BILLY BRAGG

Lite lyrik från rocktrubaduren Billy Bragg.

The Milkman Of Human Kindness

If you're lonely, I will call

If you're poorly, I will send poetry

I love you

I am the milkman of human kindness

I will leave an extra pint

If you're sleeping, I will wait

If your bed is wet, I will dry your tears

I love you

I am the milkman of human kindness

I will leave an extra pint

Hold my hand for me I'm waking up

Hold my hand for me I'm making up

Won't you hold my hand - I'm making up

If you are falling, I'll put out my hands

If you feel bitter, I will understand

I love you

I am the milkman of human kindness

I will leave an extra pint

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To Have And To Have Not

Up in the morning and out to school

Mother says there'll be no work next year

Qualifications once the Golden Rule

Are now just pieces of paper

Just because you're better than me

Doesn't mean I'm lazy

Just because you're going forwards

Doesn't mean I'm going backwards

If you look the part you'll get the job

In last year's trousers and your old school shoes

The truth is son, it's a buyers market

They can afford to pick and choose

Just because you're better than me

Doesn't mean I'm lazy

Just because I dress like this

Doesn't mean I'm a communist

The factories are closing and the army's full-

I don't know what I'm going to do

But I've come to see in the Land of the Free

There's only a future for the Chosen Few

Just because you're better than me

Doesn't mean I'm lazy

Just because you're going forwards

Doesn't mean I'm going backwards

At twenty one you're on top of the scrapheap

At sixteen you were top of the class

All they taught you at school

Was how to be a good worker

The system has failed you, don't fail yourself

Just because you're better than me

Doesn't mean I'm lazy

Just because you're going forwards

Doesn't mean I'm going backwards

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Richard

Richard belongs to Jayne

And Jayne belongs to yesterday

How can I go on

When every alpha particle hides a neon nucleus

Neil belongs to love

And love belongs to no man

How can he go on

When no-one answers the adverts in his mind?

There will be parties, there will be fun

There will be prizes for everyone

And hey, hey, hey, here comes Richard

There will be ladies dressed in lace

I just want to see her face

When hey, hey, hey, here comes Richard

You helped me build this bed

But you won't help me sleep in it

When I fall between you and the wall

Our titanic love affair sails on the morning tide

There will be parties, there will be fun

There will be prizes for everyone

And hey, hey, hey, here comes Richard

There will be ladies dressed in lace

I just want to see her face

When hey, hey, hey, here comes Richard

I really love your style

Did you read it all in the Look and Learn?

How long can we go on

Do you think I only love you

Because you sleep with other boys

There will be parties, there will be fun

There will be prizes for everyone

And hey, hey, hey, here comes Richard

There will be ladies dressed in lace

I just want to see her face

When hey, hey, hey, here comes Richard

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A New England

I was twenty one years when I wrote this song

I'm twenty two now, but I won't be for long

People ask me when will you grow up to be a man

But all the girls I loved at school are already pushing prams

I loved you then as I love you still

Tho I put you on a pedestal,

They put you on the pill

I don't feel bad about letting you go

I just feel sad about letting you know

I don't want to change the world

I'm not looking for a new England

I'm just looking for another girl

I don't want to change the world

I'm not looking for a new England

I'm just looking for another girl

I loved the words you wrote to me

But that was bloody yesterday

I can't survive on what you send

Every time you need a friend

I saw two shooting stars last night

I wished on them but they were only satellites

Is it wrong to wish on space hardware

I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care

I don't want to change the world

I'm not looking for a new England

I'm just looking for another girl

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The Man In The Iron Mask

When he drops you off I will not say

Who was that who so quickly drove away

The things you've done and the places you've been

When I open the door for you I will not let them in...

As long as you come back to me

I will never ask

For you I will be

The man in the iron mask.

You said you love me and it broke my heart

I was always your prisoner right from the start

The nights you spend without me, this house is like a dungeon

And you only return to torture me more

You must have your reasons

I will not ask For you I will be

The Man in The Iron Mask

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The Busy Girl Buys Beauty

The busy girl buys beauty

The pretty girl buys style

And the simple girl buys

What she's told to buy

And sees her world

Through the brightly lit eyes

Of the glossy romance of fashion

Where she can learn...

