Girls And Boys

street's like a jungle

so call the police

following the herd

down to Greece

on holiday -

love in the 90's

is paranoid

on sunny beaches

take your chances looking for

(Chorus)

Girls who are boys

Who like boys to be girls

Who do boys like they’re girls

Who do girls like they’re boys

Always should be someone you really love

avoiding all work

because there's none available

like battery thinkers

count your thoughts on 1 2 3 4 5 fingers

nothing is wasted

only reproduced

get nasty blisters

du bist sehr schön

but we haven't been introduced

(Chorus)

Tracy Jacks

(Tracy Jacks) works in civil service

(Tracy Jacks) it's steady employment

(Tracy Jacks) it's a golfing fanatic

(Tracy Jacks) but his put is erratic

(Tracy Jacks) saw a Harley Street doctor

(Tracy Jacks) who prescribed healthy living

(Tracy Jacks) but he's getting past forty

(Tracy Jacks) and all the seams are splitting

Everyday he got closer

He knew in his heart he was over

I’d love to stay and be normal

But it’s just so overrated

(Tracy Jacks) left home without warning

(Tracy Jacks) at five in the morning

(Tracy Jacks) got on the first train to Walton

(Tracy Jacks) and stood on the seafront laughing

(Tracy Jacks) threw his clothes in the water

(Tracy Jacks) and ran around naked

(Tracy Jacks) got stopped by the police

(Tracy Jacks) and escorted back home

Everyday he got closer

He knew in his heart he was over

I’d love to stay here and be normal

But then it’s just so overrated

Tracy Jacks

Tracy Jacks

Tracy Jacks

Tracy Jacks

and then it happened on a Tuesday morning

Tracy Jacks bulldozed down the house he lived in

saying it's just so overrated

Tracy Jacks

Tracy Jacks

Tracy Jacks

Tracy Jacks

Everyday he got closer

He knew in his heart he was over

I’d love to stay here and be normal

But it was always overrated

End Of The Century

she said there's ants in the carpet

dirty like monsters

eating all the morsels

picking up the rubbish

give her effervescence

she needs a little sparkle

good morning tv

you're looking so healthy

(Chorus)

And we all say

Don’t want to be alone

We wear the same clothes

Because we feel the same

And kiss with dry lips

When we say goodnight

End of a century...It’s nothing special

sex on tv

everybody's at it

and the mind gets dirty

as you get closer to thirty

he gives her a cuddle

they're glowing in a huddle

good night tv

you're all made up

and you know that

(Chorus)

can you eat her yes you can

(Chorus)

Parklife

confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as (parklife)

and morning soup can be avoided if you take a route straight through what is known as (parklife)

John's got brewers droop he gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons they love a bit of it (parklife)

who's that gut lord marching... you should cut down on your parklife mate... get some exercise

(Chorus)

All the people

So many people

They all go hand in hand

Hand in hand through their parklife

Know what I mean

I get up when I want except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen (parklife)

I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea and I think about leaving the house (parklife)

I feed the pigeons I sometimes feed the sparrows too it gives me a sense of enormous well

being (parklife)

and then I'm happy for the rest of the day safe in the knowledge there will always be a bit

of my heart devoted to it (parklife)

(Chorus)

parklife (parklife)

parklife (parklife)

it's got nothing to do with vorsprung durch technic you know

and it's not about you joggers who go round and round and round ... parklife (parklife)

(Chorus x 2)

Bank Holiday

grandma has got new dentures

to eat the crust on pizza

been taken out by her daughter

because she thought she ought'a

the kids are eating snickers

because they're so delicious

then there's sticky f1ngers

and mother looses her knickers

(Chorus)

Bank holyday comes six times a year

Days of enjoyment to which everyone cheers

Bank holyday comes with a six pack of beer

....Then it’s back to work A.G.A.I.N.

bar-b-que is cooking

sausages and chicken

the patio is buzzing

the neighbours they are looking

John is down the fun pub

drinking lots of lager

girls and boys are on the game

all the high streets look the same

(Chorus)

back to work A.G.A.I.N.

(Chorus)

Bank holiday

Badhead

so far I've not really stayed in touch

well you knew as much it's no surprise that today

I'll get up early too from a lack of anything to do

And I might as well just grin and bear it

Because it’s not worth the trouble of an argument

and you have not really stayed in touch

well I knew as much it's no surprise that today

I get up for round two with nothing to do

except get a touch of flu

And I might as well just grin and bear it

Because it’s not worth the trouble of an argument

And in any case I’d rather wear it

It’s like a badhead in the morning

and I know

And I might as well just grin and bear it

Because it’s not worth the trouble of an argument

And in any case I’d rather wear it

It’s like a badhead in the morning

(Repeat)

Far Out

I spy in the night sky don't I

Phoebe Io Elara Leda Callisto Sinope

Janus Dione Portia so many Moons

quiet in the sky at night hot in the Milky Way

outside in

Vega Capella Hadar Rigel Barnard's star

Antares Aldebaran Altair Wolf 359

Betelgeuse sun sun sun

(to fade)

To The End

all these dirty words - jusqu’à la fin

they make us look so dumb - en plein soleil

been drinking far too much - jusqu’à la fin

and neither of us mean what we say - en plein amour

(Chorus)

Well you and I

Collapsed in love

And it looks like we might have made it, yes it looks like we’ve made it to the end

what happened to us – jusqu’à la fin

soon it will be gone forever – en plein soleil

infatuated only with ourselves – jusqu’à la fin

and neither of us can think straight anymore – en plein amour

(Chorus x 2)

