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Dave and Mary
Dave and Mary quite contrary live in a council block.
High in the sky, they wonder why
They have to strenghthen their front door lock.
They're living on dreams and custard creams
And laying awake at nite.
Living in fear like all the old dears.
Something just ain't right.

Though he looks quite old, he's only twenty three.
He's the father of a boy and a girl you see.
He scrimps and saves on his pittance of pay.
Just to keep his old woman at bay.

Well, the world's full of Dave and Marys,
but what have they done wrong?
They tried too hard, they've been mentally scarred,
they're singing the same old song.
The story of Dave and Mary is a typical tragedy.
The only things they've got left in life,
are the kids and an old Capri.

She looks a mess in her tattty old dress.
She never wears make-up, she couldn't care less.
The baby was born on the day she left school.
She doesn't believe in nothing at all.

Julie, Julie
Julie was a girl I had known.
In seven years she had never shown
any interest, she thought i was a mess.
I became obsessed with her long black hair
and her icy stare, she was everywhere.
But she never gave me a smile

Although 19, already mean,
out of touch, she was just a dream
every nightwhile still in bed.
What had I done, what had iI said?
I couldn't sleep, I was incomplete.
But she never gave me a smile.

As years went by, I don't know why
but Julie found herself another guy.
She never gave me her hand
I never had one night stand

One Man And His Dog
I know a dear old pensioner, who lives with his little dog.They occupy a big old house, complete with an outside bog. A sad and lonely soldier, he's ignored by all the rest. He sits at home and polishes the medals on his chest.

He worries about the future, and he dreams about he past. The kids have grown, he's all alone, and the years go by so fast. He has a thought - a feeling deep inside. He thinks about the ones he loved, the ones who fought and died. How many hearts buried in the fields among the lost forgotten souls, time will never heal?

It was raining nuts and bolts the day the fell in love. His hands were in his pockets, but his heart was high above. He took her home to meet his mum on a Saturday afternoon. They messed about but war broke out seven years too soon.

So don't forget that pensioner who lives with his littele dog. They occupy a big old house, complete with an outside bog. He's a sad and lonely soldier, he's ignored like all the rest. He sits at home and polishes the medals on his chest.

Just another day
Looking out from the insides.
Star trekkin' with the three blind mice.
Is it just a ministry?

Bad thoughts and a Viva, this is me.
After time "C'mon, drink up, mate!"
Smoking dope at the factory gate.
It's another time, another place.
Broken bottles smashing on the stage.
And they're laughing.

Look where it got me.
It's just another day.
Look where it got me.
Just another place.

Expressionless faces, starring from the lit dance floor.
Can you see me or hear me?
They watch, they shout, they cry for more.
Stagger home in a drunken state.
Up for work - You can't be late.

Broken Heart
Falling through the air again,
she doesn't seem to care again.
I waited for a lifetime,
just to dream of you with a broken heart.

It isn't how it used to be,
but is it just because of me?
It's only circumstantial evidence,
that makes me dream of you with a broken heart.

I waited for so long,
for you to talk of lost desires.
So who is right and who is wrong?
To tell the truth I'm just a liar.
Hey, hey hey!!

She's falling through the air again,
she doesn't seem to care again.
I waited for a lifetime,
just to dream of you with a broken heart,
just to dream of you with a broken heart,
just to dream of you with a broken heart,

Captain Chaos
I woke up in the sink again,
I can't recall a thing since ten.
My legs have turned to heavy lead,
a constant buzz inside my head.
There are some things I can't recall.
no clothes on in a shopping mall?
I found some strange stains on my shirt,
I hope it's good and honest dirt!

Captain chaos strikes again,
a drink or three I'm fine but then,
I'm talking to the coat-stand by the door.
someone starts a drinking race,
the coat-stand hits me in the face.
I take a bow, the crowd cry out for more.

A song sung in between the key,
that Kareoke king was me.
I hope I didn't say out loud,
the things my mind had disallowed.
The bouncer had an attitude,
or was I loud and really rude.
I really must sort out my head,
Oh God there's someone in my bed!

The instant guilt, the cold remorse,
the same again next week of course.
A tiny line to make you fast,
the future caught up with your past.
It's Friday night we're going out,
we'll drink too much again no doubt.
I can't recall a thing since ten,
I woke up in the sink again.

