr. Green Grocer's daughter, Don't turn your head away. Don't take the sun away. Every time I see you I wann...

Won't you sing me a song or two, Won't take you long to just sing to me please, Won't you whistle a tune. I got nothing to gain, I got nothing to lose, But if you sing me a song, You'll make me happy. Sing Mr. Songbird, Sing Mr. Songbird, Sing Mr. Son...

It's that strange and tender magic you do. Mr. Wonderful, That's you. 

Well I said goodbye to Rosie Rooke this morning, I'm gonna miss her bloodshot alcoholic eyes, She wore her Sunday hat so she'd impress me, I'm gonna carry her memory 'til the day I die. They'll move me up to Muswell Downs tomorrow, Photographs and souven...

I looked in my diary, no spaces today, A life so eventful, stacked with appointments too important to break, Lunch at the bistro, tea at the savoy cafe, No time to contemplate the isolation, No second can be wasted, no space to think because, My diary is full...

You know you keep on naggin' babe Complaining all men are the same The reason you keep on naggin' Is because you found another man Well keep on naggin' woman Naggingest woman in this land Well, the minute you stop your naggin' You're gonna find another...

Nervous tension, man's invention It's the biggest killer that's around today Let the tension out or it will build and build inside And strike you down some day Nervous tension, man's invention Is the biggest waste of human energy Let the tension out, or it wil...

See that girl walkin' down the street She looks like a prima donna She's a star in her head and the world's at her feet She looks at you twice and your heart skips a beat She didn't learn it at high school or from a glossy magazine You see she's a natural...

Hey, I never met a girl like you before. Yeah, I never met a girl like you before. Girls like you are very hard to find. Hey, I never met a girl that I could miss. Yeah, I never met a girl that I could kiss. Girls like you are very hard to find. When I kiss...

Ein, zwei, drei, vier I wake up in the morning Looking at the street below. Oh, the aggravation down below. It's no coincidence at all. The war is over, But the battle has just begun. It's still going on, Still going on. Why? Mass migration of people, Lithuan...

The star is in Norman's office. his day Of sweat and toil has begun. Nine to five Answering phones and dictating letters Making decisions that affect no one. Stuck in the office from nine until five Life is so incredibly dull, Working from nine to five. Oh n...

Walking along a crowded street I see thousands of faces before me. Then I see a face that I used to know Long ago in my life story. It starts me thinking about the things you said For your image is still inside me. The past is gone but in my head You're still...

If, if I could see Just how lonely my life would be If you passed me by and said farewell And there is no return Stars would shine no more I would walk up and down this lonely room I would have friends but be alone For there is no return For you were my firs...

I can't understand why everybody's quarreling, Nobody gives in case they lose face, And everybody's guilty and everybody's innocent, And the fact of it is nobody gives any more. It's the same throughout all history, Nobody gives unless they receive,...

From the bright busy streets of the Charing Cross Road To the dark little alleys in old Soho From the smart noisy clubs where everybody goes To the dark little streets that nobody knows I couldn't care if the people don't notice me They wouldn't know tha...

Dad's stuck in the factory, machines are banging all around. Momma's in the kitchen, she got the radio on all the time. My little sister's screaming, and stamping on the ground. And the radio keeps pumping out the same old boring sound. All I hear is nois...

This is the end, this is the last time, Take what you want, why wait a lifetime? Why wait till tomorrow when you can just take it today, And it's not far away. Live all your life according to a plan. Live by the rules the best way you can. So the system...

Met a girl, fell in love, glad as I can be Met a girl, fell in love, glad as I can be But I think all the time, is she true to me? 'Cause there's nothing in this world to stop me worryin' 'bout that girl I found out I was wrong, she was just two timing I...

Get out of that house, Stop watching T.V. Have you heard the news, Well there's a new world here, And it's staring straight at you, Don't want no politics, Religion too. They've got nothing left to prove, Well my heart's beatin' rhythm, And my soul ke...

When we were young and green We shared our dreams together, And you were my friend. We had our good times pal, We thought they'd last forever. But nothing lasts forever, Nothing lasts forever. Time goes by and people change It's best we go our...

Remember walking with you by my side You were my Papa and I was your pride Now I've got children and I'm going grey No time for talking I got nothin' to say Those Sunday dinners that we had at home Now I've got a house and I've got friends of my own We...

In the beginning of it all there was the land And the sea and she sky Then into the middle of it all there came man To live on the land. And then a great nation Put into operation an evolutionary plan Now mighty corporations and politicians rule the lan...

In a world full of jive, Full of homicide and suicide, There's no room for love and romance. In a world full of spite Full of hatefulness and bitterness, Sincerity don't stand a chance. And every night I close my eyes And ask the stars above, Oh where,...

I can see Oh what a day it's gonna be There'll never be another like it As far as I can see 'Cause the world's gonna know When they see our good times grow Oh yes, today, girl Oh what a day it's gonna be 'Cause I can hear The birds are singing It s...

All life we work but work is bore, If life's for livin' what's livin' for, She lives in a house that's near decay, Built for the industrial revolution, But in her dreams she is far away, In Oklahoma U.S.A. With Shirley Jones and Gordon McRea, As she buy...

You stay at home All on your own with nothing but walls to talk to You never go anywhere You say you've nothing to wear So you keep all your troubles inside of you There's something hidden in you And you keep it out of view You shouldn't feel any guilt Or hav...

So you've decided to set me free I've paid my debt to society Fresh out of jail trying to make a new start On the street with a bitter heart But my past keeps on haunting me There ain't no chance for a man with my history Once a thief Always a suspect...

