Smart Alex

The Adicts Smart Alex Lyrics
1.Ode to Joy


2.Runaway

Lyricist:Peter Davison, Keith Warren

I hear people talk
I see people walk
They seem so out of touch
I wanna get away so much

All the clockwork toys
Are making too much noise
It's the machinery
It's breaking down, oh can't you see

Run runaway, run runaway
Run runaway with me
Run runaway, run runaway
Run runaway with me

The picture doesn't change
It's just a frozen frame
I wanna break the ice
I wanna go to paradise

There is nowhere to hide
I'll take you for a ride
But not if you kiss and tell
I don't mean on a carousel

Won't you run runaway, run runaway
Run runaway with me
Run runaway, run runaway
Run runaway with me

One day I'm to say my
Three wishes came true
Till then I pretend I'm
Escaping with you, you, you, you

Run runaway, run runaway
Run runaway with me
Run runaway, run runaway
Run runaway with me

Run runaway, run runaway
Run runaway with me
Run runaway, run runaway
Run runaway with me

Run runaway, run runaway
Run runaway with me
Run runaway, run runaway
Run runaway with me

Run runaway, run runaway
Run runaway with me
Run runaway, run runaway
Run runaway with me


3.California

Lyricist:Michael Davison, Peter Davison, Melvin Ellis, Keith Warren

California sun
Shining through the window
Beating up and down
Like a yellow yo-yo
It's just the sun

California
California

Annie's got a gun
She knows how to use it
Points it at the sun
It's a California shoot out
She's got a gun

California
California

California, California
California, California

California, California
California, California

California sunset
Orange skies by day
California dreaming
The California way

Smoke is another stranger
Lying by the pool
Dying to be near you
Ow, we look so cool
Yes, we do

California
California
California
California

California
California
California
California


4.Bad Boy

Lyricist:Michael Davison, Pete Davison, Mel Ellis, Keith Warren

My mama told me off
She said I'd done her wrong
She said I'd been a bad bad boy

She said I make her sad
She said I drive her mad
And now she's takin' all my toys

I've been a bad bad boy
I've been bad
I've been a bad bad boy
I've been bad

And now she keeps me in
I'm paying for my sin
The door is locked, I can't go out

I have apologized
How I've really tried
And not to be a bad boy

I've been a bad bad boy
I've been bad
I've been a bad bad boy
I've been bad

You try to help me out
But all we do is shout
Why should we act this way?

MY love for you is strong
But I keep doing wrong
I'll always be that bad bad boy

I've been a bad bad boy
I've been bad
I've been a bad bad boy
I've been bad

I've been a bad bad boy
I've been bad
I've been a bad bad boy
I've been bad

I've been a bad bad boy
I've been bad
I've been a bad bad boy


5.Crazy

Lyricist:Peter Jon Davison, Keith Warren

It would be good
If we could get out tonight
It would be great
If we could make something happen

We could run a race
Or stand our ground
We could find a place
To hang around

But no one's mad enough, no
No one's bad enough, no
No one's crazy anymore

It would be wild
If we could find a lonely car
It would seem strange
If we could change the regular

We could drive all night
On full headlights
We could speed
Until the day was bright


6.Maybe, Maybe Not

(Instrumental)


7.Smart Alex

Lyricist:Michael Davison, Peter Davison, Keith Warren

I'm Jack, Jack, the lad
I'm a nasty habit
I'm the joker in the pack
I'm the prize exhibit

Alex they call him Alex
Smart boy Alex
They call him Alex

I'm a dreamer, I'm a dream
I'm a fantasy addict
I'm a ghost in a ghost town
I'm a derelict

I'm Jack, the giant killer
I'm your shocking filler
I'm black, I'm white
I'm gay and night


8.Tokyo

Lyricist:Peter Davison, Keith Warren

There's a lot of sexy ladies
(In Tokyo)
Millions who have babies
(In Tokyo)

All that I've been looking for
Is one that's free

Got to go to Tokyo
Got to go to Tokyo

It must be in their cooking
(In Tokyo)
Or the way they bow to me
(In Tokyo)

I find Japanese ladies irresistible

Got to go to Tokyo
Got to go to Tokyo

Got to go to Tokyo
Got to go to Tokyo

Take me on a fast train
(To Tokyo)
Take me on a jet plane
(To Tokyo)

