The Kinks Unreleased Songs

1.Little Queenie

I got a lump in my throat
When I saw her walking down the aisle
I got the wiggles in my knees
When she looked at me and sweetly smiled

There she is again standing
Over by the record machine
She's too cute to be a minute
Over seventeen

Meanwhile, I was thinking
She's in the mood, no need to break it
I got a chance, I oughta take it
If she'll dance, we can make it
Come on queenie, let's shake it

Go, go, go, go little queenie
Go, go, go, go little queenie
Go, go, go, go little queenie

Tell me who's the queenie standing
Over by the record machine

Looking like a model on the
Cover of a magazine
She's too cute to be a minute
Over seventeen

Meanwhile, I was still thinkin'
She's in the mood, no need to break it
I got a chance, I oughta take it
If she'll dance, we can make it
Come on queenie, let's shake it

Go, go, go, go little queenie
Go, go, go, go little queenie
Go, go, go, go little queenie


2.Somebody Stole My Car

Lyricist：Ray Davies

That's life in the big city
You beg for mercy but you get no pity
Low-life zero mentality
Vandalized victims of depravity

Fast food, take-out mentality
Where the dogs eat the dogs and the innocent bleed
The city can't cope and the cops don't care
There's fear in the streets and it's a jungle out there

I don't want it, don't want it
Don't want it, don't want it

Somebody stole my car
Somebody stole my automobile
They ripped off the radio and sold the wheels
And if it's happened to you then you know how I feel
Somebody stole my car

Somebody stole my car
I left it parked outside my home
It had a new A／C and a cellular phone
And I'm as sick as a dog 'cause I'm still paying off the loan
Somebody stole my car

That's life in the metropolis
Living on credit and overdrawn interest
Craving commercialized commodities
Everything advertised, stirring up greed

Everyday I wonder why, everyday I can't get away
The city's in debt, up past its ears
Yet we still borrow more and pay it back next year
Now I'm paying for a car that I no longer own
And the next time anybody offers me a loan, I'll say

I don't want it, don't want it
Don't want it, don't want it

Somebody stole my car
It's just been cleaned and I've just had it taxed
It had brand-new stereo speakers in the back
And I call up the cops with a panic attack
Somebody stole my car

Somebody stole my car
I bet they're riding around and running red lights
Got chicks in the back and ballin' all night
While I sit at home getting more uptight
Somebody stole my car

Somebody stole my car
Somebody stole my automobile
They ripped off the radio and sold the wheels
And if it's happened to you then you know how it feels
Somebody stole my car

Don't want it, don't want it
Don't want it, don't want it, don't

Somebody stole my car
Somebody stole my car
Somebody stole my car

That's life in the metropolis
Possessions mean nothing in a world like this
Some punks wanna ride and they see my car
So they take it, shake it, burn it up and break it, hey, that's
my car

Somebody stole my car
Somebody stole my car
Somebody stole my car

Beep beep, beep beep, yeah


3.Days

Lyricist：Raymond Douglas 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 dark
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 shines on you believe me
And though you're gone
You're with me every single day, believe me
Days


4.Everybody's Gonna Be Happy

Lyricist：Ray Davies

And I know, and I know
And I know that ev'rybody
And I know that ev'rybody be happy
As happy as you and me
'Cause I know, I know

Come on baby let me tell you
All the things I wanna say
Come on baby let me tell you
All the things I wanna say, and

Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love

And I know, and I know
And when I see ya walking down the street
Well it makes me happy to see you walkin'
It makes my life complete
'Cause I know, I know

Come on baby let me tell you
All the things I wanna say
Come on baby let me tell you
All the things I wanna say, and

Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love

And I know, and I know
And I know that you and me
And I know that you and me be happy
As happy as we can be
'Cause I know, I know

Come on baby let me tell you
All the things I wanna say
Come on baby let me tell you
All the things I wanna say, and

Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love

Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love

And I know, and I know
And I know, and I know
And I know


5.I Go to Sleep

Lyricist：Ray Davies

When I look up from my pillow I dream you are there with me
Though you are far away I know you'll always be near to me
I go to sleep, sleep and imagine that you're there with me
I go to sleep, sleep and imagine that you're there with me

I look around me and feel you are ever so close to me
Each tear that flows from my eyes brings back memories of you to
me
I go to sleep, sleep and imagine that you're there with me
I go to sleep, sleep and imagine that you're there with me

I was wrong, I will cry, I will love you to the day I die
You alone, you alone and no one else, you were meant for me

When morning comes once more I have the loneliness you left me
Each day drags by until finally night time descends on me
I go to sleep, sleep and imagine that you're there with me
I go to sleep, sleep and imagine that you're there with me


6.Celluloid Heroes - (Celluloid Heroes)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
And everybody's in movies, it doesn't matter who you are
There are stars in every city
In every house and on every street
And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Their names are written in concrete

Don't step on Greta Garbo as you walk down the Boulevard
She looks so weak and fragile that's why she tried to be so hard
But they turned her into a princess
And they sat her on a throne
But she turned her back on stardom
Because she wanted to be alone

You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain

Rudolph Valentino, looks very much alive
And he looks up ladies' dresses as they sadly pass him by
Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi
'Cause he's liable to turn and bite
But stand close by Bette Davis
Because hers was such a lonely life

If you covered him with garbage
George Sanders would still have style
And if you stamped on Mickey Rooney
He would still turn round and smile
But please don't tread on dearest Marilyn
'Cause she's not very tough
She should have been made of iron or steel
But she was only made of flesh and blood

You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain

Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
And everybody's in show biz, it doesn't matter who you are
And those who are successful
Be always on your guard
Success walks hand in hand with failure
Along Hollywood Boulevard

I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die

You can see all the stars as you walk along Hollywood Boulevard
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain

Oh celluloid heroes never feel any pain
Oh celluloid heroes never really die

I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die


7.Lola (Live)

Lyricist：Raymond Douglas Davies

Lo-lo-lo-lo Lola, lo-lo-lo-lo Lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola


8.Only A Dream

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Standing by the elevator
Feeling gloomy and down
Waiting for the flashing light
To lift me up from the ground

Then the elevator opened
And I saw her standing there
She had to be a young executive
She looked so corporate and clean

And I thought I'd seen her somewhere before
On the cover of a magazine
I didn't think she'd even look at me
Or bother to glance my way
But she actually smiled at me and said
Hi ya, handsome, have a good day

I must be dreaming, if she looks at me
I gotta be dreaming, is it a fantasy
Now, I've got positive emotions
Buzzing 'round every molecule in me

I gotta be dreaming, is it reality
But over and over, I live that memory
Was it real or only a dream
La la la la

Was it my imagination playing tricks on me
When she looked my way
Maybe she took me for somebody else
Whatever it was, it made my day, hey hey

I wake up in the morning
Smiling with anticipation
Suddenly I feel alive
Face the world with expectation

I must be dreaming this world is a better place
Was my imagination playing tricks on me
Was it real or only a dream？
I see a great big sunset

Where only clouds used to be
Was it all an illusion, is it fantasy
If it's just a dream
It's good enough for me, yeah, yeah

Waiting by the elevator
Feeling optimistic and keen
Waiting for my executive goddess
To appear as if in a dream

Then the elevator opened
She was talking to another guy
And I tried to say, hello to her
But I failed to even catch her eye

Then everybody crowded inside
And I sadly stood my ground
Thinking life's just like that elevator
It takes you up and brings you down

I must be dreaming, if she looks at me
I gotta be dreaming, is it a fantasy
Now, I've got positive emotions
Buzzing 'round every molecule in me

I gotta be dreaming, is it reality
But over and over, I live that memory
Was it real or only a dream？
La la la la

Was it only an illusion
Was it real or only a dream

I must be dreaming, if she looks at me
I gotta be dreaming, is it a fantasy
Now, I've got positive emotions
Buzzing 'round every molecule in me

I gotta be dreaming, is it reality
But over and over, I live that memory
Was it real or only a dream
La la la la


9.Entertainment

Lyricist：Ray Davies

There's been another assassination
TV cameras moving in
To shoot the bloodstains on the pavement
And get them on the News at Ten

Will he live or will he die
Before we go on the air？
Yeah, the networks are all there
In the name of entertainment

Superstar psycho
From a killer to a hero
An overnight sensation
On the lips of all the nation

Is he mad or is he sane？
It makes for good conversation
I call it suffering and pain
But they call it entertainment

Sex, violence, murder and rape
(Entertainment, entertainment)
That's what you came for
That's what you pay for
(Entertainment, entertainment)
(Entertainment, entertainment)

They call it entertainment
Inform us, educate us with your media machine
(Call it entertainment)
Tell me what to dream
(Call it entertainment)
You pay your money, what do you get？
(Entertainment)

Real life for entertainment
Cheapen my reality
So that Hollywood can make it
Into another 'B' movie

The vultures get the ratings
And the people get the thrills
But the victims always pay
I guess they always will

Sex, violence, murder and rape
(Entertainment, entertainment)
That's what you want, that's what they need
That's what you came for, that's what your paying for
(Entertainment, entertainment)
(Entertainment, entertainment)

They call it entertainment
(Call it entertainment)
Inform us, educate us with your media machine
(Call it entertainment)
Tell me what to dream
(Call it entertainment)
You pay your money, what do you get？

Entertainment, entertainment
Entertainment, entertainment


10.You Make It All Worthwile

Lyricist：Raymond Douglas Davies

Hello, love, oh, you look all worn out, poor thing
Let me take your brief case, that's a good boy
Now you come and sit down over here and relax
And I'll make you a nice cup of tea
Then we'll have dinner and we can sit and watch the tele
By the way, dear, how'd you get on at the office？

I mustn't stay in this job too long
I gotta get out before the hold is too strong
I've gotta get out before my ambition is gone
'Cause it's breaking me up and bringing me down

But when I get home, you make it all worthwhile
You make me laugh and you make me smile
And after a hard day sorting out the files
You make it all worthwhile

Oh, I've just remembered we've only got Shepherd's pie
Do you like it？
Oh no, I hate it
Hate it？ But my Norman loves it
And you did ask me to act normally, didn't you

I mean I can't cope with all that fancy stuff you like to eat
Like pizzas and eggs bennon, Benedicts, whatever you call it, I
mean
Alright, alright, I'll eat it and afterwards
I'll write a whole verse about your cooking

You mustn't blame yourself like you do
It's gonna make a nervous wreck out of you
So wipe your nose and dry your eyes
What's the point of cracking up all because of Shepherd's pie？

Oh, baby, you never know what I've been through
I break my back and sweat and slave
To bring some money home to you

Oh baby, you won't believe it but it's true
What a boring occupation can do
It can make a nervous wreck out of you
It can kill your spirit and destroy your mind

But when I get home you make it all worthwhile
You make me laugh and you make me smile
And after a hard day sorting out the files
You make it all worthwhile

Would you like steam pudding and custard for afters
Darling, that would be marvelous

And when I come home you make it all worthwhile
You make me laugh and you make me smile
And after a hard day working on the files
You make it all worthwhile
(Come on, darling, let's go and have dinner)

And when I come home you make it all worthwhile
You make me laugh and you make me smile
And after a hard day working on the files
You make it all worthwhile


11.Sitting in My Hotel

Lyricist：Ray Davies

If my friends could see me now driving round just like a film
star
In a chauffeur driven jam jar, they would laugh
They would all be saying that it's not really me
They would all be asking who I'm trying to be

If my friends could see me now
Looking out my hotel window
Dressed in satin strides and two-tone daisy roots
If my friends could see me now I know they would smile

Sitting in my hotel, hiding from the dramas of this great big
world
Seven storys high, looking at the world go by
Sitting in the hotel room
Thinking about the countryside and sunny days in June
Trying to hide the gloom, sitting in my hotel room

If my friends could see me now, dressing up in my bow-tie
Prancing round the room like some outrageous poove
They would tell me that I'm just being used
They would ask me what I'm trying to prove

They would see me in my hotel
Watching late shows till the morning
Writing songs for old time vaudeville revues
All my friends would ask me what it's all leading to

Sitting in my hotel, looking through the window at the people in
the street
Seven storys high looking at the world go by
Sitting in my hotel, looking at the world outside

If my friends could see me now they would try to understand me
They would ask me what on earth I'm trying to prove
All my friends would ask me what it's all leading to


12.Motorway

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Motorway food is the worst in the world
You've never eaten food like you've eaten on the motorway
Motorway food is the worst in the world

The coffee tastes weak and the cakes taste stale
And gasoline fumes are the worst to inhale
Your stomach rolls over and your face turns pale

Oh, that motorway livin'
Ain't it a thrill to be so free, yeah
Riding down the motorway
Got to charge up my batteries
Rest my seat, rest my eyes
So tired, tired of livin'
Tired of livin' this motorway livin'

Motorway tea is warm and wet
The rain is a pouring and it's four in the morning
And it's all I can get

You've never seen loose like motorway loose
Thousands of people passing through
It's enough to put you off of your motorway food

Oh, that motorway living
Ain't it a thrill to be so free, yeah
Got to get away from
Cats eyes, cold meat pies
Thousand on raft, cold French fries
So tired, tired of livin'
Tired of livin' this motorway livin'

Motorway food is invariably fried
It feeds me and keeps me
And helps me survive

Oh, that motorway
Ain't it a thrill to be so free, yeah
Riding down the motorway
Cats eyes, cold meat pies
Thousand on raft, cold French fries
So tired, tired of livin'
Tired of livin' this motorway livin'

Motorway food is the worst in the world
You'll never eat food like you've eaten on the motorway
Motorway food is the worst in the world

My stomach's upset and I don't feel well
Gotta get my head down
Stop for a while in a motorway hotel

Mama, oh mama, my dear Suzi too
This motorway message is sent just for you
My headache's improved but my back really hurts
I never thought I'd travel so far to work


13.Celluloid Heroes

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
And everybody's in movies, doesn't matter who you are
There are stars in every city, in every house and on every
street
And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Their names are written in concrete

Don't step on Greta Garbo as you walk down the Boulevard
She looks so weak and fragile that's why she tried to be so hard
But they turned her into a princess and they sat her on a throne
But she turned her back on stardom because she wanted to be
alone

You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Some that you recognize, some that you've hardly even heard of
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain

Rudolph Valentino, looks very much alive
And he looks up ladies' dresses as they sadly pass him by
Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi 'cause he's liable to turn and
bite
But stand close by Bette Davis because hers was such a lonely
life

If you covered him with garbage
George Sanders would still have style
And if you stamped on Mickey Rooney
He would still turn round and smile

But please don't tread on dearest Marilyn
'Cause she's not very tough
She should have been made of iron or steel
But she was only made of flesh and blood

You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Some that you recognize, some that you've hardly even heard of
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain

Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
And everybody's in show biz, it doesn't matter who you are
And those who are successful, be always on your guard
Success walks hand in hand with failure along Hollywood
Boulevard

I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die

You can see all the stars as you walk along Hollywood Boulevard
Some that you recognize, some that you've hardly even heard of
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain

Oh, celluloid heroes never feel any pain
Oh, celluloid heroes never really die

I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die


14.People Take Pictures Of Each Other

Lyricist：Ray Davies

People take pictures of the summer
Just in case someone thought they had missed it
And to prove that it really existed

Fathers take pictures of the mothers
And the sisters take pictures of brothers
Just to show that they love one another

You can't picture love that you took from me
When we were young and the world was free
Pictures of things as they used to be
Don't show me no more, please

People take pictures of each other
Just to prove that they really existed
Just to prove that they really existed

People take pictures of each other
And the moment to last them forever
Of the time when they mattered to someone

People take pictures of the summer
Just in case someone thought they had missed it
Just to prove that it really existed