One fine day now, My baby's coming back home to me. One fine day now, We'll be as happy as happy can be. Well I saw my baby comin' up across the hill Well I'm a hootin' and a hollerin' 'cause I love her still I said whoa yeah, one fine day I said whoa...

One night with you, Is all that I'm praying for. These things that we two can plan To make my dream come true. Just call my name, And I'll be right by your side. Won't need no helping hand My love's too strong to hide. I always lived a very quiet lif...

See Johnny Thunder sitting on his motorbike Riding along the highway, Rock and Roll songs from the nineteen-fifties Buzzing around in his brain. Johnny Thunder he's one of the original bebop generation And he's got no time for complicated music or too muc...

Standing by the elevator Feeling gloomy and down Waiting for the flashing light To lift me up from the ground Then the elevator opened And I saw her standing there She had to be a young executive She looked so corporate and clean And I thought I'd seen her som...

Oobadiooba, oobadiay Everything's swingin', swingin my way Sad times are over, oobadioobiayay Yeah yeah yeah Oobadiooba, oobadiay One thing is certain, I wanna say Darlin' I love you, oobadioobiayay Yeah yeah... Feel I wanna laugh and shout Cry "Hip hip hoor...

[Star] I am the image maker. I am the magic Maker. I can turn the most ordinary Man in the world into a star. to prove My point I am going to find the most Mundane little man and turn him into Celebrity. Hmm! this looks like a Suitably uninteresting house. I...

Has anybody here seen a chick called Dick He looks real burly but, he's really hip He's six feet tall and his arms are all brown and hairy Well, he married Betty Lou back in '65 When you had to be butch to survive But lately he's been looking at his wife...

Everybody is a victim of society Comedy, tragedy, vaudeville and variety Pantomime players in the grand tradition Winners and losers till the intermission Girl, I know the world's a stage That's what the poet said But I think our weird relationship Is way abo...

(Hello, who's that speaking, please?) I'm on a party line, Wonderin' all the time, Who's on the other end? Is she big, is she small? Is she a she at all? Who's on my party line? Wish I had a more direct connection. This party line was here when I arr...

People take pictures of the Summer, Just in case someone thought they had missed it, And to proved that it really existed. Fathers take pictures of the mothers, And the sisters take pictures of brothers, Just to show that they love one another. You can't...

Every time we meet My heart skips a beat Seems we're Perfect Strangers I can't understand What's inside of man That makes us Perfect Strangers Through all this time so lonely All the people with nobody With life's misunderstanding Feel I've known you all my...

Please call a doctor, I've been so depressed That I think that I'm finally breakin' I can't quite explain, I can't feel any pain But I know that this time I'm not fakin' Oh, what can it be, oh, inside of me I saw my doctor he said man you look sick He s...

A long, long time ago, In the land of idiot boys, There live a cat, a phenomenal cat, Who loved to wallow all day. No one bothered him As he sat, content in his tree. He just lived to eat 'cause it kept him fat, And that's how he wanted to stay. Thou...

Everybody got something hidden In a darkness deep inside Everybody gotta fatal flaw Everybody got something to hide Take a look into my eyes See the fear and silent cries - phobia Deep inside, take another look at it - phobia Everybody got a phobia Take anothe...

Picture yourself when you're getting on, Sat by the fireside a-pondering on. Picture book, pictures of your mama, taken by your papa a long time ago. Picture book, of people with each other, to prove they love each other a long time ago. Na, na, na, na, na...

And I'm gonna spend my time, Drawing pictures in the sand for you. And I'm gonna ride the tide, And I'm gonna make a rendezvous. Sitting by the sea, Sipping at my tea, Drawing pictures in the sand, And writing message to you. Pictures in the sand (Dr...

A man lives at the corner of the street, And his neighbors think he's helpful and he's sweet, 'Cause he never swears and he always shakes you by the hand, But no one knows he really is a plastic man. He's got plastic heart, plastic feet and toes, (Yeah,...

Polly wouldn't listen to her Mama, Polly wouldn't listen to her Papa. She tried to make the swinging city scene, And now there's not a place that Polly hasn't been. Polly, pretty pretty Pollyanna, Pretty pretty Pollyanna, Pretty Polly Garter Oh, I thin...

I know a man, he's a powerful man He's got the people in his power In the palm of his hand. He started at the bottom and he worked his way up Now he's never going to stop Until he reaches the top. It's the same old story, it's the same old dream, It's p...

Don't know why I'm even bothering. (Predictable) Yeah, that's the mood I'm in. Go out for a walk then I come back in. (Predictable) Yeah, the mood that I'm in. (Predictable) Every day of my life Can't even communicate with my wife (Predictable) That'...

Once upon a time In a faraway land Lived a villain called Flash He was such a wicked man He terrorized the people He broke arms and crushed hands He ruled with a fist and he purchased all the land Then he plowed up the fields and cut down the trees Fo...

Pressure pressure I got pressure, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah Pressure pressure I got pressure, oh yeah I don't really want to give it to you Cause it's really contagious You can pick it up anywhere And it can be quite dangerous You can spread it mouth to mouth...

A well known groover, rock 'n' roll user, Wanted to be a star. But he failed the blues, and he's back to loser, Playing folk in a country bar. Reggae music didn't seem to satisfy his needs. He couldn't handle modern jazz, 'Cause they play it in difficul...

My bags are packed, I guess it's time for me to go. I can't say where I'm headed, 'cause I just don't know. When I think of what I'll be losing, It's hard to move along, But it's harder just to stay here, Knowing that I don't belong. I'll be in touch, d...

