WHATEVER HAPPENS, I LOVE YOU

Names, secret names

But never in my favour

But when all is said and done

It's you I love

Cold loving prose

We stole each other's clothes

But when all is said and done

It's you I love

Yes, yes, yes, oh, yes

Oh no, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

Oh ...

Yes, yes ...

Fights for rights

Everyone's oh so quick with advice

And when they've all said their piece

It's still you I love

Now just like then

Then, then, then

Then, then, yes, yes

No, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

Yes, yes, oh ...

Mmm ...

BILLY BUDD

Say, Billy Budd

So you think you should ?

Oh, everyone's laughing

Say, Billy Budd

So you think that you should ?

Everyone's laughing !

Since I took up with you

Things have been bad

Yeah, but now it's 12 years on

Now it's 12 years on

Yes, and I took up with you

I took my job application

Into town

Did you hear ? They turned me down

Yes, and it's all because of us

Oh, and what was in our eyes

Oh, what was in our eyes, yeah

I said, Billy Budd

I would happily lose

Both of my legs

I would lose both of my legs

Oh, if it meant you could be free

(Don't leave us in the dark!)

JACK THE RIPPER

Oh, you look so tired

Mouth slack and wide

Ill-housed and ill-advised

Your face is as mean

As your life has been

Crash into my arms

I WANT YOU

You don't agree -

But you don't refuse

I know you

And I know a place

Where no one is likely to pass

Oh, you don't care if it's late

And you don't care if you're lost

And oh, you look so tired

(But tonight you presume too much)

Too much, too much

And if it's the last

Thing I ever do

I'M GONNA GET YOU

Crash into my arms

I WANT YOU

You don't agree -

But you don't refuse

I know you

Crash into my arms

I WANT YOU

You don't agree -

But you don't refuse

I know you

Oh ...

Thank you

HAVE-A-GO MERCHANT

Have a go

When the pubs all close

And have a go when they open

Then have a go by the traffic lights

Cut up or shut up, you're alright !

And as always I'm here right behind you

And as always there's time, so have another go

Oh ...

A small baby girl cradled in your arms

Your one big contribution

We'll never know

Ah, yes

Oh ...

Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha

Ah, ah, ha ha

A small girl runs crying, through the park

So freely her daddy berates her

Right now, so for the rest of her life

She is convinced that her daddy hates her

Oh ...

Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha

Oh, oh, ha ha

Oh ...

Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha

Oh, oh, ha ha

Oh ...

Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha

Oh, oh, ha ha

Oh ...

Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha

Oh, oh, ha ha

Oh ...

Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha

Oh, oh, ha ha

Oh ...

Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha

Oh, oh, ha ha

THE LOOP

I just wanna say

I haven't been away

I'm still right here

Where I always was

So one day, if you're bored

By all means call

Because you can do

(But only if you want to)

I just wanna say

I haven't been away

I am still right here

Where I always was

So one day, when you're bored

By all means call

Because you can do

But you might not get through

SISTER I'M A POET

All over this town

Yes, a low wind may blow

And I can see through everybo...

With no reason

To hide these words I feel

And no reason

To talk about the books I read

But still I do

That's 'cause I'm a ...

Sister I'm a ...

All over this town

Along this way

Outside the prison gates

I love the romance of crime

And I wonder

Does anybody feel the way I do ?

And is evil just something you are

Or something you do ?

Sister I'm a ...

All over this town

They pull over

In their Citroën vans

Not to shake your hand

With meths on their breaths

And you with youth on your side

A plastic bag stranded at the lights

This once was me ...

But now I'm a ...

Sister I'm a ...

All over this town ...

Oh, oh, oh

All over this town

Oh ...

YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME, FATTY

You're the One for me, fatty

You're the One I really, really love

And I will stay

Promise you'll say

If I'm in your way

You're the One for me, fatty

You're the One I really, really love

And I will stay

Promise you'll say

If I'm ever in your ...

A-hey

All over Battersea

Some hope; and some despair

All over Battersea

Some hope; and some despair

Oh ...

You're the One for me, fatty

You're the One I really, really love

And I will stay

Promise you'll say

If I'm in your way

You're the One for me, fatty

You're the One I really, really love

And I will stay

Promise you'll say

If I'm ever in your ...

A-hey

All over Battersea

Some hope; and some despair

All over Battersea

Some hope; and some despair

Oh, oh ...

You're the One for me, fatty

You're the One I really, really love

And I will stay

Promise you'll say

If I'm ever in your way

A-hey

You're the One for me, fatty

You're the One for me, a-hey-hey

A-hey

A-he-he-he-hey

BOXERS

Losing in front of your home crowd

You wish the ground

Would open up and take you down

And will time never pass ?

Will time never pass for us ?

Your weary wife is walking away

Your nephew, it's true

Well, he thinks the world of you

And I have to close my eyes

Oh ...

Losing in front of your home town

The crowd call your name

They love you all the same

The sound, the smell, and the spray

You will take them all away

And they'll stay

Till the grave

Your weary wife is walking away

Your nephew, it's true

Well, he thinks the world of you

And I have to close my eyes

Oh ...

Losing in your home town

Hell is the bell

That we'll not ring again

You will return one day

Because of all the things that you see

When your eyes close

Your weary wife - walking away

Your nephew, it's true

He still thinks the world of you

And I have to dry my eyes

Oh ...

