1.They Don't Know
(kirsty maccoll)
You've been around for such a long time now
Or maybe i could leave you but i don't know how
And why should i be lonely every night
When i can be with you, oh yes you make it right
And i don't listen to the guys who say
That you're bad for me and i should turn you away
Cause they don't know about us
And they've never heard of love
I get a feeling when i look at you
Wherever you go now i wanna be there too
They say we're crazy but i just don't care
And if they keep on talkin' still they get nowhere
So i don't mind if they don't understand
When i look at you and you hold my hand
Cause they don't know about us
And they've never heard of love
Why should it matter to us if they don't approve
We should just take our chances while we've got nothing to lose
Baby
There's no need for living in the past
Now i found good loving gonna make it last
I tell the others don't bother me
Cause when they look at you they don't see what i see
No i don't listen to their wasted lines
Got my eyes wide open and i see the signs
But they don't know about us
And they've never heard of love
No i don't listen to their wasted lines
Got my eyes wide open and i see the signs
But they don't know about us
And they've never heard of love
2.A New England
(billy bragg)
I was twenty-one years when i wrote this song
I'm twenty-two now, but i won't be for long
People ask me when will i grow up to understand
Why the girls i knew at school are already pushing prams
I loved you then as i love you still
Though i put you on a pedestal, you put me on the pill
I don't feel bad about letting you go
I just feel sad about letting you know
I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new england
Are you looking for another girl
I loved the words you wrote to me
But that was bloody yesterday
I can't survive on what you send
Every time you need a friend
I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them, but they were only satellites
It's wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, i wish, i wish you'd care
I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new england
Are you looking for another girl
My dreams were full of strange ideas
My mind was set despite the fears
But other things got in the way
I never asked that boy to stay
Once upon a time at home
I sat beside the telephone
Waiting for someone to pull me through
When at last it didn't ring, i knew it wasn't you
I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new england
Are you looking for another girl
3.There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
(kirsty maccoll／philip rambow)
Oh darling why d'you talk so fast
Another evening just flew past tonight
And now the daybreak's coming in
And i can't win and it ain't right
You tell me all you've done and seen
And all the places you have been without me
Well i don't really want to know
But i'll stay quiet and then i'll go
And you won't have no cause to think about me
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's elvis
Just like you swore to me that you'd be true
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's elvis
But he's a liar and i'm not sure about you
Oh darling you're so popular
You were the best thing new in hicksville
With your mohair suits and foreign shoes
Lou says you changed your pickup for a seville
And now i'm lying here alone
'cause you're out there on the phone to some star in new york
I can hear you laughing now
And i can't help feeling that somehow
You don't mean anything you say at all
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's elvis
Just like you swore to me that you'd be true
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's elvis
But he's a liar and i'm not sure about you
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's elvis
Just like you swore to me that you'd be true
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's elvis
But he's a liar and i'm not sure about you
I said he's a liar and i'm not sure about you
I said he's a liar and i'm not sure about you
I said he's a liar and i'm not sure about you
4.He's On The Beach
(kirsty maccoll／gavin povey)
He was just a friend of mine
I'd run in to from time to time
And long before he moved away
We used to share a taste for wine
Still i never knew that he was sad back then
He said, the time had come for him to take a holiday
And he says it's brilliant there
There's something in the air
And sunshine everywhere
He's on the beach
I know he's changed somehow
He sends us postcards now
I'm not sure where he is, but he is out of reach
When he called me up one day
And said that he was going away
I thought he meant a week in france
And not 12,000 miles to sydney bay
Still he had to take his chances
He said, the time had come, for him, to make a move away
And he says it's brilliant there
There's something in the air
And sunshine everywhere
He's on the beach
I know he's changed somehow
He writes us postcards now
He's on his own again
And he is out of reach (i bet he gets it on the beach)
And i don't blame him
Leaving was the best thing he could do
He longed for changes
I just hope he's happy when he does the things he thinks he has
to do
And he tries, and he tries, yes he tries
But he's a little bit hard on himself
So now he's trying to be someone else
And he says, he says, he says it's brilliant there
There's something in the air
And sunshine everywhere, he's on the beach
I know he's changed somehow
It's in his postcards now
He's on his own again, so far out of reach
And he says it's brilliant there
There's something in the air
And sunshine everywhere, he's on the beach
I know he's changed somehow
It's in his postcards now
He's in australia
So far out of reach
And he says it's brilliant there.
