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from The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus (1996)
Someday I'm going to smack your face
Someday I'm going to smack your face Somebody's going to call your bluff Somebody's going to treat you rough Sometimes there is only one way out I've got to fight Sometimes I get to feel so mean Sometimes I get to feel so mean Sometimes you look like you're too clean Sometimes I see the in-between Sometimes only one way I've got to fight You're way past your station Beat you honey till you drop You're way past your station It's useless asking you to stop I got morbid fascination Beat you honey till you drop Sometimes you're going to get some stick Sometimes you're going to get some stick Somebody's standing in our way Somebody's gonna have to pay Sometimes there is only one way I've got to fight |
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from The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus (1996)
Your streets were paved with love
Your skies were blue Goodbye Toulouse I walked your streets in fear I washed your streets with tears Toulouse Goodbye Toulouse Your cafes tell the tale Of saddened millionaires Toulouse A million dreams I've had A million lies I've told Toulouse Goodbye Toulouse Paula looked down on me From her high balcony Toulouse I will return some day So you can hear me say Farewell Goodbye Toulouse Goodbye Toulouse Goodbye Toulouse |
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from The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus (1996)
She's gone and left me
I don't know why That girl she's crazy She made me cry She's gone and left me I don't know why Yeah she's the queen of the street What a piece of meat She's real good looking She makes me sigh Blue jeans and leather Her heels are high She's real good looking she makes me sigh Yeah, she's the queen of the street What a special treat She's no lady She'll stab you in the back She's no lady She's princess of the pack With words of fire She'll make you small With eyes that smile She'll make you tall With words of fire She'll make you small But you would rather wait a year till she gave you a call She's gone and left me I don't know why That girl she's crazy She made me cry She's gone and left me I don't know why But she's queen of the streets what a piece of meat She's no lady She'll stab you in the back She's no lady She's princess of the pack |
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from The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus (1996)
Strolling along minding my own business
Well there goes a girl and a half She's got me going up and down She's got me going up and down Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches Well I got the notion girl that you got some suntan lotion in that bottle of yours Spread it all over my peelin' skin baby That feels real good All this skirt lappin' up the sun Lap me up Why don't you come on and Lap me up Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches Well there goes another one just lying down on the sand dunes I'd better go take a swim and see if I can cool down a little bit Cause you and me woman We got a lotta things on our minds (you know what I mean) Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches Will you just take a look over there (where?) There Is she tryin' to get outta that clitares? Liberation for women That's what I preach Preacher man Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches Oh shit! There goes the charabang Looks like I'm gonna be stuck here the whole summer Well what a bummer I can think of a lot worse places to be Like down in the streets Or down in the sewer Or even on the end of a skewer |
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from The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus (1996)
I could have read
A poem called Ozymandias To her instead I lived for the moment It was a futile Gesture anyway I was here And she was here And being broad Of mind and hips We did the only Thing possible I guess I shouldn't have strangled her to death But I had to go to work and she had laced my coffee with acid Normally I wouldn't have minded But I'm allergic to sulphuric acid Besides she had acne And if you've got acne well I apologise for disliking it instensely. But it's understandble that ugly people have got complexes I mean it seems to me that ugly people don't have a chance It's only the children or the fucking wealthy who tend to be good looking An ugly fart Attracks a good looking Chick, if he's got money An ugly fart Attracks a good looking Chick if he's got money An ugly fart Attracks a good looking Chick If he's got money It's different for Jews somehow I'd like to see A passionate Film between The two ugliest People in the world. When I say ugly I don't mean rough looking I mean hideous Don't tell me that Aesthetics are Subjective, you Just know the truth When you see it Whatever it is Muscle Power, muscle Power, muscle Power, muscle Power |
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from The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus (1996)
Come on little baby let me take you out of your mind
Little choosey Susie, there's no reason to fall behind You and me, we're gonna be free We're gonna make love until we're weak Yeah, believe you me, choosey Susie There's an awful lot of stars but there are more that we don't see Little choosey Susie help me find eternity You and me, we're gonna be free We're gonna make love until you bleed Yeah, take it from me Hugh... You go away when the night is young If only you could stay then we could have some fun Stay out all night long Come on little baby let me take you out of your mind Little choosey Susie, there's no reason to fall behind You and me, we're gonna be free We're gonna make love until we're weak Yeah, believe you me, choosey Susie You better believe me now or forever hold your peace After this there's no turning back Do you remember what happened to Lot's wife? You do? |
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from The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus (1996)
Boogie woogie
The boys and the girls are all dancing around Dancing all night to the crazy sound It's the newest thing to hit this land The boys and the girls are all holding hands I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go I'm with my friend Bob having a good time I've got me some speed and I'm doing fine But Bob is not dancing no sir-ee He's got a likely eye on a little lady I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go What I say? I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go Yeah boogie now Dave... Elbow rooming his way around the floor (oh) You can see him he's sitting by the door (oh) All the chickies they wanna see him dance some more (ONE TWO THREE FOUR) Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go I see we're changing partners, but that's not for me I notice Bob isn't joining the party He's standing on the outside, looking in Wishing that little chickie was with him I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go The party is over and we're all going home I can't find Bob so I'm leaving alone But wait a minute, who is that, I can see? None other than Bob with that girl on his knee I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go Tell me now I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go Boogie Yeah I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go What I said? I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go One more time I said Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy Go Buddy, Go Go Go |
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from The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus (1996)
The day is sticky yellow
The night was so untight The cows go moo moo moo Is everything alright? Baby digit at my face Who's the man with the smile, mum? Do you like it like that? I'm just a peasant in the Big Shitty I'm going real slow But if the light ain't real Then there can't be a hole Not even some red Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? You're not real, oh no, you're not You're not real, oh no, you're not You're not real, oh no, you're not You're not real, oh no, you're not There be a strange garlic here The room is full of fear With empty wavelength touch It's coming in a rush It's coming in a rush It's coming in a rush It's coming in a rush Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? I'm just a peasant in the big shitty |
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from The Stranglers - Bbc Archives: The Stranglers Live At The Hammersmith Odeon '82 [live] (1998)
Down in the sewer
