Trade Test Transmissions

The Buzzcocks Trade Test Transmissions Lyrics
1.Do It

Lyricist:Pete Shelley
Writer(s):Pete Shelley

Here again playing the lonely game
Blind as a fool who won't see
Suddenly taking control again
What could be happening to me

My only consolation
Is that someday you'll care
My source of inspiration
You don't get far when you're going nowhere

I can do it, do it, do it till the morning comes
Like the river fills the sea
I can do it,do it,do it like incessant drums
I can do it like the birds and the bees

Hestitate is there no end to it
So tired of living a lie
Time won't wait too late to start again
Wander while wondering why

My only consolation
Is that someday you'll care
Perverse sophistication
You won't get far if you're going nowhere

I can do it, do it, do it till the morning comes
Like the river fills the sea
I can do it, do it, do it like incessant drums
I can do it like the birds and the bees

I can do it, do it, do it till the morning comes
Like the river fills the sea
I can do it, do it, do it like incessant drums
I can do it like the birds and the bees

My only consolation
Is that someday you'll care
My source of inspiration
You don't get far if you're going nowhere

It's not infatuation
To hope that you're the one to care
My final consolation
You won't get far you're going nowhere

I can do it, do it, do it till the morning comes
Like the river fills the sea
I can do it, do it, do it like incessant drums
I can do it like the birds and the bees

I can do it, do it, do it till the morning comes
I can do it, do it, do it,do it
Here again playing the lonely game
Blind as a fool who won't see

Suddenly taking control again
What could be happening to me

My only consolation
Is that someday you'll care
My source of inspiration
You don't get far when you're going nowhere

I can do it, do it, do it till the morning comes
Like the river fills the sea
I can do it, do it, do it like incessant drums
I can do it like the birds and the bees

Hestitate is there no end to it
So tired of living a lie
Time won't wait too late to start again
Wander while wondering why

My only consolation
Is that someday you'll care
Perverse sophistication
You won't get far if you're going nowhere

I can do it, do it, do it till the morning comes
Like the river fills the sea
I can do it, do it, do it like incessant drums
I can do it like the birds and the bees

I can do it, do it, do it till the morning comes
Like the river fills the sea
I can do it, do it, do it like incessant drums
I can do it like the birds and the bees

My only consolation
Is that someday you'll care
My source of inspiration
You don't get far if you're going nowhere

It's not infatuation
To hope that you're the one to care
My final consolation
You won't get far you're going nowhere

I can do it, do it, do it till the morning comes
Like the river fills the sea
I can do it, do it, do it like incessant drums
I can do it like the birds and the bees

I can do it, do it, do it till the morning comes
I can do it, do it, do it, do it


2.Innocent

Writer(s):Pete Shelley

I thought you were so innocent
Until I got my fingers burnt
You think me strange and quite peculiar
Let the first appearance fool ya

Even though you're not my mum
I've got to get my washing done
Who calls the tune must pay the piper
Fix the plug and catch the spider

Something hesitated in the sky
When I found you
Something emanated from your eyes
My dream came true

I love someone who looks like you
The way you do but isn't you
It's still the same sad sordid story
Suffering sinner slave to glory

Now you say you want someone new
I knew you do you left a clue
The vows of love that you've recanted
Say you're taking me for granted

Something hesitated in the sky
When I found you
Something emanated from your eyes
My dream came true

Innocent, innocent

Something hesitated in the sky
When I found you
Something emanated from your eyes
My dream came true

Innocent, innocent

Something hesitated in the sky
When I found you
Something emanated from your eyes
My dream came true

Something hesitated in your eyes
When I found you
Something emanated from the sky
My dream came true


3.Ttt

Writer(s):Pete Shelley

Turn the television on
You've been reading too long
Turn your radios on
And I'll sing you a song

Let's get back to basics
I know just what you need
I'm talented by the way you feel
Flattery's a deed of attraction
It seems you're changing direction to me

Turn the television on
You've been reading too long
Turn your stereo on
And I'll sing you a song

Charity's a good investment
What hard times we're living through
Thinking of us face to face like this
So this is what destiny feels like
Adapt improvise overcome