Something's happenin' but I'm just gonna turn a blind eye. If I see no evil, ask no questions, and I hear no lies. Can't communicate with minds that are small, With some people it's like talkin' to the wall And a fellow who walks away, lives to battle another...

A misty shadow spread its wings And covered all the ground And even though the sun was out The rain came pouring down And all the light had disappeared And faded in the gloom There was no hope, no reasoning This rainy day in June The eagle spread its...

I was lost just wandering round downtown Many people pushing me around Hate spreads just like infection Those rats jumping on and off my back Fat black rats holding me down I see rats in every direction No time to catch your breath Crazy people lost the...

You get up in the morning And every single day Is just a repetition It's always been that way You live alone inside your head Incommunicado, in the land of living dead Each day's a repetition Of the one that went before Like watching an old movie You...

Look at all the people around me, Same old faces joining the queue. For return to Waterloo, Return to Waterloo. Started off this morning as usual, Checkin' out the mail and all the bills to pay. Maybe something special's gonna happen, Maybe this is my lucky d...

Reveal yourself, Reveal yourself, Reveal yourself, Reveal yourself. Life on earth is so bizarre, We must find a way to fulfill, What we really are, Yes it's true, I love you, And there's nothing you do that's wrong, Find values of your own. Reveal...

Shout out, ring the bells Shout out, tell the world I'm in love Ring out, I feel fine This girl said she's mine So let the bells ring loud and clear Let the whole world know I'm in love Ring out, I feel fine This girl said she's mine So let the bells...

Rock 'n' roll cities, look out here we come From Buffalo to the Gulf of Mexico Rock 'n' roll cities, look out for our bus Does anybody know the way to Idaho? Well it's good to be back Had some trouble on the way I never thought we'd get here But we made it ju...

Rosemary Rose, Nature sure gave you such a beautiful nose. Though you're not beautiful as someone would know, That Rosemary Rose, Has eyes of blue, And someone is treasuring a picture of you, Taken on a holiday when you were just three, My sweet Rosema...

Rosy won't you please come home? Mama don't know where you've been. Rosy won't you please come home? Your room's clean and no one's in it. Oh my Rosy, how I miss you, You are all the world to me. Take a look and see if you like it, If you like it pleas...

Remember how we used to laugh away those hours We would spend. We thought they'd last forever. Oh, Though I must go, I know the pain I leave, But oh, These things will change, 'Cause nothing last forever. For now at last, I see all life as one, All...

He gets up early about seven o'clock, The alarm goes off and then the house starts to rock. In and out of the bathroom by seven-o-three, By seven-ten he's downstairs drinking his tea. So put a shine on your shoes, Put on your pin-striped suit. Can't lose those...

Hear me brothers, hear me sisters, Citizens and comrades hear my song. The old life's dead the order's changing It's time for all of us to move along. Got no time to live a life With old worn-out traditions Swallowed my pride, Changed my ways,...

As I sit by the sea Drink tequila by the shade of a tree There's a seniorita sat on my knee Sprinkling sand all over me I've got sand on my shoes I've lost everything that I'm gonna lose I've got nothing but the sun and the moon And the sand that's on...

This song is dedicated to the memory of Annie Florence Davies and Carol Bryans. Like a seed that is sewn All the children are scattered By a breeze that is blown Now the crops are all scattered We are torn, we are shattered Now some of us are barmy and batter...

If ever you think about the happiest days of your life Cast back your mind for a while And remember the time when you were a child. Don't think of things that make you sad, Just remember all the good times that you had. Do you remember only happy days,...

There ain't no beauty And there ain't no style, There's no quality And there's no purity. Honour's dead and buried Because it's unnecessary. Look at all the people, Why they all look the same. They're walking to the factory In their cloth caps and tr...

They call me the scum of the earth. They say I'm the scab of the nation. But deep inside I'm only human. Just an ordinary man. With ordinary plans. They say I'm crooked and bent, They call me a rogue and a villain, But if they could see deep inside me...

I was born a slum gutter infantile, Brute-force educated, delinquent juvenile. I am a product of mass produced factory fodder, Streets full of tenement blocks, rat infested filth and squalor. I left school, went straight on the dole And unemployment's no...

See my friends, See my friends, Layin' 'cross the river, See my friends, See my friends, Layin' 'cross the river, She is gone, She is gone and now there's no one left 'Cept my friends, Layin' 'cross the river, She just went, She just went, Went...

See the beast, Got such a hold on you, Every way you turn, But don't hang around now, It's too late for politics to save you. It's funny can't you see the dream, Just hold it tenderly in your hand. Chorus For you, For you to see you through the night...

He never will forget at all The day he played at the Albert Hall. A million sessions ago it seems. He is a session man, A chord progression, A top musician. Rock 'n' roll or vocal star, A philharmonic orchestra, Everything comes the same to him. He i...

Set me free, little girl. All you gotta do is set me free, little girl. You know you can do it if you try, All you gotta do is set me free, free, Free. Set me free, little girl. All you gotta do is set me free, little girl. You know you can do it if you try,...

Now that you've found your paradise This is your Kingdom to command You can go outside and polish your car Or sit by the fire in your Shangri-la Here is your reward for working so hard Gone are the lavatories in the back yard Gone are the days when you d...

She's bought a hat like Princess Marina's To wear at all her social affairs She wears it when she's cleaning the windows She wears it when she's scrubbing the stairs But you will never see her at Ascot She can't afford the time or the fare But she's bought a h...

I've got a girl who's oh, so good, She's got everything. I've got a girl and she is mine, She's got everything. Pretty ringlets in her hair, Pretty clothes that she can wear, What's she got? Everything, Everything. All other guys just stand and star...