People take pictures of each other
And the moment to last them forever
Of the time when they mattered to someone

Picture of me when I was just three
Sucking my thumb by the old oak tree
Oh, how I love things as they used to be
Don't show me no more, please


15.Tell Me Now So I'll Know

Lyricist：Raymond Davies

Tell me now so I'll know
There are so many things that I could do
If you tell me now that I'd know what to do
Tell me now so I'll know

Tell me now so I'll know
There are so many things for me to say
Without your love I just couldn't live each day
Tell me now so I'll know

People tell me that you'll just drift away
Oh, believe me, I need you more each day
You are my hope, my everything
I live just for you

I love you deeply but I guess it doesn't show
I ache inside 'cause my lips can't let you know
Oh, darling, please tell me the truth
You know, I live just for you

Tell me now so I'll know
There are so many things that I could do
If you tell me now that I'd know what to do
Tell me now so I'll know


16.Don't Forget to Dance (Original Extended Mix)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

You look out of your window
Into the night
Could be rain, could be snow
But it can't feel as cold as what you're feeling inside

And all of you friends are either married, vanished
Or just left alone
But that's no reason to just stop living
That's no excuse to just give in to a sad and lonely heart

Don't forget to dance, no, no, no
Don't forget to smile
Don't forget to dance, no, no, no
Forget it for a while

'Cause darling, darling
I bet you danced a good one in your time
And if this were a party
I'd really make sure the next one would be mine
Yes, you with the broken heart

Don't forget to dance, no, no, no
Don't forget to smile
Don't forget to dance, no, no, no
Forget it for a while
Don't forget to dance, no, no, no
Forget it for a while

You walk down the street
And all the young punks whistle at you
A nice bit of old
Just goes to show what you can achieve with the right attitude

As you pass them by
They whisper their remarks one to another
And you give them the eye
Even though you know that you could be their mother

You do the thing you love the best
What separates you from the rest
And what you love to do the most？
And when they ask me how you dance
I say that you dance real close

Don't forget to dance, no, no, no
Don't forget to dance


17.In A Foriegn Land

Lyricist：Ray Davies

It was a matter of fact that when I paid all my tax
I held my world in the palm of my hand
And all of my debts were causing me to defect
To a land of bananas and sand

So I ran, yes I ran
Yes, I ran to a foreign land
Here I am, here I am
Here I am in a foreign land

I'm so glad we made it
I thought we'd never land
I grabbed all my cash
And decided to dash far away

Far away, far away to a foreign land
Here I am, here I am, here I am in a foreign land

Goodbye to all of the
Rich man's daughters
Goodbye to my debts
Now I'm 'way cross the water

Far away, far away in a foreign land
Here I am, here I am, here I am in a foreign land

Please tell my mother and all my ex-lovers
That I've finally made the grade
Please tell my debtors and the money collectors
That all of my bills will be paid some day

I'm away, I'm away, far away in a foreign land

Goodbye champagne
And caviar set
I wanna slum and drink
All the rum I can get

I'm away, I'm away in a foreign land
Here I am, here I am, here I am in a foreign land
But I'm all out of my jack and I can't go back
I'm away, far away, far away in a foreign land


18.Mountain Woman

Lyricist：Ray Davies

They lived together in a dirty old shack
At the edge of the black rocky mountain
And they drank mountain dew and they lived on the food
That they grew at the side of the mountain

She's a mountain woman, he's her mountain man
They lived all their lives by the valley
She's a mountain woman, he's her mountain man
Uneducated but they're happy

Mountain woman couldn't read nor write
But she knew good from evil, she knew wrong from right
When the government tried to buy her water rights
Her intuition was her only guide

She's a mountain woman, he's her mountain man
Lived all their lives by the valley
She's a mountain woman, he's her mountain man
Uneducated but they're happy
Spend my life with my mountain woman
We're uneducated by we're happy

The civil servant used compulsory purchase
To acquire the valley for the nation
They'll dig up the land, they're gonna make a dam
And build a hydroelectric power station

And now she lives on the thirty third floor
Of a man made concrete mountain
She got an elevator and refrigerator
And an automobile to run around in

Fast talkin' lawyers from the government
Went and beat proud mountain woman down
Hey mountain woman, take your mountain man
They took your land and flood your valley

Spend my life with my mountain woman
They're uneducated by they're happy


19.Kentucky Moon

Lyricist：Ray Davies

One two three four

Never been anywhere, south of the Delaware
Never been through Kalamazoo
Never been to Timbuktu

Livin' is fantasy, travelin' mentally
Makin' up tunes in hotel rooms
'Bout places I've never been to

Though I've never crooned under a Kentucky moon

I had my dream, Kentucky moon
But it's only moon dreams
From songs, films and TV

But I can visualize, what I've never seen？
But I had my dream, Kentucky moon

Route sixty six to me is still a mystery
And Ohio, too
Went Chicago blue down to St. Louis blues

Never been anywhere, south of the Delaware
Never been through Kalamazoo
Never been to Timbuktu

But I can visualize, what I've never seen？
So I sit and dream, Kentucky moon

As I sit by a stream in the moon
But it's just imagery
From songs, films and TV

But I can visualize, what I've never seen？
So I sit and dream, Kentucky moon


20.Babies

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Babies bein' born every day
In a world where there's so much to discover
All the babies cryin' out from the womb
Not much room, can I come out mother？

Mama, can you hear me call？
Don't drop me out now
'Cos it's a long way to fall
Mama, I can hear all the sounds
Outside it's like a battleground
And I'm afraid to fall down

Into the great big nowhere
Papa's had a skin full of beer
Mama, don't let him into here

Baby, baby baby

Babies bein' born
Different hormones and genes
There's so many of us out there
How was I conceived？
Was it love, was I meant
Or was I just an accident？

Mama, what I sense from the outside
It's a world full of fear
And there's nowhere to hide
Mama, I feel safe between these walls
And I'm so scared of heights
And it's a long way to fall

Into the great big nowhere
May be papa's gettin' pressure from his peers
Are you straight, are you queer
So he made me

Baby, baby baby

Babies bein' born, some are rich, some are poor
But they're innocent and unprepared
Little girls and boys, didn't ask to be born
But they're always poppin' out there
Fallin' into the great big nowhere

Mama, I know that once upon a time
You and papa were rich
When you were both in your prime
Mama, now you got the pains
And I know it's nearly time
But I don't want to join the crowd
I see standin' in line

Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby

Babies bein' induced, no excuse, what's the use？
So they're always poppin' out there
Babies didn't wanna be born
Ill-equipped, running loose
But they're innocent and unprepared

Mama, now you are showin' all the signs
But, is your world upside down
On its head just like mine？
Mama, now your ambition is mine
Don't make me over achieve
Too much in my time
Ohh mama, please don't make me climb
Mama

Baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby


21.Over the Edge

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Everybody is a victim of society
Comedy, tragedy, vaudeville variety
Pantomime players in the grand tradition
Winners and losers till the intermission

Girl, I know the world's a stage
That's what the poet said
But I think our weird relationship
Is way above my head
I'll be your Casanova whipping boy
If that's what you desire
But once I start performing
I can't easily retire

I'll swing on a trapeze
I'll jump through hoops
And I'll eat fire
Be a human cannon ball
Walk on the high wire
Put on make-up, wear a wig
I'll be your tragic clown
The once you've got me up there
I can't easily come down

Don't drive me over the edge of it
Can't you see I've got mixed-up emotions？
Joined the crowd, just to be part of it
That was the start of it

Oh, Now I'm over the edge
Don't drive me over the edge of it
Oh,Over the edge

The world is turnin' upside-down
Civilization's dead
Economic turmoil, now the world is in the red
Democracy's a shadow of its former glory
Law and orders broken down
End of story

My next door neighbour's totally snapped
He's gone right over the edge
He's playing up barbed wire barricades
Around the garden hedge
And planting land mines on the lawn
He's gone barmy
According to his wife
He's formed a secret army

Ever since he got laid off
Something inside snapped
His wife says he's gone 'round the twist
Now there's no turning back
All night he waits in the garden shed
For the enemy to attack
A suburban vigilante
Dressed up in a union jack
He's over the edge

Oh, Over the edge
Don't drive me over the edge of it

Woman, you are gonna drive me
Totally over the edge
Is it yes or is it no？
Are you gonna take the pledge？
The pressures of society are getting to your brain
And forced you to act weird
And put me under all this strain

But don't drive me over the edge of it
Stop while I've still got emotions
Joined the crowd, just to be part of it
That was the start of it

Oh, now over the edge
Don't drive me over the edge of it
Oh, over the edge
Don't drive me over the edge of it

Everybody is a victim of society
Comedy, tragedy, vaudeville, variety
Pantomime players in the grand tradition
Forced into roles that leave them totally driven

Right over the edge


22.Still Searching

Lyricist：Ray Davies

I'm a drifter, who has lost his way
And I'm still searching for my dream
A wandering nomad with no home to stay
Just like a gypsy or a refugee
Lookin' at another sign for another town
Wondering if I'm ever gonna settle down
Or am I gonna keep on searchin' till my dying day

Still searching, still searching still lookin' all alone
Till I find myself a home
Still searching, still searching just like a rolling stone
Destination still unknown
When all my energy starts letting me down
I get this feeling, I'll be still wandering 'round
Still searching, still workin', still lookin'
Until I find a way

This world is full of restless souls
Sleeping rough and living day to day
Drifters who left families wondering
Why they went away？
Perhaps that's how I wanna be
While I'm searching for some peace of mind
How can I find security？
A restless spirit who can't reach his goal
Can't find a home until I've found my soul
Still hitchin' rides and lookin' for a place to go

Still searching, still searching, still lookin', all alone
Till I find myself a home
Still searching, still searching, just like a rolling stone
Destination still unknown
When all my energy starts letting me down
I get this feeling, I'll be still wandering 'round
Still searching, still workin', still lookin'
Until I find a way

Still searching, still searching, still searching
Until my dying day, oh yeah
Why？ yeah
Surprise, surprise

Still searching, still workin', still lookin'
Until I find my way
I'm a drifter, who has lost his way
And I'm still searching for my dream


23.Phobia

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Everybody got something hidden
In a darkness deep inside
Everybody gotta fatal flaw
Everybody got something to hide
Take a look into my eyes
See the fear and silent cries

Phobia
Deep inside, take another look at it, phobia
Everybody got a phobia
Take another look, what you got？
Phobia

There are alleyways of your psyche
That have gotta be analyzed
Psychological penetration
Of the fear you cannot hide
There's a key to a door to be opened
And I wanna take a look inside

And in the darkest shadow of your mind
What you gonna find？
Phobia
Phobia
Phobia

Out under a technicolor ray
It all disappears on a bright, sunny day
But even on a crowded street
Somebody you might meet
Might trigger a repeat of

Phobia
Strikes again, fear of fire, being buried alive
Dizzy heights, wire coat hangers
Things that crawl and go bump in the night
Phobia
Fear of germs, creepy crawlies that make you squirm
Phobia

Images of long ago, memories that you hardly know
A minor childhood incident
Triggerin' somethin' deep below
Spiders' webs and black cats
Cockroaches and sewer rats
Full moons and witches hats
Creepy crawlies, vampire bats, phobia
I'm talkin' about phobia

Crowded rooms, too many faces
Suffocation, open spaces
Everybody gotta weird sensation
That they wanna keep trapped inside
Maybe it's a sexual deviation
Hidin' beneath a respectable guise
If you are of this persuasion
There is just one explanation

Phobia
Started out a long time ago, phobia
When you were small you may have seen a sight
But you were too young to know, phobia
What you got？
Phobia

Everybody got phobia
What you got？
Phobia
Everybody got phobia
Take another look, what you got？
Phobia, phobia
What you got？
Phobia


24.A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy (US Single Edit)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Hello you, hello me, hello people we used to be
Isn't it strange, we never changed
We've been through it all yet we're still the same
And I know it's a miracle we still go
Before you go, there's something you ought to know

There's a guy in my block, he lives for rock
He plays records day and night
And when he feels down, he puts some rock 'n' roll on
And it makes him feel alright
And when he feels the world is closing in
He turns his stereo way up high

He just spends his life livin' in a rock 'n' roll fantasy
He just spends his life livin' on the edge of reality
He just spends his life in a rock 'n' roll fantasy
He just spends his life livin' in a rock 'n' roll fantasy
He just spends his life livin' in a rock 'n' roll fantasy

Look at me, look at you, you say you've got nothing left to
prove
The King is dead, rock is done
You might be through but I've just begun
I don't know, I feel free and I won't let go
Before you go, there's something you ought to know

Dan is a fan and he lives for our music
It's the only thing that gets him by
He's watched us grow and he's seen all our shows
He's seen us low and he's seen us high
Oh, but you and me keep thinking
That the world's just passing us by

Don't want to spend my life livin' in a rock 'n' roll fantasy
Don't want to spend my life livin' on the edge of reality
Don't want to waste my life hidin' away anymore
Don't want to spend my life livin' in a rock 'n' roll fantasy


25.Do It Again (Acoustic)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Standing in the middle of nowhere
Wondering how to begin
Lost between tomorrow and yesterday
Between now and then

And now we're back where we started
Here we go 'round again
Day after day, I get up and I say
Come on, do it again, do it again, do it again

8 7 6 5
3 2 1


26.Drift Away

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Drift away, just drift away
Sometimes I wish, I could just drift away

They say there's gonna be a river of blood
It's apocalypse now
So, we're prefer the flood
The ice is gonna melt, the water gonna rise
And we'll all go to hell
So, they're keepin' us advised
While the dollar falls down
The yen gonna climb
It's a moral decline
And I'm losing my mind

I think I'll just drift away
To that island of my dreams
Live in total fantasy
Close my eyes and drift away

Back in the real world
There's tension everywhere
And the smell of fear
Keeps hanging around and polluting the air
The man on the news is going over the top
Now, he'll say anything so his show don't flop
Wall Street's down, so what
And according to astute market analysis
The world's gonna stop
They shout the story to the nation
Pass on the panic to the population
This is the end of civilization
It's all over now

Meanwhile, I just drift away
To my island in the sun
Imaginary paradise, perfection
Sometimes I wish I could just drift away
Drift away
Drift away
Drift away


Now, all the politicians are running out of hope
They've burned all their bridges
Now, they just can't cope
And who do we blame now we're all going broke？
It's that man over there
Who's hanging from a rope
Newsmen winding up the nation
A little bad news helps circulation
Pass on the panic to the population
It's all over, it's all over
It's all over, now

Times like this, I just drift away
To my tropical fantasy
Living on coconuts growing on the trees
Sometimes, I wish I could just drift away
Drift away
Drift away
Drift away
It's apocalypse, now
Drift away
The rivers of blood
Drift away
And the man on the news is going over the top

Sometimes, I just drift away
To my island in the sun
Imaginary paradise, perfection
Sometimes, I wish I could just drift away
Drift away
Drift away


Drift away
Drift away
Drift away
Drift away


27.She's Got Everything

Lyricist：Raymond Douglas Davies

I've got a girl who's oh, so good
She's got everything
I've got a girl and she is mine
She's got everything

Pretty ringlets in her hair
Pretty clothes that she can wear
What's she got？
Everything
Everything

All other guys just stand and stare
She's got everything
I ain't got a dime but she don't care
I got everything

I don't need money 'cause I got
Everything that I could want
What I've got？
Everything
Everything

I've got a girl who's oh, so good
She's got everything
She's got everything
She's got everything

And I can't live without her love
And I can't live without her kisses
She is mine forever now

She's got everything
She's got everything
She's got everything
She's got everything
She's got everything
She's got everything

