The Black And White Album

The Hives The Black And White Album Lyrics
1.You Got It All... Wrong

Lyricist:Randy Fitzsimmons

You wanna dance and you really wanna let it go
You want it bad but the style has told you to go
You want it

You do it fast when you really should do it slow
You got it bad and this time I told you, no
You're on it

Hey, it's true but I wanna know
What you had or you did
So, just let it go, oh no

You wanna laugh and you really wanna let him know
You're so relaxed and you really gonna let it show
You want it

You really got what we worked through all the time
But you chose your way and I chose mine
You're on it

Hey, it's true but I wanna know
What you had or you did
So, just let it go

Oh no, remote control but you got it all
Oh no, you stand ten feet tall 'cause you got it all
Oh no, remote control but you got it all
You've got it all but you got it all wrong

We had a laugh but it turned into a don't
We had a life but now I wanna get out
You're on it

I was scared when I made love to you
I put a lid on it and thought, that's it, I'm through
You're on it

Hey, it's true but I wanna know
What you had or you did
So, just let it go

Oh no, remote control but you got it all
Oh no, you stand ten feet tall 'cause you got it all
Oh no, remote control but you got it all
Oh no, you stand ten feet tall 'cause you got it all

(Oh no)
And when I say you lose it, you don't believe it at all
(Oh no)
It's such a long way to fall but the writing's on the wall

(Oh no)
But when I saw you lose it, I can't even recall
(Oh no)
If it was the best of all, your brain, a pigeon-small

Because you got it all
And you got it all
And you got it all
But you got it all wrong


2.Giddy Up!

Lyricist:Randy Fitzsimmons

So in the morning, giddy up
And in the evening, giddy up
We take the matter, giddy up
Back in the saddle, giddy up

When times are hardy, giddy up
We throw a party, giddy up
We climb that ladder, giddy up
Back in the saddle, giddy up

Now look at all the fag, now look at all of us
This town's isn't big enough, not for the both of us
We fight and disagree, we get so tired, see
We just a fusion, baby, be the solution, baby

Our only way to reconcile
Is to get back in the saddle for a little ride
Giddy up now

So in the morning, giddy up
And in the evening, giddy up
We take the matter, giddy up
Back in the saddle, giddy up

When times are hardy, giddy up
We throw a party, giddy up
We climb that ladder, giddy up
Back in the saddle, giddy up

Now look at silly me, now look at silly you
Avoid 'em problem, girl, will only make us sore
But I must say as such that I don't mind too much
Like we fight it hon, ride off in to the sun

Our only way to reconcile
Is to get back in the saddle for a little ride
Giddy up now

So in the morning, giddy up
And in the evening, giddy up
We take the matter, giddy up
Back in the saddle, giddy up

When times are hardy, giddy up
We throw a party, giddy up
We climb that ladder, giddy up
Back in the saddle, giddy up

Giddy up, giddy up
Giddy up, giddy up

Our only way to reconcile
Is to get back in the saddle for a little ride
Giddy up now

So in the morning, giddy up
And in the evening, giddy up
We take the matter, giddy up
Back in the saddle, giddy up

When times are hardy, giddy up
We throw a party, giddy up
We climb that ladder, giddy up
Back in the saddle, giddy up

So in the morning, giddy up
And in the evening, giddy up
We take the matter, giddy up
Back in the saddle, giddy up

When times are hardy, giddy up
We throw a party, giddy up
We climb that ladder, giddy up
Back in the saddle, giddy up

Giddy up, giddy up
Giddy up, giddy up


3.Bigger Hole To Fill

Lyricist:Randy Fitzsimmons

Look out

I pet the cat along the whiskers
And I always go along the grain
You'll never see me in the deep end
If I ain't got nothing to gain
Don't serve the fool or act the donkey
If you allow me to explain

Man who fights for causes worthy of a fool
Is a fool to fights for causes that's the golden rule
I take it to the table, know all know fix know how
But if I'm gonna do it, I ain't gonna do it now

Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No, I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill

Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No, I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill, got a bigger hole to fill

You see, I have a proper education
I use enough to get me by
I got the answers to all problems
But I ain't even gonna try

Work hard and be honest, take chances and stay true
Just add it to the list of things that I ain't gonna do
Wherever there's a question, blurry answer's here to find
I tell ya, I'm gonna help you but I'm gonna change my mind

Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No, I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill

Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No, I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill

Got a bigger hole to fill
I got a bigger hole to fill, oh
Got a bigger hole to fill, ooh
I got no time to spill