Never thought that this would happen to you and me Guess I'll just have to see it through Every single dress you wear Never really fits around A little child with bright brown hair She always laughs and never really cares She's My Girl She's My Girl She's My...

Down with sex and sin, Down with pot, heroin. Down with pornography, Down with lust. Down with vice lechery and debauchery. We are the new centurians. Shepherds of the Nations. We'll keep on our guard For sin and degradation. We are the national guar...

All alone, sitting on my sofa, Oh, oh, oh, sitting on my sofa, Sipping at my soda, Sitting on my sofa. All alone, sitting on my sofa, Oh, oh, oh, sitting on my sofa, Sipping at my soda, Sitting on my sofa. You got all your friends, I got a TV set....

Just sitting down by the riverside, Spreading my arms to the open wide. Now I am free and the world's at my feet. I can close my eyes. Oh Love, keep me warm, keep me satisfied. Please keep me calm, keep me pacified. Now I'm content and my life is comple...

If my friends could see me now, driving round just like a film star, In a chauffeur driven jam jar, they would laugh. They would all be saying that it's not really me, They would all be asking who I'm trying to be. If my friends could see me now, Looking...

I'm sitting by the side of a river Underneath the pale blue sky I've got no need to worry, I'm in no hurry I'm looking at the world go by. Just sitting in the midday sun, Just soaking up that currant bun, With no particular purpose or reason Sitting in...

Suzy and Johnny were happy Earned enough to pay the rent But Johnny's mother-in-law had too much ambition And this made Johnny very upset So to keep his little mama satisfied He went and bought the weekly classified All for peace and quiet's sake Johnn...

Fat Flabby Annie was incredibly big She weighed just about sixteen stone And then a fake dietician went and put her on a diet Now she looks like skin and bone. Do the meditation and yoga And she's thrown away the good food guide And she's given up...

Oh, there's a rude little lady Livin' next to me. Oh, she sure loves someone, But it ain't me. Ev'ry night at twelve o'clock, They start to rock with all they got. They keep it up all night. It just ain't right. They O.K. by me, I'm not. He and she,...

Ev'rybody got problems, buddy. I got mine. When midnight comes around, I start to lose my mind. When the sun puts out the light, I join the creatures of the night, Oh yeah. I'm a sleepwalker. I'm a night stalker. I'm a street walker. I'm a night hawke...

We're just slum kids, and we know it, And we never stood a chance. We were dragged up from the gutter, From the wrong side of the tracks. So how dare you criticize, When you don't know what it's like To be dragged up from the gutter, From the wr...

So long, so long Now I'm on my way So long, so long See you all some day Don't know where I'm heading for Turn my back and walk away Don't think about what's left behind Otherwise Think about the good times Think about the people you love Think abo...

You know you're so mystifying You know you're so mystifying Well, help me, baby, get a message through You leave my mouth wide open with the things that you do First you say you love me, then you say that we're through You know you're so mystifying, can'...

Some mother's son lies in a field Someone has killed some mother's son today Head blown up by some soldier's gun While all the mothers stand and wait Some mother's son ain't coming home today Some mothers son ain't got no grave Two soldiers fighting in...

That's life in the big city You beg for mercy but you got no pity Low-life zero mentality Vandalized victims of depravity Fast food, take-out mentality Where the dogs eat the dogs And the innocent bleed The city can't cope and the cops don't care There's fear...

They said this was the last dance The lights went dim as I looked round the floor Then I saw you standing there Then I walked up to you and I asked for this dance The band had started to play I held you hand and I sighed Is this the start of another hea...

Open up your eyes, see the world around you It's not what we thought it was. It's not what we were told. Flashing signs before us. They're even reading the last rites. All our systems have failed us. Now they've turned out the lights. Soothe Sayer. The mi...

Baby, you don't know what you're saying, Because you're a victim of bright city lights, And your mind is not right. You think the world's at your feet. 'Cause you're starstruck, baby, starstruck. Taken in by the lights, Think you'll never look back, Yo...

Woke up in a panic, Like somebody fired a gun I wish I could be dreaming, But the nightmare's just begun. There's flooding in the basement, There's water all around. There's woodworm in the attic And the ceiling just fell down. I'm in a state (state)...

I'm a drifter who has lost his way And I'm still searching for my dream A wandering nomad with no home to stay Just like a gypsy or a refugee Lookin' at another sign for another town Wondering if I'm ever gonna settle down Or am I gonna keep on searchin' till...

It is time for you to stop all of your sobbing Yes it's time for you to stop all of your sobbing There's one thing that you gotta do To make me still want you Gotta stop sobbing now Yeah, stop it, stop it Gotta stop sobbing now It is time for you to l...

Oh, oh darlin', Little darlin', Did you ever see such a stormy sky? It's never been like this before. All the people, They're runnin'. Ev'rybody's try'n' to hide, To get away from that stormy sky. Perhaps it's a sign Of what we're headed for. We're...

Where are you going I don't mind I've killed my world and I've killed my time So where do I go what do I see I see many people coming after me So where are you going to I don't mind If I live too long I'm afraid I'll die So I will follow you wherever you...

All the good times have all been in vain, It's a shame, such a shame, such a shame. It's a shame, 'Cause I didn't want to cause you any pain, But I know that it wouldn't be the same All the good times have all been in vain, It's a shame, such a shame, s...

Looking in a window on a rainy day. Thinking about good things that I just threw away. Looking in the gutter, watching the trash go flowing by. Thinking it's Summer, but there are only clouds in the sky. When I think about what we wasted, makes me sad, W...