I've got a girl who's oh, so good
She's got everything
I've got a girl who's oh, so fine
She's got everything
She's got everything


28.Bright Lights

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Time's running out just as fast as it can
She's leaving me cold, I don't understand
Hearts beating hard on the edge of the floor
Gotta kill this pain, 'cause I can't take no more

Bright lights on a cold night
If it feels good, then it's alright

Thinking about when we first met
All those memories kill me get them out of my head
The flashing lights of the cities roar
Make my mind a blur who's that knocking on the door？
Nothing's for keeps can't get no sleep
My future is late, guess I'll find it next week

Bright lights on a cold night
If it feels good then it's alright
She's caught up in the spotlight

See her up there in a New York fashion show
See the freedom in her eyes
Could've chose a better time for it all to go wrong

Another night and my life is my own
But it scares me half to death
l turn on the TV, I see her favorite shows
Oh, I can't get her out of my head
Out in the bars, in the village with friends
You can buy me a drink but please don't mention her name

Bright lights on a cold night
If it feels good then it's alright
And she's up there in the spotlight
Now it's over and it's goodnight

Bright lights, bright lights, bright lights

See her up there in a New York fashion show
See the freedom in her eyes
Could've chose a better time for it all to go wrong

Bright lights on a cold night
If it feels good then it's alright

Bright lights, bright lights

Bright lights on a cold night
If it feels good then it's alright
And she's up there in the spotlight
And now it's over and it's goodnight

Bright lights, bright lights, bright lights, bright lights


29.Mr. Wonderful

Lyricist：J Bock, L Hollofcener, G Weiss

It's that strange and tender magic you do
Mr. Wonderful
That's you


30.The First Time We Fall In Love

Lyricist：Ray Davies

How well I remember my very first love affair
Those juvenile fantasies and innocent dreams we shared
But we're too blind to realize that we are totally unprepared
For the first time we fall in love

We think it's forever, the first time we fall in love
We always treasure, the first time we fall in love
Those other romances come and go but we cherish the memory of
The first time we fall in love

First love can be such a strain
It can rule your head, it can bring you pain
And when it ends it seems such a shame
The first time we fall in love
Can make you sad, it can keep you awake
It can drive you mad
People say you're too young and it's only a fad
The first time we fall in love
The first time we fall in love

The first time I fell out of love, it knocked me through the
floor
My world came crashing down, it shook me to the core
I was unprepared 'cause I was only a kid
And I was much too young and I wasn't equipped
For the emotional pressures and stresses of it

But oh, I'll never forget
The way that she looked the first time we met
Time goes by but we never forget
The first time we fall in love

Love can be exciting, it can be a bloody bore
Love can be a pleasure or nothing but a chore
Love can be like a dull routine
It can run you around until you're out of steam
It can treat you well, it can treat you mean

Love can mess you around
Love can pick you up, it can bring you down
But they'll never know the feelings we show
The first time we fall in love
The first time we fall in love

Love, love, love


31.Sleepless Night

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Oh, there's a rude little lady
Livin' next to me
Oh, she sure loves someone
But it ain't me

Every night at twelve O'clock
They start to rock with all they got
They keep it up all night
It just ain't right

They okay by me, I'm not
He and she, they all right
Once they start, they never stop
Through this sleepless night

Once I was her lover, it was so good to be
Now she's got somebody else and I can't sleep
Ooh nothin' hurts people more than other people do
But what can you do？

Meanwhile, upstairs, they okay
Everythin' is all right
I wish that I could find a way
Through this sleepless night

Ooh, this sleepless night
Ooh, this sleepless night

Ooh that wicked lady
She'd got a hold on me
Ooh, she doesn't want me
But she won't let me be

They play that music every night
It rocks my bed, it shakes my light
They ball with all their might
It just ain't right

Ooh, this sleepless night
Ooh, this sleepless night


32.(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Woke up this morning, started to sneeze
I had a cigarette and a cup of tea
I looked in the mirror what did I see
A nine stone weakling with knobbly knees

I did my knees bend press ups touch my toes
I had another sneeze and I blew my nose
I looked in the mirror at my pigeon chest
I had to put on my clothes because it made me depressed

Surely there must be a way
For me to change the shape I'm in
Dissatisfied is what I am
I want to be a better man

Superman, Superman wish I could fly like Superman
Superman, Superman I want to be like Superman
I want to be like Superman
Superman, Superman wish I could fly like Superman

Woke up this morning, what did I see
A big black cloud hanging over me
I switched on the radio and nearly dropped dead
The news was so bad that I fell out of bed

There was a gas strike, oil strike, lorry strike, bread strike
Got to be a Superman to survive
Gas bills, rent bills, tax bills, phone bills
I'm such a wreck but I'm staying alive

I'd really like to change the world
And save it from the mess it's in
I'm too weak, I'm so thin
I'd like to fly but I can't even swim

Superman, Superman wish I could fly like Superman
Superman, Superman I want to fly like Superman
Superman, Superman wish I could fly like Superman
Superman, Superman wish I could fly like Superman

Look in the paper, what do I see
Robbery, violence, insanity
Hey girl, we've got to get out of this place
There's got to be something better than this
I need you, but I hate to see you this way
If I were Superman then we'd fly away

Superman, Superman I want to be like Superman
Superman, Superman wish I could fly like Superman
Superman, Superman I want to be like Superman
Superman, Superman wish I could fly like Superman

Superman, Superman I want to be like Superman
Superman, Superman wish I could be like Superman
Superman, Superman I want to be like Superman
Superman, Superman wish I could be like Superman

Superman, Superman I want to be like Superman
Superman, Superman I want to fly like Superman


33.Dear Margaret

Lyricist：Dave Davies

Dear Margaret, I beg of you
Dear Margaret, gonna tell on you
Don't want to be patronized by those lying eyes
Dear Margaret, I wanted you

You're warming me up so you can leave me cold
Kissin' up to the rich intending to control
All the money, money, money is that all you live for
You're a model and example of a greed that will destroy

Dear Margaret, I beg of you
Don't you like rock n' roll
Dear Margaret, gonna tell on you
I like your wiggle when you walk

Dear Margaret, I trusted you
Don't you let me down
Dear Margaret, I wanted you

You had me living the illusion to be a millionaire
Investing in stocks, now I'm living on welfare
Look at you now stringin' other guys along
You're into swinging, now the money is all gone

Dear Margaret, I beg of you
Don't you like rock n' roll
Dear Margaret, I trusted you

Your economic growth and your cool suntan
But what have you done to your fellow man
You've betrayed us all with just a wave of your hand
What good is prosperity when it starves the soul in man

Dear Margaret, I beg of you
Don't you like rock n' roll
Dear Margaret, gonna tell on you
I like your wiggle when you walk

Don't want to be patronized by those lying eyes
Dear Margaret, I trusted you
Don't you let me down
Dear Margaret, I wanted you


34.Supersonic Rocket Ship

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Let me take you on a little trip, my supersonic ship's
At your disposal if you feel so inclined, well alright
We're gonna travel faster than light, so do up your overcoat
tight
And you'll go anywhere you want to decide, well alright

Too many people side by side
Got no place to hide

On my supersonic rocket ship, nobody has to be hip
Nobody needs to be out of sight, oh, out of sight, man come on
Nobody's gonna travel second class there'll be equality
And no suppression of minorities

We'll take this planet, shake it round
And turn it upside down, my supersonic rocket ship

It ain't no magic, ain't no lie
You'll laugh so loud but you'll cry
Up and down, round and round
On my supersonic rocket ship

Let me take you on a little trip, my supersonic ship's
At your disposal if you feel so inclined, well alright
Nobody's gonna travel second class there'll be equality
And no suppression of minorities, well alright

Let me take you on a little trip
On my supersonic rocket ship


35.What Are We Doing

Lyricist：Ray Davies

What am I doing in a place like this
When it's painfully clear that my face don't fit？
What am I doing acting Identikit
When all I want to do is to be the opposite？

Why am I, why are you？
Who's pretending just who's foolin'？
Who do we go our way
Or join in their merry queue？

What are we doing in the pouring rain？
Walkin' hand in hand, I gotta be out of my brain
What are we doing is it all for show
Are we drifting along, goin' along with the flow？

I don't know, I wish I knew
Is it me or you who's foolin'？
What a bore, where's the door
Are we just for decoration？

What am I doing to you？
What are you doing to me too？
What are they doing to us？
Someone help me, tell me truly

What are we doing in a place like this
Tryin' to prove to the world that we really exist
Standing around with all the egotists
Stickin' out like a zit knickers all in a twist

Why are we？ I don't know
Are we merely going with the flow？
To prove, who we know
Or drifting along acting a part in a show？

Why am I going through this？
Why are you going through this too？
What are they doing to us？
Someone help me, tell me truly

What are we doing？
What are we doing？
What are we doing？
What are we doing？

So do we go our own way
Or do we join their merry queue？
Pretending it's okay
Them or us, who's foolin' who？

Why are we standing in the acid rain
Watchin' industrial waste, tricklin' down the drain？
What are we doin' under the nuclear glow
What we all gonna do, where we all gonna go？

What are we doing？
What are we doing？


36.Stop Your Sobbing - Stereo

Lyricist：Ray Davies

It is time for you to stop all of your sobbing
Yes, it's time for you to stop all of your sobbing
There's one thing you gotta do
To make me still want you

Gotta stop sobbing now
Yeah, stop it, stop it
Gotta stop sobbing now

It is time for you to laugh instead of crying
Yes, it's time for you to laugh so keep on trying
There's one thing you gotta do
To make me still want you

Gotta stop sobbing now
Gotta stop sobbing now

Each little tear that falls from your eye
Makes, makes me want
To take you in my arms
And tell you to stop all your sobbing

Yes, it's time for you to stop all of your sobbing
Yes, it's time for you to stop all of your sobbing
There's one thing you gotta do
To make me still want you

Gotta stop sobbing now
Yeah, stop it, stop it
You gotta stop sobbing now


37.Slum Kids

Lyricist：Ray Davies

We're just slum kids, and we know it
And we never stood a chance
We were dragged up from the gutter
From the wrong side of the tracks

So how dare you criticize？
When you don't know what it's like
To be dragged up from the gutter
From the wrong side of the tracks

Why do rich kids get all the breaks
While the poor slum kids have to work, sweat, struggle and
slave？
Why, Lord, there's so much injustice in this world？
Slum kids never stand a chance

Look at all the slum kids all around you
Oh, we never stood a chance
We were dragged up from the gutter
From the wrong side of the tracks

Why do rich kids get all the breaks
While the poor slum kids have to work, sweat, struggle and
slave？
Why, Lord, there's so much injustice in this world？
Slum kids never stand a chance

Look at all the slum kids all around you
Oh, we never stood a chance
We were dragged up from the gutter, yeah
From the wrong side of the tracks

So how dare you criticize？
When you don't know what it's like
To be dragged up from the gutter
From the wrong side of the tracks


38.Celluloid Heroes (Live)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Everybody's a dreamer
And everybody's a star
And everybody's in movies
It doesn't matter who you are

There are stars in every city
In every house and on every street
And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Their names are written in concrete

Don't step on Greta Garbo
As you walk down the Boulevard
She looks so weak and fragile
That's why she tried to be so hard

But they turned her into a princess
And they sat her on a throne
But she turned her back on stardom
Because she wanted to be alone

You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Some that you recognize, some that you've hardly even heard of
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain

Rudolph Valentino
Looks very much alive
And he looks up ladies' dresses
As they sadly pass him by

Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi
Because he's liable to turn and bite
But stand close by Bette Davis
Because hers was such a lonely life

You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Some that you recognize, some that you've hardly even heard of
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain

Everybody's a dreamer
And everybody's a star
And everybody's in show biz
It doesn't matter who you are

And those who are successful
Be always on your guard
Success walks hand in hand with failure
Along Hollywood Boulevard

You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard
Some that you recognize, some that you've hardly even heard of
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain

I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die


39.A House In The Country

Lyricist：Ray Davies

He don't need no sedatives
To ease his troubled mind
At work he is invariably
Unpleasant and unkind

Why should he care
If he is hated in his home？

'Cause he's got a house in the country
And a big sports car
He's got a house in the country
And a big sports car
But he ain't gotta home, oh no

And he's as wicked as he can be
'Cause he's got a house in the country
Where he likes to spend his weekend days
Oh yeah, oh yeah, well, all right

Well, he got his job when drunken Daddy
Tumbled down the stairs
From that very day this boy
Is more than having his share

One of these days I'm gonna
Knock him off of his throne

'Cause he's got a house in the country
And a big sports car
He's got a house in the country
And a big sports car
And he's oh so smug, oh yeah

He's got everything he needs
'Cause he's got a house in the country
Where he likes to spend his weekend days
Oh yeah, oh yeah, well, all right

And he's oh so smug, oh yeah
He's got everything he needs

'Cause he's got a house in the country
And a big sports car
He's got a house in the country
And a big sports car
But he's socially dead, oh yeah

And it don't matter much to him
'Cause he's got a house in the country
Where he likes to spend his weekend days
Oh yeah, oh yeah, well all right

House in the country
House in the country
House in the country
House in the country
House in the country


40.There's No Life Without Love

Lyricist：Dave Davies, Ray Davies

Truly, oh truly
There is nothing in this life without your love

This is a story of my true love, gone
There is no life without love, no

Truly, oh truly
There is nothing in this life without your love
Truly, oh truly
There is nothing in this life without your love

There is no life without sunshine, no
There is no rest without sleeping, oh

Truly, oh truly
There is nothing in this life without your love
Truly, oh truly
There is nothing in this life without your love


41.Animal

Lyricist：Ray Davies

On reflection, it was not all wine on the wall
It was not all cuts and bruises
Or the pulling out of hair and the bloodying of nose
And the tearing off of clothes, although

It was really animal, truly animal
There were times when there was
Absolute compassion in the air
Though it was really animal, truly animal

It could not compare to times we cared
And were in control and less emotional

While the intellect controls the spiritual
The animal respects what's natural
Ying and Yang control man's actions
And both extremes are a natural reaction

It was really animal, truly animal
Well, there were times when there was
Absolute compassion in the air

On reflection it was not all crash and bang
Broken bottles and abuse
Sometimes there were sunsets on the sands

Holding onto caring hands
But there were vampire fangs
As the angels sang
It was Ying and Yang, oh yeah

It was truly natural, though it was really animal
In a sense it fell into a truly natural romance

Oh yeah, it was really animal, truly animal
There were times when there was
Absolute compassion in the air

True love, true love
True love is really animal


42.To The Bone

Lyricist：Ray Davies

In the back of a record rack, there's an old double pack
Twelve inches and black with an old crumpled cover
But every track is stacked

And it takes me back to the one who caused
This melancholy mood and every single groove
Cuts me to the bone, yeah, she rocks me to the bone

I took her back to my bachelor flat while the stereo played for
two
She unwrapped her gift and played me a riff
And said, 'This old record was just made for you'

Then we danced to songs of passion
The singer's velvet tones, on the gramophone
While the record played, she rocks me to the bone
Knocks me to the bone

Those those rock 'n roll romantic songs
Played all summer long

And she rocks me to the bone, knocks me
To the bone, yeah, she rocks me to the bone
Yeah, she rocks me to the bone

In dreams she's smiling in slow motion
Devouring all of my emotion, angels singing
Rock 'n roll while demons take away my soul

Voices sound, her image fades and every time
That record plays, she rocks me to the bone
Knocks me to the bone

In my back room there's an old 45
That we played all summer long
Shakin' the beams so loud, it covered up the screams
When lover's harmony went oh, so wrong

And in every word emotions torn and blood flows
Down the drain, like she opened up a vein and cut me
To the bone, yeah, she rocks me to the bone