Top tips for the gas cook

Successful secrets of a sexual kind

The daily drill for beautiful hair

And the truth about pain

What was Anna Ford wearing?

What did Angela Rippon say?

What will you do

When you wake up one morning

To find that God's made you plain

In a beautiful person's world?

And all those quick recipes

Have let you down

And you're 20&1/2 and not yet engaged

Will you go look for the boy who says

I love you let's get married and have kids

The busy girl buys beauty

The pretty girl buys style

And the simple girl buys

What she's told to buy

And sees her world

Through the brightly lit eyes

Of the glossy romance of fashion

Where she can learn

Top tips for the gas cook

Successful secrets of a sexual kind

The daily drill for beautiful hair

In a mail order paradise...

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Lovers Town Revisited

It's that summer of the evening

Get ready and roll the cassette

There's boys outside preaching genocide

And trying to think up some sort of threat

And the ladies in the cloakroom

Take no notice of me

I wish myself was back at home

But there's nothing safe in watching TV

There's something born tomorrow

That I lost when I was out for a drink

How many gangs is it gonna take

To change the way I think

It takes more than good intentions

And a big bloke on the door

And though it's never the same after the first time

That doesn't stop them coming back for more

Fighting in the dance halls happens anyway

Sometimes it makes me stop and think

Sometimes it makes me turn away

Sometimes it makes me stop and think

Sometimes it makes me turn away

Sometimes it makes me stop and think

But most times it makes me run away

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It Says Here

It says here that the Unions will never learn

It says here that the economy is on the upturn

And it says here we should be proud that we are free

And our free press reflects our democracy

Those braying voices on the right of the House

Are echoed down the Street of Shame

Where politics mix with bingo and tits

In a money and numbers game

Where they offer you a feature on stockings and suspenders

Next to a call for stiffer penalties for sex offenders

It says here that this year's prince is born

It says here do you ever wish that you were better informed

And it says here that we can only stop the rot

With a large dose of Law and Order

And a touch of the short sharp shock

If this does not reflect your view you should understand

That those who own the papers also own this land

And they'd rather you believed in Coronation Street capers

In the war for circulation, it sells newspapers

Could it be an infringement of the freedom of the press

To print pictures of women in states of undress

When you wake up to the fact that your paper is Tory

Just remember, there are two sides to every story

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Love Gets Dangerous

The love of a woman

A fear of the phone

A secret message to a happy home

I've never been so scared

I never knew you cared

Love gets dangerous

There's a fear that comes from being in danger

Being in love with a total stranger

Putting our futures in jeopardy

When love is a secret, fear is the key

When we meet in the street

My terror is complete

Love gets dangerous

Like a drug that threatens to take my life

Lust is a cancer, love is a vice

When she holds me I understand

Respect and fear go hand in hand

No need to act tough

It scares me just enough

Love gets dangerous

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From A Vauxhall Velox

She said "Do these seats fold down"

I said "If you pull that handle"