5.Fairytale Of New York
(shane macgowan／j. finer)
It was christmas eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
And then he sang a song
The rare old mountain dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you
Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So happy christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true
They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand
On a cold christmas eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me
You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of new york city
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night
The boys of the nypd choir
Were singing 'galway bay'
And the bells were ringing out
For christmas day
You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy christmas your arse
I pray god it's our last
The boys of the nypd choir
Were singing 'galway bay'
And the bells were ringing out
For christmas day
I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When i first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you
The boys of the nypd choir
Were singing 'galway bay'
And the bells were ringing out
For christmas day
6.Miss Otis Regrets
(cole porter)
Miss otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
Madam
Miss otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
She is sorry to be delayed
But last evening down on lover's lane she strayed
Madam
Miss otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
When she woke up and found that her dream of love was gone
Madam
She ran to the man who had lead her so far astray
And from under her velvet gown
She drew a gun and shot her lover down
Madam
Miss otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
When the mob came and got her and dragged her from the jail
Madam
They strung her upon the old willow across the way
And the moment before she died
She lifted up her lovely head and cried
Madam
Miss otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
Miss otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
Miss otis regrets she's unable to lunch today
7.Caroline
(kirsty maccoll)
She called me up the other day
And left a message on my machine
She called to say you broke her heart
And she'd wondered if i'd seen you
I didn't know what to do, i never called her back
Oh how can i break the news like that
Now i don't want to see caroline
Don't want to see her face when she finds out you're mine
Can't look in her eyes and tell her love is blind
Now i don't want to see caroline
I don't want to see caroline
How can i want you so bad
She has to lose again
How could you walk out on her
And turn to her best friend
It was wrong from the start
I wish i'd turned you away
And my head said go, but my heart, my heart said stay
And now i don't want to see caroline
Don't want to see her cry when she knows you're mine
Can't look in those eyes and tell her she'll be fine
Now i don't want to see caroline
I don't want to see caroline
I'm so ashamed of myself that i still want you
What a terrible thing for a friend to do
I think i've gone too far this time
I leapt across that thin blue line
God help this selfish heart of mine
Now i don't want to see caroline
I can never face caroline
Now i lie here with you, can't get her out my head
Do you think she knows that you share my bed
Well i don't want to see caroline
Don't want to see her face when she finds out you're mine
How could a friend be so unkind
Well i don't want to see caroline
I don't want to see caroline
I don't want to see caroline
I don't want to see caroline
8.Perfect Day
(lou reed)
Just a perfect day
Drink sangria in the park
Then later when it gets dark
We go home
Just a perfect day
Feed animals in the zoo
Then later a movie too
And then home
Oh it's such a perfect day
I'm glad i spent it with you
Such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on
Just a perfect day
Problems all left alone
Weekenders on our own
It's such fun
Just a perfect day
You made me forget myself
I thought i was someone else
Someone good
Oh it's such a perfect day
I'm glad i spent it with you
Such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on
You're gonna reap just what you sow
You're gonna reap just what you sow
You're gonna reap just what you sow
You're gonna reap just what you sow
You're gonna reap just what you sow
9.Angel
(kirsty maccoll)
Love's dreaming
Love's sleeping
And when it wakes again who knows
The company it's keeping
I am dreaming
I am falling
And just before i hit the ground i hear you calling
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Still dreaming
I am flying
And far above my room
I thought i heard you crying
I am calling
Come with me
Come on in and take me by the hand
Come give me what i understand
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Love's dreaming
Love's sleeping
And when it wakes again who knows
The company it's keeping
I am dreaming
I am falling
And just before i hit the ground
I hear you calling
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my house
There's an angel
Floating round this house
There's an angel
Floating round my house
Floating round my heart
There's an angel
Floating round this house
