Midlife A Beginners Guide To Blur

Blur Midlife A Beginners Guide To Blur Lyrics
1.Beetlebum

Beetlebum
What you've done
She's a gun
Now what you've done
Beetlebum
Get nothing done
You beetlebum just get numb
Now what you've done
Beetlebum

And when she lets me slip away
She turns me on all my violence is gone
Nothing is wrong
I just slip away and I am gone
Nothing is wrong
She turns me on
I just slip away and I am gone

Beetlebum
Because you're young
She's a gun
Now what you've done
Beetlebum
She'll suck your thumb
She'll make you come
Coz, she's your gun
Now what you've done
Beetlebum

And when she lets me slip away
She turns me on all my violence is gone
Nothing is wrong
I just slip away and I am gone
Nothing is wrong
She turns me on
I just slip away and I am gone


2.Girls And Boys

Street's like a jungle
So call the police
Following the herd
Down to Greece
On holiday -
Love in the 90's
Is paranoid
On sunny beaches
Take your chances looking for

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love

Avoiding all work
Because there's none available
Like battery thinkers
Count your thoughts on 1 2 3 4 5 fingers
Nothing is wasted
Only reproduced
Get nasty blisters
Du bist sehr sch,n
But we haven't been introduced

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love


3.For Tomorrow

He's a twentieth century boy,
with his hands on the rails
Trying not to be sick again
and holding on for tomorrow
London ice cracks on a seamless line,
he's hanging on for dear life
And so we hold each other tightly
and hold on for tomorrow
Singing la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Holding on for tomorrow

She's a twentieth century girl,
with her hands on the wheel
Trying not to make him sick again,
seeing what she can borrow
London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes,
but we're lost on the Westway
So we hold each other tightly
and hold on for tomorrow
Singing la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Holding on for tomorrow

Trying not to be sick again
and holding on for tomorrow
She's a twentieth century girl,
hanging on for dear life
So we hold each other tightly
and hold on for tomorrow
Singing la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Holding on for tomorrow

Jim stops and gets out the car,
goes to a house in Emperors gate,
through the door and to his room,
then he puts the TV on,
turns it off and makes some tea,
says 'Modern Life well it's Rubbish',
then Susan comes into the room,
she's a naughty girl with a lovely smile,
says 'Let's take a drive to Primrose Hill,
it's windy there and the view is so nice,
London ice can freeze your toes like anyone I suppose'.


4.Coffee And TV

Do you feel like a chain store?
Practically floored
One of many zeros, kicked around, bored
Your ears are full but you're empty
Holding out your heart
To people who never really care how you are

So give me Coffee and TV
Easily
I've seen so much I'm going blind
And I'm brain-dead, virtually
Sociability
It's hard enough for me
Take me away form this big bad world
And agree to marry me
So we can start over again

Do you go to the country?
It isn't very far
There's people there who will hurt you
'Cause of who you are
Your ears are full of their language
There's wisdom there, you're sure
Till the words start slurring
And you can't find the door

So give me Coffee and TV
Easily
I've seen so much I'm going blind
And I'm brain-dead virtually
Sociability
It's hard enough for me
Take me away form this big bad world
And agree to marry me
So we can start over again

So give me Coffee and TV
Easily
I've seen so much I'm going blind
And I'm brain-dead virtually
Sociability
It's hard enough for me
Take me away from this big bad world
And agree to marry me
So we can start over again

Oh...
We could start over again
Oh...
We could start over again
Oh...
We could start over again
Oh...
We could start over again


5.Out Of Time

Where's the love song,
To set us free?
Too many people down,
Everything turning the wrong way 'round.
And I don't know what love will be.
But if we start dreaming now,
Lord knows we'll never leave the clouds.

And you've been so busy lately
That you haven't found the time
To open up your mind
And watch the world spinning gently out of time.

Feel the sunshine on your face,
It's in a computer now.
Gone are the future, way out in space.

And you've been so busy lately
That you haven't found the time
To open up your mind
And watch the world spinning gently out of time.