And now I'm just a prisoner in that stereo Hi-Fi jail
The needle pierced just like a nail as she rocks me
To the bone, knocks me to the bone

She rocks me to the bone
Yeah, she rocks me to the bone
Yeah, she rocks me to the bone


43.You're Lookin' Fine

Lyricist：Ray Davies

When I first saw her
She looked alright
Second time that I saw her
She looked outta sight
And I said

You're lookin' fine
You're lookin' fine
You're lookin' fine
And I feel alright
Yes, I feel alright

She got all the angles
So directly applied
And when I see her
I have to cry

You're lookin' fine
You're lookin' fine
You're lookin' fine
And I feel alright
Yeah, I feel alright

You're lookin' fine
You're lookin' fine
You're lookin' fine
And I feel alright
And I feel alright


44.Alcohol (Live)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Now I wanna tell you a little story
About the old demon alcohol
Yes indeed my little chickadee

Here's a sad and woeful story
About a middle class executive
Who enjoyed a life of prominence and position
But the pressures at the office
And his socialite engagements
And his selfish wife's fanatical ambition

It turned him to the booze
And he got mixed up with a floozy
And she led him to a life of indecision
The floozy made him spend his dole
She left him lying on skid row
A drunken lag at some Salvation Army mission

It's very sad

Oh, demon alcohol
Sad memories I can't recall
Who thought I would say
Damn it all and blow it all

Oh, demon alcohol
Memories I can't recall
Who thought I would fall
A slave to demon alcohol

Sad memories I can't recall
Who thought I would fall
A slave to demon alcohol

Barley wine, pink gin
He'll drink anythin' Port, Pernod or tequila
Rum, scotch, vodka on the rocks
As long as all his troubles disappeared

And he beat up his life and he messed up his wife
And the floozy's gone and found another sucker
She's gonna turn him on to drink
Lead him to the brink and when his money's gone
She'll leave him in the gutter

It's very sad

Oh, demon alcohol
Memories I can't recall
Who thought I would say
Damn it all, alcohol

Sad memories I can't recall
Who thought I would fall
A slave to demon alcohol

And I wanna say never to fall
A slave to demon alcohol
S'gonna break your heart
And slave the demon alcohol


45.Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues (Live)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

I'm too terrified to walk out of my own front door
They're demonstrating outside
I think they're gonna start the third world war

And I've been to my local head shrinker
To help classify my disease
He said, it's one of the many cases
Of acute schizophrenia he sees

Well, the milkman's a spy
And the grocer keeps on following me
And the woman next door's
An undercover for the K.G.B.

Man from the social security
Keeps on invading my privacy
Oh, there ain't no cure for
Acute schizophrenia disease

I've got acute schizophrenia, paranoia too
Schizophrenia, schizophrenia
I've got it, you've got it, we can't lose
Acute schizophrenia blues

Lost on the river, the river of no return
I can't make decisions
I don't know which way I'm gonna turn

Even my old dad
Lost some of the best friends he ever had
Apparently
His was a case of acute schizophrenia too

I've got acute schizophrenia, paranoia too
Schizophrenia, schizophrenia
I've got it, you've got it, we can't lose

They're watching my house
They're tapping my telephone
I can't trust nobody
But I'm much too scared to be on my own

There ain't no satisfaction and there ain't no
No, there ain't no cure for acute schizophrenia disease
No, there ain't no cure for schizophrenia disease


46.Maximum Consumption

Lyricist：Ray Davies

I'll have some clam chowder followed by beef steak on rye
Pumpkin pie, whipped cream and coffee
I wanna green salad on the side, don't forget the French fries
Pizza pie, garlic and anchovies

I keep burning up calories
As fast as I keep putting them down
Eat food, put it in my mouth
Chew it up, swallow it down

I'll have two eggs, over light, homemade apple pie
Cole slaw as a side order
I gotta stay fit, stay alive
Eat food to sustain a non-stop high-grade performer

The pace is continual
Sure keeps running me down
Don't you know that you gotta eat food？
Don't you know that you gotta refuel？

I'm a maximum consumption, super-grade performer
High powered machine
Go steady on my clutch, go easy on the hills
And you'll get a lot of mileage out of me
I'm so easy to drive and I'm an excellent ride


Excessive living sure keeps running me down
You've got to learn to use the maximum juice
That's how you get the maximum use

Life keeps using me, keeps on abusing me
Mentally and physically
I gotta stay fit, stay alive, need fuel inside
Eat food to survive

Maximum consumption sure keeps running me down
Don't you know that you gotta eat food？
Don't you know that it's good for you？

I'm a maximum consumption
Non-stop machine
Total automation, perpetual motion


47.The Road (Live)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Sitting alone in my hotel
Looking in the mirror wondering, well
After all this time you never thought
You'd still be out on the road

Like a gypsy I was born to roam
Like a wanderer with no fixed abode
I think about the friends
I've left behind on the road

Well, the road's been rocky along the way
It's been a long, hard haul on the motorway
But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day

(On the road)
The bed and breakfasts and the greasy spoons
(The road)
The loser bars and the noisy rooms
(The road)
The casualties who did too many lines
(The road)
I'm wasted talent on women and wine

I think of all the friends I've left behind
Whenever it's time to get back out on the road

Started playing blues in a coffee bar
I took a trip down the Charing Cross Road
With my imitation Gretsch guitar
And my head full of songs and my eyes full of stars

I saw a band called the Rolling Stones
I thought, 'That's it, I'll get a band
I'm leaving home, I'm out on the road'

The motorways all over this land
(The road)
Far away places like Wigan and Birmingham
(The road)
Didn't have no name, didn't have any fans
(The road)
Didn't have no money, so we slept in the van

All those early gigs we ever played
Sometimes we were lucky if we even got paid
On the road

Pete played on the bass guitar
(The road)
Liked to get around, mixing with all the stars
(The road)
But Mrs. Avory's child was all fingers and thumbs
(The road)
But solid as a rock, setting time on the drums

While Dave, the Rave hit the rock 'n' roll riffs
Yours truly strummed away with a slightly limp wrist
On the road

Everyday is when I can't get used to it
Everyday is when I can't get away
Another day, another freeway to face
That's the road

Well, life is a road, it's a motorway
And the road gets rocky along the way
But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day

(On the road)
Jimi Hendrix, The Who, the Led Zeppelin and Free
(The road)
They took the road so it's alright by me
(The road)
Some are survivors, some are debris
(The road)
If you play in a band that's the road that you take

Living in it, eating in it, sleeping in it
You wake up in the morning, what do you see？
The road

Life is a road, it's a motorway
Lost a lot of good friends along the way
All the families and homes that I've left behind
To the wives and the lovers and friends who had their time

I say, 'You take your road and I'll take mine'
(You take your road and I'll take mine)
You take your road and I'll take mine
(You take your road and I'll take mine)

Life is a road, it's a motorway
And the road gets rocky along the way
But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day

(On the road)
Observed all the various phases from
Flower power, heavy metal and acid rock
And still all the critics keep saying
'Are they still around？ When they gonna stop？'

It's just the dedicated followers of fashion who like putting
down
All the well respected men who came dancing and are still on the
road

(The road)
Sometime I get suicidal
(The road)
Now everyone is a rival
(The road)
Different cars, different bars and hotels
(The road)
Corporations, big business and egos

When it all gets too bad I think back
When we were all each other had
When we started out on the road

And there's gas in my tank
And I've still got a way to go
Another hotel, it's time to check out soon
As I look around the room

I think of all the friends I've left behind
On the road


48.She's Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina

Lyricist：Ray Davies

The Kinks, she bought a hat like Princess Marina Lyrics
She's bought a hat like Princess Marina's
To wear at all her social affairs
She wears it when she's cleaning the windows
She wears it when she's scrubbing the stairs

But you will never see her at Ascot
She can't afford the time or the fare
But she's bought a hat like Princess Marina's
So she don't care

He's bought a hat like Anthony Eden's
Because it makes him feel like a Lord
But he can't afford a Rolls or a Bentley
He has to buy a secondhand Ford

He tries to feed his wife and his family
And buy them clothes and shoes they can wear
But he's bought a hat like Anthony Eden's
So he don t care

Buddy can you spare me a dime
My wife is getting hungry
And the kids are crying
This poverty is hurting my pride
Buddy can you spare me
Buddy can you spare me a dime

She's bought a hat like Princess Marina's
And her neighbors think it suits her a treat
But she hasn't any food in the larder
Nor has anybody else in the street

But to look at her you'd think she was wealthy
'Cos she smiles just like a real millionaire
'Cos she's bought a hat like Princess Marina's
So she don't care, she don't care, she don't care, she don't
care


49.Stop Your Sobbin'

Lyricist：Ray Davies

It is time for you to stop all of your sobbin'
Yes, it's time for you to stop all of your sobbin'
There's one thing that you gotta do
To make me still want you

Gotta stop sobbin' now
Yeah, stop it, stop it
Gotta stop sobbin' now

It is time for you to laugh instead of crying
Yes, it's time for you to laugh so keep on trying
There's one thing that you gotta do
To make me still want you

Gotta stop sobbin' now
Yeah, stop it, stop it
Gotta stop sobbin' now

Each little tear that falls from your eye
Makes, makes me want
To take you in my arms
And tell you to stop all your sobbin'

Yes, it's time for you to stop all of your sobbin'
Yes, it's time for you to stop all of your sobbin'
There's one thing that you gotta do
To make me still want you

Gotta stop sobbin' now
Yeah, stop it, stop it
Gotta stop sobbin' now
Stop it, stop it
Gotta stop sobbin' now
Sobbin', sobbin', sobbin'


50.Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy

Lyricist：Ray Davies

And I know, and I know
And I know that ev'rybody
And I know that ev'rybody be happy
As happy as you and me
'Cause I know, I know

Come on baby, let me tell you
All the things I wanna say
Come on baby, let me tell you
All the things I wanna say, and

Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love

And I know and I know
And when I see ya walking down the street
Well, it makes me happy to see you walkin'
It makes my life complete
'Cause I know, I know

Come on baby, let me tell you
All the things I wanna say
Come on baby, let me tell you
All the things I wanna say, and

Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love

And I know and I know
And I know that you and me
And I know that you and me be happy
As happy as we can be
'Cause I know, I know

Come on baby, let me tell you
All the things I wanna say
Come on baby, let me tell you
All the things I wanna say, and

Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love

Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy
Which means you and me, my love

And I know and I know
And I know and I know
And I know


51.War Is Over

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Old soldiers talk about the battles fought
To build a better world for me and you
They sacrificed their lives to make a dream come true
Now they're forgotten men remembered by so few

But the war is over
And the fighting ended many years ago
The war is over
The battle's won but what is there to show？

Side by side they marched together
Fighting so their children could be free
To build a better world, a new society
All classes unified to live in harmony

Now the war is over
So let's forget and leave the past alone
The war is over
It's time for all the soldiers to go home

Rich men, poor men make history
Fighting for the land of hope and glory
A nation's voice will sing as one
A battle cry until we've won

The war is over
And the patriotic comrades are no more
The war is over
Now they're going home to live just like before

Arm in arm we sang our patriotic songs
Of love and sentiment
Tears of joy to hide the sorrow
New tomorrows till we meet again

With a new world to build we'll say, 'Auf weidersein'
What did they do for us？ What did it prove to us？
As we stand beside the silent grave
The unknown soldier can't be saved

The war is over, the war is over
It's time for all the soldiers to go home
The war is over


52.Here Comes yet Another Day

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Here comes yet another day, creeping through my window
Drank myself to sleep last night, beer stains on my pillow
I gotta pull my things together the night can last forever

Here comes a new dawn, here comes a new day
Tune up start to play, just like any other day
Can't stop, can't be late, mustn't make the people wait
Can't even comb my hair or even change my underwear

Here comes a new dawn, here comes a new day
Tune up start to play, just like any other day

There goes another night, here comes another flight
Can't stop gotta go, here comes yet another show
Gotta pack up my clothes, brush my teeth, blow my nose

No time to use the John, gotta keep a rollin' on
Here comes a new day, here comes a new stage
Tune up start to play, just like any other day

Made a lot of conversation, talked a lot of weather
I hope we meet again some day, and spend some time together
No time for affection I'm moving in a new direction

Here comes a new dawn, here comes a new day
Tune up start to play, just like any other day

Can't stop, can't be late, mustn't make the people wait
Can't stop to comb my hair or even change my underwear

See that morning break, oh Lord, here comes yet another day

Here comes a new dawn, here comes a new day
Tune up start to play, just like any other day


53.Black Messiah (Single Remix)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine

Everybody talking about racial equality
'Cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes
But if I told you that God was black
What would you think of that？ I bet you wouldn't believe it

There's a self made Prophet living right next to me
He said the black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world
free
He looked at me with his evil eye and he prophesied
And he really believed it

He said a black Messiah
Is gonna set the world on fire
And he no liar,
'Cause he has truly heard the word

Everybody talk about racial equality
But I'm the only honky living on an all black street
They knock me down 'cos they brown and I white
Like you wouldn't believe it

They say a black Messiah
Is gonna set the world on fire
A black Messiah
Is gonna come and rule the world

Everybody talk about racial equality
Everybody talk about equal rights
But white's white, black's black
And that's that

Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine

Everybody talking about racial equality
You hear everybody talking about equal rights
But white's white, black's black
And that's that
And that's the way you should leave it

Don't want no black Messiah
To come and set the world on fire
A black Messiah
Is gonna come and rule the world


54.Cliches of the World (B Movie)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Sunset over the high-rise
By a motorway
A little man looks up at the sky
An uneventful end to a wasted day

Close-up of the man at the window
Looking at the street down below
It's obvious he's got things on his mind
He shakes his head, pulls down the blind

He starts writing a letter
To make it perfectly clear
He's just a man who's reached the end of his rope
Expressing his doubts and his fears

In a world, feels so lonely and afraid
And disillusioned by the promises they made
It's a pity that it ended up this way
Life is just a cliche

I'm gonna do tomorrow
What I did yesterday
It's such a dull routine, somebody cut this scene
It's such a boring cliche

Live life, day to day
Seems so passe
Everything you hear and say
Just another cliche

Like an actor on a movie screen
Living out somebody else's dream
Living out a total misconception
Reality, a false perception

It's such a wasted life
Without any conclusion

Days drift into days
Life just slips away
People so blase
Everything's a cliche

Yes, it is
Yes, it is
Just an illusion
Just an illusion

Moonlight over the high-rise
At the end of the day
The little man is asleep in his bed
Tucked up, safely away

In his dreams he's taken away by alien beings
To another galaxy, deep in space
To a planet where a man can live out his fantasies
And experience unimaginable pleasures

But morning comes and soon the realities of life
Will shatter his illusions
And the cliches of the world will bring him down
But still he's waiting for a change

Days drift into days
Life just slips away
Everything is passe
Everything's a cliche

Yes, it is
Yes, it is
It's just an illusion
It's just an illusion

Yes, it is
Yes, it is

See the sunlight over the motorway
The little man, with anger in his eyes
Stands by the window, looks at the sky


55.How Do I Get Close

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Living in a world where the flesh is cheap
Body touches body but it's only skin deep
I can hold you in my arms every time that you weep
But we've lost that emotional flow

Living on a planet full of emptiness
With maximum exposure full of sleaziness
But the make up on your face can't disguise loneliness
Where designer feelings are in vogue, what do they know？

Darlin', darlin', how do I get close to you, when
I'm trying, trying, my heart is reaching out to you？
How do I get close to you？
In this world without feeling
Where words have no meaning

If I were lyin', lyin'
I'd have more chance of reaching you but I'm
Cryin', cryin', but I can't get my message through
How do I get close to you？