Picking up quite a lot of empty coca cola cans and there sure are a lot of them around here How did I get down here ? Well it's a long story. I should have stayed down home out on the farm and kept my tootsies warm instead of freezing them off down here There's lots of rats down here You can see the whites of their eyes They got sharp teeth Deep breath And lots of diseases People say you shouldn't stay down here too long Lose your sense of light and dark Lose your sense of smell I tell you what I'm gonna do Gonna make love to a water rat or two and breed a family they'll be called the survivors You know why ? No They're gonna survive I'll see you in the sewer darling And don't be late I'll see you in the sewer I'll see you in the sewer, the sewer, the sewer I'll see you in the sewer I'll see you in the sewer I'll see you in the sewer I'll see you in the sewer I'll see you in the sewer I'll see you in the sewer ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By HUGH CORNWELL, DAVID GREENFIELD, BRIAN DUFFY, JEAN JACQUES BURNEL <i>Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group</i> |
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from The Stranglers - Bbc Archives: The Stranglers Live At The Hammersmith Odeon '82 [live] (1998)
A woman in Wellington wet her whistle with a wild man
From way back when, She sucked her thumb and she held her head for the man she didn't ken A Nip in Nippon napped a nod and knew a new nomad Near the nearside window of his Mitsubishi His kid was scared he said he thought it was something new Just like nothing on earth Just like nothing on earth Just like nothing on earth (Just like nothing on earth) (Just like nothing on earth) Just ... like ... nothing ... on ... earth On ... earth Just like nothing on earth Just like nothing on earth Just like nothing on earth (Just like nothing on, just like nothing on earth) A man on the main motor mile mesmerised much monkey magic Meandering piecemeal You know UFOs utilise euphoric united ecstatic fantastic Traumatic burning rubber blubber blackout checkout For philandering sons of magic women His brain was blazed and amazed he said he thought it was something new Just like nothing on earth Just like nothing on earth Just like nothing on earth (Just like nothing on earth) (Just like nothing on earth) Just ... like ... nothing ... on ... earth On ... earth Just like nothing on earth Just like nothing on earth It was just like nothing on earth |
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from The Stranglers - Bbc Archives: The Stranglers Live At The Hammersmith Odeon '82 [live] (1998)
Somewhere in Africa, somewhere in Rome
People are sleeping awake in their homes Waiting for shepherds to attempt to their sheep Their disappointments they're piled in a corner A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in (It will come in) Turn on the sets and then wait for the show Will he have blond hair and what will he know Will he tell jokes or will he make us cry If we write to him will he send back a reply A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in (It will come in) Like everybody I wait for the day Like everybody I'll send him away He may be ugly and have problem hair Even speak funny and make all the people stare A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in Second coming (It will come in) Second coming (It will come in) Second coming (It will come in) Second coming (It will come in) Second coming (It will come in) Second coming (It will come in) Second coming (It will come in) Second coming Second coming Second coming Second coming Second coming (It It It will come in) Second coming (It It It will come in) Second coming (It It It will come in) Second coming (It It It will come in) Second coming (It It It will come in) |
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from The Stranglers - Bbc Archives: The Stranglers Live At The Hammersmith Odeon '82 [live] (1998)
Dedicated emancipated
Claims she waited her life for her man Loves to pray every day Says she's not frustrated in any way Dressed in a black cotton sack Pledges herself and she never looks back She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she's running running running running running Enlisted sister knows her mister Never two times with the rest of the clan In her eyes you sympathize The afterlife holds a better plan She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she gives up her whole life And she'll never be your wife 'Cause she's got the best lover Better than any other Better than any other She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she's running running running running running Dedicated emancipated Claims she waited her life for her man Loves to pray every day Says she's not frustrated in any way She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she gives up her whole life And she'll never be your wife 'Cause she's got the best lover Better than any other Better than any other Better than any other |
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from The Stranglers - Bbc Archives: The Stranglers Live At The Hammersmith Odeon '82 [live] (1998)
They woke to grey English morning
And to a strange honeymoon The girl who gave him all her love And the man who said it still wouldn't do His parents always worked hard Never went to bed late nd though they were God's own people They're still the ones he loves to hate He never wanted to Suffer this fate All the girls have fallen for The man they love to hate The city is an animal It snores and by day it roars And though he loved to hate it He couldn't live without it's flaws With pastel curtains moaning At a thousand harsh words - then hush The girl she wanted to leave Because she loved the man too much He never wanted to Suffer this fate All the girls have fallen for The man they love to hate His father was a fighter And he practised on his son His mother was just some furniture Who'd lost the will to run The girl she wrote him a farewell note And though he probably didn'y care too much The girl she finally left him Because she loved the man too much |
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from The Stranglers - Bbc Archives: The Stranglers Live At The Hammersmith Odeon '82 [live] (1998)
Came Down On A Monday
Somewhere In The Midlands Tasted Man Tasted Flea COuldn't Tell The Difference Asked Around On Tuesday Got Nothing From A Tree The Guide Had Said What Talks Is Red That's All There Is To See Who Wants The World Who Wants The World Who Wants The World Not Me Not Me Not Me Not Me (Tell Me To Rearrange Your Face Sometime I'd Really Like To Get To Know You Better) Looked Around On Wednesday Took In All The Sights The Promised Land They'd Left To Man Been Ruined Over Night Peering Through Thr Portholes Teardrops In Their Eyes The Ship They Took One Last Look At Thursday Setting Sunrise Who Wants The World Who Wants The World Who Wants The World Not Me Not Me Not Me Not Me Who Wants The World |
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from The Stranglers - Bbc Archives: The Stranglers Live At The Hammersmith Odeon '82 [live] (1998)
Golden brown, texture like sun
Lays me down, with my mind she runs Throughout the night No need to fight Never a frown, with golden brown Every time just like the last On her ship tied to the mast To distant lands Takes both my hands Never a frown with golden brown Golden brown, finer temptress Through the ages she's heading west From far away Stays for a day Never a frown with golden brown (instrumental) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown |
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from The Stranglers - Bbc Archives: The Stranglers Live At The Hammersmith Odeon '82 [live] (1998)
Duch Of The Terrace Never Grew Up
I Hope She Never Will Broken Down TV Sits In The Corner Pictures Standing Still Standing Still Duch Of The Terrace Knows All Her Heritage Says She's Henry's Kid Knows All Her History In The Family Needs A Man God Forbid God Forbid And It Sounds Like An Empty House Standing Still And It's Quieter Than A Mouse Standing Still Duch Of The Terrace Never Grew Up I Hope She Never Will Says She's An Heiress Sits In Her Terrace Says She's Got Time To Kill Time To Kill And The Rodneys Are Queuing Up God Forbid And They All Want To Win The Cup God Forbid Duchess Duchess Duchess Duchess Duchess Duchess And The Rodneys Are Queuing Up God Forbid And The Rodneys Are Queuing Up God Forbid And The Rodneys Are Queuing Up God Forbid |
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from The Stranglers - Bbc Archives: The Stranglers Live At The Hammersmith Odeon '82 [live] (1998)
I love the family
Longer than longevity Mother tells me what to be Taller than the tallest tree I love the family Sister loves me tenderly Sitting on my daddy's knee Let me introduce you to the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family Friends will fall for the family Brother you are dear to me Watch it grow the family tree Can't outrun the family It gets me where I want to be Trough thick and thin it will help me Let me introduce you to the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family Repeat |
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from The Stranglers - Bbc Archives: The Stranglers Live At The Hammersmith Odeon '82 [live] (1998)
Takes the time to stay one place