And you've been so busy lately
That you haven't found the time
To open up your mind
And watch the world spinning gently out of time.
Tell me I'm not dreaming but are we out of time?
We're out of time.
Out of time (4x)


6.Blue Jeans

Air cushioned soles
I bought them on the Portobello Road on a Saturday
I stop and stare a while
A common pastime when conversation goes astray

But don't think I'm walking out of this
She don't mind
Whatever I say, whatever I say
I don't really want to change a thing
I want to stay this way forever

Blue blue jeans
I wear them every day
There's no particular reason to change
My thoughts are getting banal, I can't help it
But I won't pull out hair another day

But don't think I'm walking out of this
She don't mind
Whatever I say, whatever I say
I don't really want to change a thing
I want to stay this way forever

She don't mind
Whatever I say, whatever I say
I don't really want to change a thing
I want to stay this way forever

You know it will be with you
And don't give up on me yet
Don't think I'm walking out of this
If you don't mind
Whatever I say, whatever I say
I don't really want to change a thing
I want to stay this way forever

If you don't mind
Whatever I say, whatever I say
I don't really want to change a thing
I want to stay this way forever
You know it's to be with you


7.Song 2

I got my head checked
By a jumbo jet
It wasn't easy
But nothing is
No

When I feel heavy-metal
And I'm pins and I'm needles
Well, I lie and I'm easy
All the time but I am never sure
Why I need you
Pleased to meet you

I got my head down
When I was young
It's not my problem
It's not my problem

When I feel heavy-metal
And I'm pins and I'm needles
Well, I lie and I'm easy
All the time but I am never sure
Why I need you
Pleased to meet you


8.Bugman

I am an ex offender
They let me out in the summer
I think I was in a coma
I didn't know what to do
Oh no

You go hang around go round
I'll watch myself hang on
Look out for the Bugman
You go hang around around
I'll watch myself hang on
Look out for the Bugman

I got no sent of existence
I know the nodding dogs
I go out in the city
I stay away from the bugs
Oh yeah

You go hang around around
I watch myself hang on
Look out for the Bugman
You go hang around around
I watch myself hang on
Look out for the Bugman
The bu uh uh ug man


9.He Thought Of Cars

Moscow's still red, the young man is dead
Gone to heaven instead, the evening news says he was confused
The motorways will all merge soon, lottery winner buys the moon
They've come to save us, the space invaders are here
He thought of cars and where, where to drive them
Who to drive them with there, there was no-one, no-one

There's panic at london heathrow
Everybody wants to go up into the blue
But there's a ten year queue
Columbia is in top gear, it shouldn't snow at this time of year
Now america's shot gone and done the lot
He thought of planes and where, where to fly to
Who to drive them with there, there was no-one, no-one

He thought of cars and where, where to drive them
Who to drive them with there, there was no-one, no-one


10.Death Of A Party

The death of the party
Came as no surprise
Why did we bother?
Should have stayed away

Another night and I thought well, well
Go to another party and hang myself
Gently on the shelf

The death of the teenager
Standing on his own
Why did he bother?
Should have slept alone

Another night and I thought well, well
Go to another party and hang myself
Gently on the shelf

Another night and I thought well, well
Go to another party and hang myself
Gently on the shelf


11.The Universal

This is the next century
Where the universal's free
You can find it anywhere
Yes, the future has been sold
Every night we're gone
And to karaoke songs
How we like to sing a long
Although the words are wrong
It really, really, really could happen
Yes, it really, really, really could happen
When the days they seem to fall through you,
well just let them go

No one here is alone, satellites in every home
Yes the universal's here, here for everyone
Every paper that you read
Says tomorrow is your lucky day
It really, really, really could happen
Yes, it really, really, really could happen
When the days they seem to fall through you,
well just let them go

Well, it really, really, really could happen
Yes, it really, really, really could happen
When the days they seem to fall through you,
well just let them go

Well, here's your lucky day


12.Sing

I can't feel cos I'm numb
I can't feel cos I'm numb
What's the worth in all of this?
Sing to me
So what's the worth in all of this
If the child in your head
If the child is dead
Sing to me


13.This Is A Low

And into the sea goes pretty england and me
Around the bay of biscay and back for tea
Hit traffic on the dogger bank
Up the thames to find a taxi rank
Sail on by with the tide and go asleep
And the radio says

This is a low
But it won't hurt you
When you are alone it will be there with you
Finding ways to stay solo

On the tyne forth and cramity
There's a low in the high forties
And saturday's locked away on the pier
Not fast enough dear
On the malin head, blackpool looks blue and red
And the queen, she's gone round the bend
Jumped off land's end

This is a low
But it won't hurt you
When you are alone it will be there with you
Finding ways to stay solo

.....


