*** Ackee 1 2 3 ***

Cross your fingers say you're on high
Pretend you're in den and see what life brings.
But always taking things as they come
Tends to make you forget to put anything in.
The longer you dwell the more it's like hell
You sit by the well just making a wish.
It would be a shame to take too much blame
Look we're all the same
It's only a game.

Ackee 1 2 3
Ackee 1 2 1 2 3
Did I just catch you laughing?
Ackee 1 2 3
Ackee 1 2 1 2 3

Forward where the knocks are hardest
Some to failure some to fame.
Never mind the cheers or hooting
Keep your head and play the game
Try to keep your feet on the ground
Without getting them stuck in the mud.
You will soon be over the moon or twice as hot as the sun!

Ackee 1 2 3
Ackee 1 2 1 2 3

So cross your fingers say you're on high
Pretend you're in den and see what life brings.
But always taking things as they come
Tends to make you forget to put anything in.
The longer you dwell the more it's like hell
You sit by the well just making a wish.
To make it plain I'll say it again
We're all the same
It's only a game.

Ackee 1 2 3
Ackee 1 2 1 2 3
Did I just catch you laughing?
Ackee 1 2 3
Ackee 1 2 1 2 3

Someone just smiled for no special reason,
It looks liken the smile's come back into season
It's so easy.
It doesn't have to be a nice day,
Just the only one you've got
And it's coming ready or not!
Ackee 1 2 3
Ackee 1 2 1 2 3

*** All Out To Get You ***

Don't attempt to explain this incredible strain
now confusion's become far too simple a word for it
is what you make
that's the usual mistake
if you're happy with pain you can take it from me

that they're all out to get you
they're painting your life in a permanent grey
they're all out to get you
it takes more than tears to get rid of the stains
sometimes

you're scared you might slip when you're holding a knife
lose your fingers or more in a lathe on the nightshift
you're scared that your babies
get born with no legs
you're so scared of death
you don't know what life is

so they're. . .
all out to get you, all over nothing
they're painting your life in a permanent way
they're all out to get you, but all out forgetting
it takes more than tears to get rid of the stains sometimes

until you accept that you're just like the others
you're a boy or a girl
then a man or a woman
and your clothes never fit
and your skin's the wrong colour
so you make do with fear
you get more than you need.

yes they're all out to get you, all over nothing
they're painting your life in a permanent grey
they're all out to get you, but all out for getting
it takes more than tears to get rid of the stains
sometimes

it takes more than tears
it takes more than tears
it takes more than tears
to get rid of the stains.

*** Best Friend ***

i just found out the name of your best friend,
you been talkin' about yourself again,
and no one seems to share your views.
why doesn't everybody listen to you kid?
how come you never really seem to get through, is it you?
talk about yourself again, you.
talk about yourself,
always you, you, you.
talk about yourself again.

she's on a holiday,
she's got her summer frock on.
suck on an ice cream,
it's meltin' in the hot sun.
first date's made you pray for more.
i wanted you, wanted.
everybody knows the score,
i wanted you, wanted.
what are we pretendin' for?
let's talk about ourselves on the floor.
let's talk about yourselves, nothing more i promise.
talk about ourselves again.

i just found out the name of your best friend.
talk, talk, talk about yourself again.
yes i just found out the name of your best friend.

i just found out the name of your best friend,
you been talkin' about yourself again,
and no one seems to share your views.
why doesn't anybody listen to you kid?
how come you never really seem to get through, is it you?
talk about yourself again, you.
talk about yourself,
always you, you, you.
talk about yourself again.
again, again, again, again.

i just found out the name of your best friend,
just found out the name of your best friend,
i just found out the name of your best friend,
i just found out the name of your best friend,
just found out the name of your best friend,
i just found out the name of your best friend,
just found out the name of your best friend,
i just found out the name of your best friend.

*** Big Shot ***

Yes, I've seen you go to work in your big car
Yes, your fat and can afford to be tasteless
You're a big shot.
You want the whole lot
And if I like it or not
You still control me,
You tell me what to think and what to be.

I like it best in the freezing winter, boy
I like to sneer as I sail past your bus stop
I watch you struggle and it gets me red hot,
I wander round in my empty office block
Big shot.
I want the whole lot
And if you like it or not
I still control you,
I tell you what to think and what to do.

So you listen to smoking industry,
You listen to the guys in the factories,
You listen to the wealth and the misery,
You listen to the power of money.
For a big shot
Who wants a whole lot
And if you like it or not
He'll probably get it,
He'll tell you when to beg and when to sit.

You look like a government minister
Or a high ranking military officer,
I don't think you care
You're just a big shot, yeah.

Yes, I've seen you go to work in your big car
Yes, your fat and can afford to be tasteless
You're a big shot
Who wants a whole lot
And if I like it or not,
You still control me
You tell me what to think and what to be.