Turn the television on
You've been reading too long
Turn your radios on
Nothing else is going on

Trade test transmission
Turn the television on
Nothing else is going on

Turn the television on
You've been reading too long
Turn your radios on
I will sing you my song

Trade test transmission
Turn the television on
Nothing else is going on

Trade test transmission
Turn the television on
Nothing else is going on
Turn me on
Turn me on


4.Isolation

Lyricist:Steve Diggle
Writer(s):Steve Diggle

I'm living my life in a separate way
Looking for something from day to day
There is a searchlight in my heart
There's an empty space where nothing grows
There is no life for the rose
Only a shadow in my heart

I'm living in a world of isolation
I'm living in a world of isolation

Well I've watched the waves come and go
And I can never escape from what I know
There is but water on my heart
But I see you in a special way
It's a sensation on what it says
Because we are living world's apart

I'm living in a world of isolation
I'm living in a world of isolation

I'm living in a world of isolation
I'm living in a world of isolation

Isolation, oh yeah
Isolation, yeah
Iso

Living my life in a seperate way
Living on my own from day to day
Under two nations

In isolation
Oh yeah, living under two nations
In isolation
Oh yeah, living under two nations
In isolation


5.Smile

Lyricist:Pete Shelley
Writer(s):Pete Shelley

If I never ever ever get to see you again
Remember it was you that made me smile
You satisfy the need you created
Not for the first time could be for real

And in times of desperation when I needed a friend
Remember it was you that made it all worthwhile
I sometimes try to fake hesitation
Not for the first time I've started to feel

Straight, straight through my heart those arrows fly
Straight, straight through my heart and that's no lie

I don't want to play the innocent you know me too well
You still keep me wondering but I don't know why
You satisfy the need you created
And for the first time I feel so real

Straight, straight through my heart those arrows fly
Straight, straight through my heart and that's no lie

Wait wait for me please don't pass me by
If this world's without you I'd surely die
I'm in the middle of a love without an end
Reality too easy to comprehend

Straight, straight through my heart those arrows fly
Straight, straight through my heart and that's no lie

Wait wait for me please don't pass me by
If this world's without you, I'd surely die
I'm in the middle of a love without an end
Reality too easy to comprehend

Kono yono nani yori ichiban daisuki yo
Remember it was you that made me smile


6.Last To Know

Writer(s):Pete Shelley

Will i be the last to know
I've got this little question for ya
Will i be the last to know
Or is this just my paranoia
Will i be the last to know

I came into your room while you were sleeping
And tip-toed to the bottom of your bed
I held my breath so i could hear you breathing
Love's such a sweet thing

Will i be the last to know
I've got this little question for ya
Will i be the last to know
Or is this just my paranoia
Will i be the last to know

I want to give myself to you completely
I love you more than truth could ever tell
Please promise not to mistreat me or beat me
Just treat me sweetly

Will i be the last to know
I've got this little question for ya
Will i be the last to know
Or is this just my paranoia

What will i discover
Will you turn on me and say
You didn't mean to be unkind
You haven't changed your mind
You've never loved me anyway


I want to give myself to you completely
I love you more than truth could ever tell
Please promise not to mistreat me or beat me
Just treat me sweetly

Will i be the last to know
I've got this little question for ya
Will i be the last to know
Or is this just my paranoia

What will i discover
Will you turn on me and say
You haven't changed your mind
You've never loved me anyway

Will i be the last to know
Will i be the last to know
Will i be the last to know


7.When Love Turns Around

Lyricist:Steve Diggle
Writer(s):Steve Diggle

What do you get when love turns around?
The hate is just a state in your mind
You say that you know me
But some things are hard to find
When love turns around you
When love turns around you

What do you forget when love turns around?
The state is just a hate in your mind
You say that you know me
But some things are easy to find
When love turns around you
When love turns around you

Although your life is plain
Lose as you win it's all the same
When love turns around you
When love turns around you

You say that you know me
But some things are hard to find
When love turns around you
When love turns around you
When love turns around you
When love turns around you

And you, you
And you and you and you and you and you
And you and you and you and you and you


