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This is the dawning of a new era! This is the dawning of a new era! I met a girl from area three She told me that she worked in a chicken factory This is the dawning of a new era! By two o'clock we were 'Brahms & Liszt' I had to walk her home through area...

0-0-7 0-0-7 At Ocean 11 And now rude boys have go wail 'Cause them out of jail Rude boys cannot fail 'Cause them must get bail Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail A Shanty Town Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail A Shanty Town Dem rudely get a proba...

Walk out, Girl don't you walk out We've got things to say Talked out, let's have it talked out Things will be okay Girl I don't want to find That I'm a little bit wrong And you're a little bit right I said girl You know that it's true It's a little...

Stop your messing around (ah-ah-ah) Better think of your future (ah-ah-ah) Time you straighten right out (ah-ah-ah) Creating problems in town (ah-ah-ah) Rudy A message to you, Rudy A message to you Stop your fooling around (ah-ah-ah) Time you straighten righ...

An icy wind blows through the door You feel like you've been here before You tremble and you start to sweat The symptoms of withdrawal Alcohol Why do you do it? Why do you keep beating me? You give some people a real good time But you cause some untol...

So what's the point of thinking deep I bite my nails and I'm losing sleep Goes round and round and will never halt It's all gone wrong and it's all my fault I used the sugar when I needed salt Things ain't cooking for me, as you see I need a laugh so I...

Did you ready the news? I'm a bit confused! The gun fever is back, the gun fever! Rudeness and gun is the talk of this town, The gun fever is back, the gun fever! Everytime your guiness are start, It's man shot dead or lookin' at war. It's the fever, oh...

Snow is falling all around Seven o'clock and the roads are blocked So I walk down town There's no one around I walk in a bar and immediately I sense danger You look at me, girl, as if I was some kind of a total stranger Where did you get that blank exp...

I'm putting away my working clothes for the weekend I ain't gonna do that job no more I'm tired of being used and mistreated So tired of being feeling on like a cloud This time I think I'm going to lose my mind Can't take it, take it, take it no more I'...

For too long, I have lived in a trap built of lies But one day I'm gonna breakout because at last I've realized Break down the door of the trap that you're in You've got to breakout before the four walls have closed in Break down the door Do it you've...

The bright lights, the bright lights, the bright lights The bright lights, the bright lights, the bright lights I thought I might move down to London Town I could get in a band, have fun all the year round The living down there must be pretty easy I coul...

How can you be so horrible? The things you say are terrible You make me feel ashamed When you call me names How come you think it's wise To tell those wicked lies You play such silly games When you call me names Stones and sticks don't hurt like bric...

This carry go bring come, my dear, brings misery This carry go bring come, my dear, brings misery You're going from town to town making disturbances It's time you stopped doing those things, you old Jezebel The meek shall inherit this Earth, you old Jezebel I...

I'm going out tonight I don't know if I'll be alright Everyone wants to hurt me Baby danger in the city I have to carry a knife Because there's people threatening my life I can't dress just the way I want I'm being chased by the national front Concrete jungl...

Found my love by the gaswork croft Dreamed a dream by the old canal Kissed my girl by the factory wall Dirty old town, dirty old town I heard a siren from the dock Saw a train set the night on fire Smelled the spring on the sulfured wind Dirty old town, whoa-...

Each day I walk along this lonely street Trying to find, find a future New pair of shoes are on my feet Cos' fashion is my only culture Nothing ever change, oh no... Nothing ever change People say to me just be yourself It makes no sense to follow fashion Ho...

All you punks and all you teds National Front and natty dreads Mods, rockers, hippies and skinheads Keep on fighting 'til you're dead Who am I to say? Who am I to say? Am I just a hypocrite, Another piece of your bullshit Am I the dog that bit The hand of the...

Just because you're nobody It doesn't mean that you're no good Just because there's a reason It doesn't mean it's understood It doesn't make it alright It doesn't make it alright It's the worst excuse in the world And it, it doesn't make it alright Some peop...

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink The years go by, as quickly as you wink Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, It's later than you think Hello, I'm Terry, And I'm going to enjoy myself first It's good to be w...