He's got no time to spill
He's got a bigger hole to fill
I got a bigger hole to fill
He's got no time to spill
'Cuz I got a bigger hole to fill

Got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill
No, I ain't got no time to spill
I got a bigger hole to fill


4.Tick Tick Boom

Lyricist:Randy Fitzsimmons

Yeah, yeah, yeah
I was right all along
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You come tagging along

Exhibit 'A' on a tray, what you say?
Ends up thrown in your face
Exhibit 'B' what you see, well, that's me
I'll put you back in your place

Yeah, I've done it before
And I can do it some more
So what you waiting for?
Yeah, I was right all along

'Cause I have done it before
And I can do it some more
I've got my eye on the score
I'm gonna cut through the floor

It's too late, it's too soon
Or is it tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
Tick, tick, boom?

Yeah, yeah, yeah
I was right, you were wrong
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Going, going, you're gone

I saw you yesterday, been waiting too much
Until it slipped through your hands
And then you stagger to the feet and out the door
â~Cause there's no second chance

â~Cause I have done it before
And I can do it some more
I've got my eye on the score
I'm gonna cut through the floor

It's too late, it's too soon
Or is it tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
Tick, tick, boom?

And you come crying to me
But it's too late
The man you try hard to be
But it's too late

Get your head out of the sand
But it's too late, it's too late
Too late, too late, too late

Yeah, but it's too late
Yeah, but it's too late
You get your head out of the sand
But it's too late, it's too late, too late

You know I've done it before
And I can do it some more
I've got my eye on the score
I'm gonna cut through the floor

You know I've done it before
And I can do it some more
I've got my eye on the score
I'm gonna cut through the floor

It's too late, it's too soon
It's too late, it's too soon
It's too late, it's too soon
Or is it tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
Tick, tick, boom?


5.Won't Be Long

Lyricist:Randy Fitzsimmons

No bright lights, no big city
Went to my head
And so I won't stick around in this town
No, I'm getting out instead

'Cause I can't find a thing and get it done
Raise my heart and ring my ears
So I won't stick around in this town
That's true

'Cause I won't and I can't
And I don't understand
You become what you hate
Or you hate what you become?

Got me a ticket and I won't be long
'Cause I can't go on and I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
'Cause I can't go on and I gotta get gone away

So I make my way through the quagmire
Rumors glorifying me
You were as, as the detox in this city
So if I may be excused

'Cause I won't and I can't
And I don't understand
You become what you hate
Or you hate what you become?

Got me a ticket and I won't be long
'Cause I can't go on and I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
'Cause I can't go on and I gotta get gone

Got me a ticket and I won't be long
'Cause I can't go on and I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
'Cause I can't go on and I gotta get gone away

Well, I won't be around for the good times
Won't be around for the bad
And I won't stick around in this town
No I'm getting out instead, yeah, yeah, yeah

And I won't and I can't
And I live 'cause I can
And I won't be back again

Well, I got me a ticket and I won't be long
'Cause I can't go on and I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
'Cause I can't go on and I gotta get gone

Got me a ticket and I won't be long
'Cause I can't go on and I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
'Cause I can't go on and I gotta get gone away

And I gotta get gone away
'Cause I gotta get gone away
Gotta get gone away


6.Square One Here I Come

Lyricist:Randy Fitzsimmons

Well, don't have no money 'cause I don't have a job
Don't have a job 'cause I ain't got no skills
Ain't got no skills 'cause I was not trained
I wasn't trained 'cause I didn't go to school

Didn't go to school 'cause nobody told me
Nobody told me 'cause nobody knew shit
Nobody knew shit 'cause nobody knows nothing
Nobody knows nothing and that's just it, what can you do?

You get what's given to you
Square one here I come, here I come square one
Square one here I come, here I come square one

Don't have a home 'cause I don't pay no bills
Don't pay no bills 'cause nobody pays me
Nobody pays me 'cause I don't go to no work
Don't go to no work and that's just it, what can you do?

You get what's given to you
Square one here I come, here I come square one
Square one here I come, here I come square one

I know what you say to me but baby, it can wait
I just stop and take a look around and realize it's too late

No job
No skills
No money
No nothing

No nothing 'cause I want it for free
I want it for free all that is coming to me
So I look real hard for somebody to blame
Somebody to blame or an easy way out

An easy way out 'cause it ain't what's fun
The place that starts with a square
And ends with a one
What can you do?