8.Never Gonna Give It Up

Writer(s):Pete Shelley

Hey there you with your head in the sand
I'm try'n'a tell you something you'll understand
I wanna spend my time in a passionate way
These feelings keep on growing inside me day by day

The things you do make me so hot
I'd give you everything i've got to give
Let's cut in two the gordian knot
Release a power much greater than this foolish pride

Oh no i'm never gonna give it up
Oh no i'm never gonna give it up

Hey there you with your head in a cloud
Don't let nobody tell you're not allowed
You'd have no hesitation if only you knew
The sweetness of sensations in store for you

The things you do make me so hot
I'd give you everything i've got to give
Let's cut in two the gordian knot
Release a power much greater than this foolish pride

Oh no i'm never gonna give it up
Oh no i'm never gonna give it up


The things you do make me so hot
I'd give you everything i've got to give
Let's cut in two the gordian knot
Unleash a power much greater than this foolish pride

Oh no i'm never gonna give it up
Oh no i'm never gonna give it up
Oh no i'm never gonna give it up
I'm never ever gonna give it up


9.Energy

Lyricist:Steve Diggle
Writer(s):Steve Diggle

Energy
(Oh, oh)
Well in my mind, yeh
Energy
(Oh,oh)
Wasting so much time, yeh

Energy
(Oh, oh)
Walk in a straight line, yeh
Energy
(Oh, oh)

Killing off my mind and
Wasting so much time
And energy, energy
Killing off my mind
And energy, energy

Oh energy
(Oh, oh)
Before I slow, yeh
Energy
(Oh, oh)

TV overload, yeh
Energy
(Oh, oh)
No where to go,yeh
Energy
(Oh, oh)

Teenage dreams explode and
Wasting all my time
And energy, energy
Killing off my mind
And energy, energy, ooh

Let me dance, let me dance

Wasting all my time
And energy, energy
Killing off my mind
And energy, energy, oh

Energy
(Oh, oh)
Well in my arms, yeh
Energy
(Oh, oh)
Well in my legs, yeh
Energy
(Oh, oh)

Energy
(Oh, oh)
For the right to live, yeh
Energy

Wasting all my time and
Energy
Wasting all my time and
Energy

To take this country
Energy
To take this land
I need energy

To take this country
Energy
To take this land
I need energy

To take this country
Energy
To take this land
I need energy

To take this country
Energy
To take this land
I need energy

To take this country
Energy
To take this land
I need energy


10.Palm Of Your Hand

Writer(s):Pete Shelley

It's not so strange you know to feel like this
I thought of you i knew that you'd understand
I think it's time you know we did more than kiss
Ever fallen in love with the palm of your hand
I've made up my mind as a bull sees red
To get my tail wagged must i sit up and beg

And if you want to brush up on technique
You can read all about it in the book that i found
When the spirit is willing the flesh won't be weak
There's little more to it than just jerking around
I'm hungry for the most perfect of needs
My craving feeds at the palm of your hand

My temperature shoots up to one hundred degrees
It's manual automatic makes me weak at the knees
My craving feeds at the palm of your hand
Executive attention yes the kind that relieves
You've got the instruments of pleasure at the end of your
sleeves
My craving feeds at the palm of your hand
Palm of your hand
The palm of your hand
At the palm of your hand


My temperature shoots up to one hundred degrees
It's manual automatic makes me weak at the knees
My craving feeds at the palm of your hand
Executive attention yes the kind that relieves
You've got the instruments of pleasure at the end of your
sleeves
My craving feeds at the palm of your hand
Palm of your hand
The palm of your hand
At the palm of your hand

It's not so strange you know to feel like this
I thought of you i knew that you'd understand
I think it's time you know we did more than kiss
Ever fallen in love with the palm of your hand
It's practicaly safe not much risk of disease
My craving feeds at the palm of your hand

My temperature shoots up to one hundred degrees
It's manual automatic makes me weak at the knees
My craving feeds at the palm of your hand
Executive attention yes the kind that relieves
You've got the instruments of pleasure at the end of your
sleeves
My craving feeds at the palm of your hand
Palm of your hand
The palm of your hand
At the palm of your hand