Certain Situation
I'm late again, I hope that she won't be too cold,
sitting on her ornamental wall.
and when I'm late she doesn't care,
she's absolutely maybe there
a contradiction asking her to call

Calling from the memories of a child she left behind,
a playground full of tacky clubs and bars.
Entertaining lookers-on with side-shows from her mind,
but then it doesn't take a mind to see,
the girl was you, the child was me.

In a certain situation,
with a certain fascination,
when I look at you, I ask the question why,
when I'm talking to myself I have to lie.

She keeps a note of people who look out for her,
and maybe from her book she lost a page.
A drink or two before she picks the phone up
for the evening,
and then begins the self destructive stage.

Picking fights and arguments with strangers at the door,
good arguments these days are hard to find.
Angry at herself and then unable to unwind
so she tries to call him late at night,
for everything to be all right.

In a certain situation,
with a certain fascination,
when I look at you, I ask the question why,
when I'm talking to myself I have to lie.

People say, you like to play,
you flirt with danger everyday.
Your only thought is keeping up with time.
They could be right, they could be wrong.
They could be jealous all along,
and maybe there's a place in time,
where you feel good and I feel fine.

In a certain situation,
with a certain fascination,
when I look at you, I ask the question why,
when I'm talking to myself I have to lie.

D'yer Maker
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
you don't have to go.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
you don't have to go.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
you don't have to go.

I, I, I, I, I, I,
all those tears I cried.
I, I, I, I, I, I,
all those tears I cried.
I I, I, I, I, I,
baby please don't go.

When I read the letter you wrote me,
it made me mad, mad, mad.
When I read the words that it told me,
it made me sad, sad, sad.
But I still love you so,
I can't let you go.
I love you,
baby I love you.

oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
every breath I take.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
every move I make, hey, hey.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Baby please don't go.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
it hurts me to my soul.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, you hurt me to my soul.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
darling please don't go.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
you don't have to go.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
you don't have to go.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
you don't have to go.

Please, please, please, please, oh, you know I really love you baby, oh darlin', ooh, la, la, la, la, ooh, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ...

Fool
What are you thinking, when you think of me? Just close your eyes, tell me what you see. Somebody curled up in a ball of pain, who never wants to see the light of day again. Well maybe some of what you see is true, but I've got time, and I'll walk on through. You change your hair, and the way that you dress. You turned my freedom into loneliness.

This is the last time, that I'll be a fool. I'll straighten every corner and I'll break every rule. This is the last time, that I'll be afraid. My mind is made up, and the price has been paid.

So long ago, and so far away, you gave your feelings to another day. Two people standing on a distant shore, they'll ask each other what their heart is for. Well maybe some of what you see is true, but we've got time, and we'll see it through. So many faded opportunities, nobody told me there'd be days like these.

This is the last time, that I'll be a fool. I'll straighten every corner and I'll break every rule. This is the last time, that I'll be afraid. My mind is made up, and the price has been paid.

Last night, when the morning came, you'd never want to see the day again. Bad sun, shining in your eyes...

What are you thinking, when you think of me? Just close your eyes, tell me what you see. Somebody curled up in a ball of pain, who never wants to see the light of day again.

This is the last time, that I'll be a fool. I'll straighten every corner and I'll break every rule. This is the last time, that I'll be afraid. My mind is made up, and the price has been paid.

Happy Holiday
A chance encounter in a mutual place,
a sea of strangers, a familiar face.
A conversation catching up on recent times.

She'll be okay now if she stays sat down,
but she's persuaded to a club in town
another gain to her list of recent crimes.

I wouldn't say that what I've done is wrong,
feel out of place now where I'd once belong
and when you look at it and put it in perspective
it looks bad, and you know that you can't deny it.
A missing person with a missing tale,
a deeper breath before my next exhale
I must be on a happy holiday.

So all the mileage didn't count for much There's no hard feelings but, won't be in touch. Your choosy memory forgot the things I've done.

So leave her out of this, it's not her fight,
she saw a glimmer in a faded light.
It's not a war, so I haven't lost or won.

It takes two sides to argue and it takes two sides to fight,
all the witnesses can tell you that this side is really right.
Exaggerated stories or just plain and downright lies,
I guess I call it freedom and you call it my demise.

In The Papers Today
Well the 2.48 was a minute too late,
and the planning permission refused on the gate.
or the crisis with whatever food this week.
Someone else won a million and blew it on shares,
and the adverts for stair-lifts which glide up the stairs,
and the bingo card inside is yours to keep.