Floating round this heart
Round this head
10.Can't Stop Killing You
(kirsty maccoll／johnny marr)
He blew into town like a paper sack
In a stolen car with a shotgun in the back he said
She can't run now, she can't hide
I'm gonna get her back for her lies lies lies
He taught her how to pout
And he taught her how to tease
And he taught her how to beg
When she fell down to her knees he said
Your face is different
But you're really all the same
I have to teach you a lesson again and again
See i feel no pleasure
And i feel no pain
So what else can i do？
I can't stop killing you
When you're out there in the dark
I'll come rushing through your brain
When you wake up in the morning
I'll be coursing through your veins
When you're swimming in the water
I'm the hand that drags you under
I'm the lightning that strikes you
Just before you hear the thunder
I can't stop killing you
Well she woke up in the bathroom
With her face upon the floor
She said i don't know what i'm doing here
But i've been here before
And the fixit man had fixed her
'cos he's such a little hitler
And he loves the feel of power
That she gives him through her terror
I can't stop killing you
Well she looked into the mirror
And she smoked her cigarette
And she wondered where she'd go now
To find a place she could forget
All the things he said he'd do
I can't stop killing you
When you're out there in the dark
I'll come rushing through your brain
When you wake up in the morning
I'll be coursing through your veins
When you're swimming in the water
I'm the hand that drags you under
I'm the lightning that strikes you
Just before you hear the thunder
I can't stop killing you
11.Titanic Days
(kirsty maccoll／mark e. nevin)
I just know
Though i can't see
But i can feel his hands all over me
His hot breath on me
I can't resist
His rope, my wrists
I never knew there might be days like this
Dream on he says
Dream on he says
Will i be saved
From these titanic days
A violent frenzy
In a none too cheap hotel
He says it's hazy
But i remember it so well
His arms, his face
The way my words got twisted out of place
Dream on he says
Dream on he always says
It's sink or swim
In these titanic days
So hot so hungry
So faretheewell goodbye
I got so angry
Now i sit here and sigh
My love, always
We should rejoice in these titanic days
Dream on he says
Dream on he says
Will i be saved
Will i be saved
Dream on he says
Dream on he says
Do you ever get that sinking feeling？
12.Walking Down Madison
(kirsty maccoll／johnny marr)
Walking down madison - i swear i never had a gun
No i never shot no-one - i was only having fun
Walking down madison - swear i never had a gun
I was philosophizing some
Checking out the bums
See you give 'em your nickels, your pennies and dimes
But you can't give 'em hope in these mercenary times, oh no
And you feel real guilty about the coat on your back
And the sandwich you had, oh no
From an uptown apartment to a knife on the a train
It's not that far
From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement
It's not that far
To the bag lady frozen asleep in the park
Oh no it's not that far
Would you like to see some more？
I can show you if you'd like to
Walking down madison - i swear i never had a gun
No i never shot no-one - wouldn't do it just for fun
Walking down madison - trying to keep my head screwed on
I was philosophizing some
Checking out the nuns
When you get to the corner don't look at those freaks
Keep your head down low and stay quick on your feet, oh yeah
The beaming boy from harlem with the airforce coat
The ones who died
The ones who tried
The ones that sit and gloat
From an uptown apartment to a knife on the a train
It's not that far
From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement
It's not that far
To the bag lady frozen asleep on the church steps
It's not that far
Would you like to see some more？
I can show you if you'd like to
Within every city and town there's a madison
Frozen lives for whom nothing's happening
Hungry children is a mother's dilemma
Dumpster diving to feed her baby emma
So you walk on by like it doesn't affect you
The held out hand that you pay no respect to
Nickels and dimes won't even buy your guilt
Another wino burnt to death in his quilt
It's a cardboard city, newspaper metropolis
The system can't cope or keep on top of this
The authorities come as you're not for display
Do they solve the problem no they move him away
They're in a vicious circle of no fixed abode
The social won't pay 'em the money they're owed
When you've got no money you can't pay rent
Hypothermia kills 'cos the system is bent
From an uptown apartment to a knife on the a train
It's not that far
From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement
It's not that far
To the bag lady frozen asleep in the park
Oh no it's not that far
Would you like to see some more？
I can show you if you'd like to
From an uptown apartment to a knife on the a train
It's not that far
From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement
It's not that far
To the bag lady frozen asleep on the church steps
It's not that far
Would you like to see some more？
I can show you if you'd like to