The tax man's taken all my dough, And left me in my stately home, Lazing on a sunny afternoon. And I can't sail my yacht, He's taken everything I've got, All I've got's this sunny afternoon. Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze. I got a big fat...

Let me take you on a little trip My supersonic ship's at your disposal If you feel so inclined. Well alright. We're gonna travel faster than light So do up your overcoat tight And you'll go anywhere you want to decide. Well alright. Too many people side...

Look at us here today Lots of talking with nothing to say And if I seem somewhat afraid I'm surviving, that's all I am I'm surviving to be a better man I'm surviving, that's my plan Just surviving Yesterday, I was sure But today I don't know anymore Thought I...

Oh, Suzannah's bedraggled but she Still wears the locket 'round her neck. She's got a picture on the table Of a man who is young and able. Oh, Suzannah's gonna cry, Oh, Suzannah's still alive. Whiskey or gin, that's alright, Both have been in her bed a...

Once under a scarlet sky I told you never ending lies, But they were the words of a drunken vagabond Who knew very well he would break your heart before long Oh forgive me Genevieve. Now I've come back to see Sweet Lady Genevieve, This time I'll give you...

Ooh, I don't understand, In this crazy world we live in, Just look around, is it true? No one gives a damn. Trapped in a world of illusion, Is it too late for us, ooh? Baby, we'll never know why we're stranded here, Lost in this crowded room, I notice...

Chorus: Telepathy For you and me, We can be A unity. It threads right through the airways, On a long magnetic tube, Then joins into your brainwaves, Sees everything you do, It is no science or miracle, There is no place to hide, Oh, when we have tel...

Tell me now so I'll know, There are so many things that I could do. If you tell me now that I'd know what to do, Tell me now so I'll know. Tell me now so I'll know, There are so many things for me to say. Without your love I just couldn't live each day,...

Hush little mammy don't you cry I've got to see what it's like on the world outside Got to get out of this life somehow Got to be free, got to be free now I don't want to be a constructor of highways A sweeper of sidewalks, I've got to do it my way I'm...

I'm going to LA Check into a quiet groovy hotel Get myself a tan by the sleepy pool Meet a pretty girl, walk her down the strip Then chill out in a bar Then I will rent a car, an open-top Mustang And cruise around the beach And I'll check out all the b...

Forever, forever This empire will last forever Forever, forever This empire will last forever Looking at the heavens For a sign from God to come But the face of God will blind you Because God is the sun And the sun goes round the earth And sets in t...

How well I remember my very first love affair Those juvenile fantasies and innocent dreams we shared But we're too blind to realize that we are totally unprepared For the first time we fall in love We think it's forever, the first time we fall in love We alway...

Every time I hear that lonesome train roll down the track Going away to unknown destinations I believe there's someone out there making the great escape Just moving on, suddenly gone and so unexpectedly It might hit you on a sunny afternoon Without a war...

Well I failed my education And I failed at my first job Well I failed so bad that I nearly broke down But then the good, good life came and turned my head around Then a fat man walked up to me Smokin' a Havana cigar And said, "boy you gotta learn to put...

What has become of this land that I fought for This country I served with pride It is sad, but the good times are gone And all of the good men have died Ev'ry man for himself, that's the motto What has this great nation become All the violence and lack...

Boys like you were born to waste, You never listen to a word I say And if you think you're here to mess around, You're making a big mistake, 'Cos you're gonna find out the hard way, You gonna find out the hard way. No matter what I do or say, You're much too...

Isn't it strange meeting you here Two old friends Just sitting down quietly drinking a beer But knowing your past the way that I do After all this time I'm surprised You'd even come to this rendezvous They say you went and moved across the border So it'...

As I walked to the last assembly, There were tears in the back of my eyes, And I saw all my friends all around me, They were there to wish me goodbye. As I stood in a line with my comrades, I felt such a feeling of pride, And I forgot all the grief and t...

They stripped away my innocence and left me here to die In this sad, cold realization, there are no more tears to cry But I still believe in miracles, 'cause that's all I had before And I ain't gonna take your promises no more They stretched the Earth's r...

Robert owes half to Grenville Who in turn gave half to Larry Who adored my instrumentals And so he gave half to a foreign publisher She took half the money that was earned in some far distant land Gave back half to Larry and I end up with half of goodness know...

The Poseur's in town The Poseur's around Hey, it don't bother me, But there's a guy eyein' you He's watched you all night and he's looked you all over He got his eye on you But don't act like you're surprised Because that smooth-looking guy's undressing you w...

Sitting alone on my hotel Looking in the mirror wondering, "well, After all this time you never thought you'd still be out on the road?" Like a gypsy I was born to roam Like a wanderer with no fixed abode I think about the friends I've left behind on the road...

As I walked into the charity store I saw a second-hand shirt hangin' up by the door The collar was frayed, there was a stain on the cuff Caused by ketchup or blood or some such stuff It wasn't made of polyester or nylon The label said "made in the uk" so I tri...

The local factory's been pulled down By an overseas corporation Now all of my brothers are looking around For alternative occupation I was sitting by the telly with my brother, Kenny When suddenly the penny dropped While all of my brothers are sitting at home...

We are the Village Green Preservation Society God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety We are the Desperate Dan Appreciation Society God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties Preserving the old ways from being abused Protecting the new w...

I know a place not far from here It's not far away, love, but if you come I know a place where we'll be alone And we'll talk of life, the way love used to be I know a place not far away And we'll find a way through the city streets We'll find a wa...

There is a war going on, A Spiritual change, There is a world going wrong, Don't ya wanna run away and hide, And it seems so hard. We're on a psychic battlefield, Fighting for our souls, To make us free, You and me. Chorus The world is changing han...