*** Can't Get Used To Losing You ***

Guess there's no use in hangin' 'round
Guess I'll get dressed and do the town
I'll find a crowded avenue
Though it will seem empty without you

I can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you

Don't love some girl I used to know
After I heard her say, "Hello."
Couldn't think of anything to say
Since you're gone it happens every day

I can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you

(Saxophone solo)

I can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you

Can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you

I'll find some party wait and see
Who am I kidding, only me
Cuz no one else could take your place
Guess that I am just a hopeless case

I can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you

Can't get used to losing you
No matter what I try to do
Gonna spend my whole life through
Loving you

*** Cheated ***

a valentine from a politician
three pages of your dog's ambitions
the stabbed lover and the furious bunny
stare too long and your eyes go funny
yes i agree we're reading tissue paper but
we can talk about real things later
cheated cheated
win a greenhouse to warm your sex life
cheated cheated
i read about the victims crying all night

news...blurred photos of the latest plane crash; news,
girl shivers as she heards the car door slam; news,
t.v. guides you through uncomfortable questions
doctor advises it's the communist problem
to change the truth until
it's worth money
it's a joke, but it's not that funny
cheated.

our correspondent made to wait in the lobby
torn to pieces by three have a go bobbies
young swimmers in these sun dialling times
sweeping the nation with a dance called the breadline
it's in our water, and our education
we are oppressed into association
cheated cheated
it's a joke, but it's not that funny
cheated cheated
change the truth until it's worth
money

cheated cheated
win a greenhouse to warm your sex life
cheated cheated
read about the victims crying all night
cheated cheated
it's a joke but it's not funny
cheated cheated
change the truth until it's worth money
cheated cheated
drawing level means overtaking
cheated cheated
missed the point because you were too
busy faking it

*** A Dream Home In New Zealand ***

it's a must, it's compulsive
it is family entertainment
play americans and russians
find a place to hide your poison
beat the others round the head
beat the others round the table
be the first to take the money
past the point of desperation

living on pins but i will try it all the same, eh
be extra careful when you're answering the questions
living on promises of fortune and fame
you could win a car or a dream home in N.Z.

ill be over in a minute
try and wait if you can
to catch a brand new program
"americans and russians"
find a place to hide your poison

prize of a lifetime never get this chance again.
you mind your words when you're answering their questions
save precious moments carina-ing the fast lane
seven extra minutes in your dream home in N.Z.

it's a must, it's compulsive family entertainment
everybody's in the bunker, everybody's getting pushy
beat the others round the table
be the first to the button
feel your habit of obedience
must surely count for something.

terible risk but i will take it all the same
you mind your manners when you're answering their questions
now could you tell me what's the most i stand to gain?
seven hours of heaven in your dream home in N.Z.
New Zealand.

*** Drowning ***

Compromise around the corner
can you hear the accountants call?
could you refuse another dollar?
could you stop yourself from falling?

so in between the sleepless nights
you dream that you are winning fights
but then it happens, dreadful thing
a wave appears too big to swim
you're drowning, you're drowning.

buy a beach before next summer?
how do you feel in the morning?
if the light's an awful bother
i could always close the curtains.
just close your eyes and count to ten
see if you still remember when
your life seemed easy, you had friends
but that was different than that was then
you're drowning, you're drowning
round and round and round
you're drowning
in a frenzy now
you're drowning

you want fe go in a de ocean, a so me say
i saw you drowning in slow motion, and now me learn
far too late to make a commotion
too late for you to show easy motion
a say you go down to the bottom
say you can't reach the top
get stuck on the bottom

say you can't reach the top
two days later say they find you 'pon the rocks
say ha ha ha ha ha bad luck!
eh? so ...

tell yourself until you're certain
can you hear the accountants call?
you'll buy a beach before next summer
swim away and leave it all.

so underwater deaf and blind
under such pressures you might find
a secret right before the end
that makes you want to breathe again
you're drowning, you're drowning
round and round and round
you're drowning
inner frenzy now you're drowning
round and round and round and round
you're drowning, drowning

you said you're unhappy
and you've taken all these tablets
just turn on the television

*** End Of The Party ***

She said to leave it till the end of the party
Do it now, you know there's never a next time
How come the feeling that it's only just started
Pull back your cover, I could love you for all time
But do it now, you know there's never a next time.

The bees are busy,
Now there's gold on the hill
The branches waving
But our hearts are wrapped up inside
And then you leave me, so I start missing you a lot
No argument oh do I love you or not
No argument, you have all the love that I see as mine
Pull back your cover, I could love you for all time
But do it now you know there's never a next time.

She said to leave it till the end of the party
How come the feeling that it's always just starting
The bees are busy,
Now there's gold on the hill.
The branches waving
But our hearts are wrapped up inside Soon as you leave me then I start
missing you a lot
No argument oh do I love you, I love you or not.