Though his clothes aren't finest lace Read the lines on a tramp's face Taking his time just like you just like me Wandering so fancy free Searching for love in the call of the wild Travelling lost like a child Law has missed him every day Doesn't need it anyway Life is the next meal away A lost woman long ago Does she miss him does he know? Does it matter in the snow? Taking his time just like you just like me Wandering so fancy free Searching for love in the call of the wild Travelling lost like a child Taking his time just like you just like me Wandering so fancy free Searching for love in the call of the wild Travelling lost like a child |
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from The Stranglers - Bbc Archives: The Stranglers Live At The Hammersmith Odeon '82 [live] (1998)
Fly straight with perfection
Find me a new direction You never realised the things they said We'll never realise until we're dead The ebony embittered souls of children We'll seek another way before too long But will you stop my wind before I'm gone And when you find me all alone Your world has never been my own And when you find me And when you find me all alone Your world has never been my own My friend you're black and when you fly you're wild I am white sometimes I behave just like a child The northern seas are cold but they're our own We'll sail your southern seas before too long When I was a viking My friend he was the raven |
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from The Stranglers - Bbc Archives: The Stranglers Live At The Hammersmith Odeon '82 [live] (1998)
See the little nuclei
Bursting full of information There's a need to regulate Bring it down to cells and plasma Tell you what they're gonna do Started doing it already Got to find something new Looking for it in genetix Found a new game to play Think it's impossible to lose Messing round at playing God Easy way to play genetix Gene regulation "The first law of Segregation States that any gamete male Or female can carry the Determinant gene of only one Pair of alternative characteristics. The second law of free assortment States that in a cross involving One pair of alternative characteristics, The characteristics will segregate In the second filial generation, In the relative proportions of 9, 3, 3, 1" |
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from The Stranglers - (The Gospel According To) The Meninblack (2001)
A woman in Wellington wet her whistle with a wild man
From way back when, She sucked her thumb and she held her head for the man she didn't ken A Nip in Nippon napped a nod and knew a new nomad Near the nearside window of his Mitsubishi His kid was scared he said he thought it was something new Just like nothing on earth Just like nothing on earth Just like nothing on earth (Just like nothing on earth) (Just like nothing on earth) Just ... like ... nothing ... on ... earth On ... earth Just like nothing on earth Just like nothing on earth Just like nothing on earth (Just like nothing on, just like nothing on earth) A man on the main motor mile mesmerised much monkey magic Meandering piecemeal You know UFOs utilise euphoric united ecstatic fantastic Traumatic burning rubber blubber blackout checkout For philandering sons of magic women His brain was blazed and amazed he said he thought it was something new Just like nothing on earth Just like nothing on earth Just like nothing on earth (Just like nothing on earth) (Just like nothing on earth) Just ... like ... nothing ... on ... earth On ... earth Just like nothing on earth Just like nothing on earth It was just like nothing on earth |
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from The Stranglers - (The Gospel According To) The Meninblack (2001)
Somewhere in Africa, somewhere in Rome
People are sleeping awake in their homes Waiting for shepherds to attempt to their sheep Their disappointments they're piled in a corner A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in (It will come in) Turn on the sets and then wait for the show Will he have blond hair and what will he know Will he tell jokes or will he make us cry If we write to him will he send back a reply A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in (It will come in) Like everybody I wait for the day Like everybody I'll send him away He may be ugly and have problem hair Even speak funny and make all the people stare A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in A second co - ming will come in Second coming (It will come in) Second coming (It will come in) Second coming (It will come in) Second coming (It will come in) Second coming (It will come in) Second coming (It will come in) Second coming (It will come in) Second coming Second coming Second coming Second coming Second coming (It It It will come in) Second coming (It It It will come in) Second coming (It It It will come in) Second coming (It It It will come in) Second coming (It It It will come in) |
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from The Stranglers - (The Gospel According To) The Meninblack (2001)
I'm waiting every day I've been watching from my chimney stack
I'm waiting every week I've been hoping that they're coming back I'm seeing all the signs and I'm learning how to bring them back And I'm waiting for the Meninblack (Waiting for the Maninblack) (Waiting for the Meninblack) (Seeking for the Loveinblack) (Seeking for the Meninblack) (Seeking for the Meninblack) (Seeking for the Meninblack) I'm standing on a hill and I'm looking for the glimpse of light I'm clutching my teddy bear if I don't I might die of fright I'm reading all the signs and I'm learning how to bring them back And I'm waiting for the Meninblack (Standing) (Looking) (Watching) (Staring) (Looking) (Clutching) (Standing) (Looking) (Clutching) (Clutching) (Clutching) (Clutching) (Clutching) (Clutching) (Clutching) (Clutching) I'm standing on a hill And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm learning how to bring them back And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm waiting for the Meninblack And I'm waiting (for the meninblack) And I'm waiting (for the meninblack) And I'm waiting (for the meninblack) And I'm waiting (for the meninblack) And I'm waiting (for the meninblack) And I'm waiting (for the meninblack) And I'm waiting |
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from The Stranglers - (The Gospel According To) The Meninblack (2001)
Two sunspots are staring at me
One to the left and one to the right of me Never seen a heat so extraordinaire Just two sunspots so so so scared Just two sunspots Just two sunspots Just two sunspots Spots are burning a hole in my eyes Just two rough round red raw real sunspots Rough to the touch and shy of the air They start a little fire and the weather ain't fair. Just two sunspots Just two sunspots Just two sunspots Just two sunspots Just two sunspots Just two sunspots Better pull the blind down Deny they exist But anything you seen once You're just gonna miss Just two sunspots Just two sunspots Just two sunspots Just two Just two (Just two sunspots) Two more (Just two sunspots) Two more sunspots (Just two sunspots) Just two sunspots (Just two sunspots) Just two sunspots (Just two sunspots) Just two (Just two sunspots) Just two (Just two sunspots) Two more (Just two sunspots) Two more (Just two sunspots) Two more sunspots (Just two sunspots) Just two sunspots (Just two sunspots) Just two sunspots(Just two sunspots) Just two sunspots(Just two sunspots) Just two sunspots(Just two sunspots) |
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from The Stranglers - (The Gospel According To) The Meninblack (2001)
One reported long ago
No one heard and laughed as though It twas some product of mad man's minds Not clear enough to cure the blind And in all the corners of the globe They'll shield their eyes from shining robes Defying science all the laws The like of them not seen before Their gifts much worse than the three kings Rewriting future, changing thoughts And all the battles that we fought Are these the devil, are they four |
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from The Stranglers - (The Gospel According To) The Meninblack (2001)
If ever you had counted
The centuries you threw away And all the lies that you had started And all the chances thrown away If I set sail for new horizons Could I still leave you waiting here I would chase just one set of chances The others would be thrown away Even though we tried time wasn't on our side Then there came the day we threw it all away Thrown away Thrown away Thrown away My winter nights are so much colder Than yours could ever be I wish I hadn't been a traveller I would not have had to go away When all is said and all is over When all is just a memory Our ships will stay for just a moment Leaving false Gods and hypocrisy Even though we tried time wasn't on our side Then there came the day we threw it all away Thrown away Thrown away Thrown away Even though we tried time wasn't on our side Then there came the day we threw it all away Thrown away Thrown away Thrown away Thrown away Thrown away Thrown away Thrown away |
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from The Stranglers - (The Gospel According To) The Meninblack (2001)
After forty years and after forty nights