You worry 'bout the sun What's the use of worrying 'bout the big ol' sun You worry 'bout the rain The rain keeps falling just the same You worry when the one you need has found somebody new But the world keeps going round The world keeps going round Yo...

Truly, oh truly There is nothing in this life without your love This is a story of my true love There is no life without love Truly, oh truly There is nothing in this life without your love Truly, oh truly There is nothing in this life without your love The...

I'm just a simple working man Gettin' by the best I can In this crazy mixed-up muddled-up world that I live in. I'm a middle class sort of a guy I'm not rich but I get by Pretending that I know just what I'm doin'. I'm a well bred upper class sor...

Now I know just what I've been doing wrong, Life seems empty, but it won't last for long. I shan't go on this way. There's a new world just opening for me. Been alive, but it could be lying down. Just can't tell when the devil's on the prowl. I can't pr...

Well i worked for a week and i got no pay. (things getting better.) Well my baby's coming back home to stay (things getting better.) Well she's coming back home, but i haven't got a dime (things getting better.) But i've got my love to keep me fine[?]. (things...

Productivity is getting higher and higher oh, oh, yeh But profitability is getting tighter and tighter oh, oh, yeh When you see our face in the market place we gotta clean cut image to keep (The competition is getting tighter and tighter) We gotta advertis...

Like the clouds that bring the rain Like the sun that makes the flowers Like the soft and gentle breeze I will blow away the showers This I know, this I know and I know I love you for the rest of my life I can't wait till tomorrow comes I can't wait to see th...

I can't think of a place I'd rather be. The whole wide world doesn't mean so much to me, For this is where I belong, This is where I belong. Tell me now if you want me to stay. It don't matter, 'cause I'd stay here anyway. For this is where I belong, T...

I wish that you could see All the things that I have seen. This mind of mine is making life worthwhile. I wish that you'd have know Of all the plans I had in store for us, Laughing, dancing, traveling the world on our own. And this man, he weeps tonight...

You've got this strange effect on me, And I like it. You've got this strange effect on me, And I like it. You make my world seem right, You make my darkness bright, oh yes. You've got this strange effect on me, And I like it. And I like it. And I like the wa...

This time tomorrow where will we be On a spaceship somewhere sailing across an empty sea This time tomorrow what will we know Will we still be here watching an in-flight movie show I'll leave the sun behind me and watch the clouds as they sadly pass me by...

What can I do? How can I show you, And let you see, That I am someone, That you want me to be. I'm only me, Not someone better, Not someone good. I'd be a soldier, That's if I only could. If I were king, I'd tell my army, To change the world. Then I'd be som...

Baby, I feel good From the moment I arise Feel good from morning Till the end of the day Till the end of the day Yeah, you and me We live this life From when we get up Till we go sleep at night You and me were free We do as we please, yeah...

Time will tell if I will drift eternally, Through life instead of being someone. All of my life, you are the one, you're on my mind. Have a good time, do what you want, but you will find, Time will tell if I'll survive. I'd rather be dead than just pretend I'...

Just a quiet city sport With a wife and little kids to support So immaculately dressed when he walks Like a soldier on parade He's a tin soldier man Living in a little tin wonderland Very happy little tin soldier man When you set him on your knee Every day y...

I'm so tired Tired of waiting Tired of waiting for you I'm so tired Tired of waiting Tired of waiting for you I was a lonely soul I had nobody till I met you But you keep-a me waiting All of the time What can I do? It's your life And you can do...

In the back of a record rack There's an old double pack. Twelve inches and black, With an old crumpled cover, But every track is stacked. And it takes me back To the one who caused this melancholy mood, And every single groove Cuts me to the bone, Yeah, she r...

Everybody's working out at the gymnasium, Pumping iron, getting fit, ready to compete. Everybody working on their own body heat. Everybody hustling out on the street. Julian is out there looking at locations, Arthur's on the picket line winding up the na...

Running to and fro, hard working at the mill, Never failed at the mill, there come a rotten bill. Too much monkey business, too much monkey business, Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you. Salesman talkin¹ to me tryin¹ to run me up a cre...

There's too much on my mind, There's too much on my mind, And I can't sleep at night thinking about it. I'm thinking all the time, There's too much on my mind, It seems there's more to life than just to live it. There's too much on my mind, And there i...

How much more do we need, Money, power and greed, Possessions steal your soul, ooh. Why are we so blind, An arrogant, thoughtless kind, We use our bodies and waste our time, ooh. Social difficulties, desperate politics, Disorders of the mind, Ooh....

I've just come in at Number 25 I'm oh so happy, so glad to be alive And everybody says it's going to get to the top Life is so easy when your record's hot. Go tell my mamma and my sister too To press my trousers and polish my shoes I might even end up a...

Now I will hammer, and then I will screw it Then I would wind it, to see how it goes We'll keep working, painting and binding Right til the morning, til he starts to close Toymaker, toymaker, how do you know Where all the pieces in your jigsaw puzzle go? Toym...

It came out of the sky and into my life I thought that I was in heaven Then a voice reached out and touched my heart with a love that lasts forever The love that you give is more than you know but treat each other kindly And the time will soon come when each...

As I walked home the other night, I looked up to the sky. It hit me like a light in the head He showed me of the world In a different way. Oh, I'll never be the same. [This is space-sector calling] Are you talking to me? [We have a message for you] I c...

In a sheltered place where I viewed the world And all that it contained I would see your face in a misty haze And wish that you were there Yes I wished that you were there Darling fool, I was with you all the way Be as the flower that unfolds with each d...