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself while you're still in the pink The years go by as quickly as you wink Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think. Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself while you'r...

Got this funny feeling going through my head That if I go down to the pub I might just end up in bed With a blond or a brunette or a red head or two But oh what am I saying that'll never happen to you Can this be right? Can this be wrong? Doing what I'm...

Come let me tell you about the shotguns of Hillfields Let me tell you about the stenguns of Knightsbridge Let me tell you about the Moss Side barretta Let me tell you about the windows of my house I'm not afraid of being afraid, I'm only fearful I'm not...

Free Nelson Mandela Free, Free, Free, Nelson Mandela Free Nelson Mandela Twenty-one years in captivity His shoes too small to fit his feet His body abused but his mind is still free Are you so blind that you cannot see I say Free Nelson Mandela...

Out of bed, it's 8:00am Out my head, at half past 10 Out with mates and dates and friends That's what I do at weekends I can't talk and I can't walk But I know where I'm going to dance I'm going to watch my money go And the look I know, know As my feet go thro...

Bernie Rhodes knows Don't Argue Why must you record my phone calls? Are you planning a bootleg LP? Said you've been threatened by gangsters Now it's you, that's threatening me Can't fight corruption with con tricks They use the law to commit crim...

This town, is coming like a ghost town All the clubs have been closed down This place, is coming like a ghost town Bands won't play no more too much fighting on the dance floor Do you remember the good old days Before the ghost town? We danced and sang, And t...

All your life you've waited for love to come and stay And now that I have found you, you must not slip away I know it's hard believin' the words you've heard before But darlin' you must trust them just once more... 'cause baby Goodbye doesn't mean forever...

Guns of Navarone Guns, guns of Navarone Music and your singing a song, you've got to go As long as you wane beat the jungle jive, this is called "The Shark Attack" Designed to blow your mind Call me a raga bum, it's gonna blow your mind in a minute Guns of Nav...

Mum bought you a fur Coat when you were fifteen You wore it to the disco, But everyone was in jeans But you were a rich girl, And only having fun Your low cut dresses, Brought stares from everyone Hey, little rich girl where did you go wrong? You left for Lo...

Looking at the world, through lace curtains Would they like you out there? You're not certain Scared of walking down the street You never know who you might meet Or who you might bump into They're out there waiting for you Housebound You daren't go ou...

When I woke up this morning alone in my bed In a cold room with damp sheets, and a pain in my head I saw you last night and you drove me insane Why must you hurt me again and again I've had enough, if I don't come back for more that's tough 'Cos I c...

Dub-i-dub-i-dub-i-dub-dub-dub Dub-i-dub-i-dub-i-yeah-yeah Dub-i-dub-i-dub-i-dub-dub-dub I don't need your love Dub-i-dub-i-dub-i-dub-dub-dub Dub-i-dub-i-dub-i-yeah-yeah Dub-i-dub-i-dub-i-dub-dub-dub I don't need your love anymore I don't need you her...

I want to go home Yes, I want to go home Lord oh, I want to go home If you see my mother Two sisters and brother, yeah Tell them I want to come home This life I'm livin' Is better off dyin', yeah Lord, I want to come home I want to go home Yeah, I...

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking Welcome aboard DC-10 flight number 1313 We will be cruising at a height of 25,000 feet at an air speed of 600 miles per hour Headphones will be provided by request for a varied program of in f...

It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it And that's what gets results It ain't what you do it's the time that you do it It ain't what you do it's the tim...

What you gonna do, when guests drop in on you? We won't go away, 'cos we've come out to stay Stand there like parked cars if you want to We can't force you to enjoy this music Take it or leave it we'll carry on regardless If you don't like it you don't h...

Going around causing disturbances Don't you know you'll never win You've got your family running around Trying to stop you from going down It's you, that I'm talking to It's you, that I'm talking to Have you heard the latest news? About the boy who wa...

If ever a devil was born Without a pair of horns It was you, Jezebel, it was you If ever an angel fell Jezebel, it was you Jezebel, it was you If ever a pair of eyes Promised me paradise Deceiving me, grieving me Leaving me blue It was you, Jezebel...