MOONRIVER

Moonriver

Wider than a mile

I'll be crossing you in style

Someday

Oh, Dreammaker

You heartbreaker

Wherever you're going

I'm going your way

Two drifters

Off to see the world

I'm not so sure the world

Deserves us

We're after

The same rainbow's end

How come it's just around the bend ?

It's always just around the bend ?

Moonriver

Wider than a mile

I'll be crossing you in style

Someday

Oh, Dreammaker

You heartbreaker

Wherever you're going

I'm going your way

Two drifters

Off to see the world

I'm not so sure the world

Deserves us

We're after

The same rainbow's end

It's just around the bend

Oh !

Ooh ...

Moonriver

Wider than a mile

I'll be crossing you in style

Someday

Oh, Dreammaker

You heartbreaker

Wherever you're going

I'm going your way

Two drifters

Off to see the world

I'm not so sure the world

Deserves us

We're after

The same rainbow's end

How come it's just around the bend ?

It's always just around the bend ?

-crying-

Moonriver

Wider than a mile

I'll be crossing you in style

Someday

Oh, Dreammaker

You heartbreaker

Wherever you're going

I'm going your way

Two drifters

Off to see the world

I'm not so sure the world

Deserves us

We're after

The same rainbow's end

It's just around the bend

What you gonna do ?

MY LOVE LIFE

Aah ...

Come on to my house

Come on and do something new

I know you love one person so

Why can't you love two ?

Aah ...

Give a little something

To My Love Life

My Love Life

Oh ...

Aah ...

I know you love one person so

Why don't you love two, love?

Oh, love to ...

Give a little something

To My Love Life

My Love Life

Oh ...

I know you love one person so

Why don't you love two, love ?

Love to ...

Oh, give a ...

Love

Aah ...

Love

Aah ...

I know you love

Oh, I know you love

I know you love

Aah ...

Love

Oh, love

Love

Aah ...

Oh, I know you love

I know you love

Aah ...

Oh, I know you love

I know you love

Aah ...

I know you love

Come on to my house

Aah ...

CERTAIN PEOPLE I KNOW

I take the cue from

Certain people I know

I use the cue

And then I

Hand it on to you

And when I swing it

So, it catches his eye ...

(Weren't you there ?

- You'd have died !)

I trust the views of

Certain people I know

They look at Danger

And they

LAUGH THEIR HEADS OFF

Their clothes are Imitation

George the 23rd

(Don't you find this absurd ?)

I'd hate to be like

Certain people I know

They break their necks

And can't afford to

Get them fixed

Ah, they'd sacrifice all

Of their principles for

anything cashable

I do believe it's terrible

Oh, wo, wo

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Oh, wo, wo

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Oh, wo, wo

Ah, ah, ah, ah

THE LAST OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS

Dear hero imprisoned

With all the new crimes that you are perfecting

Oh, I can't help quoting you

Because everything that you said rings true

And now in my cell

(Well, I followed you)

And here's a list of who I slew

Reggie Kray - do you know my name ?

Oh, don't say you don't

Please say you do, (oh) I am :

The last of the famous

International playboys

The last of the famous

International playboys

And in my cell

(Well, I loved you)

And every man with a job to do

Ronnie Kray - do you know my face ?

Oh, don't say you don't

Please say you do, (oh) I am :

The last of the famous

International playboys

The last of the famous

International playboys

In our lifetime those who kill

The newsworld hands them stardom

And these are the ways

On which I was raised

These are the ways

On which I was raised

I never wanted to kill

I AM NOT NATURALLY EVIL

Such things I do

Just to make myself

More attractive to you

HAVE I FAILED ?

Oh...

Oh, the last of the famous

International playboys

The last of the famous

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW

How sad are we ?

And how sad have we been ?

We'll let you know

Oh, but only if - you're really interested

You wonder how

We've stayed alive 'till now

We'll let you know

But only if - you're really interested

We're all smiles

Then, honest, I swear, it's the turnstiles

That make us hostile

Oh ...

We will descend

On anyone unable to defend

Themselves

Oh ...

And the songs we sing

They're not supposed to mean a thing

La, la, la, la ...

Oh ...

You're lonely

Oh ... you're lonely

Oh ...

GET OFF THE ROOF !

Oh ...

Your Arsenal !

We may seem cold, or

We may even be

The most depressing people you've ever known

At heart, what's left, we sadly know

That we are the last truly British people you'll ever know

We are the last truly British people you will ever know

You'll never never want to know

SPRING-HEELED JIM

Spring-heeled Jim winks an eye

He'll "do", he'll never be "done to"

He takes on whoever flew through

"Well, it's the normal thing to do" ... ah ...

Spring-heeled Jim lives to love

Now kissing with his mouth full

And his eyes on some other fool

So many women

His head should be spinning

Ah, but no !

But no !

Ah, no !

Spring-heeled Jim slurs the words :

"There's no need to be so knowing

Take life at five times the

Average speed, like I do"

Until Jim feels the chill

"Oh, where did all the time go ?"

Once always in for the kill

Now it's too cold

And he feels too

old

Too old

Mmm, old...

La, la, la, la-la, la ...