1.Have You Ever Had It Blue
Have you ever chased the night that sailed in front of you
On a boat that's bound for hope - but left you in the queue
With your shouting, waving, taunting, flaunting friends as crew
Telling you that every lie you ever heard was true
Have you stood upon that deck - have you ever had it blue.
Have you ever woke to find the morning didn't come
Undelivered with the papers - stolen by someone
Found the milkman bound and gagged and shackles ' round the sun
And the holder of the keys turns out to be the one
The girl you had your heart set on - have you ever had it blue.
Have you ever watched the day, passing by your door
Powerless to change its course, your feet fixed to the floor
When all the people you thought you knew are changing more and
more
Even the girl you thought would see, seems only to ignore
The only love worth fighting for - have you ever had it blue
2.How She Threw It All Away
Of all the things that money can buy
Freedoms never cheap
But all the things she needed in life - she had no need to keep.
Of all the things she asked of me
None were ever fun
And i'm no good at acting while - the cameras on the run.
Don't you know - she threw it all away
I wonder how she feels today.
She threw it all away
I wonder if she's there to stay.
I tried, a bit, to change into - something that i'm not
But trying to mould with dynamite is like giving lions spots.
Guess you knew - she threw it all away
Don't shed a tear there's no need to cry.
She threw it all away
I played both parts in the fool and i.
Yes, i know your hurting inside
But i can't stop those tears in your eyes, falling from your
face
Everytime you fall apart
I knew at the start - when it happened again
It was the start of the end for us.
With all the things that money can buy
You'll never be alone
But thankfully you remembered the words
To i 'can't buy me love'.
3.It Didn't Matter
I remember all the early days
Trying to think of the right things to say
I didn't want you to think i was like the rest
Who think they own you just because you've laid with them
It didn't matter - really didn't matter
It didn't matter now we are together
There are crystal hearts just waiting to be smashed
And out to break them are the ones who never last
To soon today and gone tomorrow
And taking with them just another little piece of you
There are those who think its smart
Thinking that they've stole your love and broke your heart
Too much too soon and gone tomorrow
Well my love doesn't need to lend or steal or borrow
4.Life At A Top Peoples Health Farm
Dads gone down the dog track, engels' laying cables
Brothers with his student friends plotting in the stables
They're preparing for power and how to win
I'm covered in solaire and preparing to swim
'old iron! old iron!' - i heard the bobby shout
As he brought his friendly truncheon down with
With a god almighty clout.
Mothers playing bingo, she's hoping for a big win
She buys the daily papers to see how 10% live
My cousins' greatest wish, is to one day buy a farm
And turn it into a health club with top people charm
'any evening, any day' - i'm singing to myself
I'll pack up all my clothes and dough and piss off somewhere
else.
My ol' man was a dust person until he got the shove
Now the iron heel he talked about is backed by the iron glove
Brothers bought new glasses, shaped like leon trotsky's
They look very nice on the mantlepiece, next to the royal family
I'm laying back with the radio on, in time to hear the archer's
An everyday tale of country folk mixed up in prostitution.
Like all good stories with a happy end, which i'll now give to
you
Our cousins wish was granted and so his dream came true
His gas shares doubled, while his telecoms soared
Til he had enough money, to chair his own board
And thank you margaret thatcher, 'may you never come to harm'
He now serves cocktails and lettuce at a top peoples health club
farm.
5.Long Hot Summer
I play out my role
Why i've even been out walking
They tell me that it helps
But i know when i'm beaten
All those lonely films
And all those lonely parties
But now the feeling is off-screen
An' the tears for real not acted, anymore
I'm all mixed up inside
I want to run but i can't hide
And however much we try
We can't escape the truth and the fact is
Don't matter what i do
It don't matter what i do
Don't matter what i do
Don't matter what i do
Don't matter what i do
'cause i end up hurting you
One more covered sigh
And one more glance you know means goodbye
Can't you see that's why
We're dashing ourselves against the rocks of a lifetime
(in my mind different voices call)
What once was pleasure now's pain for us all
(in my heart only shadows fall)
I once stood proud now i feel so small
(i don't know whether to laugh or cry)
The long hot summer just passed me by
6.Money-go-round
It's no good praying to the powers that be
'cause they won't shake the roots of the money tree
No good praying to the pristine alters
Waiting for the blessing with holy water
They like the same old wealth in the same old hands
Means the same old people stay old people stay in command
Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round
They got it wrapped up tight, they got it safe and sound
Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round
As you fall from grace and hit the ground
Too much money in too few places
Only puts a smile on particular faces
Said too much power in not enough hands
Makes me think 'get rich quick; take all i can'
They're too busy spending on the means of destruction
To ever spend a penny on some real construction
Watch the money-go-round; watch the money-go-round
They amuse themselves as they fool around
Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round
Do like they say, make them vulnerable
No good looking to the empire corners,
'civilization' built on slaughter
Carrying hopes and carrying maps
The spinless ones fall in their laps
The brave and the bold are the ones to be fooled
With a diet of lies by the kipling school
Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round
But i just can't help being cynical
Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round
Do like i say, make me wonderful
Their morals are clean and their clear
They bend your arm and they bend your ear
Said they bend your mind as you talk in circles
Bend over forwards, this won't hurt you
Till there's blood in your lap; blood on your hands
Watch the money-go-round; watch the money-go-round
Come spend a penny, go out with a pound
Watch the money-go-round; watch the money-go-round
As you fall from grace and hit the ground
(on the money-go-round, you wanna get on but it won't slow down)
The need your votes and you know where to send 'em
Be we don't get the choice of a public referendum
On all the real issues that affect our lives
Like the usa base to which we play midwife
Take a cruise and forget this scene
Said come back later when the slates wiped clean
Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round
Born of woman, killed by man
Watch the money-go-round; watch your money-go-round
Do like they pray, make it wonderful
The good and righteous sing their hymns
The crimpoline dresses who have no sins
Christians by day, killers in war
The hypocrites who know what they're fighting for
Killing for peace, freedom and truth
But they're too old to go so they send the youth
Watch the money-go-round, watch the money-go-round
I don't think he was an astronaut
Watch the money-go-round, watch the money-go-round
I must insist - he was a socialist!
Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round
They got it wrapped up tight, they got it safe and sound
Watch your money-go-round; watch your money-go-round
As you fall from grace and hit the ground
7.My Ever Changing Moods
Daylight turns to moonlight - and i'm at my best
Praising the way it all works - gazing upon the rest
The cool before the warm
The calm after the storm
I wish to stay forever - letting this be my food
But i'm caught up in a whirlwind and my ever changing moods
Bitter turns to sugar - some call a passive tune
But the day things turn sweet - for me won't be too soon
The hush before the silence
The winds after the blast
I wish we'd move together - this time the bosses sued
But we're caught up in the wilderness and an ever changing mood
Teardrops turn to children - who've never had the time
To commit the sins they pay for through - another's evil mind
The love after the hate
The love we leave too late
I wish we'd wake up one day - an' everyone feel moved
But we're caught up in the dailies and an ever changing mood
Evil turns to statues - and masses form a line
But i know which way i'd run to if the choice was mine
The past is knowledge - the present our mistake
And the future we always leave too late
I wish we'd come to our senses and see there is no truth
In those who promote the confusion for this ever changing mood
8.Promised Land
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Brothers, sisters, one day we'll all be free
From fighting; violence; people crying in the street
When the angels from above
Fall down and spread their wings like doves
We'll walk hand in hand
Sisters, brothers, we'll make it to the promised land
You and i
We'll walk the land
And as one, and as one
We'll take our stand
When the angels from above
Fall down and spread their wings like doves
We'll walk hand in hand
Sisters, brothers, we'll make it to the promised land
9.Shout To The Top!
I was half in mind - i was half in need,
And as the rain came down - i dropped to my knees and prayed
I said 'oh heavenly thing - please cleanse my soul,
I've seen all on offer and i'm not impressed at all'.
I was halfway home - i was half insane,
And every shop window i looked in just looked the same
I said send me a sign to save my life
'cause at this moment in time there is nothing certain in
These day's of mine
Y'see it's a frightening thing when it dawns upon you
That i know as much as the day i was born
And though i wasn't asked (i might as well stay)
And promise myself each and every day - that -
When you're knocked on your back - an' your life's a flop
And when you're down on the bottom there's nothing else
But to shout to the top - shout!
10.Solid Bond In Your Heart
feel is a word i can't explain,
At least not in words that are plain,
That makes it easy to express,
But i'll try to do my best
To hit you were it counts
Please let me try to build
A solid bond in your heart
A solid bond in your heart
I an fuelled by the idea
That the world was made to share
But it never seems to work out
All we seem to share is doubt and misery
Please let me try to build
A solid bond in your heart
A solid bond in your heart
I just want to build
A soild bond in your heart.
Here's whats missing from this life
And the trust you need to ignite
And a dream worth holding dear
When that dreams is so near
But try and try to get it back
Push it to the limit and build
A solid bond in your heart
A solid bond in your heart
Adlib to fade.....