Oh treat him like a baby please,
All night.
Oh treat him like a baby please,
All night.

Strength is not the same as anger
Put the taste back into hunger
Searching the box?
looking for what?
I love you, I love you or not?
Strength is not the same as anger
Put the taste back into hunger
Searching the box?,
looking for what?
Pushing the gear back into top?
Put the first back into class
Lose your bottle break the glass
You'll wind up high and dry with just this slow cold comfort.

Oh treat him like a baby please,
All night.
Love you or not?
Oh treat him like a baby please.

*** Get-a-job ***

There's a training course
boys and girls of real ambition
start a new job in a factory
where they're making ammunition
but it makes them think of stealing
when they read between the lines
through the owners of this funfair
you won't find a ride you like
just get-a-job, get-a-job

manufacture rubbish
although no one can afford it
you could make a profit
more than anyone deserves
so you find you're left with poison
so you dump it in our water
and so create the kind of problems
only radiation cures
through get-a-job, get-a-job

oh you young people are revolting
8 to 5 should give the jolt needed
in a few years you won't feel quite the same
you'll be playing their get-a-job games

there's a training camp when
you come from from saving nations
get a new job and a new leg
social rehabilitation
every time you thing of leaving
you get caught between the lines
it's the training for the funfair
you get taken for a ride
you!
just get-a-job, get-a-job
just get-a-job, get-a-job

*** Hands Off She's Mine ***

I told my friend I'd check for you
He told me that he liked you too
But then I saw him kissing you
I could've died when he said, hands off she's mine
Said hands off she's mine
Hands off she's mine
Hands off she's mine, I want her all the time
Hands off she's mine, hands off she's mine.

I knew that this was real although
It usually comes mixed up with fear.
I knew that I could wait
Although it just might take a thousand years.
Said hands off she's mine
Hands off she's mine
Hands off she's mine, until the end of time
Hands off she's mine, hands off she's mine.

La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la.

Now we're going steady, been together several weeks
I check out all the other guys who we see on the streets
When I say, hands off she's mine
Hands off she's mine
Hands off she's mine, it takes up all my time
Hands off she's mine, hands off she's mine.

I said hands off me darta
I tell ya get yer hands off me darta,
C'mon mek me said don't mess around on ya,
C'mek mek me tell ya don't want ta get ya.

La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la.

Funny how the best things never last for every day
I thought she was my girlfriend
'Till I heard that someone else was saying,
Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine.
Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine.
Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine.
Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine.
Hands off she's mine. Hands off she's mine.
Hands off she's mine.

*** I Am Your Flag ***

Yes i'll be down your street again quite soon
and don't ignore me when i wave at you
for although i'm looking rather sad
i'm all you've ever really had
and when you're desperate, you will hold me
hold me to that.

took your hat off in Wisconsin
took your head in Vietnam
just dying to become a man
well i am your flag

spend all of my time just looking for the big hit
so long getting there, there's no time left to use it
so lets raise a smile of victory
impressed in dental surgery
when you need cover, you can use me
buried at sea

"freedom's" just a new deodorant
the money's spent and you've been had
you don't believe me? ask your dad
i am your flag

so as i fly so proudly you will see
that you won't dare break up this family
see the happy children on parade
with wooden guns that mother made
and see me dancing in the breeze
that blows them away

i ran into Northern Ireland
i ran into Afghanistan
dying to become a man?
i am your flag

*** I Confess ***

Just out of spite,
I confess I've ruined three lives
Now don't sleep so tight
Because I didn't care 'till I found out that one of them was mine.

Night after night time time after time.
Done too much of both types of w(h)ining.
Still wasn't right fight after fight
Till "Get out of my life get away from me get away from that gun"

"No it's not a joke it's cards on the table time
Yes I could have phoned
I could have wrote
But how to break the news without beaking your heart
Being dead don't hurt,
No only dieing
Cards on the table time,
Sometimes it's right to say goodnight."

Always searching for paradise,
I'll admit that I'm good as blind
Darling I confess yes I've ruined three lives
And didn't care till I found out that one of them was mine.

I confess
Our love seems like a punishment
And I confess,
If it's all the same to you I'll stay indifferent

I confess I confess I confess
I confess I confess I confess.

No-one wins and there's no denying,
Don't pretend like you don't know why,
Just a little word here a little push there Darling
I confess look I confess that I don't really care

I confess I confess I confess.

Out like a light,
Another boy who's given up trying,
Blinded by fright,
He scream my life's not open,
Please get out,
I know I'm shouting,
I like to shout.

It's not a joke it's cards on the table time
It's not a joke it's cards on the table time
I could have phoned
I could have wrote
But how to break the news without beaking your heart
Being dead don't hurt,
No only dieing
Cards on the table time,
Sometimes it's right to say goodnight."

