Rare (1999)


	In fairness boss bobby moore here come the girls 2nd class deliverance religious persuasion the walking wounded she'll get over loving you cry baby cry
there were roses marion girl crazy stuff a girl I once knew now invisible because she loves it cinnamon sofa six string street 30 mph some of the things I can bring

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in fairness boss

jesus had a baby
and he called it man
when man gets delivered
jesus drives the van

and elvis walks on the water
and judas strolls the streets
while judas has been sanctified
elvis is under a sheet

in fairness boss
in fairness boss

the devil's got a hobby
and he calls it war
is that about the level
that we are looking for?

he got two big bad medals
and they're stuck to his big fat chest
the one says "thanks for the violence"
the other says "lifelessness"

in fairness boss
in fairness boss

the gulf grows wider
and the earthquake shakes (west coast)
goodbye ozone layer
hello earthquake sheiks

it's 5 a.m. sunday morning
and I'm watching 'the hit man and her'
and I'm saddened by the hitman
and I'm horrified by her

in fairness boss
in fairness boss
I'm suffering from short term memory loss

in fairness boss
in fairness boss
in all fairness

in fairness boss
in fairness boss
why did we torture him on a cross?

in fairess boss
in fairess boss
yeah yeah yeah yeah

bobby moore

england died with bobby moore
and there's not a lot left worth fighting for

there'll be a millionaire a week
3 million on the dole
a thousand points of light
shining in a hole

the green shoots
are coming up a treat
in the cracks of the pavements
on austerity street

england died with bobby moore
and there's not a lot left worth fighting for

they're dying in the hospital corridors
while they're shovelling the shit on the commons floor
the third world for london and the fourth for the rest
where we condemn a little more and understand a little less

england died with bobby moore
and there's not a lot left worth fighting for

they're begging in boxes by the house of lords
and the queen only pays what she wants to afford
where charles is a tampax and the rest of us are broke
and the royals on the mobile phones are nothing but a joke

england died with bobby moore
and there's not a lot left to be fighting for

the e. m. forster films are just out of reach
dickie attenborough has made his very last speech
rupert brooke's clock is stuck at ten to three
the dambusters never make it home in time for tea

where crack stalks the shopping centres in a heroin haze
and nintendo kids jerk off while the tvs blaze
and liverpool mourns again
while unemployment is a price worth paying

and when england is dreaming it will always waken up
when bobby puts his carefully cleaned hands around the rim
the sacred rim
of the last thing they'll ever win
the 1966 world cup

england died with bobby moore
and there's not a lot left to be fighting for

in the recession procession
won't you tell me what's true
this is the recession procession
and this one's especially for you

england died with bobby moore
and there's not a lot left worth fighting for

here come the girls

when the boys are sitting at the bar
the night goes slow
they wish they knew
all the things the girls know
and when the girls get here
it will surely show
when the girls get here
it will certainly show

when the boys
are learning how to move
the lights go out
they wish they knew
all the places in a girl’s heart
and when the girls get here
it will surely show
when the girls get here
it will certainly show

when the boys are sitting on their own
the talk is big
they wish they could
speak the words the girls speak
and when the girls get here
it will surely show
when the girls get here
it will certainly show

Here come the girls
here come the girls

if only if only if only
if only we couldn’t be ourselves
if only if only if only
if only we could be somebody else

here come the girls

when the girls are with the girls
the night goes quick
they wish they knew
what makes the clock click
and when the morning comes
ssshhh
when the morning comes
ssssssshhhhhhh

here come the girls
here come the girls

2nd class deliverance

I drive a little van
I work a 48 hour week
I ain't been much further
than the end of your street

second class delivery
and a clarinet in b flat
I'd come home carrying cans
with girls on the back

I'm you're friendly mailman
but my early morning smile
didn't help me a lot
when they put me on trial

shirley was getting sick in the mornings
I didn't notice it though
and I cried
when she told me to go

I went down the delivery office
to get my letters and my sacks
and I tell you what, sir,
I wasn't ever coming back

I got in my van
I felt my foot hit the floor
and shirley ran out
of the corner store

I had my eyes on the future
and not on the road
while I looked the other way
I heard my little world explode

and to this, to this day sir
I'll sit and think about it
but I'll never know
whether she was waving me to stop
or whether she was waving me to go

and I've been in strangeways, bristol,
dartmoor and shotts
I think about shirley
but I don't miss her a lot

I've been on the roof
'cause there I feel free
I've been naked
on national tv

I've been in strangeways, bristol,
dartmoor and shotts
I think about shirley
but I don't miss her a lot

I've been on the roof
'cause here I feel free
I've been naked
on national tv

I've been naked
on national tv

religious persuasion

‘protestant or catholic’
cried a voice from the crowd
‘not you again st peter’
I was thinking aloud
should have packed my bags
headed off for the coast
had my time already come
to meet the heavenly host?

they switched on their halos
adjusted their harps
checked that the blades
on the pearly gates were sharp
I asked them what they meant
about religious bent
they said ‘that’s the test’
I said ‘that’s the test-ah-meant’

they were giving holy orders
I think you’ll find
I was up against persuasion
of the religious kind

it was hailing marys
at the drop of a tract
said the 7 deadly sins
were staying round at my flat
I pondered on the churches
of england and rome
hadn’t paid the rent
for my spiritual home
needed guidance from the leaders
whose names I knew
archbishop…
and john player number two
I quaked in my sackcloth
threw away my joss-stick
burned my koran and said I was agnostic
‘I mean an atheist’ I cried
as they moved in for the kill
the walls tumbled down as they
handed me the bill

they weren’t impressed
with my distinctions
I think you’ll find
that I was up against persuasion
of the religious kind