11.Speak Like A Child
Your hair hangs in golden steps
You're a bonafide in every respect
You are walking through streets that mean nothing to you
You believe you're above it and i don't really blame you
Maybe that's why you speak like a child;
The things you're saying like 'i'm so free and so wild'
And i believe it when you look in my eyes;
You offer me a life, and never lies
Least only the kind to make me smile
Your clothes are clean and your mind is productive
It shops in store where only the best buy
You're cool and hard, and if i sound like a lecher
It's probably true,
But at least there's no lecture
I really like it when you speak like a child
The crazy sayings like 'i'm so free and so wild'
You have to make a bargain with me now
A promise that you won't change somehow
No way, now how
Spent all day thinking about you
Spent all night coming to terms with it
Time and conditions are built to tame
Nothing lasts with age, so people say
But i will always try to feel the same
I really like it when you speak like a child
I really like it when you speak like a child
The way you hate the homely rank and the file
The way you're so proud to be oh, so free and so wild
I really like it when you speak like a child
I really like it when you speak like a child
I really like it when you speak like a child
The way you're so proud to be oh, so free and so wild
12.The Lodger's(Or She Was Only A Shopkeeper's Daughter)
No peace for the wicked - only war on the poor
They're batting on pickets - trying to even the score
It's all inclusive - the dirt comes free
And you can be all that you want to be
Oh an equal chance and an equal pay
But equally there's no equal pay
There's room on top - if you tow the line
And if you believe all this you must be out of your mind
There's only room for those the same
Those who play the leeches game
Don't get settled in this place
The lodger's terms are in disgrace
Getcha brains blown out - in a captain's mess
Stand for the queen if you can stand the test
It's all thrown in and the lies come free
And you can be all that they want you to be
Oh if you work hard you can be the boss
But if you don't work at all then that's nobody's loss
There's room on top - if you dig in low
And the idea is what they reap you sow
With an old school tie and a reference
You can cover up crimes in their defence
It's all thrown in and the lies come free
And you can be all that they want you to be
13.Waiting
I don't mind what people say,
They always think the worst anyway
And if i'm wrong i'll pay the price
It's a cost that i don't count as sacrifice
I'm gonna love you anyway
I don't care what people say
I'm gonna love you come what may
I don't care what people say
An opinion held is such demand
But i'd much sooner hold your hand
It's a question of priority
And i think that you would still be here for me
I'd be a fool to bow to their advice
As if their wish were my command
And i would be a fool to say goodbye
To the love that lies waiting, now
14.Walls Come Tumbling Down
You don't have to take this crap
You don't have to sit back and relax
You can actually try changing it
I know we've always been taught to rely
Upon those in authority -
But you never know until you try
How things just might be -
If we came together so strongly
Are you gonna try to make this work
Or spend your days down in the dirt
You see things can change -
Yes an' walls can come tumbling down!
Governments crack and systems fall
'cause unity is powerful -
Lights go out - walls come tumbling down!
The competition is a colour tv
We're on still pause with the video machine
That keep you slave to the h.p.
Until the unity is threatend by
Those who have and who have not -
Those who are with and those who are without
And dangle jobs like a donkey's carrot -
Until you don't know where you are
Are you gonna realize
The class war's real and not mythologized
And like jericho - you see walls can come tumbling down!
Are you gonna be threatend by
The public enemies no. 10 -
Those who play the power game
They take the profits - you take the blame -
When they tell you there's no rise in pay
Are you gonna try an' make this work
Or spend your days down in the dirt -
You see things can change -
Yes an' walls can come tumbling down!
15.Wanted
There's a girl in my office
She keeps on stopping
Right in front of my eyes
Though i try and try
I can't hide anymore
Letting my feelings speak for me
But when i try to speak
My tongue gets weak
I stay the lonely man i am
Why should it be
That my heart's under lock
And i can't find the key
Tell me, why should it seem
That i'm diving inside without making a try
Why oh, well i only want to be wanted
There's a girl in my dreams
Working nights on my scenes
Till she has me in little bits
There's a time and a place
But it moves at a pace
And i can't seem to keep in time
There's a word for the way
But no words can i say
So a lonely man i stay
Why should it be
I confess that it's hard
Turning hopes into dreams but -
Why did i see
You cocoon yourself nights
Finding soup in your flies
Oh, i only to be wanted
Why should it be
That my heart's under lock
And i can't find the key
Tell me, why should it seem
That i'm diving inside without making a try
Why oh, well i only want to be wanted
16.You're The Best Thing
I could be discontent and chase the rainbows end
I might win much more but lose all that is mine
I could be a lot but i know i'm not
I'm content just with the riches that you bring
I might shoot to win and commit the sin
Of wanting more than i've already got
I could runaway but i'd rather stay
In the warmth of your smile lighting up my day
(the one that makes me say, heh)
'cause you're the best thing that ever happened to me or my
world
You're the best thing that ever happened - so don't go away
I might be a king and steal my peoples things
But i don't go for that power crazy way
All that i could rule but i don't check for fools
All that i need is to be left to live my way
(say listen what i say)
I could chase around for nothing to be found
But why look for something that is never there
I may get it wrong sometimes but i'll come back in style
For i realise your love means more than anything
(the song you make me sing - yeah)
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