Always searching for paradise,
I'll admit that I'm good as blind
Darling I confess yes I've ruined three lives
And didn't care till I found out that one of them was mine.

I confess
I deserve some type of punishment
I confess
If it's all the same to you I'll stay indifferent
I confess I confess I confess
I confess I confess I confess
I confess I confess I confess
I confess I confess I confess
I confess I confess I confess

*** Jackpot ***

This song's called the jackpot,
well look at that

Say hip, hip horray, yeah, yeah
Hip, hip horray, yeah, yeah

You got your jackpot,
You got your jackpot when you hit the top
You got your jackpot,
You got your jackpot when you call the shots

Say what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joyful sound

Say what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joyful sound

A woman's touch,
A woman's touch is here tonight, aha
A woman's touch,
A woman's touch for me tonight

Say what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joyful sound.
say so, oh lord

Say what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joyful sound.
Good God!

Say hip, hip horray, yeah, yeah
Hip, hip horray, yeah, yeah
Hip, hip horray, yeah
Hip, hip horray, yeah

Say I was walking down the road
with my heavy, heavy load
Try to keep it secret,
but now everybody knows
Darling won't you stay
please don't stand in love's way
Darling won't you stay
I just can't stand another day
Cause you're a pretty young lady
Don't come a' tease
you're a pretty young lady
you're a pretty young lady, lord
Cause youre a pretty young lady, whoa

If you're getting hot,
you gotta enter the spot
'Cause this one's called jack pot!
Boy!

Say do you feel alright
Did the Beat come all over you tonight?
Say did we make it right,
did the Beat come all over you tonight?

Say what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joyful sound.

Say what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joy,
what a joyful sound.

Say hip, hip horray, yeah, yeah
Hip, hip horray, yeah, yeah
Hip, hip horray, yeah
Hip, hip horray, yeah

[toasting]

I'm sorry to say
but I'm on my way
I won't be back for many a day
Say goodbye everybody
goodbye everybody
goodbye everybody
Say goodbye everybody
Say it's a love and unity song
Goodbye everybody
Say goodbye everybody
goodbye everybody, yeah

I say I'm sorry to say
but I'm on my way
I won't be back for many a day

*** Jeanette ***

All set luncheonette,
kitchenette to let
I bet to get hamburgerette again.

We met in a launderette and kissed beneath the air jet
No threat no sweat
Another one in the back of the net.

When I met Jeanette,
Substitute Ronette,
She said "Will you remember?"
Said I could never forget her
Au naturalette,
Her mom's a millionette
So we shared one last cigarette and swapped false addresses,
Jeanette,
Jeanette.

Dangerous
She's like damp dynamite
Oh boy, enjoy, have a nice night
Won't you promise to wrote me whenever you can
Make sure you warn me if you're coming to Birmingham.

I get Jeanette
Substitute Ronette
She said "Will you remember?"
Said I could never forget her,
Jeanette
No no noI'll never forget you.

Touching your skin has proved one thing,
That love's still exciting.
We're getting there
We're nearly there
Just one final fling,
Pushing into a new love steady deep and strong
Steady on
You know we shouldn't talk like this.

I met Jeanette
Substitute Ronette
She said "Will you remember?"
Said "I could never forget you."
Au naturalette,
Her mom's a millionette
So we shared one last cigarette and swapped false addresses,
Jeanette

No no no I'll never forget you.
Jeanette
No no no I'll never forget you.

*** Mirror In The Bathroom ***

Mirror in the bathroom
please talk free
The door is locked
just you and me.
Can I take you to a restaurant
that's got glass tables
You can watch yourself
while you are eating.

Mirror in the bathroom
I just can't stop it,
Every Saturday you see me
window shopping.
Find no interest
in the racks and shelves
Just ten thousand reflections
of my own sweet self, self, self...

Mirror in the bathroom
You're my mirror in the bathroom
You're my mirror in the bathroom
You're my mirror in the bathroom...

Mirror in the bathroom
Recompense
For all my crimes
of self defense.
Cures you whisper
make no sense
Drift gently into
mental illness.

Mirror in the bathroom
please talk free
The door is locked
just you and me.
Can I take you to a restaurant
that's got glass tables
You can watch yourself
while you are eating.

Mirror in the bathroom
Mirror in the bathroom...

*** Monkey Murders ***

At the center, no one warns you
when that moment might turn the corner
stand the test of your position
remember monkey murders always love ambition

collect black marks when you try too hard
not to treat her like another toy
it makes you mad, you sleep so badly
cos you're out every saturday night
for what you can't get, boy
is it a problem boy?

let's be kind to one another
share your sister, you could eat your brother
who cares when it's only fashion
remember monkey murders always come with passion

remember that night when you tried too hard
not to treat her like another toy
it made you mad, you slept so badly
now you're out every saturday night
for what you can't get,
boy, is it a problem boy?

so obsessive, drinking in the spotlight
he's standing still but of course he's taking all night
says "there is no love and there is no trust"
said "bite your lip or keep your mouth shut
keep your mouth shut keep your mouth shut
keep your mouth shut"
boy?
is it a problem boy?
is it a problem boy?
yes, is it a problem.