You get what's given to you
Square one here I come, here I come square one
Square one here I come, here I come square one

Get down, you feel stupid
Don't try, you can't do it
Can't win, don't you forget it
You missed out and get what's given to you

Square one here I come, here I come square one
Square one here I come, here I come square one
Square one here I come, here I come square one
Square one here I come, here I come square one
What's given to you


7.You Dress Up For Armageddon

Lyricist:Randy Fitzsimmons

Hey, believe me, I have seen your sort before
You're all of the history, like dust on the kitchen floor
(Tell me more)
Your lips are moving, you go on and on and on and on and on
You swing your ride, ride baby, ride, ride, don't swing it at me

But it's not for me, no I disagree

'Cause I heard you before when you said
There's a hole in your heart and it's bleeding
You dress up for Armageddon
I dress up for the summer

Hey now, you got their attention
You know, you gotta keep 'em believing
But as a matter of fact, would they believe you
Or not believe you no more
(Tell, tell, tell, tell, tell, tell me more)

I hear you're one in a million
(Tell me more)
But there's a million of you
(Tell, tell me more)
You swing your ride, ride baby, ride, ride, don't swing it at me

But it's not for me, no I disagree

'Cause I heard you before when you said
There's a hole in your heart and it's bleeding
You dress up for Armageddon
I dress up for the summer

Who's that playing with the microphone?
Today he's there, but tomorrow he's gone

But I disagree and I heard you before when you said
There's a hole in your heart and it's bleeding
You dress up for Armageddon
I dress up for the summer

You've been tortured, impaled with the blade
You stay alive that's devoid of meaning
All in all, I'm sick of you, yeah
Man made such a, man made such a bummer


8.Puppet On A String

Lyricist:Randy Fitzsimmons

Like a puppet on a string
You hold on tight, you hold on tight
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
You hold on tight, you hold on tight, you hold on tight

Got your education from just hanging around
You got your brain from a hole in the ground
You come on up look around for a will of your own
But you're mine, yeah

Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string

With porcelain eyes and the mind of the monkey
Rode in to town on the back of what looked like dead donkey
So, I do to you what a puppet master would do
Can you tell? Yeah

Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
It's like a puppet on a string

Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string

You got your education from just hanging around
You got your brain from a hole in the ground
You come on up look around for a will of your own
But you're mine, yeah

Like a puppet on a string
You hold on tight, you hold on tight
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
You hold on tight, you hold on tight, you hold on tight

Like a puppet on a string
You hold on tight, you hold on tight
Like a puppet on a string
Like a puppet on a string
You hold on tight, you hold on tight, you hold on tight


9.Try It Again

Lyricist:Randy Fitzsimmons

Doo wacko

Here is to you, honey
But I'm out of your league
You never gonna pass me
'Cause I'm out of your league
Your league, your league

Lookie here, baby
You're coming my way
But I move like a landslide
So get out of my way and stay away

Up from the floor on the count of ten
Oh you get up, you get down and you try it again

Up and down and around again
Oh, you get up, you get down and you try it again
Up and down and around again
Oh, you get up, you get down and you try it again
Oh, you get up, you get down and you try it again
All right, ooh, ooh, ooh

Time to learn a lesson
Like Pavlov's dog
If same isn't working
Why don't you different instead, instead, instead

Like Samson and Delilah
Attila and the Huns
You're ready for a new round
Don't it look like it's gonna be fun, be fun

Up from the floor on the count of ten
Oh, you get up, you get down and you try it again

Up and down and around again
Oh, you get up, you get down and you try it again
Up and down and around again
Oh, you get up, you get down and you try it again
Oh, you get up, you get down and you try it again

They say, the definition of madness is doing
The same thing and expecting a different result
That's right

Doo wacko, up and down, doo wacko, down and up
Doo wacko, round for round, doo wacko, hit the ground
Doo wacko, up and down, doo wacko
Oh, you get up, you get down and you try it again

Down and up, doo wacko
Oh, you get up, you get down and you try it again
Round for round, doo wacko
Oh, you get up, you get down and you try it again

Hit the ground, doo wacko
Oh, you get up, you get down and you try it again
Oh, you get up, you get down and you try it again
Oh, you get up, you get down and you try it again
Oh, you get up, you get down and you try it again


10.Well All Right!