Take me in a wizards chest
Take me there

Got to go to Tokyo
Got to go to Tokyo

I got to go to Tokyo
I got to go to Tokyo
I got to go to Tokyo
I got to go to Tokyo

I got to get to Tokyo
I got to get to Tokyo
I got to get to Tokyo
I got to get to Tokyo


9.Rockin' Wrecker

Lyricist:Michael Davison, Peter Davison, Melvin Ellis, Keith Warren

Late at night hear the call
Of the danger to us all
In the dark he hangs around
In the dark he'll drag you down

He's a rockin' wrecker, he's a rocking man
He's a rockin' wrecker, he's a rocking man

Man, the lifeboat don't go under
Hear him laugh hear the thunder
You can cry, you can weep
He wants to send you to the deep

He's a rockin' wrecker, he's a wrecking man
He's a wreckin' rocker, he's rocking man

Wrecker

End the storm, can you save
Your body from a watery grave?
On the rocks he's hanging around
He just wants to watch you drown

He's a rockin' wrecker, he's a rocking man
He's a rockin' wrecker, he's a rocking man
He's a rockin' wrecker, he's a wrecking man
He's a wreckin' rocker, he's rocking man

He's a rockin' wrecker, he's a rocking man
He's a rockin' wrecker, he's a rocking man
He's a rockin' wrecker, he's a wrecking man
He's a wreckin' rocker, he's rocking man


10.Troubadour

Lyricist:Michael Davison, Peter Davison, Melvin Ellis, Keith Warren

I wonder all over
I wonder alone
Adventure, romance
Many I've known

I'm just a Troubadour
I'm in love with you
I traveled the world
Seen all the girls
I'm in love with you

I'm just a Troubadour
I'm in love with you
I traveled the world
Seen all the girls
I'm in love with you

I know that you know that
I'm looking at you
I'll sing you a story
And this one is true

I look at you
Look at me not a big star
Boys and girl
That's what we are

I'm just a Troubadour
I'm in love with you
I traveled the world
Seen all the girls
I'm in love with you

I'm just a Troubadour
I'm in love with you
I traveled the world
Seen all the girls
I'm in love with you

Troubadour
Troubadour
I traveled the world
Seen all the girls

You know that I love you
You know that I do
Whatever happens
You know I love you

I'm just a Troubadour
I'm in love with you
I traveled the world
Seen all the girls
I'm in love with you

I'm just a Troubadour
I'm in love with you
I traveled the world
Seen all the girls
I'm in love with you

I'm just a Troubadour
What else can I do?
I traveled the world
Seen all the girls
I'm in love with you

I'm just a Troubadour
I'm in love with you
I traveled the world
Seen all the girls
I'm in love with you

I'm just a Troubadour
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you


11.Jelly Baby

You don't like the food
That mummy made
You wouldn't join in
The games we played
Why do you have to be
Such a party pooper
You wouldn't even dance
To Alice Cooper

So small and sweet
So lovely and soft
Come sit with me
I won't bite your head off
I know your name
Sugar and spice
They call you candy
And all things nice


12.You're All Fools

When I go strolling through the crowd
I hear them laughing oh so loud
Ha ha ha ha ha ha! they're laughing
My feelings sometimes better me
Those things I sometimes have to hear
Whoa-ooh-oh whoa-ooh whoa-ooh
I'll cry then!

You're all fools
Can't you see, times are changing
You're so cruel
I know one day you will change, too

I can't get served in cafes or bars
My customs not as good as yours
Hey come on! why don't you serve me!

Sometimes I get so depressed
'cause I don't want to look
Like the rest of you
Woo woo hoo

You're all fools
Can't you see, times are changing
You're so cruel
I know one day, you will change, too

When I go strolling through the crowd
I hear them laughing oh so loud
Ha ha ha ha ha ha! they're laughing
My feelings sometimes bother me
Those things I sometimes have to hear
Whoa-ooh whoa-ooh whoa-ooh
I'll cry then!

You're all fools
Can't you see, times are changing
You're so cruel
I know one day you will change, too

You're gonna change

You're all fools
Can't you see, times are changing
You're so cruel, so cruel so cruel
I know one day you will change, too

You're all fools, you're all fools
Can't you see, times are changing, times are changing
You're so cruel, so cruel, so cruel, so cruel
I know one day you will change, too, I know you'll change
(till ends)