*** Over And Over ***

promise your secrecy into the microphone
into the megaphone, into the cell
questioning decency under the microscope
over and over then over and out
organise my life over the telephone
over my dead body, over my head
tread a fine line between you and your memories
between you and me things are best left unsaid

the honouring of violence
is a security number
always so quiet it slips under your guard
pushes your dead body, under the microscope
over and over it's over say over and out

another incident, another accident
dangerous emptiness, people in shock
you pelt them with rocks
and the old innuendo
"no that was no mishap
that brake line was cut"

lie on the pavement, wait for an ambulance
say to yourself nothing is what it seems
never meaning to say you never say what you mean
you get caught by the sirens on your t.v. screen

the honouring of violence
is a security number
always so quiet it slips under your guard
pushes your dead body, under the microscope
over and over and over
then over and out
over and out out
over and out out
over and out

*** Pato And Roger Ago Talk ***

Pato and Roger ago talk
(Right)
Aha, uhu,
Pato and Roger ago talk.

You come in a de dance,
You jump up and prance,
And when tek a stop
A so we hold dem in a trance.

Aha, uhu,
Pato and Roger ago talk.
(Right)
Aha, uhu,
Pato and Roger ago talk.
(Right)

Come on everybody mek me have some fun,
We all get together and live as one.
Give dis yah rockers strictly to de nation.
Then little after that it's in your radio station.
Cause me seh, him Ranking Roger,
Seh him really, really tall
And him Ranking Pato
Seh him really, really small,
We both get together and we nice up de hall.
And when we take a stop,
Even the rain can't fall.

Aha, uhu,
Pato and Roger ago talk.
(Right)
Aha, uhu,
Pato and Roger ago talk.
(Right)

Cause me seh,
man in a pance,
And a woman in a frock,
And everything we chat dem to have to musically rock.
Come move your little feet.
Come and rock to the beat.
Then little after that,
Them sam 'so unique.'

Girls and boys hear the schooll bell ring,
Run to your classes cause it's time to come in,
Pick up your shoes and run-a-mile
Cause Pato and Roger seh dem come and make you smile.

Because we rock together,
Toast together,
Skank together,
Move together,
We a bredda.
Ay tell dem,
Ay tell them.

*** Ranking Full Stop ***

Rankin' come forward.
Full Stop, say Ranking Full Stop.
Full Stop, say Ranking Full Stop.
My name is Ranking Full Stop
So all you really got to do is just-a move you little feet
And just-a rock-a to the beat, as I would say, yeah, alright
And when you hear the signal you must stop, I said rock
I said you rock it and you shock it and you, ooh, say so, oh lord.

Now hold on down there. Take it easy, yeah, alright
Said are you ready, said are you ready to stop,
Said are you ready, said are you ready to stop,
I said stop.

Ready, said are you ready to go,
Said are you ready, said are you ready to go.
Full Stop, me, stop, Full Stop,
Ranking Full Stop,
Now that's the name I would really, really say,
Full Stop. Ranking Full Stop.
Said Ranking Full Stop. Brr-yeah.

You move your little feet, you rock-a to the beat,
You hear this song and you gotta come around,
I see you upon the street, you look so sweet,
I see you with your dancin' feet, yeah.
Said are you ready, said are you ready to stop,
Said are you ready, said are you ready to stop,
I said stop.

Ready, said are you ready to go,
Said are you ready, said are you ready to go.
Full Stop, me, stop, Full Stop
Say Ranking Full Stop.
As I would tell ya 'bout this song, so c'mon.
Full Stop. Ranking Full Stop. Say Ranking Full Stop.
Brr-yeah.

Your dancing took it over y'know
I say you come from Dover y'know
And I would really, really tell ya and show you all
To do the Ranking Full Stop.

I said you move to your left and then you move to you right,
Tell you 'bout this song and you got to unite.
You move to your left and then you move to your right
And then you do it 'till midnight y'know
All singing are you ready, said are you ready to stop,
Said are you ready, said are you ready to stop,
I said stop.

I'm dead.

*** Rotating Head ***

Rotating head, keeps on the right side
Colied up and tense remains on the lookout
Expects to be shot or get given the bullet.
Rotating head tries to look on the bright side of things.

Rotating head, friends in high places
No need to guess what he's got in that briefcase
A mind like a gin-trap, one swollen ankle.
The rotating head tries to stay on the right side of things,
On the right side of things.