Get close to the sinners trying hard to repent
Get close to the homeless wasters and the innocent
Get close to the souls ignored and forgotten by the
establishment
People get afraid to touch in case it rubs off on them
Gotta get close, yeah people gotta stay close, close, close
People gotta stay close

Though we seem together it's breaking my heart
This world is full of barriers that keep us apart
Keep it superficial before feelings can start
In a world that's all glitter and glow, what do they know？

Darlin', darlin', I can't communicate to you without
Cryin', cryin', I can't get a message through
How do I get close to you？
In this world without feeling
Where words have no meaning

How can I get close？
How can I get close？

Darlin', darlin', how do I get close to you, when
You're surviving, surviving in a world that's making us
confused？
Guess I'm afraid of losing you
In this world without feeling
Where words have no meaning
Somehow we gotta stay close


56.Give the People What They Want (Live)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey

Well, it's been said before, the world is a stage
A different performance with every age
So open up the history book to any old page
Bring on the lions and open the cage

Give the people what they want
You give the people what they want
The more they get, the more they need
And every time they get harder and harder to please

Well the Roman promoters really did things right
They needed a show that would clearly excite.
The attendance was sparse so they put on a fight
And threw the Christians to the lions, sold out every night

Give the people what they want
Give the people what they want
Blow out your brains and do it right
Make sure it's prime time and on a Saturday night

Give 'em lots of sex, perversion and rape
Give 'em lots of violence and plenty to hate
Give the people what they want
Give the people what they want

When Oswald shot Kennedy, he was insane
But still we watch the re-runs again and again
We all sit glued while the killer takes aim
Hey Mom, there goes a piece of the President's brain

Give the people what they want
You gotta give the people what they want
Blow out your brains and do it right
Make sure it's prime time and on a Saturday night

Gotta give the people what they want
Give the people what they want
Give the people what they want

What they want
What they want
What do you want？


57.Baby Face (Live)

Lyricist：Harry Akst, Benny Davis

I never knew why I loved you so much
Maybe it's the way you look at me
When you get up in the morning

I didn't need a shove, I just fell in love
With your little baby face, oh yeah

Baby face
You got the prettiest little baby face
There isn't another one to take your place

Baby face
You got my heart a jumpin'
You sure have started something

Baby face
I'm up in heaven when I'm in your firm embrace
I didn't need a shove 'coz I just fell in love
With your pretty little baby face

You got my heart a jumpin'
You sure have started something

Baby face
I'm up in heaven when I'm in your firm embrace
I didn't need a shove, I just fell in love
With your pretty little baby face
Pretty little baby face, pretty little baby face


58.Unreal Reality

Lyricist：Ray Davies

All that I see, seems so unreal to me
Is it the truth or is it only fantasy？
Is it a dream or is it the real reality？

All around me is such unreality
Optical illusions as far as my eyes can see
Is the whole thing a fake or the ultimate reality？

That house is so big that it reaches right up to the clouds
It's got hundreds of windows, so the people inside can look out
Now as they look down below and wonder what it's all about

Look at that lady she got silver all over her face
Is she a human being or a creature from outer space
Is she authentic or phony, I guess it's just a matter of taste

Oh, because they can feel it, it's gotta be the real thing
Because he can touch it, it's gotta be reality
Oh, if they say it's real, it's gotta be the real thing

See that fella, looking all spick and span
Is he a tailor's dummy or is he a real man？
Is he genuine, or straight off the assembly line？

Oh, all round me is such unreality
Optical illusions as far as my eyes can see
Is the whole thing a fake or the ultimate reality？

Is it a dream or is it the real reality？


59.Hatred (A Duet)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

You keep on accusing me
Of making your life misery
But if that's not abusing me, what isn't
You wanna be my friend, well it's too late

My love for you has turned to hate
And I think that it's a permanent condition
You say you wanna make the peace
Smile and turn the other cheek

I can't put myself in such a weak position
Now I'm willing to accept this fate
You and me just can't cohabitate
We agree to hate and that's our fast decision

Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that keeps us together
Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that lasts forever

Driven by hate, driven by hate
Driven by hate, driven by hate
On the surface I'm a mild mannered person
That's until you scratch the animal inside

Then you bring out all my animal aggression
I gotta hatred for you that is never gonna die
Driven to hate, driven to hate
Driven to hate, driven to hate

Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that lasts forever
Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that keeps us together

While races try to integrate, nations try to gravitate
Towards equal rights, regardless of religion
Politicians might decree for the sake of humanity
Love and peace instead of a collision
You and me accept reality, there's no way that we can agree

The world can't make us alter this position
At least you and I know where we stand
We can't be friends, walk hand in hand
My hostility for you defies description

Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that keeps us together
Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that lasts forever

Driven by hate, driven by hate
Driven by hate, driven by hate
Hate's the only thing we have in common
There's no escape, we'll always be this way

So we might as well just learn to live together
'Cause we're gonna be this way till our dying day
Driven by hate, driven by hate
Driven by hate, driven by hate

Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that lasts forever
Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that keeps us together

If you keep on putting me down, rub my name into the ground
I'll drag the dirt all over town about you
And if you spread the filth on me, I'll only have one remedy
I'll spill the beans, you'll see I've got a mouth, too

Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that lasts forever
Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that keeps us together

Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that lasts forever
Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that keeps us together

Yeah, hatred, your attitude is downright rude
Your jokes appall me, they're so crude
Why don't you just drop dead and don't recover
I'm the mirror to your mood, you hate me and I hate you
So at least we understand each other
Hatred, hatred is the only thing that lasts, what is it？ Hatred,
hatred

Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that lasts forever
Hatred, hatred
Is the only thing that lasts forever


60.The Informer

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Isn't it strange meeting you here
Two old friends just sitting down quietly drinking a beer
But knowing your past the way that I do
After all this time I'm surprised you'd even come to this
rendezvous
They say you went and moved across the border
So it's hard to believe that you're sitting here with me tonight

I know you're on the run, you shouldn't be here
But do you feel the fear
When you meet an old friend and the enemy's near

It's strange we always go to church on Sundays
After getting right out of it on a Saturday night
And if we stay here too long, I know that we'll quarrel
And end up having a fight
Just a couple of losers putting the world to right

Just two people having a beer
But on either side there is so much anger and so much fear
Just two people trying to get by
But we're torn apart because of different pressures
From different sides

I hear you're on the run from law and order
But you had to show up
'Cos you knew it was a matter of pride

But beliefs aside, religion apart did you ever think
About the suffering you caused and all the broken hearts？
The word is out that you are the informer
Who gave me away without so much as a fight

So be a good friend and let me take you
Quietly without a fight I'll be the one
Who's gonna take you home tonight

I'll be the one who's gonna take you home tonight


61.Wall of Fire

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Standing at the end of the horizon
Looking at another setting sun
Nature gave us all these toys to play with
But we've abused them, each and every one
They stretched the chord, snapped the wire
Lit the fuse but they can't retire

We're going to the wall of fire
Tip-toeing on the great high wire
Let's have a real fire

City slickers built the great illusion
Now they're the first to crumble in the sun
And now we're going through the wall
Let's see the flames before we fall

We're going through the wall of fire
Let's have a real fire
Tip-toeing on the great high wire
Through the wall of fire

We drove on many rocky roads together
Through the storms and hurricanes we rode
Unified so no one could destroy us
We stretched the bounds but always kept the code
Liberals shout and cause concern
Forget next week while we all burn

Let's run right through the wall of fire
Let's have a real fire
Death-defying while the flames grow higher
Through the wall of fire

Let's go through the wall of fire
Running through the wall of fire
Let's go through the wall of fire
Running through the wall of fire


62.Flash's Confession

Lyricist：Ray Davies

I've just had a dream that I never will forget, that I wish I
could erase
I was standin' on the street with a whole crowd of people
No one knew my name, and I was just another face
No one looked at me or touched me, spoke to or acknowledged me
I had no identity or individuality
No thoughts of my own, no mind or personality
I was just a no one, a total nonentity

I'm just a number waiting to be called
It is time for confessin' it all
I'm just another face
Yes, it's time for confessin' it all

Been a cheat, been a crook
Never gave, I always took
Crushed people to acquire
Anything that I desired
Been deceitful and a liar
Now I'm facin' Hell fire

I can't believe that my time has come
For confessin' all the evil and the wrong that I've done
The reckoning's come and now I'm just a no one
I confess to the timid and the meek
To the cripples and the beggars and the tramps in the street
I confess my cruelty, my ego and conceit

I've opened up my body and looked inside
And I'm everything that I once despised
I confess for the thieves, the affected and deranged
I confess for the muggers and incurably insane
I confess to the ugly for being so vain
I confess to those I hurt for causing them pain

I'm just a number waiting to be called
It is time for confessing it all
I'm just another face
And it's time for confessin' it all
Yes, it's time for confessin' it all
Yes, it's time for confessin' it all


63.Good Day (Extended Version)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

The sky is blue but there are clouds in my head
With big decisions looming ahead
The sun is out but the room is so gray
So much confusion headed my way
Get positive, try to be gay

News of the world, tea and biscuits in bed
The headlines said that 'Diana is dead'
She couldn't act much but she put on a show
She always smiled even when she felt low
I used to fancy her a long time ago

So today has got to be a good day
Today is gonna be a good day
Today is gonna be a good day
Good day, good day, good day

Holes in my socks and I can't find my shoes
It's no surprise that I'm singing the blues
So many holes in my life still to mend
And someone just said that the world's gonna end

So today better be a good day
Today is gonna be a good day
Today is got to be a good day
Good day, good day, good day, good day

If we blow away the past with a bloody great blast
Make it fast, make it fast
So have a good day today because it could be your last
Make it last, make it last

Will it light up the sky？
Will it blot out the sun？
Well we've waited this long
So it better be a good one

Good day, good day, good day
Yeah, it's gonna be a good day

Hey baby, if you come back home
You know it'll be a good day today
They could drop a small atom bomb on the city today
But if you walk through that door honey
You know it'll be a good day

And now survival is my only aim
I call friends and see if any remain
Who was that girl who used to be my flame？
I'd call her if I could remember her name

So today is gonna be a good day
Today has got to be a good day
Today is gonna be a good day
Good day, good day, good day, good day

Hey Diana, I've really got to learn
To take a tip from you
Put on my makeup and try to
Make the world take notice of you

Yeah, it's gonna be good day today
Good day, gonna be a good day
Good day, gonna be a good day
Good day, got be a good day
It's gonna be good day today


64.Summer's Gone (Extended Version)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Looking in a window on a rainy day
Thinking about good things that I just threw away
Looking at the gutter, watching the trash go flowing by
Thinking it's summer, but there are only clouds in the sky

When I think of what we wasted, makes me sad
We never appreciated what we had
Now I'm standing in a doorway with my overcoat on
It really feels like summer's gone

So alone, summer's gone

It should have been a laugh, it should have been fun
When I think of all the things that we did last summer
Now I look back, it seems such a crime
We couldn't appreciate it at the time

Now I'm standing in a doorway, thinking of summers gone by
It ought to make me happy, but it just makes me want to cry
I was riding in the car with my mum and dad
He was drivin' the car, the kids were drivin' him mad

Dad looked at us then he looked at his wife
He must have wondered where we all came from
And then mum said, 'Dad, you know it won't last for long
Before you know it, summer's gone'

So alone, summer's gone

I really blew it all, when I think it through
I really lost it all when I lost you
Now I'm standing in a doorway with water in my shoes
It really feels like, feels like summer's gone

So alone, summer's gone

Summer's gone, so alone
Summer's gone


65.Good Luck Charm

Lyricist：Ray Davies, J Koerner

It's the last time around now for Mr. Dav-Davis
He has a song for us called, 'Good luck charm'

If a black cat crossed your path, little woman
Would you walk along with me？
Don't have to worry 'bout a thing, girl
It's all right, you see
'Cause I'm a good luck charm
Honey, don't you worry 'bout me, alright, alright

If you ain't got no money, baby
That's all right too
As long as you stick to me
Someone will come to you
I'm a good luck charm
Honey, don't you worry 'bout me, alright

If a black cat crossed your path, little brave woman
Would you walk along with me？
Don't have to worry 'bout a thing, girl
It's all right, you see
I'm a good luck charm
Honey, don't you worry 'bout me

I'm a good luck charm
Honey, don't you worry 'bout me, alright


66.A Gallon of Gas (US Single Extended Version)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

I've been waitin' for years to buy a brand new Cadillac
But now that I've got one, I want to send it right back
I can't afford the gas for my luxury limousine
But even if I had the dough, no one's got no gasoline

I went to my local dealer to see if he could set me straight
He said there's a little gas goin' but you'd have to wait
But he offered some red hot speed and some really high grade
hash
But a gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere for any amount
of cash

I can score you some coke and some grade one grass
But I can't get a gallon of gas
I've got some downers, some speed, all the drugs that you need
But I can't get a gallon of gas

There's no more left to buy an' sell
There's no more oil left in the well
A gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere
For any amount of cash

I love your body work, but you're really no use
How can I drive you when I got no juice？
Because it's stuck in neutral and my engine's got no speed
And the highways are deserted and the air smells unnaturally
clean

It's got power assisted overdrive and carpets on the floor
But it's parked out front just like a dead dinosaur
And I'll be paying off the bank for 45 years or more
It should go 100 miles an hour but it's never moved away from my
door

Who needs a car and a seven forty seven
When you can't buy a gallon of gas
Who needs a highway, an airport or a jet
When you can't get a gallon of gas

There's no more left to buy an' sell
There's no more oil left in the well
A gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere
For any amount of cash
You can't buy a gallon of gas


67.Apeman (Live)

Lyricist：Raymond Douglas Davies

I think I'm sophisticated
'Cause I'm living my life like a good homosapien
But all around me, everybody's multiplying
And they're walking round like flies man

So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages
In the zoo man
Because compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees
I am an Apeman

I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized
'Cause I'm a strict vegetarian
But with the over-population and inflation and starvation
And the crazy politicians

I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore
And make like an Apeman

I'm an Apeman, I'm an Ape Apeman
No, I'm an Apeman
Well, I'm a King Kong man, I'm a Voo-Doo man
No, I'm an Apeman

'Cause compared to the sun that sits in the sky
Compared to the clouds as they roll by
Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies
I am an Apeman

I'm an Apeman, I'm an Ape Apeman
No, I'm an Apeman
Well, I'm a King Kong man, I'm a Voo-Doo man
No, I'm an Apeman

I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore
And make like an Apeman


68.This Strange Effect

Lyricist：Ray Davies

You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it
You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it

You make my world seem right
You make my darkness bright, oh yes
You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it, and I like it

And I like the way you kiss me
Don't know if I should
But this feeling is love, and I know it
That's why I feel good

You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it
You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it

You make my world seem right
You make my darkness bright, oh yes
You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it, and I like it, and I like it


69.Tired Of Waiting

Lyricist：Ray Davies

So tired
Tired of waiting
Tired of waiting for you

So tired
Tired of waiting
Tired of waiting for you

I was a lonely soul
I had nobody till I met you
But you keep me waiting
All of the time
What can I do？

It's your life
And you can do what you want
Do what you like
But please don't keep me waiting
Please don't keep me waiting

'Cause I'm so tired
Tired of waiting
Tired of waiting for you

So tired
Tired of waiting
Tired of waiting for you
For you, for you


70.Hot Potatoes

Lyricist：Ray Davies

My baby woke me up this mornin'
She said get down that labor exchange
And if you don't come home with a job son
You'll get no dinner today

You gotta secure me a weekly workin' wage
You'll get no more fancy cookin'
You'll get no more apple pie
You'll just get those plain hot potatoes
To satisfy your appetite