London Loves

a malady has taken him over

coughing tar in his japanese motor

the lights are magic

and he feels lucky

and he's got money

shoots like an arrow - oh

London loves

The mystery of a speeding car

London loves

The misery of a speeding heart

its love u like, and everyone's at it

and words are cheap when the mind is elastic

he loves the violence

keeps ticking over

so sleep together

before today is sold forever

LONDON LOVES

THE WAY PEOPLE JUST FALL APART

LONDON LOVES

THE WAY YOU JUST DON'T STAND A CHANCE

LONDON LOVES

THE MYSTERY OF A SPEEDING CAR

O-OH O-OH O-OH O-OH

LONDON LOVES

THE MYSTERY OF A SPEEDING CAR

LONDON LOVES

THE MISERY OF A SPEEDING HEART

LONDON LOVES

THE MYSTERY

LONDON LOVES

THE WAY PEOPLE JUST FALL APART

LONDON LOVES

THE WAY WE JUST DON'T STAND A CHANCE

LONDON LOVES

A SPEEDING HEART

Trouble On The Message Centre

I am the message centre

local and direct

room to room an operator (no calls today they'll just have to wait dear)

I call and I collect (so just strike him softly away from the body)

YOU'RE MADE UP TOO SHINY TODAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)

THOUGHTS ARE JUST PISSING AWAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)

I am a manager

I am in control

as the local delegator (no calls today dear they'll just have to wait dear)

I offer no guarantee at all (so don't take it lightly you'll put yourself under)

YOU'RE MADE UP TOO SHINY TODAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)

THOUGHTS ARE JUST PISSING AWAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)

A NEW TYPE FACE AND NEW DAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)

YOU CAN'T REMEMBER TEN MINUTES AGO (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)

IT'S TOO MUCH TROUBLE

YOU'RE MADE UP TOO SHINY TODAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)

THOUGHTS ARE JUST PISSING AWAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)

A NEW TYPE FACE AND NEW DAY (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)

YOU CAN'T REMEMBER TEN MINUTES AGO (IN SO MUCH TROUBLE)

IT'S TOO MUCH TROUBLE

la la la la la

la la la la

(to fade)

Clover Over Dover

I'm on the white cliffs of Dover

thinking it over and over

but if I jump its all over

a cautionary tale for you

I'd like to roll in the clover

with you over and over

on the white cliffs of dover

and then I'd let you push me over

(Chorus)

AND IF THAT IS THE FACT THEN IN ACTUAL FACT IT'S NOT WHERE IT'S AT

AND IT'S OVER

AND IF THAT IS THE FACT THEN IN ACTUAL FACT IT'S NOT WHERE IT'S AT

AND IT'S OVER

YES IT IS

and now the bluebirds are over

over the white cliffs of dover

so when you push me over

don't bury me I'm not worth anything

(Chorus)

Magic America

Bill Barret has a simple dream

he calls it his plan B

buildings in the sky and the air is sugar free

and everyone is very friendly

plan B arrived on a holiday

took a cab to the shopping malls

bought and ate until he could do neither anymore

then found love on channel 44

(Chorus)

LA LA LA LA LA HE WANTS TO GO TO MAGIC AMERICA

LA LA LA LA LA HE'D LIKE TO LIVE IN MAGIC AMERICA

WITH ALL THE MAGIC PEOPLE

Bill Barrett sent his postcards home

to everyone he'd ever known they read

fifty nine cents gets you a good square meal

from the people who care how you feel

(Chorus x 2)

With all the magic people (fade to end)

Jubilee

jubilee slouches in the settee

he losing all will to move

he gone divy too much telly

he watching 24 hours of rubbish

he got butane he got plastic bags

his eyes are going square oh yeah

he no raver just anti social

he no going to cut his hair

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN, HE NOT MEAN

ENOUGH

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN, NOT KEEN ON

BEING LIKE ANYONE ELSE

jubilee's dad Billy Banker

he thinks his son is a slob

he should get out more stop scabbing

he really should go and get a job

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN

HE NOT MEAN ENOUGH

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM WHERE TO GO

BUT HE JUST DON'T GET OUT ENOUGH

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM TALK TO GIRLS

BUT HE'S JUST TOO SPOTTY

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN

HE NOT KEEN ON BEING LIKED BY ANYONE ELSE

SO HE JUST PLAYS ON HIS COMPUTER GAME

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN

HE NOT MEAN ENOUGH

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM WHERE TO GO

BUT HE JUST DON'T GET OUT ENOUGH

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM TALK TO GIRLS

BUT HE'S JUST TOO SPOTTY

HE DRESSES INCORRECTLY... NO-ONE TOLD HIM SEVENTEEN

HE NOT KEEN ON BEING LIKED

ANYONE HE'S NOT BEING LIKE

ANYONE JUBILEE'S NOT LIKE

ANYONE ELSE

This Is A Low

and into the sea goes pretty England and me

around the Bay of Biscay and back for tea

hit traffic on the dogger bank

up the Thames to find a taxi rank

sail on by with the tide and go asleep

and the radio says

(Chorus)

THIS IS A LOW

BUT IT WON'T HURT YOU

WHEN YOU ARE ALONE IT WILL BE THERE WITH YOU

FINDING WAYS TO STAY SOLO

on the Tyne forth and Cramity

there's a low in the high forties

and Saturday's locked away on the pier

not fast enough dear

on the Malin head, Blackpool looks blue and red

and the Queen, she's gone round the bend

jumped off Land's End

(Chorus x 3)