I've got your picture of me and you You wrote "I love you" I wrote "me too" I sit there staring and there's nothing else to do Oh it's in color Your hair is brown Your eyes are hazel And soft as clouds I often kiss you when there's no one else around I've got...

Sylvilla looked into her mirror Percilla looked into the washing machine And the drudgery of being wed She was so jealous of her sister And her liberty, and her smart young friends She was so jealous of her sister Sylvilla looked into the wardrobe Perc...

Another Saturday night and everybody gets together The pubs are turning out and all the streets are alive But the people want to party so they come back to our house Everybody gonna do the U.K Jive Dad's got a crate of beer and it's an open invitation He...

He was just a workin' man, Simple rules and simple plans, Fancy words he didn't understand, He loved with his heart, He worked with his hands. Liberals dream of equal rights, Conservatives live in a world gone by, Socialists preach of a promised...

Our hero leaves the pub his head still Swimming with alcohol, his head Buzzing with facts, figures and Computers. Night is descending as he Wearily makes his way home through The traffic jams and neon lights of the Great metropolis. Underneath The Neon...

Took a walk outside, the truth was on my side, But I didn't even make the corner. Revolution in my sights, the time seems so right, But I never even saw it coming. Can't let it go. Oh no, Oh no. Can't you hear me call, bang my head against the wall, Can...

All that I see, seems so unreal to me, Is it the truth or is it only fantasy, Is it a dream or is it unreal reality? All around me is such unreality, Optical illusions as far as my eyes can see, Is the whole thing a fake, or the ultimate reality?...

Long ago life was clean Sex was bad and obscene And the rich were so mean Stately homes for the Lords Croquet lawns, village greens Victoria was my queen Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria I was born, lucky me In a land that I love Though I am poor, I am fr...

Out in the country, Far from all the soot and noise of the city, There's a village green. It's been a long time Since I last set eyes on the church with the steeple Down by the village green. 'Twas there I met a girl called Daisy And kissed her by the o...

By your smile, I know you think I'm just a dreamer And that the way I act seems Often kind of foolish, But eyes can lie, And sometimes words are oh so useless. Oh you're part of me, The rest is history. There is a light that shines above you when I'm...

Calling Hear them calling, calling out your name How can I get a message through Hear them calling voices in my brain How can I get close to you When I look into your eyes I see a complicated girl With all the troubles of the world Resting on your shoulders...

Voices in the subway, Looking for the overnight. Echo in the darkness, Lonely cries within a sound. A voice that has no face, Is lost in time and inner space. Chasing dreams that got lost in the dark. Reaching out, always searching, Lonely voices in the dark....

I've been cryin' all the Winter. I've been waiting for some good to come my way, But I'll wait till the Summer comes along. Dear Lord, have I done so much wrong. How can I go on, Wondering what I did wrong, Can it be too much to ask? Please, oh please, let it...

Standing at the end of the horizon Looking at another setting sun Nature gave us all these toys to play with But we've abused them, each and every one They stretched the chord, snapped the wire Lit the fuse but can't retire We're going to the wall of fire Tip-...

Old soldiers talk about the battles fought To build a better world for me and you. They sacrificed their lives to make a dream come true. Now they're forgotten men remembered by so few. But the war is over and the fighting ended many years ago. The war is ove...

Dirty old river, must you keep rolling Flowing into the night People so busy, make me feel dizzy Taxi light shines so bright But I don't need no friends As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise Every day I look at the world from my window But chi...

One hand on the controller One hand on the re-wind You can even watch it all in slow mo' 'cause you just sit at home all day Now you got plenty of time If you want some real live action And the video's too tame If you want to touch some heat But you d...

What am I doing in a place like this When it's painfully clear that my face don't fit? What am I doing acting identikit, When all I want to do is to be the opposite? Why am I, why are you, Who's pretending just who's fooling who Do we go our way or join in th...

I wanna know what is to be To see what life's cut out for me I'm waiting for my fate 'Cause I know I've done wrong I wanna know just what's in store for me I wish I had a crystal ball To see my rise and see my fall I've done a lot of right, But also d...

When a solution comes, It's gonna breathe right down on everyone. When a solution comes It's gonna cover up the clouds And eclipse the sun And black out a pale blue sky, And everybody's gonna be terrified, Because they're all going to feel the bite And...

When I see that girl of mine Makes me want to sigh When I see that girl of mine Makes me want to sigh I don't care if the sun don't shine Long as I can see that girl of mine I know everything'll be fine When I see that girl of mine When I see that girl...

Who cares if you're Jewish, And your breath smells of garlic, And your nose is a shiny red light. To me you are gorgeous, And everything's right, When I turn off the living room light. Your clothes are old-fashioned, Your knuckles are bony, Your hair...

When the wind blows, many leaves will fall. In my mind I see, When the wind blows, many leaves will fall. This is an emergency. In a part of this once-great city Stands a child crying out in pity. Gone is hope in the heart of each hungry hour. Every y...

When work is over he likes to hit the bars, And at the boozer we'll have another jar, Because drinking can help ease the strain Of his boring occupation, Dull conversation, Living by the book And the rules and regulations. Drinking helps us to forget what we...

We are born to this fantasy Can't believe what they've done to you Hard to see all these years go round Taught to hide all that's true inside What was it like When you were a child? Did you see the world In a different light? When the veil came down...

I'll sing a song about some people you might know They made front pages in the news not long ago But now they're just part of a crowd And I wonder where they all are now. Where have all the Swinging Londoners gone? Ossie Clark and Mary Quant And what of...