A prostitute to your art In debt before you start You've made your bed, don't lose your head Be careful of the sharks Believe in what you're told You're worth your weight in gold Here comes the catch, you're on their patch Twice over you've been sold...

Take your time, take time for the king is back, Take your time, you've got to know that the king is back. Take your time, beware, for he's right on top. Take your time, you've got to know that the king is back. Don't rush it, man, you will surely lose it...

It ain't safe to walk out tonight There's always someone ready to start a fight What did I do? What did I say? And did I look at you, the wrong way? I don't know what's going on But instead of having fun, you're gonna spoil the night So don't you tell...

If you ever hear a noise in the night your body starts to sweat, it shakes and shivers in fright you go and sleep with your mother she hates you guts she knows that you love her so she holds you tight all through the night in to the broad daylight And when she...

What a weepin' and wailin' dung a Caymanas park What a weepin' and wailin' dung a Caymanas park Long Shot - him kick de bucket Long Shot kick de bucket Get up, get up in the first race And them pull up the pace Get up, get up in the first race And them pull u...

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more No, I aint gonna work on Maggie's farm no more Well, I wake up in the morning Fold my hands and pray for rain I got a head full of ideas That are drivin' me insane It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor I...

Warning, warning, nuclear attack Atomic sounds designed to blow your mind World War Three. Nuclear attack Rocking atomically This Third World War, atomic sounds. The man in black he told me the latest Moscow news About the storm across the red sea the...

This one's for the bouncers. Big, big... Monkey Man! Aye aye aye, aye aye aye! Tell you baby, You huggin up the big monkey man Aye aye aye, aye aye aye! Tell you baby, You huggin up the big monkey man I never saw you, I only heard of you huggin up the big mo...

Desmond is a big man, he is six foot one He brought home an organ just to have some fun Pressure got too much, stardom take it's toll Woh, his life is just one big black hole Woh, Desmond you should've held your head up high Not be dispirited when your f...

Free me from this prison, just for a while Let me out if only for one night on the tiles From up on the roof I can see the girls so far away I'm going over the wall, I need a holiday This is a life sentence, what did you expect? What you want is not alw...

Is this the in place to be? What am I doing here? Watching the girls go by Spending money on... Sleep all day It's the only way I'm a parasite I creep about at night Nite Klub, is this the in place to be? Nite Klub, what am I doing here? Nite Klub,...

You've got to think for yourself, work it out You've got to know when to talk, when to shout You've got to know when to laugh, when to cry You've got to know when to stay, when to fly It's no big deal To say how you feel Talk about it Talk about it now...

You saw a woman in a cafe, lips of crimson, yellow grin Her shoes were wrong and she looked extremely thin Her jewels were faked, she had a rinse, her hair was greyish blue She looked ashamed when she explained to you. It ain't easy when there's no one to...

It is you, oh yeah It is you, oh yeah I said pressure drop, oh, pressure Oh yeah, pressures gonna drop on you I said pressure drop, oh, pressure Oh yeah, pressures gonna drop on you I said when you drop, oh, you've gotta feel it All that you're doing...

If you have a racist friend Now is the time, now is the time For your friendship to end Be it your sister, be it your brother Be it your cousin, or your uncle, or your lover If you have a racist friend Now is the time, now is the time For your friends...

You're working at your leisure to learn the things you'll need The promises you make tomorrow carry no guarantee I've seen your qualifications, you got a Ph.D. I've got one art O-level, it did nothing for me Working for the rat race You know you're wasting yo...

Rude boys outta jail! Rude boys outta jail! Rude boys out on bail! Rude boys outta jail! They mess around in every town But now they've learned the rules They used to be rough, They used to be tough But now they're keeping cool They don't fight, the...

When you look, what do you see? You only see the monkey not the man in me But now I'm back and that's a fact Gonna show the next generation where I'm at Now what I mean is to say The way that I was is the same as I am today Now if you're white or if you're bl...

When you look, what do you see? You only see the monkey not the man in me But now I'm back and that's a fact Gonna show the next generation where I'm at Now what I mean is to say The way that I was is the same as I am today Now if you're white or if you...