Making some food for the Israelites Out on a limb inside the Heights Lies a machine out of sight Not much air, breathing still Sleeping mummy who did you kill? They closed your eyes and left you to rust Many prayed for you to turn to dust You need a man from hereabouts To find where you are and dig you out To find where you are and dig you out And just one thing If you're let loose Can you still make cookies in your caboose? Sleeping mummy Sleeping mummy Sleeping mummy who did you kill? And one more thing If you can hear Don't go out again and disappear And one more thing If you can hear Don't go out again and disappear Disappear Disappear Disappear Disappear Disappear Disappear Disappear Disappear Disappear Disappear Disappear Disappear Disappear Disappear |
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from The Stranglers - (The Gospel According To) The Meninblack (2001)
Our men which are above
Hallow to your craft Your craft will come You will have fun On earth as you do above Give us this day some of your manna As this desert is no Savannah Spare us today even if we are no good For your world is better than ours It's got far more knowledge It's got far more power You know the extent of your power It will outlast ours Give us this day some of your manna As this desert is no Savannah Spare us today even if we are no good For your world is better than ours For ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever For ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever For ever and ever For ever and ever For ever and ever For ever and ever For ever and ever For ever and ever For ever and ever For ever and ever For ever and ever For ever and ever For ever and ever For ever and ever For ever and ever For ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever And ever and ever For ever |
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from The Stranglers - (The Gospel According To) The Meninblack (2001)
Sits in his room at night
Flits back and forth round the world As he calls in the moonlight Sees all the empires fall Writes it all down with his pen In free hand once for all He sees something to tell but He's got no one to tell The top secret And he means it All day his mind troubles Him as he cures all the ills Of the world with his knife Centuries pass when he dies And the answers get buried And mistook for life He sees something to tell but He's got no one to tell The top secret And he means it All day his mind troubles Him as he cures all the ills Of the world... |
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from The Stranglers - (The Gospel According To) The Meninblack (2001)
Save a thought for the man in white
He keeps all the lovers lips shut tight He's staying up just to hear you praying tonight Saving sinners Just beginners He'll help to get you there He'll help to get you there He'll help to get you there when you die Talks good and he looks the part Got a PR job that's very smart Got God's phone number stamped on his heart Saving sinners Just beginners He'll help to get you there He'll help to get you there He'll help to get you there when you die Saving sinners Just beginners He'll help to get you there He'll help to get you there He'll help to get you there when you die He's saving sinners Just beginners He'll help to get you there He's almost there |
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from The Stranglers - (The Gospel According To) The Meninblack (2001)
Cant you see, Cant you see, That your rocking the boat, Cant you see, Cant you see, That there isn't any hope,
Cant you see, Cant you see, That our time is growing near, Other worlds other times, Though beneath there hiding fear. But I don't care about tomorrow, I just live for today, I don't know where were going, But there's only one way, TOMORROW WAS Aint you heard, Aint you heard, That bread aint worth a lot, Aint you heard, Aint you heard, That were all going to pot, Aint you seen, Aint you seen, All the people's misery, Whats the point of doing nowt, About all this agoraphy, But I'm not beaten yet people, I guess your not surprised, I wont take no for an answer, You can bet your sweet eyes, TOMORROW WAS THE HEREAFTER Cant you see, Cant you see, That your rocking the boat, Cant you see, Cant you see, That there isn't any hope, Cant you see, Cant you see, That our time is growing near, Other worlds other times, Though beneath there hiding fear. But I don't care about tomorrow, I just live for today, I don't know where were going, But there's only one way, TOMORROW WAS. |
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from The Stranglers - The Rarities (2002)
Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky ?
He got an ice pick That made his ears burn Whatever happened to dear old Lenny ? The great Elmyra, and Sancho Panza ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to all the heroes ? All the Shakespearoes ? They watched their Rome burn Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? No more heroes any more No more heroes any more Whatever happened to all the heroes ? All the Shakespearoes ? They watched their Rome burn Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? No more heroes any more No more heroes any more |
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from The Stranglers - The Rarities (2002)
Strolling along minding my own business
Well there goes a girl and a half She's got me going up and down She's got me going up and down Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches Well I got the notion girl that you got some suntan lotion in that bottle of yours Spread it all over my peelin' skin baby That feels real good All this skirt lappin' up the sun Lap me up Why don't you come on and Lap me up Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches Well there goes another one just lying down on the sand dunes I'd better go take a swim and see if I can cool down a little bit Cause you and me woman We got a lotta things on our minds (you know what I mean) Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches Will you just take a look over there (where?) There Is she tryin' to get outta that clitares? Liberation for women That's what I preach Preacher man Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches Oh shit! There goes the charabang Looks like I'm gonna be stuck here the whole summer Well what a bummer I can think of a lot worse places to be Like down in the streets Or down in the sewer Or even on the end of a skewer |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
I feel like a wog people giving me the eyes
But I was born here just like you I feel like a wog Got all the dirt shitty jobs But everybody's got to have something to do with their time I feel like a wog I don't wanna go home I've got a lot of life to run through I feel like a wog I don't mean you no harm Just don't ask me to shine your shoes Golly gee: Golly gosh Don't call me your Golly Wog Golly gee: Golly gosh Don't call me your Golly Wog Let me tell you about Pimpo We met him down at the After Eight He wanted to sell us some limbo But we said mister You've just got to wait You've got to wait (x3) He wanted to take us down to Sao Paulo But we said mister We ain't got no bread I tried to make him laugh But he didnt get the joke And then he said I wasnt right in the head And then he made me (x3) And then he made me feel And then he made me feel like (x3) You know I feel like (x3) You know I feel like a wog |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
Bitching 'bout the things we've seen
Bitching 'bout the things we've seen Bitching 'bout the loves we've had My oh my! It wasn't so bad When we had that to loosen our minds Hey little baby in the front row be kind (Bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth (Bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed? (Bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new? (Bar bitching) Bar bitching Bitching 'bout the Windsor C Bitching 'bout the Western Sea Why can't you all be like a Grainger man? Or even a Pheland man? I'll tell you what we'll meet in Amsterdam And then you'll see what should be really can (Bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth (Bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed? (Bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new? (Bar bitching) Bar bitching, that's what I'm talking about Got anything to say? No? Well shut up! I really don't know what to say It's gonna happen to us all one day And when it does you have me too But until then I really don't know what to do I'm just gonna keep (Bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth (Bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed? (Bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new? There's a place with a lot of eyes Strange smoke perfume around the peacock guys And the girls, they move their heat To the impulsive compulsive beat But that's another place another time Maybe we'll meet there in quite a short while (Bar bitching) Telling you the gospel truth (Bar bitching) Why don't you all go get screwed? (Bar bitching) Why don't you tell me something new? (Bar bitching) Bar bitching, that's what I'm talking about |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
One, two, three, four!