Living on tip-toe,
Waiting for the next step,
The wages of death
What a life for a swivelhead.

Understand, underhand, underarm protection
Each new passer-by a new wave of suspicion.
In less than an hour the plane will be leaving
The lights and the cameras
Then sleeep on a prayer and a wing
Rotating.

Living on tip-toe,
Waiting for the next step,
The wages of death
What a life for a swivelhead.

Rotating head look on the bright side
Colied up and tense remains on the lookout.
A mind like a gin-trap, one swollen ankle.
The rotating head tries to stay on the right side of things,
That's the right side of things.

*** Save It For Later ***

Two dozen other dirty lovers,
Must be a sucker for it,
Cry cry but I don't need my mother.
Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it

Sooner or later
Your legs give way, you hit the ground
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down
Sooner or later
You hit the deck, you get found out
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down
You let me down

Black air and seven seas are rotten through
But what can you do?
I don't know how I'm meant to act with all of you lot
Sometimes I don't try,
I just now now now now now now now now now now now
Now now now now now now now now now now now!

Sooner or later
Your legs give way, you hit the ground
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down.
Sooner or later
You hit the deck, you get found out.
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down.
You let me down
You runaway and let me down.

Two dozen other stupid reasons
Why we should suffer for this.
Don't bother trying to explain them
Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it

Sooner or later
Your legs give way, you hit the ground.
Save it fellator
Don't run away and let me down.
Sooner or later
you hit the deck, you get found out.
Save it fellator
Don't run away and let me down
You let me down
You run away run away
Runaway runaway runaway and let me down.

*** She's Going ***

Don't want him
But she can't bear to tell him
Don't love him
Love is uncompromising
Can't leave him
No never never,
So next time she meet him they'll both be in heaven.

In a de corner,
But she hardly makes a sound
She never get the energy to hit the ground.

Like her prescription
The drink tastes bitter
As she turns round
Found out that something hit her
Would he notice?
No never never never
Would he miss her?
She doesn't really care

I guess you thought it was an ordinary row.
Well you were wrong.
Just take a look at her now.

She's leaving,
Too late to take her home.
She's going,
Too late to tell her you love her.
She's freezing,
Rather be dead than alone.
She's going,
I think you're too late she's gone.

Worry worry
Over the way things are
She tried to tell him
About the way they might have been happy!,
But now it's gone too far
She'd rather die than live to behave so badly,

She found out that you don't give a damn
Just watch the spirit slipping out of her hand.

She's leaving,
Too late to take her home.
She's going,
Too late to tell her you love her.
She's freezing,
Rather be dead than alone.
She's going,
I think you're too late she's gone.

*** Sole Salvation ***

Of course I want there to be an us,
I've always wanted that
But how
And if giving time and patience
Trying hard to understand
We never feel the power of our own hands
Sense the danger late
And only vaguely ever grasp the means of our sole salvation?

What then?
Do it right, do it now!
Here there, everywhere
Shouting out "I'm mad as hell"
He pushes his legs against the bed
And feels the triumph flooding through his head
He could conquer,
He could win,
Now that dying only means you're not in next week's programme
Stop being a baby

Will you stop, will stop it
Won't you stop play-acting little man?
Just how long till you drop it
Will it be this year, next year, sometime, never?
Stop, when you feel like saying "Have a heart but don't take mine"
There's a new dance "The Tolerence,"
And it just might be your sole salvation

sole salvation
sole salvation
sole salvation
Skabadoo ooh yeah,
Yeah skabaday,

Make a cross,
Make amends,
Set the record straight
We've never said the only things we should have ever
Bothered saying
Lets write out a list of things we need
Lets strike a brand new deal
That's stron for any man,
But has a woman's understanding in it
and then finish!

Just stop, when you feel like saying "Have a heart, but don't take mine"
Try a new dance "The Tolerence,"
It just might be our sole salvation,
sole salvation sole salvation sole salvation
sole salvation,
sole salvation?
Oooh yeah yeah
Skab-a-doo, skab-a-day
Skab-a-doo, skab-a-day.

*** Sorry ***

Try to live but it's more like worry.
Each time I try to speak it does sound like "sorry"
Setting up races you've gotta keep winning
Imaginary races,
You jump until you're bleeding and you're needing
And you're wanting it so badly timed your sighing,
All lying
And she's trusting you completely stupid
"Sorry"

Feeling attack put up defences
Nothing you've ever said made much sense
Words are just another violence
Nothing rings as true as silence.

Dream I can fly in desperation,
Sorry
Must have mixed up remorse with anticipation,
Sorry
Each time I try to break this hurry,
Sorry
Start off apologizing for saying sorry.

Leaving,
Me pleading
All through wanting it so badly timed my sighing
All lying
And you trusted me completely foolish.