La, la, la, la, la, la potatoes
Boiled, French fried, any old way that you wanna decide
Hot potatoes
I want your lovin' every single day

I said I don't need your fancy cooking
I like the simple things in life
Just give me those plain hot potatoes
And I'll be well satisfied
They'll satisfy my appetite

La, la, la, la, la, la potatoes
Boiled, French fried, any old way that you wanna decide
Hot potatoes
I want your lovin' 60 minutes an hour
I want your lovin' 24 hours a day
I want your lovin' 7 days a week
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah

I want your love, I need your love
But all I get is hot potatoes
When I come home late at night
To satisfy my appetite

Don't give me no more potatoes
Boiled, French fried, any old way that you wanna decide
Hot potatoes
I want your lovin' every single day
I want your lovin'

La, la, la, la, la, la potatoes
Boiled, French fried, any old way that you wanna decide
Hot potatoes, hot potatoes, yeah


71.Don't

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Walking 'round this metropolis
With its buildings that reach to the clouds
There must be millions of people out there
Walking 'round with their heads bowed

This city kills me but it thrills me
Now somethings gone and held up the crowd
They're pointing at a man standing high on a ledge
And somebody just cried out loud

Don't look down at the people below, oh
Don't look down, it's a long way to fall and I'd sure like to
know
What made it happen, sure makes you think
Must have been something special to send him to the brink
Down here on the sidewalk, he's clearly in view
Then a voice cries out to him, 'Try thinking it through but
whatever you do

Don't look down
At the people below, oh
Don't look down, things might start looking up
You just never know'

He's heard the cries of the lunatics facing defeat
The cheers of the winners who are dancing in the street
Perhaps the crime and corruption finally got through
And the violence of the city just broke him in two
Now a voice from the queue shouts

'Don't look down
At the people below, oh
Don't look down, things might start looking up
You just never know
Don't look down, don't look down'

Down here on the sidewalk it's stopped all our lives
People are talking instead of just walking by
Before this happened it was just another day
Now people are talking instead of walking away
Now we're gripped by this tragedy
Our blood starts to pump as we all shout together
'Don't jump, don't jump'

'Don't look down
At the people below, oh
Don't look down, things might start looking up
You just never know'

'Don't look down', we all shouted out, oh
Don't look down, it's a long way to fall and I'd sure like to
know
What made it happen, guess we'll never know
Now the sun's come out, looks like he's standing on a rainbow
He's in the heavens, I'm standing on the ground
Saying, 'Don't look down'

Hey!
Don't look down
Don't look down
Don't look down
...


72.Surviving

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Look at us here today
Lots of talking with nothing to say
And if I seem somewhat vague
It's because I'm somewhat afraid

I'm surviving, that's all I am
I'm surviving to be a better man
I'm surviving, that's my plan
Just surviving

Yesterday, I was sure
But today I don't know anymore
Thought I was brave till I saw
My frightened reflection in a dark corridor

Now I'm surviving to be a better man
I'm surviving with an emotional plan
I'm surviving, so please understand
I'm surviving, surviving

There are millions of people out there
Trying to get by in a world that don't care
People smiling through clouds of despair
Protecting the wounds until they repair

They're surviving the best way they can
They are surviving every woman and man
Just surviving with an emotion plan
So keep surviving

Maybe it's my shattered pride
That's why I get scared of emotional ties
Don't let them in, otherwise
You'll smile like a fool but you'll be hurting inside

So I'm surviving through the insecurity
I am surviving, I got hope inside of me
So I'm smiling through all the insanity
I'm surviving, surviving

I was moved by the way that you said
Don't be afraid, I won't leave you for dead
You took my soul and you mixed up my head
You left me alive, you should have killed me instead

Now I'm surviving, that's all I am
I'm surviving to be a better man
I'm surviving, that's my plan
I'm surviving, surviving

Surviving
Surviving
Surviving
...


Lyricist：Ray Davies

I'm I am a creator, inventor and innovator
I observe the people, the ordinary people
No matter what your occupation is
Everybody's in showbiz

'Cause I'm a star
(Gonna make you a star)
And I can make you a star
(Gonna make you a star)

I believe that everybody's a celebrity
And we've all got personality and individuality
We all read lines and we all act a part
We all need a script and an audience to play to

No matter what you do or who you are
Everybody's a star

I'm the magic maker, I'm the image maker
I'm the interior decorator
I can take any man I see standing in the road
And put rouge on his cheeks and put some powder on his nose
I'll teach him how to act, I'll remould and reshape him
I'll put him in a stage suit and I'll teach him how to pose

I can turn the most ordinary man in the world into a star
I'm a starmaker
(Gonna make you a star)
Yes, I'm gonna make you a star
(Gonna make you a star)
No matter how dull or simple you are
Everybody's a star

I'm the magic maker, I'm the image maker
(Starmaker, gonna make you a star)
(Starmaker, gonna make you a star)
I can make or break you
(Starmaker, gonna make you a star)
I'm a star maker
(Gonna make you a star)
Yes, I'm gonna make you a star
(Gonna make you a star)
(Gonna make you a star)
'Cause everybody's a star


74.Scattered

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Like a seed that is sown
All the children are scattered
By a breeze that is blown
Now the crops are all scattered
We are torn, we are shattered

Now some of us are barmy and battered
And the fields where we gathered
Are overgrown in weeds and in tatters
Through it all we were scattered

To the fields we are scattered
From the day we are born
To grow wild and sleep rough
Till from the earth we are torn

And a soul that is free
Can live on eternally
And the spirit can live on
Though it's scattered in the world beyond
And I've been out of my mind
Ever since she's been gone

I look around that empty room
No sight nor sound
She's left so soon
She's out of view
But then I find
Those scattered clues she left behind

A photograph with a smiling face
A cigarette stubbed out on the fireplace
A coffee cup with her lipstick stains
I guess I'll never see her again

Now my life is all scattered
Ever since she's been gone
I feel older, I feel fatter
I feel the blues coming on

We get bruised
We get battered
But we'll pick up the pieces that scattered
And with emotional glue
We're gonna stick together, body and mind

Ever since she went away
I've been alone to contemplate
Time and space and why world's move
While sitting in my solitude

I've watched the stars and wondered why
They're scattered up there in the sky
And is she up there out of view
On some higher platitude

I wish I knew
Wish I could prove
The reason why this life on earth
Is scattered like the universe

I'm scattered here and scattered there
Bits of me scattered everywhere

To the fields we are scattered
Then from the dust we are born
We survive somewhat battered
To a new life, a new dawn

In the end what will it matter
There'll only be my ashes to scatter
And all the logical answers
To a worrying mind

Will be scattered in time
Beaten and battered
To the earth you are scattered
You're going home so what does it matter
To an atomic mind
Scattered here while you travel time


75.UK Jive

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Another saturday night and everybody gets together
The pubs are turning out and all the streets are alive
But the people wanna party so they come back to our house
Everybody gonna do the U.K. jive

Dad's got a crate of beer and it's an open invitation
He's ever so elated and so are his mates
Everybody's welcome to bring all their dates home
To syncopate and celebrate the U.K. jive

Swing your partner to the left, swing him back to the right
Don't stand in the middle and act cool all night
Everybody act a fool, jump around, lose your mind
Celebrate and typify the sign of the times

Do that U.K. jive
Do that U.K. jive
U.K.
(Okay)
U.K.
(Okay)
Gimme that U.K. jive

Do that U.K. jive
Do that U.K. jive
U.K.
(Okay)
U.K.
(Okay)
Gimme that U.K. jive

You gotta swing to the left, then back to the right
You gotta learn to swing both ways
When you're jiving in the U.K.
(Okay)
U.K.

Mum's all annoyed dad forgot the inflation
He blew all his wages by half past nine
Now he's bought a gramophone on the never never
And the Tally man's gotta have his money on time

But the kids are jumping round
And they're wearing out their leather
Driving all the neighbours out of their minds
Making noise with boys and girls of the nation
That's the explanation of the U.K. jive

Blow in my ear
I like the way you do that
And that's what I wanna hear
Is that a fact？

Are you jiving me？
Oh, you bad pussy cat
You'll make papa mad

Do that U.K. jive
Do that U.K. jive
U.K.
(Okay)
U.K.
(Okay)
Do that U.K. jive

Do that U.K. jive
Do that U.K. jive
U.K.
(Okay)
U.K.
(Okay)
Gimme that U.K. jive

U.K.
(Okay)
U.K.
(Okay)
Gimme that U.K. jive
Yeah

To bad you can't jive
To bad you can't jive


76.On the Outside (1977 Mix)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

You stay at home
All on your own
With nothing but walls to speak to

You never go anywhere
You say you've nothing to wear
So you keep all your troubles inside of you

There's something hidden in you
And you keep it out of view

You shouldn't feel any guilt
Or have any doubts
You gotta let yourself out whilst there's something left of you

Hey, baby blue
Don't hide your troubles inside
I'd sure like to know you
And there's so much to show you on the outside

Somehow I know that we are gonna get by
So stop acting like a lady
Come and cry like a baby on the outside

Outside
I know that the weather is fine
Outside
I know we're gonna be alright

Somehow I know that we are gonna survive
So stop acting like a lady
Come and cry like a baby on the outside
On the outside

You think you're a freak
And you're afraid to compete
In a world that you thinks got it down on you

You're a closet queen
You think it's obscene
To let the people see what's deep inside of you

I know what you're going through
But what you are is nothing new

So don't feel ashamed
'Cause you're not to blame
Role up the blinds and let the sun come shining through

Hey, baby blue
Don't hide your troubles inside
You should be glad in the gay
Nobody cares anyway on the outside

Somehow I know that we are gonna get by
So stop acting like a lady
Come and cry like a baby on the outside

Outside
I know that the weather is fine
Outside
I know it's gonna be alright

Somehow I know that we are gonna get by
So stop acting like a lady
Come and cry like a baby on the outside

On the outside
On the outside


77.On the Outside (1994 Mix)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

You stay at home
All on your own with nothing but walls to talk to
You never go anywhere
You say you've nothing to wear
So you keep all your troubles inside of you

There's something hidden in you
And you keep it out of view
You shouldn't feel any guilt
Or have any doubts
You gotta let yourself out whilst there's something left of you

Hey baby blue
Don't hide your troubles inside
I'd sure like to know you
And there's so much to show you on the outside

Somehow I know that we are gonna get by
So stop acting like a lady come
And cry like a baby on the outside
(Outside)
I know that the weather is fine
(Outside)

I know we're gonna be alright
Somehow I know that we are gonna survive
So stop acting like a lady come
And cry like a baby on the outside
On the outside

You think you're a freak
And you're afraid to compete
In a world that you thinks got it down on you
You're a closet queen
You think it's obscene
To let the people see what's deep inside of you

I know what you're going through
But what you are is nothing new
So don't feel ashamed
'Cos you're not to blame
Role up the blinds and let the sun come shining through

Hey baby blue
Don't hide your troubles inside
You should be glad in the gay
Nobody cares anyway on the outside

Somehow I know that we are gonna get by
So stop acting like a lady come
And cry like a baby on the outside
(Outside)
I know that the weather is fine
(Outside)
I know it's gonna be alright

Somehow I know that we are gonna get by
So stop acting like a lady come
And cry like baby on the outside
On the outside
On the outside
On the outside whole night


78.Live Life (UK Album Version)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Have you heard about the trouble throughout the land
With the fascists and the left wing militants
Out of work executives are killing themselves
And the IRA are killing everybody else

Don't panic, don't lose control
Keep your head, keep a hold
Act normal, there's nothing wrong
Stay cool, just carry on

You gotta live life be yourself
You can't live life for anyone else
You gotta live life, that's all you do
Nobody gonna live your life for you

Don't get depressed when you read in the press
About world revolution and social unrest
Try not to panic when you switch on the news
And see the crooked politicians and the unemployment queues

It's only life, it's really fine
So don't you believe all you read in the headlines
Live life, see it through
Carry on, it's all you can do

You gotta live life for yourself
You can't live for anyone else
You gotta live life, that's all you do
Nobody gonna live your life for you

Live life
You gotta live life
You gotta live life
You gotta live life

Trendy intellectuals always take action
For every cause that's ever been in fashion
Weekend revolutionaries protest and sing
Because they're dedicated followers of any old thing

They got every solution for every revolution
They live in the slums just like the poor people do
But they'd rather sniff coke instead of glue

Right wing fascists beat up the blacks
Then they salute the union jack
You can't pretend there's nothing wrong
It's not the end so just carry on

You gotta live life for yourself
You can't live for anyone else
You gotta live life, that's all you do
Nobody gonna live your life for you

Oh, life's a mother
Oh, life's a mother
Oh, life's a mother
Oh, life's a mother

You gotta live life for yourself
Can't live life for anyone else
You gotta live life, that's all you do
Nobody gonna live your life for you

Live life
You gotta live life
You gotta live life
You gotta live life


79.Hardway

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Boys like you were born to waste
You never listen to what I say
And if you think you're here to mess around
You're making a big mistake

'Cos you're gonna find out the hard way
(You can take the hard way)
You can take the hard way
(You can take the hard way)

No matter what I do or say
You're much too dumb to educate
One day life's going to come around and
Slap you in the face

You can run back the hard way
(You can take the hard way)
You can take the hard way

Well, you do it your way
And I'll do it my way
And I'll be the one to survive

Because with no foundation or qualifications
There's no way that you can get by
No, no way you can get by

Why don't you take the easy way？
Why don't you co-operate？
Don't just sit there and masturbate
You're winding up illiterate？
C'mon now

Hey, you think that life's a vacation, you've no inclination
To dust away the cobwebs of your mind
Now it's time for confrontation and I'm tired of being patient
So I've got to be cruel to be kind
Yes, I've got to be cruel to be kind

Wasting my vocation teaching you to write neat
When you're only fit to sweep the streets
Your intellect is such, that it requires a killer's touch
So I'm going to play it your way, we'll take the hard way

Gonna take the hard way
You can take the hard way
Gonna take the hard way
You can take the hard way
C'mon now


80.Did You See His Name？

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Did you see his name in the local paper
Stole a tin of beans from a cut-priced grocery store？
The judge said, 'He must pay'
So, he put him on probation and the paper gave his name

Did you see his name in the criminal section
And the center page gave his name and his address
They stopped him doing it again
So, they put him to dishonour and put the man to shame

He lost his little job
His employer was absolved of blame
His world just crumbled down
Incidently, did you see his name in the obiturary column

Letters edged in black
Life was much too hard to live
So, he brought it to an end
In his gas-filled maisonette
Because he couldn't stand the strain

La la la la la
Life was much too hard to live
So, he brought it to an end
In his gas-filled maisonette
Because he couldn't stand the strain

Did you see his name？
Did you see his name？
Did you see his name？


81.Muswell Hillbillies

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Well, I said goodbye to Rosie Rooke this morning
I'm gonna miss her bloodshot alcoholic eyes
Well, she wore her Sunday hat so she'd impress me
I'm gonna carry that memory 'til the day I die

Well, they'll move me up to Muswell Hill tomorrow
Photographs and souvenirs are all I've got
They're gonna try and make me change my way of living
But they'll never make me something that I'm not

'Cos I'm a Muswell Hillbilly boy
But my heart lies in Old West Virginia
Though my hills, they're not green
I've seen them in my dreams
Take me back to those black hills
That I ain't never seen

Well, they'll try and make me study elocution
Because they say my accent isn't right
They can clear the slums as part of their solution
But they're never gonna kill my cockney pride

I'm a Muswell Hillbilly boy
But my heart lies in Old West Virginia
Though my hills, they're not green
I've seen them in my dreams
Take me back to those black hills
That I ain't never seen