a lamb to the slaughter
a human sacrifice
I told their spiritual leader
his sceptre looked nice
a hymn book skimmed my ear
but I was only grazed
I dived for cover
as the sawn-off bibles blazed
in the gore I gasped
‘was it something I said?’
then a solid granite altar
hit me on the head
a collection plate plunged into my groin
they marched off discussing
the battle of the boyne

as I expired I was thinking
they’d been rather unkind
but I was up against persuasion
of the religious kind

bleeding and naked
I was somewhat at a loss
the good samaritan was drinking
at the sign of the cross
recalling their question I felt totally alone
as I peered out from underneath
the tablets of stone
in the gutter lay the crushed
remains of a bible
it proclaimed their grievances
were purely tribal
they made me see the light
for that I offer my thanks
I was collared by the dogs
now I’ve joined their ranks

onward christian soldiers
I hope you don’t mind
being afflicted by religion
of the persuasive kind

now if you’re visiting some irish town
the politicians’ heads stuck in the ground
and the only bell ringing has a
graveyard sound

someone’s got to stand up or
nothing’s gonna change
till religion
is rearranged

the walking wounded

whicker’s city of car blasts
there’s violence in the air
suppressed beyond beliefs
there’s only violence for their heirs
herded into the queue
for the last item News at Ten
those vital statistics beckon
condemning leaders condemn
famous for fifteen seconds
the trigger pulls from the past
short paragraph tomorrow’s paper
can’t wait for the weather forecast
the weather’s forecast
for the walking wounded

off-sales selling off
to an indistinct line of cars
with black shades on their windshields
queueing to turn into bars
carry out cases carried off
taken away in single file
when somebody got lucky
they resurfaced the murder mile
for the walking wounded

there’s weeds strangling the factories
roses bloom in the DHSS
where a caged bird sings love songs
under threat of duress
the people are down in the mouth
down the drain down the dole
the government files their problems
in the dead letter box marked soul
no social security
for the walking wounded

the wounded watch from a distance
Channel 4 moving in for the kill
where Paisley’s taking confession
and the Pope advertises the Pill
video screens in the churches
postcards to keep of the people
cameramen collapse in the corner
when the chimneys turn into steeples
nowhere near
the walking wounded

grey faces on a grey backdrop
there’s a grey mist in the air
but the grey doesn’t seem to matter
for who’s got the courage to care
caught between the black and the white
signing on for life
semi-detached from reality
it’s the bar the bookies their knife
for the walking wounded
The axeman in the departure lounge
on guaranteed standby stands by
no one misses the third flight
in the dark he’s being taught how to fly
there’s a light at the end of the tunnel
that no one admits they can see
Maggie and the terrorists
sign the death warrant
you can watch the execution for free

fed lies
dead beat
can you hear the heartbeats

dead eyes
dead feet
can you hear the heartbeats

fed lies
dead beat
can you hear the heartbeats

heart beats
heart beats
heart beats
heart beats
heart beats

heart beat

she'll get over loving you

in my melancholy
I feel you all the more
watching every breath of air and
willing you to score

you're much too young to know this time
it's not too much to see the sign
it's fun for what it's worth this time
it's not too hard
it's not too hard

she'll get over loving you
if only you would let her
she'll get over wanting you
you could be so much better

she'll get over hating you
if only you would let her
she'll get over loving you
if only you would let her

do you understand the feeling (I could be wrong about you)
every organ reeling (and if I am I'll still be true)
choking me and stealing (nothing's perfect in this world)
every particle of you (except for straight hair when it's curled)

you're much too old to waste your time
it's not too much to be unkind
it's not much fun to wait in line
it's not too hard
it's not too hard

by all accounts you should be doing better
maybe buying houses sorry you just met her
or maybe just move in together
buy an irish setter sorry you just met her

she'll get over loving you
if only you would let her
she'll get over wanting you
you could be so much better

she'll get over hating you
if only you would let her
she'll get over loving you
if only you would let her

she'll get over
she'll get over
she'll get over loving you
she'll get over loving you

you're much too old to waste your time (I could be wrong about you)
it's not too much to be unkind (and if I am I'll still be true)
it's not much fun to wait in line (nothing's perfect in this world)
it's not too hard (except for straight hair when it's curled)
it's not too hard

I could be wrong about you (I wish I was)
I could be wrong (I wish I was)
I could be wrong about you
but if I am
I'll still be loving you

cry baby cry

cry baby cry
make your mother sigh
she's old enough to know better
(cry baby cry)

the king of marigold was in the kitchen
cooking breakfast for the queen
the queen was in the parlour playing piano
for the children of the king

cry baby cry
make your mother sigh
she's old enough to know better
cry baby cry

the king was in the garden
picking flowers for a friend who came to play
the queen was in the playroom
painting pictures for the children's holiday

cry baby cry
make your mother sigh
she's old enough to know better
cry baby cry

the duchess of kirkcaldy
always smiling and arriving late for tea
the duke was having problems with a message
from the local bird and bee

cry baby cry
make your mother sigh
she's old enough to know better
cry baby cry

12 o'clock a meeting round the table
for a séance in the dark
with voices out of nowhere
put on specially by the children for a lark

cry baby cry
make your mother sigh
she's old enough to know better
cry baby cry

cry cry cry
cry baby cry
you're mother's old enough to know better
so cry baby cry
cry cry cry
she's old enough to know better
cry baby cry

there were roses

now my song for you this evening
well it ain't to make you sad
nor for adding to the sorrows
of this troubled northern land
but lately I been thinking
and it just won't leave my mind
to tell you about two friends of mine
who were both good friiends one time

now alan bell from benagh
he lived just across the fields
he was a great man for the music
and the dancing and the reels
o'malley came from south armagh
to court young alice fair
and often we'd meet on the ryan road
and laughter filled the air