There she was Swinging down the high street, yeah Hair cropped short, butts and perm I couldn't believe my eyes, Like a story out of a book She was my height My weight My size She wore (her braces and blue jeans) Skinhead girl Skinhead girl Skinhea...

Are you ready for this? I told you he was coming Who? J. B., and he's ready to sock it to ya one time. Aaaaah... Sock it to 'em, sock it to 'em Sock it to 'em, sock it to 'em Sock it to 'em, sock it to 'em Sock it to 'em, sock it to 'em ... Dr. No...

Someone lights a cigarette While riding in a car Some ol' guy take a swig And passes back the jar But where they were last night No one can remember Goodbye, for keeps forever Somebody got murdered Somebody's dead forever And you're minding your ow...

I never thought life could be so cruel And now I have to break nearly every rule Just to get survive I need to get by I get up in the morning and go to town There's nothing there so I just hang around Time passes by But I still have to try Stand up f...

He's just a stereotype He drinks his age in pints He has girls every night But he doesn't really exist He spends his weekends with a load of blokes He forgets the punchline when he tells a joke He wants to stay out, he don't want to go home 'Til his ni...

He's just a stereotype He drinks his age in pints He has girls every night He doesn't really exist. He spends his weekends with a load of blokes He forgets the punchline when he tells a joke He wants to stay out, he don't want to go home 'Til his nicot...

Court in session. What do you mean 'Oy oy oy'? Must have court in session. Order. My name is Judge Roughneck, And I will not tolerate any disobedience in my courtroom. Rude boy, you have been brought in Front of me and charged With smashing this woman's window...

Tears in my beer, Well it just ain't clear I had a dream, Well so it seems She's in the sun, Not having fun And I'm standing here, Just the lonely one Tears in my beer, Here comes another year Seen it all before, Just like a closing door There was a tim...

Put out my cigarette And switch off the TV set This is not the life for me I'm going out tonight Put on my trendy clothes And head for where the in crowd goes Might find true love who knows Tonight might be the night Will you be there? will you see me?...

I see a clinic full of cynics Who want to twist the peoples' wrist They're watching every move we make We're all included on the list The lunatics have taken over the asylum The lunatics have taken over the asylum No nuclear the cowboy told us And who am I t...

Out in the heat and the dust, well survival is tough When he puts out his hand, yeah he's an angry young man You say he don't feel no pain 'cos he's the man with no name And the streets are his bed every night And the boots on his feet, they walk a long...

Too Hot This town is too hot Now they're calllin' for their guns About to spoil the rude boys funs But rude boys never give up their guns It's too hot No man, can tell them what to do Pound for pound They say, they're ruder than you They are boss, and no back...

You've done too much, Much too young Now you're married with a kid When you could be having fun with me Oh no, no gimme no more pickni You've done too much, Much too young Now you're married with a son When you should be having fun with me We don't want, we...

Dirty fingers, please believe us Everybody dies Guilty perfect, murder suspect That was not your crime You never do nothing (Hey) And that's all you do (Hey) You never get lonely 'cause nobody gets you Wake up, wake up Bell tolls for you, bell tolls for you...

Bombs to settle arguments, the order of the boot Can you hear them crying in the rubble of Beirut? I can still see people dying, now who takes the blame? the numbers are different, the crime is still the same From the graves of Belsen where the innocent...

Hello and how are you, and how do you do and who is that girl standing right next to you? and what is her name, and what does she do? I'm looking at her, while I'm talking to you Her love must be sweeter than candy Must be stronger than brandy Why does...

Why did you try to hurt me Did you really want to kill me Tell me why Tell me why Tell me why Why do we have to fight Why must we fight I have to defend myself from crack last night I know I am black You know you are white I'm proud of my black skin And you a...

You don't know like I know What that woman has done for me 'Cause in the morning she's my water In the evening she's my cup of tea And I won't ever leave her Never say goodbye I love her, it's a miracle Everything's gonna be alright You don't know like I kno...

Is everybody happy? knock, knock, knock, knock You can't come in knock, knock, knock You can't come in You're wondering now, What to do, now you know this is the end You're wondering how, You will pay, for the way you did behave Curtain has fallen,...