14.Tender

Tender is the night
Lying by your side
Tender is the touch
Of someone that you love too much
Tender is the day
The demons go away
Lord I need to find
Someone who can heal my mind

Come on, Come on, Come on
Get through it
Come on, Come on, Come on
Love's the greatest thing
Come on, Come on, Come on
Get through it
Come on, Come on, Come on
Love's the greatest thing
That we have
I'm waiting for that feeling
I'm Waiting for that feeling
Waiting for that feeling to come

Oh my baby
Oh my baby
Oh why
Oh my
Oh my baby
Oh my baby
Oh why
Oh my

Tender is the ghost
The ghost I love the most
Hiding from the sun
Waiting for the night to come
Tender is my heart
I'm screwing up my life
Lord I need to find
Someone who can heal my mind

Come on, Come on, Come on
Get through it
Come on, Come on, Come on
Love's the greatest thing
Come on, Come on, Come on
Get through it
Come on, Come on, Come on
Love's the greatest thing
That we have
I'm waiting for that feeling
I'm Waiting for that feeling
Waiting for that feeling to come

Oh my baby
Oh my baby
Oh why
Oh my
Oh my baby
Oh my baby
Oh why
Oh my

Come on, Come on, Come on
Get through it
Come on, Come on, Come on
Love's the greatest thing
Come on, Come on, Come on
Get through it
Come on, Come on, Come on
Love's the greatest thing
That we have
I'm waiting for that feeling
I'm Waiting for that feeling
Waiting for that feeling to come

Oh my baby
Oh my baby
Oh why
Oh my
Oh my baby
Oh my baby
Oh why
Oh my

Tender is the night
Lying by your side
Tender is the touch
Of someone that you love too much
Tender is my heart you know
I'm screwing up my life
Oh Lord I need to find
Someone who can heal my mind

Come on, Come on, Come on
Get through it
Come on, Come on, Come on
Love's the greatest thing
Come on, Come on, Come on
Get through it
Come on, Come on, Come on
Love's the greatest thing
That we have
I'm waiting for that feeling
I'm Waiting for that feeling
Waiting for that feeling to come

Oh my baby
Oh my baby
Oh why
Oh my
Oh my baby
Oh my baby
Oh why
Oh my

Oh my baby
Oh my baby
Oh why
Oh my
Oh my baby
Oh my baby
Oh why
Oh my


15.She's So High

I see her face
Everyday
I see her face
It doesn't help me

I see her face
Everyday
I see her face
It doesn't help me

She's so high
She's so high
She's so high
I want to crawl all over her

She's so high
She's so high
She's so high
I want to crawl all over her

I think of her
Everyday
I think of her
It doesn't help me

I think of her
Everyday
I think of her
It doesn't help me

She's so high
She's so high
She's so high
I want to crawl all over her


16.Chemical World

The pay-me girl has had enough of the bleeps
So she takes a bus into the country
Although she got herself rosy cheeks
She didn't even have anough money to pay the rent

The landlord says that she's out in a week
What a shame, she was just getting comfy
Now she's eating chocolate to induce sleep
And in a chemical world it's very very very cheap

And I don't know about you
But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes
It's been a hell of a do
They'be been putting the holes in, yes, yes

Peeping Thomas has a very nice view
Across the street at the exhibitionist
These townies they never speak to you
Just stick together so they never get lonely

Feeling lead, feeling quite light-headed
Had to sit down and have some sugary tea
In a chemical world, in a chemical world
It's very very very cheap

And I don't know about you
But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes
It's been a hell of a do
They'be been putting the holes in, yes, yes

And I don't know about you
But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes
It's been a hell of a do
They'be been putting the holes in, yes, yes

And I don't know about you
But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes
It's been a hell of a do
They'be been putting the holes in, yes, yes

Until you can see right through


17.Good Song

Waiting, I got no town to hide in
The country's got a hold of my soul
TV's dead and there ain't no war in my head
And you seem very beautiful to me

Sleeping but my works not done
I could be lying on an atom bomb
I'll take care
Cause I know you'll be there
You seem very beautiful to me

It is the rest of your life keeps a rolling and rolling
Picture in my pocket looks like you
It is the rest of your life keeps a rolling, rolling, rolling
along


18.Parklife

Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is
known as (parklife)
And morning soup can be avoided if you take a route straight
through what is known as (parklife)
John's got brewers droop he gets intimidated by the dirty
pigeons they love a bit of it (parklife)
Who's that gut lord marching... you should cut down on your
porklife mate... get some exercise

All the people
So many people
They all go hand in hand
Hand in hand through their parklife

I get up when I want except on wednesdays
when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen (parklife)
I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea
and I think about leaving the house (parklife)
I feed the pigeons I sometimes feed the sparrows too
it gives me a sense of enormous well being (parklife)
And then i'm happy for the rest of the day safe in the knowledge
there will always be a bit of my heart devoted to it (parklife)

All the people
So many people
They all go hand in hand
Hand in hand through their parklife

It's got nothing to do with vorsprung durch technic you know
And it's not about you joggers who go round and round and round
Parklife (parklife)

All the people
So many people
They all go hand in hand
Hand in hand through their parklife

All the people
So many people
They all go hand in hand
Hand in hand through their parklife


19.Advert

It's six o'clock on the dot and I'm half way home
I feel foul-mouthed as I stand and wait for the underground
And a nervous disposition doesn't agree with theis
I need something to remind me that there's something else