Sounds like "sorry"
It sounds like "sorry"
It always sounds like "sorry."

*** Spar Wid Me ***

In a me yard,
You noh fe gwan like you hard.
In a me yard in a me yard.

Dats why you,
spar wid me,
I you have to pray to de Lord.
In a me yard.
Dats why you,
Spar wid me,
I hope you will agree noh climb up in de tree like a chimpanzee,
Spar wid me, spar wid me.
Cho Lord,
A man ah should always feel free.
Malegego,
Malegego malegego malegego.

Woy,
Me seh me a littla darta.
By de name of Marge,
She says to me you are de one in charge.
Tek out de car out of de garage.
Denme drive her all the way down to de barge.

Dats why she,
Spar wid me, spar wid me.
I don't want to see your bad company
Spar wid me, spar wid me.
Cho Lord,
A man ah should always feel free.

You bredda Matt noh bopther gwan lik a rat.
Because de rat him get a bend up by de cat
You sister Pat noh bother gwan like dat.
Because we all know dat Elvis died fat.

So you fe,
Spar wid me, spar wid me.
I don't want to see your bad company
We need technology so,
Spar wid me spar wid me,
Spar wid me.

*** Sugar And Stress ***

This world is upside down
The right's and wrong's don't get much wronger.
Mistakes found in the past
Turn into rules protecting power.
It's falling down
It weighs a lot
So you should not depend on it.
This world is upside down
But look I can't hang on for much longer.

Sugar 'n' stress,
Do everything at least twice
Catch your fingers in your private vices
Sugar 'n' stress
With a heart like ice
Hope heaven comes in a number of size.

These thought are so unfair
"If somethings there then it's worth taking."
We know where our hearts are-right behind our wallets,
Yes and that's where they're staying
Grow up together but we grow apart
Always climbing up is our downfall.
A change of blood or a change of heart?
Another change of address will do no good.

Sugar 'n' stress,
Do everything at least twice
Catch your fingers in your private vices
Sugar 'n' stress
With a heart like ice
Hope heaven comes in a number of size.

This world is upside down
This world is upside down
This world is upside down
But look I can't hang on for much longer.

*** Tears Of A Clown ***

Say oh yeah baby baby
Now if there's a smile on my face
It's only there tryin' to fool the public
But when it comes down to foolin' you
Now honey that's quite a different subject

So don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
Cos really I'm sad (so sad sad)
Oh I'm sadder than sad (so sad sad)
Well I'm hurt and I want you so bad (so sad sad)
Like a clown I appear to be glad

Ooh yeah
There's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than
The tears of a clown
When there's no one around

Say oh yeah baby baby baby
Oh yeah baby baby baby

Now if I appear to be carefree
It's only to camouflage my sadness
And honey to shield my pride I try
To cover this hurt with a show of gladness
So don't let my show convince you
That I've been happy since you decided to go
Oh I need you so
Look I'm hurt and I want you to know
Just for others I put on a show

Ooh yeah
There's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than
The tears of a clown
Just like Pagliacci did
I'm gonna keep my surface hid
Hiding in my room I try
But in this lonely room I cry
The tears of a clown
When there's no one around

Now if there's a smile on my face
Don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
Don't let this smile I wear
Make you feel that I don't care
The tears of a clown
Tears of a clown
The tears of a clown
I'm going down de town
I'm going downtown
Tears of a clown

*** The Doors Of Your Heart ***

Every story has to be about something, i suppose
this one says i lose my head
as the feeling starts to grow you know?
i can feel love thumping at the doors of my heart

feel love thump as it tears me apart
feel love pump as the worrying starts
i can feel love thumping
at the doors of my heart again
at the doors of my heart again
i can feel love thump
bom-bom be bom-bom.

everybody needs someone they can cling to
now and then,
no more defense, no more pretense
no reasons to explain it

you can feel love thumping at the doors of your heart
feel love thump as it tears you apart
feel blood pump as the worrying starts
you can feel love thumping
at the doors of your heart again
at the doors of your heart again
you can feel love thump
bom-bom be bom-bom.

this one your unity rocker, lord
stick him in your living room
and turn off the light eh
bet you wouldn't know if he was black or white
boy!
say what's the use in fighting?
man say, i say you shouldn't really fight
tek him to a disco tek
tek him to a pub eh!
tek him to a blues and then
you play him rub a dub eh say you shouldn't really fight, man say
say you shouldn't really fight
each and every day i walk through the streets
and I see man and man war and kill each other
because you are black or you are white
so what's the use in fighting?
war alright
because it's strictly love and unity
we a deal in today
and that we will never throw away
we will never throw away
war alright
i say just because you're brown
you no fe g'wan like a clown
just because you're white
you no fe broke a likkle fight eh
say what's the use in fighting boy
i say you shouldn't really fight

everytime it happens, seem to act a little touched
in this at least, you're just like me
i think we think too much
why can't we just

feel love thumping at the doors of our heart
feel love thump as it tears us apart
feel blood pump as the worrying starts
i can feel love thumping
at the doors of my heart again
at the doors of my heart again
i can feel love thump
bom-bom be bom-bom
bom-bom be bom-bom
i can feel love thump
bom-bom be bom-bom
at the doors of my heart again.