AII the time she'd been waiting for

Something with a little more

And all her mates on the new estates

Were walking out in confetti and sunshine

Her Mother read her mail

And her Dad was a Policeman

Which I must say worried me

But some things have just got to be

So we passed very fast like ships in the night

Or cars in a contraflow system

Some people say love is blind

But I think that's just a bit short-sighted

Some people just want it now

It doesn't matter where or how

Satisfaction takes a second place

So long as they can get excited

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The Myth Of Trust

I woke up this morning

To find that we have outlived the myth of trust

You woke up this morning

To the fact we've lost the things

We took for granted between us

And I grew up in awe of the girl next door

And the boy that never cried

And I was dreaming of those Elizabethan girls

While you were working in the market

To earn ourselves

And when you found out what happened yesterday

While you were away in this land of Cain

We were upstairs in the bedroom

Dancing disgusting

And flushing our babies down the drain

And the apple that don't want to get eaten

Will still fall off the tree

When you're in as deep as we are honey

It's so easy to get washed out to sea

For the facts of life are not Man and Wife

But Man and Woman sadly

And the apple that doesn't want to get eaten

Will still fall off the tree

I woke up this morning

To find that we have outlived the myth of trust

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The Saturday Boy

I'll never forget the first day I met her

That September morning was clear and fresh

The way she spoke and laughed at my jokes

The way she rubbed herself

Against the edge of my desk

She became a magic mystery to me

And we'd sit together in double

History twice a week

And some days we'd walk the same way home

And it's surprising how quick

A little rain can clear the streets

We dreamed of her and compared our dreams

But that was all that I ever tasted

She lied to me with her body you see

And I lied to myself 'bout the chances I'd wasted

The times that we were close

Were far and few between

In the darkness at the dances in the school canteen

Did she close her eyes as I did

When we held each other tight

And la la means I love you

She danced with me and I still hold that memory

Soft and sweet

And I stare up at her window

As I walk down her street

But I never made the first team,

I just made the first team laugh

And she never came to the phone,

She was always in the bath

In the end it took me a dictionary

To find out the meaning of unrequited

While she was giving herself for free

At a party to which I was never invited

I never understood my failings then

And I hide my humble hopes now

Thinking back she made us want her

A girl not old enough to shave her legs

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Island Of No Return

Digging all day and digging all night

To keep my foxhole out of sight

Digging into dinner on a plate on my knees

The smell of damp webbing in the morning breeze

Fear in my stomach, fear in the sky

I eat my dinner with a weary eye

After all this it won't be the same

Messing around on Salisbury Plain

Pick up your feet, fall in, move out

We're going to a party way down South

Me and the Corporal out on a spree

Damned from here to eternity

I hate this flat land, there's no cover

for sons and fathers and brothers and lovers

I can take the killing, I can take the slaughter

But I don't talk to Sun reporters

I never thought that I would be

Fighting fascists in the Southern Sea

I saw one today and in his hand

Was a weapon that was made in Birmirngham

Pick up your feet, fall in, move out

We're going to a party way down South

Me and the Corporal out on a spree

Damned from here to eternity

I wish Kipling and the Captain were here

To record our pursuits for posterity

Me and the Corporal out on a spree

Damned from here to eternity

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This Guitar Says Sorry

Sandra met Raymond at the Race Relations

Much to the dismay of her family and friends

The love that we have is so important

The time that it takes to make a baby

Can be the time it takes to make a cup of tea

The love that we have is so important

He still goes dancing and she still cuts hair

They put the baby into Council care

The love that we have is so important

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Like Soldiers Do

Blue eyes fighting the grey eyes fighting the tears

Armed to the teeth for a war of words

Reaching all the years

I advanced across a poppy field

I saw the gleam as you raised your shield

And love screamed down

With the sun behind its back

Our Fathers were all soldiers,

Shall we be soldiers too

Fighting and falling like soldiers do

Nothing is clear in this tactical unclear war

I can't be bothered to find out

What we are fighting for

No-one can win this war of the senses

I see no reason to drop my defences

So stand fast my emotions,

Rally round my shaking heart

Our Fathers were all soldiers,

Shall we be soldiers too

Fighting and falling like soldiers do

Blue eyes fighting the grey eyes fighting the tears

Armed to the teeth for a war of words

Reaching all the years

I advanced across a poppy field

I saw the gleam as you raised your shield

And love screamed down

With the sun behind its back

I knew once again I was under attack

So stand fast my emotions,

Rally round my shaking heart

Our Fathers were all soldiers,

Shall we be soldiers too

Fighting and falling like soldiers

Fighting and falling like soldiers do

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St. Swithin's Day

Thinking back now,

I suppose you were just stating your views

What was it all for

For the weather or the Battle Of Agincourt

And the times that we all hoped would last

Like a train they have gone by so fast

And though we stood together

At the edge of the platform

We were not moved by them

With my own hands

When I make love to your memory

It's not the same

I miss the thunder

I miss the rain

And the fact that you don't understand

Casts a shadow over this land

But the sun still shines from behind it.