You need a holiday somewhere in the sun
With all the people who are waiting
There never seems to be one
Say something, say something else

Advertisements are here for rapid persuasion
If you stare too long you lose your appetite
And a nervous disposition doesn't agree with this
You need fast relief from aches and stomach pains

You need a holiday somewhere in the sun
With all the people who are waiting
There never seems to be one
Say something, say something else

You need a holiday somewhere in the sun
With all the people who are waiting
There never seems to be one
Say something, say something else


20.Popsceene

A fervoured image of another world
Is nothing in particular now
And imitation comes naturally
But I've never really stopped to think how
And everyone is a clever clone
A chrome-covered clone am I
So in the absence of a way of life
I'll repeat this again and again and again

Hey hey, come out tonight
Hey hey, come out tonight
Popscene, alright

I'm leaving town to run away
Run into your twisted arms
No queues and there's no panic there
Just dangling your feet in the grass
My lack of natural lustre now
Seems to be losing me friends
So in the absence of a way of life
I'll repeat this again and again and again
Popscene
Hey hey, come out tonight
Hey hey, come out tonight

Hey hey, come out tonight
Hey hey, come out tonight
Popscene, alright

Hey hey, come out tonight
Hey hey, come out tonight
Popscene, alright


21.Stereotypes

The suburbs they are dreaming, they are a twinkle in her eye
She's been feeling frisky since her husband said goodbye
She wears a low cut t-shirt, runs a little B&B
She's most accommodating when she's in her lingerie
Wife swapping is the future, you know that it would suit you

Yes, they're stereotypes, there must be more to life
All your life you are dreaming and then you stop dreaming
From time to time you know you should be going on another bender

The suburbs they are sleeping but she's dressing up tonight
She likes a man in uniform he loves to wear it tight
They are on the lover's sofa they are on the patio
And when the fun is over watch themselves on video
The neighbours may be staring, but they are just past caring

Yes, they're stereotypes, there must be more to life
All your life you are dreaming and then you stop dreaming
From time to time you know you should be going on another bender
Yes, they're must be more to life, they're stereotypes

Wife swapping is the future, you know that it would suit you
Yes, they're stereotypes, there must be more to life
All your life you are dreaming and then you stop dreaming
From time to time you know you should be going on another bender

Yes, they're stereotypes, there must be more to life
All your life you are dreaming and then you stop dreaming
From time to time you know you should be going on another bender


22.Trimm Trabb

I got no style
I'll take my time
All those losers on the piss again
I dose dose away
That's just the way it is
That's just the way it is
I've got trimm trabb
Like the flash boys have
And I can't go back
Let it flow, let it flow
I sleep alone
I sleep alone

That's just the way it is
Just the way it is
Just the way it is
Just the way it is
Just the way it is
That's just the way it is
I got trimm trabb
Like the flash boys have
And I can't go back
Let it flow, let it flow
I sleep alone
I sleep alone


23.Badhead

So far i've not really stayed in touch
Well you knew as much it's no surprise that today
I'll get up early too from a lack of anything to do

And I might as well just grin and bear it
Because it's not worth the trouble of an argument

And you have not really stayed in touch
Well I knew as much it's no surprise that today
I get up for round two with nothing to do
Except get a touch of flu

And I might as well grin and bear it
Because it's not worth the trouble of an argument
And in any case i'd rather wear it
It's like a badhead in the morning

And I know

And I might as well grin and bear it
Because it's not worth the trouble of an argument
And in any case i'd rather wear it
It's like a badhead in the morning


24.Strange News From Another Star

All I want to be is washed out by the sea
No death star over me
Won't give me any peace
All I want is light relief
Put the crazies on the street
Give them guns and feed them meat
Now shoot the death star down
Dig a hole and put it down
Thousand miles underground

They say it's no game
There's strange news from another star
I'm lost, I'm lost
There's strange news from another star

Give me all your stuff
Until I can't get up
Watch the whole world freeze
Counting tin can in our sleep
Submarines are dining deep
I don't believe in me
I don't believe in me
All I've ever done is tame
Will you love me all the same
Will you love me though
Always the same

They say it's no game
There's strange news from another star
I'm lost, I'm lost
There's strange news from another star


25.Battery In Your Leg

This is a ballad for the good times
So put a battery in your leg
Put a rock beat over anything
Get it stuck there in your head
You can be with me

I got nothing to rely on
I've broken every bone
Everybody's stop believing
But you know you're not alone
You can be with me

This is a ballad for the good times
And all the dignity we had
Don't get het up on the evil things
You ain't coming back
You can be with me
If you want to be
You can be with me....