Haven't I seen you somewhere around before? Haven't I seen you somewhere around before? Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a conkeroonee stringer Wasn't it you said you was into changing the law? Wasn't it you said you was into changing the law? Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a conkeroonee stringer Wasn't it you running around proud of being poor? Wasn't it you running around proud of being poor? Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a dead ringer Then you're a conkeroonee stringer Productivity Credibility Impossibility |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
Dave was from out of town
Manchester's likely too Had read De Sade to Marx More read than me and you Scaffolding pays good bread It pays for drugs and kicks Dave only had one love Had no real need for chicks Dave was so far ahead But now he's dead I'm not going to cry I bet he hit that water high I guess he lost control And welcomed in the night It was too much for him What were his thoughts that night? The River Thames is cold It keeps on flowing on But it left Dave alone It just kept flowing on There's city sickness here But now he's dead Late night a street in the west of the city There was a place there where he lost himself Strange feelings did he feel there Strange people did he meet there Angry sounds did he hear there Like the howling of bulls I'm not going to cry I bet he hit that water high |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
I want to love you like your dad And be your superman I'll show you things you've never had And hold your little hand Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles I'll kiss your zone erogenous There's plenty to explore I've got to lick your little puss and nail you to the floor Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles I go crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya Lemme lemme fuck ya fuck ya lemme lemme fuck ya fuck ya lemme lemme lucky lucky smiles Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles I go crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya Lemme lemme fuck ya fuck ya lemme lemme fuck ya fuck ya Lemme lemme lucky lucky smiles Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles Bring em on There's lots of games that we can play You can turn my tap I'll drip And when the fever reaches you I'm high beneath my zip Bring on the nubiles Bring on the nubiles I go crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya crazy for ya |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
Don't You Like The Way I Move When You See Me?
Don't You Like The Things That I Say? Don't You Like The Way I Seem To Enjoy It? When You Shout Things But I Don't Care Something's Happening And It's Happening Right Now You're Too Blind To See It Something's Happening And It's Happening Right Now Ain't Got Time To Wait I Said Something Better Change I Said Something Better Change I Said Something Better Change I Said Something Better Change Don't You Like The Way I Dance? Does It Bug You? Don't You Like The Cut Of My Clothes? Don't You Like The Way I Seem To Enjoy It? Stick My Fingers Right Up Your Nose Something's Happening And It's Happening Right Now You're Too Blind To See It Something's Happening And It's Happening Right Now Ain't Got Time To Wait I Said Something Better Change I Said Something Better Change I Said Something Better Change I Said Something Better Change |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky ?
He got an ice pick That made his ears burn Whatever happened to dear old Lenny ? The great Elmyra, and Sancho Panza ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to all the heroes ? All the Shakespearoes ? They watched their Rome burn Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? No more heroes any more No more heroes any more Whatever happened to all the heroes ? All the Shakespearoes ? They watched their Rome burn Whatever happened to the heroes ? Whatever happened to the heroes ? No more heroes any more No more heroes any more |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
The day is sticky yellow
The night was so untight The cows go moo moo moo Is everything alright? Baby digit at my face Who's the man with the smile, mum? Do you like it like that? I'm just a peasant in the Big Shitty I'm going real slow But if the light ain't real Then there can't be a hole Not even some red Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? You're not real, oh no, you're not You're not real, oh no, you're not You're not real, oh no, you're not You're not real, oh no, you're not There be a strange garlic here The room is full of fear With empty wavelength touch It's coming in a rush It's coming in a rush It's coming in a rush It's coming in a rush Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? Do you like it like that? I'm just a peasant in the big shitty |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
The Brighton train it goes real soon
My Brighton Belle is in her room It's burning up time Burning up time I wanna burn up while I'm having good times Don't wanna burn up with other people's bad times Like a meteor Like to meet yer The weekend's here the Finchley Boys Are gonna make a lot of noise It's burning up time You either love or you despise There's just no time for compromise The days have gotta move real fast We know that nothing's gonna last |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
There is no love inside of me
I gave it to a thousand girls We build towers of saddened ivory In our English towns The dogs they try to possess us I can hear their anguished cries They build towers of ivory In our English towns I can see their astonished eyes Look the same in any size And their secrets are all the same Seeking pleasure seeking fame No love in a thousand girls No love in a thousand girls |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
A fine day for the classroom and the pupils are here
Julie's got a headache but the others don't care Sarah's got to stay behind and help with the drill Teacher's got his eye on her Moves in for the kill. Nobody can see or hear the things that they do All the books stay closed, there must be something they do Only teacher knows about the subjects they span - span Education's secondary, being a school mam Oooooeeee! Teachers doing fine as far as I can see Being a school mam Long holidays in the summer Being a school mam Free milk in your coffee break Being a school mam Government paid monthly salary cheques Noises heard the principal investigates She turns on all the cameras but it's too late Catches both their pants down in a passion war Hasn't seen it happen since the day she was born Reaching down for glasses that just can't be found By the time she finds them, why their down on the ground Tossing and a turning they've got feverish hands Lead can be so fluid when you're being a school mam Oooooeeee! Teachers doing fine as far as I can see Being a school mam Controlling promiscuity after hours Being a school mam Giving out detentions by the dozen Being a school mam Give her fifty lines (of speed) Being a school mam Sucking on her fingernails she can't believe what she's seeing She's seeing something close to what appears on the screen Locks her door, with trembling hands and her hearts beating very fast She pretends she's down there on the floor in the class Gives herself to teacher although he doesn't know Works herself into a frenzied state and it shows Sarah's almost at the top but try as she can She can't reach her helter skelter Down with the school man Just watch her go and help her try if you can Use your twentieth century imagination - if you've got any Oooooeeee! Now she's at the top and teacher sets her free Being a school mam Disgusting behaviour Being a school mam All over the parquet flooring Being a school mam Letting the flood gates open wide Being a school mam Now the principal collapses dead on the floor With contentment on her wrinkled old face ever more She went out the very best way that an old woman can She was where the action was Down there with the school man Oooooeeee! Teacher never will discover who could see Being a school mam One and one make two if you're very lucky Being a school mam Two twos make four if I remember correctly Being a school mam Four fours make sixteen and sixteen's over age Sixteen and sixteen makes thirty two That's approaching middle age Thirty two and thirty two makes sixty four That's OAP land Sixty four and sixty four makes a hundred and twenty eight A hundred and twenty eight divided by three let me pause for reflection for a second.... But Teacher! Three doesn't go into a hundred and twenty eight exactly, But it goes forty two and a bit Forty three, forty four, forty five, forty six, forty seven Forty eight, forty nine, forty nine, point one, forty nine, point two, forty nine, point three Forty nine, point four, forty nine, point five, forty nine, point six, forty nine, point seven Forty nine, point eight, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, forty nine, point nine, Fifty! |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