Thanks all the same

But I just can't bring myself to answer your letters

It's not your fault

But your honesty touches me like a fire

The Polaroids that hold us together

Will surely fade away

Like the love that we spoke of forever

On St Swithin's Day

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Strange Things Happen

All winter long while I was locked in my room

Your face at the window and my hair on the floor

I was thinking of you

AII winter long while I was locked in my room

Your face at the window and my hair on the floor

I was thinking of you

But the phone rang all night long

To tell me I was wrong

And I watched while the officer

Wrote all their ages down

Strange things happen

When you're not around

Our love is so strong

It moves objects in my house

Strange things happen

When you're not around

Those magical moments

Have found their way back home again

All winter long while I was locked in my room

Your face at the window and my hair on the floor

I was thinking of you

All winter long while I was locked in my room

Your face at the window

And that book of old spells

I was thinking of you

And all the spells we cast

Have lately come to pass

And the flowers in the garden have all fallen down

Strange things happen

When you're not around

Our love is so strong

It moves objects in my house

Strange things happen

When you're not around

Those magical moments

Have found their way back home again

Strange things happen

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A Lover Sings

You and I are victims of a love

That lost a lot in the translation

When I think of all the time that I spent

Sitting on the edge of your bed in anticipation

Of you giving in and us living in sin

A hot day, the smell of hairspray

And the sound of a shower running softly

It's things like this that remind me how I felt

The first time you came back for coffee

The way you took it amazed me

Walking in the park, kissing in the dark

And my head against your pillow

Late at night a lover sings

Adam and Eve are finding out all about love

I say Adam and Eve are finding out all about love

There is no real substitute

For a ball struck squarely and firmly

And you're the kind of girl who wants to open up the bottle of pop

Too early in the journey

Our love went flat just like that

It doesn't matter the colour of the car

But what goes on beneath the bonnet

Is there a flag that flies above your heart

And is my name writ there upon it

Wedding cake and toothache

Equals love and pain

Walking in the park, kissing on the carpet

And your tights around your ankles

Late at night a lover thinks of these things

Adam and Eve are finding out all about love

I say Adam and Eve are finding out all about love

Adam and Eve are finding out all about

Teresa and Steve are finding out all about love

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Between The Wars

I was a miner

I was a docker

I was a railway man

Between the wars

I raised a family

In times of austerity

With sweat at the foundry

Between the wars

I paid the union and as times got harder

I looked to the government to help the working man

And they brought prosperity down at the armoury

Between the wars

I kept the faith and I kept voting

Not for the iron fist but for the helping hand

For theirs is a land with a wall around it

And mine is a faith in my fellow man

Theirs is a land of hope and glory

Mine is the green field and the factory floor

Theirs are the skies all dark with bombers

And mine is the peace we knew

Between the wars

Call up the craftsmen

Bring me the draughtsmen

Build me a path from cradle to grave

And I'll give my consent

To any government

That does not deny a man a living wage

Go find the young men never to fight again

Bring up the banners from the days gone by

Sweet moderation

Heart of this nation

Desert us not, we are

Between the wars

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The World Turned Upside Down

In 1649

To St. Georges Hill

A ragged band they called the Diggers

Come to show the peoples will

They defied the landlords

They defied the law

They were the dispossessed

Reclaiming what was theirs

'We come in peace' they said

'To dig and sow

We come to work the land in common

And to make the waste land grow

This earth divided

We will make whole

So it can be

A common treasury for all

The sin of property

We do disdain

No one has any right to buy and sell

The earth for private gain

By theft and murder

They took the land

Now everywhere the walls

Rise up at their command

They make the laws

To chain us well

The clergy dazzle us with heaven

Or they damn us into hell

We will not worship

The God they serve

The God of greed who feeds the rich

While poor men starve

We work, we eat together

We need no swords

We will not bow to masters

Or pay rent to the lords

We are free men

Though we are poor

You diggers all stand up for glory

Stand up now

From the men of property

The orders came

They sent the hired men and troopers

To wipe out the Diggers' claim

Tear down their cottages

Destroy their corn

They were dispersed

But still the vision lingers on

You poor take courage

You rich take care

This earth was made a common treasury

For everyone to share

All things in common

All people one

We come in peace -

The order came to cut them down

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Which Side Are You On

This government had an idea

And parliament made it law

It seems like it's illegal

To fight for the union any more

Which side are you on, boys

Which side are you on

Which side are you on, boys

Which side are you on

We went out to join the picket line

For together we cannot fail

We got stopped by police at the county line

They said, "Go home boys or you're going to jail"

