International Velvet

Catatonia International Velvet Lyrics
1.Don't Need The Sunshine

(Powell/Catatonia)
Well it's a most peculiar feeling
Like sunburn in the evening
With dark clouds on their way
And you think it's most unlikely
Life could never shine as brightly
Once the sun has gone and the pressure's on
And the rain is here again
But you don't need the sunshine
Don't need the good times
Don't need anything anyone's giving
And I don't mind your lies so keep on talking
Do you find the change in season
Affects you without reason
You've greetings but nothing more to say
And you swear you'll feel much better
If only summer lasts forever
But the sky is clear and you're nowhere near
And the rain is here again
But you don't need the sunshine
Don't need the good times
Lean on me maybe you could see it through
If you would only believe a single word is true
But you don't need the sunshine
Don't need the good times
Don't need anything anyone's giving
And I don't mind your lies so keep on talking
I thorw away my sunshines
My so-called little lifelines
Do you know what I mean?
When I decided that the answer
Could not be bought across the counter
My sista dista has left for good
And the rain has gone away
But you don't need the sunshine
Don't need the good times
Don't need anything anyone's giving
And I don't mind your lies so keep on talking


2.Game On

You know the time to act is now
Before the sands of time run out
I know that I could never
Fall from grace I'm far too clever
I will achieve my destiny
My stars ascent a certainty
I know that I could never
Fall from grace I'm far too clever
Boy sees. boy takes. boy hooked
And the subject's closed
Worst case scenario becomes real
It don't show
No clever clevers can dissuade
From tougher substance I was made
I know that I could never
Fall from grace I'm farr too clever
Boy sees. boy takes. boy hooked
And the subject's closed
Worst case scenario becomes real
It don't show
You know the time to act is now


3.Goldfish And Paracetamol

A dead loss, no songs
No fun, just glum
Lying next to someone
Don't mention the War
So don't question where we stand
Or where we fall
North, South, East wehre's best
If I head left
It turns out directionless
And needle point aside
I always find
Embroidery leaves me blind
'Cos I'm not too weary to rest
Since I noticed
Coming second best is close to ideal
What fools boredom breeds
So much to do
So many goldfish to feed
And paracetamol
I take them all
They line my stomach wall
With customary thirst
I search a water glass
But gin hits first
Oh don't believe the hype
Expectany will alsways spoil a party
It's tourniquet by crochet
My waters break
Don't drive for pity's sake
'Cos I'm to weary to rest
Since I noticed
Coming second best
Is close to ideal


4.I Am The Mob

I put horse's heads in people's beds
Cause I am the mob
When duty calls, gonna bust some balls
Cause I am the mob
Don't try and tell me it's not one for the money, two for the
money,
three for the money
Am I your Easter Bunny?
Come on
I try my level best, my best to please
But I'm gonna put a bullet between your knees
Baby come on, oh just tell them
Stop blowing the Don, but his keks back on
Cause I am the mob
Stop mucking around with a brand new sound
Cause I am the mob
Don't try and tell me it's not one for the money, two for the
money,
three for the money
Am I your Easter Bunny?
Come on, oh baby come on
I try my level best to please
But I'm gonna put a bullet between your knees
Baby come on, just please tell them
That Luca Brasi ah, he sleeps with the fishes
Missus
I am the mob


5.International Velvet

Deffrwch Cymry cysglyd y gân
dwfn yw'r gwendid
bychan yw y fflam
Creulon yw'r cynhaef
ond per yw'r dôn
'Da' alaw'r alarch unig
yn fy mron
Every day when I wake up
I thank the Lord I'm Welsh
Darganfyddais gwir baradws Rhyl
Gwledd o fedd gynhyrfodd Cymraes swil
Every day when I wake up
I thank the Lord I'm Welsh


6.Johnny Come Lately

I'm sorry you couldn't make it
You could have seen him, so weathered and dated
And I know that you would hate him
If you'd seen his botanical leanings
First prize exhibit and all down to good spirit
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me
If I envied the things that he spoke of
How I envied the things that he thought of
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me
If I told you that I made some time and stayed behind
To find out how to make a garden grow
But he never ever gave away the secret of this godforsaken soil
He didn't need us, just tempted us and teased us
You could have been here, wishing you were here
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me
He was a Johnny Come Lately
And I know that you would hate me
If I told you that I made some time and stayed behind
To find out how to make a garden grow
Where the sun no longer shines
He assured me that the seeds you sold were sound
But I must have cast them all on stony ground
And now the sun won't shine
I must have asked too many questions
And stayed behind to find out how to make a garden grow
But he never gave away the secret of this godforsaken soil