And the first commandment reads That human flesh and blood is sacred Until there is no more food The break of day has come I see the cracks have just begun to Line the walls Line the walls Oh won't you see the little girls and boys destroy their toys Line the walls Line the walls What a fate for little gir-ir-irls British boys' minds in a whir-ir-irl Tell you things that'll make your cur-ur-urls Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out For twenty years or more just tell me what we're living for So tell me now Tell me now Frustrated intellect the Government capitulation Follows now Follows now What a fate for little gir-ir-irls British boys' minds in a whir-ir-irl Tell you things that'll make your cur-ur-urls Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out The break of day has come I see the cracks have just begun to Line the walls Line the walls Oh won't you see the little girls and boys desroy their toys Line the walls Line the walls What a fate for little gir-ir-irls British boys' minds in a whir-ir-irl Tell you things that'll make your cur-ur-urls Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out Straighten out (x16 until fade) |
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from The Stranglers - No More Heroes (2003)
I need a dream where I can live what I said I need a place where I can put my bed I need a hole where I'll find darkness now And if you hassle me mister I might just lose my head 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead They came on a Saturday night They killed his cat and the raped his wife And in their eyes there was fear and hate And when they spoke they spoke with knives 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead Some say that I should hate them all But I say that wouldn't help at all I just wanna find those guys that's all I just wanna find those guys that's all that's all that's all 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead The night time comes and the streets they ring With the fears of a thousand things And if you worry 'bout your ports of call You'll never get nothing done at all 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead 5 minutes and you're almost there 5 minutes and you're almost dead Some say that I should hate them all But I say that wouldn't help at all I just wanna find those guys that's all I just wanna find those guys that's all I just wanna find those guys that's all that's all |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
Dedicated emancipated
Claims she waited her life for her man Loves to pray every day Says she's not frustrated in any way Dressed in a black cotton sack Pledges herself and she never looks back She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she's running running running running running Enlisted sister knows her mister Never two times with the rest of the clan In her eyes you sympathize The afterlife holds a better plan She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she gives up her whole life And she'll never be your wife 'Cause she's got the best lover Better than any other Better than any other She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she's running running running running running Dedicated emancipated Claims she waited her life for her man Loves to pray every day Says she's not frustrated in any way She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun She's a non stop nun And she gives up her whole life And she'll never be your wife 'Cause she's got the best lover Better than any other Better than any other Better than any other |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
They crucify you when you get it wrong
When things are fine they put you ahead They laugh at you with your trousers down They pick the stones and aim them at your head When you're alive they won't care what you said What you deserve and all the blood you bled It doesn't matter what you try to hide The sun comes out and then the truth is read Your fans will love you when you're alive But the wreaths are laid by the rest instead When you're alive they won't care what you said What you deserve and all the blood you bled 'Cause everybody loves you when you're dead Kneel and pray by the side of your bed And everybody loves you when you're dead Kneel and pray just like your momma said When you're alive they won't care what you said What you deserve and all the blood you bled You'll turn in your grave at what's gonna be said You'll finally be appreciated 'Cause everybody loves you when you're dead 'Cause everybody loves you when you're dead |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
Takes the time to stay one place
Though his clothes aren't finest lace Read the lines on a tramp's face Taking his time just like you just like me Wandering so fancy free Searching for love in the call of the wild Travelling lost like a child Law has missed him every day Doesn't need it anyway Life is the next meal away A lost woman long ago Does she miss him does he know? Does it matter in the snow? Taking his time just like you just like me Wandering so fancy free Searching for love in the call of the wild Travelling lost like a child Taking his time just like you just like me Wandering so fancy free Searching for love in the call of the wild Travelling lost like a child |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
I love the family
Longer than longevity Mother tells me what to be Taller than the tallest tree I love the family Sister loves me tenderly Sitting on my daddy's knee Let me introduce you to the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family Friends will fall for the family Brother you are dear to me Watch it grow the family tree Can't outrun the family It gets me where I want to be Trough thick and thin it will help me Let me introduce you to the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family/I love the family I love the family Repeat |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
Back up boy forty five feet
Always looking for a freebie Why don't you let up sometime Hawks out here with his axe and me with this lead sheet on Trying to scuffle up those two's and fews For uncle so I can bail out my full orchestration Looks like he got me but this cat wouldn't feed Grass to a horse in a concrete pasture He's so tight he wouldn't buy a pair of shorts for a flea Just look at him n' dig that vine All off tome his strollers look like he's ready to jump He's playing ketchup n' I got to tighten his wig Hold it down n' I'll come up with line two like I said Ain't nothin' to it, just here Ain't nothin' to it, just here Ain't nothin', ain't nothin' to it just here I saw that dinner up the street guzzlin' foam in The drink den and the sharks are droppin' the shucks Like the yellow kid trying to tighten her and Weaving the four f's all around her I nixed her out long ago, man, she's too some-timey She will and she won't She do and she don't always on the fence and Sleeps with her glasses on Man Man Ain't nothin', ain't nothin' to it just here She's faust to me, so skip it and forget it She's faust to me, so skip it and forget it Ain't nothin' to it [Repeat until fade] |
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She's a centre spread special size of the month
She's the one on the wall Watched by him she's scared to move She's very well known only in the one stance She's the girl that survived over a hundred million glances She's the pin up She's always on his mind a Technicolor dream The secret weapon She lives on his locker door She's the girl he dreams of when he's at sea Although she's in 2-D he'd like her at home waiting She's the pin up She's the pin up All over submarines They think she's so serene As a mermaid she don't look much But such a sin could be this year's last year's thing She's a charity gives something for nothing A wall chart for his heart a victim of all his desires Sometimes he dreams of a scratch me scratch me section A rope ladder of hair a Babylon for him to climb She's the pin up She's the pin up All over submarines They think she's so serene As a mermaid she don't look much But such a sin could be this year's last year's thing She's a centrespread special size of the month She's the one on his wall Watched by him she's scared to move She's very well known always in the one stance She's the girl who'll survive over a hundred million glances She's the pin up She's the pin up |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