*** The Limits We Set ***

The only limits we set
what can we get away with?
in that at least we're the same
the only way we find of hiding the hurt we feel
is more unnecessary pain
each time you
draw in like a breath
it comes out like a knife
you feel like offering yourself out
tonight
on what a fight

the little you can expect to get
to get from anyone else
makes you look after number one
the only helping hand
you'll ever be offered
is the one at the end of your own arm

draw in like a breath
it goes tight like a wire
you're trying to shout
but your lungs are on fire

draw in like a breath
it comes out like a knife
you feel like offering yourself

shoplifting my little brother
shoplifting my little sister
said all you got to do is
just a forward through the door
but when they come fe check you out
you no come back for more
shoplifting my little brederen
shoplifting my little sister
tell me which one would you prefer
one hundred pound fine
or three months in prison
me old cock sparra?
shoplifting shoplifting
shoplifting, but a shoplifting

*** Twist And Crawl ***

something shows in your face
aren't you forgetting yourself
merely let your mouth stand
twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl

emotion packed in every tear
emotion mirrors your fears
smile and say hello dear
twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl

walk into a niteclub
see you standing in there
both your eyes are on me
wonder what makes you care
wonder what makes you stare

walk into a niteclub
all your friends are in there
is that really blond hair?
why dont you play fair,
you could be in Mayfair?

you broke my heart in several pieces
not supposed to be that easy
have to read the books again
twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl

but you can't hurt me anymore
i haven't got a heart no more
no feelings get in my way
twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl

did you think that i'd return
emotions all i need to learn
some day you're gonna feel the same
vice-a-versa love affair
vice-a-versa love affair

did you think that i'd return
emotions all i need to learn
some day you're gonna feel the same
vice-a-versa love affair
vice-a-versa love affair

now i've made a new way
now my mind is rearranged
now i can't be sure again
twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl

are we really happy or maybe just pretending
i can't tell the difference
twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl

i can have a new face
i can have a new body
i can have a new boy
i can have a new girl
i can have a new world

i can have a new face
i can have a new body
i can have a new boy
i can have a new girl
i can have a new world

i can have a twist and crawl
i can have a twist and crawl
twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl

*** Two Swords ***

I've never been one for the punch-ups
But look I really hate them nazis
A certain something starts to wind me up
How could I hate them of so violently

When two swords slashing at each other
Only sharpen one another
And in the long run even he's your brudda'
Said even though that kid's a nazi
Even though that kid's a nazi

Always attack those things in someone else,
Reflections that you can't face in yourself,
To make precious fascistic feeling gone
It makes you turn into a bigger one
Bigger...

When two swords slashing at each other
Only sharpen one another
And in the long run even he's your brudda'
Said even though that kid's a nazi
Even though that kid's a nazi

Are you fighting the Front,
or just fronting a fight
Sometimes it's hard to see the left from the right
Are we angry, are we looking for peace
Or just tryin' to win the war...
...by killing all the enemy off
Just to kill all the enemy off
Kill the enemy off
Kill the enemy off

I've never been one for the punch-ups
But look I really hate them nazis
A certain something starts to wind me up
How could I hate them of so violently

When two swords slashing at each other
Only sharpen one another
And in the long run even he's your brudda'
Even though that kid's a nazi
Even though that kid's a nazi
Said even though that kid's a nazi

*** Walk Away ***

Then she said...
..."if you ever try to lean on me, too heavily,
i'll step aside and watch you fall
we'll make each other look so small
let's either find another way, or bang our
heads into the wall, and walk away

do you have to get this close before it hits?
you've always known just how much
people are a part of why
we've now not got the heart to say
i'll leave it, if you will,
let's walk away."

thought it was different but it all
turned out the same so so
promised myself i'd never go through it again
now that every love song beards the same
familiar strain of...
walk away before i do something stupid
walk away before these threats turn into
one of us could do it

walk away before i say
it's getting too much
walk away walk away
before one of us cracks up.

did you have to get that close before it hit?
you'd always known just how much
people are a part of why
we've now not got the heart to say
i'll leave it if you will
let's walk away."

thought it was different but it all
turned out the same so so
promised myself i'd never go through this again
now that every love song beards the same
familiar strain of...

walk away before i do something stupid
walk away before these threats turn into
one of us could do it
it's getting too much
walk away walk away
before both of us cracks up.
walk away walk away
oooh don't walk away.