Lyricist:Randy Fitzsimmons, Pharell Williams

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Well, all right)
I know just what you mean
(Well, all right)
And I know that it might seem

(Well, all right)
Should have better things to do
(Well, all right)
I'm so sick of it, this won't do

First in line but last to know
Move too fast but think too slow
People see me and they go, aah

Whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo
Whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo

(Well, all right)
Everyone's a loser in the modern world
(Well, all right)
Look at all the sad and gloomy little boys and girls

(Well, all right)
All of you got troubles, all of you got woes
(Well, all right)
Shake the chips off your shoulders, here is how it goes

Juggling chainsaws with just one hand
Falling down the stairs with a marching band
Swim across the ocean in a concrete suit
Trying to grow a beard but still look cute

Whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo
Whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo

On and on the world spins round
It's enough to get you down
But I don't worry 'cause sometimes
You just have to, whoo, hoo

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Well, all right)
I know just what you mean
(Well, all right)
And I know that it might seem

(Well, all right)
I should have better things to do
(Well, all right)
I'm so sick of it, this won't do

First in line but last to know
Move too fast but think too slow
People see me and they go, 'xcuse me

Whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo
Whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo, whoo, hoo

Everyone's a loser in the modern world
Look at all the sad and gloomy little boys and girls
I know all you got troubles, all you got is woes
Shake the chips off your shoulders, here is how it goes
Whoo, hoo


11.Hey Little World

Lyricist:Randy Fitzsimmons

It was on a cold dark night, born into this world
They couldn't tell back then, is it a boy or a girl?
Has since been a story of uncertainty
It was claimed by a child that he would never be free

Hey little world, you know what you're getting
Oh please, little world, it's kicking your head in

Whatcha gonna do, anyone of you?
Whatcha gonna do when we come for you?
Anyone of you, whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when we come for you?

Grew up advance to nothing
Live in a house of clay
He didn't know back then
But they liked it that way

He never did what they told him
He never did what they said
Try to tell him your wrong again and
This is what you get?

Hey little world, you know what you're getting
Oh please, little world, it's kicking your head in

Whatcha gonna do, anyone of you?
Whatcha gonna do when we come for you?
Anyone of you, whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when we come for you?

Take it to your mother

Now as the starlets are scraping
Now he's as wide as the sea
And when you look all around you
Here's what you see

All around the bed
He's gonna make sure you heard

Hey little world, you know what you're getting
Oh please, little world, it's kicking your head in

He's got them all lined up and they're ready to go
They're all lined up and that's what he saw
Hey little world, back in the ocean again

Whatcha gonna do, anyone of you?
Whatcha gonna do when we come for you?
Anyone of you, whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when we come for you?

Whatcha gonna do, anyone of you?
Whatcha gonna do when we come for you?

Hey little world, back in the ocean again
I said, hey little world, back in the ocean again


12.T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.

Lyricist:Randy Fitzsimmons, Pharrell L Williams

Welcome

I know that it has been a long time coming
You bought your tickets, you waited in line
You were walking and now you find yourself running
To get closer to the giant neon sign

Allow me to give you a clue

You're looking at black and white
Seeing our name in lights
Gonna make you feel alright
'Cause baby, we're here all night

We rule the world, this is our world
We rule the world, this is our world
T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S., T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.
T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S., T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.

You hold your breath and now it's silent
The humming of the amps is all you hear
Introducing for the fourth time running
'Cause if you don't know we'll make it very clear

Ooh, you know it's true

You're looking at black and white
Seeing our name in lights
Gonna make you feel alright
'Cause baby, we're here all night

We rule the world, this is our world
We rule the world, this is our world
T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S., T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.
T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S., T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.

When you're all ripped up 'round a quarter to ten
Gonna piece you back together by eleven and then
When you sweated it out and you're all soaking wet
Then we'll do it again

And when you're all ripped up 'round a quarter to ten
Gonna piece you back together by eleven and then
When you sweated it out and you're all soaking wet
Then we'll do it again

We rule the world, this is our world
We rule the world, this is our world
T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S., T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.
T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S., T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.


13.Return The Favour

Lyricist:Randy Fitzsimmons

Well, we'd talk and talk and talk about it
But talk would do no good
We have little to next to nothing to talk about

And we'd talk and talk and talk around it
But talk would do no good
We have little to next to nothing to talk about

So, nothing went from nothing then
And then back to the nothing I expected when
I return the favor, back you go home

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Now we can talk and talk and talk about it
Talk until we're blue
It's just a big jug full of stupid passing through

It's like a boxer's goodbye, I'll see you Cassius Clay
In French Muhammad á Oui
Yeah, we have little to next to nothing to talk about

So, nothing went from nothing then
And then back to the nothing I expected when
I return the favor, is it time to go home?

And ah, it's just a waste of time and a waste of space
It's just taproom talk through a drunken haze
I return the favor, guess, it's time to go home

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh

I got my mind made up and it's getting clear
Of better things to do than stay here
I return the favor and leave on my own

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh


14.A Stroll Through Hive Manor Corridors