Take me back to those black hills
That I ain't never seen


82.Sittin' On My Sofa

Lyricist：Ray Davies

All alone, sitting on my sofa
Oh, oh, oh, sitting on my sofa
Sipping at my soda, sitting on my sofa

All alone, sitting on my sofa
Oh, oh, oh, sitting on my sofa
Sipping at my soda, sitting on my sofa

You got all your friends
I got a TV set, you got your cars
And this boy's never had anything

Now I'm stuck here, sitting on my sofa
Oh, oh, oh, sitting on my sofa
Sipping at my soda, sitting on my sofa

You got all your friends
I got a TV set, you got your cars
And this boy's never had anything

Now I'm stuck here, sitting on my sofa
All alone, sitting on my sofa
Sipping at my soda, sitting on my sofa

Oh, oh, oh, sitting on my sofa, oh


83.Village Green Preservation Society

Lyricist：Raymond Douglas Davies

We are the Village Green Preservation Society
God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety
We are the Desperate Dan Appreciation Society
God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties

Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you
What more can we do

We are the Draught Beer Preservation Society
God save Mrs.Mopp and good Old Mother Riley
We are the Custard Pie Appreciation Consortium
God save the George Cross and all those who were awarded them

We are the Sherlock Holmes English Speaking Vernacular
Help save Fu Manchu, Moriarty and Dracula
We are the Office Block Persecution Affinity
God save little shops, china cups and virginity

We are the Skyscraper condemnation Affiliate
God save Tudor houses, antique tables and billiards

Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you
What more can we do
God save the Village Green


84.Look a Little on the Sunnyside

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Look a little on the sunnyside
Even when they say you're on the slide
And for a while, they'll say your records never make it
But in a while they're gonna be showering you with praises

They'll give you mediocre reviews
And put you in the underground for a while
But look a little on the funny, sunnyside of life
Look a little on the sunnyside

You sing 'em the blues
And then they ask for a happy tune
And when you start to smile
They'll say gimme dat rhythm and blues

And when you give 'em dat rhythm and blues
They'll simply smile and say
'We didn't want to hear you play
We didn't like you anyway'

It's very hard to please the people every single time
But look a little on the sunnyside

Look a little on the sunnyside
Even when you feel you want to hide
You've gotta laugh, don't let your critics ever upset you
'Cos for a while, the cynics will all be out to get you

You gotta be shrewd, you gotta be strong
You gotta convince yourself that you are not wrong
Whistle a tune and think of a catchy, happy, little song
And look a little on the sunnyside

It's very hard to please the people every single time
But look a little on the sunnyside

They're gonna put you down for a while
You gotta learn to grit your teeth and smile
Look a little on the funny, sunnyside of life
Look a little on the sunnyside


85.Days - New Version

Lyricist：Raymond Douglas 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 shines 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 all right, now I'm not frightened
Of this world, believe me

I wish today could be tomorrow
The night is dark
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

I bless the light, I bless the light
That shines 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 all right, 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 shines on you, believe me
And though you're gone, you're with me
Every single day, believe me, days


86.Never Met a Girl Like You Before

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Hey, I never met a girl like you before
Yeah, I never met a girl like you before
Girls like you are very hard to find

Hey, I never met a girl that I could miss
Yeah, I never met a girl that I could kiss
Girls like you are very hard to find

When I kiss you
I kiss your lovely lips
When I hold you
You got one hand I want to hold

Girl, I never met a girl like you before
Yeah, I never met a girl like you before
Girls like you are very hard to find

Hey, I never met a girl like you before
Yeah, I never met a girl like you before
Girls like you are very hard to find

To find, to find, to find, you're mine


87.Aggravation

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Life grinds on day after day in the city streets and motorways
The tension spreads just like a plague killing reason on the way
Like wildfire it spreads through the nation
Choking us with aggravation

Who needs it？
The aggravation, the daily goddamn hassle
It's a bummer, who needs it, who gives a dam？
Bumper to bumper in the traffic jam
Clench your jaw getting all up tight
Breathing fumes, stuck in a tin can, trapped, trapped

Hate, frustration, no escape
Glaring eyes all filled with hate
Arteries throb, coronaries pound
Aggravation all around
Like wildfire, it spreads through the nation
Choking us with aggravation

They won the peace, we lost the war
So what are we still fighting for？
The highway's blocked, is this my end？
To follow a Mercedes Benz？

Hey, Mitzibushi and Toyota
Who said that the war was over？
Aggravations everywhere
Get outta my way, get out of my hair

Another jam, another day
Another hair is turning grey
I wanna scream, I wanna say
Get outta my hair, get out of my way

Who needs it？
Aggravation, aggravation

Had enough of all this aggravation
Tension choking up, blocking my circulation
I've had enough, I've had enough of all this aggravation
While traffic jams and tempers break, the city streets are full
of hate
The lights are red, it's all too late, how much can a poor man
take？

Aggravation in my mind, my body and my soul
There's no solution to it all, it's out of control, out of
control
Is it my imagination, am I seeing what is true？
If we are living in damnation
I'd live in hell to be with you, what more can I do？

I gotta violent streak caused by
We're getting uptight, wanna fight, everybody back bite
Now we can't turn back, the future's bleak
I gotta mean appetite, I gotta get my daily fix of aggravation
Don't push me 'cause I'm really pumped, I'm ready when you are,
punk
So step aside unless you're dumb, I'm all wound up with
aggravation

Had enough of all this aggravation
Winding up, stress filled, mad intimidation
And it touches all the passers-by as dog eats dog to stay alive
Then moves on through the population till there's mass
contamination
With violent streets all filled with fear, pollution in the
atmosphere
The ozone's gone and that's no fun, I've had enough of this, old
son

Who needs it？
Aggravation
And I don't have any answers, I just got an attitude
Do what it takes just to survive it, another day but I'll get
through
What more can I do？


88.Mister Pleasant

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Oh, Mister Pleasant, how is Mrs. Pleasant？
I hope the world is treating you right
And your head's in the air
And you're feeling so proud

'Cause you're such a success
And the whole wide world is on your side, hey, hey
How are you today？

People say Mister Pleasant is good
Mister Pleasant is kind
Mister Pleasant's okay

Mister Pleasant don't mind
As long as Mister Pleasant's alright, hey, hey
How are you today？

How's your father, how's your mother？
How's your sister, how's your brother？
How's your brand new Limousine
Twenty-four inch TV screen？

Did you like prosperity
More than you liked poverty？
Life is easier so much easier
Life is easier now

Oh Mister Pleasant, how is Misses Pleasant？
Did you know she was flirting around
With another young man

And he's taking her out when you have to work late？
And it's not so pleasant after all, hey, hey
How are you today？

People say Mister Pleasant is good
Mister Pleasant is kind
Mister Pleasant's okay

Mister Pleasant don't mind
As long as Mister Pleasant's alright, hey, hey
How are you today？

Mister Pleasant is good
Mister Pleasant is kind
Mister Pleasant's okay


89.Berkeley Mews

Lyricist：Ray Davies

The leaves of brown came fallin' through you
Berkeley Mews, I first met you
I staggered through your chilly dinin' room
Berkeley Mews, I first met you

Your kitchen sink was cluttered up
So I couldn't shut it up for longin'
I brewed another cuppa up
And tried to sneak out early in the mornin'

I thought you had much better things to do
Berkeley Mews, I first met you
Drowned my conversation with champagne
When Berkeley Mews was not listenin'

I thought you were an intellect
Now that I reflect, you left me reelin'
You made me drink a toast
And when you finished, I was lookin' at the ceilin'

The flood of tears I've wept, thinkin' of you
Remind me of that night in Berkeley Mews
You know that you left me broken hearted
Berkeley Mews


Lyricist：Ray Davies

See Johnny Thunder sittin' on his motorbike
Ridin' along the highway
Rock 'n' roll songs from the nineteen-fifties
Buzzin' around in his brain

Johnny Thunder he's one of the original
Bebop generation
And he's got no time for complicated music
Or too much sophistication

He's one of the survivors
The motorbike riders
You ought to see Johnny Thunder
Ridin' down the highway

His one of the rock 'n' roll survivors
Twelve bars flowin' through his brain
He digs 'Jerry Lee Lewis', 'Dion And 'The Belmonts'
And 'Johnny And The Hurricanes'

He plays 'Hound Dog', oh boy and 'Great Balls Of Fire'
And boppin' at the high school hop
And he's got no time for phonies or posers
'Cause they don't know how to reel and rock

And he plays, little Egypt and ooh poo pah doo
And he plays, 'Poison Ivy' and 'Blue Suede Shoes'
'The Hollywood Argyles', 'Danny And 'The Juniors'
'Dion And The Belmonts', 'Johnny And The Hurricanes'

He's one of the survivors
The boppers and the jivers
Yeah, and he rocks all day
'Johnny and The Hurricanes', 'Johnny and The Hurricanes'

Got my freedom ridin' along the freeway
I ride a hundred miles an hour but I don't mess up my D.A.

Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock 'n' rollin'
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock 'n' rollin'
Rock, rock, rock, rock 'n' rollin'
Rock, rock, rock, rock 'n' rollin'
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock 'n' rollin'

Feel those vibrations flow into my brain
Got my freedom, ridin' down the highway
Keeps me sane, feel alive
I'm one of the survivors

Old Johnny Thunder looks a little overweight
And his sideburns are turnin' grey
But he still likes to bebop, boogie and jive
To his worn out seventy-eights

He's alright, he's one of the survivors
The boppers and the jivers
Yeah, and he rocks all day
'Johnny And The Hurricanes', 'Johnny And The Hurricanes'


91.Mirror of Love (Alternate Mix)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

You're such a cool lover
But you're such a cruel lover
Treat me like I'm a fool
I hate you but you know I would kill for you

You're a mean and obscene lover
But you are my dream lover
'Cause even though you treat me bad
You were the best man I ever had

'Cos through the mirror of love, mirror of love
When I see you through the mirror of love
You're alright and I forget that you're bad
'Cos when I see you I'm looking through the mirror of love

Why I love you though you treat me bad
'Cos when I see you looking through the mirror of love, oh
The mirror of love and you look alright
I see your reflection when I'm looking through the mirror of
love

You're a crude and a rude lover
But I would have no other
You slap me down, treat me bad
You're a two timing swine and you drive me mad

You're a mean and obscene lover
But you are my dream lover
'Cos even though you treat me bad
You were the best man I ever had

'Cos through the mirror of love, mirror of love
When I see you through the mirror of love
You're alright I forget that you're bad
'Cos when I see you looking through the mirror of love

Oh, the mirror of love and you look alright
I see your reflection when I'm looking through the mirror of
love


92.(I Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Woke up this morning, started to sneeze
I had a cigarette and a cup of tea
I looked in the mirror what did I see
A nine stone weakling with knobbly knees

I did my knees bend press ups touch my toes
I had another sneeze and I blew my nose
I looked in the mirror at my pigeon chest
I had to put on my clothes because it made me depressed

Surely there must be a way
For me to change the shape I'm in
Dissatisfied is what I am
I want to be a better man

Superman, Superman, wish I could fly like Superman
Superman, Superman, I want to be like Superman
I want to be like Superman
Superman, Superman, wish I could fly like Superman

Woke up this morning, what did I see
A big black cloud hanging over me
I switched on the radio and nearly dropped dead
The news was so bad that I fell out of bed

There was a gas strike, oil strike, lorry strike, bread strike
Got to be a Superman to survive
Gas bills, rent bills, tax bills, phone bills
I'm such a wreck but I'm staying alive

Look in the paper, what do I see
Robbery, violence, insanity

Hey girl, we've got to get out of this place
There's got to be something better than this
I need you, but I hate to see you this way
If I were Superman then we'd fly away

I'd really like to change the world
And save it from the mess it's in
I'm too weak, I'm so thin
I'd like to fly but I can't even swim

Superman, Superman, I want to fly like Superman
Superman, Superman, wish I could fly like Superman
Superman, Superman, wish I could fly like Superman
Superman, Superman, I want to be like Superman
Superman, Superman, I want to fly like Superman


93.Living on a Thin Line (Live)

Lyricist：Dave Davies

All the stories have been told
Of kings and days of old, but there's no England now
All the wars that were won and lost
Somehow don't seem to matter very much anymore

All the lies we were told
All the lives of the people running round, their castles have
burned
Now I see change
But inside we're the same as we ever were

Living on a thin line
Ooh, tell me now, what are we supposed to do？
Living on a thin line
Ooh, tell me now, what are we supposed to do？

Living on a thin line, living this way, each day is a dream
Tell me now what are we supposed to do？
Living on a thin line
Ooh, tell me now, what are we supposed to do？

Now another century nearly gone, what are we gonna leave for the
young？
What we couldn't do, what we wouldn't do, it's a crime, but does
it matter？
Does it matter much, does it matter much to you？
Does it ever really matter？ Yes, it really, really matters

Living on a thin line
Ooh, tell me now, what are we supposed to do？
Living on a thin line
Ooh, tell me now, what are we supposed to do？

Then another leader says, break their hearts and break some
heads
Is there nothing we can say or do？
Blame the future on the past, always lost in blood and guts
And when they're gone, it's me and you

Living on a thin line
Ooh, tell me now, what are we supposed to do？
Living on a thin line
Ooh, tell me now, what are we supposed to do？

Living on a thin line
Ooh


94.It's Alright (Don't Think About It)

Lyricist：David Russell Gordon Davies

They want your mind and your body
But they don't understand and don't care much about it
Gotta work for your country
Society's built on concrete and money

If this room was to vanish
And the toys of man turned to civilized dust
There'd still be you and me, honey
With our history gone but the spirit lives on

Build those highways, build those cars
On a planet full of scrap metal
There'd better be life on Mars

It's alright, it's alright
If you don't think about it, it's alright
If you don't look at it, it's alright

How time slips away
Live by the good book
That's what the wise men say
But where does it leave us
Were they right or were they wrong
Gotta have hope, gotta carry on

It's alright, it's alright
It's alright, it's alright

They want your soul and your spirit
Make them understand these things they never can have
Gotta work for your family
A community built on trust, not money

If this town was to vanish
And the office blocks were just turned into ashes
They'd be you and me, honey
With the will to survive and the spirit lives on

Build those factories, plants and cars
On a planet so desecrated
There'd better be life on Mars

It's alright, it's alright
If you don't think about it, it's alright
Just don't look at it, it's alright, it's alright

How time slips away
Live by the good book
That's what the wise men say
Where does it leave us
Were they right or were they wrong
Gotta have hope, gotta carry on

It's alright, it's alright


95.You Don't Know My Name

Lyricist：Dave Davies

I've been traveling on this road
I get the feeling it's getting on
I keep moving on, I keep rolling on
Does anybody know my name？

Traveling oh so long
I get the feeling there's something wrong
I keep rolling on, I keep rolling on
Does anybody know my name？

How could you believe when you don't know my name？
How could you believe when you don't know my name？

I see that life is such a simple game
I sit and watch it from my moving train
A bumpy ride today, I'm not alone this way
Does anybody know my name？

Arrested in '69
For upsetting a tourist guide
Well, pay the fine or jail, I just smiled and said
That I'm oh so glad to be alive

How could you believe when you don't know my name？
How could you believe when you don't know my name？

How could you believe when you don't understand？


96.Banana Boat Song (Live)

Lyricist：William Attaway, Irving Burgie

Day oh, day oh
Daylight come and I wanna go home
Day oh, day oh
Daylight come and I wanna go home

Workin' on banana boat all day long
Daylight come and I wanna go home
Six boat, seven boat, eight boat job
Daylight come and I wanna go home