It only takes two to tango
It only takes two to start the dance You gotta begin with circumstance It takes two to tango It only takes two It only takes two to tango It only takes to to start the war You gotta make do or you gotta get more It take two to tango It only takes two [Chorus] It only took two in ancient history To get to the top of the monkey tree Better wait and see Better wait and see Better wait and see It only takes two to tango It only takes two to start the dance You gotta make do could be your only chance It takes two to tango It only takes two [Chorus] Better wait and see [Repeat: x4] |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
Golden brown, texture like sun
Lays me down, with my mind she runs Throughout the night No need to fight Never a frown, with golden brown Every time just like the last On her ship tied to the mast To distant lands Takes both my hands Never a frown with golden brown Golden brown, finer temptress Through the ages she's heading west From far away Stays for a day Never a frown with golden brown (instrumental) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown) Never a frown (Never a frown) With golden brown (With golden brown |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
Once I knew a man in love with money
He said it solved his worries and his cares The one day I heard him say Something I hear everywhere Once I knew a man in love with power He bought a uniform and he kept it clean Then one day I heard him say There's something he's never seen Tell him how to find true love and happiness In the present day Tell him how to find true love and happiness In the present day Then I know a girl in love with living Didn't like to stay in one place long Then one day I heard her say She'd discovered something's wrong Tell her how to find true love and happiness In the present day Tell her how to find true love and happiness In the present day Repeat Tell him how to find true love and happiness In the present day (X 3) |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
Ton vehicule n'a pas l'air d'avoir de passager
Peux-tu: Veux tu me recevoir Sans trop te deranger? Mes bottes ne feront pas trop d'echos dans ton couloir Pas de bruit avec mes adieux Pas pour nous les moments perdus En attendant un uncertain au-revoir Parce que-j'ai la folie, oui c'est la folie Il etait une fois un etudiant Qui voulait fort, comme en literature Sa copine, elle etait si douce Qu'il pouvait presque, en la management Rejeter tous les vices Repousser tou les mals Detruire toutes beautes Qui par ailleurs, n'avait jamais ete ses complices Parces qu'il avait la folie, oui, c'est la folie Et si parfois l'on fait des confessions A qui les raconter - meme le bon dieu nous a laisse tomber Un autre endroit, une autre vie Eh oui, c'est une autre histoire Mais a qui tou raconter? Chez les ombres de la nuit? Au petit matin, au petit gris Combien de crimes ont ete commis Contre les mensonges et soi disant les lois du coeur Combien sont la a cause de la folie Parce qu'il ont la folie |
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from The Stranglers - La Folie (2003)
One day you see a strange little girl look at you
One day you see a strange little girl feeling blue She'd run to the town one day Leaving home and the country fair Just beware When you're there Strange little girl She didn't know how to live in a town that was rough It didn't take long before she knew she had enough Walking home in her wrapped up world She survived but she's feeling old And she found all things cold Strange little girl Where are you going? Strange little girl Where are you going? Do you know where you could be going? Walking home in her wrapped up world She survived but she's feeling old Cause she found all things cold Strange little girl Where are you going? Do you know where you could be going? |
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from The Stranglers - The Raven (2001)
Fly straight with perfection
Find me a new direction You never realised the things they said We'll never realise until we're dead The ebony embittered souls of children We'll seek another way before too long But will you stop my wind before I'm gone And when you find me all alone Your world has never been my own And when you find me And when you find me all alone Your world has never been my own My friend you're black and when you fly you're wild I am white sometimes I behave just like a child The northern seas are cold but they're our own We'll sail your southern seas before too long When I was a viking My friend he was the raven |
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from The Stranglers - The Raven (2001)
The plastic peaches there
On concrete beaches there You see the leaches there You see the leaches there They're soft marshmallow there It's oh so shallow there In Dead Loss Angeles In Dead Loss Angeles The dedged up mastodon Has got his glasses on He's never seen the shit From the La Brea pit The lunar base camp there With burning midnight lamp They call it frisbeeland It's just a disneyland Android americans Live in the ruins there In Dead Loss Angeles In Dead Loss Angeles The dedged up mastodon Has got his glasses on He's never seen the shit From the La Brea pit From the La Brea pit From the La Brea pit From the La Brea pit From the La Brea pit From the La Brea pit From the La Brea pit They get the tremors there Been given Babylon Plenty of companies Such lonely company I hear a symphony Of lonely timpanis In Dead Loss Angeles In Dead Loss Angeles The dedged up mastodon Has got his glasses on He's never seen the shit From the La Brea pit |
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from The Stranglers - The Raven (2001)
I was never sure of the accurate score
When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen It was just a game with a noble name When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen I didn't have time The aces weren't mine I knew the stakes were high She started melting when I was dealt in I thought I'd just go along for the ride I was never sure of the accurate score When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen Cards were laid and the hand was played When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen I didn't play fair I was beyond care The stakes were getting high She started melting when I was dealt in I thought I'd just go along for the ride I thought I'd just go along for the ride I knew the Ice Queen I knew the Ice Queen I was never sure of the accurate score When I sat in for a hand with the Ice Queen One day I'd win and the next I'd lose When I sat in for the blues with the Ice Queen I didn't play fair I was beyond care The stakes were getting high She started melting when I was dealt in I thought I'd just go along for the ride I knew the Ice Queen I knew the Ice Queen |
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from The Stranglers - The Raven (2001)
See a picturesque decay there
Something for all time to tell See the woman of your dreams there In a baroque bordello Swing doors and a blind venetian Keep her in a walnut shell Has to rub your eyes to bathe you In a baroque bordello All the words are written for you Finds your heaven, finds your hell Finds your love but keeps it hidden In a baroque bordello Seven days and seven nights spent Sleeping in her wishing well Climb her rope and find her trailer In a baroque bordello In a baroque bordello In a baroque bordello Baroque bordello Baroque bordello Baroque bordello Baroque bordello Baroque bordello |
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from The Stranglers - The Raven (2001)
I'm the wizard of aus