For the little old lady it was love at first sight,
from the renegade butler who wore makeup at night
to the boy in the car, who was speeding by far.
It's just what they say, in the papers today.

Giant bees by the thousand are making a swarm,
and it's nobody's fault just the winter was warm,
and it's someone famous' secret out to see.
There's a three hour delay on the M25,
and a swimmer who's ninety who's barely alive,
and a vicar who says mass on ecstasy.

For the little old lady it was love at first sight,
from the renegade butler who wore makeup at night
to the boy in the car, who was speeding by far.
It's just what they say, in the papers today.

Glossy magazines with happy homes and healthy beans,
people's lives all stripped down to the core
Scandals, politicians and the faces on our screens,
designer suits and other suits of law.

They saw Elvis again on the ten O'clock news,
though the desk would have covered his new blue suede shoes.
Lord Lucan owns a pub just down the road.
There's a girl on page seven who's covered in tears,
says goodbye to her man for another eight years
and a boy of three just cracked a complex code.

For the little old lady it was love at first sight,
from the renegade butler who wore makeup at night
to the boy in the car, who was speeding by far.
It's just what they say, in the papers today.

Last Song On The Jukebox
They circle all the flats in red,
it's been a while since they have shared a bed,
they're living separate lives.
He pours his half into his pint
a big decision must be made tonight,
they're living separate lives.

It's been a hard and stressful day,
as he turns round to her,
he's heard to gently say.

Please don't try so hard to please me.
take your time girl, take it easy,
like the last song on the jukebox make it last.
Please don't take it quite so fast.

An ultimatum must be made,
if all the time together can be saved
the pressure's building up.
She want's a home she want's a child
her days of being single, free, and wild,
she'll quietly give them up.

He's changing everything this year.
but in his mind he's known
to whisper in her ear.

Please don't try so hard to please me.
take your time girl, take it easy,
like the last song on the jukebox make it last.
Please don't take it quite so fast.

A sudden opportunity to lose ten years of sleep.
They know that this decision they must keep.

To bring a child into this world,
a wasteland full of bigotry and hurt,
it wouldn't be too good.
But then again the world could change,
the make up of the human race is strange
it's possible it could.

He's made his mind up, for today,
He'd like a child with her,
but first he turns to say.

Please don't try so hard to please me.
take your time girl, take it easy,
like the last song on the jukebox make it last.
Please don't take it quite so fast.

Locked Away
I used to watch the circus come to town,
and queue up for the show.
I used to fool around and play the clown,
a long, long time ago.

Another suitcase with another story,
another letter in the hallway for me.
Another chance of never being there,
and then I met a girl with a curious stare

So I told you, and you told her,
how much I'd like to hold her.
And now I'm five years older
I wish I'd never told you,
I'd like to hold you,
but you keep me locked away,
locked away.

I never thought of her as being like
a consolation prize,
It took some history and lots of mistakes
to open up my eyes.

And now a different girl is cutting up 'Mars bars'
a season ticket is replacing fast cars.
The curtain's up but the lights are down,
the curious stare has re-emerged as a frown.

So I told you, and you told her,
how much I'd like to hold her.
And now I'm five years older
I wish I'd never told you,
I'd like to hold you,
but you keep me locked away,
locked away.

A complication in the twilight zone,
the juggler fell down.
The staring girl is living on her own,
the other girl is happy living with her clown.

So I told you, and you told her,
how much I'd like to hold her.
And now I'm five years older,
I wish I'd never told you,
I'd like to hold you,
but you keep me locked away,
locked away.

Smokin' On Sundays
It's not that I have this compulsion to hurt you.
It's not that I have a desire to dessert you.
I don't mean to be so unkind,
I don't mean to mess with your mind.
And once that you know me you'll see,
That I am just being me.

Smokin' on Sundays,
wasting my time,
so leave me on Sundays,
Sundays are mine.
Smokin' on Sundays,
wasting my time,
so leave me on Sundays,
Sundays are mine.

It's not that I prefer my cable T.V,
it's just that I'm chillin', relaxin' you see.
I work very hard every day,
and Sunday's my one day of play.
It's not that I'm tired of your face
It's just that I need my own space.

Smokin' on Sundays,
wasting my time,
so leave me on Sundays,
Sundays are mine.
Smokin' on Sundays,
wasting my time,
so leave me on Sundays,
Sundays are mine.

Summer Never Comes Too Soon
How come it never rains in Spain?
And how come your dad looks like John Wayne?
B-movies from the past,
come back to me and you,
you know it's true,
they're watching everything we do

Put your cards upon the table,
tell your stories at the door,
playing conkers by the stable,
space invaders on the floor.