11.Alive Tonight

Lyricist:Steve Diggle
Writer(s):Steve Diggle

Ahh, ahh, ahh
Tonight, ahh, ahh

Object movers have done nothing on me
Take me to the party, I just want to feel free
I won't pass the bastard's nightmares into another Sunday
I won't pass the bastard's nightmares into another Sunday

When they asked me want I wanted to do
What kind of job do you think we're due to?
I said, 'I don't know, I just want to feel alive tonight
Well, I don't know, I just want to feel alive tonight'

Remember high life isn't won by degrees
No one understands it, just like your little sneeze
But there is another world where you can't see me
But there is another world where you can't see me

When they asked me want I wanted to do
What kind of job do you think we're due to?
I said. 'I don't know, I just want to feel alive tonight
Well, I don't know, I just want to feel alive tonight'

Tonight, tonight
Well, that's right

When they asked me want I wanted to do
What kind of job do you think we're due to?
I said, 'I don't know, I just want to feel alive tonight
Well, I don't know, I just want to feel alive tonight

To-to-tonight, to-to-tonight

When they asked me
Well, when they asked me
I just want to be alive to
I just want to be alive to

To-to-tonight, to-to-tonight
To-to-tonight, to-to-tonight
To-to-tonight


12.Who'll Help Me To Forget?

Writer(s):Pete Shelley

Now that your love's not real
You leave me lying on my own
I find it kinda rich you know
When something goes to nothing
Then again i guess i should've known

Was it all a waste of time
A game i'm not supposed to win
No matter what i try
It seems to make no difference
I'll just have to start all over again

I'm trying oh so hard to be a man about it
I'd like to see your point of view
But you always refuse to even talk about it
This isn't just a phase i'm going through

Now you've made up your mind
Please tell me why is life so cruel
While you act the lear of love
You have me cast down as the fool
But there is a question
That's still unanswered yet
I said who'll help me to forget

Was it all a waste of time
A game i'm not supposed to win
No matter what i try
It seems to make no difference
I'll just have to start all over again

I'm trying oh so hard to be a man about it
I'd like to see your point of view
But you always refuse to even talk about it
This isn't just a phase i'm going through

Now you've made up your mind
Please tell me why is life so cruel
While you act the lear of love
You have me cast down as the fool
But there is a question
That's still unanswered yet
I said who'll help me to forget
I said who'll help me to forget


I'm trying oh so hard to be a man about it
I'd like to see your point of view
But you always refuse to even talk about it
This isn't just a phase i'm going through

Now you've made up your mind
Please tell me why is life so cruel
While you act the lear of love
You have me cast down as the fool
But there is a question
That's still unanswered yet
I said who'll help me to forget

Now you've made up your mind
Please tell me why is life so cruel
While you act the lear of love
You have me cast down as the fool
But there is a question
That's still unanswered yet
I said who'll help me to forget
I said who'll help me to forget


13.Unthinkable

Lyricist:Steve Diggle
Writer(s):Steve Diggle

Oh, oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable
Oh, oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable

Last night I dreamed that I took your life
We cut it up together with a sharpened knife
Then next night I found a dead horse in your bed
And when I rolled over it was you instead

Oh, oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable
Oh, oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable

Every time you lied, you actually died
Shot in the head, in a cupboard and fried
The next day I came, I was in a frame
Hannibal the Cannibal all over again

Oh, oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable
Oh, oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable

And the wind blows, dreams of my rose

And the wind blows, dreams of my rose

Oh, oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable
Oh, oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable
Oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable
Oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable

Oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable
(Did you do it or did you see?)
Oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable
(Did you do it or did you see?)
Oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable

(Did you do it or did you see?)
Oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable
(Did you do it or did you see?)
Oh, oh, oh, it's unthinkable
(Did you do it or did you see?)