In the subway sits a vacuous man
His grip on life is a bent tin can
It's a holy shrine where he burns his light
It makes things easy and removes his plight
For an hour or two but he can't escape
They're all penned in with government tape
There are good samaritans who bring the soup
The sally army with their bibles and boots
You can see yourself as it's not too far
One short trip you don't who they are
Till the night comes then it all comes back
Like the smell of patchouli and the armies of rats
It's a shame to be human it's a human shame
It seems we've forgotten we're one and the same
13.My Affair
(kirsty maccoll／mark e.nevin)
When i was just a child
My folks would drive me wild
They'd spy upon my every move
Until it drove me to despair
They told me what to wear
They told me not to cut my hair
But that's all over now
I had to tell them anyhow
It's my affair
Where i go and what i do
It's my affair oh yeah
It's my affair
It's up to me and not to you
It's my affair
That's the way i want to keep it
I kissed the boy in secret
Thrilled me to the very core
I couldn't stop i wanted more and
I didn't hear the door and
They caught me on the floor
With my affair
And when we first got wed
We used to stay in bed
All day and night all night and day
We bedded half our lives away
But that's all over now
We move in higher circles
Chomping through the upper crust
I couldn't see you for the dust
And then you met that girl
Who left you with your money spent
And now it's no concern of yours
If i sleep with the president
It's my affair
And if i don't come home tonight
It's my affair alright
It's my affair
Who i see is up to me
It's my affair
That's how i want to keep it
I kiss the boys in secret
Hiding in the parking lot
Is just as far as i have got but
If the phone should ring and
There's no one there
Then it's my affair
Eso es asunto de ella
Donde va y lo que hace
Well it's all over now
You've seen the last of me
And i don't have to put up with you
Giving me the third degree
So you go on your way
And don't come sneaking round the back door
Trying to get yourself back in
Where you're not wanted anymore
It's my affair
Shoodoloowapbob
Shoodoloowap
It's my affair oh yeah
It's my affair
Who i see is up to me
It's my affair
That's how i want to keep it
I kiss the boys in secret
Making eyes at perfect strangers
I know that it could be dangerous
So if the phone should ring and
There's no one there then it's my affair
Donde va y lo que hace
Si yo vivo mi vida
Feliz y contenta
A nadie eso le importa
Donde va y lo que hace
Si mi queda afuera toda la noche
Es asunto mio
Donde va y lo que hace
Es que sufr？por ese am
Que un d me traicion？
Donde va y lo que hace
Who i see is up to me-o
Es mi asunto a quien yo veo
14.Innocence
(kirsty maccoll／pete glenister)
It wouldn't take a long time
To explain what lies between us
And it wouldn't take a genius
To work out what the scene is
It might just take a pilot
To give you a natural high
But you're sending off those bottletops
For your 'free piece of mind!'
And are you just waving or drowning？
It's so hard to tell when you're so far away
Oh innocence has passed you by
A long long time ago
I was the fly upon your wall
And i saw what you know
Your pornographic priestess left you for another guy
You frighten little children and you always wonder why
Always wonder why
The mercury is rising
And it's not all that surprising
In the land of milk and honey
Where you make 'big money'
And it always keeps the rain off
And it always keeps you dry
But back home the people hate you
And you never did know why
But i think i'm going to tell you
Just give me fifty thousand lire for my thoughts
Oh innocence has passed you by
A long long time ago
I was the fly upon your wall
And i saw what you know
The supermarket checkout girl
Once smacked you in the eye
When you eat no one else does
But you always wonder why
Always wonder why
It would take a gunshot
Just to clear your head awhile
And after all this time
How can you stand there
Look at me and smile？
Now are you just waving or drowning？
It's so hard to tell when you're so far away
Oh innocence has passed you by
A long long time ago
I was the fly upon your wall
And i saw what you know
Degeneration suits you, now i'm going home to cry
You won't be seeing me again
But you'll always wonder why
Always wonder why
15.Free World
(kirsty maccoll)
I thought of you when they closed down the school
And the hospital too
Did they think that you were better？
They were wrong
You had so many friends
They all left you in the end
'cause they couldn't stand the patter
And i'll see you baby when the clans rise again
Women and children united by a struggle
Going down
You've got to walk into the water
With your sister and your daughter
In this free world
If i wore your shades could i share your point of view？
Could i make you feel better？
Paint a picture, write a letter？
Well i know what you're saying
But i see the things you do
And it's much too dangerous
To get closer to you
And i'll see you baby when the clans rise again
Women and children united by the struggle
Going down
With a pocketful of plastic
Like a dollar on elastic
In this free world