And I've got it all planned For my first nuclear device I don't really care about which way you vote 'Cos my gerrymander works out fine I sell desert stretches like a big rubber glove To Japan for a nuclear device Nuclear device Nuclear device Nuclear device If I could get lucky I'd secede from the states I'd buy the country at an incredible rate Brisbane men stay at home at night 'Cos I outlawed all of the vice (outlawed all of the vice) I'm the wizard of aus And I've rolled the streets Dreaming of a nuclear device (nuclear device) If I could get lucky I'd go out on my own And sell Australia the rice (rest of aus' their rice) Nuclear device Nuclear device Nuclear device If I could get lucky I'd secede from the states I'd buy the country at an incredible rate If I could get lucky I'd secede from the states I'd buy the country at an incredible rate If I could get lucky I'd secede from the states I'd buy the country at an incredible rate at an incredible rate at an incredible rate at an incredible rate at an incredible rate at an incredible rate at an incredible rate at an incredible rate at an incredible rate Way down under Australia (Australia) Very different from over here (Australia) Getting rid of Abo's one by one (Australia) Buy cheap land for uranium (Australia) It reminds me of Sweden (Australia) All the animals look so strange (Australia) All victims of a testing range (Australia) Of a testing range (Australia) Of a testing range (Australia) Of a testing range (Australia) Of a testing range (Australia) Of a testing range (Australia) |
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from The Stranglers - The Raven (2001)
Did you hear about the man
Used to live out in Iran He was luxury's greatest fan People ate out of his hand People ate out of his hand Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go Sold the English all their oil Made the people work the soil Thought his kind had got it made But his kind just had to pay to fade But his kind just had to fade Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go Then a priest in Paris France Made the people get up and da da dance Sold cassettes for 60p. Said he'd set the people free We shall see we shall see Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go Shah shah a go go |
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from The Stranglers - The Raven (2001)
> Harry And Me We Live In A Dream
With A Friend Like Him I Don't Need Enemies I Don't Know Where Morning Is It Might Not Come Today That's The Trouble When Harry's Around He Forces Me To Play I Should Have Rufused To Meet This Midnight Cheat He Likes To Prey On My Mind With His Own Special Treat I Don't Know Where Morning Comes It Might Not Come Today Harry Likes To Play All Night I'll Do What Harry Says Don't Bring Harry I Don't Need Him Around Don't Bring Harry I Don't Need Him Around Ahhh... You've Met Harry I Can See By Your Eyes If Once There Was Life There Now There's Compromise Harry Is A Beast Of Luxury He Just Wants My Body And Soul Leaves The Bones Behind Ahhh... You've Met Harry I Can See By Your Eyes If Once There Was Action Now There Is No Life Don't Bring Harry I Don't Need Him Around Don't Bring Harry I Don't Need Him Around |
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from The Stranglers - The Raven (2001)
Duch Of The Terrace Never Grew Up
I Hope She Never Will Broken Down TV Sits In The Corner Pictures Standing Still Standing Still Duch Of The Terrace Knows All Her Heritage Says She's Henry's Kid Knows All Her History In The Family Needs A Man God Forbid God Forbid And It Sounds Like An Empty House Standing Still And It's Quieter Than A Mouse Standing Still Duch Of The Terrace Never Grew Up I Hope She Never Will Says She's An Heiress Sits In Her Terrace Says She's Got Time To Kill Time To Kill And The Rodneys Are Queuing Up God Forbid And They All Want To Win The Cup God Forbid Duchess Duchess Duchess Duchess Duchess Duchess And The Rodneys Are Queuing Up God Forbid And The Rodneys Are Queuing Up God Forbid And The Rodneys Are Queuing Up God Forbid |
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from The Stranglers - The Raven (2001)
We're not here to destroy
We are here to employ We have come to make you function So we can eat at our functions We are the meninblack We are the meninblack We are the meninblack Information can destroy So we'll treat you just like toys Healthy livestock so we can eat Human flesh is porky meat hee hee heeeeeeeeeeeeeee ... We are the meninblack We are the meninblack We are the meninblack We don't approve of artificial food We grow you for our own good First we gave you the wheel Then we made you live to kill So the best stock will survive We eat you all alive We are the meninblack We are the meninblack We are the meninblack We are the meninblack We are the meninblack We are the meninblack We are the meninblack We are the meninblack We are the meninblack We are the meninblack |
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from The Stranglers - The Raven (2001)
See the little nuclei
Bursting full of information There's a need to regulate Bring it down to cells and plasma Tell you what they're gonna do Started doing it already Got to find something new Looking for it in genetix Found a new game to play Think it's impossible to lose Messing round at playing God Easy way to play genetix Gene regulation "The first law of Segregation States that any gamete male Or female can carry the Determinant gene of only one Pair of alternative characteristics. The second law of free assortment States that in a cross involving One pair of alternative characteristics, The characteristics will segregate In the second filial generation, In the relative proportions of 9, 3, 3, 1" |
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from The Stranglers - The Raven (2001)
I work hard, I'm saving my marks
Watch what I do when I swim with the sharks A new race and a new way to race Feel ashamed as I live a disgrace Gee, (G.) I'm (M.) living (B.H.) in a bear cage Gee, (G.) I'm (M.) living (B.H.) in a bear cage They never told me what was the truth Just a young man losing his youth Sell cars, sell meat, selling anything Save up just to live like a king Gee, (G.) I'm (M.) living (B.H.) in a bear cage Gee, (G.) I'm (M.) living (B.H.) in a bear cage Bear cage Bear cage Bear cage Bear cage You can keep your Brussels and Amsterdam Give me back my summer in Dresden, man But they still got peace police over there Drawing lines on a map just to show I'm there Gee, (G.) I'm (M.) living (B.H.) in a bear cage Gee, (G.) I'm (M.) living (B.H.) in a bear cage Bear cage Bear cage Bear cage Bear cage G.M.B.H. x 14 Gee, (G.) I'm (M.) living (B.H.) in a bear cage x 14 to fade |
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from The Stranglers - The Raven (2001)
Fools rush out
Angels got the better of them Fools rush out Hope there's a place in heaven for them One of them wants a home One of them wants to be left alone Fools rush out Fools rush out They called the wolf out too many times One of them wants things to stick on the wall One can't be bothered at all Fools rush out Fools rush out They want to be left alone One of them wants security One of them can't tell the wood from the trees Fools rush out Fools rush out They want to be left alone |
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from The Stranglers - Black And White (2003)
I Can Sign For 1 2 3 or 4
Get 3 Weeks off In A Year Or More Save Up And Get My Very Own SLR 'Cos I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Yes I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Yes I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Yes I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Can You Seen The bullet's high velocity It Can Blow A Man's Arm Off At The Count Of Three If I Get My Hands On One Of Those I'm Something To Watch Out For I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Yes I Can Yes I Can I don't care where They Send Me Now Send Pictures Postcards To My Ol' Mother And Father So When I Come Home They'll Have someone to be proud Of I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Yes I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Yes I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank Yes I Can Drive (Drive) My Very Own Tank |
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from The Stranglers - Black And White (2003)
Somewhere outside Tokyo
Invented time Someone in a factory Invented time If people wanted proof to Carry on they'd like to buy one 50 million watches with a Strap to sell 50 million watches with a Strap to sell If people wanted proof to Carry on they'd like to buy one If they should ever sell out That would be the end of (time) Be the end of (time) Be the end of time |
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