Which side are you on, boys

Which side are you on

Which side are you on, boys

Which side are you on

It's hard to explain to a crying child

Why her Daddy can't go back

So the family suffer

But it hurts me more

To hear a scab say Sod you, Jack

Which side are you on, boys

Which side are you on

Which side are you on, boys

Which side are you on

I'm bound to follow my conscience

And do whatever I can

But it'll take much more than the union law

To knock the fight out of a working man

Which side are you on, boys

Which side are you on

Which side are you on, boys

Which side are you on

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The Boy Done Good

Strange as it may seem, I once had my football dreams

But I was always the last one, the last to get chosen

When my classmates picked their teams

I guess that was the way it stayed in every game I played

Life just tripped me and clattered and kicked me

'Till you picked me from the parade

Now I feel like I've won the cup every time that we make love

Forty-five minutes each way, at half-time I hear a brass band play

The boy done good, the girl done better

The seasons turn and we're still together

The sky is blue and tomorrow is another day

The boy done good, the girl done better

The seasons turn and we're still together

The sky is blue and tomorrow is another day

You weren't that kind of bird who likes her studs to be covered in mud

Taking you to the pictures was a regular fixture

For one of life's eternal subs

I tried hard acting tough but I just can't stand the taste of that stuff

Like some macho park player I got in the way of

In some grudge match against his pub

But I'm happier how I am today now I've put my boots away

I guess I'll never get picked to play my song on Match of the Day

The boy done good, the girl done better

The seasons turn and we're still together

The sky is blue and tomorrow is another day

The boy done good, the girl done better

The seasons turn and we're still together

The sky is blue and tomorrow is another day

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Qualifications

With my qualifications

I could get me a job walking a dog,

Chopping a log, cleaning a bog

With my qualifications

I could see myself stacking a shelf

As a sales assistant at a Do-It-Yourself

With my qualifications

My brother worked night and day

At the Eurostar terminal

And the government gave it away

So what's the point of university?

For three years I read philosophy

Now I read barcodes all day long

Beep-beep-beep sings that check-out song

With my qualifications

Talking 'bout my qualifications

Would you like to see my Ph.D.?

My BSE? My GCSE's?

I gotta first in physics so I ought to know

If your fries are for here or to go

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Sugardaddy (Smokey gets in your ears mix)

Sugardaddy took me to wonderland

Gave me so many presents I could not stand

To see you

I really couldn't stand to see you

Sugardaddy took me far away

On a holiday, I didn't have to pay

Just be there

All I had to do was be there

Sugardaddy comes with his pockets full of fun

Sugardaddy's blowing kisses from his gun

What will he do and where will he run

When the real world comes to town?

Sugardaddy took all my pain away

Now I have to say I'd let him get away with murder

I'd let him get away with murder

He drives a car that doesn't have a roof

And he dares the Big Ol' World to tell him the truth

By buying silence

He buys your silence

Silence, so you'll never ask him why

Silence, so you'll never say he makes you cry

Silence, so you'll never look him in the eye

And say you want his time 'cos time is money

Sugardaddy can't help but overfill my cup

Sugardaddy always rides heavy on his luck

What will he do when his baby grows up

And doesn't want the toys he's provided?

Sugardaddy comes with his pockets full of fun

Sugardaddy's blowing kisses from his gun

What will he do and where will he run

When the real world comes to town?

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Never Had No One Ever

When you walk without ease

On these

The very streets were you were raised

I had a really bad dream

It lasted 20 years, 7 months, and 27 days

Never had no one ever.

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Rule Nor Reason

The wind sways the trees

And the raindrops on the leaves

Tumble down, down my neck

In the breeze

Yes it's true I hid out

In the shadow of your doubt

And this medal that I wear

Is not for bravery I'm afraid

And we're both going to have to accept

That this might be good as it gets

As our love for each other respects

Neither rule nor reason

The Queen on her throne

Plays Shirley Bassey records when she's all on her own

And she looks out the window

And cries

What should I do?

Scratch off all of my tattoos?

And forget those girls names?

But you're not about to let me do that, are you?