14.Crystal Night

Writer(s):Pete Shelley

I read the news you saw the headlines
I know your secret do you know mine
Somebody said they're getting closer
I guess we don't have all that much time

They're lighting bonfires in the distance
You know somethings in life will never change
So please don't say there was no warning
Just hold on tight it's crystal night again
It's crystal night again

This lot won't stop with just your records
This lot won't stop with all your dirty books
This lot won't stop don't need excuses
Don't like your lifestyle don't like your looks

They're lighting bonfires in the distance
You know somethings in life will never change
But please don't say there was no warning
Just hold on tight it's crystal night again
It's crystal night again

I read the news you're in the headlines
You've sold your secret will you tell mine
I hear a shout they're getting closer
I guess we don't have all that much time

This lot won't stop with just your records
This lot won't stop with all your dirty books
This lot won't stop don't need excuses
Don't like your lifestyle don't like your looks
So please don't say there was no warning
Just hold on tight it's crystal night again
It's crystal night again


15.369

Writer(s):Pete Shelley

I guess it's not my lucky day today oh well
You've been good to me
You make me feel so happy
Can't believe that i deserve it though

Love's more than the silly games you play oh no
Play it casually
No need to get a sweat on
At least not at the moment so

369 all the time
What's the meaning in the number
Somebody tell me
369 through my mind
All i'm getting is a number
Somebody help me please

Take this bitter cup away from me oh oh
It takes two you know
So if you're feeling lonely
Why not start a conversation no no

Another bitter twist of irony ho ho
Not that easily
My heart is on the warpath
I don't need a reservation

369 all the time
What's the meaning in the number
Somebody tell me
369 through my mind
All i'm getting is a number
Somebody help me

369 so sublime
All i'm getting is a number
Somebody tell me
369 for the sixth time
What's this with that number
Somebody help me

Now that you know you have no one
But yourself to blame
No matter which way you look at it
It still looks the same


I guess it's not my lucky day today oh well
You've been good to me
You make me feel so happy
Can't believe that i deserve it though


16.All Over You

I'm a poor man deep in my pocket
But in my heart i'm a millionaire
But a perfect sense of direction
Ain't no use if you're going nowhere

You're like a whacky man's walk on
And you think i have eccentric ideas
Better latent than never
Just that thought keeps me warm through your fears

When you kiss do you keep your eyes open
I'd love to linger on the taste of your tongue
Would our souls be in immanent danger
I can't see how what we could do could be wrong

A sandwich short of a picnic
Trying hard to save the wages of sin
It helps if you think quick
When the razor feels soft to your skin

I wanna be all over all over you
I wanna be all over all over you

Looking for love let me make you an offer
That's as tender as a tender can be
Give me a ring or just drop me a postcard
And turn my fantasy to reality

A nasty stain on the carpet
Perfectly matches all the ones in my bed
Instead of grinding your gusset
Why not give me the pleasure instead

I wanna be all over all over you
I wanna be all over all over you
I wanna be all over all over you
I wanna be all over all over you


You're like a whacky man's walk on
And you think i have eccentric ideas
Better latent than never
Just that thought keeps me warm through your fears

I wanna be all over all over you
I wanna be all over all over you

There's one more thing i just gotta say
The very thought of which drives me insane
You keep saying that we're over again and again and again
I guess i'd better be resigned that you've up your mind
And if you never wanna see me again

I wanna be all over all over you
I wanna be all over all over you
I wanna be all over all over you
I wanna be all over all over you
I wanna be all over all over you
I wanna be all over all over you
I wanna be all over all over you
I wanna be all over all over you


17.Inside(Bonus Track)

Lyricist:Steve Diggle
Writer(s):Steve Diggle

Lots of people talking to you and they know
Inside is another picture show you gotta believe it 'cos
What does it take to take control of the things in your life
What does it take to wake a soul and step inside your mind?

Step inside your life
Step inside your mind
Step inside your life

Lots of people faking, what do they know
Inside and out you've gotta let it grow, you better believe it
'cos
What does it take to win control of the things in your life?
What does it take to dig a hole and step inside your mind?

Step inside your life
Step inside your mind
Step inside your life

You better believe it 'cos
What does it take to win control of the things in your life?
What does it take to dig a hole and step inside your mind

And step inside your life
Step inside your mind
Step inside your life

Step inside your mind
Step inside your life
Step inside your mind

Step, step, step inside your life
Step, step, step inside your mind
Step, step, step inside your life
Step, step, step inside your mind

Step, step, step inside your life
Step, step, step inside your mind
Step, step, step inside your life
Step, step, step inside your mind