Where did the spring go? Where did the trees go? Where did the sun go? Where did the bluebirds fly? Why did the rainbow turn into shadows? Why am I cold now? Why does my skin sag? Why ain't my back straight? Why do my feet ache? Where did my youth go...

In your eyes I see a thousand lives, Where do you come from, Where do you belong. Visions in my mind of people crying, Where did we go wrong, Where do we belong. Ways that our fathers showed us are a menaace, And a hindrance in these troubled times. B...

Well, lived my life and never stopped to worry 'bout a thing Opened up and shouted out and never tried to sing Wondering if I'd done wrong Will this depression last for long? Won't you tell me Where have all the good times gone? Where have all the good...

Who'll be the next in line? Who'll be the next in line for heartache? Who'll make the same mistakes I made over you? Who'll be the next in line? Who'll be the next in line? For you? Who'll be the next in line? Who'll be the next to watch your love fade?...

In a dark and misty house, Where no Christian man has been, Wicked Annabella mixes a brew That no one's ever seen. Relatives have passed her by, Too scared to even say hello. She's in perpetual midnight, She shuts out the day, And goes about her sinfu...

I've never tried these reason my crest, I got tired of those administrations caught with their trousers down, Yea poor fools just to exercise their intellect, Power matters rift, Looking for another kicker, yeah yeah. You call me a fool when I laugh at you, B...

Wild thing, You make my heart sing You make everything groovy Wild thing Wild thing I think I love you, But I wanna know for sure Come on hold me tight, I love you Wild thing, You make my heart sing, You make everything groovy, Wild thing Wild thing y...

Well I tried to settle down Fulham Broadway And I tried to make my home in Golders Green But I gotta get that train And go back home again Oh how I miss the folks back home in Willesden Green You know, I tried, I really tried to settle in this big c...

Well I wonder where my baby is tonight I wonder where my baby is tonight I wonder where my baby's gone Hope she'll do no wrong Lookin' for my baby, she's not around I wonder where my baby is tonight I wonder what on Earth's my baby's doin' If she's not...

La, la, la Wonder boy, life's just begun Turn your sorrow into wonder Dream alone, don't sigh, don't groan Life is only what you wonder Day is as light as your brightest dreams Night is as dark as you feel it ought to be Time is as fast as the slowest thing...

I've been trying to get a message to you, But the operator can't put me through, Because the vandals went and wrecked all the telephones. And all my enemies are spreading bad news, You won't call me, that's why I'm calling you, To put you straight about the ru...

All my life, I've been a workin' man When I was at school they said that's all you'll ever understand No profession, I didn't figure in their plans So they sent me down the factory to be a workin' man All I lived for, all I lived for All I lived for was to ge...

Don't be fooled by appearances, it only shows what the world already knows Don't rely on the physical evidence of what the x-ray pictures show Because inside every straight upright citizen a tormented emotionally impaired psycologically damaged personalit...

Yes Sir, no Sir Where do I go Sir What do I do Sir What do I say Yes Sir, no Sir Where do I go Sir What do I do Sir How do I behave Yes Sir, no Sir Permission to speak Sir Permission to breathe Sir What do I say, how do I behave, what do I say S...

There are many different people, Livin' double lives. One for the office, And one that they take home to their wives. He sits in the armchair, watching channel 4, With his brains not expected home for an hour or more. He's still drifting to and fro, like...

And so Norman decides to stop living Out his fantasy of being a rock star and Accept reality. This is the end for Norman but not for us because there Will always be someone ready to take His place -- after all, euerybody's a Star! You Can't Stop The Mu...

You'll try and you'll try again But you know you can't win You'll try and you'll try again But you know you can't win What more can I say now? What more can I do? No need to feel sad now 'Cause times are pretty thin And you can't win You can't win Y...

You do something to me For my heart is so true And I live just for you Yes, you do something to me That nobody else That nobody else That nobody else can do You do something to me For my heart is so true And I live just for you Yes, you do something to me T...

I've been travelling on this road I get the feeling its getting on I keep moving on I keep rolling on But does anybody know my name Travelling oh so long I get the feeling thats something's wrong I keep rolling on I keep rolling on But does anybody k...

He arrives home. He fumbles in his Pockets for his keys but there is no Need. Andrea is waiting to greet him With open arms. Hello love. You look all worn out! Let me take your brief case. That's a Good boy. Now you come and sit down Ouer here and relax and I...

Girl, you really got me goin You got me so I dont know what Im doin Yeah, you really got me now You got me so I cant sleep at night Yeah, you really got me now You got me so I dont know what Im doin, now Oh yeah, you really got me now You got me so I c...

Can't you see (can't you see) Can't you see by the look in my eyes Can't you see (can't you see) Can't you see I'm in paradise I feel all right I feel okay 'Cause I'm in love (I'm in love) And you shouldn't be sad People say (people say) That love c...

When you passed me by You didn't look my way But one thing I know Our love is here to stay And you still want me And you still want me You wanted the sky But I couldn't reach so high I gave you my love But you found some other guy And you still wa...

When I first saw her She looked alright, Second time that I saw her She looked outta sight. And I said, You're lookin' fine, You're lookin' fine, You're lookin' fine, And I feel alright, Yes, I feel alright. She got all the angles, So directly appli...

I look back at the way I used to look at life Soft, white dreams with sugar coated outside It was great, so great Young and innocent days I wish my eyes could only see Everything, exactly as it used to be It's too late, so late Young and innocent days...

Have you heard the word? The revolution's over. Now the anger's disappeared And the rebels are much older. And the schools and universities Are turning out a brand new breed of young conservatives. Get yourself a brand new scene, Keep your collars whit...