(i wouldn't tell you if i didn't care)
And i'll see you baby when the clans rise again
Women and children united by the struggle
And the ghettoes are full of mercedes benz
And you'd never hurt a friend
Who wouldn't tell you
It's cold and it's going to get colder
You may not get much older
You're much too scared of living
And to die is a reliable exit
So you push it and you test it
With 'thunderbird' and 'rivin'
And i'll see you baby when the clans rise again
Women and children united in the struggle
In this free world baby
Got to take it got to grab it
Got to get it up and shag it
In this free world
Going down
You've got to get into the water
Like a lamb goes to the slaughter
In this free world baby
Going down
With a pocketful of plastic
Like a dollar on elastic
In this free world
(i wouldn't tell you if i didn't care)
16.Days
(raymond d. davies)
Thank you for the days
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me
I'm thinking of the days
I won't forget a single day believe me
I bless the light
I bless the light that lights on you believe me
And though you're gone
You're with me every single day believe me
Days i'll remember all my life
Days when you can't see wrong from right
You took my life
But then i knew that very soon you'd leave me
But it's alright
Now i'm not frightened of this world believe me
I wish today could be tomorrow
The night is long
It just brings sorrow let it wait
Thank you for the days
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me
I'm thinking of the days
I won't forget a single day believe me
Days i'll remember all my life
Days when you can't see wrong from right
You took my life
But then i knew that very soon you'd leave me
But it's alright
Now i'm not frightened of this world believe me
Days, thank you for the days
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me
I'm thinking of the days
I won't forget a single day believe me
I bless the light
I bless the light that lights on you believe me
And though you're gone
You're with me every single day believe me
Days
17.Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!
(kirsty maccoll)
Some boys with warm beds and cold, cold hearts
Can make you feel nothing at all
They'll never remember and they'll never mind
If you're counting the cracks in the wall
They're quick and they're greedy
They never feel guilty
They don't know the meaning of hurt
The boots just go back on
The socks that had stayed on
The next time they see you
They treat you like dirt
The next time they treat you like dirt
Now don't come the cowboy with me sonny jim
I know lots of those and you're not one of them
There's a light in your eyes tells me somebody's in
And you won't come the cowboy with me
Don't be too rough on my cold, cold heart
It's all i've got left to me now
I fell out of favour with heaven somewhere
And i'm here for the hell of it now
Some girls play cowboys
And some boys play harder to get
But they're got just the same
They smile and say cheese
They're so eager to please
But they'll never remember your name
The names and the places all change
But don't come the cowboy with me sonny jim
I know lots of those and you're not one of them
There's a light in your eyes tells me somebody's in
And you won't come the cowboy with me
Did somebody tell you i'm lonely as hell？
I didn't expect you to know me so well
If i learned a lesson it's how to bounce back again
Sometimes i bounce off the wall
And sometimes my head hits the floor
So don't come the cowboy with me sonny jim
I know lots of those and you're not one of them
There's a light in your eyes tells me somebody's in
And you won't come the cowboy, oh
Don't come the cowboy with me sonny jim
I know lots of those and you're not one of them
There's a light in your eyes tells me somebody's in
And you won't come the cowboy with me
18.You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
(morrissey／marr)
If you're wondering why
All the love that you long for eludes you
And people are rude and cruel to you
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
But you wouldn't believe me
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You just haven't earned it son
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You must suffer and cry for a longer time
You just haven't earned it yet baby
And i'm telling you now
If you're wondering why
When all i wanted from life was to be famous
I have tried for so long it's all gone wrong
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
I'll tell you why
Today i am remembering the time
When they pulled me back and held me down
And looked me in the eyes and said
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You just haven't earned it son
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You must stay on your own for slightly longer
You just haven't earned it yet baby
And i'm telling you now
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You just haven't earned it son
You just haven't earned it yet baby
You must suffer and cry for a longer time
Suffer and cry
You must suffer and cry for slightly longer
Suffer and cry
You must suffer and cry for a longer time
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