And we're both going to have to accept

That this might be good as it gets

As our love for each other respects

Neither rule nor reason

And we're both going to have to accept

That this might be good as it gets

As our love for each other respects

Neither rule nor reason

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Thatcherites

You Thatcherites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear

You Thatcherites by name lend an ear

You Thatcherites by name, your faults I will proclaim,

Your doctrines I must blame, you will hear,

Your doctrines I must blame, you will hear

You privatise away what is ours, what is ours

You privatise away what is ours

You privatise away and when you make us pay

We'll take it back some day, mark my words, mark my words

We'll take it back some day mark my words

The scabs they hide their faces in shame, yes in shame

The scabs they hide their faces in shame

They hide away in shame but we recall their names

And they know they'll share the blame for it all

They know they'll share the blame for it all

Your leader she has gone to the Lords, to the Lords

Your leader she has gone to the Lords

Your leader she has gone but she's left us Little John

And he's barely hanging on by his nails, by his nails

He's barely hanging on by his nails

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Accident Waiting to Happen

I've always been impressed with a girl

Who could sing for her supper and get breakfast as well

That's the way I am, heaven help me

He said we don't like peace campaigners round here

As he nailed another one to the wall

And that's what gets me in trouble, heaven help me

Goodbye and good luck

To all the promises you've broken

Goodbye and good luck

To all the rubbish that you've spoken

Your life has lost its dignity

Its beauty and its passion

You're an accident waiting to happen

There you are standing at the bar

And you're giving me grief about the DDR

And that chip on your shoulder get bigger as you get older

One of these nights you're gonna get caught

It'll give you a pregnant pause for thought

You're a dedicated swallower of fascism

Time up and time out

For all the liberties you've taken

Time up and time out

For all the friends that you've forsaken

If you chose to waste away

Like death is back in fashion

You're an accident waiting to happen

My sins are so unoriginal

I have all the self loathing of a wolf in sheep's clothing

In this carnival of carnivores, heaven help me

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Moving the Goalposts

I put on my raincoat to make it rain

And sure enough the skies opened up again

I dreamed of you as I walked to the shops

You were dancing with the wallies on Top Of The Pops

Once in a while

Gennady Gerasimov drops his smile

And you can see that his aim's

A portfolio pregnant with gains

He's been up all night

Moving the goalposts

Like a jackdaw with a fiery brand

Spread the news all over this land

Robin Hood and his Merry Men

Are never, never, never coming back again

I don't believe that love should be pain

So could you please rub my back again

I think it's safe to leave them in the park

Let's blow out the candles and kiss in the dark

Heavens above

Can this sticky stuff really be love?

Don't get dressed yet

Not yet

We've been up all night

Moving the goalposts

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Everywhere (Greg Trooper & Sid Griffin)

Dig in boys for an extended stay

Those were the final orders to come down that day

Waiting to be saved in the Philippines

You'll wait forever for the young Marines

Now I believe to be here is right

But I have to say that I'm scared tonight

Crouching in this hole with a mouth full of sand

What comes first, the country or the man

Look at those slanted eyes coming up over the hill

Catching us by suprise, it's time to kill or be killed

Over here, over there, it's the same everywhere

A boy cries out for his mama before he dies for his home

All my life I wanted to be

As clever and strong as my best friend Lee

We grew up together along Half Moon Bay

Lee was Japanese, born in the USA

When Tommy was fighting Jerry along the River Seine

Me and Lee we wanted to do the same

Then they bombed Pearl Harbor at the break of day

I was headed for these islands when Lee was hauled away

They said look at his slanted eyes, he's guilty as guilty can be

Sent here as enemy spies to sabotage the Land of the Free

I never got home, my platoon was never saved

That little fox hole became my island grave

Lee got out of jail but a prisoner he remained

Till he ended his own life to lose that ball and chain

And they said, Oh Little Slanted Eyes can't you forgive and forget

And he said, Oh Mr Friendly Ghost

Can you catch water in a net?

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Cindy of a Thousand Lives

Blue velvet America

Half glimpsed in the headlights between the trees

Who punctured the beauty

And invited monsters such as these

The pig faced boy, the corrupted clown

The grotesque figure who never comes in to town

Something broken, something stained

Something waiting for the worms to claim

And you can never go there again

Except in nightmares

The voyeur who dares not come near

Knows excitment to merely the beginning of fear

My shadow came this morning

And left some candy in my shoe

They're always watching me

Watching the things I do

Cindy of a thousand lives

Cindy of the Stepford Wives

I've looked at all the photographs

But Cindy, which one of them is you?

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