Make a date with Uncle Fester,
ride your bike across the moon,
in black and white with Jimmy Mason,
summer never comes too soon.

Your face has put me in a trance,
but when will you teach me how to dance.
Unholy visitors still walking through my bed,
and in my head,
but then there's nowhere else to go.

Put your cards upon the table,
tell your stories at the door,
playing conkers by the stable,
space invaders on the floor.

Make a date with Uncle Fester,
ride your bike across the moon,
in black and white with Jimmy Mason,
summer never comes too soon.

It's raining on the wrong side of the window,
a nation's nightmare becomes reality.
If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have any,
always the one with the fork,
when they're dishing out gravy.
(repeat)

Put your cards upon the table,
tell your stories at the door,
playing conkers by the stable,
space invaders on the floor.

Make a date with Uncle Fester,
ride your bike across the moon,
in black and white with Jimmy Mason,
summer never comes too soon.

The Rules Of The Game
Time waits for no man,
and for a woman, it won't stand still.
Swimming backwards in the tide of life
like a fool on the hill.
Waiting patiently by the phone that never rings.
Your heart is breaking every time Sinatra sings.
Close your eyes and try to dream of other things.

'C'est la vie' and 'come what may',
or whatever it is they say.
It's all in the rules of the game.

Abigail's singing softly,
at the usual rendezvous.
Seven twenty-five on the M16,
she knows just what to do.
Fingers glide across a shiny steering wheel.
Check the rear view mirror, hoping to appeal?
Write yourself a letter, asking how you feel?

'C'est la vie' and 'come what may',
or whatever it is they say.
It's all in the rules of the game.

Waiting patiently by the phone that never rings.
Your heart is breaking every time Sinatra sings.
Close your eyes and try to dream of other things.

'C'est la vie' and 'come what may',
or whatever it is they say.
It's all in the rules of the games that people play,
it's all in the rules of the game.

The Same All Over The World
If it takes all kinds to make a world,
then why am I confused?
And if life's not worth a bag of nails,
then why do I feel so used?
Sometimes I wake up to feel,
like my head's exploded.
When you fire the gun of life,
you'd better make sure it's loaded.

Some people live their lives on the floor,
others are left on the shelf.
I can't say sorry 'cause I don't feel wrong,
do you want me to lie to myself?
I tell myself to take it slow,
there are voices in my head.
Everywhere I go I wanna be
somewhere else instead.

'Cause it's the same, all over the world.
It's the same, all over the world.
It's the same, all over the world.
So don't just talk about it,
you know you can't live without it at all.

So it all goes 'round in another town, every way you turn is wrong.
Kicking up leaves, feeling so naive,
like a line from a different song.
Sometimes I wake up to feel,
like my head's exploded.
When you fire the gun of life,
you'd better make sure it's loaded.

'Cause it's the same, all over the world.
It's the same, all over the world.
It's the same, all over the world.
So don't just talk about it,
you know you can't live without it at all.
(repeat)

W.L.N.
Three in the morning, I'm still feeling high,
I know there is a reason, I can't remember why.
I took you to a party, you said "It's okay".
And now I'm driving 'round, on my own all day.

Tell you a story, straight from my heart,
I know how to finish, but I don't know how to start.
I took you to a party, you said "It's okay".
You've got me driving 'round, on my own all day.

You Again
The rumours going round about us
surely must be true,
I don't know where they came from, not from me,
and not from you.
To think I said I'll see you in my sleep,
you got your memories to keep,
and so have I, but I've a choice
and I choose not to.

I'll never fall in love again,
I might be tempted now again
if I ever fall in love,
I'll never fall in love,
with you again.

And are you feeling lonely
or is lonely feeling you?
He may be really tempting but,
he doesn't have a clue.
He doesn't know what kind of clothes to wear,
his twisted looks, his greasy hair,
so why the hell do you want him there?
You know he's boring!

I'll never fall in love again,
I might be tempted now again
if I ever fall in love,
I'll never fall in love,
with you again.

You used to act so childlike
always begging me to stay.
As soon as I conceded,
you got up and walked away.
So what's the point in dragging up the past,
to say the distance wouldn't last
and who am I to make mistakes,
you must be perfect.

I'll never fall in love again,
I might be tempted now again
if I ever fall in love,
I'll never fall in love,
with you again.