7.Mulder And Scully

I'd rather be liberated, I find myself captivated
Stop doing what you . . . Keep doing it too . . .
I'd rather stay bold and lonely, I dream I'm your one and only
Stop doing what you . . . Keep doing it too . . .
Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange, now I can't sleep alone
I'd rather be jumping ship, I find myself jumping straight in
Stop doing what you . . . Keep doing it too . . .
Forever be dozy and dim, I wake myself thinking of him
Stop doing what you . . . Keep doing it too . . .
My bed is made for two and there's nothing I can do
So tell me something I don't know
If my head is full of you is there nothing I can do?
Must we all march in two by two by two?
Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange, now I can't sleep alone
And as for some happy ending, I'd rather stay single and thin
Stop doing what you . . . Keep doing to me
Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange, now I can't sleep alone here
Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange, now I can't sleep alone
So what have you got to say about that?
And what does someone do without love?
And what does someone do with love?
And what have you got to say about that?


8.My Selfish Gene

(Roberts/Catatonia)
You, me, and destiny
Guess that it was never meant to be
All you did was give me allergy
I'm not looking for your sympathy
My selfish gene
It fills my spleen with bile
And all the while
I thought you gave a damn
You, me, and destiny
I am courted by uncertainty
Lost my will to live unselfishly
Altruism stinks of fallacy
My selfish gene
It fills my spleen with bile
And all the while I thought you gave a damn


9.Part Of The Furniture

(Matthews/Roberts)
I'll be your Baba Papa
I'll be you Baba Papa
If you'll be a Baba Papa to me
I'll be your table and chair
Philippe Starck or Bill Amberg
If you'd be a Baba Papa to me
And I'd be your Angel
Ride you until you're warmer
Be your cradle
Swing you until you fall
I'd be your son and your heir
Destitute but debonair
Though ill advised and ill in debt
I'd never be drained or misled
I saw your dreams and infatuated
With this freedom
You say the words and I could be them
And I'd be your angel
Ride you until you're warmer
Be your cradle
Swing you until you're tired out


10.Road Rage

If all you've got to do today is find peace of mind
come round
You can take a piece of mine
If all you've got to do today is hesitate
come here, you can leave it late with me
You could be taking it easy on yourself
You should be making it easy on yourself
Cos you and I kow, it's all over the front page
You give me road rage
Racing through the best days
And it's you boy driving me crazy
Thinking you may be losing your mind
If all you've got to prove today is your innocence.
Calm down, you're as guilty as can be
If all you've got to lose alludes to yesterday.
Yesterday's through.
Now do anything you please
Repeat Chorus
Space age, road rage, fast lane, minimum wage
Home late, upgrade, short-changed, golden age
Front page, lose face, handmade, space ache
Backstage, outrage, disgraced, maximum weight


11.Strange Glue

(Powell/Catatonia)
It was strange glue that held us together
While we both fell apart at the seams
You said 'Your place or mine
while we've still got the time'
so I played along with your schemes
But I don't have the right to be with you tonight
So please leave me alone with no saviour
I will sleep safe and sound with no one around me
When faced with my demons
I clothe them and feed them
And I smile, yes I smile
As they're taking me over
And if I cannot sleep
For the secrets I keep
It's a price I'm willing to meet
Oh the end of the night
Never comes to quickly for me
Oh the end of the night
Never comes to quickly for me
And if I cannot sleep
For the secrets I keep
It's a price I'm willing to meet
Oh the end of the night
Never comes too quickly for me


12.Why I Can't Stand One Night Stands

You're adament
So loose limbed I give in
Althought your bed is warm
The worn springs creak of regret
And lust is the theif who crept away
While we were sleeping
Now you're doing my head in
The lines, the blinds are drawn
We are intimate strangers
I'm reborn, it's a false dawn
Where we've been I forget
And Saturday's fuss is just small town lust
It's me I'm cheating
Now you're doing my head in