Day oh, day oh
Daylight come and I wanna go home


97.Superman

Lyricist：Raymond Davies

Woke up this morning, started to sneeze
I had a cigarette and a cup of tea
I looked in the mirror what did I see
A nine stone weakling with knobbly knees

I did my knees bend press ups touch my toes
Had another sneeze and I blew my nose
I looked in the mirror at my pigeon chest
I had to put on my clothes because it made me depressed

Surely there must be a way
For me to change the shape I'm in
Dissatisfied is what I am
I want to be a better man

Superman, superman
Wish I could fly like superman
Superman, superman
I want to be like superman
I want to be like superman
Superman, superman
Wish I could fly like superman

Woke up this morning, what did I see？
A big black cloud hanging over me
I switched on the radio and nearly dropped dead
The news was so bad that I fell out of bed

There was a gas strike, oil strike, lorry strike, bread strike
Got to be a superman to survive
Gas bills, rent bills, tax bills, phone bills
I'm such a wreck but I'm staying alive

Hey girl we've got to get out of this place
There's got to be something better than this
I need you, but I hate to see you this way
If I was superman then we'd fly away

I'd really like to change the world
And save it from the mess it's in
I'm too weak, I'm so thin
I'd like to fly but I can't even swim

Superman, superman
I want to fly like superman
Superman, superman
Wish I could fly like superman
Superman, superman
Wish I could fly like superman

Superman, superman
I want to be like superman
Superman, superman
I want to fly like superman


98.Close to the Wire

Lyricist：Davies Dave

She's hoping for adventure that got missionary ways
Could start in the jungle, feel this way
Search for an answer over land and over seas
All the mountains of promised opportunities

I cried out but you were lost in a corporate position
So money's the solution curing all that ails the nation
But what about the heart of man the spiritual needs
I'm staring at the starlight and I just can't quite believe

That I'm lost in the fire so close to the wire
Got to survive so close to the wire

The soul needs attention like the body needs to breath
The banks want investment, so who are we？
Cultures are dying but gold reserves are safe
Can't live in this jungle but can't escape

Whatever happened to the dreams we shared together？
A taste of wine, a moonlight song that lasts forever

Lost in the fire so close to the wire
Got to survive so close to the wire

Feel the expectation written in the ways
Each move of a man gives away

You look good to me sat in your ministry position
An image for the masses making serious decisions
Talk about, sham about for all the world to see
Your rhetoric's a quiz game and a mystery to me

'Cause I'm lost in the fire so close to the wire
Got to survive so close to the wire
So close to the wire


99.Look Through Any Doorway

Lyricist：Davies Dave

Look through any doorway
Each life will tell it's story
See the joy and heartbreak
For all the world to see

She's on the city streets
On her face is desolation
Just a kid from out of town
In the land of hope and glory

Look through any doorway
Each life will tell it's story
See the joy and heartbreak
For all the world to see

Open up your heart

Open up the highway
The road will stretch before you
For there will be a new day
Where love will show the way

Only shadows of the world, we left behind
Open up your heart
Many shadows of the past so don't look back

Look at the wars
A part of greed affects us all
There's a better way, despite what they do or say
People of the world

Look through any doorway
Tell me what you see

Open up your heartache
And love will show the way

Searching for the way
Through all the doubt and sorrow
Days turn into years
But we'll build a new tomorrow

Look through any doorway
Each life will bear its treasure
Open up your heartache
And love will show the way

All the shadows of the world we left behind
Open up your heart
Many shadows of the past so don't look back
Open up your heart

Open up your heart
Look through any doorway
Tell me what you see
Look through any doorway


100.Rosie Won't You Please Come Home

Lyricist：Raymond Davies

Rosie, won't you please come home？
Mama don't know where you've been
Rosie, won't you please come home？
Your room's clean as no one's in it

Oh my Rosie, how I miss you
You are all the world to me
Take a look and see if you like it
If you like it please come back

Rosie won't you please come home？
Since you've joined the upper classes
You don't know us anymore
Live and let your troubles pass

Rosie, Rosie, will you write and tell me？
If you don't want to come back？
I would sacrifice all I have
To have a happy home once more

Rosie, won't you please come home？
Two long years have passed away
Since you tried to change your life
Christmas wasn't quite the same

Rosie, Rosie, got any answers？
You are miles across the sea
And I'll bake a cake if you tell me
You are on the first plane home

Rosie, won't you please come home？
Mama, don't know where you've been
Rosie, won't you please come home？
Your room's clean as no one's in it

Oh my Rosie, how I miss you
You are all the world to me
Take a look and see if you like it
If you like it please come back

Oh Rosie, will you please come back？
Oh Rosie, won't you please come back？


101.Don't Ever Let Go

Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go

You've been runnin' round with other guys
(Other guys)
I keep hearing these stories, I wish they were lies
(Wish they were lies)

Yeah, but don't ever let me go because I want you to know
I want a new love, just not a true love
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go
I want all the world to know I still love you so
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go

You say to me I'm the only one
(Only one)
But all of the time you're having fun
(Having fun)

Yeah, but don't ever let me go because I want you to know
I want a new love, just not a true love
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go
I want all the world to know I still love you so
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go

Yeah, but don't ever let me go because I want you to know
I want a new love, just not a true love
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go
I want all the world to know I still love you so
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go

Don't you know that I want you, to make you my own
(Make you my own)
I promise you honey, you won't be alone
(Won't be alone)

Yeah, but don't ever let me go because I want you to know
I want your love, just not a true love
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go
I want all the world to know I still love you so
Don't ever let me go, don't ever let me go


102.I'm A Hog For You Baby

I'm a hog for you, baby
Can't get enough of your love
I'm a hog for you, baby
Can't get enough of your love
When I go to sleep at night
That's the only thing I'm thinking of

One little piggie ate a pizza
(Yeah)
One piggie ate potato chips
(Yeah)
But here's a little piggie comin' over your house
Gonna grab a love of your sweet lips

'Cause I'm a hog for you, baby
Can't get enough of your love
When I go to sleep at night
That's the only thing I'm thinking of
Yeah

One little piggie went to London
(Yeah)
One piggie went to Hong Kong
(Nihao)
This little piggie's comin' over your house
Gonna love ya all night long

'Cause I'm a hog for you, baby
Can't get enough of your love
When I go to sleep at night
That's the only thing I'm thinking of
When I go to sleep at night
That's the only thing I'm thinking of


103.Now And Then

Lyricist：Ray Davies

In the beginning of it all
There was the land and the sea and the sky
Then into the middle of it all
There came man to live on the land

And then a great nation
Put into operation an evolutionary plan
Now mighty corporations
And politicians rule the land

Wish I could remember when
We were more innocent
Than all of those violent bitter men

The world was much younger then
But we were much wiser then
Before we were full of discontent

It's too bad the simple ways came sadly to an end
I guess that's the difference between now and then
In the beginning of it all
There was the land

We were much younger then
But we were much wiser then
We never questioned why or when

One day we'll be born again, our lovers and friends will remain
To live in a world without suffering, pain
And I can see a day when enemies are friends
And there'll be no distance between now and then

In the beginning of it all
There was the land


104.Banana Boat Song

Day-o, Day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Work all night on a drink a' rum
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Stack banana till the mornin' come
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home

It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day...
Daylight come and me wan' go home

A beautiful bunch a' ripe banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Hide the deadly black tarantula
Daylight come and me wan' go home

It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot BUNCH!
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day...
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home


105.Mr. Pleasant

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Oh Mr. Pleasant, how is Mrs. Pleasant？
I hope the world is treating you right
And your head's in the air and you're feeling so proud
'Cause you're such a success
And the whole wide world is on your side, hey, hey
How are you today？

People said Mr. Pleasant is good
Mr. Pleasant is kind, Mr. Pleasant's okay
Mr. Pleasant don't mind
As long as Mr. Pleasant's all right, hey, hey
How are you today？

How's your father, how's your mother？
How's your sister, how's your brother？
How's your brand new limousine？
Twenty-four inch TV screen？
Did you like prosperity more than you liked poverty？
Life is easier, so much easier, life is easier now

Oh Mr. Pleasant, how is Mrs. Pleasant？
Did you know she was flirting around
With another young man？
And he's taking her out when you have to work late
And it's not so pleasant after all, hey, hey
How are you today？

People said Mr. Pleasant is good
(Mr. Pleasant is good)
Mr. Pleasant is kind
(Mr. Pleasant is kind)
Mr. Pleasant's okay
(Mr. Pleasant's okay)
Mr. Pleasant don't mind
As long as Mr. Pleasant's all right, hey, hey
How are you today？

Mr. Pleasant is good
Mr. Pleasant is kind
Mr. Pleasant's okay
Hey, hey
How are you today？


106.Face In The Crowd

Lyricist：Ray Davies

I've gotta stop faking it
I've gotta start facing it
I'm gonna take my final bow
Then I'm gonna take my place in the crowd
I know I'll get used to it
I've gotta stop acting like a clown

I've gotta start facing up to what I really am
I've got to realize l'm just an ordinary man
I think that I'll just settle down
And take my place in the crowd
I don't want to lie to myself any more

Am I just a face in the crowd？ Is that all I'll ever be？
I don't want to be anything that isn't really me
Mister, can you tell me who I am？
Do you think I stand out？
Or am I just a face in the crowd？

Mister, can you tell me who I am？
Do you think I stand out？
Or am I just a face in the crowd？


107.Live Life (US Single Mix)

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Have you heard about trouble throughout the land？
With the fascists and the left wing militants
Out of work executives are killing themselves
And the I.R.A are killing everybody else

Don't panic, don't lose control
Keep your head, keep a hold
Act normal, there's nothing wrong
Stay cool, just carry on

You gotta live life and be yourself
You can't live life for anyone else
You gotta live life, that's all you do
Nobody gonna live your life for you

Live life
You gotta live life
You gotta live life
You gotta live life

Don't get depressed when you read in the press
About world revolution and social unrest
Try not to panic when you switch on the news
And see the crooked politicians and the unemployment queues

It's only life, it's really fine
So don't believe all you read in the headlines
Live life, see it through
Carry on, it's all you can do

You gotta live life and be yourself
You can't live life for anyone else
You gotta live life, that's all you do
Nobody gonna live your life for you

Oh, life's a mother, oh, life's a mother
Oh, life's a mother, oh, life's a mother

You gotta live life for yourself
You can't live for anyone else
You gotta live life, that's all you do
Nobody gonna live your life for you

Live life
You gotta live life
You gotta live life
You gotta live life


108.Dreams

When I look so far away
Please don't wake me from my daze
I'm just wondering who I could be
If I lived inside my dreams

I could be a king or a football star
Drive around in a big sports car
An astronaut or a millionaire
I could do anything or go anywhere

Dream I'm far away
Dream I'm far away

Racing driver or a great politician
A man of power or a man of religion
I could be almost anything
If I could live inside my dreams

Dream I'm far away
Dream I'm far away
Please don't wake me from my dreams
Please don't wake me from my dreams
Please don't wake me from my dreams

When I look so far away
Please don't wake me from my daze
I'm just wondering who I could be
If I lived inside my dreams


109.Polly

Lyricist：Ray Davies

Polly wouldn't listen to her mama
Polly wouldn't listen to her papa
She tried to make the swinging city scene
And now there's not a place that Polly hasn't been

Polly, pretty, pretty Pollyanna
Pretty, pretty Pollyanna
Pretty Polly Garter
Oh, I think that pretty Polly should have stayed at home

Pretty Polly, dressed as jolly as can be
She's so darling, all the fellas do agree
And half a million people can't be wrong
Oh, I think that pretty Polly should have stayed at home

Polly wrote a letter to her mama
Polly made confessions to her papa
Mummy's proud 'cause Polly's still in chains
She's happy now her baby's coming home again

Pretty Polly, she learned that life is just a game
She is sorry, she just had to break the chains
And Mama knows 'cause mama was the same
Oh, she's happy now her baby's coming home again

Polly, pretty, pretty Pollyanna
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty Pollyanna, Pollyanna
Pretty Polly Garter

Oh, Polly, pretty, pretty Pollyanna
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty Pollyanna, Pollyanna
Pretty Polly Garter
Oh, I think that pretty Polly should have stayed at home


110.Working at the Factory

Lyricist：Ray Davies

All my life I've been a workin' man
When I was at school they said that's all you'll ever understand
No profession, didn't figure in their plans
So they sent me down the factory to be a workin' man

All I lived for, all I lived for
All I lived for was to get out of the factory
Now I'm here seemingly free
But working at the factory

Then music came along and gave new life to me
And gave me hope back in 1963
The music came and set me free
From working at the factory

All I lived for, all I lived for
Was to get out of the factory
All I lived for, all I lived for
Was to get out of the factory

Never wanted to be like everybody else
But now there are so many like me sitting on the shelf
They sold us a dream but in reality
It was just another factory

I made the music, thought that it was mine
It made me free but that was in another time
But then the corporations and the big combines
Turned musicians into factory workers on assembly lines

All we lived for, all we lived for
All we lived for is to get out of the factory
We made the music to set ourselves free
From working at the factory

All my life I've put in a working day
Now it's sign the contract, get production on the way
Take the money, make the music pay
Working at the factory

All I lived for was to get out of the factory
Never wanted to be like everybody else
But now there are so many like me sitting on the shelf
They sold us a dream that in reality
Was just another factory

Working at the factory


111.Ape Man

Lyricist：Raymond Douglas Davies

I think I'm sophisticated
'Cos I'm living my life like a good homosapien
But all around me everybody's multiplying

Till they're walking round like flies, man
So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages in the
zoo, man
'Cos compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees

I am an ape-man, I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized
'Cos I'm a strict vegetarian
But with the over-population and inflation and starvation

And the crazy politicians, I don't feel safe in this world no
more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape-man

I'm an ape-man, I'm an ape, ape-man I'm an ape-man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm ape, ape-man, I'm an ape-man

'Cos compared to the sun that sits in the sky
Compared to the clouds as they roll by
Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies

I am an ape man, in man's evolution he has created the cities
and
The motor traffic rumble, but give me half a chance
And I'd be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle

'Cos the only time that I feel at ease
Is swinging up and down in a coconut tree
Oh what a life of luxury to be like an ape-man

I'm an ape, I'm an ape, ape-man, I'm an ape-man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man, I'm an ape-man

I look out my window, but I can't see the sky
'Cos the air pollution is fogging up my eyes
I want to get out of this city alive and make like an ape-man
Come and love me, be my ape-man girl
And we will be so happy in my ape-man world

I'm an ape-man, I'm an ape, ape-man, I'm an ape-man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man, I'm an ape-man

I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane
And we'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day
Just like an ape-man

I'm an ape-man, I'm an ape, ape-man, I'm an ape-man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, I'm an ape-man
I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape-man


112.Susannah's Still Alive

Lyricist：Dave Davies

Oh, Susannah's bedraggled but she
Still wears the locket 'round her neck
She's got a picture on the table
Of a man who is young and able

Oh, Susannah's gonna cry
Oh, Susannah's still alive
Whiskey or a gin, that's alright
When there's nothing in her bed at night

She sleeps with the covers down
Hoping that somebody gets in
Doesn't matter what she does
She knows that she can't win
Oh, Susannah's gonna cry

She's got a doll with one eye
That always cries when it gets some sleep
She's waiting for a soldier to come home
But she'll cry and never die

Oh, Susannah's gonna cry
Oh, Susannah's still alive
Whiskey or a gin, that's alright
When there's nothing in her bed at night

She sleeps with the covers down
Hoping that somebody gets in
Doesn't matter what she does
She knows that she can't win
Oh, Susannah's still alive

Oh, Susannah's gonna cry
Oh, Susannah's still alive
Oh, Susannah's still alive